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325,085 | Nicholas Nickleby | 1,838 | 3.9 | 36,959 | 1,314 | null | null | Charles Dickens | 'I shall never regret doing as I have | 817 | 11,674 | 13,620 | 8,851 | 2,069 | 745 | 0.189376 | 0.633333 |
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45,337 | Night Has a Thousand Eyes | 1,945 | 3.77 | 762 | 91 | null | null | Cornell Woolrich | One of Cornell Woolrich's most famous novels, this classic noir tale of a con man struggling with his ability to see the future is arguably the author's best in its depiction of a doomed vision of predestination. | 344 | 202 | 276 | 210 | 57 | 17 | -0.2625 | 0.59 |
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961,606 | Night Shift | 1,942 | 3.66 | 56 | 12 | null | null | Maritta Wolff | Originally published in 1942 to rave reviews and astonishing commercial success, Night Shift dramatizes the working class life of the Midwest during World War II with the excitement of melodrama, the vividness of documentary, and the page-turning quality of the best commercial fiction.Sally Otis works herself to the bone as a waitress, supporting her three children and a j
Originally published in 1942 to rave reviews and astonishing commercial success, Night Shift dramatizes the working class life of the Midwest during World War II with the excitement of melodrama, the vividness of documentary, and the page-turning quality of the best commercial fiction.Sally Otis works herself to the bone as a waitress, supporting her three children and a jobless younger sister. With her bills mounting and no rest in sight, Sally's resolve is beginning to crumble when her swaggering older sister, Petey Braun, appears on the scene. Petey, with her furs and jewels and exotic trips, is an American career woman | 560 | 12 | 20 | 17 | 7 | 0 | -0.644856 | 0.553333 |
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521,118 | No Orchids for Miss Blandish | 1,939 | 3.74 | 1,875 | 164 | Blandish's Orchids and Dave Fenner | 1 | James Hadley Chase | Miss Blandish - innocent, exquisite, vulnerable heiress - is kidnapped by a gang of ruthless hoods who've never tried big-time crime. Foiled by their own vicious ineptitude and the greed of a superior mob, the kidnappers lose their million dollar prize. Blandish, terrified and broken, is now the captive of Ma' Grisson and her sadistic, sexually deviant son Slim.When Dave F
Miss Blandish - innocent, exquisite, vulnerable heiress - is kidnapped by a gang of ruthless hoods who've never tried big-time crime. Foiled by their own vicious ineptitude and the greed of a superior mob, the kidnappers lose their million dollar prize. Blandish, terrified and broken, is now the captive of Ma' Grisson and her sadistic, sexually deviant son Slim.When Dave Fenner was hired to solve the Blandish kidnapping, he knew the odds of finding the girl were against him - the cops were still looking for her three months after the ransom had been paid. And the kidnappers, Riley and his gang, had disappeared in to thin air. But what none of them knew was that Riley himself had been wiped out by a rival gang - and the heiress was now in the hands of Ma Grisson and her son Slim, a vicious killer who couldn't stay away from women...especially his beautiful new captive. By the time Fenner began to close in on them, some terrible things had happened to Miss Blandish...
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83,087 | No se lo digas a nadie | 1,994 | 3.54 | 855 | 55 | null | null | Jaime Bayly | La novela que marca una generaci | 519 | 164 | 287 | 273 | 107 | 24 | -1.061973 | 0.513333 |
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39,987 | Nanny Mcphee: The Collected Tales of Nurse Matilda | 1,964 | 3.85 | 2,317 | 135 | Nurse Matilda | 1-3 | Christianna Brand | Mr. and Mrs. Brown were forever having trouble with their numerous and incredibly naughty children... until the day Nurse Matilda entered their lives.First published nearly fifty years ago, Nurse Matilda and its two companion books-Nurse Matilda Goes to Town and Nurse Matilda Goes to Hospital-have charmed readers ever since. Now the inspiration for the major motion picture
Mr. and Mrs. Brown were forever having trouble with their numerous and incredibly naughty children... until the day Nurse Matilda entered their lives.First published nearly fifty years ago, Nurse Matilda and its two companion books-Nurse Matilda Goes to Town and Nurse Matilda Goes to Hospital-have charmed readers ever since. Now the inspiration for the major motion picture Nanny McPhee, all three beloved books are available once again in a paperback omnibus edition which features the three complete and unabridged books by Christianna Brand, along with Edward Ardizzone's charming black-and-white illustrations. This movie tie-in edition also features an eight-page color photo insert.
...more | 300 | 850 | 604 | 600 | 190 | 73 | 0.015577 | 0.616667 |
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2,958,538 | Odd Man Out | 1,945 | 3.83 | 30 | 5 | null | null | F.L. Green | In the aftermath of a botched hold-up, intended to finance the activities of his IRA cell, a wounded Johnny McQueen takes shelter in the back-alleys of Belfast, a shadowy underworld where sanctuary is freighted at every moment with peril. Meanwhile, a vast police manhunt is launched -- a net that closes steadily, remorselessly in upon him.Basis for the Carol Reed film star
In the aftermath of a botched hold-up, intended to finance the activities of his IRA cell, a wounded Johnny McQueen takes shelter in the back-alleys of Belfast, a shadowy underworld where sanctuary is freighted at every moment with peril. Meanwhile, a vast police manhunt is launched -- a net that closes steadily, remorselessly in upon him.Basis for the Carol Reed film starring James Mason.
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54,847 | Oil! | 1,927 | 3.69 | 4,780 | 568 | null | null | Upton Sinclair | In Oil! Upton Sinclair fashioned a novel out of the oil scandals of the Harding administration, providing in the process a detailed picture of the development of the oil industry in Southern California. Bribery of public officials, class warfare, and international rivalry over oil production are the context for Sinclair's story of a genial independent oil developer and his
In Oil! Upton Sinclair fashioned a novel out of the oil scandals of the Harding administration, providing in the process a detailed picture of the development of the oil industry in Southern California. Bribery of public officials, class warfare, and international rivalry over oil production are the context for Sinclair's story of a genial independent oil developer and his son, whose sympathy with the oilfield workers and socialist organizers fuels a running debate with his father. Senators, small investors, oil magnates, a Hollywood film star, and a crusading evangelist people the pages of this lively novel.
...more | 528 | 1,012 | 1,840 | 1,433 | 407 | 88 | -0.540577 | 0.563333 |
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130,580 | Old Yeller | 1,956 | 4.08 | 78,246 | 1,932 | Old Yeller | 1 | Fred Gipson | At first, Travis couldn't stand the sight of Old Yeller. The stray dog was ugly, and a thieving rascal, too. But he sure was clever, and a smart dog could be a big help on the wild Texas frontier, especially with Papa away on a long cattle drive up to Abilene. Strong and courageous, Old Yeller proved that he could protect Travis's family from any sort of danger. But can T
At first, Travis couldn't stand the sight of Old Yeller. The stray dog was ugly, and a thieving rascal, too. But he sure was clever, and a smart dog could be a big help on the wild Texas frontier, especially with Papa away on a long cattle drive up to Abilene. Strong and courageous, Old Yeller proved that he could protect Travis's family from any sort of danger. But can Travis do the same for Old Yeller
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487,445 | The Onion Field | 1,973 | 4.13 | 17,539 | 326 | null | null | Joseph Wambaugh | This is the frighteningly true story of two young cops and two young robbers whose separate destinies fatally cross one March night in a bizarre execution in a deserted Los Angeles field. | 512 | 6,848 | 6,887 | 3,195 | 501 | 108 | 0.988848 | 0.71 |
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133,394 | Our Man in Havana | 1,958 | 3.94 | 22,041 | 1,441 | null | null | Graham Greene | Graham Greene's classic Cuban spy story, now with a new package and a new introduction First published in 1959, Our Man in Havana is an espionage thriller, a penetrating character study, and a political satire that still resonates to this day. Conceived as one of Graham Greene's 'entertainments,' it tells of MI6's man in Havana, Wormold, a former vacuum-cleaner salesman tu
Graham Greene's classic Cuban spy story, now with a new package and a new introduction First published in 1959, Our Man in Havana is an espionage thriller, a penetrating character study, and a political satire that still resonates to this day. Conceived as one of Graham Greene's 'entertainments,' it tells of MI6's man in Havana, Wormold, a former vacuum-cleaner salesman turned reluctant secret agent out of economic necessity. To keep his job, he files bogus reports based on Lamb's Tales from Shakespeare and dreams up military installations from vacuum-cleaner designs. Then his stories start coming disturbingly true.
...more | 220 | 5,618 | 10,391 | 5,166 | 770 | 96 | 0.328414 | 0.646667 |
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46,212 | The Ox-Bow Incident | 1,940 | 3.82 | 4,561 | 393 | null | null | Walter Van Tilburg Clark | Set in 1885, The Ox-Bow Incident is a searing and realistic portrait of frontier life and mob violence in the American West. First published in 1940, it focuses on the lynching of three innocent men and the tragedy that ensues when law and order are abandoned. The result is an emotionally powerful, vivid, and unforgettable re-creation of the Western novel, which Clark tran
Set in 1885, The Ox-Bow Incident is a searing and realistic portrait of frontier life and mob violence in the American West. First published in 1940, it focuses on the lynching of three innocent men and the tragedy that ensues when law and order are abandoned. The result is an emotionally powerful, vivid, and unforgettable re-creation of the Western novel, which Clark transmuted into a universal story about good and evil, individual and community, justice and human nature. As Wallace Stegner writes, [Clark's] theme was civilization, and he recorded, indelibly, its first steps in a new country.
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258,529 | Parineeta | 1,914 | 3.92 | 1,462 | 52 | null | null | Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay | A timeless love story from the master storyteller of BengalSet in early twentieth century Kolkata, Parineeta (Espoused) is the unforgettable story of a child-woman | 112 | 466 | 533 | 371 | 59 | 33 | 0.258895 | 0.64 |
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13,626,799 | Paris Blues | 1,957 | 3.44 | 9 | 1 | null | null | Harold Flender | "A stinging novel of a man seeking escape in a world of cellar clubs and hot music... and the abandon of a passionate affair..."Eddie Cooke - a man seeking escape...escape from the gnawing bitterness in his heart...escape from a burning resentment of the past.Against the background of the French jazz world - the smoky cellar clubs, the smouldering music, the easy love - Ha
"A stinging novel of a man seeking escape in a world of cellar clubs and hot music... and the abandon of a passionate affair..."Eddie Cooke - a man seeking escape...escape from the gnawing bitterness in his heart...escape from a burning resentment of the past.Against the background of the French jazz world - the smoky cellar clubs, the smouldering music, the easy love - Harold Flender has written a biting novel of Americans in Paris.
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45,195 | A Passage to India | 1,924 | 3.68 | 60,629 | 2,777 | null | null | E.M. Forster | When Adela Quested and her elderly companion Mrs Moore arrive in the Indian town of Chandrapore, they quickly feel trapped by its insular and prejudiced 'Anglo-Indian' community. Determined to escape the parochial English enclave and explore the 'real India', they seek the guidance of the charming and mercurial Dr Aziz, a cultivated Indian Muslim. But a mysterious incident
When Adela Quested and her elderly companion Mrs Moore arrive in the Indian town of Chandrapore, they quickly feel trapped by its insular and prejudiced 'Anglo-Indian' community. Determined to escape the parochial English enclave and explore the 'real India', they seek the guidance of the charming and mercurial Dr Aziz, a cultivated Indian Muslim. But a mysterious incident occurs while they are exploring the Marabar caves with Aziz, and the well-respected doctor soon finds himself at the centre of a scandal that rouses violent passions among both the British and their Indian subjects. A masterful portrait of a society in the grip of imperialism, A Passage to India compellingly depicts the fate of individuals caught between the great political and cultural conflicts of the modern world. In his introduction, Pankaj Mishra outlines Forster's complex engagement with Indian society and culture. This edition reproduces the Abinger text and notes, and also includes four of Forster's essays on India, a chronology and further reading.
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34,268 | Peter Pan | 1,911 | 4.09 | 229,344 | 9,071 | null | null | J.M. Barrie | Peter Pan, the book based on J.M. Barrie's famous play, is filled with unforgettable characters: Peter Pan, the boy who would not grow up; the fairy, Tinker Bell; the evil pirate, Captain Hook; and the three children--Wendy, John, and Michael--who fly off with Peter Pan to Neverland, where they meet Indians and pirates and a crocodile that ticks. Renowned children's-book a
Peter Pan, the book based on J.M. Barrie's famous play, is filled with unforgettable characters: Peter Pan, the boy who would not grow up; the fairy, Tinker Bell; the evil pirate, Captain Hook; and the three children--Wendy, John, and Michael--who fly off with Peter Pan to Neverland, where they meet Indians and pirates and a crocodile that ticks. Renowned children's-book artist Michael Hague has brought the amazing adventures of Peter Pan to life. His beautiful illustrations capture the wild, seductive power of this classic book. This newly designed edition will be enjoyed by fans young and old alike.
...more | 176 | 95,130 | 75,798 | 44,965 | 10,008 | 3,443 | 0.84981 | 0.696667 |
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526,869 | Peyton Place | 1,956 | 3.75 | 8,971 | 824 | Peyton Place | 1 | Grace Metalious | First published in 1956, Peyton Place uncovers the passions, lies and cruelties that simmer beneath the surface of a postcard-perfect town. At the centre of the novel are three women, each with a secret to hide: Constance MacKenzie, the original desperate housewife; her daughter Allison, whose dreams are stifled by small-town small-mindedness; and Selena Cross, her gypsy-e
First published in 1956, Peyton Place uncovers the passions, lies and cruelties that simmer beneath the surface of a postcard-perfect town. At the centre of the novel are three women, each with a secret to hide: Constance MacKenzie, the original desperate housewife; her daughter Allison, whose dreams are stifled by small-town small-mindedness; and Selena Cross, her gypsy-eyed friend from the wrong side of the tracks.
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10,546,105 | Phantom Crown: The Story of Maximilian & Carlota of Mexico | 1,934 | 4.29 | 7 | 1 | null | null | Bertita Harding | Senora B. Leonarz de Harding specialized in popular tales of kings and queens. In this volume, she tells the story of Maximilian and Carlota of Mexico.Maximilian I of Mexico began life as an Archduke of Austria. He was offered the Imperial Throne of Mexico by Napolean III of France. His elder brother, Franz Joseph I of Austria and several other family members advised him t
Senora B. Leonarz de Harding specialized in popular tales of kings and queens. In this volume, she tells the story of Maximilian and Carlota of Mexico.Maximilian I of Mexico began life as an Archduke of Austria. He was offered the Imperial Throne of Mexico by Napolean III of France. His elder brother, Franz Joseph I of Austria and several other family members advised him to decline.Instead, Maximilian and his wife Carlota (Charlotte of Belgium) sailed for Mexico and took up the throne in Mexico City in 1864. President Benito Ju | 384 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.545003 | 0.763333 |
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538,870 | Pharaoh | 1,895 | 3.75 | 2,081 | 43 | Faraon / The Pharaoh and the Priest | 1-2 | Boles?aw Prus | Pharaoh is set in the Egypt of 1087 | 628 | 613 | 679 | 516 | 198 | 75 | -0.332019 | 0.583333 |
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1,670,792 | The Philadelphian | 1,957 | 3.96 | 120 | 14 | null | null | Richard Powell | Touted by its original publisher as an expos | 323 | 37 | 47 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 0.397934 | 0.653333 |
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481,428 | Pin | 1,981 | 3.72 | 308 | 54 | null | null | Andrew Neiderman | Mother was driven by a psychotic compulsion to clean - constantly - everything in sight. Father was consumed by his medical practice and an analytical approach to life. But he understood the sensual hunger growing inside his children's young bodies. He knew they could help each other answer "The Need". Father had Science. Father had Reason. And he had Pin. | 264 | 75 | 115 | 84 | 24 | 10 | -0.436298 | 0.573333 |
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597,251 | The Poseidon Adventure | 1,972 | 3.93 | 7,695 | 129 | null | null | Paul Gallico | On its maiden voyage, luxury ocean liner SS Poseidon is capsized by a massive undersea earthquake. A handful of survivors must fight for their lives | 480 | 2,723 | 2,442 | 1,901 | 488 | 141 | 0.293655 | 0.643333 |
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62,446 | The Prince and the Pauper | 1,881 | 3.85 | 99,547 | 1,842 | null | null | Mark Twain | This treasured historical satire, played out in two very different socioeconomic worlds of 16th-century England, centers around the lives of two boys born in London on the same day: Edward, Prince of Wales and Tom Canty, a street beggar. During a chance encounter, the two realize they are identical and, as a lark, decide to exchange clothes and roles--a situation that brie
This treasured historical satire, played out in two very different socioeconomic worlds of 16th-century England, centers around the lives of two boys born in London on the same day: Edward, Prince of Wales and Tom Canty, a street beggar. During a chance encounter, the two realize they are identical and, as a lark, decide to exchange clothes and roles--a situation that briefly, but drastically, alters the lives of both youngsters. The Prince, dressed in rags, wanders about the city's boisterous neighborhoods among the lower classes and endures a series of hardships; meanwhile, poor Tom, now living with the royals, is constantly filled with the dread of being discovered for who and what he really is.
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54,492 | The Prisoner of Zenda | 1,894 | 3.86 | 16,499 | 889 | The Ruritania Trilogy | 2 | Anthony Hope | Anthony Hope's swashbuckling romance transports his English gentleman hero, Rudolf Rassendyll, from a comfortable life in London to fast-moving adventures in Ruritania, a mythical land steeped in political intrigue. Rassendyll bears a striking resemblance to Rudolf Elphberg who is about to be crowned King of Ruritania. When the rival to the throne, Black Michael of Strelsa
Anthony Hope's swashbuckling romance transports his English gentleman hero, Rudolf Rassendyll, from a comfortable life in London to fast-moving adventures in Ruritania, a mythical land steeped in political intrigue. Rassendyll bears a striking resemblance to Rudolf Elphberg who is about to be crowned King of Ruritania. When the rival to the throne, Black Michael of Strelsau, attempts to seize power by imprisoning Elphberg in the Castle of Zenda, Rassendyll is obliged to impersonate the King to uphold the rightful sovereignty and ensure political stability. Rassendyll endures a trial of strength in his encounters with the notorious Rupert of Hentzau, and a test of a different sort as he grows to love the Princess Flavia. Five times filmed, The Prisoner of Zenda has been deservedly popular as a classic of romance and adventure since its publication in 1894.
...more | 157 | 4,826 | 5,930 | 4,568 | 947 | 228 | 0.050337 | 0.62 |
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209,525 | The Purple Cloud (Frontiers of Imagination) | 1,955 | 3.52 | 872 | 132 | null | null | M.P. Shiel | "If now a swell from the Deep has swept over this planetary ship of earth, and I, who alone chanced to find myself in the furthest stern, as the sole survivor of her crew . . . What then, my God, shall I do" The Purple Cloud is widely hailed as a masterpiece of science fiction and one of the best "last man" novels ever written. A deadly purple vapor passes over the world
"If now a swell from the Deep has swept over this planetary ship of earth, and I, who alone chanced to find myself in the furthest stern, as the sole survivor of her crew . . . What then, my God, shall I do" The Purple Cloud is widely hailed as a masterpiece of science fiction and one of the best "last man" novels ever written. A deadly purple vapor passes over the world and annihilates all living creatures except one man, Adam Jeffson. He embarks on an epic journey across a silent and devastated planet, an apocalyptic Robinson Crusoe putting together the semblance of a normal life from the flotsam and jetsam of his former existence. As he descends into madness over the years, he becomes increasingly aware that his survival was no accident and that his destiny | 296 | 184 | 269 | 277 | 103 | 39 | -1.131492 | 0.506667 |
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465,772 | The Quick and the Dead | 1,973 | 3.92 | 3,792 | 186 | null | null | Louis L'Amour | When Duncan McKaskel decided to move his family west, he knew he would face dangers, and he was prepared for them. He knew about the exhausting terrain, and he was expecting the punishing elements. What he worried about was having to use violence against other men | 208 | 1,084 | 1,486 | 1,065 | 139 | 18 | 0.258895 | 0.64 |
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3,742,955 | Ramrod | 1,943 | 4 | 47 | 5 | null | null | Luke Short | "Complete and unabridged" | 216 | 14 | 19 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0.536973 | 0.666667 |
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2,271,686 | The Rainbird Pattern | 1,972 | 3.82 | 49 | 13 | null | null | Victor Canning | This is a split-level story with two people kidnapping prominent officials, while at the same time, an elderly woman is trying to bring the missing elements of her family together before she dies. There seems no connection, but, as a lovable and charismatic psychic and her jack-of-all-trades partner seek the whereabouts of a man who disappeared years ago, the suspense moun
This is a split-level story with two people kidnapping prominent officials, while at the same time, an elderly woman is trying to bring the missing elements of her family together before she dies. There seems no connection, but, as a lovable and charismatic psychic and her jack-of-all-trades partner seek the whereabouts of a man who disappeared years ago, the suspense mounts and culminates in violence, with the author delivering an unexpected aftershock in the final pages.
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121,292 | The Rainbow Trail | 1,915 | 3.86 | 1,208 | 105 | Riders of the Purple Sage | 2 | Zane Grey | "Yes. He wanted to stay, and I had work there that'll keep him awhile. Shefford, we got news of Shadd--bad news. The half-breed's cutting up rough. His gang shot up some Piutes over here across the line. Then he got run out of Durango a few weeks ago for murder. A posse of cowboys trailed him. But he slipped them. He's a fox. You know he was trailing us here. He left the t
"Yes. He wanted to stay, and I had work there that'll keep him awhile. Shefford, we got news of Shadd--bad news. The half-breed's cutting up rough. His gang shot up some Piutes over here across the line. Then he got run out of Durango a few weeks ago for murder. A posse of cowboys trailed him. But he slipped them. He's a fox. You know he was trailing us here. He left the trail, Nas Ta Bega said. I learned at Stonebridge that Shadd is well disposed toward Mormons. It takes the Mormons to handle Indians. Shadd knows of this village and that's why he shunted off our trail. But he might hang down in the pass and wait for us.
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8,732 | The Red Pony | 1,937 | 3.43 | 43,898 | 1,821 | null | null | John Steinbeck | Raised on a ranch in northern California, Jody is well-schooled in the hard work and demands of a rancher's life. He is used to the way of horses, too; but nothing has prepared him for the special connection he will forge with Gabilan, a hot-tempered pony his father gives him. With Billy Buck, the hired hand, Jody tends and trains his horse, restlessly anticipating the mom
Raised on a ranch in northern California, Jody is well-schooled in the hard work and demands of a rancher's life. He is used to the way of horses, too; but nothing has prepared him for the special connection he will forge with Gabilan, a hot-tempered pony his father gives him. With Billy Buck, the hired hand, Jody tends and trains his horse, restlessly anticipating the moment he will sit high upon Gabilan's saddle. But when Gabilan falls ill, Jody discovers there are still lessons he must learn about the ways of nature and, particularly, the ways of man.
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243,924 | Reflections in a Golden Eye | 1,941 | 3.83 | 3,724 | 313 | null | null | Carson McCullers | A powerful and passionate tale is set on a southern army post --a human hell inhabited by a sexually disturbed officer, his animalistic wife, her lover, and the driven young private who forces the drama to its climax... | 136 | 962 | 1,496 | 992 | 223 | 51 | -0.053942 | 0.61 |
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319,237 | The Reincarnation of Peter Proud | 1,973 | 3.8 | 686 | 68 | null | null | Max Ehrlich | Dr. Peter Proud | 288 | 166 | 286 | 178 | 46 | 10 | -0.158221 | 0.6 |
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494,304 | The Rescuers | 1,962 | 4.09 | 4,910 | 194 | The Rescuers | 1 | Margery Sharp | The mice in this story created the widely respected Prisoners' Aid Society of Mice. The task of this benevolent society is to befriend human prisoners in their cells, and perform daring rescue bids. As this story opens, the Chairwoman of the Society is proposing the rescue of a Norwegian poet who is being held in grim conditions in the Black Castle. | 160 | 2,035 | 1,585 | 1,054 | 183 | 53 | 0.84981 | 0.696667 |
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1,112,570 | Miss Bianca | 1,962 | 3.97 | 418 | 45 | The Rescuers | 2 | Margery Sharp | Miss Bianca, the elegant mouse Chairwoman of the famed Prisoners' Aid Society, drew in her breath. "The prisoner," she said gravely, "is a little girl of eight. She has been kidnapped by the wicked Grand Duchess and is imprisoned in the Diamond Palace." Careful plans for the rescue are laid, but even the best plans can go wrong. Luckily Miss Bianca has more than her share
Miss Bianca, the elegant mouse Chairwoman of the famed Prisoners' Aid Society, drew in her breath. "The prisoner," she said gravely, "is a little girl of eight. She has been kidnapped by the wicked Grand Duchess and is imprisoned in the Diamond Palace." Careful plans for the rescue are laid, but even the best plans can go wrong. Luckily Miss Bianca has more than her share of wiles and wit.
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593,534 | Return of the Living Dead | 1,977 | 3.47 | 135 | 16 | The Living Dead | 2 | John A. Russo | After a bus turns over in a quiet American town, the entire country is thrown into the grip of the hands of the dead--or undead. No one is safe from the flesh-eating ghouls who have risen from their deathbeds to feed on the living. As the horror spreads, the blood begins to flow. | 180 | 25 | 44 | 43 | 15 | 8 | -1.30529 | 0.49 |
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160,010 | The Return of the Soldier | 1,918 | 3.71 | 4,558 | 522 | null | null | Rebecca West | Writing her first novel during World War I, West examines the relationship between three women and a soldier suffering from shell-shock. This novel of an enclosed world invaded by public events also embodies in its characters the shifts in England's class structures at the beginning of the twentieth century. | 112 | 979 | 1,786 | 1,342 | 374 | 77 | -0.471058 | 0.57 |
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573,373 | Return to Paradise | 1,951 | 3.8 | 826 | 50 | null | null | James A. Michener | James A. Michener, the master of historical fiction, revisits the scenes of his first great work, Tales of the South Pacific, the Pulitzer Prize winner that brought him international acclaim. In this sequel collection, Michener once again evokes the magic of the extraordinary isles in the Pacific | 416 | 192 | 337 | 237 | 56 | 4 | -0.158221 | 0.6 |
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406,575 | The Riddle of the Sands | 1,903 | 3.63 | 4,837 | 472 | null | null | Erskine Childers | While on a sailing trip in the Baltic Sea, two young adventurers-turned-spies uncover a secret German plot to invade England. Written by Childers | 336 | 1,137 | 1,618 | 1,399 | 531 | 152 | -0.749135 | 0.543333 |
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3,798 | The River | 1,946 | 3.94 | 505 | 72 | null | null | Rumer Godden | Harriet is between two worlds. Her sister is no longer a playmate, her brother is still a child. The comforting rhythm of her Indian childhood - the noise of the jute works, the festivals that accompany each season and the eternal ebb and flow of the river - is about to be shattered. | 128 | 167 | 189 | 114 | 24 | 11 | 0.328414 | 0.646667 |
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189,147 | To Your Scattered Bodies Go | 1,971 | 3.95 | 26,153 | 757 | Riverworld | 1 | Philip Jos | To Your Scattered Bodies Go is the Hugo Award-winning beginning to the story of Riverworld, Philip Jos | 220 | 8,881 | 9,465 | 5,841 | 1,502 | 464 | 0.363174 | 0.65 |
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543,686 | Rob Roy | 1,917 | 3.7 | 8,360 | 283 | Waverley Novels | 4 | Walter Scott | An historical novel as gripping as Scott's Ivanhoe. It is a tale of adventure in the 18th century, set in the Scottish highlands, whose hero is the legendary maverick outlaw Rob Roy Macgregor. Soon to be released by United Artists as a major motion picture starring Liam Neeson, John Hurt, Jessica Lange and Tim Roth. Included also in the 485 pages Author's Introduction, Not
An historical novel as gripping as Scott's Ivanhoe. It is a tale of adventure in the 18th century, set in the Scottish highlands, whose hero is the legendary maverick outlaw Rob Roy Macgregor. Soon to be released by United Artists as a major motion picture starring Liam Neeson, John Hurt, Jessica Lange and Tim Roth. Included also in the 485 pages Author's Introduction, Notes, Glossary.
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2,584,764 | Rogue Cop | 1,954 | 3.49 | 37 | 4 | null | null | William P. McGivern | From the station-houses to the joy-houses, they knew about Mike Carmody. He was the best cop money could buy. And when the Syndicate boys said jump, Carmody knew just how high. But they couldn't buy Carmody's kid brother Eddie. And when Eddie turned against them, the Mob snuffed him out like a nickel cigar. Now Carmody's coming after them. Savage. Bloodthirsty. He's stalki
From the station-houses to the joy-houses, they knew about Mike Carmody. He was the best cop money could buy. And when the Syndicate boys said jump, Carmody knew just how high. But they couldn't buy Carmody's kid brother Eddie. And when Eddie turned against them, the Mob snuffed him out like a nickel cigar. Now Carmody's coming after them. Savage. Bloodthirsty. He's stalking them down the city's darkened back alleys... and straight into hell.
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162,332 | The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea | 0 | 3.89 | 13,686 | 1,047 | null | null | Yukio Mishima | The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea tells the tale of a band of savage thirteen-year-old boys who reject the adult world as illusory, hypocritical and sentimental, and train themselves in a brutal callousness they call "objectivity." When the mother of one of them begins an affair with a ship's officer, he and his friends idealize the man at first; but it is not lo
The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea tells the tale of a band of savage thirteen-year-old boys who reject the adult world as illusory, hypocritical and sentimental, and train themselves in a brutal callousness they call "objectivity." When the mother of one of them begins an affair with a ship's officer, he and his friends idealize the man at first; but it is not long before they conclude that he is in fact soft and romantic. They regard their disappointment in him as an act of betrayal on his part, and react violently.
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544,744 | Saint Jack | 1,973 | 3.48 | 525 | 48 | null | null | Paul Theroux | At one time, expatriate Jack Flowers was the youngest drinker at Singapore's Bandung Club. Now, at 53, he is a fixture. But he is beginning to fear death, alone and vulnerable in the alien tropics. And Jack still dreams of success. How can he convert his "perfect dream of magic" into reality, away from the seamy waterfront that has become his home A funny and sophisticate
At one time, expatriate Jack Flowers was the youngest drinker at Singapore's Bandung Club. Now, at 53, he is a fixture. But he is beginning to fear death, alone and vulnerable in the alien tropics. And Jack still dreams of success. How can he convert his "perfect dream of magic" into reality, away from the seamy waterfront that has become his home A funny and sophisticated novel from an acclaimed and popular writer.
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2,213,955 | The Salamander | 1,973 | 3.59 | 317 | 20 | null | null | Morris L. West | The code name: SALAMANDERForged in the flames of war.A symbol of courage and justice.The mark of the final power.An Italian general is found dead in his apartment, a card engraved with the image of the Salamander lying by his corpse. Colonel Matucci begins the routine investigation, only to find himself catapulted into the centre of a desperate web of political violence an
The code name: SALAMANDERForged in the flames of war.A symbol of courage and justice.The mark of the final power.An Italian general is found dead in his apartment, a card engraved with the image of the Salamander lying by his corpse. Colonel Matucci begins the routine investigation, only to find himself catapulted into the centre of a desperate web of political violence and intrigue. As he digs deeper, he is faced with an agonising choice: how much is he prepared to pay to survive - his lover... his conscience... or more
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1,331,653 | Salmon Fishing in the Yemen | 2,006 | 3.51 | 12,018 | 1,460 | null | null | Paul Torday | What does it take to make us believe in the impossibleFor Dr. Alfred Jones, life is a quiet mixture of civil service at the National Centre for Fisheries Excellence and marriage to Mary | 329 | 1,721 | 4,569 | 4,215 | 1,198 | 315 | -1.166252 | 0.503333 |
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12,296 | The Scarlet Letter | 1,850 | 3.39 | 627,646 | 13,139 | null | null | Nathaniel Hawthorne | Delve into The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne's meditation on human alienation and its effect on the soul in this story set in seventeenth-century Massachusetts and be dazzled by literature. In Nathaniel Hawthorne's dark novel, The Scarlet Letter, a single sinful act ruins the lives of three people. None more so than Hester Prynne, a young, beautiful, and dignified wo
Delve into The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne's meditation on human alienation and its effect on the soul in this story set in seventeenth-century Massachusetts and be dazzled by literature. In Nathaniel Hawthorne's dark novel, The Scarlet Letter, a single sinful act ruins the lives of three people. None more so than Hester Prynne, a young, beautiful, and dignified woman, who conceived a child out of wedlock and receives the public punishment of having to always wear a scarlet "A" on her clothing. She refuses to reveal the father of her child, which could lighten her sentence. Her husband, the aptly-named Roger Chillingworth, who Hester thought had died in a shipwreck but was actually being held captive by Native Americans, arrives at the exact moment of her deepest public shaming and vows to get revenge. Her lover, Arthur Dimmesdale, remains safely unidentified, but is wracked with guilt. Though originally published in 1850, the story is set in seventeenth-century Massachusetts among Hawthorne's Puritan ancestors. In The Scarlet Letter, he created a story that highlighted both their weaknesses and their strengths. His knowledge of their beliefs and his admiration for their way of life was balanced by his concerns about their rigid and oppressive rules.Complete and unabridged, this elegantly designed, clothbound edition features an elastic closure and a new introduction by Mike Lee Davis.
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136,116 | The Scarlet Pimpernel | 1,903 | 4.07 | 110,555 | 5,687 | The Scarlet Pimpernel publication order | 1 | Emmuska Orczy | Armed with only his wits and his cunning, one man recklessly defies the French revolutionaries and rescues scores of innocent men, women, and children from the deadly guillotine. His friends and foes know him only as the Scarlet Pimpernel. But the ruthless French agent Chauvelin is sworn to discover his identity and to hunt him down. | 274 | 43,228 | 39,379 | 21,658 | 4,722 | 1,568 | 0.78029 | 0.69 |
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1,270,997 | The Score | 1,963 | 4.07 | 2,440 | 218 | Parker | 5 | Donald E. Westlake | It was an impossible crime: knock off a huge plant payroll, all the banks, and all the stores in one entire city in one night. But there was one thief good enough to try | 160 | 793 | 1,085 | 502 | 49 | 11 | 0.78029 | 0.69 |
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9,423 | The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic | 2,003 | 3.63 | 589,297 | 11,670 | Shopaholic | 1 | Sophie Kinsella | Becky Bloomwood has a fabulous flat in London | 320 | 157,785 | 176,881 | 163,850 | 59,081 | 31,700 | -0.749135 | 0.543333 |
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603,607 | Drowned Hopes | 1,967 | 4.12 | 1,214 | 87 | Dortmunder | 7 | Donald E. Westlake | Bumbling comic criminal John Dortmunder is in hot water as he tries to keep a nasty old man from blowing up a dam to unearth $750,000. Dortmunder must devise a safer scheme to get the loot... before the old coot's trigger finger gets too itchy. "Entertainment of the highest order." -San Diego Tribune. | 464 | 479 | 467 | 215 | 42 | 11 | 0.954089 | 0.706667 |
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29,966 | The Shape of Things to Come | 1,933 | 3.62 | 970 | 52 | null | null | H.G. Wells | "When a diplomat dies in the 1930s, he leaves behind a book of 'dream visions' he has been experiencing, detailing events that will occur on Earth for the next 200 years. This fictional account of the future (similar to Last and First Men by Olaf Stapledon) proved prescient in many ways, as Wells predicts events such as World War II, the rise of chemical warfare, and clima
"When a diplomat dies in the 1930s, he leaves behind a book of 'dream visions' he has been experiencing, detailing events that will occur on Earth for the next 200 years. This fictional account of the future (similar to Last and First Men by Olaf Stapledon) proved prescient in many ways, as Wells predicts events such as World War II, the rise of chemical warfare, and climate change." (from Amazon.com)
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682,681 | She: A History of Adventure | 1,886 | 3.59 | 9,869 | 802 | She | 1 | H. Rider Haggard | She is the story of Cambridge professor Horace Holly and his ward Leo Vincey, and their journey to a lost kingdom in the African interior. The journey is triggered by a mysterious package left to Leo by his father, to be opened on his 25th birthday; the package contains an ancient shard of pottery and several documents, suggesting an ancient mystery about the Vincey family
She is the story of Cambridge professor Horace Holly and his ward Leo Vincey, and their journey to a lost kingdom in the African interior. The journey is triggered by a mysterious package left to Leo by his father, to be opened on his 25th birthday; the package contains an ancient shard of pottery and several documents, suggesting an ancient mystery about the Vincey family. Holly and Leo eventually arrive in eastern Africa where they encounter a primitive race of natives and a mysterious white queen, Ayesha, who reigns as the all-powerful "She" or "She-who-must-be-obeyed" and who has a mysterious connection to young Leo. The story expresses numerous racial and evolutionary conceptions of the late Victorians, especially notions of degeneration and racial decline prominent during the fin de si | 317 | 2,128 | 3,228 | 3,120 | 1,080 | 313 | -0.888174 | 0.53 |
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77,662 | A Shilling for Candles | 1,936 | 3.98 | 5,859 | 299 | Inspector Alan Grant | 2 | Josephine Tey | When a woman's body washes up on an isolated stretch of beach on the southern coast of England, Scotland Yard's Inspector Alan Grant is on the case. But the inquiry into her death turns into a nightmare of false leads and baffling clues. Was there anyone who didn't want lovely screen actress Christine Clay dead | 240 | 1,904 | 2,312 | 1,370 | 195 | 78 | 0.467453 | 0.66 |
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116,331 | Shining Through | 1,988 | 3.92 | 2,930 | 183 | null | null | Susan Isaacs | It's 1940 and Linda Voss, legal secretary extraordinaire, has a secret. She's head over heels in love with her boss, John Berringer, the pride of the Ivy League. Not that she even has a chance--he'd never take a second look at a German-Jewish girl from Queens who spends her time taking care of her faded beauty of a mother and following bulletins on the war in Europe. For L
It's 1940 and Linda Voss, legal secretary extraordinaire, has a secret. She's head over heels in love with her boss, John Berringer, the pride of the Ivy League. Not that she even has a chance--he'd never take a second look at a German-Jewish girl from Queens who spends her time taking care of her faded beauty of a mother and following bulletins on the war in Europe. For Linda, though, the war will soon become all too real. Engulfing her nation and her life, it will offer opportunities she's never dreamed of. A chance to win the man she wants...a chance to find the love she deserves.Made into the movie of the same name starring Melanie Griffith, Michael Douglas, and Liam Neeson, Shining Through is a novel of honor, sacrifice, passion, and humor. This is vintage Susan Isaacs, a tale of a spirited woman who wisecracks her way into heroism and history--and into your heart.
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11,302,021 | The Shootist | 1,975 | 4.12 | 1,442 | 146 | null | null | Glendon Swarthout | By the author of The Homesman, now a major motion picture | 248 | 544 | 602 | 237 | 39 | 20 | 0.954089 | 0.706667 |
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11,338,987 | Simple Simon | 1,996 | 3.69 | 302 | 41 | Art Jefferson | 4 | Ryne Douglas Pearson | It took years to develop. Cost billions to perfect. A National Security Agency cryptographic system so advanced it safeguards the United States' most vital secrets. It is secure. Impenetrable.Until sixteen year old autistic savant Simon Lynch happens upon a forgotten snippet of code, his damaged brilliance breaking the cipher with ease and unwittingly marking him for death
It took years to develop. Cost billions to perfect. A National Security Agency cryptographic system so advanced it safeguards the United States' most vital secrets. It is secure. Impenetrable.Until sixteen year old autistic savant Simon Lynch happens upon a forgotten snippet of code, his damaged brilliance breaking the cipher with ease and unwittingly marking him for death. Soon, elements of a pathological government security apparatus within the NSA are hunting him, as is a beautiful, sadistic assassin working for enemies who will stop at nothing to learn the secret locked in Simon's mind.Only FBI Agent Art Jefferson stands between the innocent young man and these corrupt forces, putting his career, his freedom, and his life on the line to save Simon.Simple Simon was made into the Bruce Willis film 'Mercury Rising'.
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126,609 | Sister Carrie | 1,900 | 3.74 | 34,180 | 1,316 | null | null | Theodore Dreiser | When a girl leaves her home at eighteen, she does one of two things. Either she falls into saving hands and becomes better, or she rapidly assumes the cosmopolitan standard of virtue and becomes worse.'The tale of Carrie Meeber's rise to stardom in the theatre and George Hurstwood's slow decline captures the twin poles of exuberance and exhaustion in modern city life as ne
When a girl leaves her home at eighteen, she does one of two things. Either she falls into saving hands and becomes better, or she rapidly assumes the cosmopolitan standard of virtue and becomes worse.'The tale of Carrie Meeber's rise to stardom in the theatre and George Hurstwood's slow decline captures the twin poles of exuberance and exhaustion in modern city life as never before. The premier example of American naturalism, Dreiser's remarkable first novel has deeply influenced such key writers as William Faulkner, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Saul Bellow, and Joyce Carol Oates. This edition uses the 1900 text, which is regarded as the author's final version.
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512,215 | Six Weeks | 1,976 | 3.48 | 89 | 11 | null | null | Fred Mustard Stewart | Laugh and cry over the most poignant love story of them all--about a young enchantress with a short time to live and a lifetime of courage to give. | 202 | 19 | 22 | 34 | 11 | 3 | -1.270531 | 0.493333 |
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1,415,777 | Skyscraper | 1,931 | 3.34 | 59 | 7 | null | null | Faith Baldwin | Lynn is an ambitious young woman who loves her job in the gleaming new Manhattan skyscraper. Soon, Lynn also loves Tom, the young clerk down the hall. They are so in love that if they don | 256 | 11 | 11 | 26 | 9 | 2 | -1.757166 | 0.446667 |
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1,088,704 | Sleeping with the Enemy | 1,987 | 4.01 | 8,158 | 141 | null | null | Nancy Price | She is a stranger in a small town. She changed her name. Her looks. Her life. All to escape the most dangerous man she ever met: her husband. | 309 | 3,167 | 2,600 | 1,836 | 440 | 115 | 0.571732 | 0.67 |
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663,661 | So Red the Rose | 1,934 | 3.47 | 60 | 9 | null | null | Stark Young | Young's novel of war coming to the Natchez region of Mississippi has long been considered one of the best of Civil War novels. If you would understand what was best in the Old South, its attitude toward life, you will find them here, glowing with that same vitality which was theirs in life.-New York Times. Southern Classics Series. | 452 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 6 | -1.30529 | 0.49 |
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398,753 | The Song of Bernadette | 1,941 | 4.15 | 738 | 70 | null | null | Franz Werfel | The Song of Bernadette is considered one of the twentieth century's greatest novels of triumphant religious faith. How the book came to be written is itself an inspirational and even miraculous story. In 1940, famed Austrian author Franz Werfel and his wife were on a desperate flight from the Nazi invaders, whom Franz had publicly denounced. Repeatedly thwarted in their at
The Song of Bernadette is considered one of the twentieth century's greatest novels of triumphant religious faith. How the book came to be written is itself an inspirational and even miraculous story. In 1940, famed Austrian author Franz Werfel and his wife were on a desperate flight from the Nazi invaders, whom Franz had publicly denounced. Repeatedly thwarted in their attempts to cross the French border, they found temporary refuge in Lourdes, home of the famous shrine where Bernadette received visions of the Virgin Mary and where millions come in faith to seek a miracle. Werfel became fascinated with Bernadette's story and began to visit the sacred grotto every day, swearing that, should he and his wife be granted escape from the Nazis, he would write the story of Bernadette for all the world. Franz's prayers were answered, and in America he wrote his masterpiece, The Song of Bernadette, a beautiful fusion of faith and craft.
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32,071 | Sons and Lovers | 1,913 | 3.62 | 42,582 | 1,710 | null | null | D.H. Lawrence | "She was a brazen hussy.""She wasn't. And she was pretty, wasn't she""I didn't look ... And tell your girls, my son, that when they're running after you, they're not to come and ask your mother for you - tell them that - brazen baggages you meet at dancing classes"The marriage of Gertrude and Walter Morel has become a battleground. Repelled by her uneducated and sometimes
"She was a brazen hussy.""She wasn't. And she was pretty, wasn't she""I didn't look ... And tell your girls, my son, that when they're running after you, they're not to come and ask your mother for you - tell them that - brazen baggages you meet at dancing classes"The marriage of Gertrude and Walter Morel has become a battleground. Repelled by her uneducated and sometimes violent husband, delicate Gertrude devotes her life to her children, especially to her sons, William and Paul - determined they will not follow their father into working down the coal mines. But conflict is evitable when Paul seeks to escape his mother's suffocating grasp through relationships with women his own age. Set in Lawrence's native Nottinghamshire, Sons and Lovers is a highly autobiographical and compelling portrayal of childhood, adolescence and the clash of generations.
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5,162,332 | The Spoilers | 1,906 | 3.65 | 26 | 5 | null | null | Rex Beach | 1905. Rex Beach was well on his way to becoming a lawyer when he was hit by Gold Rush Fever and left for the Klondike to strike it rich. His novel The Spoilers was quite successful at capturing the excitement of the Gold Rush, complete with claim-jumping, corruption, deception, villains, and heroes. It made the 1906 best sellers list and was made into a movie in 1914 featu
1905. Rex Beach was well on his way to becoming a lawyer when he was hit by Gold Rush Fever and left for the Klondike to strike it rich. His novel The Spoilers was quite successful at capturing the excitement of the Gold Rush, complete with claim-jumping, corruption, deception, villains, and heroes. It made the 1906 best sellers list and was made into a movie in 1914 featuring many of the popular actors and actresses of the day.
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33,954 | The Spook Who Sat by the Door | 1,969 | 4.36 | 1,166 | 81 | African American Life | null | Sam Greenlee | This book is both a satire of the civil rights problems in the United States in the late 60s and a serious attempt to focuses on the issue of black militancy. | 256 | 625 | 379 | 127 | 28 | 7 | 1.788321 | 0.786667 |
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18,455 | The Spy Who Loved Me | 1,962 | 3.4 | 9,221 | 614 | James Bond Original Series | 10 | Ian Fleming | null | 198 | 1,598 | 2,715 | 3,126 | 1,315 | 467 | -1.548608 | 0.466667 |
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9,505,553 | Station West | 1,948 | 3.83 | 23 | 3 | null | null | Luke Short | Lt. John Haven must go undercover to find who had stolen 70 army uniforms intending to use them to steal gold bullion from the army. | 182 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | -0.053942 | 0.61 |
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33,553 | A Stir of Echoes | 1,958 | 3.89 | 10,623 | 565 | null | null | Richard Matheson | Tom Wallace lived an ordinary life, until a chance event awakened psychic abilities he never knew he possessed. Now he's hearing the private thoughts of the people around him-and learning shocking secrets he never wanted to know. But as Tom's existence becomes a waking nightmare, even greater jolts are in store as he becomes the unwilling recipient of a compelling message
Tom Wallace lived an ordinary life, until a chance event awakened psychic abilities he never knew he possessed. Now he's hearing the private thoughts of the people around him-and learning shocking secrets he never wanted to know. But as Tom's existence becomes a waking nightmare, even greater jolts are in store as he becomes the unwilling recipient of a compelling message from beyond the grave!This eerie ghost story, by award-winning author of Hell House and I Am Legend, inspired the acclaimed 1999 film starring Kevin Bacon.
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3,876 | The Sun Also Rises | 1,926 | 3.82 | 333,309 | 11,225 | null | null | Ernest Hemingway | The quintessential novel of the Lost Generation, The Sun Also Rises is one of Ernest Hemingway's masterpieces, and a classic example of his spare but powerful writing style. A poignant look at the disillusionment and angst of the post-World War I generation, the novel introduces two of Hemingway's most unforgettable characters: Jake Barnes and Lady Brett Ashley. The story
The quintessential novel of the Lost Generation, The Sun Also Rises is one of Ernest Hemingway's masterpieces, and a classic example of his spare but powerful writing style. A poignant look at the disillusionment and angst of the post-World War I generation, the novel introduces two of Hemingway's most unforgettable characters: Jake Barnes and Lady Brett Ashley. The story follows the flamboyant Brett and the hapless Jake as they journey from the wild nightlife of 1920s Paris to the brutal bullfighting rings of Spain with a motley group of expatriates. It is an age of moral bankruptcy, spiritual dissolution, unrealized love, and vanishing illusions. First published in 1926, The Sun Also Rises helped to establish Hemingway as one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century.
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693,359 | The Swarm | 1,974 | 3.09 | 296 | 41 | null | null | Arthur Herzog III | FAMILY ATTACKED BY BEES--TWO KILLED MARYVILLE, N.Y. Sept. 26 (AP)--A family of five on an outing in an isolated spot by a stream were attacked by bees here. Mr. and Mrs. William Peterson died as the result of bee bites. Their three children were also attacked, one, Karen, age 12, severely. The local coroner, Dr. David P. Znac, speculated that both adults had allergies to b
FAMILY ATTACKED BY BEES--TWO KILLED MARYVILLE, N.Y. Sept. 26 (AP)--A family of five on an outing in an isolated spot by a stream were attacked by bees here. Mr. and Mrs. William Peterson died as the result of bee bites. Their three children were also attacked, one, Karen, age 12, severely. The local coroner, Dr. David P. Znac, speculated that both adults had allergies to bee bites, which can be fatal. About 30 deaths a year in the U.S. are attributed to bites from bees, wasps and hornets. What caused the bees to attack is not known. This was the beginning, barely noticed. Then the terror began to spread--terror that was to erupt into a national panic as the strange, seemingly purposeful murderous attacks of a new and vicious species of bees began to mount. Against this background, a band of scientists draw upon their knowledge to fight an enemy they only partly comprehend in a desperate race against time.Built around one of man's most haunting fears--that the forces of nature will overrun his defenses and exterminate the human race--"The Swarm" is a vividly imagined masterpiece of chilling adventure.
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316,845 | The Sword in the Stone | 1,938 | 3.91 | 21,594 | 771 | The Once and Future King | 1 | T.H. White | "Learn. That is the only thing that never fails."--Merlyn the WizardBefore there was a famous king named Arthur, there was a curious boy named Wart and a kind old wizard named Merlyn. Transformed by Merlyn into the forms of his fantasy, Wart learns the value of history from a snake, of education from a badger, and of courage from a hawk--the lessons that help turn a boy in
"Learn. That is the only thing that never fails."--Merlyn the WizardBefore there was a famous king named Arthur, there was a curious boy named Wart and a kind old wizard named Merlyn. Transformed by Merlyn into the forms of his fantasy, Wart learns the value of history from a snake, of education from a badger, and of courage from a hawk--the lessons that help turn a boy into a man. Together, Wart and Merlyn take the reader through this timeless story of childhood and adventure--The Sword in the Stone. T.H. White's classic tale of the young Arthur's questioning and discovery of his life is unparalleled for its wit and wisdom, and for its colorful characters, from the wise Merlyn to the heroic Robin Wood to the warmhearted King Pellinore.Golden Kite Honor artist Dennis Nolan has loved The Sword in the Stone since childhood, and he imbues White's tale with magic and mystery in his glowing illustrations. Readers who know Arthur or are meeting him for the first time will delight in this beautiful rendering of one of the greatest stories of all time.
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133,488 | Tales of the South Pacific | 1,947 | 4.04 | 13,398 | 370 | null | null | James A. Michener | Winner of the 1948 Pulitzer Prize for FictionEnter the exotic world of the South Pacific, meet the men and women caught up in the drama of a big war. The young Marine who falls madly in love with a beautiful Tonkinese girl. Nurse Nellie and her French planter, Emile De Becque. The soldiers, sailors, and nurses playing at war and waiting for love in a tropic paradise. | 384 | 4,888 | 4,973 | 2,892 | 528 | 117 | 0.676011 | 0.68 |
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2,247,142 | The Talented Mr. Ripley | 1,955 | 3.94 | 45,242 | 2,648 | Ripley | 1 | Patricia Highsmith | Since his debut in 1955, Tom Ripley has evolved into the ultimate bad boy sociopath, influencing countless novelists and filmmakers. In this first novel, we are introduced to suave, handsome Tom Ripley: a young striver, newly arrived in the heady world of Manhattan in the 1950s. A product of a broken home, branded a "sissy" by his dismissive Aunt Dottie, Ripley becomes ena
Since his debut in 1955, Tom Ripley has evolved into the ultimate bad boy sociopath, influencing countless novelists and filmmakers. In this first novel, we are introduced to suave, handsome Tom Ripley: a young striver, newly arrived in the heady world of Manhattan in the 1950s. A product of a broken home, branded a "sissy" by his dismissive Aunt Dottie, Ripley becomes enamored of the moneyed world of his new friend, Dickie Greenleaf. This fondness turns obsessive when Ripley is sent to Italy to bring back his libertine pal but grows enraged by Dickie's ambivalent feelings for Marge, a charming American dilettante. A dark reworking of Henry James's The Ambassadors, The Talented Mr. Ripley | 320 | 13,308 | 19,239 | 9,917 | 2,141 | 637 | 0.328414 | 0.646667 |
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40,425 | Tarzan of the Apes | 1,995 | 3.89 | 36,319 | 2,251 | Tarzan | 1 | Edgar Rice Burroughs | When a ship's mutiny forces a young noble English couple out onto the remote African coast, their child is born into the wild. Their deaths a short time later leave the boy alone in the jungle wilderness--until a she-ape adopts him and raises him as her own. Reluctantly accepted into the tribe by its fierce leader, Kerchak, the baby Tarzan must prove himself by learning th
When a ship's mutiny forces a young noble English couple out onto the remote African coast, their child is born into the wild. Their deaths a short time later leave the boy alone in the jungle wilderness--until a she-ape adopts him and raises him as her own. Reluctantly accepted into the tribe by its fierce leader, Kerchak, the baby Tarzan must prove himself by learning the ways of survival in the jungle: how to talk with animals, swing through the trees, and fight the great predators. In time, his strength, courage, and human intelligence earn him a place as Lord of the Jungle. But when civilized men enter the jungle, Tarzan is forced to choose between two worlds. Edgar Rice Burroughs' classic tale is both a reflection on civilization from an outside point of view and an exploration of the primal force within us all.Narrated by Simon Prebble
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589,897 | The Return of Tarzan | 1,995 | 3.81 | 7,761 | 480 | Tarzan | 2 | Edgar Rice Burroughs | Sequel to the author's original Tarzan novel. | 248 | 1,940 | 3,012 | 2,288 | 445 | 76 | -0.123461 | 0.603333 |
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828,196 | Tarzan and the Golden Lion | 1,995 | 3.76 | 1,316 | 49 | Tarzan | 9 | Edgar Rice Burroughs | Tarzan had been betrayed. Drugged and helpless, he was delivered into the hands of the dreadful priests of Opar, last bastion of ancient Atlantis. La, High Priestess of the Flaming God, had saved him once again, driven by her hopeless love for the ape-man. But now she was betrayed and threatened by her people. To save her, Tarzan fled with her into the legendary Valley of
Tarzan had been betrayed. Drugged and helpless, he was delivered into the hands of the dreadful priests of Opar, last bastion of ancient Atlantis. La, High Priestess of the Flaming God, had saved him once again, driven by her hopeless love for the ape-man. But now she was betrayed and threatened by her people. To save her, Tarzan fled with her into the legendary Valley of Diamonds, while Jad-bal-ja, his faithful golden lion, followed. Ahead lay a land where savage gorillas ruled over servile men. And behind, Estaban Miranda | 191 | 317 | 468 | 436 | 84 | 11 | -0.29726 | 0.586667 |
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338,593 | Jungle Tales of Tarzan | 1,995 | 3.7 | 2,131 | 83 | Tarzan | 6 | Edgar Rice Burroughs | Glorious tales of Tarzan | 191 | 502 | 714 | 727 | 158 | 30 | -0.505818 | 0.566667 |
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5,713,875 | Telefon | 1,975 | 3.65 | 75 | 11 | null | null | Walter Wager | The Russians called the project TELEFON."It was brilliant," Strelski insisted. "Hypnoisis. We collected four hundred and thirty first-class English speakers who'd never left the country, drilled them in every detail of American life and then hand-picked the cream for drug-assisted hypnosis. When we were finished with them, every one believed he was the American whose paper
The Russians called the project TELEFON."It was brilliant," Strelski insisted. "Hypnoisis. We collected four hundred and thirty first-class English speakers who'd never left the country, drilled them in every detail of American life and then hand-picked the cream for drug-assisted hypnosis. When we were finished with them, every one believed he was the American whose papers he carried, and each was programmed to detroy a target in the U.S.A. when he received a coded phone message."It was a brilliant plan. But now, at the wrong time, it was being executed by the wrong man. Now the Russians must stop TELEFON by dispatching their own James Bond to the United States.
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63,461 | Terms of Endearment | 1,975 | 4.15 | 23,087 | 334 | null | null | Larry McMurtry | An Oscar-winning story of a memorable mother and her fiesty daughter who find the courage and humor to live through life's hazards and to love each other as never before. The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Lonesome Dove created two characters who won the hearts of readers and moviegoers everywhere--Aurora Greenway and her daughter Emma. | 416 | 9,575 | 8,643 | 3,919 | 719 | 231 | 1.058368 | 0.716667 |
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32,261 | Tess of the D'Urbervilles | 1,891 | 3.79 | 216,244 | 7,637 | null | null | Thomas Hardy | Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780141439594.When Tess Durbeyfield is driven by family poverty to claim kinship with the wealthy D'Urbervilles and seek a portion of their family fortune, meeting her 'cousin' Alec proves to be her downfall. A very different man, Angel Clare, seems to offer her love and salvation, but Tess must choose whether to reveal her past or remain si
Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780141439594.When Tess Durbeyfield is driven by family poverty to claim kinship with the wealthy D'Urbervilles and seek a portion of their family fortune, meeting her 'cousin' Alec proves to be her downfall. A very different man, Angel Clare, seems to offer her love and salvation, but Tess must choose whether to reveal her past or remain silent in the hope of a peaceful future.
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54,814 | Texasville | 1,987 | 3.7 | 3,853 | 154 | The Last Picture Show | 2 | Larry McMurtry | With Texasville, Larry McMurtry returns to the unforgettable Texas town and characters of one of his best-loved books, The Last Picture Show. This is a Texas-sized story brimming with home truths of the heart, and men and women we recognize, believe in, and care about deeply. Set in the post-oil-boom 1980s, Texasville brings us up to date with Duane, who's got an adoring d
With Texasville, Larry McMurtry returns to the unforgettable Texas town and characters of one of his best-loved books, The Last Picture Show. This is a Texas-sized story brimming with home truths of the heart, and men and women we recognize, believe in, and care about deeply. Set in the post-oil-boom 1980s, Texasville brings us up to date with Duane, who's got an adoring dog, a sassy wife, a twelve-million-dollar debt, and a hot tub by the pool; Jacy, who's finished playing "Jungla" in Italian movies and who's returned to Thalia; and Sonny -- Duane's teenage rival for Jacy's affections -- who owns the car wash, the Kwik-Sackstore, and the video arcade. One of Larry McMurtry's funniest and most touching contemporary novels.
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153,492 | The 39 Steps | 1,915 | 3.61 | 24,727 | 2,009 | Richard Hannay | 1 | John Buchan | Adventurer Richard Hannay, just returned from South Africa, is thoroughly bored with London life-until he is accosted by a mysterious American, who warns him of an assassination plot that could completely destabalise the fragile political balance of Europe. Initially sceptical, Hannay nonetheless harbours the man-but one dayreturns home to find him murdered... An obvious s
Adventurer Richard Hannay, just returned from South Africa, is thoroughly bored with London life-until he is accosted by a mysterious American, who warns him of an assassination plot that could completely destabalise the fragile political balance of Europe. Initially sceptical, Hannay nonetheless harbours the man-but one dayreturns home to find him murdered... An obvious suspect, Hannay flees to his native Scotland, pursued by both the police and a cunning, ruthless enemy. His life and the security of Britan are in grave peril, and everything rests on the solution to a baffling enigma: what are the 'thirty nine steps'
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1,148,823 | Thieves Like Us | 1,937 | 3.69 | 465 | 66 | null | null | Edward Anderson | "One of the great forgotten novels of the 30s." - Raymond ChandlerSomewhere between the hardboiled talk of Dashiell Hammett and the dustbowl poetry of John Steinbeck lies the doomed romanticism of Edward Anderson's 'Thieves Like Us'. When three small-time country gangsters break jail, they return, like moths to a flame, to the only life they know - smalltown bank-robbing.
"One of the great forgotten novels of the 30s." - Raymond ChandlerSomewhere between the hardboiled talk of Dashiell Hammett and the dustbowl poetry of John Steinbeck lies the doomed romanticism of Edward Anderson's 'Thieves Like Us'. When three small-time country gangsters break jail, they return, like moths to a flame, to the only life they know - smalltown bank-robbing. And when Bowie, the youngest of them, falls in love wit Keechie, one of the older gangster's cousins, it becomes a classic tale of love with nowhere to hide and no hope of reprieve.First published in 1937, 'Thieves Like Us' was powerfully adapted for the screen by Nicholas Ray in 1948 as 'They Live by Night' and once again under its original title by Robert Altman in 1973.
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542,284 | Thor | 1,993 | 4.25 | 347 | 62 | null | null | Wayne Smith | "Harrowing." Kirkus ReviewsThor is a German shepherd belonging to a typical suburban family, wise, trustworthy, and tirelessly devoted to his human "pack." Then Uncle Ted comes to live with Thor's owners. And the terror begins. For Ted is no longer fully human, and only Thor can detect the Bad Thing lurking within Uncle Ted. Only Thor can sense the horror he is helpless to
"Harrowing." Kirkus ReviewsThor is a German shepherd belonging to a typical suburban family, wise, trustworthy, and tirelessly devoted to his human "pack." Then Uncle Ted comes to live with Thor's owners. And the terror begins. For Ted is no longer fully human, and only Thor can detect the Bad Thing lurking within Uncle Ted. Only Thor can sense the horror he is helpless to communicate. And only Thor can defeat that horror.
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173,984 | Three-Ten to Yuma and Other Stories | 1,953 | 3.95 | 2,011 | 91 | null | null | Elmore Leonard | Trust was rare and precious in the wide-open towns that sprung up like weeds on America's frontier | 193 | 581 | 871 | 460 | 79 | 20 | 0.363174 | 0.65 |
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1,096,572 | The Three Worlds of Johnny Handsome | 1,973 | 3.84 | 25 | 3 | null | null | John Godey | null | 214 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | -0.019182 | 0.613333 |
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6,441,667 | To Catch A Thief | 1,952 | 3.99 | 324 | 39 | null | null | David Dodge | John Robie is a former jewel thief, formerly known as | 248 | 107 | 128 | 70 | 17 | 2 | 0.502213 | 0.663333 |
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4,630 | To Have and Have Not | 1,937 | 3.56 | 21,939 | 1,314 | null | null | Ernest Hemingway | To Have and Have Not is the dramatic story of Harry Morgan, an honest man who is forced into running contraband between Cuba and Key West as a means of keeping his crumbling family financially afloat. His adventures lead him into the world of the wealthy and dissipated yachtsmen who throng the region, and involve him in a strange and unlikely love affair.Harshly realistic,
To Have and Have Not is the dramatic story of Harry Morgan, an honest man who is forced into running contraband between Cuba and Key West as a means of keeping his crumbling family financially afloat. His adventures lead him into the world of the wealthy and dissipated yachtsmen who throng the region, and involve him in a strange and unlikely love affair.Harshly realistic, yet with one of the most subtle and moving relationships in the Hemingway oeuvre, To Have and Have Not is literary high adventure at its finest.
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146,943 | The Toilers of the Sea | 1,866 | 4.08 | 2,700 | 237 | null | null | Victor Hugo | A | 480 | 1,086 | 951 | 498 | 118 | 47 | 0.81505 | 0.693333 |
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1,041,367 | Tous les hommes sont mortels | 1,946 | 4.1 | 3,325 | 251 | null | null | Simone de Beauvoir | null | 526 | 1,366 | 1,164 | 607 | 153 | 35 | 0.884569 | 0.7 |
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107,301 | A Town Like Alice | 1,950 | 4.13 | 45,138 | 3,084 | null | null | Nevil Shute | Nevil Shute's most beloved novel, a tale of love and war, follows its enterprising heroine from the Malayan jungle during World War II to the rugged Australian outback.Jean Paget, a young Englishwoman living in Malaya, is captured by the invading Japanese and forced on a brutal seven-month death march with dozens of other women and children. A few years after the war, Jean
Nevil Shute's most beloved novel, a tale of love and war, follows its enterprising heroine from the Malayan jungle during World War II to the rugged Australian outback.Jean Paget, a young Englishwoman living in Malaya, is captured by the invading Japanese and forced on a brutal seven-month death march with dozens of other women and children. A few years after the war, Jean is back in England, the nightmare behind her. However, an unexpected inheritance inspires her to return to Malaya to give something back to the villagers who saved her life. Jean's travels leads her to a desolate Australian outpost called Willstown, where she finds a challenge that will draw on all the resourcefulness and spirit that carried her through her war-time ordeals.
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295 | Treasure Island | 1,883 | 3.83 | 350,518 | 9,439 | null | null | Robert Louis Stevenson | "For sheer storytelling delight and pure adventure, Treasure Island has never been surpassed. From the moment young Jim Hawkins first encounters the sinister Blind Pew at the Admiral Benbow Inn until the climactic battle for treasure on a tropic isle, the nevel creates scenes and characters that have firetd the imaginations of generations of readers. Written by a superb pr
"For sheer storytelling delight and pure adventure, Treasure Island has never been surpassed. From the moment young Jim Hawkins first encounters the sinister Blind Pew at the Admiral Benbow Inn until the climactic battle for treasure on a tropic isle, the nevel creates scenes and characters that have firetd the imaginations of generations of readers. Written by a superb prose stylist, a master of both action and atmosphere, the story centers upon the conflict between good and evil - but in this case a particularly engaging form of evil. It is the villainy of that most ambiguous rogue Long John Silver that sets the tempo of this tale of treachery, greed, and daring. Designed to forever kindle a dream of high romance and distant horizons, Treasure Island is, in the words of G. K. Chesterton, 'the realization of an ideal, that which is promised in its provocative and beckoning map; a vision not only of white skeletons but also green palm trees and sapphire seas.' G. S. Fraser terms it 'an utterly original book' and goes on to write: 'There will always be a place for stories like Treasure Island that can keep boys and old men happy.'
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57,658 | The Treasure of the Sierra Madre | 1,927 | 4.09 | 1,728 | 187 | null | null | B. Traven | A CULT MASTERPIECE | 308 | 626 | 711 | 320 | 57 | 14 | 0.84981 | 0.696667 |
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7,190 | The Three Musketeers | 1,844 | 4.07 | 245,419 | 5,733 | The d'Artagnan Romances | 1 | Alexandre Dumas | Alexandre Dumas | 625 | 92,281 | 91,807 | 49,928 | 8,974 | 2,429 | 0.78029 | 0.69 |
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12,948 | The Turn of the Screw | 1,898 | 3.44 | 79,042 | 5,709 | null | null | Henry James | A very young woman's first job: governess for two weirdly beautiful, strangely distant, oddly silent children, Miles and Flora, at a forlorn estate...An estate haunted by a beckoning evil.Half-seen figures who glare from dark towers and dusty windows- silent, foul phantoms who, day by day, night by night, come closer, ever closer. With growing horror, the helpless governes
A very young woman's first job: governess for two weirdly beautiful, strangely distant, oddly silent children, Miles and Flora, at a forlorn estate...An estate haunted by a beckoning evil.Half-seen figures who glare from dark towers and dusty windows- silent, foul phantoms who, day by day, night by night, come closer, ever closer. With growing horror, the helpless governess realizes the fiendish creatures want the children, seeking to corrupt their bodies, possess their minds, own their souls...But worse-much worse- the governess discovers that Miles and Flora have no terror of the lurking evil.For they want the walking dead as badly as the dead want them.
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6,560,520 | Twenty Fifth Hour | 1,949 | 4.49 | 3,625 | 806 | null | null | Constantin Virgil Gheorghiu | Gheorghiu's best-known book depicts the plight of a naive young farmhand, Johann Moritz, under German, Soviet and American occupation of Central Europe. Johann is sent to a labor camp by a police captain who covets his wife, Suzanna. At first, he is tagged as a Jew. Later, he is "rescued" by a Nazi officer who determines he is a perfect Aryan specimen, and forces him into
Gheorghiu's best-known book depicts the plight of a naive young farmhand, Johann Moritz, under German, Soviet and American occupation of Central Europe. Johann is sent to a labor camp by a police captain who covets his wife, Suzanna. At first, he is tagged as a Jew. Later, he is "rescued" by a Nazi officer who determines he is a perfect Aryan specimen, and forces him into service in the SS as a model for German propaganda. Imprisoned after the war, he is severely beaten by his Russian captors, then put on trial by Allied forces because of his work for the Nazis. Traian, son of the priest Koruga, is a famous novelist and minor diplomat whose first internment comes when he is picked up as an enemy alien by the Yugoslavs. Once imprisoned, the two heroes begin an odyssey of torture and despair. In the end, Traian dies in a concentration camp, while Johann is forced by the Americans to enlist in the army, just as World War III is about to start, or to be interned in a camp (as well as his family) as a citizen from an enemy country.In 1967, Carlo Ponti produced a film based on Gheorghiu's book. The movie was directed by Henri Verneuil, with Anthony Quinn as Johann, Virna Lisi as Suzanna, and Serge Reggiani as Traian.
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41,865 | Twilight | 2,008 | 3.58 | 4,367,691 | 98,456 | Twilight | 1 | Stephenie Meyer | About three things I was absolutely positive.First, Edward was a vampire.Second, there was a part of him | 498 | 1,523,603 | 976,951 | 886,205 | 483,515 | 497,417 | -0.922934 | 0.526667 |
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1,271,025 | Two Much | 1,975 | 3.49 | 207 | 16 | null | null | Donald E. Westlake | The master of the comic caper is back with a new riotous tale of double identity. When Art Dodge falls in love with beautiful twins, he wants both all to himself. So, Art and Bart Dodge marry the girls, until he is exhausted and decides Bart has to go. Previous paberback by Fawcett Crest. | 240 | 28 | 79 | 73 | 20 | 7 | -1.235771 | 0.496667 |
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759,517 | Hard to Be a God | 1,964 | 4.21 | 8,225 | 394 | null | Arkady Strugatsky | The novel follows Anton, an undercover operative from the future planet Earth, in his mission on an alien planet, that is populated by human beings, whose society has not advanced beyond the Middle Ages. The novel's core idea is that human progress throughout the centuries is often cruel and bloody, and that religion and blind faith can be an effective tool of oppression,
The novel follows Anton, an undercover operative from the future planet Earth, in his mission on an alien planet, that is populated by human beings, whose society has not advanced beyond the Middle Ages. The novel's core idea is that human progress throughout the centuries is often cruel and bloody, and that religion and blind faith can be an effective tool of oppression, working to destroy the emerging scientific disciplines and enlightenment.-Don Rumata has been sent from Earth to the medieval kingdom of Arkanar with instructions to observe and to save what he can. Masquerading as an arrogant nobleman, a dueler, and a brawler, he is never defeated, but yet he can never kill. With his doubt and compassion, and his deep love for a local girl named Kira, Rumata wants to save the kingdom from the machinations of Don Reba, the first minister to the king. But given his orders, what role can he play This long overdue translation will reintroduce one of the most profound Soviet-era novels to an eager audience.Arkady and Boris Strugatsky are widely known as the greatest Russian writers of science fiction, and their 1964 novel Hard to Be a God is considered one of the greatest of their works. Yet until now the only English version (unavailable for over thirty years) was based on a German translation, and was full of errors, infelicities, and misunderstandings. Now, in a new translation by Olena Bormashenko, whose translation of the authors | 219 | 3,798 | 2,833 | 1,216 | 291 | 87 | 1.266926 | 0.736667 |
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