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1. A question of betrayal

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Author:
Perry, Anne
Series:
Elena Standish novel volume 2
Language:
English
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"On her first mission for MI6, the daring young photographer at the heart of bestselling author Anne Perry's thrilling 1930s mystery series travels to Mussolini's Italy to rescue the lover who betrayed her. Britain's secret service, MI6, has lost contact with its informant in northern Italy, just as important intel about the future plans of Austria and Nazi Germany is coming to light. And young Elena Standish, to her surprise, is the only one who...

2. Animal farm

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Author:
Orwell, George, 1903-1950
Series:
Everyman's library volume 150
HBJ modern classic
Lexile measure:
1170L
Language:
English
Average Rating:
5 stars
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Animal Farm is an allegorical novella by George Orwell, first published in England on 17 August 1945. The book tells the story of a group of farm animals who rebel against their human farmer, hoping to create a society where the animals can be equal, free, and happy. Ultimately, however, the rebellion is betrayed, and the farm ends up in a state as bad as it was before, under the dictatorship of a pig named Napoleon. According to Orwell, the fable...

3. Fahrenheit 451

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Author:
Bradbury, Ray, 1920-2012
Series:
myPerspectives
Brilliance Audio on compact disc
Lexile measure:
890L
Language:
English
Average Rating:
4.5 stars
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In a future totalitarian state where books are banned and destroyed by the government, Guy Montag, a fireman in charge of burning books, meets a revolutionary schoolteacher who dares to read and a girl who tells him of a past when people did not live in fear.

4. The castaways: a novel

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Author:
Hilderbrand, Elin
Series:
Nantucket
Doubleday large print home library
Language:
English
Average Rating:
4.7 stars
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"With rumors of infidelity straining Greg and Tess MacAvoy's marriage, the couple head out on their sailboat on early-summer day to celebrate their wedding anniversary, hoping the roughest waters are behind them. But in a mysterious accident off Nantucket, they drown, leaving behind two small children as well as three couples who have long been their closest friends. The tragedy brings to the surface long-simmering conflicts and emotions, and the...

5. The blue hour: a novel

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Author:
Hawkins, Paula
Language:
English
Average Rating:
2.7 stars
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Welcome to Eris: an island with only one house, one inhabitant, one way out. Unreachable from the Scottish mainland for twelve hours each day. Once home to Vanessa: a famous artist whose notoriously unfaithful husband disappeared twenty years ago. Now home to Grace: a solitary creature of the tides, content in her own isolation. But when a shocking discovery is made in an art gallery far away in London, a visitor comes calling. And the secrets of...

6. Summer rental

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Author:
Andrews, Mary Kay, 1954-
Language:
English
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4 stars
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Sometimes, when you need a change in your life, the tide just happens to pull you in the right Julia, and Dorie. Best friends since Catholic grade school, they now find themselves, in their mid-thirties, at the crossroads of life and love. Ellis, recently fired from a job she gave everything to, is rudderless and now beginning to question the choices she's made over the past decade of her life. Julia--whose caustic wit covers up her wounds--has a...

7. 16th seduction

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Author:
Patterson, James, 1947-
Series:
Women's murder club volume 16
Language:
English
Average Rating:
5 stars
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"Fifteen months ago Detective Lindsay Boxer's life was perfect - she had a beautiful child and a doting husband, Joe, who helped her catch a ruthless criminal who'd detonated a bomb in downtown San Francisco, killing 12 people. But Joe isn't everything that Lindsay thought he was, and she's still reeling from his betrayal as a wave of mysterious and possibly unnatural heart attacks strikes seemingly unrelated victims across San Francisco. Now the...

8. Dream count: a novel

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Author:
Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi, 1977-
Language:
English
Average Rating:
4 stars
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"Chiamaka is a Nigerian travel writer living in America. Alone in the midst of the pandemic, she recalls her past lovers and grapples with her choices and regrets. Zikora, her best friend, is a lawyer who has been successful at everything until—betrayed and brokenhearted—she must turn to the person she thought she needed least. Omelogor, Chiamaka’s bold, outspoken cousin, is a financial powerhouse in Nigeria who begins to question how well she...

9. Betrayed: a Rosato & Associates novel

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Author:
Scottoline, Lisa
Series:
Rosato and DiNunzio novel volume 2
Rosato and DiNunzio
Language:
English
Average Rating:
3.8 stars
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"Blockbuster author Lisa Scottoline returns to the Rosato & Associates law firm with Betrayed, and maverick lawyer Judy Carrier takes the lead in a case that's more personal than ever. Judy has always championed the underdog, so when Iris, the housekeeper and best friend of Judy's beloved Aunt Barb, is found dead of an apparent heart attack, Judy begins to suspect foul play. The circumstances of the death leave Judy with more questions than answers,...

10. Summerland: a novel

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Author:
Hilderbrand, Elin
Language:
English
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4.3 stars
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After a fatal car crash during a summer celebration on Nantucket island, four teenagers question if the roots of the accident lie further in the past than they seem; is true healing possible, in even these most devastating circumstance; and, can true friendship ever really die?

11. Fire and ice

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Author:
Hunter, Erin
Series:
Warriors volume 2
Lexile measure:
810L
Language:
English
Average Rating:
5 stars
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Fireheart, a full-fledged warrior cat, must confront questions of loyalty and identity as he faces the possibility of betrayal from within his own forest clan. Fireheart is a ThunderClan warrior cat now, but danger still lurks in the forest -- and possibly closer than he thinks. With the chill of winter setting in, the cats of rival RiverClan are growing restless, while WindClan is weak and facing threats from all sides. As tensions build to an explosive...

12. The soulmate

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Author:
Hepworth, Sally
Language:
English
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3.6 stars
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"Get ready for a thrilling, addictive novel about marriage, betrayal, and the secrets that push us to the edge in Sally Hepworth's The Soulmate. There's a cottage on a cliff. Gabe and Pippa's dream home in a sleepy coastal town. But their perfect house hides something sinister. The tall cliffs have become a popular spot for people to end their lives. Night after night Gabe comes to their rescue, literally talking them off the ledge. Until he doesn't....

13. The perfect marriage

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Author:
Rose, Jeneva
Series:
Perfect
Language:
English
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4 stars
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"Sarah Morgan is a successful and powerful defense attorney in Washington D.C. As a named partner at her firm, life is going exactly how she planned. The same cannot be said for her husband, Adam. He's a struggling writer who has had little success in his career and he tires of his and Sarah's relationship as she is constantly working. Out in the secluded woods, at the couple's lake house, Adam engages in a passionate affair with Kelly Summers. But...

14. The age of innocence

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Author:
Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937
Series:
Collectors' Library
Vintage classics
Modern Library classics
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Language:
English
Average Rating:
5 stars
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Newland Archer is a proper New York gentleman, and part of a society which adheres to strict social codes. Newland marries May Welland, a young woman whose upbringing has made her the perfect wife. When Newland meets May's cousin, Countess Ellen Olenska, who has left her husband in Europe and now wants a divorce, he finds himself utterly captivated by her. Both Ellen and Newland, however, are products of their upbringing and their culture, and...

15. Educated: a memoir

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Author:
Westover, Tara
Lexile measure:
870L
Language:
English
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4.2 stars
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"Tara Westover was seventeen the first time she set foot in a classroom. Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, she prepared for the end of the world by stockpiling home-canned peaches and sleeping with her "head-for-the-hills bag." In the summer she stewed herbs for her mother, a midwife and healer, and in the winter she salvaged in her father's junkyard. The family was so isolated from mainstream society that there was no one to ensure...

16. Julius Caesar

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Author:
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Series:
Oxford world's classics
Shakespeare appreciated
Plays
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English
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Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, discusses the author and the theater of his time, and provides quizzes and other study activities.

17. The Town

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Pub. Date:
2010
Language:
English
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3.3 stars
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Doug MacRay is leader of a Boston bank robber gang but not cut from the same cloth as his fellow thieves. When Doug falls into a passionate romance with the bank manager briefly taken hostage in their last heist, he wants out of this life and out of the town. As the Feds close in and the crew questions his loyalty, he has one of two choices: betray his friends or lose the woman he loves. Special features include the extended cut.

18. Wuthering Heights

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Author:
Brontë, Emily, 1818-1848
Series:
Oxford world's classics
Penguin classics deluxe edition
Vintage classics
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Lexile measure:
880L
Language:
English
Average Rating:
3.7 stars
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"Wuthering Heights is one of the most famous love stories in the English language. It is also one of the most potent revenge narratives. The intense and unbreakable bond between the fiery Catherine Earnshaw and the foundling Heathcliff has startled and fascinated readers since its first publication in 1847. Of uncertain parentage and ethnicity, Heathcliff comes to Wuthering Heights as a child when Catherine's father finds him wandering alone through...

19. November 9

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Author:
Hoover, Colleen
Series:
Thorndike Press Large Print softcover romance and women's fiction
Language:
English
Average Rating:
4.1 stars
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"Beloved #1 New York Times bestselling author Colleen Hoover returns with an unforgettable love story between a writer and his unexpected muse. Fallon meets Ben, an aspiring novelist, the day before her scheduled cross-country move. Their untimely attraction leads them to spend Fallon's last day in L.A. together, and her eventful life becomes the creative inspiration Ben has always sought for his novel. Over time and amidst the various relationships...

20. Hamlet

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Author:
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Series:
Oxford world's classics
Timeless Shakespeare
Plays
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Lexile measure:
1390L
Language:
English
Average Rating:
4.5 stars
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Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, discusses the author and the theater of his time, and provides quizzes and other study activities.
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