Ann Patchett
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One summer's day, ten-year-old India Opal Buloni goes down to the local supermarket for some groceries - and comes home with a dog. But Winn-Dixie is no ordinary dog. It's because of Winn-Dixie that Opal begins to make friends. And it's because of Winn-Dixie that she finally dares to ask her father about her mother, who left when Opal was three. In fact, as Opal admits, just about everything that happens that summer is because of Winn-Dixie.
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Orwell's 1945 fable about the power struggles among animals on a farm parallels the situation in Russia at the time as Orwell saw it; the characters include the ruthless pig Stalin, his idealistic Trotsky-like adversary, and the simple, kindly horse who represents the common man. All animals are equals but some animals are more equal than others. George Orwell's classic satire of the Russian Revolution is the account of the bold struggle, initiated...
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National Hispanic Heritage Month (SCPL)
Notable Novels: 1980s
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Notable Novels: 1980s
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Street-smart and lyrical, impassioned and reflective, this novel is a rich and provocative book--a moving portrait of a man, his family, a community, and a time.
24) Bel Canto
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Famous opera singer Roxanne Coss becomes trapped in a hostage situation when she's invited to perform at a lavish party for a wealthy industrialist in South America. As a lengthy standoff ensues between a guerrilla rebel group and the authorities, hostages and captors form unexpected bonds as they overcome their differences to find their shared humanity.
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This omnibus volume by one of the South's greatest writers includes stories published prior to 1980. Stories are as good in themselves and as influential on the aspirations of others as any since Hemingway's. The breadth of Welty's offering is finally most visible not in the variety of types--farce, satire, horror, lyric, pastoral, mystery--but in the clarity and solidity and absolute honesty of a lifetime's vision.
26) Two
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A collection of captivating and thought-provoking photographs by award-winning photographer Melissa Ann Pinney that contemplate the essence of duality in our relationships and in the world that surrounds us. Pinney, whose work is in the permanent collections of dozens of American museums, including the Metropolitan, MoMA, The Art Institute of Chicago, and the Getty, aims her lens at pairs--mostly, but not always human--that display or imply elusive...
27) Stan zdumienia
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"Obawa i strach nie muszą być ukryte pod kartami thrillera pełnego zbrodni - jest milion sposobów na zbudowanie napięcia, a autorka książki 'Stan zdumienia' znalazła jeden z nich, wciągając czytelnika od pierwszych do ostatnich stron. Wszystko zaczyna się od wyjazdu, który trwa za długo, i listu, który zmienia wszystko. Co kryje zagadka brazylijskiej dżungli? Co spotkało w niej doktora Eckmana? Anders Eckman został wysłany do dżungli,...
28) Dom Holendrów
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Nad Domem Holendrów zapada zmierzch. Jego ogromne okna kolejno rozjaśniają się ciepłym światłem. Danny i Maeve Conroyowie zaparkowali wysłużonego oldsmobile'a po drugiej stronie ulicy, by obserwować rozgrywający się spektakl cieni. To dom, w którym dorastali. Spełnienie marzeń i ambicji ich ojca, a jednocześnie miejsce znienawidzone przez ich matkę. Dom, który stracili razem z rodzinnym majątkiem i którego dziedzictwo rzuciło...
31) Dziedzictwo
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Bert zjawia się nieproszony na chrzcinach córki swojego kolegi, Fixa. Zanim przyjęcie dobiegnie końca, Bert pocałuje żonę Fixa, Beverly, doprowadzając do rozbicia dwóch rodzin i powstania nowej. Dziedzictwo ukazuje losy czworga rodziców i sześciorga ich dzieci na przestrzeni pięćdziesięciu lat. To opowieść o przypadkowym spotkaniu, które odbija się echem przez kolejne dziesięciolecia. O rodzinnej tragedii i o lojalności względem...
32) Comunidad
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"Un domingo por la tarde, en el sur de California, Bert Cousins aparece sin invitación previa en la fiesta del bautizo de Franny Keating. Antes de terminar el día, ha besado ya a la madre de Franny, Beverly, y ha puesto en marcha la disolución de dos matrimonios y la unión de dos familias. Comunidad explora los ecos que este encuentro fortuito despierta a lo largo de cinco décadas en la vida de los cuatro progenitores y los seis hijos involucrados....
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Book club discussion kit featuring the title, Tom Lake: "Recalling the past at her daughters' request, Lara tells the story of a famous actor with whom she shared both a stage and a romance, which causes her daughters to examine their own lives and reconsider the world and everything they thought they knew.
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To mark its 100-year anniversary, the American Civil Liberties Union partners with award-winning authors Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman to bring together many of our greatest living writers, each contributing an original piece inspired by a historic ACLU case. On January 19, 1920, a small group of idealists and visionaries, including Helen Keller, Jane Addams, Roger Baldwin, and Crystal Eastman, founded the American Civil Liberties Union. A century...
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A compendium of delightful essays, poems, photos, quotations, and illustrations for book lovers.
For anyone who'd rather be reading than doing just about anything else, this ebook is the ultimate must-have. In this visual ode to all things bookish, readers will get lost in page after page of beautiful contemporary art, photography, and illustrations depicting the pleasures of books. Artwork from the likes of Jane Mount, Lisa Congdon, Julia...
For anyone who'd rather be reading than doing just about anything else, this ebook is the ultimate must-have. In this visual ode to all things bookish, readers will get lost in page after page of beautiful contemporary art, photography, and illustrations depicting the pleasures of books. Artwork from the likes of Jane Mount, Lisa Congdon, Julia...
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Dana Delany (China Beach) stars as Rose, a desperate expectant woman who leaves her husband and takes refuge in a shelter for unwed pregnant women. She begins a new life, raising her daughter and marrying the shelter's handyman (Clancy Brown, The Shawshank Redemption). But when her first husband tracks her down, she is faced with the agonizing decision whether to flee her past once again.
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A gorgeous visual celebration of America's public libraries including 150 photos, plus essays by Bill Moyers, Ann Patchett, Anne Lamott, Amy Tan, Barbara Kingsolver, and many more.Many of us have vivid recollections of childhood visits to a public library: the unmistakable musty scent, the excitement of checking out a stack of newly discovered books. Today, the more than 17,000 libraries in America also function as de facto community centers offering...