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  Animal Farm

  George Orwell

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  Now an animated film adaptation produced and directed by Andy Serkis  
  George Orwell’s classic satire of the Russian Revolution has become an intimate part of our contemporary culture, with its treatment of democratic, fascist, and socialist ideals through an animal fable. 
  The animals of Mr. Jones’s Manor Farm are overworked, mistreated, and desperately seeking a reprieve. In their quest to create an idyllic society where justice and equality reign, the animals of Manor Farm revolt against their human rulers, establishing the democratic Animal Farm under the credo, “All Animals Are Created Equal.” Out of their cleverness, the pigs—Napoleon, Squealer, and Snowball—emerge as leaders of the new community. In a development of insidious familiarity, the pigs begin to assume ever greater amounts of power, while other animals, especially the faithful horse Boxer, assume more of the work. The climax of the story results in a brutal betrayal, when totalitarian rule is reestablished with the bloodstained postscript to the founding slogan: “But Some Animals Are More Equal than Others.” 
  This astonishing allegory, one of the most scathing satires in literary history, remains as fresh and relevant as the day it was published.

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  Cask The (Detective Club Crime...

  Freeman Wills Crofts

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  From the Collins Crime Club archive, the seminal first novel by Freeman Wills Crofts, once dubbed ‘The King of Detective Story Writers’ and recognised as one of the ‘big four’ Golden Age crime authors. 
  The unloading of a consignment of French wine from the steamship Bullfinch is interrupted by a gruesome discovery in a broken cask leaking sawdust and gold sovereigns. But when the shipping clerk returns with the police, the cask and its macabre contents have gone. Following the clues to Paris, Inspector Burnley of Scotland Yard enlists the help of the genial French detective M. Lefarge to check motives and alibis in their hunt for evidence of a particularly fiendish murder. 
  This Detective Story Club classic is introduced by Freeman Wills Crofts himself in a unique preface from 1946 about The Cask’s origins. 
  Freeman Wills Crofts The Cask is an international bestseller that masterfully combines traditional procedural elements with the intrigue of mystery fiction. The narrative transports the reader from London to Paris, painting a vivid picture of a thrilling investigation that has made this book a top choice among detective story lovers. 
  For fans of Ethel Lina White (PUT OUT THE LIGHT), Dorothy L. Sayers (Striding Folly), Elly Griffiths (The Locked Room), George Bellairs (Toll the Bell for Murder), and Edward Marston (Murder in Transit).

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  Implied Consent

  Keenan Powell

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  WINNER OF 2023 IPPY GOLD MEDAL! 
   
   
   
  "Sharp-witted, big-hearted, and authentic, Implied Consent is a knock-out of a novel from a writer who knows both the letter of the law and the messiness of real life." —Catriona McPherson, multi-award winning author of In Place of Fear. 
   
   
   
  Attorney Maureen Gould has a dark secret and a hunger for justice. 
   
   
   
  When a powerful movie producer attacks, and then fires, his young female assistant, Maureen sets out to make things right. 
   
   
   
  Enter defense counsel and Maureen's estranged father, Frank Gould, a man more evil than his client. Inside and outside of the courtroom, Frank pulls every dirty trick known and makes up a few of his own. 
   
   
   
  To win justice for her client Maureen must defeat her father and free herself from her past. 
   
   
   
  Secrets trap the shamed with the guilty. Truth will set them free.

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  Ashton-Kirk Investigator

  John Thomas McIntyre

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  Ashton-Kirk, who has solved so many mysteries, is himself something of a problem even to those who know him best. Although young, wealthy, and of high social position, he is nevertheless an indefatigable worker in his chosen field. He smiles when men call him a detective. "No; only an investigator," he says.He has never courted notoriety; indeed, his life has been more or less secluded. However, let a man do remarkable work in any line and, as Emerson has observed, "the world will make a beaten path to his door."Those who have found their way to Ashton-Kirk's door have been of many races and interests. Men of science have often been surprised to find him in touch with the latest discoveries, scholars searching among strange tongues and dialects, and others deep in tattered scrolls, ancient tablets and forgotten books have been his frequent visitors. But among them come many who seek his help in solving problems in crime."I'm more curious than some other fellows, that's all," is the way he accounts for himself. "If a puzzle is put in front of me I can't rest till I know the answer." At any rate his natural bent has always been to make plain the mysterious; each well hidden step in the perpetration of a crime has always been for him an exciting lure; and to follow a thread, snarled by circumstances or by another intelligence has been, he admits, his chief delight.There are many strange things to be written of this remarkable man--but this, the case of the numismatist Hume, has been selected as the first because it is one of the simplest, and yet clearly illustrates Ashton-Kirk's peculiar talents. It will also throw some light on the question, often asked, as to how his cases come to him. (Summary by John T. McIntyre)

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  The Wisdom of Father Brown

  G.K. Chesterton

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  The Father Brown stories sit in relation to other detective literature much as the diminutive and seemingly unworldly Priest himself often sits; quietly, thoughtfully and often to be overlooked. However, when he at lasts speaks it is with such understanding of human knowledge that the self-styled sophisticates that surround him are dumbfounded.C.K Chesterton is not concerned with the procedural minutiae of the detective’s work, nor with leaving a trail of red herrings with which to keep us guessing. Father Brown reaches his conclusions through staring into the human psyche, indeed, at times, into the human soul.

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  Deeply Rooted Dreams

  Alexander Mukte

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  Woven into another fast-paced, topical mystery, the second installment of this new thought fiction series explores overcoming fear in the pursuit of purpose and the interconnectedness of all things in nature.Read by an Earphones Award-winner as part of a dual narrator performance, this sequel to The Recruiter unveils more of the universal trial facing humanity. “With a Matrix-like feel, its eerie realism and unexpected twists will have readers keen to see what [Alexander Mukte] has in store next” (The BookLife Prize by Publishers Weekly).Since her encounter with Ori years ago, Jessica has continued her mission to print the truth that the world needs to hear. This pursuit has led her to meet with a source, Zach Carver, a leading mind at Singularity Group. The meeting goes awry, and Jessica awakens to find that she has a gap in time and memory and that Zach is now missing. Jessica sets out to understand what happened, for Zach’s sake and her own. To her surprise, Ori reappears to help her. His solution involves a promising young recruit, Malik, whose research could be the key to recovering Zach. However, the forces they are up against have proven they will go to great lengths to remove any obstacle in their path. Jessica soon realizes there is more at stake than just her recent memories. Somehow the fates of Zach and Malik are intertwined with her own. What comes next could tip the scales in the fight to overcome a virus impacting the world. This genre-bending novel balances mystery and wonder, taking readers on a journey toward a better future. This “intricate, engaging” second installment of The Rewired Series goes “above and beyond” (Reader Views).Recognition for Deeply Rooted Dreams:2022 International Book Awards Finalist, African-American Fiction2021 Best Book Awards Finalist, African-American Fiction

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