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Fiction
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Shaken Awake
By Allen Madding
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The news of a man frozen to death on the front steps of a Georgia church sends a wake-up call to Reverend Samuel Matthews, his financial chairperson Phil Portman, and parishioner Alvin Smith. The three men have no idea that their decision to open the church’s doors as a shelter will make an unexpected impact in their lives.
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The Burden of Memory
By Welcome Cole
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THE BURDEN OF MEMORY, the second book in the Blood Caeyl Memories series, finds various different characters on various quests, with Beam on a sort of astral plane receiving “memories” from the distant past, and his ally/frenemy Mawby having to let go of his prejudices to work with a giant named Wenzil.
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Wild Dragon Soul
By Tatjana Garibaldi
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WILD DRAGON SOUL: TALES ABOUT A JOURNEY TO FIND THE INNER ARTIST is a collection of colorful and creative short stories centered on different characters that are trying to find their places in the unique worlds they inhabit.
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Rebels of Jupiter
By Russell Beideman
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In author Russell Beideman’s gritty space opera, an uncouth young detective must weather violent political upheaval to help save his ring world colony and lay his rebel father’s ghost to rest.
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Nick’s Very First Day of Baseball
By Kevin Christofora
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Nick is signed up for baseball and ready for his first day of baseball practice.
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Keeper Chronicles: Awakening
By Katherine Wynter
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When Rebekah’s father is brutally murdered, her quiet life running a bed-and-breakfast is shattered as her heritage as a demon slayer is revealed to her. Rebekah must learn to accept her destiny, even if it means trusting someone who broke her heart years before.
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Federation City
By D.A. Clark
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The Federation, a dystopian city thriving in the aftermath of a Toxic Era, starts to unravel as teenage boys begin disappearing from the seemingly peaceful city. Taren Manning sets out to find his missing friend and finds himself kidnapped; kick starting an adventure that caroms into the city’s underworld and nearby Hinterlands.
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Gettysburg 1913: The Complete Novel Of The Great Reunion
By Alan Simon
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GETTYSBURG 1913 takes place 50 years after the battle, at the Great Reunion of both Union and Confederate veterans, many in their 80s, who came together one last time to commemorate the battle.
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Water Lessons
By Chadwick Wall
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A displaced Louisiana man seeks a new home and career in New England – but is he really meant to leave his roots behind forever?
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Fluency
By Jennifer Foehner Wells
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Dr. Jane Holloway, an internationally respected linguist, has been asked to act as Earth’s ambassador on a journey to an apparently abandoned spaceship that’s on a collision path with an asteroid. The ship is far from abandoned, however, as Jane begins to communicate telepathically with a creature that insists that the fate of humanity (and beyond) is in her hands. But can she trust this creature?
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The Mural
By Jeffry R. Halverson
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Phoenix journalist Tyler Anderson is disenchanted with his job, his city, and his life. He begs his editor to let him cover a story outside the city, hoping that some time away from the concrete and metal will allow him to clear his head. A mysterious mural has appeared overnight in the tiny town of Ketchum, and Tyler decides this story will be his big break.
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The Immigrant
By Alfred Woolacott III
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A young Scotsman is brought to America as an indentured servant and must build a new life for himself and his family.
