Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time
Mortenson fails K2 builds schools in Pakistan after Korphe kindness.
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Tom Lake
Lara tells daughters about young love with actor Peter Duke at Tom Lake.
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War and Peace
Pierre, Natasha, and Andrei search for meaning amid the Napoleonic wars.
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Ways of Seeing
Seven short essays on how pictures, ads, and nudes teach us to look.
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White Oleander
Astrid cycles foster homes after mother Ingrid murders boyfriend.
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Words of Radiance
Kaladin guards Dalinar, Shallan hunts Urithiru, and the Everstorm gathers.
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Wrong Place Wrong Time
Jen sees her son Todd kill a stranger, then wakes the day before, slipping back in time to stop the murder.
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Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
Thiel argues monopolies create value through vertical progress, not by copying competition.
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Credence
An orphaned teen spends a mountain winter with her guardian and his two sons, and lines blur.
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Cutting for Stone
Twin surgeon brothers come of age in Ethiopia and America in Verghese's sweeping medical saga.
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Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
Ashlee Vance traces Elon Musk from a rough Pretoria childhood through PayPal, Tesla and SpaceX.
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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Newt Scamander's Hogwarts textbook catalogues 85 magical beasts across five continents.
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