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Oscar Wilde brings his enormous gifts for astute social observation and sparkling prose to The Picture of Dorian Gray, his dreamlike story of a young man who sells his soul for eternal youth and beauty. This dandy, who remains forever unchanged{u2014}petulant, hedonistic, vain, and amoral{u2014}while a painting of him ages and grows increasingly hideous with the years, has been horrifying, enchanting, obsessing, even corrupting readers for more than...
702) Off Island
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Findaway World, LLC
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[2021]
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English
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"Pure color!" wrote Paul Gauguin to his wife, Mette, from the South Seas. "Everything must be sacrificed to it." In Off Island, novelist Lara Tupper imagines Gauguin-chasing new light, new color-ran away to a new island, a rugged outpost off the coast of Maine. There, Gauguin leaves behind some paintings and letters, and maybe a child. A hundred years later, another Maine painter, Pete, finds himself torn between his muses: the sturdy, reliable Molly,...
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Findaway World, LLC
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[2020]
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English
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"For some, the allure and power of the streets are elusive but yet, a wonder to behold. Some engage in this lifestyle of self-destructive criminal behavior, knowing one day it might cost them their family, freedom, or something even far more valuable ... their lives. In Street Tales, you'll read stories of survival and redemption, as well as tales of greed, lies, betrayal, and street justice. You will come face-to-face with life-altering choices and...
705) Dark Celebration
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Recorded Books
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[2007]
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English
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Christine Feehan has sent shivers of pleasure up and down the spines of fans enthralled by her New York Times best-selling Carpathian tales. In Dark Celebration, Feehan delivers a unique gift to her readers by bringing together all the characters of Carpathian legend in a celebration of unbridled sensuality. Prince of the Carpathians Mikhail Dubrinsky has witnessed numerous mysterious events during his many centuries on Earth, but now he is faced...
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"Liya Thakkar is a successful biochemical engineer, takeout enthusiast, and happily single woman. The moment she realizes her parents' latest dinner party is a setup with the man they want her to marry, she's out the back door in a flash. Imagine her surprise when the same guy shows up at her office a week later -- the new lawyer hired to rescue her struggling company. What's not surprising: he's not too thrilled to see her either after that humiliating...
707) Four: The Son
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Divergent ; 0.3
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Playaway
Pub. Date
[2014]
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English
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Complete your Divergent library with the Four stories!
Fans of the Divergent series by #1 New York Times bestselling author Veronica Roth will be thrilled by "Four: The Son," the third of four stories, each between fifty and seventy-five pages long, set in the world of Divergent and told from Tobias's perspective.
In "The Son," Tobias struggles to find a place in the hierarchy of the Dauntless. He also begins to suspect that a foul plan may...
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Crown and crest ; 1
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Findaway World, LLC
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[2022]
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English
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"With single-minded determination, Henrik has worked toward gaining his knighthood so he may rise above the lowly station in which he was born. But just when the coveted position is within his grasp, he's tasked with a mission that proves to be far more difficult than expected--secretly keeping a watchful eye on Lady Clover, a nobleman's daughter with a sharp tongue and a knack for starting fights. Clover, too, has one goal in life, and it has nothing...
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Crown and crest ; 2
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Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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"Lady Clover's life suddenly takes a turn for the worse when she's framed for necromancy by Princess Camellia. She and the princess both know she's not a dark magic user, but little good that does Clover when Camellia disappears. The kingdom is in turmoil over the abduction of their beloved princess, and Clover is determined to find her way into the rescue party--even if Henrik, the most handsome commander in all Caldenbauer and the man of her reoccurring...
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