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John C. Bogle explains his case for broad market index funds, emphasizing costs, diversification and a long-term approach. The book contrasts this philosophy with frequent trading and expensive fund management, presenting the reasoning behind the author's approach to investing.
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Kvothe recounts the life behind his formidable reputation, from childhood among travelling performers to orphanhood and the pursuit of magical study. His account invites the reader to weigh the vulnerable young man against the legend that grows around him.
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Isabel Allende revisits the years following her daughter Paula’s death through the changing life of her family in California. Writing, grief, new relationships and domestic upheavals become strands of a memoir about sustaining affection through loss and reinvention.
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The ships of the Franklin expedition are trapped in Arctic ice, their crews weakened by hunger, illness and the threat of another winter. As an unseen predator stalks the men, historical adventure becomes a struggle against both an unforgiving landscape and a terrifying presence.
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With the tyrant defeated, Vin and her allies face the harder task of building a stable society. Rival armies converge on their city while the mists grow stranger, making an ancient source of power seem both a hope and a danger.
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In 1327, four children witness a deadly encounter in the woods near Kingsbridge and the concealment of a mysterious letter. The secret connects their futures, drawing private lives into a wider story of ambition, danger and struggles for power in medieval England.
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Unexplained objects appear around Earth, and a signal sends the vessel Theseus toward the edge of the solar system. Siri Keeton, a synthesist, joins a crew transformed by biological and technological modifications. Their attempt to interpret a possible alien presence also tests the capacities of the observers themselves. The expedition raises questions about intelligence, perception and self-awareness.
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Nora Ephron turns the inconveniences of ageing into autobiographical essays about appearance, motherhood, relationships and life in New York. Everyday objects and routines become occasions for reflection, as she moves between practical complaints, personal memories and the pleasures that survive the passing of time.
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As Rome faces the military power of Carthage and Hannibal, a young Publius Cornelius Scipio grows into a decisive role. The opening novel of the Africanus trilogy follows his childhood and youth through political rivalries, family expectations and a war that threatens the future of Rome.
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Jaume Soler and M. Mercè Conangla examine the relationship between parents and children through their concept of emotional ecology. Stories and examples support a discussion of affection, responsibility and independence. The authors ask how family bonds can prepare children to build lives of their own.
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Arnau Estanyol’s life unfolds in medieval Barcelona as the church of Santa Maria del Mar rises above the city. His changing fortunes bring him into contact with labour, trade and the ambitions of powerful households. Friendship and loyalty are tested by betrayal, social divisions and the threat of the Inquisition.
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After divorce and an unhappy relationship, Elizabeth Gilbert leaves her familiar life for a year abroad. Time in Italy, India and Bali becomes a framework for exploring pleasure, spiritual practice and emotional balance. Her memoir follows that search through encounters, routines and the difficulties of beginning again.
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Juvenal and César learn of their uncle’s lost love in the Sahara and of a daughter he may never have known. Their journey from Spain into the desert brings an old family story into contact with the hopes, dangers and migrations of the present.
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Lucía returns from Vienna to Barcelona in 1975 and encounters a past rooted in the aftermath of Spain’s Civil War. An old murder accusation and the secrets surrounding a prisoner link different generations in a story of guilt, silence and inherited consequences.
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In the sixteenth century, Inés leaves Spain and crosses the Atlantic in search of a different life. Allende’s historical novel follows her relationship with Pedro de Valdivia and her participation in the Spanish conquest of Chile, bringing personal ambition into a violent colonial world.
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These stories approach terrorism in the Basque Country through lives marked by fear, coercion and loss. Families, neighbours and survivors carry wounds that reach beyond the attacks themselves. Fernando Aramburu examines the intimate consequences of violence and the difficult place of ordinary people within a fractured community.
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After the struggle against Ashran, strange disasters begin to disturb Idhún and the oracles announce another threat. Jack, Victoria and their companions must confront forces beyond the conflict they thought they understood. The final volume of the trilogy brings the fate of different worlds together.
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Bella’s love for Edward has survived one encounter with a hostile vampire, but their relationship continues to endanger the people around them. The second novel in the series follows the fear, uncertainty and supernatural complications of that attachment.
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During the 1942 roundup of Jews in Paris, ten-year-old Sarah hides her little brother before being taken away. Sixty years later, journalist Julia Jarmond investigates the same events. Her research reveals a connection between Sarah’s fate and her own family, bringing a suppressed past into the present.
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A battle-worn barbarian, a self-absorbed nobleman and a torturer become caught in the designs of an unpredictable wizard. Their separate struggles converge as war approaches and investigations into treason reveal how deeply corruption runs through the Union.
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