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by Hamza Sokko
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by Anonymous
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This Hebrew-English edition explores King David's reign, from his anointing to the betrayals and triumphs that shaped ancient Israel.
by Srirangam Ramesh
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This poetic Ramayana uses metaphors of sky, river, and fire to guide young readers through Rama's journey of virtue, sharing timeless wisdom simply and engagingly up to his coronation.
by Philip Shapiro
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In a Britain ravaged by environmental collapse and social breakdown, a lone survivor navigates a desolate landscape where humanity's primal instincts have resurfaced.
by Jane Hamilton
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In a small Wisconsin town, a young woman's life unravels amidst a suffocating marriage and a mother-in-law's escalating mental illness, forcing her to confront isolation while searching for love and redemption.
by Holly Willow
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On a Greek island, a heartbroken Emily wants a summer fling with a charming Englishman. She must decide if she is brave enough to open her heart to real love again, despite her recent romantic disappointment.
by Mel Croucher
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This practical guide explains end-of-life planning, offering clear steps to organize wills, digital legacies, and final wishes, ensuring peace of mind for the living and respect for the departed.
by Yiannis Drossos
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This book shows how Europe's financial crisis created a 'new normality' of economic governance, changing national constitutions and revealing a power dynamic that lacks democracy, using Greek, Portuguese, German, and French legal changes as examples.
by Zane Grey
In the arid canyons of 1870s Utah, a mysterious rider with a hidden past helps a woman fight for justice, love, and survival against a powerful Mormon elder and his gang.
by Larry E. Swedroe
Build lasting wealth by mastering passive investing and avoiding active stock picking, using Swedroe's principles for a strong, diverse portfolio.
by Sherrie L Lyons
This book goes beyond a simple timeline, showing how philosophical beliefs and changing scientific ideas, from cell theory to genetics, shaped our understanding of heredity, development, and biological individuality.
by Vex King
Vex King helps readers on a journey of self-love, showing them how to overcome challenges and achieve their dreams by matching their thoughts, feelings, and actions with the universe.
by Jim Harrison
In early 20th-century Montana, three brothers are driven by a quest for justice, their lives shaped by war and revenge.
by Hermann Hesse
Young Emil Sinclair leaves behind his comfortable, illusory world to find himself, guided by the mysterious Max Demian, on a journey of self-discovery.
by Evan S. Connell
Mrs. Bridge navigates the quiet desperation and bewildering confusions of a seemingly perfect suburban life, showing the hollow core beneath its polished surface.
by Richard Marsh
An ancient, shape-shifting beetle-creature from Egypt seeks supernatural revenge in Victorian London, terrifying its targets and leaving questions in its wake.
by Susanna Clarke
In an alternate 19th-century England where magic is a forgotten art, two rival magicians, one reclusive and traditional, the other charismatic and daring, bring back ancient powers, inadvertently plunging their nation into a dangerous struggle with dark fae and forgotten enchantments.
by William Bradford Huie
In the sweltering, racially charged summer of 1964, three civil rights workers vanished into the Mississippi night, exposing a chilling conspiracy of hate that reached the highest levels of local law enforcement.
by Patrick White
In the Australian wilderness, one man's quiet struggle to cultivate land and family shows the poetry of an ordinary life across generations.
by Robert Louis Stevenson
Young Jim Hawkins sails into a world of pirates, mutiny, and buried gold, brought to life by N. C. Wyeth's illustrations, in a quest for Treasure Island.
by Jorge Amado
In 1930s Bahia, Pedro Archanjo, a charismatic mulatto poet and scholar, champions Afro-Brazilian culture and fights systemic racism, leaving a legacy that echoes through time.
by Albert Camus
In sun-drenched Algiers, an indifferent man's life unravels from his mother's death to a senseless murder, revealing the chilling absurdity of existence.
by Buchi Emecheta
In a society that treats women as property, Aku-nna, a young Nigerian woman, defies her uncle's greed and tradition, choosing love over the high bride price he demands.
by André Malraux
In the chaos of 1927 Shanghai, revolutionaries like Kyo and Gisors struggle with their beliefs, their humanity, and the harsh reality of a communist uprising about to be betrayed.