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"A special 25th anniversary edition of Paulo Coehlo's extraordinary international bestselling phenomenon--the inspiring spiritual tale of self-discovery that has touched millions of lives around the world. Combining magic, mysticism, wisdom and wonder, The Alchemist has become a modern classic, selling millions of copies around the world and transforming the lives of countless readers across generations. Paulo Coelho's masterpiece tells the mystical...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.2 - AR Pts: 35
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English
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The story of Pip, a poor village lad, and his expectations of wealth is Dickens at his most deliciously readable. The cast of characters includes kindly Joe Gargery, the loyal convict Abel Magwitch and the haunting Miss Havisham.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 49
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English
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A young boy in New York City, Theo Decker, miraculously survives an accident that takes the life of his mother. Alone and abandoned by his father, Theo is taken in by a friend's family and struggles to make sense of his new life. In the years that follow, he becomes entranced by one of the few things that reminds him of his mother: a small, mysteriously captivating painting that ultimately draws Theo into the art underworld.
4) Stardust
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English
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In the sleepy English countryside, at the dawn of the Victorian era, the pursuit of a fallen star sends a lovelorn young man over the city wall and into another reality.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 20
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English
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Ignatius J. Reilly of New Orleans, --selfish, domineering, deluded, tragic and larger than life-- is a noble crusader against a world of dunces. He is a modern-day Quixote beset by giants of the modern age. In magnificent revolt against the twentieth century, Ignatius propels his monstrous bulk among the flesh posts of the fallen city, documenting life on his Big Chief tablets as he goes, until his maroon-haired mother decrees that Ignatius must work....
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You know the future that people in the 1950s imagined we’d have? Well, it happened. In Tom Barren’s 2016, humanity thrives in a techno-utopian paradise of flying cars, moving sidewalks, and moon bases, where avocados never go bad and punk rock never existed...because it wasn’t necessary. Except Tom just can’t seem to find his place in this dazzling, idealistic world, and that’s before his life gets turned upside down. Utterly blindsided...
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The rise of a terrorist organization, led by a waiter who enjoys spitting in people's soup. He starts a fighting club, where men bash each other, and the club quickly gains in popularity. It becomes the springboard for a movement devoted to destruction for destruction's sake.
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New World Library
Pub. Date
[2014]
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xxiii, 199 pages ; 21 cm.
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English
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"Insight on the process of growing up and living well, in the form of brief letters from the author to his son. Topics include education, sports, wealth, and work; sex, marriage, fatherhood, and infidelity; wanderlust, war, and death; and aging, suffering, and spirituality"--
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Vintage International
Pub. Date
1994
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289 p. ; 21 cm.
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English
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Jewish-American author Philip Roth's 1969 comic novel about a successful New York lawyer named Alexander Portnoy who is plagued by guilt stemming from an obsession with sex and a domineering mother.
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David Copperfield is considered to be Charles Dickens's most autobiographical novel. He said of it: "Like many fond parents, I have in my heart of hearts a favourite child. And his name is David Copperfield." It is a Bildungsroman, a tale which follows the development into maturity of its narrator, David Copperfield. The Russian greats Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky both greatly admired the novel, as did Kafka, Joyce and James. Freud called it
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Permuted Press
Pub. Date
c2012
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352 p. ; 23 cm.
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English
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Padlocked doors. Strange light fixtures. Mutant cockroaches. There are some odd things about Nate's new apartment. Of course, he has other things on his mind. He hates his job. He has no money in the bank. No girlfriend. No plans for the future. So while his new home isn't perfect, it's livable. The rent is low, the property managers are friendly, and the odd little mysteries don't nag at him too much. At least, not until he meets Mandy, his neighbor...
12) Stardust
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Colección brainstorming volume 7
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Español
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On seeing a falling star, a girl promises a boy his heart's desire if he will get it for her. As it happens the boy is a member of a magic people so finding it presents no problem, until he runs into evil witches who are also after the star. A fairy love story.
13) The moviegoer
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English
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Intelligent and successful young New Orleans businessman goes to the movies avidly, fiercely - even to silly movies. A critique of our social values.
14) Amnesia moon
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Harcourt Brace
Pub. Date
c1995
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247 p. ; 22 cm.
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English
15) Sons and lovers
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English
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This semi-autobiographical novel explores the emotional conflicts through the protagonist, Paul Morel, and the suffocating relationships with a demanding mother and two very different lovers. It is a pre-Freudian exploration of love and possessiveness.
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Rat volume s. 1 & 2
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Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2015.
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xvii, 233 pages ; 22 cm.
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English
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In Hear the Wind Sing, the protagonist is home on his summer break from university, spending his days drinking beer and smoking with the Rat at their local hangout, J’s bar. He reminisces about the three women he’s slept with thus far in his life and embarks on an ill-fated affair with a fourth.
In Pinball, 1973, the protagonist has established a translation company with a friend, and is having an affair with a set of twins who have moved themselves...
18) Adjustment day
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English
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People pass the word only to those they trust most: Adjustment Day is coming. They've been reading a mysterious book and memorizing its directives. They are ready for the reckoning. Smug, geriatric politicians bring the nation to the brink of a third world war in an effort to control the burgeoning population of young males; working-class men dream of burying the elites; and professors propound theories that offer students only the bleakest of future....
19) Moth smoke
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English
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Tells the story of one love-struck Daru Shezad, who when fired from his banking job, instantly removes himself from the ranks of Pakistan's cell-phone-toting elite and plunges into a life of drugs and crime. But when a heist goes awry, Daru finds himself on trial for a murder he may not have committed. His uncertain fate mirrors that of Pakistan itself, animated by nuclear weapons and sapped by corruption.
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Context Books
Pub. Date
c2001
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230 p. ; 22 cm.
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English
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Mallory Hastings awakens in a New York hospital after a minor car accident, having no memory of who she is or where she came from, and as she tries to uncover the secrets of her past, she finds herself wishing she could leave her former life behind a start anew.
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