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Pub. Date:
2020
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870L
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English
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"Summer, 1518. A strange sickness sweeps through Strasbourg: women dance in the streets, some until they fall down dead. As rumors of witchcraft spread, suspicion turns toward Lavinia and her family, and Lavinia may have to do the unimaginable to save herself and everyone she loves. Five centuries later, a pair of red shoes seal to Rosella Oliva's feet, making her dance uncontrollably. They draw her toward a boy who knows the dancing fever's history...
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English
Average Rating:
1 stars
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Ten years on from her last novel, Edna O'Brien reminds us why she is thought to be one of the great Irish writers of this and any generation. When a wanted war criminal from the Balkans, masquerading as a faith healer, settles in a small west coast Irish village, the community are in thrall. One woman, Fidelma McBride, falls under his spell and in this astonishing novel, Edna O'Brien charts the consequences of that fatal attraction. The Little Red...
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Lexile measure:
1420L
Language:
English
Average Rating:
3 stars
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Set in mid-17th century Boston, this tale of passion, puritanism and revenge is one of the foremost classics of American literature. Its heroine, Hester Prynne, is compelled by her own moral autonomy to wear the scarlet letter but she emerges as a woman with her integrity intact.
4. Ant colony
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Publisher:
Drawn & Quarterly
Pub. Date:
2014
Language:
English
Description:
"From its opening pages, Ant Colony immerses the reader in a world that is darkly existential, with false prophets, unjust wars, and corrupt police officers, as it follows the denizens of a black ant colony under attack from the nearby red ants. On the surface, it's the story of this war, the destruction of a civilization, and the ants' all too familiar desire to rebuild. Underneath, though, Ant Colony plumbs the deepest human concerns--loneliness,...
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Series:
Jack Taylor volume 13
Language:
English
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
"As well-versed in politics, pop culture, and crime fiction as he is ill-fated in life, Jack Taylor is recovering from a mistaken medical diagnosis and a failed suicide attempt. In need of money, and with former cop on his resume, Jack has been hired as anight-shift security guard. But his Ukrainian boss has Jack in mind for a bit of off-the-books work. He wants Jack to find what some claim to be the first true book of heresy, The Red Book, currently...
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Pub. Date:
2015
Language:
English
Description:
A high fantasy following a young woman's defiance of her culture as she undertakes a dangerous quest to restore her world's lost magic in Ilana C. Myer's Last Song Before Night. Her name was Kimbralin Amaristoth: sister to a cruel brother, daughter of a hateful family. But that name she has forsworn, and now she is simply Lin, a musician and lyricist of uncommon ability in a land where women are forbidden to answer such callings-a fugitive who must...
7. Heartmender
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Language:
English
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In the land of Barracks, the economy thrives on the barter of their citizens' most precious commodity a human heart. Each year, the Heart Reign festival is thrown for those who have become of age to trade their heart for their deepest desires. And this year is Adelaide Tye's year to trade. After despising Heart Reign for years, Addie endures her Extraction and discovers that her heart isn't gray and dying, like all other hearts in Barracks, but bright...
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Series:
Terminal list volume 7
Pub. Date:
2024
Language:
English
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
When three seemingly disconnected events are about to ignite a power grab unlike anything the world has seen, Navy SEAL sniper James Reece, to save America, must reconnect to a quantum computer called "Alice" who is positioned to act as either the country's greatest savior or its worst enemy.
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Publisher:
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date:
2017
Lexile measure:
690L
Language:
English
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A girl. A wolf. A red cape. A pigs? In the vein of A Tale Dark and Grimm, this gorgeously written, endlessly surprising retelling explores the stories and wildness that define us. Welcome, my little lambs, to the Puszcza. It's an ancient forest, a keeper of the deepest magic, where even the darkest fairy tales are real. Here, a Girl is not supposed to be a woodcutter. Or, be brave enough to walk alone. Here, a Wolf is not supposed to love to read....
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Pub. Date:
2020
Language:
English
Description:
In HYSTERIA, we meet a young woman an hour into yet another alcohol-fueled, masochistic, sexual bender at her local bar. There is a new bartender working this time, one she hasn't seen before, but who can properly make a drink. He looks familiar, and as she is consumed by shame from her behavior the previous week-- hooking up with her parents' colleague and her roommate's brother-- she also becomes convinced that her Brooklyn bartender is actually...
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Pub. Date:
2014
Language:
English
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"One of American Association for the Advancement of Science's Books for General Audiences and Young Adults 2014" Stephen R. Palumbi is Professor of Biology and Director of the Hopkins Marine Station at Stanford University. Anthony R. Palumbi, Stephen's son, is a science writer and novelist whose work has appeared in the Atlantic and other publications. A thrilling tour of the sea's most extreme species, written by one of the world's leading marine...
12. Eve's Reborn
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Publisher:
Ghostwriting Mentors
Pub. Date:
2024
Language:
English
Description:
Rachel Henderson is a kind-hearted editor and devoted believer, navigating life after the tragic loss of her parents. Her world changes when a mysterious stranger named David crosses her path. With eyes that glow red and an aura of danger, David's appearance brings an unsettling mix of attraction and unease. As their lives intertwine, Rachel discovers a love unlike anything she's known, shadowed by secrets too dark to imagine. Beneath David's human...
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Publisher:
Alyne de Winter
Pub. Date:
2018
Language:
English
Description:
You've heard of the Woman in White and the Woman in Black, now meet The Lady in Yellow!Be swept away in a doomed romance on the Yorkshire moors. Every woman loves an alpha, but one who is as warm and charming as Rafe de Grimston is impossible to resist. Veronica, new governess to his strange, white-haired twins, cannot stop her heart from breaking as she discovers love for the first time, and unearths a secret so dark that there is no she can surrender...
14. Eye of the Storm
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Pub. Date:
2020
Language:
English
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How an unexpected lightning storm changed everything. Ryan Stevenson's Dove Award-winning breakout hit "Eye of the Storm" was an overnight success, but his path to releasing that song was decades in the making. Ryan always knew he was called to be a musician, yet it took years of career changes, failed label contracts, and leaps of faith for him to achieve his dream. In his debut book Eye of the Storm, Ryan shares his zig-zagging journey from farm...
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Publisher:
BookBaby
Pub. Date:
2023
Language:
English
Description:
In "The Christmas Ogre," meet Charlie, a young boy who faces relentless teasing at school for holding onto his belief in Santa Claus. But when Santa himself falls prey to the clutches of the enigmatic Christmas Ogre, it's up to Charlie and his reluctant companion, Ophelia, to summon the strength and wit needed to rescue the jolly old man in red. This captivating story takes readers on a magical adventure where Charlie must confront his deepest fears...
16. Storm's Whisper
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Publisher:
Viktor Stern
Pub. Date:
2024
Language:
English
Description:
Storm's WhisperA Viktor Stern HorrorDeep within Black Hollow Forest lies a cabin shrouded in mystery and darkness. Isolated from the world, Alex seeks refuge here to escape his troubled past. But what begins as a retreat into solitude quickly spirals into a nightmarish ordeal.Upon arrival, Alex discovers unsettling signs: eerie symbols, distorted reflections, and voices from a tape recorder recounting horrors too familiar to be coincidence. The cabin...
17. Sinfully Yours
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Publisher:
Harlequin
Pub. Date:
2020
Language:
English
Description:
Hotel magnate Will Walker has one color scheme-dark and brooding. But designer Laura Edwards is determined to show him the joys of the season…in and out of the bedroom! Will Walker hates Christmas. Who wouldn't after growing up in a string of loveless foster homes? Especially when fellow foster kid Laura-the only person he ever cared for-disappeared without a word. Discovering the stunningly grown-up Laura Edwards creating a winter wonderland in...
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Publisher:
BookBaby
Pub. Date:
2025
Language:
English
Description:
This book provides an important look at the evolution of the United States of America. It is broken into five parts: the prehistory and history of our country, an analysis of the major changes in the last 50 years, where the United States of America is now, and what the future will be for our nation. Since the early 1960s, something has dramatically changed in the deepest levels of American society. After the brief period of Pax Americana in the 1950s,...
19. Fallen Poppies
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Publisher:
Findaway Voices
Pub. Date:
2024
Language:
English
Description:
A forsaken farmhouse, a heartbroken girl, and a blood-red flower with a tale to tell. After fate cruelly takes her parents in a chilling train accident, 14-year-old Jobeth is whisked away to a sinister foster home overshadowed by a nefarious couple with darkness of their own. Thrust into a world where secrets whisper through the walls, an ominous flower marks Jobeth, birthed from violence. Forever tethered together, it refuses to let go, lurking in...
Author:
Publisher:
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date:
2005
Language:
English
Description:
Once or twice a decade, an unknown short-story writer blazes onto the literary scene with work that is thrilling and new. Scott Wolven is such a talent, and his raw, blistering tales of hard-bitten convicts, dodgy informers, and men running from the law make for "the most exciting, authentic collection of short stories I have read in years," says George Pelecanos.Brooding, edgy, and sometimes violent, Controlled Burn's loosely linked stories are each...