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Hurry Up, Franklin by Paulette Bourgeois
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn this Franklin Classic Storybook, Franklin sets off to Bear's house for a birthday party, but it's far from a straightforward journey. Like most preschoolers, Franklin is a dawdler, slow even for a turtle. The trip becomes an opportunity to play leapfrog with Rabbit, slip and slide in the mud with Otter, and maybe even play hide-and-seek with Fox... -
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পুতুলনাচের ইতিকথা by Manik Bandopadhyay, Zakir Talukder
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsপুতুলনাচের ইতিকথা মানিক বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়ের তৃতীয় উপন্যাস এবং চতুর্থ মুদ্রিত গ্রন্থ। উপন্যাসটি ভারতবর্ষ পত্রিকায় বাংলা ১৩৪১ সালের পৌষ থেকে ১৩৪২ সালের অগ্রহায়ণ পর্যন্ত ধারাবাহিকভাবে প্রকাশিত হয়। পরবর্তীতে ১৯৩৬ সালে এটি বই আকারে প্রকাশিত... -
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Scorched by Wajdi Mouawad
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsTwin children Jeanne and Simon want to solve the mystery of their origins. In retracing the bitter history of their mother, who is about to die, other characters come into the story—witnesses or key players able to assist in the investigation. Carried aloft by poetic language, the inquiry pursued by Jeanne and Simon unfolds in a dreamlike atmosphere... -
![The Compromise by Sergei Dovlatov]()
The Compromise by Sergei Dovlatov
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsBased on Dovlatov's experiences as a journalist in the Soviet Republic of Estonia, this is an acidly comic picture of ludicrous bureaucratic ineptitude, which obviously still continues... -
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![Chica Chica Bum Bum ABC by Bill Martin Jr., John Archambault]()
Chica Chica Bum Bum ABC by Bill Martin Jr., John Archambault
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 67 ratingsA le dijo a B, y B le dijo a C, --Nos vemos en la copa del cocotero-- So begins the lively alphabet rhyme that children and their parents will love to recite... -
![Rain Man by Leonore Fleischer, Kieran McGovern]()
Rain Man by Leonore Fleischer, Kieran McGovern
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsCharlie Babbitt thinks he will get a lot of money when his father dies. However the money goes to someone he doesn't know - a man who lives in hospital and is the brother Charlie never knew he had. The two meet and so starts a surprising new life for both of them. A deeply emotional story and also a major film starring Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman... -
![The Stories of Raymond Carver by Raymond Carver]()
The Stories of Raymond Carver by Raymond Carver
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWill You Please Be Quiet, Please? What We Talk About When We Talk About Love... -
![The David Foster Wallace Reader by David Foster Wallace]()
The David Foster Wallace Reader by David Foster Wallace
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhere do you begin with a writer as original and brilliant as David Foster Wallace? Here — with a carefully considered selection of his extraordinary body of work, chosen by a range of great writers, critics, and those who worked with him most closely...Categorized as:
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![A Color of His Own by Leo Lionni]()
A Color of His Own by Leo Lionni
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsElephants are gray. Pigs are pink. Only the chameleon has no color of his own. He is purple like the heather, yellow like a lemon, even black and orange striped like a tiger! Then one day a chameleon has an idea to remain one color forever by staying on the greenest leaf he can find. But in the autumn, the leaf changes from green to yellow to red . . . and so does the chameleon...Categorized as:
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![The Mixed Up Chameleon by Eric Carle]()
The Mixed Up Chameleon by Eric Carle
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe chameleon's life was not very exciting until the day it discovered it could change not only its color but its shape and size,too. When it saw the wonderful animals in the zoo, it immediately wanted to be like them -- and ended up likeall of them at once -- with hilarious results...Categorized as:
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The Fool's Progress by Edward Abbey
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe Fool's Progress, the "fat masterpiece" as Edward Abbey labeled it, is his most important piece of writing: it reveals the complete Ed Abbey, from the green grass of his memory as a child in Appalachia to his approaching death in Tuscon at age sixty two... -
![The Collected Poems, Vol. 2: 1939-1962 by William Carlos Williams]()
The Collected Poems, Vol. 2: 1939-1962 by William Carlos Williams
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratings'And when the second and final colume of Williams' 'Collected Poems' is published, it should become even more apparent that he is this century's major American poet... -
![Island: The Complete Stories by Alistair MacLeod]()
Island: The Complete Stories by Alistair MacLeod
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe sixteen exquisitely crafted stories in Island prove Alistair MacLeod to be a master. Quietly, precisely, he has created a body of work that is among the greatest to appear in English in the last fifty years.A book-besotted patriarch releases his only son from the obligations of the sea. A father provokes his young son to violence when he reluctantly sells the family horse... -
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Nomads of the North by James Oliver Curwood
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience...Categorized as:
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![Last of the Curlews by Fred Bodsworth]()
Last of the Curlews by Fred Bodsworth
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"The story of this migration is magnificent, informative, breathtaking and exotic". Los Angeles TimesMore than three million readers around the world have been touched by this conservation classic, the story of a solitary Eskimo curlew's last perilous migration and search for a mate. The lone survivor comes to stand for the entirety of a lost species... -
![The Penguin Anthology of Twentieth-Century American Poetry by Rita Dove]()
The Penguin Anthology of Twentieth-Century American Poetry by Rita Dove
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPenguin’s landmark poetry anthology, perfect for learning poems by heart in the age of ephemeral media Recipient of the Academy of American Poets' Wallace Stevens Award (Dove)Rita Dove, Pulitzer Prize winner and former Poet Laureate of the United States, introduces readers to the most significant and compelling poems of the past hundred years in The Penguin Anthology of Twentieth-Century... -
![The Weight of a Moment by Michael Bowe]()
The Weight of a Moment by Michael Bowe
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWinner for Literary Fiction at the American Fiction Awards 2020. On list of “10 Best Indie Books of 2019” at Shelf Unbound Magazine. Finalist for Best Novel at the Next Generation Book Awards 2020, (often referred to as the "Sundance of Books" in the media). Winner of a Bronze Medal at the Readers' Favorite Awards 2020... -
![Bir Süre Yere Paralel Gittikten Sonra by Barış Bıçakçı]()
Bir Süre Yere Paralel Gittikten Sonra by Barış Bıçakçı
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratings"Bir şey sunulmuştu bana, bir hediye, bir meyve. Ama ben o meyveden tadamadım, gök erik gibi kaldı avcumda dünya. Şimdi ben uykusuzum, yalınayağım, kendimle meşgulüm. Kapımın önünde boş peynir tenekeleri, yağmur suyu biriktiriyorum... -
![The Berenstain Bears and Too Much TV by Stan Berenstain, Jan Berenstain]()
The Berenstain Bears and Too Much TV by Stan Berenstain, Jan Berenstain
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWhen Mama Bear decides her family spends too much time in front of the TV, she bans it for a week. Then the Bear family finds other ways to have fun and keep busy, so they watch less when TV is allowed again--and they don't even miss it. From the Trade Paperback edition...Categorized as:
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![Junge Verlierer by Emrah Serbes]()
Junge Verlierer by Emrah Serbes
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsEmrah Serbes erzählt davon, wie es ist, ein Mann zu werden: vom Fingerspiel in Mädchenhaaren, von tränenloser Starre, als der Bruder beim Militär ums Leben kommt, und davon, warum einer mit „Terroristen“ aus der Nachbarschaft zur Demo geht. Er erzählt von Fußballspiel, Nachhilfeunterricht und der Verwirrung wenn Lehrerinnenbeine plötzlich vom Wind freigeweht werden... -
![Roots by Malayattoor Ramakrishnan]()
Roots by Malayattoor Ramakrishnan
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIncreasingly possessed by a yearning to escape the ennui of an indifferent marriage and the empty but comfortable lifestyle of a bureaucrat, Raghu decides to visit the small patch of ancestral property in his native village. The novel moves between the two worlds - the past and the present - with pungent, earthy humour and sharp insights... -
![Woman Lit by Fireflies by Jim Harrison, Ray Porter]()
Woman Lit by Fireflies by Jim Harrison, Ray Porter
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAcross the odd contours of the American landscape-Jim Harrison's country--its natives search for that which isn't quite irretrievably lost, for the incandescent beneath the ordinary... -
![Белая голубка Кордовы by Dina Rubina, Дина Рубина]()
Белая голубка Кордовы by Dina Rubina, Дина Рубина
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsДина Ильинична Рубина - израильская русскоязычная писательница и драматург. Родилась в Ташкенте. Новый, седьмой роман Д. Рубиной открывает особый этап в ее творчестве.Воистину, ни один человек на земле не способен сказать - кто он.Гений подделки, влюбленный в живопись. Фальсификатор с душою истинного художника... -
![El señor llega by Gonzalo Torrente Ballester]()
El señor llega by Gonzalo Torrente Ballester
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPrimera novela de la trilogía Los gozos y las sombras, «El señor llega» narra el regreso al imaginario pueblo gallego de Pueblanueva del Conde, tras una larga ausencia, de Carlos Deza, uno de los últimos descendientes de la familia más aristocrática de la localidad, desafiada en sus aspiraciones a la hegemonía por Cayetano Salgado, un burgués enriquecido... -
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![Of Love and Hunger by Julian Maclaren-Ross]()
Of Love and Hunger by Julian Maclaren-Ross
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe key literary figure in the pubs of post-war Fitzrovia, Maclaren-Ross pulled together his dispersed energies to write two great books: the posthumously published Memoirs of the Forties and this spectacular novel of the Depression, Of Love and Hunger - harsh, vivid, louche, and slangy, it deserves a permanent place alongside 'Coming Up for Air' and 'Hangover Square'... -
![La Pascua triste by Gonzalo Torrente Ballester]()
La Pascua triste by Gonzalo Torrente Ballester
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings«La Pascua triste» cierra la gran trilogía de Los gozos y las sombras que abre «El señor llega» y prosigue «Donde da la vuelta el aire»... -
![The Eternal Smile by Pär Lagerkvist]()
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![Philip Larkin Poems: Selected by Martin Amis by Philip Larkin]()
Philip Larkin Poems: Selected by Martin Amis by Philip Larkin
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor the first time, Faber publish a selection from the poetry of Philip Larkin. Drawing on Larkin's four collections and on his uncollected poems. Chosen by Martin Amis... -
![Kabuk Adam by Aslı Erdoğan]()
Kabuk Adam by Aslı Erdoğan
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSize Kabuk Adam'ın öyküsünü anlatacağım, tropik bir adayı, cinayet ve işkencenin, şiddetin bataklığında filizlenen bir aşkı, içinde yetiştiği toprak kadar acı dolu bir aşkı anlatacağım... -
![Crickwing by Janell Cannon]()
Crickwing by Janell Cannon
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsArtistic flair and the spirit of cooperation save the day!Crickwing never set out to be a bully. All he wants is to create his art in peace. But it's not easy being different--a cockroach with a cricked wing and a flair for sculpture is a ready target for the bigger creatures in the forest. Crickwing just wants to even the score, and leafcutter ants are so easy to pick on. ...Big mistake... -
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The Flight of Icarus by Raymond Queneau
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn late 19th-century Paris, the writer Hubert is shocked to discover that Icarus, the protagonist of the new novel he's working on, has vanished. Looking for him among the manuscripts of his rivals does not solve the mystery, so a detective is hired to find the runaway character... -
![Notes of a Dirty Old Man by Charles Bukowski]()
Notes of a Dirty Old Man by Charles Bukowski
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsBeginning in 1967, Bukowski wrote the column "Notes of A Dirty Old Man" for the underground newspaper Open City. Perennially drunk, broke and in search of a woman, Bukowski takes on the guise of a wise fool as he ventures through America's seedy lowlife... -
![The Willows at Christmas by William Horwood]()
The Willows at Christmas by William Horwood
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsToad, Mole, Ratty and Badger return once more in a special Christmas tale from the bestselling author of The Willows in Winter, Toad Triumphant and The Willows and Beyond.The twelve days of Christmas are fast approaching and Mole is planning to enjoy every one of them with his River Bank friends...Categorized as:
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![Little Cloud by Eric Carle]()
Little Cloud by Eric Carle
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsAt last! Here's a brand-new board book edition of an Eric Carle picture book that's a favorite with littlest cloud gazers everywhere! Little Cloud likes to stand out from the crowd. When all the other clouds drift up, he goes his own way, changing shapes to become a sheep, an airplane, a shark and a funny clown. It's all lots of fun, but so is playing with friends... -
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![Desolation Angels by Jack Kerouac]()
Desolation Angels by Jack Kerouac
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsDesolation Angels, published in 1965, yet written years earlier around the time On the Road was in the process of publication, is a semi-autobiographical novel written by Beat Generation author Jack Kerouac, which makes up part of his Duluoz Legend... -
![The Sunday of Life by Raymond Queneau]()
The Sunday of Life by Raymond Queneau
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Sunday of Life, the late Raymond Queneau's tenth novel, was first published in French by Gallimard in 1951 and is now appearing for the first time in this country. In the ingenuous ex-Private Valentin Bru, the central figure in The Sunday of Life, Queneau has created that oddity in modern fiction, the Hegelian naif... -
![Circle Game by Margaret Atwood]()
Circle Game by Margaret Atwood
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe appearance of Margaret Atwood's first major collection of poetry marked the beginning of a truly outstanding career in Canadian and international letters. The voice in these poems is as witty, vulnerable, direct, and incisive as we've come to know in later works, such as Power Politics, Bodily Harm, and Alias Grace... -
![La balada del Mistral by Olivier Mak-Bouchard, Gustavo Martín Garzo]()
La balada del Mistral by Olivier Mak-Bouchard, Gustavo Martín Garzo
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLe Dit du mistral : le livre coup de coeur de la rentrée du Tripode ! Un premier roman qui nous livre le mystère d'une Provence universelle. Un condensé de tout ce qu'aime le Tripode : un art puissant du récit, un imaginaire écologique et une fantaisie qui l'inscrivent dans la lignée des livres de Cournut, Kivirähk et Abeille... -
![Notes on a Scandal: A Screenplay by Patrick Marber]()
Notes on a Scandal: A Screenplay by Patrick Marber
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis unsettling black comedy about private passion and public shame is based on Zoe Heller's acclaimed novel, adapted for the screen by celebrated dramatist Patrick Marber ( Closer ). When art teacher Sheba Hart (Cate Blanchett) arrives at a London comprehensive she catches the keen eye of her older colleague Barbara Covett (Judi Dench)... -
![Strekaza by Undinė Radzevičiūtė]()
Strekaza by Undinė Radzevičiūtė
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEta kniga pro bezischodnost -Galiu tą patį parašyti ir lietuviškai, bet atrodys daug blogiau. Niekada nemylėjau l. kalbos dėl jos agrariškumo. Kaip niekada nemylėjau savo senelio, parašiusio disertaciją apie pievas. (Sužinojau tai tik prie jo kapo duobės ir labai juokiausi. Ir sugadinau visas laidotuves, jei jas išvis įmanoma sugadinti... -
![Body Snatcher by Juan Carlos Onetti]()
Body Snatcher by Juan Carlos Onetti
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJunta Larsen, a Promethean pimp, attempts to "achieve two perfections--a perfect woman and a perfect bordello" in the sleepy South American outback town of Santa Maria... -
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![La péninsule aux 24 saisons by Mayumi Inaba]()
La péninsule aux 24 saisons by Mayumi Inaba
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDans un paysage de mer et de falaises d'une beauté paisible, bien loin de Tôkyô, une femme en désaccord avec le monde entreprend la redécouverte d'elle-même et passe des jours heureux d'une grande douceur. En compagnie de son chat, elle fera durant douze mois l'apprentissage des vingt-quatre saisons d'une année japonaise... -
![Ruke by Ranko Marinković]()
Ruke by Ranko Marinković
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNovelističkom zbirkom "Ruke", Marinković se afirmirao ne smo kao vrstan novelist, nego njome postaje europsko antologijsko novelističko ime. Inače, njegove realistički strukturirane novele tematiziraju provincijalni život na rodnom otoku, ali predstavljaju i psihološko analitičku kratku prozu u kojoj se bavi sukobima u čovjeku i društvu, otkrivajući u pojedinačnim sudbinama kolektivno stanje duše... -
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![Kew Gardens (Illustrated) by Virginia Woolf]()
Kew Gardens (Illustrated) by Virginia Woolf
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn 1927, at The Hogarth Press, Virginia Woolf produced and published a limited edition of what was to become one of her best-loved stories. The book's jacket design and page illustrations were by her sister, artist Vanessa Bell. More than sixty years later, The Hogarth Press at Chatto & Windus has published a lovely facsimile of that prized edition of 'Kew Gardens'... -
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