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1) Blindness
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A city is hit by an epidemic of "white blindness" which spares no one. Authorities confine the blind to an empty mental hospital, but there the criminal element holds everyone captive, stealing food rations and raping women. There is one eyewitness to this nightmare who guides seven strangers-among them a boy with no mother, a girl with dark glasses, a dog of tears-through the barren streets, and the procession becomes as uncanny as the surroundings...
2) Seeing
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On election day in the capital, it is raining so hard that no one has bothered to come out to vote. The politicians are growing jittery. Should they reschedule the elections for another day? Around three o'clock, the rain finally stops. Promptly at four, voters rush to the polling stations, as if they had been ordered to appear. But when the ballots are counted, more than 70 percent are blank. The citizens are rebellious. A state of emergency is declared....
3) Blindness
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A stunningly powerful novel of humanity's will to survive against all odds during an epidemic by a winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature.
An International Bestseller • "This is a shattering work by a literary master."—Boston Globe
A city is hit by an epidemic of "white blindness" which spares no one. Authorities confine the blind to an empty mental hospital, but there the criminal element holds everyone captive,...
An International Bestseller • "This is a shattering work by a literary master."—Boston Globe
A city is hit by an epidemic of "white blindness" which spares no one. Authorities confine the blind to an empty mental hospital, but there the criminal element holds everyone captive,...
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Before Stinkville, Alice didn't think albinism-or the blindness that goes with it-was a big deal. Sure, she uses a magnifier to read books. And a cane keeps her from bruising her hips on tables. Putting on sunscreen and always wearing a hat are just part of life. But life has always been like this for Alice. Until Stinkville.
For the first time in her life, Alice feels different-like she's at a disadvantage. Back in her old neighborhood in Seattle,...
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Body Heart Soul: A leap of marital proportions.
Desiree Greene protects herself and has one rule; she doesn't date her patients, no exceptions. Meeting O, she begins to question her ways and her rules.
As her heart yearns for O, Des knows she's risking his safety and worries that her secrets should remain hidden. After all, those secrets could get them both killed.
Odysseus Kerrigan is an injured vet, younger than Des, with his sights set on her....
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On the wedding night, he tore up the gentle mask and implanted her cornea into the eyes of his first love. She was blind and left with monstrous hatred. A year later, at his engagement ceremony with that woman, she suddenly appeared and fainted. He put aside the engagement object and took her away. He loved her again, doted on her, and was gentle and profound. She bent on ingratiating herself, but calculated step by step and wanted to send him to...
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On the wedding night, he tore up the gentle mask and implanted her cornea into the eyes of his first love. She got blind and left with monstrous hatred. A year later, at his engagement ceremony with that woman, she suddenly appeared and fainted. He put aside the engagement object and took her away. He loved her again, doted on her, and was gentle and profound. She bent on ingratiating herself, but calculated step by step and wanted to send him to...
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Snow Blind volume 1
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What happens when you discover your dad isn't the man you thought he was? For high school teen Teddy, life in a sleepy suburb in Alaska turns upside-down when he innocently posts a photo of his dad on Facebook, only to learn he and his family are in the Witness Protection Program. A man seeking revenge invades their town, and soon FBI agents arrive, too. But what if his dad's reasons for going into the program aren't as innocent as he says?
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Trust Honor Love: An experiment of marital proportions.
Lucy Roberts is sick of the dating scene and especially of what she can never have;The Kerrigan brothers, specifically twins Will and Heath.
A bad run-in with Heath proves everything she already knew about him; he's not Will.
Agreeing to a new experiment; she lets a panel of experts pick out her future husband.
Heathcliff Kerrigan is convinced Lucy is made to be his and not Will's.
Their...
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Richie "Ryder" Raymond has a gift. He can find the punchline in any situation, even in his limited vision and prosthetic eye. During the past year at Addison School for the Blind, Ryder's quick wit earned the respect and friendship of his classmates. Heading to mainstream, or "normal," school for eighth grade is going to be awesome.
After all, what's not to like? At Addison, Ryder was everyone's favorite person. He could make anyone laugh, especially...
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Snow Blind volume 2
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Teddy goes on the hunt around town trying to track down the man who is after his family.
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Snow Blind volume 4
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Final issue! Teddy and his family aren't safe at the cabin when Trent escapes police custody.
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Snow Blind volume 3
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After Trent is taken into police custody, Teddy's parents take the family to a cabin to get away for a few days, unaware that Teddy knows the truth about everything.
14) Blind Item
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No one knows her name, but now everyone wants to.
As an assistant publicist in Hollywood, Nicola spends her days (and nights) sweeping up the scandals of singers, movie stars, and TV actors. Fresh from Ohio, she's rapidly discovering the real Hollywood is rotten under its glittering skin. Everyone is a hustler with a hard bottom line and a soap opera sob story.
When she breaks her own rules and starts dating a movie star, the Los Angeles scene starts...
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Snow Blind volume 1
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What happens when you discover your dad isn't the man you thought he was? For high school teen Teddy, life in a sleepy suburb in Alaska turns upside-down when he innocently posts a photo of his dad on Facebook, only to learn he and his family are in the Witness Protection Program. A man seeking revenge invades their town, and soon FBI agents arrive, too. But what if his dad's reasons for going into the program aren't as innocent as he says?
16) Guilty Pleasure
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Can Hollywood's hottest secret relationship survive a PRomance? Find out in this jaw-dropping sequel to Blind Item as three young Hollywood professionals strive to keep the industry's most salacious scandals under wraps during awards season.
Nicola faces her biggest challenge as a publicist when she is forced to represent her superstar ex-boyfriend, Seamus, when he returns from rehab. Her boss Gaynor is struggling to keep the PR agency afloat,...
17) Blind Faith
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Starting a new job in a new town, veterinarian Carter Reece, makes a house call to a very special client. Arrogant, moody and totally gorgeous, Isaac Brannigan has been blind since he was eight. After the death of his guide dog and best friend, Rosie, his partnership with his new guide dog, Brady, isn't going well. Carter tries to help both man and canine through this initiation phase, but just who is leading who?
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Nia has devoted her career to fighting for life-saving medicines for Ugandans with HIV. But when first line treatments begin to fail, she must find a pharma company willing to supply her clinics with affordable medicines before patients start to die.Too bad her firebrand activism just led her into a highly-visible online clash with the head of the pharma company that owns a new and powerful anti-HIV drug.Magnus is poised to market a game-changing...
19) Moon Dancer
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One werewolf: Free to a good home
Three months after becoming a shifter, my bloodthirsty beast fights me for control of our shared body. My boss is unhappy with my erratic behavior. And Claw --- the enticing alpha who made becoming a werewolf semi-palatable --- is avoiding me while I try to transfer my wolf to his human sister.
The transfer fails, but a vision promises I'll find mystical assistance on the other side of the country. Clinging...
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Six months after we last met Carter Reece and Isaac Brannigan, they're still very much in love. Moving in together, moving forward, life for these two is great until some life-changing events occur. Isaac has a frightening setback and Carter's world starts to unravel. Things become even more complicated and start to change for both men when Isaac's new colleague enters the picture. As Isaac struggles for what he “really” wants, it might just cost...