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A New York Times #1 bestseller, Different Seasons features the best of Stephen King's masterful storytelling. This collection of four novellas includes Rita Hayworth and The Shawshank Redemption (the inspiration for the academy-award nominated film), The Body (the inspiration for the acclaimed film Stand By Me); Apt Pupil, the story of a teenager who becomes both the puppet and the puppetmaster of evil; and The Breathing Method.

In a small Georgia town, seven-year-old Annie sells lemonade to raise money for her own heart transplant. What happens next will change lives of Annie and teenage Reese forever.

On the day of the Presidential Inauguration, Jack Bauer finds himself in the mist of a bloody uprising in the small African nation of Sangala. He must ensure that a group of orphans is evacuated out of the country to America.

"Anthony Spencer is egotistical, proud of being a self-made business success at the peak of his game, even though the cost of winning was painfully high. A cerebral hemorrhage leaves Tony comatose in a hospital ICU. He 'awakens' to find himself in a surreal world, a 'living' landscape that mirrors dimensions of his earthly life, from the beautiful to the corrupt. It is here that he has vivid interactions with others he assumes are projections of his...

"Brilliant, heartbreaking, tender, and highly original - poet Ocean Vuong's debut novel is a sweeping and shattering portrait of a family, and a testament to the redemptive power of storytelling. On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous is a letter from a son to a mother who cannot read. Written when the speaker, Little Dog, is in his late twenties, the letter unearths a family's history that began before he was born--a history whose epicenter is rooted in...

In this epic, beautifully written masterwork, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson chronicles one of the great untold stories of American history: the decades-long migration of black citizens who fled the South for northern and western cities, in search of a better life. From 1915 to 1970, this exodus of almost six million people changed the face of America.

"No grief is quite like the grief of pregnancy loss. For any woman who feels alone, doubtful, and overwhelmed with sorrow, this book invites you on a guided journey to rediscover the redemptive hope of the Gospel after experiencing miscarriage"-- "No grief is quite like the grief that follows pregnancy loss. But true hope and redemption are available, even in the heartbreak of miscarriage and stillbirth. For any woman who feels alone, doubtful,...