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Birdy
by William Wharton
Genres: Fiction, Classics, War, Novels, American, Psychology, Literature
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.03

Hailed upon its publication as "a classic for readers not yet born" ( Philadelphia Inquirer ), Birdy is an inventive, hypnotic novel about friendship and family, dreaming and surviving, love and war, madness and beauty, and, above all, "birdness." It tells the story of Al, a bold, hot-tempered boy whose goals in life are to life weights and pick up girls, and his strange friend Birdy, the skinny, tongue-tied perhaps genius who only wants to raise canaries and to fly. While fighting in World War II, they find their dreams become all too real—and their lives are changed forever.In Birdy , William Wharton crafts an unforgettable tale that suggests another notion of sanity in a world that is manifestly insane.
One Hundred Demons
by Lynda Barry
Genres: Graphic Novels, Comics, Memoir, Nonfiction, Art, Graphic Novels Comics, Humor
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.18

In this graphic novel that's part memoir and part creativity primer, Lynda Barry serves up comics that delve into the funk and sweetness of love, family, adolescence, race, and the hood. Name that Demon!!! Freaky boyfriends! Shouting Moms! Innocence betrayed! These are some of the pickled demons you'll meet as Lynda Barry mixes the true and the un-true into something she calls "autobificitionalography." From her nattering and intolerant/loving Filipina grandmother to the ex-boyfriend from hell who had lice, Lynda Barry's demons jump out of these pages and double-dare you to speak their names. Called by Time magazine "a work of art as well as literature," One Hundred Demons has been hailed for its shimmering watercolor images and unforgettable stories about life's little monsters.
The Chancellor Manuscript
by Robert Ludlum
Genres: Fiction, Thriller, Mystery, Espionage, Suspense, Adventure, Crime
Average rating on Goodreads: 3.85

Did J. Edgar die a natural death?...Or was he murdered?Inver Brass—a group of high-minded and high-placed intellectuals who see a monstrous threat to the country in Hoover's unethical use of his scandal-ridden private files. They decide to do away with him—quietly, efficiently, with no hint of impropriety. Until best-selling thriller writer Peter Chancellor stumbles onto information that makes his precious books like harmless fairy tales. Now Chancellor and Inver Brass are on a deadly collision course, spiraling across the globe in an ever-widening arc of violence and terror. Hurtling toward a showdown that will rip Washington's intelligence community apart—leaving only one damning document to survive . . .
Death's Master (Flat Earth, #2)
by Tanith Lee
Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, High Fantasy, Science Fiction, Dark Fantasy, Science Fiction Fantasy, Horror
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.22

Death's Master, winner of the August Derleth Award for Fantasy, is the second book of the stunning arabesque high fantasy series Tales from the Flat Earth, which, in the manner of the One Thousand and One Nights, portrays an ancient world in mythic grandeur via connected tales.Long time ago when the Earth was Flat, beautiful indifferent Gods lived in the airy Upperearth realm above, curious passionate demons lived in the exotic Underearth realm below, and mortals were relegated to exist in the middle. Uhlume, Lord of Death, second of the Lords of Darkness, King of Shadow and Pallor, makes an unusual bargain which sets in motion an intricate sequence of events that entangle men and gods, queens and kings, sorcerers and witches, and lowly wanderers. When the secret to immortality falls into human hands, dark magic and wickedness are unleashed, testing the bounds of mortal love and sanity, and questioning the nature and purpose of life itself. Come within this ancient world of brilliant darkness and beauty, of glittering palaces and wondrous elegant beings, of cruel passions and undying love.Rediscover the exotic wonder that is the Flat Earth.
Saving Francesca
by Melina Marchetta
Genres: Young Adult, Contemporary, Fiction, Mental Health, Audiobook, Drama, Young Adult Contemporary
Average rating on Goodreads: 3.98

MOST OF MY friends now go to Pius Senior College, but my mother wouldn't allow it because she says the girls there leave with limited options and she didn't bring me up to have limitations placed upon me. If you know my mother, you'll sense there's an irony there, based on the fact that she is the Queen of the Limitation Placers in my life.Francesca battles her mother, Mia, constantly over what's best for her. All Francesca wants is her old friends and her old school, but instead Mia sends her to St. Sebastian's, an all-boys' school that has just opened its doors to girls. Now Francesca's surrounded by hundreds of boys, with only a few other girls for company. All of them weirdos or worse.Then one day, Mia is too depressed to get out of bed. One day turns into months, and as her family begins to fall apart, Francesca realises that without her mother's high spirits, she hardly knows who she is. But she doesn't yet realise that she's more like Mia than she thinks. With a little unlikely help from St. Sebastian's, she just might be able to save her family, her friends, and especially herself.
Toy Story
by Walt Disney Company
Genres: Childrens, Picture Books, Fiction, Media Tie In, Fantasy, Fairy Tales, Classics
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.27

Features the secret life of Andy's toys--Woody, the cowboy doll, and Buzz Lightyear, the space action figure--and their away-from-home adventure
Sin City Volume 1: The Hard Goodbye
by Frank Miller
Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Fiction, Crime, Graphic Novels Comics, Comic Book, Noir
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.16

Note: Alternate cover for this ISBN can be found here.
Worth dying for. Worth Killing for. Worth going to hell for. Amen.
It's a lousy room in a lousy part of a lousy town. But Marv doesn't care. There's an angel in the room. She says her name is Goldie. A few hours later, Goldie's dead without a mark on her perfect body, and the cops are coming before anyone but Marv could know she's been killed. Somebody paid good money for this frame...The first volume of the crime-comic megahit that introduced the now-infamous character Marv and spawned a blockbuster film returns in a newly redesigned edition, with a brand-new cover by Frank Miller—some of his first comics art in years! With a new look generating more excitement than ever before, this third edition is the perfect way to attract a whole new generation of readers to Frank Miller's masterpiece!
Frank Miller
 (1957–) is an American writer, artist & film director, notable for the singular works product of his unique and sometimes twisted mind. He is as famous as he his infamous for his film noir-style comic book stories. Besides being one of the most widely-recognized and popular creators in comics, he is also one of the most influential comics creators of his generation. His most notable works include 'Sin City' (1991), 'The Dark Knight Returns' (1986), 'Batman Year One' (1987) and '300' (1999).Edition MSRP: $17⁰⁰ US (ISBN 1-59307-293-7)Printed in Canada
The Telling
by Ursula K. Le Guin
Genres: Science Fiction, Fiction, Fantasy, Speculative Fiction, Science Fiction Fantasy, Queer, LGBT
Average rating on Goodreads: 3.96

Once a culturally rich world, the planet Aka has been utterly transformed by technology. Records of the past have been destroyed, and citizens are strictly monitored. But an official observer from Earth named Sutty has learned of a group of outcasts who live in the wilderness. They still believe in the ancient ways and still practice its lost religion - the Telling.Intrigued by their beliefs, Sutty joins them on a sacred pilgrimage into the mountains...and into the dangerous terrain of her own heart, mind, and soul.
Of Love and Other Demons
by Gabriel García Márquez
Genres: Fiction, Classics, Magical Realism, Historical Fiction, Romance, Literature, Latin American
Average rating on Goodreads: 3.97

On her twelfth birthday, Sierva Maria, the only child of a decaying noble family in an eighteenth-century South American seaport, is bitten by a rabid dog. Believed to be possessed, she is brought to a convent for observation. And into her cell stumbles Father Cayetano Delaura, who has already dreamed about a girl with hair trailing after her like a bridal train. As he tends to her with holy water and sacramental oils, Delaura feels something shocking begin to occur. He has fallen in love, and it isn't long until Sierva Maria joins him in his fevered misery. Unsettling and indelible, Of Love and Other Demons is an evocative, majestic tale of the most universal experiences known to woman and man.
How to invite people to Allah
by محمد عبد الرحمن العريفي
Genres: Islam, Religion
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.41

Why is it important to invite people to the faith of Allah? How can sinners be involved in tackling evil and promoting good? These are some of the questions posed and answered by the learned Shaykh Muhammad Al-‘Arifi. He substantiates and qualifies his arguments with examples from the Qur'an, Sunnah and the lives of the Salaf - the pious predecessors. He shows how guidance for others can come in the form of a kind word, letter and even a tape recording. He demonstrates how this is one of the best ways to help lost souls and gain blessings from Almighty Allah.
The Partly Cloudy Patriot
by Sarah Vowell
Genres: Nonfiction, History, Essays, Humor, Memoir, Politics, Audiobook
Average rating on Goodreads: 3.87

Sarah Vowell travels through the American past and, in doing so, investigates the dusty, bumpy roads of her own life. In this insightful and funny collection of personal stories Vowell—widely hailed for her inimitable stories on public radio's This American Life—ponders a number of curious questions: Why is she happiest when visiting the sites of bloody struggles like Salem or Gettysburg? Why do people always inappropriately compare themselves to Rosa Parks? Why is a bad life in sunny California so much worse than a bad life anywhere else? What is it about the Zen of foul shots? And, in the title piece, why must doubt and internal arguments haunt the sleepless nights of the true patriot? Her essays confront a wide range of subjects, themes, icons, and historical moments: Ike, Teddy Roosevelt, and Bill Clinton; Canadian Mounties and German filmmakers; Tom Cruise and Buffy the Vampire Slayer; twins and nerds; the Gettysburg Address, the State of the Union, and George W. Bush's inauguration.The result is a teeming and engrossing book, capturing Vowell's memorable wit and her keen social commentary.
Welcome to Felicity's World · 1774: Growing Up in Colonial America
by Pleasant Company
Genres: History, Nonfiction, Childrens, Picture Books, American History, Historical, School
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.20

Examines life in the American colonies during the Revolutionary War
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #4)
by Douglas Adams
Genres: Science Fiction, Fiction, Humor, Fantasy, Comedy, Science Fiction Fantasy, Classics
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.09

Including everything you wanted to know about the first three books but never thought to ask. "HE LOST ALL FAITH IN THE STRAIGHTFORWARD OPERATION OF CAUSE AND EFFECT THE DAY HE GOT UP INTENDING TO CATCH UP WITH SOME READING AND ENDED UP ON A PREHISTORIC EARTH WITH A MAN FROM BETELGEUSE AND A SPACESHIP-LOAD OF ALIEN TELEPHONE SANITISERS...". Left at the end of LIFE, THE UNIVERSE AND EVERYTHING with the address for God's Final Message To His Creation, Arthur Dent let this crucial information slip his mind. He tries everything to jog his memory - meditation, mind-reading, hitting himself about the head with blunt objects. But none of it works. Of course, as everyone knows, the answer lies in making life flash before your eyes...Source: douglasadams.com
The Enchanted Wood (The Faraway Tree, #1)
by Enid Blyton
Genres: Fantasy, Childrens, Classics, Fiction, Adventure, Middle Grade, Magic
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.24

Jo, Bessie and Fanny move to the country and find an Enchanted Wood right on their doorstep. In the magic Faraway Tree live the magical characters that soon become their new friends – Moon-Face, Silky the fairy, and Saucepan Man. Together they visit the strange lands (the Roundabout Land, the Land of Ice and Snow, Toyland and the Land of Take What You Want) atop the tree and have the most exciting adventures – and narrow escapes.
Anna Dressed in Blood (Anna, #1)
by Kendare Blake
Genres: Young Adult, Horror, Paranormal, Fantasy, Ghosts, Romance, Supernatural
Average rating on Goodreads: 3.91

Cas Lowood has inherited an unusual vocation: He kills the dead.So did his father before him, until he was gruesomely murdered by a ghost he sought to kill. Now, armed with his father's mysterious and deadly athame, Cas travels the country with his kitchen-witch mother and their spirit-sniffing cat. They follow legends and local lore, destroy the murderous dead, and keep pesky things like the future and friends at bay.Searching for a ghost the locals call Anna Dressed in Blood, Cas expects the usual: track, hunt, kill. What he finds instead is a girl entangled in curses and rage, a ghost like he's never faced before. She still wears the dress she wore on the day of her brutal murder in 1958: once white, now stained red and dripping with blood. Since her death, Anna has killed any and every person who has dared to step into the deserted Victorian she used to call home.Yet she spares Cas's life.
The Dark Prophecy (The Trials of Apollo, #2)
by Rick Riordan
Genres: Fantasy, Mythology, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Fiction, Adventure, Greek Mythology
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.17


Go west. Capture Apollo before he can find the next oracle.If you cannot bring him to me alive, kill him.
Those were the orders my old enemy Nero had given to Meg McCaffrey. But why would an ancient Roman emperor zero in on Indianapolis? And now that I have made it here (still in the embarrassing form of Lester Papadopoulos), where is Meg?Meg, my demigod master, is a cantankerous street urchin. She betrayed me to Nero back at Camp Half-Blood. And while I'm mortal, she can order me to do anything . . . even kill myself. Despite all this, if I have a chance of prying her away from her villainous stepfather, I have to try.But I'm new at this heroic-quest business, and my father, Zeus, stripped me of all my godly powers. Oh, the indignities and pain I have already suffered! Untold humiliation, impossible time limits, life-threatening danger . . . Shouldn't there be a reward at the end of each completed task? Not just more deadly quests?I vow that if I ever regain my godhood, I will never again send a poor mortal on a quest. Unless it is really important. And unless I am sure the mortal can handle it. And unless I am pressed for time . . . or I really just don't feel like doing it myself. I will be much kinder and more generous than everyone is being to me—especially that sorceress Calypso. What does Leo see in her, anyway?
The Girl Before
by J.P. Delaney
Genres: Thriller, Mystery, Fiction, Mystery Thriller, Suspense, Audiobook, Psychological Thriller
Average rating on Goodreads: 3.70

An enthralling psychological thriller that spins one woman's seemingly good fortune and another woman's mysterious fate through a kaleidoscope of duplicity, death, and deception.Please make a list of every possession you consider essential to your life.The request seems odd, even intrusive - and for the two women who answer, the consequences are devastating.EmmaReeling from a traumatic break-in, Emma wants a new place to live. But none of the apartments she sees are affordable or feel safe. Until One Folgate Street. The house is an architectural masterpiece: a minimalist design of pale stone, plate glass, and soaring ceilings. But there are rules. The enigmatic architect who designed the house retains full control: no books, no throw pillows, no photos or clutter or personal effects of any kind. The space is intended to transform its occupant - and it does.JaneAfter a personal tragedy, Jane needs a fresh start. When she finds One Folgate Street, she is instantly drawn to the space - and to its aloof but seductive creator. Moving in, Jane soon learns about the untimely death of the home's previous tenant, a woman similar to Jane in age and appearance. As Jane tries to untangle truth from lies, she unwittingly follows the same patterns, makes the same choices, crosses paths with the same people, and experiences the same terror as the girl before.
Tartuffe
by Molière
Genres: Plays, Classics, Drama, France, Theatre, Fiction, School
Average rating on Goodreads: 3.66


Condemned and banned for five years in Molière’s day, Tartuffe is a satire on religious hypocrisy. Tartuffe worms his way into Orgon’s household, blinding the master of the house with his religious "devotion," and almost succeeds in his attempts to seduce his wife and disinherit his children before the final unmasking.
The Discoverers: A History of Man's Search to Know His World and Himself
by Daniel J. Boorstin
Genres: History, Nonfiction, Science, Philosophy, World History, History Of Science, Historical
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.12

An original history of man's greatest adventure: his search to discover the world around him.
Divorce Busting: A Step-by-Step Approach to Making Your Marriage Loving Again
by Michele Weiner-Davis
Genres: Marriage, Relationships, Psychology, Nonfiction, Self Help
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.00

In this groundbreaking book, Michele Weiner-Davis gives straightforward, effective advice on preventing divorce and how couples can stay together instead of coming apart.Using case histories to illustrate her marriage-enriching, divorce-preventing techniques, which can be used even if only one partner participates, Weiner-Davis shows readers:* How to leave the past behind and set attainable goals* Strategies for identifying problem-solving behavior that works—and how to make changes last* "Uncommon-sense" methods for breaking unproductive patternsInspirational and accessible, Divorce Busting shows readers in pain that working it out is better than getting out.
Why Orwell Matters
by Christopher Hitchens
Genres: Nonfiction, Biography, Politics, History, Philosophy, Essays, Literary Criticism
Average rating on Goodreads: 3.95

In this widely acclaimed biographical essay, Christopher Hitchens assesses the life, the achievements, and the myth of the great political writer and participant George Orwell. In true emulative and contrarian style, Hitchens is both admiring and aggressive, sympathetic yet critical, taking true measure of his subject as hero and problem. Answering both the detractors and the false claimants, Hitchens tears down the façade of sainthood erected by the hagiographers and rebuts the critics point by point. He examines Orwell and his perspectives on fascism, empire, feminism, and Englishness, as well as his outlook on America, a country and culture towards which he exhibited much ambivalence. Whether thinking about empires or dictators, race or class, nationalism or popular culture, Orwell's moral outlook remains indispensable in a world that has undergone vast changes in the fifty years since his death. Combining the best of Hitchens's polemical punch and intellectual elegance in a tightly woven and subtle argument, this book addresses not only why Orwell matters today, but how he will continue to matter in a future, uncertain world. Christopher Hitchens, one of the most incisive minds of our own age, meets Orwell on the page in this provocative encounter of wit, contention and moral truth.
Pani Jeziora (Saga o Wiedźminie, #5)
by Andrzej Sapkowski
Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Polish Literature, High Fantasy, Adventure, Audiobook, Epic Fantasy
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.11

Jaki los czeka wiedźmina? Czy dane mu będzie połączyć się z miłością jego życia? Czy ziści się złowieszcza przepowiednia i czy przetrwa świat ogarnięty morderczą wojną? Świat elfów, ludzi i krasnoludów.Ciri wpatruje się w wypukły relief przedstawiający ogromnego łuskowatego węża. Gad, zwinąwszy się w kształt ósemki, wgryzł się zębiskami we własny ogon. To pradawny wąż Uroboros symbolizujący nieskończoność i sam będący nieskończonością...
The Complete Works of Aristotle: The Revised Oxford Translation, Volume 2
by Aristotle
Genres: Philosophy, Classics, Nonfiction, Science, History, Greece, Reference
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.53

The Oxford Translation of Aristotle was originally published in 12 volumes between 1912 & 1954. It is universally recognized as the standard English version of Aristotle. This revised edition contains the substance of the original Translation, slightly emended in light of recent scholarship; three of the original versions have been replaced by new translations; and a new and enlarged selection of Fragments has been added. The aim of the translation remains the same: to make the surviving works of Aristotle readily accessible to English speaking readers.
Awakened (House of Night, #8)
by P.C. Cast
Genres: Young Adult, Vampires, Fantasy, Paranormal, Romance, Supernatural, Paranormal Romance
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.00

Exonerated by the Vampyre High Council and returned to her position of High Priestess at Tulsa’s House of Night, Neferet has sworn vengeance on Zoey. Dominion over her immortal consort Kalona is only one of the weapons she plans to use against Z. But Zoey has found sanctuary on the Isle of Skye and is being groomed by Queen Sgiach to take over for her there. Being Queen would be cool, wouldn’t it? Why should she return to Tulsa? After losing her human consort, Heath, she will never be the same – and her relationship with her super-hot-warrior, Stark, may never be the same either… And what about Stevie Rae and Rephaim? The Raven Mocker refuses to be used against Stevie Rae, but what choice does he have when no one in the entire world, including Zoey, would be okay with their relationship? Does he betray his father or his heart?
Saving Fish from Drowning
by Amy Tan
Genres: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Asia, China, Asian Literature, Novels, Contemporary
Average rating on Goodreads: 3.45

San Francisco art patron Bibi Chen has planned a journey of the senses along the famed Burma Road for eleven lucky friends. But after her mysterious death, Bibi watches aghast from her ghostly perch as the travelers veer off her itinerary and embark on a trail paved with cultural gaffes and tribal curses, Buddhist illusions and romantic desires. On Christmas morning, the tourists cruise across a misty lake and disappear.With picaresque characters and mesmerizing imagery, Saving Fish from Drowning gives us a voice as idiosyncratic, sharp, and affectionate as the mothers of The Joy Luck Club. Bibi is the observant eye of human nature–the witness of good intentions and bad outcomes, of desperate souls and those who wish to save them. In the end, Tan takes her readers to that place in their own heart where hope is found.