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2. Friction
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English
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3.8 stars
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"Crawford Hunt wants his daughter back. Following the death of his wife four years ago, Crawford, a Texas Ranger, fell into a downward spiral that left him relegated to deskwork and with his five-year-old daughter Georgia in the custody of her grandparents. But Crawford has cleaned up his act, met all the court imposed requirements, and now the fate of his family lies with Judge Holly Spencer. Holly, ambitious and confident, temporarily occupies the...
3. The Iliad
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1330L
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English
Average Rating:
5 stars
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Homer's Iliad describes the final year of the Trojan War, a legendary conflict between an alliance of Greek cities and the city of Troy in Anatolia.; The greatest literary landmark of classical antiquity masterfully rendered by the most celebrated translator of our time. When Emily Wilson's translation of The Odyssey appeared in 2017--revealing the ancient poem in a contemporary idiom that "combines intellectual authority with addictive readability"...
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1060L
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English
Average Rating:
4 stars
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Dr. Jekyll is a kind and generous professional of the highest rank, and yet within him is a malevolent soul who desires the freedom to pursue his most barbarous conceits without consequence. This is not only the story of good and evil but of the hypocrisy through which one denies the other. Dr. Jekyll has developed a chemical potion which allows a separation to occur between the two natures present in everyone. By isolating the dichotomous qualities...
5. The trial
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1150L
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English
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Narrates the experiences and reactions of a respectable bank functionary after his abrupt arrest on an undisclosed charge.
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English
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In Jonathan Kellerman’s gripping novels, the city of Los Angeles is as much a living, breathing character as the heroes and villains who roam its labyrinthine streets. Sunny on the surface but shadowy beneath, this world of privilege and pleasure has a dark core and a dangerous edge. In True Detectives, Kellerman skillfully brings his renowned gifts for breathless suspense and sharp psychological insight to a tale that resonates on every...
7. Shrugged
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Aspen Comics
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English
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As Theo continues to unravel the puzzle that is his adolescent life, Ange and Dev begin to discover that something fishy is going on in their home world of Perspecta. Too bad they're busy dealing with the What If Mafia, fire drills, and track meets to find out more! They won't have to wait long for answers though, as the leader of Perspecta puts in motion a dastardly plan that spells bad news not only for Perespecta, but Earth as well!! After experiencing...
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"The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club" by Dorothy L. Sayers is a classic detective novel featuring the suave and astute amateur sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey. The story unfolds at the Bellona Club, a genteel London club for retired military officers, where the peaceful atmosphere is shattered by the discovery of a death. General Fentiman is found dead in his armchair on Armistice Day, but what initially seems to be a natural death soon raises suspicions....
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This novella was inspired by a journey to Newburyport, Massachusetts, which in 1931 was much faded from its glory years as a shipbuilding, fishing, and trading center. At the time, Lovecraft was trying to find his way forward as a literary man. The rejections he'd been hit with earlier in the year had convinced him that what he was doing was not going to take him to where he wanted to be - that his efforts to serve two masters had doomed him to...
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"Fate explored in the fall and rise of two twentieth-century American families. Victoria Shorr's remarkable gift for depicting the inner lives of complex characters shines in two powerful explorations of family, ambition, class, and status. In "Great Uncle Edward," a family gathers for dinner. At 93, Great Uncle Edward commands the table in his three-piece suit; Cousin Russell attended both Harvard and Yale but is now reduced to selling off the family...
12. Girls Night
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Tiny Ghost Press
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English
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From the author of "Zombabe" and "Babylove" comes a queer YA novel about female friendship and fistfights that's sure to hit like a sucker punch to the heart. Gossip queen ALEX longs to be seen. Cheerleader TULSI is sick of cutting people on her sharp heart. New kid CLEMENTINE can't escape the violence inside. And wallflower SUNJU is tired of keeping quiet. When a twist of fate brings this unlikely quartet together, sparks and punches fly. They call...
13. Grave Memories
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Brannon House volume 5
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English
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The Brannon House stands as a deceptive facade, its past horrors refusing to dissipate into the shadows. Ember Brannon is inexplicably drawn to an old gravestone bearing her own name, its forgotten presence casting an unsettling pall over her family's ancestral home. As she becomes fixated on the stone and the long-forgotten life it represents, Ember's reality begins to unravel. Vivid dreams transport her to a time shrouded in mystery, the tragic...
14. The Accident
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Boldwood Books
Pub. Date:
2024
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English
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One wrong Every time Kate Duggan looks in a mirror she's reminded of the night her life changed forever. Kate managed to walk away from the car accident that ruined the lives of her siblings, but questions still remain about what really happened on that dark stretch of Since then Kate's life has been spiralling. On the surface her fiancé Rob is supportive, but the reality is he's controlling and manipulative and Kate knows she has to get away. So,...
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Riverhead Books
Pub. Date:
2020
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English
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"A surreal, devastating story of a homeless ghost who haunts one of Tokyo's busiest train stations. Kazu is dead. Born in Fukushima in 1933, the same year as the Japanese Emperor, his life is tied by a series of coincidences to the Imperial family and hasbeen shaped at every turn by modern Japanese history. But his life story is also marked by bad luck, and now, in death, he is unable to rest, doomed to haunt the park near Ueno Station in Tokyo. Kazu's...
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Lexile measure:
880L
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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...
18. Nine While Nine
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Nine While Nine Legacy volume 1
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English
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There are things that humans are not meant to know.After one fateful night, Isabeau Finne learns of them, and her perfect world unravels. She becomes ensnared within an ancient society of beings exiled long ago from our world-but who still thrive hidden amongst us within our daily lives.Traveling between secret realms and modern Seattle, she's brought closer to truths that further dismantle the foundation of her reality and further endanger her safety....
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A.k
Pub. Date:
2025
Language:
English
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Set against the restless heartbeat of New York City, Schezoo unravels the haunting story of Daniel, a man caught between love, memory, and illusion. When he meets Evelyn, a mysterious woman who seems both impossibly real and fleeting as a shadow, his life begins to spiral into a labyrinth of passion and doubt. As the lines between reality and imagination blur, Daniel must confront the ghosts of his past, the fractured echoes of family, and the consuming...
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Heroes are often the least among us. Three tests determine the worthiness of a dragon rider. Compassion, magical aptitude, and armed combat. Eldwin is determined to pass them, but his maimed arm is a constant reminder of his disadvantage. Will the obstacles Eldwin faces keep him from reaching his dreams, or will he finally see what it's like to ride the skies? Dragon Riders of Osnen is an action-packed series full of twists, magic, and the struggle...