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Sparks Like Stars: A Novel <p><b>"Suspenseful…emotionally compelling. I found myself eagerly following in a way I hadn’t remembered for a long time, impatient for the next twist and turn of the story." (</b><b><i>NPR</i></b><b>)</b></p> <p><b>An Afghan American woman returns to Kabul to learn the truth about her family and the tragedy that destroyed their lives in this brilliant and compelling novel from the best-selling author of </b><b><i>The Pearl That Broke Its Shell, The House Without Windows, </i></b><b>and </b><b><i>When the Moon Is Low.</i></b></p> <p>Kabul, 1978: The daughter of a prominent family, Sitara Zamani lives a privileged life in Afghanistan’s thriving cosmopolitan capital. The 1970s are a time of remarkable promise under the leadership of people like Sardar Daoud, Afghanistan’s progressive president, and Sitara’s beloved father, his right-hand man. But the ten-year-old Sitara’s world is shattered when communists stage a coup, assassinating the president and Sitara’s entire family. Only she survives.</p> <p>Smuggled out of the palace by a guard named Shair, Sitara finds her way to the home of a female American diplomat, who adopts her and raises her in America. In her new country, Sitara takes on a new name - Aryana Shepherd - and throws herself into her studies, eventually becoming a renowned surgeon. A survivor, Aryana has refused to look back, choosing instead to bury the trauma and devastating loss she endured. </p> <p>New York, 2008: Thirty years after that fatal night in Kabul, Aryana’s world is rocked again when an elderly patient appears in her examination room - a man she never expected to see again. It is Shair, the soldier who saved her, yet may have murdered her entire family. Seeing him awakens Aryana’s fury and desire for answers - and, perhaps, revenge. Realizing that she cannot go on without finding the truth, Aryana embarks on a quest that takes her back to Kabul - a battleground between the corrupt government and the fundamentalist Taliban - and through shadowy memories of the world she loved and lost. </p> <p>Bold, illuminating, heartbreaking, yet hopeful, <i>Sparks Like Stars </i>is a story of home - of America and Afghanistan, tragedy and survival, reinvention and remembrance, told in Nadia Hashimi’s singular voice.</p> Audible Lost Island: plus three stories and an afterword <p><em>Lost Island</em> was Barbara Follett’s third and last novel. It tells the story of Jane Carey, a young woman from Maine whose character and philosophy bear a striking similarity to her creator’s.</p> <p>A lover of woods and mountains, Jane finds herself working in a dusty New York office during the early years of the Great Depression. Her job is dull, her friends are in trouble, and she yearns for adventure. She finds it on a schooner anchored in the harbor, which soon whisks her away to… where? Jane doesn’t know nor care.</p><p>Jane and second mate Davidson fall in love; and when the ship is wrecked during a mighty storm, they find paradise on an uncharted island in the South Pacific. Years pass, until the modern world resurfaces with its teeth bared, forcing the couple to deal with their new, heartbreaking reality.</p><p>Barbara’s earlier novels—<em>The House Without Windows</em> and <em>The Voyage of the Norman D.</em>—were published by Alfred A. Knopf when she was twelve and thirteen. The future of her literary career looked bright, but after her father deserted his family in 1928, Barbara’s world fell apart. A fearless girl, she managed her grief by cutting a new path—one full of adventure, wisdom, and love.</p><p><em>Lost Island</em> mirrors the lives of its author and Edward Anderson, a sailor she met at sea in 1929. Five years after finishing it, on December 7, 1939, Barbara walked out of her home in Brookline, Massachusetts, and was not heard from again. She was twenty-five.</p><p>This expanded edition includes three other stories by Barbara—<em>Rocks</em>, <em>Travels Without a Donkey</em>, and <em>Walking the Mallorcan Coast</em>—and an afterword by her half-nephew, Stefan Cooke, whose <em>Barbara Newhall Follett: A Life in Letters</em> was published by Farksolia in 2015.</p> The Woman in the Window: A Novel <p><strong>#1 <em>New York Times </em>Bestseller – Soon to be a Major Motion Picture starring Amy Adams, Julianne Moore, and Gary Oldman – Available on Netflix on May 14, 2021</strong><br /></p><p>“Astounding. Thrilling. Amazing.” <strong>—Gillian Flynn</strong></p><p>“Unputdownable.” <strong>—Stephen King</strong></p><p>“A dark, twisty confection.” —<strong>Ruth Ware</strong></p><p>“Absolutely gripping.” —<strong>Louise Penny</strong></p><p>For readers of Gillian Flynn and Tana French comes one of the decade’s most anticipated debuts, to be published in thirty-six languages around the world and already in development as a major film from Fox: a twisty, powerful Hitchcockian thriller about an agoraphobic woman who believes she witnessed a crime in a neighboring house.</p><p><em><strong>It isn’t paranoia if it’s really happening . . . </strong></em></p><p>Anna Fox lives alone—a recluse in her New York City home, unable to venture outside. She spends her day drinking wine (maybe too much), watching old movies, recalling happier times . . . and spying on her neighbors.</p><p>Then the Russells move into the house across the way: a father, a mother, their teenage son. The perfect family. But when Anna, gazing out her window one night, sees something she shouldn’t, her world begins to crumble—and its shocking secrets are laid bare.</p><p>What is real? What is imagined? Who is in danger? Who is in control? In this diabolically gripping thriller, no one—and nothing—is what it seems.</p><p><strong>Twisty and powerful, ingenious and moving, <em>The Woman in the Window</em> is a smart, sophisticated novel of psychological suspense that recalls the best of Hitchcock.</strong></p>    A House Without Windows Dr Beth Nichols thinks she has been held captive by Edwin Evans for about 8 or 9 years now. Amidst her grief she often looks back and thinks about her fiancé Liam. She lies awake at night staring at the one light bulb that is never switched off, and prays that Liam is still out there somewhere searching for her. 1000 NEW ILLUSTRATIONS. Good Illustrations kindle great thoughts. An address or a sermon without carefully selected illustrations is like a house without windows Build A Tiny House On A Budget_the Practical Handbook With Basic Steps For Small House Construction: Diy Home Building Ideas A House Without Windows Life Drawn Remodel Without Going Bonkers or Broke: Have a Stress-Free Renovation and Fall In Love With Your Home Again The Point of Vanishing: Based on the true story of author Barbara Follett and her mysterious disappearance