en-US Mon, 28 Apr 2025 18:04:53 -0700 60 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg 33151805 The author of the #1 New York Times bestseller and global phenomenon The Girl on the Train returns with Into the Water, her addictive new novel of psychological suspense.

A single mother turns up dead at the bottom of the river that runs through town. Earlier in the summer, a vulnerable teenage girl met the same fate. They are not the first women lost to these dark waters, but their deaths disturb the river and its history, dredging up secrets long submerged.

Left behind is a lonely fifteen-year-old girl. Parentless and friendless, she now finds herself in the care of her mother's sister, a fearful stranger who has been dragged back to the place she deliberately ran from—a place to which she vowed she'd never return.

With the same propulsive writing and acute understanding of human instincts that captivated millions of readers around the world in her explosive debut thriller, The Girl on the Train, Paula Hawkins delivers an urgent, twisting, deeply satisfying read that hinges on the deceptiveness of emotion and memory, as well as the devastating ways that the past can reach a long arm into the present.

Beware a calm surface—you never know what lies beneath.]]> 386 Paula Hawkins 0735211205 Austin 0 to-read 3.59 2017
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]]> 165574688 Excellent Book 0 Alice Morgan Austin 0 to-read 0.0 2000
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]]> 199009986
Advanced Praise for Violent Candy:

“The characters in these sixteen stories experience isolation as intensely as anyone in Polanski’s filmography, and sorrow as interleaved with the modern world as anyone in Cronenberg’s. Twanging notes of the bizarre keep the reader’s eyebrows up, even as her heart aches. Throughout, Gresham digs relentlessly and fearlessly at a primary node of American literature: regret.”—KATHARINE COLDIRON, author of Junk Film

“Incredibly fucked. I loved it.”—TROY JAMES WEAVER, author of Marigold

“Some of these stories are the worst thing I’ve ever read (content and subject matter). Most of these stories are the best thing I’ve ever read (style and substance). Tex Gresham is monstrous(ly talented). Still uncertain if I’ll emotionally recover from reading this. Violent Candy is a must-have for the misanthropic.”—KKUURRTT, author of Good At Drugs]]> 220 Tex Gresham Austin 0 to-read 4.29
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]]> 57062720 A searing memoir from Harry Potter star and activist Evanna Lynch about the bravery it takes to embrace ourselves and our dreams while navigating the battle between perfection and creativity.

Gradually, I began to feel this dawning awareness that womanhood was coming for me, that it was looming inevitably, and it didn't feel safe . . . While those around me tried to expedite it, simulate it, exacerbate it, I tried to strangle it.

Evanna Lynch has long been viewed as a role model for people recovering from anorexia, as the story of her casting as Luna Lovegood in the Harry Potter films grew to almost mythic proportions--a tale of how she faced disordered eating as a young girl, found solace in a beloved book series, and several years later landed the part of her favorite character. But that is not the whole story.

Even after recovery, there remains a conflict at the very core of her being: a bitter struggle between the familiar, anesthetizing pursuit of perfection and the desire to fully and fearlessly embrace her creativity. In her book, Evanna confronts all the complexities and contradictions within herself and reveals how she began to conquer her self-hate while facing her fear of leaving the neatness and safety of girlhood for the unpredictable journey of being a woman. Revealing a startlingly accomplished voice, Evanna delves into the very heart of a woman's relationship with her own body. Unwilling to let the darkness of her eating disorder eclipse her dreams, Evanna explores the pivotal moments and choices in her life that led her down the path of creativity. Taking the reader through her personal journey, she reveals how by channeling her fears of the messy, uncharted future into joyful, ambitious endeavors, she reaches toward acceptance of the wild, sensual, and unpredictable reality of womanhood.

Honest, electrifying, and inspiring, this is a story of the tragedy and the glory of growing up, of mourning girlhood and stepping into the unknown, and how that act of courage is the most liberating thing a woman can do.]]> 463 Evanna Lynch Austin 0 to-read 4.53 2021
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]]> 26138892 92 Darian Smith 047333447X Austin 0 to-read 3.97 2015
author: Darian Smith
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]]> 11220518
Includes worksheets. Has an Australian feature film industry focus.

An incredibly useful introduction to Feature Film Screenwriting.

Joe Velikovsky is a successful feature film writer at JOETEEVEE.COM]]> 112 Joe Velikovsky Austin 0 to-read 4.50 2011
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]]> 284761 426 David Trottier 1879505843 Austin 0 to-read 4.12 1994
author: David Trottier
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]]> 213243274 Explores the architecture of haunted houses, uncanny domestic spaces, and how the horror genre subverts and corrupts the sanctity of home.

The history of horror begins with a house. From Otranto to Amityville, the haunted house story endures because it perverts what is equally the most universal and the most personal of the home. Our home is an extension of our self, a manifestation of our identity, and a repository of our memories. It is a micro-universe of our own creation that we control. It is also where we are the most vulnerable because we are supposed to be the most safe.

Whether it is a decrepit Victorian mansion, a modernist luxury high-rise, a little cottage in the woods, or a starter house in the suburbs, Sick Houses explores how the horror genre in film, television, and literature uses architecture and the ideology of the home against us. It looks at the mythology of the American Dream and how the lure of homeownership becomes a trap. It celebrates the witch house, the power of the crone, and the fear of aging women who live alone. It explores how concrete utopias became ready-made mise en scene for urban terror.

From the betrayal of sentient shape-shifting houses to shadow-self dollhouse doppelgangers, Sick Houses examines how the horror genre subverts and corrupts that which is the most sacrosanct.]]> 232 Leila Taylor 1915672643 Austin 0 to-read 3.83 2025
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]]> 17899948 Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again...

The novel begins in Monte Carlo, where our heroine is swept off her feet by the dashing widower Maxim de Winter and his sudden proposal of marriage. Orphaned and working as a lady's maid, she can barely believe her luck. It is only when they arrive at his massive country estate that she realizes how large a shadow his late wife will cast over their lives--presenting her with a lingering evil that threatens to destroy their marriage from beyond the grave.

First published in 1938, this classic gothic novel is such a compelling read that it won the Anthony Award for Best Novel of the Century.]]> 449 Daphne du Maurier 0316323705 Austin 0 to-read 4.28 1938
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average rating: 4.28
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]]> 34355984 486 Michael H. Stone 1633883353 Austin 0 to-read 3.88 2009
author: Michael H. Stone
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]]> 56106172 
After he’s shot in the line of duty, Detective Thomas Shepherd returns to Wolf Lake to pick up the pieces of his shattered life. Living beside the water, he finds peace…until the body of a missing woman washes up on his shore and the town blames a teenage boy with a history of violence. Is a killer stalking the sleepy resort village?��

Thomas isn’t convinced the teenager committed murder. Challenging a village that wants justice at any cost, he pursues the real killer as evidence mounts against the teenager. If he fails, an innocent boy will go to prison.��

Can Thomas clear the boy’s name before he becomes the killer’s next victim?]]> 237 Dan Padavona Austin 0 to-read 4.11 2020
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]]> 324748
In this iconic bestseller, popular business blogger and bestselling author Seth Godin proves that winners are really just the best quitters. Godin shows that winners quit fast, quit often, and quit without guilt—until they commit to beating the right Dip.

Every new project (or job, or hobby, or company) starts out fun…then gets really hard, and not much fun at all. You might be in a Dip—a temporary setback that will get better if you keep pushing. But maybe it’s really a Cul-de-Sac—a total dead end. What really sets superstars apart is the ability to tell the two apart.

Winners seek out the Dip. They realize that the bigger the barrier, the bigger the reward for getting past it. If you can beat the Dip to be the best, you’ll earn profits, glory, and long-term security.
Whether you’re an intern or a CEO, this fun little book will help you figure out if you’re in a Dip that’s worthy of your time, effort, and talents. The old saying is wrong—winners do quit, and quitters do win.]]> 80 Seth Godin 1591841666 Austin 0 to-read 3.78 2007
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]]> 51654 A Doctor's Revolutionary Research into the Biology of Near-Death & Mystical Experiences.
A clinical psychiatrist explores the effects of DMT: A behind-the-scenes look at the cutting edge of psychedelic research.

From 1990 to 1995 Dr. Rick Strassman conducted US DEA-approved clinical research at the University of New Mexico in which he injected 60 volunteers with DMT, one of the most powerful psychedelics known. His detailed account of those sessions is an inquiry into the nature of the human mind and the therapeutic potential of psychedelics. DMT, a plant-derived chemical that is also manufactured by the human brain, consistently produced near-death and mystical experiences. Many volunteers reported convincing encounters with intelligent nonhuman presences, especially "aliens." Nearly all felt that the sessions were among the most profound experiences of their lives.

Strassman's research connects DMT with the pineal gland, considered by Hindus to be the site of the seventh chakra and by René Descartes to be the seat of the soul. DMT: The Spirit Molecule makes the case that DMT, naturally released by the pineal gland, facilitates the soul's movement in and out of the body and is an integral part of the birth and death experiences, as well as the highest states of meditation and even sexual transcendence. Strassman also believes that alien abduction experiences are brought on by accidental releases of DMT. If used wisely, DMT could trigger a period of remarkable progress in the scientific exploration of the most mystical regions of the human mind and soul.]]> 363 Rick Strassman 0892819278 Austin 0 currently-reading 4.15 2000
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]]> 123679 Kundalini: The Arousal of the Inner Energy, Ajit Mookerjee writes of the core experience of Tantra, the process in which the energy is awakened and rises throughout the energy centers (chakras) to unite with Pure Consciousness at the crown of the head.

�� The author drew on an extensive range of original manuscript sources for both the text an the magnificent illustrations found throughout the book.

�� Kundalini: The Arousal of the Inner Energy examines the modern accounts of the kundalini experience, both Eastern and Western, and describes the findings of the clinical studies and research so far undertaken in the West.]]> 112 Ajit Mookerjee 0892810203 Austin 0 to-read 3.75 1981
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]]> 10538012 332 C.J. Van Vliet 1164503545 Austin 0 to-read 4.08 2007
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average rating: 4.08
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]]> 163919
In order to escape, Blake must survive seven deadly rides by dawn, each of which represents a deep, personal fear -- from a carousel of stampeding animals to a hall of mirrors that changes people into their deformed reflections. Blake ultimately has to face up to a horrible secret from his own past to save himself and his brother -- that is, if the carnival doesn't claim their souls first!]]> 208 Neal Shusterman 0689873255 Austin 0 to-read 3.88 2003
author: Neal Shusterman
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average rating: 3.88
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]]> 199757490 A chilling horror novel about a haunting told from the perspective of a young girl whose troubled family is targeted by an entity she calls “Other Mommy,�� from the New York Times bestselling author of Bird Box
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To eight-year-old Bela, her family is her world. There’s��Mommy,��Daddo,��and Grandma Ruth.��But there is also Other Mommy, a malevolent entity who asks her every day: “Can I go inside your heart?”����
��
When horrifying incidents around the house signal that Other Mommy is growing tired of asking Bela the same question, over and over . . . Bela understands that unless she says yes, soon her family must pay.��
��
Other Mommy is getting restless, stronger, bolder. Only the bonds of family can keep Bela safe but other incidents show cracks in her parents' marriage. The safety Bela relies on is on the brink of unraveling.����
��
But Other Mommy needs an answer.��
��
Incidents Around the House is a chilling, wholly unique tale of true horror told by the child Bela. A story about a family as haunted as their home.]]> 367 Josh Malerman 0593723120 Austin 0 to-read 3.61 2024
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]]> 216867498
But Mama’s want is stronger than her hunger sometimes, and when a beautiful, white-toothed stray named Eden turns up in the heart of a snowstorm, Margot must confront the shifting dynamics of her family, untangle her own desires, and make her own bid for freedom.

With this gothic coming-of-age tale, novelist Lucy Rose explores how women swallow their anger, desire, and animal instincts—and wrings the relationship between mother and daughter until blood drips from it.]]> 336 Lucy Rose 1399619713 Austin 0 to-read 3.91 2025
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]]> 20702463 Combining his lifelong interest in Japanese tradition and his personal experiences with these vengeful spirits, Davisson launches an investigation into the origin, popularization, and continued existence of yurei in Japan. Juxtaposing historical documents and legends against contemporary yurei -based horror films such as The Ring , Davisson explores the persistence of this paranormal phenomenon in modern day Japan and its continued spread throughout the West.]]> 224 Zack Davisson 0988769344 Austin 0 to-read 4.14 2014
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]]> 52578874 THE INSPIRATION FOR THE HULU ORIGINAL FILM

Rediscover the true meaning of fear in this collection of horror stories from Clive Barker, New York Times bestselling author and creator of the Hellraiser series.

Everybody is a book of blood; wherever we're opened, we're red.

In this tour de force collection of brilliantly disturbing tales, Clive Barker combines the extraordinary with the ordinary, bringing to life our darkest nightmares with stories that both seduce and devour. As beautiful as they are terrible, the pages of this volume are stained with unsettling imagery, macabre humor, and visceral dread. Here then are the stories written on the Book of Blood. Read, if it pleases you, and learn....

This Volume includes: "The Book of Blood" - "The Midnight Meat Train" - "The Yattering and Jack" - "Pig Blood Blues" - "Sex, Death and Starshine" - "In the Hills, the Cities"]]> 304 Clive Barker 0593201051 Austin 0 to-read 3.87 1984
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]]> 30653976 Night Film, House of Leaves, and Illuminae, that will make you question where the line between legend and fact begins

A young man is desperate to find his missing friend . . . desperate enough to resort to the darkest means. But just how much is he willing to pay the Slender Man in order to save her?

Told through a variety of narrative devices, including photos, journal entries, e-mails, articles, and other artifacts, this unique spine-tingling story is a brilliant and terrifying look at one of the most fascinating—and diabolical—mythical figures in modern times.]]> 335 Anonymous 0062641174 Austin 0 to-read 3.45 2018
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]]> 60657589
Cambridge professor Emily Wilde is good at many things: She is the foremost expert on the study of faeries. She is a genius scholar and a meticulous researcher who is writing the world's first encyclopaedia of faerie lore. But Emily Wilde is not good at people. She could never make small talk at a party--or even get invited to one. And she prefers the company of her books, her dog, and the Fair Folk.

So when she arrives in the hardscrabble village of Hrafnsvik, Emily has no intention of befriending the gruff townsfolk. Nor does she care to spend time with another new arrival: her dashing and insufferably handsome academic rival Wendell Bambleby, who manages to charm the townsfolk, get in the middle of Emily's research, and utterly confound and frustrate her.

But as Emily gets closer and closer to uncovering the secrets of the Hidden Ones--the most elusive of all faeries--lurking in the shadowy forest outside the town, she also finds herself on the trail of another mystery: Who is Wendell Bambleby, and what does he really want? To find the answer, she'll have to unlock the greatest mystery of all--her own heart.]]> 336 Heather Fawcett 059350013X Austin 0 to-read 3.98 2023
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]]> 58667494
Gather, Navigate, Welcome, Fortify, Surrender, Save, Listen, Make Mistakes. These are some of the messages renowned artist Nikki McClure affirms in this gorgeous monograph of her papercuts. Organized by season, McClure’s work reminds us of the important things, such as the change of seasons, slowing down the world for a moment so we can actually experience it, and looking up at the stars to dream.

In a follow-up to her gorgeous monograph Collect Raindrops , You Are Not Too Late is a new collection of McClure’s original papercuts that have appeared in her beloved yearly calendars. All cut from a single piece of black paper with an X-Acto knife, McClure’s artwork features compelling images of everyday life, often accompanied by a powerful verb that inspires the viewer to action. McClure shares more than images, interweaving her memories and making of the future, offering insight into her creative life.]]> 128 Nikki McClure 1419758381 Austin 0 to-read 4.15
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]]> 29981261
In this garden grow luscious flowers, shady trees…and a collection of precious “butterflies”—young women who have been kidnapped and intricately tattooed to resemble their namesakes. Overseeing it all is the Gardener, a brutal, twisted man obsessed with capturing and preserving his lovely specimens.

When the garden is discovered, a survivor is brought in for questioning. FBI agents Victor Hanoverian and Brandon Eddison are tasked with piecing together one of the most stomach-churning cases of their careers. But the girl, known only as Maya, proves to be a puzzle herself.

As her story twists and turns, slowly shedding light on life in the Butterfly Garden, Maya reveals old grudges, new saviors, and horrific tales of a man who’d go to any length to hold beauty captive. But the more she shares, the more the agents have to wonder what she’s still hiding...]]> 288 Dot Hutchison 1503989712 Austin 0 to-read 4.09 2016
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]]> 62629242 224 R.J. Spina 0738774251 Austin 0 to-read 4.36
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]]> 59569115
Leave behind everything you think you know and discover how to manifest true healing. Sharing secrets he discovered through overcoming chest-down paralysis and chronic illness, RJ Spina reveals how to use energy healing to transcend suffering, find inner peace, and embrace the invincible Self. This book presents a unique seven-step system that guides you through the process of energetic attunement and neural rewiring to support your wellness goals, such as those related to physical illness, pain, depression, anxiety, addiction, and more.

Supercharged Self-Healing introduces you to the Ascend the Frequencies Technique, which RJ and many of his clients have used to reprogram the Self for optimal well-being. This revolutionary book provides the principles and techniques you need to access higher states of consciousness and channel energy in a way that turns off the program of illness. Featuring visualizations, meditations, and mantra work, this essential guide helps you escape the prison of your own ego and enjoy the good health and harmony that are your destiny.]]> 230 R.J. Spina 0738768251 Austin 0 to-read 4.39 2021
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]]> 57007730
Widely regarded as one of the most imaginative directors working in cinema today, Guillermo del Toro has built up a body of work that has enthralled movie fans with its dark beauty and edge-of-the-seat set pieces.

In this book, acclaimed author Ian Nathan charts the progression of a career that has produced some of contemporary cinema’s most revered scenes and idiosyncratic characters. This detailed examination looks at how the strands of del Toro’s career have woven together to create one of modern cinema’s most ground-breaking bodies of work.

Delving deep into del Toro's psyche , the book starts by examining his beginnings in Mexico, the creative but isolated child surrounded by ornate catholicism and monster magazines, filming stop motion battles between his toys on a Super-8 film camera.��

It follows him to film school, where we learn of his influences, from Kafka to Bunuel, and explores his 1993 debut�� Cronos , the independent horror debut which draws on the religious and occult themes which would recur throughout del Toro's work.

It goes on to cover his development as a director with 1997's�� Mimic , his blockbuster success with the�� Hellboy �� films and goes on to study the films which have cemented his status as a legendary auteur, Oscar award winners�� Pan's Labrynth ��and T he Shape of Water,�� as well as his sci-fi masterpiece ��Pacific Rim , as well as looking at his exciting upcoming projects Nightmare Alley �� and Pinocchio .

An enlightening look into the mind of an auteur blessed with a singular creative vision, Guillermo del Toro analyses the processes , themes and narratives that have come to be recognised as distinctly del Toro, from practical effects to an obsession with folklore and paganism. It looks into the narrative techniques , stylistic flourishes and creative decisions which have made him a true master of modern cinema.

Presented in a�� slipcase with 8-page gatefold section , with scores of illuminating photographs of the director at work on set as well as iconic stills from his films and examples of his influences, this stunning package will�� delight all Guillermo del Toro devotees ��and movie lovers in general.

Unauthorised and Unofficial.]]> 176 Ian Nathan 0711263280 Austin 0 to-read 4.23 2021
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]]> 10569 (back cover)]]> 320 Stephen King 0743455967 Austin 0 currently-reading 4.33 2000
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]]> 8849748 94 C. Harrison 1597312096 Austin 3 3.00 2007
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]]> 57910560 284 Levi Bronze Austin 0 to-read 4.04
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]]> 42600756 Glenda the Witch of the North has a problem- the other members of her Cardinal Coven are very much alive and well. The problem is she really most sincerely does not want them that way. And she’s sure they feel that way about her.The Cardinal Coven was always contentious but since the arrival of the mysterious (and yet potentially non-magical) Wizard, alliances have formed. The witches of the East and West seem to pal around even more than they used to. Reports are they even fly about the lands together! On separate brooms- they are close but not that close.More troubling are the rumors that they are both working on magical talismans to use against the Witch of the North. It seems that the Witch of the West is creating an all-powerful broom. Reliable sources tell her that the one in the East is on the verge of perfecting some magic shoes.Really.A more immediate concern is the Witch of the South who has successfully created a powerful crystal star jewel. Safe in her snowy realm, she is just biding her time waiting for the chance to deal a deathly blow to the Witch of the North. Glenda is sure of it; a flying monkey told her.As Glenda knows all too well, if you can’t trust a flying monkey, there are bigger problems at hand! So that’s all the reason she needs; the time for action is now- and more lethal the better!When a tornado brings a Kansas (non-singing) Newsie to Oz, the Witch of the North sees a way to rid herself of her troublesome Coven sisters without drawing attention (or at least any legal proceedings) on herself.Seeing an opportunity to decrease the surplus Witch population and not have the incident implicate her, she sends the young man to retrieve the star jewel. By any means necessary…but hinting strongly that a lethal method would suit her just fine. So the intrepid Kansas newspaper crier Honus sets out across a colorful and sometimes confusing land, looking for the castle of the Witch of the South.Along for the ride is a pushy rooster who thinks he's the leader of the group; Marren, a Lollipop Guild Enforcer who wants the talisman for himself; and the famous chef, Gertie the Goat who's just looking for work since she was fired by the Witch of the South.Prepare yourself for a whimsical, barreling trip through Oz as they follow the Red Brick Road to the icy land of the Witch of the South, setting the Ozmonian wheels of political change in motion.Honus gets those wheels rolling. Then only about a week later, those same wheels of change roll over two more witches and a Wizard thanks to a young and meek Kansas gal who finishes the job.All according to Glenda's plan.]]> 239 Robert P. Wills Austin 0 to-read 5.00
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]]> 32855689 From the internationally best-selling author of Measuring the World and F, an eerie and supernatural tale of a writer's emotional collapse

"It is fitting that I'm beginning a new notebook up here. New surroundings and new ideas, a new beginning. Fresh air."

These are the opening lines of the journal kept by the narrator of Daniel Kehlmann's spellbinding new novel: the record of the seven days that he, his wife, and his four-year-old daughter spend in a house they have rented in the mountains of Germany—a house that thwarts the expectations of his recollection and seems to defy the very laws of physics. The narrator is eager to finish a screenplay, entitled Marriage, for a sequel to the movie that launched his career, but something he cannot explain is undermining his convictions and confidence, a process he is recording in this account of the uncanny events that unfold as he tries to understand what, exactly, is happening around him—and in himself.]]> 113 Daniel Kehlmann 1101871989 Austin 0 to-read 3.40 2016
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]]> 156009464
Cassie Andrews works in a New York City bookshop, shelving books, making coffee for customers, and living an unassuming, ordinary life. Until the day one of her favorite customers—a lonely yet charming old man—dies right in front of her. Cassie is devastated. She always loved his stories, and now she has nothing to remember him by. Nothing but the last book he was reading.

But this is no ordinary book��

It is the Book of Doors.

Inscribed with enigmatic words and mysterious drawings, it promises Cassie that any door is every door. You just need to know how to open them.

Then she’s approached by a gaunt stranger in a rumpled black suit with a Scottish brogue who calls himself Drummond Fox. He’s a librarian who keeps watch over a unique set of rare volumes. The tome now in Cassie’s possession is not the only book with great power, but it is the one most coveted by those who collect them.

Now Cassie is being hunted by those few who know of the Special Books. With only her roommate Izzy to confide in, she has to decide if she will help the mysterious and haunted Drummond protect the Book of Doors—and the other books in his secret library’s care—from those who will do evil. Because only Drummond knows where the unique library is and only Cassie’s book can get them there.

But there are those willing to kill to obtain those secrets. And a dark force—in the form of a shadowy, sadistic woman—is at the very top of that list.]]> 404 Gareth Brown 0063323982 Austin 0 to-read 4.01 2024
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name: Austin
average rating: 4.01
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]]> 198606063
In 'Dear Self', Ruby talks about heartache, loneliness and relationships and takes it even further by diving into fear, insecurities, strength, commitments, the power of pain, what self-love/self-worth mean and self-discovery in light of one's healing journey.

As someone who doesn't shy away from speaking about her personal experiences - this is Ruby's rawest book. Details about Ruby's personal life are stripped off for readers all around the world to decipher. In this book, Ruby opens up about her own mistakes, lessons, regrets and experiences of heartache and moving on to shed light on the various tools that will be beneficial for her readers.

This is the most interactive and authentic book Ruby has written so far, with the anticipation that the words within this book will encourage readers to mend their hearts, understand themselves better, engage in self-care and love themselves and those around them without insecurities. This book is for everyone who wants to discover more about themselves, accept their imperfections and take pride in their vulnerabilities.

This book is for everyone who wants to move on and embrace happiness. This book is for everyone who wants to make a positive change in their life but doesn't know where to begin. This book is for you, dear reader. It is for you.]]> 224 Ruby Dhal Austin 0 to-read 4.26
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name: Austin
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]]> 49464 195 Blake Snyder 1932907009 Austin 0 to-read 4.00 2005
author: Blake Snyder
name: Austin
average rating: 4.00
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]]> 492287 320 Rudolf Steiner 0880103787 Austin 0 to-read 4.43 1994
author: Rudolf Steiner
name: Austin
average rating: 4.43
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By patiently and persistently following these suggestions, new "organs" of soul and spirit begin to form, revealing the contours of higher worlds that had been concealed from us. Here, Rudolf Steiner is available as teacher, counselor, and friend. His advice is practical, clear, and powerful.]]> 259 Rudolf Steiner 0880103728 Austin 0 to-read 4.24 1904
author: Rudolf Steiner
name: Austin
average rating: 4.24
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]]> 864618
Theosophy is a key work for gaining a solid footing in spiritual reality as described by Rudolf Steiner. It is organized into four parts. First, Steiner builds a comprehensive understanding of human nature: physical bodily nature; soul qualities; spirit being, or I-being; and the higher spiritual aspects. This leads us to Steiner’s description of the human being as sevenfold:

-Material, physical body
-Ether body, or body of life forces
-Sentient soul body
-Mind soul
-Spirit-filled consciousness soul
-Life spirit
-Spirit body


In the next section, Steiner offers an extraordinary overview of the laws of reincarnation and the principles of karma, as we pass from one life to the next. This prepares us for the third section, in which he shows the various ways in which we live—during life on earth and after death and in the three worlds of body, soul, and spirit.

Finally, we are given a succinct description of the path of knowledge, along which each person can begin to understand the marvelous and harmonious complexity of the psycho-spiritual worlds in their fullness.]]> 220 Rudolf Steiner 0880103736 Austin 0 to-read 4.11 1904
author: Rudolf Steiner
name: Austin
average rating: 4.11
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]]> 112974860 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER �� A practical, heartfelt guide to the art of truly knowing another person in order to foster deeper connections at home, at work, and throughout our lives—from the author of The Road to Character and The Second Mountain

As David Brooks observes, “There is one skill that lies at the heart of any healthy person, family, school, community organization, or society: the ability to see someone else deeply and make them feel seen—to accurately know another person, to let them feel valued, heard, and understood.��

And yet we humans don’t do this well. All around us are people who feel invisible, unseen, misunderstood. In How to Know a Person, Brooks sets out to help us do better, posing questions that are essential for all of us: If you want to know a person, what kind of attention should you cast on them? What kind of conversations should you have? What parts of a person’s story should you pay attention to?

Driven by his trademark sense of curiosity and his determination to grow as a person, Brooks draws from the fields of psychology and neuroscience and from the worlds of theater, philosophy, history, and education to present a welcoming, hopeful, integrated approach to human connection. How to Know a Person helps readers become more understanding and considerate toward others, and to find the joy that comes from being seen. Along the way it offers a possible remedy for a society that is riven by fragmentation, hostility, and misperception.

The act of seeing another person, Brooks argues, is profoundly creative: How can we look somebody in the eye and see something large in them, and in turn, see something larger in ourselves? How to Know a Person is for anyone searching for connection, and yearning to be understood.]]> 304 David Brooks 059323006X Austin 4 4.09 2023
author: David Brooks
name: Austin
average rating: 4.09
book published: 2023
rating: 4
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]]> 31428319 Stephanie Salyers Austin 0 to-read 3.50 2016
author: Stephanie Salyers
name: Austin
average rating: 3.50
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]]> 52373510
These people will give anything for the idols they worship, be they rock stars, actors or authors. Or even serial killers.

Lori is just such a fanatic. Her obsession is with Edmund Cox, a man of sadistic cruelty who butchered more than twenty women. She’s gone so far as to forge a relationship with him, visiting him in prison and sending him letters on a regular basis. She will do anything to get close to him, so when he gives her a task, she eagerly accepts it.

She has no idea of the horror that awaits her.

Edmund tells her she must go to his cabin in the woods of Killen and retrieve a key to deliver to a mysterious figure known only as The River Man.

In her quest, she brings along her handicapped sister, and they journey through the deep, dark valley, beginning their trip upriver. The trip quickly becomes a surreal nightmare, one that digs up Lori’s personal demons, the ones she feels bonds her to Edmund. The river runs with flesh, the cabin is a vault of horrors, and ghostly blues music echoes through the mountains. Soon they will learn that The River Man is not quite fact or folklore, and definitely not human -- at least, not anymore. And the key is just the beginning of what is required of Lori to prove she’s worthy of a madman’s love.]]> 182 Kristopher Triana Austin 0 to-read 3.65 2020
author: Kristopher Triana
name: Austin
average rating: 3.65
book published: 2020
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]]> 205030501
Mr. Hood's Holiday House has stood for a thousand years, welcoming children into its embrace. It is a place of miracles where every whim may be satisfied. There is a price to be paid, of course, but young Harvey Swick, bored with his life and beguiled by Mr. Hood's wonders, does not consider the consequences. It is only when the house shows its darker face—when Harvey discovers the pitiful creatures that dwell in its shadows—that he comes to doubt Mr. Hood's generosity.

But the house and its mysterious architect will not release Harvey without a battle. Mr. Hood has plans for his young guest, a boy whose soul burns brighter than any he has encountered in ten centuries. . . .]]> 237 Clive Barker 0063413051 Austin 0 to-read 4.23 1992
author: Clive Barker
name: Austin
average rating: 4.23
book published: 1992
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]]> 122287926
An undocumented woman answers a job posting only to find herself held hostage, a group of outcasts obsess over boys drowned while surfing, and an unhappy couple finds themselves trapped in a terrifying maze. With scalpel-like precision, Ampuero considers the price paid by those on the margins so that the elite might lounge comfortably, considering themselves safe in their homes. Simultaneously terrifying and exquisite, Human Sacrifices is “tropical gothic�� at its finest―decay and oppression underlie our humid and hostile world, where working-class women and children are consistently the weakest links in a capitalist economy. Against this backdrop of corrosion and rot, these twelve stories contemplate the nature of exploitation and abuse, illuminating the realities of those society consumes for its own pitiless ends.]]> 130 María Fernanda Ampuero 155861298X Austin 0 to-read 3.95 2021
author: María Fernanda Ampuero
name: Austin
average rating: 3.95
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]]> 48928120
"Blending race-savvy satire with horror to especially potent effect, this bombshell social critique from first-time director Jordan Peele proves positively fearless."
–Peter Debruge, Variety

"An exhilaratingly smart and scary freak out about a black man in a white nightmare."
–Manohla Dargis, New York Times

"A major achievement, a work that deserves, in its own way, to be viewed alongside Barry Jenkins' Moonlight as a giant leap forward for the possibilities of black cinema; Get Out feels like it would have been impossible five minutes ago."
–Brandon Harris, New Yorker A New York Times 2019 holiday gift guide pick

Jordan Peele’s powerful thriller Get Out debuted in 2017 to enormous public and critical acclaim, a Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner? for the age of Obama and Trump that scared audiences and skewered white liberal pieties at the same time. Rather than rely on popular archetypes, Peele weaves together the material realities and daily manifestations of horror with sociopolitical fears and elements of true suspense, and combines them with pitch-perfect satire and a timely cultural critique. This companion paperback to the film presents Peele’s Oscar-winning screenplay alongside supplementary material.

Featuring an essay by author and scholar Tananarive Due and in-depth annotations by the director, this publication is richly illustrated with more than 150 stills from the motion picture and presents alternate endings, deleted scenes and an inside look at the concepts and behind-the-scenes production of the film. Continuing in the legacy of 1960s paperbacks that documented the era’s most significant avant-garde films―such as Akira Kurosawa’s Rashomon , Jean-Luc Godard’s Masculin/Feminin and Michelangelo Antonioni’s L’Avventura �� Get Out is an indispensable guide to this pioneering and groundbreaking cinematic work.

Jordan Peele (born 1979) is an American writer, director and producer. Peele’s directorial debut, Get Out (2017), earned him an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay as well as nominations for Best Picture and Best Director. In 2012, Peele founded Monkeypaw Productions, which amplifies traditionally underrepresented voices and unpacks contemporary social issues, while cultivating artistic, thought-provoking projects across film, television and digital platforms, including Peele’s follow-up to Get Out , the critically acclaimed horror epic, Us (2019).]]> 206 Jordan Peele 1941753280 Austin 0 to-read 4.79 2019
author: Jordan Peele
name: Austin
average rating: 4.79
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]]> 1130818 228 C.G. Harrison 0940262584 Austin 0 to-read 4.00 1895
author: C.G. Harrison
name: Austin
average rating: 4.00
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]]> 221006413
When Mina encounters a stranger near her home, she fears the worst - for she knows the figure is not what it seems. Soon, people she has encountered start to disappear.

Mina knows the Watchers' power is growing. She flees for her life, but when she reports her fears she finds her sanity questioned. Can she convince people that the Watchers are real, and ready to strike - or will she suffer the fate she has dreaded since she first encountered those malevolent beings?

A chilling modern twist on the Gothic horror novel, perfect for fans of Kealan Patrick Burke, T. Kingfisher and classic horror.]]> A.M. Shine 1035908433 Austin 4 3.81 2024
author: A.M. Shine
name: Austin
average rating: 3.81
book published: 2024
rating: 4
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Wow was this so much better than I expected. The first third was definitely pretty slow but it kept building a lot of momentum and then got more intense with every chapter. I really do love the first book so much so I wasn’t expecting this one to be as good and while it wasn’t, it still had a lot of great surprises while also building on Irish folklore (which I loved). The suspense/tension wasn’t nearly as strong in this one but I think that’s a given since the characters aren’t in a confined space anymore. It also was a bit hard to picture how certain scenes and locations were described as but I mostly blame that on the fact that it was harder for me to retain what I was listening to since I usually don’t do audiobooks. Overall though, this was a very satisfying sequel and I’m looking forward to book 3.
]]> 35297426 She was fifteen, her mother's golden girl. She had her whole life ahead of her. And then, in the blink of an eye, Ellie was gone.

NOW
It’s been ten years since Ellie disappeared, but Laurel has never given up hope of finding her daughter.

And then one day a charming and charismatic stranger called Floyd walks into a café and sweeps Laurel off her feet.

Before too long she’s staying the night at this house and being introduced to his nine year old daughter.

Poppy is precocious and pretty - and meeting her completely takes Laurel's breath away.

Because Poppy is the spitting image of Ellie when she was that age. And now all those unanswered questions that have haunted Laurel come flooding back.

What happened to Ellie? Where did she go?

Who still has secrets to hide?]]> 359 Lisa Jewell 1501154648 Austin 0 to-read 4.02 2017
author: Lisa Jewell
name: Austin
average rating: 4.02
book published: 2017
rating: 0
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]]> 11141699 New York Times-bestselling team of Shanower and Young returns to Oz with this comics adaptation of L. Frank Baum's third Oz book! Collecting Ozma of Oz #1��8.�ձ�> 192 Eric Shanower 0785142479 Austin 3 4.20 1907
author: Eric Shanower
name: Austin
average rating: 4.20
book published: 1907
rating: 3
read at: 2019/10/06
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]]> 193000 128 Ambika Wauters 0764121073 Austin 0 to-read 4.35 2002
author: Ambika Wauters
name: Austin
average rating: 4.35
book published: 2002
rating: 0
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]]> 31207974 111 Rudolf Steiner Austin 0 to-read 4.44 2013
author: Rudolf Steiner
name: Austin
average rating: 4.44
book published: 2013
rating: 0
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]]> 103010159
Her girlfriend, Luna, tries to help Andi battle her inner darkness and infatuation with the vultures. However, the desire to taste dead flesh, to stitch together wings of her own and become one with the flock sends Andi down a twisted, unforgivable path. Once she understands the secrets the vultures conceal, she must decide between abandoning the birds of prey or risk turning her loved ones into nothing more than meals to be devoured.]]> 90 Sara Tantlinger 1954899092 Austin 0 to-read 3.71 2019
author: Sara Tantlinger
name: Austin
average rating: 3.71
book published: 2019
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]]> 60596112
Hulda Larkin of the Boston Institute for the Keeping of Enchanted Rooms has been trained in taming such structures in order to preserve their historical and magical significance. She understands the dangers of bespelled homes given to tantrums. She advises that it’s in Merritt’s best interest to make Whimbrel House their ally. To do that, she’ll need to move in, too.

Prepared as she is with augury, a set of magic tools, and a new staff trained in the uncanny, Hulda’s work still proves unexpectedly difficult. She and Merritt grow closer as the investigation progresses, but the house’s secrets run deeper than they anticipated. And the sentient walls aren’t their only concern—something outside is coming for the enchantments of Whimbrel House, and it could be more dangerous than what rattles within.]]> 347 Charlie N. Holmberg 1662500335 Austin 0 to-read 4.14 2022
author: Charlie N. Holmberg
name: Austin
average rating: 4.14
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]]> 65137920 The Keeper of Stories meets The Lost Apothecary in this evocative and charming novel full of mystery and secrets.

‘The thing about books,�� she said ‘is that they help you to imagine a life bigger and better than you could ever dream of.��

On a quiet street in Dublin, a lost bookshop is waiting to be found��

For too long, Opaline, Martha and Henry have been the side characters in their own lives.

But when a vanishing bookshop casts its spell, these three unsuspecting strangers will discover that their own stories are every bit as extraordinary as the ones found in the pages of their beloved books. And by unlocking the secrets of the shelves, they find themselves transported to a world of wonder�� where nothing is as it seems.]]> 432 Evie Woods 0008609209 Austin 0 to-read 4.03 2023
author: Evie Woods
name: Austin
average rating: 4.03
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]]> 33616452 31 Dan Abnett Austin 3 3.85
author: Dan Abnett
name: Austin
average rating: 3.85
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]]> 203578770 Author of sales sensation If We Were Villains returns with a story about a ragtag group of night shift workers who meet in the local cemetery to unearth the secrets lurking in an open grave.

Every night, in the college’s ancient cemetery, five people cross paths as they work the late shift: a bartender, a rideshare driver, a hotel receptionist, the steward of the derelict church that looms over them, and the editor-in-chief of the college paper, always in search of a story.

One dark October evening in the defunct churchyard, they find a hole that wasn’t there before. A fresh, open grave where no grave should be. But who dug it, and for whom?

Before they go their separate ways, the gravedigger returns. As they trail him through the night, they realize he may be the key to a string of strange happenings around town that have made headlines for the last few weeks—and that they may be closer to the mystery than they thought.

Atmospheric and eerie, with the ensemble cast her fans love and a delightfully familiar academic backdrop, Graveyard Shift is a modern Gothic tale in If We Were Villains author M. L. Rio’s inimitable style.]]> 144 M.L. Rio 1250356792 Austin 0 to-read 3.18 2024
author: M.L. Rio
name: Austin
average rating: 3.18
book published: 2024
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]]> 221533873
The X-traordinary origin story!

It’s 1918, and Pearl, a young woman on the brink of madness, must tend to her ailing father under the bitter and overbearing watch of her devout mother. Lusting for the glamorous life she’s seen in the movies, Pearl’s ambitions, temptations, and repressions collide��

Written by four-time Bram Stoker Award-winning writer, Tim Waggoner, this thrilling novelization is printed in throwback pocket-sized paperback format, bringing Ti West's bloody prequel to a new medium. Go back in time again as Pearl slashes her way to stardom with gory new details drawn from West and Goth's original screenplay.]]> 158 Tim Waggoner 1960078216 Austin 0 to-read 4.37 2024
author: Tim Waggoner
name: Austin
average rating: 4.37
book published: 2024
rating: 0
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]]> 25817
The Ring has become a worldwide media sensation, having been adapted from its original novel series in Japan into movies, television, and manga. If you've seen the films, you know of the creepy horror of The Ring. Lovingly adapted by the author and screenplay writer of the Japanese film series, The Ring manga takes you deeper into this mythos of creepy death.]]> 304 Hiroshi Takahashi 1593070543 Austin 4 3.72 1999
author: Hiroshi Takahashi
name: Austin
average rating: 3.72
book published: 1999
rating: 4
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]]> 200982373 Once upon a time, Andrew had cut out his heart and given it to this boy, and he was very sure Thomas had no idea that Andrew would do anything for him. Protect him. Lie for him.

Kill for him.

High school senior Andrew Perrault finds refuge in the twisted fairytales that he writes for the only person who can ground him to reality―Thomas Rye, the boy with perpetually ink-stained hands and hair like autumn leaves. And with his twin sister, Dove, inexplicably keeping him at a cold distance upon their return to Wickwood Academy, Andrew finds himself leaning on his friend even more.

But something strange is going on with Thomas. His abusive parents have mysteriously vanished, and he arrives at school with blood on his sleeve. Thomas won't say a word about it, and shuts down whenever Andrew tries to ask him questions. Stranger still, Thomas is haunted by something, and he seems to have lost interest in his artwork―whimsically macabre sketches of the monsters from Andrew's wicked stories.

Desperate to figure out what's wrong with his friend, Andrew follows Thomas into the off-limits forest one night and catches him fighting a nightmarish monster―Thomas's drawings have come to life and are killing anyone close to him. To make sure no one else dies, the boys battle the monsters every night. But as their obsession with each other grows stronger, so do the monsters, and Andrew begins to fear that the only way to stop the creatures might be to destroy their creator...]]> 336 C.G. Drews 1250895669 Austin 0 to-read 4.11 2024
author: C.G. Drews
name: Austin
average rating: 4.11
book published: 2024
rating: 0
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]]> 53487773 146 Koma Natsumi 1975314182 Austin 4 horror This was such a cute way to break my manga virginity! I loved how Sadako was portrayed in a much friendlier light. Off to read The Ring manga now! ]]> 3.68 2019
author: Koma Natsumi
name: Austin
average rating: 3.68
book published: 2019
rating: 4
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Actual rating: 3.5 stars
This was such a cute way to break my manga virginity! I loved how Sadako was portrayed in a much friendlier light. Off to read The Ring manga now!
]]> 24453082 Big Magic cracks open a world of wonder and joy.]]> 276 Elizabeth Gilbert 1594634718 Austin 0 to-read 3.95 2015
author: Elizabeth Gilbert
name: Austin
average rating: 3.95
book published: 2015
rating: 0
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]]> 48847450
A paradigm-shifting study of neurodivergent women—those with ADHD, autism, synesthesia, high sensitivity, and sensory processing disorder—exploring why these traits are overlooked in women and how society benefits from allowing their unique strengths to flourish . As a successful Harvard and Berkeley-educated writer, entrepreneur, and devoted mother, Jenara Nerenberg was shocked to discover that her “symptoms��--only ever labeled as anxiety-- were considered autistic and ADHD. Being a journalist, she dove into the research and uncovered neurodiversity—a framework that moves away from pathologizing “abnormal�� versus “normal�� brains and instead recognizes the vast diversity of our mental makeups.�� When it comes to women, sensory processing differences are often overlooked, masked, or mistaken for something else entirely. Between a flawed system that focuses on diagnosing younger, male populations, and the fact that girls are conditioned from a young age to blend in and conform to gender expectations, women often don’t learn about their neurological differences until they are adults, if at all. As a result, potentially millions live with undiagnosed or misdiagnosed neurodivergences, and the misidentification leads to depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, and shame. Meanwhile, we all miss out on the gifts their neurodivergent minds have to offer. Divergent Mind is a long-overdue, much-needed answer for women who have a deep sense that they are “different.�� Sharing real stories from women with high sensitivity, ADHD, autism, misophonia, dyslexia, SPD and more, Nerenberg explores how these brain variances present differently in women and dispels widely-held misconceptions (for example, it’s not that autistic people lack sensitivity and empathy, they have an overwhelming excess of it). Nerenberg also offers us a path forward, describing practical changes in how we communicate, how we design our surroundings, and how we can better support divergent minds. When we allow our wide variety of brain makeups to flourish, we create a better tomorrow for us all.]]> 256 Jenara Nerenberg 0062876805 Austin 0 to-read 3.85 2020
author: Jenara Nerenberg
name: Austin
average rating: 3.85
book published: 2020
rating: 0
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]]> 60398360 ��
Carefully crafted and curated, this book by Lyra Black shares her years of experience and witchy wisdom in a modern and empowering way. Recreational Witchcraft is a comprehensive collection of spells and rituals for everyday use. This handy tome is perfect for the beginner witch and seasoned sorcerer alike looking for inspiration and encouragement through the art of witchcraft. It includes practical spells, bath magic, self-love rituals, and tarot ideas. Lyra's friendly and sometimes humorous writing style keeps ancient rituals approachable and fun. Recreational Witchcraft has all your witchy needs covered to face the everyday with magical vigor!]]> 326 Lyra Black 1912634457 Austin 0 to-read 4.29
author: Lyra Black
name: Austin
average rating: 4.29
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]]> 28956873
Reclaim your inner witch with the magical rituals, divination tools, spells and ancient wisdom in this revolutionary book.

A witch is a woman in her power. She's wise, a healer, someone who is aligned with the cycles of Mother Nature and the phases of the Moon. Yet for so long, the word 'witch' has had negative connotations - being used as an insult, a slur and to perpetuate fear. In this book, third generation hereditary witch Lisa Lister explains the history behind witchcraft, why in past centuries the word 'witch' has led women to be tortured, drowned and burned at the stake, and why the witch is now waking once again in women across the world today.

This book will help women to remember, reconnect and reclaim the word 'witch' and its power. It explores the many different versions of witchcraft and their core principles and practices, and shares ancient wisdom made relevant for waking witches, including how

· Align your energy with the wheel of the year, the sabbats and the cycles of the Moon
· Connect with and trust your intuition
· Use divination tools such as oracle cards, scrying and rune reading
· Cast circles, create altars and set sacred space
· Work with the elements of nature and use herbs and crystals
· Discover and work with five different aspects of the the Force of Nature, the Creatrix, the Healer, the Oracle and the Sorceress
· Rediscover your powers and manifest your reality with spell casting

Lisa also shares her own journey to reclaiming the word 'witch', along with personal, hands-on rituals and spells from her family lineage of gypsy witch magic.]]> 275 Lisa Lister 178180754X Austin 0 to-read 3.53 2017
author: Lisa Lister
name: Austin
average rating: 3.53
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]]> 55371143
Everyone in Fairview knows the story.

Pretty and popular high school senior Andie Bell was murdered by her boyfriend, Sal Singh, who then killed himself. It was all anyone could talk about. And five years later, Pip sees how the tragedy still haunts her town.

But she can't shake the feeling that there was more to what happened that day. She knew Sal when she was a child, and he was always so kind to her. How could he possibly have been a killer?

Now a senior herself, Pip decides to reexamine the closed case for her final project, at first just to cast doubt on the original investigation. But soon she discovers a trail of dark secrets that might actually prove Sal innocent . . . and the line between past and present begins to blur. Someone in Fairview doesn't want Pip digging around for answers, and now her own life might be in danger.


And don't miss the sequel, Good Girl, Bad Blood!]]> 389 Holly Jackson 1984896393 Austin 0 to-read 4.31 2019
author: Holly Jackson
name: Austin
average rating: 4.31
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rating: 0
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]]> 61254079 From Olivie Blake, the New York Times bestselling author of The Atlas Six comes Masters of Death, a story about vampires, ghosts, and death itself!

Viola Marek is a struggling real estate agent, and a vampire. But her biggest problem currently is that the house she needs to sell is haunted. The ghost haunting the house has been murdered, and until he can solve the mystery of how he died, he refuses to move on.

Fox D’Mora is a medium, and though is also most-definitely a shameless fraud, he isn’t entirely without his uses—seeing as he’s actually the godson of Death.

When Viola seeks out Fox to help her with her ghost-infested mansion, he becomes inextricably involved in a quest that neither he nor Vi expects (or wants). But with the help of an unruly poltergeist, a demonic personal trainer, a sharp-voiced angel, a love-stricken reaper, and a few high-functioning creatures, Vi and Fox soon discover the difference between a mysterious lost love and an annoying dead body isn’t nearly as distinct as they thought.]]> 432 Olivie Blake 125088487X Austin 0 to-read 3.67 2018
author: Olivie Blake
name: Austin
average rating: 3.67
book published: 2018
rating: 0
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]]> 13521
What dark force left Liir in this condition? Is he really Elphaba's son? He has her broom and her cape - but what of her powers? Can he find his supposed half-sister, Nor, last seen in the forbidding prison Southstairs? Can he fulfill the last wishes of a dying princess? In an Oz under new and dangerous management, can Liir keep his head down long enough to grow up?]]> 352 Gregory Maguire 0060747226 Austin 0 to-read 3.50 2005
author: Gregory Maguire
name: Austin
average rating: 3.50
book published: 2005
rating: 0
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]]> 18513585 COLLECTING: THE EMERALD CITY OF OZ 1-5]]> 120 Eric Shanower 0785183884 Austin 3 4.07 1910
author: Eric Shanower
name: Austin
average rating: 4.07
book published: 1910
rating: 3
read at: 2020/03/04
date added: 2024/11/20
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]]> 1963670 232 Laurence Galian 1561840769 Austin 0 to-read 4.08 1995
author: Laurence Galian
name: Austin
average rating: 4.08
book published: 1995
rating: 0
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]]> 203164421 Psychological horror meets cyber noir in this delicious one-sitting read �� a haunted house story in which the haunting is by AI.

Henry is a brilliant engineer who, after untold hours spent in his home lab, has achieved the breakthrough of his career �� he’s created an artificially intelligent consciousness. He calls the half-formed robot William.

No one knows about William. Henry’s agoraphobia keeps him inside the house, and his fixation on his project keeps him up in the attic, away from everyone, including his pregnant wife, Lily.

When Lily’s coworkers show up, wanting to finally meet Henry and see the new house �� the smartest of smart homes �� Henry decides to introduce them to William, and things go from strange to much worse. Soon Henry and Lily discover the security upgrades intended to keep danger out of the house are even better at locking it in.]]> 224 Mason Coile 0593719603 Austin 0 to-read 3.52 2024
author: Mason Coile
name: Austin
average rating: 3.52
book published: 2024
rating: 0
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]]> 196407963
When Addie Velde receives an invitation to attend an early orientation program at the University of the Arches, she eagerly accepts. After all, the Arches―with its idyllic beachside campus―is her mom’s beloved alma mater, and there’s nothing Addie wants more than to leave her own mark. But from the moment she arrives on campus and moves into her gloomy dorm, nicknamed The Crypt, Addie realizes there are more sinister secrets to uncover than sandy days in her future.

Addie's search for answers launches her straight into the heart of an old campus mystery which to this day keeps students and faculty wary of the shadowy “Buried Ones��, believed to be the omens of death. A vanished professor, an occult society, and the chance her family was involved pushes her investigation into dangerous territory.

Will she lose herself to the Buried Ones or end their sinister reign once and for all?]]> 352 Katya de Becerra Austin 0 to-read 3.85 2024
author: Katya de Becerra
name: Austin
average rating: 3.85
book published: 2024
rating: 0
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]]> 58830202 Hundreds of feet beneath the ocean's surface, a graveyard waits...

Years ago, the SS Arcadia vanished without a trace during a routine voyage. Though a strange, garbled emergency message was broadcast, neither the ship nor any of its crew could be found. Sixty years later, its wreck has finally been discovered more than three hundred miles from its intended course...a silent graveyard deep beneath the ocean's surface, eagerly waiting for the first sign of life.

Cove and her dive team have been granted permission to explore the Arcadia's rusting hull. Their purpose is straightforward: examine the wreck, film everything, and, if possible, uncover how and why the supposedly unsinkable ship vanished.

But the Arcadia has not yet had its fill of death, and something dark and hungry watches from below. With limited oxygen and the ship slowly closing in around them, Cove and her team will have to fight their way free of the unspeakable horror now desperate to claim them.

Because once they're trapped beneath the ocean's waves, there's no going back.]]> 469 Darcy Coates 1728220238 Austin 0 to-read 3.93 2022
author: Darcy Coates
name: Austin
average rating: 3.93
book published: 2022
rating: 0
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]]> 195703882 Crying in H-Mart meets My Sister, the Serial Killer in this feminist psychological horror about the making of a female serial killer from a Korean-American perspective.

Ji-won’s life tumbles into disarray in the wake of her appa’s extramarital affair and subsequent departure. Her mother, distraught. Her younger sister, hurt and confused. Her college freshman grades, failing. Her dreams, horrifying�� yet enticing.

In them, Ji-won walks through bloody rooms full of eyes. Succulent blue eyes. Salivatingly blue eyes. Eyes the same shape and shade as George’s, who is Umma’s obnoxious new boyfriend. George has already overstayed his welcome in her family’s claustrophobic apartment. He brags about his puffed-up consulting job, ogles Asian waitresses while dining out, and acts condescending toward Ji-won and her sister as if he deserves all of Umma’s fawning adoration. No, George doesn’t deserve anything from her family. Ji-won will make sure of that.

For no matter how many victims accumulate around her campus or how many people she must deceive and manipulate, Ji-won’s hunger and her rage deserve to be sated.

A brilliantly inventive, subversive novel about a young woman unraveling, Monika Kim’s The Eyes Are the Best Part is a story of a family falling apart and trying to find their way back to each other, marking a bold new voice in horror that will leave readers mesmerized and craving more.]]> 278 Monika Kim 1645661237 Austin 0 to-read 3.81 2024
author: Monika Kim
name: Austin
average rating: 3.81
book published: 2024
rating: 0
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]]> 61273403 Return to Wonderland in this twisted sequel perfect for fans of Neil Gaiman's Snow, Glass, Apples, Mirka Andolfo’s Mercy, and Fables!

Alice first visited Wonderland as a child. Now an adult, it’s her only escape from her cold, strange reality. But in order to return, Alice needs something stronger than mushrooms, and is forced to resort to crime to feed her growing addiction�� When this fateful decision takes her a step too far down a terrible path, Alice finds herself committed to the dreaded asylum. What horrors await her in the bowels of this twisted place? And will Alice ultimately choose to escape from her uncaring family and childhood trauma in Wonderland, or find the courage to face her demons in the real world? Return to Wonderland in this dark sequel by superstar artist and writer Dan Panosian (An Unkindness of Ravens, Canary) and artist Giorgio Spalletta (Red Sonja: Black, White, Red), perfect for fans of Neil Gaiman's Snow, Glass, Apples, Mirka Andolfo’s Mercy and Fables. Collects Alice Ever After #1-5.]]> 128 Dan Panosian 1684158850 Austin 0 to-read 3.15 2022
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name: Austin
average rating: 3.15
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]]> 215583535 Experience��the magic of Oz as you’ve never seen it before with this brand-new graphic novel adaptation of Gregory Maguire’s masterpiece��Wicked,��the inspiration for the Broadway show and major motion picture��the first in a two-part series featuring gorgeous full-color illustrations by Scott Hampton.

Like Dorothy when she crash-landed all those years ago, prepare to be swept into a new and colorful world in this first-ever graphic novel adaptation of Wicked. While the long-running Broadway musical and major motion picture take inspiration from this iconic novel, this is Oz as Gregory Maguire wrote it—a fantastical story with dark edges that explores morality and ambition, love and friendship, and discovering one’s inner power.

Elphaba was born with emerald-green skin—no easy burden in a land as mean and poor as Oz, where superstition and magic are not strong enough to explain or overcome the natural disasters of flood and famine. Still, Elphaba is smart, and by the time she enters Shiz University, she becomes a member of a charmed circle of Oz’s most promising young citizens.

But Elphaba’s Oz is no utopia. The Wizard’s secret police are everywhere. Animals—those creatures with voices, souls, and minds—are threatened with exile. Young Elphaba, green and wild and misunderstood, is determined to protect the Animals—even if it means combating the mysterious Wizard, even if it means risking her single chance at romance. Ever wiser in guilt and sorrow, she can find herself grateful when the world declares her a witch. And she can even make herself glad for that young girl from Kansas.��


]]> 176 Scott Hampton 0063391074 Austin 0 to-read 3.80
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name: Austin
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]]> 219337260
When screams of X-tasy turn into cries for help!

In 1979, a group of young filmmakers set out to make an adult film in rural Texas. But when their reclusive, elderly hosts catch them in the act, the cast find themselves fighting for their lives��

Written by four-time Bram Stoker Award-winning writer Tim Waggoner, this thrilling novelization is printed in throwback pocket-sized paperback format, bringing beloved scream queens Pearl and Maxine to a new medium. Relive the tragedy that befell Lorraine, Bobby-Lynne, Jackson, Wayne, RJ, and Howard with grisly new details drawn from West’s original screenplay.

As Sherrif Dentler would say: it’s one goddamn fucked up horror story.]]> 168 Tim Waggoner 1960078208 Austin 4 4.21 2024
author: Tim Waggoner
name: Austin
average rating: 4.21
book published: 2024
rating: 4
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]]> 194020321
While going through their parents' belongings, the siblings stumble upon a collection of home videos and decide to revisit those happier memories. However, the nostalgia is cut short when one of the VHS tapes reveals a night back in 1999 that none of them have any recollection of. On screen, their father appears covered in blood. What follows is a dead body and a pact between their parents to get rid of it, before the video abruptly ends.

Beth, Nicole, and Michael must now decide whether to leave the past in the past or uncover the dark secret their mother took to her grave.]]> 256 Jeneva Rose Austin 0 to-read 3.77 2024
author: Jeneva Rose
name: Austin
average rating: 3.77
book published: 2024
rating: 0
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]]> 58724626
What they find there is a nightmare of fungal growths and possessed wildlife, surrounding a dark, pulsing lake. Madeline sleepwalks and speaks in strange voices at night, and her brother Roderick is consumed with a mysterious malady of the nerves.

Aided by a redoubtable British mycologist and a baffled American doctor, Alex must unravel the secret of the House of Usher before it consumes them all.]]> 165 T. Kingfisher 1250830753 Austin 0 to-read 3.86 2022
author: T. Kingfisher
name: Austin
average rating: 3.86
book published: 2022
rating: 0
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]]> 45868683 Joe works at a facility that performs human experimentation.
His work just followed him home.

The government wanted to unlock hidden abilities in the human mind.

They put subjects in extreme sensory deprivation.

All the test subjects went violently insane.

But the research continued.

Today it has been perfected.

Almost perfected.


From the author of In My Father's Basement comes another chilling novel that's a must-read for fans of horror. "Gruesome, gripping, and terrifyingly real!"]]> 327 T.J. Payne Austin 0 to-read 4.11 2019
author: T.J. Payne
name: Austin
average rating: 4.11
book published: 2019
rating: 0
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]]> 6500268 295 Irvin D. Yalom 0061719617 Austin 4 4.38 2001
author: Irvin D. Yalom
name: Austin
average rating: 4.38
book published: 2001
rating: 4
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]]> 8153566 Meghan Chase has a secret destiny--one she could never have imagined...
Something has always felt slightly off in Meghan's life, ever since her father disappeared before her eyes when she was six. She has never quite fit in at school...or at home.
When a dark stranger begins watching her from afar, and her prankster best friend becomes strangely protective of her, Meghan senses that everything she's known is about to change.
But she could never have guessed the truth--that she is the daughter of a mythical faery king and is a pawn in a deadly war. Now Meghan will learn just how far she'll go to save someone she cares about, to stop a mysterious evil no faery creature dare face...and to find love with a young prince who might rather see her dead than let her touch his icy heart.
]]> 351 Julie Kagawa 1426847807 Austin 4 Elemental Breakdown:
Story:8/10
Plot:8/10
Writing:8/10
Characters:8/10
Ending:8/10
Score:40/50
Grade:B-
Rating:4 Stars ]]> 3.79 2010
author: Julie Kagawa
name: Austin
average rating: 3.79
book published: 2010
rating: 4
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I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It was perfectly paced with beautiful descriptions.Although this book was so similar to the film, Labyrinth, I was able to put that aside and focus on the other original aspects of this book. The characters were really well developed and the plot was well structured.Even though there were a few slow moments, that didn't stop me from plowing my way through it. I found the ending very gripping and shocking.Some parts were dragged out, but it still has a great conclusion that makes me want to read The Iron Daughter.
Elemental Breakdown:
Story:8/10
Plot:8/10
Writing:8/10
Characters:8/10
Ending:8/10
Score:40/50
Grade:B-
Rating:4 Stars
]]> 228296
Suppose that only after you became pregnant did you begin to suspect the building harbored a diabolically evil group of devil worshippers who had mastered the arts of black magic and witchcraft.

Suppose that this satanic conspiracy set out to claim not only your husband but your baby.

Well, that's what happened to Rosemary... Or did it...?]]> 308 Ira Levin 0451194004 Austin 0 to-read 4.04 1967
author: Ira Levin
name: Austin
average rating: 4.04
book published: 1967
rating: 0
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]]> 199798006
As a young, queer couple who flip houses, Charlie and Eve can’t believe the killer deal they’ve just gotten on an old house in a picturesque neighborhood. As they’re working in the house one day, there’s a knock on the door. A man stands there with his family, claiming to have lived there years before and asking if it would be alright if he showed his kids around. People pleaser to a fault, Eve lets them in.

As soon as the strangers enter their home, inexplicable things start happening, including the family’s youngest child going missing and a ghostly presence materializing in the basement. Even more weird, the family can’t seem to take the hint that their visit should be over. And when Charlie suddenly vanishes, Eve slowly loses her grip on reality. Something is terribly wrong with the house and with the visiting family—or is Eve just imagining things?

This unputdownable and spine-tingling novel “is like quicksand: the further you delve into its pages, the more immobilized you become by a spiral of terror. We Used to Live Here will haunt you even after you have finished it�� (Agustina Bazterrica, author of Tender Is the Flesh).]]> 312 Marcus Kliewer 1982198788 Austin 0 to-read 3.67 2024
author: Marcus Kliewer
name: Austin
average rating: 3.67
book published: 2024
rating: 0
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]]> 220772
The new voice in Amanda's head, the one that tells her to steal things and talk to strange men in bars, is strange and frightening, and Amanda struggles to wrest back control of her life. Is she possessed by a demon, or is she simply insane?]]> 194 Sara Gran 0425210316 Austin 0 to-read 3.63 2003
author: Sara Gran
name: Austin
average rating: 3.63
book published: 2003
rating: 0
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]]> 17888482
Michael Marshall Smith’s last short story collection was hailed as “stellar�� by Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) and a “major publishing event�� by Ellen Datlow, and it won the International Horror Guild Award. You’re invited to return to the short fiction of New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author Michael Marshall Smith: it is Everything You Need.]]> 300 Michael Marshall Smith 0983807140 Austin 0 to-read 4.05 2013
author: Michael Marshall Smith
name: Austin
average rating: 4.05
book published: 2013
rating: 0
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]]> 920395
Stark has friends in Red, which is just as well because Something is about to happen. And when a Something happens it’s no good chanting ‘Duck and cover�� while cowering in a corner, because a Something is always from the past, Stark’s past, and it won’t go away until you face it full on.]]> 310 Michael Marshall Smith 0006512666 Austin 0 to-read 4.26 1994
author: Michael Marshall Smith
name: Austin
average rating: 4.26
book published: 1994
rating: 0
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]]> 21010
Spares - the story of Jack Randall: burnt-out, dropped out, and with a zero credit rating at the luck bank. After five years lying low on a Spares farm, looking after inmates that can't even spell luck, he is finally faced with a chance at redemption....if he, and the spares, can run fast enough.

Spares - a breathless race through strange, disturbing territories in a world all too close to our own.

Spares - it's fiction. But only just...]]> 317 Michael Marshall Smith 0006512674 Austin 0 to-read 4.16 1996
author: Michael Marshall Smith
name: Austin
average rating: 4.16
book published: 1996
rating: 0
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]]> 1790637 144 Dorothy Stroh Becvar 0761812954 Austin 0 to-read 3.71 1982
author: Dorothy Stroh Becvar
name: Austin
average rating: 3.71
book published: 1982
rating: 0
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]]> 41188320 A deluxe volume of 15 Japanese folk tales that is sure to impress any fan of cultural and mythological literature with impactful and stunning illustrations by contemporary Japanese artist Kotaro Chiba.
��

A goblin with no body and a monster with no face. A resourceful samurai and a faithful daughter. A spirit of the moon and a dragon king.
��
This collection of 15 traditional Japanese folk tales transports readers to a time of adventure and enchantment. Drawn from the works of folklorists Lafcadio Hearn and Yei Theodora Ozaki, these tales are by turns terrifying, exhilarating, and poetic.

POPULAR SERIES: Designed for diehard fairy tale and folklore lovers, the��Tales��series gives new life to traditional stories. In addition to Tales of Japan, discover Ghostly Tales, Nordic Tales, Celtic Tales, Tales of India, Tales of East Africa, and more.
��
BEAUTIFUL GIFT: With its bold hardcover design, a satin ribbon page marker, and a striking full-page illustration for each story, Tales of Japan��makes an impressive gift. Perfect for fans of fairy tales, ghost stories, Greek mythology, Roman mythology, Chinese mythology, Celtic mythology, and folklore and cultural studies from around the globe.
��
READERS LOVE IT: With hundreds of 5-star ratings, reviewers rave that this "absolutely delightful collection of traditional Japanese folktales" is "a must-have for folklore fans."
��

Perfect for:
Anyone interested in Japan's history and culture studies
Collectors of illustrated classics or artfully designed books
Readers who enjoy timeless stories, from the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm to Egyptian mythology to Greek classics
Adding to the shelf alongside Stephen Fry’s Greek Mythology trilogy (Mythos, Heroes, Troy), Neil Gaiman's��Norse Mythology, or Madeline Miller's��Circe��and��Song of Achilles]]> 176 Kotaro Chiba 1452174466 Austin 0 to-read 3.84 2019
author: Kotaro Chiba
name: Austin
average rating: 3.84
book published: 2019
rating: 0
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]]> 25898038 For the first time ever, CFT Made Simple offers easy-to-apply tools to help clients develop self-compassion, learn mindfulness skills, and balance difficult emotions for greater treatment outcomes.

Created by world-renowned psychologist Paul Gilbert, compassion-focused therapy (CFT) is extremely effective in helping clients work through painful feelings of shame and self-criticism. However, the theoretical aspects of this therapy—such as evolutionary psychology, attachment theory, and affective neuroscience—can make CFT difficult to grasp. This book provides everything you need to start implementing CFT in practice, either as a primary therapy modality or as an adjunctive approach to other therapies, such as acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), and more.

CFT has unique strengths, and is especially effective in helping clients work through troubling thoughts and behaviors, approach themselves and others with greater compassion and kindness, and feel safer and more confident in their ability to handle life’s challenges and difficulties. This book articulates the theoretical basis of the therapy in simple, easy-to-follow language, and offers practical guidance and strategies on how to tailor your CFT approach to specific client populations.

As a clinician interested in the benefits of CFT but wary of the dense theoretical principles that lay behind it, you need a user-friendly guide that will let you hit the ground running. CFT Made Simple is that guide.]]> 248 Russell Kolts 1626253099 Austin 0 to-read 4.39 2016
author: Russell Kolts
name: Austin
average rating: 4.39
book published: 2016
rating: 0
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]]> 33541226 352 Alan Dean Foster 1785654780 Austin 0 to-read 3.78 2017
author: Alan Dean Foster
name: Austin
average rating: 3.78
book published: 2017
rating: 0
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]]> 13531804
With an introduction by Scott himself, this lavish book will be the only publication to accompany Prometheus. Stunning production art and behind the scenes photos will grant the reader a window on the process of creating this astounding new epic.]]> 192 Mark Salisbury 1781161097 Austin 0 to-read 4.11 2012
author: Mark Salisbury
name: Austin
average rating: 4.11
book published: 2012
rating: 0
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]]> 838768 235 Lois Duncan 0440983568 Austin 0 to-read 3.90 1981
author: Lois Duncan
name: Austin
average rating: 3.90
book published: 1981
rating: 0
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]]> 550154 303 Barbara Hand Clow 1879181304 Austin 0 to-read 4.01 1995
author: Barbara Hand Clow
name: Austin
average rating: 4.01
book published: 1995
rating: 0
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]]> 62877521 , learn how easy it can be Experience spiritual awakening within seconds �� just by requesting it from your higher self.Quickly and permanently heal a serious challenge �� even one that’s caused you years of physical, emotional or mental suffering �� by delegating the work to your inner healer.Call in any kind of energy you want �� anytime you want it.Heal and bless others �� simply by calling it in and being a “hollow reed.”Thrive in a “new normal�� of harmonious living, enhanced intuition, joyous fulfillment of your responsibilities �� and bliss!You can do all this and more with the Instant Divine Assistance (IDA) Invocations. This book gives you everything you need to master them. Plus you get free access to guided recordings and other valuable online support that will speed up your personal evolution.For 11+ years, the IDA Invocations have dramatically improved thousands of people’s lives. Isn’t it time you also experienced how quick and easy spiritual awakening, healing and so much more can be?]]> 203 Benjamin Bernstein Austin 0 to-read 4.39
author: Benjamin Bernstein
name: Austin
average rating: 4.39
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]]> 57282211 From #1 New York Times bestselling author Ellen Hopkin's comes a new heartbreakingly tender middle grade novel-in-verse about the bonds between two brothers and the love they share.

Twelve-year-old Trace Reynolds has always looked up to his brother, mostly because Will, who's five years older, has never looked down on him. It was Will who taught Trace to ride a bike, would watch sports on TV with him, and cheer him on at little league. But when Will was knocked out cold during a football game, resulting in a brain injury--everything changed. Now, sixteen months later, their family is still living under the weight of the incident, that left Will with a facial tic, depression, and an anger he cannot always control, culminating in their parents' divorce. Afraid of further fracturing his family, Trace begins to cover for Will who, struggling with addiction to pain medication, becomes someone Trace doesn't recognize. But when the brother he loves so much becomes more and more withdrawn, and escalates to stealing money and ditching school, Trace realizes some secrets cannot be kept if we ever hope to heal.]]> 384 Ellen Hopkins 0593108647 Austin 0 to-read 4.12 2021
author: Ellen Hopkins
name: Austin
average rating: 4.12
book published: 2021
rating: 0
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]]> 38355061 Someone will shoot. And someone will die.

#1 New York Times bestselling author Ellen Hopkins tackles gun violence and white supremacy in this compelling and complex novel.

People kill people. Guns just make it easier.

A gun is sold in the classifieds after killing a spouse, bought by a teenager for needed protection. But which was it? Each has the incentive to pick up a gun, to fire it. Was it Rand or Cami, married teenagers with a young son? Was it Silas or Ashlyn, members of a white supremacist youth organization? Daniel, who fears retaliation because of his race, who possessively clings to Grace, the love of his life? Or Noelle, who lost everything after a devastating accident, and has sunk quietly into depression?

One tense week brings all six people into close contact in a town wrought with political and personal tensions. Someone will fire. And someone will die. But who?]]> 431 Ellen Hopkins 1481442937 Austin 0 to-read 3.86 2018
author: Ellen Hopkins
name: Austin
average rating: 3.86
book published: 2018
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]]> 312756 The work of a noted British authority on mysticism, it is divided into two the first provides an introduction to the general subject of mysticism and its relation to metaphysics, psychology, theology, magic, and symbolism. The second and longer part contains a detailed study of the nature and development of spiritual or mystical consciousness, including such topics as the awakening of the self, the purification of the self, voices and visions, introversion, ecstasy and rapture, the dark night of the soul, and the unitive life. An interesting appendix provides a historical sketch of European mysticism from the beginning of the Christian era to the death of Blake.
Richly documented with material drawn from such great mystics as St. Teresa, Meister Eckhart, St. John of the Cross, and William Blake, this remarkable study will be of immense interest to students, psychologists, theologians �� anyone interested in this extremely personal and powerful form of spiritual life.]]> 544 Evelyn Underhill 0486422380 Austin 0 to-read 4.35 1911
author: Evelyn Underhill
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]]> 198137722 Two young housemates embark on a road trip to discover themselves in a fractured America in this sparkling novel of love, friendship and chosen family, by the award-winning author of The Third Rainbow Girl.

What does it feel like, standing in the moments that will mark your life?


When Bernie replies to Leah's ad for a new housemate in Philadelphia, the two begin an intense and defiantly uncategorizable friendship based on a mutual belief in their art, and one another. Both aspire to capture the world around them: Leah through her writing; Bernie through her photography.

After Bernie's former photography professor, the renowned yet tarnished Daniel Dunn, dies and leaves her a complicated inheritance, Leah volunteers to accompany Bernie to his home in rural Pennsylvania, turning the jaunt into a road trip with an ambitious mission: to document America through words and photographs.

What ensues is a three-week journey into the heart of the nation, bringing the aritsts into conversation with people from all walks of life—“the absurd dreamers and failures of this wide, wide country”—as they try to make sense of the times they are living in. Along the way, Leah and Bernie discover what it means to to pursue their own ideas and dreams, and to embrace what they are capable of both romantically and artistically.

Housemates is a warm and insightful coming-of-age story of youth and freedom, a glorious celebration of queer life, and how art and love might save us all.]]> 352 Emma Copley Eisenberg 0593242238 Austin 0 to-read 3.52 2024
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]]> 198563713 From a provocative new literary talent, a hilarious and haunted novel featuring an unlikable protagonist grappling with grief, inheritance, and the ghosts of his past

We meet our ill-tempered protagonist—the story’s titular “brat”—at a low moment, but not yet at rock bottom. The Gabriel of the novel is mourning the death of his father as well as a recent breakup, and struggling to finish writing his second book. Alone and aimless, he agrees to move back into his parents�� house to clear it out for sale. Here, the clichés end.

Gabriel has trouble delivering on his promise as the moldy, overgrown house deteriorates around him, so does his own health, and large sheets of his skin begin to peel from his body at a terrifying rate. In fragments and figments, Gabriel takes us on a surreal journey into the mysteries of the family home, where he finds unfinished manuscripts written by his parents which seem to mutate every time he picks them up, and a bizarre home video that hints at long-buried secrets.

Strange people and figures emerge—perhaps directly from the novel’s embedded fictions—and despite his compromised state (and his more successful brother’s growing frustration) Gabriel is determined to try to make sense of these hauntings. Part ghost story, part grief story; flirting with the autofictional mode while sitting squarely in the tradition of the gothic, Brat crackles with deadpan humor and delightfully taut prose.

Smith’s arrival heralds the next generation of fiction writers—formally inventive, influenced by the rhythms of the internet, and infused with a particularly Gen Z sense of alienation. Irreverent and boundary-pushing, but not for its own sake, the novel that follows is muscular yet lyrical, riddled with paradox, and told with a truly rare and compelling clarity of voice. Brat is a serious debut that refuses to take itself too seriously.]]> 320 Gabriel Smith 0593656873 Austin 0 to-read 3.45 2024
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]]> 7146050 Romance is dead.

Before she can rest in peace, Charlotte Usher must return to the tragic site of her death: high school. She still has one last assignment to complete, but no one explained what happens if you fall in love with your class project. Charlotte would die (again) for love. But when her ticket to the afterlife means having to face the dreaded, all-too-familiar pains of being invisible, it may be too much for her to withstand.]]> 311 Tonya Hurley 0316070262 Austin 4 3.66
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