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by Chinua Achebe
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In a post-colonial African nation, a young teacher's campaign against his corrupt former mentor ignites a personal and political conflict, pushing their country toward revolution.
by George Bernard Shaw
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Don Juan and Ann Whitefield battle for the future of humanity, debating societal roles and evolution through witty conversation and the eternal conflict between the sexes.
by H.G. Wells
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A 19th-century insomniac wakes up two centuries later to a future where he is worshipped as the world's master, only to find his adoring public holds deadly secrets and hidden enemies.
by Rabindranath Tagore
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In colonial Bengal, a captivating young widow's arrival starts a storm of forbidden desires, jealousy, and social upheaval within a seemingly harmonious household, challenging tradition and loyalty.
by Samuel Beckett
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On his deathbed, the octogenarian Malone rambles through contradictory, often enraged, and darkly witty tales of his decaying existence, finding fleeting solace in the distant, wild barks of dogs.
by Norman Mailer
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In the heart of Zaïre, Norman Mailer writes about the 1974 'Rumble in the Jungle,' examining the fight between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman, the clash of their personalities, the meaning of a continent, and the nature of human struggle.
by Annie Barrows
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Transported to 1935 by an old farmhouse, Miri, a lonely middle child, discovers a chance to create her own family by helping a girl from the past find hers.
by William J. Lederer
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In the jungles of Southeast Asia, well-meaning but culturally blind American diplomats and soldiers stumble through a web of arrogance and incompetence, inadvertently fueling the rise of communism they sought to extinguish.
by Todd Strasser
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When a blog post wishing popular students dead comes true, Madison must find the anonymous writer before her name appears on the list.
by Deborah Ellis
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Determined to escape a Pakistani refugee camp, fourteen-year-old Shauzia navigates Peshawar's streets, finding brief safety and hope before returning to her past.
by Caroline Carlson
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Armed with a pointy sword and a gargoyle sidekick, a defiant young lady trades finishing school for high-seas adventure, determined to prove that a girl can be the most swashbuckling pirate of them all, even if the Very Nearly Honorable League disagrees.
by Katherine Rundell
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Stranded deep within the Amazon after a plane crash, four British children must brave jaguars, piranhas, and their own fears to navigate the unforgiving jungle and find a path back to civilization.
by Cao Xueqin
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The passionate and tragic love between Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu unfolds against the backdrop of an aristocratic family's decline in 18th-century imperial China.
by Nicole James
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A hardened biker, haunted by a past love, finds his world shattered when she reappears on a rival's bike, forcing him to choose between his club, his ambition, and a dangerous, undeniable love he thought he'd buried.
by Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Emerson's "Nature" invites readers to a spiritual awakening through an American communion with the natural world, showing the divine in every tree and star.
by Gregory Scott Katsoulis
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In a world where every word costs money, a young woman's vow of silence after a friend's suicide sparks a revolution against a system of linguistic debt.
by Timothy Conigrave
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In 1970s Australia, a flamboyant drama student and the stoic football team captain begin a tumultuous, decades-long love affair that defies societal norms and grapples with life's ultimate challenges.
by Tom Stoppard
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A playwright, struggling with the difference between theater and his failing marriage, learns that love, like a good script, can be both an act and a harsh truth.
by Enid Blyton
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The Secret Seven are on the case when a local house is burgled and a beloved spaniel goes missing, leading them to unravel a web of clues and suspicious characters.
by Saul Bellow
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Trapped in an unforeseen year of civilian limbo while war rages, Joseph grapples with the suffocating weight of unwanted freedom and the unraveling of his identity on the restless streets of 1940s Chicago.
by Fiona Wood
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After his family falls apart, fourteen-year-old Dan navigates new schools, a struggling family, and a crush on the girl next door, all while dealing with the 'six impossible things' that shape his life.
by Chigozie Obioma
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Narrated by his ancestral spirit, a Nigerian poultry farmer's quest for love and social equality transforms into a harrowing odyssey of betrayal and displacement after he sacrifices everything for a deceitful promise of education abroad.
by Grace Lin
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A young girl named Pinmei must go on a dangerous journey through a land of mythical creatures and old legends to find the Luminous Stone and save her storyteller grandmother from the Emperor.
by A.C. Bextor
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After a devastating breakup, Sadey rebuilds her life, but the return of an old flame ignites past betrayals and new confusion, forcing her to decide if healing means forgiveness or letting go.