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"An enchanting story of twins, fame, and heartache by the much-praised author of Lullabies for Little Criminals"--
"Nineteen years old, free of prospects, and inescapably famous, the twins Nicholas and Nouschka Tremblay are trying to outrun the notoriety of their father, a French-Canadian Serge Gainsbourg with a genius for the absurd and for winding up in prison. "Back in the day, he could come home from a show with a paper bag filled with women's...
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Love continues. (Sequel to 'Love at First Encounter')The name suggests that their next encounters are full of love. Though it is true, but not in the way anyone expected. And what happens at the end of this book is again not expected.In their first month, no expectation of anything, but things happened. And now, when expected, things don't turn out the way they were expected to be… Encounters remain encounters... Unable to turn into meetings.
4) Silence
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if i can count every grain of sand in the ocean of the beach, we made a trip to twice a week.
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Vamba Sherif' s The Emperor' s Son is a gripping tale of Zaiwulo, a young prodigy dispatched to the ancient city of Musadu to train under the tutelage of Talata, a renowned sage of the legendary Haidarah family. In his new surroundings, the young Zaiwulo finds himself entangled in a web of intrigue surrounding Emperor Samori, the formidable leader whom the French have dubbed " the Black Napoleon." As...
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Bryan Grayhill is making his life difficult. A hot temper like his father and a propensity for making bad decisions are leading him down a road to nowhere. When he runs into Sara during the Fall of 1989, an unexpected love quickly grows between them. With her encouragement, Bryan begins taking small steps toward being a better man, as well as trying to repair the tattered relationship with his Dad. Eventually, Bryan learns Sara has a damaging secret...
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La vida, al final, es el mayor de los misterios
Emma está internada en un hospital en el que los niños desaparecen a la mitad de la noche. Al día siguiente, las camas, que ellos dejan destendidas, vuelven a estar listas para recibir a nuevos pacientes, como si nada hubiese pasado. Ella está convencida de que algo oscuro ocurre en ese lugar y, armada de una imaginación alimentada por todos los libros que ha leído en su corta vida, de un espíritu...
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1969. Nineteen-year old Cal Vallance leaves his hometown of Churchill, British Columbia, Canada for New York City.Once there, it's not long before he finds fame and fortune as a comic book writer.After recieving word of his father's murder, in 1975, Cal returnes to Churchill and quickly realizes that the peaceful townhe was born in has become a cesspool where prostitution and drug abuse are rampant.Cal is determined to find the killer of his father.And...
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New York City. 1977.Santino De Luca, and his wife, Maria, and their three kids,live in a beautiful condominium called Carnegie Hill Place.Shortly after Santino announces his intention to run in the next StrataCouncil meeting, he's found dead by their daughter, Lucia, in theirbathtub, filled with red paint.NYPD investigators deemed the incident a suicide and closed the case.But Santino's brothers, Angelo and Sal, are convinced that poor Santinowas...
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Throughout "the LoneDogs of Scrabble" a human and dog narrative interweaves seamlessly in two distinct voices where the dogs are sentient beings and protagonists. An excerpt of the dog voice is below:
The cement floors of the cage were cold, but he, the young stray pup, was tired of the hunger and continuous fights to protect his territory. He had earned his own name by being the best scavenger of scraps…
The fact that he would have...
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A comprehensive guide to unlocking your full potential and finding balance in various aspects of life. In this book, we delve into the realms of sleep, mental control, mindfulness, sexual energy, happiness, physical strength, solitude, and invaluable life lessons inspired by the majestic eagle.In today's fast-paced and demanding world, it can be challenging to navigate through the complexities of daily life while maintaining our well-being and personal...
13) Thumper
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At the age of four, you witness your mother's collapse as the washing machine overflows and sends clumps of soapsuds scudding past her across the kitchen floor. When your father goes to work, he leaves you next door at the Blue Belle Diner, under the watchful eye of Charlie, an ex-boxer turned short-order cook. The Diner becomes your day-care center as your mother waits for remission.
Deprived of a mother's physical affection, you become increasingly...
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The ten slice of life stories in this short story collection are about a young boy growing up and coming of age during the decade of the Sixties. Some of the stories are funny, some are sad and some may just make you think. The Ricky Huening Stories are semi-autobiographical stories all based on some event in the author's life as a boy growing up in a southern Indiana farm.
15) Dusty Answer
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Lehmann's first novel, "Dusty Answer," published in 1927 and public domain in the US, delves into a young woman's life and mind in an emotional coming-of-age story. It also explores the then taboo theme of homosexuality. Judith Earle grows up in rural England with mostly indifferent parents who homeschool her.
16) Let evening come
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After her mother is killed in a rare Northern Michigan tornado, Sadie Wixom is left with only her father and grandfather to guide her through the pitfalls of young adulthood. Hundreds of miles away in western Saskatchewan, Stefan Montegrand and his Indigenous family are forced off their land by multinational energy companies and flawed treaties. They are taken in temporarily by Sadie's aunt, a human rights activist who heads a cultural exchange program....
17) What if You Fly?
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A page-turning epic historical adventure that starts in Australia and travels the world through the eyes of Frances, code named Funnel Web.
If you want to be a woman in a man's world, never take no for an answer.
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For Frances Davies the war is far away, and she and best friend Maggie are more concerned with how to spend their time once they graduate high school. That is, until Frances's older brother, Thomas, is reported...
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This book draws its inspiration from the age-old conflict between the sexes. Men have forever been in conflict with women over who can do what, who should do what, and probably to put it more succintly, who can do what better than the other. This conflict is even sharper in the youth with young women going for careers formerly meant for the male gender, such as politics - and most science based careers. This novella focuses on games. In the story,...
19) The Frontrunner
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Russ Clayton is a young man who keeps losing the important people in his life. Each time someone disappears, he finds himself left adrift. The Universe stacked against him. He only finds peace running alone on the roads of his small town in Kansas.Russ finally believes that everyone in his life is gone. Feeling abandoned, reckless, and liberated, he gives himself up wholly to the running by setting an impossible goal. But, he needs help.Long ago,...
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Aunque la cabeza aún no le falla, los ojos de Elizabeth ya no son lo que eran. Como ya no es capaz de enfrascarse en sus adorados libros ni de contemplar los cuadros que la conmueven, llena ese vacío con música y los recuerdos de su familia, en especial de su amada hermana gemela, Emily. Cuando por azar se descubren los diarios de su padre después de un accidente, el pasado se vuelve omnipresente.
Con la ayuda de Morgan, una adolescente problemática...
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