Wuthering heights

Forced by a storm to spend the night at the home of the somber Heathcliff, Mr. Lockwood uncovers a tale of terror and hatred on the Yorkshire moors

Pride and prejudice

When Elizabeth Bennet first meets eligible bachelor Fitzwilliam Darcy, she thinks him arrogant and conceited; he is indifferent to her good looks and lively mind. When she later discovers that Darcy has involved himself in the troubled relationship between his friend Bingley and her beloved sister Jane, she is determined to dislike him more than ever. In the sparkling comedy of manners that fol…

The art of picking up girls (and other dangerous things)

Graham Fox is reeling after breakings up with his girlfriend and moving to a new city, and school, in his senior year, but he soon finds himself playing wingman to Ethan Frost, who seems to have the art of meeting girls down to a science.

The fall of butterflies

Willa Parker, 646th and least popular resident of What Cheer, Iowa, is headed east to start a new life. Did she choose this new life? No, because that would be too easy -- and nothing in Willa's life is easy. It's her famous genius mother's idea to send her to ultra-expensive, ultra-exclusive Pembroke Prep, and it's only the strength of her name that got Willa accepted in the first place. But W…

I remember you

Juliet and Lucas are falling in love, but when Lucas "remembers" things about Juliet he could not possibly know, Juliet begins to wonder if something is wrong.

Mr. Darcy goes overboard: A tale of tide & prejudice

Mr. Darcy Goes Overboard replaces ballgowns with bikinis, country mansions with luxury yachts and the militia with a fiercely competetive squad of local lifeguards ... The Bennet family is enjoying their seaside home in Salcombe when Mrs. Bennet hears that the nearby magnificent villa Netherpollock has been taken by a young man of great fortune. She is determined that one of her daughters will …

Chinese Cinderella: The true story of an unwanted daughter

The daughter of a wealthy Hong Kong businessman describes her very difficult childhood and the psychological abuse she suffered at the hands of her stepmother.

The best and breakfast star

After Elsa's stepfather loses his job the family has to move into a room in a run down bed and breakfast hotel where Elsa tries to wisecrack her way through the problems.

Girls under pressure

Ellie, Magda and Nadine all try to change their looks, with drastic consequences.

Dream of Ding village

A previously banned work based on a true scandal finds an impoverished village targeted by a blood-selling operation that leads to a catastrophic outbreak of AIDS and decimates an entire community.

Throwaway daughter

Grace was adopted by Canadian parents after being abandoned as a baby in China - Years later, as teenager, she realises that she needs to find out about her birth parents in China for her own peace of mind.

The Age of Innocence

Countess Olenska, having suffered the collapse of her marriage in Europe, arrives in New York. Newland Archer anticipates marriage to May Welland, the countess's cousin, but eventually falls in love with the countess. He discovers the real anguish of loving outside of society's rules.

Noddle pie

When Andy's father, a former refugee, returns to Hanoi for the first time in over twenty years, Andy goes with him. But only to discover that Vietnam is a shock.

Cry freedom

They said Steve Biko was a man of violence; then why did he talk of peace? They said he wanted revolution; so why did he talk of friendship? They said he died of hunger; why was his body broken and bruised? This is the story of a man's fight with the government of South Africa. It is the story of all people who prefer truth to lies. It is the story of all people who cry 'Freedom', and who are n…

A Javanese boyhood: An ethnographic biography

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9971-4-0421-4

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The god of small things

In 1969 in Kerala, India, Rahel and her twin brother, Estha, struggle to forge a childhood for themselves amid the destruction of their family life, as they discover that the entire world can be transformed in a single moment.

Allegiant

The faction-based society that Tris Prior once believed in is shattered -- fractured by violence and power struggles and scarred by loss and betrayal. So when offered a chance to explore the world past the limits she's known, Tris is ready. But will she be prepared to face impossible choices about courage, allegiance, sacrifice and love? by Veronica Roth.

Insurgent

Sequel to: Divergent.rnSummary: War looms in sixteen-year-old Tris's dark dystopian world as disputes between the factions grow. Tris must now fight against all odds to discover the truth that can save her and the people she loves. Sides must be chosen, secrets will emerge - and the choices she makes will have devastating and unexpected consequences by Veronica Roth.

Zeitoun

In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, longtime New Orleans residents Abdulrahman and Kathy Zeitoun are cast into an unthinkable struggle with forces beyond wind and water. In the days after the storm, Abdulrahman traveled the flooded streets in a secondhand canoe, passing on supplies and helping those he could. A week later, on September 6, 2005, Zeitoun abruptly disappeared--arrested and accused o…

Revenge of the cheerleaders

High school cheerleader Chelsea seeks revenge against her younger sister's rock-and-roller boyfriend after he embarrasses her once too often, but when she falls for his older brother, things become really complicated.

Siddhartha: An Indian tale

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9781420951486

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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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My awesome Japan adventure: A diary about the best 4 months ever!

Ever heard of micro sushi? Have you played karuta before? Neither did I, until I spent four months in Japan living with a Japanese family." Dan, the narrator of My Awesome Japan Adventure, is a typical American fifth grader, who spends four months with a Japanese family as an exchange student. Although he initially finds it difficult to adjust, Dan is soon having fun wherever he goes--and recor…

Beloved

Set after the American Civil War (1861-1865), the novel is inspired by the story of an African American slave, Margaret Garner, who escaped slavery in Kentucky late January 1856 by fleeing to Ohio, a free state. In the novel, the protagonist Sethe is also a slave who escapes slavery, running to Cincinnati, Ohio. After twenty-eight days of freedom, a posse arrives to retrieve her and her childre…

Natural flights of the human mind

In a disused lighthouse on the Devon coast lives Peter Straker, a recluse who, in his dreams, is visited by some of the seventy-eight people he believes he killed twenty-four years ago. But Straker's solitude is about to be invaded. Imogen Doody, a school caretaker with a painful history that has left her prickly and unapproachable, inherits a run-down cottage in the nearby village. And she nee…

One hundred years of solitude

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9780141032436

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Javanese gentry: A novel

Umar Kayam ; translated by Vladislav Zhukov.

Think smart, Hazel Green!

When Hazel Green's favourite baker, Mr Volio, is told that he has to leave his shop, it looks as if nothing can save him- until Hazel gets on the case. Suggested level: primary, intermediate.

Where there's a wolf, there's a way

Clawdeen Wolf, Frankie Stein, and Melody Carver struggle to deal with the fallout when "The Ghoul Next Door" video goes viral, all while trying to deal with the complexities of high school parties and dating.

Parvana

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978-1-86508-694-1

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