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Cormoran Strike novel volume 6
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English
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4 stars
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The latest installment in the highly acclaimed, internationally bestselling Strike series finds Cormoran and Robin ensnared in another winding, wicked case. When frantic, disheveled Edie Ledwell appears in the office begging to speak to her, private detective Robin Ellacott doesn't know quite what to make of the situation. The cocreator of a popular cartoon, The Ink Black Heart, Edie is being persecuted by a mysterious online figure who goes by the...
2. The sonnets
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English
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First published in 1609, "The Sonnets" of William Shakespeare are a collection of 154 loosely connected 14 line poems. Considered by many to be among some of the greatest love poetry ever written much debate surrounds the context of the poetry. It has been suggested that the work may be semi-autobiographical but no real evidence firmly supports this notion. The themes of the poems contained within this volume are varied and include such subjects as...
3. Hot pursuit
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Black Knights Inc volume 11
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English
Average Rating:
3 stars
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Welcome to Black Knights Inc. What appears to be a tricked-out motorcycle shop on the South Side of Chicago is actually headquarters for the world's most elite covert operatives. Deadly, dangerous, and determined, they'll steal your breath and your heart. Fighting for his life is pretty much standard operating procedure for Christian Watson, former SAS Officer. Doing it with bossy, beautiful BKI office manager Emily Scott in tow is another matter...
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English
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2.5 stars
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"Two estranged half sisters tasked with guarding their family's library of magical books must work together to unravel a deadly secret at the heart of their collection--a tale of familial loyalty and betrayal, and the pursuit of magic and power"--
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Pub. Date:
2020
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English
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"We all have good luck and bad, courtesy of our very own lucky rabbits and black cats. Most people never even notice them. Cecil Bean had certainly never noticed his villainous cat, Millikin, or his devoted rabbit, Leek. At least not until Millikin hatched a deliciously evil plan to have Leek vanish within a magician's hat, leaving Cecil with no good luck at all. Thrown into a shadowy, perilous world, Leek will stop at nothing to return to his boy--even...
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Europe Comics
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English
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Mr. Ash Tuesday finally comes to the end of his wanderings. Right at the heart of Pluto and the first circles of Purgatory, Ash Tuesday comes face to face with the painful incarnations of his past. Thus the postman and his companion at last discover the true nature of Purgatory. It's all a bit too much for Ash Tuesday, who ends up fleeing the scene and returning to Saint-Cecile. Back in Saint-Cecile, chaos rules following an overdose of Lethe (the...
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Pub. Date:
2020
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English
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Welcome to Kapri James-White's world. Walk the streets of Detroit with her, and learn what it truly means to be Married to the Shooter! Kapri James wasn't born into the struggle of the game, but she craves it. Despite pleas from her mother, the upper-middle-class teen is addicted to "slumming" and living the fast life. Everything about the black-hearted mentality of Detroit draws her in with ease. Drug dealing, carjackings, home invasions, snatch...
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Hearts in Darkness volume 1
Pub. Date:
2013
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English
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"Laura Kaye has a gift for writing beautifully damaged men and Caden Grayson leads the pack with enough vulnerability to twist your heart in knots." ~ NYT Bestseller Tessa BaileyTwo accountant Makenna James finds herself stranded in a pitch-black elevator, she can't help but wonder about the stranger stuck with her. All she noticed about him before the lights went out was a dragon tattoo; all she knows now is his sexy, gruff voice in the darkness....
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"It's Prohibition. It's Philadelphia. And Jersey Leo doesn't fit in. Jersey is an albino of mixed race. Known as "Snowball" on the street, he tends bar at a speakeasy the locals call the Ink Well. There, he's considered a hero for having saved the life of a young boy. But when his old grade school buddy, Aaron Garvey, calls from death row and asks for one last favor, all hell breaks loose. Jersey finds himself running from a band of crooked cops,...
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St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date:
2025
Language:
English
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"For fans of Jordan Peele's films, Stranger Things, and The Other Black Girl, Listen To Your Sister is a laugh-out-loud, deeply terrifying, and big-hearted speculative horror novel from electrifying debut talent Neena Viel. Twenty-five year old Calla Williams is struggling since becoming guardian to her brother, Jamie. Calla is overwhelmed and tired of being the one who makes sacrifices to keep the family together. Jamie, full of good-natured sixteen-year-old...
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St Martins Pr
Pub. Date:
2014
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English
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"Why did you get that tattoo? Every tattoo tells a story, whether the ink is meaningful or the result of a misguided decision made at the age of fourteen, representative of the wearer's true self or the accidental consequence of a bender. These most permanent of body adornments are hidden by pants legs and shirt tails, emblazoned on knuckles, or tucked inside mouths. They are battle scars and beauty marks, totems and mementos. Pen & Ink grants us...
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MainSpring Books
Pub. Date:
2023
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English
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When we are young, we read the Bible and believe it by faith. Like the Apostle Paul, we discover that honest questions always lead to deeply satisfying and needs meeting answers from God. As we crawl out of the pot holes of life, we find that the black ink on the white paper jumps off the pages of the Bible and burns deeply into our hearts revealing the truth and reality of God's faithfulness! We discover that God grows in each of us a "Legitimate...
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The Devil's Right Hand chronicles the legacy of death and destruction in the gun making Colt family during the nineteenth century, a legacy largely remembered for a lurid murder case that inspired Edgar Allan Poe's story "The Oblong Box"-but one that encompassed much New York Times and nationally bestselling author M. William Phelps reveals an unfathomable pattern surrounding repeating arms inventor Samuel Colt-from the death of all his children,...
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English
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4.5 stars
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Lisbeth Salander has been forged by a brutal childhood and horrific abuse. And repeated attempts on her life. The ink embedded in her skin is a constant reminder of her pledge to fight against the injustice she finds on every side. Confinement to the secure unit of a women's prison is intended as a punishment. Instead, Lisbeth finds herself in relative safety. Flodberga is a failing prison, effectively controlled by the inmates, and for a computer...
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Author's Republic
Pub. Date:
2018
Language:
English
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In her first published work A Modern Day Black Woman's Book of Poetry Volume 1: Two Decades of Growth and Change, Shamar Starks-Ward shares heart, soul, experiences and changing points of view with her cherished audience. These poems are an unapologetic collection from the ink pin of a Black Woman that range from the immature perspective of an eighteen-year-old with an old soul to a mature forty two year old that has weathered many storms, joys, pains,...
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AD: Adult Directed 600L
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English
Average Rating:
5 stars
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What happens when Sal and her mother meet a mother bear and her cub. A beloved classic is born! Kuplink, kuplank, kuplunk! Sal and her mother a picking blueberries to can for the winter. But when Sal wanders to the other side of Blueberry Hill, she discovers a mama bear preparing for her own long winter. Meanwhile Sal's mother is being followed by a small bear with a big appetite for berries! Will each mother go home with the right little one? --...
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Joshua Tang
Pub. Date:
2025
Language:
English
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The night was as dark as pitch, a blackness that swallowed light and left only shadows to play tricks on the eyes. The Black Forest of Bavaria stretched out before Henry Ward like an endless abyss. Its towering pines swayed in a wind that carried a low, mournful hum. He sat cross-legged by the flickering campfire with a battered tin mug of tea cooling in his hands. His gaze fixed on the brittle sheepskin map spread across his knees. The parchment...
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Ms Suzanne Gunningham
Pub. Date:
2020
Language:
English
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Blending real-life, poetry and love letters, this romantic memoir delightfully mixes humor, tenderness, bliss and misery while exposing the power of love to endure against all odds. 'We wandered out to the front porch so I could see the spectacle of the stars in the ink-black sky and hear the creek rushing along the valley. We stood perfectly still listening. Standing behind me, Barry reached across my shoulder to point out the direction of the creek....
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Publisher:
W.W. Norton & Company, Inc
Pub. Date:
[2020]
Language:
English
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"Acclaimed cartoonist Peter Kuper delivers a powerful interpretation of this controversial classic. Heart of Darkness has unsettled generations of readers with its haunting portrait of colonialism and brutal exploitation in Africa. Now award-winning illustrator Peter Kuper reimagines Conrad's masterpiece for a new generation, transforming this dramatic tale of madness, greed, and evil into something visually immersive and profoundly complex. Drawn...
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DC Comics
Pub. Date:
2024
Language:
English
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The bloody brilliance of 2020's Harvey-nominated Harley Quinn: Black + White + Red deserved an encore! In this all-new collection, 18 short tales of Gotham's most unpredictable antihero unspool in black, white, and red ink (because she's never seen the world in just black and white). Watch in astonishment as Harley and Ivy dive deep into the heart of the Fortress of Solitude! Peer into Harley's teenage past as a high-flying gymnast with vengeance...