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What do readers say about Of Mice and Men?
straightforward but poeticbeautiful, tragic storya stage playprimitive, minimal, and sparseThis classic novel tells the tale of an unusual friendship between two very different men: the mentally challenged and sometimes violent Lennie, and his loyal yet reluctant caretaker George. Finding comfort in one another's company, George and Lennie... Read more about Of Mice and Men
A FEW MILES south of Soledad, the Salinas River drops in close to the hillside bank and runs deep and green. The water is warm too, for it has slipped twinkling over the yellow sands in the sunlight b...
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What do readers say about Animal Farm?
insightful political novellequick, easy reada book with non-human characterssad 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... Read more about 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 The Great Gatsby?
lyrical and flowedshort and deceptively simpleflowery and descriptiveslow and boringInvited to an extravagantly lavish party in a Long Island mansion, Nick Carraway, a young bachelor who has just settled in the neighbouring cottage, is intrigued by the mysterious host, Jay Gatsby, a flamboyant but reserved self-made man with murky b... Read more about The Great Gatsby
He didn’t say any more, but we’ve always been unusually communicative in a reserved way, and I understood that he meant a great deal more than that. In consequence, I’m inclined to reserve all judgmen...
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What do readers say about Wonder?
simplicity of the languageunpredictable and suspensefulfirst point of viewfriendship and acceptance#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Millions of people have fallen in love with Auggie Pullman, an ordinary boy with an extraordinary face-who shows us that kindness brings us together no matter how far apart we are. Read the book that inspired the Choose... Read more about Wonder
I KNOW I’M not an ordinary ten-year-old kid. I mean, sure, I do ordinary things. I eat ice cream. I ride my bike. I play ball. I have an XBox. Stuff like that makes me ordinary. I guess. And I feel or...
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What do readers say about Siddhartha?
an allegorical novelthe search for enlightenmentsimple, lyrical stylesimplicity of the proseThis allegorical novel, set in sixth-century India around the time of the Buddha, follows a young man on his search for enlightenment.... Read more about Siddhartha
SIDDHARTHA, the handsome son of the Brahmin, the young falcon, grew up together with his friend Govinda, the Brahmin’s son, in the shadow of the house, in the sun of the riverbank near the boats, in t...
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What do readers say about Monster?
stage play fashiondifferent narrative techniquesyoung adult bookmurder and prison fictionALA Best Fiction for Young Adults
Publishers Weekly Best Book
ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers
New York Times Notable ... Read more about Monster
FADE IN: INTERIOR: Early morning in CELL BLOCK D, MANHATTAN DETENTION CENTER. Camera goes slowly down grim, gray corridor. There are sounds of inmates yelling from cell to cell; much of it is obscene....
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What do readers say about The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks?
fluid and accessiblebioethics and racethought-provoking in the extremefirst person narration#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
"The story of modern medicine and bioethics-and, indeed, race relations-is refracted beautifully, and movingly."-Entertainment Weekly
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On January 29, 1951, David Lacks sat behind the wheel of his old Buick, watching the rain fall. He was parked under a towering oak tree outside Johns Hopkins Hospital with three of his children—two st...
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What do readers say about The Misenchanted Sword?
light, engaging fantasyfictionwise multiformat ebookshort and to the pointstandaloneWarlockry has been rare in Ethshar . . . until The Night of Madness, when a mysterious object falls from the heavens, sending out a wave of magic in the form of a dream. All who have the dream awaken in panic. But some of them also awaken to the powe... Read more about The Misenchanted Sword
The marsh stank, with a sharp, briny stench that seemed to fill Valder’s head. He stared out across the maze of tall grass and shallow water for a long moment and then reluctantly marched onward, into...
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What do readers say about The Elements of Style?
short, simple, invaluableshort and densestrunk and whiteconcise and directAn up-to-date masterpiece in the art of clear and concise writing, and an exemplar of the principles it explains.... Read more about The Elements of Style
Again, the object is to aid the reader. The practice here recommended enables him to discover the purpose of each paragraph as he begins to read it, and to retain this purpose in mind as he ends it. F...
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What do readers say about Jade City?
engaging and creative storybrutal gang warfarestrong worldbuilding elegantly delivereda modern-day epicIn this World Fantasy Award-winning novel of magic and kungfu, four siblings battle rival clans for honor and power in an Asia-inspired fantasy metropolis.
*Named one of TIME's Top 100 Fantasy Book Of All Time
* World Fantasy Award for Best Novel, ... Read more about Jade City
The two would-be jade thieves sweated in the kitchen of the Twice Lucky restaurant. The windows were open in the dining room, and the onset of evening brought a breeze off the waterfront to cool the d...
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