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22) The Closer I Get
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Tom is a successful author, but he's struggling to finish his novel. His main distraction is an online admirer, Evie, who simply won't leave him alone. Evie is smart, well-read, and unstable; social-media friendships are not only her escape, but everything she has. When she's hit with a restraining order, her world is turned upside down, and Tom is free to live his life again, to concentrate on writing. But things aren't really adding up. For Tom...
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Searching for her buried friend after the mines collapse, twelve-year-old Pakistani mica miner Nura finds herself at the Sijj Palace, a luxury hotel for the dangerous and deceitful jinn, where she must discover the truth beneath the glitter or be trapped forever.
24) Queen of volts
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Shadow game trilogy volume 3
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Return to the City of Sin, where the perilous final game is about to begin...The players? Twenty-two of the most powerful, most notorious people in New Reynes. With no choice but to play, Enne and Levi are desperate to forge new alliances and bargain for their safety. But any misstep could turn deadly when a far more dangerous opponent appears on the board-- one plucked straight from the city's most gruesome legends. While Levi hides behind a mask...
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Burning kingdoms volume 2
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"The prophecy of the nameless god-the words that declared Malini the rightful empress of Parijatdvipa-has proven a blessing and curse. She is determined to claim the throne that fate offered her. But even with the strength of the rage in her heart and the army of loyal men by her side, deposing her brother is going to be a brutal and bloody fight. The power of the deathless waters flows through Priya's blood. Thrice born priestess, Elder of Ahiranya,...
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Remixed classics volume 3
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Jerusalem, 1192. The Third Crusade rages on. Rahma al-Hud loyally followed her elder sister Zeena into the war over the Holy Land, but now that the Faranji invaders have gotten reinforcements from Richard the Lionheart, all she wants to do is get herself and her sister home alive. But Zeena, a soldier of honor at heart, refuses to give up the fight while Jerusalem remains in danger of falling back into the hands of the false Queen Isabella. And so,...
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Dauntless path volume 1
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When her friend's sister is the latest victim in the child-snatchings plaguing her region, Amraeya ni Ansarim makes the journey to the royal court despite the mental and physical pain her malformed foot causes her, because she dares hope the rulers will help. She finds unexpected allies in the city, from the foreign princess to a street thief, but as the mystery unravels, it's possible the answers she seeks could endanger the entire kingdom.
30) Sad girls
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Schoolgirl Audrey starts suffering from panic attacks after a lie she told left one of her classmates dead, but she finds hope in the form of Rad, a boy who could turn her life around, but their romance may be ill-timed and push her closer to the edge.
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Escaping from an arranged marriage, sixteen-year-old Khadija finds an unlikely ally in a poor young glassmaker's apprentice, and as a deadly revolution exploits forbidden magic, threatening their friendship, they must choose what kind of world they want to live in.
32) The Loyal Wife
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She thought they had the perfect marriage...
Tamra never dreamed she would marry someone like Mike Mitchell: handsome, rich, a wonderful husband… until she finds out that Mike is having an affair.
But Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, and Mike Mitchell should have remembered that before he made a fool of her. Because Tamra knows something about Mike. Something he did. Something evil. And she was prepared
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Light the abyss volume 2
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"In a post-apocalyptic future, teenaged Leyla feels compelled to search for Ari, while seeking to uncover the mystery behind her past"--OCLC.
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"The Olander family embodies the modern American Dream in a globalized world. Jaya, the cultured daughter of an Indian diplomat and Keith, an ambitious banker from middle-class Philadelphia, meet in a London pub in 1988 and make a life together in suburban California. Their strong marriage is built on shared beliefs and love for their two children: headstrong teenager Karina and young son Prem, the light of their home. But love and prosperity cannot...
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"In 1931 England, Astra Davies--after her parents die, leaving her with mountain of debt--must make her own way and embarks on a journey that tests her brains, wit and mettle as never before, making her even more determined to prove that she's no ordinary Bright Young Thing"--
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Documents the first residence and workplace Wright designed for himself, including his home and studio in Oak Park, a suburb of Chicago. Here is where he envisioned and tested many of the basic principles that he would develop through his career, principles now synonymous with organic architecture. Part two features an interactive tour of the home and studio. Includes interviews and a slide show.
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Two best friends rewrite the rules of friendship, love and family...and change everything they thought they knew about motherhood
Paris Kahn Fraser has it all-a successful career as an assistant district attorney, a beautiful home in New York City, and a handsome, passionate husband who chose her over having a family of his own. Neal's dream of fatherhood might have been the only shadow in their otherwise happy life...until Paris's best friend...
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Three New York Times bestselling authors--Roshani Chokshi, Sandhya Menon, and Evelyn Skye--craft a delicious concoction of storytelling about best friends who discover that love is the most powerful magic of all. This Halloween, magic will reawaken in the town of Moon Ridge, and any love forged that night will last forever. At least, that's what the founder's fable says, and best friends Onny, Ash, and True--better known as "The Coven"--aren't taking...
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Girl's guide (Laura Taylor Namey) volume 2
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Teenage Flora, still reeling from the loss of her mom, leaves England for sunny Miami, where her constant self-doubt about life, including romance, leads her straight into a love triangle.