Tragedy and mental illness have been dark companions of Rae Newborn for more than 50 years. Her life seems to start rebuilding itself, though, when she moves to a deserted island to restore the...
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Author: King, Laurie R.Summary:Genre: Psychological fiction -
Author: Caunitz, William J.Summary:
When a young police officer is shot and killed in his girlfriend's apartment in Washington Heights, investigators suspect that he had been taking money from the Dominican drug gangs that rule the...
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Author: LaHaye, Tim F., Jenkins, Jerry B.Summary:
Nicolae Carpathia, now the total embodiment of evil, desecrates the temple in Jerusalem by entering and declaring himself God. The ninth book in the Left Behind series will carry the world to the...
Genre: Fantasy fiction -
Author: Bachman, RichardSummary:
Life on Poplar Street seems idyllic, but before the sun sets on this summer day, the quiet Ohio suburb will become a terrifying slaughterhouse.
Genre: Horror fiction, Science fiction -
Author: Kennedy, AdamSummary:
Tucker, a con with a 20-year sentence in a maximum security prison, is given an opportunity to escape. Who were the men who had this power to release him, and what did they want in return?
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Author: King, StephenSummary:
Todd, age 13, knew old Mr. Denker was not a retired auto worker, but a former under-commandant at a Nazi concentration camp. Todd wanted to learn everything he could from Mr. Denker, especially...
Genre: Horror fiction -
Author: King, StephenSummary:
At the end of summer, four pals, all age 12, begin a two-day hike to look at the dead body of a missing child.
Genre: Horror fiction -
Author: King, StephenSummary:
It was a gentlemen's club, although no one paid any dues. The cost of membership was a tale well told, and this one paid for all.
Genre: Horror fiction -
Author: King, StephenSummary:
Andy Dufresne was no ordinary "lifer." He was in Shawshank State Prison for two murders he didn't commit. His posters kept him sane by giving him hope.
Genre: Horror fiction -
Author: Henry, O.Summary:The collected stories of O. Henry make entertaining listening.
Genre: Short stories -
Author: Paulsen, GarySummary:Only thirteen, John must track a deer in the Minnesota woods for his family's winter meat, and in doing so finds himself drawn to the doe who leads him and hating his role as hunter.
Genre: Juvenile fiction -
Author: Theroux, PaulSummary:
"I have seldom heard a train go by and not wished I was on it," confesses the author. Take the train with him through Europe and Asia.
Genre: Travel writing -
Author: London, JackSummary:A collection of some of Jack London's stories are brought together here.
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Author: Melville, HermanSummary:A young sailor is sentenced to be hanged for inadvertently striking and killing an officer. He faces death with a blessing for the benevolent captain who is forced to execute him.
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Author: Reed, JohnSummary:Tells the story of the Mexican Revolution of 1910 and its aftermath as reported from a firsthand account.
Genre: History and geography