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Pecola Breedlove, a young black girl, prays every day for beauty. Mocked by other children for the dark skin, curly hair, and brown eyes that set her apart, she yearns for normalcy, for the blond hair and blue eyes that she believes will allow her to finally fit in. Yet as her dream grows more fervent, her life slowly starts to disintegrate in the face of adversity and strife. A powerful examination of our obsession with beauty and conformity, Toni...
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The ordeal of the whaleship Essex was an event as mythic in the nineteenth century as the sinking of the Titanic was in the twentieth. In 1819, the Essex left Nantucket for the South Pacific with twenty crew members aboard. In the middle of the South Pacific the ship was rammed and sunk by an angry sperm whale. The crew drifted for more than ninety days in three tiny whaleboats, succumbing to weather, hunger, disease, and ultimately turning to drastic...
8) Wicked widow
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2000.
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Madame Deveridge is all too aware of the whispers behind her back, the rumors that she dispatched her husband to the next world and concealed her crime. But Madeline has a far more pressing problem than being called the Wicked Widow. She fears that she and her beloved aunt are being haunted! And all the evidence points to one improbable culprit: the ghost of her late husband. Of course it is impossible, but madeline cannot take chances. So she dares...
10) Soft focus
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1999.
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A woman seeks to end the personal relationship with a business partner when he deceives her, but they are both dismayed to realize that they'll need to work together to recover a stolen crystal vital to the success of a business in which both have invested.
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From the bestselling author of The Bomber Mafia: discover Malcolm Gladwell's breakthrough debut and explore the science behind viral trends in business, marketing, and human behavior. The tipping point is that magic moment when an idea, trend, or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips, and spreads like wildfire. Just as a single sick person can start an epidemic of the flu, so too can a small but precisely targeted push...
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Born into a family with a long psychic lineage, Sylvia Browne became aware as a child that life existed in dimensions beyond our own. Life on the Other Side is Browne's vision of this other existence. The Other Side, she believes, is our home-where we came from and where we will return between lifetimes. Drawing upon both personal and professional experiences, Browne provides a guide for living-one based on her belief that "religion, spirituality...
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Dune (Graphic novels) volume 1
Dune House Harkonnen volume 11
Dune House Harkonnen volume 10
Prelude to Dune volume 2
Dune House Harkonnen volume 11
Dune House Harkonnen volume 10
Prelude to Dune volume 2
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Shaddam sits on the Golden Lion Throne, but he must produce a male heir, and his leadership is further threatened by Baron Vladimir Harkonnen whose primary targets are House Atreides and the mysterious Bene Gesserit Sisterhood.
19) Easy prey
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"In life she was a high-profile model. In death she is the focus of a media firestorm that's demanding action from Lucas Davenport. One of his own men is a suspect in her murder. But when a series of bizarre, seemingly unrelated slayings rock the city, Davenport suspects a connection that runs deeper than anyone had imagined--one that leads to an ingenious killer more ruthless than anyone had feared."--Publisher's description.
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Left Behind series. Main series volume 8
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In the eighth book in the saga of those left behind, those who were left behind after the Rapture mush now make a crucial decision. Each person must choose whether to receive the mark of the beast, or die. Never has faith in God been more important for the group of believers called the Tribulation Force.
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