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The Clan of the Cave Bear: Earth's Children, Book One (Earth's Children Ser. #1)
Par Jean M Auel. 1980
After her people perish in an earthquake during the Ice Age, Cro-Magnon girl Ayla is adopted by a beetle-browed Neanderthal…
clan. Punished repeatedly for flouting taboos, teenaged Ayla eventually realizes she must leave the group and find her own kind. Some explicit descriptions of sex and some violence. 1980Everyman
Par Philip Roth. 2006
An aging advertising man confronts the loneliness of growing old, regrets his philandering and other faults, and ponders his failing…
sexual and physical self. He reviews his life chronologically and feels sorry for hurting those he loved, including his estranged sons and three ex-wives. Strong language. Bestseller. 2006The mask of Apollo: A Novel
Par Mary Renault. 1966
Greece, fourth century B.C. As actor Nikeratos rises to fame, he meets and is enchanted by Dion, a distinguished politician…
of Syracuse and pupil of Plato. When King Dionysios dies, Nikeratos watches as political turmoil erupts into violence and Dion vies for the throne. 1966The sun also rises: The Authorized Edition
Par Ernest Hemingway. 1954
A group of wealthy English and American expatriates in post-World War I Europe travel from the cafes of Paris to…
the bullfights of Spain--eating and drinking, aimlessly socializing, and quarreling among themselves. The disillusioned characters reflect the war-weary lost generation of the 1920s. Some strong language. 1926Bonjour tristesse
Par Françoise Sagan. 2001
Cécile begins her seventeenth summer happily in a villa on the Mediterranean, flirting with her handsome neighbor Cyril. The complications…
occur when her father, who already has his young mistress with them, invites Anne, a friend of his deceased wife, to visit. 1955American pastoral: American Trilogy (1) (Vintage International Ser.)
Par Philip Roth. 1998
After serving in World War II, "Swede" Levov weds Miss New Jersey, takes over the family business, and moves to…
the suburbs. His dream life unravels in the late 1960s, when daughter Meredith joins an antiwar terrorist group bent on undermining all that Swede values. Strong language. Pulitzer Prize. 1997Requiem for a nun (Vintage)
Par William Faulkner. 1951
Eight years after the events in Sanctuary (RC 49007, BR 12478), African American nursemaid Nancy is sentenced to death for…
the murder of Temple Drake's youngest child. In an attempt to gain a pardon for Nancy, Temple implicates herself in the crime. Strong language. 1950The valley of horses: a novel (Earth's Children Ser. #2)
Par Jean M Auel. 1982
Ice Age heroine Ayla leaves her adoptive family, from The Clan of the Cave Bear (BR 16674), and sets out…
alone. She reaches the Valley of Horses, where she rescues a young man and struggles with her growing attraction to him. Explicit descriptions of sex and some violence. 1982Citizen Vince: a novel
Par Jess Walter. 2005
Spokane, Washington; 1980. Vince Camden is working as a baker in the Witness Protection Program and debating whether to vote…
for Jimmy Carter or Ronald Reagan. When another gangster recognizes him, Vince heads to New York to make amends with the mob. Strong language and violenceTerrorist: A Novel
Par John Updike. 2006
Fatherless eighteen-year-old Ahmad--half Irish, half Egyptian--has been under the influence of imam Shaikh Rashid since he was eleven. Ahmad's Jewish…
guidance counselor in his inner-city New Jersey high school offers help, but Ahmad agrees to commit violence for his religious beliefs. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2006The mammoth hunters: Earth's Children, Book Three (Earth's Children Ser. #Bk. 3)
Par Jean M Auel. 1985
Ice Age Europe. Eighteen-year-old Ayla, ostracized by the "flathead" clan that reared her, allies with the mammoth-hunting Mamutoi. Attended by…
her lover, Jondalar, Ayla gradually wins acceptance through her powers as a healer. Sequel to The Valley of Horses (BR 16780). Explicit descriptions of sex. 1985The double bind: a novel
Par Chris Bohjalian. 2007
Twenty-six-year-old Laurel Estabrook has worked in a Burlington, Vermont, homeless shelter since surviving a brutal attack six years ago. When…
resident Bobbie Crocker dies, Laurel finds his photographs of musical jazz greats and investigates Bobbie's past. Some violence and some strong language. Bestseller. 2007Rabbit is rich (Rabbit Ser. #3)
Par John Updike. 1981
1979. Forty-six-year-old car dealer Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom lives in comfortable affluence with his wife and mother-in-law in Brewer, Pennsylvania. But…
his son's return and unresolved issues about sex and death threaten Rabbit's contentment. Sequel to Rabbit Redux (BR 10982). Strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. Pulitzer Prize. 1981Le bâton d'Euclide: le roman de la Bibliothèque d'Alexandrie
Par Jean-Pierre Luminet. 2002
En 642, les troupes du général Amrou investissent Alexandrie. Elles doivent brûler le million de livres que recèle la célèbre…
Bibliothèque. Car, à Médine, le calife Omar leur a donné l'ordre d'éliminer tout ce qui va à l'encontre de l'Islam. (...) Le général Amrou obéira-t-il à Omar? Les Arabes ont-ils vraiment brûlé la Bibliothèque? Ou bien n'a-t-elle été victime, au fil des siècles, que de la folie des hommes? En racontant le destin exceptionnel de ces grands esprits de l'Antiquité, Jean-Pierre Luminet alterne l'épopée, la nouvelle et le conte philosophique, dissimulant son érudition sous l'humour et la poésie. -- 4e de couvThe green lantern: a romance of Stalinist Russia
Par Jerome Charyn. 2004
Moscow, 1930s. Apprentice Ivan Azerbaijan is cast as Shakespeare's King Lear opposite his beloved, actress Valentina Michaelson, who plays Cordelia.…
He enters a web of paranoia, brutality, and shifting alliances when his performances draw Soviet leader Joseph Stalin's attention. Some descriptions of sex, some violence, and some strong language. 2004The razor's edge (Vintage International)
Par W. Somerset Maugham. 1972
Twenty-year-old WWI aviator Larry Darrell leaves Chicago and heads to Paris seeking truth and meaning. In Larry's prolonged absence, his…
fiancée, Isabel, marries wealthy broker Gray Maturin. Ruined by the depression years later, Isabel and her family relocate to Paris, where she and Larry reassess life and love. 1943The trembling of a leaf
Par W. Somerset Maugham. 2002
Stories and sketches about romance and tragedy in the South Seas. In "Rain" a contest of wills becomes a fight…
to the death during the monsoon season on Pago Pago. Mr. Davidson, a self-righteous missionary, confronts prostitute Sadie Thompson, demanding her repentance. Later adapted for stage and screen. 1921The time of the uprooted: a novel
Par Elie Wiesel. 2005
As a boy, Jewish Gamaliel Friedman survived World War II in the care of Hungarian cabaret singer Ilonka. Now settled…
in New York among fellow exiles, Gamaliel visits a hospital patient who could be Ilonka. The meetings trigger emotional memories of life, love, and loss. Some descriptions of sex. 2003Beasts of no nation: a novel
Par Uzodinma Iweala. 2005
Schoolboy Agu is forced to join guerrilla fighters when civil war erupts in his West African nation. In the company…
of other child soldiers, he becomes disassociated from his comfortable family home and abruptly accustomed to brutality and killing as he seeks to please his commandant. Violence. 2005The moon and sixpence (Dover thrift editions)
Par W. Somerset Maugham. 2006
Middle-aged London stockbroker Charles Strickland forsakes business and family to pursue a painter's life. Charles travels to Paris before eventually…
settling in Tahiti, where he takes a mistress and devotes himself to art despite poverty and a prolonged terminal illness. Inspired by the life of French impressionist Paul Gauguin. 1919