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Rahnuma's bookshelf: all en-US Mon, 19 Jun 2023 12:38:48 -0700 60 Rahnuma's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg <![CDATA[The Story of My Life (Signet Classics)]]> 125805
At nineteen months old, Helen Keller was stricken with a mysterious illness that left her deaf and blind. For the next five years, she was trapped in the silent dark, her only means of communication a few dozen rudimentary signs. Her inability to express herself was a great source of frustration, and as she grew older, Helen became prone to angry outbursts and fits of despair. Her family sought help, and in March of 1887, twenty-year-old Anne Sullivan arrived from the Perkins Institution for the Blind. One month later, teacher and student made the first of many incredible breakthroughs. By placing one of Helen’s hands under cool running water and tracing the letters w-a-t-e-r on her other hand, Anne was able to convey the great mystery of language: that every object has a name. As Helen would later write in The Story of My Life, “That living word awakened my soul.��

Covering the first twenty-two years of Helen Keller’s life, from that miraculous moment at the water pump to her acceptance into Radcliffe College, The Story of My Life is one of the most beloved and inspiring autobiographies ever written. The basis for The Miracle Worker, the Tony Award–winning play and Academy Award–winning film, its heartening message has touched millions of lives and torn down countless barriers the world over.]]> 213 Helen Keller 0606239979 Rahnuma 4 3.99 1902 The Story of My Life (Signet Classics)

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]]> Treasure Island 9263898 Sir, with no intention to take offence, I deny your right to put words into my mouth�� : Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island
Your ��Treasure Island' by Robert Louis Stevenson eBook Report: ��Unabridged (100% Original content) ��Illustrated. ��Working Table of Contents, Font adjustments & Navigation.

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About ��Treasure Island' by Robert Louis Stevenson

Treasure Island is an adventure novel by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, narrating a tale of "buccaneers and buried gold". First published as a book on 14 November 1883 by Cassell & Co., it was originally serialized in the children's magazine Young Folks between 1881 and 1882 under the title Treasure Island or, the mutiny of the Hispaniola with Stevenson adopting the pseudonym Captain George North. An old sailor, calling himself "the captain" - real name "Billy" Bones - comes to lodge at the Admiral Benbow Inn on the west English coast during the mid-1700s, paying the innkeeper's son, Jim Hawkins, a few pennies to keep a lookout for a one-legged "seafaring man."

Top 100 Best-Ever Classics Books: ]]> 52 Bill Mantlo 185400123X Rahnuma 4 4.19 Treasure Island

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]]> The Arabian Nights 14575401
These are the stories of Ali Baba and the forty thieves, Aladdin and his magic lamp, and Sinbad the sailor - stories of flying carpets, gigantic birds, and mischievous genies - stories that have captured the Western imagination for hundreds of years.

Compiled in the Middle Ages, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night is the chief glory of Arabic literature.]]> 352 Anonymous 1908533358 Rahnuma 3 3.84 800 The Arabian Nights

author: Anonymous
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]]> <![CDATA[The Complete Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1-8)]]> 3579 2088 L.M. Montgomery 0553609416 Rahnuma 0 to-read 4.44 1921

The Complete Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1-8)

author: L.M. Montgomery
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]]> Lilac Girls (Lilac Girls, #1) 25893693
On the eve of a fateful war, New York socialite Caroline Ferriday has her hands full with her post at the French consulate and a new love on the horizon. But Caroline’s world is forever changed when Hitler’s army invades Poland in September 1939—and then sets its sights on France.

An ocean away from Caroline, Kasia Kuzmerick, a Polish teenager, senses her carefree youth disappearing as she sinks deeper into her role as courier for the underground resistance movement. In a tense atmosphere of watchful eyes and suspect neighbors, one false move can have dire consequences.

For ambitious young German doctor, Herta Oberheuser, an ad for a government medical position seems her ticket out of a desolate life. But, once hired, she finds herself trapped in a male-dominated realm of Nazi secrets and power.

The lives of these three women are set on a collision course when the unthinkable happens and Kasia is sent to Ravensbrück, the notorious female-only Nazi concentration camp. The tragedy and triumph of their stories cross continents—from New York to Paris, and Germany to Poland—capturing the indomitable pull of compassion to bring justice to those whom history has forgotten.

In Lilac Girls, Martha Hall Kelly has crafted a remarkable novel of unsung women and their quest for love, happiness, and second chances. It is a story that will keep readers bonded with the characters, searching for the truth, until the final pages.]]> 487 Martha Hall Kelly 1101883073 Rahnuma 3 4.27 2016 Lilac Girls (Lilac Girls, #1)

author: Martha Hall Kelly
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]]> The Kite Runner 77203 371 Khaled Hosseini 159463193X Rahnuma 3 4.34 2003

author: Khaled Hosseini
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]]> To Kill a Mockingbird 2657
Compassionate, dramatic, and deeply moving, "To Kill A Mockingbird" takes readers to the roots of human behavior - to innocence and experience, kindness and cruelty, love and hatred, humor and pathos. Now with over 18 million copies in print and translated into forty languages, this regional story by a young Alabama woman claims universal appeal. Harper Lee always considered her book to be a simple love story. Today it is regarded as a masterpiece of American literature.]]> 323 Harper Lee 0060935464 Rahnuma 4 4.25 1960 To Kill a Mockingbird

author: Harper Lee
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average rating: 4.25
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]]> Into the Water 33151805 The author of the #1 New York Times bestseller and global phenomenon The Girl on the Train returns with Into the Water, her addictive new novel of psychological suspense.

A single mother turns up dead at the bottom of the river that runs through town. Earlier in the summer, a vulnerable teenage girl met the same fate. They are not the first women lost to these dark waters, but their deaths disturb the river and its history, dredging up secrets long submerged.

Left behind is a lonely fifteen-year-old girl. Parentless and friendless, she now finds herself in the care of her mother's sister, a fearful stranger who has been dragged back to the place she deliberately ran from—a place to which she vowed she'd never return.

With the same propulsive writing and acute understanding of human instincts that captivated millions of readers around the world in her explosive debut thriller, The Girl on the Train, Paula Hawkins delivers an urgent, twisting, deeply satisfying read that hinges on the deceptiveness of emotion and memory, as well as the devastating ways that the past can reach a long arm into the present.

Beware a calm surface—you never know what lies beneath.]]> 386 Paula Hawkins 0735211205 Rahnuma 3 3.59 2017 Into the Water

author: Paula Hawkins
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]]> Pachinko 34051011
Richly told and profoundly moving, Pachinko is a story of love, sacrifice, ambition, and loyalty. From bustling street markets to the halls of Japan's finest universities to the pachinko parlors of the criminal underworld, Lee's complex and passionate characters—strong, stubborn women, devoted sisters and sons, fathers shaken by moral crisis—survive and thrive against the indifferent arc of history.]]> 496 Min Jin Lee Rahnuma 4 4.35 2017 Pachinko

author: Min Jin Lee
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average rating: 4.35
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]]> <![CDATA[Living with the Stars: How the Human Body is Connected to the Life Cycles of the Earth, the Planets, and the Stars]]> 24737832 214 Karel Schrijver 0191040878 Rahnuma 4 4.31 2014

Living with the Stars: How the Human Body is Connected to the Life Cycles of the Earth, the Planets, and the Stars

author: Karel Schrijver
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average rating: 4.31
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]]> The Glass Castle 7445 THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

The Glass Castle is a remarkable memoir of resilience and redemption, and a revelatory look into a family at once deeply dysfunctional and uniquely vibrant. When sober, Jeannette's brilliant and charismatic father captured his children's imagination, teaching them physics, geology, and how to embrace life fearlessly. But when he drank, he was dishonest and destructive. Her mother was a free spirit who abhorred the idea of domesticity and didn't want the responsibility of raising a family.

The Walls children learned to take care of themselves. They fed, clothed, and protected one another, and eventually found their way to New York. Their parents followed them, choosing to be homeless even as their children prospered.

The Glass Castle is truly astonishing--a memoir permeated by the intense love of a peculiar but loyal family.]]> 288 Jeannette Walls 074324754X Rahnuma 5 4.32 2005

author: Jeannette Walls
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average rating: 4.32
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rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Black Holes & Time Warps: Einstein's Outrageous Legacy]]> 17362 Ever since Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity burst upon the world in 1915 some of the most brilliant minds of our century have sought to decipher the mysteries bequeathed by that theory, a legacy so unthinkable in some respects that even Einstein himself rejected them.

Which of these bizarre phenomena, if any, can really exist in our universe? Black holes, down which anything can fall but from which nothing can return; wormholes, short spacewarps connecting regions of the cosmos; singularities, where space and time are so violently warped that time ceases to exist and space becomes a kind of foam; gravitational waves, which carry symphonic accounts of collisions of black holes billions of years ago; and time machines, for traveling backward and forward in time.

Kip Thorne, along with fellow theorists Stephen Hawking and Roger Penrose, a cadre of Russians, and earlier scientists such as Oppenheimer, Wheeler and Chandrasekhar, has been in the thick of the quest to secure answers. In this masterfully written and brilliantly informed work of scientific history and explanation, Dr. Thorne, the Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics at Caltech, leads his readers through an elegant, always human, tapestry of interlocking themes, coming finally to a uniquely informed answer to the great question: what principles control our universe and why do physicists think they know the things they think they know? Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time has been one of the greatest best-sellers in publishing history. Anyone who struggled with that book will find here a more slowly paced but equally mind-stretching experience, with the added fascination of a rich historical and human component.]]> 624 Kip S. Thorne 0393312763 Rahnuma 0 to-read 4.22 1994 Black Holes & Time Warps: Einstein's Outrageous Legacy

Black Holes & Time Warps: Einstein's Outrageous Legacy

author: Kip S. Thorne
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]]> প্রে�� 4785948 111 Muhammed Zafar Iqbal 9848812393 Rahnuma 3 3.87 1983 প্রেত

author: Muhammed Zafar Iqbal
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average rating: 3.87
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]]> The Book Thief 19063 Librarian's note: An alternate cover edition can be found here

It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will be busier still.

By her brother's graveside, Liesel's life is changed when she picks up a single object, partially hidden in the snow. It is The Gravedigger's Handbook, left behind there by accident, and it is her first act of book thievery. So begins a love affair with books and words, as Liesel, with the help of her accordian-playing foster father, learns to read. Soon she is stealing books from Nazi book-burnings, the mayor's wife's library, wherever there are books to be found.

But these are dangerous times. When Liesel's foster family hides a Jew in their basement, Liesel's world is both opened up, and closed down.

In superbly crafted writing that burns with intensity, award-winning author Markus Zusak has given us one of the most enduring stories of our time.

(Note: this title was not published as YA fiction)]]> 592 Markus Zusak Rahnuma 0 to-read 4.38 2005 The Book Thief

author: Markus Zusak
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average rating: 4.38
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]]> <![CDATA[Aparajito, Yang tak Terkalahkan]]> 4487566
Kemiskinan bukan lagi masalah satu-satunya yang harus Apu hadapi, tetapi juga berbagai masalah hidup yang harus ia selesaikan sendiri. Kematian sang Ibu, kegagalan pernikahannya, hingga kesunyian hidup yang harus ia geluti. Namun akhirnya ia sadar akan tanggungjawabnya dan memutuskan kembali ke desa bersama sang putra, Kajal.]]> 499 Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay 9794193100 Rahnuma 5 4.48 1932 Aparajito, Yang tak Terkalahkan

author: Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay
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average rating: 4.48
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]]> <![CDATA[Pather Panchali: Song of the Road]]> 617097 316 Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay 0253201861 Rahnuma 4 4.57 1929

author: Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay
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average rating: 4.57
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]]> Mumu 879879
The story of Gerasim, a deaf and mute serf whose life of poverty is brought into sharp relief by his connection with Mumu, a dog he rescued, brought greater national attention to the cruelties of serfdom, and received praise for its brutal portrayal of this institution in Russian society.]]> 60 Ivan Turgenev 1425469272 Rahnuma 4 3.76 1852 Mumu

author: Ivan Turgenev
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average rating: 3.76
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]]> Hell Screen 10517543 58 Ryūnosuke Akutagawa 014119572X Rahnuma 4 4.20 1918

author: Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
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average rating: 4.20
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]]> <![CDATA[The Unbearable Lightness of Being]]> 9717 The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Milan Kundera tells the story of a young woman in love with a man torn between his love for her and his incorrigible womanizing and one of his mistresses and her humbly faithful lover. This magnificent novel juxtaposes geographically distant places, brilliant and playful reflections, and a variety of styles, to take its place as perhaps the major achievement of one of the world’s truly great writers.]]> 314 Milan Kundera 0571224385 Rahnuma 5 4.12 1984 The Unbearable Lightness of Being

author: Milan Kundera
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average rating: 4.12
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]]> Lord of the Flies 7624 182 William Golding 0140283331 Rahnuma 4 3.70 1954

author: William Golding
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average rating: 3.70
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]]> <![CDATA[Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays]]> 53200 NY Times bestseller. 13 extraordinary essays shed new light on the mysteries of the universe & on one of the most brilliant thinkers of our time.
In his phenomenal bestseller A Brief History of Time, Stephen Hawking literally transformed the way we think about physics, the universe, reality itself. In these thirteen essays and one remarkable extended interview, the man widely regarded as the most brilliant theoretical physicist since Einstein returns to reveal an amazing array of possibilities for understanding our universe. Building on his earlier work, Hawking discusses imaginary time, how black holes can give birth to baby universes, and scientists�� efforts to find a complete unified theory that would predict everything in the universe. With his characteristic mastery of language, his sense of humor and commitment to plain speaking, Stephen Hawking invites us to know him better—and to share his passion for the voyage of intellect and imagination that has opened new ways to understanding the very nature of the cosmos.]]> 182 Stephen Hawking 0553374117 Rahnuma 3 4.20 1993 Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays

Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays

author: Stephen Hawking
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]]> A Brief History of Time 3869
Told in language we all can understand, A Brief History of Time plunges into the exotic realms of black holes and quarks, of antimatter and “arrows of time,�� of the big bang and a bigger God—where the possibilities are wondrous and unexpected. With exciting images and profound imagination, Stephen Hawking brings us closer to the ultimate secrets at the very heart of creation.]]> 226 Stephen Hawking 0553380168 Rahnuma 4 4.22 1988 A Brief History of Time

author: Stephen Hawking
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]]> A Pale View of Hills 28920 Librarian note: This a previously-published edition of ISBN 9780571225378.

In his highly acclaimed debut, A Pale View of Hills, Kazuo Ishiguro tells the story of Etsuko, a Japanese woman now living alone in England, dwelling on the recent suicide of her daughter. Retreating into the past, she finds herself reliving one particular hot summer in Nagasaki, when she and her friends struggled to rebuild their lives after the war. But then as she recalls her strange friendship with Sachiko - a wealthy woman reduced to vagrancy - the memories take on a disturbing cast.]]> 183 Kazuo Ishiguro Rahnuma 3 3.81 1982 A Pale View of Hills

author: Kazuo Ishiguro
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average rating: 3.81
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]]> Never Let Me Go 6334
Within the grounds of Hailsham, Kathy grows from schoolgirl to young woman, but it’s only when she and her friends Ruth and Tommy leave the safe grounds of the school (as they always knew they would) that they realize the full truth of what Hailsham is.

Never Let Me Go breaks through the boundaries of the literary novel. It is a gripping mystery, a beautiful love story, and also a scathing critique of human arrogance and a moral examination of how we treat the vulnerable and different in our society. In exploring the themes of memory and the impact of the past, Ishiguro takes on the idea of a possible future to create his most moving and powerful book to date.]]> 288 Kazuo Ishiguro 1400078776 Rahnuma 4 3.85 2005 Never Let Me Go

author: Kazuo Ishiguro
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average rating: 3.85
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]]> <![CDATA[The Lord of the Rings / The Hobbit]]> 15336
19 CDs. 17 hrs 30 mins.]]> 1600 J.R.R. Tolkien 0007144083 Rahnuma 5 4.46 1954

author: J.R.R. Tolkien
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]]> <![CDATA[A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court]]> 35067891 127 Mark Twain Rahnuma 3 3.95 1889

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

author: Mark Twain
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average rating: 3.95
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]]> <![CDATA[The Merchant of Venice (Collins Classics)]]> 21272998 HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.

'The quality of mercy is not strain'd,
It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven��

Bassiano, a noble Venetian, hopes to woo the beautiful heiress Portia. However, he requires financial assistance from his friend Antonio. Antonio agrees, but he, in turn, must borrow from the Jewish moneylender Shylock. As recourse for past ills, Shylock stipulates that the forfeit on the loan must be a pound of Antonio’s flesh. In the most renowned onstage law scene of all time, Portia proves herself one of Shakespeare’s most cunning heroines, disguising herself as a lawyer and vanquishing Shylock’s claims; meanwhile, Shylock triumphs on a humanitarian level with his plea for tolerance: ‘Hath not a Jew eyes?��

Viewed paradoxically as anti-Semitic, while at the same time powerfully liberal for its time, The Merchant of Venice is at its core a bittersweet drama, exploring the noble themes of prejudice, justice and honour.

]]> 65 William Shakespeare 0007535279 Rahnuma 3 3.87 1596 The Merchant of Venice (Collins Classics)

author: William Shakespeare
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]]> <![CDATA[The Taming of the Shrew (Illustrated)]]> 35259188
The Taming of the Shrew is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1590 and 1592.
The play begins with a framing device, often referred to as the induction,[a] in which a mischievous nobleman tricks a drunken tinker named Christopher Sly into believing he is actually a nobleman himself. The nobleman then has the play performed for Sly's diversion.
The main plot depicts the courtship of Petruchio and Katherina, the headstrong, obdurate shrew. Initially, Katherina is an unwilling participant in the relationship; however, Petruchio "tames" her with various psychological torments, such as keeping her from eating and drinking, until she becomes a desirable, compliant, and obedient bride. The subplot features a competition between the suitors of Katherina's younger sister, Bianca, who is seen as the "ideal" woman. The question of whether the play is misogynistic or not has become the subject of considerable controversy, particularly among modern scholars, audiences, and readers.
The Taming of the Shrew has been adapted numerous times for stage, screen, opera, ballet, and musical theatre; perhaps the most famous adaptations being Cole Porter's Kiss Me, Kate and the 1967 film of the play, starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. The 1999 high school comedy film 10 Things I Hate About You is also loosely based on the play.

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author: William Shakespeare
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]]> 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 35514753 Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (French: Vingt mille lieues sous les mers) is a classic science fiction novel by French writer Jules Verne, published in 1870. It is about the fictional Captain Nemo and his submarine, Nautilus, as seen by one of his passengers, Professor Pierre Aronnax.]]> 492 Jules Verne 8826459185 Rahnuma 4 3.91 1869 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

author: Jules Verne
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]]> <![CDATA[The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes]]> 32984646 262 Arthur Conan Doyle 1539900266 Rahnuma 5 4.62 1892

author: Arthur Conan Doyle
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]]> Oliver Twist 34063882 Oliver Twist, or The Parish Boy's Progress, is the second novel by Charles Dickens, and was first published as a serial 1837��39. The story is of the orphan Oliver Twist, who starts his life in a workhouse and is then sold into apprenticeship with an undertaker. He escapes from there and travels to London, where he meets the Artful Dodger, a member of a gang of juvenile pickpockets led by the elderly criminal Fagin.

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�� 12 Illustrations about Charles Dickens
�� The 49 Best Charles Dickens Quotes]]> 389 Charles Dickens Rahnuma 4 4.00 1838

author: Charles Dickens
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]]> Rebecca 20549890
Ancient, beautiful Manderley, between the rose garden and the sea, is the county's showpiece. Rebecca made it so - even a year after her death, Rebecca's influence still rules there. How can Maxim de Winter's shy new bride ever fill her place or escape her vital shadow?

A shadow that grows longer and darker as the brief summer fades, until, in a moment of climatic revelations, it threatens to eclipse Manderley and its inhabitants completely...]]> 357 Daphne du Maurier Rahnuma 4 4.28 1938 Rebecca

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]]> Hamlet 1210616 95 Emily Hutchinson 0835912248 Rahnuma 5 4.15 1996 Hamlet

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]]> The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 33898975
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�� The 29 Best Mark Twain Quotes]]> 274 Mark Twain Rahnuma 5 3.95 1876

author: Mark Twain
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]]> Dracula 24319431 There he lay looking as if youth had been half-renewed, for the white hair and moustache were changed to dark iron-grey, the cheeks were fuller, and the white skin seemed ruby-red underneath; the mouth was redder than ever, for on the lips were gouts of fresh blood, which trickled from the corners of the mouth and ran over the chin and neck. Even the deep, burning eyes seemed set amongst the swollen flesh, for the lids and pouches underneath were bloated. It seemed as if the whole awful creature were simply gorged with blood; he lay like a filthy leech, exhausted with his repletion.'

Thus Bram Stoker, one of the greatest exponents of the supernatural narrative, describes the demonic subject of his chilling masterpiece Dracula, a truly iconic and unsettling tale of vampirism.

]]> 198 Bram Stoker Rahnuma 3 3.86 1897 Dracula

author: Bram Stoker
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]]> <![CDATA[Adventures of Huckleberry Finn]]> 8964384 288 Mark Twain 0382069978 Rahnuma 4 3.71 1884

author: Mark Twain
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]]> Wuthering Heights 35855515 138 Emily Brontë 8826455759 Rahnuma 3 3.87 1847

author: Emily Brontë
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]]> Romeo and Juliet 33546354 Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare early in his career about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately reconcile their feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular plays during his lifetime and, along with Hamlet, is one of his most frequently performed plays. Today, the title characters are regarded as archetypal young lovers.

Romeo and Juliet belongs to a tradition of tragic romances stretching back to antiquity. The plot is based on an Italian tale translated into verse as The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet by Arthur Brooke in 1562, and retold in prose in Palace of Pleasure by William Painter in 1567. Shakespeare borrowed heavily from both, but expanded the plot by developing a number of supporting characters, particularly Mercutio and Paris. Believed to have been written between 1591 and 1595, the play was first published in a quarto version in 1597. The text of the first quarto version was of poor quality, however, and later editions corrected the text to conform more closely with Shakespeare's original.

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author: William Shakespeare
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]]> Jane Eyre 32984641 Jane Eyre ranks as one of the greatest and most perennially popular works of English fiction. Although the poor but plucky heroine is outwardly of plain appearance, she possesses an indomitable spirit, a sharp wit and great courage. She is forced to battle against the exigencies of a cruel guardian, a harsh employer and a rigid social order. All of which circumscribe her life and position when she becomes governess to the daughter of the mysterious, sardonic and attractive Mr Rochester. However, there is great kindness and warmth in this epic love story, which is set against the magnificent backdrop of the Yorkshire moors. Ultimately the grand passion of Jane and Rochester is called upon to survive cruel revelation, loss and reunion, only to be confronted with tragedy.]]> 450 Charlotte Brontë 1539899535 Rahnuma 3 4.23 1847 Jane Eyre

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]]> <![CDATA[The Hobbit (Modern Classics on CD)]]> 838649 0 J.R.R. Tolkien 0007158785 Rahnuma 4 4.16 1937

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]]> <![CDATA[The Great Gatsby (Calibri Classics)]]> 35677427
Gatsby, surrounded by riches, yearns for the love of a woman who chose another man. He waits for her every night, using a green light at the end of his dock to call out to her from across the water. Daisy, stuck in a loveless marriage, dreams of what could have been—and gets a taste for it after she is re-acquainted with Gatsby through Nick.

Considered by critics to be one of the greatest novels ever written, this 1925 masterpiece is a portrait of the Roaring Twenties that’s full of literary intrigue, resounding metaphors, and decadent glimpses into the glitz and glam of early twentieth-century America. As relevant today as ever, it offers a cautionary tale of the American Dream, warning against the temptation to believe that enough money paired with equal desire can achieve anything—even reverse the deepest regrets."]]> 106 F. Scott Fitzgerald 1535228938 Rahnuma 5 4.07 1925 The Great Gatsby (Calibri Classics)

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]]> The Gods Themselves 41821
Only a few know the terrifying truth--an outcast Earth scientist, a rebellious alien inhabitant of a dying planet, a lunar-born human intuitionist who senses the imminent annihilation of the Sun.��They know the truth--but who will listen?��They have foreseen the cost of abundant energy--but who will believe?��These few beings, human and alien, hold the key to the Earth's survival.]]> 288 Isaac Asimov 1857989341 Rahnuma 3 4.10 1972 The Gods Themselves

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]]> I, Robot (Robot, #0.1) 41804
I, ROBOT

They mustn't harm a human being, they must obey human orders, and they must protect their own existence...but only so long as that doesn't violate rules one and two. With these Three Laws of Robotics, humanity embarked on perhaps its greatest adventure: the invention of the first positronic man. It was a bold new era of evolution that would open up enormous possibilities—and unforeseen risks. For the scientists who invented the earliest robots weren't content that their creations should ' remain programmed helpers, companions, and semisentient worker-machines. And soon the robots themselves; aware of their own intelligence, power, and humanity, aren't either.

As humans and robots struggle to survive together—and sometimes against each other—on earth and in space, the future of both hangs in the balance. Human men and women confront robots gone mad, telepathic robots, robot politicians, and vast robotic intelligences that may already secretly control the world. And both are asking the same questions: What is human? And is humanity obsolete?

In l, Robot Isaac Asimov changes forever our perception of robots, and human beings and updates the timeless myth of man's dream to play god. with all its rewards—and terrors.
--front flap]]> 224 Isaac Asimov 0553803700 Rahnuma 5 4.22 1950 I, Robot (Robot, #0.1)

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]]> White Nights 1772910 82 Fyodor Dostoevsky Rahnuma 4 4.16 1848

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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 Rahnuma 5 4.28 1813 Pride and Prejudice

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]]> Emma 6969 The newest edition is here. Another alternate cover can be found here.

Emma Woodhouse is one of Austen's most captivating and vivid characters. Beautiful, spoilt, vain and irrepressibly witty, Emma organizes the lives of the inhabitants of her sleepy little village and plays matchmaker with devastating effect.]]> 474 Jane Austen 0141439580 Rahnuma 5 4.05 1815 Emma

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]]> Persuasion 2156 249 Jane Austen 0192802631 Rahnuma 3 4.15 1817

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]]> Sense and Sensibility 14935 Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780141439662

'The more I know of the world, the more am I convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love. I require so much!'

Marianne Dashwood wears her heart on her sleeve, and when she falls in love with the dashing but unsuitable John Willoughby she ignores her sister Elinor's warning that her impulsive behaviour leaves her open to gossip and innuendo. Meanwhile Elinor, always sensitive to social convention, is struggling to conceal her own romantic disappointment, even from those closest to her. Through their parallel experience of love—and its threatened loss—the sisters learn that sense must mix with sensibility if they are to find personal happiness in a society where status and money govern the rules of love.

This edition includes explanatory notes, textual variants between the first and second editions, and Tony Tanner's introduction to the original Penguin Classic edition.]]> 409 Jane Austen 0141439661 Rahnuma 4 4.10 1811 Sense and Sensibility

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]]> Oliver Twist 18254
The story of Oliver Twist - orphaned, and set upon by evil and adversity from his first breath - shocked readers when it was published. After running away from the workhouse and pompous beadle Mr Bumble, Oliver finds himself lured into a den of thieves peopled by vivid and memorable characters - the Artful Dodger, vicious burglar Bill Sikes, his dog Bull's Eye, and prostitute Nancy, all watched over by cunning master-thief Fagin. Combining elements of Gothic Romance, the Newgate Novel and popular melodrama, Dickens created an entirely new kind of fiction, scathing in its indictment of a cruel society, and pervaded by an unforgettable sense of threat and mystery.

This Penguin Classics edition of Oliver Twist is the first critical edition to faithfully reproduce the text as its earliest readers would have encountered it from its serialisation in Bentley's Miscellany, and includes an introduction by Philip Horne, a glossary of Victorian thieves' slang, a chronology of Dickens's life, a map of contemporary London and all of George Cruikshank's original illustrations.

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.]]> 608 Charles Dickens Rahnuma 3 3.88 1838 Oliver Twist

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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 Rahnuma 4 3.78 1861 Great Expectations

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