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21) Resistance
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
From the National Book Award-winning author of Arctic Dreams, a highly charged, stunningly original work of fiction-a passionate response to the changes shaping our country today. In nine fictional testimonies, men and women who have resisted the mainstream and who are now suddenly "parties of interest" to the government tell their stories. A young woman in Buenos Aires watches bitterly as her family dissolves in betrayal and illness, but chooses...
22) More perfect
Author
Publisher
Saga Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"Using the myth of Eurydice as a structure, this riveting science fiction novel is set in a near-future London where it has become popular for folks to have a small implant that allows one access to a more robust social media experience directly as an augmented reality. However, the British government has taken oversight of this access to an extreme, slowly tilting towards a dystopian overreach, all in the name of safety"--
"A reimagining of the...
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Language
English
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"From the New York Times bestselling author of The Passage comes a riveting novel about a group of survivors on a hidden island utopia--where the truth isn't what it seems. Founded by the mysterious genius known as the Designer, the archipelago of Prospera lies hidden from the horrors of a deteriorating outside world. In this island paradise, Prospera's lucky citizens enjoy long, fulfilling lives until the monitors embedded in their forearms, meant...
Author
Series
Publisher
Del Rey
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Description
You are cordially invited to the wedding of Princess Leia Organa and Han Solo. The Death Star is destroyed. Darth Vader is dead. The Empire is desolate. But on the forest moon of Endor, among the chaos of a changing galaxy, time stands still for a princess and her scoundrel. After being frozen in carbonite, then risking everything for the Rebellion, Han is eager to stop living his life for other people. He and Leia have earned their future together,...
Author
Publisher
Astra House
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Set against the backdrop of fascist Rome, Her Side of the Story is a richly told novel about a woman driven to murder the man she loves"--
"As she looks back on her life, Alessandra Corteggiani recalls her youth during the rise of fascism in Italy, the resistance, and the fall of Mussolini, the lives of the women in her family and her working-class neighborhood, rigorously committed to telling “her side of the story.” Alessandra witnesses her...
26) Divided we fall
Author
Series
Divided we fall trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Fulfilling a dream of serving his country by enrolling in the National Guard, Danny Wright misfires during a crowd-control mission in Boise, triggering a maelstrom that slowly escalates toward a second American civil war.
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