The sound of waves

The love story of Hatsue, a wealthy Japanese maiden trained to dive for precious pearls, and Shinji, a poor young fisherman. Relates the hazards that must be overcome before they marry.

Emma

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9781847494139

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Siddhartha: An Indian tale

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9781420951486

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A farewell to arms

This is the story of an American ambulance driver on the Italian front and his love for a beautiful English nurse. Hemingway's frank portrayal of the love between Lieutenant Henry and Catherine Barkley, caught in the inexorable sweep of war, glows with an intensity unrivaled in modern literature, and includes a devastating description of the German attack on Caporetto--lines of tired men marchi…

A separate peace

Set at a boys' boarding school in New England during the early years of World War II, A Separate Peace is a harrowing and luminous parable of the dark side of adolescence. Gene is a lonely, introverted intellectual. Phineas is a handsome, taunting, daredevil athlete. What happens between the two friends one summer, like the war itself, banishes the innocence of these boys and their world.

Things fall apart

First published in 1959, this novel tells the story of Okonkwo, the leader of an Igbo (Ibo) community who is banished for accidentally killing a clansman. The novel covers the seven years of his exile to his return, providing an inside view of the intrusion of white missionaries and colonial government into tribal Igbo society in the 1890s.

John Tremain

After injuring his hand, a silversmith's apprentice in Boston becomes a messenger for the Sons of Liberty in the days before the American Revolution.

The grapes of wrath

Depicts the hardships and suffering endured by the Joads as they journey from Oklahoma to California during the Depression.

East of eden

This sprawling and often brutal novel, set in the rich farmlands of California's Salinas Valley, follows the intertwined destinies of two families--the Trasks' and the Hamilton's--whose generations helplessly reenact the fall of Adam and Eve and the poisonous rivalry of Cain and Abel. The story of two brothers, Aron is a clean-cut model student, engaged to be married, the pride of his hardworki…

My Antonia

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9780140187649

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F CAT m

Murder on the Orient Express: A Hercule Poirot mystery

Just after midnight, the famous Orient Express is stopped in its tracks by a snowdrift. By morning, the millionaire Samuel Edward Ratchett lies dead in his compartment, stabbed a dozen times, his door locked from the inside. Without a shred of doubt, one of his fellow passengers is the murderer. Isolated by the storm, detective Hercule Poirot must find the killer among a dozen of the dead man's…

The Scarlet letter

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9780553210095

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247 p.

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F HAW s

All quiet on the Western front

This is the testament of Paul Baümer, who enlists with his classmates in the German army of World War I. They become soldiers with youthful enthusiasm. But the world of work, duty, culture, and progress they had been taught breaks into pieces under the first bombardment in the trenches. Through years of vivid horror, Paul holds fast to a single vow: to fight against the principle of hate that…

1984

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9780451524935

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Of mice and men

In depression-era California, two migrant workers dream of better days on a spread of their own until an act of unintentional violence leads to tragic consequences

The pearl

Tells the story of a poor Mexican fisherman whose dreams of wealth are both realized and shattered as the pearl comes to be a symbol of man's destiny.

Beatrice Doesn’t Want To

On the third afternoon of going to the library with her brother Henry, Beatrice finally finds something she enjoys doing

Who's in the Loo?

Who's in the loo? There's a very long queue. Is it an elephant having a poo?' If your house has many occupants, then this witty rhyme from the irreverent and observant pen of Jeanne Willis will resonate profoundly. Adrian Reynolds' exuberant illustrations highlight the fun!

The higher power of Lucky

Fearing that her legal guardian plans to abandon her to return to France, ten-year-old aspiring scientist Lucky Trimble determines to run away while also continuing to seek the Higher Power that will bring stability to her life.

Saving the world and other extreme sports

The time has arrived for Max and her winged flock to face their ultimate enemy and discover their original purpose: to defeat the takeover of Re-evolution - a sinister experiment to re-engineer a select population into a scientifically sup

Watch the skies

When the small community of Holliswood is thrown into chaos by the arrival of a terrifying outlaw who deliberately instigates problems for the purpose of filming his crimes for television, modern superhero Daniel X assembles an all-star team to help protect fellow citizens.

Nevermore

Max, Fang, and Dylan prepare for the ultimate confrontation as a mysterious group threatens to reduce the world's population by ninety-nine percent by killing all those who are not enhanced.

Demons and druids

As Daniel X continues to hunt for intergalactic aliens, he and his friends go to England searching for Beta, an outlaw who takes the form of fire and who killed Daniel's parents when he was two years old.

Fight club

The first rule about fight club is you don't talk about fight club. Chuck Palahniuk's outrageous and startling debut novel that exploded American literature and spawned a movement. Every weekend, in the basements and parking lots of bars across the country, young men with white-collar jobs and failed lives take off their shoes and shirts and fight each other barehanded just as long as they have…

The wicked will rise

To make Oz a free land again, Amy Gumm was given a mission: remove the Tin Woodman's heart, steal the Scarecrow's brain, take the Lion's courage, and then Dorothy must die ... But Dorothy still lives. Now the Revolutionary Order of the Wicked has vanished, and mysterious Princess Ozma might be Amy's only ally. As Amy learns the truth about her mission, she realizes that she's only just scratche…

From Willa, with love: From the life of Willa Havisham

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978-0-545-39510-6

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202 p. ; ill.

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Project Mulberry

While working on a project for an after-school club, Julia, a Korean American girl, and her friend Patrick learn not just about silkworms, but also about tolerance, prejudice, friendship, patience, and more. Between the chapters are short dialogues between the author and main character about the writing of the book.

Eragon

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0-552-55209-7

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Inheritance

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Inheritance or The vault of souls

The young Dragon Rider Eragon must finally confront the evil king Galbatorix to free Alagaesia from his rule once and for all.

Brisingr or The seven promises of Eragon Shadeslayer and Saphira Bjartskular

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978-0-375-82672-6

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763p.;

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Inheritance

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