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What do readers say about Animal Farm?
insightful political novelle quick, easy read a book with non-human characters sad but important bookUnder the feckless husbandry of Mr Jones, the Manor Farm has fallen into disrepair. Pushed into hardship, the animals decide to stage a revolt, and, led by two young pigs, Snowball and Napoleon, they overthrow Mr Jones and drive him away from the far... More details on Animal Farm
Mr Jones, of the Manor Farm, had locked the hen-houses for the night, but was too drunk to remember to shut the pop-holes. With the ring of light from his lantern dancing from side to side he lurched ...
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What do readers say about Skeleton Crew?
collection of short fiction a stand alone novel chilling and delicious a school shootingIncludes the stories "Uncle Otto's Truck" and "Mrs. Todd's Shortcut"-set in the fictional town of Castle Rock, Maine
Features "The Mist" now a TV series event on Spike
The #1 New York Times bestseller and winner of the 1986 Locus Award for Best Colle... More details on Skeleton Crew
This is what happened. On the night that the worst heat wave in northern New England history finally broke—the night of July 19—the entire western Maine region was lashed with the most vicious thunder...
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What do readers say about I Am Legend?
science fiction horror science fiction dystopian novel a first-class novel the effects of solitudeRobert Neville may well be the last living man on Earth . . . but he is not alone.
An incurable plague has mutated every other man, woman, and child into bloodthirsty, nocturnal creatures who are determined to destroy him.
By day, he is a hunter, sta... More details on I Am Legend
If he had been more analytical, he might have calculated the approximate time of their arrival; but he still used the lifetime habit of judging nightfall by the sky, and on cloudy days that method did...
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What do readers say about Joyland?
my mother's orange juice an beachside amusement park great whodunnit plot supernatural parts of itA STUNNING NEW NOVEL FROM ONE OF THE BEST-SELLING AUTHORS OF ALL TIME!
The #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!
Set in a small-town North Carolina amusement park in 1973, Joyland tells the story of the summer in which college student Devin Jones comes to wo... More details on Joyland
The heartbreaker was Wendy Keegan, and she didn’t deserve me. It’s taken me most of my life to come to that conclusion, but you know the old saw; better late than never. She was from Portsmouth, New H...
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What do readers say about 'Salem's Lot?
modern day dracula story bram stoker feel timeless vampire novel vividness of itBen Mears has returned to Jerusalem's Lot in hopes that exploring the history of the Marsten House, an old mansion long the subject of rumor and speculation, will help him cast out his personal devils and provide inspiration for his new book. But whe... More details on 'Salem's Lot
By the time he had passed Portland going north on the turnpike, Ben Mears had begun to feel a not unpleasurable tingle of excitement in his belly. It was September 5, 1975, and summer was enjoying her...
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What do readers say about Maisie Dobbs?
social climbing and status interesting and informative intelligent, determined, insightful easy and engaging"A female investigator every bit as brainy and battle-hardened as Lisbeth Salander."
-Maureen Corrigan, NPR's Fresh Air, on Maisie Dobbs
Maisie Dobbs got her start as a maid in an aristocratic London household when she was thirteen. Her employer, su... More details on Maisie Dobbs
Even if she hadn’t been the last person to walk through the turnstile at Warren Street tube station, Jack Barker would have noticed the tall, slender woman in the navy blue, thigh-length jacket with a...
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What do readers say about The Hitchhiker?
a bumbling detective funny scifi books love the movie douglas adamsDriving to London in his brand new BMW, the narrator picks up a rat-like hitchhiker who is on his way to Epsom for Derby Day, but not to bet or work the ticket machines, he says.
They get to talking about the car, and the narrator proudly states that... More details on The Hitchhiker
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What do readers say about Darkfever?
easy and engaging paranormal murder mystery buffy the vampire slayer ancient myths and legendsMacKayla Lane's life is good. She has great friends, a decent job, and a car that breaks down only every other week or so. In other words, she's your perfectly ordinary twenty-first-century woman. Or so she thinks . . . until something extraordinary ... More details on Darkfever
It gets crazy hot in the South in the summer, but it's worth it to have such short, mild winters. I like most all seasons and climes. I can get into an overcast drizzly autumn day—great for curling up...
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What do readers say about Different Seasons?
a collection of novellas a must read eye for nostalgic detail psychological character studyIncludes the stories "The Body" and "Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption"-set in the fictional town of Castle Rock, Maine
A "hypnotic" (The New York Times Book Review) collection of four novellas-including the inspirations behind the films Stand B... More details on Different Seasons
He looked like the total all-American kid as he pedalled his twenty-six-inch Schwinn with the ape-hanger handlebars up the residential suburban street, and that's just what he was: Todd Bowden, thirte...
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What do readers say about The Shawshank Redemption?
escaping from a prison read real life accounts fantastic short story a short read#1 New York Times bestselling author Stephen King's beloved novella, Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption-the basis for the Best Picture Academy Award-nominee The Shawshank Redemption-about an unjustly imprisoned convict who seeks a strangely satis... More details on The Shawshank Redemption
There’s a guy like me in every state and federal prison in America, I guess—I’m the guy who can get it for you. Tailor-made cigarettes, a bag of reefer if you’re partial to that, a bottle of brandy to...
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