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In Patagonia by Bruce Chatwin

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce, James Joyce (duplicate entry), Seamus Deane

Stephen Dedalus grows up in Dublin, feeling different from the other boys. His childhood and adolescence are shaped by bullying, …

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy (Oprah's Book Club (51))

While previous versions have softened the robust and sometimes shocking qualities of Tolstoy's writing, Pevear and Volokhonsky have produced a …

The Idea Factory by Pepper White

Carrie by Stephen King

A modern classic, Carrie introduced a distinctive new voice in American fiction -- Stephen King. The story of misunderstood high …

Foundation and Earth by Isaac Asimov (Foundation, #5)

Golan Trevize, Janov Pelorat, Bliss go looking for earth.

Bushwhacked by Molly Ivins and Lou Dubose

The Ballad of Halo Jones by Alan Moore (undifferentiated)

"Bored and frustrated with her life in 50th-century leisure-ghetto housing estate 'The Hoop', 18-year-old everywoman Halo Jones yearns for the …

Pet Sematary, Film tie-in by Empty Author

Pet Sematary is a 1983 horror novel by American writer Stephen King. The novel was nominated for a World Fantasy …

About a Boy by Nick Hornby

Nick Hornby's second bestselling novel is about sex, manliness and fatherhood. Will is thirty-six, comfortable and child-free. And he's discovered …

Frankenstein by Nick Dear

77 pages ; 20 cm

Old Man's War by John Scalzi

John Scalzi channels Robert Heinlein (including a wry sense of humor) in a novel about a future Earth engaged in …

Halting state by Charles Stross

In the year 2018, a daring bank robbery has taken place at Hayek Associates. The suspects are a band of …

Old Soldiers Never Die by Geoffrey Perret

Titus alone by Mervyn Peake (A King penguin)