author: Caroline Graham
name: TSCrowley
average rating: 3.86
book published: 1999
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Smaug certainly looked fast asleep, when Bilbo peeped once more from the entrance. He was just about to step out on to the floor when he caught a sudden thin ray of red from under the drooping lid of Smaug's left eye. He was only pretending to be asleep! He was watching the tunnel entrance...
Whisked away from his comfortable, unambitious life in his hobbit-hole in Bag End by Gandalf the wizard and a company of dwarves, Bilbo Baggins finds himself caught up in a plot to raid the treasure hoard of Smaug the Magnificent, a large and very dangerous dragon...]]>
author: J.R.R. Tolkien
name: TSCrowley
average rating: 4.38
book published: 1937
rating: 0
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author: Janina Scarlet
name: TSCrowley
average rating: 3.91
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Lucy Houston and Mickey Chandler probably shouldn鈥檛 have fallen in love, let alone gotten married. They鈥檙e both plagued with faulty genes鈥攈e has bipolar disorder, and she has a ravaging family history of breast cancer. But when their paths cross on the night of Lucy鈥檚 twenty-first birthday, sparks fly, and there鈥檚 no denying their chemistry.聽
Cautious every step of the way, they are determined to make their relationship work鈥攁nd they put it all in writing.聽 Mickey promises to take his medication. Lucy promises not to blame him for what is beyond his control. He promises honesty. She promises patience. Like any marriage, they have good days and bad days鈥攁nd some very bad days. In dealing with their unique challenges, they make the heartbreaking decision not to have children. But when Lucy shows up for a routine physical just shy of their eleventh anniversary, she gets an impossible surprise that changes everything. Everything. Suddenly, all their rules are thrown out the window, and the two of them must redefine what love really is.
An unvarnished portrait of a marriage that is both ordinary and extraordinary,聽Dancing on Broken Glass聽takes readers on an unforgettable journey of the heart.]]>
author: Ka Hancock
name: TSCrowley
average rating: 4.22
book published: 2012
rating: 0
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As war erupts among the stars, Kira is launched into a galaxy-spanning odyssey of discovery and transformation. First contact isn't at all what she imagined, and events push her to the very limits of what it means to be human.
While Kira faces her own horrors, Earth and its colonies stand upon the brink of annihilation. Now, Kira might be humanity's greatest and final hope...]]>
author: Christopher Paolini
name: TSCrowley
average rating: 3.77
book published: 2020
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The bestselling political thriller that introduced the scheming Francis Urguhart - the most memorable politician of the last decade.
Francis Urquhart is Chief Whip. He has his hands on every secret in politics - and is willing to betray them all to become Prime Minister.
Mattie Storin is a tenacious young political correspondent. She faces the biggest challenge of her life when she stumbles upon a scandalous web of intrigue and financial corruption at the very highest levels. She is determined to reveal the truth, but she must risk everything to do so . . .]]>
author: Michael Dobbs
name: TSCrowley
average rating: 3.95
book published: 1989
rating: 0
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One of the passengers is none other than detective Hercule Poirot. On vacation.
Isolated and with a killer on board, Poirot must identify the murderer鈥攊n case he or she decides to strike again.]]>
author: Agatha Christie
name: TSCrowley
average rating: 4.22
book published: 1934
rating: 0
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A devastating new weapon of destruction.
When world-renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned to a Swiss research facility to analyze a mysterious symbol -- seared into the chest of a murdered physicist -- he discovers evidence of the unimaginable: the resurgence of an ancient secret brotherhood known as the Illuminati...the most powerful underground organization ever to walk the earth. The Illuminati has now surfaced to carry out the final phase of its legendary vendetta against its most hated enemy -- the Catholic Church.
Langdon's worst fears are confirmed on the eve of the Vatican's holy conclave, when a messenger of the Illuminati announces they have hidden an unstoppable time bomb at the very heart of Vatican City. With the countdown under way, Langdon jets to Rome to join forces with Vittoria Vetra, a beautiful and mysterious Italian scientist, to assist the Vatican in a desperate bid for survival.
Embarking on a frantic hunt through sealed crypts, dangerous catacombs, deserted cathedrals, and even the most secretive vault on earth, Langdon and Vetra follow a 400-year-old trail of ancient symbols that snakes across Rome toward the long-forgotten Illuminati lair...a clandestine location that contains the only hope for Vatican salvation.
An explosive international thriller, Angels & Demons careens from enlightening epiphanies to dark truths as the battle between science and religion turns to war.]]>
author: Dan Brown
name: TSCrowley
average rating: 3.95
book published: 2000
rating: 0
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author: Caroline Graham
name: TSCrowley
average rating: 3.91
book published: 1987
rating: 0
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He is a haunting figure, a loner on a spellbinding journey into good and evil. In his desolate world, which frighteningly mirrors our own, Roland pursues The Man in Black, encounters an alluring woman named Alice, and begins a friendship with the Kid from Earth called Jake. Both grippingly realistic and eerily dreamlike, The Gunslinger leaves readers eagerly awaiting the next chapter.]]>
author: Stephen King
name: TSCrowley
average rating: 3.95
book published: 1982
rating: 0
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"Ten little boys went out to dine; One choked his little self and then there were nine. Nine little boys sat up very late; One overslept himself and then there were eight. Eight little boys traveling in Devon; One said he'd stay there then there were seven. Seven little boys chopping up sticks; One chopped himself in half and then there were six. Six little boys playing with a hive; A bumblebee stung one and then there were five. Five little boys going in for law; One got in Chancery and then there were four. Four little boys going out to sea; A red herring swallowed one and then there were three. Three little boys walking in the zoo; A big bear hugged one and then there were two. Two little boys sitting in the sun; One got frizzled up and then there was one. One little boy left all alone; He went out and hanged himself and then there were none."
When they realize that murders are occurring as described in the rhyme, terror mounts. One by one they fall prey. Before the weekend is out, there will be none. Who has choreographed this dastardly scheme? And who will be left to tell the tale? Only the dead are above suspicion.]]>
author: Agatha Christie
name: TSCrowley
average rating: 4.28
book published: 1939
rating: 0
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Now, he鈥檚 sure he鈥檒l be the first person to die there.
After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that he鈥檚 alive鈥攁nd even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone long before a rescue could arrive.
Chances are, though, he won鈥檛 have time to starve to death. The damaged machinery, unforgiving environment, or plain-old 鈥渉uman error鈥� are much more likely to kill him first.
But Mark isn鈥檛 ready to give up yet. Drawing on his ingenuity, his engineering skills 鈥� and a relentless, dogged refusal to quit 鈥� he steadfastly confronts one seemingly insurmountable obstacle after the next. Will his resourcefulness be enough to overcome the impossible odds against him?
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author: Andy Weir
name: TSCrowley
average rating: 4.41
book published: 2011
rating: 0
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date added: 2024/11/15
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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Giver of Stars, discover the love story that captured over 20 million hearts in Me Before You, After You, and Still Me.
They had nothing in common until love gave them everything to lose . . .
Louisa Clark is an ordinary girl living an exceedingly ordinary life鈥攕teady boyfriend, close family鈥攚ho has barely been farther afield than their tiny village. She takes a badly needed job working for ex鈥揗aster of the Universe Will Traynor, who is wheelchair bound after an accident. Will has always lived a huge life鈥攂ig deals, extreme sports, worldwide travel鈥攁nd now he鈥檚 pretty sure he cannot live the way he is.
Will is acerbic, moody, bossy鈥攂ut Lou refuses to treat him with kid gloves, and soon his happiness means more to her than she expected. When she learns that Will has shocking plans of his own, she sets out to show him that life is still worth living.
A Love Story for this generation and perfect for fans of John Green鈥檚 The Fault in Our Stars, Me Before You brings to life two people who couldn鈥檛 have less in common鈥攁 heartbreakingly romantic novel that asks, What do you do when making the person you love happy also means breaking your own heart?]]>
author: Jojo Moyes
name: TSCrowley
average rating: 4.26
book published: 2012
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An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found here.]]>
author: Paula Hawkins
name: TSCrowley
average rating: 3.97
book published: 2015
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In a bumper collection of truly chilling tales, we meet Gramma - who only wanted to hug little George, even after she was dead; The Raft - a primeval sea creature with an insatiable appetite; The Monkey - an innocent-looking toy with sinister powers; the unspeakable horror of The Mist. And there is a gruesome host of other stories, each with the distinctive blend of unimaginable terror and realism that typifies King's writing.]]>
author: Stephen King
name: TSCrowley
average rating: 3.98
book published: 1985
rating: 0
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author: George R.R. Martin
name: TSCrowley
average rating: 4.19
book published: 2011
rating: 0
read at: 2024/10/07
date added: 2024/10/07
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author: John Grisham
name: TSCrowley
average rating: 4.26
book published: 1991
rating: 0
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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Jojo Moyes, a new book featuring her iconic heroine of Me Before You and After You, Louisa Clark.
Louisa Clark arrives in New York ready to start a new life, confident that she can embrace this new adventure and keep her relationship with Ambulance Sam alive across several thousand miles. She steps into the world of the superrich, working for Leonard Gopnik and his much younger second wife, Agnes. Lou is determined to get the most out of the experience and throws herself into her new job and New York life.
As she begins to mix in New York high society, Lou meets Joshua Ryan, a man who brings with him a whisper of her past. Before long, Lou finds herself torn between Fifth Avenue where she works and the treasure-filled vintage clothing store where she actually feels at home. And when matters come to a head, she has to ask herself: Who is Louisa Clark? And how do you find the courage to follow your heart鈥攚herever that may lead?
Funny, romantic, and poignant, Still Me follows Lou as she navigates how to stay true to herself, while pushing to live boldly in her brave new world.]]>
author: Jojo Moyes
name: TSCrowley
average rating: 4.03
book published: 2018
rating: 0
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This is a collection of short stories, following the adventures of the hit collection THE LAST WISH. Join Geralt as he battles monsters, demons and prejudices alike...]]>
author: Andrzej Sapkowski
name: TSCrowley
average rating: 4.25
book published: 1992
rating: 0
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Esme is born into a world of words. Motherless and irrepressibly curious, she spends her childhood in the 鈥楽criptorium鈥�, a garden shed in Oxford where her father and a team of dedicated lexicographers are collecting words for the very first Oxford English Dictionary. Esme鈥檚 place is beneath the sorting table, unseen and unheard. One day a slip of paper containing the word 鈥榖ondmaid鈥� flutters to the floor. Esme rescues the slip and stashes it in an old wooden case that belongs to her friend, Lizzie, a young servant in the big house. Esme begins to collect other words from the Scriptorium that are misplaced, discarded or have been neglected by the dictionary men. They help her make sense of the world.
Over time, Esme realises that some words are considered more important than others, and that words and meanings relating to women鈥檚 experiences often go unrecorded. While she dedicates her life to the Oxford English Dictionary, secretly, she begins to collect words for another dictionary: The Dictionary of Lost Words.
Set when the women鈥檚 suffrage movement was at its height and the Great War loomed, The Dictionary of Lost Words reveals a lost narrative, hidden between the lines of a history written by men. It鈥檚 a delightful, lyrical and deeply thought-provoking celebration of words, and the power of language to shape the world and our experience of it.]]>
author: Pip Williams
name: TSCrowley
average rating: 3.97
book published: 2020
rating: 0
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Ava moved to Hong Kong to find happiness, but so far, it isn鈥檛 working out. Since she left Dublin, she鈥檚 been spending her days teaching English to rich children鈥攕he鈥檚 been assigned the grammar classes because she lacks warmth鈥攁nd her nights avoiding petulant roommates in her cramped apartment.
When Ava befriends Julian, a witty British banker, he offers a shortcut into a lavish life her meager salary could never allow. Ignoring her feminist leanings and her better instincts, Ava finds herself moving into Julian鈥檚 apartment, letting him buy her clothes, and, eventually, striking up a sexual relationship with him. When Julian鈥檚 job takes him back to London, she stays put, unsure where their relationship stands.
Enter Edith. A Hong Kong鈥揵orn lawyer, striking and ambitious, Edith takes Ava to the theater and leaves her tulips in the hallway. Ava wants to be her鈥攁nd wants her. Ava has been carefully pretending that Julian is nothing more than an absentee roommate, so when Julian announces that he鈥檚 returning to Hong Kong, she faces a fork in the road. Should she return to the easy compatibility of her life with Julian or take a leap into the unknown with Edith?
Politically alert, heartbreakingly raw, and dryly funny, Exciting Times聽is thrillingly attuned to the great freedoms and greater uncertainties of modern love. In stylish, uncluttered prose, Naoise Dolan dissects the personal and financial transactions that make up a life鈥攁nd announces herself as a singular new voice.]]>
author: Naoise Dolan
name: TSCrowley
average rating: 3.20
book published: 2020
rating: 0
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From the New York Times bestselling author of The Giver of Stars, discover the love story that captured over 20 million hearts in Me Before You, After You, and Still Me.
鈥淵ou鈥檙e going to feel uncomfortable in your new world for a bit. But I hope you feel a bit exhilarated too. Live boldly. Push yourself. Don鈥檛 settle. Just live well. Just live. Love, Will.鈥�
How do you move on after losing the person you loved? How do you build a life worth living?
Louisa Clark is no longer just an ordinary girl living an ordinary life. After the transformative six months spent with Will Traynor, she is struggling without him. When an extraordinary accident forces Lou to return home to her family, she can鈥檛 help but feel she鈥檚 right back where she started.
Her body heals, but Lou herself knows that she needs to be kick-started back to life. Which is how she ends up in a church basement with the members of the Moving On support group, who share insights, laughter, frustrations, and terrible cookies. They will also lead her to the strong, capable Sam Fielding鈥攖he paramedic, whose business is life and death, and the one man who might be able to understand her. Then a figure from Will鈥檚 past appears and hijacks all her plans, propelling her into a very different future. . . .
For Lou Clark, life after Will Traynor means learning to fall in love again, with all the risks that brings. But here Jojo Moyes gives us two families, as real as our own, whose joys and sorrows will touch you deeply, and where both changes and surprises await.]]>
author: Jojo Moyes
name: TSCrowley
average rating: 3.75
book published: 2015
rating: 0
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Volume 2: Indian Summer of a Forsyte and In Chancery
Volume 3: Awakening and To Let]]>
author: John Galsworthy
name: TSCrowley
average rating: 4.12
book published: 1921
rating: 0
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Pip must discover his true self, and his own set of values and priorities. Whether such values allow one to prosper in the complex world of early Victorian England is the major question posed by Great Expectations, one of Dickens's most fascinating, and disturbing, novels.
This edition includes the original, discarded ending, Dickens's brief working notes, and the serial instalments and chapter divisions in different editions. It also uses the definitive Clarendon text.]]>
author: Charles Dickens
name: TSCrowley
average rating: 3.78
book published: 1861
rating: 0
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date added: 2023/12/10
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Now in paperback, the endearing novel that captured readers' hearts and introduced a fresh new voice in women's fiction Cecelia Ahern.
Holly couldn't live without her husband Gerry, until the day she had to. They were the kind of young couple who could finish each other's sentences. When Gerry succumbs to a terminal illness and dies, 30-year-old Holly is set adrift, unable to pick up the pieces. But with the help of a series of letters her husband left her before he died and a little nudging from an eccentric assortment of family and friends, she learns to laugh, overcome her fears, and discover a world she never knew existed.
The kind of enchanting novel with cross-generational appeal that comes along once in a great while, PS, I Love You is a captivating love letter to the world!]]>
author: Cecelia Ahern
name: TSCrowley
average rating: 3.75
book published: 2004
rating: 0
read at: 2023/09/22
date added: 2023/09/22
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The armies of the Dark Lord are massing as his evil shadow spreads even wider. Men, Dwarves, Elves and Ents unite forces to do battle against the Dark. Meanwhile, Frodo and Sam struggle further into Mordor in their heroic quest to destroy the One Ring.
The devastating conclusion of J.R.R. Tolkien's classic tale, begun in the The Fellowship of the Rings and The Two Towers.]]>
author: J.R.R. Tolkien
name: TSCrowley
average rating: 4.60
book published: 1955
rating: 5
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date added: 2023/08/06
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For those who still dream and remember, for those yet to experience the hypnotic power of its dark poetry, step inside. The show is about to begin. Cooger & Dark鈥檚 Pandemonium Shadow Show has come to Green Town, Illinois, to destroy every life touched by its strange and sinister mystery. The carnival rolls in sometime after midnight, ushering in Halloween a week early. A calliope鈥檚 shrill siren song beckons to all with a seductive promise of dreams and youth regained. Two boys will discover the secret of its smoke, mazes, and mirrors; two friends who will soon know all too well the heavy cost of wishes鈥nd the stuff of nightmares.
Few novels have endured in the heart and memory as has Ray Bradbury鈥檚 unparalleled literary masterpiece Something Wicked This Way Comes. Scary and suspenseful, it is a timeless classic in the American canon.]]>
author: Ray Bradbury
name: TSCrowley
average rating: 3.92
book published: 1962
rating: 0
read at: 2023/03/18
date added: 2023/03/18
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Like most of humanity, Wade Watts escapes this depressing reality by spending his waking hours jacked into the OASIS, a sprawling virtual utopia where you can be anything you want to be, where you can live and play and fall in love on any of ten thousand planets. And like most of humanity, Wade is obsessed by the ultimate lottery ticket that lies concealed within this alternate reality: OASIS founder James Halliday, who dies with no heir, has promised that control of the OASIS - and his massive fortune - will go to the person who can solve the riddles he has left scattered throughout his creation.
For years, millions have struggled fruitlessly to attain this prize, knowing only that the riddles are based in the culture of the late twentieth century. And then Wade stumbles onto the key to the first puzzle.]]>
author: Ernest Cline
name: TSCrowley
average rating: 4.08
book published: 2011
rating: 0
read at: 2022/12/01
date added: 2022/12/01
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When Nora Seed finds herself in the Midnight Library, she has a chance to make things right. Up until now, her life has been full of misery and regret. She feels she has let everyone down, including herself. But things are about to change.
The books in the Midnight Library enable Nora to live as if she had done things differently. With the help of an old friend, she can now undo every one of her regrets as she tries to work out her perfect life. But things aren't always what she imagined they'd be, and soon her choices place the library and herself in extreme danger.
Before time runs out, she must answer the ultimate question: what is the best way to live?]]>
author: Matt Haig
name: TSCrowley
average rating: 3.96
book published: 2020
rating: 0
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date added: 2022/11/27
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author: Fergus W. Hume
name: TSCrowley
average rating: 3.76
book published: 1900
rating: 0
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date added: 2022/11/18
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Charlie Reade looks like a regular high school kid, great at baseball and football, a decent student. But he carries a heavy load. His mom was killed in a hit-and-run accident when he was ten, and grief drove his dad to drink. Charlie learned how to take care of himself鈥攁nd his dad. Then, when Charlie is seventeen, he meets Howard Bowditch, a recluse with a big dog in a big house at the top of a big hill. In the backyard is a locked shed from which strange sounds emerge, as if some creature is trying to escape. When Mr. Bowditch dies, he leaves Charlie the house, a massive amount of gold, a cassette tape telling a story that is impossible to believe, and a responsibility far too massive for a boy to shoulder.
Because within the shed is a portal to another world鈥攐ne whose denizens are in peril and whose monstrous leaders may destroy their own world, and ours. In this parallel universe, where two moons race across the sky, and the grand towers of a sprawling palace pierce the clouds, there are exiled princesses and princes who suffer horrific punishments; there are dungeons; there are games in which men and women must fight each other to the death for the amusement of the 鈥淔air One.鈥� And there is a magic sundial that can turn back time.
A story as old as myth, and as startling and iconic as the rest of King鈥檚 work, Fairy Tale is about an ordinary guy forced into the hero鈥檚 role by circumstance, and it is both spectacularly suspenseful and satisfying.]]>
author: Stephen King
name: TSCrowley
average rating: 4.05
book published: 2022
rating: 0
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date added: 2022/11/17
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author: Jack Kerouac
name: TSCrowley
average rating: 3.30
book published: 1957
rating: 0
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Within the grounds of Hailsham, Kathy grows from schoolgirl to young woman, but it鈥檚 only when she and her friends Ruth and Tommy leave the safe grounds of the school (as they always knew they would) that they realize the full truth of what Hailsham is.
Never Let Me Go breaks through the boundaries of the literary novel. It is a gripping mystery, a beautiful love story, and also a scathing critique of human arrogance and a moral examination of how we treat the vulnerable and different in our society. In exploring the themes of memory and the impact of the past, Ishiguro takes on the idea of a possible future to create his most moving and powerful book to date.]]>
author: Kazuo Ishiguro
name: TSCrowley
average rating: 3.85
book published: 2005
rating: 0
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Roger Brown has it Norway's most successful headhunter, he is married to a beautiful gallery owner and owns a magnificent house. But he's also a highly accomplished art thief. At a gallery opening, his wife introduces him to Clas Greve. Not only is Greve the perfect candidate for a position that Brown is recruiting for; he is also in possession of The Calydonian Boar Hunt by Rubens, one of the most sought-after paintings in modern art history. Roger sees his chance to become financially independent, and starts planning his biggest theft ever. But soon, he runs into trouble--and it's not financial problems that are threatening to knock him over this time...]]>
author: Jo Nesb酶
name: TSCrowley
average rating: 3.36
book published: 2008
rating: 0
read at: 2022/10/30
date added: 2022/10/30
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The Company of the Ring is sundered. Frodo and Sam continue their journey alone down the great River Anduin - alone, that is, save for the mysterious creeping figure that follows wherever they go.
Thus continues the classic tale begun in The Fellowship of the Ring, which reaches its awesome climax in The Return of the King.]]>
author: J.R.R. Tolkien
name: TSCrowley
average rating: 4.49
book published: 1954
rating: 5
read at: 2022/10/25
date added: 2022/10/25
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In a sleepy village in the Shire, a young hobbit is entrusted with an immense task. He must make a perilous journey across Middle-earth to the Cracks of Doom, there to destroy the Ruling Ring of Power - the only thing that prevents the Dark Lord's evil dominion.
Thus begins J.R.R. Tolkien's classic tale, which continues in The Two Towers and The Return of the King.]]>
author: J.R.R. Tolkien
name: TSCrowley
average rating: 4.45
book published: 1954
rating: 0
read at: 2022/07/05
date added: 2022/07/05
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author: Peter May
name: TSCrowley
average rating: 4.19
book published: 2011
rating: 0
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date added: 2022/06/09
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One of the Best Books of the Year: The New York Times, NPR, GoodReads
"One of [Mandel's] finest novels and one of her most satisfying forays into the arena of speculative fiction yet." --The New York Times
Edwin St. Andrew is eighteen years old when he crosses the Atlantic by steamship, exiled from polite society following an ill-conceived diatribe at a dinner party. He enters the forest, spellbound by the beauty of the Canadian wilderness, and suddenly hears the notes of a violin echoing in an airship terminal--an experience that shocks him to his core.
Two centuries later a famous writer named Olive Llewellyn is on a book tour. She's traveling all over Earth, but her home is the second moon colony, a place of white stone, spired towers, and artificial beauty. Within the text of Olive's best-selling pandemic novel lies a strange passage: a man plays his violin for change in the echoing corridor of an airship terminal as the trees of a forest rise around him.
When Gaspery-Jacques Roberts, a detective in the black-skied Night City, is hired to investigate an anomaly in the North American wilderness, he uncovers a series of lives upended: The exiled son of an earl driven to madness, a writer trapped far from home as a pandemic ravages Earth, and a childhood friend from the Night City who, like Gaspery himself, has glimpsed the chance to do something extraordinary that will disrupt the timeline of the universe.
A virtuoso performance that is as human and tender as it is intellectually playful, Sea of Tranquility is a novel of time travel and metaphysics that precisely captures the reality of our current moment.]]>
author: Emily St. John Mandel
name: TSCrowley
average rating: 4.04
book published: 2022
rating: 0
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date added: 2022/05/30
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Bloodthirsty, treacherous and cunning, the Lannisters are in power on the Iron Throne in the name of the boy-king Tommen. The war in the Seven Kingdoms has burned itself out, but in its bitter aftermath new conflicts spark to life.
The Martells of Dorne and the Starks of Winterfell seek vengeance for their dead. Euron Crow's Eye, as black a pirate as ever raised a sail, returns from the smoking ruins of Valyria to claim the Iron Isles. From the icy north, where Others threaten the Wall, apprentice Maester Samwell Tarly brings a mysterious babe in arms to the Citadel.
Against a backdrop of incest and fratricide, alchemy and murder, victory will go to the men and women possessed of the coldest steel and the coldest hearts.]]>
author: George R.R. Martin
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average rating: 4.16
book published: 2005
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With her soft brown hair, lithe figure and big, wondering eyes, Constance Chatterley is possessed of a certain vitality. Yet she is deeply unhappy; married to an invalid, she is almost as inwardly paralyzed as her husband Clifford is paralyzed below the waist. It is not until she finds refuge in the arms of Mellors the game-keeper, a solitary man of a class apart, that she feels regenerated. Together they move from an outer world of chaos towards an inner world of fulfillment.]]>
author: D.H. Lawrence
name: TSCrowley
average rating: 4.00
book published: 1928
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Suddenly he found himself agreeing to the most difficult role of his career: impersonating an important politician who had been kidnapped. Peace with the Martians was at stake 鈥� failure to pull off the act could result in interplanetary war. And Smythe's own life was on the line 鈥� for if he wasn't assassinated, there was always the possibility that he might be trapped in his new role forever!]]>
author: Robert A. Heinlein
name: TSCrowley
average rating: 3.90
book published: 1956
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Jess Aarons has been practicing all summer so he can be the fastest runner in the fifth grade. And he almost is, until the new girl in school, Leslie Burke, outpaces him. The two become fast friends and spend most days in the woods behind Leslie's house, where they invent an enchanted land called Terabithia. One morning, Leslie goes to Terabithia without Jess and a tragedy occurs. It will take the love of his family and the strength that Leslie has given him for Jess to be able to deal with his grief.
Bridge to Terabithia was also named an ALA Notable Children鈥檚 Book and has become a touchstone of children鈥檚 literature, as have many of Katherine Paterson鈥檚 other novels, including The Great Gilly Hopkins and Jacob Have I Loved.]]>
author: Katherine Paterson
name: TSCrowley
average rating: 4.18
book published: 1977
rating: 0
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Jednoho jarn铆ho p谩te膷n铆ho odpoledne r.1998 nast谩v谩 celosv臎tov谩 katastrofa, absolutn铆 konec elektrick茅 energie. Autor dom媒拧l铆 do detail暖, co takov谩 situace dok谩啪e ud臎lat s Prahou, 膷esk媒m prost艡ed铆m i 膷eskou vl谩dnouc铆 elitou. Elektrick茅 zdroje jsou neobnoviteln茅 a zhroucen茅ho 啪ivota se naplno uj铆m谩 podsv臎t铆. Hlavn铆 hrdina, mlad媒 mu啪 Honza Kryl,mus铆 nasadit v拧echny sv茅 s铆ly, aby uh谩jil 啪ivot sv暖j a sv媒ch bl铆zk媒ch. Uj铆m谩 se opu拧t臎n茅 d铆venky s downov媒m syndromem, aby brzy cel媒 sv臎t poznal, 啪e pr谩v臎 v t臎chto d臎tech je ukryt kl铆膷 k 艡e拧en铆 cel茅 katastrofick茅 situace.]]>
author: Ond艡ej Neff
name: TSCrowley
average rating: 4.11
book published: 1998
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author: J.R.R. Tolkien
name: TSCrowley
average rating: 3.99
book published: 1977
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In one of Robert A. Heinlein鈥檚 most controversial bestsellers, a recruit of the future goes through the toughest boot camp in the Universe鈥攁nd into battle with the Terran Mobile Infantry against mankind鈥檚 most alarming enemy.
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author: Robert A. Heinlein
name: TSCrowley
average rating: 4.01
book published: 1959
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I, ROBOT
They mustn't harm a human being, they must obey human orders, and they must protect their own existence...but only so long as that doesn't violate rules one and two. With these Three Laws of Robotics, humanity embarked on perhaps its greatest adventure: the invention of the first positronic man. It was a bold new era of evolution that would open up enormous possibilities鈥攁nd unforeseen risks. For the scientists who invented the earliest robots weren't content that their creations should ' remain programmed helpers, companions, and semisentient worker-machines. And soon the robots themselves; aware of their own intelligence, power, and humanity, aren't either.
As humans and robots struggle to survive together鈥攁nd sometimes against each other鈥攐n earth and in space, the future of both hangs in the balance. Human men and women confront robots gone mad, telepathic robots, robot politicians, and vast robotic intelligences that may already secretly control the world. And both are asking the same questions: What is human? And is humanity obsolete?
In l, Robot Isaac Asimov changes forever our perception of robots, and human beings and updates the timeless myth of man's dream to play god. with all its rewards鈥攁nd terrors.
--front flap]]>
author: Isaac Asimov
name: TSCrowley
average rating: 4.22
book published: 1950
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Guy Montag is a fireman. His job is to destroy the most illegal of commodities, the printed book, along with the houses in which they are hidden. Montag never questions the destruction and ruin his actions produce, returning each day to his bland life and wife, Mildred, who spends all day with her television 鈥渇amily.鈥� But when he meets an eccentric young neighbor, Clarisse, who introduces him to a past where people didn鈥檛 live in fear and to a present where one sees the world through the ideas in books instead of the mindless chatter of television, Montag begins to question everything he has ever known.]]>
author: Ray Bradbury
name: TSCrowley
average rating: 3.97
book published: 1953
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The Martian Chronicles tells the story of humanity鈥檚 repeated attempts to colonize the red planet. The first men were few. Most succumbed to a disease they called the Great Loneliness when they saw their home planet dwindle to the size of a fist. They felt they had never been born. Those few that survived found no welcome on Mars. The shape-changing Martians thought they were native lunatics and duly locked them up.
But more rockets arrived from Earth, and more, piercing the hallucinations projected by the Martians. People brought their old prejudices with them 鈥� and their desires and fantasies, tainted dreams. These were soon inhabited by the strange native beings, with their caged flowers and birds of flame.
Contents:
Rocket Summer
Ylla
The Summer Night
The Earth Men
The Taxpayer
The Third Expedition
-And the Moon Be Still As Bright
The Settlers
The Green Morning
The Locusts
Night Meeting
The Shore
Interim
The Musicians
Way in the Middle of the Air
The Naming of Names
Usher II
The Old Ones
The Martian
The Luggage Store
The Off Season
The Watchers
The Silent Towns
The Long Years
There Will Come Soft Rains
The Million Year Picnic]]>
author: Ray Bradbury
name: TSCrowley
average rating: 4.16
book published: 1950
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So great are the implications of this discovery that for the first time men are sent out deep into our solar system.
But long before their destination is reached, things begin to go horribly, inexplicably wrong...
One of the greatest-selling science fiction novels of our time, this classic book will grip you to the very end.]]>
author: Arthur C. Clarke
name: TSCrowley
average rating: 4.17
book published: 1968
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A farm is taken over by its overworked, mistreated animals. With flaming idealism and stirring slogans, they set out to create a paradise of progress, justice, and equality. Thus the stage is set for one of the most telling satiric fables ever penned 鈥揳 razor-edged fairy tale for grown-ups that records the evolution from revolution against tyranny to a totalitarianism just as terrible.
When Animal Farm was first published, Stalinist Russia was seen as its target. Today it is devastatingly clear that wherever and whenever freedom is attacked, under whatever banner, the cutting clarity and savage comedy of George Orwell鈥檚 masterpiece have a meaning and message still ferociously fresh.]]>
author: George Orwell
name: TSCrowley
average rating: 4.07
book published: 1945
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author: George Orwell
name: TSCrowley
average rating: 4.24
book published: 1949
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author: Samuel Beckett
name: TSCrowley
average rating: 3.85
book published: 1952
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author: William Golding
name: TSCrowley
average rating: 3.70
book published: 1954
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Set in Italy during World War II, this is the story of the incomparable, malingering bombardier, Yossarian, a hero who is furious because thousands of people he has never met are trying to kill him. But his real problem is not the enemy鈥攊t is his own army, which keeps increasing the number of missions the men must fly to complete their service. Yet if Yossarian makes any attempt to excuse himself from the perilous missions he鈥檚 assigned, he鈥檒l be in violation of Catch-22, a hilariously sinister bureaucratic rule: a man is considered insane if he willingly continues to fly dangerous combat missions, but if he makes a formal request to be removed from duty, he is proven sane and therefore ineligible to be relieved.
This fiftieth-anniversary edition commemorates Joseph Heller鈥檚 masterpiece with a new introduction by Christopher Buckley; a wealth of critical essays and reviews by Norman Mailer, Alfred Kazin, Anthony Burgess, and others; rare papers and photos from Joseph Heller鈥檚 personal archive; and much more. Here, at last, is the definitive edition of a classic of world literature.]]>
author: Joseph Heller
name: TSCrowley
average rating: 3.99
book published: 1961
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author: G.K. Chesterton
name: TSCrowley
average rating: 3.89
book published: 1904
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In Shaw's clever adaptation, Professor Henry Higgins, a linguistic expert, takes on a bet that he can transform an awkward cockney flower seller into a refined young lady simply by polishing her manners and changing the way she speaks. In the process of convincing society that his creation is a mysterious royal figure, the Professor also falls in love with his elegant handiwork.
The irresistible theme of the emerging butterfly, together with Shaw's brilliant dialogue and splendid skills as a playwright, have made Pygmalion one of the most popular comedies in the English language. A staple of college drama courses, it is still widely performed.]]>
author: George Bernard Shaw
name: TSCrowley
average rating: 3.89
book published: 1913
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Few stories are as widely read and as universally cherished by children and adults alike as The Little Prince, presented here in a stunning new translation with carefully restored artwork. The definitive edition of a worldwide classic, it will capture the hearts of readers of all ages.]]>
author: Antoine de Saint-Exup茅ry
name: TSCrowley
average rating: 4.32
book published: 1943
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The Call of the Wild (1903) and White Fang (1906) are two classic American adventure novels depicting the evolution of two dogs in the wild. The novels are in fact mirror images of one another, as Call of the Wild depicts Buck's journey from domestic to wild dog, while White Fang recounts White Fang's transformation from wild beast to domestic companion. Both convey powerful themes of redemption and survival that continue to affect readers even today.
These beautifully written stories, now together in one highly produced volume complete with a timeline of the life and times of Jack London, are a perfect addition to any young adult's library. Anyone with a taste for adventure, who loves the outdoors or camping, or who spends time daydreaming about living self-sufficiently will be enamored by these adventure stories.
Essential volumes for the shelves of every classic literature lover, the Chartwell Classics series includes beautifully presented works and collections from some of the most important authors in literary history. Chartwell Classics are the editions of choice for the most discerning literature buffs.]]>
author: Jack London
name: TSCrowley
average rating: 4.12
book published: 1906
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Adam Trask came to California from the East to farm and raise his family on the new rich land. But the birth of his twins, Cal and Aaron, brings his wife to the brink of madness, and Adam is left alone to raise his boys to manhood. One boy thrives nurtured by the love of all those around him; the other grows up in loneliness enveloped by a mysterious darkness.
First published in 1952, East of Eden is the work in which Steinbeck created his most mesmerizing characters and explored his most enduring themes: the mystery of identity, the inexplicability of love, and the murderous consequences of love's absence. A masterpiece of Steinbeck's later years, East of Eden is a powerful and vastly ambitious novel that is at once a family saga and a modern retelling of the Book of Genesis.]]>
author: John Steinbeck
name: TSCrowley
average rating: 4.41
book published: 1952
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They are an unlikely pair: George is "small and quick and dark of face"; Lennie, a man of tremendous size, has the mind of a young child. Yet they have formed a "family," clinging together in the face of loneliness and alienation. Laborers in California's dusty vegetable fields, they hustle work when they can, living a hand-to-mouth existence. But George and Lennie have a plan: to own an acre of land and a shack they can call their own.
While the powerlessness of the laboring class is a recurring theme in Steinbeck's work of the late 1930s, he narrowed his focus when composing Of Mice and Men, creating an intimate portrait of two men facing a world marked by petty tyranny, misunderstanding, jealousy, and callousness. But though the scope is narrow, the theme is universal: a friendship and a shared dream that makes an individual's existence meaningful.
A unique perspective on life's hardships, this story has achieved the status of timeless classic due to its remarkable success as a novel, a Broadway play, and three acclaimed films.]]>
author: John Steinbeck
name: TSCrowley
average rating: 3.88
book published: 1937
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These are the questions Nick Dunne finds himself asking on the morning of his fifth wedding anniversary when his wife Amy suddenly disappears. The police suspect Nick. Amy's friends reveal that she was afraid of him, that she kept secrets from him. He swears it isn't true. A police examination of his computer shows strange searches. He says they weren't made by him. And then there are the persistent calls on his mobile phone.
So what did happen to Nick's beautiful wife?]]>
author: Gillian Flynn
name: TSCrowley
average rating: 3.93
book published: 2012
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author: Zadie Smith
name: TSCrowley
average rating: 3.79
book published: 2005
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Here is the third volume in George R.R. Martin's magnificent cycle of novels that includes A Game of Thrones and A Clash of Kings. Together, this series comprises a genuine masterpiece of modern fantasy, destined to stand as one of the great achievements of imaginative fiction.
Of the five contenders for power, one is dead, another in disfavor, and still the wars rage as alliances are made and broken. Joffrey sits on the Iron Throne, the uneasy ruler of the Seven Kingdoms. His most bitter rival, Lord Stannis, stands defeated and disgraced, victim of the sorceress who holds him in her thrall. Young Robb still rules the North from the fortress of Riverrun. Meanwhile, making her way across a blood-drenched continent is the exiled queen, Daenerys, mistress of the only three dragons still left in the world. And as opposing forces manoeuver for the final showdown, an army of barbaric wildlings arrives from the outermost limits of civilization, accompanied by a horde of mythical Others鈥攁 supernatural army of the living dead whose animated corpses are unstoppable. As the future of the land hangs in the balance, no one will rest until the Seven Kingdoms have exploded in a veritable storm of swords...]]>
author: George R.R. Martin
name: TSCrowley
average rating: 4.54
book published: 2000
rating: 5
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Now a ULA target himself, Jack Ryan plunges into the murky world of counter-intelligence, where he uncovers a connection between the ULA and an international underground network that places him at the forefront of the deadly battle against international terrorism, and pitches him into the most desperate struggle of his life鈥]>
author: Tom Clancy
name: TSCrowley
average rating: 3.77
book published: 1987
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Alexander Kinross is remembered in his native Scotland only as a shiftless boilermaker's apprentice. But when he writes from Australia to summon his bride, his relatives realize he is now a man to be reckoned with. Arriving in Sydney after a difficult voyage, sixteen-year-old Elizabeth Drummond meets her husband-to-be and discovers that he frightens and repels her. And, isolated in Alexander's great house, Elizabeth finds that marriage does not prompt her husband to enlighten her about his past life - nor his present one, in which his mistress, the sensuous, tough, outspoken Ruby Costevan, still plays a part...]]>
author: Colleen McCullough
name: TSCrowley
average rating: 3.74
book published: 2003
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author: Ken Follett
name: TSCrowley
average rating: 3.69
book published: 1980
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author: Terry Hayes
name: TSCrowley
average rating: 4.25
book published: 2013
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A Wizard of Earthsea * The Tombs of Atuan * The Farthest Shore * Tehanu
Ged is but a goatherd on the island of Gont when he comes by his strange powers over nature. Sent to the School of Wizards on Roke, he learns the true way of magic and proves himself a powerful magician.
And it is as the Archmage Sparrowhawk that he helps the High Priestess Tenar escape the labyrinth of darkness. But over the years, Ged witnesses true magic and the ancient ways submit to the forces of evil and death. Will he too succumb, or can he hold them back?]]>
author: Ursula K. Le Guin
name: TSCrowley
average rating: 4.32
book published: 1993
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author: Rudyard Kipling
name: TSCrowley
average rating: 3.95
book published: 1894
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author: Mark Twain
name: TSCrowley
average rating: 4.04
book published: 1869
rating: 0
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A faceless witness
A lone courtroom champion knows the whole truth . . . and he鈥檚 only thirteen years old
Meet Theodore Boone
In the small city of Strattenburg, there are many lawyers, and though he鈥檚 only thirteen years old, Theo Boone thinks he鈥檚 one of them. Theo knows every judge, policeman, court clerk鈥攁nd a lot about the law. He dreams of being a great trial lawyer, of a life in the courtroom.
But Theo finds himself in court much sooner than expected. Because he knows so much鈥攎aybe too much鈥攈e is suddenly dragged into the middle of a sensational murder trial. A cold-blooded killer is about to go free, and only Theo knows the truth.
The stakes are high, but Theo won鈥檛 stop until justice is served.
Brimming with the intrigue and suspense that made John Grisham a #1 international bestseller and the undisputed master of the legal thriller, Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer will keep readers guessing and pages turning.]]>
author: John Grisham
name: TSCrowley
average rating: 3.76
book published: 2010
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What no one knows is that the President issued the pardon only after receiving enormous pressure from the CIA. It seems Backman, in his power broker heyday, may have obtained secrets that compromise the world's most sophisticated satellite surveillance system.
Backman is quietly smuggled out of the country in a military cargo plane, given a new name, a new identity, and a new home in Italy. Eventually, after he has settled into his new life, the CIA will leak his whereabouts to the Israelis, the Russians, the Chinese, and the Saudis. Then the CIA will do what it does best: sit back and watch. The question is not whether Backman will survive, there is no chance of that. The question the CIA needs answered is, who will kill him?]]>
author: John Grisham
name: TSCrowley
average rating: 3.79
book published: 2005
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The jury is behaving strangely, and at least one juror is convinced he's being watched. Soon they have to be sequestered. Then a tip from an anonymous young woman suggests she is able to predict the jurors' increasingly odd behavior.
Is the jury somehow being manipulated, or even controlled? If so, by whom? And, more importantly, why?
From the Trade Paperback edition.]]>
author: John Grisham
name: TSCrowley
average rating: 4.03
book published: 1996
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Meeting daily in the prison law library, taking exercise walks in their boxer shorts, these judges-turned-felons can reminisce about old court cases, dispense a little jailhouse justice, and contemplate where their lives went wrong. Or they can use their time in prison to get very rich鈥攙ery fast. ...]]>
author: John Grisham
name: TSCrowley
average rating: 3.75
book published: 2000
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author: John Grisham
name: TSCrowley
average rating: 4.06
book published: 1992
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Before The Firm and The Pelican Brief made him a superstar, John Grisham wrote this riveting story of retribution and justice. In this searing courtroom drama, best-selling author John Grisham probes the savage depths of racial violence, as he delivers a compelling tale of uncertain justice in a small southern town, Clanton, Mississippi.
The life of a ten-year-old girl is shattered by two drunken and remorseless young men. The mostly white town reacts with shock and horror at the inhuman crime. That is, until her black father acquires an assault rifle and takes matters into his hands.
For ten days, as burning crosses and the crack of sniper fire spread through the streets of Clanton, the nation sits spellbound as young defense attorney Jake Brigance struggles to save his client's life, and then his own.]]>
author: John Grisham
name: TSCrowley
average rating: 4.11
book published: 1989
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author: John Grisham
name: TSCrowley
average rating: 4.00
book published: 1995
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The man they were about to kidnap had not always been called Danilo Silva. Before he had had another life, a life which ended in a car crash in February 1992. His gravestone lay in a cemetery in Biloxi, Mississippi. His name before his death was Patrick S. Lanigan. He had been a partner at an up-and-coming law firm. He had a pretty wife, a young daughter, and a bright future. Six weeks after his death, $90 million disappeared from the law firm.
It was then that his partners knew he was still alive. And the chase was on]]>
author: John Grisham
name: TSCrowley
average rating: 3.95
book published: 1997
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With the end in sight, Judge Atlee issues a summons for both sons to return home to Clanton, to discuss the details of his estate. It is typed by the Judge himself, on his handsome old stationery, and gives the date and time for Ray and Forrest to appear in his study.
Ray reluctantly heads south, to his hometown, to the place where he grew up, which he prefers now to avoid. But the family meeting does not take place. The Judge dies too soon, and in doing so leaves behind a shocking secret known only to Ray.
And perhaps someone else.]]>
author: John Grisham
name: TSCrowley
average rating: 3.71
book published: 2002
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But a violent encounter with a homeless man stopped him cold. Michael survived; his assailant did not. Who was this man? Michael did some digging, and learned that he was a mentally ill veteran who'd been in and out of shelters for many years. Then Michael dug a little deeper, and found a dirty secret, and the secret involved Drake & Sweeney.
The fast track derailed; the ladder collapsed. Michael bolted the firm and took a top-secret file with him. He landed in the streets, an advocate for the homeless, a street lawyer.
And a thief.]]>
author: John Grisham
name: TSCrowley
average rating: 3.87
book published: 1998
rating: 0
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author: Michael Crichton
name: TSCrowley
average rating: 3.70
book published: 2004
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As he digs into the background of his client, Clay stumbles on a conspiracy too horrible to believe. He suddenly finds himself in the middle of a complex case against one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world, looking at the kind of enormous settlement that would totally change his life--that would make him, almost overnight, the legal profession's newest king of torts...
'From the Hardcover edition']]>
author: John Grisham
name: TSCrowley
average rating: 3.71
book published: 2003
rating: 0
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author: John Grisham
name: TSCrowley
average rating: 4.06
book published: 1993
rating: 0
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author: Michael Crichton
name: TSCrowley
average rating: 3.87
book published: 1999
rating: 0
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author: Michael Crichton
name: TSCrowley
average rating: 3.83
book published: 1987
rating: 0
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author: Arthur Conan Doyle
name: TSCrowley
average rating: 3.92
book published: 1912
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There are rumors that something has survived....]]>
author: Michael Crichton
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average rating: 3.85
book published: 1995
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It has been programmed as a predator. It is evolving swiftly, becoming more deadly with each passing hour.
Every attempt to destroy it has failed.
And we are the prey.]]>
author: Michael Crichton
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average rating: 3.78
book published: 2002
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Dr. Roger McPherson, head of the prestigious Neuropsychiatric Research Unit at University Hospital in Los Angeles, is convinced he can cure Benson through a procedure called Stage Three. During this highly specialized experimental surgery, electrodes will be place in the patient's brain, sending monitored, soothing pulses to its pleasure canyons.
Though the operation is a success, there is an unforseen development. Benson learns how to control the pulses and is increasing their frequency. He escapes -- a homicidal maniac loose in the city -- and nothing will stop his murderous rampages or impede his deadly agenda. . .]]>
author: Michael Crichton
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average rating: 3.41
book published: 1972
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'Socal Approach, this is TransPacific 545. We have an emergency.' The pilot requests priority clearance to land - then comes the bombshell - he needs forty ambulances on the runway.
But nothing prepares the rescue workers for the carnage they witness when they enter the plane.
Ninety-four passengers are injured. Three dead. The interior cabin virtually destroyed.
What happened on board Flight TPA 545?]]>
author: Michael Crichton
name: TSCrowley
average rating: 3.73
book published: 1996
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Two years later, seventeen satellites are sent into the outer fringes of space to collect organisms and dust for study. One of them falls to earth, landing in a desolate area of Arizona.
Twelve miles from the landing site, in the town of Piedmont, a shocking discovery is made: the streets are littered with the dead bodies of the town's inhabitants, as if they dropped dead in their tracks.
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author: Michael Crichton
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average rating: 3.92
book published: 1969
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Jurassic Park
On a remote jungle island genetic engineers have created a dinosaur game park. Then a rival firm tries to steal embryos, and the nightmare begins.
Congo
Three intrepid adventurers plunge into the heart of Africa in a desperate bid for the fabulous diamonds of the Lost City of Zinj.
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author: Michael Crichton
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average rating: 4.39
book published: 1993
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Called "the father of the modern action novel," First Blood changed the genre. Although the book and the film adaptation have similarities, they are very different, especially its unexpected ending and its greater intensity. If you've only experienced the film, you're in for a surprise.
Once they were soldiers. Rambo, the ragged kid whose presence in town is considered a threat. And Teasle, the Chief of Police of Madison, Kentucky. Both have been trained to kill: Rambo in Vietnam, Teasle in Korea. They learned different military tactics, different ways of death and survival in two different wars.
Now, without warning, they are enemies in a civilian combat that becomes a chase through the woods and mountains and caves above the town. As we follow them, we understand that once a man has been trained as a killer, perhaps he is changed forever.
Award-winning First Blood was published in 1972, was translated into 26 languages, and has never been out of print. It was one of the first novels to deal with post-traumatic stress disorder.
David's novelizations for Rambo (First Blood Part II) and Rambo III are available as e-books. They're quite different from the films and include revealing introductions. See also David's Rambo and Me: The Story Behind the Story.
Critical reactions:
"A fine novel. . . . When Johnny comes marching home this time, watch out." 鈥�The New York Times Sunday Book Review
"A first-rate thriller." 鈥�Newsweek
"One of the finest chase novels you will ever read." 鈥�Minneapolis Tribune
"A terrific thriller." 鈥�Saturday Review
"One hell of a hard, fast novel." 鈥擩ohn D. MacDonald]]>
author: David Morrell
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average rating: 4.02
book published: 1972
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Col. Asa Morgan is a military man to the bone. A veteran of wars both declared and undeclared, he鈥檚 one of the most respected and lethal members of the British SAS, and utterly devoted to his country. But when his daughter is run down and killed by an unknown assassin making his escape, his sworn duty no longer matters. Now, his only mission is to find the killer before the authorities do鈥攁nd make him suffer as long as possible before death.
Morgan and Mikali will stalk each other across continents, from bloody back alleys to gilded halls in a deadly game in which each man is both the hunter and the hunted. And only the winner walks away.]]>
author: Jack Higgins
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average rating: 3.73
book published: 1980
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author: Martina Cole
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average rating: 4.04
book published: 2004
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author: Allan Folsom
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average rating: 4.06
book published: 1994
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THE HORSE WHISPERER
He is the stuff of legend. His voice can calm wild horses and his touch heal broken spirits. For secrets uttered softly into pricked and troubled ears, such men were once called Whisperers. Now Tom Booker, the inheritor of this ancient gift, is to meet his greatest challenge.
Annie Graves has traveled across a continent with her daughter, Grace, and their wounded horse, Pilgrim, to the Booker ranch in Montana. Annie has risked everything - her career, her marriage, her comfortable life - in her desperate belief that the Whisperer can help them. The accident has turned Pilgrim savage. He is now so demented and dangerous that everyone says he should be destroyed. But Annie won't give up on him. For she feels his fate is inextricably entwined with that of he daughter, who has retreated into a heartrending, hostile silence. Annie knows that if the horse dies, something in Grace will die too.
In the weeks to come, under the massive sky of the Rocky Mountain Front, all their lives - including Tom Booker's - will be transformed forever in a way none could have foretold. At once an epic love story and a gripping adventure, The Horse Whisperer weaves an extraordinary tale of healing and redemption - a magnificent emotional journey that explores our ancient bonds with earth and sky and hearts untamed. It is a stirring elegy to the power of belief and self-discovery, to hopes lost and found again.]]>
author: Nicholas Evans
name: TSCrowley
average rating: 3.87
book published: 1995
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author: Nicholas Evans
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average rating: 3.96
book published: 1998
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author: Quentin Tarantino
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average rating: 4.64
book published: 1994
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The central figures in this enthralling story are the indomitable Meggie, the only Cleary daughter, and the one man she truly loves, the stunningly handsome and ambitious priest Ralph de Bricassart. Ralph's course moves him a long way indeed, from a remote Outback parish to the halls of the Vatican; and Meggie's except for a brief and miserable marriage elsewhere, is fixed to the Drogheda that is part of her bones - but distance does not dim their feelings though it shapes their lives.
Wonderful characters people this book; strong and gentle, Paddy, hiding a private memory; dutiful Fiona, holding back love because it once betrayed her, violent, tormented Frank, and the other hardworking Cleary sons who give the boundless lands of Drogheda the energy and devotion most men save for women; Meggie; Ralph; and Meggie's children, Justine and Dane. And the land itself; stark, relentless in its demands, brilliant in its flowering, prey to gigantic cycles of drought and flood, rich when nature is bountiful, surreal like no other place on earth.
Alternate Cover Edition ISBN 0380018179 (ISBN13: 9780380018178)]]>
author: Colleen McCullough
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average rating: 4.24
book published: 1977
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