Recommended Reads
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Hard Times
"A crime novel that follows the ripple effects of a tragic shooting throughout a Chicago community from the view of the teachers, police officers, and students impacted." -- Provided by publisher.
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Dungeons that surely slaughter adventurers. 1
While most reincarnated earthlings get to live out awesome isekai fantasies as adventurers who plunder dungeons for fun, fame, and profit, Aine and Nacht drew the short straw and got stuck as the dungeon's custodial staff instead. It's a messy job--whether the heroes win or lose, there's always a pile of corpses that needs tidying up afterward. But if the two are disposing of bodies anyway, then...what's a few more? Might as well turn the joint into a full-blown death trap and show those friggin' inconsiderate adventurers what for!
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99 ways to die : and how to avoid them
Dr. Alker manages to shock readers while making them laugh, educating them on how to outsmart a wide range of deadly situations and conditions. Many of the chapters include stories from her experiences in life and medicine, at times heartwarming, others heartbreaking. Sections include explorations of sex, poison, drugs, biological warfare, disease, animals, crime, the elements, and much more.
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Murder will out : a mystery
Organist Willow Stone cherishes her memories of childhood summers spent on Little North Island, Maine with her godmother Sue...even though her visits ended abruptly. Until a letter from Sue--and word of Sue's death--bings Willow back to the picturesque island."-- Adapted from book jacket
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Nowhere burning
Two siblings set off in the dark of night. They’re heading for Nowhere―an abandoned ranch, rumored to be haunted by its former movie-star owner and now a haven for runaways. While they may have escaped the devil they knew, something darker is waiting in the burned shell of Nowhere. -- adapted from publisher description.
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This land is your land : a road trip through U.S. history
"Ride along with an historian as she travels the country to see the museums, historic sites, roadside attractions, reenactments, and souvenir shops where Americans learn--and fight--about our history. From the birth of the nation in Philadelphia to Disneyland and the California dream, This Land Is Your Land offers a guided tour of thirteen places and thirteen key moments that define America's greatest successes and challenges"-- Provided by publisher.
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The Calamity Club
Abandoned by her mother one Christmas Eve, eleven-year-old Meg Lefleur has learned the hard way to rely on no one. Now one of the unadoptable "big girls" at the Lafayette County Orphan Asylum, she fights each day to keep her spirit unbowed. Birdie Calhoun, unmarried and outspoken, has come to Oxford to ask her socialite sister to help the struggling family she's left behind... Then, Birdie encounters Charlie, a woman running low on luck with little left to lose. When their fates--and Meg's--converge, Charlie comes up with an audacious plan to claim what's rightfully theirs.-- Publisher description.
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The last kings of Hollywood : Coppola, Lucas, Spielberg, and the battle for the soul of American cinema
The untold, intimate story of how three young visionaries--Francis Ford Coppola, George Lucas, and Steven Spielberg--revolutionized American cinema, creating the most iconic films in history while risking everything, redefining friendship, and shaping Hollywood as we know it.
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Strangers in the villa
High above the Mediterranean, Sydney and Curtis are working on the isolated property and their relationship when an Australian couple turns up at their door in need of help. Desperate for companionship and free labor, the Lowes invite the Australians to stay. As the days pass, secrets come to light, and not everyone will leave the villa alive. – Adapted from publisher.
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The celestial seas
Ishara Ming, the sole survivor of her crew's destruction by the sentient spacecraft Ballena, becomes obsessed with revenge and assembles a misfit crew with Quinn, her trusted first mate, and Augustus, a member with his own reasons for vengeance, forcing her to choose between revenge, loyalty, and her own unraveling before she loses everything again.
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All booked up
Empty nester Virginia Meadows faces financial struggle and pressure from her daughter to leave her beloved family home, brimming with memories and a cherished library. Determined to keep the house, she opens her home to women needing lifestyle changes, but when romantic schemes begin to brew, Virginia starts to reconsider love as a possibility -- Publisher's description.
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Platform Decay
After volunteering to run a rescue mission, Murderbot realizes that it will have to spend significant time with a bunch of humans it doesn't know. Including human children. Ugh. This may well call for... eye contact! -- Publisher description.
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White River Crossing : a novel
A fur trader’s gold discovery sends Hudson Bay officer Magnus Norton on a secret 1766 expedition north. Tension, violence, and cultural collision unravel the party as winter closes in. Amid betrayal and brutality, Thomas Hearn faces a defining moral choice in the unforgiving Barren Grounds.
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The subtle art of folding space
Ellie is caught between a collapsing multiverse and a fractured family as she struggles to save her comatose mother and stop a group threatening the machinery that holds reality together. As she uncovers dangerous secrets tied to her mother’s past, Ellie must confront her identity and decide between protecting her family or saving the universe itself.
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How to be okay when nothing is okay : tips and tricks that kept me alive, happy, and creative in spite of myself
In How to Be Okay When Nothing Is Okay, Jenny shares one hundred humorous, heartfelt, and genuine tools and tricks that she relies on to keep her going even when her brain isn't working properly due to depression, anxiety, and ADHD. She also offers tips to stay passionate and focused on creative endeavors, especially when everything around you is saying to give up.