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Hero Gabriel Allon is a restorer of paintings and frescoes and also a reluctant member of Israeli intelligence. Action and suspense abound in this serious fiction with a serious purpose.

"Against the Grain" by J.-K. Huysmans is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story follows the life of Des Esseintes, the last descendant of a once-noble family, as he seeks refuge from a society he finds unbearable. The opening chapters delve into his solitary existence, intrica...

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Ah, But Your Land is Beautiful is set in the 1950s, the time of the Passive Resistance campaign, the Sophia-town removals, the emergence of the South African Liberal Party and the early stages of the Nationalist government in power. Revolving around the everyday experiences of a group of men and wom...

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In an alternate America, princesses Beatrice and Samantha Washington and the two girls wooing their brother, Prince Jefferson, become embroiled in high drama in the most glorious court in the world.

Summary: In San Jose, California, in the 1990s, teenaged Sara keeps a diary of life as an Iranian American and her discovery that she and her family entered as undocumented immigrants.

A British novel on family tensions whose protagonists include children from a couple's previous marriage and a dying grandfather who is reliving the horrors of World War I.

The novel captures the character and lively vernacular speech of a young Loop office worker in a series of sketches first developed in Ade's feature column in the Chicago Record, "Stories of the Streets and of the Town."

"When Awesome Dog's heroics gain media attention, Marty, Skyler, and Ralph find themselves targeted by the narcissistic mayor of Townville"--

"Bernice Buttman is tired of being labeled a 'bully,' so when her mom leaves her with her aunt, who is a nun, Bernice decides to mend her ways and become a model citizen"--

In 1932, Mitchell Siegel was killed by three gunshots to his chest. While mourning, his son dreamed of a bulletproof man and created the world's greatest hero: Superman. And like Cain's murder weapon, the gun used in this unsolved murder has never been found. Until now. Today in Fort Laude...

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This book is about Celie, a young African American girl who is repeatedly raped by her father and gives birth to two children, both of whom are taken away from her. The story is told through a series of letters, initially addressed to God, as Celie has no one else to confide in. She is married off t...

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Australia's super-spy, Alan McQueen, has been lured out of retirement. Any dreams Mac has of a cozy office job are shattered when he's dispatched to Singapore to oversee a covert mission. When things go disastrously wrong, he not only has to defend his reputation in Australia but also stay...

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An American pilot and a senior KGB agent are swapped secretly over the border. The reason for this unequal exchange lies in a web of deception that must never be revealed.

In this third novel set at the Abbadon Inn, burned-out New York City cop Ted McShane and his wife Liz arrive in Cape May, New Jersey, as the inn's new proprietors. A series of disturbing occurrences strike locals with the fear that a legendary, bloodthirsty creature has been roused.

Five people are miniaturized and sent on a rescue mission through a man's body where they have sixty minutes to reach and break up a blood clot in his brainches.

Summary: Twelve-year-old CJ believes her mom is dead and that she can only communicate with her through her aunt, who is a medium, but when CJ finds out that her mother is actually alive, she goes on a journey to find her.