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1) Carmilla
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First published in 1872, Carmilla is a classic gothic novella and one of the earliest examples of vampire fiction.
Fast-paced and gripping, the story follows the protagonist Laura, who lives in a secluded castle in the woods with her father. One day, a carriage accident brings a young woman named Carmilla into their lives, and she is taken in as a guest. As time goes on, Laura becomes increasingly drawn to Carmilla, despite her strange behavior and...
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My name is Poppy St. James and I've just landed my dream job as the Director of Public Relations for the NHL's hottest new team, the Jacksonville Rays. But if I want to stay beyond my one-year contract, I'll have to prove myself. Easy. PR is in my blood.
What's not so easy are the hockey players. First, there's party boy defenseman Lukas Novikov. I don't care how well he plays hockey. Off the ice, he's a PR nightmare. Managing this man is quickly...
What's not so easy are the hockey players. First, there's party boy defenseman Lukas Novikov. I don't care how well he plays hockey. Off the ice, he's a PR nightmare. Managing this man is quickly...
3) Starstruck
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Hollywood is full of dirty secrets, but Carter refuses to be Levi's.Retired action star Levi Pritchard has made a quiet life for himself in the sleepy logging town of Bluewater Bay, Washington. But then Hollywood comes to film the wildly popular television series Wolf's Landing, and Bluewater Bay isn't so sleepy anymore. His retirement doesn't stick, either, because he's offered a part on the show-exactly the kind of complex role he'd always wanted,...
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Finalist, Lambda Literary Award
In the beginning, there is no he. There is no she.
Two cells make up one cell. This is the mathematics behind creation. One plus one makes one. Life begets life. We are the period to a sentence, the effect to a cause, always belonging to someone. We are never our own.
This is why we are so lonely.
She of the Mountains is a beautifully rendered illustrated novel by Vivek...
In the beginning, there is no he. There is no she.
Two cells make up one cell. This is the mathematics behind creation. One plus one makes one. Life begets life. We are the period to a sentence, the effect to a cause, always belonging to someone. We are never our own.
This is why we are so lonely.
She of the Mountains is a beautifully rendered illustrated novel by Vivek...
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IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 14
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"At once a scholar's homage to The Iliad and startlingly original work of art by an incredibly talented new novelist....A book I could not put down."
—Ann Patchett
"Mary Renault lives again!" declares Emma Donoghue, author of Room, referring to The Song of Achilles, Madeline Miller's thrilling, profoundly moving, and utterly unique retelling of the legend of Achilles and the Trojan War.
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Venice’s Commissario Brunetti takes on his “most difficult and politically sensitive case to date” in the gripping New York Times–bestselling series (Booklist).
In Death and Judgment, a truck crashes and spills its dangerous cargo on a treacherous road in the Italian Dolomite mountains. Meanwhile, in Santa Lucia, a prominent international lawyer is found dead aboard...
In Death and Judgment, a truck crashes and spills its dangerous cargo on a treacherous road in the Italian Dolomite mountains. Meanwhile, in Santa Lucia, a prominent international lawyer is found dead aboard...
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The Italian police detective’s latest case hits close to home, in this novel in the New York Times–bestselling series.
For Commissario Brunetti, it began with an early morning phone call. In the chill of the Venetian dawn, a sudden act of vandalism shatters the quiet of the deserted city. But Brunetti is shocked to find that the culprit waiting to be apprehended at the scene is someone from his own family....
For Commissario Brunetti, it began with an early morning phone call. In the chill of the Venetian dawn, a sudden act of vandalism shatters the quiet of the deserted city. But Brunetti is shocked to find that the culprit waiting to be apprehended at the scene is someone from his own family....
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Albin Academy volume 1
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An alumnus of an elite boys academy works under his intimidating former teacher in this sexy gay romance by the author of the Criminal Intentions series.
Summer Hemlock never meant to come back to Omen, Massachusetts . . .
But with his mother in need of help, Summer has no choice but to return to his hometown, take up a teaching residency at the elite Albin Academy—and work directly under the man who made his teenage years...
Summer Hemlock never meant to come back to Omen, Massachusetts . . .
But with his mother in need of help, Summer has no choice but to return to his hometown, take up a teaching residency at the elite Albin Academy—and work directly under the man who made his teenage years...
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O que você faria se toda noite fosse levada para a "terra do nunca"? Bom, não exatamente a terra do nunca, mas uma versão dela para adultos. Bárbara não tem uma explicação para os sonhos, mas depois de um tempo acordando com grama pelo quarto e os pés sujos de terra, ela começa a buscar entender o que é aquele lugar. Ela só não imaginava que descobrir sobre a terra do nunca implica em se autodescobrir.
11) Santuário
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A jovem Vitória se depara com uma herança sobrenatural, ao mesmo tempo em que sua família sofre uma ruptura irreversível. Sozinha, ela encontra acolhimento em um lugar inesperado.
12) Maresia
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O triângulo das bermudas nunca foi bem visto pelos navegadores que um dia tiveram o infortúnio de cair em suas garras. Cercado de histórias, lendas e estigmas, ele de fato não é a rota mais procurada em alto mar e nem mesmo os bravos piratas ousam se aventurar em seu território. Mesmo sabendo disso, a capitã Luna Farrell, na esperança de se ver livre de mais um ataque da marinha inglesa, resolve tomar a decisão arriscada de navegar sobre...
13) Garrafas
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Sofia, uma mulher trans, após encontrar-se sozinha ao se mudar para uma cidade do interior de Goiás, decide procurar por garrafas abandonadas no bosque perto de casa. Não esperava, porém, que esse bosque fosse mágico.
15) O anseio
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Neste minilivro, você encontrará a história de um rapaz solitário que encontra um disco de vinil misterioso e descobre que o espírito de um antigo cantor estava preso dentro dele.
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The Beast in the Jungle is one of James' finest short novels touching upon such universal themes as loneliness, fate, love and death. The story can be interpreted as a confession or parable about James' own life. He never married and possibly never experienced a consummated sexual relationship. Although he did enjoy a thorough experience of aesthetic creativity, it is possible that he still regretted what he called the essential loneliness of his...
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