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  The Call of the Wild

  Jack London

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  The Call of the Wild is a short adventure novel by Jack London, published in 1903 and set in Yukon, Canada, during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush, when strong sled dogs were in high demand. The central character of the novel is a dog named Buck. The story opens at a ranch in Santa Clara Valley, California, when Buck is stolen from his home and sold into service as a sled dog in Alaska. He becomes progressively more primitive and wild in the harsh environment, where he is forced to fight to survive and dominate other dogs. By the end, he sheds the veneer of civilization, and relies on primordial instinct and learned experience to emerge as a leader in the wild.

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  2 b r 0 2 b

  Kurt Vonnegut

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  "2 B R 0 2 B" is a science fiction short story by Kurt Vonnegut, originally published in the digest magazine Worlds of If Science Fiction for January 1962, and collected in Vonnegut's Bagombo Snuff Box (1999). The title is pronounced "2 B R naught 2 B" and references the famous phrase "to be, or not to be" from William Shakespeare's Hamlet.
  In the story, the title refers to the telephone number that one dials to schedule an assisted suicide with the Federal Bureau of Termination. Vonnegut's 1965 novel God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater describes a story by the name and attributes it to his recurring character Kilgore Trout, but the plot summary given is closer in nature to the eponymous tale from Vonnegut's short-story collection Welcome to the Monkey House.
  The setting is a society in which aging has been cured, individuals have indefinite lifespans, and population control is used to limit the population of the United States to forty million, a number which is maintained through a combination of infanticide and government-assisted suicide. In short, for someone to be born, someone else must first volunteer to die. As a result, births are few and far between, and deaths occur primarily by accident.

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  Kiss of Pride

  Sandra Hill

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  First in the series featuring Viking vampire angels from the bestselling author whose “books are always fresh, romantic, inventive, and hilarious (Susan Wiggs, #1 New York Times–bestselling author). 
   
  Trust the always original, wonderfully fun Sandra Hill to do the wildly unexpected! With Kiss of Pride, the New York Times–bestselling author—best known for her steamy and hilarious romance novels featuring lusty Viking heroes and heroines—turns the paranormal romance genre upside-down . . . with the first in a seductive new series that features Viking vampire angels! A refreshingly unique, utterly satisfying love story that puts the “super” in supernatural, Kiss of Pride tells the tantalizing tale of a lady reporter who falls under the sway of a sexy Norse vampire on a thousand-year mission who might be an angel too good to be true . . . or too devilishly bad to resist! 
   
  “The plot was good, the love scenes were hot, Hill set the bar high with Kiss of Pride.” —Fresh Fiction 
   
  “An awesome new series! Kept me up late into the night reading.” —Lynsay Sands, USA Today–bestselling author

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  Call of the Scorched Empire

  Susan Stradiotto

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  Mairynne has loved, lost, and found. And now. . . she returns. 
  Nantai is no longer as Mairynne remembers. Her journey to find her father took too long. The City by the Sea is no more than ash, and there is only one explanation: dragon fire. 
  In Ise, Mairynne fulfilled her destiny and accepted a companion from the Fey Queen. Now, the great pearlescent dragon is now bound to her soul. Although her dragon is innocent, what will returning mean for them? And if another dragon is burning cities, will putting her father back upon the Serpentine Throne be enough? 
  As she retraces her steps, she sees Nantai from a new perspective. Friends become enemies and enemies become friends, and she no longer has the strongest person she’s ever known to rely upon. Her father at her side reassures her, but she also fears his judgment when he learns of her dragon. 
  How will she handle the new state of her beloved country?

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  Jace

  Sarah McCarty

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  He had one need.... She had one hope.... They have one chance. 
   
  Jace Johnson never thought of himself as a family man. He felt much more at home as a vampire raising hell out on the range. But when he met Miri, that all changed. Their relationship was forbidden and tumultuous, and it came to a gut-wrenching end the day Miri disappeared. When after a year of searching, Jace finds Miri in a Sanctuary enclave, he has only one vow: to take back what's his. 
   
  After a year of cruel experimentation by the Sanctuary on her werewolf form, Miri is no longer the passionate mate Jace remembers. Closed off and resolute, all she lives for is the rescue of the daughter Jace never knew they had, taken from her at birth by the Sanctuary because of her unique vampire/werewolf bloodlines. 
   
  Now, Jace and Miri will have to overcome the tragedy of their pasts. It's the only way to save their beloved child from the deadly grip of a merciless enemy, and to reclaim the future they both desire.

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  Fairy Tales for Adults Volume 14

  Edith Nesbit, Anton Chekhov

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  In this volume we delve deeper into the clandestine world of feral friends, uncovering their darker secrets, naughty escapades, and revealing confessions about human masters. Surprisingly, cats keenly observe and attempt, not always successfully, to mimic human behavior. The collection's latter half introduces humans struggling with pet embarrassment and those veering too close to nature. Edith Nesbit's tales provide a humorous exploration of the intricate relationships between humans and their feline companions, with a touch of wit and insight. Read in English, unabridged.

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