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Daughters of the Bamboo Grove

From China to America, a True Story of Abduction, Adoption, and Separated Twins

by Barbara Demick ...

In 2000, a Chinese woman gave birth to twins in a bamboo grove, trying to avoid detection by the government because she already had two daughters. Two years later, an American couple travelled to Shaoyang to adopt a Chinese toddler they thought had been abandoned.Their understanding had been that China's brutal one-child policy was leading to hundreds of abandoned girls, desperate for the care of ... Read more

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In 2000, a Chinese woman gave birth to twins in a bamboo grove, trying to avoid detection by the government because she already had two daughters. Two years later, an American couple travelled to Shaoyang to adopt a Chinese toddler they thought had been abandoned.Their understanding had been that China's brutal one-child policy was leading to hundreds of abandoned girls, desperate for the care of
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Unreasonable Hospitality

The Remarkable Power of Giving People More Than They Expect - The New York Times Bestseller

by Will Guidara ...

Series series Unreasonable Hospitality
**THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAS SEEN ON THE HIT TV SHOW 'THE BEAR'‘Any organization would benefit from his thinking’** Simon Sinek*,* bestselling author of *Start With Why‘One of the five best management books I have ever read. Plus, it is the most engaging and entertaining’* Roger Martin*,* bestselling author of Playing to WinThe inspiring, bestselling guide to the essential lessons in service ... Read more

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**THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAS SEEN ON THE HIT TV SHOW 'THE BEAR'‘Any organization would benefit from his thinking’** Simon Sinek*,* bestselling author of *Start With Why‘One of the five best management books I have ever read. Plus, it is the most engaging and entertaining’* Roger Martin*,* bestselling author of Playing to WinThe inspiring, bestselling guide to the essential lessons in service
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Mortedant's Peril: The Trials of Irody Hasp Book 1

by RJ Barker ...

Series Book 1 - The Trials of Irody Hasp
Irody can speak to the dead.But the living want him silenced.Mortedants can speak to the dead – and Irody Hasp is the greatest of them. Not that they’ll admit it. And not that anyone actually likes the Mortedants, or Irody in particular.Nonetheless, Elbay is a city of tradition, and tradition calls for Mortedants to attend a death. But when Irody reads the corpse of a low-level worker, he’s ... Read more

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Irody can speak to the dead.But the living want him silenced.Mortedants can speak to the dead – and Irody Hasp is the greatest of them. Not that they’ll admit it. And not that anyone actually likes the Mortedants, or Irody in particular.Nonetheless, Elbay is a city of tradition, and tradition calls for Mortedants to attend a death. But when Irody reads the corpse of a low-level worker, he’s
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The Hunger Games

by Suzanne Collins ...

Series series Hunger Games
Every year, twelve boys and twelve girls are chosen to take part in the Hunger Games. Watched by the entire nation, this is action-packed reality TV at its most exciting - and most dangerous. Katniss Everdeen has grown up struggling to save the people close to her. Now she faces the biggest challenge of all - the fight for her life. Winning will make you famous. Losing means certain death ... Read more

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Every year, twelve boys and twelve girls are chosen to take part in the Hunger Games. Watched by the entire nation, this is action-packed reality TV at its most exciting - and most dangerous. Katniss Everdeen has grown up struggling to save the people close to her. Now she faces the biggest challenge of all - the fight for her life. Winning will make you famous. Losing means certain death
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The Betrayer

How An Undercover Unit Infiltrated The Global Drug Trade

by Guy Stanton, Peter Walsh ...

THE BOOK THAT INSPIRED THE MAJOR NETFLIX SERIES LEGENDS"Gripping" DAILY MAIL"Incredible ... reads like a thriller" THE SUNGuy Stanton was a London gangster with a big reputation. For years he operated at the top of the drugs trade, moving huge shipments around the world, and knew the major players in global organised crime, from Asian warlords and Turkish heroin barons to Colombian cocaine... ... Read more

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THE BOOK THAT INSPIRED THE MAJOR NETFLIX SERIES LEGENDS"Gripping" DAILY MAIL"Incredible ... reads like a thriller" THE SUNGuy Stanton was a London gangster with a big reputation. For years he operated at the top of the drugs trade, moving huge shipments around the world, and knew the major players in global organised crime, from Asian warlords and Turkish heroin barons to Colombian cocaine...
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By Any Other Name

by Jodi Picoult ...

No.1 New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult brings to life the woman many believe was the real playwright behind the work of William Shakespeare alongside a contemporary story of a New York author suffering the same fate of being silenced.'Jodi Picoult is that rare, one-in-a-million writer whose books both squeeze your heart and expand your mind.'EMILY HENRYWhat if the greatest writer of ... Read more

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No.1 New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult brings to life the woman many believe was the real playwright behind the work of William Shakespeare alongside a contemporary story of a New York author suffering the same fate of being silenced.'Jodi Picoult is that rare, one-in-a-million writer whose books both squeeze your heart and expand your mind.'EMILY HENRYWhat if the greatest writer of
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Guns, Germs And Steel

The MILLION-COPY bestselling history of everybody

by Jared Diamond ...

This book answers the most obvious, the most important, yet the most difficult question about human history: why history unfolded so differently on different continents. Geography and biogeography, not race, moulded the contrasting fates of Europeans, Asians, Native Americans, sub-Saharan Africans, and aboriginal Australians.An ambitious synthesis of history, biology, ecology and linguistics, Guns ... Read more

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This book answers the most obvious, the most important, yet the most difficult question about human history: why history unfolded so differently on different continents. Geography and biogeography, not race, moulded the contrasting fates of Europeans, Asians, Native Americans, sub-Saharan Africans, and aboriginal Australians.An ambitious synthesis of history, biology, ecology and linguistics, Guns
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Truly Madly Guilty

by Liane Moriarty ...

From the no. 1 New York Times bestselling author of The Husband's Secret, Big Little Lies and new novel Apples Never Fall."One of the few writers I'll drop anything for. Her books are wise, honest, beautifully observed" Jojo MoyesIF ONLY THEY'D SAID NO...Clementine is haunted by regret. It was just a barbeque. They didn't even know their hosts that well, they were friends of friends. They could so ... Read more

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From the no. 1 New York Times bestselling author of The Husband's Secret, Big Little Lies and new novel Apples Never Fall."One of the few writers I'll drop anything for. Her books are wise, honest, beautifully observed" Jojo MoyesIF ONLY THEY'D SAID NO...Clementine is haunted by regret. It was just a barbeque. They didn't even know their hosts that well, they were friends of friends. They could so
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The Predicament

The thrilling Sunday Times bestseller from the author of Gabriel's Moon

by William Boyd ...

Britain's most beloved storyteller returns with another twisting adventure of obsessive love and elegant espionage starring reluctant spy and accidental hero, Gabriel Dax.'Extravagantly enjoyable' THE TIMES'The Predicament is ingenious, thrilling and wonderfully entertaining' JOHN BANVILLE'Boyd’s addictive storytelling is at its very best as he navigates a collision of chance, ambition and human ... Read more

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Britain's most beloved storyteller returns with another twisting adventure of obsessive love and elegant espionage starring reluctant spy and accidental hero, Gabriel Dax.'Extravagantly enjoyable' THE TIMES'The Predicament is ingenious, thrilling and wonderfully entertaining' JOHN BANVILLE'Boyd’s addictive storytelling is at its very best as he navigates a collision of chance, ambition and human
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Radiant Star

by Ann Leckie ...

Space opera's sharpest mind returns to the world of the Imperial Radch in this brilliant standalone fromaward-winning author Ann Leckie.The Temporal Location of the Radiant Star has always been a source of both conflict and hope for the people of Ooioiaa. However, the imperial Radch see it only as an inconvenience, an antiquated religious site soon to be absorbed into their own, superior culture. ... Read more

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Space opera's sharpest mind returns to the world of the Imperial Radch in this brilliant standalone fromaward-winning author Ann Leckie.The Temporal Location of the Radiant Star has always been a source of both conflict and hope for the people of Ooioiaa. However, the imperial Radch see it only as an inconvenience, an antiquated religious site soon to be absorbed into their own, superior culture.
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The Murderous Affair at Stone Manor

A Completely Gripping Cozy Murder Mystery

by Laura Stewart ...

Series Book 1 - Amelia Adams
Amelia Adams's life is going nowhere. But when she inherits a Scottish mansion, she becomes the star of her own whodunit in this charming debut mystery.Mystery fiction fanatic Amelia Adams is stunned when she inherits a dilapidated mansion, complete with secret passages, hidden compartments and its very own legend.Helped by her brother, her best friend, and a documentary maker—who is determined to ... Read more

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Amelia Adams's life is going nowhere. But when she inherits a Scottish mansion, she becomes the star of her own whodunit in this charming debut mystery.Mystery fiction fanatic Amelia Adams is stunned when she inherits a dilapidated mansion, complete with secret passages, hidden compartments and its very own legend.Helped by her brother, her best friend, and a documentary maker—who is determined to
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99 Classic Science-Fiction Short Stories

Works by Philip K. Dick, Ray Bradbury, Isaac Asimov, H.G. Wells, Edgar Allan Poe, Seabury Quinn, Jack London...and many more !

by Ray Bradbury, Philip K. Dick, Abraham Merritt, Amelia Reynolds Long, Anthony Melvillle Rud, Arthur Train, Clark Ashton Smith, David H. Keller, Donald Allen Wollheim, E.M. Forster, Edgar Allan Poe, Edgar Fawcett, Ellis Parker Butler, Fletcher Pratt, Francis Flagg, Frank Owen, Frank R. Stockton, Fred M. White, George Allan England, Green Peyton Wertenbaker, H.G. Wells, Isaac Asimov, Jack G. Huekels, Jack London, Jack Williamson, Katherine MacLean, Leo Szilard, Miles John Breuer, Nelson Slade Bond, Peter B. Kyne, Ray Cummings, Raymond F. O'Kelley, Robert Barr, Robert Welles Ritchie, Roquia Sakhawat Hussain, Rudyard Kipling, Seabury Quinn, Tudor Jenks, W.L. Alden, Readym Anthologies ...

Series Book 2 - 99 Readym Anthologies
"99 Science Fiction Short Stories" brings together some of the finest sci fi short stories ever crafted. Featuring gems from masters of the genre, such as H.G Wells , Robert Barr , PKD, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Norton, and many, many more! ... Read more

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"99 Science Fiction Short Stories" brings together some of the finest sci fi short stories ever crafted. Featuring gems from masters of the genre, such as H.G Wells , Robert Barr , PKD, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Norton, and many, many more!
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