A's bookshelf: all en-US Sun, 08 Dec 2024 06:11:50 -0800 60 A's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg <![CDATA[A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man]]> 7588 A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is a novel of sexual awakening, religious rebellion and the essential search for voice and meaning that every nascent artist must face in order to blossom fully into themselves.]]> 329 James Joyce 0142437344 A 0 currently-reading 3.64 1916 A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
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]]> Moby-Dick or, The Whale 153747 "It is the horrible texture of a fabric that should be woven of ships' cables and hawsers. A Polar wind blows through it, and birds of prey hover over it."

So Melville wrote of his masterpiece, one of the greatest works of imagination in literary history. In part, Moby-Dick is the story of an eerily compelling madman pursuing an unholy war against a creature as vast and dangerous and unknowable as the sea itself. But more than just a novel of adventure, more than an encyclopaedia of whaling lore and legend, the book can be seen as part of its author's lifelong meditation on America. Written with wonderfully redemptive humour, Moby-Dick is also a profound inquiry into character, faith, and the nature of perception.

This edition of Moby-Dick, which reproduces the definitive text of the novel, includes invaluable explanatory notes, along with maps, illustrations, and a glossary of nautical terms.]]> 720 Herman Melville 0142437247 A 0 currently-reading 3.53 1851 Moby-Dick or, The Whale
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]]> <![CDATA[Wading in Waist-High Water: The Lyrics of Fleet Foxes]]> 60528668
Wading in Waist-High The Lyrics of Fleet Foxes contains Pecknold’s complete lyrics from fifty-five songs, capturing the poetic and inventive storytelling that is a hallmark of the band’s music. These richly layered lyrics explore the complexity, darkness, and beauty of physical and emotional landscapes, both pastoral and modern. Accompanying the lyrics, Pecknold includes notes on his creative processes, inspirations, and motivations.

With an introduction by celebrated novelist Brandon Taylor, and an afterword by Pecknold, Wading in Waist-High Water is a moving and intimate look at the art of songwriting, the joy of music-making, and what it means to produce meaningful and memorable sound.]]> 266 Robin Pecknold 1953534449 A 0 currently-reading 4.68 2022 Wading in Waist-High Water: The Lyrics of Fleet Foxes
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]]> Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo 1337448 367 Christiane V. Felscherinow 3453162897 A 0 4.36 1978 Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo
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]]> 1984 5470 328 George Orwell A 0 4.15 1949 1984
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]]> A Streetcar Named Desire 12220 Death of a Salesman and The Crucible), and Williams� essay “The World I Live In.�

It is a very short list of 20th-century American plays that continue to have the same power and impact as when they first appeared�57 years after its Broadway premiere, Tennessee Williams� A Streetcar Named Desire is one of those plays. The story famously recounts how the faded and promiscuous Blanche DuBois is pushed over the edge by her sexy and brutal brother-in-law, Stanley Kowalski. Streetcar launched the careers of Marlon Brando, Jessica Tandy, Kim Hunter, and Karl Malden, and solidified the position of Tennessee Williams as one of the most important young playwrights of his generation, as well as that of Elia Kazan as the greatest American stage director of the �40s and �50s.]]> 107 Tennessee Williams 0822210894 A 4 3.98 1947 A Streetcar Named Desire
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]]> <![CDATA[Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13]]> 193659
Only fifty-five hours into the flight, disaster strikes. A mysterious explosion rocks the ship. Its oxygen and power begin draining away. Lovell and his crew watch as the cockpit grows darker, the air grows thinner, and the instruments wink out one by one.

In this tale of astonishing courage, brilliant improvisation and thrilling adventure, the reader is transported right into the capsule during one of the worst disasters in the history of space exploration.]]> 378 Jim Lovell 0395670292 A 4 4.40 1994 Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13
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]]> V for Vendetta 5805 "Remember, remember the fifth of November..."

A frightening and powerful tale of the loss of freedom and identity in a chillingly believable totalitarian world, V for Vendetta stands as one of the highest achievements of the comics medium and a defining work for creators Alan Moore and David Lloyd.

Set in an imagined future England that has given itself over to fascism, this groundbreaking story captures both the suffocating nature of life in an authoritarian police state and the redemptive power of the human spirit which rebels against it. Crafted with sterling clarity and intelligence, V for Vendetta brings an unequaled depth of characterization and verisimilitude to its unflinching account of oppression and resistance.]]> 296 Alan Moore 1401207928 A 0 4.26 1990 V for Vendetta
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]]> <![CDATA[Marvel Comics: The Untold Story]]> 13623814
Operating out of a tiny office on Madison Avenue in the early 1960s, a struggling company called Marvel Comics presented a cast of brightly costumed characters distinguished by smart banter and compellingly human flaws. Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, Captain America, the Incredible Hulk, the Avengers, Iron Man, Thor, the X-Men, Daredevil—these superheroes quickly won children's hearts and sparked the imaginations of pop artists, public intellectuals, and campus radicals. Over the course of a half century, Marvel's epic universe would become the most elaborate fictional narrative in history and serve as a modern American mythology for millions of readers.

Throughout this decades-long journey to becoming a multibillion-dollar enterprise, Marvel's identity has continually shifted, careening between scrappy underdog and corporate behemoth. As the company has weathered Wall Street machinations, Hollywood failures, and the collapse of the comic book market, its characters have been passed along among generations of editors, artists, and writers—also known as the celebrated Marvel "Bullpen." Entrusted to carry on tradition, Marvel's contributors—impoverished child prodigies, hallucinating peaceniks, and mercenary careerists among them—struggled with commercial mandates, a fickle audience, and, over matters of credit and control, one another.

For the first time, Marvel Comics reveals the outsized personalities behind the scenes, including Martin Goodman, the self-made publisher who forayed into comics after a get-rich-quick tip in 1939; Stan Lee, the energetic editor who would shepherd the company through thick and thin for decades; and Jack Kirby, the World War II veteran who'd co-created Captain America in 1940 and, twenty years later, developed with Lee the bulk of the company's marquee characters in a three-year frenzy of creativity that would be the grounds for future legal battles and endless debates.

Drawing on more than one hundred original interviews with Marvel insiders then and now, Marvel Comics is a story of fertile imaginations, lifelong friendships, action-packed fistfights, reformed criminals, unlikely alliances, and third-act betrayals� a narrative of one of the most extraordinary, beloved, and beleaguered pop cultural entities in America's history.]]> 485 Sean Howe 0061992100 A 0 4.04 2012 Marvel Comics: The Untold Story
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]]> <![CDATA[Red Dragon (Hannibal Lecter, #1)]]> 28877 454 Thomas Harris A 0 4.07 1981 Red Dragon (Hannibal Lecter, #1)
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]]> Chew, Vol. 1: Taster's Choice 6839093
Collects CHEW issues #1-5.]]> 128 John Layman 1607061597 A 0 3.95 2009 Chew, Vol. 1: Taster's Choice
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]]> <![CDATA[American on Purpose: The Improbable Adventures of an Unlikely Patriot]]> 6404621 American on Purpose, Craig Ferguson, host of The Late, Late Show, traces his journey from working-class Glasgow to the comedic limelight of Hollywood and American citizenship. Moving and achingly funny, American on Purpose moves from Ferguson’s early life as an alcoholic to his stint on The Drew Carey Show to his decision to become a U.S. citizen in its unique and honest look at his version of the American dream.]]> 268 Craig Ferguson 0061719544 A 0 3.91 2009 American on Purpose: The Improbable Adventures of an Unlikely Patriot
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]]> <![CDATA[The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry]]> 12391521
The Psychopath Test is a fascinating journey through the minds of madness. Jon Ronson's exploration of a potential hoax being played on the world's top neurologists takes him, unexpectedly, into the heart of the madness industry. An influential psychologist who is convinced that many important CEOs and politicians are, in fact, psychopaths teaches Ronson how to spot these high-flying individuals by looking out for little telltale verbal and nonverbal clues. And so Ronson, armed with his new psychopath-spotting abilities, enters the corridors of power. He spends time with a death-squad leader institutionalized for mortgage fraud in Coxsackie, New York; a legendary CEO whose psychopathy has been speculated about in the press; and a patient in an asylum for the criminally insane who insists he's sane and certainly not a psychopath.

Ronson not only solves the mystery of the hoax but also discovers, disturbingly, that sometimes the personalities at the helm of the madness industry are, with their drives and obsessions, as mad in their own way as those they study. And that relatively ordinary people are, more and more, defined by their maddest edges.]]> 275 Jon Ronson 1594485755 A 0 3.97 2011 The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry
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]]> <![CDATA[Madagaskar. Tomek na Czerwonej Wyspie]]> 22531297 Tomek na Czerwonej Wyspie nawiązuje do serii Alfreda Szklarskiego o przygodach Tomka Wilmowskiego. Ale nie jest to typowa książka podróżnicza ani reportaż. To opowieść o byciu na miejscu. Oto młody filolog i tłumacz jakimś zrządzeniem losu ląduje w katolickiej misji gdzieś w madagaskarskiej głuszy, gdzie ma uczyć języka francuskiego. Pracuje zatem, podróżuje, a przede wszystkim wrasta w lokalną społeczność, poznając malgaskie realia pełne sprzeczności: piękno przyrody w sąsiedztwie smrodu i brudu, bogactwo ziemi i nędza jej mieszkańców, prosta mądrość oraz niewiarygodne absurdy. Przygląda się, obserwuje i jest obserwowany, a jego świadomość białego człowieka powoli ulega przeobrażeniu. Jak sam zauważa, początek książki mówi o pierwszych próbach odnalezienia się w fascynującym, cudacznym i przytłaczającym wszechobecną innością świecie, o próbie ustalenia, co jest normalnością. Końcowy rozdział opowiada o samotnej wyprawie na wschód kraju, już oswojonego, zaprzyjaźnionego, bardziej "swojego" niż ciasna, plastikowa i jakoś bardzo odległa Europa�

Jest to zatem książka o odkrywaniu Madagaskaru. O nowych pejzażach, zapachach, impresjach i twarzach. O kompleksach miejscowych, o łapówkarstwie, o kontraście dwóch światów, o języku malgaskim i o "żywej wodzie z cycka". O niespokojnym śnie i przenikaniu natury, o muzyce i o miękkości lemurzych łapek. O podejściu do śmierci, o sile plotek i o prowincjonalnej moralności. O wyjątkowości bycia nauczycielem. O długiej drodze na północ z kozami na dachu, o nienawiści do psów i o kopalniach szafirów. O klątwach, czarownicach i olbrzymach, o docenianiu drobiazgów, o traktowaniu kobiet, chciwości oraz o tym, jak dyrektor gimnazjum został sprzedawcą nawozu. O wspaniałościach pierwotnego lasu i o wiosce poszukiwaczy złota. O urzędowym piśmie z prośbą o pożyczenie pary nożyczek. O tym, że łatwiej wykopać migdałecznik niż wyrwać własne korzenie...]]> 352 Tomasz Owsiany 8378233758 A 0 3.42 2014 Madagaskar. Tomek na Czerwonej Wyspie
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]]> <![CDATA[The Guidebook to Sociolinguistics]]> 17394833 386 Allan Bell 0631228659 A 0 3.43 2013 The Guidebook to Sociolinguistics
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]]> Dracula 17245 You can find an alternative cover edition for this ISBN here and here.

When Jonathan Harker visits Transylvania to help Count Dracula with the purchase of a London house, he makes a series of horrific discoveries about his client. Soon afterwards, various bizarre incidents unfold in England: an apparently unmanned ship is wrecked off the coast of Whitby; a young woman discovers strange puncture marks on her neck; and the inmate of a lunatic asylum raves about the 'Master' and his imminent arrival.

In Dracula, Bram Stoker created one of the great masterpieces of the horror genre, brilliantly evoking a nightmare world of vampires and vampire hunters and also illuminating the dark corners of Victorian sexuality and desire.

This Norton Critical Edition includes a rich selection of background and source materials in three areas: Contexts includes probable inspirations for Dracula in the earlier works of James Malcolm Rymer and Emily Gerard. Also included are a discussion of Stoker's working notes for the novel and "Dracula's Guest," the original opening chapter to Dracula. Reviews and Reactions reprints five early reviews of the novel. "Dramatic and Film Variations" focuses on theater and film adaptations of Dracula, two indications of the novel's unwavering appeal. David J. Skal, Gregory A. Waller, and Nina Auerbach offer their varied perspectives. Checklists of both dramatic and film adaptations are included.

Criticism collects seven theoretical interpretations of Dracula by Phyllis A. Roth, Carol A. Senf, Franco Moretti, Christopher Craft, Bram Dijkstra, Stephen D. Arata, and Talia Schaffer.

A Chronology and a Selected Bibliography are included.]]> 488 Bram Stoker 0393970124 A 0 4.02 1897 Dracula
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]]> Tender Is the Night 46164 Tender Is the Night is the tragic romance of the young actress Rosemary Hoyt and the stylish American couple Dick and Nicole Diver. A brilliant young psychiatrist at the time of his marriage, Dick is both husband and doctor to Nicole, whose wealth goads him into a lifestyle not his own, and whose growing strength highlights Dick's harrowing demise. A profound study of the romantic concept of character, Tender Is the Night is lyrical, expansive, and hauntingly evocative.]]> 430 F. Scott Fitzgerald A 0 to-read 3.81 1934 Tender Is the Night
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]]> <![CDATA[The Complete Tales and Poems of Winnie-the-Pooh (Winnie-the-Pooh, #1-4)]]> 99110
Gorgeous watercolor illustrations from Ernest H. Shepard appear in all their glory. With beautiful colors and simple lines, these images hold their own as classics. The tales, filled with superb story lines and lessons, will continue to capture the hearts of new generations.]]> 557 A.A. Milne 0525467262 A 4 4.48 1926 The Complete Tales and Poems of Winnie-the-Pooh (Winnie-the-Pooh, #1-4)
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]]> The Wayward Bus 78275 The Grapes of Wrath, Steinbeck’s vision comes to life in this imaginative and unsentimental chronicle of a bus traveling California’s back roads, transporting the lost and the lonely, the good and the greedy, the stupid and the scheming, the beautiful and the vicious away from their shattered dreams and, possibly, toward the promise of the future. This edition features an introduction by Gary Scharnhorst.]]> 261 John Steinbeck 0142437875 A 0 3.86 1947 The Wayward Bus
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]]> My First Summer in the Sierra 238727
First published in 1911, My First Summer in the Sierra incorporates the lyrical accounts and sketches he produced during his four-month stay in the Yosemite River Valley and the High Sierra. His record tracks that memorable experience, describing in picturesque terms the majestic vistas, flora and fauna, and other breathtaking natural wonders of the area.

Today, Muir is recognized as one of the most important and influential naturalists and nature writers in America. This book, the most popular of the author's works, will delight environmentalists and nature lovers with its exuberant observations.]]> 160 John Muir 0486437353 A 0 4.07 1911 My First Summer in the Sierra
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]]> Outlander (Outlander, #1) 10964
Hurled back in time by forces she cannot understand, Claire is catapulted into the intrigues of lairds and spies that may threaten her life, and shatter her heart. For here James Fraser, a gallant young Scots warrior, shows her a love so absolute that Claire becomes a woman torn between fidelity and desire—and between two vastly different men in two irreconcilable lives.]]> 850 Diana Gabaldon 0440242940 A 0 4.25 1991 Outlander (Outlander, #1)
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]]> Pete Doherty: My Prodigal Son 1083773 272 Jacqueline Doherty 0755316096 A 3 3.23 2006 Pete Doherty: My Prodigal Son
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]]> <![CDATA[So You've Been Publicly Shamed]]> 22571552 290 Jon Ronson 1594487138 A 0 to-read 3.91 2015 So You've Been Publicly Shamed
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]]> <![CDATA[Spirits of the Dead: Tales and Poems]]> 6318162 278 Edgar Allan Poe 0140624228 A 4 favorites 4.03 1997 Spirits of the Dead: Tales and Poems
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]]> <![CDATA[The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1-5)]]> 13
"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"

Seconds before the Earth is demolished for a galactic freeway, Arthur Dent is saved by Ford Prefect, a researcher for the revised Guide. Together they stick out their thumbs to the stars and begin a wild journey through time and space.

"The Restaurant at the End of the Universe"

Facing annihilation at the hands of warmongers is a curious time to crave tea. It could only happen to the cosmically displaced Arthur Dent and his comrades as they hurtle across the galaxy in a desperate search for a place to eat.

"Life, the Universe and Everything"

The unhappy inhabitants of planet Krikkit are sick of looking at the night sky- so they plan to destroy it. The universe, that is. Now only five individuals can avert Armageddon: mild-mannered Arthur Dent and his stalwart crew.

"So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish"

Back on Earth, Arthur Dent is ready to believe that the past eight years were all just a figment of his stressed-out imagination. But a gift-wrapped fishbowl with a cryptic inscription conspires to thrust him back to reality. So to speak.

"Mostly Harmless"

Just when Arthur Dent makes the terrible mistake of starting to enjoy life, all hell breaks loose. Can he save the Earth from total obliteration? Can he save the Guide from a hostile alien takeover? Can he save his daughter from herself?

Also includes the short story "Young Zaphod Plays It Safe".]]> 815 Douglas Adams 0345453743 A 5 favorites 4.38 1996 The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1-5)
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]]> Watchmen 472331 Watchmen, the groundbreaking series from award-winning author Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, presents a world where the mere presence of American superheroes changed history—the U.S. won the Vietnam War, Nixon is still president, and the Cold War is in full effect.

Considered the greatest graphic novel in the history of the medium, the Hugo Award-winning story chronicles the fall from grace of a group of superheroes plagued by all-too-human failings. Along the way, the concept of the superhero is dissected as an unknown assassin stalks the erstwhile heroes.]]> 416 Alan Moore 0930289234 A 5 4.38 1987 Watchmen
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]]> The Great Gatsby 4671 The only edition of the beloved classic that is authorized by Fitzgerald’s family and from his lifelong publisher.

This edition is the enduring original text, updated with the author’s own revisions, a foreword by his granddaughter, and with a new introduction by National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward.

The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s third book, stands as the supreme achievement of his career. First published by Scribner in 1925, this quintessential novel of the Jazz Age has been acclaimed by generations of readers. The story of the mysteriously wealthy Jay Gatsby and his love for the beautiful Daisy Buchanan is an exquisitely crafted tale of America in the 1920s.]]> 180 F. Scott Fitzgerald 0743273567 A 5 favorites 3.93 1925 The Great Gatsby
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]]> De Profundis 323455 188 Oscar Wilde A 5 favorites 4.25 1897 De Profundis
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]]> The Ballad of Reading Gaol 1329726 37 Oscar Wilde 1570761035 A 5 favorites 4.30 1898 The Ballad of Reading Gaol
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]]> Lord of the Flies 7624 182 William Golding 0140283331 A 3 3.70 1954 Lord of the Flies
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]]> The Picture of Dorian Gray 5297
In this celebrated work Wilde forged a devastating portrait of the effects of evil and debauchery on a young aesthete in late-19th-century England. Combining elements of the Gothic horror novel and decadent French fiction, the book centers on a striking premise: As Dorian Gray sinks into a life of crime and gross sensuality, his body retains perfect youth and vigor while his recently painted portrait grows day by day into a hideous record of evil, which he must keep hidden from the world. For over a century, this mesmerizing tale of horror and suspense has enjoyed wide popularity. It ranks as one of Wilde's most important creations and among the classic achievements of its kind.]]> 272 Oscar Wilde A 4 4.13 1890 The Picture of Dorian Gray
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]]> Selected Poems 11505483 86 Oscar Wilde A 5 4.08 1900 Selected Poems
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]]> The Cask of Amontillado 261240
It is set in a nameless Italian city in an unspecified year (possibly during the eighteenth century) and concerns the revenge taken by the narrator on a friend who he claims has insulted him. Like several of Poe's stories, and in keeping with the 19th-century fascination with the subject, the narrative revolves around the possibility of a person being buried alive or enclosed in a small space with not possibility of escape (aka immurement).

Librarian's note: this entry relates to the story "The Cask of Amontillado." Collections of short stories by the author can be found elsewhere on ŷ.]]> 24 Edgar Allan Poe 1594561869 A 4 4.09 1846 The Cask of Amontillado
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]]> Wreck This Journal 428862 Wreck This Journal, an illustrated book that features a subversive collection of prompts, asking readers to muster up their best mistake- and mess-making abilities to fill the pages of the book (and destroy them). Acclaimed illustrator Keri Smith encourages journalers to engage in "destructive" acts-poking holes through pages, adding photos and defacing them, painting with coffee, and more-in order to experience the true creative process. Readers discover a new way of art and journal making-and new ways to escape the fear of the blank page and fully engage in the creative process.]]> 192 Keri Smith 039953346X A 3 4.14 2007 Wreck This Journal
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]]> <![CDATA[Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains]]> 1897
In Pakistan, the fearsome K2 kills thirteen of the world's most experienced mountain climbers in one horrific summer. In Valdez, Alaska, two men scale a frozen waterfall over a four-hundred-foot drop. In France, a hip international crowd of rock climbers, bungee jumpers, and paragliders figure out new ways to risk their lives on the towering peaks of Mont Blanc. Why do they do it? How do they do it? In this extraordinary book, Krakauer presents an unusual fraternity of daredevils, athletes, and misfits stretching the limits of the possible.

From the paranoid confines of a snowbound tent, to the thunderous, suffocating terror of a white-out on Mount McKinley, Eiger Dreams spins tales of driven lives, sudden deaths, and incredible victories. This is a stirring, vivid book about one of the most compelling and dangerous of all human pursuits.]]> 186 Jon Krakauer 0385488181 A 4 4.03 1990 Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains
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]]> <![CDATA[Hannibal Rising (Hannibal Lecter, #4)]]> 32416 IN ALL OF LITERATURE.

AT LAST THE EVOLUTION OF HIS EVIL
IS REVEALED.

Hannibal Lecter emerges from the nightmare of the Eastern Front, a boy in the snow, mute, with a chain around his neck.

He seems utterly alone, but he has brought his demons with him.

Hannibal’s uncle, a noted painter, finds him in a Soviet orphanage and brings him to France, where Hannibal will live with his uncle and his uncle’s beautiful and exotic wife, Lady Murasaki.

Lady Murasaki helps Hannibal to heal. With her help he flourishes, becoming the youngest person ever admitted to medical school in France.

But Hannibal’s demons visit him and torment him. When he is old enough, he visits them in turn.

He discovers he has gifts beyond the academic, and in that epiphany, Hannibal Lecter becomes death’s prodigy.]]> 336 Thomas Harris 0385339410 A 3 3.55 2006 Hannibal Rising (Hannibal Lecter, #4)
author: Thomas Harris
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average rating: 3.55
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]]> Nerd Do Well 9046489
Zombies in North London, death cults in the West Country, the engineering deck of the Enterprise: Simon Pegg has been ploughing some bizarre furrows in recent times. Having blasted onto the small screens with his now legendary sitcom Spaced , his rise to the UK's favourite son status has been mercurial, meteoric, megatronnic, but mostly just plain great.

From his childhood (and subsequently adult) obsession with Star Wars , his often passionate friendship with Nick Frost, and his forays into stand-up which began with his regular Monday morning slot in front of his 12-year-old classmates, this is a joyous tale of a homegrown superstar and a loval boy made good.]]> 359 Simon Pegg 1846058112 A 5 wishlist 3.61 2009 Nerd Do Well
author: Simon Pegg
name: A
average rating: 3.61
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rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Before Watchmen: Minutemen #1 (of 6)]]> 15702995
“Little did we know that poor boy would lead to the end of us all.� Plus: Don’t miss the CRIMSON CORSAIR backup story by writer LEN WEIN and artist JOHN HIGGINS!]]> 32 Darwyn Cooke A 3 3.89 2012 Before Watchmen: Minutemen #1 (of 6)
author: Darwyn Cooke
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average rating: 3.89
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rating: 3
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]]> Hamlet 1420 289 William Shakespeare 0521618746 A 4 4.02 1601 Hamlet
author: William Shakespeare
name: A
average rating: 4.02
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rating: 4
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]]> Great Expectations 2623
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.]]> 544 Charles Dickens 0192833596 A 3 3.78 1861 Great Expectations
author: Charles Dickens
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rating: 3
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]]> Semantics 2273733 232 Frank Robert Palmer 0521283760 A 0 3.81 1976 Semantics
author: Frank Robert Palmer
name: A
average rating: 3.81
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rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[The Perks of Being a Wallflower]]> 22628 offers a unique perspective. But there comes a time to see
what it looks like from the dance floor.

This haunting novel about the dilemma of passivity vs. passion marks the stunning debut of a provocative new voice in contemporary fiction: The Perks of Being A WALLFLOWER

This is the story of what it's like to grow up in high school. More intimate than a diary, Charlie's letters are singular and unique, hilarious and devastating. We may not know where he lives. We may not know to whom he is writing. All we know is the world he shares. Caught between trying to live his life and trying to run from it puts him on a strange course through uncharted territory. The world of first dates and mixed tapes, family dramas and new friends. The world of sex, drugs, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show, when all one requires is that the perfect song on that perfect drive to feel infinite.

Through Charlie, Stephen Chbosky has created a deeply affecting coming-of-age story, a powerful novel that will spirit you back to those wild and poignant roller coaster days known as growing up.

(back cover)]]> 213 Stephen Chbosky A 0 4.24 1999 The Perks of Being a Wallflower
author: Stephen Chbosky
name: A
average rating: 4.24
book published: 1999
rating: 0
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]]> East of Eden 4406
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.]]> 601 John Steinbeck 0142000655 A 0 to-read 4.41 1952 East of Eden
author: John Steinbeck
name: A
average rating: 4.41
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]]> The Beautiful and Damned 4708 The Beautiful and the Damned followed Fitzgerald's impeccable debut, This Side of Paradise, thus securing his place in the tradition of great American novelists. Embellished with the author's lyrical prose, here is the story of Harvard-educated, aspiring aesthete Anthony Patch and his beautiful wife, Gloria. As they await the inheritance of his grandfather's fortune, their reckless marriage sways under the influence of alcohol and avarice. A devastating look at the nouveau riche, and the New York nightlife, as well as the ruinous effects of wild ambition, The Beautiful and the Damned achieved stature as one of Fitzgerald's most accomplished novels. Its distinction as a classic endures to this day. Pocket Book's Enriched Classics present the great works of world literature enhanced for the contemporary reader. Special features include critical perspectives, suggestions for further read, and a unique visual essay composed of period photographs that help bring every word to life.]]> 422 F. Scott Fitzgerald 0743451503 A 0 to-read 3.74 1922 The Beautiful and Damned
author: F. Scott Fitzgerald
name: A
average rating: 3.74
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]]> <![CDATA[The Books of Albion: The Collected Writings of Peter Doherty]]> 1324072 321 Pete Doherty 075288591X A 0 to-read, wishlist 3.91 2007 The Books of Albion: The Collected Writings of Peter Doherty
author: Pete Doherty
name: A
average rating: 3.91
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]]> <![CDATA[The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys]]> 19546063 160 Gerard Way 1595824626 A 5 wishlist 4.13 2011 The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys
author: Gerard Way
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]]> <![CDATA[Waking the Destroya! (The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys, #5)]]> 18746710 28 Gerard Way A 5 4.69 2013 Waking the Destroya! (The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys, #5)
author: Gerard Way
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]]> Full Dark, No Stars 7912007
In “Big Driver,� a cozy-mystery writer named Tess encounters the stranger along a back road in Massachusetts when she takes a shortcut home after a book-club engagement. Violated and left for dead, Tess plots a revenge that will bring her face-to-face with another stranger: the one inside herself.

“Fair Extension,� the shortest of these tales, is perhaps the nastiest and certainly the funniest. Making a deal with the devil not only saves Dave Streeter from a fatal cancer but provides rich recompense for a lifetime of resentment.

When her husband of more than twenty years is away on one of his business trips, Darcy Anderson looks for batteries in the garage. Her toe knocks up against a box under a worktable and she discovers the stranger inside her husband. It's a horrifying discovery, rendered with bristling intensity, and it definitely ends a good marriage.

Like Different Seasons and Four Past Midnight, which generated such enduring films as The Shawshank Redemption and Stand By Me, Full Dark, No Stars proves Stephen King a master of the long story form.]]> 368 Stephen King 1439192561 A 0 4.07 2011 Full Dark, No Stars
author: Stephen King
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]]> <![CDATA[Quirkology: How We Discover the Big Truths in Small Things]]> 978957 336 Richard Wiseman 0465090796 A 3 3.85 2007 Quirkology: How We Discover the Big Truths in Small Things
author: Richard Wiseman
name: A
average rating: 3.85
book published: 2007
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)]]> 1 652 J.K. Rowling A 0 4.57 2005 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)
author: J.K. Rowling
name: A
average rating: 4.57
book published: 2005
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]]> Alpha Girl #2 13575008 Jeff Roenning A 3 3.32 2012 Alpha Girl #2
author: Jeff Roenning
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average rating: 3.32
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]]> Alpha Girl #1 13459799 Jeff Roenning A 3 3.34 2012 Alpha Girl #1
author: Jeff Roenning
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average rating: 3.34
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]]> It 18342
The adults, knowing better, knew nothing. Time passed and the children grew up, moved away. The horror of It was deep-buried, wrapped in forgetfulness. Until the grown-up children were called back, once more to confront It as It stirred and coiled in the sullen depths of their memories, reaching up again to make their past nightmares a terrible present reality.]]> 1090 Stephen King 0451169514 A 3 4.11 1986 It
author: Stephen King
name: A
average rating: 4.11
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rating: 3
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]]> Carrie 10592
Make a date with terror and live the nightmare that is...Carrie
--back cover]]> 272 Stephen King 1416524304 A 3 4.00 1974 Carrie
author: Stephen King
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average rating: 4.00
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rating: 3
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]]> The Shining (The Shining, #1) 11588 497 Stephen King 0450040186 A 3 4.28 1977 The Shining (The Shining, #1)
author: Stephen King
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average rating: 4.28
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rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them]]> 41899 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them resides on almost every wizarding household in the country. Now, for a limited period only, Muggles too have the chance to discover where the Quintaped lives, what the Puffskein eats, and why it is best not to leave milk out for a Knarl.

Proceeds from the sale of this book will go to improving and saving the lives of children around the world, which means that the dollars and Galleons you exchange for it will do magic beyond the powers of any wizard. If you feel that this is insufficient reason to part with your money, I can only hope most sincerel that passing wizards feel more charitable if they ever see you being attacked by a Manticore.

-Albus Dumbledore

]]> 128 Newt Scamander 0439321603 A 3 3.95 2001 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
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]]> Quidditch Through the Ages 111450
If you have ever asked yourself where the Golden Snitch came from, how the Bludgers came into existence, or why the Wigtown Wanderers have pictures of meat cleavers on their robes, you need QUIDDITCH THROUGH THE AGES. This invaluable volume is consulted by young Quidditch fans on an almost daily basis.

Proceeds from the sale of this book will go to Comic Relief, who will use your money to continue improving and changing lives -- work that is even more important and astonishing than the three-and-a-half-second capture of the Golden Snitch by Roderick Plumpton in 1921.]]> 105 Kennilworthy Whisp 0439321611 A 3 3.79 2001 Quidditch Through the Ages
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average rating: 3.79
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]]> <![CDATA[The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #2)]]> 8695 alternate edition for ISBN 0345418921/9780345418920

Facing annihilation at the hands of the warlike Vogons is a curious time to have a cosmically displaced Arthur Dent and his curious comrades in arms as they hurtle through space powered by pure improbability - and desperately in search of a place to eat. Among Arthur's motley shipmates are Ford Prefect, a long-time friend and contributor to the The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy; Zaphod Beeblebrox, the three-armed, two-headed ex-president of the galaxy; Tricia McMilan, a fellow Earth refuge who's gone native (her name is Trillian now); and Marvin, who suffers nothing and no one gladly.

Source: douglasadams.com]]> 250 Douglas Adams A 5 4.22 1980 The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #2)
author: Douglas Adams
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]]> <![CDATA[The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)]]> 11
Together this dynamic pair begin a journey through space aided by quotes from The Hitchhiker's Guide ("A towel is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have") and a galaxy-full of fellow travelers: Zaphod Beeblebrox--the two-headed, three-armed ex-hippie and totally out-to-lunch president of the galaxy; Trillian, Zaphod's girlfriend (formally Tricia McMillan), whom Arthur tried to pick up at a cocktail party once upon a time zone; Marvin, a paranoid, brilliant, and chronically depressed robot; Veet Voojagig, a former graduate student who is obsessed with the disappearance of all the ballpoint pens he bought over the years.

Where are these pens? Why are we born? Why do we die? Why do we spend so much time between wearing digital watches? For all the answers stick your thumb to the stars. And don't forget to bring a towel!]]> 216 Douglas Adams A 5 4.21 1979 The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
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]]> Everything's Eventual 10579
Nothing is quite as it seems. Expect the unexpected in this veritable treasure trove of enthralling, witty, dark tales that could only come from the imagination of the greatest storyteller of our time.]]> 605 Stephen King 1416524355 A 4 3.99 2002 Everything's Eventual
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]]> The Black Cat 391724
The tale centers on two matters, a black cat and the deterioration of a man. The man is one who enjoyed family life with his wife and numerous pets, but then he changed radically for the worse. The story is often compared to "The Tell-Tale Heart" because of the profound psychological elements these two works share. "The Black Cat" is a story you will never forget.

Librarian's note: this entry relates to the story "The Black Cat." Collections and other short stories by the author can be found elsewhere on ŷ.]]> 24 Edgar Allan Poe 1594561753 A 4 4.07 1843 The Black Cat
author: Edgar Allan Poe
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average rating: 4.07
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]]> The Raven 264158 This volume reprints all 26 of Doré's detailed, masterly engravings from a rare 19th-century edition of the poem. Relevant lines from the poem are printed on facing pages and the complete text is also included. Admirers of Doré will find ample evidence here of his characteristic ability to capture the mood and meaning of a work of literature in striking imagery; lovers of The Raven will delight in seeing its mournful musing on love and loss given dramatic pictorial form.]]> 64 Edgar Allan Poe 0486290727 A 5 4.31 1845 The Raven
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]]> Looking for Alaska 99561 Before. Miles “Pudge� Halter is done with his safe life at home. His whole life has been one big non-event, and his obsession with famous last words has only made him crave “the Great Perhaps� even more (Francois Rabelais, poet). He heads off to the sometimes crazy and anything-but-boring world of Culver Creek Boarding School, and his life becomes the opposite of safe. Because down the hall is Alaska Young. The gorgeous, clever, funny, sexy, self-destructive, screwed up, and utterly fascinating Alaska Young. She is an event unto herself. She pulls Pudge into her world, launches him into the Great Perhaps, and steals his heart. Then. . . .
After. Nothing is ever the same.]]> 221 John Green 1435249151 A 4 3.97 2005 Looking for Alaska
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]]> <![CDATA[Just a Geek: Unflinchingly Honest Tales of the Search for Life, Love, and Fulfillment Beyond the Starship Enterprise]]> 65692
Wil Wheaton has never been one to take the conventional path to success. Despite early stardom through his childhood role in the motion picture "Stand By Me", and growing up on television as Wesley Crusher on "Star Trek: The Next Generation", Wil left Hollywood in pursuit of happiness, purpose, and a viable means of paying the bills. In the oddest of places, Topeka, Kansas, Wil discovered that despite his claims to fame, he was at heart Just a Geek.

In this, his newest book, Wil shares his deeply personal and difficult journey to find himself. You'll understand the rigors, and joys, of Wil's rediscovering of himself, as he comes to terms with what it means to be famous, or, ironically, famous for once having been famous. Writing with honesty and disarming humanity, Wil touches on the frustrations associated with his acting career, his inability to distance himself from Ensign Crusher in the public's eyes, the launch of his incredibly successful web site, wilwheaton.net, and the joy he's found in writing.

Through all of this, Wil shares the ups and downs he encountered along the journey, along with the support and love he discovered from his friends and family. The stories in Just a Geek include:

- Wil's plunge from teen star to struggling actor

- Discovering the joys of HTML, blogging, Linux, and web design

- The struggle between Wesley Crusher, Starfleet ensign, and Wil Wheaton, author and blogger

- Gut-wrenching reactions to the 9-11 disaster

- Moving tales of Wil's relationships with his wife, step-children, and extended family

- The transition from a B-list actor to an A-list author Wil Wheaton--celebrity, blogger, and geek--reads for the geek in all of us.

Engaging, witty, and pleasantly self-deprecating, Just a Geek will surprise you and make you laugh.]]> 267 Wil Wheaton 059600768X A 4 3.80 2004 Just a Geek: Unflinchingly Honest Tales of the Search for Life, Love, and Fulfillment Beyond the Starship Enterprise
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average rating: 3.80
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]]> <![CDATA[Whatever Gets You Through the Night (The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys, #1)]]> 18071020 28 Gerard Way A 5 4.55 2013 Whatever Gets You Through the Night (The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys, #1)
author: Gerard Way
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]]> <![CDATA[Ghost Stations (The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys, #2)]]> 18217772 28 Gerard Way A 5 4.59 2013 Ghost Stations (The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys, #2)
author: Gerard Way
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]]> <![CDATA[Blind (The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys, #3)]]> 18458511 28 Gerard Way A 5 4.60 2013 Blind (The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[Run! (The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys, #4)]]> 18488357 28 Gerard Way A 5 4.66 2013 Run! (The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys, #4)
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]]> <![CDATA[BOOM! (The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys, #6)]]> 20453247 28 Gerard Way A 5 4.60 2014 BOOM! (The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys, #6)
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]]> <![CDATA[Emily the Strange: The 13th Hour]]> 10119718
For any girl, a thirteenth birthday is a big deal, and that's doubly true for Emily. Emily doesn't know it yet, but a surprise gift from a long-lost aunt is more than just a family heirloom - it also holds the key to unlocking the mystery of her lineage and the secrets of her fate!]]> 104 Rob Reger 1595827005 A 4 4.03 2011 Emily the Strange: The 13th Hour
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average rating: 4.03
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]]> <![CDATA[Emily the Strange (Emily the Strange Graphic Novels, #1)]]> 424597
Meet Emily, the peculiar soul with long black hair, a wit of fire, and a posse of slightly sinister black cats. Famous for her barbed commentary and independent spirit, this rebel-child in black has spawned an Internet and merchandising phenomenon (Emily's Web site gets 35,000 hits per month!). Emily the Strange, her first book, captures the quintessential Emily, featuring her most beloved quips and a host of new ones. Anarchist, heroine, survivor, this little girl with a big personality appeals to the odd child in us all.]]> 64 Rob Reger 0811831477 A 4 3.71 2001 Emily the Strange (Emily the Strange Graphic Novels, #1)
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average rating: 3.71
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]]> <![CDATA[The Walking Dead, Vol. 1: Days Gone Bye]]> 138398 The world we knew is gone.

How many hours are in a day when you don't spend half of them watching television? When is the last time any of us really worked to get something we wanted? How long has it been since any of us really needed something that we wanted?

The world of commerce and frivolous necessity has been replaced by a world of survival and responsibility. An epidemic of apocalyptic proportions has swept the globe, causing the dead to rise and feed on the living.

In a matter of months society has crumbled: no government, no grocery stores, no mail delivery, no cable TV. In a world ruled by the dead, the survivors are forced to finally start living.

Rick Grimes finds himself one of the few survivors in this terrifying future. A couple months ago he was a small town cop who had never fired a shot and only ever saw one dead body. Separated from his family, he must now sort through all the death and confusion to try and find his wife and son.

Edition MSRP: $9⁹⁹ US (ISBN 978-1-58240-672-5)
Printed in USA]]> 144 Robert Kirkman 1582406723 A 3 4.27 2004 The Walking Dead, Vol. 1: Days Gone Bye
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]]> <![CDATA[The Umbrella Academy, Vol. 2: Dallas]]> 6413286
� Chosen as BookExpo America's 2009 Hot Graphic Novel for Libraries and Teens!

� The first volume of The Umbrella Academy has sold over 45,000 copies!

� "It's the X-Men for cool people."—Grant Morrison (All-Star Superman)

� 2009 Eisner Award nominations (The Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite):
Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá: Best Graphic Album
Gabriel Bá: Best Cover Artist, Best Penciller/Inker
James Jean: Best Cover Artist
Dave Stewart: Best Coloring

� A New York Times bestseller!]]> 192 Gerard Way 159582345X A 5 3.98 2009 The Umbrella Academy, Vol. 2: Dallas
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]]> <![CDATA[The Umbrella Academy, Vol. 1: Apocalypse Suite]]> 2795053
These seven children form the Umbrella Academy, a dysfunctional family of superheroes with bizarre powers. Their first adventure at the age of ten pits them against an erratic and deadly Eiffel Tower, piloted by the fearsome zombie-robot Gustave Eiffel. Nearly a decade later, the team disbands, but when Hargreeves unexpectedly dies, these disgruntled siblings reunite just in time to save the world once again.

Collecting: The Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite 1-6, as well as out-of-print short stories and an expanded sketchbook section featuring work by Gabriel Bá, James Jean, and Gerard Way]]> 184 Gerard Way A 5 3.87 2007 The Umbrella Academy, Vol. 1: Apocalypse Suite
author: Gerard Way
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]]> The Catcher in the Rye 5107 It's Christmas time and Holden Caulfield has just been expelled from yet another school...

Fleeing the crooks at Pencey Prep, he pinballs around New York City seeking solace in fleeting encounters—shooting the bull with strangers in dive hotels, wandering alone round Central Park, getting beaten up by pimps and cut down by erstwhile girlfriends. The city is beautiful and terrible, in all its neon loneliness and seedy glamour, its mingled sense of possibility and emptiness. Holden passes through it like a ghost, thinking always of his kid sister Phoebe, the only person who really understands him, and his determination to escape the phonies and find a life of true meaning.

The Catcher in the Rye is an all-time classic in coming-of-age literature- an elegy to teenage alienation, capturing the deeply human need for connection and the bewildering sense of loss as we leave childhood behind.

J.D. Salinger's (1919�2010) classic novel of teenage angst and rebellion was first published in 1951. The novel was included on Time's 2005 list of the 100 best English-language novels written since 1923. It was named by Modern Library and its readers as one of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. It has been frequently challenged in the court for its liberal use of profanity and portrayal of sexuality and in the 1950's and 60's it was the novel that every teenage boy wants to read.]]> 277 J.D. Salinger 0316769177 A 2 3.81 1951 The Catcher in the Rye
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average rating: 3.81
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]]> <![CDATA[This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen]]> 228244 180 Tadeusz Borowski 0140186247 A 3 4.17 1946 This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen
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name: A
average rating: 4.17
book published: 1946
rating: 3
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]]> Medaliony 1876696 64 Zofia Nałkowska 8372545774 A 4 4.02 1946 Medaliony
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rating: 4
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]]> Tango 203023 208 Sławomir Mrożek A 4 3.86 1968 Tango
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rating: 4
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]]> Zdążyć przed Panem Bogiem 1876642 Zdążyć przed Panem Bogiem to słowa Marka Edelmana, bohatera książki Hanny Krall, którego życiorys stał się literackim dokumentem z tragicznych dziejów polskich Żydów. Edelman był zastępcą komendanta Żydowskiej Organizacji Bojowej, potem pracował jako kardiochirurg, zdobywając międzynarodowy rozgłos. Rozmowa, jaką przeprowadziła z nim autorka, stanowi kanwę książki będącej relacją z okresu likwidacji getta warszawskiego i powstania w 1943 roku. Krall powiedziała, że Marek Edelman zawsze miał ambicję zdążyć � jako żołnierz podczas wojny i jako lekarz w czasach powojennych. Chciał być punktualnie na miejscu wtedy, gdy zjawiała się śmierć, żeby ją, jeśli to tylko możliwe, uprzedzić. Edelman „ma swoje sprawy z Panem Bogiem, mam wrażenie, że i Pan Bóg ma z nim swoje sprawy�, stwierdziła po latach pisarka wjednym zwywiadów.

Od 1997 roku książka cieszy się niesłabnącym zainteresowaniem, doczekała się tłumaczeń na wiele języków, a w Polsce sprzedała się już w nakładach ponad 170 tysięcy egzemplarzy.]]> 109 Hanna Krall 8385568301 A 3 3.81 1976 Zdążyć przed Panem Bogiem
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]]> <![CDATA[2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)]]> 70535
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.]]> 297 Arthur C. Clarke A 0 to-read 4.17 1968 2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Death Note, Vol. 1: Boredom (Death Note, #1)]]> 13615
Boredom
Light tests the boundaries of the Death Note's powers as L and the police begin to close in. Luckily, Light's father is the head of the Japanese National Police Agency and leaves vital information about the case lying around the house. With access to his father's files, Light can keep one step ahead of the authorities. But who is the strange man following him, and how can Light guard against enemies whose names he doesn't know?]]> 195 Tsugumi Ohba 1421501686 A 4 4.47 2004 Death Note, Vol. 1: Boredom (Death Note, #1)
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average rating: 4.47
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]]> The Complete Fairy Tales 46306
Hans Christian Andersen was a Danish author and poet. Although a prolific writer of plays, travelogues, novels, and poems, Andersen is best remembered for his fairy tales, a literary genre he so mastered that he himself has become as mythical as the tales he wrote. Andersen's popularity is not limited to children; his stories - called eventyrs, or "fantastic tales" - express themes that transcend age and nationality.

During his lifetime he was acclaimed for having delighted children worldwide and was feted by royalty. Andersen's fairy tales, which have been translated into more than 125 languages, have become culturally embedded in the West's collective consciousness, readily accessible to children, but presenting lessons of virtue and resilience in the face of adversity for mature listeners/readers as well. They have inspired motion pictures, plays, ballets, and animated films.]]> 803 Hans Christian Andersen 0517092913 A 4 4.29 1850 The Complete Fairy Tales
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]]> Alice in Wonderland 13023 This is an adaptation. For the editions of the original book, see here .

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (commonly shortened to Alice in Wonderland) is an 1865 novel written by English mathematician Charles Lutwidge Dodgson under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll. It tells of a girl named Alice falling through a rabbit hole into a fantasy world populated by peculiar, anthropomorphic creatures. The tale plays with logic, giving the story lasting popularity with adults as well as with children. It is considered to be one of the best examples of the literary nonsense genre. Its narrative course and structure, characters and imagery have been enormously influential in both popular culture and literature, especially in the fantasy genre.]]> 96 Jane Carruth 0517223627 A 4 4.03 1865 Alice in Wonderland
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average rating: 4.03
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]]> <![CDATA[On Booze (New Directions Pearls)]]> 9537059 86 F. Scott Fitzgerald 0811219267 A 0 to-read 3.41 2011 On Booze (New Directions Pearls)
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]]> <![CDATA[Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?]]> 7082 244 Philip K. Dick A 0 to-read 4.08 1968 Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
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]]> Night Shift 10628
This is the horror of ordinary people and everyday objects that become strangely altered; a world where nothing is ever quite what it seems, where the familiar and the friendly lure and deceive. A world where madness and blind panic become the only reality.

Listening Length: 10 hours and 33 minutes]]> 409 Stephen King A 0 to-read 4.04 1978 Night Shift
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]]> The Road 6288
A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind. It is cold enough to crack stones, and when the snow falls it is gray. The sky is dark. Their destination is the coast, although they don’t know what, if anything, awaits them there. They have nothing; just a pistol to defend themselves against the lawless bands that stalk the road, the clothes they are wearing, a cart of scavenged food—and each other.

The Road is the profoundly moving story of a journey. It boldly imagines a future in which no hope remains, but in which the father and his son, “each the other’s world entire,� are sustained by love. Awesome in the totality of its vision, it is an unflinching meditation on the worst and the best that we are capable of: ultimate destructiveness, desperate tenacity, and the tenderness that keeps two people alive in the face of total devastation.]]> 241 Cormac McCarthy 0307265439 A 0 to-read 3.99 2006 The Road
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]]> The Iliad 1371
Combining the skills of a poet and scholar, Robert Fagles, winner of the PEN/Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation and a 1996 Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, brings the energy of contemporary language to this enduring heroic epic. He maintains the drive and metric music of Homer’s poetry, and evokes the impact and nuance of the Iliad’s mesmerizing repeated phrases in what Peter Levi calls “an astonishing performance.”]]> 614 Homer 0140275363 A 3 3.88 -800 The Iliad
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]]> Macbeth 8852
This shocking tragedy - a violent caution to those seeking power for its own sake - is, to this day, one of Shakespeare’s most popular and influential masterpieces.]]> 249 William Shakespeare 0743477103 A 4 3.90 1623 Macbeth
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]]> The Diary of a Young Girl 48855
In 1942, with the Nazis occupying Holland, a thirteen-year-old Jewish girl and her family fled their home in Amsterdam and went into hiding. For the next two years, until their whereabouts were betrayed to the Gestapo, the Franks and another family lived cloistered in the “Secret Annexe� of an old office building. Cut off from the outside world, they faced hunger, boredom, the constant cruelties of living in confined quarters, and the ever-present threat of discovery and death. In her diary Anne Frank recorded vivid impressions of her experiences during this period. By turns thoughtful, moving, and surprisingly humorous, her account offers a fascinating commentary on human courage and frailty and a compelling self-portrait of a sensitive and spirited young woman whose promise was tragically cut short.
--back cover]]> 283 Anne Frank A 0 to-read 4.19 1947 The Diary of a Young Girl
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]]> A Christmas Carol 5326
Introduction and Afterword by Joe Wheeler
To bitter, miserly Ebenezer Scrooge, Christmas is just another day. But all that changes when the ghost of his long-dead business partner appears, warning Scrooge to change his ways before it's too late.

Part of the Focus on the Family Great Stories collection, this abridged edition features an in-depth introduction and discussion questions by Joe Wheeler to provide greater understanding for today's reader. "A Christmas Carol" captures the heart of the holidays like no other novel.]]> 184 Charles Dickens 1561797464 A 4 4.06 1843 A Christmas Carol
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]]> Of Mice and Men 890 “I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you, and that's why.�

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.]]> 107 John Steinbeck 0142000671 A 0 to-read 3.88 1937 Of Mice and Men
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]]> To Kill a Mockingbird 2657 "Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird."

A lawyer's advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of Harper Lee's classic novel - a black man charged with the rape of a white girl. Through the young eyes of Scout and Jem Finch, Harper Lee explores with exuberant humour the irrationality of adult attitudes to race and class in the Deep South of the 1930s. The conscience of a town steeped in prejudice, violence and hypocrisy is pricked by the stamina of one man's struggle for justice. But the weight of history will only tolerate so much.

"To Kill A Mockingbird" became both an instant bestseller and a critical success when it was first published in 1960. It went on to win the Pulitzer Prize in 1961 and was later made into an Academy Award-winning film.]]> 323 Harper Lee 0060935464 A 0 to-read 4.25 1960 To Kill a Mockingbird
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]]> On the Road 70401 307 Jack Kerouac 0140042598 A 0 to-read 3.63 1957 On the Road
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]]> <![CDATA[Mostly Harmless (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #5)]]> 360
Hell takes a number of forms: there’s the usual Ford Prefect form of hell, fresh hell in the form of an all-new version of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, and a totally unexpected hell in the form of a teenage girl who startles Arthur Dent by being his daughter when he didn’t even know he had one.

Can Arthur save the Earth from total multidimensional obliteration? Can he save the Guide from a hostile alien takeover? Can he save his daughter, Random, from herself?

Of course not. He never works out what is going on, exactly. Will you?]]> 240 Douglas Adams A 0 3.98 1992 Mostly Harmless (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #5)
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average rating: 3.98
book published: 1992
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]]> Neverwhere (London Below, #1) 14497
"Neverwhere" is the London of the people who have fallen between the cracks.

Strange destinies lie in wait in London below - a world that seems eerily familiar. But a world that is utterly bizarre, peopled by unearthly characters such as the Angel called Islington, the girl named Door, and the Earl who holds Court on a tube train.

Now a single act of kindness has catapulted young businessman Richard Mayhew out of his safe and predictable life - and into the realms of "Neverwhere." Richard is about to find out more than he ever wanted to know about this other London. Which is a pity. Because Richard just wants to go home...]]> 370 Neil Gaiman 0060557818 A 0 to-read 4.17 1996 Neverwhere (London Below, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time]]> 359 The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and its classic sequels. Sadly for his countless admirers, he hitched his own ride to the great beyond much too soon. Culled posthumously from Adams’s fleet of beloved Macintosh computers, this selection of essays, articles, anecdotes, and stories offers a fascinating and intimate portrait of the multifaceted artist and absurdist wordsmith.

Join Adams on an excursion to climb Kilimanjaro…dressed in a rhino costume; peek into the private life of Genghis Khan—warrior and world-class neurotic; root for the harried author’s efforts to get a Hitchhiker movie off the ground in Hollywood; thrill to the further exploits of private eye Dirk Gently and two-headed alien Zaphod Beeblebrox. Though Douglas Adams is gone, he’s left us something very special to remember him by. Without a doubt.]]> 298 Douglas Adams 0345455290 A 0 to-read 3.93 2002 The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time
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]]> <![CDATA[Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (Dirk Gently, #1)]]> 365
Apparently not much; until Dirk Gently, self-styled private investigator, sets out to prove the fundamental interconnectedness of all things by solving a mysterious murder, assisting a mysterious professor, unravelling a mysterious mystery, and eating a lot of pizza � not to mention saving the entire human race from extinction along the way (at no extra charge).

To find out more, read this book (better still, buy it, then read it) � or contact Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency. ‘A thumping good detective-ghost-horror-whodunnit-time travel-romantic-musical-comedy epic.� The author]]> 306 Douglas Adams A 0 to-read 3.98 1987 Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (Dirk Gently, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #4)]]> 8698
"HE LOST ALL FAITH IN THE STRAIGHTFORWARD OPERATION OF CAUSE AND EFFECT THE DAY HE GOT UP INTENDING TO CATCH UP WITH SOME READING AND ENDED UP ON A PREHISTORIC EARTH WITH A MAN FROM BETELGEUSE AND A SPACESHIP-LOAD OF ALIEN TELEPHONE SANITISERS...".

Left at the end of LIFE, THE UNIVERSE AND EVERYTHING with the address for God's Final Message To His Creation, Arthur Dent let this crucial information slip his mind. He tries everything to jog his memory - meditation, mind-reading, hitting himself about the head with blunt objects. But none of it works. Of course, as everyone knows, the answer lies in making life flash before your eyes...
Source: douglasadams.com]]> 167 Douglas Adams 0330491237 A 5 4.09 1984 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #4)
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