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“This gentle, gorgeously written book may be one of my favorites ever.” —Jenna Bush Hager (A Today show “Read with Jenna” Book Club Selection!) This “moving portrait of love and friendship set against a backdrop of social change” (The New York Times Book Review, Editor’s Choice)...

The second book in what would become known as Booth Tarkington's "growth trilogy" is about a small Midwestern town rapidly transforming into a modern industrial city. The Ambersons, once the town's most glamorous old-money family, is unable to adapt to the changing environment and is slowly declining toward oblivion, while Eugene Morgan and his newly invented motorcar are the future.

In the not-too-distant future, a life-altering energy drink called Lifio sets the world on fire. Using CRISPR technology, the drink causes a genetic mutation that reverses the effects of aging and cures all diseases and ailments. These absurdly positive effects create a manic demand for the drink and, within months, sales of Lifio are booming around the globe. It isn’t long, though, before a darker side emerges: The mutation is permanent after just one drink, and those changed are beginning to grow...

In 2043, Pamela just wants to stop feeling like shit. Enter U++, a new black-market gene therapy, that fills her with promises of a genetically enhanced 'best self.' The horrifying discovery? Pam's biology has very different ideas about what constitutes self improvement... As the grotesque transformation accelerates, her desperate husband Mark sees opportunity: why not document his wife's metamorphosis as an unscripted show? With their finances crashing, a new baby to support, and the future-Texas heat literally killing people, exploiting Pam's condition might be their only path to survival.

Recently widowed, Miriam Duffy is a respectable North Shore real estate agent and devoted mother and grandmother. She was thrilled when her younger daughter Ally married her true love, but as time goes by Miriam wonders whether all is well with Ally, as she moves to the country and gradually withdraws, finding excuses every time Miriam offers to visit. Their relationship has always had its ups and downs, and Miriam tries to give her daughter the distance she so clearly wants. But is all as it seems?

The Magnificent Ambersons chronicles the changing fortunes of three generations of an American dynasty. The family serves as a metaphor for the old society that crumbled after the Industrial Revolution, as a Midwestern town spreads and darkens into a city.

Gideon, Oscar, and Darius live their life.

When Rupert Kramer ousts him as coxswain of University’s Championship crew, Finn Sullivan’s dreams of athletic glory disappear into the murky Brisbane River. Picking himself up to pursue his passionate competitive ambitions, Finn commits to becoming a great rowing coach. But his growing achievements are upended when a tragic incident reignites his rivalry with Rupert and unearths the long-buried family secret behind his toxic relationship with his father.

This is an incredible story. The author, a failed, alcoholic Wall Street trader, had retreated to a monastery. It, too, was failing. Then, one fateful day, Brother Ty decided to let God be his broker--and not only saved the monastery but discovered the 7 1/2 Laws of Spiritual and Financial Growth. Brother Ty's remarkable success has been studied at the nation's leading business schools and scrutinized by Wall Street's greatest minds, but until now the secret to his 7 1/2 Laws of Spiritual and Financial Growth have been available only to a select few.

Sowing the End: A Quest for Growth at All Costs is a dark satirical allegory about an isolated farmer whose quiet existence is upended by a strange creature with an insatiable hunger for more. Alone on the remote island of Capita, Noel Smith has lived a simple, self-sufficient life with only Pip, his ever-watchful gull, and Herbert, his scarecrow, for company—until the day the creature arrives. At first, it offers little wonders in exchange for food, but as the deal darkens, the demands grow. Soon, J. E. F. F.

Naomi’s Journey: A Tale of Curiosity, Growth, and the Wisdom of Nature follows a curious black cat named Naomi as she embarks on a heartwarming adventure through the natural world.

Glaswegian forklift truck driver Jack is quietly enjoying his tea break when a friend shows him something on the internet. Outrage follows, quickly spreading through social media, and within hours an angry mob has formed to put the world to rights. Modern justice is soft, as Jack knows, so perhaps it's time things were done like they were in the good old days...

The book is about a young man who is walking a journey of mastering his own emotions and actions. He was always asking himself why can’t he find love? He keeps on asking himself these questions and he wanted to understand what’s wrong with him since he started to realizes that love is within him. He had a bad experience dating girls who are not taking the relationship seriously and he decided to change his thoughts about always believing girls are the same.

In the story, Queen Bee has to learn to work with all her little bees, even Melinda who produces the least and appears to be lazy. What will Queen Bee do? Short, sweet, and to the point this story hits home on lessons about empathy and understanding those people around us. It will make the reader think about their personal and professional relationships in a different light. A short story full of great lessons.