yasmin's bookshelf: all en-US Sun, 07 Apr 2024 04:21:09 -0700 60 yasmin's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg <![CDATA[فرانسیس بیکن در گفتگو با میشل آرشمبو]]> 17447028 ایام کودکی، دوستان، دیدارها، هنر و خلاقیت، و همیشه و همواره کار. خبر نداشت هنوز -هیچ کس خبر نداشت� ولی بی‌پرده‌تری� و حیرت‌انگیزتری� علائم چند هفته پیش از خاموش شدنش سجاف گوشۀ زندگیش شده بود، در نگاهِ نقش شده بر تابلویش نمایان بود. از ورای اسطوره سرانجام انسان سر بر می‌آور�. فرانسیس بیکن، با سیطره بر نقاشی قرن بیستم و حتی پس از آن، چیزی را که باید وصیت نامه‌ا� بدانیم بی‌دری� به ما هبه کرد.‏]]> 128 Michel Archimbaud 9644481488 yasmin 0 to-read 3.70 1992 فرانسیس بیکن در گفتگو با میشل آرشمبو
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]]> <![CDATA[Remember: The Science of Memory and the Art of Forgetting]]> 54895704
Have you ever felt a crushing wave of panic when you can't for the life of you remember the name of that actor in the movie you saw last week, or you walk into a room only to forget why you went there in the first place? If you're over forty, you're probably not laughing. You might even be worried that these lapses in memory could be an early sign of Alzheimer's or dementia. In reality, for the vast majority of us, these examples of forgetting are completely normal. Why? Because while memory is amazing, it is far from perfect. Our brains aren't designed to remember every name we hear, plan we make, or day we experience. Just because your memory sometimes fails doesn't mean it's broken or succumbing to disease. Forgetting is actually part of being human.

In Remember, neuroscientist and acclaimed novelist Lisa Genova delves into how memories are made and how we retrieve them. You'll learn whether forgotten memories are temporarily inaccessible or erased forever and why some memories are built to exist for only a few seconds (like a passcode) while others can last a lifetime (your wedding day). You'll come to appreciate the clear distinction between normal forgetting (where you parked your car) and forgetting due to Alzheimer's (that you own a car). And you'll see how memory is profoundly impacted by meaning, emotion, sleep, stress, and context. Once you understand the language of memory and how it functions, its incredible strengths and maddening weaknesses, its natural vulnerabilities and potential superpowers, you can both vastly improve your ability to remember and feel less rattled when you inevitably forget. You can set educated expectations for your memory, and in doing so, create a better relationship with it. You don't have to fear it anymore. And that can be life-changing.]]> 256 Lisa Genova 0593137957 yasmin 0 currently-reading 4.15 2021 Remember: The Science of Memory and the Art of Forgetting
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]]> A Moveable Feast 4631 192 Ernest Hemingway yasmin 0 currently-reading 4.04 1964 A Moveable Feast
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]]> Pride and Prejudice 1885 Pride and Prejudice has remained one of the most popular novels in the English language. Jane Austen called this brilliant work "her own darling child" and its vivacious heroine, Elizabeth Bennet, "as delightful a creature as ever appeared in print." The romantic clash between the opinionated Elizabeth and her proud beau, Mr. Darcy, is a splendid performance of civilized sparring. And Jane Austen's radiant wit sparkles as her characters dance a delicate quadrille of flirtation and intrigue, making this book the most superb comedy of manners of Regency England.

Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780679783268]]> 279 Jane Austen 1441341706 yasmin 0 4.28 1813 Pride and Prejudice
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]]> <![CDATA[Modern Etiquette Made Easy: A Five-Step Method to Mastering Etiquette]]> 52368134 The founder of The Plaza Hotel's Finishing Program spills her insider knowledge to help you become instantly more polished.

In her debut book, Modern Etiquette Made Easy, the Queen of Good Manners Myka Meier takes formal etiquette that she learned while training under a former member of the Queen of England’s household and breaks it down into five easy steps to help you feel 100 percent confident in the areas of social, dining, business, and networking etiquette.

In this refreshingly entertaining etiquette guide, Myka combines her passion for etiquette and love of humor to share tips that are sure to give you a competitive edge in both your social and professional life. Through easy-to-follow chapters and relatable lessons, you’ll learn how to:
Create the best first impression
Become the most coveted party guest
Network like a pro
Practice good table manners
And much, much more!
Perfect for everyone who’s ever gone for the cheek kiss as the new acquaintance offered a handshake, or hobbled home from a networking event in stilettos. Fitting for messy-bun millennials who find themselves suddenly adulting without a clue, or mid-career professionals hoping to revamp their image. Or really, for anyone at all—at the end of the day, we could all use some more respect and kindness, and Modern Etiquette Made Easy offers advice and insight like a friend.

Pinkies down!]]> 176 Myka Meier 151074777X yasmin 0 4.04 2020 Modern Etiquette Made Easy: A Five-Step Method to Mastering Etiquette
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]]> قدرت بی‌قدرتا� 44132738 164 Václav Havel 6004900974 yasmin 0 4.04 1978 قدرت بی‌قدرتان
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]]> شکستن طلسم وحشت 42347778 194 Ariel Dorfman 622995074X yasmin 0 4.07 2002 شکستن طلسم وحشت
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]]> The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle 11275
In a Tokyo suburb a young man named Toru Okada searches for his wife's missing cat. Soon he finds himself looking for his wife as well in a netherworld that lies beneath the placid surface of Tokyo. As these searches intersect, Okada encounters a bizarre group of allies and antagonists: a psychic prostitute; a malevolent yet mediagenic politician; a cheerfully morbid sixteen-year-old-girl; and an aging war veteran who has been permanently changed by the hideous things he witnessed during Japan's forgotten campaign in Manchuria.

Gripping, prophetic, suffused with comedy and menace, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle is a tour de force equal in scope to the masterpieces of Mishima and Pynchon.]]> 607 Haruki Murakami 0965341984 yasmin 0 4.16 1994 The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
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]]> 1984 40961427 Nineteen Eighty-Four is a rare work that grows more haunting as its futuristic purgatory becomes more real. Published in 1949, the book offers political satirist George Orwell's nightmarish vision of a totalitarian, bureaucratic world and one poor stiff's attempt to find individuality. The brilliance of the novel is Orwell's prescience of modern life—the ubiquity of television, the distortion of the language—and his ability to construct such a thorough version of hell. Required reading for students since it was published, it ranks among the most terrifying novels ever written.]]> 298 George Orwell yasmin 0 4.24 1949 1984
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]]> <![CDATA[A History of Pictures: From the Cave to the Computer Screen]]> 29362760 360 David Hockney 1419722751 yasmin 0 4.36 2016 A History of Pictures: From the Cave to the Computer Screen
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]]> The Master and Margarita 117833 The first complete, annotated English Translation of Mikhail Bulgakov's comic masterpiece.

An audacious revision of the stories of Faust and Pontius Pilate, The Master and Margarita is recognized as one of the essential classics of modern Russian literature. The novel's vision of Soviet life in the 1930s is so ferociously accurate that it could not be published during its author's lifetime and appeared only in a censored edition in the 1960s. Its truths are so enduring that its language has become part of the common Russian speech.

One hot spring, the devil arrives in Moscow, accompanied by a retinue that includes a beautiful naked witch and an immense talking black cat with a fondness for chess and vodka. The visitors quickly wreak havoc in a city that refuses to believe in either God or Satan. But they also bring peace to two unhappy Muscovites: one is the Master, a writer pilloried for daring to write a novel about Christ and Pontius Pilate; the other is Margarita, who loves the Master so deeply that she is willing literally to go to hell for him. What ensues is a novel of inexhaustible energy, humor, and philosophical depth, a work whose nuances emerge for the first time in Diana Burgin's and Katherine Tiernan O'Connor's splendid English version.]]> 372 Mikhail Bulgakov 0679760806 yasmin 0 4.31 1967 The Master and Margarita
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]]> <![CDATA[در شکم نهنگ: درآمدی بر هنر پست‌مدرنیستی]]> 35182141 64 yasmin 5 to-read 4.00 در شکم نهنگ: درآمدی بر هنر پست‌مدرنیستی
author: پل وود / مترجم: احمدرضا تقا‌�
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]]> تاریخ و مسایل زیبایی شناسی 6114972 Monroe C. Beardsley 9646641016 yasmin 0 3.41 1993 تاریخ و مسایل زیبایی شناسی
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]]> Cat’s Cradle 135479 Told with deadpan humour and bitter irony, Kurt Vonnegut's cult tale of global destruction preys on our deepest fears of witnessing Armageddon and, worse still, surviving it ...

Dr Felix Hoenikker, one of the founding 'fathers' of the atomic bomb, has left a deadly legacy to the world. For he's the inventor of 'ice-nine', a lethal chemical capable of freezing the entire planet. The search for its whereabouts leads to Hoenikker's three ecentric children, to a crazed dictator in the Caribbean, to madness. Felix Hoenikker's Death Wish comes true when his last, fatal gift to humankind brings about the end, that for all of us, is nigh...]]> 306 Kurt Vonnegut Jr. yasmin 0 4.17 1963 Cat’s Cradle
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]]> Stories of Art 78222 192 James Elkins 0415939437 yasmin 0 3.62 2002 Stories of Art
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]]> After Dark 17803 In After Dark—a gripping novel of late night encounters—Murakami’s trademark humor and psychological insight are distilled with an extraordinary, harmonious mastery.

Nineteen-year-old Mari is waiting out the night in an anonymous Denny’s when she meets a young man who insists he knows her older sister, thus setting her on an odyssey through the sleeping city. In the space of a single night, the lives of a diverse cast of Tokyo residents—models, prostitutes, mobsters, and musicians—collide in a world suspended between fantasy and reality. Utterly enchanting and infused with surrealism, After Dark is a thrilling account of the magical hours separating midnight from dawn.]]> 191 Haruki Murakami 0307265838 yasmin 0 3.75 2004 After Dark
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]]> <![CDATA[Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World]]> 10374 Lord Jim.

Science fiction, detective story and post-modern manifesto all rolled into one rip-roaring novel, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World is the tour de force that expanded Haruki Murakami's international following. Tracking one man's descent into the Kafkaesque underworld of contemporary Tokyo, Murakami unites East and West, tragedy and farce, compassion and detachment, slang and philosophy.]]> 400 Haruki Murakami yasmin 0 to-read 4.14 1985 Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
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]]> <![CDATA[خانه های رویایی: اینستالیشن و خانه (درونمایه های هنر معاصر - 6)]]> 35190761 64 گیل پری 6005268031 yasmin 0 to-read 4.50 خانه های رویایی: اینستالیشن و خانه (درونمایه های هنر معاصر - 6)
author: گیل پری
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]]> <![CDATA[نقاشی پسامفهومی: وداع طولانی با گرهارد ریشتر (درونمایه های هنر معاصر - 3)]]> 35191172 64 جیسن گایگر yasmin 0 to-read 4.00 نقاشی پسامفهومی: وداع طولانی با گرهارد ریشتر (درونمایه های هنر معاصر - 3)
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]]> <![CDATA[من/چشم/اُکولوس: پرفورمنس، اینستالیشن و ویدیو (درونمایه های هنر معاصر - 5)]]> 35190804 79 کریستین استایلز yasmin 0 to-read 4.67 من/چشم/اُکولوس: پرفورمنس، اینستالیشن و ویدیو (درونمایه های هنر معاصر - 5)
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]]> <![CDATA[عکاسی؛ در هنر مفهومی و بعد از آن (درونمایه‌ها� هنر معاصر - 4)]]> 35191117 64 استیو ادواردز yasmin 0 to-read 4.00 عکاسی؛ در هنر مفهومی و بعد از آن (درونمایه‌های هنر معاصر - 4)
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]]> <![CDATA[هنر و جهانی شدن (درونمایه های هنر معاصر - 7)]]> 35190714 64 نیرو رتنام yasmin 0 to-read 5.00 هنر و جهانی شدن (درونمایه های هنر معاصر - 7)
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]]> <![CDATA[هنر مفهومی، امر زیبا و پایان(های) هنر (درونمایه های هنر معاصر - 2)]]> 35191196 64 چارلز هریسون yasmin 0 to-read 3.00 هنر مفهومی، امر زیبا و پایان(های) هنر (درونمایه های هنر معاصر - 2)
author: چارلز هریسون
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]]> <![CDATA[عروسک و کوتوله: مقالاتی در باب فلسفه زبان و فلسفه تاریخ]]> 12373771 در باب زبان و زبان بشری
رسالت مترجم
قطعه‌� الاهیاتی-سیاسی
در باب نظریه‌� شناخت، نظریه‌� پیشرفت (از پروژه‌� پاساژها)�
تزهایی درباره‌� مفهوم تاریخ
الهیات واژگون/ نوربرت بولتس و ویلم فان‌راین]]> 184 Walter Benjamin yasmin 0 to-read 4.07 1992 عروسک و کوتوله: مقالاتی در باب فلسفه زبان و فلسفه تاریخ
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]]> خاطرات هنرمندي جوان 36410368 آرش صداقت كيش yasmin 0 3.00 خاطرات هنرمندي جوان
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]]> چند نامه به هنرمندى جوان 17997360 88 آرش صداقت كيش 6006728001 yasmin 0 3.67 2012 چند نامه به هنرمندى جوان
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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 yasmin 0 to-read 4.03 1865 Alice in Wonderland
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]]> To the Lighthouse 59716
As time winds its way through their lives, the Ramsays face, alone and simultaneously, the greatest of human challenges and its greatest triumph—the human capacity for change.]]> 209 Virginia Woolf yasmin 0 to-read 3.81 1927 To the Lighthouse
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]]> Inferno 15645
A groundbreaking bilingual edition of Dante's masterpiece that includes a substantive Introduction, extensive notes, and appendixes that reproduce Dante's key sources and influences. Of the great poets, Dante is one of the most elusive and therefore one of the most difficult to adequately render into English verse. With this major new translation, Anthony Esolen has succeeded brilliantly in marrying sense with sound, poetry with meaning, capturing both the poem's line-by-line vigor and its allegorically and philosophically exacting structure, yielding an Inferno that will be as popular with general readers as with scholars, teachers, and students. For, as Dante insists, without a trace of sentimentality or intellectual compromise, even Hell is a work of divine art.

Esolen's edition also provides a critical ntroduction and endnotes, with appendices containing Dante's most important sources—from Virgil to Saint Thomas Aquinas and beyond —that deftly illuminate the religious universe the poet inhabited.

Verse Translation by Anthony Esolen
Illustrations by Gustave Doré]]> 490 Dante Alighieri 0812970063 yasmin 0 to-read 4.02 1320 Inferno
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]]> The Three Musketeers 7190 The Three Musketeers is the most famous of Alexandre Dumas' historical novels and one of the most popular adventure novels ever written.

Dumas' swashbuckling epic chronicles the adventures of d'Artagnan, a brash young man from the countryside who journeys to Paris in 1625 hoping to become a musketeer and guard to King Louis XIII. Before long, he finds treachery and court intrigue,and also three boon companions, the daring swordsmen Athos, Porthos, and Aramis. Together, the four strive heroically to defend the honor of their queen against the powerful Cardinal Richelieu and the seductive spy Milady.]]> 625 Alexandre Dumas yasmin 0 to-read 4.09 1844 The Three Musketeers
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]]> <![CDATA[Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass]]> 24213
When Alice sees a white rabbit take a watch out of its waistcoat pocket she decides to follow it, and a sequence of most unusual events is set in motion. This mini book contains the entire topsy-turvy stories of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, accompanied by practical notes and Martina Pelouso's memorable full-colour illustrations.]]> 239 Lewis Carroll yasmin 0 to-read 4.07 1871 Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass
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]]> Slaughterhouse-Five 4981 Slaughterhouse-Five, an American classic, is one of the world’s great antiwar books. Centering on the infamous World War II firebombing of Dresden, the novel is the result of what Kurt Vonnegut described as a twenty-three-year struggle to write a book about what he had witnessed as an American prisoner of war. It combines historical fiction, science fiction, autobiography, and satire in an account of the life of Billy Pilgrim, a barber’s son turned draftee turned optometrist turned alien abductee. As Vonnegut had, Billy experiences the destruction of Dresden as a POW. Unlike Vonnegut, he experiences time travel, or coming “unstuck in time.�

An instant bestseller, Slaughterhouse-Five made Kurt Vonnegut a cult hero in American literature, a reputation that only strengthened over time, despite his being banned and censored by some libraries and schools for content and language. But it was precisely those elements of Vonnegut’s writing—the political edginess, the genre-bending inventiveness, the frank violence, the transgressive wit—that have inspired generations of readers not just to look differently at the world around them but to find the confidence to say something about it.

Fifty years after its initial publication at the height of the Vietnam War, Vonnegut's portrayal of political disillusionment, PTSD, and postwar anxiety feels as relevant, darkly humorous, and profoundly affecting as ever, an enduring beacon through our own era’s uncertainties.]]> 275 Kurt Vonnegut Jr. yasmin 0 4.10 1969 Slaughterhouse-Five
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]]> The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 24583
Unlike his brother Sid, Tom receives "lickings" from his Aunt Polly; ever the mischief-maker, would rather play hooky than attend school and often sneaks out his bedroom window at night to adventure with his friend, Huckleberry Finn ­ the town's social outcast. Tom, despite his dread of schooling, is extremely clever and would normally get away with his pranks if Sid were not such a "tattle-tale."

As punishment for skipping school to go swimming, Aunt Polly assigns Tom the chore of whitewashing the fence surrounding the house. In a brilliant scheme, Tom is able to con the neighborhood boys into completing the chore for him, managing to convince them of the joys of whitewashing. At school, Tom is equally as flamboyant, and attracts attention by chasing other boys, yelling, and running around. With his usual antics, Tom attempts to catch the eye of Becky Thatcher, a new girl in town, and persuades her to get "engaged" by kissing him. But their romance collapses when she learns Tom has been "engaged" previously to Amy Lawrence. Shortly after Becky shuns him, he accompanies Huckleberry Finn to the graveyard at night, where they witness the murder of Dr. Robinson.

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"TOM!"
No answer.
"TOM!"
No answer.
"What's gone with that boy, I wonder? You TOM!"
No answer.
The old lady pulled her spectacles down and looked over them about the room; then she put them up and looked out under them. She seldom or never lookedthroughthem for so small a thing as a boy; they were her state pair, the pride of her heart, and were built for "style," not service—she could have seen through a pair of stove-lids just as well. She looked perplexed for a moment, and then said, not fiercely, but still loud enough for the furniture to hear:
"Well, I lay if I get hold of you I'll�"
She did not finish, for by this time she was bending down and punching under the bed with the broom, and so she needed breath to punctuate the punches with. She resurrected nothing but the cat.
"I never did see the beat of that boy!"]]> 244 Mark Twain yasmin 0 3.92 1876 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
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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 yasmin 0 to-read 4.02 1897 Dracula
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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 yasmin 0 to-read 3.93 1925 The Great Gatsby
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]]> <![CDATA[The Rose & the Dagger (The Wrath and the Dawn, #2)]]> 23308084 The darker the sky, the brighter the stars.

In a land on the brink of war, Shahrzad is forced from the arms of her beloved husband, the Caliph of Khorasan. She once thought Khalid a monster—a merciless killer of wives, responsible for immeasurable heartache and pain—but as she unraveled his secrets, she found instead an extraordinary man and a love she could not deny. Still, a curse threatens to keep Shazi and Khalid apart forever.

Now she’s reunited with her family, who have found refuge in the desert, where a deadly force is gathering against Khalid—a force set on destroying his empire and commanded by Shazi’s spurned childhood sweetheart. Trapped between loyalties to those she loves, the only thing Shazi can do is act. Using the burgeoning magic within her as a guide, she strikes out on her own to end both this terrible curse and the brewing war once and for all. But to do it, she must evade enemies of her own to stay alive.

The saga that began with The Wrath and the Dawn takes its final turn as Shahrzad risks everything to find her way back to her one true love again.]]> 416 Renée Ahdieh 0399171622 yasmin 0 4.04 2016 The Rose & the Dagger (The Wrath and the Dawn, #2)
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]]> The Metamorphosis 485894 Alternate cover edition of ISBN 0553213695 / 9780553213690

"As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect. He was laying on his hard, as it were armor-plated, back and when he lifted his head a little he could see his domelike brown belly divided into stiff arched segments on top of which the bed quilt could hardly keep in position and was about to slide off completely. His numerous legs, which were pitifully thin compared to the rest of his bulk, waved helplessly before his eyes."

With it's startling, bizarre, yet surprisingly funny first opening, Kafka begins his masterpiece, The Metamorphosis. It is the story of a young man who, transformed overnight into a giant beetle-like insect, becomes an object of disgrace to his family, an outsider in his own home, a quintessentially alienated man. A harrowing—though absurdly comic—meditation on human feelings of inadequacy, guilt, and isolation, The Metamorphosis has taken its place as one of the most widely read and influential works of twentieth-century fiction. As W.H. Auden wrote, "Kafka is important to us because his predicament is the predicament of modern man."]]> 201 Franz Kafka 0553213695 yasmin 0 3.90 1915 The Metamorphosis
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]]> The Lover 275 117 Marguerite Duras yasmin 0 3.79 1984 The Lover
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]]> بارون درخت نشین 1032098
کتاب حاوی روایت‌ها� مختلفی از حوادثی است که برای کوزیموی درخت‌نشی� در طول مدت درخت‌نشینی‌ا� رخ می‌ده�. عشق‌هایش� رفتارش و اندیشه‌ا�. حوادثی که همیشه دور از ذهن می‌نمای� ولی راوی با شیرینی تمام واقعی بودن حوادث را به خواننده تحمیل می‌کن� هر چه که همیشه تاکید می‌کن� باور کردنش سخت است. داستان در قرن هجده و نوزدهٔ اروپا روایت می‌شو�. زمانی که از گوشه و کنار زمزمه‌ها� نواندیشی، روشنگری و به‌زیست� شنیده می‌شو�. همان زمان که کم کم جمهوری بزرگ فرانسه شکل می‌گیرد� کوزیمو هم به فکر استقرار جمهوری درختستان می‌افت�. فرانسه با ناپلئون امپراطوری می‌شو� و جمهوری درختستان هم هرگز تشکیل نمی‌شو�. ناپلئون با کوزیمو دیدار می‌کن� به زندگی او غبطه می‌خور� و می‌گوی�: «دلش می‌خواس� اگر ناپلئون نبود، کوزیمو بود». در کل می‌توا� کتاب را گریز از همه گیری و پیش روی به سوی نوزیستی و به زیستی عنوان کرد. روایتی اومانیستی از یک طبیعت گرایی ناب و این دریک جمله کلیدی که کل کتاب را خلاصه می‌کن� و تکرار می‌شو� نمود پیدا می‌کن�. این جمله جوابی است که برادر کوزیمو (راوی) به «ولتر» می‌ده�. جایی که این فیلسوف، شگفت زده می‌پرس�: این که برادر شما همیشه بالای درختها می‌ماند� برای این است که به آسمان نزدیک‌ت� باشد؟ و پاسخ می‌شنو� که «برادرم معتقد است که برای بهتر دیدن زمین باید کمی از آن فاصله گرفت.»

ایتالو کالوینو نویسنده ایتالیایی این کتاب را در سال ۱۹۵۷ نوشته است. در مقام مقایسه اگر ویکنت شقه شده، شوالیه ناموجود و علی الخصوص شهرهای نامریی را از این نویسنده خوانده باشید، احتمالا خواندن «بارون درخت نشین» شما را زیاد راضی نخواهد کرد. فضای وهم آلود و اساطیری شهرهای نامریی در این کتاب دیده نمی‌شو�. بارون درخت نشین مانیفست زندگی است. زندگی دلخواه.]]> 320 Italo Calvino 9643510174 yasmin 0 3.79 1957 بارون درخت نشین
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]]> ویکنت دونیم شده 367445 120 Italo Calvino 9643621103 yasmin 0 3.53 1952 ویکنت دونیم شده
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]]> شوالیه‌� ناموجود 3169518 This is an alternate cover edition for 9789643620516

در پای حصار سرخ‌فا� پاریس، ارتش فرانسه استقرار یافته بود. قرار بود شارلمانی از اصیل‌زادگا� دلاور سان ببیند. آن‌ه� درست از سه ساعت پیش در هوای دم‌كرد� و كمی ابری بعدازظهر یک روز آغاز تابستان انتظار آمدن او را داشتند. افراد در زره‌ها� رزمی‌شان� انگار توی دیگی كه روی آتش ملایمی گذاشته شده باشد، در حال پختن بودند.]]> 175 Italo Calvino yasmin 0 3.55 1959 شوالیه‌ی ناموجود
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]]> هزارتوهای بورخس 1980539 Borges began his literary career as a poet and then turned to these prose-poem stories and fables. They display an intellectual pyrotechnical brilliance, carried to the furthest limit. Borges' nihilism also far outstrips Sartre or Becket, and in comparison with his elegance, invention and universal culture, they are not much more than bourgeois humanists. This Argentinian with a cabalistic turn of mind, takes all literature, philosophy and metaphysics as his domain and they become, as Andre Maurois says in his preface, "a game of the mind". Borges seeks to astonish and does so successfully.]]> 296 Jorge Luis Borges 964638028X yasmin 0 4.15 1962 هزارتوهای بورخس
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]]> زنی با موهای قرمز 33131272 240 Orhan Pamuk 6008183010 yasmin 0 3.29 2016 زنی با موهای قرمز
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]]> A Room of One’s Own 18521 A Room of One's Own is an extended essay by Virginia Woolf. First published on the 24th of October, 1929, the essay was based on a series of lectures she delivered at Newnham College and Girton College, two women's colleges at Cambridge University in October 1928. While this extended essay in fact employs a fictional narrator and narrative to explore women both as writers and characters in fiction, the manuscript for the delivery of the series of lectures, titled Women and Fiction, and hence the essay, are considered nonfiction. The essay is seen as a feminist text, and is noted in its argument for both a literal and figural space for women writers within a literary tradition dominated by patriarchy.]]> 112 Virginia Woolf yasmin 0 4.21 1929 A Room of One’s Own
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]]> Ulysses 338798
According to Declan Kiberd, "Before Joyce, no writer of fiction had so foregrounded the process of thinking". Ulysses chronicles the peripatetic appointments and encounters of Leopold Bloom in Dublin in the course of an ordinary day, 16 June 1904. Ulysses is the Latinised name of Odysseus, the hero of Homer's epic poem the Odyssey, and the novel establishes a series of parallels between the poem and the novel, with structural correspondences between the characters and experiences of Bloom and Odysseus, Molly Bloom and Penelope, and Stephen Dedalus and Telemachus, in addition to events and themes of the early 20th-century context of modernism, Dublin, and Ireland's relationship to Britain.

The novel is highly allusive and also imitates the styles of different periods of English literature. Since its publication, the book has attracted controversy and scrutiny, ranging from an obscenity trial in the United States in 1921 to protracted textual "Joyce Wars." The novel's stream-of-consciousness technique, careful structuring, and experimental prose—replete with puns, parodies, and allusions—as well as its rich characterisation and broad humour have led it to be regarded as one of the greatest literary works in history; Joyce fans worldwide now celebrate 16 June as Bloomsday.']]> 783 James Joyce yasmin 0 to-read 3.72 1922 Ulysses
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]]> <![CDATA[The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #3)]]> 3590 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is the series of short stories that made the fortunes of the Strand magazine, in which they were first published, and won immense popularity for Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson. The detective is at the height of his powers and the volume is full of famous cases, including 'The Red-Headed League', 'The Blue Carbuncle', and 'The Speckled Band'.
The editor of this volume, Richard Lancelyn Green is editor of The Uncollected Sherlock Holmes and The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. With John Michael Gibson, he compiled the Soho Series Bibliography of A. Conan Doyle.
1. A Scandal In Bohemia
2. The Red-Headed League
3. A Case Of Identity
4. The Boscombe Valley Mystery
5. The Five Orange Pips
6. The Man With The Twisted Lip
7. The Adventure Of The Blue Carbuncle
8. The Adventure Of The Speckled Band
9. The Adventure Of The Engineer's Thumb
10. The Adventure Of The Noble Bachelor
11. The Adventure Of The Beryl Coronet
12. The Adventure Of The Copper Beaches]]> 389 Arthur Conan Doyle yasmin 0 4.32 1892 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #3)
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]]> Mrs. Dalloway 14942 194 Virginia Woolf 0151009988 yasmin 0 to-read 3.80 1925 Mrs. Dalloway
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]]> One Hundred Years of Solitude 320 417 Gabriel García Márquez yasmin 0 to-read 4.10 1967 One Hundred Years of Solitude
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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 yasmin 0 to-read 3.78 1861 Great Expectations
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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 yasmin 0 to-read 4.13 1890 The Picture of Dorian Gray
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]]> <![CDATA[Little Women (Little Women, #1)]]> 1934 This is an alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780451529305.

Generations of readers young and old, male and female, have fallen in love with the March sisters of Louisa May Alcott’s most popular and enduring novel, Little Women. Here are talented tomboy and author-to-be Jo, tragically frail Beth, beautiful Meg, and romantic, spoiled Amy, united in their devotion to each other and their struggles to survive in New England during the Civil War.

It is no secret that Alcott based Little Women on her own early life. While her father, the freethinking reformer and abolitionist Bronson Alcott, hobnobbed with such eminent male authors as Emerson, Thoreau, and Hawthorne, Louisa supported herself and her sisters with "woman’s work,� including sewing, doing laundry, and acting as a domestic servant. But she soon discovered she could make more money writing. Little Women brought her lasting fame and fortune, and far from being the "girl’s book� her publisher requested, it explores such timeless themes as love and death, war and peace, the conflict between personal ambition and family responsibilities, and the clash of cultures between Europe and America.

]]> 449 Louisa May Alcott yasmin 0 to-read 4.16 1868 Little Women (Little Women, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[فردریش و عصر رمانتیسیسم آلمانی]]> 42869949 191 Linda Siegel 6002299661 yasmin 0 3.86 1978 فردریش و عصر رمانتیسیسم آلمانی
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]]> حيات مجسم 55625001 مارگريت دوراس yasmin 0 0.0 حيات مجسم
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]]> کامیون 18716630
قصۀ فیلمِ کامیون، قصۀ رویارویی با این نوع سینماست.

زنِ فیلم کامیون هم می‌دان� که قصۀ عشق و آنچه سبب سازِ سخن گفتن از عشق باشد از میان رفته است. مدام در پی این است که بداند کیست و چه می‌توان� باشد. هیچ مرجع و مبنایی برایش باقی نمانده تا با اتکاء به آن بتواند یک هویتِ ممکن برای خود کسب کند� مسافر سر راهی است.

در تکاپوست این زن، در عین زوال زندگی، در تکاپوی عشق.]]> 94 Marguerite Duras 9644485637 yasmin 0 to-read 3.61 1977 کامیون
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]]> باران تابستان 11962592 147 Marguerite Duras 9644481712 yasmin 0 3.52 1990 باران تابستان
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]]> Kafka on the Shore 52427699 An alternative cover for this ISBN can be found here

Kafka on the Shore follows the fortunes of two remarkable characters. Kafka Tamura runs away from home at fifteen, under the shadow of his father's dark prophecy. The ageing Nakata, tracker of lost cats, who never recovered from a bizarre childhood affliction, finds his simple life suddenly turned upside down. Their parallel odysseys are enriched throughout by vivid accomplices and mesmerising dramas. Cats converse with people; fish tumble from the sky; a forest harbours soldiers apparently un-aged since WWII. There is a savage killing, but the identity of both victim and killer is a riddle.

At once a classic tale of quest, Kafka on the Shore is also a bold exploration of mythic and contemporary taboos, of patricide, of mother-love, of sister-love. Above all it is a bewitching and wildly inventive novel from a master stylist.]]> 615 Haruki Murakami 0099494094 yasmin 0 4.07 2002 Kafka on the Shore
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]]> The Museum of Innocence 15736672
It is 1975, a perfect spring in Istanbul. Kemal and Sibel, each from a prominent family, are about to become engaged. But then Kemal become enthralled bu Fusun, a beautiful shopgirl and a distant relation. Once they violate the code of virginity, a rift opens between Kemal and the world of the Westernized Istanbul bourgeoisie. In his pursuit of Fusun over the next eight years, Kemal becomes a compulsive collector of objects that chronicle his lovelorn progress - amassing a museum that is a map both of a society and of his heart.]]> 532 Orhan Pamuk 0307739953 yasmin 0 3.46 2008 The Museum of Innocence
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]]> Fury (Blur Trilogy #2) 23545022
Soon, long-buried secrets begin to surface, revealing clues that could help him locate his father. But as the past collides with the present and reality begins to blur around him, Daniel faces a race against time to save his dad before it’s too late.

Filled with pulse-pounding suspense, Fury continues the thrilling young adult Blur Trilogy from bestselling author Steven James.]]> 432 Steven James 1477827463 yasmin 5 4.09 2015 Fury (Blur Trilogy #2)
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]]> Paper Towns 6442769 Who is the real Margo?

Quentin Jacobsen has spent a lifetime loving the magnificently adventurous Margo Roth Spiegelman from afar. So when she cracks open a window and climbs into his life—dressed like a ninja and summoning him for an ingenious campaign of revenge—he follows. After their all-nighter ends, and a new day breaks, Q arrives at school to discover that Margo, always an enigma, has now become a mystery. But Q soon learns that there are clues—and they're for him. Urged down a disconnected path, the closer he gets, the less Q sees the girl he thought he knew...]]> 305 John Green 014241493X yasmin 3 3.68 2008 Paper Towns
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]]> The Giver (The Giver, #1) 3636 208 Lois Lowry 0385732554 yasmin 3 4.12 1993 The Giver (The Giver, #1)
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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 yasmin 5 3.97 2005 Looking for Alaska
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]]> <![CDATA[The Wrath and the Dawn (The Wrath and the Dawn, #1)]]> 18798983 One Life to One Dawn.

In a land ruled by a murderous boy-king, each dawn brings heartache to a new family. Khalid, the eighteen-year-old Caliph of Khorasan, is a monster. Each night he takes a new bride only to have a silk cord wrapped around her throat come morning. When sixteen-year-old Shahrzad's dearest friend falls victim to Khalid, Shahrzad vows vengeance and volunteers to be his next bride. Shahrzad is determined not only to stay alive, but to end the caliph's reign of terror once and for all.

Night after night, Shahrzad beguiles Khalid, weaving stories that enchant, ensuring her survival, though she knows each dawn could be her last. But something she never expected begins to happen: Khalid is nothing like what she'd imagined him to be. This monster is a boy with a tormented heart. Incredibly, Shahrzad finds herself falling in love. How is this possible? It's an unforgivable betrayal. Still, Shahrzad has come to understand all is not as it seems in this palace of marble and stone. She resolves to uncover whatever secrets lurk and, despite her love, be ready to take Khalid's life as retribution for the many lives he's stolen. Can their love survive this world of stories and secrets?]]> 416 Renée Ahdieh 0399171614 yasmin 5 4.05 2015 The Wrath and the Dawn (The Wrath and the Dawn, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Where She Went (If I Stay, #2)]]> 8492825 Now living on opposite coasts, Mia is Juilliard's rising star and Adam is LA tabloid fodder, thanks to his new rock star status and celebrity girlfriend. When Adam gets stuck in New York by himself, chance brings the couple together again, for one last night. As they explore the city that has become Mia's home, Adam and Mia revisit the past and open their hearts to the future - and each other.

Told from Adam's point of view in the spare, lyrical prose that defined If I Stay, Where She Went explores the devastation of grief, the promise of new hope, and the flame of rekindled romance.

]]> 264 Gayle Forman 0525422943 yasmin 5 3.98 2011 Where She Went (If I Stay, #2)
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]]> Blur (Blur Trilogy #1) 18810282
Convinced that Emily’s appearance was more than just a mere hallucination, Daniel begins to look carefully into her death, even as he increasingly loses the ability to distinguish fantasy from reality.

What’s real? What’s not? Where does reality end and madness begin?

As Daniel struggles to find the truth, his world begins to crumble around him as he slips further and further into his own private blurred reality.

Full of mind-bending twists and turns, Blur launches a new trilogy of young adult thrillers from Steven James, a master of suspense.]]> 368 Steven James 1477847278 yasmin 5 3.82 2014 Blur (Blur Trilogy #1)
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average rating: 3.82
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]]> The Alchemist 865 197 Paulo Coelho 0061122416 yasmin 5 3.85 1988 The Alchemist
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rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments, #1)]]> 256683
This is Clary's first meeting with the Shadowhunters, warriors dedicated to ridding the earth of demons. It's also her first encounter with Jace, a Shadowhunter who looks a little like an angel and acts a lot like a jerk. Within twenty-four hours Clary is pulled into Jace's world with a vengeance when her mother disappears and Clary herself is attacked by a demon. But why would demons be interested in ordinary mundanes like Clary and her mother? And how did Clary suddenly get the Sight? The Shadowhunters would like to know...]]> 485 Cassandra Clare 1416914285 yasmin 5 4.08 2007 City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Vampire Academy (Vampire Academy, #1)]]> 345627 Only a true best friend can protect you from your immortal enemies...

Lissa Dragomir is a Moroi princess: a mortal vampire with a rare gift for harnessing the earth's magic. She must be protected at all times from Strigoi; the fiercest vampires—the ones who never die. The powerful blend of human and vampire blood that flows through Rose Hathaway, Lissa's best friend, makes her a dhampir. Rose is dedicated to a dangerous life of protecting Lissa from the Strigoi, who are hell-bent on making Lissa one of them.

After two years of freedom, Rose and Lissa are caught and dragged back to St. Vladimir's Academy, a school for vampire royalty and their guardians-to-be, hidden in the deep forests of Montana. But inside the iron gates, life is even more fraught with danger... and the Strigoi are always close by.

Rose and Lissa must navigate their dangerous world, confront the temptations of forbidden love, and never once let their guard down, lest the evil undead make Lissa one of them forever...]]> 332 Richelle Mead 159514174X yasmin 4 4.12 2007 Vampire Academy (Vampire Academy, #1)
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average rating: 4.12
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]]> <![CDATA[The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia, #1)]]> 100915
Lucy is the first to find the secret of the wardrobe in the professor's mysterious old house. At first her brothers and sister don't believe her when she tells of her visit to the land of Narnia. But soon Edmund, then Peter and Susan step through the wardrobe themselves. In Narnia they find a country buried under the evil enchantment of the White Witch. When they meet the Lion Aslan, they realize they've been called to a great adventure and bravely join the battle to free Narnia from the Witch's sinister spell.]]> 206 C.S. Lewis yasmin 4 4.24 1950 The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia, #1)
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average rating: 4.24
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rating: 4
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]]> Animal Farm 7613
The book tells the story of a group of farm animals who rebel against their human farmer, hoping to create a society where the animals can be equal, free, and happy. Ultimately, however, the rebellion is betrayed, and the farm ends up in a state as bad as it was before, under the dictatorship of a pig named Napoleon.

One night, all the animals at Mr. Jones' Manor Farm assemble in a barn to hear old Major, a pig, describe a dream he had about a world where all animals live free from the tyranny of their human masters. Old Major dies soon after the meeting, but the animals � inspired by his philosophy of Animalism � plot a rebellion against Jones.

Two pigs, Snowball and Napoleon, prove themselves important figures and planners of this dangerous enterprise. When Jones forgets to feed the animals, the revolution occurs, and Jones and his men are chased off the farm. Manor Farm is renamed Animal Farm, and the Seven Commandments of Animalism are painted on the barn wall...]]> 129 George Orwell yasmin 0 3.90 1945 Animal Farm
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]]> <![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 yasmin 0 to-read 3.64 1916 A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
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]]> <![CDATA[The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)]]> 28187 Alternate cover for this ISBN can be found here

Percy Jackson is a good kid, but he can't seem to focus on his schoolwork or control his temper. And lately, being away at boarding school is only getting worse - Percy could have sworn his pre-algebra teacher turned into a monster and tried to kill him. When Percy's mom finds out, she knows it's time that he knew the truth about where he came from, and that he go to the one place he'll be safe. She sends Percy to Camp Half Blood, a summer camp for demigods (on Long Island), where he learns that the father he never knew is Poseidon, God of the Sea. Soon a mystery unfolds and together with his friends—one a satyr and the other the demigod daughter of Athena - Percy sets out on a quest across the United States to reach the gates of the Underworld (located in a recording studio in Hollywood) and prevent a catastrophic war between the gods.]]> 377 Rick Riordan 0786838655 yasmin 0 4.31 2005 The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Sister of the South (Dragons of Deltora, #4)]]> 212671
Lief, Barda, and Jasmine have defeated three of the four Sisters left by the evil Shadow Lord to weaken and ultimately defeat Deltora. But now they face their biggest challenge yet -- the Sister of the South, whose power is the most dangerous yet.]]> 224 Emily Rodda 0439633761 yasmin 0 4.09 2004 The Sister of the South (Dragons of Deltora, #4)
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]]> <![CDATA[Isle of the Dead (Dragons of Deltora, #3)]]> 212679 208 Emily Rodda 0439633753 yasmin 0 4.03 2004 Isle of the Dead (Dragons of Deltora, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[Shadowgate (Dragons of Deltora, #2)]]> 212682
The Four Sisters, evil creations of the Shadow Lord, are poisoning Deltora and starving its people. Lief, Barda, and Jasmine have found and destroyed the first of the Sisters. Now they must find the second, hidden within the mountains that border the Shadowlands. And they know that only the Dragon of the Emerald can help them. The Shadow Lord is now aware of their quest. Deep in the Shadowlands, he plots their destruction. Hidden enemies and trickery await as the companions travel towards the Sister of the North and its terrible guardian in the dread place called Shadowgate.]]> 208 Emily Rodda 0439633745 yasmin 0 4.02 2004 Shadowgate (Dragons of Deltora, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[Dragon's Nest (Dragons of Deltora, #1)]]> 245462 178 Emily Rodda 1865046132 yasmin 0 3.96 2003 Dragon's Nest (Dragons of Deltora, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)]]> 2
Harry has had enough. He is beginning to think he must do something, anything, to change his situation, when the summer holidays come to an end in a very dramatic fashion. What Harry is about to discover in his new year at Hogwarts will turn his world upside down...]]> 912 J.K. Rowling yasmin 0 4.50 2003 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
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]]> <![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)]]> 6 734 J.K. Rowling 0439139597 yasmin 0 4.56 2000 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
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]]> <![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)]]> 5 435 J.K. Rowling 043965548X yasmin 0 4.57 1999 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)]]> 15881
And strike it does. For in Harry’s second year at Hogwarts, fresh torments and horrors arise, including an outrageously stuck-up new professor and a spirit who haunts the girls� bathroom. But then the real trouble begins � someone is turning Hogwarts students to stone. Could it be Draco Malfoy, a more poisonous rival than ever? Could it possibly be Hagrid, whose mysterious past is finally told? Or could it be the one everyone at Hogwarts most suspects� Harry Potter himself!]]> 352 J.K. Rowling yasmin 0 4.42 1998 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)]]> 3 309 J.K. Rowling 0439554934 yasmin 0 4.47 1997 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Mystery of the Moaning Cave (Alfred Hitchcock and The Three Investigators, #10)]]> 1016156 176 William Arden 0394837738 yasmin 0 3.91 1968 The Mystery of the Moaning Cave (Alfred Hitchcock and The Three Investigators, #10)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Mystery of the Screaming Clock (Alfred Hitchcock and The Three Investigators, #9)]]> 510605
The Three Investigators immediately set out to discover where the mysterious clock came from.When they come across a run-down house in Hollywood, they find an entire room full of dreadful clocks--and time is running out!]]> 192 Robert Arthur 0679821732 yasmin 0 3.98 1968 The Mystery of the Screaming Clock (Alfred Hitchcock and The Three Investigators, #9)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Mystery of the Silver Spider (Alfred Hitchcock and The Three Investigators, #8)]]> 557124 176 Robert Arthur 0394864085 yasmin 0 3.92 1967 The Mystery of the Silver Spider (Alfred Hitchcock and The Three Investigators, #8)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Secret of Terror Castle (Alfred Hitchcock and The Three Investigators, #1)]]> 557103 192 Robert Arthur 0679811761 yasmin 0 4.08 1964 The Secret of Terror Castle (Alfred Hitchcock and The Three Investigators, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Journey to the Center of the Earth]]> 32829
The expedition descends into an extinct volcano toward a sunless sea, where they encounter a subterranean world of luminous rocks, antediluvian forests, and fantastic marine life � a living past that holds the secrets to the origins of human existence.]]> 240 Jules Verne 0553213970 yasmin 5 3.87 1864 Journey to the Center of the Earth
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]]> The Witches 6327 Note: This edition shares ISBN 0590032496 with another edition.

This is not a fairy-tale. This is about real witches. Real witches don't ride around on broomsticks. They don't even wear black cloaks and hats. They are vile, cunning, detestable creatures who disguise themselves as nice, ordinary ladies. So how can you tell when you're face to face with one? Well, if you don't know yet you'd better find out quickly-because there's nothing a witch loathes quite as much as children and she'll wield all kinds of terrifying powers to get rid of them.]]> 208 Roald Dahl 0590032496 yasmin 0 4.18 1981 The Witches
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]]> The Art Forger 14568987
On March 18, 1990, thirteen works of art worth today over $500 million were stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. It remains the largest unsolved art heist in history, and Claire Roth, a struggling young artist, is about to discover that there’s more to this crime than meets the eye.

Claire makes her living reproducing famous works of art for a popular online retailer. Desperate to improve her situation, she lets herself be lured into a Faustian bargain with Aiden Markel, a powerful gallery owner. She agrees to forge a painting—one of the Degas masterpieces stolen from the Gardner Museum—in exchange for a one-woman show in his renowned gallery. But when the long-missing Degas painting—the one that had been hanging for one hundred years at the Gardner—is delivered to Claire’s studio, she begins to suspect that it may itself be a forgery.

Claire’s search for the truth about the painting’s origins leads her into a labyrinth of deceit where secrets hidden since the late nineteenth century may be the only evidence that can now save her life. B. A. Shapiro’s razor-sharp writing and rich plot twists make The Art Forger an absorbing literary thriller that treats us to three centuries of forgers, art thieves, and obsessive collectors. it’s a dazzling novel about seeing—and not seeing—the secrets that lie beneath the canvas.]]> 355 Barbara A. Shapiro 1616201320 yasmin 0 to-read 3.70 2012 The Art Forger
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]]> <![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One and Two (Harry Potter, #8)]]> 29056083
It was always difficult being Harry Potter, and it isn't much easier now that he is an overworked employee of the Ministry of Magic, a husband, and a father of three school-age children.

While Harry grapples with a past that refuses to stay where it belongs, his youngest son, Albus, must struggle with the weight of a family legacy he never wanted. As past and present fuse ominously, both father and son learn the uncomfortable truth: sometimes, darkness comes from unexpected places.

Based on an original new story by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne, and John Tiffany, a new play by Jack Thorne, "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" is the complete and official playscript of the original, award-winning West End production. This updated edition includes the final dialogue and stage directions, a conversation piece between director John Tiffany and playwright Jack Thorne, the Potter family tree, and a timeline of events in the wizarding world leading up to "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child."]]> 343 J.K. Rowling 0540027340 yasmin 4 3.42 2016 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One and Two (Harry Potter, #8)
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]]> <![CDATA[The End (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #13)]]> 65112
You are presumably looking at the back of this book, or the end of the end. The end of the end is the best place to begin the end, because if you read the end from the beginning of the beginning of the end to the end of the end of the end, you will arrive at the end of the end of your rope.

This book is the last in A Series of Unfortunate Events, and even if you braved the previous twelve volumes, you probably can't stand such unpleasantries as a fearsome storm, a suspicious beverage, a herd of wild sheep, an enormous bird cage, and a truly haunting secret about the Baudelaire parents.

It has been my solemn occupation to complete the history of the Baudelaire orphans, and at last I am finished. You likely have some other occupation, so if I were you I would drop this book at once, so the end does not finish you.

With all due respect,

Lemony Snicket]]> 353 Lemony Snicket 0064410161 yasmin 0 4.04 2006 The End (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #13)
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]]> Will Grayson, Will Grayson 6567017
It's not that far from Evanston to Naperville, but Chicago suburbanites Will Grayson and Will Grayson might as well live on different planets. When fate delivers them both to the same surprising crossroads, the Will Graysons find their lives overlapping and hurtling in new and unexpected directions. With a push from friends new and old - including the massive, and massively fabulous, Tiny Cooper, offensive lineman and musical theater auteur extraordinaire - Will and Will begin building toward respective romantic turns-of-heart and the epic production of history's most awesome high school musical.]]> 320 John Green 0525421580 yasmin 0 3.70 2010 Will Grayson, Will Grayson
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]]> <![CDATA[The Reality Bug (Pendragon, #4)]]> 215541 Alternate cover for this ISBN can be found here

VIRTUAL REALITY?

The territory of Veelox has achieved perfect harmony. Fifteen-year-old Bobby Pendragon arrives on this territory in pursuit of the evil Saint Dane, but all is peaceful on Veelox - because it's deserted. The inhabitants have discovered a way to enter their own personal dream worlds, where they can be whomever they want, wherever they want. Their bodies lie in stasis while their minds escape to this dream realm.

Fresh from his battle with Saint Dane in 1937 Earth, Bobby is confident that they can defeat whatever Saint Dane has planned for this world. But once Bobby enters the virtual world, will he be able to resist the lure of the ultimate in escapism?]]> 375 D.J. MacHale 0743437349 yasmin 0 4.16 2003 The Reality Bug (Pendragon, #4)
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]]> The Never War (Pendragon, #3) 536982 352 D.J. MacHale 1597372552 yasmin 0 4.14 2003 The Never War (Pendragon, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Lost City of Faar (Pendragon, #2)]]> 215543 CLORAL

FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD Bobby Pendragon is not like other boys his age. His uncle Press is a Traveler, and, as Bobby has learned, that means Uncle Press is responsible, through his journeys, for solving interdimensional conflict wherever he encounters it. His mission is nothing less than to save the universe from ultimate evil. And he's taking Bobby along for the ride.

Fresh from his first adventure on Denduron, Bobby finds himself in the territory of Cloral, a vast world that is entirely covered by water. Cloral is nearing a disaster of huge proportions. Reading the journals Bobby sends home, his friends learn that the desperate citizens of the endangered floating cities are on the brink of war. Can Bobby - suburban basketball star and all-around nice guy - help rid the area of marauders, and locate the legendary lost land of Faar, which may hold the key to Cloral's survival?]]> 384 D.J. MacHale 0743437322 yasmin 0 4.18 2003 The Lost City of Faar (Pendragon, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Merchant of Death (Pendragon, #1)]]> 833710 Librarian Note: Alternate cover for this ISBN can be found here


DENDURON

BOBBY PENDRAGON is a seemingly normal fourteen-year-old boy. He has a family, a home, and even Marley, his beloved dog. But there is something very special about Bobby.

He is going to save the world.

And not just Earth as we know it. Bobby is slowly starting to realize that life in the cosmos isn't quite what he thought it was. And before he can object, he is swept off to an alternate dimension known as Denduron, a territory inhabited by strange beings, ruled by a magical tyrant, and plagued by dangerous revolution.

If Bobby wants to see his family again, he's going to have to accept his role as savior, and accept it wholeheartedly. Because, as he is about to discover, Denduron is only the beginning....


Cover illustration by Victor Lee]]> 375 D.J. MacHale 0743437314 yasmin 0 3.97 2002 The Merchant of Death (Pendragon, #1)
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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 yasmin 0 to-read 3.81 1951 The Catcher in the Rye
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]]> The Fall 11991
The Fall (French: La Chute) is a philosophical novel by Albert Camus. First published in 1956, it is his last complete work of fiction. The Fall explores themes of innocence, imprisonment, non-existence, and truth. In a eulogy to Albert Camus, existentialist philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre described the novel as "perhaps the most beautiful and the least understood" of Camus' books.]]> 147 Albert Camus 0679720227 yasmin 0 to-read 4.07 1956 The Fall
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]]> The Plague 11989
It tells the story from the point of view of a narrator of a plague sweeping the French Algerian city of Oran. The narrator remains unknown until the start of the last chapter, chapter 5 of part 5. The novel presents a snapshot of life in Oran as seen through the author's distinctive absurdist point of view.

The book tells a gripping tale of human unrelieved horror, of survival and resilience, and of the ways in which humankind confronts death, The Plague is at once a masterfully crafted novel, eloquently understated and epic in scope, and a parable of ageless moral resonance, profoundly relevant to our times. In Oran, a coastal town in North Africa, the plague begins as a series of portents, unheeded by the people. It gradually becomes an omnipresent reality, obliterating all traces of the past and driving its victims to almost unearthly extremes of suffering, madness, and compassion.

The Plague is considered an existentialist classic despite Camus' objection to the label. The novel stresses the powerlessness of the individual characters to affect their destinies. The narrative tone is similar to Kafka's, especially in The Trial, whose individual sentences potentially have multiple meanings; the material often pointedly resonating as stark allegory of phenomenal consciousness and the human condition.]]> 308 Albert Camus yasmin 0 to-read 4.05 1947 The Plague
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]]> The Stranger 49552 The Stranger has long been considered a classic of twentieth-century literature. Le Monde ranks it as number one on its "100 Books of the Century" list. Through this story of an ordinary man unwittingly drawn into a senseless murder on a sundrenched Algerian beach, Camus explores what he termed "the nakedness of man faced with the absurd."]]> 123 Albert Camus yasmin 0 to-read 4.04 1942 The Stranger
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]]> My Name Is Red 2517 My Name Is Red is a transporting tale set amid the splendor and religious intrigue of sixteenth-century Istanbul, from one of the most prominent contemporary Turkish writers.

The Sultan has commissioned a cadre of the most acclaimed artists in the land to create a great book celebrating the glories of his realm. Their task: to illuminate the work in the European style. But because figurative art can be deemed an affront to Islam, this commission is a dangerous proposition indeed. The ruling elite therefore mustn’t know the full scope or nature of the project, and panic erupts when one of the chosen miniaturists disappears. The only clue to the mystery–or crime? –lies in the half-finished illuminations themselves. Part fantasy and part philosophical puzzle, My Name is Red is a kaleidoscopic journey to the intersection of art, religion, love, sex and power.]]> 417 Orhan Pamuk yasmin 0 to-read 3.87 1998 My Name Is Red
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]]> Crime and Punishment 7144 671 Fyodor Dostoevsky yasmin 0 to-read 4.26 1866 Crime and Punishment
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