Shyima Hall was born in Egypt on September 29, 1989, the seventh child of desperately poor parents. When she was eight, her parents sold her into slavery. Shyima then moved two hours away to Egypt...
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Author: Hall, ShyimaSummary:
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Author: Backlund, J. R.Summary:
Rachel Carver's career with the North Carolina Bureau of Investigation came to a shuddering halt after her last case led to the collateral death of an innocent woman and a shameful cover-up by her...
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Author: Denton, RebeccaSummary:
Alexia Falls is eighteen, living in her parents' New York penthouse and working with superstar boyband The Keep. But with her heart set on independence and a career behind the camera, she trades...
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Author: Woods, StuartSummary:
Stone Barrington faces down a rival with cutting-edge tactics in this heart-racing thriller from the #1 New York Times Stone Barrington is settling in for some downtime in New York City when an...
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Author: Verdier, VicSummary:
La série des Romans dont vous êtes la victime présente des choix narratifs déchirants au lecteur. Ici, pas besoin de calculs ni de notes; que des décisions à prendre, qui mèneront inévitablement à...
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Author: Leroux, MathieuSummary:
Miné par les déceptions amoureuses et filiales, un homme décide d'aller se perdre à Las Vegas. Entre les amants, les rencontres anonymes et la consommation de substances diverses, il s'...
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Author: Fortin, MathieuSummary:
Adélaïde participe à un stage de trois mois dans une petite ville isolée où cellulaire et Internet fonctionnent par intermittence. En plus de sa technologie défaillante, Creuse-Vallée est connue...
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Author: Thor, BradSummary:
Hidden deep within one of the world's most powerful organizations is a secret committee with a devastating agenda. Its members are afforded incredible protections—considered elites, untouchables....
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Author: Fitzsimmons, AnnabelSummary:
Bittergirl charts the break-ups of three women - one single and dating, one co-habiting, one married with a child. This trio of Women Scorned experience heartbreak, hilarity, fairy-tales gone...
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Author: Bonnell, YolandaSummary:
Bug is a solo performance and artistic ceremony that highlights the ongoing effects of colonialism and intergenerational trauma experienced by Indigenous women. It is also a testimony to the women...
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Author: Joudrey, M. C.Summary:
Earth and sky are devoid of colour. There are no beginnings or endings. Then the snow melts. Maybe it’s the dead cars. It could be the escaped bison roaming the downtown core. Mosquitoes? Sure....
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Author: Mayoff, StevenSummary:
Belonging and the search for home and family are at the center of the title story, "Fatted Calf Blues." Here, a woman hitchhikes home to Alberta to see her dying father. At a truck stop...
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Author: Steeves, MikeSummary:
'I have never been faced with a moral crisis, let alone a matter of life or death.' Peter Simons doesn't spend much time at home in his apartment. Thanks to his job at a multinational company, he...
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Author: Frey, JamesSummary:
A kiss, a touch. A smile and a beating heart. Love and sex and dreams, art and drugs and the madness of youth. Betrayal and heartbreak, regret and pain, the melancholy of age. Katerina, the...
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Author: Berry, SteveSummary:
Cotton Malone retired from the high-risk world of elite operatives for the U.S. State Department to lead the low-key life of a rare-book dealer. But his quiet existence is shattered when he...
Genre: Thrillers (Fiction)