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Vision of Shadows (Vision, #1)
by Vincent Morrone
Genres: Young Adult, Paranormal Romance, Paranormal, Romance, Ghosts, Young Adult Paranormal
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.21

Is Bristol Blackburn about to meet the love of her life...or her killer? After the death of her parents, Bristol Blackburn's life is thrown into chaos and she's forced to move to Spirit, a small town where shadows are stirring. As she learns to navigate her new school and figures out how to keep her psychic abilities secret from her family, Bristol comes face to face with the boy who makes a regular appearance in her dreams: the gorgeous, possibly deadly, Payne McKnight. Soon she’ll find out if Payne will be the love of her life, or the end of it — and she has no idea which possibility scares her more. And that's not even the worst of it. Strange shadows are haunting her dreams, and they're up to something that could put Bristol and the lives of everyone she loves in jeopardy.
Fish: A Proven Way to Boost Morale and Improve Results
by Stephen C. Lundin
Genres: Business, Nonfiction, Leadership, Self Help, Management, Personal Development, Psychology
Average rating on Goodreads: 3.93

Here's another management parable that draws its lesson from an unlikely source--this time it's the fun-loving fishmongers at Seattle's Pike Place Market. In Fish! the heroine, Mary Jane Ramirez, recently widowed and mother of two, is asked to engineer a turnaround of her company's troubled operations department, a group that authors Stephen Lundin, Harry Paul, and John Christensen describe as a "toxic energy dump." Most reasonable heads would cut their losses and move on. Why bother with this bunch of losers? But the authors don't make it so easy for Mary Jane. Instead, she's left to sort out this mess with the help of head fishmonger Lonnie. Based on a bestselling corporate education video, Fish! aims to help employees find their way to a fun and happy workplace. While some may find the story line and prescriptions--such as "Choose Your Attitude," "Make Their Day," and "Be Present"--downright corny, others will find a good dose of worthwhile motivational management techniques. If you loved Who Moved My Cheese? then you'll find much to like here. And don't worry about Mary Jane and kids. Fish! has a happy ending for everyone. --Harry C. Edwards
Garden of Lies (Garden of Lies, #1)
by Eileen Goudge
Genres: Fiction, Romance, Drama, Chick Lit, Contemporary, Womens Fiction, Novels
Average rating on Goodreads: 3.95

Rachel and Rose grew up worlds apart. Rachel, in the lap of Manhattan luxury, an ice princess determined to be a great doctor. Rose, in the New York slums, yielding to passion too young, and fleeing heartbreak to become a star lawyer. When they both fall in love with the same fascinating man, they are brought face to face with the truth about each other and themselves.
لم تعد
by أحمد إبراهيم
Genres: Novels, Short Stories
Average rating on Goodreads: 3.45

مجموعه قصصيه في اطار نفسي تغوص في اعماق النفس البشريه لتأتي بقضايا عصريه تمس نبض إنسان عاش بأعماق هذا البلد وظل يتشكل علي شاكله هذا الوطن صعودا وهبوطا .. ليمثل السمة الأصيلة لهذا الجيل .....عدم التأكد ...التشتت ...التأرجح الدائم إلى ان يشاء الله
الشرق واليونان القديمة
by Maurice Crouzet
Genres: History
Average rating on Goodreads: 3.65

موسوعة تاريخية نادرة تحت اشراف موريس كروزيه مفتش المعارف العام في فرنسا ونخبة من اساتذة التاريخ بجامعة السوربون؛ يتكون من ٧ اجزاء يتحدث فيه عن قصة جميع الحضارات البشرية منذ بدايتها وحتى العهد المعاصر ويتسم بالموضوعية، وبالمنهج العلمي.المجلد الاول: الشرق واليونان القديمةالمجلد الثاني: روما وامبراطوريتهاالمجلد الثالث: القرون الوسطىالمجلد الرابع: القرنان السادس عشر والسابع عشرالمجلد الخامس: القرن الثامن عشرالمجلد السادس: القزن التاسع عشرالمجلد السابع: العهد المعاصرمع اكثر من ٣٠٠ لوحة ومخطوطة نادرة مرفقة مع الموسوعة فتقول هيئة الترجمة في مقدمتها "ما وقعت عيناي يومًا على موسوعة تاريخ الحضارات العام في مجلداتها السبعة وهي اصلاً ظهرت باللغة الفرنسية عن مطبوعات الجامعة الفرنسية - باريس حتى تولتني نشوة من الغبطة تمنيت معها ان يلهم الله ناشرًا يتولى نقلها الى لغة الضاد فيمد المكتبة العربية، ولا سيما مكتبة التاريخ منها، بمرجع هام ونادر من مراجع التاريخ العام تناهد فريق من الاخصائيين واعلام اساتذة التاريخ في جامعات فرنسا وخصوصا جامعة السوربون العريقة على وضعه على مثل هذا النحو من العرض والتركيز هو أقرب لتحليل حوادث التاريخ من السرد المبسط".
Benjamin
by Kathryn Mattingly
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.33

ISBNs moved from  this editionAfter a brief affair with a man that would exit her life as completely as he had entered it, Victoria Agostini makes the heartfelt decision to raise their son Benjamin, alone. Through a dramatic set of events, the boy's special gift leads her back into the life of this man who unknowingly fathered Benjamin, and she is suddenly faced with the complications of this reunion. Wondering whether father and son are mere mortals or something more, her confusion about faith and the complexities of love present difficult questions. Answers are hard earned as she struggles to protect what matters most to her-Benjamin.
Idle, Wild, Love
by Shaida Escoffery
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.00

When Hannah returns home to Idlewild, Michigan from Paris to escape World War II; Henry expects the awkward, frumpy girl to appear, not the beautiful, outspoken woman at the train station.  The bed-hopping Henry, now finds his match in his pious, childhood friend Hannah, who wants nothing to do with him and his flirtation. He must confront his alcoholism and childhood scars from a Jim Crow South. This journey towards emotional healing sets him on a path to learn unforgettable lessons in life and love.  Soon, when tragedy strikes, both Henry and Hannah’s faith are tested. Will they remain in Idlewild? Or will they change along with the historical community that is altered by the shifting times of the 40’s, 50’s and 60’s?
Everything Flows
by Vasily Grossman
Genres: Fiction, Russia, Russian Literature, Historical Fiction, Classics, Literature, Novels
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.20

'Everything Flows is as important a novel as anything written by Solzhenitsyn, and Robert Chandler's superb translation makes it a joy to read'Antony BeevorIvan Grigoryevich has been in the Gulag for thirty years. Released after Stalin's death, he finds that the years of terror have imposed a collective moral slavery. He must struggle to find a place for himself in an unfamiliar world. Grossman tells the stories of those people entwined with Ivan's fate: his cousin Nikolay, a scientist who never let his conscience interfere with his career, Pinegin, the informer who had Ivan sent to the camps and Anna Sergeyevna, Ivan's lover, who tells of her involvement as an activist in the Terror famine of 1932-3.Everything Flows is Vasily Grossman's final testament, written after the Soviet authorities suppressed Life and Fate.'Vasily Grossman is the Tolstoy of the USSR' Martin Amis
Down This Road
by Holly  Young
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.56

Down This Road, is a romance that survived years of separation, war, death, abuse, and betrayal. When approaching the end of her life, Raygan knew that she would be leaving this world as a stranger to the person she was closest to—her daughter. With an expiration date hanging over her head, she takes a pen to paper, titling her story Down This Road. She begins by filling in the blanks: the truth about a brown river rock, her abusive childhood, her and her husband’s whirlwind romance. Then she told the secrets. Death. Addiction. Betrayal. Forbidden love. And the biggest secret of all is the one that would change her daughter’s life forever. Will the truth of what happened Down This Road bring Raygan and her daughter closer together, or tear their family apart? Right or wrong, we all have a love story that is unforgettable inside us…. this is Raygan’s.
Death Raise
by Christopher  Parks
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.65

**2014 KINDLE BOOK AWARDS SEMI-FINALIST**When ten lucky winners of a vacation and poker tournament of a lifetime arrive at a mansion on an island located in a remote part of the Atlantic Ocean, they quickly find out their vacation is not what it seems. The winner of the first round is invited to the head of the poker table where he is handed a gun by The Dealer, who in turn pulls a second pistol. He tells the winner he has exactly three seconds to shoot and kill one of the nine players at the table. If he fails to do so, he will be executed. This pattern is to be repeated until there is a single survivor.The players find themselves forming alliances and plotting against one another. Escape attempts are made and failed, and secrets are discovered inside the mansion, which has now become death row.Far from the island a middle aged man, Sean Stockdale, discovers his wife of 25 years has been cheating on him. This discovery accidently ends her life when he kills her out of a jealous rage. He then launches a personal crusade to find the man who wrecked his marriage, only to find out he has died in a plane crash. Unsure of where to turn Sean contacts his father, a former political giant, for guidance. The elderly Stockdale stupefies Sean when he explains the adulterer is in fact alive and participating in a tournament which he has helped design. Action, strategy, mystery, murder, sex, chaos and horror allcombine in the fiction thriller Death Raise.
Tailchaser's Song (Daw Book Collectors)
by Tad Williams
Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Animals, Cats, Young Adult, Science Fiction Fantasy, Animal Fiction
Average rating on Goodreads: 3.98

Meet Fritti Tailchaser, a ginger tom cat of rare courage and curiosity, a born survivor in a world of heroes and villains, of powerful feline gods and whiskery legends about those strange furless, erect creatures called M’an.“The hour of Unfolding Dark had begun, and the rooftop where Tailchaser lay was smothered in shadow. He was deep in a dream of leaping and flying when he felt an unusual tingling in his whiskers. Fritti Tailchaser, hunterchild of the Folk, came suddenly awake and sniffed the air. Ears pricked and whiskers flared straight, he sifted the evening breeze. Nothing unusual. Then what had awakened him? Pondering, he splayed his claws and began a spine-limbering stretch that finally ended at the tip of his reddish tail.”Join Tailchaser on his magical quest to rescue his catfriend Hushpad on a quest that will take him all the way to cat hell and beyond.
Colors of the Wheel
by Randy Kraft
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.27

On the night of the 2012 presidential election, a black girl stands her ground against an assault by two white boys and kills one. A judge will decide if she goes to trial. Waiting in the courtroom with her are her white parents and her blended family: many shades of brown, and as they wait, their stories are revealed, stories of connection and disconnection, hope and despair.Told as a mosaic of fictional biographies, each of their secrets and struggles shed light on the modern-day color line and the challenges of mixed marriages and mixed-race adoptions. Will justice be served? The novel is not a mystery or a history, rather a contemplation of a post-civil rights/Obama-era America. Is a post-racialist society possible? For readers of Barbara Kingsolver, Meg Wolitzer, Alice Walker, and others who speak truth in fiction, and members of book groups who dialogue on important cultural matters.
Jessica's Seduction (Jessica's Seduction, #1)
by Darren G. Burton
Genres: Romance, Erotica, Short Stories
Average rating on Goodreads: 3.25

This is the series starter and is FREE to download from all retailers!Jessica's Seduction is an erotic romance novella and the first in a hot new series. Jessica's mundane life as a receptionist takes a dramatic turn when Preston Frost comes to town. A successful travel and fashion photographer, self-assured Preston fills in as company head for his dad's refrigeration business when his father takes a holiday. With his good looks and excessive charm, Preston immediately makes a play for Jessica. After resisting him adamantly at first, Jessica soon succumbs to his advances, and the desires of her body and her heart. But can she risk falling for this enigmatic playboy? Adults only 18+
Dolmens in the Blue Mountain
by Kandathil Sebastian
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.00

About the Book Most of us still dream and hope to find ways out beyond violence and corruption. Using dolmens (single-chambered tombs constructed, dates back to Neolithic period 4000 to 3000 BC), as a metaphor, Dolmens in the Blue Mountain explores the meaning of life and death in the context of migrations of Kerala’s Syrian Christian community, and the struggle for survival of tribal communities in the Western Ghats mountain ranges. The story revolves around the lives of three brothers. One of them migrated to Canada. The second one joins a Delhi based NGO, bogged down by a corrupt and callous system, was forced to quit his job on moral grounds. The third one stayed back in Kerala, but got into conflict with the radicalized tribal community. Will the brothers, inspired by the dolmens, which taught them the meaning of living in harmony with nature, without compromising the resource needs of poor people and future generations, be able to fulfill their dreams and aspirations?About The Author: Dr. K. S. Sebastian lives in Delhi with his family of three school going children and wife Neena. He holds a Master degree in social work and a PhD degree in Public Health from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He worked in the development sector for more than two decades in varying capacities, ranging from a ‘grass roots level community worker’ to Director of an international foundation. His work took him to various parts of the world and provided opportunity to work closely with key players in the sector, across the planet. As researcher, program planner, implementer, and evaluator of social and economic development programs, he got an opportunity to understand the inside out of development work, but was disenchanted with the sector and decided to quit the job to take up writing and freelance consulting. This is his debut fiction novel, though he has been publishing research based papers, advocacy materials, and training manuals as part of his work. Dr. Sebastian originally hails from a remote village in Kerala, born to illiterate parents; he survived a childhood of poverty and hardship. The life of one of the protagonist of this story is a documentation of author’s own life largely, and real life characters inspire most of the events of this story.
NGLND XPX
by Ian Hutson
Genres: Science Fiction, Short Stories, Humor, British Literature, Anthologies, Comedy
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.46

NGLND XPX was written to grab you by the ankle and drag you screaming into a world of funny and not so funny scifi-ish fiction, a soupcon of some dashed fine adventure and a spot of Ealing-esque farce.Rub shoulders with robots carrying teddy bears issuing tablets of Commandments to chaps wandering out of the desert. Squirm in a grandstand seat during an Industrial Revolution completely re-written just to see the new-fangled steam trains running over well-intentioned children (no real harm done). Recognise your neighbours - polite English zombies coping with the dystopian hell of a socialist victory in the General Election. Man up, madam, and do your OAP National Service during the pensioner wars with an insect species. Watch in awe and not some little discomfort as Queen Elizabeth does the dishes for Europe and the Ministry of Defence quietly saves the world from a rogue comet.No caricature is left unused. The science in the fiction is quite splendidly silly. This is a book to be read with tongue in cheek, preferably your own tongue and one of your own face cheeks unless you are very limber. The characters are as deep as summer puddles and the plots are as complicated as two planks of wood. Reality leaves the room on page one and farce enters just one chapter later. As literary feasts go this book is a paper bag of humbugs. It is the most fun that you can have with a librarian in the room without getting your ticket suspended.The title NGLND XPX is a text message nod to Admiral Nelson’s splendidly rousing signal, sent just as a bit of a rumble that we now call The Battle of Trafalgar was about to begin in 1805 - ‘England expects that every man will do his duty.’ Admiral Nelson appears nowhere in this book.The contents:* The Model-T Virgin* Begging your pardon, my lord, but Cook’s been eaten again* Robots knitting with rubber needles* Je pense it’s all going very bien* Footloose, en pas de basque* iG-Zero-D* In which Mr Cadwallader shampoos his parrot in the rain using some very dated popular science* Diary of a National Service chap* Blood-curdling screams and the Whitworth screw-thread* The Day the Earth took tea.
The Top 365 Fun, Uplifting, Motivating, and Inspirational Quotes of All Time
by Daniel Willey
Average rating on Goodreads: 5.00

This is a collection of the top quotes as rated by millions of people around the world. This list is constantly changing, but is current at the time of publication. They are in order starting with the most popular quote of all time as rated by millions of people. Users were able to submit quotes and then vote on them. They also submitted the author. Several of the quotes are familiar, but users insisted that they were misattributed. I have left all quotes as the users submitted them. Therefore, they may be slightly incorrect or misattributed.
A Handful of Seventeenth Hill
by Astha Suneja
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.00

The storyline is based on life in mountains mainly secluded ones inspired by Coonoor, India.Three people - Gauri, Ma and Nanu stay in seventeenth hill. Nanu and Gauri are siblings while Father is dead. All they know if this world is the seventeen hills. They work in tea gardens and earn their living. The story builds up with character building of all of them along with telling the reader about their lives – life without science, school, development or lots of people. The plot is built beautifully with keen observation and constant emotional hikes. One day, Kiri dadu proposes that Nanu should go to the city with the officials who would educate him. Gauri is sad about it and wants Nanu to stay back. Nanu leaves and now they are just two – Gauri and Ma. The plot continues with the changed lives and nostalgic emotions. Gauri fails to understand what the meaning of her life is. She has no destination but follows the direction blindly. This is when she meets Avioz, the traveler who has come from Israel. She finds him magical with his coppery tinted eyes attracting her very often. The plot builds when he tells her about the Earth, the planets, the telescope, and other elements of existence that she is ignorant about. Gauri is amused to hear that things like this exist and there is a world beyond the seventeen hills – a world that has more than what she could have thought it did!This is followed by another turning point in their lives, when Avioz guides her to a parallel life, where Gauri meets Avioz in various forms. The plot builds as a new story with constant switch between the real world and the parallel world. Avioz, says his coppery tinted eyes make him immortal – he has lived several lives in one. He guides Gauri through those lives which teach her about the purpose of existence. The parallel world has magic, fantasy, philosophy and learning about life. This is a constant page turner with elements that cause goose bumps. She meets him in different forms while plot is built for the same. This part teaches about life with constant fictional elements making it interesting. At the end, when she returns to the real world, Gauri realizes that she is still the same person but has a new perspective. What else changes? Does she find Nanu? Where is Avioz? Does she get answers to the questions of her life?Get free Kindle ebook
The Vast Landscape
by Jacqueline Cioffa
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.12

Librarian's note: There is an Alternate Cover Edition for this edition of this book here.The Vast Landscape is a journey, a pilgrimage, a walk filled with doubt, mistrust, fame, self-discovery and a life lived, big and bold. The carnival ride comes full circle. The Vast Landscape sucks you in from the very first page and keeps you there, holding your breath. Harrison, the complicated, fearless, brash, messy heroine on her quest to find inner peace in spite of her flaws. Raw, emotional, honest to a fault, The Vast Landscape keeps you guessing and wanting more. A love story so bittersweet it leaves an acrid taste in the mouth and teardrops made out of sea salt. Can Harrison strip away the armor? Unmask the beautiful person hiding all along? It’s a simple question. All roads lead back to, Zack.
The True Natural (The True Natural #1)
by Tia C. Lynk
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.25

Kendall Monroe is an ordinary teenage girl, or so she thought until she meets the new, mysterious boy, Lucas. Kendall discovers that she is the True Natural, an Immortal and that she is being hunted for her powers. Destroying the soul is the only way for a Natural to die. With the help from others, Kendall and her Protector Lucas search for the tool that will destroy the soul of the hunter. Lucas does everything in his power to keep Kendall safe. But, when a secret is revealed, she finds herself in the middle of danger. Will she get out alive or does she face the worst possible ending?
Cosmicomics
by Italo Calvino
Genres: Fiction, Short Stories, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Italian Literature, Literature, Classics
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.17

Italo Calvino's extraordinary imagination and intelligence combine here in an enchanting series of stories about the evolution of the universe. He makes his characters out of mathematical formulae and simple cellular structures. They disport themselves among galaxies, experience the solidification of planets, move from aquatic to terrestrial existence, play games with hydrogen atoms, and even have a love life.During the course of these stories Calvino toys with continuous creation, the transformation of matter, and the expanding and contracting reaches of space and time. He succeeds in relating complex scientific concepts to the ordinary reactions of common humanity.William Weaver's excellent translation won a National Book Award in 1969“Naturally, we were all there," old Qfwfq said, "where else could we have been? Nobody knew then that there could be space. Or time either: what use did we have for time, packed in there like sardines?”The distance of the moon --At daybreak --A sign in space --All at one point --Without colors --Games without end --The aquatic uncle --How much shall we bet? --The dinosaurs --The form of space --The light-years --The spiral.
Beneath the Bamboo: A Vietnam War Story
by Stan Taylor
Genres: War, History
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.24

Excerpt: “I watched two point men take a 50-caliber machine gun bullet to the head, and watched the third being grabbed and taken behind enemy lines. Two of the enemy soldiers, which we often referred to as gooks, quickly came after me. As I quickly mowed them down with my automatic rifle, I crawled backwards away from the enemy gunfire, using my helmet to push sand in front of me as I went, which made it possible to look behind me. But as I looked back, I realized that my safety net was no longer safe. I saw my entire company falling like dominoes. Medics were running left and right, risking their lives to help others with bravery that even the most amazing soldier couldn’t hope to match. Some of the events I witnessed during that moment were beyond comprehension. I watched a young, courageous black medic take an 81-millimeter round to his head, and his whole body instantly turned to smoke. Young nineteen and twenty year old kids were crying like children, but fighting like someone had raped their sisters. So many things were going through my head at that moment, and in one single heartbeat I was overwhelmed with a flashback of my entire life. This is my story, from point A to B, of my life and times in the midst of hell on Earth.”