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The Paris Architect Charles Belfoure An extraordinary book about a gifted architect who reluctantly begins a secret life of resistance, devising ingenious hiding places for Jews in World War II Paris. In 1942 Paris, architect Lucien Bernard accepts a commission that will bring him a great deal of money—and maybe get him killed. All he has to do is design a secret... |
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If Not for Sarah Madelaine Benoliel If Not for Sarah by Madelaine Benoliel is a gripping, heartfelt novel that explores the fragile threads of family, the weight of generational secrets, and the courage it takes to face the truth. In 1940s Brooklyn, being an unwed mother carries a stigma as damning as a scarlet letter. Rozzie Schaeffer knows this all too well. Haunted by an unplanned pregnancy... |
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Clarice Lispector Born in the nightmarish landscape of post-World War I Ukraine, Clarice became, virtually from adolescence, a person whose beauty, genius, and eccentricity intrigued Brazil. Moser tells how this precocious girl, through long exile abroad and difficult personal struggles, matured into a great... |
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The Image: A Quantum Portal Has Opened Guy Morris A CERN black hole experiment creates a portal to a higher dimension, unleashing a quantum signal that entangles every computer on Earth. Only SLVIA, a rogue NSA AI, can decode its dire warning for humanity. Convinced civilization has entered the end of days, SLVIA... |
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The Juju Girl Nikki Marsh The Great Storm of 1893 evicts 15-year-old Gabbie from her small-town home near the banks of the Mississippi and thrusts her into the world of New Orleans’ Creole High Society. It's a world of debutantes, extravagant balls, and handsome young men in uniforms. Steeped in superstition, spells, mystery, and magic, it counts conjurers, holy... |
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A Touch of Terror Gary Ponzo A rogue Russian agent known as The Machine has infiltrated the U.S. border with a case of uranium powerful enough to destroy the entire west coast. FBI agent Nick Bracco recruits his mafia-connected cousin Tommy to help track down the case and try to save the nation from... |
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Scary Spring: Our Polio Fright of 1955 C.A. Hartnell "Fire it up" for friendship, fun, adventure, mystery, and courage that fill the pages of Scary Spring: Our Polio Fright of 1955. Like the Indian-head hood ornament on Aunt Jean's Pontiac Chieftain car that leads the way down dark and scary streets, Pete leads his... |
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Chronicles of an African Mallu Manjusha Sunil This entertaining read describes the upbringing of a first generation Indian-African, narrating the experiences of a Malayalee who grew up in different parts of Africa. A crash course on Malayalees and insights into some of their typical attributes, traits and prejudices gives the book a unique essence. An endogamous group... |
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Pearls Dot Nuechterlein What's it like to grow older? More than 80 American women from across the country, aged middle 50s through late 90s, offer thoughtful insights on many aspects of advancing in years—the ups as well as some downs, joys along with sorrows, happy memories from the past plus... |
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Feelin' It: A College Journey of Epic Proportions Eric V. Warren Every year, thousands of Black students head off to predominantly White colleges and universities. Have you ever wondered what it is like to be one of those students? Feelin' It is a deep dive into the thoughts, feelings and experiences of a Black student finding his way through a small university in Michigan's untamed Upper Peninsula. |
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The Age Of Light Enshrined The year is 1895, an audience gathers in the darkened basement of the Salon Indien du Grand Café in Paris. What they see there will set a new age in motion... what they see there is nothing short of light enshrined. In The Age Of Light Enshrined Poet Zachary Ramsey (Forward To An American Odyssey, Fields of Life... |
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Death and a Crocodile Lisa E. Betz Sensible women don't investigate murders, but Livia Aemilia might not have a choice. Rome, 47 AD. When Livia's father dies under suspicious circumstances, she sets out to find the killer before her innocent brother is convicted of murder. She may be an amateur when it comes to hunting dangerous criminals, but she's determined, intelligent... |
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Arnold Falls Charlie Suisman Spend time in the funny, oddball village of Arnold Falls, where larger-than-life characters deal with the smallest of problems. Somehow, it all comes out right in the end. Given the choice of go big or go home, nine times out of ten the townspeople of Arnold Falls will go home, get back into their house... |
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A Necessary Explosion Dan Burns A Necessary Explosion is an act Dan Burns performs daily to expel the stories pressing on his mind. Only by getting words down onto the page can he make room for all that comes next. Exploring the themes of life, love, family, writing, music, travel, history, and humanity's future, this collection artfully conveys the words of... |
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Into the Marrow G.W. Allison A killer forces Leroy Cutter to a last resort in Key West. In the aftermath of a high-profile case that brought the city to its knees, Leroy Cutter leaves Detroit, seeking refuge in Key West. He plans to unwind with an old Navy buddy and reset his life. Unfortunately, Key West PD pegs Cutter as their prime suspect in a brutal murder and the... |
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Vapour Trails Abdul Qadir Two friends living a legally questionable life decide one day to leave it all behind and turn over a new leaf. They soon realize that actions have consequences, and getting out is much harder than getting in. A transgressive tour of Pakistan, Vapor Trails describes a world that is painted in strange... |
