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"In a single, engaging volume, The Great Gatsby presents a helpful literary guide to one of America's most prized classic novels. First published in 1925, F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby captured the spirit of the Jazz Age and examined the American obsession with love, wealth, material objects, and class. Considered one of the great novels of the 20th century, Fitzgerald s famous work remains relevant for its observations on the pursuit of...
2) Cold harbour
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In this Higgins adventure classic, an Allied spy operation is suddenly jeopardized just as it's about to discover Rommel's plans for defeating the D-Day invasion.
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[This book] is [an] account of one of the most severe child abuse cases in California history. It is the story of Dave Pelzer, who was brutally beaten and starved by his emotionally unstable, alcoholic mother: a mother who played torturous, unpredictable games - games that left him nearly dead. He had to learn how to play his mother's games in order to survive because she no longer considered him a son, but a slave; and no longer a boy, but an "it."--Back...
4) River's end
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A romance between a woman employed as a rain forest guide on the Olympic Peninsula and a reporter investigating her mother's murder. The heroine is Olivia whose father is in jail for killing her mother and she wants no reminders of the horror she saw as a child. But reporter Noah Brady is persistent, having been asked by Olivia's father to clear his name, and his persistence leads to justice for one and love with the other.
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#1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts has brought romantic suspense to an electrifying new level with her In Death series. Now, in this thrilling novella she takes Lieutenant Eve Dallas off-planet, where she just might lose the man she loves...
Eve is resigned to the fact that she’s been ordered to give a seminar at a police conference—and that she’ll have to leave Earth to do it....
Eve is resigned to the fact that she’s been ordered to give a seminar at a police conference—and that she’ll have to leave Earth to do it....
6) Dark lord
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Rod Everlar is a writer who has created a fantasy world called Falconfar, into which he is drawn. There, he discovers that three dark wizards dominate the land. Now he must learn to seize control of Falconfar and find a way of defeating the corruption within.--From publisher's description.
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Lincoln scholar Ronald C. White, Jr., offers a fresh definition of Lincoln as a man of integrity--what today's commentators would call "authenticity"--whose moral compass holds the key to understanding his life. Through meticulous research of the newly completed Lincoln Legal Papers, as well as of recently discovered letters and photographs, White provides a portrait of Lincoln's personal, political, and moral evolution. White shows us Lincoln as...
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Two teenage boys are missing and their disappearance may be linked to a shady fertility clinic Peter Kelly and Lily Madison visited in college as penniless students. When Pete and Lily learn that one of the missing boys looks exactly like Pete, they set out to discover what really went on at the clinic all those years ago.
12) Vision in white
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Wedding photographer Mackensie "Mac" Elliot is most at home behind the camera, but her focus is shattered moments before an important wedding rehearsal when she bumps into the bride-to-be's brother...an encounter that has them both seeing stars. A stable, safe English teacher, Carter Maguire is definitely not Mac's type. But a casual fling might be just what she needs to take her mind off bridezillas. Of course, casual flings can turn into something...
13) Monsters of men
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As a world-ending war surges to life around them, Todd and Viola face monstrous decisions, questioning all they have ever known as they try to step back from the darkness and find the best way to achieve peace.
15) Winter garden
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The dying wish of a loving father ignites a family drama that brings two sisters and their acid-tongued, Russian-born mother together in a story that reaches back to WWII Leningrad.
1941: Leningrad, a once magical city besieged by war, cut off from aid, buried in snow. A city full of women desperate to save their children and themselves. 2000: Loss and old age have taken a terrible toll on Anya Whitson. At last, she will reach out to her estranged...
16) Almost Summer
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Fool's Gold, California, a charming small town that's short on men, has captured thousands of readers' hearts in Susan Mallery's New York Times bestselling series. Discover what makes these contemporary romances a must-read with Almost Summer, a Fool's Gold novella.
Ever since she was young, Paige McLean has longed to see the world. Still, she never imagined the world would land on her doorstep in the form of a charming British...
Ever since she was young, Paige McLean has longed to see the world. Still, she never imagined the world would land on her doorstep in the form of a charming British...
17) Close your eyes
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The FBI has asked the help of Kendra Michaels whose astonishing powers of observation and analysis have made her a favorite of law enforcement agencies all across the country. She's not interested until Agent Lynch reveals that Agent Jeff Stedler -- Kendra's ex -- is missing and may have run directly into the path of a serial killer.
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Andrew "Ender" Wiggin thinks he is playing computer-simulated war games at the Battle School; in fact, he is engaged in something far more desperate. Ender is the result of decades of genetic experimentation, Earth's attempt to make the military genius that the planet needs in its all-out war with an alien enemy. Ender Wiggin is six years old when his training begins. He will grow up fast. Ender's two older siblings, Peter and Valentine, are every...
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