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The World Broke in Two: : Virginia Woolf, T. S. Eliot, D. H. Lawrence, E. M. Forster and the year that changed literature.

Goldstein, Bill

Date Published:2017

Ghost stories

James, Henry, 1843-1916.

Date Published:2008

The black book

Pamuk, Orhan, 1952-

Galip is a lawyer living in Istanbul. His wife, the detective-novel-loving Rüya, has disappeared. Could she have left him for her ex-husband, Cell, a popular newspaper columnist? But Cell, too, seems to have vanished. As Galip investigates, he finds himself assuming the enviable Cell's identity, wearing his clothes, answering his phone calls, even writing his columns. Galip pursues every conceivable clue, but the nature of the mystery keeps changing, and when he receives a death threat, he begins to fear the worst. With its cascade of beguiling stories about Istanbul, The Black Book is a brilliantly unconventional mystery, and a provocative meditation on identity. For Turkish literary readers it is the cherished cult novel in which Orhan Pamuk found his original voice, but it has largely been neglected by English-language readers. Now, in Maureen Freely's beautiful new translation, they, too, may encounter all its riches.--Publisher description.

Date Published:2006

To the lighthouse

Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941.

Originally published: London : Hogarth Press, 1927. The Ramsay family are spending summer in their holiday home on Skye. In the passing of a single day, many tensions arise, included a thwarted trip to the lighthouse, which takes on a symbolic meaning as the years pass. Considered to be Woolf's most autobiographical novel.

Date Published:1977

Dragonwatch Book One : A Fablehaven Adventure.

Mull, Brandon

Date Published:2018

After ever happy

Todd, Anna,

"Newly revised and expanded"--Cover. "Tessa and Hardin have had enough surprises. Their bond is stronger than ever, but every new challenge they face shakes their foundation--and Hardin's impenetrable façade--to the core. As the shocking truth about each of their families emerges, it's clear the two lovers are not so different from each other. Tessa is no longer the sweet, simple, good girl she was when she met Hardin--any more than he is the cruel, moody boy she fell so hard for. Tessa understands all the troubling emotions brewing within Hardin, and she knows she's the only one who can calm him when he erupts. He needs her. But the more layers of his past that come to light, the darker he grows, and the harder he pushes Tessa--and everyone else in his life--away. After all this time, Tessa's not sure if she really can save him--not without sacrificing herself. Is love worth losing her identity? She refuses to go down without a fight. But who is she really fighting for--Hardin or herself?" -- p. [4] of cover.

Date Published:2015

That doesn't mean what you think it means : the 150 most commonly misused words and their tangled histories

Petras, Kathryn,

Includes index. "An entertaining and informative guide to the most common 150 words even smart people use incorrectly, along with pithy forays into their fascinating etymologies and tangled histories of use and misuse"--

Date Published:2018

The Other Story

Rosnay, Tatiana

Date Published:2013

The Lucifer effect : understanding how good people turn evil

Zimbardo, Philip G.

Originally published: Random House, 2007. What makes good people do bad things? Where is the line separating good from evil, and who is in danger of crossing it? Social psychologist Philip Zimbardo explains how--and the myriad reasons why--we are all susceptible to the lure of "the dark side." Drawing on examples from history as well as his own research, Zimbardo details how situational forces and group dynamics can work in concert to make monsters out of decent people. By illuminating the psychological causes behind such disturbing metamorphoses, Zimbardo enables us to better understand a variety of phenomena, from corporate malfeasance to organized genocide. He replaces the long-held notion of the "bad apple" with that of the "bad barrel"--the idea that the social setting and the system contaminate the individual, rather than the other way around. Yet we are capable of resisting evil, he argues, and can even teach ourselves to act heroically.--From publisher description. Includes information on Abu Ghraib Prison, Achilles as archetypal war hero, administrative evil, Afghanistan, anonymity, Army Reserve Military Police (MPs), Britain, Bush administration, bystander intervention, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Dick Cheney, conformity, corporations, U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), dehumanization, deindividuation, doctors, Lynndie England, evil, Ivan (Chip) Frederick, II, genocide, good, Charles Graner, Guantanamo Bay Prison, heroism, Adolf Hitler, Holocaust, human nature, Saddam Hussein, identity, inaction as force for evil, International Committee of the Red Cross, Iraq, Iraq War, Katrina hurricane disaster as crisis of inaction, persuasive uses of language, Lord of the Flies (Golding), lynchings, Military Intelligence (MI), moral disengagement, My Lai massacre, national security, U.S. Navy, Nazis, New York City, 1984 (Orwell), obedience to authority, otherness, Pentagon, PeopleÊ¼s Temple cult, personal responsibility, power systems, prejudice, prisons, rape, role playing, rules, Donald Rumsfeld, situational forces, sleep deprivation, social approval, social influence, social psychology, Stanford Prison Experiment (SPE) http://www.prisonexperiment.org, Taguba Report, torture, transformation of character, Vietnam War, violence, war, war on terror, whistle-blowers, women, World War II, etc.

Date Published:2008

Demon Lord of Karanda : Book Three in the Malloreon Series.

Eddings, David

Date Published:1988

A Horse Walks into a Bar

Grossman, David

Date Published:2018

The dragon reborn : book 3 of Wheel of Time

Jordan, Robert

Date Published:1991

The Martian : a novel

Weir, Andy,

"Originally self-published, in a different form, as an ebook in 2011"--Title page verso. "Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars. Now, he's sure he'll be the first person to die there. After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that he's alive--and even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone long before a rescue could arrive. Chances are, though, he won't have time to starve to death. The damaged machinery, unforgiving environment, or plain-old 'human error' are much more likely to kill him first. But Mark isn't ready to give up yet. Drawing on his ingenuity, his engineering skills--and a relentless, dogged refusal to quit--he steadfastly confronts one seemingly insurmountable obstacle after the next. Will his resourcefulness be enough to overcome the impossible odds against him?" --

Date Published:2014

The Pirates of Somalia: Inside their hidden world

Bahadur, Jay

Date Published:2011

Ashes : [a trilogy]

Bick, Ilsa J.

Includes excerpt from Shadows, book two, in the Ashes trilogy. Alex, a resourceful seventeen-year-old running from her incurable brain tumor, Tom, who has left the war in Afghanistan, and Ellie, an angry eight-year-old, join forces after an electromagnetic pulse sweeps through the sky and kills most of the world's population, turning some of those who remain into zombies and giving the others superhuman senses.

Date Published:2012

The Kite Runner

Hosseini, Khaled

Date Published:2004

Ghost Stories

Ripley, Ron

Date Published:2016

Precious cargo : my year driving the kids on school bus 3077

Davidson, Craig, 1976-,

Date Published:2016

The Dead : Book Two in the Enemy Series

Higson, Charlie

Date Published:2013

The girl with all the gifts

Carey, Mike, 1959-,

Includes an interview with the author and reading group guide (pages 409-435). Not every gift is a blessing. Every morning, Melanie waits in her cell to be collected for class. When they come for her, Sergeant Parks keeps his gun pointing at her while two of his people strap her into the wheelchair. She thinks they don't like her. She jokes that she won't bite. But they don't laugh. Melanie is a very special girl. Emotionally charged and gripping from beginning to end, The girl with all the gifts is the most powerful and affecting thriller you will read this year.

Date Published:2015