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Three Complete Novels: Heaven/Dawn/Ruby by V.C. Andrews
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis volume features the first novels in three thrilling V.C. Andrews' series: "Heaven, Dawn, " and "Ruby"--an unprecedented hardcover collection--complete and unabridged--at an inviting price! Available... -
![The Last Summer by Ruthie Luhnow]()
The Last Summer by Ruthie Luhnow
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"It's not even really a first kiss if you're practicing on a friend." Trapped in a conservative prairie town, Alfie Alder has spent his whole life enduring bullying from his classmates and indifference from his teachers. Only one person has ever seen past Alfie's sarcastic, standoffish exterior—his best friend and the love of his life, Wynn...Categorized as:
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![Early from the Dance by David Payne]()
Early from the Dance by David Payne
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCary and Adam are best friends from opposite sides of the Killdeer, N.C., tracks. Then Jane McCrae comes into their lives like a hurricane. When Cary falls in love with her, the boy's twosome becomes a tightly knit group of three, and they make plans for their summer after high school graduation... -
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Love & Ruin by J.A. Owenby
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe shadows have always been my safe place. I prefer to hide, stay under the radar.In a rare burst of bravery,I decide to go to college far away.But people are cruel everywhere, and even though I’m far from home, I still want to hide.Until Hendrix.He sees me. Defends me.At first he seems too good to be true, but he wins my trust, makes me feel safe in his presence...Categorized as:
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![Once a Runner by John L. Parker Jr.]()
Once a Runner by John L. Parker Jr.
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsOnce a Runner captures the essence of what it means to be a competitive runner; to devote your entire existence to a single-minded pursuit of excellence. It has become one of the most beloved sports novels ever written...Categorized as:
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Them by Portia Moore
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI wasn’t supposed to fall in love with Ian. I just wasn’t. Allowing someone to get close to me was never an option. No one was supposed to get in… But he was perfectly imperfect, as if he was made just for me. He broke down my walls and made me cross boundaries I never thought I would. But Ian doesn’t know the walls I had up weren’t to protect me. I thought I was done with love, until I met Megan...Categorized as:
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![Echoes and Entanglements by Emma Cole]()
Echoes and Entanglements by Emma Cole
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRemington has overcome obstacles galore to get back on track and to her college of choice. Little did she know that life wasn't done with her personal obstacle course yet. Alex the sister she never had. Eli the potential heartbreaker up and coming football star... -
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One Night by A.J. Pine
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen she lost it all, Jess decided to cope by living a lie. But you can’t keep on pretending forever…Twenty-one-year-old Jess used to have everything—a loyal best friend, a boyfriend she loved, and a future that was right on track. But in a single night, her whole world changed.Now, Jess lives for the impersonal connection of drunken hook-ups and to-go coffee cups in the morning... -
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Crushed by Pamela Ann
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAmber's Story Do you remember your first kiss? Not the I-dare-you-spin-the-bottle-kind, but the first kiss, kiss. You know, the one where you first feel your stomach somersault in anticipation and your heart pounds so hard against your chest, you think you're about to die on the spot. That was Brody for me... -
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Shh! by Stacey Nash
Rated: 3.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNineteen-year-old Olivia Dean has the perfect reputation, the perfect boyfriend, and an increasingly perfect CV. She has it all, until Christian breaks up with her in public, calling her out as a self-gratifying sexoholic: the kind that plays solo... -
![Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear]()
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 48 ratingsAn alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found here. Transform your life with tiny changes in behaviour, starting now. People think that when you want to change your life, you need to think big. But world-renowned habits expert James Clear has discovered another way...Categorized as:
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![Rising Out of Hatred: The Awakening of a Former White Nationalist by Eli Saslow]()
Rising Out of Hatred: The Awakening of a Former White Nationalist by Eli Saslow
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThis book tells the intensely personal saga of one man who eventually disavowed everything he was taught to believe, at tremendous personal cost. Derek Black grew up at the epicenter of white nationalism. His father founded Stormfront, the largest racist community on the Internet...Categorized as:
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![Men, Women, and Worthiness: The Experience of Shame and the Power of Being Enough by Brené Brown]()
Men, Women, and Worthiness: The Experience of Shame and the Power of Being Enough by Brené Brown
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWe Are Enough: Engaging with the World from a Place of WorthinessCourse objectives:Summarize the differences and similarities between the experience of shame for men and women• Define guilt vs... -
![Open by Andre Agassi, J.R. Moehringer]()
Open by Andre Agassi, J.R. Moehringer
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 40 ratingsFrom Andre Agassi, one of the most beloved athletes in history and one of the most gifted men ever to step onto a tennis court, a beautiful, haunting autobiography.Agassi’s incredibly rigorous training begins when he is just a child. By the age of thirteen, he is banished to a Florida tennis camp that feels like a prison camp...Categorized as:
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![Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? by Beverly Daniel Tatum]()
Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? by Beverly Daniel Tatum
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsWalk into any racially mixed high school and you will see Black, White, and Latino youth clustered in their own groups...Categorized as:
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![Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science by Atul Gawande, Susanne Kuhlmann-Krieg]()
Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science by Atul Gawande, Susanne Kuhlmann-Krieg
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsIn gripping accounts of true cases, surgeon Atul Gawande explores the power and the limits of medicine, offering an unflinching view from the scalpel's edge. Complications lays bare a science not in its idealized form but as it actually is--uncertain, perplexing, and profoundly human.Complications is a 2002 National Book Award Finalist for Nonfiction...Categorized as:
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Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 43 ratingsFrom the Academy Award®–winning actor, an unconventional memoir filled with raucous stories, outlaw wisdom, and lessons learned the hard way about living with greater satisfaction I’ve been in this life for fifty years, been trying to work out its riddle for forty-two, and been keeping diaries of clues to that riddle for the last thirty-five...Categorized as:
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![Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay]()
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 43 ratingsFrom the New York Times bestselling author of Bad Feminist: a searingly honest memoir of food, weight, self-image, and learning how to feed your hunger while taking care of yourself.“I ate and ate and ate in the hopes that if I made myself big, my body would be safe. I buried the girl I was because she ran into all kinds of trouble...Categorized as:
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![정의란 무엇인가 by Michael J. Sandel]()
정의란 무엇인가 by Michael J. Sandel
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsKorean edition of JUSTICE: What's the Right Thing to Do? by Michael J. Sandel, a Professor of Government at Harvard University. This book is based on the one of the most popular courses at Harvard. Praised by numerous media including BBS, New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today. Translated by Lee Chang Shin...Categorized as:
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![Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life by Thich Nhat Hanh, Dalai Lama XIV]()
Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life by Thich Nhat Hanh, Dalai Lama XIV
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsIn the rush of modern life, we tend to lose touch with the peace that is available in each moment. World-renowned Zen master, spiritual leader, and author Thich Nhat Hanh shows us how to make positive use of the very situations that usually pressure and antagonize us. For him a ringing telephone can be a signal to call us back to our true selves...Categorized as:
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![Make Good Art by Neil Gaiman]()
Make Good Art by Neil Gaiman
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsIn May 2012, bestselling author Neil Gaiman delivered the commencement address at Philadelphia’s University of the Arts, in which he shared his thoughts about creativity, bravery, and strength. He encouraged the fledgling painters, musicians, writers, and dreamers to break rules and think outside the box. Most of all, he encouraged them to make good art...Categorized as:
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![White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo, Michael Eric Dyson]()
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo, Michael Eric Dyson
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 40 ratingsThe New York Times best-selling book exploring the counterproductive reactions white people have when their assumptions about race are challenged, and how these reactions maintain racial inequality... -
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Random Family by Adrian Nicole LeBlanc
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsOne of the best works of investigative journalism in years, ‘Random Family’ tells the story of growing up in the Latino ghettos of the Bronx, a story of drug-dealers, young mothers, poverty and violence, a family saga like no other. It's 1985 in the Bronx and teenagers Jessica and Coco are dating drug dealers and getting pregnant...Categorized as:
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![Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media by Edward S. Herman, Noam Chomsky]()
Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media by Edward S. Herman, Noam Chomsky
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIn this pathbreaking work, Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky show that, contrary to the usual image of the news media as cantankerous, obstinate, and ubiquitous in their search for truth and defense of justice, in their actual practice they defend the economic, social, and political agendas of the privileged groups that dominate domestic society, the state, and the global order...Categorized as:
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![Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More by Janet Mock]()
Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More by Janet Mock
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIn 2011, Marie Claire magazine published a profile of Janet Mock in which she stepped forward for the first time as a trans woman. Those 2300 words were life-altering for the People.com editor, turning her into an influential and outspoken public figure and a desperately needed voice for an often voiceless community... -
![Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport, Кал Нюпорт]()
Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport, Кал Нюпорт
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 41 ratingsOne of the most valuable skills in our economy is becoming increasingly rare. If you master this skill, you'll achieve extraordinary results.Deep work is the ability to focus without distraction on a cognitively demanding task. It's a skill that allows you to quickly master complicated information and produce better results in less time... -
![La différence invisible by Julie Dachez, Fabienne Vaslet]()
La différence invisible by Julie Dachez, Fabienne Vaslet
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsMarguerite se sent décalée et lutte chaque jour pour préserver les apparences. Ses gestes sont immuables, proches de la manie. Son environnement doit être un cocon. Elle se sent agressée par le bruit et les bavardages incessants de ses collègues. Lassée de cet état, elle va partir à la rencontre d'elle-même et découvrir qu'elle est autiste Asperger. Sa vie va s'en trouver profondément modifiée...Categorized as:
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![Love's Executioner and Other Tales of Psychotherapy by Irvin D. Yalom]()
Love's Executioner and Other Tales of Psychotherapy by Irvin D. Yalom
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsThe collection of ten absorbing tales by master psychotherapist Irvin D. Yalom uncovers the mysteries, frustrations, pathos, and humor at the heart of the therapeutic encounter...Categorized as:
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![Better by Atul Gawande]()
Better by Atul Gawande
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsThe New York Times bestselling author of Complications examines, in riveting accounts of medical failure and triumph, how success is achieved in a complex and risk-filled professionThe struggle to perform well is universal: each one of us faces fatigue, limited resources, and imperfect abilities in whatever we do...Categorized as:
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![The War on the West by Douglas Murray]()
The War on the West by Douglas Murray
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAn Instant New York Times Bestseller!China has concentration camps now. Why do Westerners claim our sins are unique?It is now in vogue to celebrate non-Western cultures and disparage Western ones. Some of this is a much-needed reckoning, but much of it fatally undermines the very things that created the greatest, most humane civilization in the world...Categorized as:
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