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by Norman Maclean
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Haunted for forty years, a master storyteller reconstructs the horrific 1949 Mann Gulch fire, where a 'blowup' firestorm killed thirteen elite smokejumpers, unraveling a tragedy of nature's violence, human error, and the quest for truth.
by Tanuja Desai Hidier
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Caught between her parents' Indian traditions and the sudden trendiness of her heritage, Dimple Lala navigates high school, arranged introductions, and an unexpected nightclub encounter to discover that the 'suitable boy' might just be the one spinning a different kind of magic.
by Michael Frayn
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In the quiet of post-war suburbia, two young boys turn their ordinary neighborhood into a spy game, only to uncover a darker, adult secret hidden beneath their innocent play.
by Gordon Korman
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When a field trip to a rundown floating zoo reveals a classmate's missing monkey and many mistreated animals, Griffin Bing and his friends plan to free the creatures and take them to a better facility.
by Annie Proulx
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In the desolate Texas Panhandle, a naive young man's quest to scout locations for an industrial hog farm forces him to confront the fiercely individualistic locals and question his own understanding of ambition and belonging.
by David Hume
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Hume examines the logical basis of religious belief, miracles, and the soul's immortality through dialogues and essays that question common ideas.
by Frank Cottrell Boyce
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An oversized eleven-year-old accidentally finds himself competing against adults for a trip to space, proving that sometimes the biggest dreams are best left to those who still believe in the impossible.
by Carolyn Keene
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When a black velvet mask helps expose a ring of high-society thieves, Nancy Drew and her friends enter a dangerous world of masquerades, mistaken identities, and jewel heists, with George even impersonating Nancy to find the truth.
by Graham Greene
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In wartime London, a man haunted by a mercy killing wins a cake at a fête, only to find himself plunged into a conspiracy of Nazi spies and betraying forces.
by Heather Killough-Walden
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A small-town girl returns to a changed Baton Rouge only to find her childhood crush is now a powerful werewolf alpha, and he's not the only one who wants her as his mate.
by Soman Chainani
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With Camelot corrupted by a false king and Tedros facing execution, Agatha must rally her friends to rewrite their twisted fairy tale before their happily ever afters are violently erased.
by Jack Canfield
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Achieve success by focusing intensely, turning distractions into opportunities for a balanced and prosperous future.
by Lottie Moggach
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A reclusive coding genius is lured into an online world of ethical debate, only to find herself entangled in a charismatic guru's plot to steal the identity of a glamorous, desperate woman.
by Simone de Beauvoir
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Simone de Beauvoir addresses human existence's inherent lack of meaning, using it to build purpose and values.
by Emily Rodda
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When a forgotten music box unleashes a powerful witch and traps his adventurous cousin within its painted world, a rule-abiding boy must brave a whimsical, dangerous land to find the key that will save them both.
by Alfred Jarry
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King Ubu, a ridiculous and crude character, takes power. His rule quickly turns into a farcical display of gluttony and greed, exposing how easily authority can be debased. Audiences often find it both shocking and funny.
by Jeffrey Archer
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A tied vote in the House of Lords starts a series of life-changing events for the Clifton family, from political battles and transatlantic journeys to young Sebastian's involvement in a dangerous international art fraud.
by Valerie Solanas
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Valerie Solanas's manifesto declares war on patriarchal society, calling for the elimination of men and an all-female, automated world to free women from an unbearable life.
by Moss Hart
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The unexpected arrival of a famously curmudgeonly lecturer, confined to a small-town home by a broken hip, unleashes six weeks of uproarious chaos and transforms the lives of his bewildered hosts.
by Philip Roth
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A young writer's idolization of a literary master unravels into a mystery when he meets a beautiful, enigmatic woman in the secluded Lonoff home, sparking his imagination to weave a dramatic, secret history.
by William Faulkner
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In the racially charged Deep South, a young white boy races against a lynch mob to prove the innocence of an elderly black farmer accused of murder, repaying a life debt and confronting the town's ingrained prejudices.
by Victoria Lee
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A technopath survivor, born of undocumented immigrants, infiltrates a magical elite to fight for refugee rights, but finds his resolve challenged by the defense minister's captivating and dangerous son.
by Nancy Farmer
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Thirteen-year-old bard-in-training Jack plunges into a treacherous 790 AD Britain, battling unruly monks, ancient gods, and a menagerie of mythical creatures to rescue his sister from the Lady of the Lake, all while grappling with his own burgeoning, earthquake-inducing magic.
by Francis Fukuyama
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Fukuyama argues that the global spread of liberal democracy might mark humanity's ideological endpoint, exploring what this means for identity, conflict, and progress in a 'post-historical' world.