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  Murder in Room 346

  Phillip Strang

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  A Downmarket Hotel. A Moral Campaigner. A woman who had killed her husband. Both Dead. Both Compromised. 
   
   
   
  On the bed, the naked bodies of a man and a woman. "Bullet in the head's not the way to go," Larry Hill, Isaac Cook's detective inspector, said. 
   
   
   
  "Do you recognize him?" Detective Chief Inspector Isaac Cook said. 
   
   
   
  "James Holden, from what I can see." 
   
   
   
  "Rent by the hour?" 
   
   
   
  "Not according to her handbag. There's a business card. She worked for the man." 
   
   
   
  "You know this will be all over the media within the hour," Isaac said. "James Holden, a proponent of the sanctity of the marital bed, man and wife. It's bound to be."

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  Svetlana the Last Princess

  Morena Stamm

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  Kings are strong.Queens are stronger.And heirs outlive them. 
  Trained to be a highly prized guard, part of the White Lionesses, and the personal guard of Princess Carien, Ashta has failed to protect those most important to her. Watching one of her fellow guards be publicly killed, her heart has hardened. Now Ashta is stripped of her position and used as a bargaining chip between two Kingdoms. 
  As she tries to stop the war from coming to Tripsia, she begins to uncover the truth of her past. Will she accept who she was born to be? Or will she protect princess Carien at all costs?

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  Pioneer Go Home

  Anônimo

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  Pioneer, Go Home! ranks among the most entertaining of Powell's 19 published novels. Originally released by Scribner's in 1959, it was the immediate follow-up to the author's best-known novel, The Philadelphian. Like its predecessor, Pioneer received rave reviews, spent weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, and was made into a popular movie (1962's Follow That Dream starring Elvis Presley).

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  Max

  Avi Duckor-Jones

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  I want to let her know that choosing something is the entire problem. How do you choose something without feeling the undeniable loss of everything you rejected? 
   
  Max is about to finish high school. On the surface it appears he has everything, but underneath he is floundering. Grappling with questions about his birth parents and his sexuality, he feels that there is a seed of badness deep within him that will inevitably be exposed. 
   
  After an incident at the end-of-year party sets Max's world to crumbling, he must finally figure out who he is and where he came from – and who he is allowed to love. 
   
  Max is a vivid and insightful coming-of-age novel about the ways we weave the threads of our adolescent identities into a cohesive adult self. 
   
  'A vivid, heartfelt and emotionally astute story about a young man's search for himself. I was with Max all the way.' Emily Perkins 
   
  'Tender, sharp and real. Max is a sensitive exploration of the passion and turmoil of youth.' Carrie Tiffany

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  One Hundred Years of Solitude:...

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  This is a concise summary and analysis of One Hundred Years of Solitude, by Gabriel García Márquez. It is not the original book and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Gabriel García Márquez. Ideal for those seeking a quick and insightful overview.
   
  In the mythical town of Macondo, the multi-generational Buendía family experiences love, war, wealth, and loss, all while navigating the cycles of time and fate. Blending history, magic, and the surreal, this sweeping novel explores the rise and fall of a family—and a town—destined to repeat its past. A masterpiece of magical realism, it captures the beauty, tragedy, and solitude of human existence.

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  Feuille d'Album

  Katherine Mansfield

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  "Feuille d'Album" is a 1917 short story by Katherine Mansfield. It was first published in the New Age on 20 September 1917, under the title of An Album Leaf. A revised version later appeared in Bliss and Other Stories.
  Ian French is a young artist who lives alone in Paris. He is very reserved and rarely talks to anyone. He is particularly shy around women and rejects their advances. One day he sees a girl his own age on the balcony of the building opposite his and becomes infatuated with her.

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