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by Isaac Bashevis Singer
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In 19th-century Poland, a Jewish-Gentile magician known for his escapes and illicit affairs grapples with the ultimate trick: shedding his past, his faith, and his many loves to find true freedom.
by Marguerite Duras
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In the steamy heat of Indochina, a French girl's illicit affair with a wealthy Chinese man becomes a raw, unvarnished exploration of forbidden desire and the harsh realities that forged a legendary writer.
by Kelly Barnhill
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Sent to a peculiar Iowa town, an ordinary boy named Jack discovers he's the reluctant center of an ancient magical prophecy, hunted by a powerful foe, and the key to mending a community's broken past.
by D.H. Lawrence
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In a quiet English village, a sheltered rector's daughter finds her desires awakened by a charismatic gipsy, before a catastrophic flood shatters her world and unleashes forbidden passion.
by Yasutaka Tsutsui
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When a device blurs the line between shared dreams and waking reality, a psychotherapist's alter ego, Paprika, navigates a surreal world of escalating madness to prevent the unraveling of the human mind.
by Melissa Andrea
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Blinded by tragedy and stifled by a sheltered life, a former dancer finds a new world of light and love when a rebel enters her darkness.
by Da Chen
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In a memoir of resilience and mischievous defiance, Da Chen navigates the brutal Cultural Revolution in rural China, transforming the scorn of his 'landlord' heritage into a quest for education and a hopeful future.
by Ryan Daniel Moran
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Transform a product idea into a million-dollar business in 12 months with this direct guide to strategic execution and growth.
by Craig Thompson
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In an allegorical world, two enslaved children escape their past to find love, freedom, and the meaning of 'habibi' through Quranic tales.
by Mary Webb
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In 19th-century Shropshire, a disfigured woman with a luminous spirit navigates poverty, ambition, and suspicion to find love and true beauty.
by C.G. Jung
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Jung explores the symbolic language of dreams, connecting them to alchemy and personal change.
by Jim Crace
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In a desolate, post-apocalyptic America, where civilization has fallen and a toxic landscape forces a dangerous eastward migration, a man with a crippled knee and a feverish woman form an unexpected love as they trek through ruins, evading slavers and strange cults in a desperate search for passage to Europe.
by John Kenneth Galbraith
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Galbraith criticizes classical economics, showing how an affluent society still focuses on scarcity, creating artificial desires while neglecting public good for private spending.
by Beth Hilgartner
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Disguised as a choirboy within the walls of a Yorkshire cathedral, eleven-year-old Alice Tuckfield must outwit Queen Elizabeth's agents to uncover her father's murderers and save herself.
by Roberto Bolaño
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by A.J. Cronin
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In 1920s China, a Scottish priest finds spiritual triumph despite civil war, plague, and church disapproval.
by Donna Tartt
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Under their charismatic Classics professor's influence, a group of eccentric Hampden College students fall into a world of ancient rituals, moral ambiguity, and murder.
by Charlie Huston
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In a Los Angeles suffering from an insomnia plague, an undercover cop who can still sleep navigates martial law, drug cartels, and corporate conspiracy to find a cure for his sleepless wife and daughter, all while being hunted by a mercenary.
by Jess Walter
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In a post-attack city shrouded in smoke and amnesia, a detective with a self-inflicted gunshot wound and a son who believes he's dead must piece together his fragmented reality while working for a shadowy agency and hunting the most elusive target of all: himself.
by John Updike
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In Brazil, two lovers from different worlds face poverty, crime, and social divides to build a love that overcomes all odds.
by Pittacus Lore
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On the run from alien invaders and the FBI, blogger Mark James races to save Sarah Hart while uncovering the true identity of his mysterious, weapon-supplying ally, GUARD, whose secrets will change everything he knows about the Loric.
by Harlan Coben
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A former special ops pilot's life changes when her supposedly murdered husband appears on her nanny cam, forcing her to confront the possibility that everything she believes about her past, her husband, and even herself, is a lie.
by Colleen Coble
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Haunted by a plane crash that killed her family, a search-and-rescue K9 handler searches the Michigan wilderness for answers, only to find a violent crime in her town linked to her husband's disappearance, promising either peace or a reunion.
by Dennis L. McKiernan
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An unnatural winter and a creeping blizzard threaten to consume the land. A tiny Warrow named Tuck must brave a world too large and dangerous for his kind to answer the High King's call, only to find himself swallowed by a monstrous war that scatters his companions and may doom them all.