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The Woman in Black: A Ghost Story

Susan Hill - Vintage
Format: Paperback

The classic ghost story from the author of The Mist in the Mirror: a chilling tale about a menacing spectre haunting a small English town. Now a major motion picture starring Daniel Radcliffe. Arthur Kipps is an up-and-coming London solicitor who is sent to Crythin Gifford - a faraway...
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A Study in Scarlet

Arthur Conan Doyle - Balzer + Bray; ILL edition
Format: Hardcover

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's first novel—and the origin story of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson—is reimagined in the first unabridged, fully illustrated version since its debut, by acclaimed and bestselling illustrator Gris Grimly.The year is 1881. The city, London. A man lies...
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A Fair Maiden

Joyce Carol Oates - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover

Sixteen-year-old Katya Spivak is out for a walk on the gracious streets of Bayhead Harbor with her two summer babysitting charges when she’s approached by silver-haired, elegant Marcus Kidder. At first his interest in her seems harmless, even pleasant; like his name, a sort of gentle joke....
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Things Fall Apart

Chinua Achebe - Penguin Books
Format: Paperback

"A true classic of world literature . . . A masterpiece that has inspired generations of writers in Nigeria, across Africa, and around the world." - Barack Obama Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American ReadThings Fall Apart is the first...
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The Great Gatsby

F Scott Fitzgerald
Format: Book

The Great Gatsby is regarded as "The Great American Novel". A first edition of "The Great Gatsby" came up for auction on June 10, 2009 and was knocked down for the astounding price of $155,000. The picture in that auction catalog has been used to create the c
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The Alchemist

Paulo Coelho - HarperOne
Format: Paperback

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho continues to change the lives of its readers forever. With more than two million copies sold around the world, The Alchemist has established itself as a modern classic, universally admired.Paulo Coelho's masterpiece tells the magical story of Santiago, an Andalusian...
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The House on Mango Street

Sandra Cisneros - Alfred A. Knopf
Format: Book

In hardcover for the first time--on the tenth anniversary of its initial publication--the greatly admired and bestselling book about a young girl growing up in the Latino section of Chicago. Sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes deeply joyous, this novel depicts a new American landscape through...
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When the Emperor Was Divine

Julie Otsuka - Knopf
Format: Hardcover

Julie Otsuka's commanding debut novel paints a portrait of the Japanese internment camps unlike any we have ever seen. With crystalline intensity and precision, Otsuka uses a single family to evoke the deracination - both physical and emotional - of a generation of Japanese Americans....
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Fight Club: A Novel

Chuck Palahniuk
Format: Book

With more than 300,000 copies sold, Chuck Palahniuk's brilliant first novel and cult classic is being reissued with a new Introduction by the author An underground classic since its first publication in 1996, Fight Club is widely recognized as one of the most
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Our Souls at Night: A novel

Kent Haruf - Knopf
Format: Hardcover

A spare yet eloquent, bittersweet yet inspiring story of a man and a woman who, in advanced age, come together to wrestle with the events of their lives and their hopes for the imminent future. In the familiar setting of Holt, Colorado, home to all of Kent Haruf's inimitable fiction, Addie...
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The awakening

Kate Chopin - Barnes & Noble Books
Format: Hardcover

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. I would give up the unessential; I would give my money, I would give my life for my children; but I wouldnt give myself. Heralded as one of the first instances of feminist literature and rejected at its time...
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Sula

Toni. Morrison - Alfred A. Knopf
Format: Hardcover

Two girls who grow up to become women. Two friends who become something worse than enemies. In this brilliantly imagined novel, Toni Morrison tells the story of Nel Wright and Sula Peace, who meet as children in the small town of Medallion, Ohio. Their devotion is fierce enough to withstand...
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The Ocean at the End of the Lane: A Novel

Neil Gaiman - William Morrow; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover

A brilliantly imaginative and poignant fairy tale from the modern master of wonder and terror, The Ocean at the End of the Lane is Neil Gaiman's first new novel for adults since his #1 New York Times bestseller Anansi Boys.This bewitching and harrowing tale of mystery and survival,...
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Breakfast at Tiffany's: A Short Novel and Three Stories (Modern Library)

Truman Capote - Modern Library; Reprint edition
Format: Hardcover

Contains:Breakfast at Tiffany'sHouse of FlowersA Diamond GuitarA Christmas Memory
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