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It Can't Happen Here is a semi-satirical American political novel published in 1935. It's Plot centers around newspaperman Doremus Jessup's …
Pecola Breedlove, a young black girl, prays every day for beauty. Mocked by other children for the dark skin, curly …
A fantasy novel, presented as a discovered a manuscript, set in the nineteenth century. Frankenstein-like tale. Whitbread Novel Award, 1992.
In May 2016, Fort McMurray, the hub of Canada’s oil industry and America’s biggest foreign supplier, was overrun by wildfire. …
"Permanent war, which has defined the United States since World War II, extinguishes liberal, democratic movements. It cheapens culture into nationalist cant. It degrades and corrupts education and the media and wrecks the economy."
"Permanent war, which has defined the United States since World War II, extinguishes liberal, democratic movements. It cheapens culture into nationalist cant. It degrades and corrupts education and the media and wrecks the economy."
Each night Pecola prayed for blue eyes.
In her eleven years, no one had …
As Toni lays out, "I focused, therefore, on how something as grotesque as the demonization of an entire race could take root inside the most delicate member of society: a child; the most vulnerable member: a female."
A truly devastating book in almost every regard.
As Toni lays out, "I focused, therefore, on how something as grotesque as the demonization of an entire race could take root inside the most delicate member of society: a child; the most vulnerable member: a female."
A truly devastating book in almost every regard.
A series of short stories connected by a moral, hardworking, compassionate family that moves into a rural California valley and, …
Certainly not as riveting as The Passenger. It's simply a dialectic journey between a traumatized woman and her psychologist in the mental ward. There is lots of interesting scientific philosophy; specifically regarding mathematics and mathematians.
Certainly not as riveting as The Passenger. It's simply a dialectic journey between a traumatized woman and her psychologist in the mental ward. There is lots of interesting scientific philosophy; specifically regarding mathematics and mathematians.
Edwin St. Andrew is eighteen years old when he crosses the Atlantic by steamship, exiled …
Nice short book. Nothing groundbreaking but adequately conveyed it's purpose.
Nice short book. Nothing groundbreaking but adequately conveyed it's purpose.
A man finds that one wolf inside him, then it’s Katie bar the doors.
Disclaimer: If you are struggling with depression, I would skip this one.
That being said, as a long time Hesse adorer, I found this particular book difficult to get into. I found myself, many times, wanting to put it down in favor of something else. But I continued by sheer will alone and found the ending to be among the best I have ever read. From the masked ball to the magic theater, what a fevered dream of imposing dialogue and candid internal dialogue.
Fantastic new edition to Cormac's catalogue.
Fantastic new edition to Cormac's catalogue.
“You are the next step in human evolution.”
At first, Logan Ramsay isn’t sure if anything’s different. He just …
The Glass Castle is a remarkable memoir of resilience and redemption, and a revelatory look …
Fantastic story of overcoming a difficult childhood with eccentric and neglectful parents.
In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a …
Heck yes!
A must read for anyone concerned about reclaiming our humanity.
