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Type: fiction

Status: I recommend

Author: Agatha Christie

Tags: women mystery poirot cozy

Description: enjoyable little cozy by the master mystery writer herself, agatha christie.

2006-07-31

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Type: fiction

Status: I recommend

Author: Willa Cather

Tags: american 20thcentury

Description: "Combining profound introspection with a delightful grasp of the social and domestic rituals"Combining profound introspection with a delightful grasp of the social and domestic rituals of a Midwestern university town, The Professor's House is a brilliant study in emotional dislocation and renewal." -book jacket...

2006-07-02

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Type: fiction

Status: I recommend

Author: Willa Cather

Tags: women american 20thcentury

Description: antonia shimerda remains a first rate american heroine. cather's story creates a beautifulantonia shimerda remains a first rate american heroine. cather's story creates a beautiful and powerful testiment to the spirit of american immigrants in the nebraska fields. ...

2006-07-02

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Type: fiction

Status: I recommend

Author: Raymond Carver

Tags: stories american 20thcentury

Description: raymond carver is a master storyteller. he evokes john cleever, dorothy parker, and flanneryraymond carver is a master storyteller. he evokes john cleever, dorothy parker, and flannery o'connor but he manages to keep his original voice clear. this collection of stories includes some of his more famous ones....

2006-07-02

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Type: fiction

Status: I recommend

Author: Lewis Carroll

Tags: fantasy english victorian

Description: victorian classic novel of imagination, adventure, and danger. there's always more to carroll'svictorian classic novel of imagination, adventure, and danger. there's always more to carroll's works than people give him credit for. the penguin volume includes both of alice's tales in wonderland and manyof the original illustrations....

2006-07-02

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Type: fiction

Status: I recommend

Author: Anthony Burgess

Tags: classic english

Description: "A Clockwork Orange is a frightening fable of good and evil, and the meaning of human"A Clockwork Orange is a frightening fable of good and evil, and the meaning of human freedom." -book jacket...

2006-07-02

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Type: fiction

Status: I recommend

Author: Emily Bronte

Tags: women english gothic 19thcentury

Description: wuthering heights was emily bronte's only novel in her brief lifetime, but the characterswuthering heights was emily bronte's only novel in her brief lifetime, but the characters she created remain as potent today as they were in her imagination. the undying love between heathcliff and catherine is a testiment to other-worldly passion....

2006-07-01

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Type: fiction

Status: I recommend

Author: Anne Bronte

Tags: women english 19thcentury

Description: i remain particularly fond of anne bronte's second and final novel. helen graham is ani remain particularly fond of anne bronte's second and final novel. helen graham is an assertive, creative, and passionate heroine. and her love of a less than perfect man only makes her more human....

2006-07-01

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Status: I recommend

Author: Ray Bradbury

Tags: scifi dyspotia

Description: in this society firemen create fires rather than extinguish them. books and original thoughtin this society firemen create fires rather than extinguish them. books and original thought are the enemies....

2006-07-01

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Type: fiction

Status: I recommend

Author: James Baldwin

Tags: american african-american

Description: baldwin's brilliant collection of short stories including sonny's blues, the rockpile,baldwin's brilliant collection of short stories including sonny's blues, the rockpile, and going to meet the man....

2006-06-30