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by Chris Ryan
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Orphaned by a mysterious mass murder, teenager Zak Darke is recruited by a shadowy government agency, becoming Agent 21 and stepping into a perilous world where the fate of the twenty agents before him remains a chilling secret.
by Tim Wynne-Jones
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A chance encounter in a crime scene hotel room forces a resourceful street punk and a guarded runaway to forge an unlikely alliance against dangerous criminals and their own haunted pasts.
by Mary Hooper
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Falsely accused and hanged in 17th-century England, a young maidservant awakens on a dissection table, forcing a shy medical student to confront the miraculous truth of her survival and the injustice of her fate.
by Loren Eiseley
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Loren Eiseley, a writer with a scientist's mind and a poet's heart, turns his encounters with nature into deep thoughts about humanity's ancient past and uncertain present.
by Sharyn McCrumb
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In 1890s West Virginia, a young Black attorney's career is shaped by an unusual murder trial. The prosecution's main witness is the victim's ghost.
by James Hadley Chase
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An innocent heiress's kidnapping spirals into a nightmarish descent into depravity when she falls into the clutches of a sadistic mother and son, forcing a detective to race against time to save what's left of her.
by Bertrand Russell
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Bertrand Russell's essay presents his atheistic worldview, a stance so controversial it cost him a teaching position, yet it remains a clear look into his thought.
by Sappho
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Willis Barnstone's translation of Sappho's fragmented verses reveals the stark, unsentimental heart of ancient Greek desire with intense clarity for a modern audience.
by Scottie Pippen
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Scottie Pippen's memoir honestly tells his journey from humble beginnings and family tragedy to becoming the essential, often overlooked, architect of the Chicago Bulls' legendary dynasty.
by Jody Morse
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A first date turns into a werewolf transformation, forcing Samara to navigate a secret family legacy and a forbidden romance between two rival packs.
by Darren Shan
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After his best friend's shocking encounter with a vampire at a gothic freak show, Darren Shan is drawn into a terrifying, blood-soaked world of the undead, forcing him to confront his monstrous destiny.
by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
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In a future where an anti-aging drug has created eternal youth and overpopulation, a 172-year-old patriarch holds his perpetually youthful descendants hostage with the promise of his imminent, inheritance-triggering death.
by Suzanne Woods Fisher
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A determined Amish woman, set on marrying her childhood sweetheart, confronts a mysterious beekeeper she blames for their wedding's delay, only to discover her heart's true path might lie beyond her carefully laid plans.
by Tone Almhjell
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An orphaned key opens a young girl's cellar door to Sylver, an enchanting land of eternal winter where beloved deceased pets become human-like guardians, now threatened by failing magic and encroaching snow trolls.
by Preston Norton
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A grieving outcast teams up with the jock who used to torment him. Together, they embark on a quest to fix their broken high school, finding unexpected healing along the way.
by G.K. Chesterton
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A devout Catholic and a zealous atheist, both comically naive, spark a duel and a whirlwind of allegorical adventures across England, all to settle the eternal debate between faith and reason.
by August Strindberg
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In a world where identities melt and reality warps, a god's daughter comes to Earth, only to find humanity's endless suffering behind a locked door.
by Sienna Mynx
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In 1980s Italy, an African American fashion designer falls for a Sicilian businessman. She soon learns his charm hides a ruthless crime lord whose dark empire threatens to unravel her life and ignite a dangerous, deadly passion.
by Sarah Weeks
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Haunted by her past and her parents' mistakes, Verbena reinvents herself for a summer visitor, only to discover her true identity in unexpected ways.
by Farley Mowat
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Two boys, one Cree and one Canadian orphan, go on a dangerous adventure through the Arctic barrens, testing their survival against the northern wilderness.
by Joshua C. Cohen
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On the brutal football fields of Oregrove High, a steroid-fueled prank war escalates into devastating violence, forcing a damaged fullback and a promising gymnast to unite and confront the corrupt system threatening their school's soul.
by Walker Percy
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A suicidal widower's search for divine proof takes a wild turn when he meets an escapee finding new life, and perhaps salvation, in a greenhouse.
by Christine Fletcher
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In 1940s Chicago, a Polish-American teenager navigates the dangers of dance halls, the mob, and family secrets to survive and save her loved ones.
by Patrice Kindl
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A reclusive girl, who has literally built a hidden world within the walls of her own house, must decide if a mysterious note is worth abandoning her invisible sanctuary for the outside world.