Anne Tyler wrote a novel called The Accidental Tourist about a man who is forced to travel but does not want to have any new experiences... My goal on my trips has been just the opposite: not to...
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Author: Malloy, Edward A.Summary:
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Author: Ah-Sen, Jean MarcSummary:
The secret world of Mauritian street-gangs is not for the faint of heart. Fraught with peril and mischief, its inner workings are a mystery to the daughter of one of its most valued members: Serge...
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Author: Anderson, Kevin J., McFetridge, JohnSummary:
18 exhilarating journeys into Rush-inspired worlds
The music of Rush, one of the most successful bands in history, is filled with fantastic stories, evocative...
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Author: Windsor, Lee, Sarty, Roger, Milner, MarcSummary:
Loyal Gunners uniquely encapsulates the experience of Canadian militia gunners and their units into a single compelling narrative that centres on the artillery units of New Brunswick. The story of...
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Author: LEE, GentrySummary:
Rama II is on its way out of the solar system. Abroad it are three humans, two men and a woman, left behind when the expedition departed. Ahead of them lies the unknown, a voyage no human has ever...
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Author: LEE, GentrySummary:
On its mysterious voyage through interstellar space, a massive, alien starship carries its passengers to the end of a generations-long odyssey. For the great experiment conceived by the Ramans has...
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Author: Lee, John B.Summary:
A long poem dramatizing the clash in visions of the land which occurs when a white settler builds on a sacred Iroquois site.
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Author: Bernstein, HarrySummary:
An invisible wall ran down the center of the street, dividing the Jewish families from the Christians. This is the enchanting true story of a forbidden love affair that would break down those...
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Author: Grant, AndrewSummary:
Set up for a murder by the NYPD, Royal Navy intelligence operative David Trevellyan must act alone to clear his name. With no idea who's a friend and who's a foe, he penetrates deep into a huge...
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The spartans : the world of the warrior-heroes of ancient greece, from utopia to crisis and collapse
Author: Cartledge, PaulSummary:The Spartans of ancient Greece were a powerful and unique people, radically different from any civilization before or since. Paul Cartledge engagingly examines the rise and fall of this singular...
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Author: Lowry, MalcolmSummary:
On a single, fateful day in Quauhnahuac, Mexico, 1938, a former British consul wrestles with his demons as his wife tries to rescue their marriage from his drinking problem.
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Author: Joyce, JamesSummary:
Joyce's experimental masterpiece set a new standard for modernist fiction, pushing the English language past all previous thresholds in its quest to capture a day in the life of an Everyman in...
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Author: LEES, RichardSummary:
An inspiring story of a man who was brought up in Rochdale in the fifties, and who battled with the trauma of losing his sight as a teenager.
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Author: Dumas, AlexandreSummary:
During the reign of France's King Louis XIV, D'Artagnan and three musketeers unite to defend the honor of Anne of Austria against the plots of Cardinal Richeliu.
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Author: Doctorow, Cory, Stross, CharlesSummary:
At the dusk of the twenty-first century, the splintery metaconsciousness of the solar system sometimes spams Earth's networks with plans for disastrously disruptive technologies. It is the job of...