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1) Plot twist
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Hollywood (Erin La Rosa) volume 2
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English
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To overcome her writer's block, romance author Sophie Lyon, who's never been in love, reunites with her exes to learn why, getting some social media assistance from her reclusive landlord, a former teen heartthrob, and as they grow closer, she suggests a friends-with-benefits arrangement-what could possibly go wrong?
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Yale University Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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"Amos Oz (1939-2018) was one of Israel's most prolific and prominent writers, as well as a regular contender for the Nobel Prize for Literature. He was the author of dozens of novels, essay collections, and novellas written between 1965 and shortly before his death. In this first published biography of Oz, the celebrated translator, literary critic, and biblical scholar Robert Alter explores Oz's relationship with his family, beginning with the suicide...
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"Margaret Cavendish, then Lucas, was born in 1623 to an aristocratic family. In 1644, as England descended into civil war, she joined the court of the formidable Queen Henrietta Maria at Oxford. With the rest of the court she went into self-imposed exile in France. Her family's wealth and lands were forfeited by Parliament. It was in France that she met her partner, William Cavendish, Marquess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, a marriage that made her the Duchess...
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"I'm Ernest Cunningham. Call me Ern or Ernie. When the Australian Mystery Writers' Society invited me to their crime-writing festival aboard the Ghan, the famous train between Darwin and Adelaide, I was hoping for some inspiration for my second book. Fiction, this time: I needed a break from real people killing each other. But, the Ghan is not the respite I'd been hoping for. It turns out I've trapped myself on an 1,800-mile journey with a powder...
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"When grumpy ex-footballer Alfie Harding gets badgered into selling his memoirs, he knows he's never going to be able to write them. He hates revealing a single thing about himself, is allergic to most emotions, and can't imagine doing a good job of putting pen to paper. And so in walks curvy, cheery, cute as heck ghostwriter Mabel Willicker, who knows just how to sunshine and sass her way into getting every little detail out of Alfie. They banter...
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"H Is for Hawk meets Joan Didion in the Pyrocene in this arresting combination of memoir, natural history, and literary inquiry that chronicles one woman's experience of life in Northern California during the worst fire season on record. Told in luminous, perceptive prose, The Last Fire Season is a deeply incisive inquiry into what it really means-now-to live in relationship to the elements of the natural world. When Manjula Martin moved from the...
7) Psythur
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psithurism [sith-yuh-riz-uhm] noun:a rustling or whispering sound, such as leaves in the wind; susurration Psythur is a collections of works selected by the editors throughout the year. Poems that were misfits for our other collections, but nonetheless stirred our mind, heart, or soul.
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From the Ashes collects solo plays by Black Canadian women and womxn that together celebrate the hope, humour, and healing that can come after devastation and loss. From lighthearted comedies to heavy dramas, this anthology contains a multitude of stories on Blackness, love, motherhood, sexuality, trauma, racism, mythology, and more.
From the Ashes collects solo plays by Black Canadian women and womxn that together celebrate the hope, humour,...
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The students in Corbin College's elite academic society, Magni Viri, have it all -- free tuition, inspirational professors, and dream jobs once they graduate. When first-gen college student Tara is offered a chance to enroll, she doesn't hesitate, except once she's settled into the gorgeous Victorian dormitory, her life turns very strange. She's finally writing, but her stories are dark and twisted; her dreams feel as if they could bury her alive;...
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Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
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English
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"This first-ever picture book biography of the legendary writer and activist introduces readers to this passionate Black man who discovered his true power in the written word, which opened the world to him as he used his voice fearlessly"--
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2024
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English
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"A novel about a journalist in pursuit of a story about a child who survived a cult mass suicide, which may not be all that it appeared to be, told in Janice Hallett's signature original and innovative style of emails, messages, news clips, and screenplay excerpts"--
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2023
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English
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When Christmas comes: Emily Springer trades her Leavenworth, Washington, home for Charles Brewster's Boston condo. Then Emily's friend Faith comes to visit her in Washington--and instead finds Charles, a complete stranger and a curmudgeon, to boot. His brother, Ray, meanwhile, shows up at Charles's place, only to discover Emily living there. But through all the mix-ups and misunderstandings, among the chaos and confusion, romance begins to emerge..
Christmas...
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"you cannot know who you'll bewhen you will be so many differentversions of yourself in this lifetime.you cannot find the roadyou are craving, not yet.it's waiting for you to pave it."In her Letters to the Universe Series Goodreads Choice Nominated poet J.R. Rogue shares intimate poems written lovingly for her readers. Take a journey through the eyes of author and reader as Rogue shares a glimpse into the private task of writing poetry dedicated to...
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Immerse yourself in the captivating world of "The Bindings: The Girl with Cerebral Palsy and the Experiences that Hold Me Together," an extraordinary book of poetry by April Williams. In this heartfelt collection, April, a self-taught poet with cerebral palsy and scoliosis, opens her soul and shares her remarkable journey through melodic, emotional, and profoundly touching verses.
Within the pages of this book, April's evocative words paint a vivid...
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A JOURNEY OF HOPE is a selection of poems, written, and given to me, during the wee hours of the morning, as I am all alone and in the presence of the Lord. My alone time spent with him is inspirational as well as knowledgeable. I know that these poems are intended to bring comfort, peace, and deliverance to anyone bound by depression, obsession, confusion, and a need for true confession. My hope is that souls may be delivered from sin, and a true...
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"Dandelions on a Hillside" is a collection of poems about the simple, meaningful things in life that will take you back in time to childhood. It will leave you with the good feelings that love, nature, and the different seasons bring. It also touches on the depth of loss; written with tender thoughts and feelings. "Dandelions on a Hillside" has an overall sense of love of life, happiness and a hopeful outlook. At the end of the poems, there is a section...
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Español
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¿Cuánto recordamos? ¿Cuánto queda sepultado en algún microsegundo de la vida? ¿Cuánto nos animamos a desenterrar?
Mujer con corazón de niña es reflejo, la infancia que marca, los dolores que gritan, la consciencia de no tenerles miedo, secarles las lágrimas y acompañarlos.
Alexandra no escatima en abrirse, mostrar su camino, el de la niña que un día fue y que, sabiendo encontrarla, sigue ahí. A versos, traza la ruta hacia la mujer que...
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How do you stitch yourself back together after trauma, loss, grief, heartbreak? By inviting what is broken to become what is breathtaking. THE BODY is a collection of poems and short stories written in lyrical prose during the hardest moments of the author's life. This collection explores themes of love, loss, grief, seduction, creativity, consciousness, female empowerment, post-traumatic expansion, and the collective human experience. Because when...
19) Revelations
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Uncertainty and surprises were like a hand in glove for Bianca, as she carefully braved the future between two worlds. Her relationships were tried and tested, with confessions, adulations and revelations. Drama was always near... but has it pushed her too far this time? Far away from the one she holds dear to her heart.
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I have a filthy heart. It's been bruised,and broken,and houses secrets best left in the dark.These are its collections.
Courtney Jones lives in downtown Toronto, working in content creation and digital strategy. An avid lover of the written word, she prefers to pass her free time reading a good book while enjoying a glass of even better red wine.
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