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1) The other me
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THE OTHER ME spans from 1930s Germany to 1990s England as Saskia Sarginson explores whether our identities are tied to where we came from, and if it's possible that sometimes history doesn't get the story right. 1986, London - Klaudia is about to start high school. She's embarrassed by her German father, never knowing what he may or may not have done during the war. In 1995 Leeds, Eliza is a young woman in love - with her life as a dance student,...
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Texas Rangers (Elmer Kelton) volume 8
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In Other Men's Horses, newlywed Texas Ranger Andy Pickard must track down Donley Bannister, on the run after killing a notorious horse thief. But when outlaws ambush Ranger Pickard, Bannister risks his life to rescue his pursuer-giving the injured young ranger reason to pause.
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And then, it came the time for silence; it had to come one day, because too many words disorders the mind, too much talking exhausts your head, overwhelm your senses and strays you from what's essential.
I know that I attempted to run, that I couldn't accept loneliness and the absence of noise. I struggled to keep myself among others, to be like them, to have lots of friends, to go to lots of parties and feel lots of joy, but that was not who I was....
4) The Other Me
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The other me The one that few know The one in which I take refuge, between paper and ink. The one that many shy away from, whose deep, probing gaze digs into you, with verses and silences. Poems for Eight Seasons Two years of words in verse that have accompanied the author and her readers, week after week, in the years 2021 and 2022, published in the Aci Castello Wordpress weekly online magazine in the "UN MARE DI PAROLE" column.
5) The Other Me
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Most college students are in college to learn a skill in a field they like and can use to make money. But some students are deep thinkers with skills that can be monetized already. This is a story about students like that but being exceptionally gifted doesn't mean you are mature enough to handle your own genius.
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Harvard physiologist Robert Merriwether has four whip-smart children, an attractive and intelligent wife, and a successful, stimulating career. True, he and Sarah have not slept together in years, and when he decides to stay behind in Cambridge for the summer while the rest of the family vacations in Maine, his newfound freedom is deeply unsettling. But that does not mean that Merriwether wants to change his life or feels unloved. To a man of science,...
7) The Other Me
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Architect is diagnosed with a rare eye disease, entering him into a surreal reality in which he sees people's true motives
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Novelist and scholar Freddie Lee Johnson III is widely acclaimed for his gritty, dramatic stories and careful attention to issues of race. With Other Men's Wives, Johnson creates a powerful novel of love, lust, and deception. Denmark Wheeler survived a rough childhood on the streets of Cleveland to prosper as an adult. Then one day a DVD turns up on his front doorstep, revealing an explicit sexual encounter between his wife and a man whose face is...
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Donley Bannister shot and killed Cletus Slocum for stealing and crippling one of his best horses. He ran, leaving his wife Geneva behind. She sets off to find him, with Ranger Andy Pickard on her trail, hoping she'll lead him to Donley. Cletus' brothers are on the road, too, seeking revenge. Along the way, Andy discovers that the innocent and devoted Geneva may have made the mistake of marrying the wrong man, and that her husband may be a moral man...
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Feeling out of place in her athletic family, artistic sixteen-year-old Jenny Fitzgerald, whose biological father was a sperm donor, finds her half sister through the Sibling Donor Registry and contacts her, hoping that this will finally make her feel complete.
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The stunning debut novel from Fionnuala Kearney - already a Top Ten Irish Times bestseller They Say Every Family Has Skeletons In Their Closet ... But what happens when you open the door and they won't stop tumbling out? For Adam and Beth the first secret wasn't the last, it was just the beginning. You think you can imagine the worst thing that could happen to your family, but there are some secrets that change everything. And then the question is,...
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"Taking its title from a group of stories that begin the book, Bream gives me hiccups moves from contemporary L.A. to the dorm rooms of an American college to ancient Pompeii, throwing the reader into a universe of social misfits, reimagined scenes from history, and ridiculous overreactions. In one piece, a tense email exchange between a young man and his girlfriend is taken over by his sister, who is obsessed with the Bosnian genocide (The situation...
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Till now, Stephanie has done her best to play by the rules, which seem to be stacked against girls like her. It doesn't help that she wants to play football, dress like a boy, and fight apartheid in South Africa, despite living in rural middle England, as she struggles to find her voice in a world where everything is different for girls.
Then she hears them on the radio. Greenham women, an irreverent group of lesbians, punk rockers, mothers, and...
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Eight extraordinary stories of heartbreak, growing up, and the importance of finding your voice Everything changes eventually. Jessie Granatstein doesn't think she'll have anything to say in the journal her teacher asks her to write-until suddenly, the words come tumbling out. Zoe Eberhardt has been raised and cherished by the strong, powerful women in her family, but when she turns fourteen, she starts to see that she'll soon have to establish...
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We left paradise, when I was five and moved to the city to live with my mother's sister. I later learned, there were two reasons for this move: so that my parents could find work and I could attend school. My mother was sympathetic toward my desire to return to the farm, so every July 1 she took me back to paradise for the summer. I lived the rest of the year for those two months.
The farm was run by my aunt and uncle. And, they had a son who was...
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Maggie Whitaker had always dreamed about the same boy even though she'd never met him.A loner, with an overly critical mother and a head full of self-doubt, she has spent most of her life isolated. That is, until she meets Trip. He becomes her only friend until he cruelly betrays her, making her feel even more alone.Sam has endured far more than anyone has ever realized. When he meets Maggie, he feels as though he knows her immediately. They fall...
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No Other Gods Before Me: Double LifeBest friends, Levi Smucker and Amos Gunden have gone to the city during Rumspringa from Holmes County, Ohio while Helen, Amos' sister, pines for Levi, her one and only love, back at the family farm. With an impending harvest and Amos' help needed at home, Father Gunden sends Helen and her mother to the city to collect the two wayward young men, but what Helen finds upon arrival may prove to be the end of her love...
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Jessica has never liked playing games, but when her twin sister dares her to switch places, she doesn't chicken out. Against her better judgement, Jessica says yes.
She should have said no.
Their stunt has deadly consequences, and Jessica believes the tragedy that unfolds is all her fault. Haunted by the secret of what she did to her sister, Jessica can't face the ghost she sees every time she looks in the mirror.
Daniel tries his best to put Jessica...