Laura's bookshelf: all en-US Sun, 27 Oct 2024 01:56:25 -0700 60 Laura's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg <![CDATA[The Turn of the Screw and Other Short Fiction]]> 12951 nouvelles, which represent the author in both his early and late phases. From the apparitions of evil that haunt the governess in “The Turn of the Screwâ€� to the startling self-scrutiny of an egotistical man in “The Beast in the Jungle,â€� the mysterious turnings of human behavior are coolly and masterfully observed—proving Henry James to be a master of psychological insight as well as one of the finest prose stylists of modern English literature.

Includes “The Turn of the Screwâ€� â€� Daisy Miller â€� Washington Square â€� “The Beast in the Jungleâ€� â€� “The Jolly Corner”]]> 527 Henry James 0553210599 Laura 4 3.80 1937 The Turn of the Screw and Other Short Fiction
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]]> <![CDATA[Mediterranean Summer: A Season on France's Cote d'Azur and Italy's Costa Bella]]> 6647894 354 David Shalleck 0767930231 Laura 2 3.82 2007 Mediterranean Summer: A Season on France's Cote d'Azur and Italy's Costa Bella
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average rating: 3.82
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]]> <![CDATA[The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories]]> 99300
Written from a feminist perspective, often focusing on the inferior status accorded to women by society, the tales include "turned," an ironic story with a startling twist, in which a husband seduces and impregnates a naĂŻve servant; "Cottagette," concerning the romance of a young artist and a man who's apparently too good to be true; "Mr. Peebles' Heart," a liberating tale of a fiftyish shopkeeper whose sister-in-law, a doctor, persuades him to take a solo trip to Europe, with revivifying results; "The Yellow Wallpaper"; and three other outstanding stories.

These charming tales are not only highly readable and full of humor and invention, but also offer ample food for thought about the social, economic, and personal relationship of men and women � and how they might be improved.

Collects:
—The Yellow Wallpaper
—Three Thanksgivings
—The Cottagette
—TłÜ°ùČÔ±đ»ć
—Making a Change
—If I Were a Man
—Mr. Peebles' Heart]]> 129 Charlotte Perkins Gilman 0486298574 Laura 3 4.05 1892 The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories
author: Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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average rating: 4.05
book published: 1892
rating: 3
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]]> Mansfield Park 45032 488 Jane Austen Laura 3 3.86 1814 Mansfield Park
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]]> <![CDATA[The Norton Anthology of American Literature, Shorter Version]]> 47160 2930 Nina Baym 0393979695 Laura 4 4.08 The Norton Anthology of American Literature, Shorter Version
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]]> <![CDATA[The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn]]> 77694 292 Mark Twain 0553210793 Laura 5 3.68 1884 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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]]> The American 20675 The American is a novel by Henry James, originally published as a serial in The Atlantic Monthly in 1876-77 and then as a book in 1877.
Christopher Newman, a ‘self-madeâ€� American millionaire in France, falls in love with the beautiful aristocratic Claire de Bellegarde. Her family, however, taken aback by his brash American manner, rejects his proposal of marriage. When Newman discovers a guilty secret in the Bellegardesâ€� past, he confronts a moral dilemma: Should he expose them and thus gain his revenge? James’s masterly early work is at once a social comedy, a melodramatic romance and a realistic novel of manners.]]> 400 Henry James 0451529669 Laura 5 3.68 1877 The American
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]]> Abel's Island 784726 117 William Steig 0753581906 Laura 0 to-read 3.94 1976 Abel's Island
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average rating: 3.94
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]]> Divergent (Divergent, #1) 8306857 In Beatrice Prior's dystopian Chicago, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue--Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). On an appointed day of every year, all sixteen-year-olds must select the faction to which they will devote the rest of their lives. For Beatrice, the decision is between staying with her family and being who she really is--she can't have both. So she makes a choice that surprises everyone, including herself.

During the highly competitive initiation that follows, Beatrice renames herself Tris and struggles to determine who her friends really are--and where, exactly, a romance with a sometimes fascinating, sometimes infuriating boy fits into the life she's chosen. But Tris also has a secret, one she's kept hidden from everyone because she's been warned it can mean death. And as she discovers a growing conflict that threatens to unravel her seemingly perfect society, she also learns that her secret might help her save those she loves . . . or it might destroy her.

]]> 487 Veronica Roth 0062024027 Laura 4 4.28 2011 Divergent (Divergent, #1)
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average rating: 4.28
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rating: 4
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]]> Below Stairs 11966836
Brilliantly evoking the long-vanished world of masters and servants portrayed in Downton Abbey and Upstairs, Downstairs, Margaret Powell's classic memoir of her time in service, Below Stairs, is the remarkable true story of an indomitable woman who, though she served in the great houses of England, never stopped aiming high. Powell first arrived at the servants' entrance of one of those great houses in the 1920s. As a kitchen maid - the lowest of the low - she entered an entirely new world; one of stoves to be blacked, vegetables to be scrubbed, mistresses to be appeased, and bootlaces to be ironed. Work started at 5:30am and went on until after dark. It was a far cry from her childhood on the beaches of Hove, where money and food were scarce, but warmth and laughter never were. Yet from the gentleman with a penchant for stroking the housemaids' curlers, to raucous tea-dances with errand boys, to the heartbreaking story of Agnes the pregnant under-parlormaid, fired for being seduced by her mistress's nephew, Margaret's tales of her time in service are told with wit, warmth, and a sharp eye for the prejudices of her situation. Margaret Powell's true story of a life spent in service is a fascinating "downstairs" portrait of the glittering, long-gone worlds behind the closed doors of Downton Abbey and 165 Eaton Place.]]> 212 Margaret Powell 1250005442 Laura 0 3.56 1968 Below Stairs
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average rating: 3.56
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]]> These Are My Words 8835621 Jesse Russell 1411642457 Laura 0 3.83 2005 These Are My Words
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average rating: 3.83
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]]> Falling for Mr. Darcy 13614348 264 KaraLynne Mackrory 193600920X Laura 0 3.93 2012 Falling for Mr. Darcy
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average rating: 3.93
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]]> The Giver (The Giver, #1) 3636 208 Lois Lowry 0385732554 Laura 0 to-read 4.12 1993 The Giver (The Giver, #1)
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average rating: 4.12
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]]> <![CDATA[The Short Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald]]> 14233 Saturday Evening Post and its sister "slicks."
For the reader, these stories will underscore the depth and extraordinary range of Fitzgerald's literary talents. Furthermore, Professor Bruccoli's illuminating preface and introductory headnotes establish the literary and biographical settings in which these stories now shine anew with brighter luster than ever.]]> 775 F. Scott Fitzgerald 068480445X Laura 4 4.32 1920 The Short Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald
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average rating: 4.32
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rating: 4
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]]> The Pearl 231813
Today, nearly forty years after his death, Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck remains one of America's greatest writers and cultural figures. Over the next year, his many works published as black-spine Penguin Classics for the first time and will feature eye-catching, newly commissioned art. Penguin Classics is proud to present these seminal works to a new generation of readers and to the many who revisit them again and again.]]> 90 John Steinbeck 014017737X Laura 5 3.40 1947 The Pearl
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average rating: 3.40
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]]> The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 24581
Scott created these drawings in scratchboard ­ an engraving medium which evokes the look of popular art from the period of these stories. Scratchboard is an illustration board with a specifically prepared surface of hard white chalk. A thin layer of black ink is rolled over the surface, and lines are drawn by hand with a sharp knife by scraping through the ink layer to expose the white surface underneath. The finished drawings are then scanned and the color is added digitally.

]]> 224 Mark Twain 1402714602 Laura 4 3.80 1876 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
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]]> Wonder (Wonder, #1) 11387515 I won’t describe what I look like. Whatever you’re thinking, it’s probably worse.

August Pullman was born with a facial difference that, up until now, has prevented him from going to a mainstream school. Starting 5th grade at Beecher Prep, he wants nothing more than to be treated as an ordinary kid—but his new classmates can’t get past Auggie’s extraordinary face. Wonder, begins from Auggie’s point of view, but soon switches to include his classmates, his sister, her boyfriend, and others.]]> 315 R.J. Palacio 0375869026 Laura 4 4.34 2012 Wonder (Wonder, #1)
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average rating: 4.34
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]]> <![CDATA[Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen]]> 6289283 Born to Run is an epic adventure that began with one simple question: Why does my foot hurt? In search of an answer, Christopher McDougall sets off to find a tribe of the world’s greatest distance runners and learn their secrets, and in the process shows us that everything we thought we knew about running is wrong.

Isolated by the most savage terrain in North America, the reclusive Tarahumara Indians of Mexico’s deadly Copper Canyons are custodians of a lost art. For centuries they have practiced techniques that allow them to run hundreds of miles without rest and chase down anything from a deer to an Olympic marathoner while enjoying every mile of it. Their superhuman talent is matched by uncanny health and serenity, leaving the Tarahumara immune to the diseases and strife that plague modern existence. With the help of Caballo Blanco, a mysterious loner who lives among the tribe, the author was able not only to uncover the secrets of the Tarahumara but also to find his own inner ultra-athlete, as he trained for the challenge of a lifetime: a fifty-mile race through the heart of Tarahumara country pitting the tribe against an odd band of Americans, including a star ultramarathoner, a beautiful young surfer, and a barefoot wonder.

With a sharp wit and wild exuberance, McDougall takes us from the high-tech science labs at Harvard to the sun-baked valleys and freezing peaks across North America, where ever-growing numbers of ultrarunners are pushing their bodies to the limit, and, finally, to the climactic race in the Copper Canyons. Born to Run is that rare book that will not only engage your mind but inspire your body when you realize that the secret to happiness is right at your feet, and that you, indeed all of us, were born to run.]]> 287 Christopher McDougall Laura 0 to-read 4.29 2009 Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
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]]> <![CDATA[The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn]]> 24580
Take a lighthearted, nostalgic trip to a simpler time, seen through the eyes of a very special boy named Tom Sawyer. It is a dreamlike summertime world of hooky and adventure, pranks and punishment, villains and first love, filled with memorable characters. Adults and young readers alike continue to enjoy this delightful classic of the promise and dreams of youth from one of America’s most beloved authors.

ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN

He has no mother, his father is a brutal drunkard, and he sleeps in a barrel. He’s Huck Finn—liar, sometime thief, and rebel against respectability. But when Huck meets a runaway slave named Jim, his life changes forever. On their exciting flight down the Mississippi aboard a raft, the boy nobody wanted matures into a young man of courage and conviction. As Ernest Hemingway said of this glorious novel, “All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn.â€�
--back cover]]> 520 Mark Twain 0451528646 Laura 4 4.10 1884 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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]]> <![CDATA[The Death of Ivan Ilych and Other Stories]]> 655
Count Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) is best known for War and Peace and Anna Karenina, commonly regarded as amongst the greatest novels ever written. He also, however, wrote many masterly short stories, and this volume contains four of the longest and best in distinguished translations that have stood the test of time. In the early story 'Family Happiness', Tolstoy explores courtship and marriage from the point of view of a young wife. In 'The Kreutzer Sonata' he gives us a terrifying study of marital breakdown, in 'The Devil' a powerful depiction of the power of sexual temptation, and, in perhaps the finest of all, 'The Death of Ivan Ilyich', he portrays the long agony of a man gradually coming to terms with his own mortality.

Librarian's note: See alternate cover edition of ISBN 1840224533 here.]]> 304 Leo Tolstoy 0451528808 Laura 4 4.13 1886 The Death of Ivan Ilych and Other Stories
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]]> Moby Dick 2389 6 Herman Melville 0143058096 Laura 2 3.47 1851 Moby Dick
author: Herman Melville
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average rating: 3.47
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]]> Cranford 182381
Cranford depicts the lives and preoccupations of the inhabitants of a small village - their petty snobberies, appetite for gossip, and loyal support for each other in times of need This is a community that runs on cooperation and gossip, at the very heart of which are the daughters of the former rector: Miss Deborah Jenkyns and her sister Miss Matty, But domestic peace is constantly threatened in the form of financial disaster, imagined burglaries, tragic accidents, and the reapparance of long-lost relatives. to Lady Glenmire, who shocks everyone by marrying the doctor. When men do appear, such as 'modern' Captain Brown or Matty's suitor from the past, they bring disruption and excitement to the everyday life of Cranford.

In her introduction, Patricia Ingham places the novel in its literary and historical context, and discusses the theme of female friendship and Gaskell's narrative technique. This edition also contains an account of Gaskell's childhood in Knutsford, on which Cranford is based, appendices on fashion and domestic duties supplemented by illustrations, a chronology of Gaskell's life and works, suggestions for further reading, and explanatory notes.]]> 257 Elizabeth Gaskell 0141439882 Laura 4 3.85 1853 Cranford
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average rating: 3.85
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]]> Allegiant (Divergent, #3) 10616322
But Tris's new reality is even more alarming than the one she left behind. Old discoveries are quickly rendered meaningless. Explosive new truths change the hearts of those she loves. And once again, Tris must battle to comprehend to complexities of human nature - and of herself - while facing impossible choices about courage, allegiance, sacrifice, and love.

Told from a riveting dual perspective, ALLEGIANT, by #1 New York Times best-selling author Veronica Roth, brings the DIVERGENT series to a powerful conclusion while revealing the secrets of the dystopian world that has captivated millions of readers in DIVERGENT and INSURGENT.]]> 526 Veronica Roth 0007444117 Laura 1
I had a hard time ever really getting into it and it is over 500 pages...I kept waiting for the plot to pick up and for something beyond depressed people roaming around O'Hare airport looking for memory serums to happen. Nope Never happened.

Why Roth switched POVs also made no sense. They read like the same character and I had to keep flipping back to see who I was reading? Tobias was a mess-and only snapped out of it after Tris died. Tris was on a death mission and seem destined to end-like she wanted to be a martyr...and she was pretty narcissistic.

I really liked divergent. I really thought it worked. I liked Hunger Games-that was a good read too. I even liked Twilight... But, after Allegiant I am done with YA trilogies. I'm convinced they are not written to develop plots or build characters or even to further a story...they are written solely to make money...]]> 3.55 2013 Allegiant (Divergent, #3)
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A case of a dystopian trilogy- book -3 -nightmare has struck again. It reads like Roth sat down with her agent, her publisher, her editor, her husband, her aunt and the dog next door and wrote the book together over a long lunch. It's convoluted, boring, confusing and meaningless.

I had a hard time ever really getting into it and it is over 500 pages...I kept waiting for the plot to pick up and for something beyond depressed people roaming around O'Hare airport looking for memory serums to happen. Nope Never happened.

Why Roth switched POVs also made no sense. They read like the same character and I had to keep flipping back to see who I was reading? Tobias was a mess-and only snapped out of it after Tris died. Tris was on a death mission and seem destined to end-like she wanted to be a martyr...and she was pretty narcissistic.

I really liked divergent. I really thought it worked. I liked Hunger Games-that was a good read too. I even liked Twilight... But, after Allegiant I am done with YA trilogies. I'm convinced they are not written to develop plots or build characters or even to further a story...they are written solely to make money...
]]> <![CDATA[Inside the Victorian Home: A Portrait of Domestic Life in Victorian England]]> 52855
Following the daily life of a middle-class Victorian house from room to room; from childbirth in the master bedroom through the kitchen, scullery, dining room, and parlor, all the way to the sickroom; Judith Flanders draws on diaries, advice books, and other sources to resurrect an age so close in time yet so alien to our own. 100 illustrations, 32 pages of color.]]> 499 Judith Flanders 0393327639 Laura 0 to-read 4.16 2003 Inside the Victorian Home: A Portrait of Domestic Life in Victorian England
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average rating: 4.16
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]]> Austenland (Austenland, #1) 248483 197 Shannon Hale 1596912855 Laura 2 3.55 2007 Austenland (Austenland, #1)
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average rating: 3.55
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]]> <![CDATA[Drops of Gold (The Jonquil Brothers #2)]]> 6419476 182 Sarah M. Eden Laura 3 4.17 2008 Drops of Gold (The Jonquil Brothers #2)
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average rating: 4.17
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rating: 3
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]]> Blackmoore 15795628
Kate journeys to the stately manor of Blackmoore determined to fulfill her end of the bargain and enlists the help of her dearest childhood friend, Henry Delafield. But when it comes to matters of love, bargains are meaningless and plans are changeable. There on the wild lands of Blackmoore, Kate must face the truth that has kept her heart captive. Will the proposal she is determined to reject actually be the one thing that will set her heart free?

Set in Northern England in 1820, Blackmoore is a Regency romance that tells the story of a young woman struggling to learn how to follow her heart. It is Wuthering Heights meets Little Women with a delicious must-read twist.]]> 286 Julianne Donaldson 1609074602 Laura 4 4.17 2013 Blackmoore
author: Julianne Donaldson
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average rating: 4.17
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]]> <![CDATA[The God Who Weeps: How Mormonism Makes Sense of Life]]> 15954244
As humans, we are, like the poet John Keats, "straining at particles of light in the midst of a great darkness." And yet, the authors describe a version of life's meaning that is reasonable—and radically resonant. It tells of a God whose heart beats in sympathy with ours, who set His heart upon us before the world was formed, who fashioned the earth as a place of human ascent, not exile, and who has the desire and the capacity to bring the entire human family home again.]]> 160 Terryl L. Givens 1609071883 Laura 0 to-read 4.31 2012 The God Who Weeps: How Mormonism Makes Sense of Life
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average rating: 4.31
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]]> <![CDATA[These Is My Words: The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1881-1901, Arizona Territories (Sarah Agnes Prine, #1)]]> 348225
Rich in authentic everyday details and alive with truly unforgettable characters, These Is My Words brilliantly brings a vanished world to breathtaking life again.]]> 384 Nancy E. Turner 0060987510 Laura 5 4.36 1998 These Is My Words: The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1881-1901, Arizona Territories (Sarah Agnes Prine, #1)
author: Nancy E. Turner
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average rating: 4.36
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]]> The Fault in Our Stars 11870085
Insightful, bold, irreverent, and raw, The Fault in Our Stars is award-winning author John Green's most ambitious and heartbreaking work yet, brilliantly exploring the funny, thrilling, and tragic business of being alive and in love.]]> 313 John Green Laura 2 4.13 2012 The Fault in Our Stars
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]]> Housekeeping 11741 Housekeeping is the story of Ruth and her younger sister, Lucille, who grow up haphazardly, first under the care of their competent grandmother, then of two comically bumbling great-aunts, and finally of Sylvie, their eccentric and remote aunt. The family house is in the small Far West town of Fingerbone set on a glacial lake, the same lake where their grandfather died in a spectacular train wreck, and their mother drove off a cliff to her death. It is a town "chastened by an outsized landscape and extravagant weather, and chastened again by an awareness that the whole of human history had occurred elsewhere." Ruth and Lucille's struggle toward adulthood beautifully illuminates the price of loss and survival, and the dangerous and deep undertow of transience.]]> 219 Marilynne Robinson 0312424094 Laura 5 3.82 1980 Housekeeping
author: Marilynne Robinson
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average rating: 3.82
book published: 1980
rating: 5
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]]> Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 51496 139 Robert Louis Stevenson 0451528956 Laura 3 3.84 1886 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
author: Robert Louis Stevenson
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average rating: 3.84
book published: 1886
rating: 3
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]]> The Longest Journey 3101 The Longest Journey as the book "I am most glad to have written." An introspective novel of manners at once comic and tragic, it tells of a sensitive and intelligent young man with an intense imagination and a certain amount of literary talent. He sets out full of hope to become a writer, but gives up his aspirations for those of the conventional world, gradually sinking into a life of petty conformity and bitter disappointments.]]> 396 E.M. Forster 0141441488 Laura 3 3.46 1907 The Longest Journey
author: E.M. Forster
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average rating: 3.46
book published: 1907
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[A Red Herring Without Mustard (Flavia de Luce #3)]]> 8517008 416 Alan Bradley 0385342322 Laura 4 4.05 2011 A Red Herring Without Mustard (Flavia de Luce #3)
author: Alan Bradley
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average rating: 4.05
book published: 2011
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Glimpses into the Life and Heart of Marjorie Pay Hinckley]]> 93494
In Glimpses into the Life and Heart of Marjorie Pay Hinckley, dozens of family members and friends share experiences and feelings that demonstrate the character of a quietly remarkable woman. These vignettes combine with the words of Sister Hinckley herself, gleaned from talks, letters, and conversations, to create a portrait that is engaging and inspiring.

From her profound yet simple faith to her optimism and sense of humor, from her love of mothering and grandmothering to her enthusiasm for learning, Sister Hinckley's personality traits are perfectly suited to her mission. She goes through life with a smile in her heart and a gift for loving that reaches out to embrace everyone she meets. As you meet her in these pages, you'll fall under the spell of her warmth, her genuineness, and her testimony.]]> 268 Virginia H. Pearce 1573455237 Laura 5 4.52 1999 Glimpses into the Life and Heart of Marjorie Pay Hinckley
author: Virginia H. Pearce
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average rating: 4.52
book published: 1999
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Georgette Heyer's Regency World]]> 311125 382 Jennifer Kloester 0434013293 Laura 2 4.03 2005 Georgette Heyer's Regency World
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average rating: 4.03
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rating: 2
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]]> The Forgotten Garden 3407877 The Forgotten Garden is a captivating, atmospheric and compulsively readable story of the past, secrets, family and memory from the international best-selling author Kate Morton.

Cassandra is lost, alone and grieving. Her much loved grandmother, Nell, has just died and Cassandra, her life already shaken by a tragic accident ten years ago, feels like she has lost everything dear to her. But an unexpected and mysterious bequest from Nell turns Cassandra’s life upside down and ends up challenging everything she thought she knew about herself and her family.

Inheriting a book of dark and intriguing fairytales written by Eliza Makepeace—the Victorian authoress who disappeared mysteriously in the early twentieth century—Cassandra takes her courage in both hands to follow in the footsteps of Nell on a quest to find out the truth about their history, their family and their past; little knowing that in the process, she will also discover a new life for herself.
]]> 648 Kate Morton 0330449605 Laura 3 4.14 2008 The Forgotten Garden
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average rating: 4.14
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rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[A Disciple's Life: The Biography of Neal A. Maxwell]]> 336834 631 Bruce C. Hafen 1570088330 Laura 5 4.44 2002 A Disciple's Life: The Biography of Neal A. Maxwell
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average rating: 4.44
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rating: 5
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]]> Ficciones 426504 Ficciones demonstrate the whirlwind of Borges's genius and mirror the precision and potency of his intellect and inventiveness, his piercing irony, his skepticism, and his obsession with fantasy. Borges sends us on a journey into a compelling, bizarre, and profoundly resonant realm; we enter the fearful sphere of Pascal's abyss, the surreal and literal labyrinth of books, and the iconography of eternal return. To enter the worlds in Ficciones is to enter the mind of Jorge Luis Borges, wherein lies Heaven, Hell, and everything else in between.

Part One: The Garden of Forking Paths
Prologue
Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius (1940)
The Approach to Al-Mu'tasim (1936, not included in the 1941 edition)
Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote (1939)
The Circular Ruins (1940)
The Lottery in Babylon (1941)
An Examination of the Work of Herbert Quain (1941)
The Library of Babel (1941)
The Garden of Forking Paths (1941)
Part Two: Artifices
Prologue
Funes the Memorious (1942)
The Form of the Sword (1942)
Theme of the Traitor and the Hero (1944)
Death and the Compass (1942)
The Secret Miracle (1943)
Three Versions of Judas (1944)
The End (1953, 2nd edition only)
The Sect of the Phoenix (1952, 2nd edition only)
The South (1953, 2nd edition only)]]> 174 Jorge Luis Borges 0802130305 Laura 0 4.46 1944 Ficciones
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name: Laura
average rating: 4.46
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]]> The Color Purple 1100590
Then her husband's lover, a flamboyant blues singer, barreled into her world and gave Celie the courage to ask for more - to laugh, to play, and finally - to love.]]> 296 Alice Walker 0671617028 Laura 4 4.15 1982 The Color Purple
author: Alice Walker
name: Laura
average rating: 4.15
book published: 1982
rating: 4
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]]> The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 517188 150 Muriel Spark 0060931736 Laura 3 3.73 1961 The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
author: Muriel Spark
name: Laura
average rating: 3.73
book published: 1961
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes, #1)]]> 102868
But it's not long before Sherlock Holmes, with Watson in tow, is working with Scotland Yard investigating the murder of two Americans whose deaths have some mysterious connection to sinister groups gathering power in both Britain and America.

Here's where it all began. 'A Study in Scarlet.' Meet Sherlock Holmes, one of the world's leading consulting detectives - fictional of course!]]> 123 Arthur Conan Doyle 1420925539 Laura 3 4.16 1887 A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes, #1)
author: Arthur Conan Doyle
name: Laura
average rating: 4.16
book published: 1887
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[The Call of the Wild, White Fang and Other Stories]]> 43037 400 Jack London 0192835149 Laura 3 4.05 1903 The Call of the Wild, White Fang and Other Stories
author: Jack London
name: Laura
average rating: 4.05
book published: 1903
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[The Importance of Being Earnest]]> 92303
Cecily Cardew and Gwendolen Fairfax are both in love with the same mythical suitor. Jack Worthing has wooed Gwendolen as Ernest while Algernon has also posed as Ernest to win the heart of Jack's ward, Cecily. When all four arrive at Jack's country home on the same weekend the "rivals" to fight for Ernest's undivided attention and the "Ernests" to claim their beloveds pandemonium breaks loose. Only a senile nursemaid and an old, discarded hand-bag can save the day!

This Prestwick House Literary Touchstone Edition includes a glossary and reader's notes to help the modern reader appreciate Wilde's wry wit and elaborate plot twists.]]> 89 Oscar Wilde 158049580X Laura 4 4.17 1895 The Importance of Being Earnest
author: Oscar Wilde
name: Laura
average rating: 4.17
book published: 1895
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Nancy: The Story of Lady Astor]]> 15793055 400 Adrian Fort 031259903X Laura 0 to-read 3.46 2012 Nancy: The Story of Lady Astor
author: Adrian Fort
name: Laura
average rating: 3.46
book published: 2012
rating: 0
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]]> Keturah and Lord Death 331830 216 Martine Leavitt 1932425292 Laura 2 3.90 2006 Keturah and Lord Death
author: Martine Leavitt
name: Laura
average rating: 3.90
book published: 2006
rating: 2
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]]> Rebecca 12873 Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again...

Working as a lady's companion, the heroine of Rebecca learns her place. Her future looks bleak until, on a trip to the South of France, she meets Max de Winter, a handsome widower whose sudden proposal of marriage takes her by surprise. She accepts, but whisked from glamorous Monte Carlo to the ominous and brooding Manderley, the new Mrs de Winter finds Max a changed man. And the memory of his dead wife Rebecca is forever kept alive by the forbidding housekeeper, Mrs Danvers...

Not since Jane Eyre has a heroine faced such difficulty with the Other Woman. An international bestseller that has never gone out of print, Rebecca is the haunting story of a young girl consumed by love and the struggle to find her identity.]]> 428 Daphne du Maurier 1844080382 Laura 4 4.19 1938 Rebecca
author: Daphne du Maurier
name: Laura
average rating: 4.19
book published: 1938
rating: 4
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]]> A Fortunate Life 1189454 Facey's life story, published when he was eighty-seven, has inspired many as a play, a television series, and an award-winning book that has sold over half a million copies.]]> 331 A.B. Facey 0140081674 Laura 4 4.21 1981 A Fortunate Life
author: A.B. Facey
name: Laura
average rating: 4.21
book published: 1981
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment]]> 6708 Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9781577314806.

To make the journey into the Now we will need to leave our analytical mind and its false created self, the ego, behind. From the very first page of Eckhart Tolle's extraordinary book, we move rapidly into a significantly higher altitude where we breathe a lighter air. We become connected to the indestructible essence of our Being, “The eternal, ever present One Life beyond the myriad forms of life that are subject to birth and death.â€� Although the journey is challenging, Eckhart Tolle uses simple language and an easy question-and-answer format to guide us.

A word-of-mouth phenomenon since its first publication, The Power of Now is one of those rare books with the power to create an experience in readers, one that can radically change their lives for the better.]]> 229 Eckhart Tolle Laura 4 4.16 1997 The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
author: Eckhart Tolle
name: Laura
average rating: 4.16
book published: 1997
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day]]> 46677
And it got worse...

His best friend deserted him. There was no dessert in his lunch bag. And, on top of all that, there were lima beans for dinner and kissing on TV!]]> 32 Judith Viorst 0689711735 Laura 5 4.24 1972 Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
author: Judith Viorst
name: Laura
average rating: 4.24
book published: 1972
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Sybil: The Classic True Story of a Woman Possessed by Sixteen Personalities]]> 67920 481 Flora Rheta Schreiber 0446359408 Laura 4 3.99 1973 Sybil: The Classic True Story of a Woman Possessed by Sixteen Personalities
author: Flora Rheta Schreiber
name: Laura
average rating: 3.99
book published: 1973
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Bridget Jones’s Diary (Bridget Jones, #1)]]> 227443 a. lose 7 pounds
b. stop smoking
c. develop Inner Poise

"129 lbs. (how is it possible to put on 4 pounds in the middle of the night? Could flesh have somehow solidified becoming denser and heavier? Repulsive, horrifying notion), alcohol units 4 (excellent), cigarettes 21 (poor but will give up totally tomorrow), number of correct lottery numbers 2 (better, but nevertheless useless)..."

"Bridget Jones' Diary" is the devastatingly self-aware, laugh-out-loud daily chronicle of Bridget's permanent, doomed quest for self-improvement � a year in which she resolves to: reduce the circumference of each thigh by 1.5 inches, visit the gym three times a week not just to buy a sandwich, form a functional relationship with a responsible adult - and learn to program the VCR.

Over the course of the year, Bridget loses a total of 72 pounds but gains a total of 74. She remains, however, optimistic. Through it all, Bridget will have you helpless with laughter, and â€� like millions of readers the world round â€� you'll find yourself shouting, "Bridget Jones is me!"]]> 288 Helen Fielding 014028009X Laura 2 3.81 1996 Bridget Jones’s Diary (Bridget Jones, #1)
author: Helen Fielding
name: Laura
average rating: 3.81
book published: 1996
rating: 2
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]]> <![CDATA[Amelia Bedelia (Amelia Bedelia, #1)]]> 774001 63 Peggy Parish 0064441555 Laura 3 4.19 1963 Amelia Bedelia (Amelia Bedelia, #1)
author: Peggy Parish
name: Laura
average rating: 4.19
book published: 1963
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Calvin and Hobbes (Calvin and Hobbes, #1)]]> 77727 128 Bill Watterson 0836220889 Laura 4 4.61 1987 Calvin and Hobbes (Calvin and Hobbes, #1)
author: Bill Watterson
name: Laura
average rating: 4.61
book published: 1987
rating: 4
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]]> Old Yeller 130580
The stray dog was ugly, and a thieving rascal, too. But he sure was clever, and a smart dog could be a big help on the wild Texas frontier, especially with Papa away on a long cattle drive up to Abilene.

Strong and courageous, Old Yeller proved that he could protect Travis's family from any sort of danger. But can Travis do the same for Old Yeller?]]> 132 Fred Gipson 0060935472 Laura 3 4.10 1956 Old Yeller
author: Fred Gipson
name: Laura
average rating: 4.10
book published: 1956
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom]]> 6596 The Four Agreements, don Miguel Ruiz reveals the source of self-limiting beliefs that rob us of joy and create needless suffering. Based on ancient Toltec wisdom, the Four Agreements offer a powerful code of conduct that can rapidly transform our lives to a new experience of freedom, true happiness, and love. The Four Agreements are: Be Impeccable With Your Word, Don't Take Anything Personally, Don't Make Assumptions, Always Do Your Best.]]> 152 Miguel Ruiz 1878424505 Laura 5 4.20 1997 The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
author: Miguel Ruiz
name: Laura
average rating: 4.20
book published: 1997
rating: 5
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]]> A Light in the Attic 30118 Last night while I lay thinking here
Some Whatifs crawled inside my ear
And pranced and partied all night long
And sang their same old Whatif song:

Whatif I flunk that test?
Whatif green hair grows on my chest?
Whatif nobody likes me?
Whatif a bolt of lightning strikes me?...This 20th anniversary of Shel Silverstein's A Light in the Attic includes a CD of highlights from his Grammy Award-winning album.

Here in the attic of Shel Silverstein you will find Backward Bill, Sour Face Ann, the Meehoo with an Exactlywatt, and the Polar Bear in the Frigidaire. You will talk with Broiled Face, and find out what happens when Somebody steals your knees, you get caught by the Quick-Digesting Gink, a Mountain snores, and They Put a Brassiere on the Camel.

From the creator of the beloved poetry collections Where the Sidewalk Ends and Falling Up, here is another wondrous book of poems and drawings.]]> 176 Shel Silverstein 0060513063 Laura 5 4.36 1981 A Light in the Attic
author: Shel Silverstein
name: Laura
average rating: 4.36
book published: 1981
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Little House in the Big Woods (Little House, #1)]]> 8337
Little House in the Big Woods takes place in 1871 and introduces us to four-year-old Laura, who lives in a log cabin on the edge of the Big Woods of Wisconsin. She shares the cabin with her Pa, her Ma, her sisters Mary and Carrie, and their lovable dog, Jack.

Pioneer life isn’t easy for the Ingalls family, since they must grow or catch all their own food as they get ready for the cold winter. But they make the best of every tough situation. They celebrate Christmas with homemade toys and treats, do their spring planting, bring in the harvest in the fall, and make their first trip into town. And every night, safe and warm in their little house, the sound of Pa’s fiddle lulls Laura and her sisters into sleep.

The nine books in the timeless Little House series tell the story of Laura’s real childhood as an American pioneer, and are cherished by readers of all generations. They offer a unique glimpse into life on the American frontier, and tell the heartwarming, unforgettable story of a loving family.]]> 224 Laura Ingalls Wilder 0060885378 Laura 4 4.21 1932 Little House in the Big Woods (Little House, #1)
author: Laura Ingalls Wilder
name: Laura
average rating: 4.21
book published: 1932
rating: 4
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]]> Dead Poets Society 67238 166 N.H. Kleinbaum 0553282980 Laura 3 4.19 1988 Dead Poets Society
author: N.H. Kleinbaum
name: Laura
average rating: 4.19
book published: 1988
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe]]> 9375 Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe is a now-classic novel about two women: Evelyn, who is in the sad slump of middle age, and gray-headed Mrs. Threadgoode, who is telling her life story. Her tale includes two more women, the irrepressibly daredevilish tomboy Idgie and her friend Ruth who back in the thirties ran a little place in Whistle Stop, Alabama, offering good coffee, southern barbecue, and all kinds of love and laughter, even an occasional murder. And as the past unfolds, the present will never be quite the same again.]]> 416 Fannie Flagg 0375508414 Laura 4 4.28 1987 Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
author: Fannie Flagg
name: Laura
average rating: 4.28
book published: 1987
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[All Creatures Great and Small / All Things Bright and Beautiful]]> 32087 The first two memoirs in the New York Times-bestselling series from an English veterinarian--and the basis for the Masterpiece series on PBS.

All Creatures Great and Small: In the rolling dales of Yorkshire--a simple, rural region of Northern England--a young veterinarian from Sunderland joins a new practice. A stranger in an unfamiliar land, James Herriot must quickly learn the odd dialect and humorous ways of the locals, master outdated equipment, and do his best to mend, treat, and heal pets and livestock alike.

All Things Bright and Beautiful: After his first day on the job, Herriot's mentor warns him that the life of a country veterinarian is full of small triumphs and big disasters, but that he'd never be bored. From night visits to drafty barns during freezing Northern England winters to the beautiful vitality of rural life in the summertime to the colorful menagerie of animals--and their owners--that pass through his office, Herriot experiences new challenges and joys every day. In these pages, Herriot trains under his eccentric boss in a rustic English village, courts the woman that becomes his wife, and meets the people he would come to write about for a lifetime.

This witty and heartwarming collection, based on the author's own experiences, became an international success, winning over animal lovers everywhere. Perhaps better than any other writer, Herriot reveals the ties that bind us to the creatures in our lives.

Praise for All Creatures Great and Small:

"One of the funniest and most likeable books around." --The Atlantic

"Refreshingly original . . . Hilarious, touching, athletic and warming . . . Dr. Herriot's characters . . . rival any from British fiction." �Los Angeles Times]]> 820 James Herriot 1567313450 Laura 3 4.31 1972 All Creatures Great and Small / All Things Bright and Beautiful
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average rating: 4.31
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]]> The Wind in the Willows 5659 “All this he saw, for one moment breathless and intense, vivid on the morning sky; and still, as he looked, he lived; and still, as he lived, he wondered.â€�

For more than a century, The Wind in the Willows and its endearing protagonists—Mole, Water Rat, Badger, and, of course, the incorrigible Toad—have enchanted children of all ages. Whether the four friends are setting forth on an exciting adventure, engaging in a comic caper, or simply relaxing by the River Thames, their stories will surprise and captivate you.

Hailed as one of the most enduringly popular works of the twentieth century, this story is a classic of magical fancy and enchanting wit. Penned in lyrical prose, the adventures and misadventures of the book’s intrepid quartet of heroes raise fantasy to the level of myth. Reflecting the freshness of childhood wonder, it still offers adults endless sophistication, substance, and depth.

The animalsâ€� world embodies the author’s wry, whimsical, and unfailingly inventive imagination. It is a world that succeeding generations of both adult and young readers have found irresistible. But why say more? To use the words of the estimable Mr. Toad himself: “Travel, change, interest, excitement!...Come inside.â€�]]> 197 Kenneth Grahame 0143039091 Laura 4 4.02 1908 The Wind in the Willows
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name: Laura
average rating: 4.02
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rating: 4
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]]> A Little Princess 3008
This unique and fully annotated edition appends excerpts from Frances Hodgson Burnett 's original 1888 novella Sara Crewe and the stage play that preceded the novel, as well as an early story, "Behind the White Brick," allowing readers to see how A Little Princess evolved. In his delightful introduction, U. C. Knoepflmacher considers the fairy-tale allusions and literary touchstones that place the book among the major works of Victorian literature, and shows it to be an exceptionally rich and resonant novel.]]> 242 Frances Hodgson Burnett 0142437018 Laura 3 4.22 1905 A Little Princess
author: Frances Hodgson Burnett
name: Laura
average rating: 4.22
book published: 1905
rating: 3
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]]> Horton Hears a Who! 7779 ‘A person’s a person, no matter how smallâ€�!

With his unique combination of hilarious stories, zany pictures and riotous rhymes, Dr Seuss has been delighting young children and helping them learn to read for over fifty years. Creator of the wonderfully anarchic Cat in the Hat, and ranked among the world's top ten favorite children’s authors, Dr. Seuss is a global best-seller, with nearly half a billion books sold worldwide.]]> 64 Dr. Seuss 0679800034 Laura 5 4.21 1954 Horton Hears a Who!
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average rating: 4.21
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rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The Tale of Peter Rabbit (World of Beatrix Potter, #1)]]> 19321 "Now, my dears," said old Mrs Rabbit one morning, "you may go into the fields or down the lane, but don't go into Mr. McGregor's garden."

Follow the story of naughty Peter Rabbit as he squeezes—predictably—under the gate into Mr. McGregor's garden and finds himself in all kinds of trouble! But how does Peter Rabbit get himself out of this tricky situation? Beatrix Potter's story about one mischievous but ultimately endearing little creature will tell us, accompanied by beautiful illustrations and timeless verses which have transcended generations.

'The Tale of Peter Rabbit', first published in 1902, is still today one of Beatrix Potter's most popular and well-loved tales. It is the first of the illustrious series that is The World of Beatrix Potter', and a story which has endured retelling after retelling at bedtimes all over the world.

Beatrix Potter (1866�1943) loved the countryside and spent much of her childhood drawing and studying animals. 'The Tale of Peter Rabbit', first published in 1902, was her first book. She later went on to publish more than twenty tales and collections of rhymes.

Age Rating: 3�12+ / Preschool - 2+ / Lexile Measure AD660L]]> 72 Beatrix Potter 0723247706 Laura 5 4.22 1902 The Tale of Peter Rabbit (World of Beatrix Potter, #1)
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]]> James and the Giant Peach 6689 176 Roald Dahl 0375814248 Laura 4 4.04 1961 James and the Giant Peach
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average rating: 4.04
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rating: 4
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]]> The Screwtape Letters 11149 The Screwtape Letters is the most engaging and humorous account of temptation—and triumph over it—ever written.^]]> 209 C.S. Lewis 0060652896 Laura 3 4.17 1942 The Screwtape Letters
author: C.S. Lewis
name: Laura
average rating: 4.17
book published: 1942
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[How the Grinch Stole Christmas!]]> 113946 "The Grinch hated Christmas! The whole Christmas season!
Now, please don't ask why. No one quite knows the reason."

Dr. Seuss's small-hearted Grinch ranks right up there with Scrooge when it comes to the crankiest, scowling holiday grumps of all time.

For 53 years, the Grinch has lived in a cave on the side of a mountain, looming above the Whos in Whoville. The noisy holiday preparations and infernal singing of the happy little citizens below annoy him to no end. The Grinch decides this frivolous merriment must stop. His "wonderful, awful" idea is to don a Santa outfit, strap heavy antlers on his poor, quivering dog Max, construct a makeshift sleigh, head down to Whoville, and strip the chafingly cheerful Whos of their Yuletide glee once and for all.

Looking quite out of place and very disturbing in his makeshift Santa get-up, the Grinch slithers down chimneys with empty bags and stealing the Whos' presents, their food, even the logs from their humble Who-fires. He takes the ramshackle sleigh to Mt. Crumpit to dump it and waits to hear the sobs of the Whos when they wake up and discover the trappings of Christmas have disappeared. Imagine the Whos' dismay when they discover the evil-doings of Grinch in his anti-Santa guise. But what is that sound? It's not sobbing, but singing! Children simultaneously adore and fear this triumphant, twisted Seussian testimonial to the undaunted cheerfulness of the Whos, the transcendent nature of joy, and of course, the growth potential of a heart that's two sizes too small.

This holiday classic is perfect for reading aloud to your favorite little Whos.]]> 64 Dr. Seuss 0007173040 Laura 5 4.38 1957 How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
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average rating: 4.38
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rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The Divine Comedy: Inferno - Purgatorio - Paradiso]]> 6656 This Everyman’s Library edition–containing in one volume all three cantos, Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso–includes an introduction by Nobel Prize—winning poet Eugenio Montale, a chronology, notes, and a bibliography. Also included are forty-two drawings selected from Botticelli’s marvelous late-fifteenth-century series of illustrations.

Translated in this edition by Allen Mandelbaum, The Divine Comedy begins in a shadowed forest on Good Friday in the year 1300. It proceeds on a journey that, in its intense recreation of the depths and the heights of human experience, has become the key with which Western civilization has sought to unlock the mystery of its own identity.

Mandelbaum’s astonishingly Dantean translation, which captures so much of the life of the original, renders whole for us the masterpiece of that genius whom our greatest poets have recognized as a central model for all poets.]]> 798 Dante Alighieri 0679433139 Laura 3 4.08 1320 The Divine Comedy: Inferno - Purgatorio - Paradiso
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average rating: 4.08
book published: 1320
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Charlie Bucket, #1)]]> 6310 (back cover)]]> 176 Roald Dahl 0142403881 Laura 3 4.16 1964 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Charlie Bucket, #1)
author: Roald Dahl
name: Laura
average rating: 4.16
book published: 1964
rating: 3
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]]> Love You Forever 310259 An extraordinarily different story by Robert Munsch is a gentle affirmation of the love a parent feels for their child—forever.

"A young woman holds her newborn son and looks at him lovingly. Softly she sings to him: "I'll love you forever. I'll like you for always. As long as I'm living, my baby you'll be."

So begins the story that has touched the hearts of millions worldwide. Since publication in l986, "Love You Forever" has sold more than 15 million copies in paperback and the regular hardcover edition (as well as hundreds of thousands of translated copies around the world).

Sheila McGraw's soft and colorful pastels perfectly complement the sentiment of the book—one that will be read repeatedly for years.]]> 32 Robert Munsch 0920668372 Laura 4 4.37 1986 Love You Forever
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name: Laura
average rating: 4.37
book published: 1986
rating: 4
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]]> The Velveteen Rabbit 144974
Like the Skin Horse, Margery Williams understood how toys—and people—become real through the wisdom and experience of love. This reissue of a favorite classic, with the original story and illustrations as they first appeared in 1922, will work its magic for all who read it.]]> 40 Margery Williams Bianco 0380002558 Laura 5 4.30 1922 The Velveteen Rabbit
author: Margery Williams Bianco
name: Laura
average rating: 4.30
book published: 1922
rating: 5
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]]> The Lorax 7784 "Unless someone like you... cares a whole awful lot... nothing is going to get better... It's not."

Long before saving the earth became a global concern, Dr. Seuss, speaking through his character the Lorax, warned against mindless progress and the danger it posed to the earth's natural beauty.

His classic cautionary tale is now available in an irresistible mini-edition, perfect for backpack or briefcase, for Arbor Day, Earth Day, and every day.]]> 72 Dr. Seuss 0679889108 Laura 4 4.35 1971 The Lorax
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average rating: 4.35
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rating: 4
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]]> Don Quixote 3836
With its experimental form and literary playfulness, Don Quixote has been generally recognized as the first modern novel. The book has been enormously influential on a host of writers, from Fielding and Sterne to Flaubert, Dickens, Melville, and Faulkner, who reread it once a year, "just as some people read the Bible."]]> 1023 Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra Laura 4 3.86 1615 Don Quixote
author: Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
name: Laura
average rating: 3.86
book published: 1615
rating: 4
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]]> The Outsiders 231804 The Outsiders is about two weeks in the life of a 14-year-old boy. The novel tells the story of Ponyboy Curtis and his struggles with right and wrong in a society in which he believes that he is an outsider. According to Ponyboy, there are two kinds of people in the world: greasers and socs. A soc (short for "social") has money, can get away with just about anything, and has an attitude longer than a limousine. A greaser, on the other hand, always lives on the outside and needs to watch his back. Ponyboy is a greaser, and he's always been proud of it, even willing to rumble against a gang of socs for the sake of his fellow greasers--until one terrible night when his friend Johnny kills a soc. The murder gets under Ponyboy's skin, causing his bifurcated world to crumble and teaching him that pain feels the same whether a soc or a greaser.

Librarian note: This record is for one of the three editions published with different covers and with ISBN 0-140-38572-X / 978-0-14-038572-4. The records are for the 1988 cover (this record), the 1995 cover, and the 2008 cover which is also the current in-print cover.]]> 208 S.E. Hinton 0670532576 Laura 4 4.13 1967 The Outsiders
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name: Laura
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rating: 4
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]]> Goodnight Moon 32929
In this classic of children's literature, beloved by generations of readers and listeners, the quiet poetry of the words and the gentle, lulling illustrations combine to make a perfect book for the end of the day.]]> 32 Margaret Wise Brown 0060775858 Laura 5 4.31 1947 Goodnight Moon
author: Margaret Wise Brown
name: Laura
average rating: 4.31
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rating: 5
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]]> Where the Wild Things Are 19543 38 Maurice Sendak 0099408392 Laura 5 4.25 1963 Where the Wild Things Are
author: Maurice Sendak
name: Laura
average rating: 4.25
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rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The Cat in the Hat (Cat in the Hat, #1)]]> 233093 Have a ball with Dr. Seuss and the Cat in the Hat in this classic picture book...but don't forget to clean up your mess!

Then he said That is that.
And then he was gone
With a tip of his hat.

A dreary day turns into a wild romp when this beloved story introduces readers to the Cat in the Hat and his troublemaking friends, Thing 1 and Thing 2 � And don't forget Fish! A favorite among kids, parents and teachers, this story uses simple words and basic rhyme to encourage and delight beginning readers.

Originally created by Dr. Seuss himself, Beginner Books are fun, funny, and easy to read. These unjacketed hardcover early readers encourage children to read all on their own, using simple words and illustrations. Smaller than the classic large format Seuss picture books like The Lorax and Oh, The Places You'll Go!, these portable packages are perfect for practicing readers ages 3-7, and lucky parents too!]]> 61 Dr. Seuss 039480001X Laura 5 4.19 1957 The Cat in the Hat (Cat in the Hat, #1)
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name: Laura
average rating: 4.19
book published: 1957
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead]]> 18545 Hamlet told from the worm's-eye view of two minor characters, bewildered Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. Echoes of Waiting for Godot resound, reality and illusion mix, and where fate leads heroes to a tragic but inevitable end.]]> 126 Tom Stoppard 0802132758 Laura 3 4.05 1967 Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
author: Tom Stoppard
name: Laura
average rating: 4.05
book published: 1967
rating: 3
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]]> Peter Pan 34268 155 J.M. Barrie 0805072454 Laura 0 to-read 4.06 1911 Peter Pan
author: J.M. Barrie
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average rating: 4.06
book published: 1911
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]]> The Lottery 6219656
“The Lotteryâ€� stands out as one of the most famous short stories in American literary history. Originally published in The New Yorker, the author immediately began receiving letters from readers who demanded an explanation of the story’s meaning. “The Lotteryâ€� has been adapted for stage, television, radio and film.
]]> 30 Shirley Jackson 1563127873 Laura 4 4.08 1948 The Lottery
author: Shirley Jackson
name: Laura
average rating: 4.08
book published: 1948
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Teaching Your Children Responsibility,]]> 497536 185 Linda Eyre 0671887165 Laura 4 4.00 1982 Teaching Your Children Responsibility,
author: Linda Eyre
name: Laura
average rating: 4.00
book published: 1982
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[I Didn't Plan to be a Witch: And Other Surprises of a Joyful Mother]]> 350863 New York Times bestseller Teaching Your Children Values, has nine children. She knows that although no mother plans to be a witch, there are times when every mother does a terrific job of playing the part.

In her reassuring and hilarious report on being a mother in today's hectic world, Linda honestly describes not only the vital importance and magnificent moments of motherhood, but also those days when mothers feel they are living in a Roadrunner cartoon that never ends. She shares her own experiences with managing unmanageable schedules, coping with mealtime chaos, trying to find time for herself, and the sometimes desperate measures and compromises that are necessary to get it all done (and even then, not always). Whether offering advice on streamlining your life, coping with the martyr syndrome, or ignoring the outrageous demands of toddlers and teens with serenity and grace (or not), Linda Eyre speaks with the voice of experience.

]]> 192 Linda Eyre 0684807858 Laura 4 3.92 1989 I Didn't Plan to be a Witch: And Other Surprises of a Joyful Mother
author: Linda Eyre
name: Laura
average rating: 3.92
book published: 1989
rating: 4
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]]> Anna Karenina 152
«Nos capĂ­tulos iniciais de Anna KarĂ©nina, somos conduzidos, uma e outra vez, a um sentido de analogia musical. HĂĄ efeitos de contraponto e harmonia no desenvolvimento das principais tramas do “prelĂșdio Oblonskiâ€� (o acidente na estação ferroviĂĄria, a zombadora discussĂŁo sobre o divĂłrcio entre Vronski e a baronesa Chilton, o deslumbramento do fogo vermelho diante dos olhos de Anna). O mĂ©todo de Tolstoi Ă© polifĂłnico; mas as harmonias principais desen- volvem-se com uma tremenda força e amplitude. As tĂ©cnicas musicais e linguĂ­sticas nĂŁo podem comparar-se de um modo exato. Mas como poderĂ­amos elucidar de outro modo o sentimento de que as novelas de Tolstoi surgem de um princĂ­pio interior de ordem e vitalidade, enquanto as dos escritores menos importantes parecem alinhavadas?»

«Anna KarĂ©nina morre no mundo do romance; mas cada vez que lemos o livro ela ressuscita, e mesmo depois de o termos acabado adquire outra vida na nossa recordação. Em cada personagem literĂĄria existe algo da FĂ©nix imortal. AtravĂ©s das vidas perdurĂĄveis das suas personagens, a prĂłpria existĂȘncia de Tolstoi teve a sua eternidade.» [George Steiner, Tolstoi ou Dostoievski]]]> 960 Leo Tolstoy Laura 4 3.96 1878 Anna Karenina
author: Leo Tolstoy
name: Laura
average rating: 3.96
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]]> Adam Bede 20563 The story of a beautiful country girl's seduction by the local squire and its bitter, tragic sequel is an old and familiar one which George Eliot invests with peculiar and haunting power.

A bestseller from the moment of publication, Adam Bede, although on one level a rich and loving re-creation of a small community shaken to its core, is more than a charming, faultlessly evoked pastoral. However much the reader may sympathize with Hetty Sorrel and identify with Arthur Donnithorne, her seducer, and with Adam Bede, the man Hetty betrays,it is George Eliots's creation of the distant aesthetic whole - the complex, multifarious life of Hayslope - which so grips the reader's imagination. As Stephen Gill comments: 'Reading the novel is a process of learning simultaneously about the world of Adam Bede and the world of Adam Bede.']]> 624 George Eliot 0375759018 Laura 3 3.81 1859 Adam Bede
author: George Eliot
name: Laura
average rating: 3.81
book published: 1859
rating: 3
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]]> Gift from the Sea 77295
With great wisdom and insight Lindbergh describes the shifting shapes of relationships and marriage, presenting a vision of life as it is lived in an enduring and evolving partnership. A groundbreaking, best-selling work when it was originally published in 1955, Gift from the Sea continues to be discovered by new generations of readers. With a new introduction by Lindbergh’s daughter Reeve, this fiftieth-anniversary edition will give those who are revisiting the book and those who are coming upon it for the first time fresh insight into the life of this remarkable woman.

The sea and the beach are elements that have been woven throughout Anne Morrow Lindbergh’s life. She spent her childhood summers with her family on a Maine island. After her marriage to Charles Lindbergh in 1929, she accompanied him on his survey flights around the North Atlantic to launch the first transoceanic airlines. The Lindberghs eventually established a permanent home on the Connecticut coast, where they lived quietly, wrote books and raised their family.

After the children left home for lives of their own, the Lindberghs traveled extensively to Africa and the Pacific for environmental research.]]> 130 Anne Morrow Lindbergh 0394724550 Laura 2 4.14 1955 Gift from the Sea
author: Anne Morrow Lindbergh
name: Laura
average rating: 4.14
book published: 1955
rating: 2
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]]> <![CDATA[The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom]]> 561909
Corrie ten Boom and her family became leaders in the Dutch Underground, hiding Jewish people in their home in a specially built room and aiding their escape from the Nazis. For their help, all but Corrie found death in a concentration camp. The Hiding Place is their story.]]> 242 Corrie ten Boom 0553256696 Laura 5 4.46 1971 The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom
author: Corrie ten Boom
name: Laura
average rating: 4.46
book published: 1971
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]]> 12 Angry Men 509114 A landmark American drama that inspired a classic film and a Broadway revival—featuring an introduction by David Mamet A blistering character study and an examination of the American melting pot and the judicial system that keeps it in check, Twelve Angry Men holds at its core a deeply patriotic faith in the U.S. legal system. The play centers on Juror Eight, who is at first the sole holdout in an 11-1 guilty vote. Eight sets his sights not on proving the other jurors wrong but rather on getting them to look at the situation in a clear-eyed way not affected by their personal prejudices or biases. Reginald Rose deliberately and carefully peels away the layers of artifice from the men and allows a fuller picture to form of them—and of America, at its best and worst. After the critically acclaimed teleplay aired in 1954, this landmark American drama went on to become a cinematic masterpiece in 1957 starring Henry Fonda, for which Rose wrote the adaptation. More recently, Twelve Angry Men had a successful, and award-winning, run on Broadway.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.]]> 76 Reginald Rose 0792800699 Laura 5 4.01 1954 12 Angry Men
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average rating: 4.01
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rating: 5
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]]> Insurgent (Divergent, #2) 11735983
Tris's initiation day should have been marked by celebration and victory with her chosen faction; instead, the day ended with unspeakable horrors. War now looms as conflict between the factions and their ideologies grows. And in times of war, sides must be chosen, secrets will emerge, and choices will become even more irrevocable—and even more powerful. Transformed by her own decisions but also by haunting grief and guilt, radical new discoveries, and shifting relationships, Tris must fully embrace her Divergence, even if she does not know what she may lose by doing so.

New York Times bestselling author Veronica Roth's much-anticipated second book of the dystopian DIVERGENT series is another intoxicating thrill ride of a story, rich with hallmark twists, heartbreaks, romance, and powerful insights about human nature.]]> 525 Veronica Roth 0007442912 Laura 4 3.97 2012 Insurgent (Divergent, #2)
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name: Laura
average rating: 3.97
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rating: 4
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]]> The Happiness Project 6398634
In this lively and compelling account, Rubin chronicles her adventures during the twelve months she spent test-driving the wisdom of the ages, current scientific research, and lessons from popular culture about how to be happier. Among other things, she found that novelty and challenge are powerful sources of happiness; that money can help buy happiness, when spent wisely; that outer order contributes to inner calm; and that the very smallest of changes can make the biggest difference.]]> 301 Gretchen Rubin 0061583251 Laura 3 3.65 2009 The Happiness Project
author: Gretchen Rubin
name: Laura
average rating: 3.65
book published: 2009
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Friends and Foes (The Jonquil Brothers, #1)]]> 12887705 269 Sarah M. Eden Laura 3 4.17 2003 Friends and Foes (The Jonquil Brothers, #1)
author: Sarah M. Eden
name: Laura
average rating: 4.17
book published: 2003
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress]]> 533465 184 Dai Sijie 0385722206 Laura 4 3.64 2000 Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
author: Dai Sijie
name: Laura
average rating: 3.64
book published: 2000
rating: 4
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]]> Edenbrooke (Edenbrooke, #1) 12820360
From a terrifying run-in with a highwayman to a seemingly harmless flirtation, Marianne finds herself embroiled in an unexpected adventure filled with enough romance and intrigue to keep her mind racing. Will Marianne be able to rein in her traitorous heart, or will a mysterious stranger sweep her off her feet? Fate had something other than a relaxing summer in mind when it sent Marianne to Edenbrooke.]]> 264 Julianne Donaldson 1609089464 Laura 4 Reading this novel reminded me what I longed for most in a good old romance-a novel I could identify with. Sure, the plot is a little manipulated and the ending mostly predictable-but isn't every memorable romance? We all want the love struck girl and guy to find a way to make it work. It's Doubtful, Donaldson will win any awards or even make it to the big screen- but I love that she did it her way and made a "proper" romance!
Read it. You will finish it way sooner than you want to and may pick it up a couple days later and start all over again.]]> 4.33 2012 Edenbrooke (Edenbrooke, #1)
author: Julianne Donaldson
name: Laura
average rating: 4.33
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rating: 4
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About time! About time someone wrote a Regency Period piece that transcends to today's reader. About time an above average romantic novel is written without any vampires/werewolves or situated 200 years from now. Sorry, twilight/dystopian lovers-this romance makes sense. The characters didn't have to morph into the living dead or kill the President to be together. They fall madly in love because they found a spark...because they had something in common and the obstacles they had to overcome to be together were the ones they set up themselves. But....Phillip's steely blue eyes and Marianne's instant "blush" didn't hurt either.
Reading this novel reminded me what I longed for most in a good old romance-a novel I could identify with. Sure, the plot is a little manipulated and the ending mostly predictable-but isn't every memorable romance? We all want the love struck girl and guy to find a way to make it work. It's Doubtful, Donaldson will win any awards or even make it to the big screen- but I love that she did it her way and made a "proper" romance!
Read it. You will finish it way sooner than you want to and may pick it up a couple days later and start all over again.
]]> <![CDATA[Seeking Persephone (The Lancaster Family, #1)]]> 5640523 288 Sarah M. Eden 1440454299 Laura 3 4.17 2008 Seeking Persephone (The Lancaster Family, #1)
author: Sarah M. Eden
name: Laura
average rating: 4.17
book published: 2008
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Raising Your Spirited Child: A Guide for Parents Whose Child is More Intense, Sensitive, Perceptive, Persistent, and Energetic]]> 188506 496 Mary Sheedy Kurcinka 0060739665 Laura 5 4.20 1991 Raising Your Spirited Child: A Guide for Parents Whose Child is More Intense, Sensitive, Perceptive, Persistent, and Energetic
author: Mary Sheedy Kurcinka
name: Laura
average rating: 4.20
book published: 1991
rating: 5
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]]> Cold Sassy Tree 306654
On July 5, 1906, scandal breaks in the small town of Cold Sassy, Georgia, when the proprietor of the general store, E. Rucker Blakeslee, elopes with Miss Love Simpson. He is barely three weeks a widower, and she is only half his age and a Yankee to boot. As their marriage inspires a whirlwind of local gossip, fourteen-year-old Will Tweedy suddenly finds himself eyewitness to a family scandal, and that’s where his adventures begin.

Cold Sassy Tree is the undeniably entertaining and extraordinarily moving account of small-town Southern life in a bygone era. Brimming with characters who are wise and loony, unimpeachably pious and deliciously irreverent, Olive Ann Burns’s classic bestseller is a timeless, funny, and resplendent treasure.]]> 391 Olive Ann Burns 038531258X Laura 3 4.00 1984 Cold Sassy Tree
author: Olive Ann Burns
name: Laura
average rating: 4.00
book published: 1984
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained]]> 336518

Marked by Milton's characteristic erudition is a work epic both in scale and, notoriously, in ambition. For nearly 350 years it has held generation upon generation of scholars, students and readers in rapt attention and its profound influence can be seen in almost every corner of Western culture.]]> 400 John Milton 0451524748 Laura 3 4.09 1667 Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained
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average rating: 4.09
book published: 1667
rating: 3
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]]> Wide Sargasso Sea 44597 Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. Born into an oppressive, colonialist society, Creole heiress Antoinette Cosway meets a young Englishman who is drawn to her innocent sensuality and beauty, but soon after their marriage, rumors of madness in her family poison his mind against her. He forces Antoinette to conform to his rigid Victorian ideals.]]> 160 Jean Rhys 0140274219 Laura 2 3.55 1966 Wide Sargasso Sea
author: Jean Rhys
name: Laura
average rating: 3.55
book published: 1966
rating: 2
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]]> Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club 35961 The Odyssey through modern literature.

The critical essays reflect a variety of schools of criticism.

Contains critical biographies, notes on the contributing critics, a chronology of the author's life, and an index.

Introductory essay by Harold Bloom.]]> 223 Harold Bloom 0791071170 Laura 3 4.41 2001 Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club
author: Harold Bloom
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average rating: 4.41
book published: 2001
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ]]> 323355 From the Introduction:

The Book of Mormon is a volume of holy scripture comparable to the Bible. It is a record of God's dealings with the ancient inhabitants of the Americas and contains, as does the Bible, the fulness of the everlasting gospel.

The book was written by many ancient prophets by the spirit of prophecy and revelation. Their words, written on gold plates, were quoted and abridged by a prophet-historian named Mormon. The record gives an account of two great civilizations. One came from Jerusalem in 600 B.C., and afterward separated into two nations, known as the Nephites and the Lamanites. The other came much earlier when the Lord confounded the tongues at the Tower of Babel. Thsi group is known as the Jaredites. After thousands of years, all were destroyed except the Lamanites, and they are the principal ancestors of the American Indians.

The crowning event recorded in the Book of Mormon is the personal ministry of the Lord Jesus Christ among the Nephites soon after his resurrection. It puts forth the doctrines of the gospel, outlines the plan of salvation, and tells men what they must do to gain peace in this life and eternal salvation in the life to come.

After Mormon completed his writings, he delivered the account to his son Moroni, who added a few words of his own and hid up the plates in the hill Cumorah. On September 21, 1823, the same Moroni, the a glorified, resurrected being, appeared to the Prophet Joseph Smith and instructed him relative to the ancient record and its destined translation into the English language.

In due course the plates were delivered to Joseph Smith, who translated them by the gift and power of God. The record is now published in many languages as a new and additional witness that Jesus Christ is the Son of the living God and that all who will come unto him and obey the laws and ordinances of his gospel may be saved.

Concerning this record the Prophet Joseph Smith said: "I told the brethren that the Book of Mormon was the most correct of any book on earth, and the keystone of our religion, and a man would get nearer to God by abiding by its precepts, than by any other book."

In addition to Joseph Smith, the Lord provided for eleven others to see the gold plates for themselves and to be special witnesses of the truth and divinity of the Book of Mormon. Their written testimonies are included herewith as "The Testimony of Three Witnesses" and "The Testimony of Eight Witnesses."

We invite all men everywhere to read the Book of Mormon, to ponder in their hearts the message it contains, and then to ask God, the Eternal Father, in the name of Christ if the book is true. Those who pursue this course an ask in faith will gain a testimony of its truth and divinity by the power of the Holy Ghost. (See Moroni 10: 3-5)

Those who gain this divine witness from the Holy Spirit will also come to know by the same power that Jesus Christ is the Savior of the world, that Joseph Smith is his revelator and prophet in these last days, and that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the Lord's kingdom once again established on the earth, preparatory to the second coming of the Messiah.]]> 531 Joseph Smith Jr. 0967686563 Laura 5 4.22 1830 The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ
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average rating: 4.22
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