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  From the Earth to the Moon

  Jules Verne

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  "From the Earth to the Moon" is a science fiction adventure novel by the French writer Jules Verne, published in 1865.
   It tells the story of the Baltimore Gun Club, a post-American Civil War society of weapons enthusiasts, and their attempts to build an enormous Columbiad space gun and launch three people — the Gun Club's president, his Philadelphian armor-making rival, and a French poet — in a projectile with the goal of a Moon landing. 
  Five years later, Verne wrote a sequel called Around the Moon.

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  Murder at Ochre Court

  Alyssa Maxwell

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  After a disappointing year as a society columnist for the Herald and staying with her more well-heeled Vanderbilt relatives in New York City, Emma has returned to the salty air, glittering ocean vistas, and grand stately mansions of Newport, Rhode Island, more determined than ever to report on hard news. 
   
   
    
  But for now she's covering the social event of the season at Ochre Court, a coming-out ball designed to showcase Cleo Cooper-Smith, who will be literally on display, fittingly as Cleopatra, in an elaborate tableau vivant. Recently installed modern electricity will allow Miss Cooper-Smith to truly shine. But as the deb ascends to her place of honor, the ballroom is plunged into darkness. When the lights come back on, Cleo sits still on her throne, electrocuted to death. 
   
   
    
  Quickly establishing that the wiring was tampered with, Emma now has a murder to investigate. And the array of eligible suspects could fill another ballroom—from a shady New York real estate developer to a neglected sister and the mother of a spurned suitor. As Emma begins to discover this crime has unseen connections to a nefarious network, she puts her own life at risk to shine a light on the dark motives behind a merciless murder.

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  Shelter - Part One

  Zachary Montgomery

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  The dollar went into freefall. Greed drove the delicate foundations of the modern world into ruin. The Reset made everyone equal. 
  Scott saw the end of days as a chance to be his own man. Running jobs for the gangs helped him survive the collapsed Chicago Southside, but he yearns to escape the crumbling city and find salvation in the country. One last job, a final opportunity to enact his liberation. A heist sending him deep into the cop-controlled northside will test the extent of his thin morals and his dwindling humanity. 
  Locked behind the walls of his family’s estate, Andrew can’t stand living lavishly while the people outside are left to suffer. Determined to prove himself as a capable survivor, Andrew embarks on a mission to discover the origin of The Reset and find answers, leaving the only world he’s ever known behind. 
  Dani was on top of the world – until cryptocurrency collapsed. Armed with nothing more than a diary, she recounts the catastrophic global events that led to The Reset. 
  Three people. One disaster. Each of their tales gives a unique glimpse into society, wealth, survival, and what happens to us when the luxuries of the modern world are stripped away. 
  If you like thrilling dystopian fiction centered around three people’s struggle for survival in a world where money is worthless, then you won’t want to miss the first book in Shelter.

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  Skullduggery

  Avery Cross

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  Seth Paulson had always been haunted by visions, each one more chilling than the last, hinting at an impending doom that seemed to lurk just around the corner. At the Academy of Ancients, surrounded by elemental powers and ancient secrets, he met Wren Winters, a fierce and scarred student battling her own inner demons. Their paths intertwined, bound by fate and the inescapable shadows of their pasts. Together, they navigated the treacherous waters of magical mysteries and hidden threats.  
  Wren’s indomitable spirit challenged Seth’s foreboding visions, pushing him to see beyond the darkness. As they confronted their inner demons and external adversaries, they forged a bond that was as vital as it was fragile. Would Seth be able to guide Wren towards a future where light triumphed over the haunting echoes of their pasts, or were they destined to be consumed by the very shadows they fought to escape?

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  Conspiraco

  Jackson Allen

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  Follow a day in the life of the thegovernment agency that creates conspiracy theories to keep society stable. The story follows employees of the Conspiracy Department as they wrestle with the ethics of their work, balancing their belief in protecting society against the knowledge that they're manipulating public perception. Explore themes of power, control, and the nature of belief, questioning how far authorities should go to maintain order through misinformation. This thought-provoking narrative will challenge you to consider the line between protection and oppression in governance, while also critiquing modern conspiracy culture and examining how stories shape our understanding of reality.

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  The Hidden Keys

  Andre Alexis

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  SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2017 TRILLIUM BOOK AWARD
     
  NATIONAL POST 99 BEST BOOKS OF 2016
     
  Giller Prize winner André Alexis’s contemporary take on the quest narrative is an instant classic.
     
  Parkdale’s Green Dolphin is a bar of ill repute, and it is there that Tancred Palmieri, a thief with elegant and erudite tastes, meets Willow Azarian, an aging heroin addict. She reveals to Tancred that her very wealthy father has recently passed away, leaving each of his five children a mysterious object that provides one clue to the whereabouts of a large inheritance. Willow enlists Tancred to steal these objects from her siblings and help her solve the puzzle.
     
  A Japanese screen, a painting that plays music, a bottle of aquavit, a framed poem and a model of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater: Tancred is lured in to this beguiling quest, and even though Willow dies before the puzzle is solved, he presses on.
     
  As he tracks down the treasure, he must enlist the help of Alexander von Würfel, conceptual artist and taxidermist to the wealthy, and fend off Willow’s heroin dealers, a young albino named ‘Nigger’ Colby and his sidekick, Sigismund ‘Freud’ Luxemburg, a clubfooted psychopath, both of whom are eager to get their hands on this supposed pot of gold. And he must mislead Detective Daniel Mandelshtam, his most adored friend.
     
  Inspired by a reading of Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island, The Hidden Keys questions what it means to be honourable, what it means to be faithful and what it means to sin.

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