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THE NEXT CIVIL WAR

by Stephen Marche

Dispatches from the American Future

'The United States is coming to an end. The question is how. Every government, every business, every person alive will be affected by the answer.'

MISS LONELYHEARTS

by Nathanael West

Behind a newspaper’s advice column, one man confronts a flood of desperate letters —and discovers that sympathy may not be enough. Miss Lonelyhearts is a short, dark, satirical novel that addresses loneliness, troubled relationships, social prejudice, and moments of violence, using the exaggerated style of its 1930s setting.

THE LAST BOOKSTORE

ON EARTH

by Lily Braun-Arnold

A New York Times Bestseller
Two teen girls fall in love and fight for survival in an abandoned bookstore as they prepare for the end of the world. “A thoroughly original, intimate, and sometimes harrowing meditation on survival, forgiveness, and learning how to love again at the almost end of the world.”

WISH

by Barbara O'Connor

Charlie Reese has been making the same secret wish every day since fourth grade, but it seems unlikely that her wish will ever come true. That is until she meets Wishbone, a skinny stray dog who captures her heart, and Howard, a surprising neighbor boy.

THE BIRTHDAY OF
Short Stories for English Language Learners
THE WORLD

by Ursula K. Le Guin

What happens when gods discover they’re only human? In Ursula K. Le Guin’s “The Birthday of the World,” a daughter of divine rulers watches the certainties of her sacred world unravel as rival claims and outsiders threaten its ancient order.

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Let Him Roll
Guy Clark

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Novels and Short Stories
Mark Twain : 'If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man.'
ANTI-AUTHORITARIAN NOVELS:
various genres that explore themes of authoritarianism, resistance, and individual freedom.

1984
by George Orwell

Brave New World
by Aldous Huxley

The Lost Cause
by Cory Doctorow

The Handmaid's Tale
by Margaret Atwood

Fahrenheit 451
by Ray Bradbury

 "Then the King will say - 'Come, you who are blessed, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.'" 

"Then he will say - 'Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink, I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.'   
 
[ -Matthew 25: verses 34 and 41 ]

PREQUEL
American Fight Against Fascism
by Rachel Maddow

Animal Farm
by George Orwell

The Hunger Games
by Suzanne Collins

The Wave
by Todd Strasser

The Plot Against America
by Philip Roth

The Iron Heel
by Jack London

Little Brother
by Cory Doctorow

It Can't Happen Here
by Sinclair Lewis

Alone in Berlin
by Hans Fallada

White Rose
by Kip Wilson

Practice Using Articles
'a' - 'an' - 'the'
English Idioms, Sayings & Slang
Companions


My companions are 'Sunny' [Great Pyrenees mix) and 'Ruby' [Saint Bernard)

' We are alone, absolutely alone on this chance planet; and amid all the forms of life that surround us,
not one, excepting the dog, has made an alliance with us.'  
—Maurice Maeterlinck

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