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by Library Mindset
3.9(5,931)
Learn how to use strategic 'laziness' to achieve your potential, turning procrastination into a tool for productivity and a more fulfilling life.
by Lauren Kate
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A carefully planned path to prom queen unravels into a nightmare of secrets and death when Natalie's ambition turns a prank into a fatal mistake.
by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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In New Orleans' Ninth Ward, twelve-year-old Lanesha and her clairvoyant caretaker Mama Ya-Ya must use their hope and resilience to survive Hurricane Katrina.
by Anthony Burgess
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In a future where mandated homosexuality gives way to rampant heterosexuality, the Foxe family navigates a society spiraling from sterile order into a comically grim chaos of fertility cults and polite cannibalism.
by Sebastian Barry
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Naive Irish solider Willie Dunne confronts the horrors of World War I, only to return home and find his Ireland fractured by a different, equally devastating war.
by Primo Levi
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Primo Levi's memoir dissects the complex moral world of the Holocaust, exploring the shared humanity and moral compromises between victim and oppressor in Nazi extermination camps.
by W. Y. Evans-Wentz
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A guide to the afterlife, this ancient Tibetan text offers comfort and wisdom for the dying and a new view on life for the living.
by Louisa May Alcott
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After selling her soul for freedom, a young woman is swept into a perilous, globe-trotting chase across 19th-century Europe, relentlessly pursued by the enigmatic and obsessive man who first promised her escape.
by Robert Anton Wilson
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Explore how eight neurological circuits, quantum mechanics, and yoga, with insights from Leary, Gurdjieff, Korzybski, and Crowley, can unlock human consciousness.
by Julia Alvarez
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In 1960s Dominican Republic, twelve-year-old Anita navigates the dangers of Trujillo's dictatorship, facing his secret police and the pain of leaving her family to find freedom.
by Amartya Sen
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Amartya Sen says development is about expanding human freedoms, not just economic growth. He argues these freedoms are both the goal and the best way to achieve societal progress and well-being.
by Cynthia Lord
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Armed with her camera and a secret ambition, Lucy navigates a new lakeside home, discovering the truths of a neighbor's grandmother's fading memory and the power of art to capture both beauty and loss.
by Dick Francis
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Jockey Kit Fielding races against a ruthless arms dealer, navigating threats to unmask those behind the killing of racehorses before he becomes the next victim.
by Louis L'Amour
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Two brothers, one a reluctant lawman and the other a natural fighter, build a life in the untamed West, but their violent past catches up, threatening their dreams and forcing them to return to their instincts.
by Harlan Coben
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When a star athlete vanishes, a reporter known for exposing predators uncovers a tangled web that challenges her assumptions about good and evil, forcing her to question if the missing girl is a victim or a participant in a dark secret.
by Sharon M. Draper
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In modern Verona, an online romance between an African-American girl and a Hispanic boy starts a dangerous feud with a racist gang, forcing them to fight for their love and lives against prejudice.
by Abraham Verghese
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In El Paso, a doctor with a failing marriage finds an unexpected connection on the tennis court with a recovering addict, only to face the return of his friend's past problems.
by Claire Farrell
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Haunted by her hybrid nature and a thirst for blood, Ava Delaney accidentally enslaves a human, thrusting her into a treacherous vampire civil war where loyalty is a luxury and survival means embracing the very power she fears.
by Leonard Cohen
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A historian's obsession with a 17th-century Mohawk saint, a love triangle, and a search for spiritual and sexual liberation blur the lines between sacred and profane.
by August Wilson
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In 1936 Pittsburgh, a brother and sister argue over their family's antique piano, a powerful heirloom carved with the faces of their enslaved ancestors. They must decide whether to sell their past for a chance at a future or keep it as a reminder of their lasting legacy.
by Laurann Dohner
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Beauty, from the Gift Species, finds her unique abilities are a cage. An unexpected spark of freedom and forbidden desire ignites when a powerful Species officer mistakes her for a threat. This leads them both to a secluded cabin where their inexperience with intimacy starts a passionate journey of healing and discovery.
by Scott O'Dell
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A young pearl diver tries to prove himself by finding a legendary black pearl, but he unleashes a curse and must face both man and monster.
by Sheena Iyengar
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Explore the science and philosophy behind our daily decisions, revealing the hidden forces that shape our choices, from small to life-changing.
by Allan Gurganus
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A spirited ninety-nine-year-old widow of a Confederate colonel recounts a century of Southern history, from the Civil War's echoes to her feisty battles in a modern nursing home, all through her own sharp-witted and unforgettable lens.