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David Copperfield is the novel Dickens regarded as his 'favourite child' and is considered his most autobiographical. As David recounts his experience from childhood to the discovery of his vocation as a successful novelist, Dickens draws openly and revealingly on his own life. Among the gloriously vivid cast of characters are David's tyrannical stepfather, Mr Murdstone; his brilliant, but ultimately unworthy, school-friend Steerforth; his formidable...
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Chesapeake Bay saga volume 4
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English
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Seth Quinn is finally home. Its been a long journey. After a harrowing boyhood with his drug-addicted mother, he'd been taken in by the Quinn family, growing up with three older brothers who'd watched over him with love. Now a grown man he returns home from Europe as a successful painter. There have been manycchanges since he'd been gone--and the most intriguing change of all is the presence of Dru Whitcomb Banks. In Seth she sees a challenge she...
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Mad Morelands volume 7
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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The long-awaited prequel to the Mad Morelands series-the story of Thisbe, the oldest Moreland daughter.
14) The namesake
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2019.
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English
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"With a new afterword"--Cover.
Meet the Ganguli family, new arrivals from Calcutta, trying their best to become Americans even as they pine for home. The name they bestow on their firstborn, Gogol, betrays all the conflicts of honoring tradition in a new world--conflicts that will haunt Gogol on his own winding path through divided loyalties, comic detours, and wrenching love affairs.
17) Trial
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Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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When Malcolm Hill, a black eighteen-year-old voting rights worker, is arrested for murder, white congressman Chase Brevard of Massachusetts finds his life transformed in a single moment by the appearance of Malcolm's photo on the news, enveloping him, Malcolm, and Malcolm's mother in a media firestorm that threatens their lives.
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Tokuma bunko volume 2
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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"It's been a year since Yuki Hirano left home--or more precisely, was booted from it--to study forestry in the remote mountain village of Kamusari. He's adapting to his job and learning constantly. In between, he records local legends--tales pulsing with life, passion, and wondrous gods. Kamusari has other charms as well. One of them is Nao. Finally finding his place among the villagers, a feeling deepened by his crush, Yuki seems headed for a dream...
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