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Demons by Fyodor Dostoevsky
30 ratingsSet in mid 19th-century Russia, Demons examines the effect of a charismatic but unscrupulous self-styled revolutionary leader on a group of credulous followers...Categorized as:
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![The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky]()
The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky
40 ratingsReturning to Russia from a sanitarium in Switzerland, the Christ-like epileptic Prince Myshkin finds himself enmeshed in a tangle of love, torn between two women—the notorious kept woman Nastasya and the pure Aglaia—both involved, in turn, with the corrupt, money-hungry Ganya. In the end, Myshkin’s honesty, goodness, and integrity are shown to be unequal to the moral emptiness of those around him...Categorized as:
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![Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky]()
Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky
41 ratingsDostoevsky’s most revolutionary novel, Notes from Underground marks the dividing line between nineteenth- and twentieth-century fiction, and between the visions of self each century embodied. One of the most remarkable characters in literature, the unnamed narrator is a former official who has defiantly withdrawn into an underground existence...Categorized as:
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![Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, and Selections from The House of the Dead by Fyodor Dostoevsky, Ben Marcus]()
Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, and Selections from The House of the Dead by Fyodor Dostoevsky, Ben Marcus
36 ratingsA collection of powerful stories by one of the masters of Russian literature, illustrating the author's thoughts on political philosophy, religion and above all, humanity: Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, and Selections from The House of the Dead (150th Anniversary Edition)The compelling works presented in this volume were written at distinct periods in...Categorized as:
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![Absolute Truths by Susan Howatch]()
Absolute Truths by Susan Howatch
12 ratingsIt is 1965, and Charles Ashworth has attained the plum position of bishop of Starbridge, an honor that keeps him in a heady whirl of activity that would exhaust the most seasoned corporate executive. With the invaluable support of his minions and his attractive, unsinkable wife, Ashworth stands against the amorality and decadence of the age—"Anti-Sex Ashworth...Categorized as:
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![A History of Loneliness by John Boyne]()
A History of Loneliness by John Boyne
24 ratingsPropelled into the priesthood by a family tragedy, Odran Yates is full of hope and ambition. When he arrives at Clonliffe Seminary in the 1970s, it is a time in Ireland when priests are highly respected, and Odran believes that he is pledging his life to "the good."Forty years later, Odran's devotion is caught in revelations that shatter the Irish people's faith in the Catholic Church... -
![Resurrection by Leo Tolstoy]()
Resurrection by Leo Tolstoy
26 ratingsServing on a jury at the trial of a prostitute arrested for murder, Prince Nekhlyudov is horrified to discover that the accused is a woman he had once loved, seduced and then abandoned when she was a young servant girl. Racked with guilt at realizing he was the cause of her ruin, he determines to appeal for her release or give up his own way of life and follow her...Categorized as:
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![Mystical Paths by Susan Howatch]()
Mystical Paths by Susan Howatch
12 ratingsWhen Nicholas Darrow follows his father into the Anglican priesthood in 1968 at the age of twenty-five, he is fleeing a troubled past. But when his fascination with his own psychic powers results in a near-tragedy, Nicholas must face the truth about his relationship with his father before he can find his way out of the seemingly impenetrable darkness that engulfs him... -
![Glamorous Powers by Susan Howatch]()
Glamorous Powers by Susan Howatch
14 ratingsJon Darrow, a man with psychic powers, is a man who has played many parts: a shady faith-healer; a naval chaplain, a passionate husband, an awkward father, an Anglo-Catholic monk. In 1940 Darrow returns to the world he once renounced, but faced with many unforeseen temptations he fails to control his psychic, most glamorous powers... -
![Ultimate Prizes by Susan Howatch]()
Ultimate Prizes by Susan Howatch
12 ratingsThe third in Susan Howatch's Church of England novels, ULTIMATE PRIZES begins in 1942 with the world at war, as narrator and archdeacon Nevill Aysgarth finds himself falling into a hopeless obsession over Dido Tallent, beautiful celebrity, and finds himself pursuing her through a swamp of guilt and the destruction of his valued moral compass....From the Paperback edition... -
![Scandalous Risks by Susan Howatch]()
Scandalous Risks by Susan Howatch
12 ratingsIn 1963, when traditional values are coming under attack, a young woman in her twenties, Venetia Flaxton, becomes disastrously involved with her best friend's father, the powerful, dynamic but ultimately mysterious Dean of Starbridge Cathedral. Yet, as a married man and a senior Churchman, Aysgarth has nothing to offer her but an admiration which spirals out of control into an obsessive love... -
![Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose]()
Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose
26 ratingsA landmark American drama that inspired a classic film and a Broadway revival—featuring an introduction by David MametA blistering character study and an examination of the American melting pot and the judicial system that keeps it in check, Twelve Angry Men holds at its core a deeply patriotic faith in the U.S. legal system...Categorized as:
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Native Son by Richard Wright
41 ratingsWright's powerful and bestselling masterpiece reflects the poverty and hopelessness of life in inner-city America--and what it is to be black in America. "This new edition give us a Native Son in which the key line in the key scene is restored to the great good fortune of American letters".--Los Angeles Times...Categorized as:
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![Looking for Cassandra Jane by Melody Carlson]()
Looking for Cassandra Jane by Melody Carlson
6 ratingsCassanda Maxwell has had a life filled with pain. Her mother died too young, her father is an abusive alcoholic, and she’s a misfit everywhere she goes. After being shuttled between various foster homes, Cass struggles to find her identity and finds herself caught up with Scott Jones (aka “Sky”) and his group of friends who start a Jesus commune in California...Categorized as:
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![Quicksand and Passing by Nella Larsen]()
Quicksand and Passing by Nella Larsen
18 ratings"Quicksand and Passing are novels I will never forget. They open up a whole world of experience and struggle that seemed to me, when I first read them years ago, absolutely absorbing, fascinating, and indispensable."--Alice Walker"Discovering Nella Larsen is like finding lost money with no name on it. One can enjoy it with delight and share it without guilt...Categorized as:
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![Acts of Faith by Philip Caputo]()
Acts of Faith by Philip Caputo
14 ratingsPhilip Caputo’s tragic and epically ambitious new novel is set in Sudan, where war is a permanent condition. Into this desolate theater come aid workers, missionaries, and mercenaries of conscience whose courage and idealism sometimes coexist with treacherous moral blindness... -
![Night of the Golden Butterfly: A Novel by Tariq Ali]()
Night of the Golden Butterfly: A Novel by Tariq Ali
6 ratingsThe final volume in Tariq Ali’s acclaimed cycle of historical novels. Night of the Golden Butterfly concludes the Islam Quintet—Tariq Ali’s much lauded series of historical novels, translated into more than a dozen languages, that has been twenty years in the writing... -
![Amongst Women by John McGahern]()
Amongst Women by John McGahern
16 ratingsMoran is an old Republican whose life was forever transformed by his days of glory as a guerilla leader in the War of Independence. Now, in old age, living out in the country, Moran is still fighting - with his family, his friends, even himself - in a poignant struggle to come to terms with the past...Categorized as:
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![The Atheist by Achdiat K. Mihardja]()
The Atheist by Achdiat K. Mihardja
14 ratingsAtheis (The Atheist), first published in 1949, portrays the spiritual and intellectual crisis of Hasan, a young Muslim who was raised to be devout but comes to doubt his faith after becoming involved with a group of modern young people. Upon publication, the novel was praised by literary figures and the general public... -
![Zadig and Other Stories by Voltaire]()
Zadig and Other Stories by Voltaire
18 ratingsBest known as the author of the satirical novel Candide, Voltaire also wrote other highly regarded works of philosophical fiction. With the title tale of this original collection of short stories, the author addresses the social and political problems of his own day in an ancient Babylonian setting. First published in 1747, "Zadig" makes no attempt at historical accuracy...Categorized as:
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![One Glorious Ambition: The Compassionate Crusade of Dorothea Dix, a Novel by Jane Kirkpatrick]()
One Glorious Ambition: The Compassionate Crusade of Dorothea Dix, a Novel by Jane Kirkpatrick
8 ratingsOne dedicated woman...giving voice to the suffering of many Born to an unavailable mother and an abusive father, Dorothea Dix longs simply to protect and care for her younger brothers, Charles and Joseph. But at just fourteen, she is separated from them and sent to live with relatives to be raised properly...Categorized as:
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![The Wasted Vigil - A Format by Nadeem Aslam]()
The Wasted Vigil - A Format by Nadeem Aslam
14 ratingsThe author of Maps for Lost Lovers gives us a new novel—at once lyrical and blistering—about war in our time, told through the lives of five people who come together in post-9/11 Afghanistan.Marcus, an English doctor whose progressive, outspoken Afghani wife was murdered by the Taliban, opens his home—itself an eerily beautiful monument to his losses—to the others: Lara, from St... -
![Thérèse by François Mauriac]()
Thérèse by François Mauriac
19 ratingsFrom the moment she walks from court having been charged with attempting to poison her husband, to her banishment, escape to Paris, and final years of solitude and waiting, the life of Thérèse Desqueyroux is passionate and tortured. The victim of a hostile fate, Thérèse, as Mauriac said of her ‘belongs to that class of human beings … for whom night can end only when life itself ends... -
![McTeague by Frank Norris]()
McTeague by Frank Norris
18 ratingsInspired by an actual crime sensationalized in the San Francisco press at the turn of the century, this riveting tale of avarice, degeneration, and death chronicles the demise of an ignorant charlatan and his avaricious wife. A compelling, realistic view of human nature at its most basic level... -
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![Michelangelo's Notebook by Paul Christopher]()
Michelangelo's Notebook by Paul Christopher
14 ratingsAn innocent woman; a deadly conspiracy: a lightning-paced conspiracy thriller perfect for fans of Dan Brown Studying art history, brilliant Finn Ryan makes a startling discovery: a Michelangelo drawing of a dissected corpse – supposedly from the artist’s near-mythical notebook.But that night someone breaks into Finn’s apartment, murders her partner and steals her sketches... -
![Utopia by Thomas More, Paul Turner]()
Utopia by Thomas More, Paul Turner
35 ratingsUtopia (Libellus vere aureus, nec minus salutaris quam festivus, de optimo rei publicae statu deque nova insula Utopia) is a satirical work of fiction and political philosophy by Thomas More (1478–1535) published in 1516 in Latin...Categorized as:
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![The Lucky Mill by Ioan Slavici]()
The Lucky Mill by Ioan Slavici
24 ratingsThis volume was published in 1919.Excerpt from a Reviewer - 4 STARSReviewer: stbalbach - - January 12, 2011 Subject: The Lucky Mill Slavici wrote many novels and short stories, but his best known, outside of Romania, is The Lucky Mill (1881), adapted to film in 1957 as "The Mill of Good Luck". It appears to be the only major work of his that has been translated into English, in 1919... -
![Caste: The Lies That Divide Us by Isabel Wilkerson]()
Caste: The Lies That Divide Us by Isabel Wilkerson
40 ratingsIn this book, Isabel Wilkerson gives us a portrait of an unseen phenomenon in America as she explores, through an immersive, deeply researched narrative and stories about real people, how America today and throughout its history has been shaped by a hidden caste system, a rigid hierarchy of human rankings... -
![The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander]()
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
40 ratings"Jarvious Cotton's great-great-grandfather could not vote as a slave. His great-grandfather was beaten to death by the Klu Klux Klan for attempting to vote. His grandfather was prevented from voting by Klan intimidation; his father was barred by poll taxes and literacy tests... -
![The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together by Heather McGhee]()
The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together by Heather McGhee
24 ratingsA powerful new exploration about the self-destructive bargain of white supremacy and its rising cost to all of us--including white people--from one of today's most insightful and influential thinkers.Heather C. McGhee's specialty is the American economy--and the mystery of why it so often fails the American public...Categorized as:
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