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The magnum opus from Alejandro Jodorowsky--director of The Holy Mountain, star of Jodorowsky's Dune, spiritual guru behind Psychomagic and The Way of Tarot, innovator behind classic comics The Incal and Metabarons, and legend of Latin American literature. There has never been an artist like...

Athul was an IT professional in Cognizant. His first appointment was at Coimbatore and later promoted and transferred to Ambattur, Chennai, India. He was familiar with that place in his childhood days, and he has so many cherished memories with Ambattur. As an adolescent...

Bob Silva has a wonderful rags-to-riches story to tell.The son of immigrant farmworker parents, he has become one of the most successful attorneys in Southern California.He recently married the love of his life and adopted her two young sons. He's devoted to his new...

A curse rests on the L wensk ld family, as narrated in The L wensk ld Ring. Charlotte L wensk ld is the tale of the following generations, a story of psychological insight and social commentary, and of the complexities of a mother-son relationship....

"A stunning and refreshing novel in the Regency genre."First Place Regency, Chatelaine Awards (Chanticleer Book Reviews) Deborah Moore has learned her lessons well-feel nothing, reveal less, and trust no one. Now widowed with a child of her own, she leads a lonely, cloistered existence,...

Welcome to Christmas at Hideaway Lake. Join the Myer family again in the 3rd feel-good women's fiction novel about the love, friendship, and family ties set in the lush hills of this small Pennsylvania lake side town. You are cordially invited to the wedding...

When Marissa went on vacation, she didn't expect it to tear her life apart.But... One tiny moment in time can shatter your whole world. A family beach vacation turns to tragedy and Marissa must find a way for her and her traumatized eight-year-old daughter,...

Editorial Reviews "The Baseball is written so fluently that I didn't want it to end. This story is built around family, the good times and the bad times, the happy times and the sad times. It's about how different people cope with pain differently...

Amidst all the characters in this moving novel of loss, love, and renewal, the two who grieve hardest have the most to discover. Tilda Carr has lost the love of her life―her husband, Harold―after forty years of marriage, while her granddaughter and namesake, Tilly,...

Happy Valley is dismayed when the future chief's wife gives birth to a blond, green-eyed white boy, since old African wisdom says that a farmer who plants black beans, does not expect to harvest white beans. But the only white man for miles around...

The New York Times bestselling author revisits the characters from her beloved novels Love Walked In and Belong to Me in this captivating, beautifully written drama involving family, friendship, secrets, sacrifice, courage, and true love for fans of Jojo Moyes, Elin Hilderbrand, and Nancy...

From the critically acclaimed author of The Myth of You and Me, The History of Us is a heartrending story of love, loss, family, and the life you make in the path not taken. Sometimes home is the hardest place to go Eloise Hempel...

The eagerly awaited reissue of the second novel in R. F. Delderfield's classic God Is an Englishman seriesTheirs Was the Kingdom is a stirring saga of England in the late 19th century, as the Industrial Revolution takes hold, forever changing the landscape of England...

'You will look after them for me, my poor orphan children.'Domenica could not hold back the tears. 'I will Mamma, I promise, do not worry about us. We will be alright.'Picinisco, Italy 1945: the war may be over, but for Domenica and her family...

From million-copy bestselling author Imogen Clark comes a story of two families, two babies and one maddeningly hot day that will change their lives forever.It's the hottest day of the 1976 heatwave and there's not a breath of fresh air in the labour ward...

The Synchronization of Life is an American Story. It resonates across racial and ethnic lines as the author, Robert McDaniel Copeland, takes oral family tales and creates a novel that all can relate too. Copeland intertwines two distinct and unique "branches" of his family...

From the bestselling author of Vacationland, a spirited summer page-turner following a family of actors grappling with fame, scandal, and ambition--perfect for fans of Elin Hilderbrand.Summer Stage is a five-star novel that deserves a standing ovation! And Meg Mitchell Moore has a permanent place...

Ward Stanford is an ex-con whose life is in shambles. Having lived on the streets as a homeless person, he is struggling to turn his life around when a letter arrives.Lauren Reslin, Ward's estranged daughter, has invited him to visit her in Montana. When...

What if you're the only one who believes your son is missing? A chilling, twisty psychological suspense novel, perfect for fans of Laura Dave and Gillian Flynn. Maggie Lawson is the smart, capable dean of a boutique college, but even the most confident mother...

On a spring morning in 1932, young Karl and Mary Adare arrive by boxcar in Argus, North Dakota. After being orphaned in a most peculiar way, they seek refuge in the butcher shop of their aunt and her husband. So begins an exhilarating forty-year...

When Your Number's Up! "Misery meets Waking Ned set in a Dublin newsagent's."Patrick Bridges is forty-four and lives alone a in a dingy bedsit. Despite working for minimum wage and being under the threat of eviction he still entertains dreams of being rich, believing...

"Orphaned during the Second World War, Aelish and Isabel McGuire--known as the twins of Belfast--are given over to the austere care of the Sisters of Bethlehem. Though they are each all the other has, the girls are propelled in opposite directions as they grow...

New boarders arrive and old sisters depart. Evelyn is not so sure she likes the new dynamics of Peerbaugh Place, her Victorian boarding house. Even though it had been hard adapting to strangers living in her home, she and the other women (from "The...

Workaholic Henrietta Wegner can feel her edge beginning to dull in middle age. Once the company's hottest mergers and acquisitions executive, Henri can see the ambitious and impossibly young up-and-comers gunning for her job. When her boss makes it clear she'll be starting the...

The Canadian Homestead Act, patented in 1871, gave farmers a new start when they lost their farm to taxes. This novel chronicles the life of Homesteaders, Eugene, and Elizabeth, during the depression one century ago. It will show how their Catholic Faith sustained them...

National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 HonoreeLonglisted for the Women's Prize for FictionNamed a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker, Vulture, and BBC An enthralling and original first novel about exile, diaspora, and the impossibility of Black refuge in America and...

""Jude the Obscure"" is a novel written by the renowned English author Thomas Hardy. First published in 1895, it explores themes of love, social class, education, and the challenges faced by individuals striving to overcome societal limitations. The story revolves around the protagonist, Jude...

In 1916, a wee orphaned girl is taken in by a childless couple who own a sheep farm in the Scottish Highlands. Sheena becomes the first of six generations of mothers and daughters whose lives are deeply affected by the darkness of sexual assault...

National bestselling author Lesley Crewe's new novel explores widowhood, complicated family dynamics, and growing up at any age. Well, Dick's dead. Now what? Margo, his widow, is trying to dodge the tsunami of paperwork coming her way. She doesn't want to deal with the...

Winner of the 2020 Big Moose PrizeSpanning the mid to late 20th century and set in the Elkhorn Valley of southwestern Montana, The Stone Sister is told from three points of view - a father's, a nurse's, and a sister's. Together they tell the...

A wonderful story of love, friendship and opening your mind and your heart to new possibilities that will enchant fans of Holly Martin and Heidi Swain.The Copper Plough is at the heart of village life for the residents of Heritage Cove, and never more...

Amelia Riley and Ben Lawson have something in common - fathers who have kept secrets.On the day of his father's funeral, Ben's life changes forever when a woman he's never met shows up claiming to be his sister. As he investigates the past, Ben...

A wonderful story of love, friendship and opening your mind and your heart to new possibilities that will enchant fans of Holly Martin and Heidi Swain.The Copper Plough is at the heart of village life for the residents of Heritage Cove, and never more...

A wonderful story of love, friendship and opening your mind and your heart to new possibilities that will enchant fans of Holly Martin and Heidi Swain.The Copper Plough is at the heart of village life for the residents of Heritage Cove, and never more...

Pastor Judah Greeves and his wife, Esther, live a sad, quiet life in Bethel Hollow, PA. The church they have led together for decades is dying. The small farm they built with their own hands has become unmanageable in their old age. Sparrow, their...

The only way to exorcise a family specter is to go back to the past.San Francisco, 1892: Vivian Alderdice is not your typical Gilded Age debutante. She prefers books to flirting with marriageable men or poor titled nobles looking for a rich American heiress....

In the Augustus family saga, author, Tamara Merrill, has woven a very tangled web, and Sharon Chatsworth loves to talk about it in her gossip column. The drama that unfolds in the first volume of the Augustus family trilogy revolves around the cash cow...

Whenever I visit Wellington, I walk along Oriental Parade and stop at the old band rotunda from where I can see Hay Street and the gracious villas which have stood the test of time. I watch the people enjoying the beautiful beach, such a...

"Mind-blowing... This isn't Smith's first tale of toxic and nihilistic obsession, but it is his most ravishing, painfully funny, and wildly mythic." -- Booklist (starred review) "Smith is not only a spectacular stylist but also a visionary." --Washington Post Book World From Charlie Smith...

Jake moves into the Bradford Estate in Fairhaven anticipating a relaxing summer with his wife and kids. A washed up body on the sands of Fort Phoenix beach quickly changes his plans. Sanctuary is the final book in the Buried Treasure trilogy. Once again...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER - GOOD MORNING AMERICA BUZZ PICK - A young Indian woman finds the false rumors that she killed her husband surprisingly useful--until other women in the village start asking for her help getting rid of their own husbands--in this razor-sharp debut. "A...

It's the most wonderful time of the year on Castle Street, and there's a paw-some new business opening....It had always been Tabby's dream to work with cats and an inheritance from her beloved nanna has finally made that a reality. Idyllic Castle Street in...

It's Friday! Explore with Josie and Leelai as they experience the magic of love, faith, and friendship in Grandma's bed.Author: Jesse Klubi, Leymah R. GboweeISBN-10: 8712003301ISBN-13: 9798712003303Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/01/2021Pages: 30Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.27lbsSize: 11.02h x 8.50w x 0.08d

From Lola Akinmade Åkerström, international bestselling author of In Every Mirror She's Black, comes the highly anticipated second novel, focusing on the lives of three Black women as they fight their own personal struggles in one of the most egalitarian societies, Sweden.Can a career...

Over a century after C騷anne's death his art still obsesses and enraptures.And for the characters in this multifaceted novel, the painter's work is of crucial significance.In Hong Kong, will billionaire art collector Walter and his son ever be reconciled? In Liverpool, will artist Nick...

Roy McKnight is in the hospital at the end of his days. As Roy's time on this earth nears closer to its end, he is given an incredible gift: an angel who guides him on a journey through the past. Here, he learns the...

About the BookAfter the loss of their mother, Brian and his sisters must prepare funeral arrangements and break the news to their terminally ill father, Aubrey. As Aubrey reflects on his life and talks to the ghost of his wife, he thinks on his...

Patrick O'Hara is called back to his guncle duties . . . This time for a big family wedding in Italy. Patrick O'Hara is back. It's been five years since his summer as his niece Maisie and nephew Grant's caretaker after their mother's passing....

Lonesome Animals was named as a Best Book of 2012 by both The Seattle Times and Slate, a literary debut sparking with beautiful language set against the rugged landscape of 1920s Washington state. Holbert returns with The Hour of Lead, an epic family novel...

Norman is the clever one of a close-knit Jewish family in the East End of London. Infant prodigy; brilliant barrister; the apple of his parents' eyes . . . until at forty-one he becomes a drug addict, confined to his bedroom, at the mercy...