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The Road [Secure]
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A searing, postapocalyptic novel destined to become Cormac McCarthy's masterpiece. A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind. It is cold enough to crack stones, and when the snow falls it is gray. They sky is dark. Their destination is the coast, although they don't know what, if anything, awaits them there. They have nothing; just a pistol to defend themselves against the lawless bands that stalk the road, the clothes... more info>> Pulitzer Prize Winner
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo [Secure]
by Stieg Larsson
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A sensation across Europe--millions of copies sold.... A spellbinding amalgam of murder mystery, family saga, love story, and financial intrigue. It's about the disappearance forty years ago of Harriet Vanger, a young scion of one of the wealthiest families in Sweden ... and about her octogenarian uncle, determined to know the truth about what he believes was her murder. It's about Mikael Blomkvist, a crusading journalist recently at the wrong end of a libel case, hired to get to the bottom of H... more info>>
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All About Love [Cynster Series Book 6] [Secure]
by Stephanie Laurens
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Six notorious cousins, known to the town as the Bar Cynster, have cut a swath through the ballrooms of London. Yet one by one, each has fallen in love and married the woman of his heart, until only one of them is left unclaimed...the most rakish of Stephanie Laurens' captivating clan...and he's not about to go easily. Alasdair Cynster--known to his intimates as Lucifer--decides to rusticate in the country before the matchmaking skills of London's mamas become firmly focused on him, the last unwe... more info>> (Published: 2002)
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That Holiday Feeling [Secure]
by Debbie Macomber
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Silver Bells by Debbie Macomber In this classic story, Debbie brings those Manning men and Manning sisters home for a mistletoe marriage when a single dad finally says "I do." The Perfect Holiday by Sherryl Woods Will bachelor Trace Franklin become a groom-to-be by Christmastime? He sure will...if Savannah Holiday's aunt Mae has anything to do with it. Under the Christmas Tree by Robyn Carr When the folks of Virgin River discover a box of adorable puppies under the town's Christmas tree they ca... more info>>
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Footprints [Secure]
by Alex Archer
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When her longtime friend claims to have evidence of Big Foot's existence, archaeologist Annja Creed can't resist checking it out for herself--she's been debating the subject for years. Annja's curiosity leads her deep into the woods of the Pacific Northwest, to meet Jenny where the supposed trail has been left by the one and only Sasquatch. But when Annja arrives at the destination, a group of armed thugs warn her to leave the area, and her friend is nowhere to be found. Now the search for Sasq... more info>>
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Remember Me? [Secure]
by Sophie Kinsella
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With the same wicked humor and delicious charm that have won her millions of devoted fans, Sophie Kinsella, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Shopaholic & Baby, returns with an irresistible new novel and a fresh new heroine who finds herself in a life-changing and utterly hilarious predicament.... When twenty-eight-year-old Lexi Smart wakes up in a London hospital, she's in for a big surprise. Her teeth are perfect. Her body is toned. Her handbag is Vuitton. Having survived a car accide... more info>>
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The Story of Edgar Sawtelle [Secure]
by David Wroblewski
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Born mute, speaking only in sign, Edgar Sawtelle leads an idyllic life with his parents on their farm in remote northern Wisconsin. For generations, the Sawtelles have raised and trained a fictional breed of dog whose thoughtful companionship is epitomized by Almondine, Edgar's lifelong friend and ally. But with the unexpected return of Claude, Edgar's paternal uncle, turmoil consumes the Sawtelles' once peaceful home. When Edgar's father dies suddenly, Claude insinuates himself into the life of... more info>>
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Death Du Jour [Dr. Temperance Brennan Series Book 2] [Secure]
by Kathy Reichs
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Rarely has a first-time novelist made such a spectacular international
publishing debut as Kathy Reichs did with her acclaimed forensic
thriller D�j� Dead. A New York Times bestseller, a number
one bestseller in both Canada and Britain, and winner of the prestigious
Ellis Award for Best First Novel of 1997, it was also a Main Selection
of the Book-of-the-Month Club, with foreign rights sold to nineteen
countries. (Published: 2000)
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Odd Hours [Odd Thomas Series Book 4] [Secure]
by Dean Koontz
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Only a handful of fictional characters are recognized by first name alone. Dean Koontz's Odd Thomas is one of those rare literary heroes who have come alive in readers' imaginations as he explores the greatest mysteries of this world and the next with his inimitable wit, heart, and quiet gallantry. Now Koontz follows Odd as he is irresistibly drawn onward to a destiny he cannot imagine and to undreamed of places where the perils he will face and the stakes for which he fights will eclipse all th... more info>>
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The Pact [Secure]
by Jodi Picoult
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Until the phone calls came at three o'clock on a November morning, the Golds and their neighbors, the Hartes, had been inseparable. It was no surprise to anyone when their teenage children, Chris and Emily, began showing signs that their relationship was moving beyond that of lifelong friends. But now seventeen-year-old Emily is dead--shot with a gun her beloved and devoted Chris pilfered from his father's cabinet as part of an apparent suicide pact--leaving two devastated families stranded in t... more info>>
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Deadly Decisions [Dr. Temperance Brennan Series Book 3] [Secure]
by Kathy Reichs
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Nine-year-old Emily Anne Toussaint is shot dead on a Montreal street.
Skeletal parts of North Carolina teenager Savannah Osprey are found
hundreds of miles away. Dr. Temperance Brennan, a forensic nthropologist
in both Montreal and North Carolina who yearns to take killers off the
streets, begins a harrowing journey into the world of motorcycle gangs,
where evil often wears a mask. (Published: 2001)
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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society [Secure]
by Mary Ann Shaffer
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I wonder how the book got to Guernsey? Perhaps there is some sort of secret homing instinct in books that brings them to their perfect readers." January 1946: London is emerging from the shadow of the Second World War, and writer Juliet Ashton is looking for her next book subject. Who could imagine that she would find it in a letter from a man she's never met, a native of the island of Guernsey, who has come across her name written inside a book by Charles Lamb.... As Juliet and her new correspo... more info>>
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Deja Dead [Dr. Temperance Brennan Series Book 1] [Secure]
by Kathy Reichs
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It's June in Montreal, and Tempe, who has left a shaky marriage back
home in North Carolina to take on the challenging assignment of director
of forensic anthropology for the province of Quebec, looks forward to a
relaxing weekend--after considering the extent of human depravity,
investigating a brutal homicide. (Published: 2001)
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Secrets of the Highlander [Secure]
by Janet Chapman
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He is the father of her child, but the secrets they are hiding are tearing them apart.... Megan MacKeage escaped the smothering protectiveness of the Highland MacKeage clan to work as a scientist on the Canadian tundra. But when fellow researcher Wayne Ferris breaks her heart by rejecting her, Megan returns to Maine alone.... Then she meets the town's new police chief, Jack Stone--the man she knew as Wayne Ferris. Instead of the quiet scholar he posed as, he's an aggressive private eye who's wil... more info>>
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2nd Chance [The Women's Murder Club Series Book 2] [Secure]
by James Patterson
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When a little girl is shot on the steps of a San Francisco church, Detective Lindsay Boxer knows it's time to reconvene the Women's Murder Club. Working with Chronicle reporter Cindy Thomas, assistant D.A. Jill Bernhardt, and medical examiner Claire Washburn, Lindsay tracks a mystifying killer who soon turns his pursuers into his victims. The unorthodox allegiances of the Women's Murder Club lead them to suspect the unexpected-the killer may be an ex-cop. But nothing could prepare them for the d... more info>> (Published: 2006)
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Change of Heart [Secure]
by Jodi Picoult
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The acclaimed #1 New York Times bestselling author presents a spellbinding tale of a mother's tragic loss and one man's last chance at gaining salvation. Can we save ourselves, or do we rely on others to do it? Is what we believe always the truth? One moment June Nealon was happily looking forward to years full of laughter and adventure with her family, and the next, she was staring into a future that was as empty as her heart. Now her life is a waiting game. Waiting for time to heal her wounds,... more info>>
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Slightly Sinful [Bedwyn Series Book 5] [Secure]
by Mary Balogh
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Meet the Bedwyns--six brothers and sisters--men and women of passion and privilege, daring and sensuality ... Enter their dazzling world of high society and breathtaking seduction ... where each will seek love, fight temptation, and court scandal ... and where Alleyne Bedwyn, the passionate middle son, is cut off from his past--only to find his future with a sinfully beautiful woman he will risk everything to love. (Published: 2004)
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The Alchemist: 10th Anniversary Edition [Secure]
by Paulo Coelho, Alan R. Clarke
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"My heart is afraid that it will have to suffer," the boy told the alchemist one night as they looked up at the moonless sky. "Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams." Every few decades a book is published that changes the lives of its readers forever. The Alchemist is such a book. With over a million and a half copies sold around the world, The Alchemist has already established itsel... more info>>
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The White Tiger [Secure]
by Aravind Adiga
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Introducing a major literary talent, The White Tiger offers a story of coruscating wit, blistering suspense, and questionable morality, told by the most volatile, captivating, and utterly inimitable narrator that this millennium has yet seen. Balram Halwai is a complicated man. Servant. Philosopher. Entrepreneur. Murderer. Over the course of seven nights, by the scattered light of a preposterous chandelier, Balram tells us the terrible and transfixing story of how he came to be a success in life... more info>>
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Cemetery Dance [Secure]
by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
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Pendergast-the world's most enigmatic FBI Special Agent-returns to New York City to investigate a murderous cult. William Smithback, a New York Times reporter, and his wife Nora Kelly, a Museum of Natural History archaeologist, are brutally attacked in their apartment on Manhattan's Upper West Side. Eyewitnesses claim, and the security camera confirms, that the assailant was their strange, sinister neighbor-a man who, by all reports, was already dead and buried weeks earlier. While Captain Laura... more info>>
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Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet No. 14
by Gavin J. Grant, Kelly Link
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Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet is a twice-yearly zine of eclectic fiction and so on. Issue 14 includes wonderful stories from David J. Schwartz, Jay Lake, Richard Butner, Douglas Lain and more. Table of Contents fiction Douglas Lain--Music Lessons David Nahm--Sitting on a Bench in the Park Susan Mosser--Ragdog James Sallis--Two Stories Richard Butner--Pete and Earl Jay Lake--A Conspiracy of Dentists Matthew Latkiewicz--Felix Soutre, Puppeteer J. Cox--The Half-Fey House Devon Monk--Beer with a... more info>> (Published: 2004)
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Not Your Everyday Housewife
by Mary Campisi
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A wise and humorous tale of living large after 40, targeted at women 35-90 as they re-mold and reconsider their lives, and finally, finally make peace with themselves- wrinkles, blubber, neuroses, exes, and all (Published: 2009)
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Run for Your LIfe [Secure]
by James Patterson
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A calculating killer who calls himself The Teacher is taking on New York City, killing the powerful and the arrogant. His message is clear: remember your manners or suffer the consequences! For some, it seems that the rich are finally getting what they deserve. For New York's elite, it is a call to terror. Only one man can tackle such a high-profile case: Detective Mike Bennett. The pressure is enough for anyone, but Mike also has to care for his 10 children-all of whom have come down with virul... more info>>
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Along Came a Spider [Alex Cross Series Book 1] [Secure]
by James Patterson
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Gary Soneji is every parent's worst nightmare. He calls himself "the son of Lindbergh." His family and colleagues know him as a mild-mannered, unassuming guy, and would find it impossible to imagine him as a psychopath, a serial murderer, and now, the perpetrator of the most notorious kidnapping of the century. Only Soneji knows himself as the killer of countless victims and as the merciless kidnapper of Maggie Rose, the golden-haired daughter of a famous actress, and Shrimpie Goldberg, the youn... more info>> (Published: 2002)
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Life and Death on the Mississippi
by Brian Mead
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A dysfunctional tale of betrayal, robbery and murder told in duelling perspectives by two woman hating friends with an adversarial relationship. Set in a small Mississippi river town where opportunity is slim and none, the four friends fall upon hard times and take the biggest risk of their lives in an effort to break the economic chains and boundaries society has placed on them. The story is street wise and a touch cruel, but just as things begin to look up, it all crashes down and leaves only ... more info>> (Published: 2009)
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