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Fairy Tale (2022)
In Fairy Tale, King's narrative shines. A seventeen-year-old kid receives the keys to a parallel universe where good and evil are at battle, in this captivating novel by the legendary storyteller Stephen King.
Fire & Blood (2018)
Fire & Blood is a thrilling history 300 Years Before A Game of Thrones. This remarkable masterpiece, which inspired HBO's upcoming Game of Thrones prequel series House of the Dragon, brings the fascinating history of the Targaryens to life.
Finding Me (2022)
Finding Me is the story of Viola Davis. From a crumbling apartment in Central Falls, to the stage in NYC, and beyond. This is the path that she took to finding her voice but also her purpose in a world that didn't always see her.
The Storyteller (2021)
The Storyteller is a collection of the Foo Fighters front man’s reminiscences that will delight music lovers, Gen-Xers, and readers who just love honest self portraits written with eloquence.
A Promised Land (2020)
In "A Promised Land", Barack Obama details his political rise, the 2008 campaign for president, and what his administration accomplished in their first 2.5 years in office. Filled with his characteristic intelligence and thoughtfulness, it vividly portrays all that his administration has accomplished and the ways they fell short. It also calls attention to how fragile our democracy is and how easily it can be derailed.
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay (2010)
After the events of Catching Fire, Katniss Everdeen, her mother, her sister Primrose Everdeen, mentor Haymitch Abernathy, and her friends Finnick Odair and Gale Hawthorne, along with the survivors from District 12, adjust to life in the underground District 13, headquarters of the rebellion in Panem.
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2009)
Victory in the 74th game has not been all that sweet for surprise double-victors Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark. And it is extremely sour for the reigning government. Katniss had shown them up big time when she publicly defied the gamemasters to keep from having to kill Peeta, an act of sedition as much as it was an act of courage and honor.
The Hunger Games (2008)
Every year, Panem (post-apocalyptic North America) hosts a Hunger Games involving one female and one male representative from each of its twelve districts to fight to the death. All of the Districts of Panem must watch the Games as a form of yearly "entertainment" when in actuality, it's a power play put on by the Capitol (the wealthiest of the districts). The Capitol uses the Games as a way to demonstrate the sheer helplessness of the other Districts and to keep the population cowed and in fear.
The Last Thing He Told Me (2021)
Hannah Hall has married Owen, a man that walked into her 'woodturning" shop and swept her off her feet despite her resistance, due to having just broken up with her fiancée. Owen's sixteen year old daughter, Bailey, despises everything about Hannah but Hannah is determined to win her over someday. Life is good for Hannah, she loves her work, she loves both Owen and Bailey, she finally has a family after suffering for decades over feelings of abandonment because her parents left her when she was young.
Becoming (2018)
The book talks about her roots and how she found her voice, as well as her time in the White House, her public health campaign, and her role as a mother. The book's 24 chapters (plus a preface and epilogue) are divided into three sections: Becoming Me, Becoming Us, and Becoming More.