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Sense and sensibility by Jane Austen (Penguin classics)

When Mr. Dashwood dies, he must leave the bulk of his estate to the son by his first marriage, which …

The Oxford Brotherhood by Guillermo Martínez, Richard Powers

Kepler's somnium by Johannes Kepler

One of the most important books in the history of science, Kepler's long-overlooked Somnium made a significant contribution to the …

The Immortal life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor black tobacco farmer whose cells—taken …

The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin

“The Lathe of Heaven” ; 1971 ( Ursula Le Guin received the 1973 Locus Award for this story) George Orr …

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Jay Rubin, Haruki Murakami

Japan’s most highly regarded novelist now vaults into the first ranks of international fiction writers with this heroically imaginative novel, …

A Swim in a Pond in the Rain by George Saunders

For the last twenty years, George Saunders has been teaching a class on the Russian short story to his MFA …

The Rumi Prescription: How an Ancient Mystic Poet Changed My Modern Manic Life by Melody Moezzi

The Gold Bug Variations by Richard L. Powers

The Gold Bug Variations is a novel by American writer Richard Powers, first released in 1991.

Borges and Me by Jay Parini

Child of God by Cormac McCarthy

For the film based on the novel, see Child of God (film)Child of God (1973) is the third novel by …

All the stories of Muriel Spark. by Muriel Spark

Bears in the Night (Bright & Early Books(R)) by Stan Berenstain, Jan Berenstain

Marcovaldo, or, The seasons in the city by Italo Calvino

Second foundation by Isaac Asimov (Foundation, #3)

After years of struggle, the Foundation lay in ruins -- destroyed by the mutant mind power of the Mule. But …