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What do readers say about Moby Dick?
dense, luscious writing chasing the white whale a romping good yarn a true classicWhen the young Ishmael gets on board Captain Ahab's whaling ship, little does he suspect that the mission on which he is about to embark is the fulfilment of his master's obsessive desire for revenge on Moby Dick, a white whale who has already claime... More details on Moby Dick
Call me Ishmael. Some years ago—never mind how long precisely—having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the w...
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What do readers say about Lion's Blood?
very detailed, intriguing story an alternative history novel alternate history fiction dense, luscious languageIn an alternate Africa-ruled American South, slave labor is used from Europe to colonize the Americas. The Islamic African aristocratic family of Wakil Abu Ali indulge in luxury at their glorious estate called Dar Kush while white slaves-slaves like ... More details on Lion's Blood
Spring's first day was a warm sweet song, a time of companionable silences and comfortably shared labor in Mahon O'Dere's coracle. The boat's round woven sides bobbed gently in the Lady's arms. Aidan ...
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What do readers say about Kushiel's Dart?
it is long a little juvenile first person narration gripping page turnerThe land of Terre d'Ange is a place of unsurpassing beauty and grace. It is said that angels found the land and saw it was good...and the ensuing race that rose from the seed of angels and men live by one simple rule: Love as thou wilt.
Phèdre nó De... More details on Kushiel's Dart
Lest anyone should suppose that I am a cuckoo’s child, got on the wrong side of the blanket by lusty peasant stock and sold into indenture in a shortfallen season, I may say that I am House-born and r...
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What do readers say about The Magicians?
snarky and clever dark and gritty a generation without purpose beautifully gritty, many-layered storyThe New York Times bestselling novel about a young man practicing magic in the real world, now an original series on SYFY
Quentin Coldwater is brilliant but miserable. A high school math genius, he's secretly fascinated with a series of children's fa... More details on The Magicians
He snapped the cigarette away and set off across the wide lawn. He didn’t look back to see if Quentin was following, which at first Quentin didn’t, but then a sudden fear of being left alone in this p...
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What do readers say about The Twenty-Seventh City?
dense, complex and over-written a bravura exercise a revealingly poor effort a slightly absurdist plotS. Jammu, a young, ambitious Indian woman, is sworn in as police chief of St. Louis where the acts of private citizens are monitored and the actions of Martin Probst and his family threatened to destroy her plan... More details on The Twenty-Seventh City
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What do readers say about Watership Down?
fascism and appeasement exciting and unique greek/roman epic poem gorgeous nature writingA phenomenal worldwide bestseller for almost forty years, Richard Adams's Watership Down is a timeless classic and one of the most beloved novels of all time. Set in England's Downs, a once idyllic rural landscape, this stirring tale of adventure, co... More details on Watership Down
The primroses were over. Toward the edge of the wood, where the ground became open and sloped down to an old fence and a brambly ditch beyond, only a few fading patches of pale yellow still showed amo...
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What do readers say about Eleanor & Park?
very moving, very affecting pop culture references love story part one big teenage fairytale#1 New York Times Best Seller!
"Eleanor & Park reminded me not just what it's like to be young and in love with a girl, but also what it's like to be young and in love with a book."-John Green, The New York Times Book Review
Bono met his wife in high... More details on Eleanor & Park
He could get back to New Wave in November, after he got his driver’s license. His parents had already said Park could have his mom’s Impala, and he’d been saving up for a new tape deck. Once he starte...
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What do readers say about Sacred Hearts?
16th century convent life relationships between women more than a story entertaining and informativeThe year is 1570, and a new novice has just been forced into the Italian convent of Santa Caterina. Ripped by her family from the man she loves, sixteen-year-old Serafina is sharp and defiant. Her first night inside the walls is spent in an incandesc... More details on Sacred Hearts
In a downstairs cell, Suora Ysbeta’s lapdog, swaddled like a baby in satin cloth, is hunting in its dreams, muzzled grunts and growls marking the pleasure of each rabbit cornered. Ysbeta herself is al...
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