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Frankenstein
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Have you ever wondered why that 13-digit number on the back of a book costs $125 in the United States but is completely free in Canada and India? This book, The Global ISBN Handbook, is your 2025 guide to the International Standard Book Number. It explains everything about this global "fingerprint" for books. The ISBN is the most important cornerstone of the publishing industry. It started as a simple warehouse tool in the 1960s. Now, it is a complex digital identifier used in over 200 countries. This handbook deconstructs the entire system. It uses 15 distinct national case studies to do this. You will learn how the old 10-digit system changed to the new 13-digit one. We break down the five parts of the ISBN, from the "Bookland" prefix to the final check digit. The book explores the global governance framework, starting with the International ISBN Agency. Then, it dives deep into how different countries run their systems. You'll see the privatized, high-cost model in the United States. You'll compare it to Canada's free, government-run system. We explore the industry-led models in Brazil and Germany. We look at government-run systems in Mexico and India. We even cover the unique case of China, where the ISBN is not a simple identifier but a state-controlled publication license. The book also examines the systems in the UK , France , Russia , Japan , Australia , South Africa , Nigeria , and Egypt. Many books and websites can tell you how to get an ISBN. This handbook is the only resource that explains why the process is so different everywhere you look. It moves beyond a simple "how-to" and provides a true global analysis. It directly compares the privatized, for-profit models in the US and UK against the free, public-good systems in Canada and South Africa. You won't just learn the price; you will understand the cultural policies, market structures, and legal philosophies that shape that price. This book shows how the ISBN is a "global mirror". It reveals how a simple number can be a commercial product in one nation , a tool of cultural policy in another , and an instrument of state control in a third. This comparative insight is the missing piece for any author, publisher, or researcher trying to navigate the complex international publishing market. Disclaimer: This handbook is an independently produced resource for commentary and analysis. The author has no affiliation with the International ISBN Agency, R.R. Bowker, Library and Archives Canada, the National Press and Publication Administration, or any other national ISBN agency. This work is independently produced under the principle of nominative fair use.
Yellowface
Kuang Rebecca F. • 2024
Athena Liu is a literary darling and June Hayward is literally nobody.<br/><br/>White lies<br/>When Athena dies in a freak accident, June steals her unpublished manuscript and publishes it as her own under the ambiguous name Juniper Song.<br/><br/>Dark humour<br/>But as evidence threatens June’s stolen success, she will discover exactly how far she will go to keep what she thinks she deserves.<br/><br/>Deadly consequences…<br/>What happens next is entirely everyone else’s fault.<br/><br/>With its totally immersive first-person voice, Yellowface grapples with questions of diversity, racism, and cultural appropriation, as well as the terrifying alienation of social media. R.F. Kuang’s novel is timely, razor-sharp, and eminently readable.
Before the Coffee Gets Cold
Toshikazu Kawaguchi • 2020
*NOW AN LA TIMES BESTSELLER*<br/><br/>*OVER ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD*<br/><br/>*AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER*<br/><br/>If you could go back in time, who would you want to meet?<br/><br/>In a small back alley of Tokyo, there is a café that has been serving carefully brewed coffee for more than one hundred years. Local legend says that this shop offers something else besides coffee—the chance to travel back in time.<br/><br/>Over the course of one summer, four customers visit the café in the hopes of making that journey. But time travel isn’t so simple, and there are rules that must be followed. Most important, the trip can last only as long as it takes for the coffee to get cold.<br/><br/>Heartwarming, wistful, mysterious and delightfully quirky, Toshikazu Kawaguchi’s internationally bestselling novel explores the age-old question: What would you change if you could travel back in time?<br/><br/>Meet more wonderful characters in the next captivating novel in the Before the Coffee Gets Cold series, Before We Say Goodbye!<br/><br/>Read the rest of the Before the Coffee Gets Cold series:<br/>Tales from the Cafe Before Your Memory Fades
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
George R.R. Martin • 2015
Circe
Madeline Miller • 2020
"A bold and subversive retelling of the goddess's story," this #1 New York Times bestseller is "both epic and intimate in its scope, recasting the most infamous female figure from the Odyssey as a hero in her own right" (Alexandra Alter, The New York Times). In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. But Circe is a strange child -- not powerful like her father, nor viciously alluring like her mother. Turning to the world of mortals for companionship, she discovers that she does possess power -- the power of witchcraft, which can transform rivals into monsters and menace the gods themselves. Threatened, Zeus banishes her to a deserted island, where she hones her occult craft, tames wild beasts, and crosses paths with many of the most famous figures in all of mythology, including the Minotaur, Daedalus and his doomed son Icarus, the murderous Medea, and, of course, wily Odysseus. But there is danger, too, for a woman who stands alone and Circe unwittingly draws the wrath of both men and gods, ultimately finding herself pitted against one of the most terrifying and vengeful of the Olympians. To protect what she loves most, Circe must summon all her strength and choose, once and for all, whether she belongs with the gods she is born from, or the mortals she has come to love. With unforgettably vivid characters, mesmerizing language, and page-turning suspense, Circe is a triumph of storytelling, an intoxicating epic of family rivalry, palace intrigue, love and loss, as well as a celebration of indomitable female strength in a man's world. #1 New York Times bestseller -- named one of the best books of the year by NPR, the Washington Post, People, Time, Amazon, Entertainment Weekly, Bustle, Newsweek, the A.V. Club, Christian Science Monitor, Refinery 29, BuzzFeed, Paste, Audible, Kirkus, Publishers Weekly, Thrillist, NYPL, Self, Real Simple, Goodreads, Boston Globe, Electric Literature, BookPage, the Guardian, Book Riot, Seattle Times, and Business Insider
Babel
R. F Kuang • 2022
Babel by R. F. Kuang
Shadow and Bone
Leigh Bardugo • 2012
<p><b>See the Grishaverse come to life on screen with the Netflix series, <i>Shadow and Bone --</i> Season 2 streaming now!</b><br><br><b>Discover the adventure that started it all and meet Alina, Mal, and the Darkling in <i>Shadow and Bone </i>from #1 bestselling author, Leigh Bardugo. </b><br> <b><i><br> Soldier</i></b><i>. Summoner. Saint.</i> Orphaned and expendable, Alina Starkov is a soldier who knows she may not survive her first trek across the Shadow Fold—a swath of unnatural darkness crawling with monsters. But when her regiment is attacked, Alina unleashes dormant magic not even she knew she possessed.<br><br> Now Alina will enter a lavish world of royalty and intrigue as she trains with the Grisha, her country’s magical military elite—and falls under the spell of their notorious leader, the Darkling. He believes Alina can summon a force capable of destroying the Shadow Fold and reuniting their war-ravaged country, but only if she can master her untamed gift.<br><br> As the threat to the kingdom mounts and Alina unlocks the secrets of her past, she will make a dangerous discovery that could threaten all she loves and the very future of a nation. <br><br> Welcome to Ravka . . . a world of science and superstition where nothing is what it seems. <br><br><b><u>The Shadow and Bone Trilogy </u></b><br> (previously published as The Grisha Trilogy)<br> <i>Shadow and Bone</i><br> <i>Siege and Storm</i><br> <i>Ruin and Rising</i><br><br><b>Praise for the Grishaverse</b><br><br> “A master of fantasy.” —<i>The Huffington Post</i><br> “Utterly, extremely bewitching.” —<i>The Guardian</i></p>
Tom Lake
Ann Patchett • 2023
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK<br/>In this beautiful and moving novel about family, love, and growing up, Ann Patchett once again proves herself one of America’s finest writers.<br/>“Patchett leads us to a truth that feels like life rather than literature.” —The Guardian<br/>In the spring of 2020, Lara’s three daughters return to the family's orchard in Northern Michigan. While picking cherries, they beg their mother to tell them the story of Peter Duke, a famous actor with whom she shared both a stage and a romance years before at a theater company called Tom Lake. As Lara recalls the past, her daughters examine their own lives and relationship with their mother, and are forced to reconsider the world and everything they thought they knew.<br/>Tom Lake is a meditation on youthful love, married love, and the lives parents have led before their children were born. Both hopeful and elegiac, it explores what it means to be happy even when the world is falling apart. As in all of her novels, Ann Patchett combines compelling narrative artistry with piercing insights into family dynamics. The result is a rich and luminous story, told with profound intelligence and emotional subtlety, that demonstrates once again why she is one of the most revered and acclaimed literary talents working today.
If We Were Villains
M. L. Rio • 2018
<p><b>“Much like Donna Tartt’s <i>The Secret History</i>, M. L. Rio’s sparkling debut is a richly layered story of love, friendship, and obsession...will keep you riveted through its final, electrifying moments.”<br>—Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>The Nest<br></i></b><br><b>"Nerdily (and winningly) in love with Shakespeare...Readable, smart.”</b><br><b>—<i>New York Times Book Review</i></b><br><br>On the day Oliver Marks is released from jail, the man who put him there is waiting at the door. Detective Colborne wants to know the truth, and after ten years, Oliver is finally ready to tell it.<br><br>A decade ago: Oliver is one of seven young Shakespearean actors at Dellecher Classical Conservatory, a place of keen ambition and fierce competition. In this secluded world of firelight and leather-bound books, Oliver and his friends play the same roles onstage and off: hero, villain, tyrant, temptress, ingénue, extras. <br><br>But in their fourth and final year, good-natured rivalries turn ugly, and on opening night real violence invades the students’ world of make-believe. In the morning, the fourth-years find themselves facing their very own tragedy, and their greatest acting challenge yet: convincing the police, each other, and themselves that they are innocent. <br><br><i>If We Were Villains</i> was named one of Bustle's Best Thriller Novels of the Year, and <i>Mystery Scene</i> says, "A well-written and gripping ode to the stage...A fascinating, unorthodox take on rivalry, friendship, and truth."</p>
The Secret History
Donna Tartt • 2004
<b><b><b><b>ONE OF <i>TIME MAGAZINE</i>'S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME • </b>INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • A contemporary literary classic and "a<b>n accomplished psychological thriller ... absolutely chilling" (<i>Village Voice</i>)</b>, f<b>rom the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of <i>The Goldfinch.<br><br></i></b></b></b>One of <i>The Atlantic</i>’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years</b><br><br>Under the influence of a charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at a New England college discover a way of thought and life a world away from their banal contemporaries. But their search for the transcendent leads them down a dangerous path, beyond human constructs of morality.<br><br><b>“A remarkably powerful novel [and] a ferociously well-paced entertainment . . . Forceful, cerebral, and impeccably controlled.” —<i>The New York Times</i></b>
The Book Thief
Markus Zusak • 2016
This anniversary edition of the extraordinary #1 New York Times bestseller features pages of bonus content, including marked-up manuscript pages, original sketches, and pages from the author's writing notebook.<br/><br/>“Life-changing.” —The New York Times<br/><br/>When Death has a story to tell, you listen.<br/><br/>It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will become busier still.<br/><br/>Liesel Meminger is a foster girl living outside of Munich, who scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing when she encounters something she can’t resist–books. With the help of her accordion-playing foster father, she learns to read and shares her stolen books with her neighbors during bombing raids as well as with the Jewish man hidden in her basement.<br/><br/>In superbly crafted writing that burns with intensity, award-winning author Markus Zusak, author of I Am the Messenger, has given us one of the most enduring stories of our time.<br/><br/>“Deserves a place on the same shelf with The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank.” —USA Today<br/><br/>DON’T MISS BRIDGE OF CLAY, MARKUS ZUSAK’S FIRST NOVEL SINCE THE BOOK THIEF.
Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir • 2021
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING RYAN GOSLING AND DIRECTED BY CHRISTOPHER LORD AND PHIL MILLER From the author of The Martian, a lone astronaut must save the earth from disaster in this “propulsive” (Entertainment Weekly), cinematic thriller full of suspense, humor, and fascinating science. HUGO AWARD FINALIST • ONE OF THE YEAR’S BEST BOOKS: Bill Gates, GatesNotes, New York Public Library, Parade, Newsweek, Polygon, Shelf Awareness, She Reads, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal • New York Times Readers Pick: 100 Best Books of the 21st Century “An epic story of redemption, discovery and cool speculative sci-fi.”—USA Today “If you loved The Martian, you’ll go crazy for Weir’s latest.”—The Washington Post Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission—and if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will perish. Except that right now, he doesn’t know that. He can’t even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it. All he knows is that he’s been asleep for a very, very long time. And he’s just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company. His crewmates dead, his memories fuzzily returning, Ryland realizes that an impossible task now confronts him. Hurtling through space on this tiny ship, it’s up to him to puzzle out an impossible scientific mystery—and conquer an extinction-level threat to our species. And with the clock ticking down and the nearest human being light-years away, he’s got to do it all alone. Or does he? An irresistible interstellar adventure as only Andy Weir could deliver, Project Hail Mary is a tale of discovery, speculation, and survival to rival The Martian—while taking us to places it never dreamed of going.
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Stephen Chbosky • 2010
“A timeless story for every young person who needs to understand that they are not alone.” —Judy Blume “Once in a while, a novel comes along that becomes a generational touchstone. The Perks of Being a Wallflower is one of those books.” —R. J. Palacio, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Wonder This #1 New York Times bestselling coming-of-age story with millions of copies in print takes a sometimes heartbreaking, often hysterical, and always honest look at high school in all its glory. The critically acclaimed debut novel from Stephen Chbosky follows observant “wallflower” Charlie as he charts a course through the strange world between adolescence and adulthood. First dates, family drama, and new friends. Sex, drugs, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Devastating loss, young love, and life on the fringes. Caught between trying to live his life and trying to run from it, Charlie must learn to navigate those wild and poignant roller-coaster days known as growing up. A #1 New York Times bestseller for more than a year, adapted into a major motion picture starring Logan Lerman and Emma Watson (and written and directed by the author), and an American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults (2000) and Best Book for Reluctant Readers (2000), this novel for teen readers (or wallflowers of more-advanced age) will make you laugh, cry, and perhaps feel nostalgic for those moments when you, too, tiptoed onto the dance floor of life.
Gone Girl
Gillian Flynn • 2014
On A Warm Summer Morning In North Carthage, Missouri, It Is Nick And Amy's Fifth Wedding Anniversary. Presents Are Being Wrapped And Reservations Made When Nick's Clever And Beautiful Wife Disappears From Their Rented Mcmansion On The Mississippi River. Husband-of-the-year Nick Isn't Doing Himself Any Favors With Cringe-worthy Daydreams About The Slope And Shape Of His Wife's Head, But Passages From Amy's Diary Reveal The Alpha-girl Perfectionist Could Have Put Anyone Dangerously On Edge. Under Mounting Pressure From Police And The Media -- As Well As Amy's Fiercely Doting Parents -- The Town Golden Boy Parades An Endless Series Of Lies, Deceits, And Inappropriate Behavior. Nick Is Oddly Evasive, And He's Definitely Bitter -- But Is He Really A Killer? As The Cops Close In, Every Couple In Town Is Soon Wondering How Well They Really Know The One They Love. Gillian Flynn.
Anna Karenina
Leo Tolstoy • 2016
At its simplest, Anna Karenina is a love story. It is a portrait of a beautiful and intelligent woman whose passionate love for a handsome officer sweeps aside all other ties - to her marriage and to the network of relationships and moral values that bind the society around her. The love affair of Anna and Vronsky is played out alongside the developing romance of Kitty and Levin, and in the character of Levin, closely based on Tolstoy himself, the search for happiness takes on a deeper philosophical significance.<br/><br/>One of the greatest novels ever written, Anna Karenina combines penetrating psychological insight with an encyclopedic depiction of Russian life in the 1870s. The novel takes us from high society St Petersburg to the threshing fields on Levin's estate, with unforgettable scenes at a Moscow ballroom, the skating rink, a race course, a railway station. It creates an intricate labyrinth of connections that is profoundly satisfying, and deeply moving.<br/><br/>Rosamund Bartlett's translation conveys Tolstoy's precision of meaning and emotional accuracy in an English version that is highly readable and stylistically faithful. Like her acclaimed biography of Tolstoy, it is vivid, nuanced, and compelling.
Moby Dick
Herman Melville • 2024
Moby Dick: A Classic Adventure<br/>Experience the timeless tale of obsession and the sea.<br/>Herman Melville's Moby Dick is a classic adventure that has captivated readers for generations. Join Ishmael, a young sailor, as he embarks on a perilous journey aboard the Pequod, a whaling ship. Driven by an all-consuming obsession with the elusive white whale, Moby Dick, Captain Ahab leads his crew on a relentless pursuit that will test their limits and challenge their very souls.<br/>This hardcover edition of Moby Dick presents Melville's original text in its entirety, allowing you to immerse yourself in the rich language and vivid imagery that have made this novel a masterpiece of American literature. Discover the themes of revenge, fate, and the power of nature as you witness the epic battle between man and beast.<br/>Whether you're a seasoned reader or new to classic literature, Moby Dick offers an unforgettable experience. Don't miss this opportunity to explore the depths of the ocean and the complexities of the human spirit.
The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho • 2015
The Color Purple
Alice Walker • 2019
Read the original inspiration for the new, boldly reimagined film from producers Oprah Winfrey and Steven Spielberg, starring Taraji P. Henson, Danielle Brooks, and Fantasia Barrino.<br/><br/>Celebrating its fortieth anniversary, The Color Purple writes a message of healing, forgiveness, self-discovery, and sisterhood to a new generation of readers. An inspiration to authors who continue to give voice to the multidimensionality of Black women’s stories, including Tayari Jones, Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, Jesmyn Ward, and more, The Color Purple remains an essential read in conversation with storytellers today.<br/><br/>Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award<br/><br/>A powerful cultural touchstone of modern American literature, The Color Purple depicts the lives of African American women in early-twentieth-century rural Georgia. Separated as girls, sisters Celie and Nettie sustain their loyalty to and hope in each other across time, distance, and silence. Through a series of letters spanning nearly thirty years, first from Celie to God, then from the sisters to each other, the novel draws readers into a rich and memorable portrayal of Black women—their pain and struggle, companionship and growth, resilience and bravery.<br/><br/>Deeply compassionate and beautifully imagined, The Color Purple breaks the silence around domestic and sexual abuse, and carries readers on an epic and spirit-affirming journey toward transformation, redemption, and love.<br/><br/>“Reading The Color Purple was the first time I had seen Southern, Black women’s literature as world literature. In writing us into the world—bravely, unapologetically, and honestly—Alice Walker has given us a gift we will never be able to repay.” —Tayari Jones<br/><br/>“The Color Purple was what church should have been, what honest familial reckoning could have been, and it is still the only art object in the world by which all three generations of Black artists in my family judge American art.” —Kiese Laymon
1984
George Orwell • 1949
Newspeak, Doublethink, Big Brother, the Thought Police - the language of 1984 has passed into the English language as a symbol of the horrors of totalitarianism. George Orwell's story of Winston Smith's fight against the all-pervading Party has become a classic, not the least because of its intellectual coherence. First published in 1949, it retains as much relevance today as it had then.
Animal Farm
George ORWELL • 2022
"The animals of Mr. Jones' Manor Farm are overworked, mistreated, and desperately seeking a reprieve. In their quest to create an idyllic society where justice and equality reign, the animals of Manor Farm revolt against their human rulers, establishing the democratic Animal Farm under the credo "All Animals Are Created Equal." Out of their cleverness, the pigs--Napoleon, Squealer, and Snowball--emerge as leaders of the new community. In a development of insidious familiarity, the pigs begin to assume ever greater amounts of power, while other animals, especially the faithful horse Boxer, assume more of the work. The climax of the story is the brutal betrayal of Boxer, when totalitarian rule is reestablished with the bloodstained postscript to the founding slogan: "But Some Animals Are More Equal than Others." -- Back cover.
The Hate U Give
Angie Thomas • 2017
The War of the Worlds
H.G. Wells • 2012
The chilling novel account of a Martian invasion of London in the nineteenth century—a science fiction classic for all time. The War of the Worlds inspired the international bestseller The Map of the Sky by Félix J. Palma. As a gift to our readers, we are including an excerpt of The Map of the Sky in this eBook edition.
House Corrino
Brian Herbert • 2002
Watership Down
Richard Adams • 2005
Now with a new introduction by Madeline Miller, the New York Times bestselling author of The Song of Achilles and Circe.<br/><br/>The 50th anniversary edition of Richard Adam’s timeless classic, the tale of a band of wild rabbits struggling to hold onto their place in the world—“a classic yarn of discovery and struggle” (The New York Times).<br/><br/>A worldwide bestseller for over thirty years, Watership Down is one of the most beloved novels of all time. Set in England’s Downs, a once idyllic rural landscape, this stirring tale follows a band of very special creatures on their flight from the intrusion of man and the certain destruction of their home. Led by a stouthearted pair of brothers, they journey from their native Sandleford Warren, through the harrowing trials posed by predators and adversaries, and toward the dream of a mysterious promised land and a more perfect society.<br/><br/>“Spellbinding…Marvelous…A taut tale of suspense, hot pursuit and derring-do.” —Chicago Tribune
Life of Pi
Yann Martel • 2003
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Tracy Chevalier • 2001
The New York Times bestselling novel by the author of A Single Thread and At the Edge of the Orchard<br/>Translated into thirty-nine languages and made into an Oscar-nominated film, starring Scarlett Johanson and Colin Firth<br/>Tracy Chevalier transports readers to a bygone time and place in this richly-imagined portrait of the young woman who inspired one of Vermeer's most celebrated paintings.<br/>History and fiction merge seamlessly in this luminous novel about artistic vision and sensual awakening. Girl with a Pearl Earring tells the story of sixteen-year-old Griet, whose life is transformed by her brief encounter with genius . . . even as she herself is immortalized in canvas and oil.
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
Jules Verne • 2015
Little Women
Louisa May Alcott • 2014
<b>Louisa May Alcott's classic tale of four sisters in a deluxe hardcover edition, with beautiful cover illustrations by Anna Bond, the artist behind world-renowned stationery brand Rifle Paper Co.<br></b><br>Grown-up Meg, tomboyish Jo, timid Beth, and precocious Amy. The four March sisters couldn't be more different. But with their father away at war, and their mother working to support the family, they have to rely on one another. Whether they're putting on a play, forming a secret society, or celebrating Christmas, there's one thing they can't help wondering: Will Father return home safely?
Grass for His Pillow
Lian Hearn • 2017
The Shelters of Stone
Jean M. Auel • 2010
Across the Nightingale Floor
Lian Hearn • 2017
Matthew Flinder's Cat
Bryce Courtenay • 2006
Girl in a Pink Dress
Kylie Needham • 2023
Alias Grace
Margaret Atwood • 2011
The Haunter of the Ring
Robert E. Howard • 2014
The Epic of Gilgamesh
Maureen Gallery Kovacs • 1989
The Poisonwood Bible A Novel
Barbara Kingsolver • 2008
The Diary of a Bookseller
Shaun Bythell • 2017
Memoirs of a Geisha A Novel
Arthur Golden • 1999
The Yellow King The Complete Collection
Robert Chambers • 2014
Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow
Peter Høeg • 1994
The Works of Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde • 1990
The Silence of the Lambs
Thomas Harris • 2009
Mary Queen of Scots
Antonia Fraser • 1993
A Suitable Boy A Novel
Vikram Seth • 1993
The Elephant Keeper
Christopher Nicholson • 2009
Lorna Doone
R. D. Blackmore • 2024
All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr • 2014
Last Shot: A Han and Lando Novel
Daniel José Older • 2018
Sunrise on the Reaping (A Hunger Games Novel) (The Hunger Games)
Suzanne Collins • 2025
Gender Queer
Maia Kobabe • 2019
Dune: The Butlerian Jihad
Brian Herbert • 2002
Age of Ash
Daniel Abraham • 2022
Memphis
Tara M. Stringfellow • 2022
Dune: House Harkonnen
Brian Herbert • 2000
The Eye of the World Book One of The Wheel of Time
Robert Jordan • 2000
Children of Dune
Frank Herbert • 1978
This Thing Between Us
Gus Moreno · 2021
Rebecca
Daphne du Maurier • 2013
Oryx and Crake
Margaret Atwood • 2003
The Secret Life of Bees
Sue Monk Kidd • 2003
Lord of the Flies
William Golding · 2003
A Certain Hunger
Chelsea G. Summers · 2021
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Ken Kesey • 2007
Something Wicked This Way Comes: A Novel
Ray Bradbury • 2017
Sense and Sensibility
Jane Austen · 2003
To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee · 2002
Northanger Abbey
Jane Austen • 1992
The Haar
David Sodergren (Horror fiction writer) • 2022
Out of Africa
Isak Dinesen • 1992
A Moveable Feast
Ernest Hemingway · 2025
Hemingway's memories of his life as an unknown writer living in Paris in the twenties are deeply personal, warmly affectionate, and full of wit. Looking back not only at his own much younger self, but also at the other writers who shared Paris with him - James Joyce, Wyndham Lewis, Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald - he recalls the time when, poor, happy, and writing in cafes, he discovered his vocation. Written during the last years of Hemingway's life, his memoir is a lively and powerful reflection of his genius that scintillates with the romance of the city.
The Haunting of Hill House
Shirley Jackson • 2006
A Room of One's Own
Virginia Woolf • 1989
Mrs. Dalloway
Virginia Woolf · 1990
Madame Bovary
Gustave Flaubert · 2014
The Lovely Bones
Alice Sebold · 2004
The Raven
Edgar Allan Poe • 2013
Between Two Fires
Christopher Buehlman • 2012
A Fig for All the Devils
C S Fritz • 2021
The Joy Luck Club: A Novel
Amy Tan · 2006
The Metamorphosis
Franz Kafka · 2009
Great Expectations (Penguin Classics)
Charles Dickens · 2002
The Iliad
Homer · 2017
Demons
Fyodor Dostoevsky · 2010
Macbeth (Folger Shakespeare Library)
William Shakespeare · 2003
Emma
Jane Austen · 2018
Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury · 2003
Alice in Wonderland
Lewis Carroll · 2024
The Ethics of Aristotle
Aristotle · 2022
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories
Robert Louis Stevenson
Dead Souls
Nikolai Gogol · 1996
Don Quixote
Miguel de Cervantes, Edith Grossman · 2003
Hamlet ( Folger Library Shakespeare)
William Shakespeare · 1992
The Count of Monte Cristo
Alexandre Dumas · 2019
The Bell Jar
Sylvia Plath · 1971
Letters to a Young Poet
Rainer Maria Rilke · 2018
<p>Facsimile of 1943 Edition. Born in 1875, the great German lyric poet Rainer Maria Rilke published his first collection of poems in 1898 and went on to become renowned for his delicate depiction of the workings of the human heart. Drawn by some sympathetic note in his poems, young people often wrote to Rilke with their problems and hopes. From 1903 to 1908 Rilke wrote a series of remarkable responses to a young, would-be poet on poetry and on surviving as a sensitive observer in a harsh world. Those letters, ten in all, remain a fresh source of inspiration and insight to the poetic sensibility to this day.</p>
David Copperfield
Charles Dickens · 2000
Peace of Mind
Seneca
Peace of Mind (De Tranquillitate Animi) is a dialogue written by Seneca the Younger during the years 49 to 62 A.D. It concerns the state of mind of Seneca's friend Annaeus Serenus, and how to cure Serenus of anxiety, worry and disgust with life. For the modern reader, this short, powerful work offers insight into how to think like a Stoic. It is a road-map for guiding the mind to, in Seneca’s words, “always pursue a steady, unruffled course… be pleased with itself, and look with pleasure upon its surroundings, and experience no interruption of this joy, but abide in a peaceful condition without being ever either elated or depressed.”
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
Sangu Mandanna · 2022
<b>“This is one of my coziest reads of the last year, and I find myself thinking about its enchanted setting all the time.”−Emily Henry, #1<i> New York Times </i>bestselling author</b><br><b><br><i>USA TODAY </i>BESTSELLER • A warm and uplifting novel about an isolated witch whose opportunity to embrace a quirky new family—and a new love—changes the course of her life.</b><br><br>As one of the few witches in Britain, Mika Moon knows she has to hide her magic, keep her head down, and stay away from other witches so their powers don’t mingle and draw attention. And as an orphan who lost her parents at a young age and was raised by strangers, she’s used to being alone and she follows the rules...with one exception: an online account, where she posts videos "pretending" to be a witch. She thinks no one will take it seriously.<br><br>But someone does. An unexpected message arrives, begging her to travel to the remote and mysterious Nowhere House to teach three young witches how to control their magic. It breaks all of the rules, but Mika goes anyway, and is immediately tangled up in the lives and secrets of not only her three charges, but also an absent archaeologist, a retired actor, two long-suffering caretakers, and…Jamie. The handsome and prickly librarian of Nowhere House would do anything to protect the children, and as far as he’s concerned, a stranger like Mika is a threat. An irritatingly appealing threat.<br><br>As Mika begins to find her place at Nowhere House, the thought of belonging somewhere begins to feel like a real possibility. But magic isn't the only danger in the world, and when peril comes knocking at their door, Mika will need to decide whether to risk everything to protect a found family she didn’t know she was looking for....
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