The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo: A Novel

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“If you’re looking for a book to take on holiday this summer, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo has got all the glitz and glamour to make it a perfect beach read.” —Bustle

From the New York Times bestselling author of Daisy Jones & the Six—an entrancing and “wildly addictive journey of a reclusive Hollywood starlet” (PopSugar) as she reflects on her relentless rise to the top and the risks she took, the loves she lost, and the long-held secrets the public could never imagine.

Aging and reclusive Hollywood movie icon Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about her glamorous and scandalous life. But when she chooses unknown magazine reporter Monique Grant for the job, no one is more astounded than Monique herself. Why her? Why now?

Monique is not exactly on top of the world. Her husband has left her, and her professional life is going nowhere. Regardless of why Evelyn has selected her to write her biography, Monique is determined to use this opportunity to jumpstart her career.

Summoned to Evelyn’s luxurious apartment, Monique listens in fascination as the actress tells her story. From making her way to Los Angeles in the 1950s to her decision to leave show business in the ‘80s, and, of course, the seven husbands along the way, Evelyn unspools a tale of ruthless ambition, unexpected friendship, and a great forbidden love. Monique begins to feel a very real connection to the legendary star, but as Evelyn’s story near its conclusion, it becomes clear that her life intersects with Monique’s own in tragic and irreversible ways.

“Heartbreaking, yet beautiful” (Jamie Blynn, Us Weekly), The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo is “Tinseltown drama at its finest” (Redbook): a mesmerizing journey through the splendor of old Hollywood into the harsh realities of the present day as two women struggle with what it means—and what it costs—to face the truth.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Atria Books; Reprint edition (May 29, 2018)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 400 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1501161938
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1501161933
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 10.4 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.31 x 1 x 8.25 inches

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Snow: Darkly Evocative Suspense from Award-Winning Author John Banville

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Make room in your beach bag for this great summer read

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*SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA HISTORICAL DAGGER AWARD*

A Globe and Mail Best Book of the Year

A New York Times Editors’ Choice Pick

“Banville sets up and then deftly demolishes the Agatha Christie format…superbly rich and sophisticated.”—New York Times Book Review

The incomparable Booker Prize winner’s next great crime novel—the story of a family whose secrets resurface when a parish priest is found murdered in their ancestral home

Detective Inspector St. John Strafford has been summoned to County Wexford to investigate a murder. A parish priest has been found dead in Ballyglass House, the family seat of the aristocratic, secretive Osborne family.

The year is 1957 and the Catholic Church rules Ireland with an iron fist. Strafford—flinty, visibly Protestant and determined to identify the murderer—faces obstruction at every turn, from the heavily accumulating snow to the culture of silence in the tight-knit community he begins to investigate.

As he delves further, he learns the Osbornes are not at all what they seem. And when his own deputy goes missing, Strafford must work to unravel the ever-expanding mystery before the community’s secrets, like the snowfall itself, threaten to obliterate everything.

Beautifully crafted, darkly evocative and pulsing with suspense, Snow is “the Irish master” (New Yorker) John Banville at his page-turning best.

Don’t miss John Banville’s next novel, The Lock-up!

Other riveting mysteries from John Banville: April in Spain

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B083Y3JK4W
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Hanover Square Press; Original edition (October 6, 2020)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 6, 2020
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 2796 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 324 pages

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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo: A Novel

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Bronx Masquerade

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The beloved and award-winning novel now available in a new format with a great new cover!

When Wesley Boone writes a poem for his high school English class, some of his classmates clamor to read their poems aloud too. Soon they’re having weekly poetry sessions and, one by one, the eighteen students are opening up and taking on the risky challenge of self-revelation. There’s Lupe Alvarin, desperate to have a baby so she will feel loved. Raynard Patterson, hiding a secret behind his silence. Porscha Johnson, needing an outlet for her anger after her mother OD’s. Through the poetry they share and narratives in which they reveal their most intimate thoughts about themselves and one another, their words and lives show what lies beneath the skin, behind the eyes, beyond the masquerade.

ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0425289761
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Dial Books; Reprint edition (August 8, 2017)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 192 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780425289761
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0425289761
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 12 – 17 years
Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ HL670L
Grade level ‏ : ‎ 7 – 9
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 6.4 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.46 x 8.25 inches

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The Night Watchman: A Novel

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WINNER OF THE 2021 PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

WASHINGTON POST, NPR, CBS SUNDAY MORNING, KIRKUS, CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY, AND GOOD HOUSEKEEPING BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR

Based on the extraordinary life of National Book Award-winning author Louise Erdrich’s grandfather who worked as a night watchman and carried the fight against Native dispossession from rural North Dakota all the way to Washington, D.C., this powerful novel explores themes of love and death with lightness and gravity and unfolds with the elegant prose, sly humor, and depth of feeling of a master craftsman.

Thomas Wazhashk is the night watchman at the jewel bearing plant, the first factory located near the Turtle Mountain Reservation in rural North Dakota. He is also a Chippewa Council member who is trying to understand the consequences of a new “emancipation” bill on its way to the floor of the United States Congress. It is 1953 and he and the other council members know the bill isn’t about freedom; Congress is fed up with Indians. The bill is a “termination” that threatens the rights of Native Americans to their land and their very identity. How can the government abandon treaties made in good faith with Native Americans “for as long as the grasses shall grow, and the rivers run”?

Since graduating high school, Pixie Paranteau has insisted that everyone call her Patrice. Unlike most of the girls on the reservation, Patrice, the class valedictorian, has no desire to wear herself down with a husband and kids. She makes jewel bearings at the plant, a job that barely pays her enough to support her mother and brother. Patrice’s shameful alcoholic father returns home sporadically to terrorize his wife and children and bully her for money. But Patrice needs every penny to follow her beloved older sister, Vera, who moved to the big city of Minneapolis. Vera may have disappeared; she hasn’t been in touch in months, and is rumored to have had a baby. Determined to find Vera and her child, Patrice makes a fateful trip to Minnesota that introduces her to unexpected forms of exploitation and violence, and endangers her life.

Thomas and Patrice live in this impoverished reservation community along with young Chippewa boxer Wood Mountain and his mother Juggie Blue, her niece and Patrice’s best friend Valentine, and Stack Barnes, the white high school math teacher and boxing coach who is hopelessly in love with Patrice.

In the Night Watchman, Louise Erdrich creates a fictional world populated with memorable characters who are forced to grapple with the worst and best impulses of human nature. Illuminating the loves and lives, the desires and ambitions of these characters with compassion, wit, and intelligence, The Night Watchman is a majestic work of fiction from this revered cultural treasure.

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One Crazy Summer: A Newbery Honor Award Winner

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In this Newbery Honor novel, New York Times bestselling author Rita Williams-Garcia tells the story of three sisters who travel to Oakland, California, in 1968 to meet the mother who abandoned them. A strong option for summer reading—take this book along on a family road trip or enjoy it at home.

This moving, funny novel won the Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction and the Coretta Scott King Award and was a National Book Award Finalist. Delphine, Vonetta, and Fern’s story continues in P.S. Be Eleven and Gone Crazy in Alabama.

Readers who enjoy Christopher Paul Curtis’s The Watsons Go to Birmingham and Jacqueline Woodson’s Brown Girl Dreaming will find much to love in One Crazy Summer. Rita Williams-Garcia’s books about Delphine, Vonetta, and Fern can also be read alongside nonfiction explorations of American history such as Jason Reynolds’s and Ibram X. Kendi’s books.

In One Crazy Summer, eleven-year-old Delphine is like a mother to her two younger sisters, Vonetta and Fern. She’s had to be, ever since their mother, Cecile, left them seven years ago for a radical new life in California. But when the sisters arrive from Brooklyn to spend the summer with their mother, Cecile is nothing like they imagined.

While the girls hope to go to Disneyland and meet Tinker Bell, their mother sends them to a day camp run by the Black Panthers. Unexpectedly, Delphine, Vonetta, and Fern learn much about their family, their country, and themselves during one truly crazy summer.

This novel was the first featured title for Marley D’s Reading Party, launched after the success of #1000BlackGirlBooks. Maria Russo, in a New York Times list of “great kids’ books with diverse characters,” called it “witty and original.”

“This vibrant and moving award-winning novel has heart to spare,” commented Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich in her Brightly article “Knowing Our History to Build a Brighter Future: Books to Help Kids Understand the Fight for Racial Equality.”

Rita Williams-Garcia is one of the preeminent authors of our time. She has been honored with the Children’s Literature Lecture Award from the American Library Association.

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A powerful and heartfelt novel about loss, family, and love that will appeal to fans of Jason Reynolds and Kwame Alexander. The Gaither sisters are at it again! A sequel to the Newbery Honor Book One Crazy Summer. The Gaither sisters travel from the streets of Brooklyn to the rural South for the summer of a lifetime. All three books in the Gaither Sisters series are now available in one beautiful, giftable box set!

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Quill Tree Books; Reprint edition (December 27, 2011)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 240 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0060760907
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0060760908
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 9 – 11 years, from customers
Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 750L
Grade level ‏ : ‎ 3 – 7
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.12 x 0.48 x 7.62 inches

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Ordinary Grace

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
WINNER OF THE 2014 EDGAR AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL
WINNER OF THE 2014 DILYS AWARD
A SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL BEST BOOK OF 2013

From New York Times bestselling author William Kent Krueger, a brilliant new novel about a young man, a small town, and murder in the summer of 1961.

“That was it. That was all of it. A grace so ordinary there was no reason at all to remember it. Yet I have never across the forty years since it was spoken forgotten a single word.”

New Bremen, Minnesota, 1961. The Twins were playing their debut season, ice-cold root beers were selling out at the soda counter of Halderson’s Drugstore, and Hot Stuff comic books were a mainstay on every barbershop magazine rack. It was a time of innocence and hope for a country with a new, young president. But for thirteen-year-old Frank Drum it was a grim summer in which death visited frequently and assumed many forms. Accident. Nature. Suicide. Murder.

Frank begins the season preoccupied with the concerns of any teenage boy, but when tragedy unexpectedly strikes his family—which includes his Methodist minister father; his passionate, artistic mother; Juilliard-bound older sister; and wise-beyond-his-years kid brother—he finds himself thrust into an adult world full of secrets, lies, adultery, and betrayal, suddenly called upon to demonstrate a maturity and gumption beyond his years.

Told from Frank’s perspective forty years after that fateful summer, Ordinary Grace is a brilliantly moving account of a boy standing at the door of his young manhood, trying to understand a world that seems to be falling apart around him. It is an unforgettable novel about discovering the terrible price of wisdom and the enduring grace of God.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Atria Books; Reprint edition (March 4, 2014)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 336 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1451645856
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1451645859
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 9.6 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.31 x 1 x 8.25 inches

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Redeployment: National Book Award Winner

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Winner of the National Book Award for Fiction

“Redeployment is hilarious, biting, whipsawing and sad. It’s the best thing written so far on what the war did to people’s souls.” —Dexter Filkins, The New York Times Book Review

Selected as one of the best books of the year by The New York Times Book Review, Time, Newsweek, The Washington Post Book World, Amazon, and more

Phil Klay’s Redeployment takes readers to the frontlines of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, asking us to understand what happened there, and what happened to the soldiers who returned. Interwoven with themes of brutality and faith, guilt and fear, helplessness and survival, the characters in these stories struggle to make meaning out of chaos.

In “Redeployment”, a soldier who has had to shoot dogs because they were eating human corpses must learn what it is like to return to domestic life in suburbia, surrounded by people “who have no idea where Fallujah is, where three members of your platoon died.” In “After Action Report”, a Lance Corporal seeks expiation for a killing he didn’t commit, in order that his best friend will be unburdened. A Morturary Affairs Marine tells about his experiences collecting remains—of U.S. and Iraqi soldiers both. A chaplain sees his understanding of Christianity, and his ability to provide solace through religion, tested by the actions of a ferocious Colonel. And in the darkly comic “Money as a Weapons System”, a young Foreign Service Officer is given the absurd task of helping Iraqis improve their lives by teaching them to play baseball. These stories reveal the intricate combination of monotony, bureaucracy, comradeship and violence that make up a soldier’s daily life at war, and the isolation, remorse, and despair that can accompany a soldier’s homecoming.

Redeployment has become a classic in the tradition of war writing. Across nations and continents, Klay sets in devastating relief the two worlds a soldier inhabits: one of extremes and one of loss. Written with a hard-eyed realism and stunning emotional depth, this work marks Phil Klay as one of the most talented new voices of his generation.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Penguin Books; Reprint edition (February 24, 2015)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 304 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0143126822
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0143126829
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 9.2 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.28 x 0.77 x 7.95 inches

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Wish You Were Here: A Novel

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of Small Great Things and The Book of Two Ways comes “a powerfully evocative story of resilience and the triumph of the human spirit” (Taylor Jenkins Reid, author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and Daisy Jones & The Six)

Rights sold to Netflix for adaptation as a feature film • Named one of the best books of the year by She Reads

Diana O’Toole is perfectly on track. She will be married by thirty, done having kids by thirty-five, and move out to the New York City suburbs, all while climbing the professional ladder in the cutthroat art auction world. She’s an associate specialist at Sotheby’s now, but her boss has hinted at a promotion if she can close a deal with a high-profile client. She’s not engaged just yet, but she knows her boyfriend, Finn, a surgical resident, is about to propose on their romantic getaway to the Galápagos—days before her thirtieth birthday. Right on time.

But then a virus that felt worlds away has appeared in the city, and on the eve of their departure, Finn breaks the news: It’s all hands on deck at the hospital. He has to stay behind. You should still go, he assures her, since it would be a shame for all of their nonrefundable trip to go to waste. And so, reluctantly, she goes.

Almost immediately, Diana’s dream vacation goes awry. Her luggage is lost, the Wi-Fi is nearly nonexistent, and the hotel they’d booked is shut down due to the pandemic. In fact, the whole island is now under quarantine, and she is stranded until the borders reopen. Completely isolated, she must venture beyond her comfort zone. Slowly, she carves out a connection with a local family when a teenager with a secret opens up to Diana, despite her father’s suspicion of outsiders.

In the Galápagos Islands, where Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection was formed, Diana finds herself examining her relationships, her choices, and herself—and wondering if when she goes home, she too will have evolved into someone completely different.

This edition contains a short story, discussion questions, and an excerpt from Jodi Picoult’s next novel.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Ballantine Books (June 14, 2022)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 400 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1984818430
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1984818430
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 11 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.82 x 8.3 inches

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Her Stories: African American Folktales, Fairy Tales, and True Tales (Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner)

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Gracefully told by Newbery Medalist Virginia Hamilton, this collection of 19 stories focuses on the magical lore and wondrous imaginings of Black women.

Vibrant paintings by Caldecott Medallists Leo and Diane Dillon glow with the drama and mystery of each tale while reflecting the warmth and beauty of the people who first told them.

ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0590473700
Publisher ‏ : ‎ The Blue Sky Press (November 1, 1995)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 128 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780590473705
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0590473705
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 4 – 8 years
Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 960L
Grade level ‏ : ‎ Preschool – 3
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.65 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9.25 x 0.75 x 11.5 inches

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Customers say the stories are great and a great addition to any nursery library. They are also amazed at the beauty of the illustrations and the deep cultural significance of the stories. Customers also describe the craftsmanship as excellent and the condition as excellent. They mention the book is a good gift for young ones.

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The House in the Pines: Reese’s Book Club (A Novel)

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An instant New York Times bestseller!

“This is an absolute, can’t-put-it-down thriller. . . . It’s truly a wild ride that had me flying through chapter after chapter—which I think is the perfect way to kick off your year of reading.”—Reese Witherspoon (Reese’s Book Club Pick January 2023)

Armed with only hazy memories, a woman who long ago witnessed her friend’s sudden, mysterious death, and has since spent her life trying to forget, sets out to track down answers. What she uncovers, deep in the woods, is hardly to be believed. . . .

Maya was a high school senior when her best friend, Aubrey, dropped dead in front of the enigmatic man named Frank whom they’d been spending time with all summer.

Seven years later, Maya lives in Boston with a loving boyfriend and is kicking the secret addiction that has allowed her to cope with what happened years ago, the gaps in her memories, and the lost time that she can’t account for. But her past comes rushing back when she comes across a recent YouTube video in which a young woman suddenly keels over and dies in a diner while sitting across from none other than Frank. Plunged into the trauma that has defined her life, Maya heads to her Berkshires hometown to relive that fateful summer—the influence Frank once had on her and the obsessive jealousy that nearly destroyed her friendship with Aubrey.

At her mother’s house, she excavates fragments of her past and notices hidden messages in her deceased Guatemalan father’s book that didn’t stand out to her earlier. To save herself, she must understand a story written before she was born, but time keeps running out, and soon, all roads are leading back to Frank’s cabin. . . .

Utterly unique and captivating, The House in the Pines keeps you guessing about whether we can ever fully confront the past and return home.

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B09X51M1NK
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Dutton (January 3, 2023)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 3, 2023
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 3514 KB
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Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 330 pages
Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ B0BSSCTXC8

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Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine: Reese’s Book Club (A Novel)

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND THE PERFECT HOLIDAY GIFT

A Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick

“Beautifully written and incredibly funny, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine is about the importance of friendship and human connection. I fell in love with Eleanor, an eccentric and regimented loner whose life beautifully unfolds after a chance encounter with a stranger; I think you will fall in love, too!” —Reese Witherspoon

No one’s ever told Eleanor that life should be better than fine.

Meet Eleanor Oliphant: She struggles with appropriate social skills and tends to say exactly what she’s thinking. Nothing is missing in her carefully timetabled life of avoiding social interactions, where weekends are punctuated by frozen pizza, vodka, and phone chats with Mummy.

But everything changes when Eleanor meets Raymond, the bumbling and deeply unhygienic IT guy from her office. When she and Raymond together save Sammy, an elderly gentleman who has fallen on the sidewalk, the three become the kinds of friends who rescue one another from the lives of isolation they have each been living. And it is Raymond’s big heart that will ultimately help Eleanor find the way to repair her own profoundly damaged one.

Soon to be a major motion picture produced by Reese Witherspoon, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine is the smart, warm, and uplifting story of an out-of-the-ordinary heroine whose deadpan weirdness and unconscious wit make for an irresistible journey as she realizes. . .

The only way to survive is to open your heart.

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Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine: A Novel

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01KGZVTOE
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Penguin Books; Reprint edition (May 9, 2017)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 9, 2017
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 2122 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 331 pages

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Customers find the story wonderful, with a sense of mystery. They also find the content mature, hopeful, and relatable. Customers describe the book as interesting, calm, and unlike anything they’ve ever read. They find the plot fantastic, full of hope, and humorous in many ways. Customers also mention the writing style exquisite and beautiful.

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All the Broken Places: A Novel

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“You can’t prepare yourself for the magnitude and emotional impact of this powerful novel.” —John Irving

From the New York Times bestselling author John Boyne, a stunning tour de force about a woman who must confront the sins of her own terrible past, and a present in which it is never too late for bravery

Ninety-one-year-old Gretel Fernsby has lived in the same well-to-do mansion block in London for decades. She lives a quiet, comfortable life, despite her deeply disturbing, dark past. She doesn’t talk about her escape from Nazi Germany at age twelve. She doesn’t talk about the grim postwar years in France with her mother. Most of all, she doesn’t talk about her father, who was the commandant of one of the Reich’s most notorious extermination camps.

Then, a new family moves into the apartment below her. In spite of herself, Gretel can’t help but begin a friendship with the little boy, Henry, though his presence brings back memories she would rather forget. One night, she witnesses a disturbing, violent argument between Henry’s beautiful mother and his arrogant father, one that threatens Gretel’s hard-won, self-contained existence.

Immersive, chilling, unputdownable, All the Broken Places moves back and forth in time between Gretel’s girlhood in Germany and present-day London. Here, Gretel is at a similar crossroads to the one she encountered long ago. Then, she denied her own complicity, but now, faced with a chance to interrogate her guilt, grief, and remorse, she can choose to save a young boy. If she does, she will be forced to reveal the secrets she has spent a lifetime protecting. This time, she can make a different choice than before—whatever the cost to herself.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Penguin Books (November 28, 2023)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 400 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0593653440
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0593653449
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 9.8 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.25 x 0.76 x 7.91 inches

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Customers find the characters well-developed and the writing style riveting. They also say the book takes them to emotional depths and gives a wider world view. Readers describe the depth of ideas as indepth, layered, and eye opening. They find the plot interesting and satisfying, with more coincidences than Dickens. Opinions are mixed on the engagingness, with some finding it not difficult to follow and others saying it’s hard to put down.

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The Midnight Library: A GMA Book Club Pick (A Novel)

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Customers find the book unique, different, and engaging. They also describe the plot as engrossing, sympathetic, and filled with hope. Readers mention the book moves at a good pace and is a quick read. They say the book is thought-provoking about life and mental health. Opinions are mixed on the writing style, with some finding it simple and great, while others say it’s utilitarian and repetitive. Reader opinions are mixed also on the mood, with customers finding it full of sorrow and love, while other find it depressing and predictable. Customers also differ on comprehensibility, with others finding it hard to put down and others saying it’ll be hard to follow.

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Demon Copperhead: A Novel

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Customers find the book engaging and relatable, with insightful content and hope at the end. They also describe the writing style as great, wild, tragic, funny, and endearing. However, some find the length too long and repetitive. Opinions are mixed on the plot, with some finding it riveting and consistent, while others say it drags on with unnecessary detail. Readers also disagree on the emotional tone, with others finding it beyond heartbreaking and beautiful, while still leaving you with a glimmer of hope.

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The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store: A Novel

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Customers find the writing quality outstanding and upbeat. They also describe the characters as rich and detailed. Readers describe the writing style as well-written, colorful, and imaginative. They find the storyline full of emotion, depth, and unique characters. They describe the themes as thought-provoking, gentle, and embracing all cultures. They say the narrative is interesting, insightful, and truthful. However, some find the interest level boring, redundant, and confusing. Opinions differ on the complexity, with some finding it amazing and different, while others say it’s confusing and disjointed at times.

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In Five Years: A Novel

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A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

A Good Morning America, FabFitFun, and Marie Claire Book Club Pick

“In Five Years is as clever as it is moving, the rare read-in-one-sitting novel you won’t forget.” —Chloe Benjamin, New York Times bestselling author of The Immortalists

Perfect for fans of Me Before You and One Day—a striking, powerful, and moving love story following an ambitious lawyer who experiences an astonishing vision that could change her life forever.

Where do you see yourself in five years?

Dannie Kohan lives her life by the numbers.

She is nothing like her lifelong best friend—the wild, whimsical, believes-in-fate Bella. Her meticulous planning seems to have paid off after she nails the most important job interview of her career and accepts her boyfriend’s marriage proposal in one fell swoop, falling asleep completely content.

But when she awakens, she’s suddenly in a different apartment, with a different ring on her finger, and beside a very different man. Dannie spends one hour exactly five years in the future before she wakes again in her own home on the brink of midnight—but it is one hour she cannot shake. In Five Years is an unforgettable love story, but it is not the one you’re expecting.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Atria Books (March 2, 2021)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 288 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1982137452
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1982137458
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.31 x 0.6 x 8.25 inches

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Customers find the themes interesting and unique. They also praise the writing style as incredibly written, fast-paced, and rich in details. They enjoy the story and find the emotional resonance heartbreakingly sad, happy, sweet, and sad at the same time. Readers describe the romance as beautiful, strong, and lasting. Opinions are mixed on the characters, with some finding them well-developed and attached, while others are not. Reader opinions are mixed also on the plot, with others enjoying the twists and concepts, while other find it boring.

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Deacon King Kong: A Novel

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Customers find the book relevant and sympathetic, with a ray of hope for the future. They also describe the storyline as real and raw. Customers praise the characters as wonderful and flawed. They describe the writing quality as compelling and make your heart skip a beat. They mention the plot as rich, multilayered, compelling, and page-turning. Readers also mention the humor as happy and funny. Opinions are mixed on the pacing, with some finding it fast-paced and hard to put down, while others say it’s a bit slow and difficult to get into. Customers also have mixed feelings about the ending, with those finding it satisfying and full of love, while other find it predictable and disjointed.

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Every Summer After

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“A radiant debut.”—Emily Henry,#1 New York Times bestselling author of Book Lovers

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!

Named One of the Hottest Reads of Summer 2022 by Today ∙ Parade ∙ PopSugar ∙ USA Today ∙ SheReads ∙ BuzzFeed ∙ BookBub ∙ Bustle ∙and more!

Six summers to fall in love. One moment to fall apart. A weekend to get it right.

They say you can never go home again, and for Persephone Fraser, ever since she made the biggest mistake of her life a decade ago, that has felt too true. Instead of glittering summers on the lakeshore of her childhood, she spends them in a stylish apartment in the city, going out with friends, and keeping everyone a safe distance from her heart.

Until she receives the call that sends her racing back to Barry’s Bay and into the orbit of Sam Florek—the man she never thought she’d have to live without.

For six summers, through hazy afternoons on the water and warm summer nights working in his family’s restaurant and curling up together with books—medical textbooks for him and work-in-progress horror short stories for her—Percy and Sam had been inseparable. Eventually that friendship turned into something breathtakingly more, before it fell spectacularly apart.

When Percy returns to the lake for Sam’s mother’s funeral, their connection is as undeniable as it had always been. But until Percy can confront the decisions she made and the years she’s spent punishing herself for them, they’ll never know whether their love might be bigger than the biggest mistakes of their past.

Told over the course of six years and one weekend, Every Summer After is a big, sweeping nostalgic story of love and the people and choices that mark us forever.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Penguin Publishing Group (May 10, 2022)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0593438531
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0593438534
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 9.8 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.4 x 0.9 x 8.1 inches

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Customers find the plot entertaining and predictable, with deep, messy love. They also appreciate the setting and summer themes. Readers describe the book as easy to read, well-written, and hard to put down. They find the emotional themes hard to describe, but in a good way. They love the characters and the storyline.

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Come Sundown: A Novel

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Come Sundown named as one of Whoopi Goldberg’s “Favorite Summer Reads” on ABC’s The View and one of New York Post’s biggest blockbuster “Whizbang Books” of the summer.

A novel of suspense, family ties, and twisted passions from Nora Roberts, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Obsession…

The Bodine ranch and resort in western Montana is a family business, an idyllic spot for vacationers. A little over thirty thousand acres and home to four generations, it’s kept running by Bodine Longbow with the help of a large staff, including new hire Callen Skinner. There was another member of the family once: Bodine’s aunt, Alice, who ran off before Bodine was born. She never returned, and the Longbows don’t talk about her much. The younger ones, who never met her, quietly presume she’s dead. But she isn’t. She is not far away, part of a new family, one she never chose—and her mind has been shattered…

When a bartender leaves the resort late one night, and Bo and Cal discover her battered body in the snow, it’s the first sign that danger lurks in the mountains that surround them. The police suspect Cal, but Bo finds herself trusting him—and turning to him as another woman is murdered and the Longbows are stunned by Alice’s sudden reappearance. The twisted story she has to tell about the past—and the threat that follows in her wake—will test the bonds of this strong family, and thrust Bodine into a darkness she could never have imagined.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ St. Martin’s Griffin (February 14, 2023)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 496 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1250873800
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1250873804
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.35 x 1.2 x 8.15 inches

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Customers find the characters wonderful, romantic, and empathic. They also describe the romance as believable, suspenseful, and a page turner. Readers praise the book as great, masterful, with excellent condition. Opinions are mixed on the writing style, pace, and complexity, with some finding it well-written and grittier, while others find it formulaic and boring.

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When the Jessamine Grows: A Captivating Historical Novel Perfect for Book Clubs

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From the author of The Saints of Swallow Hill, an evocative, morally complex novel set in rural 19th century North Carolina, as one woman fights to keep her family united, her farm running, and her convictions whole during the most devastating and divisive period in American history, perfect for readers of Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier and Enemy Women by Paulette Jiles.

Talk of impending war is a steady drumbeat throughout North Carolina, though Joetta McBride pays it little heed. She and her husband, Ennis, have built a modest but happy life for themselves, raising two sons, fifteen-year-old Henry, and eleven-year-old Robert, on their small subsistence farm. They do not support the Confederacy’s position on slavery, but Joetta considers her family to be neutral, believing this is simply not their fight.

Her opinion is not favored by many in their community, including Joetta’s own father-in-law, Rudean. A staunch Confederate supporter, he fills his grandsons’ heads with stories about the glory of battle and the Southern cause until one night Henry runs off to join the war. At Joetta’s frantic insistence, Ennis leaves to find their son and bring him home.

But soon weeks pass with no word from father or son and Joetta is battered by the strain of running a farm with so little help. As the country becomes further entangled in the ramifications of war, Joetta finds herself increasingly at odds with those around her – until one act of kindness brings her family to the edge of even greater disaster.

Though shunned and struggling to survive, Joetta remains committed to her principles, and to her belief that her family will survive. But the greatest tests are still to come – for a fractured nation, for Joetta, and for those she loves . . .

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Kensington (January 23, 2024)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 400 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 149674070X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1496740700
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 13 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.63 x 0.91 x 8.25 inches

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Customers find the book an engaging, believable read with great writing style. They also describe the characters as well developed and poignant. Readers also find the emotional content unique and realistic. They describe the storyline as captivating and say a great deal of research has been spent on the historical time.

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The Vanishing Half: A GMA Book Club Pick (A Novel)

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

ONE OF BARACK OBAMA’S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR

NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2020 BY THE NEW YORK TIMES * THE WASHINGTON POST * NPR * PEOPLE * TIME MAGAZINE* VANITY FAIR * GLAMOUR

2021 WOMEN’S PRIZE FINALIST

“Bennett’s tone and style recalls James Baldwin and Jacqueline Woodson, but it’s especially reminiscent of Toni Morrison’s 1970 debut novel, The Bluest Eye.” —Kiley Reid, Wall Street Journal

“A story of absolute, universal timelessness …For any era, it’s an accomplished, affecting novel. For this moment, it’s piercing, subtly wending its way toward questions about who we are and who we want to be….” – Entertainment Weekly

From The New York Times-bestselling author of The Mothers, a stunning new novel about twin sisters, inseparable as children, who ultimately choose to live in two very different worlds, one black and one white.

The Vignes twin sisters will always be identical. But after growing up together in a small, southern black community and running away at age sixteen, it’s not just the shape of their daily lives that is different as adults, it’s everything: their families, their communities, their racial identities. Many years later, one sister lives with her black daughter in the same southern town she once tried to escape. The other secretly passes for white, and her white husband knows nothing of her past. Still, even separated by so many miles and just as many lies, the fates of the twins remain intertwined. What will happen to the next generation, when their own daughters’ storylines intersect?

Weaving together multiple strands and generations of this family, from the Deep South to California, from the 1950s to the 1990s, Brit Bennett produces a story that is at once a riveting, emotional family story and a brilliant exploration of the American history of passing. Looking well beyond issues of race, The Vanishing Half considers the lasting influence of the past as it shapes a person’s decisions, desires, and expectations, and explores some of the multiple reasons and realms in which people sometimes feel pulled to live as something other than their origins.

As with her New York Times-bestselling debut The Mothers, Brit Bennett offers an engrossing page-turner about family and relationships that is immersive and provocative, compassionate and wise.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Riverhead Books; Reprint edition (February 1, 2022)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 400 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0525536965
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0525536963
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.03 x 1.01 x 7.92 inches

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Customers find the content thought-provoking, brilliantly depicting the individual and collective long-term trauma. They also describe the emotional intensity as heart-wrenching and interesting enough to keep them reading. Readers praise the writing style as excellent, captivating, and original. They find the characters well-rounded and engaging. Opinions are mixed on readability, plot, and pace, with some finding it very hard to put down and others saying it’s dreadfully unfocused.

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Those Empty Eyes: A Chilling Novel of Suspense with a Shocking Twist

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“Draws readers in from the first heart-stopping pages and doesn’t let go until the end.” – Mary Kubica, New York Times bestselling author of Local Woman Missing

The bestselling author of Twenty Years Later and master of modern suspense is back with a brilliantly twisting, skillfully plotted thriller perfect for fans of Jeneva Rose and Colleen Hoover’s Verity.

Alex Armstrong has changed everything about herself—her name, her appearance, her backstory. She’s no longer the terrified teenager a rapt audience saw on television, emerging in handcuffs from the quiet suburban home the night her family was massacred. That girl, Alexandra Quinlan, nicknamed Empty Eyes by the media, was accused of the killings, fought to clear her name, and later took the stand during her highly publicized defamation lawsuit that captured the attention of the nation.

It’s been ten years since, and Alex hasn’t stopped searching for answers about the night her family was killed, even as she continues to hide her real identity from true crime fanatics and grasping reporters still desperate to locate her. As a legal investigator, she works tirelessly to secure justice for others, too. People like Matthew Claymore, who’s under suspicion in the disappearance of his girlfriend, a student journalist named Laura McAllister.

Laura was about to break a major story about rape and cover-ups on her college campus. Alex believes Matthew is innocent, and unearths stunning revelations about the university’s faculty, fraternity members, and powerful parents willing to do anything to protect their children.

Most shocking of all—as Alex digs into Laura’s disappearance, she realizes there are unexpected connections to the murder of her own family. For as different as the crimes may seem, they each hinge on one sinister truth: no one is quite who they seem to be . . .

“Engrossing…not to be missed.” –Publishers Weekly STARRED REVIEW

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Kensington (April 23, 2024)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 432 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1496744977
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1496744975
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 13.4 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.98 x 8.25 inches

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Customers find the plot captivating, intricately woven together, and page-turning. They also say the writing quality is very well written, detailed, and fits their status in life. Readers describe the book as a good, easy read that’s not hard to follow. They appreciate the intricate and intriguing plotting that keeps their attention. Additionally, they appreciate the well-developed characters and dialogue that fits their lives.

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The Wife Before: A Spellbinding Psychological Thriller with a Shocking Twist

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A new bride’s fairytale home in a luxurious Colorado mansion becomes a prison of secrets in this unpredictable novel of suspense, reminiscent of the classic gothic tale Rebecca

A sexy and scandalous psychological thriller from the New York Times-bestselling author of The Perfect Ruin, for fans of Colleen Hoover’s Verity

Samira Wilder has never had it easy, and when her latest lousy job goes south, things only promise to get harder. Until she unexpectedly meets a man who will change her life forever. Renowned pro golfer Roland Graham is wealthy, handsome, and caring, and Samira is dazzled. Best of all, he seems to understand her better than anyone ever has. And though their relationship moves a bit fast, when Roland proposes, Samira accepts. She even agrees to relocate to his secluded Colorado mansion. After all, there’s nothing to keep her in Miami, and the mansion clearly makes him happy. Soon, they are married amid a media firestorm, and Samira can’t wait to make a fresh start—as the second Mrs. Graham . . .

Samira settles into the mansion, blissfully happy—until she discovers long-hidden journals belonging to Roland’s late wife, Melanie, who died in a tragic accident. With each dusty page, Samira comes to realize that perhaps it was no accident at all—that perhaps her perfect husband is not as perfect as she thought.

Even as her trust in Roland begins to dwindle and a shadow falls over her marriage and she begins to fear for her own life, Samira is determined to uncover the truth of Melanie’s troubled last days. But even good wives should know that the truth is not always what it seems . . .

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Dafina (June 28, 2022)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1496731115
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1496731111
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.84 x 8.27 inches

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Customers find the book great and suspenseful. They also say the characters are well developed. However, some customers feel the book starts off too slow. Opinions are mixed on the writing quality, with some finding it engaging and others saying it’s poor.

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First Lie Wins: A Novel

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Customers find the plot twists and turns that keep them turning the pages. They also describe the book as a great, unputdownable read that draws them in quickly. Readers also praise the great characters and writing style as well-written, amazing, and easy to follow. They mention the pacing as fast and unique.

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Summer Island: A Novel

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The author of The Great Alone returns with a poignant, funny, luminous novel about a mother and daughter—the complex ties that bind them, the past that separates them, and the healing that comes with forgiveness.

“[Kristin] Hannah is superb at delving into the characters’ psyches and delineating nuances of feeling.”—Washington Post Book World

Years ago, Nora Bridge walked out on her marriage and left her daughters behind. She has since become a famous radio talk-show host and newspaper columnist beloved for her moral advice. Her youngest daughter, Ruby, is a struggling comedienne who uses her famous mother as fuel for her bitter, cynical humor. When the tabloids unearth a scandalous secret from Nora’s past, their estrangement suddenly becomes dramatic: Nora is injured in an accident and a glossy magazine offers Ruby a fortune to write a tell-all about her mother. Under false pretenses, Ruby returns home to take care of the woman she hasn’t spoken to for almost a decade.

Nora insists they retreat to Summer Island in the San Juans, to the lovely old house on the water where Ruby grew up, a place filled with childhood memories of love and joy and belonging. There Ruby is also reunited with her first love and his brother. Once, the three of them had been best friends, inseparable. Until the summer that Nora had left and everyone’s hearts had been broken. . . .

What began as an expose evolves, as Ruby writes, into an exploration of her family’s past. Nora is not the woman Ruby has hated all these years. Witty, wise, and vulnerable, she is desperate to reconcile with her daughter. As the magazine deadline draws near and Ruby finishes what has begun to seem to her an act of brutal betrayal, she is forced to grow up and at last to look at her mother–and herself–through the eyes of a woman. And she must, finally, allow herself to love.

Summer Island is a beautiful novel, funny, tender, sad, and ultimately triumphant.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Random House Publishing Group (November 2, 2004)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 448 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0345483448
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0345483447
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 11.7 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.15 x 0.93 x 8 inches

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Customers find the characters believable and the author good. They also describe the book as an amazing, charming, and insightful read. They mention the storyline tugs at their hearts with romance and nostalgia. Readers praise the writing quality as beautifully descriptive, full of feeling, and full of emotion. They describe the emotional tone as pleasant and entertaining. Opinions differ on the plot predictability, with some finding it predictable and others saying it’s a little predictable.

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Dreamland: A Novel

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Customers love the characters, plot, romance, and writing style. They say the book is suspenseful, family-oriented, and heartbreaking. Readers also describe the emotional tone as heartwarming and heart breaking. However, some find the entertainment value boring and long-winded. Opinions are mixed on comprehensibility, with some finding it hard to put down and others finding it difficult to follow.

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The Love of My Life: A GMA Book Club Pick (A Novel)

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GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK

“Rosie Walsh’s The Love of My Life is my favorite kind of thriller—gripping, heartbreaking and impossible to put down.”—Laura Dave

From the New York Times bestselling author of Ghosted comes a love story wrapped in a mystery: an up-all-night page-turner with a dark secret at its core

I have held you at night for ten years and I didn’t even know your name. We have a child together. A dog, a house.

Who are you?

Emma loves her husband Leo and their young daughter Ruby: she’d do anything for them. But almost everything she’s told them about herself is a lie.
    And she might just have got away with it, if it weren’t for her husband’s job. Leo is an obituary writer; Emma a well-known marine biologist. When she suffers a serious illness, Leo copes by doing what he knows best – researching and writing about his wife’s life. But as he starts to unravel the truth, he discovers the woman he loves doesn’t really exist. Even her name isn’t real.
    When the very darkest moments of Emma’s past finally emerge, she must somehow prove to Leo that she really is the woman he always thought she was . . .
    But first, she must tell him about the other love of her life.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B098J337VY
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Pamela Dorman Books (March 1, 2022)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 1, 2022
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 3970 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 380 pages

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Before We Were Yours: A Novel

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The Book of Lost Friends: A Novel

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the bestselling author of Before We Were Yours comes a dramatic historical novel of three young women searching for family amid the destruction of the post–Civil War South, and of a modern-day teacher who learns of their story and its vital connection to her students’ lives.

“An absorbing historical . . . enthralling.”—Library Journal

Bestselling author Lisa Wingate brings to life startling stories from actual “Lost Friends” advertisements that appeared in Southern newspapers after the Civil War, as newly freed slaves desperately searched for loved ones who had been sold away.

Louisiana, 1875: In the tumultuous era of Reconstruction, three young women set off as unwilling companions on a perilous quest: Hannie, a freed slave; Lavinia, the pampered heir to a now destitute plantation; and Juneau Jane, Lavinia’s Creole half sister. Each carries private wounds and powerful secrets as they head for Texas, following roads rife with vigilantes and soldiers still fighting a war lost a decade before. For Lavinia and Juneau Jane, the journey is one of stolen inheritance and financial desperation, but for Hannie, torn from her mother and siblings before slavery’s end, the pilgrimage west reignites an agonizing question: Could her long-lost family still be out there? Beyond the swamps lie the limitless frontiers of Texas and, improbably, hope.

Louisiana, 1987: For first-year teacher Benedetta Silva, a subsidized job at a poor rural school seems like the ticket to canceling her hefty student debt—until she lands in a tiny, out-of-step Mississippi River town. Augustine, Louisiana, is suspicious of new ideas and new people, and Benny can scarcely comprehend the lives of her poverty-stricken students. But amid the gnarled live oaks and run-down plantation homes lie the century-old history of three young women, a long-ago journey, and a hidden book that could change everything.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Ballantine Books; First Edition (June 29, 2021)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 416 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1984819909
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1984819901
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 10.4 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.24 x 0.88 x 8 inches

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Customers find the characters rich and the storyline powerful and sweet. They also describe the book as outstanding historical fiction that adheres to documented facts. Readers describe the emotional tone as heartbreaking, soul wrenching, awe inspiring, and marvelous. They describe the descriptiveness as well written. However, some find the reading experience complicated and difficult to follow. Opinions differ on the pacing, with some finding it quickly paced and others saying the beginning was a bit slow.

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The Women: A Novel

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Customers find the historical setting believable, different than expected, and amazing. They also describe the book binding as beautiful. Readers praise the characters as well developed, strong, and resilient. They describe the content as enlightening, moving, and fast paced. They find the emotional tone powerful, brutal, and enjoyable. Opinions are mixed on the ending, with some finding it incredible and horrific, while others say it’s cheesy and improbable.

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Lucky

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A thrilling roller-coaster ride about a heist gone terribly wrong, with a plucky protagonist who will win readers’ hearts.

What if you had the winning ticket that would change your life forever, but you couldn’t cash it in?

Lucky Armstrong is a tough, talented grifter who has just pulled off a million-dollar heist with her boyfriend, Cary. She’s ready to start a brand-new life, with a new identity—when things go sideways. Lucky finds herself alone for the first time, navigating the world without the help of either her father or her boyfriend, the two figures from whom she’s learned the art of the scam.

When she discovers that a lottery ticket she bought on a whim is worth millions, her elation is tempered by one big problem: cashing in the winning ticket means she’ll be arrested for her crimes. She’ll go to prison, with no chance to redeem her fortune.

As Lucky tries to avoid capture and make a future for herself, she must confront her past by reconciling with her father; finding her mother, who abandoned her when she was just a baby; and coming to terms with the man she thought she loved—whose dark past is catching up with her, too.

This is a novel about truth, personal redemption, and the complexity of being good. It introduces a singularly gifted, multilayered character who must learn what it means to be independent and honest…before her luck runs out.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B08BZDG1Z8
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Simon & Schuster (April 6, 2021)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 6, 2021
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 5163 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 252 pages
Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1399703811

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Where the Crawdads Sing: Reese’s Book Club (A Novel)

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NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE—The #1 New York Times bestselling worldwide sensation with more than 18 million copies sold, hailed by The New York Times Book Review as “a painfully beautiful first novel that is at once a murder mystery, a coming-of-age narrative and a celebration of nature.”

For years, rumors of the “Marsh Girl” have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya Clark, the so-called Marsh Girl. But Kya is not what they say. Sensitive and intelligent, she has survived for years alone in the marsh that she calls home, finding friends in the gulls and lessons in the sand. Then the time comes when she yearns to be touched and loved. When two young men from town become intrigued by her wild beauty, Kya opens herself to a new life—until the unthinkable happens.

Where the Crawdads Sing is at once an exquisite ode to the natural world, a heartbreaking coming-of-age story, and a surprising tale of possible murder. Owens reminds us that we are forever shaped by the children we once were, and that we are all subject to the beautiful and violent secrets that nature keeps.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ G.P. Putnam’s Sons; Standard Edition (March 30, 2021)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 400 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0735219109
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0735219106
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.4 x 0.82 x 8.2 inches

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English Romantic Poetry: An Anthology (Dover Thrift Editions)

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Encompassing a broad range of subjects, styles, and moods, English poetry of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries is generally classified under the term “Romantic,” suggesting an emphasis on imagination and individual experience, as well as a preoccupation with such theme as nature, death, and the supernatural.
This volume contains a rich selection of poems by England’s six greatest poets: William Blake (24 poems, including “The Tyger” and “Auguries of Innocence”), William Wordsworth (27 poems, including “Ode: Intimations of Immortality” and “I wandered lonely as a cloud”), Samuel Taylor Coleridge (10 poems, including “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” and “Kubla Khan”), Lord Byron (16 poems, including “The Prisoner of Chillon” and selections from Don Juan and Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage), Percy Bysshe Shelley (24 poems, including “Ode to the West Wind” and “Adonis”), John Keats (22 poems, including all the great odes, “Isabella,” and “The Eve of St. Agnes”).
For this edition, Stanley Appelbaum has provided a concise Introduction to the Romantic period and brief commentaries on the poets represented. The result is a carefully selected anthology that will be welcomed by lovers of poetry, students, and teachers alike.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Dover Publications; Edition Unstated (November 8, 1996)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
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Station Eleven: A Novel (National Book Award Finalist)

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • A PEN/FAULKNER AWARD FINALIST • Set in the eerie days of civilization’s collapse—the spellbinding story of a Hollywood star, his would-be savior, and a nomadic group of actors roaming the scattered outposts of the Great Lakes region, risking everything for art and humanity. • Now an original series on HBO Max. • Over one million copies sold!

One of the New York Times’s100 Best Books of the 21st Century

Kirsten Raymonde will never forget the night Arthur Leander, the famous Hollywood actor, had a heart attack on stage during a production of King Lear. That was the night when a devastating flu pandemic arrived in the city, and within weeks, civilization as we know it came to an end.

Twenty years later, Kirsten moves between the settlements of the altered world with a small troupe of actors and musicians. They call themselves The Traveling Symphony, and they have dedicated themselves to keeping the remnants of art and humanity alive. But when they arrive in St. Deborah by the Water, they encounter a violent prophet who will threaten the tiny band’s existence. And as the story takes off, moving back and forth in time, and vividly depicting life before and after the pandemic, the strange twist of fate that connects them all will be revealed.

Look for Emily St. John Mandel’s bestselling new novel, Sea of Tranquility!

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Vintage; Reprint edition (June 2, 2015)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 352 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0804172447
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0804172448
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 9 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.2 x 0.71 x 8 inches

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The Eyes and the Impossible: (Newbery Medal Winner)

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NEWBERY MEDAL WINNER • #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An enthralling middle-grade novel by award-winning author Dave Eggers, told from the perspective of one uniquely endearing dog— featuring beautiful color artwork with illustrations by Caldecott honoree Shawn Harris.

“Johannes is a highly engaging narrator whose exuberance and good nature run like a bright thread through the novel’s pages.” —The New York Times

Johannes, a free dog, lives in an urban park by the sea. His job is to be the Eyes—to see everything that happens within the park and report back to the park’s elders, three ancient Bison. His friends—a seagull, a raccoon, a squirrel, and a pelican—work with him as the Assistant Eyes, observing the humans and other animals who share the park and making sure the Equilibrium is in balance.

But changes are afoot. More humans, including Trouble Travelers, arrive in the park. A new building, containing mysterious and hypnotic rectangles, goes up. And then there are the goats—an actual boatload of goats—who appear, along with a shocking revelation that changes Johannes’s view of the world.

A story about friendship, beauty, liberation, and running very, very fast, The Eyes & the Impossible will make readers of all ages see the world around them in a wholly new way.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Knopf Books for Young Readers (May 9, 2023)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 256 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1524764205
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1524764203
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 9+ years, from customers
Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 790L
Grade level ‏ : ‎ 3 – 7
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.65 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.88 x 1.04 x 8.31 inches

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Then She Was Gone: A Novel

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

From the New York Times bestselling author of Invisible Girl and None of This Is True comes a “riveting” (PopSugar) and “acutely observed family drama” (People) that delves into the lingering aftermath of a young girl’s disappearance.

Ellie Mack was the perfect daughter. She was fifteen, the youngest of three. Beloved by her parents, friends, and teachers, and half of a teenaged golden couple. Ellie was days away from an idyllic post-exams summer vacation, with her whole life ahead of her.

And then she was gone.

Now, her mother Laurel Mack is trying to put her life back together. It’s been ten years since her daughter disappeared, seven years since her marriage ended, and only months since the last clue in Ellie’s case was unearthed. So when she meets an unexpectedly charming man in a café, no one is more surprised than Laurel at how quickly their flirtation develops into something deeper. Before she knows it, she’s meeting Floyd’s daughters—and his youngest, Poppy, takes Laurel’s breath away.

Because looking at Poppy is like looking at Ellie. And now, the unanswered questions she’s tried so hard to put to rest begin to haunt Laurel anew. Where did Ellie go? Did she really run away from home, as the police have long suspected, or was there a more sinister reason for her disappearance? Who is Floyd, really? And why does his daughter remind Laurel so viscerally of her own missing girl?

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B074MDD3H6
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Atria Books; Reprint edition (April 17, 2018)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 17, 2018
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 4660 KB
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Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
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Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 368 pages

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Customers find the plot captivating and never lets go. They also describe the writing style as eloquent, entertaining, and well-written. Readers say the characters are nicely developed. They describe the book as a great read that they can’t put down. Opinions are mixed on the pacing and emotional intensity, with some finding it fast-paced and others slow.

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The Chosen: Come and See: A Novel Based on Season 2 of the Critically Acclaimed TV Series

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Customers say the book gives life and meaning to the Bible. They also say it’s true to the scriptures and a fabulous companion to the series. Readers also mention that each chapter follows the series episodes very well.

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One of Us Is Lying

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“Pretty Little Liars meets The Breakfast Club” (Entertainment Weekly) in this addictive mystery about what happens when five strangers walk into detention and only four walk out alive.

Pay close attention and you might solve this.
On Monday afternoon, five students at Bayview High walk into detention.

    Bronwyn, the brain, is Yale-bound and never breaks a rule.
    Addy, the beauty, is the picture-perfect homecoming princess.
    Nate, the criminal, is already on probation for dealing.
    Cooper, the athlete, is the all-star baseball pitcher.
    And Simon, the outcast, is the creator of Bayview High’s notorious gossip app.

Only, Simon never makes it out of that classroom. Before the end of detention Simon’s dead. And according to investigators, his death wasn’t an accident. On Monday, he died. But on Tuesday, he’d planned to post juicy reveals about all four of his high-profile classmates, which makes all four of them suspects in his murder. Or are they the perfect patsies for a killer who’s still on the loose?

Everyone has secrets, right? What really matters is how far you would go to protect them.

All the secrets of the Bayview Four will be revealed in the TV series now streaming on NBC’s Peacock!

And don’t miss the #1 New York Times bestselling sequel, One of Us is Next!

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Read the fast-paced story of the Bayview Four!
Four teenager’s lives unwind after being the only witnesses to their classmate’s suspected murder. The electrifying sequel to One of Us Is Lying. A TV tie-in edition with a cover based on the Peacock series streaming now! One of Us Is Lying & One of Us Is Next

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Don’t miss Karen McManus’s other pulse-pounding thrillers
A small town begins to relive its dark past after a girl goes missing before homecoming. A gripping family drama where a trio of cousins uncover a trail of lies and betrayals. Three friends relive an epic ditch day, and it goes horribly—and fatally—wrong. Four years ago someone got away with murder. More terrifying is that they might be closer than anyone thinks.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Delacorte Press; Reprint edition (February 28, 2023)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 416 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1524714755
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1524714758
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 14+ years, from customers
Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ HL730L
Grade level ‏ : ‎ 9 – 12
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.84 x 8.25 inches

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Customers find the plot interesting and intricate, with many issues that high schoolers may face. They also describe the book as very engaging, easy to follow, and refreshingly grounded. Readers also appreciate the content as insightful, thrilling, and well-written.

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A Camping Spree with Mr. Magee: (Read Aloud Books, Series Books for Kids, Books for Early Readers) (Mr. Magee, MCGE)

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The second book in the much-loved series about Mr. Magee and his trusty dog, Dee!

Chris Van Dusen books are always a delight, combining playful rhyming text with bright, comical artwork that’s alive with color and detail.

In their new adventure, Mr. Magee and his dog, Dee, are enjoying a peaceful camping trip when along comes a lumbering, marshmallow-loving bear and the excitement begins. The next thing the two campers know, they are plunging down a mountain, racing down a river, and teetering on the edge of a waterfall! How will Mr. Magee and Dee find their way out of this slippery situation?

ADVENTURES IN CAMPING: A funny children’s book that shares a lesson on overcoming obstacles with an easy-to-follow storyline, fun illustrations, and likable characters. Perfect as a bedtime story at home or on a camping trip!

TEACHERS’ PICK BOOK: For storytime or individual reading time, teachers and students love the Mr. Magee books. This title is one of teachers’ favorite fall books that may even inspire camping theme classroom décor!

FUN BOOKS SERIES FOR KIDS: Other titles in this terrific series of illustrated books for early readers include Down to the Sea with Mr. Magee and Learning to Ski with Mr. Magee.

Perfect for: A fun read-aloud for families and elementary story time Engaging early and emergent readers Fans of kids’ reading books that incorporate colorful artwork throughout Readers of the Mr. Magee series and funny outdoor adventure books like Llama Llama Loves Camping and Curious George Goes Camping

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Chronicle Books; 1st edition (May 1, 2003)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 36 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0811836037
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0811836036
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 3 – 6 years, from customers
Grade level ‏ : ‎ Preschool – 7
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 11.2 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.6 x 0.5 x 9.55 inches

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Customers find the rhyming fantastic, easy to pick up and read along with, and the storyline fun and silly. They also appreciate the retro pictures and beautiful illustrations that tell a humorous story all on their own.

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Morning Star: Book III of the Red Rising Trilogy

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Customers find the ending brilliant, satisfying, and true. They also describe the action and adventure as dynamic, shocking, and masterful. Readers say the characters are well developed and deep enough to keep them interested. They praise the writing style as stellar and the entertainment value as extremely enjoyable. Customers describe the plot as artfully weaving a hopeful philosophy into the story. They find the pacing fast and the emotional intensity rollercoaster ride.

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The Top 10 Ways to Ruin the First Day of School: Ten-Year Anniversary Edition

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Special Ten-Year Anniversary Edition!

Over 124,000 copies in print!

Originally published as The Top 10 Ways to Ruin the First Day of 5th Grade, but now it has a new cover and a new title, The Top 10 Ways to Ruin the First Day of School. It is the same humorous book with the same humorous story that kids love!

An International Reading Association and Children’s Book Council “Children’s Choices” Honor Book

An Alabama “Children’s Choice Book Award Program” Winner

“Nonstop wacky action.” – School Library Journal

“A quick, fun read that will appeal to would-be show-offs everywhere.” – Booklist

“This very funny, very silly book is filled with kids, teachers and parents who will make you laugh – when you’re not chuckling about Tony’s latest antics.” -The Washington Post

Summary: Anthony Madison, a.k.a. Tony Baloney, can’t get enough of the Late Show with David Letterman. He loves the Late Show and will stop at nothing to get himself on the program. But to get from Kansas City to New York City, he’ll have to pull out all the stops. With his own brand of Top Ten lists, and stunts that range from photocopying his hinder to taking to the field in a bear suit at a professional football game, Tony takes the NFL, MTV, New York City, the Hells Angels, his teacher, friends, family, and readers on an uproarious ride to remember.

Hardcover originally published by Holiday House. Paperback originally published by Scholastic. Paperback re-released by Illusion Publishing.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Illusion Publishing; 10th Anniversary ed. edition (April 5, 2014)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 140 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0615974198
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0615974194
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 10 – 11 years, from customers
Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 630L
Grade level ‏ : ‎ Preschool – 2
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 7.7 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.35 x 9 inches

Write a Must-Read: Craft a Book That Changes Lives–Including Your Own

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“When you are ready to embark on the Artist’s Journey and write the book you were called to write, read this book. AJ Harper’s Write a Must Read is itself a must-read, an essential resource to help you produce the works you were put on Earth to bring forth.”
―Steven Pressfield, bestselling author of The War of Art

A book is not about something. A book is for someone.

You want to write a nonfiction book that matters. A book readers love and rave about. A book they underline, dog-ear, and highlight. A must-read.

How do you do that, when you’ve never written a book like that before? When you aren’t sure what content to include in a nonfiction book, or how to organize it? And when you’re not sure if your idea is worth pursuing in the first place?

At the heart of the answers to all these questions is a craft created by AJ Harper, ghostwriter and editor for some of the foremost thought leaders of our time. The foundation of that craft is a simple, yet powerful philosophy: Reader First. When you learn how to put your reader first at every stage of book development, writing, and editing, you can create the connection and trust required to transform their lives.

In these pages, Harper reveals the proven methods and frameworks she has used for nearly two decades to write and edit perennial bestsellers. It’s not the easy way, or the fast way; it’s the effective way. The payoff for doing this important work: a must-read book, and a massive readership who serve as ambassadors for your message and your brand.

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“When you are ready to embark on the Artist’s Journey and write the book you were called to write, read this book. AJ Harper’s Write a Must Read is itself a must-read, an essential resource to help you produce the works you were put on Earth to bring forth.”
―Steven Pressfield, bestselling author of The War of Art

“If you want to write a book everyone talks about, this is the book that will show you the way. Write a Must-Read is honest, empowering, and actionable.”
―Mike Michalowicz, Wall Street Journal bestselling author of nine books, including Profit First, Clockwork and Get Different

“If you want to write a nonfiction book, Write a Must-Read must be the first book on your reading list. It will also be the only book you’ll need. AJ is the rare writer who can translate the complex craft of writing into gripping, easy-to-digest narrative. If you want people to buy your book, read it, finish it, act on it, and then tell everyone they know to buy it, then buy this book now. It’s simply the best book on how to write a book people want to read.”
―Michael Port, New York Times bestselling author of nine books, including Book Yourself Solid, Steal the Show, and The Referable Speaker

“There are plenty of editors who can help you write a good book. There are plenty of writers who write books you envy. And then there is AJ Harper, who not only understands the entire craft of writing, but has developed a process that delivers consistently great books for her author clients. If you want to write a book that changes lives, read Write a Must-Read first.”
―Pamela Slim, award-winning author of Escape from Cubicle Nation, Body of Work and The Widest Net

“Even after having worked with AJ on two books, reading Write a Must-Read encouraged me to do more of the most important thing: Get to know my reader even better. Reader First isn’t just a philosophy. It’s a step-by-step process to write the must-read book your readers are waiting for you to write.”
―Jeffrey Shaw, author, LINGO and The Self-Employed Life

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B09ZBGTRL2
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Top Three Book Workshop (May 24, 2022)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 24, 2022
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 2773 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 299 pages

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The New Couple: An absolutely addictive psychological thriller with a shocking twist

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The perfect marriage. The perfect house. The perfect secret…

As I step through the cherry-red door of my new home, I know I should feel like the luckiest woman alive. I have a handsome husband, a beautiful daughter and now the house of my dreams. And to everyone else my life looks perfect…

When the neighbours stop by to welcome us, I tell them my name is Stephanie Hamlin and, under the watchful gaze of my husband Richard, I introduce him and our curly haired little girl Poppy. I smile as wide as I can and desperately hope I can fit in to this exclusive place with its pretty communal gardens. Because I’ve risked everything to be here.

Behind closed doors I try to relax, to unwind in the huge clawfoot bath and forget about my complicated past. It’s hard being the new couple on the street when you’ve got secrets.

Because the truth is, my charming husband isn’t really my husband.

And I’m not Stephanie Hamlin…

An absolutely gripping psychological thriller that will keep you guessing until the last page. If you love Behind Closed Doors, My Lovely Wife and The Perfect Couple, you’ll be hooked.

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‘Oh my god! This had me on the edge of my seat, read it in one sitting… Fantastic… I was completely gripped… Absolutely loved it, totally deserves five stars.’ Bonnie’s Book Talk, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘WOW!! This book grabs you in from the first chapter and just doesn’t let go. I stayed up until 2am just to finish it, it was that good. Five stars—a must read!!’ NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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‘Absolutely brilliant!! So many twists and turns from the start. I was kept on the edge of my seat and enthralled throughout. A hair-raising family psychological thriller. I would highly recommend it.’ Goodreads Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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‘Oh my gosh this story kept me up to finish it! What a suspenseful book, this story kept me trying to figure it out until the very end.’ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Bookouture (September 22, 2022)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 296 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1803147830
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1803147833
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 10.4 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.06 x 0.74 x 7.81 inches

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The Summer House: The Classic Blockbuster from the Author of Lion & Lamb

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When seven murder victims are found in a small town, the homicide investigation shakes a small-town sheriff to her core in James Patterson’s tense thriller.

Once a luxurious southern getaway on a rustic lake, then reduced to a dilapidated crash pad, the Summer House is now the grisly scene of a nighttime mass murder. Eyewitnesses point to four Army Rangers—known as the Night Ninjas—recently returned from Afghanistan.

To ensure that justice is done, the Army sends Major Jeremiah Cook, a veteran and former NYPD cop, to investigate. But the major and his elite team arrive in sweltering Georgia with no idea their grim jobs will be made exponentially more challenging by local law enforcement, who resists the Army’s intrusion and stonewall them at every turn.

As Cook and his squad struggle to uncover the truth behind the condemning evidence, the pieces just won’t fit—and forces are rallying to make certain damning secrets die alongside the victims in the murder house. With his own people in the cross-hairs, Cook takes a desperate gamble to find answers—even if it means returning to a hell of his own worst nightmares . . .

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Grand Central Publishing; Reissue edition (June 28, 2022)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Mass Market Paperback ‏ : ‎ 480 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1538752840
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1538752845
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 9.9 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.15 x 1.45 x 7.5 inches

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The Paper Palace (Reese’s Book Club): A Novel

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REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK

INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

OVER 1 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE

THE PAPER PALACE IS:

“Filled with secrets, love, lies and a summer beach house. What more could you ask?”—Parade

“A deeply emotional love story…the unraveling of secrets, lies and a very complex love triangle.” —Reese Witherspoon (Reese’s Book Club July ’21 Pick)

“Nail-biting.” —Town & Country

“A magnificent page-turner.” —Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney, New York Times bestselling author

“[An] irresistible placement of a complicated family in a bewitching place.” —The New York Times

A story of summer, secrets, love, and lies: in the course of a singular day on Cape Cod, one woman must make a life-changing decision that has been brewing for decades.

“This house, this place, knows all my secrets.”

It is a perfect August morning, and Elle, a fifty-year-old happily married mother of three, awakens at “The Paper Palace”—the family summer place which she has visited every summer of her life. But this morning is different: last night Elle and her oldest friend Jonas crept out the back door into the darkness and had sex with each other for the first time, all while their spouses chatted away inside. Now, over the next twenty-four hours, Elle will have to decide between the life she has made with her genuinely beloved husband, Peter, and the life she always imagined she would have had with her childhood love, Jonas, if a tragic event hadn’t forever changed the course of their lives. As Heller colors in the experiences that have led Elle to this day, we arrive at her ultimate decision with all its complexity. Tender yet devastating, The Paper Palace considers the tensions between desire and dignity, the legacies of abuse, and the crimes and misdemeanors of families.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Riverhead Books; Reprint edition (April 19, 2022)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 400 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 059332983X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0593329832
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.1 x 1.11 x 8.01 inches

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Is Watership Down Really ‘Just A Story About Rabbits’?

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Is Watership Down really ‘just a story about rabbits’?

Rabbits in art and literature are surprisingly resistant to the idea of cuteness. Children generally first encounter anthropomorphised rabbits in the Beatrix Potter stories of Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny; but Peter’s mother reminds him that his father was killed and baked in a pie; Benjamin Bunny is traumatised by a malevolent cat, the reader under no illusions as to the terror he is feeling. Even Bugs Bunny, at the comedic end of the spectrum, regularly has to evade the intentions of the incompetent hunter, Elmer Fudd.

But Watership Down, Richard Adams’s novel, is, although notionally for children, in many respects an adult’s novel; or, rather, a novel that pulls children towards adulthood. It’s the story of a quest undertaken against one’s nature or inclinations – rather in the way that children often see the process of growth. Its first chapter has an epigraph from Aeschylus’s Agamemnon, which is an excellent example of not talking down to your audience.

Adams’s daughters, in interviews about the book as part of the attendant publicity for the forthcoming BBC One adaptation, have been keen to play down any suggestion that their father was trying to allegorise. “‘Rubbish!’ he always said. ‘It’s just a story about rabbits.’”

Well it is, and it isn’t. When I wrote the introduction to the Penguin Modern Classics edition, I said “it is, inescapably, about rabbits” – but added that it is also very much inspired by his experiences in the second world war, and in particular his memories of two officers, Major John Gifford, a quiet but highly respected commanding officer (“he nearly always said please when he gave you an order”, according to Adams), and Captain Paddy Kavanagh, given to acts of astonishing bravado. These are, respectively, Hazel and Bigwig. (For good measure, the language rabbits speak, Lapine, has deliberate echoes of the Arabic he picked up during service in the Middle East.) And the Efrafa warren, run by the monstrous General Woundwort, is a pitch-perfect, and terrifying, description of a military dictatorship.

There has been some talk about how the new adaptation will tone down the violence and gore that upset so many viewers of the 1978 film adaptation; as I haven’t seen the new one, I can’t comment (I’ve seen the trailer, though, and the animation looks disappointing); but one thing I hope it will do is capture the timeless yet fragile beauty of the countryside around which it is set. The book may have episodes that upset and shock – Adams was an admirer of the Scottish-Canadian writer Ernest Thompson Seton, who pointed out in his own animal stories for children that no animal in the wild dies of old age – but it is also, partly, a meticulous portrait of the English countryside, in particular its flowers, which of course the rabbits, being at ground level, will notice even if they do not name them (although their own names are taken almost entirely from nature). But Adams does, and the very names achieve a kind of poetry, or the function of a musical soundtrack: Fleabane, Figwort, Dogwood, Purple Loosestrife, Burdock, Valerian, and countless more.

This is a book that inspired many, I have no doubt, to ecological awareness; indeed, the reason that Hazel and his companions leave the Sandleford warren in the first place is because his brother, Fiver, has a prophecy of imminent destruction by humans. As I write, West Berkshire council is contemplating a proposal to start building 1,000 new homes on Sandleford Park by 2020, which means that Fiver’s vision may well, finally, be fulfilled.

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Is Watership Down really ‘just a story about rabbits’?

Adams’s daughters, in interviews about the book as part of the attendant publicity for the forthcoming BBC One adaptation, have been keen to play down any suggestion that their father was trying to allegorise. “‘Rubbish!’ he always said. ‘It’s just a story about rabbits.’”

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If you can, please consider supporting us just once, or better yet, support us every month with a little more. Thank you.