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Beginner's Luck (Hallie Palmer, #1)
by Laura Pedersen
Genres: Fiction, Young Adult, Chick Lit, Coming Of Age, Contemporary, Adult Fiction, Adult
Average rating on Goodreads: 3.87

“Laura Pedersen delivers . . . Throughout, you can’t help but think how hilarious some of the scenes would play on the big screen.”—The Hartford Courant“There could be no doubt left in anyone’s mind that my life had all the makings of a country-and-western song.”The second of seven children (with another on the way), Hallie Palmer has one to make it to Vegas. Normally blessed with an uncanny gift for winning at games of chance, she’s just hit a losing streak. She’ s been kicked out of the casino she frequents during school hours, lost all her money for a car on a bad bet at the track, and has been grounded by her parents. Hallie decides the time as come to cut her losses.Answering an ad in the local paper, she lands a job as yard person at the elegant home of the sixty-ish Mrs. Olivia Stockton, a wonderfully eccentric rebel who scribes acclaimed poetry along with the occasional soft-core porn story. Under the same wild roof is Olivia’s son, Bernard, an antiques dealer and gourmet cook who turns out mouthwatering cuisine and scathing witticisms, and Gil, Bernard’s lover, whose down-to-earth sensibilities provide a perfect foil to the Stocktons’ outrageous joie de vivre . Here, in this anything-goes household, Hallie has found a new family. And she’s about to receive the education of her life.From a wonderful new voice in fiction comes the freshest and funniest novel to barrel down the pike since Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café . In Beginner’s Luck , Laura Pedersen introduces us to the endearing oddballs and eccentrics of Cosgrove County, Ohio, who burst to life and steal our hearts–and none more so than Hallie Palmer, sixteen, savvy, and wise beyond her years, a young woman who knows life is a gamble . . . and sometimes you have to bet the house.
Going Green Without Going Broke
by Diedra "DD" Holley
Genres: Nonfiction, Environment
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.50

If you have ever picked up a book on going green, you most likely put it back down after a quick glance. They all seem to have the same problem; these books are made for people with money! Buy solar panels, get a wind turbine, go geothermal, new insulation and such. These things cost a lot of time and money. Going Green Without Going Broke was written for those of us who have limited resources. You may have some money set off to the side, or you may not. Either way, this book is for you. The suggestions in this book range in cost from FREE to about $80. Between these covers you will find 25 ways to go green without emptying your wallet. Most of them will even put a little green back in! We have heard for years that it's greener and cheaper to make it yourself. Is it really? I have done studies on that very thing so you can make an informed decision rather than the expensive trial and error method. Minimal impact on your wallet, minimal impact on your lifestyle; BIG impact on the environment.
Evergreen (Werner Family Saga, #1)
by Belva Plain
Genres: Historical Fiction, Fiction, Romance, Historical, Adult Fiction, Jewish, Novels
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.01

Born into poverty and fear, Anna is desperate to leave her native Poland. Determined to make something of herself, Anna moves into a cramped New York slum and finds a job in a sweatshop. When two very different men fall in love with her, Anna is destined to be forever torn in love and loyalty.
Passion and Purity: Learning to Bring Your Love Life Under Christ's Control
by Elisabeth Elliot
Genres: Christian, Nonfiction, Christianity, Christian Living, Relationships, Marriage, Faith
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.13

Very few books on dating have stood the test of time like Passion and Purity. Its much-needed message remains strong and hopeful in an age when doing whatever "feels right" is common practice. Using her own life as an example, Elisabeth Elliot guides singles of both genders and of any age on how to put their love lives under the authority of Jesus Christ.	Passion and Purity covers dating issues such as:•how to know which person is the right one to marry•loving passionately while remaining sexually pure•the man's and woman's role in relationships•putting God's desires ahead of personal desires•how far is too far, physically 	This best-selling book now has a new cover, an updated interior design, and a foreword from popular author Joshua Harris. Quest for Love will be redesigned in a similar manner to help readers identify the books as a pair. While Passion and Purity shares the love story of Elisabeth and Jim, Quest for Love is a compilation of stories on how other men and women discovered love through God's direction. Together, these two remarkable books accentuate our need to commit daily to Christ all matters of the heart and to wait on his timing.
The Way of Zen
by Alan W. Watts
Genres: Philosophy, Nonfiction, Buddhism, Spirituality, Religion, Zen, Self Help
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.16

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Messages from the Masters: Tapping into the Power of Love
by Brian L. Weiss
Genres: Spirituality, Nonfiction, New Age, Psychology, Self Help, Philosophy, Metaphysics
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.33

The true story of a prominent psychiatrist, his young patient, and the past-life therapy that changed both their lives. As a traditional psychotherapist, Dr. Brian Weiss was astonished and skeptical when one of his patients began recalling past-life traumas that seemed to hold the key to her recurring nightmares and anxiety attacks. His skepticism was eroded, however, when she began to channel messages from the "space between lives," which contained remarkable revelations about Dr. Weiss' family and his dead son. Using past-life therapy, he was able to cure the patient and embark on a new, more meaningful phase of his own career.
Scat
by Carl Hiaasen
Genres: Mystery, Young Adult, Fiction, Middle Grade, Realistic Fiction, Humor, Animals
Average rating on Goodreads: 3.96

Bestselling author and columnist Carl Hiaasen returns with another hysterical mystery for kids set in Florida's Everglades.Bunny Starch, the most feared biology teacher ever, is missing. She disappeared after a school field trip to Black Vine Swamp. And, to be honest, the kids in her class are relieved.But when the principal tries to tell the students that Mrs. Starch has been called away on a "family emergency," Nick and Marta just don't buy it. No, they figure the class delinquent, Smoke, has something to do with her disappearance.And he does! But not in the way they think. There's a lot more going on in Black Vine Swamp than any one player in this twisted tale can see. And Nick and Marta will have to reckon with an eccentric eco-avenger, a stuffed rat named Chelsea, a wannabe Texas oilman, a singing substitute teacher, and a ticked-off Florida panther before they really begin to see the big picture.That's life in the swamp, kids.
Borstal Boy
by Brendan Behan
Genres: Irish Literature, Biography, Nonfiction, Ireland, Memoir, Autobiography, Banned Books
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.01

This miracle of autobiography and prison literature begins: "Friday, in the evening, the landlady shouted up the stairs: 'Oh God, oh Jesus, oh Sacred Heart, Boy, there's two gentlemen here to see you.' I knew by the screeches of her that the gentlemen were not calling to inquire after my health . . . I grabbed my suitcase, containing Pot. Chlor., Sulph Ac, gelignite, detonators, electrical and ignition, and the rest of my Sinn Fein conjurer's outfit, and carried it to the window . . ." The men were, of course, the police, and seventeen-year-old Behan. He spent three years as a prisoner in England, primarily in Borstal (reform school), and was then expelled to his homeland, a changed but hardly defeated rebel. Once banned in the Irish Republic, Borstal Boy is both a riveting self-portrait and a clear look into the problems, passions, and heartbreak of Ireland.
Around the World in 80 Days
by Marian Leighton
Genres: Classics, Fiction, Adventure, Childrens, Science Fiction, Historical Fiction, Travel
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.01

An eccentric Englishman accepts a challenge to circle the globe with unprecedented speed. Exotic locales, seemingly insurmountable obstacles, and comic relief provide a fantastic blend of adventure, entertainment, and suspense. - For generations, readers have enjoyed classic literature. They have delighted in the romance of Jane Austen, thrilled ... more »at the adventures of Jules Verne, and pondered the lessons of Aesop. Introduce young readers to these familiar volumes with Great Illustrated Classics. In this series, literary masterworks have been adapted for young scholars. Large, easy-to-read type and charming pen-and-ink drawings enhance the text. Students are sure to enjoy becoming acquainted with traditional literature through these well-loved classics.
Fugitive Pieces
by Anne Michaels
Genres: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Canada, War, Holocaust, Historical, World War II
Average rating on Goodreads: 3.91

A New York Times Notable Book of the YearWinner of the Lannan Literary Fiction AwardWinner of the Guardian Fiction Award In 1940 a boy bursts from the mud of a war-torn Polish city, where he has buried himself to hide from the soldiers who murdered his family. His name is Jakob Beer. He is only seven years old. And although by all rights he should have shared the fate of the other Jews in his village, he has not only survived but been rescued by a Greek geologist, who does not recognize the boy as human until he begins to cry. With this electrifying image, Anne Michaels ushers us into her rapturously acclaimed novel of loss, memory, history, and redemption. As Michaels follows Jakob across two continents, she lets us witness his transformation from a half-wild casualty of the Holocaust to an artist who extracts meaning from its abyss. Filled with mysterious symmetries and rendered in heart-stopping prose, Fugitive Pieces is a triumphant work, a book that should not so much be read as it should be surrendered to.
Outcasts United: A Refugee Team, an American Town
by Warren St. John
Genres: Nonfiction, Sports, Soccer, Biography, School, War, Sociology
Average rating on Goodreads: 3.84

The extraordinary story of a refugee football team and the transformation of a small American town.Clarkston, Georgia, was a typical Southern town until it was designated a refugee settlement centre in the 1990s, becoming home to scores of families in flight from the world's war zones—from Liberia and Sudan to Iraq and Afghanistan. Suddenly Clarkston's streets were filled with women wearing the hijab, the smells of cumin and curry, and kids of all colours playing football in any open space they could find. Among them was Luma Mufleh, a Jordanian woman who founded a youth football team to unify Clarkston's refugee children and keep them off the streets. These kids named themselves the Fugees.Outcasts United follows a pivotal season in the life of the Fugees and their charismatic coach. Warren St. John documents the lives of a diverse group of young people as they miraculously coalesce into a band of brothers, while also drawing a fascinating portrait of a fading American town struggling to accommodate its new arrivals. At the centre of the story is fiery Coach Luma, who relentlessly drives her players to success on the football field while holding together their lives—and the lives of their families—in the face of a series of daunting challenges.This fast-paced chronicle of a single season is a complex and inspiring tale of a small town becoming a global community—and an account of the ingenious and complicated ways we create a home in a changing world.
The Seven Basic Plots: Why We Tell Stories
by Christopher Booker
Genres: Writing, Nonfiction, Literature, Books About Books, Literary Criticism, Reference, Language
Average rating on Goodreads: 3.78

This remarkable and monumental book at last provides a comprehensive answer to the age-old riddle of whether there are only a small number of 'basic stories' in the world. Using a wealth of examples, from ancient myths and folk tales via the plays and novels of great literature to the popular movies and TV soap operas of today, it shows that there are seven archetypal themes which recur throughout every kind of storytelling. But this is only the prelude to an investigation into how and why we are 'programmed' to imagine stories in these ways, and how they relate to the inmost patterns of human psychology. Drawing on a vast array of examples, from Proust to detective stories, from the Marquis de Sade to E.T., Christopher Booker then leads us through the extraordinary changes in the nature of storytelling over the past 200 years, and why so many stories have 'lost the plot' by losing touch with their underlying archetypal purpose. Booker analyses why evolution has given us the need to tell stories and illustrates how storytelling has provided a uniquely revealing mirror to mankind's psychological development over the past 5000 years.This seminal book opens up in an entirely new way our understanding of the real purpose storytelling plays in our lives, and will be a talking point for years to come.
Serenad
by Zülfü Livaneli
Genres: Turkish Literature, Fiction, Turkish, Historical Fiction, Roman, Novels, Audiobook
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.38

In this heartbreaking Turkish novel based on the real-life sinking of a refugee ship during World War II, an elderly professor leaves America to revisit the city where he last glimpsed his beloved wife. Istanbul, 2001. Maya Duran is a single mother struggling to balance a demanding job at Istanbul University with the challenges of raising a teenage son. Her worries increase when she is tasked with looking after the enigmatic Maximilian Wagner, an elderly German-born Harvard professor visiting the city at the university's invitation. Although he is distant at first, Maya gradually learns of the tragic circumstances that brought him to Istanbul sixty years before, and the dark realities that continue to haunt him. Inspired by the 1942 Struma disaster, in which nearly 800 Jewish refugees perished after the ship carrying them to Palestine was torpedoed off the coast of Turkey, Serenade for Nadia is both a poignant love story and a gripping testament to the power of human connection in crisis.
David Copperfield
by Malvina G. Vogel
Genres: Classics, Fiction, Childrens, Historical Fiction, Literature, Tragedy, Middle Grade
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.06

In a specially adapted version for young readers.Orphaned at a young age and abandoned by a cruel stepfather, David Copperfield struggles to make a life for himself. Follow him through the unhappiness and brutality of his childhood...the friendships he makes in his teen years...the pressure of starting out on a career...the betrayal by a boyhood friend...the treachery of a jealous co-worker...the silliness and ecstasy of youthful love...and the final discovery of complete happiness.
A Christmas Proposal (Hidden Threat, #1.5)
by Sherri Hayes
Genres: Romance, Christmas, Adult, Short Stories, Contemporary, Contemporary Romance
Average rating on Goodreads: 3.80

Matthew Andersen knew he wanted to spend the rest of his life with Cali Stanton. Since she came into his life just five months ago, his world had completely changed for the better. With everything in their lives finally coming together, he was determined to make their first Christmas a memorable one.
Bright White Darkness, New York Shift
by A.G. Betts
Average rating on Goodreads: 5.00

Incredible events and terrifying confrontations await Jack Watson after he is recruited into a top secret group charged with investigating a horrific terrorist attack and the theft of amazing scientific machinery.Murder, secrets, lies, battles with alien beings, bombings, alternative dimensions, earthquakes and the threat of war with nations from parallel worlds! Jack, his new colleagues, the city of New York and indeed the whole world must face the most terrifying situation the planet Earth has ever known.
Dream Walker
by Denise Harvey
Average rating on Goodreads: 3.50

A serial killer the media has dubbed, The East Coast Lover is killing rich widows in their fifties. The case heats up landing Gary in Daytona, Florida. While checking out the only new lead in two years, fate blind sides him with the Phantom he has dreamed of since he was a child. Gary is determined to catch the killer and the woman of his dreams.Lena had learned at a young age to keep life simple and ignore the strange. Four months after her twenty fifth birthday the her simple life turns into chaos. The Dreams more vivid. The Voice more demanding. Her life and heart are on the line. The need to protect all she loves drives the secret her mother has kept for twenty-five years closer to the surface. In the middle of chaos can she trust what she feels for the man that makes her pulse race and long for a life of love.
Snow in July
by Kim Iverson Headlee
Genres: Historical, Paranormal, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Romance, Historical Romance
Average rating on Goodreads: 3.88

Sir Robert Alain de Bellencombre has been granted what every man wants: a rich English estate in exchange for his valiant service at the Battle of Hastings. To claim this reward, the Norman knight must wed the estate's Saxon heiress. Most men would leap at such an opportunity, but for Alain, who broke his vow to his dying mother by failing to protect his youngest brother in battle, it means facing more easily broken vows. But when rumors of rampant thievery, dangerous beasts, and sorcery plaguing a neighboring estate reach his ears, nothing will make him shirk duty to king and country when people's lives stand at risk. He assumes the guise of a squire to scout the land, its problems, and its lady.Lady Kendra of Edgarburh has been granted what no woman wants: a forced marriage to an enemy who may be kith or kin to the man who murdered her beloved brother. Compounding her anguish is her failure to awaken the miraculous healing gift bequeathed by their late mother in time to save his life. Although with his dying breath, he made her promise to seek happiness above all, Kendra vows that she shall find neither comfort nor love in the arms of a Norman…unless it snows in July.Alain is smitten by Lady Kendra from the first moment of their meeting; Kendra feels the forbidden allure of the handsome and courtly Norman "squire." But a growing evil overshadows everyone, invoking dark forces and ensnaring Kendra in a plot to overthrow the king Alain is oath-bound to serve. Kendra and Alain face a battle unlike any other as their honor, their love, their lives, and even their very souls lie in the balance.
Alone... You're Not
by serenity finlay
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.33

Faced with an unthinkable tragedy, Cara Fletcher must rely completely on her distant relative for support. As she struggles to regain her life, Cara finds herself the target of a dangerous criminal — a crazed madman intent on settling his personal vendetta.
The Sunflower: On the Possibilities and Limits of Forgiveness
by Simon Wiesenthal
Genres: Nonfiction, Holocaust, Philosophy, History, Religion, Memoir, World War II
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.12

While imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camp, Wiesenthal was taken one day from his work detail to the bedside of a dying SS man. Haunted by the crimes in which he'd participated, the soldier wanted to confess to--& obtain absolution from--a Jew. Faced with the choice between compassion & justice, silence & truth, Wiesenthal said nothing. But even years after the war had ended, he wondered: Had he done the right thing? What would you have done in his place?In this important book, 53 distinguished men & women respond to Wiesenthal's questions. They are theologians, political leaders, writers, jurists, psychiatrists, human rights activists, Holocaust survivors & victims of attempted genocides in Bosnia, Cambodia, China & Tibet. Their responses, as varied as their experiences of the world, remind us that Wiesenthal's questions are not limited to events of the past. Often surprising, always thought provoking, The Sunflower will challenge you to define your beliefs about justice, compassion & responsibility.
My Name Is Memory
by Ann Brashares
Genres: Romance, Fiction, Fantasy, Young Adult, Historical Fiction, Time Travel, Chick Lit
Average rating on Goodreads: 3.71

Daniel has spent centuries falling in love with the same girl. Life after life, crossing continents and dynasties, he and Sophia (despite her changing name and form) have been drawn together-and he remembers it all. Daniel has "the memory", the ability to recall past lives and recognize souls of those he's previously known. It is a gift and a curse. For all the times that he and Sophia have been drawn together throughout history, they have also been torn painfully, fatally, apart. A love always too short.Interwoven through Sophia and Daniel's unfolding present day relationship are glimpses of their expansive history together. From 552 Asia Minor to 1918 England and 1972 Virginia, the two souls share a long and sometimes torturous path of seeking each other time and time again. But just when young Sophia (now "Lucy" in the present) finally begins to awaken to the secret of their shared past, to understand the true reason for the strength of their attraction, the mysterious force that has always torn them apart reappears. Ultimately, they must come to understand what stands in the way of their love if they are ever to spend a lifetime together.
Klondike: The Last Great Gold Rush, 1896-1899
by Pierre Berton
Genres: History, Nonfiction, Canada, Adventure, American History, Historical, Geology
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.22

With the building of the railroad and the settlement of the plains, the North West was opening up. The Klondike stampede was a wild interlude in the epic story of western development, and here are its dramatic tales of hardship, heroism, and villainy. We meet Soapy Smith, dictator of Skagway; Swiftwater Bill Gates, who bathed in champagne; Silent Sam Bonnifield, who lost and won back a hotel in a poker game; and Roddy Connors, who danced away a fortune at a dollar a dance. We meet dance-hall queens, paupers turned millionaires, missionaries and entrepreneurs, and legendary Mounties such as Sam Steele, the Lion of the Yukon.Pierre Berton's riveting account reveals to us the spectacle of the Chilkoot Pass, and the terrors of lesser-known trails through the swamps of British Columbia, across the glaciers of souther Alaska, and up the icy streams of the Mackenzie Mountains. It contrasts the lawless frontier life on the American side of the border to the relative safety of Dawson City. Winner of the Governor General's award for non-fiction, Klondike is authentic history and grand entertainment, and a must-read for anyone interested in the Canadian frontier.
Twisted (Sinister Tales, #2)
by Anna Gallegos
Genres: Horror
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.50

The second book of Sinister Tales will definitely give you chills as if someone was watching you. From unnatural creepy sounds from the inside of your home to hair-raising strangers approaching you. Stories about revenge, strange desires, and unnatural experiences. With plot twists that will make you second guess who you can and cannot trust, with moments that make you glance behind just to check if no one's following.