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| Title: Siddhartha |
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Hermann Hesse
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| In the novel, Siddhartha, a young man, leaves his family for a contemplative life, then, restless, discards it for one of the flesh. He conceives a son, but bored and sickened by lust and greed, moves on again. Near despair, Siddhartha comes to a river wh |
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| Title: The Centaur |
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John Updike
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| A brilliant achievement...No one should need to be told that Updike has a mastery of the language matched in our time only by the finest poets. |
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| Title: Tom Sawyer |
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Mark Twain
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| Who could forget the pranks, the adventures, the sheer fun of Tom Sawyer? It’s something every child should experience and every child will love. From Tom’s sly trickery with the whitewashed fence—when he cleverly manipulates everyone so they happily do h |
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| Title: The Sorrows of Young Werther |
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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| This classic selection of writings by Goethe reflects the author's philosophy of love and death. --
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| Title: The Golden Asse |
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Lucius Apuleius
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| In all of literature, there are few books with the vitality of The Golden Ass. The story follows Lucius, a young man of good birth, as he disports himself in the cities and along the roads of Thessaly. This is a wonderful tale abounding in lusty incident, |
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| Title: Alice in Wonderland |
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Lewis Carroll
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| The classic tale of ALICE IN WONDERLAND has been read and loved by children for generations.
•Filled with humor, adventure and imagination for children of all ages
•Beautiful story and unforgettable characters |
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| Title: Penelope's English Experiences |
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Kate Douglas Wiggin
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| The Honourable Arthur, Salemina, and I took a stroll in Hyde Park one Sunday afternoon, not for the purpose of joining the fashionable throng of 'pretty people' at Stanhope Gate, but to mingle with the common herd in its special precincts,--precincts not |
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