General Simon Bolivar, “the Liberator” of five South American countries, takes a last melancholy journey down the Magdalena River, revisiting cities along its shores, and reliving the triumphs, passio
Hailed for its coiled eroticism and the moral claims it makes upon the reader, this mesmerizing novel is a story of love and secrets, horror and compassion, unfolding against the haunted landscape of
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”C” follows the short, intense life of Serge Carrefax, a man who - as his name suggests - surges into the electric modernity of the early twentieth century, transfixed by the technologies that will
Lisbeth Salander—the heart of Larsson’s two previous novels—is under close supervision in the intensive care unit of a Swedish city hospital. She’s fighting for her life in more ways than one: when sh
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Set in Denmark in the here and now, The Quiet Girl centres around Kaspar Krone, a world-renowned circus clown with a deep love for the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, and an even deeper gambling debt.
A beautiful, wrenching debut chronicling the life of a family struggling for survival during the Armenian genocide in Turkey, in 1915.After forty years in Venice, Yerwant is planning a long-awaited re
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Is it possible to fill up on chocolate croissants, butter and cheese and remain thin? According to Guiliano, who battled with her own weight after consuming such treats, it isn't, and anyone hoping to
The questions, discussion topics, and author biography that follow are intended to enhance your group's reading of Philip Roth's American Pastoral . We hope they will open up new approaches to this ex
Starting with the works of Simone de Beauvoir, Doris Lessing and Betty Friedan, this anthology charts the development of the women's movement since World War II. An introduction to each selection is i
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Beneath Kollen Mountain lies a small village where the children run in and out of one another's houses and play unafraid in the streets. When this tranquil scene is disturbed by the discovery of a nak
