Added by: naokokt | Karma: 186.54 | Fiction literature | 11 January 2011
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The vagrants - a novel
Li's magnificent and jaw-droppingly grim novel centers on the 1979 execution of a Chinese counterrevolutionary in the provincial town of Muddy River and spirals outward into a scathing indictment of Communist China.
Listen to the sound of English as it was meant to be heard. This collection of timeless British and American poems is an experience to be treasured.
The readings, by brilliant classic actors Alexander Scourby, Nancy Wickwire, and Bramwell Fletcher, are presented in the order they appear in The Norton Anthology of Poetry, Third Edition, and are selected for their ability to delight. The poetry is also among the most anthologized verse in the English language. It is simply a collection of the best
Jess loves audiobooks, sewing skirts, and the first day of school. She even gets along with her family, including Barrett, her rock-god older brother. She is, in short, a nerd, and feels immediate dread when she starts to grow apart from her two best friends, Bizza and Char, who underwent a punk makeover to fit in with Barrett’s band.
Added by: JustGoodNews | Karma: 4306.24 | Fiction literature | 10 January 2011
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The Illuminati Papers by Robert Anton Wilson
Is history a vast conspiracy? A cosmic joke? Discover the truth - maybe - in the long-awaited new edition of Robert Anton Wilson's classic cult bestseller The Illuminati Papers. Created as a vehicle to amuse and enlighten, the story of the Illuminati has attracted devoted readers world-wide, who have found in it a perfect metaphor for our times. This edition has a new introduction, cover and layout.
'You have plenty of time to clear your TBR piles to make room for this book as it won't be published until October, but make room you should as Michelle Paver's Dark Matter is a ghost story of terrific menace written with consummate skill' CORNFLOWER BOOKS ' I was hooked right away and finished it in just a few days. Dark Matter is the kind of horror story that can chill just about anyone' LITERARY STEW 'Dark Matter is one of the spookiest stories I've read in recent years.
