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23) To paradise
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Spanning three centuries and three different versions of the American experiment, an unforgettable cast of characters are united by their reckonings with the qualities that make us human--fear, love, shame, need, and loneliness.
"In an alternate version of 1893 America, New York is part of the Free States, where people may live and love whomever they please (or so it seems). The fragile young scion of a distinguished family resists betrothal to a...
28) X-men: misfits
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Amory Blaine is an accomplished, attractive Princeton student who aspires to greatness. Called to serve during the First World War, Amory returns after the war and settles in New York where he falls in love with Rosalind Connage, a beautiful debutante with aspirations of her own. At turns wildly optimistic and bitterly cynical, This Side of Paradise is the story of what happens to love when it becomes distorted by greed. Published in 1920, This Side...
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"Bob Schultz, a carpenter by trade, has written a timeless book for boys. Wisdom and common sense are gleaned from short chapters covering topics such as authority, inventiveness, and honesty as well as learning to overcome things like fear, laziness, and temptation. 'Boyhood and Beyond' motivates boys to build their lives on a foundation of strong moral principles. Most importantly, these chapters will encourage boys to become the men God wants them...
39) The wedding
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Wilson Lewis, Alison and Noah's son-in-law, contemplates his own thirty-year marriage when his daughter plans her wedding. Wilson realizes that all the romance in his marriage is gone. Although he is aware that his love for his wife, Jane, has only intensified over the years, Wilson realizes that he is close to losing her. But he wants nothing more than to make their marriage work. Now, with the memories of his in-laws' inspiring life together as...
40) The healing
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Widower Samuel Fisher is persuaded by his brother to move with his four young children from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, to Kentucky where he begins working with a contractor on a bed-and-breakfast owned by Englisher Bonnie Taylor, while Esther Beiler helps care for his children, and it is not long before Esther develops a crush on Samuel and a true affection for his children, but she fears Bonnie may have already claimed his heart.
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