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Twenty Thousand Leagues Under t - Jules Verne
SUMMARY: The classic tale of Captain Nemo and the submarine the Nautilus, this is the quintessential translation by the internationally renowned Verne scholar, William Butcher. Thi... -
True History of the Kelly Gang - Peter Carey
Amazon.com Review"What is it about we Australians, eh?" demands a schoolteacher near the end of Peter Carey's True History of the Kelly Gang. "Do we not have a Jefferson? A Disrae.... -
Trash - Andy Mulligan
From School Library JournalGr 7-10–Three young teens, trash-picker living in the city dump of an unnamed third-world country, discover a mysterious bag one morning, triggering a ch... -
Tom Clancy's op-center_ State o - Tom Clancy; Steve R. Pieczenik
EDITORIAL REVIEW: Driven by greed, a group of U.N. peacekeeping soldiers called "Keepers" devises a shocking scheme to get the world's attention ... -
To End All Wars - Adam Hochschild
A sweeping history of World War I, showcasing the war's critics as dramatically as its heroes and victims. -
Thus Spake Zarathustra - Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
SUMMARY:When Zarathustra was thirty years old, he left his home and the lake of his home, and went into the mountains. There he enjoyed his spirit and solitude, and for ten ... -
Through the Language Glass - Guy Deutscher
Review• The New York Times “Editor’s Choice”• The Economist “Best Books of 2010”• Financial Times “Best Books of 2010”• Library Journal -
Those Who Save Us - Jenna Blum
SUMMARY: For fifty years, Anna Schlemmer has refused to talk about her life in Germany during World War II. Her daughter, Trudy, was only three when she and her mother were liberat... -
This Star Shall Abide - Sylvia Engdahl
Noren knew that his world was not as it should be—it was wrong that only the Scholars and Technicians could use metal and Machines. It was wrong that only they had access to the kn... -
The last coyote - Michael Connelly
From Publishers WeeklyIn his fourth outing, LAPD Homicide Detective Harry Bosch (The Concrete Blonde, et al.) confronts deep family, police and political secrets as he probes an un...