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Publisher:
William Morrow
Pub. Date:
2025
Language:
English
Description:
"A single mother is desperate to protect her family as they are targeted by a group of violent conspiracy theorists in this riveting and all too plausible thriller from USA Today bestselling author Alison Gaylin. Meg Russo was behind the wheel when it happened. She and her husband Justin were driving their daughter Lily to college, the family celebrating the eighteen-year-old's future. Then a car sidled up beside them, the young men inside it behaving...
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Publisher:
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date:
2021
Language:
English
Description:
"Eliza Bright was living the dream as an elite video game coder at Fancy Dog Games when her private life suddenly became public. But is Eliza Bright a brilliant, self-taught coder bravely calling out the toxic masculinity and chauvinism that pervades herworkplace and industry? Or, is Eliza Bright a woman who needs to be destroyed to protect "the sanctity of gaming culture"? It depends on who you ask... When Eliza reports an incident of workplace harassment...
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Publisher:
Austin Macauley Publishers
Pub. Date:
2023
Language:
English
Description:
Silas Bloodstock is just an ordinary teenager, or so it seems. He enjoys listening to rock music and spending time with his friends, but he's hiding a secret from most of them: he is the son of two powerful magicians. In Silas' world, there are factions of ogres and fairies, who use magic for good or evil. But these creatures are unknown to ordinary mortals like you and me. Enter Magnus Black, a dark sorcerer who seeks to rule the world and plunge...
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Publisher:
Berkley Books
Pub. Date:
2013
Language:
English
Description:
When the concierge of The Alexander, a historic Atlanta apartment building, invites his fellow residents to join him for weekly screenings of Downton Abbey, four very different people find themselves connecting with the addictive drama, and—even more unexpectedly—with each other…
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Lexile measure:
HL: High-Low 810L
Language:
English
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Description:
Alternating between a woman's childhood in a small town and as an adult in the city, this novel traces a Jehovah Witness family's splintering belief system, their isolation, and the erosion of their relationships. As Emily becomes closer to her closeted Uncle Tyler, she begins to challenge her upbringing. Her questions about the Jehovah's Witnesses' insular lifestyle, rigid codes of conduct, and tenets of their faith haunt her older sister Lenora...
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Series:
We the watched volume 1
Publisher:
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform]
Pub. Date:
2013, ©2008
Language:
English
Description:
"An amnesiac struggles to confrom in a nation that administers a Watched List of its own citizens. He meets people who accept invasive surveillance by the government and forced uniformity by the church as necessary safeguards for protecting national security. But will the fresh perspective from his rebirth be a blessing or a curse?"--Page [4] of cover.
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Publisher:
Page Publishing, Inc
Pub. Date:
2023
Language:
English
Description:
This is a book about the American ability to look the other way when we have major issues that should be a bright light to a possible confrontation or a time when someone would do harm to our country. We watched in December 1941 as the Japanese made aggressive moves in the Pacific and in China until, finally, we were attacked at Pearl Harbor. We watched as terrorists completed bombings all over the world, killing Americans and other innocent people,...
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Publisher:
DREAMBEE FOUNDATION
Pub. Date:
2018
Language:
English
Description:
This beautifully sincere celebration of mothers by the sons and daughters they nurtured takes the reader on an exciting voyage into the lives of presumed ordinary women, whose unwavering commitment to faith, family, and community, shelter them as they endure the challenging and painful twists of poverty, death, physical and emotional abuse, alcoholism, fear, and discrimination. Inspiring and thought provoking, this collection of memoirs will leave...
Author:
Publisher:
David Drazul
Pub. Date:
2014
Language:
English
Description:
A tiny star appears in a little girl's bedroom. An alien's first encounter with an Earthling is a dog. A couple find themselves adrift upon the Pacific Ocean in their hotel room. A trio of friends journey to Neptune to mine diamonds. These are just some of the stories included in this speculative fiction collection. Written by the author of the well-received indie novel, "Armistice Day".One story, "Tile", contains adult situations and dialogue which...
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Publisher:
Trilogy Christian Publishing
Pub. Date:
2023
Language:
English
Description:
GOD'S WORD IS A LAMP UNTO OUR FEET, AND A LIGHT UNTO OUR PATH. (PSALM 119:105). The Entrance of Thy Words Giveth Light imparts a scripturally sound approach to enlighten your understanding of a variety of situations, circumstances, or trials you may be encountering. As you read, study, and meditate on each section, it will open your understanding of scripture and make it easy to apply what you have read. The Word of God is a doorway to the spirit...
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Publisher:
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date:
©2021
Language:
English
Description:
The best-selling author of Seinfeldia documents the lesser-known story of how four trailblazing women from the radio era, including Irna Phillips, Gertrude Berg, Hazel Scott and Betty White, helped establish the foundation of the modern television industry.