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"Call me Ishmael." Thus starts the greatest American novel....

A lively, sexy, and thought-provoking East-meets-West story about community, friendship, and women's lives at all ages....

This study guide will help supplement your reading to be sure you get all you can from Hosseini's The Kite Runner....

A man returns to the town where a baffling murder took place 27 years earlier, determined to get to the bottom of the story....

A man lunges in front of a car. An elderly woman silently drowns herself. A corpse sits up in its coffin and speaks. On this reservation, not all is what it seems, in this new spine-chilling mythological horror from the author of Sisters of the Lost Nation....

The Pulitzer Prize-winning modern classic of two Cuban musician brothers during the mambo-filled nights of 50's New York from literary trailblazer, Oscar Hijuelos....

A haunting meditation on love, loss, companionship, and finding one’s way through the dark, Raymond Carver’s What We Talk About When We Talk About Love is one of the most important and influential short story collections in contemporary literature....

A moving and deeply engaging debut novel about a young Native American man finding strength in his familial identity, Calling for a Blanket Dance takes us into the life of Ever Geimausaddle....

The unsolved murder of a farm family haunts the small, white, off-reservation town of Pluto, North Dakota....

This study guide will help supplement your reading to be sure you get all you can from Zusak's The Book Thief....

Originally broadcast on BBC Radio 4, Jeremy Irons' perceptive reading illuminates the poetry of T. S. Eliot in all its complexity....

Mary Oliver has published fifteen volumes of poetry and five books of prose in the span of four decades, but she rarely performs her poetry in live readings....

Inward is a collection of poetry, quotes, and prose that explores the movement from self-love to unconditional love, the power of letting go, and the wisdom that comes when we truly try to know ourselves. It is a reminder that healing, transformation, and freedom are possible....

"Desconcertante, lista a inquietar a la crítica, está ya en los escaparates la primera novela de Juan Rulfo, Pedro Páramo, que transcurre...

Fitzgerald's tale of Benjamin Button, a man who starts aging backwards with bizarre consequences. This story was the basis for the Oscar-winning Brad Pitt film of the same name....

This CliffsNotes study guide on J. D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye supplements the original literary work....

On the eve of his 90th birthday, a bachelor decides to give himself a wild night of love with a virgin. As is his habit - he has purchased hundreds of women - he asks a madam for her assistance....

Thoreau built his cabin near Walden Pond in 1845 on land owned by Ralph Waldo Emerson...

One of William Faulkner’s finest novels, As I Lay Dying, originally published in 1930, remains a captivating and stylistically innovative work. The story revolves around a grim yet darkly humorous pilgrimage, as Addie Bundren’s family sets out to fulfill her last wish....

Hunting Jack Reacher is a dangerous business, as FBI Special Agents Kim Otto and Carlos Gaspar are about to find out....

Over the course of a steamy and tense afternoon, twelve jurors deliberate the fate of a 19-year-old boy alleged to have murdered his own father....

The CliffsNotes study guide on Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea supplements the original literary work....

An archeological team is excavating on the banks of the Betwa River near Jahnsi. A place where, legend has it, a couple forbidden to marry had run away to be together — forever cursing anyone who dares set foot on the island....

In this epic and haunting love story set on the Oregon Trail, a family and their unlikely protector find their way through peril, uncertainty, and loss....

The Witch is dead. And the discovery of her corpse - by a group of children playing near the irrigation canals - propels the whole village into an investigation of how and why this murder occurred. Rumors and suspicions spread....

Sembra un mattino qualsiasi: spegni la sveglia, ti versi il caffè e ti prepari per affrontare la giornata. Ma, quando apri la porta d’ingresso, trovi una scatoletta di legno sul pianerottolo. Non sai chi l’abbia mandata. Non sai che cosa contenga. Apri. Dentro c’è soltanto un pezzo di filo. In tutto il mondo, ogni persona che abbia compiuto ventidue anni riceve la stessa scatola misteriosa. E, nel giro di un istante, tutto cambia per sempre: quel filo rappresenta il tuo destino. La sua misura, diversa per ciascuno, indica con precisione quanto tempo ti resta da vivere.

On the surface, Alice is exactly where she should be in life: she's just given birth to a beautiful baby girl; her ever-charming husband - an academic whose area of study is conveniently her own Mohawk culture - is nothing but supportive; and they've moved into a home in a wealthy neighborhood. But strange things have started happening. Alice finds herself hearing voices she can't explain and speaking with things that should not be talking back to her, all while her neighbours' passive aggression begins to morph into something far more threatening...

All Noemi Broussard wanted was a fresh start. With a new boyfriend who actually treats her right and a plan to move from the reservation she grew up on—just like her beloved Uncle Louie before her—things are finally looking up for Noemi. Until the news of her boyfriend’s apparent suicide brings her world crumbling down. But the facts about Roddy’s death just don’t add up, and Noemi isn’t the only one who suspects that something menacing might be lurking within their tribal lands.

Artist Annie Shaw seems to have it all: a dream career, a devoted husband, and a whip-smart teenage daughter. But when her mother, a Vietnam War refugee, dies suddenly one night, Annie’s carefully curated life starts to unravel. She’s spent her adulthood trying to escape her difficult upbringing—and has tried her best to give her own daughter a completely different, idyllic childhood. But in the wake of her mother’s death, Annie’s obsessive-compulsive disorder comes roaring back, and this time, the disturbing fixations swirling around in Annie’s brain might actually be coming true.

James is an enthralling novel that leaves an indelible mark, forcing us to see Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in a wholly new and transformative light. From the shadows of Huck Finn’s mischievous spirit, Jim emerges to reclaim his voice, defying the conventions that have consigned him to the margins.

Jack Wilder and Howard Moon Deer are back with a baffling new case. A lonely woman, recently arrived in New Mexico, has vanished mysteriously from her house on a snowy winter day, leaving her front door open and her emotional support dog, Gurdjieff, dead on the dining table.

The vibrant stories in I’ll Give You a Reason explore race, identity, connection, and belonging in the Ironbound, an immigrant neighborhood in Newark, New Jersey. A young widow goes on her first date since her husband’s death and finds herself hunting a bear in the woods with a near stranger. An unhappy wife compares her mother’s love spells and rituals to her own efforts to repair her strained marriage. A self-conscious college student discovers a porn star who shares her name and becomes obsessed with her doppelgänger’s freedom and comfort with her own body.

Hector Santinio is the younger son of Alejo and Mercedes, who moved to New York from Cuba in the mid-1940s. The family of four shares their modest apartment with extended relatives in Harlem, where homesickness and nostalgia are dispelled by nights of dancing and raucous parties. But life’s realities are nevertheless harsh in the Santinio family’s adoptive land.

Johnny est un jeune ouvrier dans une usine de textile. Il a commencé à travailler à seulement sept ans et ne s'est jamais arrêté. Sa mère et lui rapportent juste assez d'argent pour nourrir sa petite famille. Johnny est l'ouvrier modèle. Le directeur de l'usine vante ses mérites, il travaille vite et bien, comme une machine. Mais ces années à l'usine ont rendu Johnny nerveux, irritable et léthargique. Pourtant, un évènement va chambouler sa vie et celle de son entourage. Avec le soutien du CNL.

L'atoll de Hikueru à Tahiti voit passer plusieurs bateaux de pêcheurs et de marchands, notamment celui de Raoul, jeune homme riche. Il est très intéressé par la perle incroyable qu'a trouvé Mapuhi, pauvre pêcheur, dans une huître au fond du lagon d'Hikueru. Mais Mapuhi demande une maison en échange de sa perle, et Raoul ne peut pas lui offrir. Après réflexion, Raoul revient, mais la perle a déjà été vendue et il se retrouve coincé sur l'île tandis qu'un puissant cyclone s'abat sur Hikueru et menace les insulaires. Avec le soutien du CNL.

Au large de l'île Pitcairn, un navire hisse son signal de détresse. Le Pyrenees brûle de l'intérieur et les marins appellent à l'aide. McCoy, le gouverneur de Pitcairn tente de trouver une solution pour venir en aide au bateau et à son équipage. Le Pyrenees ne peut accoster les rives inhospitalières de l'île rocailleuse, mais McCoy, qui connaît l'archipel de Tuamoto comme sa poche, accepte de guider le navire à travers les eaux périlleuses du Pacifique. Entre errances interminables, mutineries et fumées toxiques, le bateau cherche son chemin dans cette aventure maritime haletante.

Au coeur du canyon se cache une vallée luxuriante où la nature et les animaux vivent en paix. Un homme découvre ce trésor naturel et trouve dans un ruisseau quelques paillettes d'or. Ce filon pourrait bien s'avérer être un véritable gisement d'or qui lui apporterait la fortune. Alors qu'il découvre de véritables pépites d'or, l'homme sent une présence menaçante derrière lui. Il n'est pas le seul à convoiter ce trésor. Avec le soutien du CNL.

Barbe-Longue raconte les histoires des temps anciens à ses 3 petits-fils : Court-comme-un-Cerf, Tête-Jaune et Peur-du-Noir. Il explique comment, après une attaque des Mangeurs-de-Viande, les Mangeurs-de-Poisson ont compris que l'union fait la force et ont créé leur tribu. Le récit de Barbe-Longue détaille la création d'une communauté, entre innovations et dérives : l'établissement des lois, l'élection d'un chef, le début de l'agriculture, la notion de propriété privée, la religion, la corruption, la tyrannie, l'argent et les inégalités. Avec le soutien du CNL.

Deux hommes traversent les déserts de glace de l'Alaska au Nord du Canada. Quand l'un d'eux se foule la cheville, le deuxième l'abandonne à son sort et continue sa route. Le récit suit les mésaventures de l'homme blessé, bientôt suivi d'un loup tout aussi affamé, dans son périple jusqu'à l'Océan Arctique. La faim, les hallucinations et les bêtes sauvages ne parviennent pas à arrêter la détermination de cet homme à survivre. Qui, du loup ou de l'homme, aura l'instinct le plus fort ? Avec le soutien du CNL.

Dans le Grand Nord, la cabane de Malemute Kid héberge de nombreux voyageurs, des soldats et des meneurs de chiens. Parmi eux se trouve un mystérieux étranger surnommé Ulysse. Plus tard, il raconte l'Odyssée de sa vie, depuis le jour de son mariage où un homme lui vola sa femme contre quelques richesses. Animé par la vengeance et par l'amour, cet Ulysse traversera les mers et les terres pour retrouver sa femme et tuer l'homme qui se l'était appropriée. Avec le soutien du CNL.