Todd Menesses
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This novel about a group of American and British expatriates who travel from Paris to the Festival of San Fermín in Pamplona to watch the running of the bulls and the bullfights. On the surface the novel is a love story between the protagonist Jake Barnes and the promiscuous divorcee Lady Brett Ashley. Brett's affair with Robert Cohn causes Jake to be upset and break off his friendship with Cohn; her seduction of the 19-year-old matador Romero causes...
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In this instant New York Times bestseller, America’s top historians set the record straight on the most pernicious myths about our nation’s past.
The United States is in the grip of a crisis of bad history. Distortions of the past promoted in the conservative media have led large numbers of Americans to believe in fictions over facts, making constructive dialogue impossible and imperiling our democracy. ...
The United States is in the grip of a crisis of bad history. Distortions of the past promoted in the conservative media have led large numbers of Americans to believe in fictions over facts, making constructive dialogue impossible and imperiling our democracy. ...
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An attempted murder.A missing spouse.And an international conspiracy that could change the world.Jack Green has always been skeptical of so-called facts. Though he's forced to confront the reality about his wife's recent cancer diagnosis, he puts his own needs aside to make the best of what may be their last vacation. But he's shocked to be rudely awoken in his stateroom, abducted by masked men and thrown off the cruise.Plucked from the ocean's cold...
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From award-winning author Trace Conger comes a ghost story that explores the fine line between what is real and what is the product of a child's vivid imagination. Quinn Becker doesn't believe in ghosts. Or coincidences. That changes when his five-year-old son, Drew, tells him about the "white boy" who visits him at night. Drew recounts his ghostly experience with a boy who looks like him but "doesn't have a face." As Drew's encounters with the white...
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The timelessness of Bridge to Terabithia meets the wonder of Big Fish in this bittersweet, magical story, perfect for fans of Barbara O’Connor, Lisa Graff, and Dan Gemeinhart.
When Sam’s dad dies in a car accident, Sam is shuttled off to the dusty town of Holler, Oklahoma, to live with a long-lost aunt. There he encounters a mysterious mangy cat who leads him to an unassuming tree that turns out to be a portal—a passage through which Sam can...
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"Eight stories of literary dark fiction from a master storyteller. Exploring the shadow side of love, these are tales of grief, obsession, control. Intricate examinations of trauma and tragedy in raw, poetic prose. In these narratives, a woman imagines horrific scenarios whilst caring for her infant niece; on-line posts chronicle a cancer diagnosis; a couple in the park with their small child encounter a stranger with horrific consequences; a toxic...
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Friend. Lovers. Blood kin. Humans. Beast kin. Enemies. Targets.
At one time, humans and beast kin called each other friends. They weathered the bad times together and celebrated the good times. They even called one another blood brothers and sisters. They fought beside one another.
Time has made these two groups forget their shared history-forget their past relationships. Now, instead of fighting beside one another, the lands at Selenus and Radal...
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It was supposed to be a fun break while school was out for the semester.
A chance meeting between Benjamin Draig and Martin "Marty" Ambrose suggests the potential for a great friendship. Both were with different groups of friends just outside of Moab, both on their way to hike through the mountains.
But then things went horribly wrong.
It's all Benjamin and Marty can do to stay alive when the earth opens beneath their feet, and they're swallowed...
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It seems like lifetimes have passed since Benjy and Marty watched the old world die.
Not everyone's caught up with the changes. For the moment it seems they might be the only ones who truly understand that nothing will ever be the same again. They both know that won't last long.
Dragons have emerged from their eons-long slumber and the world must come to terms with it or perish in fire.
Panic and chaos spring up in the wake of these living natural...
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Being a king is still unreal to Benjy, but there's nothing imaginary about the kingdom he and Marty have built.
Step by step, brick by brick, they've built something beautiful. Something evil craves. Once again, their safe haven for the wounded and weary is under threat.
From the corpse of what was once the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave, forgotten sins are stirring.
Threats concealed in the dark corners of the old empire see their...
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Friend. Lovers. Blood kin. Humans. Beast kin. Enemies. Targets. At one time, humans and beast kin called each other friends. They weathered the bad times together and celebrated the good times. They even called one another blood brothers and sisters. They fought beside one another. Time has made these two groups forget their shared history-forget their past relationships. Now, instead of fighting beside one another, the lands at Selenus and Radal...
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Not everyone is happy with what Benjy and Marty are building. Rather, they're unhappy that they're not the ones in charge.
The birth pangs of a new community are hard enough to navigate, but what happens when jealousy leads to a rivalry that could strangle this newborn wonder?
While others scheme, Benjy and Marty have a kingdom to establish, mouths to feed, and shelter to provide. There are raiders to repel, secrets to uncover in the dungeons, and...
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What happens when you realize that you're at the mercy of powers greater than yourself? What happens when these powers flex their muscles and, overnight, turn the entire world on its head? What happens when, in a twist of fate, these same powers offer you a lifeline; an invitation into their exclusive club? Do you accept?
Join Alex Watson as he enters the darkness of an unseen world, where the "dominant few" do as they please to the "inferior many"...
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The orcs are thirsty.
And so are Captain Frank Gerber's swords, but apparently, you can't murder your customers.
Stuck with a nightclub after a job gone wrong, Frank has to figure out how to rebuild something he never even wanted. That's just the first of his problems.
Frank's blades will have a taste of blood again, but first, he has to party with orcs, barter with gnomes, drink with dwarves, and make shady deals with the scum of Sankta Varath,...
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Anthony died in a war forgotten, removed from the history books. And then. Someone had the audacity to wake him up from his nap! Is nothing sacred anymore? Aila Wranoris is a princess of the Underdark in the Northern reaches of the Stoha Mountains. The Dark Elves have remained out of the war that has ground to a halt between the Humans and the Beast-Kin. Now, in their research they have found signs of mysterious 'doorways'. She is sent to the Deepwood...
17) Litany of Dreams
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Dark incantations expose the minds of Miskatonic University students to supernatural horrors, in this chilling mystery novel of Arkham Horror
The mysterious disappearance of a gifted student at Miskatonic University spurs his troubled roommate, Elliot Raslo, into an investigation of his own. But Elliot already struggles against the maddening allure of a ceaseless chant that only he can hear... When Elliot's search converges with that of a Greenland...
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Tommie, Anthony, and Aila have a new quest: to head across Dena to the island nation Ilsal.
There, they might learn more of Anthony's past and recover his lost power. Getting there...well, that's half the adventure, and something is working in Dena's shadow.
A guardian's work is rarely done. At least, this one doesn't need to sleep.
Note: This is a shorter book version.
19) Five Will Die
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A serial killer thriller that will keep you guessing until the last page.
Tim Burke is the sheriff of Lincoln, Ohio, a small town where nothing happens. That all changes when he finds a chilling note claiming five people will die in town. At first, Burke and his two deputies dismiss it as a prank by local teenagers. This is idyllic Lincoln, Ohio, after all.
Then the bodies begin turning up.
Consumed by the murder investigation, Burke uncovers a link...
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A Stranger to Love
Alaric McLeod, Duke of Strathaven, is known as the Devil Duke for his wicked ways. Tormented by his past, Alaric knows better than to trust a woman, yet finds himself ensnared by a spirited, virtuous virgin - who accuses him of a crime he didn't commit. Is she his worst nightmare...or his salvation?
A Novice to Desire
Emma Kent is an independent country miss cast adrift in the ton. When a depraved encounter with an arrogant...