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1994. In the desert near Tillman, Arizona, forty miles from Tucson, a grand experiment involving the future of humanity is underway. As climate change threatens the earth, eight scientists, four men and four women dubbed the "Terranauts," have been selected to live under glass in E2, a prototype of a possible off-earth colony. Closely monitored by an all-seeing Mission Control, this New Eden is both an adventure in scientific discovery and a momentous...
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"Czasami wszystko musi się zagmatwać, by los mógł wreszcie wskazać właściwe rozwiązanie. Życie sióstr Niemirskich bardzo się skomplikowało - w miasteczku pojawił się ktoś, kto może zniszczyć mozolnie budowane szczęście. W dodatku rodzinnemu domowi zagraża niebezpieczeństwo - wielka turystyczna inwestycja, która ma powstać w pobliżu. Agatę, Danielę i Tosię czekają przełomowe decyzje. Czy postąpią właściwie? Czy czary...
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"At one point, Selah, Vice, and Skye were inseparable...but money will change the very meaning of "friends to the end." Life after losing a loved one can be hard, especially if you're the reason why they are no longer here. These are the times that you are supposed to lean on your friends the most. Selah is about to learn a hard lesson that she may not be ready for. Will her ride or die chicks ride with her again, or will this be the end of the trio?...
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"The death of their father sent Irish twins Norielle "Nori" and Nadia "Nadi" Porter on two different paths in life. Nori found solace in furthering her life through education, while Nadi found peace in the streets with Kelz, her longtime boyfriend."--
6) French roast
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"Wisconsin coffeehouse owner Maggy Thorsen's cousin, Jacque Oui, is in trouble. Big trouble! Not only is his cash-strapped Schultz's Market facing competition from a major new grocery chain, but his ex-wife Paulette has arrived from Paris, spectacularly claiming that she and Jacque are still married, despite Jacque being engaged to Maggy's friend and star barista Amy Caprese. When a huge fire rips through Schultz's Market overnight and a gruesome...
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"It's midnight on Ana Koehl's sixtieth birthday, and she is taking stock. Nine years have passed since she last had sex with her kind-hearted but pot-addicted husband, seven since she began an affair with a magnetic gonzo journalist. She's gratified by her work as a book doula, yes, but equally burdened by the compulsion to be on-call for her clients 24/7. And life seems determined to keep her on her toes: her elderly mother's birthday greeting is...
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"It is 2027, August Helm is thirty years old. A biochemist working in a lab at the University of Chicago, he is swept off his feet by the beautiful Amanda Clark. Animated by August's consuming desire, their relationship quickly becomes intimate. But when he stumbles across a liason between the director of his lab and a much younger student, his position is eliminated, and his world upended. August sets out to visit his parents in the heart of Wisconsin's...
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"Against the Wind is a story of six characters' second chances to make things right. A successful environmental lawyer is forced to take himself to task when he realizes that everything about his work has betrayed his core beliefs. A high school English teacher asks her former high school love to take up her environmental cause. A transgender adolescent male raised by his grandparents struggles to excel in a world hostile to his kind. A French-Canadian...
10) Girls' weekend
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Dani, Meg, and Charlotte have bonded over babies, barbeques, and backyards, but when they escape for a girls weekend away, they can't bring themselves to return to lives that don't seem to fit anymore. Harried Dani can't explain why she feels so discontented until she meets a young gallery owner who inspires her to rediscover the art that once made her happy. Dependable Meg faces up to a grief that threatens to swallow her whole and confronts a...
11) My devotion
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After Helen, nearly 80, unexpectedly encounters her long-ago lover Frank Appledore in London, she begins a monologue directed at Frank of their meeting in 1950s Rome, where their diplomat parents were stationed. After Helen leaves for Amsterdam to study literature, she invites Frank to stay with her. In their 20s, Helen dedicates herself to a publishing career, while Frank drifts until he finally attempts painting at 28. Despite periodic sex and Helen's...
12) The royal game
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England, 1444. Three women who came from nowhere to challenge the course of history... King Henry VI's grip on the crown hangs by a thread as the Wars of the Roses begin to tear England apart. Everyone must choose between York or Lancaster. And from the ashes of war, the House of Paston begins its rise to power. Led by three visionary women, the Pastons are a family from humble peasant beginnings who rely upon cunning, raw ambition, and good fortune...
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"If someone were to ask Jasmine Santos to describe the last few years of her life with a single word, it would definitely be a four-letter one. After seventeen years--and countless broken bones and broken promises--she knows her window to compete in figure skating is coming to a close. But when the offer of a lifetime comes in from an arrogant idiot she's spent the last decade dreaming about pushing in the way of a moving bus, Jasmine might have to...
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La Templanza, la nueva novela de María Dueñas. Nada hacía suponer a Mauro Larrea que la fortuna que levantó tras años de tesón y arrojo se le derrumbaría con un estrepitoso revés. Ahogado por las deudas y la incertidumbre, apuesta sus últimos recursos en una temeraria jugada que abre ante él la oportunidad de resurgir. Hasta que la perturbadora Soledad Montalvo, esposa de un marchante de vinos londinense, entra en su vida envuelta en claroscuros...
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"Trzy przyjaciółki. Trzech braci. I zło, które nie odpuszcza... Leśną Polanę spowił mrok. Kiedy już wszystko wskazywało na to, że szczęście odnalazło do niej drogę, Gabriela nagle znika. Zło, które krzywdziło ją i jej bliskich, wciąż nie jest syte bólu. Czy przyjaciele Gabrieli i ten - który nie przestał jej kochac - zapobiegną nieszczęściu? Majka i Julia są gotowe na wszystko, by ocalić przyjaciółke. Jednak los sprzysiągł...
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Beast Boy and Cyborg are having a totally awesome afternoon playing video games, when they realize something is missing...food! But these best friends just can't agree on the best food ever created! Is it the Burger? Or is it the Burrito? Will the TEEN TITANS have to agree to disagree? Or will one cuisine reign supreme?
18) The unforgiven
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"The split in the Martinez family is real and painful. Expelled from the family, the two oldest make their own way. Felix Martinez is a hard man to love. But Naomi is determined to heal her family. And she decides to take matters into her own hands to bring together two volatile personalities."--P. [4] of cover.
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Si alguien le pidiera a Jasmine Santos que describiera la última época de su vida con una sola palabra, seguramente utilizaría una que habría que censurar. Después de años de dedicación e incontables huesos y compromisos rotos, sabe que su oportunidad paradedicarse profesionalmente al patinaje artístico está esfumándose. Sin embargo, cuando la oferta que tanto estaba esperando por fin llega, lo hace de la mano de un idiota arrogante que...
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