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  Space Odyssey: Book 3

  2061

  Odyssey Three

  by Arthur C. Clarke

  Arthur C. Clark, creator of one of the world's best-loved science fiction tales, revisits the most famous future ever imagined as two expeditions into space become inextricably tangled. Heywood Floyd, survivor of two previous encounters with the mysterious monoliths, must again confront Dave Bowman, HAL, and an alien race that has decided that Mankind is to play a part in the evolution of the galaxy whether it... (more)
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  Space Odyssey: Book 4

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  The Final Odyssey

  by Arthur C. Clarke

  It began four million years ago when a gleaming black monolith cast its shadow on the stark African savanna *an inexplicable apparition that ignited the spark of human consciousness, transforming ape into man. It continued at the dawn of the 21st century when an identical black monolith was excavated on the moon *propelling Dave Bowman and his deputy Frank Poole on a mission to Jupiter that ended in the mutiny of... (more)
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  Forrest Gump: Book 1

  Forrest Gump

  by Winston Groom

  "Bein a idiot is no box of chocolates," but "at least I ain't lead no hum-drum life," says Forrest Gump, the lovable, surprisingly savvy hero of this wonderful comic novel. When the University of Alabama's football team drafts Forrest and makes him a star, that's only the beginning! He flunks out--and goes on to be a Vietnam war hero, a world-class ping-pong player, a wrestler, and a business tycoon. He compares... (more)
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  The Only Good Thing Anyone Has Ever Done

  by Sandra Newman

  When Chrysalis Moffat and her brother, Eddie, inherit a mansion on the coast of California, Eddie hatches a plan to fleece credulous Californians of their cash by starting the fraudulent Tibetan School of Miracles. But something else is happening. Through Chrysalis's reunion with her brother, she begins to discover her adoptive father's secret past, causing her own identity to unravel. As Chrysalis lays down the... (more)
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  Dublin Murder Squad: Book 1

  In the Woods

  by Tana French

  As dusk approaches a small Dublin suburb in the summer of 1984, mothers begin to call their children home. But on this warm evening, three children do not return from the dark and silent woods. When the police arrive, they find only one of the children gripping a tree trunk in terror, wearing blood-filled sneakers, and unable to recall a single detail of the previous hours. Twenty years later, the found boy, Rob... (more)
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  The Happiness Project

  Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun

  by Gretchen Rubin

  What if you could change your life without really changing your life? On the outside, Gretchen Rubin had it all—a good marriage, healthy children and a successful career— but she knew something was missing. Determined to end that nagging feeling, she set out on a year-long quest to learn how to better enjoy the life she already had.       Each month, Gretchen pursued a different set of resolutions—go to sleep... (more)
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  Fifty Shades: Book 1

  Fifty Shades of Grey

  by E. L. James

  When literature student Anastasia Steele is drafted to interview the successful young entrepreneur Christian Grey for her campus magazine, she finds him attractive, enigmatic and intimidating. Convinced their meeting went badly, she tries to put Grey out of her mind - until he happens to turn up at the out-of-town hardware store where she works part-time.