The village effect : how face-to-face contact can make us healthier, happier, and smarter

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Panic

Panic began as so many things do in Carp, a poor town of twelve thousand people in the middle of nowhere: because it was summer, and there was nothing else to do.Heather never thou...

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Aristotle and Dante discover the secrets of the universe

Fifteen-year-old Ari Mendoza is an angry loner with a brother in prison, but when he meets Dante and they become friends, Ari starts to ask questions about himself, his parents, an...

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The talisman

Why had twelve-year-old Jack Sawyer's mother frantically moved the two of them from Rodeo Drive to a New York City apartment to the Alhambra, a fading ocean resort and shuttered am...

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Apocalypse scenario #683 : the box

A new short story from Mira Grant, the author of Feed. Every week five friends get together to play a game— a game they call the Apocalypse Game. It's a fun time with chips and bee...

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Okay for now

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Empire of ivory

Tragedy has struck His Majesty's Aerial Corps, as an epidemic of unknown origin and no known cure is decimating the dragons' ranks. Only Temeraire and a pack of newly recruited dra...

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The fellowship of the Ring

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Black powder war

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Oryx and Crake

A stunning and provocative new novel by the internationally celebrated author of The Blind Assassin, winner of the Booker PrizeMargaret Atwood's new novel is so utterly compelling,...

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His Majesty's dragon

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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Huck Finn is an orphaned drifter who loves freedom more than respectability. He isn't above lying and stealing, but he faces a battle with his conscience when he meets up with a ru...

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