The Art of War
Sun Tzu's thirteen chapters on winning without fighting: laying plans, knowing ground, using spies, and why the best victory costs least, in the classic Giles…
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The Bad Beginning
After a fire kills their parents, the Baudelaire orphans are sent to Count Olaf, who plots to steal their fortune.
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The Cat in the Hat
A tall Cat turns a rainy day upside down for Sally and her brother, with Thing One and Thing Two in tow.
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The Cuckoo's Calling
Broke detective Strike and temp Robin investigate a supermodel's fatal fall in London.
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The Duke and I
Daphne Bridgerton and Simon Basset fake a courtship that turns real, then face truth about children.
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The Eye of the World
Farm boys flee Trollocs with Moiraine and Lan, split at Shadar Logoth, and trek to the Eye in the Blight.
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The Fine Print
Grumpy heir Rowan Kane must fix Dreamland to inherit, and clashes with sunny creator Zahra Khan.
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The Graveyard Book
A toddler escapes the murder of his family and is raised by ghosts in a graveyard, learning from the dead while the killer who hunts him waits outside.
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The Inmate
A nurse takes a prison job and faces the ex who she helped convict for murder years ago.
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The Last Song
Angry teen Ronnie spends a summer in Wilmington with her pianist father, finding first love, family repair, and loss.
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The Magician's Nephew
C. S. Lewis's Narnia origin story retold: Digory and Polly, the Wood between the Worlds, the waking of Jadis in Charn, Aslan's singing creation, and the apple…
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The Maid
Hotel maid Molly Gray finds a dead guest and must use her eye for detail to clear herself.
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