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  The Catcher in the Rye

  by J. D. Salinger

  Ever since it was first published in 1951, this novel has been the coming-of-age story against which all others are judged. Read and cherished by generations, the story of Holden Caulfield is one of America's literary treasures.The Catcher in the Rye is a timeless tale of a teenager struggling with society and himself. Holden Caulfield is a teenager who hates his own life. He believes that every single... (more)
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  Ideas of Truth: with Other Essays and a Short Story

  by Alexander J. Steele

  "A lost wonderer in a vast, endless abyss of life," detached London Transton is taken hostage by a mysterious man one day. He is placed in a windowless shack with a cynical woman, a proud black man, and a bitter Islamic Arab. Faced with some of the most seeming absurdities in life, London soon comes to understand that the answers to his questions about purpose, truth, and happiness are much closer than he ever... (more)
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  Afraid

  by Jack Kilborn

  ARE YOU AFRAID OF THE DARK? YOU WILL BE . . . Welcome to Safe Haven, Wisconsin. Miles from everything, with one road in and out, this peaceful town has never needed a full-time police force. Until now . . . A helicopter has crashed near Safe Haven and unleashed something horrifying. Now this merciless force is about to do what it does best. Isolate. Terrorize. Annihilate. As residents begin dying in a storm of... (more)
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  Where's Unimportant

  by Daniel Shortell

  Jack Addington is stuck. A carefree life wandering the globe has morphed into a monotonous existence working for an oppressive Manhattan-based software company peddling products which destroy the lives of decent people. Jack struggles through soul-sucking affairs with despotic executives and eccentric scientists by mentally projecting himself out of the present and into past adventures. Avoidance, however, is... (more)
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  Friday Harbor: Book 3

  Dream Lake

  by Lisa Kleypas

  Dream Lake takes readers once again to the exquisite setting of Friday Harbor, and tells the story of Zoe Hoffman, an innkeeper who has all but given up on love. She’s a gentle, romantic soul, but has been so hurt in the past that she dare not trust her heart with anyone. Especially not Alex Nolan. Alex is the most haunted of all the Nolan brothers. He drinks to keep his demons at bay and not only has he given up... (more)