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What do readers say about The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao?
tongue in cheek violent and graphic poorly structured and smug rich and envelopingA ghetto nerd living with his Dominican family in New Jersey, Oscar's sweet but disastrously overweight. He dreams of becoming the next J. R. R. Tolkien and he keeps falling hopelessly in love. With dazzling energy and insight Díaz immerses us in the... More details on The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Our hero was not one of those Dominican cats everybody’s always going on about — he wasn’t no home-run hitter or a fly bachatero, not a playboy with a million hots on his jock. And except for one peri...
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What do readers say about A Conspiracy of Truths?
the power of storytelling very conversational tone a traveling storyteller low fantasy duologyA wrongfully imprisoned storyteller spins stories from his jail cell that just might have the power to save him-and take down a corrupt government.
Arrested on accusations of witchcraft and treason, Chant finds himself trapped in a cold, filthy jail... More details on A Conspiracy of Truths
I couldn’t even hear the witnesses from where I was sitting. The guards had stuffed me in an iron cage at one end of this giant fucking hall in the House of Justice, and of course it makes sense to so...
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What do readers say about The Curse of Crow Hollow?
the characters are true-to-life very easy to visualize exceptionally dark southern fictionWith the "profound sense of Southern spirituality" he is known for (Publishers Weekly), Billy Coffey draws us into a town where good and evil-and myth and reality-intertwine in unexpected ways.
Everyone in Crow Hollow knows of Alvaretta Graves, the ... More details on The Curse of Crow Hollow
Come on out that sun and tell me hello. Devilish out, ain’t it? Hard to believe only a few months back, me an everybody else’s pining for summer. Now here I sit, wishing the leaves’d hurry up and turn...
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What do readers say about The Power of Positive Thinking?
self-help. religious approach very conversational tone a work for christians revolutionner votre vieAn international bestseller with over five million copies in print, The Power of Positive Thinking has helped men and women around the world to achieve fulfillment in their lives through Dr. Norman Vincent Peale's powerful message of faith and inspir... More details on The Power of Positive Thinking
BELIEVE IN YOURSELF! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy. But with sound self-confidence you can succeed. A se...
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What do readers say about Outliers?
well researched and thought-out pop-academia is irresistible extremely thought provoking clear and entertainingLearn what sets high achievers apart - from Bill Gates to the Beatles - in this #1 bestseller from "a singular talent" (New York Times Book Review).
In this stunning book, Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an intellectual journey through the world of "... More details on Outliers
One warm, spring day in May of 2007, the Medicine Hat Tigers and the Vancouver Giants met for the Memorial Cup hockey championships in Vancouver, British Columbia. The Tigers and the Giants were the t...
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What do readers say about The Magician's Nephew?
good versus evil where the wardrobe originated good v evil children's fantasy literatureDigory and Polly discover a secret passage that links their homes, and they are taken into the World of Charn, where they wake up the evil Queen Jadis. There, they witness the creation of the Land of Narnia as it is sung into being by the Great Lion,... More details on The Magician's Nephew
“And if your father was away in India—and you had to come and live with an Aunt and an Uncle who’s mad (who would like that?)—and if the reason was that they were looking after your Mother—and if your...
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What do readers say about The Casual Vacancy?
a library book tongue in cheek grim and bleak simple and cleanWhen Barry Fairbrother dies in his early forties, the town of Pagford is left in shock.
Pagford is, seemingly, an English idyll, with a cobbled market square and an ancient abbey, but what lies behind the pretty facade is a town at war.
Rich at wa... More details on The Casual Vacancy
However, his wife had been a little stiff and uncommunicative over lunch, and Barry deduced that his anniversary card had not mitigated the crime of shutting himself away in the study all morning. It ...
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What do readers say about Normal People?
simpler and less interesting third person narrative modern day story third person perspective***PRE-ORDER BEAUTIFUL WORLD, WHERE ARE YOU NOW***
'The best young novelist - indeed one of the best novelists - I've read in years.' Olivia Laing
'Superb . . . a tremendous read, full of insight and sweetness.' Anne Enright
'One the best novels I ha... More details on Normal People
She turns and walks down the hall. He follows her, closing the door behind him. Down a few steps in the kitchen, his mother Lorraine is peeling off a pair of rubber gloves. Marianne hops onto the coun...
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What do readers say about Never Let Me Go?
interesting and enjoyable elegiac yet life-celebrating subtle and gentle light and entertaining styleFrom the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature and author of the Booker Prize-winning novel The Remains of the Day comes a devastating novel of innocence, knowledge, and loss.
As children, Kathy, Ruth, and Tommy were students at Hailsham, an excl... More details on Never Let Me Go
My name is Kathy H. I’m thirty-one years old, and I’ve been a carer now for over eleven years. That sounds long enough, I know, but actually they want me to go on for another eight months, until the e...
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What do readers say about My Year of Rest and Relaxation?
contemporary literary fiction weird and misanthropic inventive and subtle mushy for nihilistic filthNamed a Best Book of the Year by The Washington Post, Time, NPR, Amazon,Vice, Bustle, The New York Times, The Guardian, Kirkus Reviews, Entertainment Weekly, The AV Club, & Audible
A New York Times Bestseller
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WHENEVER I WOKE UP, night or day, I’d shuffle through the bright marble foyer of my building and go up the block and around the corner where there was a bodega that never closed. I’d get two large cof...
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