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1. Buried deep and other stories

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Author:
Novik, Naomi
Publisher:
Del Rey
Pub. Date:
2024
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English
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"A thrilling anthology of thirteen short stories that span the wide-ranging imagination of the New York Times bestselling author of the Scholomance Trilogy, including a sneak peek at the world where her next novel will be set"--

2. The brutal telling

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Author:
Penny, Louise
Series:
Chief Inspector Armand Gamache volume 5
Chief Inspector Gamache novel volume 5
Thorndike Press large print mystery
Three Pines mystery volume 5
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English
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4.6 stars
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A stranger is found murdered in the village bistro and antiques store and all clues point to bistro owner Olivier being the killer. Once again, Chief Inspector Gamache and his team are called in to strip back layers of lies, exposing both treasures and rancid secrets long buried--but not forgotten.

3. The scarlet letter

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Author:
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864
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Barnes and Noble classics
Word Cloud Classics
Macmillan collector's library
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Lexile measure:
1420L
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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. Romeo and Juliet

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Author:
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
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Oxford world's classics
Shakespeare Signet Classic
Timeless Shakespeare
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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.

5. The wife upstairs

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Author:
Hawkins, Rachel, 1979-
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Thorndike Press large print basic
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English
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4 stars
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"A delicious twist on a Gothic classic, Rachel Hawkins' The Wife Upstairs pairs Southern charm with atmospheric domestic suspense, perfect for fans of B.A. Paris and Megan Miranda. Meet Jane. Newly arrived to Birmingham, Alabama, Jane is a broke dog-walker in Thornfield Estates--a gated community full of McMansions, shiny SUVs, and bored housewives. The kind of place where no one will notice if Jane lifts the discarded tchotchkes and jewelry off the...

6. Stars in an Italian sky

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Author:
Santopolo, Jill
Pub. Date:
[2023]
Language:
English
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5 stars
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Genoa, Italy, 1946. Vincenzo and Giovanna fall in love at twenty-one the moment they set eyes on each other. The son of a count and the daughter of a tailor, they belong to opposing worlds. Despite this, the undeniable spark between them quickly burns into a deep and passionate relationship spent exploring each other's minds, bodies and their city, as well as Vincenzo's family's sprawling vineyard, Villa Della Rosa--until shifts in political power...

7. Bleak House

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Author:
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
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Barnes and Noble classics
Selections
Modern Library classics
Penguin classics
Lexile measure:
1180L
Language:
English
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4.5 stars
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Often considered Charles Dickens's masterpiece, Bleak House blends together several literary genres—detective fiction, romance, melodrama, and satire—to create an unforgettable portrait of the decay and corruption at the heart of English law and society in the Victorian era. Opening in the swirling mists of London, the novel revolves around a court case that has dragged on for decades—the infamous Jarndyce and Jarndyce lawsuit, in which an inheritance...

8. The hurricane sisters

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Author:
Frank, Dorothea Benton
Series:
Lowcountry Tales volume 9
Language:
English
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3 stars
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"Best friends since the first day of classes at The College of Charleston, Ashley Anne Waters and Mary Beth Smythe, now 23 years old, live in Ashley's parents' beach house rent-free. Ashley is a gallery assistant who aspires to become an artist. Mary Beth, a gifted cook from Tennessee, works for a caterer while searching for a good teaching job. Though they both know what they want out of life, their parents barely support their dreams and worry for...

9. White fang

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Author:
London, Jack, 1876-1916
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Junior Classics for young readers
Lexile measure:
970L
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English
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Up in the frozen north, life is harsh and dangerous. But this is where White Fang, the wolf-dog, feels at home--in the wild. When White Fang lives among man-animals, he must learn to fend for himself. And when he finds himself with a man who is kind to him, he must learn to love.

10. The kitchen house

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Author:
Grissom, Kathleen
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"Orphaned during her passage from Ireland, young, white Lavinia arrives on the steps of the kitchen house and is placed, as an indentured servant, under the care of Belle, the master’s illegitimate slave daughter. Lavinia learns to cook, clean, and serve food, while guided by the quiet strength and love of her new family. In time, Lavinia is accepted into the world of the big house, caring for the master’s opium-addicted wife and befriending...

11. The unlikely pilgrimage of Harold Fry: a novel

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Author:
Joyce, Rachel
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Harold Fry
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English
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Harold Fry is convinced that he must deliver a letter to an old love in order to save her, meeting various characters along the way and reminiscing about the events of his past and people he has known, as he tries to find peace and acceptance.

12. The mayor of Casterbridge

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Author:
Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928
Series:
Oxford world's classics volume 19
Language:
English
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5 stars
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"The Mayor of Casterbridge," penned by the literary master Thomas Hardy, stands as a compelling and tragic exploration of one man's tumultuous journey through the twists of fate. Set against the picturesque backdrop of the fictional Wessex, the novel unfolds with an air of inevitability, weaving a tale that delves deep into the complexities of human character, societal expectations, and the relentless march of time. At its heart, the narrative...

13. The man in the iron mask

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Author:
Dumas, Alexandre, 1802-1870
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Oxford world's classics
Timeless Classics
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Lexile measure:
930L
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English
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Imprisoned for your entire life because you looked like someone else is the sad fate of Philippe, twin brother of the King of France, until a rescue plan unfolds.

14. The city: a novel

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Author:
Koontz, Dean R. (Dean Ray), 1945-
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Thorndike Press large print core
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English
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"#1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz is at the peak of his acclaimed powers with this major new novel. The city changed my life and showed me that the world is deeply mysterious. I need to tell you about her and some terrible things and wonderful things and amazing things that happened. and how I am still haunted by them. Including one night when I died and woke and lived again. Here is the riveting, soul-stirring story of Jonah Kirk,...

15. The madonnas of Leningrad

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Author:
Dean, Debra, 1957-
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Thorndike Press large print core
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English
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Eighty-two-year-old Marina Buriakov, preparing for her granddaughter's wedding in Seattle, finds it more and more difficult to hold onto memories in the present, retreating often to the 1940s when, living in the basement of the Hermitage Museum with other employees during the German siege of Leningrad, she created a memory room in her mind furnished with the museum's priceless masterpieces.

16. Jar of hearts

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Hillier, Jennifer
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"This is story of three best friends: one who was murdered, one who went to prison, and one who's been searching for the truth all these years . . . When she was sixteen years old, Angela Wong--one of the most popular girls in school--disappeared without a trace. Nobody ever suspected that her best friend, Georgina Shaw, now an executive and rising star at her Seattle pharmaceutical company, was involved in any way. Certainly not Kaiser Brody, who...

17. The Manchurian candidate

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Author:
Condon, Richard
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English
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"A war hero and the recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor, Sergeant Raymond Shaw is keeping a deadly secret-even from himself. During his time as a prisoner of war in North Korea, he was brainwashed by his Communist captors and transformed into a deadly weapon-a sleeper assassin, programmed to kill without question or mercy at his captors' signal. Now he's been returned to the United States with a covert mission: to kill a candidate for US...

18. The Judas strain: a Sigma force novel

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Author:
Rollins, James, 1961-
Series:
Sigma Force volume 4
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English
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From the depths of the Indian Ocean, a horrific plague has arisen to devastate humankind--a disease that's unknown, unstoppable ... and deadly. But it is merely a harbinger of the doom that is to follow

19. The house I loved

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Author:
Rosnay, Tatiana de, 1961-
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English
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Sarah's Key and A Secret Kept comes an absorbing new novel about one woman's resistance during an époque that shook Paris to its very core.
Paris, France: 1860's. Hundreds of houses are being razed, whole neighborhoods reduced to ashes. By order of Emperor Napoleon III, Baron Haussman has set into motion a series of large-scale renovations that will permanently alter

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20. The ministry of utmost happiness: a novel

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Author:
Roy, Arundhati
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English
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"A richly moving new novel--the first since the author's Booker Prize-winning, internationally celebrated debut, The God of Small Things, went on to become a beloved best seller and enduring classic. The Ministry of Utmost Happiness transports us across a subcontinent on a journey of many years. It takes us deep into the lives of its gloriously rendered characters, each of them in search of a place of safety--in search of meaning, and of love. In...
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