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In the 1950s, tensions remain high in the border town of La Frontera. Penny loafers and sneakers clash with boots and huaraches. Bowling shirts and leather jackets compete with guayaberas. Convertibles fend with motorcycles. Yet amidst the discord, young love blooms at first sight between Fulgencio Ramirez, the son of impoverished immigrants, and Carolina Mendelssohn, the local pharmacist's daughter. But as they'll soon find out, their bonds will...
2) Yok
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Mollisan Town quartet volume 4
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"When you're tired of run-of-the-mill fiction, it's time to read [Tim Davys]."
-Brad Meltzer, author of The Book of Lies
"A world that's violent, tender, hilarious, and downright sickening. Really, what could be better?"
-Eric Garcia, author of Anonymous Rex
Tim Davys is one of the most uniquely imaginative novelists writing today-the architect of Mollisan Town, a dark urban nightmare located in an alternate world populated by stuffed animals...
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This poignant novel, beautifully translated by Simon Beattie, was, in Lampe's words, "born into a regime where it could not breathe;" he hoped that one day it might rise again. It has no one main character, but evokes the sensations and impressions of a sultry September evening on the waterfront of Bremen, with its charm and tenderness, squalor and lust. It contains a stream of images with many characters: children, old and young people, men and women,...
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En la década de 1950, las tensiones en la ciudad de La Frontera son palpables. Las camisas de boliche y las chaquetas de cuero compiten con las guayaberas y los huaraches. Los convertibles corren al lado de las motocicletas. Sin embargo, en medio de la discordia, el amor joven florece a primera vista entre Fulgencio Ramírez, hijo de inmigrantes empobrecidos, y Carolina Mendelssohn, la hija del farmacéutico local. Pero como pronto descubrirán,...
5) Road Seven
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Mark Sandoval-resolutely arrogant, covered head to foot in precise geometric scarring, and still marginally famous after Hollywood made an Oscar-winner based off his memoir years before-has been strongly advised by his lawyer to leave the country following a drunken and potentially fatal hit and run. When a woman sends Sandoval grainy footage of what appears to be a unicorn, he quickly hires an assistant and the two head off to the woman's farm in...
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When every person, all over the globe, receives a small wooden box bearing the same inscription and a single piece of string inside, the world is thrown into a collective frenzy, in this novel told through multiple perspectives that introduces an unforgettable cast of characters.
It seems like any other day: You wake up, pour a cup of coffee, and head out. But today when you open your front door, waiting for you is a small wooden box. This box holds...
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Very few books have resulted in the controversy that "The Diary of a Drug Fiend" has caused since its original publication in 1922. While much of the debate is centered on the novel's author Aleister Crowley, the story itself has both enchanted and enraged audiences for nearly a century. Despite being a fictional work, Crowley drew from his own experiences as a heavy drug user for the context of the plot. Peter Pendragon and Louise Laleham, in a drug-induced...
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Una novela que reproduce, con pluma de vanguardia, el tiempo en el que las mujeres se abrieron un espacio en un mundo convulso, construyeron un sitio propio para ser, para vivir, para sentir. 1930, década del qué dirán por los zapatos rojos de tacón, por tener un amante, por salir de noche con un hombre, por usar o no usar, las miradas atentas para poner en tela de juicio la reputación de una mujer que no tiene más alternativa que crecer y se...
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In The Island Chronicles Book 1, Conscious, Christopher, whose name has been changed to William, is drawn by the music to the mysterious woman, Eleutheria, who lives in the house with the thatched roof overlooking Bourani Cove and the ancient lime kiln which still burns hot for those who know how and where to look. There, she tells him about trapping time in the old tower, inadvertently creating the dragon, and how he must contain the monster while...
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The first book in Hendrickson's new Preacher's Toolbox series brings together a "who's who" group of today's most influential pastors, who share their understanding of prophetic preaching as well as their skills. The book is divided into two sections, "The Calling of Prophetic Preaching" and "The Craft of Prophetic Preaching," which deliver clear themes and practical takeaways on the art of preaching prophetically.
Speaking with grace and authority,...
11) Hell to Pay
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When ultra-shy pushover Faye Albert decides to live a little, she inadvertently binds her soul to Satan by following him on Twitter. Overnight her dreams of being confident, beautiful, and adored by men are coming true. No longer is she pushed out or pushed over.
But it comes at a price. If she doesn't figure out how to break the contract, she'll lose her soul to the Dark Prince forever.
With time running out, and no idea how to unfollow Satan, she...
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Zoo keeper Mr. Shirl, who looks like Little Dawnie's daddy, takes the friends on a tour of the Zoo, showing them how to play the games and the fun rides and introducing them to the Tigers, Lions, and Bears. Oh My! Dog explains to Ning and Boss that they are really at home, sound asleep! They are Sleep Walkers! They cannot be hurt on their adventures, and if they are afraid of anything or are in danger, they will wake up in their own beds! Because,...
13) Godbond
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In the magnificent conclusion to Nancy Springer's Sea King Trilogy, a mad prince confronts peril and dark magic on a desperate quest to find a lost god in a dying world They were three, united to hold together a world that was coming apart: Rad Korridun, the sea king, who died three times but lived still; Dannoc, the mad prince of the Red Hart tribe, bonded mind and heart to Kor; and Tassida, the beautiful mystery, a rebellious daughter of the death...
14) Lena
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When Police Chief Alton Gravely and Officer Carothers escalate the feud between "Torreya's finest" and conjure woman Eulalie Jenkins by running her off the road into a north Florida swamp, the borrowed pickup truck is salvaged but Eulalie is missing and presumed dead. Her cat Lena survives. Lena could provide an accurate account of the crime, but the county sheriff is unlikely to interview a pet.
Lena doesn't think Eulalie is dead, but the conjure...
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Lovely and her dad would always take a walk in the park, but every time they would take this walk, Lovely always noticed her dad would stop in front of an enormous tree. So being the curious girl she was, she asked her dad why he would always look at that tree. Then her dad told her to look at the very top of this tree. There she saw the most beautiful and majestic thing she had ever seen. What she saw was many, many birds of all kinds on the tree....
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This is Geraldine's last mission on Earth, and her most difficult one. Sister, Helena, is trying to organize her 50th celebrations but without success as she upset her family by stealing her daughter's boyfriend. Geraldine comes along and tells her not to give up and say to the family 'Birds of a feather flock together'. Curious, they visit Helena, and finding out that she has also been visited by Geraldine, they help her with the party and getting...
17) My Afterlife
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My Afterlife will appeal to mature readers fascinated in the beauty of subtle changes like dandelions appearing or the glee when drinking a milkshake while acutely aware of life's unpleasantries. Skeeter McGee shares this intrigue and trepidation with the reader as a small-town genius whose life is truncated minutes before he's to graduate as valedictorian.
During his brief life, curiosity leads Skeeter to identify events and decisions guiding...
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'…she cursed your farm and the church saying to all those who lived or went there they would suffer for ever more and be haunted by the devil.' Jeremiah's family farm has been cursed, and when his family members are struck one by one, he has no one to turn to but his sweetheart Victoria. However, Victoria is not who he thought, and after committing adultery, she falls pregnant. She promises the baby, on his third birthday to the Devil, and he is...
19) Fault Lines
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A boy who wants to die. A girl who would do anything to live. A stranger with their fate in her hands.Cathie Ayala has never been to Santa María, the country of her parents' birth. Now her beloved godmother has gone missing in that South American nation's political turmoil. Risking her safety and sense of self, Cathie sets out to find the woman who raised her.Instead she stumbles on two young people facing crises of their own. Injured in a terrible...
20) Demoniacs
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Evie Mickelson is anything but your average hostage negotiator with acute mind control powers- but she is about to discover she's the key to a battle with the demonic forces of evil.And Demoniacs (Book 1 of The Revelationary War) is anything but your average urban fantasy road trip novel with dark angels, ninja nuns and djinns. It is also a speculation on the nature of evil and terrorism. It is a commemoration of the superheroes of popular culture....
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