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“Available recommendation signals cluster around Human, Rights, Fiction, Historical, Coming lists, suggesting this book may fit readers looking for imaginative storytelling, atmosphere, or character-driven reflection. Treat this as discovery context, not a quality guarantee.”

Grownup 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 w...

Pride and Prejudice is an 1813 romantic novel of manners written by Jane Austen. The novel follows the character development of Elizabeth Bennet, the dynamic protagonist of the book, who learns about the repercussions of hasty judgments and eventually comes to appreciate the difference between superficial goodness and actual goodness. A classic pie...

“Available recommendation signals cluster around Historical, Fiction, Mystery, CrimeThriller, SuspenseHistorical lists, suggesting this book may fit readers looking for imaginative storytelling, atmosphere, or character-driven reflection. Treat this as discovery context, not a quality guarantee.”

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. Alice Walker's iconic modern classic is now a Penguin Book.A powerful cultural touchstone of modern American literature, The Color Purple depicts the lives of African American women in early twentiethcentury rural Georgia. Separated as girls, sisters Celie and Nettie sustain their loyalty t...

Marriage can be a real killer.One of the most critically acclaimed suspense writers of our time, New York Times bestseller Gillian Flynn takes that statement to its darkest place in this unputdownable masterpiece about a marriage gone terribly, terribly wrong. The Chicago Tribune proclaimed that her work draws you in and keeps you reading with the ...

An astonishing technique for recovering and cloning dinosaur DNA has been discovered. Now humankind?s most thrilling fantasies have come true. Creatures extinct for eons roam Jurassic Park with their awesome presence and profound mystery, and all the world can visit them?for a price. Until something goes wrong. . . . In Jurassic Park, Michael Crich...

“Available recommendation signals cluster around Fiction, To, Read, While, High lists, suggesting this book may fit readers looking for imaginative storytelling, atmosphere, or character-driven reflection. Treat this as discovery context, not a quality guarantee.”

The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a story about what its like to travel that strange course through the uncharted territory of high school. The world of first dates, family dramas, and new friends. Of sex, drugs, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Of those wild and poignant rollercoaster days known as growing up. The Perks of Being a Wallflower i...

What happens when the most beautiful girl in the world marries the handsomest prince of all time and he turns out to be...well...a lot less than the man of her dreamsAs a boy, William Goldman claims, he loved to hear his father read the S. Morgenstern classic, The Princess Bride. But as a grownup he discovered that the boring parts were left out ...

Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.

Patrick Bateman is twentysix and he works on Wall Street, he is handsome, sophisticated, charming and intelligent. He is also a psychopath. Taking us to headon collision with America's greatest dream?and its worst nightmare?American Psycho is bleak, bitter, black comedy about a world we all recognise but do not wish to confront....

Scarlett O'Hara, the beautiful, spoiled daughter of a welltodo Georgia plantation owner, must use every means at her disposal to claw her way out of the poverty she finds herself in after Sherman's March to the Sea....

Part of the Penguin Orange Collection, a limitedrun series of twelve influential and beloved American classics in a bold series design offering a modern take on the iconic Penguin paperback For the seventieth anniversary of Penguin Classics, the Penguin Orange Collection celebrates the heritage of Penguin_x0092_s iconic book design with twelve influenti...

Jack Torrance's new job at the Overlook Hotel is the perfect chance for a fresh start. As the offseason caretaker at the atmospheric old hotel, he'll have plenty of time to spend reconnecting with his family and working on his writing. But as the harsh winter weather sets in, the idyllic location feels ever more remote...and more sinister. And the...

Two sisters of opposing temperament but who share the pangs of tragic love provide the subjects for Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility.Part of the Macmillan Collectors Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. G...

Since his debut in 1955, Tom Ripley has evolved into the ultimate bad boy sociopath, influencing countless novelists and filmmakers. In this first novel, we are introduced to suave, handsome Tom Ripley: a young striver, newly arrived in the heady world of Manhattan in the 1950s. A product of a broken home, branded a "sissy" by his dismissive Aunt D...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER“The Social Network, the much anticipated movie…adapted from Ben Mezrich’s book The Accidental Billionaires.” —The New York TimesBest friends Eduardo Saverin and Mark Zuckerberg had spent many lonely nights looking for a way to stand out among Harvard University’s elite, comptetitive, and accomplished student body. Then, in 2003...

In the shadow of Auschwitz, a flamboyant German industrialist grew into a living legend to the Jews of Cracow. He was a womaniser, a heavy drinker and a bon viveur, but to them he became a saviour. This is the extraordinary story of Oskar Schindler, who risked his life to protect Jews in Nazioccupied Poland and who was transformed by the war into ...

Ann Patchett recommended this book on the Parnassus Books website.

A suburban New Jersey high school teacher confronts a studentbody election gone haywire in this darkly comic novel by the author of The Wishbones. Scheduled for release as a feature film in 1998, starring Matthew Broderick.Who really cares who gets elected President of Winwood High School Nobody except Tracy Flick. Tracy's one of those student...

Mia Thermopolis is pretty sure there's nothing worse than being a five-foot-nine, flat-chested freshman, who also happens to be flunking Algebra.Is she ever in for a surprise.First mom announces that she's dating Mia's Algebra teacher. Then Dad has to go and reveal that he is the crown prince of Genovia. And guess who still doesn't have a date for ...

Librarian note: This is a later printing of ISBN 0307275434 with a slightly different cover than the one used on the first printing. As Goodreads does not allow for more that one record per ISBN a record for the first printing was added without the ISBN.Told with P. D. James_x0092_s trademark suspense, insightful characterization, and riveting storyte...

The Orchid Thief is Susan Orlean_x0092_s tale of an amazing obsession. Determined to clone an endangered flower_x0097_the rare ghost orchid Polyrrhiza lindenii_x0097_a deeply eccentric and oddly attractive man named John Laroche leads Orlean on an unforgettable tour of America_x0092_s strange flowerselling subculture, through Florida_x0092_s swamps and beyond, along with the S...

Hannibal Lecter. The ultimate villain of modern fiction. Read the fivemillioncopy bestseller that scared the world silent. The Silence of the Lambs. A young FBI trainee. An evil genius locked away for unspeakable crimes. A plunge into the darkest chambers of a psychopath's mindin the deadly search for a serial killer. back cover...

To fiveyearoldJack, Room is the world....Told in the inventive, funny, and poignant voice of Jack, Room is a celebration of resilience_x0097_and a powerful story of a mother and son whose love lets them survive the impossible.To fiveyearold Jack, Room is the entire world. It is where he was born and grew up; it's where he lives with his Ma as they l...

Lara Jean keeps her love letters in a hatbox her mother gave her.They aren_x0092_t love letters that anyone else wrote for her; these are ones she_x0092_s written. One for every boy she_x0092_s ever loved_x0097_five in all. When she writes, she can pour out her heart and soul and say all the things she would never say in real life, because her letters are for her eyes onl...