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Ever since Brian turned 10 years old, his life has been plagued by the mysterious visitation of the Tree Man.This traumatic event has left him with vivid nightmares and countless unanswered questions. Now, as he prepares to leave the psychiatric facility, his main focus is on unraveling the truth behind that fateful night.Reunited with his estranged sister, Brian delves deeper into the string of murders that have occurred. He can't help but wonder...
2) Sandy Rose
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The book follows the life of Sandy. It is narrated by her conjoint twin Rose who was sacrificed at birth to save Sandy's life. This was a decision that her mother would never get over. Part of Rose's brain stayed tucked away in the back of Sandy's brain. Rose was always there, seeing every movement and thought, but for the most part, she had very little control. After tragedy tears her family apart, Sandy finds herself abandoned. To keep from being...
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A pulse-pounding novel about a small-town business owner found dead and the teenage girl caught in the crosshairs, American Girl is the latest thriller from internationally bestselling author Wendy Walker.
Charlie Hudson, an autistic seventeen-year-old, is determined to leave Sawyer, PA, as soon as she graduates high school. In the meantime, she works as many hours as she can at a sandwich shop called The Triple S to save money for college. But when...
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A contract killing on a remote coastal track.
A deadly boat explosion occurs in nearby waters soon afterwards.
Are the two connected?
Meanwhile, Angelina makes an audacious escape with the assistance of her underworld connections and continues her ruthless agenda.
To follow is a chain of events that, when unravelled, shocks Nic Drakos to the core and links him inextricably to Elena Perez, imprisoned by Angelina on the other side of the world....
5) Unfuck Your Eating: Using Science to Build a Better Relationship with Food, Health, and Body Image
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Microcosm Publishing LLC
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2023.
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Food is complicated. And our relationships with food and eating are all kinds of fucked up. It doesn't help that cultural messages about health, diet, body image, and weight are fatphobic and often medically dangerous. Dr. Faith Harper, author of the bestselling Unfuck Your Brain and Unfuck Your Body, brings her trademark combination of science, humor, and real talk to help us work through our food, health, and body image issues and develop a healthier...
6) Compulsion
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On a rainy October evening, Pastor Vance Howard is hoping for a quiet evening at home. But that all changes with one phone call. Now he finds himself sitting high up on the town's water tower, drawn into a conversation with a suicidal man named Jake. A man who bring to light the horrors of Vance's own past. Horrors that cause Vance to question his faith, his sanity, and everything he thought he was capable of. Compulsion is the story that causes one...
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It's the perfect place to hide the truth...
Vivacia Williams is strong, independent and lives in a beautiful community. She's trying to make the best of a bad situation since her husband walked out on her.
Then, she finds two lost children. They have no home, no parents, and suddenly Vivacia has the one thing she's been missing.
Vivacia will go to any length to keep the children but there are no secrets in the gated community of Wolf's Pit,...
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Broad, dark, funny, and terrifying, these 13 stories in volume 1 will not disappoint. They'll make you laugh (at another's misfortune), cry as a man gets taken away far too young, and cower in the corner under a blanket as the monster waits for the right time to come take you away. Volume 2 Titles Include:Three Fingers of CheeseTurned Out & ForgottenDeath GateA Clochard Never Asks TwiceStuck On YouStrength In WeaknessThe Thirteenth RoomThe Scourged...
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In "Wolf World" by Jo Ann Lordahl, the prologue and chapters one and three depict a complex emotional journey experienced by the protagonist, Christine Forrester, as she grapples with the death of her father. The prologue sets the stage for Christine's introspective exploration, expressing her struggle with the past and her determination to understand and reconcile her experiences. Chapter one delves into Christine's emotional turmoil as she prepares...
10) Above Clouds
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From soil to cloud, from valley to peak,From dark to bright, in this complex and changeable world,What one could take as life,What one could take as an enlightenment.The story revolves around two characters: Guang He and Sheng He: Guang He was abandoned by his mother and abused by his stepmother when he was a child, and after he grew up, he was sentenced to ten years' imprisonment for injuring a person by mistake, and after his release from prison,...
11) Case Study
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Biblioasis
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2023
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Shortlisted for the 2022 Gordon Burn Prize • Shortlisted for the 2022 Ned Kelly Awards • Longlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize • Longlisted for the 2022 HWA Gold Crown Award • Longlisted for the 2023 Dublin Literary Award
SELECTED BY NEW YORK TIMES AS ONE OF 100 NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2022
The Booker-shortlisted author of His Bloody Project blurs the lines between patient
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Solana "Soleada" Garcia de Mendoza is a vivacious but unassuming young woman of Mayan ancestry.Despite her diminutive size, her disarming nickname-which translates as "Sunny"-and her unusually calm demeanor, she is also among the best operatives in TJ Blackwell's network of assassins.In the beginning of this origin story, Soleada is a 19 year old college student.So how did she come to join Blackwell Ops? And what did she have to endure?Assassins are...
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Rodrigo Santos climbs from his desert grave surrounded by blood and destruction with no recollection of how he got there. Hitching a ride back home, Rodrigo goes back to his life as a wedding planner and club owner in Austin, Texas, convinced it was all a dream.But Austin is nothing like he remembers. Murders occur everywhere he goes. Bridezillas with wild requests fill his days, while nightmares of a little girl and her teddy bear terrorize his dreams...
14) Redemption
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Samuel Elijah Johnson is a man with a Juris doctorate he earned while incarcerated. But as the prison doors swing open, he's faced with a choice he can't refuse – a chance to help an innocent man. Arthur Creed is a church-goer grappling with forbidden desires. The scriptures guide him, yet his heart leads him astray.Randy is an accountant entangled in a dangerous game of altered books and entwined with a crooked boss. When he digs deeper, he and...
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EVERYONE HAS SECRETS, AND SOMETIMES THOSE SECRETS KILLSophie Mathieson is trapped in a mediocre marriage and a mundane job that she hates. She counts the days of her life with numbers instead of calendar days; numbers that correspond to the length of her employment at Heller Corporation, or as Sophie refers to it, Hellco. On day 9,680 Sophie begins receiving threatening messages from a mysterious man. Terrified that her husband, Jack, will discover...
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A New York Times Best Thriller of 2020 * Shortlisted for the Strand Magazine Best Mystery Novel Award * Finalist for the Gotham Book Prize
From Edgar Award nominee Debra Jo Immergut, a taut, twisting work of suspense about a woman haunted by her younger self
Abigail Willard first spots her from the back of a New York cab: the spitting image of Abby herself at age twenty-two-right down to the silver platforms and raspberry coat she wore as...
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«¿Qué debo hacer para convencerte de no leer este libro?¿Tiene algún sentido intentarlo?Puesto que el humano siempre tiende a rebelarse contra lo que le dicen. ¿Me creerías, si te digo que es mejor que abandones la lectura antes de empezarla siquiera?Por supuesto que no. Lo sé, porque estuve en el mismo predicamento. Y aquí, estoy, ensayando una advertencia que de nada servirá. Como polillas a la luz, vamos donde nuestros instintos nos llevan....
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An unforgettable novel of an American suburb devastated by a fiendish madman-the most ambitious and important work yet by "the 21st century answer to William Burroughs" (Publishers Weekly).
Blake Butler's fiction has dazzled readers with its dystopian dreamscapes and swaggering command of language. Now, in his most topical and visceral novel yet, he ushers us into the consciousness of two men in the shadow of a bloodbath: Gretch Gravey, a cryptic...
19) Packaged
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For Tory, working and living in Los Angeles is the okay of times and the not-so-great of times. Manageable. Tolerable. Acceptable. Barely.That is until an unexpected package appears on her doorstep. Its arrival jolts her out of that comfort zone. Strangers, unpleasant and violent, come hunting for the Package. They make clear to Tory that not giving it to them will have consequences. As one of the interested parties remarks, "I would not undervalue...
20) Long Weekend
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An exclusive invitation to a luxurious island resort should be the holiday of a lifetime for Emma. But beneath the lavish settings and indulgent amenities, lies a sinister plot waiting to be uncovered. Emma's boss, Rebecca, gifted her the ticket to Hotel Horizen's grand opening, but Emma has her own agenda - to write a tell-all article about the rich and famous guests. Little did she know, this weekend would become a nightmare she never could have...
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