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| Perhaps no other novel in this century has had a greater impact upon the way we think and talk about our world than George Orwell's classic, 1984. "Big Brother," "doublespeak," and "the thought... |
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Scientist Pierre Aronnax and his trusty servant set sail to hunt a sea monster. With help from the world’s greatest harpooner, the men discover that the creature is really a high-tech submarine with... |
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| American sailors attempt to track down a monster that's sinking ships, when they discover that it's not a monster after all, but an incredible submarine commanded by villainous Captain Nemo. An... |
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On the eve of her 37th birthday, former voiceover artist Fran Clark finds herself in a role she could never have envisioned—that of a surprisingly desperate housewife, who—despite, or because of,... |
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Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn think they are clever characters. When Tom and Huck witness a murder, however, they find themselves hurled into a series of adventures that lead them to some... |
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"My Heart Is Afraid that it will have to suffer," the boy told the alchemist one night as they looked up at the moonless sky."Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the... |
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Set in a beautiful but economically devastated Pennsylvania steel town, American Rust is a novel of the lost American dream and the desperation--as well as the acts of friendship, loyalty,... |
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| Ye Gods! What were the British thinking?! When Commodore George Anson was sent out in the 1740's to proceed to Manila while harassing the last of the great Spanish Armada in South America, he commanded... |
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| The story of the North's main Army in the central arena of the war. First published in 1882. In journal form, a Brevet Brigadier-General describes events of the Civil War--battles of Stone's River and... |
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Enzo knows he is different from other dogs: a philosopher with a nearly human soul (and an obsession with opposable thumbs), he has educated himself by watching television extensively, and by... |
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