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1) The ravaged
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"Jack's dying mother told him, "Run and never look back." He spent his life amassing wealth, but after losing his family, he has no one to share it with. Alone with his demons and a backpack, he heads to South America, where people with nothing teach him what matters. After thrashing his dog-abusing boss, Hunter learns of his father's death in a mysterious fire. Biker buddies Nugget and Itch ride with him from North Carolina to California. Stories...
2) The road
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WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A searing, post-apocalyptic novel about a father and son's fight to survive, this "tale of survival and the miracle of goodness only adds to McCarthy's stature as a living master. It's gripping, frightening and, ultimately, beautiful" (San Francisco Chronicle).
One of The New York Times’s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
A father...
One of The New York Times’s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
A father...
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Originally written as a political satire and now read as an adventure story, the travels of Gulliver include adventures in a land where people were only inches tall, in a land of giants, on an island that floated in the air, and in a country ruled by horses.
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Part foreign affairs discourse, part humor, and part twisted self-help guide, this book takes the reader from America to Iceland to India in search of happiness, or, in the crabby author's case, moments of "un-unhappiness." The book uses a mixture of travel, psychology, science and humor to investigate not what happiness is, but where it is. Are people in Switzerland happier because it is the most democratic country in the world? Do citizens of Singapore...
5) Sunset
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Warriors (Erin Hunter). New Prophecy volume 6
Warriors the New Prophecy volume Bk. 6
Warriors The New Prophecy
Warriors. New Prophecy volume 6
Warriors the New Prophecy volume Bk. 6
Warriors The New Prophecy
Warriors. New Prophecy volume 6
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Amidst ongoing strife within and between the Clans of warrior cats, Brambleclaw is tempted by the dark plans of his father and brother, and the meaning of Leafpool's ominous visions becomes clear.
6) The walk
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What would you do if you lost everything--your job, your home, and the love of your life--all at the same time? When it happens to Seattle ad executive Alan Christoffersen, he's tempted by his darkest thoughts but then decides to take a walk, heading for the farthest point on his map: Key West, Florida. The people he encounters along the way, and the lessons they share with him, will save his life.
7) Dawn
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Warriors (Erin Hunter). New Prophecy volume 3
Warriors The New Prophecy
Warriors. New Prophecy volume 3
Warriors the New Prophecy volume Bk. 3
Warriors The New Prophecy
Warriors. New Prophecy volume 3
Warriors the New Prophecy volume Bk. 3
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The questing cats return to a forest devastated by the Twolegs, where they must find a way to convince their Clans to leave in search of a new home, even though they have no idea where they are going.
8) Moonrise
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Warriors (Erin Hunter). New Prophecy volume 2
Warriors. New Prophecy volume 2
Warriors the New Prophecy volume Bk. 2
Warriors The New Prophecy
Warriors. New Prophecy volume 2
Warriors the New Prophecy volume Bk. 2
Warriors The New Prophecy
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As they journey home to warn their clans of the coming destruction, the six cats, guided by StarClan's prophecy, meet an unfamilar tribe of cats with their own set of beliefs--and their own mysterious prophecy.
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Magic tree house. Merlin missions volume 12
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The magic tree house takes Jack and Annie to Antarctica to search for the fourth secret of happiness for Merlin. "A Merlin mission."
12) Dark promises
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2016.
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Lovers challenge destiny and risk their lives in this Carpathian novel by the #1 New York Times bestselling “queen of paranormal romance.”*
Gabrielle has had enough of battles, of wars, of seeing the Carpathian warrior she loves nearly lose his life when it isn’t even his fight. All she wants is to be away from the Carpathian Mountains, far from vampires and the shadows cast by the crumbling monastery that hides...
Gabrielle has had enough of battles, of wars, of seeing the Carpathian warrior she loves nearly lose his life when it isn’t even his fight. All she wants is to be away from the Carpathian Mountains, far from vampires and the shadows cast by the crumbling monastery that hides...
13) The charm school
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Calhoun chronicles volume 1
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Isadora Peabody is an awkward misfit in her beautiful and accomplished family. She turns from the polite Boston society of 1841, taking a job as a bookkeeper on Captain Ryan Calhoun's ship, "Silver Swan." Sailing to Rio de Janeiro, Isadora discovers not only adventure on the journey, but passion and friendship.
14) Starlight
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Warriors (Erin Hunter). New Prophecy volume 4
Warriors The New Prophecy
Warriors the New Prophecy volume Bk. 4
Warriors. New Prophecy volume 4
Warriors The New Prophecy
Warriors the New Prophecy volume Bk. 4
Warriors. New Prophecy volume 4
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The warrior cat Clans arrive at their new home and set about exploring and fighting over the unfamiliar territory.
15) The lost heir
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Wings of fire. Original series volume 2
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Overjoyed to be reunited with her fellow ocean-dwelling dragons, Tsunami the SeaWing continues efforts to end the war for Pyrrhia in spite of a dangerous assassin who is threatening all their lives.
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First law volume 2
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2015.
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"The second novel in the wildly popular First Law Trilogy from New York Times bestseller Joe Abercrombie. Superior Glokta has a problem. How do you defend a city surrounded by enemies and riddled with traitors, when your allies can by no means be trusted, and your predecessor vanished without a trace? It's enough to make a torturer want to run -- if he could even walk without a stick. Northmen have spilled over the border of Angland and are spreading...
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This second edition takes readers to even more curious and unusual destinations, with over one hundred new places, dozens and dozens of new photographs, and two very special features: twelve city guides, covering Berlin, Budapest, Buenos Aires, Cairo, London, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Moscow, New York City, Paris, Shanghai, and Tokyo. And a three-panel gatefold with a full-color map augmented by an around-the-world travel itinerary. More a cabinet...
18) The emerald sea
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Glittering Court volume 3
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2018.
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English
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Tamsin Wright will do anything to reach the Glittering Court's top ranks and, even after a shipwreck exposes her to new cultures and beliefs, holds tight to the secret that would unravel everything if uncovered.
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[2018]
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A collection of the 500 most alluring travel experiences on the planet! The perfect resource for travelers who crave adventurous trips, or those searching for specific experiences, this title has been fully revised and updated just in time for its 10th anniversary. The characters are organized by means of transportation. They are designed to help you plan your trip, telling you the best time to visit, sights you can't miss, and how to get there, as...
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2008
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Nicholson, author of "Bleeding London" and "Sex Collectors," turns his eye to the intellectual and cultural history of that most common of activities--walking. This fascinating rumination by a skilled cultural commentator analyzes the hows, wheres, and whys of walking through the ages.
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