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#1
Citizen Coors: A Grand Family Saga of Business, Politics, and Beer
Dan Baum uses interviews, archival material, and reporting to show specific episodes such as the Coors family's anti-union tactics and their influence on conservative causes.
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#2
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Movie Tie-in Edition (rack) (Narnia)
Beginner-friendly compared with the denser books that share this shelf.
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#3
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Beginner-friendly compared with the denser books that share this shelf.
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#4
On a Wicked Dawn (Cynster Novels)
Stephanie Laurens' long-running Cynster series places familiar family members and recurring conflicts at the center, so returning readers will spot ongoing ties to earlier Cynster stories.
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Adventures of a Scottish Heiress
Cathy Maxwell sets much of the action around the Highlands and London society, making property disputes and social standing key engines of the plot.
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#6
Let Us Eat Cake: Adventures in Food and Friendship
Boorstin draws on life in Washington and scenes from family kitchens, so expect named people, described meals, and reflections on how food links friends and relatives.
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#7
Puss in Boots (Favourite Tales Collection)
The 1994 Ladybird Favourite Tales edition presents Charles Perrault’s compact tale in a form suited to a quick read-aloud.
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#8
America's Cheapest Family Gets You Right on the Money: Your Guide to Living Better, Spending Less, and Cashing in on Your Dreams
The authors write in a conversational, family-focused way and include sample budgets and checklists so readers can copy the same expense-cutting methods into their homes.
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#9
J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography
The definitive life of J.R.R. Tolkien, tracing the scholar, soldier, philologist and creator of Middle-earth.
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#10
An Hour Before Daylight: Memories of a Rural Boyhood
Jimmy Carter's An Hour Before Daylight is a quiet, lucid memoir of growing up on a Georgia peanut farm and learning the moral habits that shaped a presidency.
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#11
The Four Loves
C.S. Lewis explores the distinct shapes and risks of human attachment—affection, friendship, eros, and charity—with clarity and warmth.
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#12
Cash : The Autobiography
A raw, road-tested life told in Johnny Cash’s voice—country, conviction, and confession from one of music’s most iconic figures.
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#13
Look Homeward, Angel
A richly textured coming-of-age saga that follows one young man's search for identity and belonging in a small American town.
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#14
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values
Robert M. Pirsig’s Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance blends a cross-country motorcycle trip with a philosophical quest about Quality and values.
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#15
The Long Winter (Little House)
A young Laura Ingalls and her family endure an unrelenting winter on the prairie in this enduring childhood classic.
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#16
Little House in the Big Woods (Little House)
A young Laura Ingalls learns frontier life in a cozy, sensory portrait of 19th-century woodsland family life.
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#17
Mysteries of Pittsburgh: A Novel (P.S.) [Paperback]
A spirited coming-of-age novel about identity, desire, and the messy rites of young adulthood in 1980s Pittsburgh.
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#18
Mystic River
Dennis Lehane's vivid Boston setting and the focus on Jimmy, Sean, and Dave make this a standout example of crime fiction that treats grief and loyalty as the main conflicts.
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#19
Hit Parade (John Keller Mysteries)
Lawrence Block uses concise, hard-boiled prose and a music-industry backdrop to blend classic PI craft with backstage intrigue around a missing singer.
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#20
True Evil: A Novel
Iles builds suspense by alternating courtroom drama, forensic investigation, and family history to reveal how one murder ties into deeper community crimes.
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#21
TREASURE BOX
Choose this if you’re curious how Card treats faith, money, and memory through a single mystery—Quentin’s search for the truth about Madeleine and the cursed inheritance that shadows them.
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#22
A Coffin for Two
Jardine’s 2002 book rewards readers who appreciate classic British police procedure, sharp dialogue, and a coastal setting that shapes motive and memory.
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#23
The Big Sleep
Chandler’s mix of wit, hard-boiled description, and a city that feels like another character explains why this novel shaped noir fiction and later screen adaptations.
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#24
Dune
This edition ties into the film adaptation but the novel itself is the original source that inspired multiple movies and series and is known for its layered ideas about power and environment.