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1) Ashes
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A lawless land of violence and deprivation, The Meadow Well Estate is a no-go area for police and non-residents alike and a hotbed of ritual violence. No one dares enter of their own accord, and few make it out alive. But Jack was one of the good ones. Recently released from prison, he is determined to turn his life completely around: by getting out.
When, however, rumors spark of the police's involvement in the death of two young joy riders, the...
2) The Glitz
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Story of a elderly black woman who runs into something not of this world , angel ,demon,or alien, who really knows ,and how does this all connect to her.
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When Amelia Tate is cast to play the Audrey Hepburn role in a remake of Roman Holiday, she feels as if all her dreams have come true. She has a handsome boyfriend, is portraying her idol in a major motion picture, and gets to live in beautiful, Italian city of Rome for the next two-months.
Once there, she befriends a young woman named Sophie with whom she begins to explore the city. Together, they discover all the amazing riches that Rome has to offer....
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De Quincey, Baudelaire, Poe, Joyce, Walter Benjamin, Melville, Lorca, Whitman...each a walker and city-dweller, each a collagist and chronicler, picking the detritus of their eras off the filthy streets and assembling it into something new, shocking, and beautiful. In To Walk Alone in the Crowd, Antonio Muñoz Molina emulates these classical inspirations, following their peregrinations as well as telling their stories, in a book that is part memoir,...
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From one of the leading literary critics of his generation comes the first of Edmund Wilson's three novels, I thought of Daisy, published together with his short story "Galahad."
Set in Greenwich Village in the 1920s, Edmund Wilson's I Thought of Daisy tells the coming of age story of a young man living a bohemian life, and of his heartfelt relationship with a chorus girl, he meets at a party. Fictional sketches drawn from real-life literary figures...
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Enter the world of the Delivery Boy, who must peddle his way to 5-star customer ratings-and, perhaps, freedom-in novelist and graphic designer Peter Mendelsund's The Delivery.
Countries go wrong, sometimes, and sometimes the luckier citizens of those countries have a chance to escape and seek refuge in another country-a country that might itself be in the process of going wrong.
In the bustling indifference of an unnamed city, one such citizen...
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Once upon a time in Manhattan . . .
. . . there stood a pair of fine old brick townhouses on West Tenth Street. One had a blue door with a tarnished brass knocker in the shape of a dolphin. The other was empty. Behind the blue door lived Sadie, the widow of a famous British rocker who died of an overdose, and two of her children, Hamish and Deen.
The children manage to muddle along as best they can with a loving but distracted mother. But their...
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En el año 2008 todavía no existía el WhatsApp y se utilizaban los mensajes en formato SMS para comunicarse y también para dar a conocer al prójimo más o menos conocido, ideas, reflexiones, experiencias, dudas, certezas e incluso fantasías. El significado del libro es el que cada cual quiera darle. El autor tan solo invita a los lectores de una forma sencilla, a poner en práctica un saludable ejercicio a modo de gimnasia mental para estimular...
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Wild child and secret romantic Angie wakes up in a hotel room with $3,000 and no memories of the night before. Her best friends aren't talking to her, she can't get a job in fashion, her parents are divorcing, and she's about to turn twenty-three. And life is about to get much worse.
Brooklyn Girls: Love and Chaos continues the story of our five favorite grads sharing a brownstone and starting out in New York City through Angie's eyes. On a journey...
10) Rake
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Reid Wolfe is a master of seducing women. This time, his life may depend on it. He's known as the Wolfe of Manhattan. Reid Wolfe sees women as playthings, and most are happy to be arm candy and bed warmers for the handsome billionaire rake. He knows the art of seduction like no other, so surely he can get a Las Vegas showgirl into his bed in record time. He must, because she has information he and his family need to prove their innocence in their...
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It's 2015 in New York City, and three women all known as Mrs. Tobias--Veronika, the matriarch, her daughter-in-law Mel, and Mel's daughter-in-law Birdie--are trying to navigate personal difficulties, some of which are with one another.Veronika and Mel, despite having little in common, are both psychotherapists who are more skilled at helping other people than solving their own problems. Birdie, still dealing with the culture shock of moving to New...
12) An Uncommon Gift
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A work of fiction about teenagers finding their true path in life and the choices that they make. Some can lead to a life fulfilled with meaning, happiness, joy, and accomplishment given the right advice and guidance in making the right life choices.
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La lengua de Piamonte, también conocida como piemontés, es una lengua romance hablada en la región de Piamonte, en el norte de Italia. Su historia y evolución reflejan la rica diversidad lingüística de la península itálica. A continuación, se presenta una reseña amplia sobre la lengua de Piamonte, destacando su historia, importancia regional y su posición en el contexto centroeuropeo. **Historia:**El piemontés tiene raíces que se remontan...
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A suspenseful family saga, love story, and gangster tale, wrapped into one great book club read . . .
Just before WWI, Golda comes to America yearning for independence, but she tosses aside her dreams of freedom and marries her widowed brother-in-law after her sister dies giving birth to their son, Morty.
In the crowded streets of Brooklyn where Jewish and Italian gangs demand protection money from local storekeepers and entice youngsters with the...
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Bouncing back after further relapse, Jason is thrilled to find his fame still opens many doors for him when he is presented with film scripts and endorsement opportunities.The best news has to be a flattering list of artists who all wish to collaborate. Consulting his former manager, Lewis, they agree that Georgie can manage Jason's second comeback - with Lewis to keep an eye on them both.Reminiscing about the highlights of his career, having had...
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En el invierno de 1999 un yonqui cualquiera entra en una kunda que le lleva a un poblado chabolista en las afueras de Madrid para pillar droga. Y los acontecimientos se precipitan: en el filo de una noche al borde del milenio, comienza un viaje a la infancia de ese yonqui que deambula por Madrid en busca de redención, un yonqui a quien de niño, con doce años, todos llamaban Silver y que se creía afortunado, que tenía un padre que era un héroe,...
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A game of pretend with the highest stakes of all in the latest novel of breathtaking romance from USA Today bestselling author Caitlin Crews
Ty Everett ran off to the rodeo when he turned eighteen and has been riding bulls ever since…until his last fall causes partial amnesia and he must return to Cold River Ranch to figure out what comes next. But how can he pick his next move when he can't remember how he got here in the first place-much less...
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At 28, with a Ph.D under her belt and a meteoric rise to head of Research and Development at Mercer Robotics, Reese feels her decision to put her career first has worked out pretty well for her. Sure, she doesn't have many personal relationships to speak of, but she does love her team and they like her too.
So when she's called to the Big Boss's office and told she will be looking after his son while he does a rotation in her lab, she's not thrilled...
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A wounded veteran discovers the healing power of nature in this classic American novel by the author of A Girl of the Limberlost.
Wounded in World War I, Jamie McFarlane is looking for a peaceful place to spend his final days. After escaping the grim confines of a California military hospital, he finds himself at the seaside home of the Bee Master. There, with the help of an impish eleven-year-old called Little Scout, Jamie tends to the hives and...
20) Piano Shorts
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There's beauty in music. And magic, too. After Dale's grandparents died, the only thing he wanted was Grandpa's old upright piano. It wouldn't stay in tune. The ivories were worn down with fingerprints of its age. And it sang out music that filled his soul with joy. As Dale set to work tuning and playing his old, beloved piano, the magic of its music filled the big old Victorian, touching everyone's lives in unexpected ways.
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