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author: Haruki Murakami
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average rating: 4.02
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]]> Divergent (Divergent, #1) 8306857 In Beatrice Prior's dystopian Chicago, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue--Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). On an appointed day of every year, all sixteen-year-olds must select the faction to which they will devote the rest of their lives. For Beatrice, the decision is between staying with her family and being who she really is--she can't have both. So she makes a choice that surprises everyone, including herself.

During the highly competitive initiation that follows, Beatrice renames herself Tris and struggles to determine who her friends really are--and where, exactly, a romance with a sometimes fascinating, sometimes infuriating boy fits into the life she's chosen. But Tris also has a secret, one she's kept hidden from everyone because she's been warned it can mean death. And as she discovers a growing conflict that threatens to unravel her seemingly perfect society, she also learns that her secret might help her save those she loves . . . or it might destroy her.

]]> 487 Veronica Roth 0062024027 Hannah 4 4.28 2011 Divergent (Divergent, #1)

author: Veronica Roth
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average rating: 4.28
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rating: 4
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]]> The Eleventh Plague 10369932
In the aftermath of a war, America��s landscape has been ravaged and two-thirds of the population left dead from a vicious strain of influenza. Fifteen-year-old Stephen Quinn and his family were among the few that survived and became salvagers, roaming the country in search of material to trade. But when Stephen��s grandfather dies and his father falls into a coma after an accident, Stephen finds his way to Settler��s Landing, a community that seems too good to be true. Then Stephen meets strong, defiant, mischievous Jenny, who refuses to accept things as they are. And when they play a prank that goes horribly wrong, chaos erupts, and they find themselves in the midst of a battle that will change Settler��s Landing--and their lives--forever.]]> 278 Jeff Hirsch 0545290147 Hannah 5 3.51 2011 The Eleventh Plague

author: Jeff Hirsch
name: Hannah
average rating: 3.51
book published: 2011
rating: 5
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]]> Dark Predator (Dark, #19) 10606009 All New from the #1 New York Times bestselling author. As brutal as the undead he hunted, Zacarias De La Cruz was a master executioner. Now his stark and savage journey has ended. For his brothers, Zacarias had walked to the edge of madness, but with centuries as a killing machine now left to the past and without a hunt to define him, Zacarias wonders, for the first time in his life, who he really is.

The answer awaits him back home, in Peru, in the betrayal of a woman who is readying her trap, in the vengeance of an old enemy, in the inevitable consequences of a bloody family legacy-and in the deliverance of a lifemate he never could have imagined...]]> 372 Christine Feehan 0425241971 Hannah 3 4.23 2011 Dark Predator (Dark, #19)

author: Christine Feehan
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average rating: 4.23
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rating: 3
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]]> Robert Browning's Poetry 271713
Robert Browning (1812-89) was largely educated in his father's vast library and spent only one term at university. In 1846 he married Elizabeth Barrett Browning, eloping to Italy until her death in 1861, when he returned to England to complete his celebrated work The Ring and the Book (1868-9). He died in Venice in 1889.]]> 704 Robert Browning 0393926001 Hannah 4 4.01 1954 Robert Browning's Poetry

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average rating: 4.01
book published: 1954
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]]> Girl with a Pearl Earring 2865
Girl with a Pearl Earring centers on Vermeer's prosperous Delft household during the 1660s. When Griet, the novel's quietly perceptive heroine, is hired as a servant, turmoil follows. First, the 16-year-old narrator becomes increasingly intimate with her master. Then Vermeer employs her as his assistant��and ultimately has Griet sit for him as a model.]]> 233 Tracy Chevalier 0452287022 Hannah 5 3.93 1999 Girl with a Pearl Earring

author: Tracy Chevalier
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average rating: 3.93
book published: 1999
rating: 5
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]]> The Invention of Hugo Cabret 9673436 534 Brian Selznick Hannah 4 4.22 2007

author: Brian Selznick
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average rating: 4.22
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]]> The Help 4667024
Twenty-two-year-old Skeeter has just returned home after graduating from Ole Miss. She may have a degree, but it is 1962, Mississippi, and her mother will not be happy till Skeeter has a ring on her finger. Skeeter would normally find solace with her beloved maid Constantine, the woman who raised her, but Constantine has disappeared and no one will tell Skeeter where she has gone.

Aibileen is a black maid, a wise, regal woman raising her seventeenth white child. Something has shifted inside her after the loss of her own son, who died while his bosses looked the other way. She is devoted to the little girl she looks after, though she knows both their hearts may be broken.

Minny, Aibileen's best friend, is short, fat, and perhaps the sassiest woman in Mississippi. She can cook like nobody's business, but she can't mind her tongue, so she's lost yet another job. Minny finally finds a position working for someone too new to town to know her reputation. But her new boss has secrets of her own.

Seemingly as different from one another as can be, these women will nonetheless come together for a clandestine project that will put them all at risk. And why? Because they are suffocating within the lines that define their town and their times. And sometimes lines are made to be crossed.

In pitch-perfect voices, Kathryn Stockett creates three extraordinary women whose determination to start a movement of their own forever changes a town, and the way women, mothers, daughters, caregivers, friends, view one another. A deeply moving novel filled with poignancy, humor, and hope, The Help is a timeless and universal story about the lines we abide by, and the ones we don't.

Librarian's note: An alternate cover edition can be found here]]> 464 Kathryn Stockett 0399155341 Hannah 4 4.46 2009

author: Kathryn Stockett
name: Hannah
average rating: 4.46
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]]> Unearthly (Unearthly, #1) 7488244 Clara Gardner has recently learned that she's part angel. Having angel blood run through her veins not only makes her smarter, stronger, and faster than humans (a word, she realizes, that no longer applies to her), but it means she has a purpose, something she was put on this earth to do. Figuring out what that is, though, isn't easy.

Her visions of a raging forest fire and an alluring stranger lead her to a new school in a new town. When she meets Christian, who turns out to be the boy of her dreams (literally), everything seems to fall into place and out of place at the same time. Because there's another guy, Tucker, who appeals to Clara's less angelic side.

As Clara tries to find her way in a world she no longer understands, she encounters unseen dangers and choices she never thought she'd have to make between honesty and deceit, love and duty, good and evil. When the fire from her vision finally ignites, will Clara be ready to face her destiny?

Unearthly is a moving tale of love and fate, and the struggle between following the rules and following your heart.]]> 435 Cynthia Hand 0061996165 Hannah 4 4.01 2011 Unearthly (Unearthly, #1)

author: Cynthia Hand
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average rating: 4.01
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]]> <![CDATA[The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star]]> 1883838 413 Nikki Sixx 1847371663 Hannah 4 4.12 2007

The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star

author: Nikki Sixx
name: Hannah
average rating: 4.12
book published: 2007
rating: 4
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]]> Juliet, Naked 6224826
But between Annie and her second chance lie a few obstacles. There's Malcolm, the world's most judgemental therapist, and Barnesy, the north's most extrovert dancer. There's what men and women will do and won't do for love. And, of course, there's Tucker...]]> 406 Nick Hornby 1594488878 Hannah 4 3.50 2009 Juliet, Naked

author: Nick Hornby
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average rating: 3.50
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]]> Saving June 10947600
Harper Scott��s older sister has always been the perfect one �� so when June takes her own life a week before her high school graduation, sixteen-year-old Harper is devastated. Everyone��s sorry, but no one can explain why.

When her divorcing parents decide to split her sister��s ashes into his-and-her urns, Harper takes matters into her own hands. She��ll steal the ashes and drive cross-country with her best friend, Laney, to the one place June always dreamed of going �� California.

Enter Jake Tolan. He��s a boy with a bad attitude, a classic-rock obsession and nothing in common with Harper��s sister. But Jake had a connection with June, and when he insists on joining them, Harper��s just desperate enough to let him. With his alternately charming and infuriating demeanour and his belief that music can see you through anything, he might be exactly what she needs.

Except June wasn��t the only one hiding something. Jake��s keeping a secret that has the power to turn Harper��s life upside down �� again.]]> 336 Hannah Harrington 1921794097 Hannah 4 3.95 2011 Saving June

author: Hannah Harrington
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average rating: 3.95
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]]> Chronicles, Volume One 14318 "I'd come from a long ways off and had started a long ways down. But now destiny was about to manifest itself. I felt like it was looking right at me and nobody else." So writes Bob Dylan in Chronicles: Volume One, his remarkable book exploring critical junctures in his life and career.

Through Dylan's eyes and open mind, we see Greenwich Village, circa 1961, when he first arrives in Manhattan. Dylan's New York is a magical city of possibilities -- smoky, nightlong parties; literary awakenings; transient loves and unbreakable friendships. Elegiac observations are punctuated by jabs of memories, penetrating and tough. With the book's side trips to New Orleans, Woodstock, Minnesota and points west, Chronicles: Volume One is an intimate and intensely personal recollection of extraordinary times.

By turns revealing, poetical, passionate and witty, Chronicles: Volume One is a mesmerizing window on Bob Dylan's thoughts and influences. Dylan's voice is distinctively American: generous of spirit, engaged, fanciful and rhythmic. Utilizing his unparalleled gifts of storytelling and the exquisite expressiveness that are the hallmarks of his music, Bob Dylan turns Chronicles: Volume One into a poignant reflection on life, and the people and places that helped shape the man and the art.]]> 320 Bob Dylan 0743244583 Hannah 3 3.98 2004 Chronicles, Volume One

author: Bob Dylan
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average rating: 3.98
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]]> <![CDATA[The Iron Queen (The Iron Fey, #3)]]> 8685612
I thought it was over. That my time with the fey, the impossible choices I had to make, the sacrifices of those I loved, was behind me. But a storm is approaching, an army of Iron fey that will drag me back, kicking and screaming. Drag me away from the banished prince who's sworn to stand by my side. Drag me into the core of conflict so powerful, I'm not sure anyone can survive it.

This time, there will be no turning back.

]]> 384 Julie Kagawa 0373210183 Hannah 4 4.19 2011 The Iron Queen (The Iron Fey, #3)

author: Julie Kagawa
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average rating: 4.19
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]]> Matched (Matched, #1) 7735333
Cassia has always trusted their choices. It��s hardly any price to pay for a long life, the perfect job, the ideal mate. So when her best friend appears on the Matching screen, Cassia knows with complete certainty that he is the one��until she sees another face flash for an instant before the screen fades to black. Now Cassia is faced with impossible choices: between Xander and Ky, between the only life she��s known and a path no one else has ever dared follow��between perfection and passion.

Matched is a story for right now and storytelling with the resonance of a classic.]]> 369 Ally Condie 0525423648 Hannah 4 3.62 2010 Matched (Matched, #1)

author: Ally Condie
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average rating: 3.62
book published: 2010
rating: 4
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]]> Firelight (Firelight, #1) 6448470 A hidden truth.
Mortal enemies.
Doomed love.

Marked as special at an early age, Jacinda knows her every move is watched. But she longs for freedom to make her own choices. When she breaks the most sacred tenet among her kind, she nearly pays with her life. Until a beautiful stranger saves her. A stranger who was sent to hunt those like her. For Jacinda is a draki, a descendant of dragons whose greatest defense is her secret ability to shift into human form.

Forced to flee into the mortal world with her family, Jacinda struggles to adapt to her new surroundings. The only bright light is Will. Gorgeous, elusive Will who stirs her inner draki to life. Although she is irresistibly drawn to him, Jacinda knows Will's dark secret: He and his family are hunters. She should avoid him at all costs. But her inner draki is slowly slipping away;if it dies she will be left as a human forever. She'll do anything to prevent that. Even if it means getting closer to her most dangerous enemy.

Mythical powers and breathtaking romance ignite in this story of a girl who defies all expectations and whose love crosses an ancient divide.

]]> 323 Sophie Jordan 0061935085 Hannah 4 3.85 2010 Firelight (Firelight, #1)

author: Sophie Jordan
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average rating: 3.85
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]]> Die for Me (Revenants, #1) 9462812
When Kate Mercier's parents die in a tragic car accident, she leaves her life--and memories--behind to live with her grandparents in Paris. For Kate, the only way to survive her pain is escaping into the world of books and Parisian art. Until she meets Vincent.

Mysterious, charming, and devastatingly handsome, Vincent threatens to melt the ice around Kate's guarded heart with just his smile. As she begins to fall in love with Vincent, Kate discovers that he's a revenant--an undead being whose fate forces him to sacrifice himself over and over again to save the lives of others. Vincent and those like him are bound in a centuries-old war against a group of evil revenants who exist only to murder and betray. Kate soon realizes that if she follows her heart, she may never be safe again.]]> 341 Amy Plum 0062004018 Hannah 5 3.98 2011 Die for Me (Revenants, #1)

author: Amy Plum
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average rating: 3.98
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]]> Illusions (Wings, #3) 6918909 "I don't do patrols, I don't go hunting, I just stick close to you. You live your life, I'll keep you safe," Tamani said, sweeping a lock of hair from her face. "Or die trying."

Laurel hasn't seen Tamani since she begged him to let her go last year. Though her heart still aches, Laurel is confident that David was the right choice.

But just as life returns to normal, Laurel realizes that a hidden enemy lies in wait. Once again, Laurel must turn to Tamani to protect and guide her, for the danger that now threatens Avalon is one that no faerie thought would ever be possible.]]> 375 Aprilynne Pike 0061668095 Hannah 4 4.11 2011 Illusions (Wings, #3)

author: Aprilynne Pike
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average rating: 4.11
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]]> <![CDATA[The Scorch Trials (The Maze Runner, #2)]]> 7631105 Solving the Maze was supposed to be the end.
?
Thomas was sure that escape from the Maze would mean freedom for him and the Gladers. But WICKED isn��t done yet. Phase Two has just begun. The Scorch.
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There are no rules. There is no help. You either make it or you die.
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The Gladers have two weeks to cross through the Scorch��the most burned-out section of the world. And WICKED has made sure to adjust the variables and stack the odds against them.
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Friendships will be tested. Loyalties will be broken. All bets are off.
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There are others now. Their survival depends on the Gladers�� destruction��and they��re determined to survive.]]> 362 James Dashner 0385738757 Hannah 5 3.90 2010 The Scorch Trials (The Maze Runner, #2)

author: James Dashner
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average rating: 3.90
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]]> <![CDATA[Sexiest Vampire Alive (Love at Stake, #11)]]> 10428848
The secret is out . . . Vampires do exist!

When a video reveals to the world that vampires live among us, it's up to "young" vamp Gregori Holstein, VP of Marketing, to persuade the U.S. government to declare the video a hoax. But first the president wants a favor, one that requires Gregori to spend forty-eight hours in very close contact with the First Daughter.

Abby Tucker would rather spend her nights in a lab than attend her father's state dinners. She's dedicated her life to finding a cure that will save her dying mother and needs only two more ingredients. To find them, she'll have to venture into the most dangerous region of the world��with a vampire. Her Armani-clad escort may be Undead, but he still makes her heart race. And the greatest danger won't be the predatory hordes lying in wait for them; it will be her undying desire for the Sexiest Vampire Alive.]]> 370 Kerrelyn Sparks 0061958050 Hannah 5 4.22 2011 Sexiest Vampire Alive (Love at Stake, #11)

Sexiest Vampire Alive (Love at Stake, #11)

author: Kerrelyn Sparks
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average rating: 4.22
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]]> <![CDATA[Darkness Dawns (Immortal Guardians, #1)]]> 8804062
Once, Sarah Bingham��s biggest challenge was making her students pay attention in class. Now, after rescuing a wounded stranger, she��s landed in the middle of a battle between corrupt vampires and powerful immortals who also need blood to survive. Roland Warbrook is the most compelling man Sarah has ever laid hands on. But his desire for her is mingled with a hunger he can barely control��

In his nine centuries of immortal existence, no woman has tempted Roland as much as Sarah. But asking her to love him is impossible��when it means forfeiting the world she��s always known, and the life he would do anything to protect...]]> 345 Dianne Duvall 1420118617 Hannah 2 3.96 2011 Darkness Dawns (Immortal Guardians, #1)

author: Dianne Duvall
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average rating: 3.96
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]]> Delirium (Delirium, #1) 7686667
But with ninety-five days left until her treatment, Lena meets enigmatic Alex, a boy from the "Wilds" who lives under the government's radar. What will happen if they do the unthinkable and fall in love?]]> 441 Lauren Oliver 0061726826 Hannah 5 4.01 2011 Delirium (Delirium, #1)

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average rating: 4.01
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]]> <![CDATA[Paranormalcy (Paranormalcy, #1)]]> 7719245
She��s also about to find out that she may be at the center of a dark faerie prophecy promising destruction to all paranormal creatures.

So much for normal.]]> 335 Kiersten White 0061985848 Hannah 4 3.89 2010 Paranormalcy (Paranormalcy, #1)

author: Kiersten White
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average rating: 3.89
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]]> <![CDATA[Jewels of the Sun (Gallaghers of Ardmore, #1)]]> 59810 New York Times #1 Best Selling author, Nora Roberts returns to the lush, green hills of Ireland, where love is forever touched by magic - And where the Gallagher siblings explore the depth of their fiery hearts.

Determining to reevaluate her life, Jude Murray flees America to take refugee in Faerie Hill Cottage, immersing herself in the study of Irish Folk and discovers hope for the future of the magical past.

Finally back home in Ireland after years of traveling, Aidan Gallagher possesses an uncommon understanding of his country's haunting myths. Although he's devoted to managing the family pub, a hint of wildness still glints in his stormy eyes--and in Jude, he sees a woman who can both soothe his heart and stir his blood. And he begins to share the legends of the land with her--while they create a passionate history of their own...]]> 347 Nora Roberts 0515126772 Hannah 4 4.22 1999 Jewels of the Sun (Gallaghers of Ardmore, #1)

Jewels of the Sun (Gallaghers of Ardmore, #1)

author: Nora Roberts
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average rating: 4.22
book published: 1999
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Secrets of a Summer Night (Wallflowers, #1)]]> 114162 Four young ladies at the side of the ballroom make a pact to help each other find husbands . . . no matter what it takes.

Proud and beautiful Annabelle Peyton could have her pick of suitors��if only she had a dowry. Her family is on the brink of disaster, and the only way Annabelle can save them is to marry a wealthy man. Unfortunately her most persistent admirer is the brash Simon Hunt, a handsome and ambitious entrepreneur who wants her as his mistress.

Annabelle is determined to resist Simon's wicked propositions, but she can't deny her attraction to the boldly seductive rogue, any more than he can resist the challenge she presents. As they try to outmaneuver each other, they find themselves surrendering to a love more powerful than they could have ever imagined. But fate may have other plans��and it will take all of Annabelle's courage to face a peril that could destroy everything she holds dear.]]> 384 Lisa Kleypas 0061259349 Hannah 4 4.01 2004 Secrets of a Summer Night (Wallflowers, #1)

Secrets of a Summer Night (Wallflowers, #1)

author: Lisa Kleypas
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average rating: 4.01
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]]> <![CDATA[Coin Operated (Dirty Laundry, #1)]]> 8464998
When Bea unveils a racy new light bondage ad campaign for their key client, she pushes Eli to cross the line he's drawn between them--the one that keeps him from doing all the hot, sinful things she imagines he's capable of...]]> 68 Ginny Glass 1426890001 Hannah 4 3.42 2010 Coin Operated (Dirty Laundry, #1)

author: Ginny Glass
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average rating: 3.42
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]]> The Iron Duke (Iron Seas, #1) 7864587
But when Mina uncovers the victim's identity, she stumbles upon a conspiracy that threatens the lives of everyone in England. To save them, Mina and Rhys must race across zombie-infested wastelands and treacherous oceans-and Mina discovers the danger is not only to her countrymen, as she finds herself tempted to give up everything to the Iron Duke.]]> 384 Meljean Brook 0425236676 Hannah 4 3.84 2010 The Iron Duke (Iron Seas, #1)

author: Meljean Brook
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average rating: 3.84
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]]> <![CDATA[Anna and the French Kiss (Anna and the French Kiss, #1)]]> 6936382 beautiful, ?tienne has it all...including a serious girlfriend.

But in the City of Light, wishes have a way of coming true. Will a year of romantic near-misses end with their long-awaited French kiss?]]> 372 Stephanie Perkins 0525423273 Hannah 4 3.96 2010 Anna and the French Kiss (Anna and the French Kiss, #1)

Anna and the French Kiss (Anna and the French Kiss, #1)

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average rating: 3.96
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]]> <![CDATA[Lord of the Vampires (Royal House of Shadows, #1)]]> 10721934 Once upon a time��the Blood Sorcerer vanquished the kingdom of Elden. To save their children, the queen scattered them to safety and the king filled them with a need for vengeance. Only a magical timepiece connects the four royal heirs��and time is running out.

Nicolai the Vampire is renowned for his virility, but in a cruel twist of fate ��The Dark Seducer�� has become a sex slave in the kingdom of Delfina��stripped of his precious timepiece and his memory. All that remains is a primal need for freedom, revenge��and the only woman who can help him.

When the wanton vampire summons Jane Parker, she is helpless to obey. She's drawn to his dark sexuality and into his magical realm. But for this human, all is not a fairy tale. For saving Nicolai could mean losing the only man she's ever craved...]]> 288 Gena Showalter 0373618662 Hannah 3 3.95 2011 Lord of the Vampires (Royal House of Shadows, #1)

Lord of the Vampires (Royal House of Shadows, #1)

author: Gena Showalter
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average rating: 3.95
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]]> <![CDATA[The Next Always (Inn BoonsBoro Trilogy, #1)]]> 10305231
After losing her husband and returning to her hometown, Clare Brewster soon settles into her life as the mother of three young sons while running the town��s bookstore. Busy, with little time for romance, Clare is drawn across the street by Beckett��s transformation of the old inn, wanting to take a closer look . . . at the building and the man behind it.

With the grand opening inching closer, Beckett��s happy to give Clare a private tour - one room at a time. It��s no first date, but these stolen moments are the beginning of something new - and open the door to the extraordinary adventure of what comes next . . .]]> 11 Nora Roberts 1455806854 Hannah 4 4.13 2011 The Next Always (Inn BoonsBoro Trilogy, #1)

The Next Always (Inn BoonsBoro Trilogy, #1)

author: Nora Roberts
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average rating: 4.13
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]]> The Starlight Rite 9469143 218 Cherise Sinclair 1607378310 Hannah 5 3.85 2010

author: Cherise Sinclair
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]]> Sense and Sensibility 14935 Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780141439662

'The more I know of the world, the more am I convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love. I require so much!'

Marianne Dashwood wears her heart on her sleeve, and when she falls in love with the dashing but unsuitable John Willoughby she ignores her sister Elinor's warning that her impulsive behaviour leaves her open to gossip and innuendo. Meanwhile Elinor, always sensitive to social convention, is struggling to conceal her own romantic disappointment, even from those closest to her. Through their parallel experience of love��and its threatened loss��the sisters learn that sense must mix with sensibility if they are to find personal happiness in a society where status and money govern the rules of love.

This edition includes explanatory notes, textual variants between the first and second editions, and Tony Tanner's introduction to the original Penguin Classic edition.]]> 409 Jane Austen 0141439661 Hannah 4 4.10 1811 Sense and Sensibility

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]]> A Walk to Remember 3473 A high school rebel and a minister's daughter find strength in each other in this star-crossed tale of "young but everlasting love" (Chicago Sun-Times).There was a time when the world was sweeter....when the women in Beaufort, North Carolina, wore dresses, and the men donned hats.... Every April, when the wind smells of both the sea and lilacs, Landon Carter remembers 1958, his last year at Beaufort High. Landon had dated a girl or two, and even once sworn that he'd been in love. Certainly the last person he thought he'd fall for was Jamie, the shy, almost ethereal daughter of the town's Baptist minister....Jamie, who was destined to show him the depths of the human heart-and the joy and pain of living. The inspiration for this novel came from Nicholas Sparks's sister: her life and her courage. From the internationally bestselling author Nicholas Sparks, comes his most moving story yet....]]> 240 Nicholas Sparks 0446693804 Hannah 5 4.16 1999 A Walk to Remember

author: Nicholas Sparks
name: Hannah
average rating: 4.16
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]]> <![CDATA[Super Natural Cooking: Five Delicious Ways to Incorporate Whole and Natural Foods into Your Cooking]]> 205997
Everyone knows that whole foods are much healthier than refined ingredients, but few know how to cook with them in uncomplicated, delicious ways. With her weeknight-friendly dishes, real-foodie Heidi Swanson teaches home cooks how to become confident in a whole-foods kitchen by experimenting with alternative flours, fats, grains, sweeteners, and more.

Including innovative twists on familiar dishes from polenta to chocolate chip cookies, Super Natural Cooking is the new wholesome way to eat, using real-world ingredients to get out-of-this-world results. With an inspiring introduction to nutritional superfoods, and an emphasis on whole grains, natural sweeteners, healthy oils, and colorful phytonutrient-packed ingredients, Swanson shows you how to build a whole-foods pantry with nutrition-rich ingredients like almond oil, pomegranate molasses, and mesquite flour--each explained in detail.

Features 80 recipes, a comprehensive pantry chapter, and 100 stunning full-color photos.]]> 208 Heidi Swanson 1587612755 Hannah 4 4.00 2007 Super Natural Cooking: Five Delicious Ways to Incorporate Whole and Natural Foods into Your Cooking

Super Natural Cooking: Five Delicious Ways to Incorporate Whole and Natural Foods into Your Cooking

author: Heidi Swanson
name: Hannah
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2007
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]]> <![CDATA[Madhur Jaffrey's World Vegetarian: More Than 650 Meatless Recipes from Around the World]]> 142849
Madhur Jaffrey's World Vegetarian exemplifies Madhur's unsurpassed ability to create simple, flavorful homecooking that is well within the reach of every cook. Extensive sections on beans, vegetables, grains, and dairy explore the myriad ways these staples are enjoyed worldwide. Madhur balances appealing, uncomplicated dishes such as sumptuous omelets and rich polentas with less familiar ingredients such as green mangoes, pigeon peas, and spelt. She demystifies the latter with clear-cut explanations so that incorporating new combinations and interesting flavors into everyday cooking becomes second nature. She also offers substantial sections on soups, salads, and drinks, as well as sauces and other flavorings, to help round out a meatless meal and add exciting new flavors to even the most easily prepared dishes.

Each section opens with a detailed introduction, where Madhur describes methods for preparation and storage, as well as different cooking techniques and their cultural origins. And a complete glossary of ingredients and techniques clarifies some of the little-known elements of the world's cuisines so that even the uninitiated can bring the flavors of Asia, the Middle East, the Caribbean, and more to their tables.
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Throughout this extensive collection, Madhur includes personal anecdotes and historical contexts that bring her recipes to life, whether she's remembering field of leeks she saw in the mountains of northern Greece or describing how corn-based dishes arrived in Indonesia through colonial trade.

Committed vegetarians will rejoice at the wide variety of meatless fare Madhur offers, and nonvegetarians will enjoy experimenting with her global flavorings. This highly readable resource promises to be a valuable addition to any cook's library, helping everyone make healthful ethnic foods a part of everyday cooking.]]> 768 Madhur Jaffrey 0609809237 Hannah 5 4.07 1998 Madhur Jaffrey's World Vegetarian: More Than 650 Meatless Recipes from Around the World

Madhur Jaffrey's World Vegetarian: More Than 650 Meatless Recipes from Around the World

author: Madhur Jaffrey
name: Hannah
average rating: 4.07
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]]> <![CDATA[How to Cook Everything Vegetarian: Simple Meatless Recipes for Great Food]]> 1587362 The ultimate one-stop vegetarian cookbook-from the author of the classic How to Cook EverythingHailed as "a more hip Joy of Cooking" by the Washington Post, Mark Bittman's award-winning book How to Cook Everything has become the bible for a new generation of home cooks, and the series has more than 1 million copies in print. Now, with How to Cook Everything: Vegetarian, Bittman has written the definitive guide to meatless meals-a book that will appeal to everyone who wants to cook simple but delicious meatless dishes, from health-conscious omnivores to passionate vegetarians.

How to Cook Everything: Vegetarian includes more than 2,000 recipes and variations-far more than any other vegetarian cookbook. As always, Bittman's recipes are refreshingly straightforward, resolutely unfussy, and unfailingly delicious-producing dishes that home cooks can prepare with ease and serve with confidence. The book covers the whole spectrum of meatless cooking-including salads, soups, eggs and dairy, vegetables and fruit, pasta, grains, legumes, tofu and other meat substitutes, breads, condiments, desserts, and beverages. Special icons identify recipes that can be made in 30 minutes or less and in advance, as well as those that are vegan. Illustrated throughout with handsome line illustrations and brimming with Bittman's lucid, opinionated advice on everything from selecting vegetables to preparing pad Thai, How to Cook Everything: Vegetarian truly makes meatless cooking more accessible than ever.

Praise for How to Cook Everything Vegetarian

"Mark Bittman's category lock on definitive, massive food tomes continues with this well-thought-out ode to the garden and beyond. Combining deep research, tasty information, and delicious easy-to-cook recipes is Mark's forte and everything I want to cook is in here, from chickpea fries to cheese souffl��s."
��Mario Batali, chef, author, and entrepreneur

"How do you make an avid meat eater (like me) fall in love with vegetarian cooking? Make Mark Bittman's How to Cook Everything Vegetarian part of your culinary library."
��Bobby Flay, chef/owner of Mesa Grill and Bar Americain and author of the Mesa Grill Cookbook

"Recipes that taste this good aren't supposed to be so healthy. Mark Bittman makes being a vegetarian fun."
��Dr. Mehmet Oz, Professor of Surgery, New York-Presbyterian/Columbia Medical Center and coauthor of You: The Owner's Manual]]> 996 Mark Bittman 0764524836 Hannah 4 4.08 2007 How to Cook Everything Vegetarian: Simple Meatless Recipes for Great Food

How to Cook Everything Vegetarian: Simple Meatless Recipes for Great Food

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average rating: 4.08
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]]> The Night Strangers 10209997 The Double Bind, Skeletons at the Feast, and Secrets of Eden, comes a riveting and dramatic ghost story.
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In a dusty corner of a basement in a rambling Victorian house in northern New Hampshire, a door has long been sealed shut with 39 six-inch-long carriage bolts.?
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The home's new owners are Chip and Emily Linton and their twin ten-year-old daughters. Together they hope to rebuild their lives there after Chip, an airline pilot, has to ditch his 70-seat regional jet in Lake Champlain after double engine failure. Unlike the Miracle on the Hudson, however, most of the passengers aboard Flight 1611 die on impact or drown. The body count? Thirty-nine �C a coincidence not lost on Chip when he discovers the number of bolts in that basement door. Meanwhile, Emily finds herself wondering about the women in this sparsely populated White Mountain village �C self-proclaimed herbalists �C and their interest in her fifth-grade daughters. Are the women mad? Or is it her husband, in the wake of the tragedy, whose grip on sanity has become desperately tenuous????

The result is a poignant and powerful ghost story with all the hallmarks readers have come to expect from bestselling novelist Chris Bohjalian: a palpable sense of place, an unerring sense of the demons that drive us, and characters we care about deeply.

The difference this time? Some of those characters are dead.]]> 378 Chris Bohjalian 0307394999 Hannah 4 3.17 2011 The Night Strangers

author: Chris Bohjalian
name: Hannah
average rating: 3.17
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]]> Falling Together 10380686 360 Marisa de los Santos 0061670871 Hannah 4 3.54 2011

author: Marisa de los Santos
name: Hannah
average rating: 3.54
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]]> Zone One 10365343
Now the plague is receding, and Americans are busy rebuild?ing civilization under orders from the provisional govern?ment based in Buffalo. Their top mission: the resettlement of Manhattan. Armed forces have successfully reclaimed the island south of Canal Street��aka Zone One��but pockets of plague-ridden squatters remain. While the army has eliminated the most dangerous of the infected, teams of civilian volunteers are tasked with clearing out a more innocuous variety��the ��malfunctioning�� stragglers, who exist in a catatonic state, transfixed by their former lives.

Mark Spitz is a member of one of the civilian teams work?ing in lower Manhattan. Alternating between flashbacks of Spitz��s desperate fight for survival during the worst of the outbreak and his present narrative, the novel unfolds over three surreal days, as it depicts the mundane mission of straggler removal, the rigors of Post-Apocalyptic Stress Disorder, and the impossible job of coming to grips with the fallen world.

And then things start to go wrong.

Both spine chilling and playfully cerebral, Zone One bril?liantly subverts the genre��s conventions and deconstructs the zombie myth for the twenty-first century.]]> 259 Colson Whitehead 0385528078 Hannah 4 3.23 2011

author: Colson Whitehead
name: Hannah
average rating: 3.23
book published: 2011
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]]> The Leftovers 10762469
Kevin Garvey, Mapleton's new mayor, wants to speed up the healing process, to bring a sense of renewed hope and purpose to his traumatized community. Kevin's own family has fallen apart in the wake of the disaster: his wife, Laurie, has left to join the Guilty Remnant, a homegrown cult whose members take a vow of silence; his son, Tom, is gone, too, dropping out of college to follow a sketchy prophet named Holy Wayne. Only Kevin's teenaged daughter, Jill, remains, and she's definitely not the sweet "A" student she used to be. Kevin wants to help her, but he's distracted by his growing relationship with Nora Durst, a woman who lost her entire family on October 14th and is still reeling from the tragedy, even as she struggles to move beyond it and make a new start.

With heart, intelligence and a rare ability to illuminate the struggles inherent in ordinary lives, Tom Perrotta has written a startling, thought-provoking novel about love, connection and loss.]]> 355 Tom Perrotta 0312358342 Hannah 5 3.41 2011 The Leftovers

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name: Hannah
average rating: 3.41
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]]> The Family Fang 10149142
Their children called it mischief.

Performance artists Caleb and Camille Fang dedicated themselves to making great art. But when an artist��s work lies in subverting normality, it can be difficult to raise well-adjusted children. Just ask Buster and Annie Fang. For as long as they can remember, they starred (unwillingly) in their parents�� madcap pieces. But now that they are grown up, the chaos of their childhood has made it difficult to cope with life outside the fishbowl of their parents�� strange world.

When the lives they��ve built come crashing down, brother and sister have nowhere to go but home, where they discover that Caleb and Camille are planning one last performance -�C their magnum opus -�C whether the kids agree to participate or not. Soon, ambition breeds conflict, bringing the Fangs to face the difficult decision about what��s ultimately more important: their family or their art.]]> 320 Kevin Wilson 0061579033 Hannah 4 3.62 2011 The Family Fang

author: Kevin Wilson
name: Hannah
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]]> We the Animals 10306358
��A tremendously gifted writer whose highly personal voice should excite us in much the same way that Raymond Carver��s or Jeffrey Eugenides��s voice did when we first heard it."�� The Washington Post

Three brothers tear their way through childhood�� smashing tomatoes all over each other, building kites from trash, hiding out when their parents do battle, tiptoeing around the house as their mother sleeps off her graveyard shift. Paps and Ma are from Brooklyn��he��s Puerto Rican, she��s white��and their love is a serious, dangerous thing that makes and unmakes a family many times. Life in this family is fierce and absorbing, full of chaos and heartbreak and the euphoria of belonging completely to one another. From the intense familial unity felt by a child to the profound alienation he endures as he begins to see the world, this beautiful novel reinvents the coming-of-age story in a way that is sly and punch-in-the-stomach powerful.

"We the Animals is a dark jewel of a book. It��s heartbreaking. It��s beautiful. It resembles no other book I��ve read.��Michael Cunningham

"A fiery ode to boyhood . . . A welterweight champ of a book."�� NPR, Weekend Edition]]> 128 Justin Torres 0547576722 Hannah 1 3.72 2011 We the Animals

author: Justin Torres
name: Hannah
average rating: 3.72
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]]> <![CDATA[Emily, Alone (Emily Maxwell, #2)]]> 9412055
A sequel to the bestselling, much-beloved Wish You Were Here, O'Nan's intimate novel follows Emily Maxwell, a widow whose grown children have long departed. She dreams of visits from her grandchildren while mourning the turnover of her quiet Pittsburgh neighborhood. When her sister-in-law and sole companion, Arlene, faints at their favorite breakfast buffet, Emily's life changes in unexpected ways. As she grapples with her new independence, she discovers a hidden strength and realizes that life always offers new possibilities.]]> 255 Stewart O'Nan 0670022357 Hannah 2 3.67 2011 Emily, Alone (Emily Maxwell, #2)

author: Stewart O'Nan
name: Hannah
average rating: 3.67
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]]> When She Woke 11045709 When She Woke is a fable about a stigmatized woman struggling to navigate an America of a not-too-distant future, who embarks on a path of self-discovery that forces her to question the values she once held true and the righteousness of a country that politicizes faith.

Bellwether Prize Winner Hillary Jordan's provocative new novel is the fiercely imagined story of a woman struggling to navigate an America of a not-too-distant future, where the line between church and state has been eradicated and convicted felons are no longer imprisoned and rehabilitated but chromed -- their skin color is genetically altered to match the class of their crime -- and then released back into the population to survive as best they can. Hannah is a Red; her crime is murder.]]> 344 Hillary Jordan 1565126297 Hannah 4 3.67 2011 When She Woke

author: Hillary Jordan
name: Hannah
average rating: 3.67
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]]> The Art of Fielding 10996342
Henry's fight against self-doubt threatens to ruin his future. College president Guert Affenlight, a longtime bachelor, has fallen unexpectedly and helplessly in love. Owen Dunne, Henry's gay roommate and teammate, becomes caught up in a dangerous affair. Mike Schwartz, the Harpooners' team captain and Henry's best friend, realizes he has guided Henry's career at the expense of his own. And Pella Affenlight, Guert's daughter, returns to Westish after escaping an ill-fated marriage, determined to start a new life.

As the season counts down to its climactic final game, these five are forced to confront their deepest hopes, anxieties, and secrets. In the process they forge new bonds, and help one another find their true paths. Written with boundless intelligence and filled with the tenderness of youth, The Art of Fielding is an expansive, warmhearted novel about ambition and its limits, about family and friendship and love, and about commitment - to oneself and to others.]]> 512 Chad Harbach 0316126691 Hannah 4 3.98 2011

author: Chad Harbach
name: Hannah
average rating: 3.98
book published: 2011
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Magician King (The Magicians, #2)]]> 10079321
Accompanied by his oldest friend, Julia, Quentin sets off��only to somehow wind up back in the real world and not in Fillory, as they��d hoped. As they struggle to find their way back to their lost kingdom, they rely on Julia��s illicitly learned sorcery to fight a sinister threat in a world unlike the fantasy novels of their youth.]]> 432 Lev Grossman 043402080X Hannah 4 3.91 2011 The Magician King (The Magicians, #2)

author: Lev Grossman
name: Hannah
average rating: 3.91
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]]> The Language of Flowers 10032672 ?
Look for special features inside. Join the Circle for author chats and more.]]> 323 Vanessa Diffenbaugh 034552554X Hannah 4 4.09 2011

author: Vanessa Diffenbaugh
name: Hannah
average rating: 4.09
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rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer (Mara Dyer, #1)]]> 8591107
It can.

She believes there must be more to the accident she can��t remember that killed her friends and left her mysteriously unharmed.

There is.

She doesn��t believe that after everything she��s been through, she can fall in love.

She��s wrong.]]> 456 Michelle Hodkin 1442421762 Hannah 4 4.06 2011 The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer (Mara Dyer, #1)

The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer (Mara Dyer, #1)

author: Michelle Hodkin
name: Hannah
average rating: 4.06
book published: 2011
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1)]]> 51964
The good news is that humanity finally made it into interstellar space. The bad news is that planets fit to live on are scarce-- and alien races willing to fight us for them are common. So: we fight. To defend Earth, and to stake our own claim to planetary real estate. Far from Earth, the war has been going on for decades: brutal, bloody, unyielding.

Earth itself is a backwater. The bulk of humanity's resources are in the hands of the Colonial Defense Force. Everybody knows that when you reach retirement age, you can join the CDF. They don't want young people; they want people who carry the knowledge and skills of decades of living. You'll be taken off Earth and never allowed to return. You'll serve two years at the front. And if you survive, you'll be given a generous homestead stake of your own, on one of our hard-won colony planets.

John Perry is taking that deal. He has only the vaguest idea what to expect. Because the actual fight, light-years from home, is far, far harder than he can imagine--and what he will become is far stranger.]]> 318 John Scalzi 0765348276 Hannah 4 4.22 2005 Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1)

author: John Scalzi
name: Hannah
average rating: 4.22
book published: 2005
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]]> The Night Circus 9361589
But behind the scenes, a fierce competition is underway��a duel between two young magicians, Celia and Marco, who have been trained since childhood expressly for this purpose by their mercurial instructors. Unbeknownst to them, this is a game in which only one can be left standing, and the circus is but the stage for a remarkable battle of imagination and will. Despite themselves, however, Celia and Marco tumble headfirst into love��a deep, magical love that makes the lights flicker and the room grow warm whenever they so much as brush hands.

True love or not, the game must play out, and the fates of everyone involved, from the cast of extraordinary circus performers to the patrons, hang in the balance, suspended as precariously as the daring acrobats overhead.

Written in rich, seductive prose, this spell-casting novel is a feast for the senses and the heart.]]> 506 Erin Morgenstern Hannah 5 4.00 2011 The Night Circus

author: Erin Morgenstern
name: Hannah
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2011
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]]> <![CDATA[Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1)]]> 960
A devastating new weapon of destruction.
When world-renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned to a Swiss research facility to analyze a mysterious symbol -- seared into the chest of a murdered physicist -- he discovers evidence of the unimaginable: the resurgence of an ancient secret brotherhood known as the Illuminati...the most powerful underground organization ever to walk the earth. The Illuminati has now surfaced to carry out the final phase of its legendary vendetta against its most hated enemy -- the Catholic Church.

Langdon's worst fears are confirmed on the eve of the Vatican's holy conclave, when a messenger of the Illuminati announces they have hidden an unstoppable time bomb at the very heart of Vatican City. With the countdown under way, Langdon jets to Rome to join forces with Vittoria Vetra, a beautiful and mysterious Italian scientist, to assist the Vatican in a desperate bid for survival.
Embarking on a frantic hunt through sealed crypts, dangerous catacombs, deserted cathedrals, and even the most secretive vault on earth, Langdon and Vetra follow a 400-year-old trail of ancient symbols that snakes across Rome toward the long-forgotten Illuminati lair...a clandestine location that contains the only hope for Vatican salvation.

An explosive international thriller, Angels & Demons careens from enlightening epiphanies to dark truths as the battle between science and religion turns to war.]]> 736 Dan Brown 1416524797 Hannah 4 3.95 2000 Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1)

author: Dan Brown
name: Hannah
average rating: 3.95
book published: 2000
rating: 4
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