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The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend
Katarina Bivald - Landmark
Format: Print book
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A debut novel to charm all readers, that shows beyond all doubt that it's books, along with love, that make the world go round. It all began with a correspondence between two quite different women: 28-year-old Sara from Haninge, Sweden, and 65-year-old Amy from the small town of Broken... |
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The Maximum Security Book Club: Reading Literature in a Men's Prison
Mikita Brottman - Harper
Format: Print book
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A riveting account of the two years literary scholar Mikita Brottman spent reading literature with criminals in a maximum-security men's prison outside Baltimore, and what she learned from them - Orange Is the New Black meets Reading Lolita in Tehran.On sabbatical from teaching literature... |
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84, Charing Cross Road
Helene Hanff - Grossman Publishers
Format: Hardcover
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It all began with a letter inquiring about second-hand books, written by Helene Hanff in New York, and posted to a bookshop at 84, Charing Cross Road in London. As Helene's sarcastic and witty letters are responded to by the stodgy and proper Frank Doel of 84, Charing Cross Road, a relationship... |
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The Books That Changed My Life
Bethanne Patrick - Regan Arts, 2016.
Format: Print book
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One hundred of today's most prominent literary and cultural icons talk about the books that hold a special place in their hearts - that made them who they are today.Leading authors, politicians, CEOs, actors, and other notables share the books that changed their life, why they love... |
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Running the Books: The Adventures of an Accidental Prison Librarian
Avi Steinberg - Nan A. Talese
Format: Print book
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Avi Steinberg is stumped. After defecting from yeshiva to Harvard, he has only a senior thesis essay on Bugs Bunny to show for his effort. While his friends and classmates advance in the world, he remains stuck at a crossroads, unable to meet the lofty expectations of his Orthodox Jewish... |
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The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry: A Novel
Gabrielle Zevin - Algonquin Books
Format: Print book
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"Funny, tender, and moving, The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry reminds us all exactly why we read and why we love."* A. J. Fikry's life is not at all what he expected it to be. He lives alone, his bookstore is experiencing the worst sales in its history, and now his prized... |
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The Book Thief
Markus Zusak - Knopf Books for Young Readers
Format: Library Binding
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The extraordinary #1 New York Times bestseller that is now a major motion picture, Markus Zusak's unforgettable story is about the ability of books to feed the soul.It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will become busier still.Liesel... |
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One for the Books
Joe Queenan - Viking Adult
Format: Hardcover
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One of America’s leading humorists and author of the bestseller Closing Time examines his own obsession with booksJoe Queenan became a voracious reader as a means of escape from a joyless childhood in a Philadelphia housing project. In the years since then he has dedicated himself... |
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