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What do readers say about The Call of the Wild?
clever and well-crafted strong and beautiful a dog named buck great juvenile literaturePart St. Bernard, part Scotch shepherd, Buck is a sturdy crossbreed canine accustomed to a comfortable life as a family dog - until he's seized from his pampered surroundings and shipped to Alaska to be a sled dog. There, the forbidding landscape is ... Read more about The Call of the Wild
Buck did not read the newspapers, or he would have known that trouble was brewing, not alone for himself, but for every tide-water dog, strong of muscle and with warm, long hair, from Puget Sound to S...
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What do readers say about The Good Earth?
pre-revolution agricultural china stilted and choppy pulitzer prize-winning classic pre-revolutionary chinese lifeTravel to 1920s China, a time when the last emperor still ruled and the sweeping changes of the twentieth century were distant rumblings, with this timeless, evocative classic tale of the honest farmer Wang Lung and his family as they struggle to sur... Read more about The Good Earth
IT WAS WANG LUNG’S marriage day. At first, opening his eyes in the blackness of the curtains about his bed, he could not think why the dawn seemed different from any other. The house was still except ...
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What do readers say about Tracks?
clear, descriptive, and interesting fairly linear storytelling a perfect travel book a journey through spaceNOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE
Robyn Davidson's opens the memoir of her perilous journey across 1,700 miles of hostile Australian desert to the sea with only four camels and a dog for company with the following words: "I experienced that sinking feeling ... Read more about Tracks
I ARRIVED IN THE ALICE at five a.m. with a dog, six dollars and a small suitcase full of inappropriate clothes. ‘Bring a cardigan for the evenings,’ the brochure said. A freezing wind whipped grit dow...
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What do readers say about The Final Empire?
unique magic system the characters were amazing eloquent without being stuffy creativity and imaginationFrom #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson, the Mistborn series is a heist story of political intrigue and magical, martial-arts action.
For a thousand years the ash fell and no flowers bloomed. For a thousand years the Skaa slaved i... Read more about The Final Empire
Vin watched the downy flakes drift through the air. Leisurely. Careless. Free. The puffs of soot fell like black snowflakes, descending upon the dark city of Luthadel. They drifted in corners, blowing...
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What do readers say about Jane Eyre?
beautifully descriptive language emphasis on feminism strength of character overwrought gothic nonsenseB is for Brontë. A novel of intense power and intrigue, Jane Eyre dazzles and shocks readers with its passionate depiction of a woman's search for equality and freedom. Orphaned Jane Eyre grows up in the home of her heartless aunt, where she endures ... Read more about Jane Eyre
THERE WAS NO POSSIBILITY of taking a walk that day. We had been wandering, indeed, in the leafless shrubbery an hour in the morning; but since dinner (Mrs. Reed, when there was no company, dined earl...
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What do readers say about The Midnight Library?
unique story plot entertaining and instructive contemporary fiction novel very simplistic and straightforwardThe New York Times bestselling WORLDWIDE phenomenon
Winner of the Goodreads Choice Award for Fiction | A Good Morning America Book Club Pick | Independent (London) Ten Best Books of the Year
"A feel-good book guaranteed to lift your spirits."-The ... Read more about The Midnight Library
Mrs Elm made her first move. A knight hopping over the neat row of white pawns. ‘Of course, you’re going to be worried about the exams. But you could be anything you want to be, Nora. Think of all tha...
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What do readers say about A Game of Thrones?
fast moving story dark and depressing tightly crafted prose honor, duty and loveWinter is coming. Such is the stern motto of House Stark, the northernmost of the fiefdoms that owe allegiance to King Robert Baratheon in far-off King's Landing. There Eddard Stark of Winterfell rules in Robert's name. There his family dwells in pea... Read more about A Game of Thrones
The morning had dawned clear and cold, with a crispness that hinted at the end of summer. They set forth at daybreak to see a man beheaded, twenty in all, and Bran rode among them, nervous with excite...
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What do readers say about The Dharma Bums?
the overall theme a more cohesive ramble profound sense of calmness boring, pretentious and pseudo-mysticalJack Kerouac's classic novel about friendship, the search for meaning, and the allure of nature
First published in 1958, a year after On the Road put the Beat Generation on the map, The Dharma Bums stands as one of Jack Kerouac's most powerful and in... Read more about The Dharma Bums
When Gary Snyder, the Zen poet immortalized as “Japhy Ryder” in The Dharma Bums, first met Jack Kerouac in San Francisco in the fall of 1955, he sensed about him “a palpable aura of fame and death.” S...
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What do readers say about The Kiss Quotient?
beautiful and quippy living with autism fun and hot beautiful and engagingFrom the author of The Bride Test comes a romance novel hailed as one of The Washington Post's 50 Notable Works of Fiction in 2018 and one of Amazon's Top 100 Books of 2018!
"This is such a fun read and it's also quite original and sexy and sensitive... Read more about The Kiss Quotient
Stella Lane’s gaze jumped from her breakfast up to her mother’s gracefully aging face. A subtle application of makeup drew attention to battle-ready, coffee-colored eyes. That boded ill for Stella. Wh...
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What do readers say about The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle?
sharp, clear and dramatic poetic and witty lyrical and engaging convoluted, thy nameCan you solve the mystery of Evelyn Hardcastle?
WINNER OF THE COSTA FIRST NOVEL AWARD
WINNER OF THE BOOKS ARE MY BAG NOVEL AWARD
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My mind has gone blank. I don’t know who Anna is or why I’m calling her name. I don’t even know how I got here. I’m standing in a forest, shielding my eyes from the spitting rain. My heart’s thumping,...
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