In this “coming-of-old-age” tale, Jack Peckham finds himself on a journey into his distant past, helped along the way by Joe Easterday, a young man with Down syndrome, and Ida Pevely, a middle-aged waitress with her own mountain of...
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Author:Brennan, KevinSummary: - Author:Davis, EvetteSummary:
Beneath the fog of San Francisco lurks a hidden world that controls our fate. Nobody who works with superstar political consultant Olivia Shepherd knows that she has supernatural empathic abilities—and that’s just how she likes it. But...
- Author:Leland, ToniSummary:
Young equine veterinarian Liz Barnett has moved her practice from Kentucky to rural California, excited by the chance to partner with an established equine clinic, as well as show her beautiful Arabian horses. She soon finds that she's...
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Author:Boyle, T. CoraghessanSummary:A National Park Service biologist on California's Channel Islands believes invasive species must be eliminated because they are putting endangered native creatures at risk. But is it right to kill one species to save another?
- Author:Ridley, JohnSummary:
Soledad's second adventure finds her hunting down a vigilante who is murdering metanormals indiscriminantly. She has no love for the mutants, but no one is above the law. So with her modified sidearm at her hip, she hits the pavement,...
- Author:Kraus, DanielSummary:
A USA TODAY BESTSELLER Named a Best Book of 2023 by Book Riot, Shelf Awareness, and NPR The Martian meets 127 Hours in this "astoundingly great" (Gillian Flynn, #1 New York Times bestselling author) and scientifically accurate thriller...
- Author:Trumpis, DanSummary:
Being twelve years old is already hard enough. Being a werewolf makes it even harder. Dillon Howell and his parents have just moved to Harmony, a small town in Northern California. Like all kids, he just wants to fit in and make friends...
- Author:Morris, KathiSummary:
From that July day in 1968 on, the Morris family became the Morris orphans: ten children who attracted nationwide attention, and a trust fund that didn't bring out the best in those who fostered them. Kathi, the oldest, was only...
- Author:Sheff, NicSummary:
In his bestselling memoir Tweak, Nic Sheff took readers on an emotionally gripping roller-coaster ride through his days as a crystal meth and heroin addict. Now in this powerful follow-up about his continued efforts to stay clean, Nic...
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Author:Liparulo, RobertSummary:The Kings are focused on rescuing a lost family member, until a stranger comes to take their bizarre house. What secret is he hiding, as he hides the scars on his body? Can the Kings harness the house's secrets and discover who is...
- Author:Toto, ChristianSummary:
Christian Toto describes Hollywood's descent into dreary, dull, leftist groupthink. This book shows the slow-motion disaster infiltrating the industry, and offers a glimmer of hope for a woke-free tomorrow.
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Author:Kellerman, JonathanSummary:"Unraveling the madness behind L.A.'s most baffling and brutal homicides is what sleuthing psychologist Alex Delaware does best.
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Author:Jones, KellySummary:Twelve-year-old Sophie Brown feels like a fish out of water when she and her parents move from Los Angeles to the farm they've inherited from a great-uncle. But farm life gets more interesting when a cranky chicken appears and Sophie...
- Author:Emmons, Cai.Summary:
Set amid California’s wildfire season, a vivid and magical novel following a family in crisis thrust on a collision course with the world around them that has an outcome beyond their wildest imaginings . . . When Lu and George Barnes...
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Author:Stevenson, Sarah JamilaSummary:“Dear Sunny: I don’t expect you to understand any of this yet, but we’ll always have yesterday... and today, and tomorrow. Maybe one day you’ll figure it out. I never could.” With a supportive family, great friends, and a spot on her...
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Author:Sheff, NicSummary:Drug addict Nic Sheff always believed he could quit whenever he needed to, until a violent relapse one summer convinced him otherwise. Here is his raw, compelling story of the depths of addiction and the road to recovery.
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Author:Connelly, MichaelSummary:The last coyote: Taking a hard look at his life after a streak of bad luck, LAPD detective Harry Bosch decides to tackle the unsolved decades-old murder of his mother and uncovers a devastating truth.
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Author:Hansen, JosephSummary:Rick Wendell's mother returns home to find Rick's lover standing over him, who swears he did not fire the gun that he's holding. The case seems open-and-shut, but Dave Brandstetter is not satisfied.
- Author:Suk, Sarah, Cho, JohnSummary:
Racial tensions are at their peak in Los Angeles after the beating of Rodney King and the shooting of Latasha Harlins by a Korean store owner. As tensions escalate, Jordan's father leaves to check on the family store, spurring...
- Author:Laxer, JamesSummary:
In this Anansi Digital Publication, James Laxer takes the pulse of America from the vantage point of Southern California at a time when the United States is riven with debates about immigration, guns, and how to tackle the economic...
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