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The Best Of Me
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by: Nicholas Sparks Release date: Dec 17, 2019 Number of Pages: 320 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Get swept up in a timeless story of lost dreams and redemption, in which former high school sweethearts get a second chance at first love–from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Notebook. “Everyone wanted to believe that endless love was possible. She”d believed in it once, too, back when she was eighteen.” In the spring of 1984, high school students Amanda Collier and Dawson Cole fell deeply, irrevocably in love. Though they were from opposite sides of the tracks, their love for one another seemed to defy the realities of life in the small town of Oriental, North Carolina. But as the summer of their senior year came to a close, unforeseen events would tear the young couple apart, setting them on radically divergent paths. Now, twenty-five years later, Amanda and Dawson are summoned back to Oriental for the funeral of Tuck Hostetler, the mentor who once gave shelter to their high school romance. Neither has lived the life they imagined . . . and neither can forget the passionate first love that forever changed their lives. As Amanda and Dawson carry out the instructions Tuck left behind for them, they realize that everything they thought they knew — about Tuck, about themselves, and about the dreams they held dear — was not as it seemed. Forced to confront painful memories, the two former lovers will discover undeniable truths about the choices they have made. And in the course of a single, searing weekend, they will ask of the living, and the dead: Can love truly rewrite the past?
More books by Nicholas Sparks
1. Dreamland
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by: Nicholas Sparks Release date: Sep 20, 2022 Number of Pages: 400 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Wish comes a poignant love story about risking everything for a dream – and whether it”s possible to leave the past behind.
2. The Wish
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by: Nicholas Sparks Release date: Sep 28, 2021 Number of Pages: 496 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
With exclusive travel photos and a special letter from the Author, only available for e-readers. From the author of The Longest Ride and The Return comes a novel about the enduring legacy of first love, and the decisions that haunt us forever. 1996 was the year that changed everything for Maggie Dawes. Sent away at sixteen to live with an aunt she barely knew in Ocracoke, a remote village on North Carolina’s Outer Banks, she could think only of the friends and family she left behind . . . until she met Bryce Trickett, one of the few teenagers on the island. Handsome, genuine, and newly admitted to West Point, Bryce showed her how much there was to love about the wind-swept beach town—and introduced her to photography, a passion that would define the rest of her life. By 2019, Maggie is a renowned travel photographer. She splits her time between running a successful gallery in New York and photographing remote locations around the world. But this year she is unexpectedly grounded over Christmas, struggling to come to terms with a sobering medical diagnosis. Increasingly dependent on a young assistant, she finds herself becoming close to him. As they count down the last days of the season together, she begins to tell him the story of another Christmas, decades earlier—and the love that set her on a course she never could have imagined.
3. The Return
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by: Nicholas Sparks Release date: Jan 01, 2020 Number of Pages: 368 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
“The story of an injured army doctor connecting with a beautiful deputy and a mysterious teenage girl, both whose secrets will change the course of his life”–
4. The Best Of Me
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by: Nicholas Sparks Release date: Dec 17, 2019 Number of Pages: 320 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Get swept up in a timeless story of lost dreams and redemption, in which former high school sweethearts get a second chance at first love–from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Notebook. “Everyone wanted to believe that endless love was possible. She”d believed in it once, too, back when she was eighteen.” In the spring of 1984, high school students Amanda Collier and Dawson Cole fell deeply, irrevocably in love. Though they were from opposite sides of the tracks, their love for one another seemed to defy the realities of life in the small town of Oriental, North Carolina. But as the summer of their senior year came to a close, unforeseen events would tear the young couple apart, setting them on radically divergent paths. Now, twenty-five years later, Amanda and Dawson are summoned back to Oriental for the funeral of Tuck Hostetler, the mentor who once gave shelter to their high school romance. Neither has lived the life they imagined . . . and neither can forget the passionate first love that forever changed their lives. As Amanda and Dawson carry out the instructions Tuck left behind for them, they realize that everything they thought they knew — about Tuck, about themselves, and about the dreams they held dear — was not as it seemed. Forced to confront painful memories, the two former lovers will discover undeniable truths about the choices they have made. And in the course of a single, searing weekend, they will ask of the living, and the dead: Can love truly rewrite the past?
5. El Cuaderno de Noah
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by: Nicholas Sparks Release date: Jan 31, 2019 Number of Pages: 188 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Primero fueron catorce anos de distancia, las cartas robadas, los impedimentos sociales, la guerra. Mas tarde, un compromiso inoportuno, la pasion arrebatadora, el amor improbable. Ahora, aunque el abismo que les separa es mucho mas profundo, Noah no pierde la esperanza de reencontrarse con la unica mujer a la que ha amado. Y cada manana abre el diario de su vida y lee, lee todo lo que ha hecho de sus dias un camino pleno de momentos de felicidad. Asi, a traves de las paginas de ese misterioso cuaderno, descubrimos la historia de un amor que logro superar todas las barreras imaginables y que hoy, quizas, pueda superar tambien el muro del olvido.
6. Every Breath
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by: Nicholas Sparks Release date: Oct 16, 2018 Number of Pages: 320 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
In the romantic tradition of The Notebook and Nights in Rodanthe, #1 New York Times bestselling author Nicholas Sparks returns with a story about a chance encounter that becomes a touchstone for two vastly different individuals — transcending decades, continents, and the bittersweet workings of fate. Hope Anderson is at a crossroads. At thirty-six, she”s been dating her boyfriend, an orthopedic surgeon, for six years. With no wedding plans in sight, and her father recently diagnosed with ALS, she decides to use a week at her family”s cottage in Sunset Beach, North Carolina, to ready the house for sale and mull over some difficult decisions about her future. Tru Walls has never visited North Carolina but is summoned to Sunset Beach by a letter from a man claiming to be his father. A safari guide, born and raised in Zimbabwe, Tru hopes to unravel some of the mysteries surrounding his mother”s early life and recapture memories lost with her death. When the two strangers cross paths, their connection is as electric as it is unfathomable . . . but in the immersive days that follow, their feelings for each other will give way to choices that pit family duty against personal happiness in devastating ways. Illuminating life”s heartbreaking regrets and enduring hope, EVERY BREATH explores the many facets of love that lay claim to our deepest loyalties — and asks the question, How long can a dream survive?
7. Two by Two
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by: Nicholas Sparks Release date: Oct 04, 2016 Number of Pages: 496 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
#1 New York Times bestselling author Nicholas Sparks returns with an emotionally powerful story of unconditional love, its challenges, its risks and most of all, its rewards. At 32, Russell Green has it all: a stunning wife, a lovable six year-old daughter, a successful career as an advertising executive and an expansive home in Charlotte. He is living the dream, and his marriage to the bewitching Vivian is the center of that. But underneath the shiny surface of this perfect existence, fault lines are beginning to appear…and no one is more surprised than Russ when he finds every aspect of the life he took for granted turned upside down. In a matter of months, Russ finds himself without a job or wife, caring for his young daughter while struggling to adapt to a new and baffling reality. Throwing himself into the wilderness of single parenting, Russ embarks on a journey at once terrifying and rewarding-one that will test his abilities and his emotional resources beyond anything he ever imagined.
8. See Me
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by: Nicholas Sparks Release date: Jul 01, 2016 Number of Pages: 486 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Colin Hancock is giving his second chance his best shot. At twenty-eight, he”s focused on getting his teaching degree and avoiding all the places and people that proved so destructive in his past. The last thing he”s looking for is a serious relationship. But when he crosses paths with Maria Sanchez one rainswept night, his carefully structured life is turned upside down. And when Maria, a hardworking lawyer, meets Colin she begins to question every notion she has ever had about herself and her future – and what truly makes her happy. Before the couple has a chance to envision a life together, menacing reminders from events in Maria”s past start to surface. And as the threat of violence begins to shadow her every step, she and Colin will be pushed to breaking point.
9. Message in a Bottle
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by: Nicholas Sparks Release date: Jun 28, 2016 Number of Pages: 352 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Now with a new look celebrating 20 years of Nicholas Sparks! Divorced and disillusioned about relationships, Theresa Osborne is jogging when she finds a bottle on the beach. Inside is a letter of love and longing to “Catherine,” signed simply “Garrett.” Challenged by the mystery and pulled by emotions she doesn”t fully understand, Theresa begins a search for this man that will change her life. What happens to her is unexpected, perhaps miraculous-an encounter that embraces all our hopes for finding someone special, for having a love that is timeless and everlasting…. Nicholas Sparks exquisitely chronicles the human heart. In his first bestselling novel, The Notebook, he created a testament to romantic love that touched readers around the world. Now in this New York Times bestseller, he renews our faith in destiny, in the ability of lovers to find each other no matter where, no matter when…
10. The Choice
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by: Nicholas Sparks Release date: Jan 12, 2016 Number of Pages: 352 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
#1 New York Times bestseller Nicholas Sparks turns his unrivaled talents to a new tale about love found and lost, and the choices we hope we”ll never have to make. Travis Parker has everything a man could want: a good job, loyal friends, even a waterfront home in small-town North Carolina. In full pursuit of the good life – boating, swimming, and regular barbecues with his good-natured buddies — he holds the vague conviction that a serious relationship with a woman would only cramp his style. That is, until Gabby Holland moves in next door. Spanning the eventful years of young love, marriage and family, THE CHOICE ultimately confronts us with the most heartwrenching question of all: how far would you go to keep the hope of love alive?
11. Nicholas Sparks Omnibus
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by: Nicholas Sparks Release date: Nov 06, 2014 Number of Pages: 608 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
MESSAGE IN A BOTTLEIn a moment of desolation on a windswept beach, Garrett bottles his words of undying love for a lost woman, and throws them to the sea. My dearest Catherine, I miss you my darling, as I always do, but today is particularly hard because the ocean has been singing to me, and the song is that of our life together . . .But the bottle is picked up by Theresa, a mother with a shattered past, who feels unaccountably drawn to this lonely man. Who are this couple? What is their story? Beginning a search that will take her to a sunlit coastal town and an unexpected confrontation, it is a tale that resonates with everlasting love and the enduring promise of redemption.NIGHTS IN RODANTHETwo fragile people. One desperate second chance.Reeling and desolate, Adrienne Willis needs space to rethink her life after her husband leaves her for a younger woman. Fleeing everything, she jumps at the chance to look after her friend”s guesthouse in the coastal town of Rodanthe, North Carolina. But there is a storm heading for Adrienne, in more ways than she can imagine.Stranded and isolated as the weather closes in, Adrienne has only one guest: Paul Flanner, a man running from his own shattered past. Taking refuge, Paul and Adrienne have only each other to turn to. Against all the odds, their one weekend sets in motion feelings that will resonate through the rest of their lives.
12. The Longest Ride
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by: Nicholas Sparks Release date: Sep 30, 2014 Number of Pages: 496 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
In the tradition of his beloved first novel, The Notebook, #1 New York Times bestselling author Nicholas Sparks returns with the remarkable story of two couples whose lives intersect in profound and surprising ways. Ira Levinson is in trouble. Ninety-one years old and stranded and injured after a car crash, he struggles to retain consciousness until a blurry image materializes beside him: his beloved wife Ruth, who passed away nine years ago. Urging him to hang on, she forces him to remain alert by recounting the stories of their lifetime together – how they met, the precious paintings they collected together, the dark days of WWII and its effect on them and their families. Ira knows that Ruth can”t possibly be in the car with him, but he clings to her words and his memories, reliving the sorrows and everyday joys that defined their marriage. A few miles away, at a local bull-riding event, a Wake Forest College senior”s life is about to change. Recovering from a recent break-up, Sophia Danko meets a young cowboy named Luke, who bears little resemblance to the privileged frat boys she has encountered at school. Through Luke, Sophia is introduced to a world in which the stakes of survival and success, ruin and reward — even life and death – loom large in everyday life. As she and Luke fall in love, Sophia finds herself imagining a future far removed from her plans — a future that Luke has the power to rewrite . . . if the secret he”s keeping doesn”t destroy it first. Ira and Ruth. Sophia and Luke. Two couples who have little in common, and who are separated by years and experience. Yet their lives will converge with unexpected poignancy, reminding us all that even the most difficult decisions can yield extraordinary journeys: beyond despair, beyond death, to the farthest reaches of the human heart.
13. El viaje más largo
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by: Nicholas Sparks Release date: Jan 01, 2013 Number of Pages: 398 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Con 91 años de edad, Ira Levinson está en problemas. Luchando por permanecer consciente después de un accidente de auto, con su mente desvaneciéndose, aparece la imagen de su amada y ya fallecida esposa, Ruth. Instándole a que se aferre, ella amorosamente
14. The Nicholas Sparks Holiday Collection
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by: Nicholas Sparks Release date: Nov 01, 2012 Number of Pages: 1216 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Three of Nicholas Sparks”s beloved bestselling novels are now available as a boxed set. TRUE BELIEVER: A skeptical science journalist travels to a small town to investigate ghostly apparitions. When he hopelessly falls in love with a local woman, he must take a giant leap of faith. AT FIRST SIGHT: In this sequel to True Believer, an engaged young couple face their greatest fears-and discover that the emotion that can break your heart is sometimes the very one that heals it. A BEND IN THE ROAD: A widowed deputy sheriff becomes drawn to a young divorcée. But they are bound by a shocking secret that will force them to reexamine everything they believe in-including their love.
15. The Lucky One
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by: Nicholas Sparks Release date: Mar 01, 2012 Number of Pages: 416 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Coming into the possession of a photograph of a smiling woman he has never met, a man experiences a chain of fortuitous events that causes him to regard the photograph as a lucky charm, a belief that prompts a heartfelt search for the woman in person. Reprint.
16. Safe Haven
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by: Nicholas Sparks Release date: Sep 14, 2010 Number of Pages: 340 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Katie, a newcomer to the small town of Southport, North Carolina, resists forming any personal ties until she is drawn into relationships with Alex, a young widower, and Jo, her plainspoken single neighbor, who help her overcome her fearful past.
17. Dear John
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by: Nicholas Sparks Release date: Dec 01, 2009 Number of Pages: 352 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
An angry rebel, John dropped out of school and enlisted in the Army, not knowing what else to do with his life–until he meets the girl of his dreams, Savannah. Their mutual attraction quickly grows into the kind of love that leaves Savannah waiting for John to finish his tour of duty, and John wanting to settle down with the woman who captured his heart. But 9/11 changes everything. John feels it is his duty to re-enlist. And sadly, the long separation finds Savannah falling in love with someone else. “Dear John,” the letter read…and with those two words, a heart was broken and two lives were changed forever. Returning home, John must come to grips with the fact that Savannah, now married, is still his true love–and face the hardest decision of his life.
18. The Last Song
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by: Nicholas Sparks Release date: Sep 08, 2009 Number of Pages: 390 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Her teenage life turned upside-down by her parents” divorce and her father”s relocation out of state, Ronnie Miller remains bitter three years later when her mother urges her to spend a summer with her father, a concert pianist who is quietly immersed in creating a work of art that will become the centerpiece of a local church. By the best-selling author of The Lucky One. Movie tie-in.
19. At First Sight
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by: Nicholas Sparks Release date: Jan 01, 2008 Number of Pages: 277 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
How far can you run from your past? Jeremy Marsh once vowed he would never do three things: leave New York City, give his heart away again after barely surviving one failed marriage, and, most of all, become a parent. Now Jeremy is living in the small town of Boone Creek, North Carolina, married to Lexie, the woman he loves, and anticipating the birth of their daughter. Life seems to be settling down – until a disturbing and mysterious message appears from the past. Wounds he thought had healed are re-opened, and Jeremy realises his old life is closer to him than he thinks.
20. True Believer
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by: Nicholas Sparks Release date: Apr 01, 2005 Number of Pages: 336 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Part love story and part ghost story, this is an unforgettable New York Times bestseller about a science journalist and a North Carolina librarian who dare to believe in the impossible. As a science journalist with a regular column in Scientific American, Jeremy Marsh specializes in debunking the supernatural-until he falls in love with the granddaughter of the town psychic. When Jeremy receives a letter from Boone Creek, North Carolina, about ghostly lights appearing in a cemetery, he can”t resist driving down to investigate. Here, in this tightly knit community, Lexie Darnell runs the town”s library. Disappointed by past relationships, she is sure of one thing: her future is in Boone Creek, close to all the people she loves. From the moment Jeremy sets eyes on Lexie, he is intrigued. And Lexie, while hesitating to trust this outsider, finds herself thinking of him more than she cares to admit. Now, if they are to be together, Jeremy must do something he”s never done before-take a giant leap of faith. From #1 New York Times bestselling author Nicholas Sparks comes a love story about taking chances and following your heart. True Believer will make you believe in the miracle of love.
21. Three Weeks with My Brother
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by: Nicholas Sparks, Micah Sparks Release date: Apr 05, 2004 Number of Pages: 368 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
In this New York Times bestseller, follow the author of The Notebook as he travels the world with his brother learning about faith, loss, connection, and hope. As moving as his bestselling works of fiction, Nicholas Sparks”s unique memoir, written with his brother, chronicles the life-affirming journey of two brothers bound by memories, both humorous and tragic. In January 2003, Nicholas Sparks and his brother, Micah, set off on a three-week trip around the globe. It was to mark a milestone in their lives, for at thirty-seven and thirty-eight respectively, they were now the only surviving members of their family. Against the backdrop of the wonders of the world and often overtaken by their feelings, daredevil Micah and the more serious, introspective Nicholas recalled their rambunctious childhood adventures and the tragedies that tested their faith. And in the process, they discovered startling truths about loss, love, and hope. Narrated with irrepressible humor and rare candor, and including personal photos, Three Weeks with My Brother reminds us to embrace life with all its uncertainties . . . and most of all, to cherish the joyful times, both small and momentous, and the wonderful people who make them possible.
22. The Wedding
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by: Nicholas Sparks Release date: Sep 09, 2003 Number of Pages: 272 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
In this stunning New York Times bestselling follow-up to The Notebook, a hardworking but distant husband vows to win back the love of his life by looking to Noah and Allie”s legendary romance. After thirty years, Wilson Lewis is forced to face a painful truth: the romance has gone out of his marriage. His wife, Jane, has fallen out of love with him, and it is entirely his fault. Despite the shining example of his in-laws, Noah and Allie Calhoun, and their fifty-year love affair, Wilson himself is a man unable to express his true feelings. He has spent too little time at home and too much at the office, leaving the responsibility of raising their children to Jane. Now his daughter is about to marry, and his wife is thinking about leaving him. But if Wilson is sure of anything, it is this: His love for Jane has only grown over the years, and he will do everything he can to save their marriage. With the memories of Noah and Allie”s inspiring life together as his guide, he vows to find a way to make his wife fall in love with him…all over again. In this powerfully moving tale of love lost, rediscovered, and renewed, Nicholas Sparks once again brings readers his unique insight into the only emotion that ultimately really matters.
23. The Guardian
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by: Nicholas Sparks Release date: Jan 01, 2003 Number of Pages: 384 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Four years after losing her husband, twenty-nine-year-old Julie Barenson considers falling in love again and wonders if she should choose sophisticated Richard, who treats her like a queen, or down-to-earth Mike, who is her best friend, but when she eventually picks one man, the other man”s jealousy turns into a deadly obsession. 1,000,000 first printing.
24. Nights In Rodanthe
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by: Nicholas Sparks Release date: Jan 01, 2002 Number of Pages: 212 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
After her husband leaves her for a younger woman, forty-five-year-old Adrienne Willis reconsiders her entire life, until a trip to Rodanthe in North Carolina”s outer banks leads to an encounter with successful surgeon Paul Flanner.
25. A Bend In The Road
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by: Nicholas Sparks Release date: Sep 18, 2001 Number of Pages: 432 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Fall in love with this small-town love story about a widower sheriff and a divorced schoolteacher who are searching for second chances — only to be threatened by long-held secrets of the past. Miles Ryan”s life seemed to end the day his wife was killed in a hit-and-run accident two years ago. As deputy sheriff of New Bern, North Carolina, he not only grieves for her and worries about their young son Jonah but longs to bring the unknown driver to justice. Then Miles meets Sarah Andrews, Jonah”s second-grade teacher. A young woman recovering from a difficult divorce, Sarah moved to New Bern hoping to start over. Tentatively, Miles and Sarah reach out to each other…soon they are falling in love. But what neither realizes is that they are also bound together by a shocking secret, one that will force them to reexamine everything they believe in-including their love.
26. A Walk to Remember
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by: Nicholas Sparks Release date: May 24, 2000 Number of Pages: 304 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A high school rebel and a minister”s daughter find strength in each other in this star-crossed tale of “young but everlasting love” (Chicago Sun-Times). There was a time when the world was sweeter….when the women in Beaufort, North Carolina, wore dresses, and the men donned hats…. Every April, when the wind smells of both the sea and lilacs, Landon Carter remembers 1958, his last year at Beaufort High. Landon had dated a girl or two, and even once sworn that he”d been in love. Certainly the last person he thought he”d fall for was Jamie, the shy, almost ethereal daughter of the town”s Baptist minister….Jamie, who was destined to show him the depths of the human heart-and the joy and pain of living. The inspiration for this novel came from Nicholas Sparks”s sister: her life and her courage. From the internationally bestselling author Nicholas Sparks, comes his most moving story yet….
27. The Notebook
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by: Nicholas Sparks Release date: Jan 05, 2000 Number of Pages: 224 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Rediscover the unforgettable, heart-wrenching romance set in post-World War II North Carolina, about a young socialite who can”t forget the boy who once stole her heart–now one of PBS”s Top 100 “Great American Reads.” Every so often a love story so captures our hearts that it becomes more than a story-it becomes an experience to remember forever. The Notebook is such a book. It is a celebration of how passion can be ageless and timeless, a tale that moves us to laughter and tears and makes us believe in true love all over again… At thirty-one, Noah Calhoun, back in coastal North Carolina after World War II, is haunted by images of the girl he lost more than a decade earlier. At twenty-nine, socialite Allie Nelson is about to marry a wealthy lawyer, but she cannot stop thinking about the boy who long ago stole her heart. Thus begins the story of a love so enduring and deep it can turn tragedy into triumph, and may even have the power to create a miracle…
28. The Rescue
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by: Nicholas Sparks Release date: Jan 01, 2000 Number of Pages: 560 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
One of America”s bestselling authors returns with a tale about the greatest commitment of all: loving someone forever. When a near-fatal car crash brings Taylor McAden together with Denise Holden, a new resident of Edenton, North Carolina, he must look into his past to see if it”s not too late to take a chance on the future.
29. Wokini
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by: Billy Mills, Nicholas Sparks Release date: Jan 01, 1990 Number of Pages: 176 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
“Wokini, ” translated from Lakota, means “seeking a new beginning.” On that theme, the famous athlete joins the bestselling author to blend modern therapeutic principles and Native American tradition.
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