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THE LOST WEEKEND

by Charles Jackson

It is 1936, and on the East Side of Manhattan, a would-be writer named Don Birnam decides to have a drink. And then another, and then another, and then another . .

The Lost Weekend moves with unstoppable speed, propelled by a heartbreaking but unflinching truth.

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THE SHERLOCK HOLMES

COMPLETE CANON

As recorded by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

4 novels and 50+ short stories. Set largely in Victorian and Edwardian Britain, these tales follow the brilliant, observant detective Sherlock Holmes and his steadfast friend and chronicler, Dr. John Watson.

NOVELS

A GOOD GIRLS'S GUIDE

TO MURDER

by Holly Jackson

Pip decides to solve her town's "closed" murder case for a school project—but the deeper she digs, the more she realizes the wrong person might have taken the blame, and now someone wants her to stop before she uncovers the truth.
SHORT NOVELS / NOVELLAS

THE TUSKS OF

EXTINCTION

by Ray Nayler

When you bring back a long-extinct species, there’s more to success than the DNA. Moscow has resurrected the mammoth, but someone must teach them how to be mammoths, or they are doomed to die out, again.
SHORT STORIES

DIPER ÖVERLÖDE
Short Stories for English Language Learners
A Wimpy Kid story

by Jeff Kinney

Can Greg help Löded Diper become the legends they think they are? Or will too much time with Rodrick’s band be a Diper Överlöde?
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Wouldn't It Be Nice
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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 ]

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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
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