Library
Items in this hypelist
Reading
The Adult
Bronwyn Fischer · 2024
An addictively gripping coming-of-age story about an all-consuming, insidious love affair between a college freshman and a mysterious older woman, from an unforgettable new voice in fiction<br/><br/>Eighteen-year-old Natalie has just arrived at her first year of university in Toronto, leaving her remote, forested hometown for the big, impersonal city. Everyone she encounters seems to know exactly who they are. She reads advice listicles and watches videos online and thinks about how to fit in, how to really become someone, whoever that might be.<br/><br/>And then she meets Nora, an older woman who takes an unexpected interest in her, and is drawn unstoppably into Nora’s orbit. She begins spending more and more of her time at Nora’s perfect, tidy home in her beautiful, quiet world. Natalie lies to her floormates about her absence, inventing a fake off-campus boyfriend, and carefully protects this sacred, adult relationship. This only deepens her obsession, even as she comes to suspect Nora is hiding something. As the secrets multiply and the intensity of the romance threatens to overwhelm her, Natalie realizes that the new, adult identity she had imagined for herself is far from the one she’s actually coming to know.<br/><br/>With atmospheric, electric prose that captures the anxiety and emotional intensity of young adulthood like never before, The Adult is about sex, yearning, poetry, and learning to free oneself from the expectations of others. Bronwyn Fischer is an immensely talented new writer to watch.
VenCo
Cherie Dimaline · 2023
White Album (FSG Classics)
Joan Didion · 2009
Hamlet ( Folger Library Shakespeare)
William Shakespeare · 1992
Cemetery Boys
Aiden Thomas · 2020
I'm Traveling Alone: A Novel
Samuel Bjork · 2017
International bestseller Samuel Bjork makes his US debut, a chilling and fast-paced thriller in which two detectives must hunt down a vengeful killer--and uncover the secret that ties each of them to the crime<br/><br/>A six-year-old girl is found in the countryside, hanging lifeless from a tree and dressed in strange doll's clothes. Around her neck is a sign that says "I'm traveling alone."<br/><br/>A special homicide unit re-opens with veteran police investigator Holger Munch at the helm. Holger's first step is to persuade the brilliant but haunted investigator Mia Kruger, who has been living on an isolated island, overcome by memories of her past. When Mia views a photograph of the crime scene and spots the number "1" carved into the dead girl's fingernail, she knows this is only the beginning. Could this killer have something to do with a missing child, abducted six years ago and never found, or with the reclusive religious community hidden in the nearby woods?<br/><br/>Mia returns to duty to track down a revenge-driven and ruthlessly intelligent killer. But when Munch's own six-year-old granddaughter goes missing, Mia realizes that the killer's sinister game is personal, and I'm Traveling Alone races to an explosive--and shocking--conclusion.
The Three Theban Plays: Antigone; Oedipus the King; Oedipus at Colonus
Sophocles · 2000
Detailed notes accompany modern translations of the stories of Oedipus, a king who is unable to escape his tragic fate and ends his days in exile
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Ken Kesey · 2002
A Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition of a counterculture classic, and the inspiration for the new Netflix original series Ratched, with a foreword by Chuck Palahniuk One of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years Boisterous, ribald, and ultimately shattering, Ken Kesey’s 1962 novel has left an indelible mark on the literature of our time. Now in a new deluxe edition with a foreword by Chuck Palahniuk and cover by Joe Sacco, here is the unforgettable story of a mental ward and its inhabitants, especially the tyrannical Big Nurse Ratched and Randle Patrick McMurphy, the brawling, fun-loving new inmate who resolves to oppose her. We see the struggle through the eyes of Chief Bromden, the seemingly mute half-Indian patient who witnesses and understands McMurphy’s heroic attempt to do battle with the powers that keep them all imprisoned. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Call Us What We Carry: Poems
Amanda Gorman · 2021
The instant #1 New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestseller The breakout poetry collection by #1 New York Times bestselling author and presidential inaugural poet Amanda Gorman Formerly titled The Hill We Climb and Other Poems, the luminous poetry collection by #1 New York Times bestselling author and presidential inaugural poet Amanda Gorman captures a shipwrecked moment in time and transforms it into a lyric of hope and healing. In Call Us What We Carry, Gorman explores history, language, identity, and erasure through an imaginative and intimate collage. Harnessing the collective grief of a global pandemic, this beautifully designed volume features poems in many inventive styles and structures and shines a light on a moment of reckoning. Call Us What We Carry reveals that Gorman has become our messenger from the past, our voice for the future.
On Sun Swallowing
Dakota Warren · 2022
On Sun Swallowing is a sweet and bloody collection of poetry, prose and journal extracts, dancing in the spaces between girlhood and godhood, satin and switchblades, salvation and damnation. Warren navigates her youth and all things soft, dreamy and delicate - drenched in gasoline and set ablaze. Her sharp lyricism and cutthroat vulnerability dares you to haunt your ghosts back; to relish in duality, dismantle dichotomy and exist as yourself; deliciously undefinable.<br/>Think: Philosophy between cotton sheets, existentialism cross-legged on the shower floor, cheap cigarettes, even cheaper wine, and an oath to reach hell by midnight and be home in time for work in the morning.<br/><br/>On Sun Swallowing is Dakota Warren's debut poetry collection. The first edition of this title can also be purchased from purenowhere.com, where it is independently published, printed and distributed.
Bunny: A Novel
Mona Awad · 2020
A Little Life: A Novel
Hanya Yanagihara · 2015
Wound: A Novel
Oksana Vasyakina · 2023
The Pocket Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson · 2024
Emily Dickinson is widely considered to be one of the greatest of American poets. The aphoristic style and wit of much of her verse, its irregular rhymes, directness of expression, and startling imagery have had a profound effect on twentieth-century literature. Over a hundred of Dickinson’s best poems are collected here. These unique and gemlike lyrics are pure distillations of profound feeling and great intellect. They contain a world of imagination, observation, and precisely articulated spiritual and emotional experience. As editor Brenda Hillman says, this small and succinct collection can serve as a guidebook to readers who are exploring the highs and lows of the human experience.
Down the Drain
Julia Fox · 2023
Blue Sisters: A Novel
Coco Mellors · 2024
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK AS FEATURED ON TODAY • Three estranged siblings return to their family home in New York after their beloved sister’s death in this “deeply nuanced and compelling” (Vogue) novel, from the acclaimed author of Cleopatra and Frankenstein. “A beautiful portrait of grief and the world-shaping bond sisters share.”—Real Simple A VOGUE AND HARPER’S BAZAAR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR The three Blue sisters are exceptional—and exceptionally different. Avery, the eldest and a recovering heroin addict turned strait-laced lawyer, lives with her wife in London; Bonnie, a former boxer, works as a bouncer in Los Angeles following a devastating defeat; and Lucky, the youngest, models in Paris while trying to outrun her hard-partying ways. They also had a fourth sister, Nicky, whose unexpected death left the family reeling. A year later, as they each navigate grief, addiction, and ambition, they find they must return to New York to stop the sale of the apartment they were raised in. But coming home is never as easy as it seems. As the sisters reckon with the disappointments of their childhood and the loss of the only person who held them together, they realize that the greatest secrets they’ve been keeping might not have been from one another but from themselves. Imbued with Coco Mellors’s signature combination of humor and heart, Blue Sisters is a story of what it takes to keep living after loss—and, ultimately, to fall in love with life again.
Finished
The Screaming Staircase (Lockwood & Co. Book 1)
Jonathan Stroud · 2013
Magpie Murders
Anthony Horowitz · 2017
Giovanni's Room
James Baldwin · 2013
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid · 2017
She Just Wants to Forget (Volume 2) (What She Felt)
r.h. Sin · 2019
The Witches of Moonshyne Manor
Bianca Marais · 2023
Fleabag: The Scriptures
Phoebe Waller-Bridge · 2019
Half Brother
Kenneth Oppel · 2010
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
J.K. Rowling · 2015
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
J.K. Rowling · 2015
<p><i>'Welcome to the Knight Bus, emergency transport for the stranded witch or wizard. Just stick out your wand hand, step on board and we can take you anywhere you want to go.'</i><br><br>When the Knight Bus crashes through the darkness and screeches to a halt in front of him, it's the start of another far from ordinary year at Hogwarts for Harry Potter. Sirius Black, escaped mass-murderer and follower of Lord Voldemort, is on the run - and they say he is coming after Harry. In his first ever Divination class, Professor Trelawney sees an omen of death in Harry's tea leaves... But perhaps most terrifying of all are the Dementors patrolling the school grounds, with their soul-sucking kiss...<br><br><br><i>Having become classics of our time, the Harry Potter eBooks never fail to bring comfort and escapism. With their message of hope, belonging and the enduring power of truth and love, the story of the Boy Who Lived continues to delight generations of new readers.</i></p>
The Tale of Despereaux
Kate DiCamillo · 2009
The Terror of the Southlands (Very Nearly Honorable League of Pirates)
Caroline Carlson · 2014
A Wrinkle in Time Trilogy
Madeleine L'Engle · 2013
Operation Bunny
Sally Gardner · 2014
Neil Flambé and the Crusader's Curse
Kevin Sylvester · 2012
Romeo and Juliet (Folger Shakespeare Library)
William Shakespeare · 2004
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts One and Two: The Official Playscript of the Original West End Production
J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne, John Tiffany · 2017
The Copernicus Legacy: The Forbidden Stone (Copernicus Legacy, 1)
Tony Abbott · 2014
Bestselling author Tony Abbott's epic new middle grade series, the Copernicus Legacy, begins with The Forbidden Stone, a thrilling adventure packed with puzzles, intrigue, and action. Fans of Rick Riordan and Ridley Pearson will love this first book in an exciting series that takes the reader all over the globe in a race to find pieces of a mysterious hidden past—before it's too late.<br/>Wade, Lily, Darrell, and Becca fly from Texas to Germany for the funeral of an old family friend. But instead of just paying their respects, they wind up on a dangerous, mind-blowing quest to unlock an ancient, guarded secret that could destroy the fate of the world.<br/>Supports the Common Core State Standards
Fire Girl (1)
Matt Ralphs · 2018
The Silver Mask (Magisterium #4) (4)
Holly Black, Cassandra Clare · 2018
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay
J.K. Rowling · 2016
Explorer Academy: The Nebula Secret (Book 1)
Trudi Trueit · 2019
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
J.K. Rowling · 2015
The Underneath
Kathi Appelt · 2010
Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures
Kate DiCamillo · 2013
Dracula
Bram Stoker · 2017
When Jonathan Harker visits Transylvania to help Count Dracula with the purchase of a London house, he makes horrifying discoveries about his client and his castle. Soon afterwards, a number of disturbing incidents unfold in England: an unmanned ship is wrecked at Whitby; strange puncture marks appear on a young woman's neck; and the inmate of a lunatic asylum raves about the imminent arrival of his 'Master'. In the ensuing battle of wits between the sinister Count Dracula and a determined group of adversaries, Bram Stoker created a masterpiece of the horror genre, probing deeply into questions of human identity and sanity, and illuminating dark corners of Victorian sexuality and desire.
The Hollow
Agatha Christie · 2006
Agatha Christie’s classic, The Hollow, finds Poirot entangled in a nasty web of family secrets when he comes across a fresh murder at an English country manor. A far-from-warm welcome greets Hercule Poirot as he arrives for lunch at Lucy Angkatell’s country house. A man lies dying by the swimming pool, his blood dripping into the water. His wife stands over him, holding a revolver. As Poirot investigates, he begins to realize that beneath the respectable surface lies a tangle of family secrets and everyone becomes a suspect.
Mexican Gothic
Silvia Moreno-Garcia · 2020
The Whispering Skull (Lockwood & Co., 2)
Jonathan Stroud · 2014
The Adventures Of sherlock Holmes
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · 2022
Oversized Edition<br/>The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of twelve short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, first published on 14 October 1892. It contains the earliest short stories featuring the consulting detective Sherlock Holmes, which had been published in twelve monthly issues of The Strand Magazine from July 1891 to June 1892. The stories are collected in the same sequence, which is not supported by any fictional chronology. The only characters common to all twelve are Holmes and Dr. Watson and all are related in first-person narrative from Watson's point of view.<br/>In general the stories in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes identify, and try to correct, social injustices. Holmes is portrayed as offering a new, fairer sense of justice. The stories were well received, and boosted the subscriptions figures of The Strand Magazine, prompting Doyle to be able to demand more money for his next set of stories. The first story, "A Scandal in Bohemia", includes the character of Irene Adler, who, despite being featured only within this one story by Doyle, is a prominent character in modern Sherlock Holmes adaptations, generally as a love interest for Holmes. Doyle included four of the twelve stories from this collection in his twelve favourite Sherlock Holmes stories, picking "The Adventure of the Speckled Band" as his overall favourite.<br/><br/>Includes: A Scandal in Bohemia The Red-Headed League A Case of Identity The Boscombe Valley Mystery The Five Orange Pips The Man with the Twisted Lip The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle The Adventure of the Speckled Band The Adventure of the Engineer’s Thumb The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet The Adventure of the Copper Beeches
Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow (Nevermoor, 1)
Jessica Townsend · 2018
A breathtaking, enchanting new series by debut author Jessica Townsend, about a cursed girl who escapes death and finds herself in a magical world--but is then tested beyond her wildest imagination.<br/><br/>Morrigan Crow is cursed. Having been born on Eventide, the unluckiest day for any child to be born, she's blamed for all local misfortunes, from hailstorms to heart attacks--and, worst of all, the curse means that Morrigan is doomed to die at midnight on her eleventh birthday.<br/><br/>But as Morrigan awaits her fate, a strange and remarkable man named Jupiter North appears. Chased by black-smoke hounds and shadowy hunters on horseback, he whisks her away into the safety of a secret, magical city called Nevermoor.<br/><br/>It's then that Morrigan discovers Jupiter has chosen her to contend for a place in the city's most prestigious organization: the Wundrous Society. In order to join, she must compete in four difficult and dangerous trials against hundreds of other children, each with an extraordinary talent that sets them apart--an extraordinary talent that Morrigan insists she does not have. To stay in the safety of Nevermoor for good, Morrigan will need to find a way to pass the tests--or she'll have to leave the city to confront her deadly fate.<br/><br/>Perfect for fans of the Harry Potter series and Neil Gaiman, this fast-paced plot and imaginative world has a fresh new take on magic that will appeal to a new generation of readers.<br/><br/>"A Harry Potter-esque adventure." -- Time Magazine
Everything, Everything
Nicola Yoon · 2017
Vicious (Villains Book 1)
V. E. Schwab · 2013
Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix - Gryffindor Edition (relie)
Rowling J.K. · 2020
The Lost Books: The Scroll of Kings
Sarah Prineas · 2018
Miss Ellicott's School for the Magically Minded
Sage Blackwood · 2017
Wundersmith: The Calling of Morrigan Crow (Nevermoor, 2)
Jessica Townsend · 2019
The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller · 2012
The Secret Garden (HarperClassics)
Frances Hodgson Burnett · 2010
The Hunger Games (Hunger Games Trilogy, Book 1)
Suzanne Collins · 2009
This Special Edition of <i>The Hunger Games</i> includes the most extensive interview Suzanne Collins has given since the publication of <i>The Hunger Games</i>; an absorbing behind-the-scenes look at the creation of the series; and an engaging archival conversation between Suzanne Collins and YA legend Walter Dean Myers on writing about war. The Special Edition answers many questions fans have had over the years, and gives great insight into the creation of this era-defining work.<p></p>In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV.Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen regards it as a death sentence when she steps forward to take her sister's place in the Games. But Katniss has been close to death before-and survival, for her, is second nature. Still, if she is to win, she will have to start making choices that weigh survival against humanity and life against love.
The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies (THE ILL-MANNERED LADIES)
Alison Goodman · 2023
Curiosity House: The Shrunken Head (Curiosity House, 1)
Lauren Oliver, H. C. Chester · 2016
Moriarty: A Novel
Anthony Horowitz · 2015
“Anthony Horowitz throws down the gauntlet in his infernally clever Sherlock Holmes pastiche.” — Marilyn Stasio, New York Times Book Review<br/>The game is once again afoot in this thrilling mystery from internationally bestselling author Anthony Horowitz, sanctioned by the Conan Doyle estate, that explores what really happened when Sherlock Holmes and his arch nemesis Professor Moriarty tumbled to their doom at the Reichenbach Falls.<br/>Horowitz’s nail-biting novel plunges us back into the dark and complex world of detective Sherlock Holmes and Moriarty—dubbed the Napoleon of crime” by Holmes—in the aftermath of their fateful struggle at the Reichenbach Falls.<br/>Days after the encounter at the Swiss waterfall, Pinkerton detective agent Frederick Chase arrives in Europe from New York. Moriarty’s death has left an immediate, poisonous vacuum in the criminal underworld, and there is no shortage of candidates to take his place—including one particularly fiendish criminal mastermind.<br/>Chase and Scotland Yard Inspector Athelney Jones, a devoted student of Holmes’s methods of investigation and deduction originally introduced by Conan Doyle in “The Sign of Four”, must forge a path through the darkest corners of England’s capital—from the elegant squares of Mayfair to the shadowy wharfs and alleyways of the London Docks—in pursuit of this sinister figure, a man much feared but seldom seen, who is determined to stake his claim as Moriarty’s successor.<br/>A riveting, deeply atmospheric tale of murder and menace from one of the only writers to earn the seal of approval from Conan Doyle’s estate, Moriarty breathes life into Holmes’s dark and fascinating world.
Dear Evan Hansen
Val Emmich, Steven Levenson, Benj Pasek, Justin Paul · 2018
Mockingjay (Hunger Games Trilogy, Book 3)
Suzanne Collins · 2010
Catching Fire (Hunger Games Trilogy, Book 2)
Suzanne Collins · 2010
The Scandalous Sisterhood of Prickwillow Place
Julie Berry · 2014
The Disasters
M. K. England · 2018
Spy School
Stuart Gibbs · 2013
Treasure Island (Signet Classics)
Robert Louis Stevenson · 2016
Pax
Sara Pennypacker · 2019
The World's Greatest Detective
Caroline Carlson · 2017
Percy Jackson and the Olympians 5 Book Paperback Boxed Set (w/poster) (Percy Jackson & the Olympians)
Rick Riordan · 2014
The Magic Misfits: The Second Story (The Magic Misfits, 2)
Neil Patrick Harris · 2018
The Bronze Key (Magisterium #3)
Holly Black, Cassandra Clare · 2016
The Iron Trial (Magisterium #1) (1)
Holly Black, Cassandra Clare · 2015
The Girl Who Could Fly
Victoria Forester · 2010
Zoe in Wonderland
Brenda A. Woods · 2016
The Copper Gauntlet (Magisterium #2)
Holly Black, Cassandra Clare · 2015
The Wishing Spell (The Land of Stories, 1)
Chris Colfer · 2013
Spy Camp (Spy School)
Stuart Gibbs · 2014
The Thing About Jellyfish
Ali Benjamin · 2015
Magic Marks the Spot (Very Nearly Honorable League of Pirates, 1)
Caroline Carlson · 2014
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7)
J. K. Rowling · 2007
Rule of Wolves (King of Scars Duology, 2)
Leigh Bardugo · 2021
<p><b>Instant #1 <i>New York Times </i>Bestseller!<br><br>Goodreads Choice Award Winner for Best Young Adult Fantasy!<br></b><br><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 what comes next for the daring rogue Nikolai in the riveting sequel to <i>King of Scars </i>from #1 bestselling author, Leigh Bardugo.</b><br><br><b>The Demon King.</b> As Fjerda’s massive army prepares to invade, Nikolai Lantsov will summon every bit of his ingenuity and charm—and even the monster within—to win this fight. But a dark threat looms that cannot be defeated by a young king’s gift for the impossible.<br><br><b>The Stormwitch. </b>Zoya Nazyalensky has lost too much to war. She saw her mentor die and her worst enemy resurrected, and she refuses to bury another friend. Now duty demands she embrace her powers to become the weapon her country needs. No matter the cost.<br><br><b>The Queen of Mourning. </b>Deep undercover, Nina Zenik risks discovery and death as she wages war on Fjerda from inside its capital. But her desire for revenge may cost her country its chance at freedom and Nina the chance to heal her grieving heart.<br><br><b>King. General. Spy.</b> Together they must find a way to forge a future in the darkness. Or watch a nation fall.<br><br>Read all the books in the Grishaverse!<br><br><b>The Shadow and Bone Trilogy</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>The Six of Crows Duology</b><br><i>Six of Crows</i><br><i>Crooked Kingdom</i><br><br><b>The King of Scars Duology</b><br><i>King of Scars</i><br><i>Rule of Wolves</i><br><br><i>The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic</i><br><i>The Severed Moon: A Year-Long Journal of Magic<br>The Lives of Saints<br>Demon in the Wood Graphic Novel</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><br>“This is what fantasy is for.” —<i>The New York Times Book Review</i><br>“A world that feels real enough to have its own passport stamp.” —NPR<br>“The darker it gets for the good guys, the better.” —<i>Entertainment Weekly</i><br>“Sultry, sweeping and picturesque. . . . Impossible to put down.” —<i>USA Today</i><br>“There’s a level of emotional and historical sophistication within Bardugo’s original epic fantasy that sets it apart.” —<i>Vanity Fair</i><br>“Unlike anything I’ve ever read.” —Veronica Roth, bestselling author of <i>Divergent</i><br>“Bardugo crafts a first-rate adventure, a poignant romance, and an intriguing mystery!” —Rick Riordan, bestselling author of the Percy Jackson series</p>
Girls Save the World in This One
Ash Parsons · 2020
The Cats of Tanglewood Forest
Charles de Lint · 2013
The Land of Stories: Beyond the Kingdoms (The Land of Stories, 4)
Chris Colfer · 2016
The Enchantress Returns (The Land of Stories, 2)
Chris Colfer · 2014
The Land of Stories: An Author's Odyssey (The Land of Stories, 5)
Chris Colfer · 2017
The Land of Stories: A Grimm Warning (The Land of Stories, 3)
Chris Colfer · 2015
Nancy Drew Books 1-10 Box Set The Nancy Drew Mystery Stories Collection
Carolyn Keene · 2019
Nancy Drew Set - Books 11-20
Carolyn Keene
The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy
Jeanne Birdsall · 2007
The Penderwicks on Gardam Street
Jeanne Birdsall · 2010
The Penderwicks at Point Mouette
Jeanne Birdsall · 2012
Matilda
Roald Dahl · 2007
The Witches
Roald Dahl · 2007
The Twits
Roald Dahl · 2007
James and the Giant Peach
Roald Dahl · 2007
From the World's No. 1 Storyteller, James and the Giant Peach is a children's classic that has captured young reader's imaginations for generations.<br/><br/>One of TIME MAGAZINE’s 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time<br/><br/>After James Henry Trotter's parents are tragically eaten by a rhinoceros, he goes to live with his two horrible aunts, Spiker and Sponge. Life there is no fun, until James accidentally drops some magic crystals by the old peach tree and strange things start to happen. The peach at the top of the tree begins to grow, and before long it's as big as a house. Inside, James meets a bunch of oversized friends—Grasshopper, Centipede, Ladybug, and more. With a snip of the stem, the peach starts rolling away, and the great adventure begins!<br/><br/>Roald Dahl is the author of numerous classic children’s stories including Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, The BFG, and many more!<br/><br/>“James and the Giant Peach remains a favorite among kids and parents alike nearly 60 years after it was first published, thanks to its vivid imagery, vibrant characters and forthright exploration of mature themes like death and hope.” —TIME Magazine
The BFG
Roald Dahl · 2007
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Roald Dahl · 2016
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Roald Dahl · 2007
<b>From the author of <i>The BFG </i>and <i>Matilda</i>!</b><br><br>Willy Wonka's famous chocolate factory is opening at last! But only five lucky children will be allowed inside. And the winners are: Augustus Gloop, an enormously fat boy whose hobby is eating; Veruca Salt, a spoiled-rotten brat whose parents are wrapped around her little finger; Violet Beauregarde, a dim-witted gum-chewer with the fastest jaws around; Mike Teavee, a toy pistol-toting gangster-in-training who is obsessed with television; and Charlie Bucket, Our Hero, a boy who is honest and kind, brave and true, and good and ready for the wildest time of his life!
Quidditch Through the Ages: A Harry Potter Hogwarts Library Book
J.K. Rowling, Kennilworthy Whisp · 2016
Charlottes Web
E.B. White · 2016
Ungifted
Gordon Korman · 2014
Wonder
R. J. Palacio · 2012
Neil Flambé and the Marco Polo Murders (The Neil Flambe Capers Book 1)
Kevin Sylvester · 2012
Brown Girl Dreaming (Newbery Honor Book)
Jacqueline Woodson · 2014
Whiskey Words & a Shovel III
r.h. Sin · 2017
Six of Crows (Six of Crows, 1)
Leigh Bardugo · 2018
If We Were Villains: A Novel
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>
Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone
J. K. Rowling · 2002
King of Scars (King of Scars Duology Book 1)
Leigh Bardugo · 2019
<p><b>A LOCUS AWARD FINALIST!</b><br><br><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 what comes next for daring rogue Nikolai in <i>King of Scars</i>, the start of this captivating new duology from #1 bestselling author, Leigh Bardugo. </b><br><br> "[Bardugo] touches on religion, class, family, love — all organically, all effortlessly, all cloaked in the weight of a post-war reckoning with the cost (literal and figurative) of surviving the events that shape both people and nations." —<i>NPR</i><br><br> "The story exists at an intersection of past and future selves, and in the dawning understanding that what you most fear may be what you most need." —<i>Washington Post</i><br><br> Face your demons...or feed them. The dashing young king, Nikolai Lantsov, has always had a gift for the impossible. No one knows what he endured in his country’s bloody civil war—and he intends to keep it that way. Now, as enemies gather at his weakened borders, Nikolai must find a way to refill Ravka’s coffers, forge new alliances, and stop a rising threat to the once-great Grisha Army.<br><br> Yet with every day a dark magic within him grows stronger, threatening to destroy all he has built. With the help of a young monk and a legendary Grisha general, Nikolai will journey to the places in Ravka where the deepest magic survives to vanquish the terrible legacy inside him. He will risk everything to save his country and himself. But some secrets aren’t meant to stay buried—and some wounds aren’t meant to heal.<br><br>Read all the books in the Grishaverse!<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><u>The Six of Crows Duology</u></b><br> <i>Six of Crows</i><br> <i>Crooked Kingdom</i><br><br><b><u>The King of Scars Duology</u></b><br><i>King of Scars<br>Rule of Wolves</i><br><br> <i>The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic</i><br><i>The Severed Moon: A Year-Long Journal of Magic<br>The Lives of Saints<br>Demon in the Wood Graphic Novel</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><br> “This is what fantasy is for.” —<i>The New York Times Book Review</i><br> “A world that feels real enough to have its own passport stamp.” —NPR<br> “The darker it gets for the good guys, the better.” —<i>Entertainment Weekly</i><br> “Sultry, sweeping and picturesque. . . . Impossible to put down.” —<i>USA Today</i><br> “There’s a level of emotional and historical sophistication within Bardugo’s original epic fantasy that sets it apart.” —<i>Vanity Fair</i><br> “Unlike anything I’ve ever read.” —Veronica Roth, bestselling author of <i>Divergent</i><br> “Bardugo crafts a first-rate adventure, a poignant romance, and an intriguing mystery!” —Rick Riordan, bestselling author of the Percy Jackson series</p>
The Odyssey
Homer · 2018
The Iliad
Homer · 2024
Flower Crowns and Fearsome Things
Amanda Lovelace · 2021
the princess saves herself in this one (Women Are Some Kind of Magic)
Amanda Lovelace, ladybookmad · 2017
They Both Die at the End
Adam Silvera · 2017
No Longer Human
Osamu Dazai · 1973
<p> Mine has been a life of much shame. I can't even guess myself what it must be to live the life of a human being. </p><p>Portraying himself as a failure, the protagonist of Osamu Dazai's No Longer Human narrates a seemingly normal life even while he feels himself incapable of understanding human beings. His attempts to reconcile himself to the world around him begin in early childhood, continue through high school, where he becomes a "clown" to mask his alienation, and eventually lead to a failed suicide attempt as an adult. Without sentimentality, he records the casual cruelties of life and its fleeting moments of human connection and tenderness.</p><p>Still one of the ten bestselling books in Japan, No Longer Human is an important and unforgettable modern classic: "The struggle of the individual to fit into a normalizing society remains just as relevant today as it was at the time of writing." (The Japan Times)</p>
Tuesdays with Morrie
Mitch Albom · 2006
Normal People: A Novel
Sally Rooney · 2019
The Bell Jar
Sylvia Plath · 1966
The Secret History
Donna Tartt · 1992
<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 Tempest
William Shakespeare · 2021
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy · 2019
From the revered British illustrator, a modern fable for all ages that explores life’s universal lessons, featuring 100 color and black-and-white drawings. “What do you want to be when you grow up?” asked the mole. “Kind,” said the boy. Charlie Mackesy offers inspiration and hope in uncertain times in this beautiful book based on his famous quartet of characters. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse explores their unlikely friendship and the poignant, universal lessons they learn together. Radiant with Mackesy’s warmth and gentle wit, The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse blends hand-written narrative with dozens of drawings, including some of his best-loved illustrations (including “Help,” which has been shared over one million times) and new, never-before-seen material. A modern classic in the vein of The Tao of Pooh, The Alchemist, and The Giving Tree, this charmingly designed keepsake will be treasured for generations to come.
Cleopatra and Frankenstein
Coco Mellors · 2022
Archived
How to Tie a Scarf: 33 Styles (How To Series)
Potter Gift · 2013
MARTIN'S ANNUAL CRIMINAL CODE.
· 2023
Floriography: An Illustrated Guide to the Victorian Language of Flowers
Jessica Roux · 2020
I Have A Dream
Martin Luther King · 2022
Making Stuff and Doing Things: DIY Guides to Just about Everything (Good Life)
Kyle Bravo · 2017
365 Days of Wonder: Mr. Browne's Precepts
R. J. Palacio · 2016
The Observer's Book of Architecture
John Penoyre · 1958
Alexander the Great
Norman F. Cantor · 2005
The Daring Book for Girls
Andrea J. Buchanan, Miriam Peskowitz · 2009
Wren (World of Art)
Margaret Whinney · 1998
Cosy Crime Short Stories
Jonah Lehrer · 2021
Me To We
Craig Kielburger, Marc Kielburger · 2010
Cut the Crap
Rebecca Dickinson · 2019
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: The Modern Library Collection (Complete and Unabridged) (The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire)
Edward Gibbon · 2013
The Tales of Beedle the Bard
JK Rowling · 2008
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Newt Scamander · 2001
The Horde: How the Mongols Changed the World
Marie Favereau · 2022
Taming the Wild Field: Colonization and Empire on the Russian Steppe
Willard Sunderland · 2016
Empire and Globalisation
Gary B. Magee, Andrew S. Thompson · 20100211
You Can Do Anything: The Surprising Power of a "Useless" Liberal Arts Education
George Anders · 2019
The Pocket Butler
Charles MacPherson · 2015
Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu Shi (Novel) Vol. 2
Mo Xiang Tong Xiu · 2022
To Ride a Silver Broomstick: New Generation Witchcraft
Silver RavenWolf · 2012
The Lessons of History
Will Durant · 1968
Psych 101: Psychology Facts, Basics, Statistics, Tests, and More! (Adams 101)
Paul Kleinman · 2012
To Read
The Story of Owen: Dragon Slayer of Trondheim
E.K. Johnston · 2019
Carry On (Simon Snow Trilogy Book 1)
Rainbow Rowell · 2015
The Color of Water
James McBride · 2014
Le Rouge et le Noir
Stendhal · 2020
Alors que Napoléon, son modèle, est à jamais défait, Julien Sorel est condamné à grandir dans une famille mesquine, à vivre dans une province trop étroite. Soldat privé de bataille, il ne lui reste que le coeur des femmes à faire saigner. Ce sera d'abord Mme de Rênal, jeune femme mélancolique dont il est devenu le précepteur des enfants. Arrivé à Paris, il séduira Mathilde de la Mole, jeune et fougueuse aristocrate, non pour sa fortune mais par défi. Tous se retrouveront dans le claquement des pistolets. Stendhal puise dans un fait divers sanglant la singularité tranchante de son roman. Loin d'une fresque abstraite, Le Rouge et le Noir a tout d'un corps rouge du sang qui s'y écoule, noir de la poudre qui y brûle.
Gods Behaving Badly
Marie Phillips · 2008
Reading Lolita in Tehran
Azar Nafisi · 2003
Persuasion, Jane Austen
Jane Austen · 1997
Three Guineas
Virginia Woolf · 2020
<p>An adrenaline-fuelled race against time for World Book Day, from the Queen of teen thrillers and author of Girl, Missing, million-copy selling Sophie McKenzie. Cousins Ellen and Harlan have been forced to go on a family camping trip – the worst timing ever, because they're in a huge fight.<br> So Ellen is happy when Harlan storms off into the woods, but her peace and quiet quickly turns to panic when he doesn't come back. Facing heart-stopping danger on the clifftops, will Ellen be able to find Harlan before it's too late?<br> <br></p>
My Father's Eyes, My Mother's Rage
Rose Brik · 2023
The Gift of Fear
Gavin de Becker · 2021
The Five People You Meet in Heaven
Mitch Albom · 2003
The Maid: A Novel
Nita Prose · 2022
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK • “A heartwarming mystery with a lovable oddball at its center” (Real Simple), this cozy whodunit introduces a one-of-a-kind heroine who will steal your heart. FINALIST FOR THE EDGAR® AWARD • “The reader comes to understand Molly’s worldview, and to sympathize with her longing to be accepted—a quest that gives The Maid real emotional heft.”—The New York Times Book Review (Editors’ Choice) “Think Clue. Think page-turner.”—Glamour ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Reader’s Digest WINNER: The Anthony Award, The Fingerprint Award, The Barry Award In development as a major motion picture Molly Gray is not like everyone else. She struggles with social skills and misreads the intentions of others. Her gran used to interpret the world for her, codifying it into simple rules that Molly could live by. Since Gran died a few months ago, twenty-five-year-old Molly has been navigating life’s complexities all by herself. No matter—she throws herself with gusto into her work as a hotel maid. Her unique character, along with her obsessive love of cleaning and proper etiquette, make her an ideal fit for the job. She delights in donning her crisp uniform each morning, stocking her cart with miniature soaps and bottles, and returning guest rooms at the Regency Grand Hotel to a state of perfection. But Molly’s orderly life is upended the day she enters the suite of the infamous and wealthy Charles Black, only to find it in a state of disarray and Mr. Black himself dead in his bed. Before she knows what’s happening, Molly’s unusual demeanor has the police targeting her as their lead suspect. She quickly finds herself caught in a web of deception, one she has no idea how to untangle. Fortunately for Molly, friends she never knew she had unite with her in a search for clues to what really happened to Mr. Black—but will they be able to find the real killer before it’s too late? A Clue-like, locked-room mystery and a heartwarming journey of the spirit, The Maid explores what it means to be the same as everyone else and yet entirely different—and reveals that all mysteries can be solved through connection to the human heart. ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post, The Guardian, Glamour, Elle, PopSugar, Newsweek, Mental Floss, She Reads, Kirkus Reviews
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
John Boyne · 2007
Two young boys encounter the best and worst of humanity during the Holocaust in this powerful read that USA Today called "as memorable an introduction to the subject as The Diary of Anne Frank.”<br/><br/>Berlin, 1942: When Bruno returns home from school one day, he discovers that his belongings are being packed in crates. His father has received a promotion and the family must move to a new house far, far away, where there is no one to play with and nothing to do. A tall fence stretches as far as the eye can see and cuts him off from the strange people in the distance.<br/><br/>But Bruno longs to be an explorer and decides that there must be more to this desolate new place than meets the eye. While exploring his new environment, he meets another boy whose life and circumstances are very different from his own, and their meeting results in a friendship that has devastating consequences.
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Washington Irving · 2016
The Merchant of Venice (Folger Shakespeare Library)
William Shakespeare · 2010
Dangerous Liasons
LaKecia Rodriguez · 2017
Sister to the Wolf
Maxine Trottier · 2004
The Hazel Wood: A Novel (The Hazel Wood, 1)
Melissa Albert · 2018
The Book Thief
Markus Zusak · 2007
The Red Tent
Anita Diamant · 2007
Classic Tales of Detection & Adventure
Edgar Allan Poe · 2018
The Babysitters Coven
Kate M. Williams · 2020
Heidi (AmazonClassics Edition)
Johanna Spyri · 2017
Oliver Twist (Penguin Classics)
Charles Dickens · 2003
A gripping portrayal of London's dark criminal underbelly, published in Penguin Classics with an introduction by Philip Horne.<br/>The story of Oliver Twist - orphaned, and set upon by evil and adversity from his first breath - shocked readers when it was published. After running away from the workhouse and pompous beadle Mr Bumble, Oliver finds himself lured into a den of thieves peopled by vivid and memorable characters - the Artful Dodger, vicious burglar Bill Sikes, his dog Bull's Eye, and prostitute Nancy, all watched over by cunning master-thief Fagin. Combining elements of Gothic Romance, the Newgate Novel and popular melodrama, Dickens created an entirely new kind of fiction, scathing in its indictment of a cruel society, and pervaded by an unforgettable sense of threat and mystery.<br/>This Penguin Classics edition of Oliver Twist is the first critical edition to faithfully reproduce the text as its earliest readers would have encountered it from its serialisation in Bentley's Miscellany, and includes an introduction by Philip Horne, a glossary of Victorian thieves' slang, a chronology of Dickens's life, a map of contemporary London and all of George Cruikshank's original illustrations.<br/>For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
The Rose Code: A Novel
Kate Quinn · 2021
The Lantern's Ember
Colleen Houck · 2019
The Inventors at No. 8
A. M. Morgen · 2018
Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen · 2016
Pride and prejudice : a novel, By Jane Austencomplete in ine volume Pride and Prejudice is a novel of manners by Jane Austen, first published in 1813. The story follows the main character, Elizabeth Bennet, as she deals with issues of manners, upbringing, morality, education, and marriage in the society of the landed gentry of the British Regency. Elizabeth is the second of five daughters of a country gentleman, Mr. Bennet, living in Longbourn.Page 2 of a letter from Jane Austen to her sister Cassandra (11 June 1799) in which she first mentions Pride and Prejudice, using its working title First Impressions. (NLA)Set in England in the late 18th century, Pride and Prejudice tells the story of Mr. and Mrs. Bennet''s five unmarried daughters after two gentlemen have moved into their neighbourhood: the rich and eligible Mr. Bingley, and his status-conscious friend, the even more rich and eligible Mr. Darcy. While Bingley takes an immediate liking to the eldest Bennet daughter, Jane, Darcy is disdainful of local society and repeatedly clashes with the Bennets'' lively second daughter, Elizabeth.Pride and Prejudice retains a fascination for modern readers, continuing near the top of lists of "most loved books". It has become one of the most popular novels in English literature, selling over 20 million copies, and receives considerable attention from literary scholars. Likewise, it has paved the way for archetypes that abound in many contemporary literature of our time. Modern interest in the book has resulted in a number of dramatic adaptations and an abundance of novels and stories imitating Austen''s memorable characters or themes.The novel centres on Elizabeth Bennet, the second of the five daughters of a landed country gentleman. Elizabeth''s father, Mr. Bennet, is a bookish man and somewhat neglectful of his responsibilities. In contrast Elizabeth''s mother, Mrs. Bennet, a woman who lacks social graces, is primarily concerned with finding suitable husbands for her five daughters, who will inherit little or nothing from their father due to primogeniture laws. Jane Bennet, the eldest daughter, is distinguished by her kindness and beauty; Elizabeth Bennet shares her father''s keen wit and occasionally sarcastic outlook; Mary is studious, devout and musical albeit lacking in taste; Catherine, sometimes called Kitty, the fourth sister, follows where her younger sister leads while Lydia is flirtatious and lacks maturity.The narrative opens with news in the Bennet family that Mr. Bingley, a wealthy, charismatic and sociable young bachelor, is moving into Netherfield Park in the neighbourhood. Mr. Bingley is soon well received while his friend Mr. Darcy makes a less favourable impression by appearing proud and condescending at a ball that they attend (he detests dancing and is not one for light conversation). Mr. Bingley singles out Jane for particular attention, and it soon becomes apparent that they have formed an attachment to each other. While Jane does not alter her conduct for him, she confesses her great happiness only to Lizzie. By contrast, Darcy slights Elizabeth, who overhears and jokes about it despite feeling a budding resentment.Upon paying a visit to Mr.Bingley''s sister, Caroline, Jane is caught in a heavy downpour, catching cold, and is forced to stay at Netherfield for several days. Elizabeth arrives to nurse her sister and is thrown into frequent company with Mr.Darcy, who begins to act less coldly towards her.Mr.Collins,a clergyman and heir to Longbourn, the Bennet estate, pays a visit to the Bennets.Mr.Bennet and Elizabeth are much amused by his obsequious veneration of his employer,the noble Lady Catherine de Bourgh, as well as by his self-important and pedantic nature.It soon becomes apparent that Mr. Collins proposes marriage to Elizabeth,who refuses him, much to her mother''s distress. Mr. Collins recovers and promptly becomes engaged to Elizabeth''s close friend Charlotte Lucas, a homely woman with few prospects.
Ninth House (Alex Stern, 1)
Leigh Bardugo · 2020
The Secret Agent
Joseph Conrad · 2015
The Paragon Hotel
Lyndsay Faye · 2019
The Gravesavers
Sheree Fitch · 2005
The Second Sex
Simon de Beauvoir · 2009
The Year of Magical Thinking
Joan Didion · 2007
The Power of One: A Novel
Bryce Courtenay · 1996
The Old Rogue of Limehouse
Ann Granger · 2023
Woefield Poultry Collective, The: A Novel
Susan Juby · 2012
The Game Masters of Garden Place
Denis Markell · 2018
Iron Widow
Xiran Jay Zhao · 2021
The Luster of Lost Things
Sophie Chen Keller · 2017
The ABC Murders
Christie Agatha · 1976
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk · 2014
<b>#1 <i>New York Times </i>bestseller<br><br>“Essential reading for anyone interested in understanding and treating traumatic stress and the scope of its impact on society.” —Alexander McFarlane, Director of the Centre for Traumatic Stress Studies<br><br>A pioneering researcher transforms our understanding of trauma and offers a bold new paradigm for healing in this <b><b><b><i>New York Times</i> bestseller</b></b></b></b><br><br>Trauma is a fact of life. Veterans and their families deal with the painful aftermath of combat; one in five Americans has been molested; one in four grew up with alcoholics; one in three couples have engaged in physical violence. Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, one of the world’s foremost experts on trauma, has spent over three decades working with survivors. In <i>The Body Keeps the Score</i>, he uses recent scientific advances to show how trauma literally reshapes both body and brain, compromising sufferers’ capacities for pleasure, engagement, self-control, and trust. He explores innovative treatments—from neurofeedback and meditation to sports, drama, and yoga—that offer new paths to recovery by activating the brain’s natural neuroplasticity. Based on Dr. van der Kolk’s own research and that of other leading specialists, <i>The Body Keeps the Score </i>exposes the tremendous power of our relationships both to hurt and to heal—and offers new hope for reclaiming lives.
The Monogram Murders: A Hercule Poirot Mystery (Hercule Poirot series Book 1)
Sophie Hannah, Agatha Christie · 2014
"Equal parts charming and ingenious, dark and quirky and utterly engaging. Reading The Monogram Murders was like returning to a favorite room of a long-lost home" -Gillian Flynn, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Gone Girl Since the publication of her first novel in 1920, more than two billion copies of Agatha Christie’s books have been sold around the globe. Now, for the first time ever, the guardians of her legacy have approved a brand new novel featuring Dame Agatha’s most beloved creation, Hercule Poirot. ‘I’m a dead woman, or I shall be soon…’ Hercule Poirot's quiet supper in a London coffeehouse is interrupted when a young woman confides to him that she is about to be murdered. She is terrified – but begs Poirot not to find and punish her killer. Once she is dead, she insists, justice will have been done. Later that night, Poirot learns that three guests at a fashionable London Hotel have been murdered, and a cufflink has been placed in each one’s mouth. Could there be a connection with the frightened woman? While Poirot struggles to put together the bizarre pieces of the puzzle, the murderer prepares another hotel bedroom for a fourth victim...
Intermezzo
Sally Rooney · 2024
An exquisitely moving story about grief, love, and family, from the global phenomenon Sally Rooney. Aside from the fact that they are brothers, Peter and Ivan Koubek seem to have little in common. Peter is a Dublin lawyer in his thirties--successful, competent, and apparently unassailable. But in the wake of their father's death, he's medicating himself to sleep and struggling to manage his relationships with two very different women--his enduring first love, Sylvia, and Naomi, a college student for whom life is one long joke. Ivan is a twenty-two-year-old competitive chess player. He has always seen himself as socially awkward, a loner, the antithesis of his glib elder brother. Now, in the early weeks of his bereavement, Ivan meets Margaret, an older woman emerging from her own turbulent past, and their lives become rapidly and intensely intertwined. For two grieving brothers and the people they love, this is a new interlude--a period of desire, despair, and possibility; a chance to find out how much one life might hold inside itself without breaking.
Dead Dead Girls (A Harlem Renaissance Mystery)
Nekesa Afia · 2021
Aurora Rising (The Aurora Cycle)
Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff · 2020
The Clocks: A Hercule Poirot Mystery (Hercule Poirot Mysteries, 34)
Agatha Christie · 2011
There Will Come a Darkness (The Age of Darkness, 1)
Katy Rose Pool · 2019
Becoming
Michelle Obama · 2018
An intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir by the former First Lady of the United States<br/><br/>#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • WATCH THE EMMY-NOMINATED NETFLIX ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY • OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK • NAACP IMAGE AWARD WINNER • ONE OF ESSENCE’S 50 MOST IMPACTFUL BLACK BOOKS OF THE PAST 50 YEARS<br/><br/>In a life filled with meaning and accomplishment, Michelle Obama has emerged as one of the most iconic and compelling women of our era. As First Lady of the United States of America—the first African American to serve in that role—she helped create the most welcoming and inclusive White House in history, while also establishing herself as a powerful advocate for women and girls in the U.S. and around the world, dramatically changing the ways that families pursue healthier and more active lives, and standing with her husband as he led America through some of its most harrowing moments. Along the way, she showed us a few dance moves, crushed Carpool Karaoke, and raised two down-to-earth daughters under an unforgiving media glare.<br/><br/>In her memoir, a work of deep reflection and mesmerizing storytelling, Michelle Obama invites readers into her world, chronicling the experiences that have shaped her—from her childhood on the South Side of Chicago to her years as an executive balancing the demands of motherhood and work, to her time spent at the world’s most famous address. With unerring honesty and lively wit, she describes her triumphs and her disappointments, both public and private, telling her full story as she has lived it—in her own words and on her own terms. Warm, wise, and revelatory, Becoming is the deeply personal reckoning of a woman of soul and substance who has steadily defied expectations—and whose story inspires us to do the same.
Mrs. Dalloway
Virginia Woolf · 1990
Revolution On Canvas: Poetry From The Indie Music Scene
Rich Balling · 2004
Nausea (New Directions Paperbook)
Jean-Paul Sartre · 2013
Sartre's greatest novel ― and existentialism's key text ― now introduced by James Wood.<br/>Nausea is the story of Antoine Roquentin, a French writer who is horrified at his own existence. In impressionistic, diary form he ruthlessly catalogs his every feeling and sensation. His thoughts culminate in a pervasive, overpowering feeling of nausea which “spreads at the bottom of the viscous puddle, at the bottom of our time ― the time of purple suspenders and broken chair seats; it is made of wide, soft instants, spreading at the edge, like an oil stain.”<br/>Winner of the 1964 Nobel Prize in Literature (though he declined to accept it), Jean-Paul Sartre ― philosopher, critic, novelist, and dramatist ― holds a position of singular eminence in the world of French letters. La Nausée, his first and best novel, is a landmark in Existential fiction and a key work of the twentieth century.
Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution
R. F. Kuang · 2022
Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller from the author of The Poppy War “Absolutely phenomenal. One of the most brilliant, razor-sharp books I've had the pleasure of reading that isn't just an alternative fantastical history, but an interrogative one; one that grabs colonial history and the Industrial Revolution, turns it over, and shakes it out.” -- Shannon Chakraborty, bestselling author of The City of Brass From award-winning author R. F. Kuang comes Babel, a thematic response to The Secret History and a tonal retort to Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell that grapples with student revolutions, colonial resistance, and the use of language and translation as the dominating tool of the British empire. Traduttore, traditore: An act of translation is always an act of betrayal. 1828. Robin Swift, orphaned by cholera in Canton, is brought to London by the mysterious Professor Lovell. There, he trains for years in Latin, Ancient Greek, and Chinese, all in preparation for the day he’ll enroll in Oxford University’s prestigious Royal Institute of Translation—also known as Babel. Babel is the world's center for translation and, more importantly, magic. Silver working—the art of manifesting the meaning lost in translation using enchanted silver bars—has made the British unparalleled in power, as its knowledge serves the Empire’s quest for colonization. For Robin, Oxford is a utopia dedicated to the pursuit of knowledge. But knowledge obeys power, and as a Chinese boy raised in Britain, Robin realizes serving Babel means betraying his motherland. As his studies progress, Robin finds himself caught between Babel and the shadowy Hermes Society, an organization dedicated to stopping imperial expansion. When Britain pursues an unjust war with China over silver and opium, Robin must decide… Can powerful institutions be changed from within, or does revolution always require violence?
The Sunshine Girls: A Novel
Molly Fader · 2022
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde · 2021
The Marlow Murder Club
Robert Thorogood · 2022
Dead Water
Ann Cleeves · 2013
Post-traumatic: A Novel
Chantal V. Johnson · 2023
The Book of Longings: A Novel
Sue Monk Kidd · 2021
Masters of Death: A Novel
Olivie Blake · 2023
An instant New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and Indie bestseller<br/><br/>From the New York Times bestselling author of The Atlas Six comes Masters of Death, a story about vampires, ghosts, and death itself.<br/><br/>*Now newly revised and edited with additional content, this hardcover edition includes new interior illustrations from Little Chmura and special illustrated endpapers from artist Polarts.*<br/><br/>There is a game that the immortals play.<br/><br/>There is only one rule: Don’t lose.<br/><br/>Viola Marek is a struggling real estate agent, and a vampire. But her biggest problem currently is that the house she needs to sell is haunted. The ghost haunting the mansion has been murdered, and until he can solve the mystery of how he died, he refuses to move on.<br/><br/>Fox D’Mora is a medium, and though he is also most-definitely a shameless fraud, he isn’t entirely without his uses―seeing as he’s actually the godson of Death.<br/><br/>When Viola seeks out Fox to help her with the ghost infestation, he becomes inextricably involved in a quest that neither he nor Vi expects (or wants). But with the help of an unruly poltergeist, a demonic personal trainer, a sharp-voiced angel, a love-stricken reaper, and a few mindfulness-practicing creatures, Vi and Fox soon discover the difference between a mysterious lost love and an annoying dead body isn’t nearly as distinct as they thought.<br/><br/>Also by Olivie Blake<br/>Alone With You in the Ether<br/>One For My Enemy<br/>The Atlas Six<br/>The Atlas Paradox<br/>The Atlas Complex
Dubliners
James Joyce · 1993
An Absolutely Remarkable Thing
Hank Green · 2018
<b><b>THE INSTANT #1 <i>NEW YORK TIMES </i>BESTSELLER<i><br><br></i>“Sparkling with mystery, humor and the uncanny, this is a fun read. But beneath its effervescent tone, more complex themes are at play.” <b><b><b><b><b><b><b><i>—San Francisco Chronicle</i></b></b></b></b></b></b></b><br><br>In his wildly entertaining debut novel, Hank Green<b>—</b>cocreator of Crash Course, Vlogbrothers, and SciShow<b>—</b>spins a sweeping, cinematic tale about a young woman who becomes an overnight celebrity before realizing she's part of something bigger, and stranger, than anyone could have possibly imagined.<br></b></b><br> The Carls just appeared.<br> <br> Roaming through New York City at three a.m., twenty-three-year-old April May stumbles across a giant sculpture. Delighted by its appearance and craftsmanship—like a ten-foot-tall Transformer wearing a suit of samurai armor—April and her best friend, Andy, make a video with it, which Andy uploads to YouTube. The next day, April wakes up to a viral video and a new life. News quickly spreads that there are Carls in dozens of cities around the world—from Beijing to Buenos Aires—and April, as their first documentarian, finds herself at the center of an intense international media spotlight.<br> <br> Seizing the opportunity to make her mark on the world, April now has to deal with the consequences her new particular brand of fame has on her relationships, her safety, and her own identity. And all eyes are on April to figure out not just what the Carls are, but what they want from us.<br> <br> Compulsively entertaining and powerfully relevant, <i>An Absolutely Remarkable Thing</i> grapples with big themes, including how the social internet is changing fame, rhetoric, and radicalization; how our culture deals with fear and uncertainty; and how vilification and adoration spring for the same dehumanization that follows a life in the public eye. The beginning of an exciting fiction career, <i>An Absolutely Remarkable Thing</i> is a bold and insightful novel of now.
The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human
Siddhartha Mukherjee · 2022
<b><b>Winner of the 2023 PROSE Award for Excellence in Biological and Life Sciences </b></b><b>and the 2023 Chautauqua Prize! </b><br> <br> <b><b>N</b><b>amed a <i>New York Times </i>Notable Book and a Best Book of the Year by <i>The Economist</i>, <i>Oprah Daily, BookPage, Book Riot, </i>the New York Public Library, and more!</b></b><br> <br> <b><b>In <i>The Song of the Cell</i>, the extraordinary author of the Pulitzer Prize–winning <i>The Emperor of All Maladies</i> and the #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestseller <i>The Gene </i>“blends cutting-edge research, impeccable scholarship, intrepid reporting, and gorgeous prose into an encyclopedic study that reads like a literary page-turner” (<i>Oprah Daily</i>).</b></b><br><br>Mukherjee begins this magnificent story in the late 1600s, when a distinguished English polymath, Robert Hooke, and an eccentric Dutch cloth-merchant, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek looked down their handmade microscopes. What they saw introduced a radical concept that swept through biology and medicine, touching virtually every aspect of the two sciences, and altering both forever. It was the fact that complex living organisms are assemblages of tiny, self-contained, self-regulating units. Our organs, our physiology, our selves—hearts, blood, brains—are built from these compartments. Hooke christened them “<i>cells.</i>”<br> <br>The discovery of cells—and the reframing of the human body as a cellular ecosystem—announced the birth of a new kind of medicine based on the therapeutic manipulations of cells. A hip fracture, a cardiac arrest, Alzheimer’s dementia, AIDS, pneumonia, lung cancer, kidney failure, arthritis, COVID pneumonia—all could be reconceived as the results of cells, or systems of cells, functioning abnormally. And all could be perceived as loci of cellular therapies.<br> <br>Filled with writing so vivid, lucid, and suspenseful that complex science becomes thrilling, <i>The Song of the Cell</i> tells the story of how scientists discovered cells, began to understand them, and are now using that knowledge to create new humans. Told in six parts, and laced with Mukherjee’s own experience as a researcher, a doctor, and a prolific reader, <i>The Song of the Cell</i> is both panoramic and intimate—a masterpiece on what it means to be human.<br> <br>“In an account both lyrical and capacious, Mukherjee takes us through an evolution of human understanding: from the seventeenth-century discovery that humans are made up of cells to our cutting-edge technologies for manipulating and deploying cells for therapeutic purposes” (<i>The New Yorker).</i>
