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A Spell for Chameleon (Xanth, #1)
by Piers Anthony
Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Humor, Science Fiction Fantasy, Young Adult, Magic, Science Fiction
Average rating on Goodreads: 3.92

Xanth was the enchanted land where magic ruled - where every citizen had a special spell only he could cast. It was a land of centaurs and dragons and basilisks.For Bink of North Village, however, Xanth was no fairy tale. He alone had no magic. And unless he got some - and got some fast! - he would be exiled. Forever!But the Good Magician Humfrey was convinced that Bink did indeed have magic. In fact, both Beauregard the genie and the magic wall chart insisted that Bink had magic. Magic as powerful as any possessed by the King or by Good Magician Humfrey - or even by the Evil Magician TrentBe that as it may, no one could fathom the nature of Bink's very special magic. Bink was in despair. This was even worse than having no magic at all..and he would still be exiled!
Little Princes: One Man's Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal
by Conor Grennan
Genres: Nonfiction, Memoir, Travel, Biography, Asia, Biography Memoir, Audiobook
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.25

Little Princes is the epic story of Conor Grennan's battle to save the lost children of Nepal and how he found himself in the process. Part Three Cups of Tea, and part Into Thin Air, Grennan's remarkable memoir is at once gripping and inspirational, and it carries us deep into an exotic world that most readers know little about.One Person Can Make a DifferenceIn search of adventure, twenty-nine-year-old Conor Grennan traded his day job for a year-long trip around the globe, a journey that began with a three-month stint volunteering at the Little Princes Children's Home, an orphanage in war-torn Nepal. Conor was initially reluctant to volunteer, unsure whether he had the proper skill, or enough passion, to get involved in a developing country in the middle of a civil war. But he was soon overcome by the herd of rambunctious, resilient children who would challenge and reward him in a way that he had never imagined. When Conor learned the unthinkable truth about their situation, he was stunned: The children were not orphans at all. Child traffickers were promising families in remote villages to protect their children from the civil war - for a huge fee - by taking them to safety. They would then abandon the children far from home, in the chaos of Nepal's capital, Kathmandu. For Conor, what began as a footloose adventure becomes a commitment to reunite the children he had grown to love with their families, but this would be no small task. He would risk his life on a journey through the legendary mountains of Nepal, facing the dangers of a bloody civil war and a debilitating injury. Waiting for Conor back in Kathmandu, and hopeful he would make it out before being trapped in by snow, was the woman who would eventually become his wife and share his life's work. Little Princes is a true story of families and children, and what one person is capable of when faced with seemingly insurmountable odds. At turns tragic, joyful, and hilarious, Little Princes is a testament to the power of faith and the ability of love to carry us beyond our wildest expectations.
Seeing Karma (Valentine/Petrilo #5)
by Reyna Hawk
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.55

Over 20 years has passed since Janie walked away from Malachi and returned to a life with Rico. The Battaglia's daughter, Sophia, is off to college and all seems grand. Until Sophia's chance encounter with two separate men connected to Janie's past. These encounters lead to kidnappings, murder, love, and the revelation that life is never what Janie thinks it is.  Sophia has found the love of her life in MJ; but when Janie and Rico discover his true identity their world will never be the same. How is it possible after two decades for Malachi to be back in Janie's life? What will become of Janie and Rico's happy world? Is Malachi back in Janie's life to stay?  This is the final book of the Valentine/Petrilo Series. Book one-Looking Through Blind Eyes; book two-Reflection of Secrets; book three-Shattered Visions Haunted Memories; book four-Revealing Visions.
Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon's Journey into the Afterlife
by Eben Alexander
Genres: Nonfiction, Spirituality, Religion, Memoir, Biography, Christian, Science
Average rating on Goodreads: 3.72

Thousands of people have had near-death experiences, but scientists have argued that they are impossible. Dr. Eben Alexander was one of those scientists. A highly trained neurosurgeon, Alexander knew that NDEs feel real, but are simply fantasies produced by brains under extreme stress.Then, Dr. Alexander’s own brain was attacked by a rare illness. The part of the brain that controls thought and emotion—and in essence makes us human—shut down completely. For seven days he lay in a coma. Then, as his doctors considered stopping treatment, Alexander’s eyes popped open. He had come back.Alexander’s recovery is a medical miracle. But the real miracle of his story lies elsewhere. While his body lay in coma, Alexander journeyed beyond this world and encountered an angelic being who guided him into the deepest realms of super-physical existence. There he met, and spoke with, the Divine source of the universe itself.Alexander’s story is not a fantasy. Before he underwent his journey, he could not reconcile his knowledge of neuroscience with any belief in heaven, God, or the soul. Today Alexander is a doctor who believes that true health can be achieved only when we realize that God and the soul are real and that death is not the end of personal existence but only a transition.This story would be remarkable no matter who it happened to. That it happened to Dr. Alexander makes it revolutionary. No scientist or person of faith will be able to ignore it. Reading it will change your life.
Thinner
by Richard Bachman
Genres: Horror, Fiction, Thriller, Fantasy, Supernatural, Paranormal, Suspense
Average rating on Goodreads: 3.76

After an old gypsy woman is killed by his car, lawyer Billy Halleck is stricken with a flesh-wasting malady and must undertake a nightmarish journey to confront the forces of death. Movie tie-in. Book available.
Super Indy: The Great Action
by Alex Letner
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.76

Tesha, a very pretty woman is sad by some unpleasant circumstances in her life: she does not have love practicing for about two years already. She becomes depressed about that until she meets some young men who represent themselves as…angels. Indy, meanwhile teaching yoga, discovered his power to rule machines (or that is look like this).
Case Histories (Jackson Brodie, #1)
by Kate Atkinson
Genres: Mystery, Fiction, Crime, Mystery Thriller, Thriller, British Literature, Detective
Average rating on Goodreads: 3.81

In #1 of series, Jackson Brodie PI follows three 30-years cold, unconnected Cambridge family cases:  1 A little girl disappears in the night.  2 A beautiful young office worker falls to a maniac's attack. 3 A new mother is overwhelmed by demands from her baby and husband - until a fit of rage creates a grisly, bloody escape.Result : Startling connections and discoveries emerge. . . .
Wayward (Wayward Pines, #2)
by Blake Crouch
Genres: Science Fiction, Thriller, Fiction, Horror, Mystery, Dystopia, Post Apocalyptic
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.14

Welcome to Wayward Pines, population 461. Nestled amidst picture-perfect mountains, the idyllic town is a modern-day Eden...except for the electrified fence and razor wire, snipers scoping everything 24/7, and the relentless surveillance tracking each word and gesture.None of the residents know how they got here. They are told where to work, how to live, and who to marry. Some believe they are dead. Others think they’re trapped in an unfathomable experiment. Everyone secretly dreams of leaving, but those who dare face a terrifying surprise.Ethan Burke has seen the world beyond. He’s sheriff, and one of the few who knows the truth—Wayward Pines isn’t just a town. And what lies on the other side of the fence is a nightmare beyond anyone’s imagining.
Give and Take: A Revolutionary Approach to Success
by Adam M. Grant
Genres: Business, Nonfiction, Psychology, Self Help, Leadership, Personal Development, Management
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.07

Give and Take highlights what effective networking, collaboration, influence, negotiation, and leadership skills have in common.For generations, we have focused on the individual drivers of success: passion, hard work, talent, and luck. But today, success is increasingly dependent on how we interact with others. It turns out that at work, most people operate as either takers, matchers, or givers. Whereas takers strive to get as much as possible from others and matchers aim to trade evenly, givers are the rare breed of people who contribute to others without expecting anything in return. Using his own pioneering research as Wharton's youngest tenured professor, Grant shows that these styles have a surprising impact on success. Although some givers get exploited and burn out, the rest achieve extraordinary results across a wide range of industries. Combining cutting-edge evidence with captivating stories, this landmark book shows how one of America's best networkers developed his connections, why the creative genius behind one of the most popular shows in television history toiled for years in anonymity, how a basketball executive responsible for multiple draft busts transformed his franchise into a winner, and how we could have anticipated Enron's demise four years before the company collapsed - without ever looking at a single number. Praised by bestselling authors such as Dan Pink, Tony Hsieh, Dan Ariely, Susan Cain, Dan Gilbert, Gretchen Rubin, Bob Sutton, David Allen, Robert Cialdini, and Seth Godin-as well as senior leaders from Google, McKinsey, Merck, Estee Lauder, Nike, and NASA - Give and Take highlights what effective networking, collaboration, influence, negotiation, and leadership skills have in common. This landmark book opens up an approach to success that has the power to transform not just individuals and groups, but entire organizations and communities.
Orchard of Skeletons
by Eli Wilde
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.29

Orchard of Skeletons is a dystopian novel about Isaac and Macy who are on the run from a psychopath that wants to kill one of them and return the other to a life of slavery.During their run for freedom, they encounter an unlikely friend in the form of a replicant searching for something only they can help him find.The land they journey through is full of bones, abandoned towns and starving wolves.If they can reach Zeko's, the replicant promised it could save them from Finch. Finch isn’t alone anymore. He has the support of the people under the mountain. The ones who would do anything to own people who can make babies.
The Poetic Edda: Stories of the Norse Gods and Heroes
by Anonymous
Genres: Poetry, Mythology, Classics, History, Medieval, Religion, Nonfiction
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.26

The Poetic Edda comprises a treasure trove of mythic and spiritual verse holding an important place in Nordic culture, literature, and heritage. Its tales of strife and death form a repository, in poetic form, of Norse mythology and heroic lore, embodying both the ethical views and the cultural life of the North during the late heathen and early Christian times.Collected by an unidentified Icelander, probably during the twelfth or thirteenth century, The Poetic Edda was rediscovered in Iceland in the seventeenth century by Danish scholars. Even then its value as poetry, as a source of historical information, and as a collection of entertaining stories was recognized. This meticulous translation succeeds in reproducing the verse patterns, the rhythm, the mood, and the dignity of the original in a revision that Scandinavian Studies says "may well grace anyone's bookshelf."
Fatal Vision
by Joe McGinniss
Genres: True Crime, Nonfiction, Crime, Mystery, Biography, History, Thriller
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.12

The electrifying true crime story of Dr. Jeffrey MacDonald, the handsome, Princeton-educated physician convicted of savagely slaying his young pregnant wife and two small children--murders he vehemently denies committing...Bestselling author Joe McGinniss chronicles every aspect of this horrifying and intricate crime and probes the life and psyche of the magnetic, all-American Jeffrey MacDonald--a golden boy who seemed destined to have it all. The result is a penetration to the heart of darkness that enshrouded one of the most complex criminal cases ever to capture the attention of the American public. It is a haunting, stunningly suspenseful work that no reader will be able to forget.Includes photographs and a Special Epilogue by the authorOVER ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD
The Darkest Minds (The Darkest Minds, #1)
by Alexandra Bracken
Genres: Young Adult, Dystopia, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Romance, Fiction, Paranormal
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.16

When Ruby woke up on her tenth birthday, something about her had changed. Something alarming enough to make her parents lock her in the garage and call the police. Something that gets her sent to Thurmond, a brutal government “rehabilitation camp.” She might have survived the mysterious disease that’s killed most of America’s children, but she and the others have emerged with something far worse: frightening abilities they cannot control.Now sixteen, Ruby is one of the dangerous ones.When the truth comes out, Ruby barely escapes Thurmond with her life. Now she’s on the run, desperate to find the one safe haven left for kids like her—East River. She joins a group of kids who escaped their own camp. Liam, their brave leader, is falling hard for Ruby. But no matter how much she aches for him, Ruby can’t risk getting close. Not after what happened to her parents.When they arrive at East River, nothing is as it seems, least of all its mysterious leader. But there are other forces at work, people who will stop at nothing to use Ruby in their fight against the government. Ruby will be faced with a terrible choice, one that may mean giving up her only chance at a life worth living.
L'amico ritrovato
by Fred Uhlman
Genres: Classics, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Historical, Germany, Novels, German Literature
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.03

An alternate cover edition can be found here.Due ragazzi sedicenni frequentano la stessa scuola esclusiva. L'uno è figlio di un medico ebreo, l'altro è di ricca famiglia aristocratica. Tra loro nasce un'amicizia del cuore, un'intesa perfetta e magica. Un anno dopo, il loro legame è spezzato. Questo accade in Germania, nel 1933... Racconto di straordinaria finezza e suggestione, L'amico ritrovato è apparso nel 1971 negli Stati Uniti ed è poi stato pubblicato in Inghilterra, Francia, Olanda, Svezia, Norvegia, Danimarca, Spagna, Germania, Israele, Portogallo. Ovunque lo stesso entusiasmo della critica. "Un'opera letteraria rara", l'ha definito George Steiner sul New Yorker, "Un capolavoro", ha scritto Arthur Koestler nell'introduzione all'edizione inglese del 1976. "Un libro che assilla la memoria... una gemma", "Un racconto magistrale", hanno fatto eco The Sunday Express e The Financial Times di Londra. E infine Le Monde di Parigi: "Uno dei testi più densi e più puri sugli anni del nazismo in Germania... Tra i romanzi più belli che si possano raccomandare ai lettori, dai dodici anni in su. Senza esitazione."
Reginald Bones (Reginald Bones #1)
by Lucian Bane
Genres: Dark, Erotica, Thriller, Suspense, Romance, Contemporary, Mystery Thriller
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.35

Bones is hell-bent on hiding from the world. Reginald is hell-bent on living in it. Bones vowed to never talk to women again. Reginald is falling for the one that visits their graveyard. The problem is, Reginald and Bones share the same body. And when Bones gives an inch to accommodate Reginald His dark past returns to devour them whole.
The Sun Is Also a Star
by Nicola Yoon
Genres: Young Adult, Romance, Contemporary, Fiction, Audiobook, Realistic Fiction, Young Adult Contemporary
Average rating on Goodreads: 3.99

Natasha: I’m a girl who believes in science and facts. Not fate. Not destiny. Or dreams that will never come true. I’m definitely not the kind of girl who meets a cute boy on a crowded New York City street and falls in love with him. Not when my family is twelve hours away from being deported to Jamaica. Falling in love with him won’t be my story.Daniel: I’ve always been the good son, the good student, living up to my parents’ high expectations. Never the poet. Or the dreamer. But when I see her, I forget about all that. Something about Natasha makes me think that fate has something much more extraordinary in store—for both of us.The Universe: Every moment in our lives has brought us to this single moment. A million futures lie before us. Which one will come true?
Barabbas
by Par Lagerkvist
Genres: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Classics, Religion, Literature, Nobel Prize, Swedish Literature
Average rating on Goodreads: 3.85

Barabbas is the acquitted; the man whose life was exchanged for that of Jesus of Nazareth, crucified upon the hill of Golgotha. Barabbas is a man condemned to have no god. "Christos Iesus" is carved on the disk suspended from his neck, but he cannot affirm his faith. He cannot pray. He can only say, "I want to believe."Translated from the Swedish by Alan Blair
Silk
by Alessandro Baricco
Genres: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Italian Literature, Romance, Japan, Italy, Historical
Average rating on Goodreads: 3.85

When an epidemic threatens to destroy the silk trade in France, the young merchant Herve Joncour leaves his doting wife and his comfortable home in the small town of Lavilledieu and travels across Siberia to the other end of the world, to Japan, to obtain eggs for a fresh breeding of silk worms. It is the 1860s; Japan is closed to foreigners and this has to be a clandestine operation. During his undercover negotiations with the local baron, Joncour's attention is arrested by the man's concubine, a girl who does not have Oriental eyes. Although the young Frenchman and the girl are unable to exchange so much as a word, love blossoms between them, conveyed by a number of recondite messages in the course of four visits the Frenchman pays to Japan. How their secret affair develops and how it unfolds is told in a narration as beautiful, smooth and seamless as a piece of the finest silk.
Consider Phlebas (Culture, #1)
by Iain M. Banks
Genres: Science Fiction, Fiction, Space Opera, Science Fiction Fantasy, Fantasy, Space, Cultural
Average rating on Goodreads: 3.86

The war raged across the galaxy. Billions had died, billions more were doomed. Moons, planets, the very stars themselves, faced destruction, cold-blooded, brutal, and worse, random. The Idirans fought for their Faith; the Culture for its moral right to exist. Principles were at stake. There could be no surrender.Within the cosmic conflict, an individual crusade. Deep within a fabled labyrinth on a barren world, a Planet of the Dead proscribed to mortals, lay a fugitive Mind. Both the Culture and the Idirans sought it. It was the fate of Horza, the Changer, and his motley crew of unpredictable mercenaries, human and machine, actually to find it, and with it their own destruction.
HIDDEN MICKEY ADVENTURES 1: Peter and the Wolf (Hidden Mickey Adventures, #1)
by Nancy Temple Rodrigue
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.22

HIDDEN MICKEY ADVENTURES 1Peter and the Wolf The 6th Hidden Mickey novel by Nancy Temple Rodrigue, following "Hidden Mickey 4.5: Unfinished Business—Wals". It features a new generation of clue solvers, continuing the Hidden Mickey series of action-adventure mysteries about Walt Disney and Disneyland written for Adults, Teens, & Tweens (age 9 to 90)WHAT'S MORE EXCITING THAN A FAMILY DAY AT DISNEYLAND?Ditching their family, Peter Brentwood and his younger brother stumble upon a letter from the Master Storyteller himself, Walt Disney. Following a clue in the letter they are immediately caught up in what they thought was an innocently fun treasure hunt.SOMEONE ELSE DISCOVERS THEIR HUNT FOR HIDDEN TREASURE.The quest takes a serious turn when someone in a trusted position begins tracking their every move, hungering for the treasure for himself.WILL LONG-HELD SECRETS BE FORCIBLY REVEALED?The secrets Lance and Kimberly Brentwood have closely guarded could rip their family apart if compromised. At stake is something they hold very dear: Walt's Legacy. WATCH AS THIS YOUNGER GENERATION OF TREASURE HUNTERS GRAPPLE WITH AN IMPOSING AND FEARSOME MENACEWolf, their friend and protector steps in, but is it too little, too late? Uncover secrets of Disneyland and the Disney Studios in Burbank as we watch the drama unfold.YOU WILL NEVER LOOK AT DISNEYLAND THE SAME AGAIN!Next book in the series... "HIDDEN MICKEY ADVENTURES 2: Peter and the Missing Mansion"Another "E-Ticket" ride through Disney's history.Want to go on your own 'E-Ticket' adventure? Next time you visit a Disney Park you can play in Quests like Adam & Lance by bringing with you a copy of HIDDEN MICKEY ADVENTURES in Disneyland - HIDDEN MICKEY ADVENTURES in Disney California Adventure, and for our east coast Fans: HIDDEN MICKEY ADVENTURES in WDW Magic Kingdom (or download one to your mobile device).
This Perfect Day
by Ira Levin
Genres: Science Fiction, Dystopia, Fiction, Horror, Classics, Science Fiction Fantasy, Novels
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.01

The story is set in a seemingly perfect global society. Uniformity is the defining feature; there is only one language and all ethnic groups have been eugenically merged into one race called "The Family." The world is ruled by a central computer called UniComp that has been programmed to keep every single human on the surface of the earth in check. People are continually drugged by means of regular injections so that they can never realize their potential as human beings, but will remain satisfied and cooperative. They are told where to live, when to eat, whom to marry, when to reproduce. Even the basic facts of nature are subject to UniComp's will - men do not grow facial hair, women do not develop breasts, and it only rains at night."The Family" was everywhere. For centuries, mankind longed for a world without suffering or war. The Family made that dream come true. They have triumphed. Programmed, every need satisfied, they knew nothing of struggle or pain. They had mastered... perfected Earth.But for one man, perfection was not enough. For Chip, it was a nightmare. The Family was a suffocating force of evil. His dream was to escape... and destroy!
The Fairway (Super Indy, #2)
by Alex Letner
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.74

Comic book. A small group of people meet together on a tea table under special circumstances. Four of them make a long trip to see each other to discuss a death someone, who was supposed to be immortal…  At the sometime secret community, masking as a carrot farm, looking for someone who possess a special sort of power they need. They suspect somebody, but they are not sure. Anyway that person might be taken to a special facility for an examination. He should be taken, even if he does not want to go. If they are right, the community gonna have access to the tomorrow-direct-access-time-tunnel. Well, in reality things are not so simple.
Liberators: Super Indy
by Alex Letner
Genres: Fiction
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.69

Graphic novel in great color saturation. Science fiction. Small group of fighters moving for decades around the world to discover the origin of Burlingers-“Invisible Cloaks”-strange and horrifying anti human creatures.