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A Man with A White Shadow
by Vikram Suryawanshi
Genres: Fiction, India
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.75

Karan, Arjun, and Rutvik, although having similar family backgrounds, have their independent views about life. This philosophical saga tries to explore why even if two people have the same environment they cannot think alike. These three kids grow up and chase their ambitions while disregarding everything in their lives.The contrast in their approaches and what influences them to develop certain mindsets create a tale that influences readers to question their own understanding of the world. This book is a philosophical breakthrough and explains a possibility in which there is no God but only souls. Vikram Suryawanshi through this book ends the debate between Atheists and Believers. The book talks about these philosophies while Ganesha, a son of God tries to understand human society. Ganesha, because he was disappointed by how humans are leading their lives, wants to change the world and lead humans towards a better future. The contrast between the story of Ganesha and three humane characters, Karan, Arjun, and Rutvik, raises numerous questions and the author tries to explain all of them through his beautiful story writing skills.There are some short stories in the Novel. Each focuses on a certain social issue. Through these short stories, Ganesha tries to understand human psychology and how they react in different situations. Having a strong take on various social issues, A Man with A White Shadow gives a fresh perspective on equality.
Pro Leadership: Establishing Your Credibility, Building Your Following and Leading With Impact
by Andrew  Wyatt
Genres: Nonfiction, Book Club, Education, Inspirational, Contemporary
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.32

Pro Leadership helps aspiring leaders establish their credibility, build their following, and lead with impact. Pro Leadership includes 24 chapters each focus on a pro leadership principle required to be mastered if a leader desires to “go-pro”. The 24 principles were taken from the yellow legal pad Andrew Wyatt kept in the center drawer of his desk during the 24-year history following the founding of his company. Each time he learned a lesson, he would write it on the legal pad. Many books have been written on leadership. Andrew has read many and believes aspiring leaders would benefit from doing the same. After all, leaders are readers. Pro Leadership is not meant to replace any of those; rather Andrew’s hope is to add to an already valuable library. In writing Pro Leadership , he had three
The Dark Tower #1-3
by Stephen King
Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller, Science Fiction Fantasy, Epic Fantasy
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.46

Titles include The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger, The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three and The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands.
Kerri's War (The King Trilogy, #3)
by Stephen Douglass
Genres: Thriller, Romance, Crime, Amazon
Average rating on Goodreads: 3.83

Librarian Note: Alternate Cover Edition for ASIN:B00DEKRUQ0.
Arrangement in Black and White
by Fred Misurella
Genres: Fiction, Contemporary, Adult, Novels, New Adult, Love Story, Romance
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.32

She's white; he's black. But their conflicts are more than racial. Margy's from Iowa, an artist, the product of an abusive mother and neglectful father. Everet's from Connecticut, a civil rights lawyer on the rise toward greater recognition, and their lives take a tense turn when he decides to run for political office just as Margy moves forward in her own career. Arrangement in Black and White captures the conflicts that give edge and interest to all meaningful love stories, yet it does so with an eye toward modern women, interracial politics, and the human inability to balance passion with social, public life. It is a powerful story for contemporary readers.
Letter to a Christian Nation
by Sam Harris
Genres: Nonfiction, Religion, Philosophy, Atheism, Politics, Science, Christianity
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.00

In response to The End of Faith, Sam Harris received thousands of letters from Christians excoriating him for not believing in God. Letter to A Christian Nation is his reply. Using rational argument, Harris offers a measured refutation of the beliefs that form the core of fundamentalist Christianity. In the course of his argument, he addresses current topics ranging from intelligent design and stem-cell research to the connections between religion and violence. In Letter to a Christian Nation, Sam Harris boldly challenges the influence that faith has on public life in our nation.
100 Love Sonnets
by Pablo Neruda
Genres: Poetry, Classics, Romance, Spanish Literature, Love, Nonfiction, Latin American
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.37

Against the backdrop of Isla Negra - the sea and wind, the white sand with its scattering of delicate wild flowers, the hot sun and salty smells of the Pacific - the poet sets the poems in celebration of his love. The subject of that love is Matilde Urrutia de Neruda, Pablo's 'beloved wife'.
The Gettysburg Address
by Abraham Lincoln
Genres: History, Nonfiction, Politics, Classics, American History, Civil War, Historical
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.53

The Gettysburg Address is the most famous speech of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln and one of the most quoted speeches in United States history. It was delivered at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on the afternoon of Thursday, November 19, 1863, during the American Civil War, four and a half months after the Union armies defeated the Confederates at the decisive Battle of Gettysburg.
The Andromeda Strain (Andromeda, #1)
by Michael Crichton
Genres: Science Fiction, Fiction, Thriller, Mystery, Science Fiction Fantasy, Horror, Suspense
Average rating on Goodreads: 3.91

The United States government is given a warning by the pre-eminent biophysicists in the country: current sterilization procedures applied to returning space probes may be inadequate to guarantee uncontaminated re-entry to the atmosphere. Two years later, seventeen satellites are sent into the outer fringes of space to collect organisms and dust for study. One of them falls to earth, landing in a desolate area of Arizona. Twelve miles from the landing site, in the town of Piedmont, a shocking discovery is made: the streets are littered with the dead bodies of the town's inhabitants, as if they dropped dead in their tracks.--back cover
Hopscotch
by Julio Cortázar
Genres: Fiction, Classics, Spanish Literature, Literature, Latin American, Novels, Magical Realism
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.21

Horacio Oliveira is an Argentinian writer who lives in Paris with his mistress, La Maga, surrounded by a loose-knit circle of bohemian friends who call themselves "the Club." A child's death and La Maga's disappearance put an end to his life of empty pleasures and intellectual acrobatics, and prompt Oliveira to return to Buenos Aires, where he works by turns as a salesman, a keeper of a circus cat which can truly count, and an attendant in an insane asylum. Hopscotch is the dazzling, freewheeling account of Oliveira's astonishing adventures.The book is highly influenced by Henry Miller’s reckless and relentless search for truth in post-decadent Paris and Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki’s modal teachings on Zen Buddhism.Cortázar's employment of interior monologue, punning, slang, and his use of different languages is reminiscent of Modernist writers like Joyce, although his main influences were Surrealism and the French New Novel, as well as the "riffing" aesthetic of jazz and New Wave Cinema.In 1966, Gregory Rabassa won the first National Book Award to recognize the work of a translator, for his English-language edition of Hopscotch. Julio Cortázar was so pleased with Rabassa's translation of Hopscotch that he recommended the translator to Gabriel García Márquez when García Márquez was looking for someone to translate his novel One Hundred Years of Solitude into English. "Rabassa's One Hundred Years of Solitude improved the original," according to García Márquez.
Blind Pony: As True A Story As I Can Tell
by Samantha   Hart
Genres: Nonfiction, Book Club, How To, Inspirational, Education
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.31

The true story of a runaway teen who escapes an abusive home life only to find herself in predatory Los Angeles in the 1970's. After years of enduring her grandfather's sexual abuse, 14-year-old Samantha Hart runs away from her Pennsylvania family farm in search of her estranged father in Arizona.After a troubling reunion, she flees to the promising lights of La-La Land. Desperate to forget the past, she immerses herself in a spectacle of drugs, decadence, and money in Hollywood.But when a wealthy playboy mistakes her Pittsburgh accent for British, a new spiral of white lies begins, and a new identity is born. Swept to Europe, Samantha floats through champagne parties, sexual adventures, and a whirlwind of international escapades. With a portfolio of nude photos under her arm, she is determined to make something of herself.Will her young, broken spirit find the strength to persevere, to survive the unsurvivable? Will she transcend the temptation to give up in a world that seems so set against her?BLIND PONY: AS TRUE A STORY AS I CAN TELL is the tale of one young woman's unwillingness to accept the circumstances life dealt her, and instead, takes the reins to find success beyond her wildest dreams.
Metamorphoses
by Ovid
Genres: Classics, Poetry, Mythology, Fiction, Literature, Fantasy, Ancient
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.08

Prized through the ages for its splendor and its savage, sophisticated wit, The Metamorphoses is a masterpiece of Western culture--the first attempt to link all the Greek myths, before and after Homer, in a cohesive whole, to the Roman myths of Ovid's day. Horace Gregory, in this modern translation, turns his poetic gifts toward a deft reconstruction of Ovid's ancient themes, using contemporary idiom to bring today's reader all the ageless drama and psychological truths vividly intact. --From the book jacket
The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation
by Thich Nhat Hanh
Genres: Nonfiction, Spirituality, Buddhism, Philosophy, Self Help, Religion, Psychology
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.19

One of the best available introductions to the wisdom and beauty of meditation practice. --New Age JournalIn this beautiful and lucid guide, Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh offers gentle anecdotes and practical exercise as a means of learning the skills of mindfulness--being awake and fully aware. From washing the dishes to answering the phone to peeling an orange, he reminds us that each moment holds within it an opportunity to work toward greater self-understanding and peacefulness.
Principles: Life and Work
by Ray Dalio
Genres: Business, Nonfiction, Self Help, Leadership, Finance, Personal Development, Philosophy
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.12

Ray Dalio, one of the world’s most successful investors and entrepreneurs, shares the unconventional principles that he’s developed, refined, and used over the past forty years to create unique results in both life and business—and which any person or organization can adopt to help achieve their goals.In 1975, Ray Dalio founded an investment firm, Bridgewater Associates, out of his two-bedroom apartment in New York City. Forty years later, Bridgewater has made more money for its clients than any other hedge fund in history and grown into the fifth most important private company in the United States, according to Fortune magazine. Dalio himself has been named to Time magazine’s list of the 100 most influential people in the world. Along the way, Dalio discovered a set of unique principles that have led to Bridgewater’s exceptionally effective culture, which he describes as “an idea meritocracy that strives to achieve meaningful work and meaningful relationships through radical transparency.” It is these principles, and not anything special about Dalio—who grew up an ordinary kid in a middle-class Long Island neighborhood—that he believes are the reason behind his success.In Principles, Dalio shares what he’s learned over the course of his remarkable career. He argues that life, management, economics, and investing can all be systemized into rules and understood like machines. The book’s hundreds of practical lessons, which are built around his cornerstones of “radical truth” and “radical transparency,” include Dalio laying out the most effective ways for individuals and organizations to make decisions, approach challenges, and build strong teams. He also describes the innovative tools the firm uses to bring an idea meritocracy to life, such as creating “baseball cards” for all employees that distill their strengths and weaknesses, and employing computerized decision-making systems to make believability-weighted decisions. While the book brims with novel ideas for organizations and institutions, Principles also offers a clear, straightforward approach to decision-making that Dalio believes anyone can apply, no matter what they’re seeking to achieve.Here is a rare opportunity to gain proven advice unlike anything you’ll find in the conventional business press.
Gravity's Rainbow
by Thomas Pynchon
Genres: Fiction, Classics, Literature, Science Fiction, Historical Fiction, Novels, American
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.00

Winner of the 1973 National Book Award, Gravity's Rainbow is a postmodern epic, a work as exhaustively significant to the second half of the 20th century as Joyce's Ulysses was to the first. Its sprawling, encyclopedic narrative, and penetrating analysis of the impact of technology on society make it an intellectual tour de force.
Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
by Carl Sagan
Genres: Science, Nonfiction, Astronomy, Space, Philosophy, Physics, Popular Science
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.32

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Carl Sagan traces our exploration of space and suggests that our very survival may depend on the wise use of other worlds. This stirring book reveals how scientific discovery has altered our perception of who we are and where we stand, and challenges us to weigh what we will do with that knowledge. Photos, many in color.
These Is My Words: The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1881-1901, Arizona Territories (Sarah Agnes Prine, #1)
by Nancy E. Turner
Genres: Historical Fiction, Fiction, Historical, Romance, Westerns, Book Club, Adult Fiction
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.35

A moving, exciting, and heartfelt American saga inspired by the author's own family memoirs, these words belong to Sarah Prine, a woman of spirit and fire who forges a full and remarkable existence in a harsh, unfamiliar frontier. Scrupulously recording her steps down the path Providence has set her upon--from child to determined young adult to loving mother--she shares the turbulent events, both joyous and tragic, that molded her and recalls the enduring love with cavalry officer Captain Jack Elliot that gave her strength and purpose.Rich in authentic everyday details and alive with truly unforgettable characters, These Is My Words brilliantly brings a vanished world to breathtaking life again.
The Talisman (The Talisman, #1)
by Stephen King
Genres: Horror, Fantasy, Fiction, Thriller, Adventure, Mystery, Audiobook
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.12

Two of the world's bestselling authors have combined their unique talents in an unforgettable epic of fantasy, adventure, odyssey - and spine-tingling terror.You are about to take a journey... a terrifying trip across America where young Jack Sawyer is searching for the Talisman, the only thing that can save his dying mother. His quest takes him into the menacing Territories where violence, surprise and the titanic struggle between good and evil reach across a mythic landscape... a journey into the dark heart of horror.
The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
by Albert Camus
Genres: Philosophy, Nonfiction, Classics, Essays, France, Literature, French Literature
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.22

One of the most influential works of this century, this is a crucial exposition of existentialist thought. Influenced by works such as Don Juan, and the novels of Kafka, these essays begin with a meditation on suicide: the question of living or not living in an absurd universe devoid of order or meaning. With lyric eloquence, Camus posits a way out of despair, reaffirming the value of personal existence, and the possibility of life lived with dignity and authenticity.
The Search for Mother Missing: A Peek Inside International Adoption (Adoption Books for Adults)
by Janine Vance
Genres: Nonfiction, Adoption, How To, Education, Inspirational
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.46

In this contemporary tale detailing a two-week trip that explores intercountry adoption from South Korea, twin sisters travel to their birth city of Seoul in search of their Korean family. Little incidents along the way serve as a catalyst that leads them into a worldwide modern-day adoptee-rights movement seeking truth and transparency.In 2004, Vance discovered the commodification and profits made by evangelical adoption agencies, motivating her to investigate the 1954 Adoption Program spearheaded by Harry Holt in Korea. Janine and her twin, also known as the "Vance Twins," established one of the largest adoptee-led forums on social media and were the first to invite adopted people, families separated-by-adoption, and parents-of-loss together to discuss adoption. This forum flipped the script on adoption in 2011 to include the voices of adoptees from Europe, the Americas, Asia, and Africa. The Vance Twins have since been at the forefront of spreading awareness on the issue of adoption trafficking.For Janine’s Personal and Philosophy Books, Visit JanineVance.com or For Janine’s History and Political Books, Visit AdoptionHistory.Org or For Rare Adoption Books for Adults, visit
The New York Trilogy
by Paul Auster
Genres: Fiction, Mystery, American, Novels, Literature, Contemporary, New York
Average rating on Goodreads: 3.88

The remarkable, acclaimed series of interconnected detective novels – from the author of 4 3 2 1: A NovelThe New York Review of Books has called Paul Auster’s work “one of the most distinctive niches in contemporary literature.” Moving at the breathless pace of a thriller, this uniquely stylized triology of detective novels begins with City of Glass, in which Quinn, a mystery writer, receives an ominous phone call in the middle of the night. He’s drawn into the streets of New York, onto an elusive case that’s more puzzling and more deeply-layered than anything he might have written himself. In Ghosts, Blue, a mentee of Brown, is hired by White to spy on Black from a window on Orange Street. Once Blue starts stalking Black, he finds his subject on a similar mission, as well. In The Locked Room, Fanshawe has disappeared, leaving behind his wife and baby and nothing but a cache of novels, plays, and poems.This Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition includes an introduction from author and professor Luc Sante, as well as a pulp novel-inspired cover from Art Spiegelman, Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic artist of Maus and In the Shadow of No Towers.
Get Rich or Get Lucky
by Max Nowaz
Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Contemporary, Novels, Drama
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.27

Get Rich or Get Lucky is a gripping fantasy thriller that follows Adam who finds himself in control of a magic he never knew existed.After a string of disappointments with his literary career, Adam decides to embark on a get-rich-quick scheme by renovating run-down houses. By chance he discovers a book of magic in the basement of a derelict property and he can’t believe his luck. Excited by his find, he invites his friends Dick and Charlie, to tell them about it. But things quickly take a turn for the worse when Adam inadvertently casts a spell which turns Dick into a crayfish. Adam is unable to reverse the spell immediately and while searching for the solution, leaves Dick in the garden pond, which gets flooded and Dick disappears. Dick's wife Rachael reports him missing and the police then accuse Adam of wrongdoing. Things continue to spiral out of control when Adam is burgled and the book gets stolen. He then discovers that a powerful, evil warlock is looking for the book. Adam finds himself in a race against time, to recover the book and thwart the warlock to stand any chance of bringing Dick back, if he can. From the author of the sci-fi adventure The Arbitrator, Get Rich or Get Lucky is a black humoured fantasy thriller that will have readers on the edge of their seats. It will appeal to readers who enjoy fantasy fiction, in addition to those who also enjoy fast-paced thrillers.
Undaunted Courage: The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Wild Frontier
by Stephen E. Ambrose
Genres: History, Nonfiction, Biography, American History, Adventure, Historical, Travel
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.21

'This was much more than a bunch of guys out on an exploring and collecting expedition. This was a military expedition into hostile territory'. In 1803 President Thomas Jefferson selected his personal secretary, Captain Meriwether Lewis, to lead a pioneering voyage across the Great Plains and into the Rockies. It was completely uncharted territory; a wild, vast land ruled by the Indians. Charismatic and brave, Lewis was the perfect choice and he experienced the savage North American continent before any other white man. UNDAUNTED COURAGE is the tale of a hero, but it is also a tragedy. Lewis may have received a hero's welcome on his return to Washington in 1806, but his discoveries did not match the president's fantasies of sweeping, fertile plains ripe for the taking. Feeling the expedition had been a failure, Lewis took to drink and piled up debts. Full of colourful characters - Jefferson, the president obsessed with conquering the west; William Clark, the rugged frontiersman; Sacagawea, the Indian girl who accompanied the expedition; Drouillard, the French-Indian hunter - this is one of the great adventure stories of all time and it shot to the top of the US bestseller charts. Drama, suspense, danger and diplomacy combine with romance and personal tragedy making UNDAUNTED COURAGE an outstanding work of scholarship and a thrilling adventure.
Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)
by Leigh Bardugo
Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult, Fiction, Young Adult Fantasy, Romance, LGBT, Adventure
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.50

Ketterdam: a bustling hub of international trade where anything can be had for the right price—and no one knows that better than criminal prodigy Kaz Brekker. Kaz is offered a chance at a deadly heist that could make him rich beyond his wildest dreams. But he can’t pull it off alone. . . .A convict with a thirst for revengeA sharpshooter who can’t walk away from a wagerA runaway with a privileged pastA spy known as the WraithA Heartrender using her magic to survive the slumsA thief with a gift for unlikely escapesSix dangerous outcasts. One impossible heist. Kaz’s crew is the only thing that might stand between the world and destruction—if they don’t kill each other first.