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]]> 19134793 160 Mollie Katzen 1401306179 Rose 0 currently-reading 4.14 2007
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]]> 217202069 #1��New York Times��bestselling author Fredrik Backman returns with an unforgettably funny, deeply moving tale of four teenagers whose friendship creates a bond so powerful that it changes a stranger’s life twenty-five years later.

Most people don’t even notice them—three tiny figures sitting at the end of a long pier in the corner of one of the most famous paintings in the world. Most people think it’s just a depiction of the sea. But Louisa, an artist herself, knows otherwise and she is determined to find out the story of these three enigmatic figures.

Twenty-five years earlier, in a distant town, a group of teenagers find refuge from their difficult home lives by spending their days laughing and telling stories out on a pier. There’s Joar, who never backs down from a fight; quiet and bookish Ted who is mourning his father; Ali, the daughter of a man who never stays in one place for long; and finally, there’s the artist, a boy who hoards sleeping pills and shuns attention, but who possesses an extraordinary gift that might be his ticket to a better life. These four lost souls find in each other a reason to get up each morning, a reason to dream.

Out of that summer emerges a transcendent work of art, a painting that will unexpectedly be put into eighteen-year-old Louisa’s care. As she struggles to decide what to do with this bequest, she embarks on a surprise-filled cross-country journey to learn the story of how the painting came to be. The closer she gets to the painting’s birthplace, the more she feels compelled to unleash her own artistic spirit, but happy endings don’t always take the form we expect in this fresh testament to the transformative power of friendship and art.]]> 448 Fredrik Backman 1982121661 Rose 0 currently-reading 4.50 2025
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]]> 194478873 Red Beetle Classic Fairytales are the perfect way introduce kids to beloved classics with a modern twist!

Featuring delightful rhymes and bright fun pictures Red Beetle Classic Fairytales are designed teach the little ones valuable life lessons in a light fun way.SLEEPING When sleeping beauty is cursed to only wake up upon true loves kiss, so many princes try to wake her but she just won't awaken. Only one wise young prince can see the problem clearly."The problem dear fairy is quite plain to see,
as the princess is sleeping she cannot agree.
For no handsome prince who is of good intent
would dare kiss a princess without her consent."]]> 36 Lisette Starr Rose 0 currently-reading 4.12
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]]> 214317911 A delightful rhyming story with fun illustrations and a great positive message!

A great read out loud picture book that they'll love reading, and you'll love reading with them!

When Princess Kitten Cat learns that their town's Mayor has built himself a golden palace with their town's money, she is determined to set things right, and make sure every every cat in the village has a proper home. Featuring delightful rhymes and bright fun pictures Red Beetle Classic Fairytales are designed teach the little ones valuable life lessons in a light fun way. "RED BEETLE BOOKS"

Following in the great tradition of moral tales, Red Beetle Books are designed to teach important life lessons in a fun and entertaining way.Exploring subjects like sharing, kindness, friendship, understanding differences, facing challenges and adapting to change, Red Beetle Books will help your child develop their emotional intelligence, while fostering a life long love of books and reading.

This book is for suitable for children from 3-8 years. ***If you're looking for fun books with a great message, (that your kids will actually want to read) check out the whole series.]]> 36 Lisette Starr Rose 0 4.22
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]]> 19427747 209 Cindy Glovinsky Rose 0 currently-reading 4.27 2004
author: Cindy Glovinsky
name: Rose
average rating: 4.27
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]]> 59023007 Selah knows her rules for being normal.

She always, always sticks to them. This means keeping her feelings locked tightly inside, despite the way they build up inside her as each school day goes on, so that she has to run to the bathroom and hide in the stall until she can calm down. So that she has to tear off her normal-person mask the second she gets home from school, and listen to her favorite pop song on repeat, trying to recharge. Selah feels like a dragon stuck in a world of humans, but she knows how to hide it.

Until the day she explodes and hits a fellow student.

Selah's friends pull away from her, her school threatens expulsion, and her comfortable, familiar world starts to crumble.

But as Selah starts to figure out more about who she is, she comes to understand that different doesn’t mean damaged. Can she get her school to understand that, too, before it’s too late?]]> 346 Meg Eden Kuyatt 1338816128 Rose 5 4.63 2023
author: Meg Eden Kuyatt
name: Rose
average rating: 4.63
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]]> 208841368 Encyclopaedia of Faeries. Now she is about to embark on her most dangerous academic project studying the inner workings of a faerie realm-as its queen.

Along with her former academic rival-now fiancé-the dashing and mercurial Wendell Bambleby, Emily is immediately thrust into the deadly intrigues of Faerie as the two of them seize the throne of Wendell's long-lost kingdom, which Emily finds a beautiful nightmare, filled with scholarly treasures.

Emily has been obsessed with faerie stories her entire life, but at first she feels as ill-suited to Faerie as she did to the mortal world-how could an unassuming scholar like herself pass for a queen? Yet there is little time to settle in-Wendell's murderous stepmother has placed a deadly curse upon the land before vanishing without a trace. It will take all of Wendell's magic-and Emily's knowledge of stories-to unravel the mystery before they lose everything they hold dear.
]]> 368 Heather Fawcett 0356519198 Rose 5 4.13 2025
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average rating: 4.13
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]]> 134119076 When mysterious faeries from other realms appear at her university, curmudgeonly professor Emily Wilde must uncover their secrets before it’s too late, in this heartwarming, enchanting second installment of the Emily Wilde series.

Emily Wilde is a genius scholar of faerie folklore who just wrote the world’s first comprehensive encyclopaedia of faeries. She’s learned many of the secrets of the Hidden Ones on her adventures . . . and also from her fellow scholar and former rival Wendell Bambleby.

Because Bambleby is more than infuriatingly charming. He’s an exiled faerie king on the run from his murderous mother and in search of a door back to his realm. And despite Emily’s feelings for Bambleby, she’s not ready to accept his proposal of marriage: Loving one of the Fair Folk comes with secrets and dangers.

She also has a new project to focus on: a map of the realms of faerie. While she is preparing her research, Bambleby lands her in trouble yet again, when assassins sent by his mother invade Cambridge. Now Bambleby and Emily are on another adventure, this time to the picturesque Austrian Alps, where Emily believes they may find the door to Bambleby’s realm and the key to freeing him from his family’s dark plans.

But with new relationships for the prickly Emily to navigate and dangerous Folk lurking in every forest and hollow, Emily must unravel the mysterious workings of faerie doors and of her own heart.]]> 370 Heather Fawcett 0593500202 Rose 5 4.28 2024
author: Heather Fawcett
name: Rose
average rating: 4.28
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]]> 220461244 Mouthwatering, Budget-Friendly Low Carb Recipes in 🎨 FULL COLOR, Featuring Weight Measurements For the U.S. & the Rest of the World

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🍏Diet & Lifestyle Hacks for Glucose Control - Find Out How Apple Cider Vinegar Can Help to Stabilize Your Blood Sugar

🍳Breakfast �� From Smoked Salmon Breakfast Salad To Cocoa Peanut Chia Pudding, These High Protein Breakfasts Keep Your Glucose Steady & Kickstart Your Day!

🥗Salads and Soups -Tired of Seeing The Same Recipes? Try The Chilled Cucumber Yogurt Soup Or The Asian Beef Salad. Perfect For Any Season!

🌶️Sauces and Dips - Impress Your Loved Ones With Homemade Beetroot Dip. Flavorful, Nutrient-Packed, Perfect For Any Gathering!

🥦 Vegetarian - Mouthwatering and Refreshing! Try The Gado Gado - So Fun & Delicious That You Will Want To Make It On Repeat!

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🥩Meat & Poultry - Try the Japanese Chicken Meatballs or the Beef Tagine, These Family Friendly Recipes Are Easy To Make And Packed With Nutrients!

🍰Desserts - Indulge in Guilt-Free Treats Such As Baked Peaches With Yogurt or the Dark Chocolate Orange Mousse, Deliciously Sweet Without the Sugar Spikes!

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🧘Sleep Serenity - Sleep & Stress Management Are Vital for Glucose Control. Enjoy The Guided Audio For Restful Sleep & Relaxation.]]> 350 Lisa Santos Rose 0 currently-reading 4.21
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]]> 441751 D'Artagnan, once invincible, meet their destinies.]]> 656 Alexandre Dumas 0192838423 Rose 3 3.87
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]]> 217950987 Inspired by the real mothers and grandmothers who spoke out against Argentina’s military dictatorship, The Disappeared is an award-winning debut about identity, family secrets, and those who endured decades of hardship to expose the truth.

In 1976 Buenos Aires, Lorena Ledesma is a housewife with dangerous secrets living under Argentina’s rising military dictatorship. When she and her husband are torn from their home by the paramilitary in the middle of the night, their two-year-old son is left behind with Lorena’s mother, Esme. There’s never any record of the arrest. Desperate to locate Lorena, Esme joins an underground group of mothers who are investigating the disappearances of their own missing children. But when they make a devastating discovery—that several of their kidnapped daughters have given birth in prison—a new kind of pursuit the search for their stolen grandchildren.

Nearly three decades later, thousands of miles away, American adoptee Rachel Sprague learns she has a biological brother from another country—somewhere she has never visited. But the truth goes far deeper than the results of a DNA test, and revealing her origins will expose painful family secrets that could put Rachel’s loved ones in jeopardy.

A heart-wrenching drama that spans thirty years, The Disappeared is inspired by the true stories of the mothers and grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo, an extraordinary group of women who, for more than forty-five years, have been searching for children of the “disappeared”—those captured as dissidents during Argentina’s Dirty War.]]> 294 Rebecca J. Sanford Rose 0 to-read 4.29 2024
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]]> 61317425
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.]]> 354 Heather Fawcett Rose 5 4.11 2023
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name: Rose
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]]> 75559711 When an injury throws a young, battle-hungry orc off her chosen path, she may find that what we need isn't always what we seek.

Set in the world of New York Times bestselling Legends & Lattes, Travis Baldree's Bookshops & Bonedust takes us on a journey of high fantasy, first loves, and secondhand books.

Viv's career with the notorious mercenary company Rackam's Ravens isn't going as planned.

Wounded during the hunt for a powerful necromancer, she's packed off against her will to recuperate in the sleepy beach town of Murk—so far from the action that she worries she'll never be able to return to it.

What's a thwarted soldier of fortune to do?

Spending her hours at a beleaguered bookshop in the company of its foul-mouthed proprietor is the last thing Viv would have predicted, but it may be both exactly what she needs and the seed of changes she couldn't possibly imagine.

Still, adventure isn't all that far away. A suspicious traveler in gray, a gnome with a chip on her shoulder, a summer fling, and an improbable number of skeletons prove Murk to be more eventful than Viv could have ever expected.]]> 339 Travis Baldree 1250886112 Rose 5 4.34 2023
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]]> 61620506
Estee always believed that she would spend her life with her childhood sweetheart Felix. But when her incredible gift for dance gave her the opportunity to move to a big city and provide for her mother, she knew she had to sacrifice her happiness for her family’s future and a chance at a better life.

But years later, in a city of over a million people, Felix finds Estee. Due to marry the daughter of a prominent family, he is prepared to sacrifice everything to be with the love of his life. But Estee knows what is at his family’s love and his livelihood could be lost forever if she says yes. Can she really follow her heart if it means him losing everything?

London, present Lily clutches a faded piece of paper in her hands, knowing that her life will never be the same again. Whilst grieving for her late father, she is told that her grandmother was born in a home for unmarried mothers, the only clues to her past contained on a handwritten Italian recipe and an old theatre programme.

Desperate for answers, Lily accepts a job on an Italian vineyard �� a dream her father once shared. Lily receives a warm welcome from the owner’s charming son Antonio and as they chat long into the night, Antonio offers to help her discover her family’s heritage.

But arriving in Estee and Felix’s village, Lily unearths a tragic love story which has the power to change her future. As she unravels the truth of her own legacy, she begins to fall for Italy and for Antonio. Can Lily give up everything she has ever known to rebuild her life or will the risk of heartbreak force her home?

An utterly enchanting and heartbreaking novel about lost loves, family secrets and enduring hope. Perfect for fans of Santa Montefiore, Lucinda Riley and Victoria Hislop.]]> 305 Soraya M. Lane 1803145064 Rose 0 currently-reading 4.25 2022
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]]> 61242426
The battle-weary orc aims to start fresh, opening the first ever coffee shop in the city of Thune. But old and new rivals stand in the way of success �� not to mention the fact that no one has the faintest idea what coffee actually is.

If Viv wants to put the blade behind her and make her plans a reality, she won't be able to go it alone.

But the true rewards of the uncharted path are the travelers you meet along the way. And whether drawn together by ancient magic, flaky pastry, or a freshly brewed cup, they may become partners, family, and something deeper than she ever could have dreamed.]]> 296 Travis Baldree Rose 5 4.04 2022
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average rating: 4.04
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An excellent story full of friendship, kindness, and of course, great coffee.
]]> 205130985 Will wakes up after a car accident, he’s lost three years of memory. All he wants is his girlfriend and childhood sweetheart, Gem, beside him. Instead, nothing is as he remembers.

Gem has finally moved on from hers and Will’s break-up. With a new life and boyfriend, the last thing she expects is a call to say Will needs her �� the man who nearly destroyed her.

As Will recovers, he is determined to prove to Gem that he is the man he once was. But by unlocking the secrets of his past, will he be able to piece together what caused him to change so dramatically? And, faced with the choice, will Gem continue with the safe new life she has built for herself, or will she go back to the man she used to love?

A heartbreaking and twisty will-they-won't-they-should-they novel, perfect for fans of Dani Atkins, Jojo Moyes and Colleen Hoover.]]> 353 Eve Ainsworth 1804367753 Rose 5 3.67
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]]> 58750893
This is my story, from a crumbling apartment in Central Falls, Rhode Island, to the stage in New York City, and beyond. This is the path I took to finding my purpose but also my voice in a world that didn’t always see me.

As I wrote Finding Me, my eyes were open to the truth of how our stories are often not given close examination. We are forced to reinvent them to fit into a crazy, competitive, judgmental world. So I wrote this for anyone running through life untethered, desperate and clawing their way through murky memories, trying to get to some form of self-love. For anyone who needs reminding that a life worth living can only be born from radical honesty and the courage to shed facades and be . . . you.

Finding Me is a deep reflection, a promise, and a love letter of sorts to self. My hope is that my story will inspire you to light up your own life with creative expression and rediscover who you were before the world put a label on you.]]> 289 Viola Davis Rose 5 4.54 2022
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average rating: 4.54
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]]> 100182510
An exciting coming-of-age story of a brother and sister in an Ireland still under the harsh rule of the British, Out of Ireland brings alive the story of our ancestors who braved the dangers of immigration in order to find a better life for themselves and their families.]]> 313 Marian O'Shea Wernicke 1647424216 Rose 4 4.24
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]]> 30073558 Dublin, 1962. Within the gated grounds of the convent of The Sisters of the Holy Redemption lies one of the city’s Magdalen Laundries. Once places of refuge, the laundries have evolved into grim workhouses. Some inmates are “fallen�� women—unwed mothers, prostitutes, or petty criminals. Most are ordinary girls whose only sin lies in being too pretty, too independent, or tempting the wrong man. Among them is sixteen-year-old Teagan Tiernan, sent by her family when her beauty provokes a lustful revelation from a young priest.

Teagan soon befriends Nora Craven, a new arrival who thought nothing could be worse than living in a squalid tenement flat. Stripped of their freedom and dignity, the girls are given new names and denied contact with the outside world. The Mother Superior, Sister Anne, who has secrets of her own, inflicts cruel, dehumanizing punishments—but always in the name of love. Finally, Nora and Teagan find an ally in the reclusive Lea, who helps them endure—and plot an escape. But as they will discover, the outside world has dangers too, especially for young women with soiled reputations.

Told with candor, compassion, and vivid historical detail, The Magdalen Girls is a masterfully written novel of life within the era’s notorious institutions—and an inspiring story of friendship, hope, and unyielding courage.]]> 306 V.S. Alexander Rose 5 3.84 2016
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average rating: 3.84
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]]> 60190659
The millions of people around the world who read and loved What If? still have questions, and those questions are getting stranger. Thank goodness xkcd creator Randall Munroe is here to help. Planning to ride a fire pole from the moon back to Earth? The hardest part is sticking the landing. Hoping to cool the atmosphere by opening everyone’s freezer door at the same time? Maybe it’s time for a brief introduction to thermodynamics. Want to know what would happen if you rode a helicopter blade, built a billion-story building, made a lava lamp out of lava, or jumped on a geyser as it erupted? Okay, if you insist.

Before you go on a cosmic road trip, feed the residents of New York City to a T. rex, or fill every church with bananas, be sure to consult this practical guide for impractical ideas. Unfazed by absurdity, Randall consults the latest research on everything from swing-set physics to airplane-catapult design to clearly and concisely answer his readers�� questions. As he consistently demonstrates, you can learn a lot from examining how the world might work in very specific extreme circumstances.

Filled with bonkers science, boundless curiosity, and Randall’s signature stick-figure comics, What If? 2 is sure to be another instant classic adored by inquisitive readers of all ages.]]> 354 Randall Munroe 0525537112 Rose 0 to-read 4.35 2022
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]]> 9531466 Jasper Fforde Rose 0 to-read 3.88
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]]> 199353348 Shades of Grey—in an exclusive edition for North American readers, complete with a never-before-published short story

“Fforde's books are more than an ingenious idea. They are written with buoyant zest and are tautly plotted . . . and are embellished with the rich details of a Dickens or Pratchett.�� —The Independent

Welcome to Chromatacia, where the societal hierarchy is strictly regulated by one's limited color perception. Civilization has been rebuilt after an unspoken “Something that Happened�� five hundred years ago. Society is now color vision-segregated, professions, marriages, and leisure activities all dictated by an individual’s visual ability, and everything run by the shadowy National Color in far-off Emerald City.

Out on the fringes of Red Sector West, twenty-year-old Eddie Russett is being bullied into an arranged marriage with the powerful DeMauve family, purples who hope to redden up their progeny’s color-viewing potential with Eddie’s gene stock. Their obnoxious daughter Violet is confident the marriage won’t hamper her style for too long because Eddie is about to go on trial for a murder he didn’t commit, and he’s pretty sure to be sent on a one-way trip to the Green Room for execution by soporific color exposure. Meanwhile, Eddie is engaged in an illegal relationship with his co-defendant, a Green, the charismatic, unpredictable, and occasionally deadly Jane Grey. Time is running out for Eddie and Jane to figure out how to save themselves. Negotiating the narrow boundaries of the Rules within their society, they search for a loophole—some truth of their world that has been hidden from its hyper-policed citizens.

New York Times bestselling author Jasper Fforde returns to his fan-favorite Shades of Grey series with this wildly anticipated, laugh-out-loud funny and darkly satiric adventure about two star-crossed lovers on a quest to survive—even if it means upending their entire society in the process.]]> 459 Jasper Fforde 1641296283 Rose 0 to-read 4.41 2024
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]]> 2113260
Eddie Russett is an above-average Red who dreams of moving up the ladder. Until he is sent to the Outer Fringes where he meets Jane - a lowly Grey with an uncontrollable temper and a desire to see him killed.

For Eddie, it's love at first sight. But his infatuation will lead him to discover that all is not as it seems in a world where everything that looks black and white is really shades of grey...]]> 400 Jasper Fforde 0670019631 Rose 0 to-read 4.15 2009
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]]> 208146376 How would you feel if you could whip up delicious, nutrition-packed meals in just 20 minutes, effortlessly managing your blood sugar levels, sustaining energy, and enjoying a healthier lifestyle? What if eating healthily became an enjoyable, time-saving adventure rather than a daunting task?

Are you tired of sacrificing health for convenience in your hectic life? Do you wish for quick meals that not only tantalize your taste buds but also nourish your body from within? Imagine a world where every bite you take contributes to your well-being �� a reality that's now within reach!

As a seasoned nonfiction expert and nutritionist, I present to you "20 Minutes Quick & Easy Low-Glycemic Meals," a comprehensive guide tailored for busy individuals who crave nutritious, flavor-packed meals without sacrificing precious time. With my expertise, I've crafted a collection that marries health and efficiency, ensuring every meal becomes a step towards a vibrant and balanced life.

Importance of the book
Effortless Experience the joy of effortlessly incorporating health into your daily routine.
Sustained Bid farewell to energy crashes with meals designed for a gradual release of vitality.
Blood Sugar Gain control over your blood sugar levels, promoting overall health.
Weight Management Discover the secret to feeling full, satisfied, and in control of your appetite.
Time-Saving Uncover the art of preparing nutrient-dense meals in just 20 minutes.
Versatile From breakfast boosts to sweet endings, a diverse range of flavorful options awaits.

Imagine discovering the ultimate kitchen hacks, the perfect balance of essential low-GI ingredients, and the magic of time-saving tools. This book isn't just a cookbook; it's your ticket to culinary mastery that fits seamlessly into your bustling life.

Worried that quick means compromising on taste? Fear not! These recipes are a celebration of flavor and health, proving that you can have the best of both worlds in just 20 minutes. No more dilemmas; it's time for guilt-free indulgence.

Ready to revolutionize your approach to health and time management? Join me on this transformative journey with "20 Minutes Quick & Easy Low-Glycemic Meals." Grab your copy now and step into a world where health is a delectable, 20-minute recipe away. Your vibrant and balanced life starts here!]]> 127 Tina Feldman Rose 0 currently-reading 0.0
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]]> 204568231 A healthy and delicious culinary universeThis book is your must-have guide to balanced cooking, dedicated to vegetarians in search of exquisite flavors and healthy eating. With 100 recipes, immerse yourself in a world of culinary creativity, offering revitalizing breakfasts, satiating lunches, tasty dinners and exquisite desserts, all designed to keep blood sugar levels stable.
In this book you will findBalanced vegetarian Explore a variety of low-GI vegetarian recipes for a balanced, nutritious diet.Revitalizing Energizing smoothies, fruit bowls and plant-based alternatives to get your day off to a good start.Complete meals for the whole Balanced breakfasts, comforting lunches and tasty desserts to satisfy every palate.Easy, delicious simple-to-prepare dishes, with clear, detailed explanations on how to make each recipe a success.Health and pleasure in gourmet creations designed to maintain optimal glycemic balance without sacrificing taste pleasure.
Give your loved ones the gift of healthy, tasty food. This book is the ideal companion for those who aspire to a healthy lifestyle without giving up the pleasure of cooking. Dive into this balanced culinary world and give it as a gift to share the joy of healthy eating with your loved ones.]]> 280 Biler Rupense Rose 0 currently-reading 0.0
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]]> 19171309 G.I. Diet has been revised and updated once more to provide the best new basics for people looking to lose weight permanently, and to show you how to eat right for your personality type.

The G.I. Diet has helped hundreds of thousands of people around the world to lose weight and keep it off. Now Canada's diet guru Rick Gallop, along with his wife Dr. Ruth Gallop, have updated the book once again, including a guide to how your personality type affects your eating behaviours. Whether you are controlling, impulsive, indecisive or feel helpless, you will be able to identify your traits and modify your eating habits.

Over the years, the G.I. diet has proven that:
•�� You won't feel hungry or deprived
•�� You will never have to count calories, carbs or points again
•�� It's healthy and will reduce your risk of heart disease and diabetes


From the Trade Paperback edition.]]> 239 Rick Gallop 0307361543 Rose 0 3.78 2002
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]]> 206108653 "Glycemic Index Food Guide Chart for Seniors 2024".

Did you know that effective blood sugar control and overall health can be achieved with the guidance of the glycemic index (GI) and glycemic load (GL)? These concepts offer a fascinating insight into the physiological effects of different diets. Carbohydrates, ranked on the Glycemic Index based on how quickly they raise blood sugar levels, play a pivotal role. Low-GI foods digest slowly, ensuring a steady release of energy, reducing the risk of sudden blood sugar spikes.

However, not all carbohydrates are equal. Surprisingly, some seemingly healthy foods have a high GI, while others like cauliflower and lentils boast a low GI, making them excellent choices for maintaining stable blood sugar levels. While GI focuses on specific foods, Glycemic Load considers both the type and amount of carbohydrates consumed, providing a more comprehensive view of their impact on blood sugar levels.

Empower yourself with knowledge about the Glycemic Index and Glycemic Load using "Glycemic Index Food Guide Chart for Seniors 2024".

In this book, you Educate Gain a comprehensive understanding of the Glycemic Index and its effects on your body. Learn how different foods influence blood sugar levels, enabling informed decisions for your overall well-being.

Access Lists of Typical Explore extensive lists of common food items with their Glycemic Index, Glycemic Load, and serving weight values. Use this guide to make informed choices for crafting healthy meals.

Unleash Flavorful Embark on a culinary journey featuring a plethora of delectable low-GI dishes tailored for seniors. From satisfying breakfasts to delightful sweets, savor every bite while nourishing your palate.

Navigate with Develop meal planning and portion management skills, empowering you to maintain a healthy and sustainable eating pattern. Say goodbye to guesswork and uncertainty, paving the way for healthier decisions and a more satisfying lifestyle.

Visualize a Healthier Envision yourself in control of your blood sugar levels, feeling balanced, energized, and experiencing a zest for life. This extraordinary guide equips you with the knowledge to make optimal dietary choices, fueling your body and sustaining consistent energy levels throughout the day.

It's Time to Take Embrace a future filled with vibrant health and boundless vitality. Click "add to Cart" now to secure your copy of "Glycemic Index Food Guide Chart for Seniors 2024." Your journey toward optimal health awaits!
]]> 103 Laura B. Collins Rose 0 currently-reading 4.00
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]]> 50168838 ...And the Ways These Can Help for a Magical Bonding ExperienceHow well do you know your family or friends?

Oh, you think you’re an expert?

If so, can you answer this would your best friend prefer they had hair all over their body or no hair at all?

This one got you, didn’t it?

The right questions can help you learn so much about the people you love and (think) you know well.

In today’s busy world, families and loved ones don’t really get to spend a lot of time together. When they do, some will potentially be stuck in front of the smartphone or television screen.

According to a study by market-research group, Nielsen American adults spend more than 11 hours per day watching, reading, listening to or simply interacting with media. Kids and teens age 8 to 18 spend an average of more than seven hours a day looking at screens.

That’s no way to communicate and bond.

Spending quality time together as a family is important in more than one

It is one of the primary tools for building your kid’s self-esteemYou can encourage positive behaviors, even if you act in a silly way together or play a gameFamily time actually strengthens performance in schoolAnd let’s face it �� you’ll be creating memories to last you a lifetimeLast but not least, you don’t need hi-tech and numerous devices to make family time funIt takes very little to unleash the powerful imagination kids possess.

A single question will often do it.

In Would You Rather Game Book for Kids, you’ll

125 fun, silly and inspiring “would you rather�� questions125 fun, silly and inspiring “what do you have to lose�� questionsMany, many other questions you never would have come up with yourselfA chance to learn things beyond your imagination about the people you love100 hours of activity and fun, bonding timeProvocative inquiries like “would you rather run as fast as a jaguar or have a Jaguar as your sports car?”How to relive some of the most exciting and memorable moments in your lifeEasy strategies for growing your imagination stronger and creating a world beyond beliefOpportunities to engage your kids in family activities that don’t involve video games or screensChapters that will help you bring out your inner child and have a ton of silly funAnd a lot more!

The book provides a flexible approach towards family bonding. Not only can you answer the featured questions, but you can also elaborate further on topics of interest. You can dig into a niche that interests you and you can even draft your own questions to take the experience to the next level.

And on top of that, you can play the game over and over again even if you ask the same questions.

As your kids grow or the relationship with your friends evolves, chances are that you’ll receive very different answers from the ones you got previously.]]> 132 Jenny Moore Rose 0 currently-reading 3.92
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]]> 220965587
Liudmila Brus’s storytelling takes inspiration from classics like Neuromancer and The Martian, combined with the intricate politics and environmental topics. Readers can expect a narrative that blends psychological drama with interplanetary intrigue, perfect for fans of dystopian fiction, virtual reality, and richly layered worlds.

Set at the end of the 22nd century, this dystopian epic takes readers into a hauntingly plausible future where humanity must navigate the consequences of its technological ambitions and societal failure.]]> 183 Liudmila Brus Rose 0 to-read 4.38
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]]> 51633549 Alternate cover for this ASIN can be found here

Geralt of Rivia is a witcher. A cunning sorcerer. A merciless assassin. And a cold-blooded killer. His sole purpose: to destroy the monsters that plague the world. But not everything monstrous-looking is evil and not everything fair is good... and in every fairy tale there is a grain of truth.

A collection of short stories introducing Geralt of Rivia, to be followed by the first novel in the actual series, The Blood of Elves. Note that, while The Last Wish was published after The Sword of Destiny, the stories contained in The Last Wish take place first chronologically, and many of the individual stories were published before The Sword of Destiny.]]> 292 Andrzej Sapkowski Rose 0 currently-reading 4.21 1993
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]]> 220386764 Natsu Hyuuga 1718361416 Rose 3 4.61 2022
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Mao Mao goes from being great to being an objectively a bad person, flexing her power, mistreating and bullying "Lahan's Brother" yet not standing up for herself when someone else is bullying her about her own name. It's like it's a completely different character from other books, with just the same name.
]]> 203162298
Having solved the curse of the late emperor, things are back to usual for Maomao at the Jade Palace. Yinghua brings her along to an evening social gathering being held in the inner court, then Jinshi requests her to accompany him on a hunting trip. There, Maomao finds herself getting involved in yet another new case...!]]> 176 Nekokurage 1646092961 Rose 3 4.60 2023
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]]> 10372167
We think of Queen Elizabeth I's reign (1558-1603) as a golden age. But what was it actually like to live in Elizabethan England? If you could travel to the past and walk the streets of London in the 1590s, where would you stay? What would you eat? What would you wear? Would you really have a sense of it being a glorious age? And if so, how would that glory sit alongside the vagrants, diseases, violence, sexism and famine of the time?

In this book Ian Mortimer reveals a country in which life expectancy is in the early thirties, people still starve to death and Catholics are persecuted for their faith. Yet it produces some of the finest writing in the English language, some of the most magnificent architecture, and sees Elizabeth's subjects settle in America and circumnavigate the globe. Welcome to a country that is, in all its contradictions, the very crucible of the modern world.]]> 432 Ian Mortimer 1847921140 Rose 0 to-read 4.09 2010
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]]> 199798179 A time travel romance, a spy thriller, a workplace comedy, and an ingenious exploration of the nature of power and the potential for love to change it all: Welcome to The Ministry of Time, the exhilarating debut novel by Kaliane Bradley.

In the near future, a civil servant is offered the salary of her dreams and is, shortly afterward, told what project she’ll be working on. A recently established government ministry is gathering “expats�� from across history to establish whether time travel is feasible—for the body, but also for the fabric of space-time.

She is tasked with working as a “bridge��: living with, assisting, and monitoring the expat known as ��1847�� or Commander Graham Gore. As far as history is concerned, Commander Gore died on Sir John Franklin’s doomed 1845 expedition to the Arctic, so he’s a little disoriented to be living with an unmarried woman who regularly shows her calves, surrounded by outlandish concepts such as “washing machines,�� “Spotify,�� and “the collapse of the British Empire.�� But with an appetite for discovery, a seven-a-day cigarette habit, and the support of a charming and chaotic cast of fellow expats, he soon adjusts.

Over the next year, what the bridge initially thought would be, at best, a horrifically uncomfortable roommate dynamic, evolves into something much deeper. By the time the true shape of the Ministry’s project comes to light, the bridge has fallen haphazardly, fervently in love, with consequences she never could have imagined. Forced to confront the choices that brought them together, the bridge must finally reckon with how—and whether she believes—what she does next can change the future.

An exquisitely original and feverishly fun fusion of genres and ideas, The Ministry of Time asks: What does it mean to defy history, when history is living in your house? Kaliane Bradley’s answer is a blazing, unforgettable testament to what we owe each other in a changing world.]]> 339 Kaliane Bradley 1668045141 Rose 0 to-read 3.54 2024
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]]> 219094779 Евгения Петровых 0991999150 Rose 5 5.00
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I just finished reading the last book and it's wonderful. I love it. Thanks for writing it, for bringing back memories about the characters from the previous books, and answering some of the questions I had about them in the form of short stories.
]]> 7090447
On Christmas Eve, Sadie and Carter are reunited when their father brings them to the British Museum, with a promise that he's going to "make things right." But all does not go according to plan: Carter and Sadie watch as Julius summons a mysterious figure, who quickly banishes their father and causes a fiery explosion.

Soon Carter and Sadie discover that the gods of Ancient Egypt are waking, and the worst of them—Set—has a frightening scheme. To save their father, they must embark on a dangerous journey—a quest that brings them ever closer to the truth about their family and its links to the House of Life, a secret order that has existed since the time of the pharaohs.]]> 528 Rick Riordan 1423113381 Rose 0 4.10 2010
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]]> 59729660 She never had anything.
He lost everything.
Together they create a Christmas to remember.

December, 1893--Shadyside, Pennsylvania

Bella Darling lives in a cozy barn at Maple Grove, an estate owned by industrialist Archibald Westminster. The Westminster family is stranded overseas and have sent word to relieve all employees of their duties except Margaret, the pregnant maid, James the butler, and Bella. Content with borrowed books and a toasty home festooned with pine boughs and cinnamon sticks, she coaxes the old hens to lay eggs--extraordinary eggs. Bella yearns for just one thing—someone to share her life with. Always inventive, she has a plan for that. She just needs to get the right egg into the hands of the right man.

Bartholomew Baines, a Harvard-educated banker, is reeling in the aftermath of his bank's collapse. With his friends and fiancé ostracizing him for what he thought was an act of generosity, he is penniless and alone. A kind woman welcomes him into her boarding house under conditions that he reluctantly accepts. Completely undone by his current, lowly position, and by the motley crew of fellow boarders who view him as one of them, Bartholomew wrestles with how to rebuild.

With the special eggs as the impetus, the first meeting between Bella and Bartholomew gives each the wrong idea about the other. And when the boarding house burns down a week before Christmas it's Bella who is there to lend a hand. She, Margaret, and James invite the homeless group to stay at the estate through the holidays. But as Christmas draws closer, eviction papers arrive. Maple Grove is being foreclosed upon. Can Bella work her magic and save their Christmas? Is the growing attraction between Bella and Bartholomew enough for them to see past their differences? Only time will tell and only if time doesn't run out before they all have the Christmas of their lives.]]> 251 Kathleen Shoop Rose 0 currently-reading 4.27
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]]> 122911259 Each year, every teenager disappears from the compound. They don't disappear in a puff of smoke, they are definitely taken. Taken by the men with dogs. Loaded onto trucks. But where are they taken, and why?

Trapped within the confines of the compound, Alex and his friends have enjoyed life, foraging for food, and going on adventures. But things are about to change.

Far from the haven it once was, the compound becomes a place of eerie disappearances, unexplained deaths, and chilling stories.

Are the men who patrol the compound protecting the teenagers or are they up to something far more sinister? Are there really creatures hidden in the depths of the dense forests? And what happens to the teenagers when they leave the compound ... do they go to a new life or is there a much darker fate awaiting them?

Alex is determined not to find out. He has an escape plan ...

---

Another haunting and heart-breaking story, from the author of The Hybrid Series.

Contains violence; ages 14+.]]> 187 E.K. Frances Rose 0 currently-reading 3.82
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]]> 20887005
With Empress Catherine's Russian armies streaming in to take their spoils, Anna is quickly thrust into a world of love and hate, loyalty and deceit, patriotism and treason, life and death. Even kind Aunt Stella, Anna's new guardian who soon comes to personify Poland's courage and spirit, can't protect Anna from the uncertain future of the country.

Anna, a child no longer, turns to love and comfort in the form of Jan, a brave patriot and architect of democracy, unaware that her beautiful and enigmatic cousin Zofia has already set her sights on the handsome young fighter. Thus Anna walks unwittingly into Zofia's jealous wrath and darkly sinister intentions. Forced to survive several tragic events, many of them orchestrated by the crafty Zofia, a strengthened Anna begins to learn to place herself in the way of destiny--for love and for country. Heeding the proud spirit of her late father, Anna becomes a major player in the fight against the countries who come to partition her beloved Poland.

PUSH NOT THE RIVER is based on the true eighteenth century diary of Anna Maria Berezowska, a Polish countess who lived through the rise and fall of the historic Third of May Constitution. Vivid, romantic, and thrillingly paced, it paints the emotional and unforgettable story of the metamorphosis of a nation--and of a proud and resilient young woman.]]> 431 James Conroyd Martin Rose 0 currently-reading 4.23 2000
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]]> 229567 465 Ibn Khaldun 0691120544 Rose 0 to-read 4.08 1377
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]]> 56757303 Sarah Schmidt went out for a hike a month before heading to college on a cross-country scholarship. She never came back.

In the twelve years she’s been gone, the local police have done little to help the family, leaving them with the desperate knowledge that Sarah could still be alive, somewhere, somehow...

The family hasn’t given up their hope for revenge, or at least answers.

Emily Tizzano, a former Chicago PD cold case detective suffering from her own skeletons holds the hope of the family in her hands. Can she overcome her own past in order to help them find Sarah and get the justice they need?

Twelve Years Gone is the first novel in the Detective Emily Tizzano vigilante justice thriller series. If you like Dean Koontz, Robin James and L. T. Ryan, you are going to love this fast-paced suspense thriller series.]]> 346 K.J. Kalis 1735219231 Rose 0 currently-reading 4.27
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]]> 54627213
In the middle of the night, Creusa wakes to find her beloved Troy engulfed in flames. Ten seemingly endless years of brutal conflict between the Greeks and the Trojans are over, and the Greeks are victorious. Over the next few hours, the only life she has ever known will turn to ash . . .

The devastating consequences of the fall of Troy stretch from Mount Olympus to Mount Ida, from the citadel of Troy to the distant Greek islands, and across oceans and sky in between. These are the stories of the women embroiled in that legendary war and its terrible aftermath, as well as the feud and the fatal decisions that started it all��

Powerfully told from an all-female perspective, A Thousand Ships gives voices to the women, girls and goddesses who, for so long, have been silent.

In A Thousand Ships, broadcaster and classicist Natalie Haynes retells the story of the Trojan War from an all-female perspective.]]> 366 Natalie Haynes Rose 0 currently-reading 4.09 2019
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]]> 13499586
A treasure trove filled with fascinating anecdotes about the tiny ripples that created big waves in history, Napoleon’s Hemorrhoids is much more than just a trivial fact book; it is an astonishing historical-fate book revealing how our most famous incidents, best-loved works of art, and most accepted historical outcomes are simply twists of fate.]]> 268 Phil Mason 1628731397 Rose 0 currently-reading 3.32 2008
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]]> 51485692 Nazi Wives is a fascinating look at the personal lives, psychological profiles, and marriages of the wives of officers in Hitler's inner circle.Goering, Goebbels, Himmler, Heydrich, Hess, Bormann—names synonymous with power and influence in the Third Reich. Perhaps less familiar are Carin, Emmy, Magda, Margaret, Lina, Ilse and Gerda... These are the women behind the infamous men—complex individuals with distinctive personalities who were captivated by Hitler and whose everyday lives were governed by Nazi ideology. Throughout the rise and fall of Nazism these women loved and lost, raised families and quarreled with their husbands and each other, all the while jostling for position with the Fuhrer himself. Until now, they have been treated as minor characters, their significance ignored, as if they were unaware of their husbands' murderous acts, despite the evidence that was all around the stolen art on their walls, the slave labor in their homes, and the produce grown in concentration camps on their tables.James Wyllie's Nazi Wives explores these women in detail for the first time, skillfully interweaving their stories through years of struggle, power, decline and destruction into the post-war twilight of denial and delusion.]]> 281 James Wyllie 1250271576 Rose 0 currently-reading 4.01 2019
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]]> 200359008 292 Natsu Hyuuga Rose 4 4.56 2021
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]]> 49550304
Anaïs Phalèse plays softball, panics about her physics exams, and lives on what the rest of the interdimensional realities dismiss as Boring World . . . better known to us as "Earth." That is, of course, until one fateful trip to the organic food market when Anaïs gets shot in the arm while trying to help a bizarre and beautiful stranger. This is the fabulous Fauna Lokjom, Licorice Princess of Candy World, and Anais wants to find out a lot more about her!

Fauna is on the run from a terrible arranged marriage back home, but there’s much more at stake than that; her betrothed seeks to conquer Boring World and needs her help to do it. While Anaïs and Fauna try to save the planet and make the most of their budding relationship, they’re imperiled from all sides by intergalactic bounty hunters, stabby pirates, weaponized mimes, and an idiotic federal agent. The chase is on, and nothing can prepare you for the dimension-hopping erotic adventures that come next!

A profoundly silly and sexy sci-fi romp for adults, THE COMPLETE CURVY collects the wildly popular webcomic in a gorgeous two-color single volume for the first time ever.]]> 522 Sylvan Migdal 1945820403 Rose 5 4.10
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]]> 10038180
Creative Project Management adds two new elements to the creativity and innovation.

Internationally renowned project management consultants Michael Dobson and Ted Leemann combine traditional project management skills, such as risk evaluation, decision-making, and human dynamics, with outside-the-box thinking and business creativity. They provide seven new tools and approaches you can apply to any project.

The methods discussed inside Creative Project Management show you how

Realistically imagine the outcome of your decisionsWork with--and around--the realities and constraints that affect your decisionsRead and predict trendsManage the long- and short-term ramifications of your decisionsEvaluate the impact of present and future technologies on your decisionsImagine new choices you didn't think you hadCreative Project Management provides an invaluable new set of tools for any project management professional tasked with making difficult decisions in these uncertain times.]]> 331 Michael S. Dobson 0071739343 Rose 0 currently-reading 3.04 2010
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]]> 3975186 True Colors is New York Times bestselling author Kristin Hannah's most provocative, compelling, and heart-wrenching story yet. With the luminous writing and unforgettable characters that are her trademarks, she tells the story of three sisters whose once-solid world is broken apart by jealousy, betrayal, and the kind of passion that rarely comes along.

The Grey sisters have always been close. After their mother's death, the girls banded together, becoming best friends. Their stern, disapproving father cares less about his children than about his reputation. To Henry Grey, appearances are everything, and years later, he still demands that his daughters reflect his standing in the community.

Winona, the oldest, needs her father's approval most of all. An overweight bookworm who never felt at home on the sprawling horse ranch that has been in her family for three generations, she knows that she doesn't have the qualities her father values. But as the best lawyer in town, she's determined to someday find a way to prove her worth to him.

Aurora, the middle sister, is the family peacemaker. She brokers every dispute and tries to keep them all happy, even as she hides her own secret pain.

Vivi Ann is the undisputed star of the family. A stunningly beautiful dreamer with a heart as big as the ocean in front of her house, she is adored by all who know her. Everything comes easily for Vivi Ann, until a stranger comes to town. . . .

In a matter of moments, everything will change. The Grey sisters will be pitted against one another in ways that none could have imagined. Loyalties will be tested and secrets revealed, and a terrible, shocking crime will shatter both their family and their beloved town.

With breathtaking pace and penetrating emotional insight, True Colors is an unforgettable novel about sisters, rivalry, forgiveness, redemption—and ultimately, what it means to be a family.]]> 400 Kristin Hannah 0312364105 Rose 0 to-read 3.97 2009
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But it’s not all fun and games, as Jinshi learns when reports arrive of crops devastated by a plague of locusts in a remote village. All his attempts to forestall the insects�� devastation will soon be put to the test, and the outcome may mean survival or starvation.]]> 275 Natsu Hyuuga Rose 5 4.57 2019
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]]> 80343208 261 Natsu Hyuuga Rose 4 4.37 2018
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]]> 61429356 297 Natsu Hyuuga 1718361289 Rose 5 4.37 2016
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]]> 204488896 Adriana Mather, New York Times bestselling author of How to Hang a Witch, brings her signature wit, wild imagination, and all the feels to her new YA novel, The Breakup Artists—perfect for fans of Jennifer E. Smith’s The Statistical Probabilities of Love at First Sight.

August and Valentine, seventeen-year-old best friends, run a business called Summer Love, Inc. They hire themselves out to unhappy parents whose kids are in bad relationships, adopting fake identities and going undercover to break up these relationships by any means necessary.

Valentine, the brains of the operation, believes that they’re making the world a better place by steering people away from a relationship precipice so they can someday find true love. But for August, every case is personal—another chance to prove that true love doesn’t exist. He blames his sister’s manipulative boyfriend for her death, and—unlike Valentine—he doesn’t believe in soulmates. No, he thinks the idea of falling head-over-heels is ridiculous at any age.

But then August meets Ella, who suddenly turns everything he thought he believed about love upside down. The problem is that she’s their new case, which means that everything he’s told her about himself is a lie—including his name.]]> 411 Adriana Mather Rose 0 4.14 2024
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]]> 199583958 287 Chris Riley Rose 0 currently-reading 4.32 2024
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]]> 205068044 A Guardian book to look out for for 2024

'A bold and intimate grappling with the hidden history at the heart of a childhood that was set up as a collectivist social experiment' EWAN MORRISON, author of How to Survive Everything

In the turbulent late seventies, six-year-old Susanna Crossman moved with her mother and siblings from a suburban terrace to a crumbling mansion deep in the English countryside. They would share their new home with over fifty other residents from all over the world, armed with worn paperbacks on ecology, Marx and radical feminism, drawn together by utopian dreams of remaking the world. They did not leave for fifteen years.

While the Adults adopted new names and liberated themselves from domestic roles, the Kids ran free. In the community, nobody was too young to discuss nuclear war and children learned not to expect wiped noses or regular bedtimes. Instead, they made a home in a house with no locks or keys, never knowing when they opened doors whether they’d find violent political debates or couples writhing under sheets.

Decades later, and armed with hindsight, Crossman revisits her past, turning to leading thinkers in philosophy, sociology and anthropology to examine the society she grew up in, and the many meanings of family and home. In this luminous memoir, she asks what happens to children who are raised as the product of social experiments and explores how growing up estranged from the outside world shapes her as a parent today.

'Beautiful, bold, tender. I loved this gorgeous memoir about making home' PRAGYA AGARWAL, author of Hysterical]]> 390 Susanna Crossman 0241650925 Rose 0 to-read 4.00
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]]> 44774020
The undead private eye everybody calls “Braineater Jones�� has an axe to grind. Somebody plugged him and dumped his corpse in a swimming pool.

Worse yet, his memory’s gone. He has no idea who killed him or why.

But he’s damn sure going to find out.

With a smartass severed head as a partner, Jones hangs up his shingle in the city’s undead quarter. When he’s not solving cases (poorly) Jones is always looking to keep his flask full.

Prohibition is in full swing, and the dead need alcohol to function. Without liquor they become mindless, flesh-munching ghouls. (In a word: braineaters.)

Everything will probably be fine. The investigation into his own murder probably won’t point Jones toward the city’s most important bootlegger.

And even if it does, it’s not like he’ll risk cutting off the hooch just to seek justice for himself, right? No one man’s life is worth unleashing a cannibalistic orgy of violence. Right?

Cracking this case will be a tall order, but one thing’s for sure: whatever happens, Braineater Jones isn’t getting out of this one alive…]]> 330 Stephen Kozeniewski 1091588988 Rose 0 to-read 3.71 2013
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]]> 48484 Two months since the stars fell...

Two months since sixty-five thousand alien objects clenched around the Earth like a luminous fist, screaming to the heavens as the atmosphere burned them to ash. Two months since that moment of brief, bright surveillance by agents unknown.

Two months of silence while a world holds its breath.

Now some half-derelict space probe, sparking fitfully past Neptune’s orbit, hears a whisper from the edge of the solar system: a faint signal sweeping the cosmos like a lighthouse beam. Whatever’s out there isn’t talking to us. It’s talking to some distant star, perhaps. Or perhaps to something closer, something en route.

So who do you send to force introductions on an intelligence with motives unknown, maybe unknowable? Who do you send to meet the alien when the alien doesn’t want to meet?

You send a linguist with multiple personalities, her brain surgically partitioned into separate, sentient processing cores. You send a biologist so radically interfaced with machinery that he sees X-rays and tastes ultrasound, so compromised by grafts and splices he no longer feels his own flesh. You send a pacifist warrior in the faint hope she won’t be needed, and a fainter hope she’ll do any good if she is needed. You send a monster to command them all, an extinct hominid predator once called “vampire,�� recalled from the grave with the voodoo of recombinant genetics and the blood of sociopaths. And you send a synthesist �� an informational topologist with half his mind gone �� as an interface between here and there, a conduit through which the Dead Center might hope to understand the Bleeding Edge.

You send them all to the edge of interstellar space, praying you can trust such freaks and retrofits with the fate of a world. You fear they may be more alien than the thing they’ve been sent to find.

But you’d give anything for that to be true, if you only knew what was waiting for them…]]> 384 Peter Watts 0765312182 Rose 0 to-read 4.01 2006
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]]> 205580050 323 Natsu Hyuuga Rose 0 currently-reading 4.60 2021
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]]> 3188964 The Doors of Perception is a philosophical essay, released as a book, by Aldous Huxley. First published in 1954, it details his experiences when taking mescaline.

The book takes the form of Huxley's recollection of a mescaline trip that took place over the course of an afternoon in May 1953. The book takes its title from a phrase in William Blake's 1793 poem 'The Marriage of Heaven and Hell'.

Huxley recalls the insights he experienced, which range from the "purely aesthetic" to "sacramental vision". He also incorporates later reflections on the experience and its meaning for art and religion.]]> 208 Aldous Huxley Rose 0 to-read 3.91 1956
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]]> 58784475 In this exhilarating novel, two friends—often in love, but never lovers—come together as creative partners in the world of video game design, where success brings them fame, joy, tragedy, duplicity, and, ultimately, a kind of immortality.

On a bitter-cold day, in the December of his junior year at Harvard, Sam Masur exits a subway car and sees, amid the hordes of people waiting on the platform, Sadie Green. He calls her name. For a moment, she pretends she hasn't heard him, but then, she turns, and a game begins: a legendary collaboration that will launch them to stardom. These friends, intimates since childhood, borrow money, beg favors, and, before even graduating college, they have created their first blockbuster, Ichigo. Overnight, the world is theirs. Not even twenty-five years old, Sam and Sadie are brilliant, successful, and rich, but these qualities won't protect them from their own creative ambitions or the betrayals of their hearts.

Spanning thirty years, from Cambridge, Massachusetts, to Venice Beach, California, and lands in between and far beyond, Gabrielle Zevin's Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow is a dazzling and intricately imagined novel that examines the multifarious nature of identity, disability, failure, the redemptive possibilities in play, and above all, our need to connect: to be loved and to love. Yes, it is a love story, but it is not one you have read before.]]> 401 Gabrielle Zevin 0735243344 Rose 0 to-read 4.12 2022
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]]> 60173467
When Jinshi orders an expedition to Gyokuyou’s homeland, Maomao heads west. But is there something lurking in the shadows of the glittering city? And will Maomao be able to discover what it is before it’s too late?]]> 293 Natsu Hyuuga Rose 5 4.39 2016
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]]> 58093348
Though she looks ordinary, Maomao has a quick wit, a sharp mind, and an extensive knowledge of medicine. That’s her secret, until she encounters a resident of the palace at least as perceptive as she is: the head eunuch, Jinshi. He sees through Maomao’s façade and makes her a lady-in-waiting to none other than the Emperor’s favorite consort... so she can taste the lady’s food for poison!

At her lady’s side, Maomao starts to learn about everything that goes on in the rear palace—not all of it seemly. Can she ever lead a quiet life, or will her powers of deduction and insatiable curiosity bring her ever more adventures, and ever more dangers?]]> 226 Natsu Hyuuga Rose 5 4.51 2014
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]]> 42277840
Before he was a flesh-eating corpse, R was something worse. He remembers it all now, a life of greed and apathy more destructive than any virus, and he sees only one path to redemption: he must fight the forces he helped create. But what can R, Julie, and their tiny gang of fugitives do against the creeping might of the Axiom Group, the bizarre undead corporation that's devouring what's left of America?

It's time for a road trip.

No more flyover country. This time they'll face the madness on the ground, racing their RV across the wastelands as tensions rise and bonds unravel—because R isn't the only one hiding painful secrets. Everyone is on their own desperate search: for a kidnapped daughter, a suicidal mother, and an abused little boy with a gift that could save humanity... if humanity can convince him it's worth saving.

All roads lead home, to a final confrontation with the plague and its shareholders. But this is a monster that guns can't kill. A battle only one weapon can win...]]> 416 Isaac Marion Rose 5 4.34 2018
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]]> 57126494 144 Perry Power Rose 0 currently-reading 4.24
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]]> 9653492 270 Isaac Marion Rose 5 4.02 2010
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]]> 39327526 From the Twitter account @ManWhoHasItAll, a hilariously unforgiving and eye-opening role reversal parody of self-help guides for the working mother. While women have long been bombarded with advice about how to be the perfect mom, keep a perfect job, and have glowing skin—all at the same time—men have been left floundering. Can you be a dad and still feel sexy? Can curvy men truly be happy? Can men be funny? Finally, The Man Who Has It All!, drawn from the hugely popular satirical Twitter and Facebook accounts, is the first trailblazing guide that "empowers" men and shows them how they, too, can have it all! Providing gendered tips for career men and busy working dads on how to juggle fatherhood and still have a career—while maintaining the perfect bod—The Man Who Has It All isn’t afraid to address the big questions. Within these pages, What his face shape says about his parenting skillsHow to express his opinion without coming off as bossyWhy staying hydrated will improve his career prospectsHow he can stop feeling guilty about everythingHow he should prioritize "me-time"How he can ask for help Uproarious, scathing, unsettling, and revealing, The Man Who Has It All seizes the established sexist narratives and double standards women have heard too often in self-help books and magazines, and subverts them with a fiercely ironic feminist twist by speaking to an imaginary male audience —with hilarious and revolutionary results.]]> 138 @ManWhoHasItAll 1510729119 Rose 5 4.60
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]]> 209690880
Morris is about to learn that he didn't even know what rock bottom looked like, and it's all thanks to his mom. A secret she left behind comes to light, and that brings down a lot of unwanted attention on Morris, the kind that looks likely to send him either to prison or to the hereafter. Blood and treachery from long ago rise to the surface, and Morris has only his lawyer Annie, who's an old high school friend, and a few unexpected allies to call on as he tries to figure out what his mom was up to and why so many people want him out of the picture.

A humorous mystery with elements of suspense and thrillers, What Grows From the Dead is set in present-day small-town North Carolina, not far from the mysterious Uwharrie Forest.

Content Coarse language throughout; some gun violence (not graphic).]]> 361 Dave Dobson Rose 0 currently-reading 4.34 2024
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]]> 59632324 Come along for this journey to learn more about improving your health and wellness, and beginning the process of aging in reverse with something called autophagy that is also a benefit of intermittent fasting.


]]> 148 Connie Ragen Green 1937988589 Rose 3 4.50
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It feels way more like autobiography than a guide. I'm happy for the author but I was really hoping for details on how to actually do it successfully.
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Hurled back in time by forces she cannot understand, Claire is catapulted into the intrigues of lairds and spies that may threaten her life, and shatter her heart. For here James Fraser, a gallant young Scots warrior, shows her a love so absolute that Claire becomes a woman torn between fidelity and desire—and between two vastly different men in two irreconcilable lives.]]> 850 Diana Gabaldon 0440242940 Rose 0 to-read 4.25 1991
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]]> 61039794 Boldly go where no man has gone before and discover the real science behind the cyborgs, starships, aliens, and antimatter of the Star Trek galaxy.Star Trek is one of the highest-grossing media franchises of all time. It has changed our cultural landscape in so many ways since it first aired in 1966. The franchise has generated billions of dollars in revenue, leading to a wide range of spin-off games, novels, toys, and comics. Star Trek is noted for its social science, too, with its progressive civil rights stances and its celebration of future diversity that began with The Original Series, one of television's first multiracial casts.��The Science of Star Trek explores one of the greatest science-fiction universes ever created and showcases the visionary tech that inspired and influenced the real-world science of today. The perfect Star Trek gift for fans of the franchise, this book addresses many unanswered, burning questions, �� What can Star Trek tell us about aliens in our Milky Way?How has Star Trek influenced space culture?What can Star Trek tell us about planet hunting?What Star Trek machines came true?When will we boldly go? Learn more about one of our favorite modern epics with The Science of Star Trek!]]> 260 Mark Brake Rose 0 currently-reading 3.92
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]]> 59496031 I must have been drunker than I realized because all I remember is how well he tied his cravat and how perfectly his coat fit him��

London, 1815: where magic can be purchased at convenience, and the fashionable and wealthy descend for the start of the social Season. But 25-year-old Gavin Hartford finds the city intimidating when he arrives, alone, to his family’s townhouse. The only company he seeks is in his beloved books and weekly letters to his sister, Gerry.

Then dashing man-about-town Charles Kentworthy gallantly rescues Gavin from a foolish drunken mishap and turns his life upside-down. With Mr. Kentworthy, Gavin finds himself discussing poetry and magic, confessing his fears about marriage, expanding his social circle to shocking proportions—and far outside his comfort zone.

When family responsibility comes knocking, Gavin’s future looms over him, filled with uncertainty. As he grapples with growing feelings for his new friend, Gavin will need to be honest with Mr. Kentworthy—but he’ll need the courage to be honest with himself first.

This epistolary Regency romance is the first in a historical fantasy series, Meddle & Mend.]]> 264 Sarah Wallace Rose 0 currently-reading 4.25 2022
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]]> 35852435 WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER

The author of the New York Times bestseller You Are the Placebo, as well as Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself and Evolve Your Brain, draws on research conducted at his advanced workshops since 2012 to explore how common people are doing the uncommon to transform themselves and their lives.

Becoming Supernatural marries the some of the most profound scientific information with ancient wisdom to show how people like you and me can experience a more mystical life.

Readers will learn that we are, quite literally supernatural by nature if given the proper knowledge and instruction, and when we learn how to apply that information through various meditations, we should experience a greater expression of our creative abilities; that we have the capacity to tune in to frequencies beyond our material world and receive more orderly coherent streams of consciousness and energy; that we can intentionally change our brain chemistry to initiate profoundly mystical transcendental experiences; and how, if we do this enough times, we can develop the skill of creating a more efficient, balanced, healthy body, a more unlimited mind, and greater access to the realms of spiritual truth. Topics include:

�� Demystifying the body’s 7 energy centers and how you can balance them to heal
�� How to free yourself from the past by reconditioning your body to a new mind
�� How you can create reality in the generous present moment by changing your energy
�� The difference between third-dimension creation and fifth-dimension creation
�� The secret science of the pineal gland and its role in accessing mystical realms of reality
�� The distinction between Space-Time vs. Time-Space realities

And much more...]]> 375 Joe Dispenza 1401953107 Rose 0 currently-reading 4.24 2017
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]]> 20171188 Set in both the wilds and slums of Kenya, a powerful story about a brother and sister's brave journey to find a place to call home.
����������13-year-old Muchoki and his younger sister, Jata, can barely recognize what's become of their lives. Only weeks ago they lived in a bustling Kenyan village, going to school, playing soccer with friends, and helping at their parents' store. But sudden political violence has killed their father and destroyed their home. Now, Muchoki, Jata, and their ailing mother live in a tent in an overcrowded refugee camp. By day, they try to fend off hunger and boredom. By night, their fears about the future are harder to keep at bay. Driven by both hope and desperation, Muchoki and Jata set off on what seems like an impossible journey: to walk hundreds of kilometers to find their last remaining family.]]> 304 Eric Walters 0385681577 Rose 0 to-read 4.00 2014
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]]> 56125323 Transform your relationship with food and develop healthy eating habits with practical advice and 30 nutritious recipes from a registered dietitian. Discover the art and science of mindful eating! �� Eating a sandwich while running from a bear isn’t good for digestion or nutrition. That’s exactly what we’re doing when eating a meal on the run or being distracted by computers, TVs, and our phones. Rather than nourishing our bodies, we are feeding anxiety and poor habits that prevent our systems from functioning well. Author and registered dietitian Michelle Babb shows you how to practice mindful eating that lets your body access the nutrients from food and turn on its self-regulating system. When you build a positive relationship with food, you reduce binge and emotional eating—and can shed pounds, maintain your healthiest weight, and ensure optimal digestion. Here, you’ll learn how �� Bring your attention to eating •��Engage the senses (tune into smell, taste, texture, thoughts) while eating •��Identify your habits and patterns around food •��Eat when you're hungry (and know when you're full)�� •��Discover foods that taste good (and make you feel good) •��Whip 30 vegetarian recipes designed to engage all your senses �� Whether you are trying to lose weight, recover from an eating disorder, or improve your overall state of calm and wellness, this book helps you change your relationship with food and cultivate a positive eating mindset.]]> 210 Michelle Babb 163217295X Rose 0 currently-reading 3.40
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]]> 28006120
Loki is free from his chains. He's readying Naglfar, the Ship of the Dead, complete with a host of giants and zombies, to sail against the Asgardian gods and begin the final battle of Ragnarok. It's up to Magnus and his friends to stop him, but to do so they will have to sail across the oceans of Midgard, Jotunheim, and Niflheim in a desperate race to reach Naglfar before it's ready to sail. Along the way, they will face angry sea gods, hostile giants, and an evil fire-breathing dragon. But Magnus's biggest challenge will be facing his own inner demons. Does he have what it takes to outwit the wily trickster god?]]> 410 Rick Riordan 1423160932 Rose 5 4.35 2017
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Preparing meals ahead of time means you never have to ask what’s for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. In Smart Meal Prep for Beginners, prep expert Toby Amidor makes it easy to start (and stick with) a weekly meal prep routine. With these recipes and beginner plans, you’ll have delicious, healthy meals on hand every day—no takeout required!

6 weekly prep plans—Start simple with two recipes for the week, and work your way up to prepping breakfast, lunch, and dinner for every day. Meal prepping 101—Get the rundown on meal prep dos and don’ts, prep-day guidance, shopping lists, storage and reheating info, and more.Diet-friendly dishes—Find nutrition facts on every recipe, along with handy labels to point you to nut-free, dairy-free, gluten-free, vegetarian, and vegan options.

Set yourself up for mealtime success, not stress, with Smart Meal Prep for Beginners.]]> 285 Toby Amidor 1641521260 Rose 0 currently-reading 3.79 2018
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]]> 203167218
Embark on a transformative journey toward wellness and weight loss with "South Beach Diet Simplified," your essential guide to mastering one of the world's most renowned diet strategies. Every grain of sand on the beach represents a possibility, and with this comprehensive eBook, you're setting foot on the coastline of change.

*Chapter One* sets the stage, unraveling the essentials behind the South Beach Diet's foundational principles. Delve deep into the science and the remarkable health benefits that extend beyond the scale. The tantalising anticipation of personal transformation begins here.

Prepare to ignite your commitment in *Chapter Two*, as SMART goals become your mental compass guiding you through Phase 1. Learn how to equip your kitchen arsenal and wield ingenious tools and gadgets that simplify your culinary quest.

*Chapter Three* unfurls like a treasure map to nutritional triumph, marking the paths to the right foods while cautioning against the deceptive enemies of progress. Cravings and hunger? They become manageable adversaries with the strategies contained within.

Phase 1 unfurls seamlessly into *Chapter Four*. Here, meal planning emerges as an art form you'll soon master, with time-saving tips that cater to even the most hectic lifestyles. Learn how the intelligent combination of foods can bring about optimal results, setting the foundation for the new you.

*Chapter Five* tantalizes your palate, offering recipes that satisfy without compromise. From sunrise breakfasts to delectable dinners that bring the family together, each meal becomes a step in your journey to success. Even between meals, snacks and appetizers blossom as guilt-free delights.

Hydration escalates into an essential ally in *Chapter Six*, with beverage do's and don'ts that keep you refreshed and on track.

Dining out and socializing? *Chapter Seven* equips you with strategic armor to navigate the culinary world outside your kitchen without derailing your goals. Tips for mindful alcohol consumption ensure your social life flourishes alongside your waistline.

As your body morphs, so does your vitality in *Chapter Eight*, which introduces exercise as the heartbeat of your new lifestyle. Daily movement becomes second nature, with practical advice for all fitness levels.

Discover the art of perseverance in *Chapter Nine*, as you confront and conquer the inevitable weight loss plateaus with determination.

*Chapters Ten and Eleven* set you on a path of consistent progress tracking and overcoming challenges, ensuring that every setback is but a temporary detour on your road to success.

Graceful change becomes your new norm in *Chapter Twelve*. Transitioning to Phase 2 is seamless under the guidance contained in, where long-term success is not just promised—it’s planned.

Your resolution to maintain this vibrant lifestyle is solidified in *Chapter Thirteen*, encapsulating the South Beach Diet principles for life. Sustaining your achievements becomes not just achievable but enjoyable.

Extend your knowledge further still with *Chapter Fourteen*, offering additional resources and community support to bolster your journey.

Finally, *Chapter Fifteen* answers your most pressing questions and troubleshoots common dilemmas, ensuring your South Beach Diet adventure is as smooth as the sands you started on.

"South Beach Diet Simplified" isn't just an eBook—it's a pivotal partner on your path to a healthier, happier you. Embark on this delectable voyage today—it's just a click away!]]> 162 Barrett Williams Rose 0 currently-reading 0.0
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]]> 78668972
But when Audrey’s friend Charlotte, the Countess of Bainbury, dies mysteriously on Fournier Downs parkland, she summons the only person she trusts to uncover the truth: Principal Officer Hugh Marsden.

Trying to ignore the mounting friction between them, as well as Hugh’s command for her to stay out of his investigation, Audrey uses her uncanny ability to read the memories of objects to discover a web of sordid local secrets. More than one unlucky lady has been caught within its deadly strands, and a single misstep in their hunt for a killer could make Audrey and Hugh the next targets.

Murder at Fournier Downs is the second Bow Street Duchess mystery, perfect for fans of Anna Lee Huber, Darcie Wilde, Deanna Raybourn, and Kerrigan Byrne. Read the first book, Murder at the Seven Dials, available on Kindle Unlimited and in paperback.]]> 226 Cara Devlin Rose 0 currently-reading 4.43 2023
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For centuries the Cinder Spires have safeguarded humanity, rising far above the deadly surface world. Within their halls, aristocratic houses rule, developing scientific marvels and building fleets of airships for defence and trade.
Now, the Spires hover on the brink of open war.

Everyone knows it's coming. The guns of the great airship fleets that control the skies between the last bastions of humanity will soon speak in anger, and Spire Albion stands alone against the overwhelming might of Spire Aurora's Armada and its new secret weapon--one capable of destroying the populations of entire Spires.

A trading summit at Spire Olympia provides an opportunity for the Spirearch, Lord Albion, to secure alliances that will shape the outcomes of the war, and to that end he dispatches privateer Captain Francis Madison Grimm and the crew of the AMS Predator to bolster the Spirearch's diplomatic agents.

It will take daring, skill, and no small amount of showmanship to convince the world to stand with Spire Albion--assuming that it is not already too late.]]> 656 Jim Butcher 0698138031 Rose 0 to-read 4.59 2023
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Dialect is a game about an isolated community, their language, and what it means for that language to be lost. In this game, you’ll tell the story of the Isolation by building their language. New words will come from the fundamental aspects of the who they are, what they believe in, and how they respond to a changing world.

Some Isolations will be voluntary, others not. Some will choose to barricade themselves against an unforgiving world while others lie stranded and adrift from home. On their own, one thing is certain—these people will be left to simmer in what makes them special. They will change because of it. You will decide what they become.

Players take away both the story they’ve told and the dialect they’ve built together.]]> 150 Kathryn Hymes Rose 5 4.64 2018
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It's a wonderful and very creative game.
]]> 38093767 The Vampire Chronicles continue with a riveting, rich saga--part adventure, part fairy-tale--of Prince Lestat and the story of the Blood Communion as he tells the tale of his coming to rule the vampire world and the eternal struggle to find belonging, a place in the universe for the undead, and how, against his will, he must battle the menacing, seemingly unstoppable force determined to thwart his vision and destroy the entire vampire netherworld.

In this spellbinding novel, Lestat, rebel outlaw, addresses the tribe of vampires, directly, intimately, passionately, and tells the riveting story of the formation of the Blood Communion and how he became Prince of the vampire world, the true ruler of this vast force, and how his vision for all the Children of the Universe to thrive as one, came to be.
�������� The tale spills from Lestat's heart, as he speaks first of his new existence as reigning monarch--and then of his fierce battle of wits and words with the mysterious Rhoshamandes, proud Child of the Millennia, reviled outcast for his senseless slaughter of the legendary ancient vampire Maharet, who brought forth the Great Family of the undead; Rhoshamandes, a force who refuses to live in harmony at the Court of Prince Lestat and threatens all that Lestat has dreamt of.
�������� As the tale unfolds, Lestat takes us from the towers and battlements of his ancestral castle in the snow-covered mountains of France to the verdant wilds of lush Louisiana with its lingering fragrances of magnolias and night jasmine; from the far reaches of the Pacific's untouched islands to the 18th-century city of St. Petersburg and the court of the Empress Catherine . . .]]> 288 Anne Rice 1524732656 Rose 0 to-read 3.91 2018
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It is through this spirit, previously considered benign for thousands of vampire years and throughout the Vampire Chronicles, that we come to be told the hypnotic tale of a great sea power of ancient times; a mysterious heaven on earth situated on a boundless continent--and of how and why, and in what manner and with what far-reaching purpose, this force came to build and rule the great legendary empire of centuries ago that thrived in the Atlantic Ocean.

And as we learn of the mighty, far-reaching powers and perfections of this lost kingdom of Atalantaya, the lost realms of Atlantis, we come to understand its secrets, and how and why the vampire Lestat, indeed all the vampires, must reckon so many millennia later with the terrifying force of this ageless, all-powerful Atalantaya spirit.]]> 480 Anne Rice 0385353790 Rose 0 to-read 3.70 2016
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]]> 43781 In this mesmerizing new novel, Anne Rice demonstrates once again her gift for spellbinding storytelling and the creation of myth and magic, as she weaves together two of her most compelling worlds? those of the Vampire Chronicles and the Mayfair witches.
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]]> 31332 Interview with the Vampire, the first of The Vampire Chronicles, the novel that established its author worldwide as a magnificent storyteller and creator of magical realms.

Now, we go with Armand across the centuries to the Kiev Rus of his boyhood - a ruined city under Mongol dominion - and to ancient Constantinople, where Tartar raiders sell him into slavery. And in a magnificent palazzo in the Venice of the Renaissance we see him emotionally and intellectually in thrall to the great vampire Marius, who masquerades among humankind as a mysterious, reclusive painter and who will bestow upon Armand the gift of vampiric blood. As the novel races to its climax, moving through scenes of luxury and elegance, of ambush, fire, and devil worship to nineteenth-century Paris and today's New Orleans, we see its eternally vulnerable and romantic hero forced to choose between his twilight immortality and the salvation of his immortal soul.]]> 457 Anne Rice 0345434803 Rose 0 to-read 3.80 1998
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]]> 31336 Interview with the Vampire. For centuries, Lestat—vampire-hero, enchanter, seducer of mortals—has been a courted prince in the dark and flourishing universe of the living dead. Now he is alone. And in his overwhelming need to destroy his doubts and his loneliness, Lestat embarks on the most dangerous enterprise he has undertaken in all the years of his haunted existence.
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Praise for The Tale of the Body Thief
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“Tinged with mystery, full of drama . . . The story is involving, the twists surprising.����People
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“Rice is our modern messenger of the occult, whose nicely updated dark-side passion plays twist and turn in true Gothic form.����San Francisco Chronicle
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“Fast-paced . . . . mesmerizing . . . silkenly sensuous . . . No one writing today matches her deftness with the erotic.����The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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“Hypnotic . . . masterful.����Cosmopolitan


From the Paperback edition.]]> 464 Anne Rice 0345419634 Rose 0 to-read 3.76 1992
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]]> 43758 Librarian's note: An alternate cover edition can be found here

In 1976, a uniquely seductive world of vampires was unveiled in the now-classic Interview with the Vampire . . . in 1985, a wild and voluptous voice spoke to us, telling the story of The Vampire Lestat.����In The Queen of the Damned, Anne Rice continues her extraordinary "Vampire Chronicles" in a feat of mesmeric storytelling, a chillingly hypnotic entertainment in which the oldest and most powerful forces of the night are unleashed on an unsuspecting world.

Three brilliantly colored narrative threads intertwine as the story unfolds:

- The rock star known as Vampire Lestat, worshipped by millions of spellbound fans, prepares for a concert in San Francisco.����Among the audience--pilgrims in a blind swoon of adoration--are hundreds of vampires, creatures who see Lestat as a "greedy fiend risking the secret prosperity of all his kind just to be loved and seen by mortals," fiends themselves who hate Lestat's power and who are determined to destroy him . . .

- The sleep of certain men and women--vampires and mortals scattered around the world--is haunted by a vivid, mysterious dream: of twins with fiery red hair and piercing green eyes who suffer an unspeakable tragedy.����It is a dream that slowly, tauntingly reveals its meaning to the dreamers as they make their way toward each other--some to be destroyed on the journey, some to face an even more terrifying fate at journey's end . . .

- Akasha--Queen of the Damned, mother of all vampires, rises after a 6,000 year sleep and puts into motion a heinous plan to "save" mankind from itself and make "all myths of the world real" by elevating herself and her chosen son/lover to the level of the gods: "I am the fulfillment and I shall from this moment be the cause" . . .

These narrative threads wind sinuously across a vast, richly detailed tapestry of the violent, sensual world of vampirism, taking us back 6,000 years to its beginnings.����As the stories of the "first brood" of blood drinkers are revealed, we are swept across the ages, from Egypt to South America to the Himalayas to all the shrouded corners of the globe where vampires have left their mark. Vampires are created--mortals succumbing to the sensation of "being emptied, of being devoured, of being nothing." Vampires are destroyed.����Dark rituals are performed--the rituals of ancient creatures prowling the modern world.����And, finally, we are brought to a moment in the twentieth century when, in an astonishing climax, the fate of the living dead--and perhaps of the living, all the living--will be decided.


From the Hardcover edition.]]> 448 Anne Rice 0345419626 Rose 0 to-read 3.93 1988
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Louis and Claudia travel Europe, eventually coming to Paris and the ragingly successful Theatre des Vampires--a theatre of vampires pretending to be mortals pretending to be vampires. Here they meet the magnetic and ethereal Armand, who brings them into a whole society of vampires. But Louis and Claudia find that finding others like themselves provides no easy answers and in fact presents dangers they scarcely imagined.

Originally begun as a short story, the book took off as Anne wrote it, spinning the tragic and triumphant life experiences of a soul. As well as the struggles of its characters, Interview captures the political and social changes of two continents. The novel also introduces Lestat, Anne's most enduring character, a heady mixture of attraction and revulsion. The book, full of lush description, centers on the themes of immortality, change, loss, sexuality, and power.
source: annerice.com]]> 346 Anne Rice 0345476875 Rose 5 4.04 1976
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When Greenhollow Hall acquires a handsome, intensely curious new owner in Henry Silver, everything changes. Old secrets better left buried are dug up, and Tobias is forced to reckon with his troubled past—both the green magic of the woods, and the dark things that rest in its heart.]]> 112 Emily Tesh 1250229790 Rose 0 to-read 3.98 2019
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]]> 62485 Now dwarf, barbarian, and drow elf join to battle this evil. Tempered in the furnace of struggle, they form an unbreakable friendship.
A legend is born.
For the first time in one volume, here is "New York Times" bestselling author R.A. Salvatore's adventure that introduced Drizzt Do'Urden, the heroic dark elf, one of the most beloved characters in fantasy literature.
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]]> 112537 243 Arthur C. Clarke 1857231589 Rose 0 to-read 4.12 1973
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