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  The Chess Master

  Robert Richard, Sami Robinson

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  Tayshia is turning six, but her daddy isn’t there to celebrate, and he never will be due to accidental death. At least she has her two sisters, brother, and mom. Yet, she’s not happy. Her daddy used to play chess with her, which she remembers for the many happy hours and his love. Like many six-year-olds, she enters a fantasy world with her daddy as her chess and life mentor. She’s brilliant and obsessed with making him proud by becoming the best chess player she can be. Along the way, we see the family struggle without a father, husband. We also see Tayshia mature into a phenomenal chess player worthy of a match for the world chess championship. And you'll be with her when she plays that match. 
  There are some discussions of sex, which happens as girls grow up.

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  Crazy for You

  Rina Gray

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  Baseball hotshot Jake Ross isn’t looking for love, only a good woman to come to his rescue. His bad boy rep lands him on the covers of gossip rags instead of sports magazines and could cost him a multi-million-dollar sponsorship deal. 
   
  Enter Charlotte Jones. The shy media coordinator is determined to lose weight and avoid the health concerns that run in her family, but after months of middling results, she needs someone to talk her out of throwing in the towel. 
   
  If Charlotte pretends to be Jake’s girlfriend, he’ll coach her on how to hit her numbers on the scales. It’s a home run of an idea … until sparks begin to fly. But has Jake really forsaken his playboy ways?

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  Miss Brill

  Katherine Mansfield

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  Miss Brill is a poignant short story by Katherine Mansfield that explores themes of isolation and self-delusion through the experiences of its titular character.The narrative unfolds on a beautiful autumn Sunday in a French public park, where Miss Brill, a middle-aged English woman, enjoys her weekly ritual of people-watching while wearing her cherished but shabby fur stole. This fur, which she affectionately treats as a companion, symbolizes her own faded vitality and loneliness. As she observes the lively interactions around her, Miss Brill imagines herself as an actress in a grand play, believing that her presence is integral to the unfolding drama of life.

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  Side Hustle Tango

  John Wilker

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  The Crimson Orchid hasn’t forgotten what Jax did to them on Jebidiah. 
  Everywhere he and Naomi turn, bespoke suited thugs are trying to kill them. 
  When the Governor of Kelso station hires them to take her to a summit on the Imperial homeworld of New Terra, it’s the kind of straightforward job Jax likes. 
  Naomi has other ideas. 
  One thing leads to another and now it’s not just the Crimson Orchid that is hot on their heels, but a mysterious Imperial agent. 
  Can they shake two very determined groups? 
    
  Find out!

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  Olga - A Novel

  Bernhard Schlink

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  “Two world wars and the passage of more than a century do not overshadow [Bernhard Schlink’s] story of lovers who never fully belong to each other, just as they never fully belonged to the world.”—Booklist 
  “A brilliant novel about history and the nature of memory.”—Evening Standard 
  A sweeping novel of love and passion from author of the international bestseller The Reader about a woman out of step with her time, whose life is witness to some of the most tumultuous events of modern age. 
  Abandoned by her parents, young Olga is raised by her grandmother in a Prussian village in the early years of the twentieth century. Smart and precocious, endearing but uncompromising, she fights against ingrained chauvinism to find her place in a world run by lesser men. 
  When Olga falls in love with her neighbor, Herbert, the son of a local aristocrat, her life is irremediably changed. While Herbert indulges his thirst for exploration and adventure, Olga is limited by her gender and circumstance. Her love for Herbert goes against all odds and encounters many obstacles, but even when they are separated, it endures 
  Unfolding across decades—from the late nineteenth to the early twenty-first century—and across continents—from Germany to Africa and the Arctic, from the Baltic Sea to the German south-west—Olga is an epic romance, and a wrenching tale of a woman’s devotion to a restless man in an age of constant change. Though Olga exists in the shadows of others, she pursues life to the fullest and her magnetic presence shines—revealing a woman complex, fascinating, and unforgettable. 
   Told in three distinct parts, brilliantly shifting from different points of view and narrative formats, Bernhard Schlink’s magnificent novel is a rich, full portrait of a singular woman and her world. 
  Translated from the German by Charlotte Collins 

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  Calvary Alley - A Fierce Girl's...

  Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice

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  Step into the vibrant, chaotic world of the city slums in Alice Hegan Rice's classic, Calvary Alley. Behind the towering stained-glass windows of a grand cathedral lies a completely different world—a grimy, bustling alleyway where young Nance Molloy fights for her place in the world. Born into poverty but armed with a fierce imagination and an unbreakable spirit, Nance refuses to be defined by her circumstances. Follow her unforgettable journey from a scrappy, street-smart child surviving the harsh realities of tenement life to a determined young woman navigating love, social divides, and the search for her true identity. Will she leave the only home she's ever known, or will her heart remain in the alley? Full of humor, rich character portraits, and historical authenticity, this captivating audiobook is a timeless coming-of-age story about resilience, finding your voice, and the true meaning of family.

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