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  • Who, me? by audrysbooks
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    After lovers Georgia and Oscar fell in love through year 11 and shared every first with each other their relationship was set to fail. Both coming back into year 12 with very different ambitions and wants they think that they don't want each other, but they know deep down that they know too much about one another to be out of each others life. With Georgia suffering with anxiety and recovering from her suicide attempt a few months back, and Oscar struggling to suppressing his ADHD they know too much about each other to escape the cycle they're in.
  • My Illicit School Gambling Ring by cultureandhistoryhub
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    A rebellious memoir of a student at Barstable School who turned a classroom into a mini-casino. The story follows the rise of an undercover 3-card Brag ring and the dramatic confrontation with the school's authority figure, "Blackhead."
  • Gothic Revival Architecture: Creative Vitality in Victorian England by ltancs
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    This essay examines the growth and impact of Gothic architecture on Victorian England.
  • The Yorkshire Biryani by VikramRaghavan
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    Imagine your hometown with a plethora of colours, having the most diverse people, a multitude of languages, religions, mindsets and gods. One word immediately pops up in our mind - "INDIA". Now imagine the entire world like this - This is exactly what this novel delivers, topped with emotions and romance. Steve Wilson and Margaret Wilson, are an aging British couple with traditional British values, considered by most as backward in a modern British society. Their first son Greg is wayward and disorganized, much to Steve's dismay. Greg wants to be a Kusthi champion and one day represent his country on the world stage. Daphne, the daughter of the household is 27, and is at the right age for marriage, and Margaret is searching for a suitable bride-groom for her - educated, dark skinned teetotaler, settled in Bharat perhaps? Harry is the last son, and is the brightest of the household. Still in college, he aims at pursuing higher studies in Bharat, and applies for the Tamil Language tests so he could take up the course of his liking in the south of India. He is in a relationship with a Muslim girl. Does this alternate reality have an ordinary life planned for these five people or is it going to turn it into an unexpected roller coaster ride? How INDIAN has the world become? Do the British women of the "Yorkshire Biryani" wear the Bindi and decorate their hair with jasmine flowers? Do the men wear turbans and the cross- thread across their chests? Do they worship a plethora of Gods? What is the official language of the world? How has the arts and architecture developed? Has Islam taken a softer route because of the world Hindu domination? What food do the people eat? Do they drink as much tea?
  • Insanity by ellie__writes
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    Mila and Jax move towns for a fresh start from their dark past. However, one person seems to know everything about them. How will the twins cope with all this mystery, friendship, betrayal, secrecy, love and murder... Many letters, nine teenagers, one answer