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by Wolfe Armand Scarpati (Author)It was the 80's. The disco era was long over... club life and 'the hunt' had taken on a whole new form, and if you worked at the mall... in this case, as a hairstylist at a top salon, had that special look and way about you, and loved women as much as this guy did, then you were in your element 12 hours a day... P.S. ... this is not a teen mall romp ala Fast Times At Ridgemont High; far from it... it's more like 'Shampoo' meets 'Don Jon' meets 'Wolf of Wall St...

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by Nicol?s Ferraro (Author), Mallory Craig-Kuhn (Translator)A teenage girl and her gangster father embark on a road trip toward revenge in this award-winning coming-of-age Argentinian noir. Fifteen-year-old Ámbar has never known any parent other than her father, Víctor Mondragón, nor any life other than his. On any given Friday night, Ámbar longs to be at the arcade or a rock concert, but she's more likely to be patching up Víctor's latest bullet hole in a dingy motel or creating a new set of...

The Edge of the Crazies: A Jules Clement Novel - Paperback

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by Jamie Harrison (Author)"In this madly original debut, Ms. Harrison speaks up in a fresh, animated voice to say something worth saying about the festering animosities of small minds cooped up in small towns." --The New York Times Book Review Blue Deer, Montana may seem like a tranquil town nestled at the foot of the Crazy Mountains, but an influx of writers, artists, and actors has driven its inhabitants a little nuts. When someone uses a rifle on George Blackwater as he's working on his ne...

Going Local: A Jules Clement Novel - Paperback

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by Jamie Harrison (Author)"You haven't been west in any meaningful sense until you've been to Blue Deer, Montana . . . Rekindles our delight in Ms. Harrison's offbeat sensibility and tart regional voice." --The New York Times Book Review "What seems characteristic of the best crime writing is surpassingly true of Jamie Harrison: she is creating entertainment and diversion, but she is also writing social history as accurate in its essences as a road map and generating a most admirable work of ...

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by H. D. Carlton (Author)VIRAL BOOKTOK SENSATION AND USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR! The Manipulator I can manipulate the emotions of anyone who lets me. I will make you hurt, make you cry, make you laugh and sigh. But my words don't affect him. Especially not when I plead for him to leave. He's always there, watching and waiting. And I can never look away. Not when I want him to come closer. The Shadow I didn't mean to fall in love. But now that I have, I can't stay away. I'm mesmerized by her...

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by H. M. Sanders (Author)This is the story of the Ringmaker, a woman working to harness the power-hungry will of her Tundin people's Council for the greater good of all, though she bears the stigma of Namelessness (she is a dragon changeling). When she is abducted in a political coup, she becomes the target of a madman, also a dragon changeling, who seeks to unbind the fabric of the world with lost and potent magic. She escapes his prison, but not his psychological torment. On her journey t...

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by M. Day Hampton (Author)When Sounds Collide is a richly layered story of love and ambition set against the backdrop of the American South in the late 1800s.Custis-a gifted, Black, ten-year-old boy orphaned and left for dead-is discovered by a young White girl. Sarah Tennison hasn't spoken a word since her mother died. Nursed back to health and raised by Sarah's widowed father, Custis is sheltered from community biases and anti-literacy laws. In the safety of the Tennison home, his bright mi...

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by E. C. Saulness (Author)Burned-out private detective, Frank Shepard, has a dangerous secret that has followed him for nearly a century. He's a werewolf. A curse that has cost him everyone he loves. In another life he was a soldier, a brother, and a husband. Now he lives in a run-down trailer on the edge of town and drowns decades of traumatic memories in alcohol and opiates.That is, until his old partner-the only one who knows about Frank's werewolf nature-calls in old debts for help on a m...

The Shell: Memoirs of a Hidden Observer - Paperback

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by Mustafa Khalifa (Author), Paul Starkey (Translator)The work of a modern-day Sozhenitsyn that exposes acts of violence and brutality committed by the Syrian regime. This compelling first novel is the astonishing story of a Syrian political prisoner of conscience--an atheist mistaken for a radical Islamist--who was locked up for 13 years without trial in one of the most notorious prisons in the Middle East. The novel takes the form of a diary which Musa keeps in his head and then writes dow...

Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000 - Paperback

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by L. Ron Hubbard (Author)SadisticAliens......Man is an endangeredspecies.Is it the end of the world orthe rebirth of a new one? In the year A.D. 3000, Earth is a dystopian wasteland. The great cities stand crumbling as a brutalreminder of what we once were. When the Psychlos invaded, all the world'sarmies mustered little resistance against the advanced alien weapons.Now, the man animals serve onepurpose.Do thePsychlos' bidding or face extinction.Oneman, Jonnie Goodboy Tyler, has a plan. They...

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by Mick Herron (Author)In this chillingly plausible thriller, CWA Gold Dagger winner Mick Herron proves he "never tells a suspense story in the expected way" (The New York Times Book Review). When a highly classified espionage operation breaks down, an MI5 prisoner escapes from a transport vehicle on the busy ring road outside Oxford. Now an armed and desperate man is on the loose. He has taken refuge in a preschool, where a collection of teachers, parents, and students were about to start th...

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by Annie Ernaux (Author), Tanya Leslie (Translator), Francine Prose (Introduction by)WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE A New York Times Notable Book Annie Ernaux's father died exactly two months after she passed her practical examination for a teaching certificate. Barely educated and valued since childhood strictly for his labor, Ernaux's father had grown into a hard, practical man who showed his family little affection. Narrating his slow ascent towards material comfort, Ernaux's...

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by Patrick D. Smith (Author)A Land Remembered has been ranked #1 Best Florida Book eight times in annual polls conducted by Florida Monthly Magazine. In this best-selling novel, Patrick Smith tells the story of three generations of the MacIveys, a Florida family who battle the hardships of the frontier to rise from a dirt-poor Cracker life to the wealth and standing of real estate tycoons. The story opens in 1858, when Tobias MacIvey arrives in the Florida wilderness to start a new life with ...

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by Michael Mewshaw (Author)"Mewshaw's sentences sing. His ability to evoke a setting that many will find exotic rivals Graham Greene's, as does the depth of his characterization and his ability to make the reader keep wondering what in the world might happen next. The narrative keeps delivering surprises all the way to the final line. I love this novel." -- Steve Yarbrough, author Stay Gone DaysThe son of a Spanish mother and an American father who claimed to have worked for the CIA, Paul Ste...

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by Charles Waugh (Editor), Martin Greenberg (Editor), Ed Gorman (Contribution by)What is it about lighthouses that stirs the heart and sparks the imagination? Built for strength and permanence, they are nonetheless always vulnerable. We look to them for guidance and reassurance yet never quite lose the feeling of being watched when near them. Their keepers work tirelessly to serve humanity, protecting many hundreds of lives each year; yet they themselves are isolated from other people. And of...

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by Elisabeth Ogilvie (Author)The first title in Elizabeth Ogilvies' Lover's Trilogy, The Dawning of the Day follows widow Philippa Marshall as she makes a life for herself as a schoolteacher on rugged Bennett's Island. As she grapples with her sense of loyalty to her deceased husband, Philippa must weigh the balance of her heart and mind, and plot the course of her destiny.Front JacketPhilippa Marshall arrives on isolated Bennett's Island as a young war widow eager to provide for her only son...

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by Elisabeth Ogilvie (Author)In this second book of the Tide Trilogy, our heroine Joanna Bennett returns to her beloved island home after several years of mainland exile, and works to rebuild and strengthen the island community even as she navigates the emotional minefield of transitioning from widow to newlywed.Author BiographyElisabeth Ogilvie wrote 46 books including The Seasons Hereafter, Strawberries in the Sea and her memoir My World is an Island. In 1947 she won the New England Women's...

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by Elisabeth Ogilvie (Author)Vanessa Barton feels caged in her marriage and trapped by life in the small community of Bennett's Island. She blindly yearns for something, but doesn't know what, until Owen Bennett walks into her life. He inspires her passion, self-discovery and growth, enabling her to seize her own destiny, free of the emotional fetters of her youth. Front JacketVanessa Barton steps onto Bennett's Island for the first time as if she is stepping into a prison cell. She feels tra...

The Brothers Grimm Volume II: 110 Grimmer Fairy Tales - Imitation Leather

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by Jacob Grimm (Author), Wilhelm Grimm (Author), Margaret Hunt (Translator)Terrifying tales and frightening fables at their finest! We all know the stories--or do we? We know who Snow White is, but what about Rose Red? And what happens to an all-too willful child? Learn more intriguing stories about "Wise Folks," "The King's Son Who Feared Nothing," and . . . well . . . "Donkey Cabbages"--to name a few. Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm were well-known, nineteenth-century German storytellers, academics...

Signal 13: Chronicles of a Calvert Trooper - Paperback

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by S. Eric Briggs (Author)A career state cop is retiring, questioning "Maryland's Finest" legend. Casualties are severe; friends die on the job, his marriage fails, his beloved Tidewater Country is overwhelmed by urban sprawl, and demonic nightmares plague him until he finally confronts them. Number of Pages: 396 Dimensions: 0.83 x 9.02 x 6.07 IN Publication Date: November 01, 2008

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by Paul Wonnacott (Author)They were young lovers, caught up in World War II. She took part in codebreaking efforts. He fought in Poland and France. The three main characters are fictitious. However, most of the novel is based on historical events. Number of Pages: 328 Dimensions: 0.73 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: January 15, 2007

The Skinner: The First Spatterjay Novelvolume 1 - Paperback

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by Neal Asher (Author)From the mind of Neal Asher, world-renown author of more than 20 books and nominee for both the Philip K. Dick and the British Fantasy Society awards, comes a new action-filled science fiction Polity epic. Three visitors arrive on one of the most unique (and deadly) worlds science fiction has ever seen, in the start of a classic Polity series from Neal Asher. Welcome to Spatterjay . . . where sudden death is the normal way of life. On the remote planet Spatterjay arrive ...

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by Lauren Groff (Author)The universally-acclaimed return of the New York Times bestselling author of Fates and Furies, Matrix, and the highly-anticipated The Vaster Wilds In Lauren Groff's Florida, the hot sun shines, but a wild darkness lurks. Florida is a "superlative" book (Boston Globe), "gorgeously weird and limber" (New Yorker), "frequently funny" (San Francisco Chronicle), "brooding, inventive and often moving" (NPR Fresh Air) -- as Groff is recognized as "Florida's unofficial poet lau...

The New York Stories of Edith Wharton - Paperback

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by Edith Wharton (Author), Roxana Robinson (Introduction by), Roxana Robinson (Compiled by)A New York Review Books Original Edith Wharton wrote about New York as only a native can. Her Manhattan is a city of well-appointed drawing rooms, hansoms and broughams, all-night cotillions, and resplendent Fifth Avenue flats. Bishops' nieces mingle with bachelor industrialists; respectable wives turn into excellent mistresses. All are governed by a code of behavior as rigid as it is precarious. What f...

Heredera del Fuego / Heir of Fire - Paperback

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by Sarah J. Maas (Author)Descubre la tercera parte de la trilog?a Trono de Cristal, serie bestseller de The New York Times.La asesina del rey enfrenta el desaf?o de un destino a?n m?s importante y arde con un resplandor m?s impresionante que nunca antes en Heredera de fuego, continuaci?n del bestseller Corona de sangre.Celaena Sardothien ha sobrevivido a mort?feros combates y a la demoledora experiencia del desamor, pero a un costo indescriptible. Ahora debe viajar a una nueva tierra para enf...

How Love Came to Professor Guildea and Other Uncanny Tales - Paperback

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by Robert Hichens (Author), S. T. Joshi (Introduction by)How Love Came to Professor Guildea: Professor Guildea is an extremely unsentimental man-he doesn't need nor want anyone's affection. He has his work, and that is enough. Until one evening when he sees a figure in the park, and crosses the street to investigate. No one is there, and yet Guildea is convinced that someone follows him back into his house... a strange presence with a curious and very irritating attraction to him. A Tribute ...

Te Veo En El Lago / Meet Me at the Lake - Paperback

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by Carley Fortune (Author)Uno de los libros m?s esperados del a?o seg?n Today, Oprah Daily, BuzzFeed, SheReads, PopSugar, BookRiot y muchos m?s! Una coincidencia hace que dos desconocidos vivan una aventura de un ?nico d?a y se hagan una promesa que solo uno cumple. La nueva novela de la autora superventas de Todos nuestros veranos, Carley Fortune. Fern Brookbanks ha malgastado demasiados a?os pensando en Will Baxter. Pas? solo veinticuatro horas con el artista en un d?a fortuito de av...

The Picture of Dorian Gray (Deluxe Hardbound Edition) - Hardcover

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by Oscar Wilde (Author) Indulge in the captivating world of Oscar Wilde's masterpiece The Picture of Dorian Gray. This exquisite edition presents Wilde's iconic novel in a visually stunning format, offering readers a luxurious reading experience. Immerse yourself in the decadence, beauty, and moral complexity of Dorian Gray's haunting tale. Features Wilde's signature wit and commentary on Victorian society Deluxe hardbound edition with a beautiful cover design Explores the themes of morali...

Un Lugar Soleado Para Gente Sombr?a - Paperback

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by Mariana Enriquez (Author) Number of Pages: 432 Dimensions: 0.71 x 8.58 x 5.35 IN Publication Date: May 28, 2024

Don Quijote de la Mancha. Edición Rae / Don Quixote de la Mancha. Rae - Hardcover

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by Miguel De Cervantes (Author)Nominada por los estadounidenses como una de las 100 mejores novelas en la serie de PBS The Great American Read La RAE, la ASALE y Alfaguara reeditan la edición conmemorativa del Quijote con prólogo inédito de Darío Villanueva EDICION LIMITADA Hace diez años, las academias de la lengua española pensaron un Quijote para todos. Hoy se reedita --en edición limitada-- para conmemorar los cuatrocientos años de la muerte de Cervantes. En los años 2015 y 2016 confluyen...

A Cat at the End of the World - Paperback

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by Vesna Maric (Translator), Robert Perisic (Author)Delivered like a fable, A Cat At the End of the World shifts perspectives between a runaway slave and the Scatterwind, a bodiless spirit that moves effortlessly through time and space, from the days of ancient Syracuse to our contemporary era. At the center of their stories is Miu, an Egyptian cat-- one of the earliest to be domesticated-- through whom Robert Peris ic channels a deeply profound and beautiful understanding of animal and human...

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by Laura Diaz de Arce (Author)In Absence is the fresh and frightening short story collection by Laura Diaz de Arce.Enjoy tales of shape-shifting nature beasts, an affectionate giant squid, an ancient Greek drama on the subway, a Sinatra-loving were-goat, take a trip to a museum in Hell, and more.What brings together this eclectic work that spans genres, tone, and voice is the exploration of the varying shades ofgrief. Like MONSTROSITY: Tales of Transformation, readers are sure to find works t...