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The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way
By Bill Bryson
With dazzling wit and astonishing insight, Bill Bryson—the acclaimed author of The Lost Continent—brilliantly explores the remarkable history,...
The Remains of the Day
By Kazuo Ishiguro
An alternate cover for this ISBN can be found here.The Remains of the Day is a profoundly compelling portrait of the perfect English butler and of...
Villette
By Charlotte Brontë, A.S. Byatt (Introduction), Μαρία Λαϊνά (Translator), Ignes Sodre (Introduction)
With her final novel, Villette, Charlotte Brontë reached the height of her artistic power. First published in 1853, Villette is Brontë's most...
Wuthering Heights
By Emily Brontë, Baruch Hochman (Notes by)
"My greatest thought in living is Heathcliff. If all else perished, and he remained, I should still continue to be... Nelly, I am Heathcliff! He's...
Naked Lunch
By William S. Burroughs, James Grauerholz (Editor), Barry Miles (Editor)
The book is structured as a series of loosely connected vignettes. Burroughs stated that the chapters are intended to be read in any order. The...
Choke
By Chuck Palahniuk
Victor Mancini, a medical-school dropout, is an antihero for our deranged times. Needing to pay elder care for his mother, Victor has devised an...
The Wee Free Men
By Terry Pratchett
"Another world is colliding with this one," said the toad. "All the monsters are coming back.""Why?" said Tiffany."There's no one to stop them."There...
A Wizard of Earthsea
By Ursula K. Le Guin
Ged, the greatest sorcerer in all Earthsea, was called Sparrowhawk in his reckless youth. Hungry for power and knowledge, Sparrowhawk tampered with...
Just So Stories
By Rudyard Kipling
Librarian's Note: Alternate cover edition can be found here.Twelve stories about animals, insects, and other subjects include How the Camel Got His...
Atonement
By Ian McEwan
Ian McEwan’s symphonic novel of love and war, childhood and class, guilt and forgiveness provides all the satisfaction of a brilliant narrative and...