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82) Plunge
In the aftermath of a devastating tsunami, an exploration vessel known as the Derleth begins sending an automated distress signal from a remote atoll in the Bering Strait. The only problem is that the Derleth has been missing for 40 years. Marine biologist Moriah Lamb joins the Carpenter Wreck Removal team to recover the Derleth's dead...only to find that in this remote part of the Arctic Circle, the dead have plenty to say to the living... There's
...83) Cascade failure
A British nurse in WWI Egypt races to deliver explosive intelligence that could change the course of the war in this novel of suspense, adventure, and love.
May, 1917. Ginger Whitman left a life of wealth and privilege in England to train as a battlefield nurse and serve in the Great War. Working on the brutal frontlines in Palestine, she finds a wounded soldier hiding in her camp. The soldier claims to carry intelligence
A Washington Post and Ms. Magazine Best Book of December
"This book is a gift." —Megan McDowell
From the award-winning author of How to Order the Universe, María José Ferrada beautifully details the life and lessons of an unconventional man and the boy who loves him.
After years of hard work in a factory outside of Santiago, Chile, Ramón
...89) Alone
Half a million dollars will be Celeste Thorne's reward for spending four years of her life in total isolation. No faces. No voices. No way to leave.
Since Celeste has never really worried about being alone, the generous paycheck she'll receive for her participation in the solitary psychological experiment seems like easy money.
When she finds an injured hiker in the woods bordering her living compound, her strictly governed world
...90) Alien Roads
Saintess Myri Vahro rejects her Prince to snare a savage and alters the destiny of her Nation.
In the aftermath of the enemy attack that destroyed Star Force and threw the inhabitants of Earth into chaos, the new emperor Arulezz Zarr has two priorities: Rebuild Star Force and get a spy into one of the mysterious pockets of light that emerged to protect the capital cities of Earth from the invaders. He believes that David Pierce, a Latter-day
...Book 1 The Backrooms: No Way Out
Join a lone explorer as they navigate the inescapable maze known as the Backrooms - an infinite expanse of rooms and corridors. Their quest for freedom grows urgent as the dread of eternal entrapment becomes ever more palpable. "The voice keeps growing louder and louder, acting as a weight, pulling my sanity down to a deep dark place the longer I'm lost in here."
Book 2 The Backrooms:
...In this, Book II of the Hawkenlye Trilogy, the Abbess Helewise takes on another strange case with her French partner, Josse d'Acquin. A lumberjack in the Wealken forest has been found dead. The locals would have it that the mythical Forest People are to blame for his violent end. But when the Abbess Helewise steps in to investigate, she thinks a supernatural solution too easy an answer. She consults her friend Josse d'Acquin, a French soldier of
...93) Village Weavers
A TIME Best Book of April
"Chancy is one of our most brilliant writers and storytellers."—Edwidge Danticat
"Myriam J. A. Chancy is a masterful writer."—José Olivarez
From award-winning author Myriam J. A. Chancy comes an extraordinary and enduring story of two families—forever joined by country, and by long-held secrets—and
...Dylan Thorne.
Wallflower. Girl next door. Best friend's little sister.
All right, best friend might be a bit of a stretch, but Griffin's my roommate, the captain for LAU's hockey team, and a decent guy.
His right hand man, however, hates me.
Then again, I have a feeling we're both interested in the same girl, so I guess I can't blame him.
Everett's been a family friend of Dylan's for her entire life, and I'm an outsider.
I'm
...In her prizewinning examination of the last century of American history, Samantha Power asks the haunting question: Why do American leaders who vow "never again" repeatedly fail to stop genocide?...
97) Fate Be Changed
What if the witch gave Merida a different spell? This New York Times best-selling series twists DisneyPixar's Brave into a fast-paced story in which Merida is sent back in time. If you could change your fate, would you? Merida understands that as princess of Clan DunBroch, she has certain obligations—but that doesn't mean she has to like it. Especially when one of those obligations means losing her freedom by becoming betrothed to a man
...To whomever stumbles upon this journal,
It's odd, penning an introduction when I'm uncertain anyone will ever read this. It feels like sending a message in a bottle into an endless ocean of yellow, hopeful that someone, somewhere, will find it and know they're not alone in this maddening labyrinth.
I am the Caretaker. That title was not one I chose, but one that was thrust upon me. As days blurred into nights, and nights into days,
...What is intimacy? More than sex, more than romantic love, the pieces in this stunning and illuminating new anthology offer broader and more inclusive definitions of what it can mean to be intimate...
