One of the greatest works in literature, this allegory of the soul's journey from spiritual depths to spiritual heights is rendered through Dante's stunning visual imagination and exalted poetic...
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Author: Dante AlighieriSummary:Genre: Poetry
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Author: Iyer, PicoSummary:
When Pico Iyer visited Japan, he met the vivacious, attractive Sachiko. The result of that meeting is this ironic and heartfelt portrait of cross-cultural infatuation and a view of both the old...
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Author: Kipling, RudyardSummary:
The Second Jungle Book is the sequel to Rudyard Kipling's acclaimed collection of stories about the Indian jungle. These new stories were published a year after the original, and mostly focus on...
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Author: Oliver, Roland Anthony, Fage, J. D.Summary:
Much of Africa's past has now been excavated from ignorance and error, revealing a rich and previously little-known human heritage. This classic work marshals the most authoritative views on...
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Author: Judt, Tony, Snyder, TimothySummary:
Renowned historian Tony Judt's final work brings the twentieth century's conflicted intellectual history to life as the age of ideas. Spanning the entire era and all currents of thought, this book...
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Author: Penny, LouiseSummary:
Happily retired in the village of Three Pines, Armand Gamache, former Chief Inspector of Homicide with the SUretE du QuEbec, has found a peace he'd only imagined possible. On warm summer mornings...
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Author: Conrad, JosephSummary:
This is the story of a young man unwittingly caught in the political turmoil of pre-revolutionary czarist Russia. When a bomb kills a hated Russian minister of police, along with several innocent...
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Author: Gombrich, E. H.Summary:
In 1935, with a doctorate in art history and no prospect of a job, twenty-six-year-old Ernst Gombrich was invited to attempt a history of the world for younger readers. Amazingly, he completed the...
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Author: Penny, LouiseSummary:
A stranger is found murdered in the village bistro and antiques store and all clues point to bistro owner Olivier being the killer. Once again, Chief Inspector Gamache and his team are called in...
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Author: Orwell, GeorgeSummary:
In this political fable, the animals of Manor Farm revolt against their human rulers to establish the democratic Animal Farm. But as the society evolves, leaders become rulers and totalitarianism...
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Author: Penny, LouiseSummary:
The ninth book in Louise Penny's New York Times bestselling, critically acclaimed series featuring Chief Inspector Armand Gamache. "There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in...
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Author: Wilson, A. N.Summary:
A ruthless dictator who saved his country from economic ruin only to nearly destroy it in his quest for world domination, Adolf Hitler forever changed the course of history. Here, A. N. Wilson...
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Author: Lewis, C. S.Summary:
A masterpiece of satire, this classic has entertained and enlightened readers the world over with its sly and ironic portrayal of human life and foibles from the vantage point of Screwtape, a...
Genre: Religious fiction