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The Book of Unholy Mischief: A Novel
Published: 2008-12-30
Hardcover: 384 pages
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Rich with the luxurious colours and textures of Venice, "The Book of Unholy Mischief" delights the senses and breathes fresh life into an age defined by intellectual revival and artistic vibrancy. A luminous and seductive novel, it is, at its heart, a high-spirited tribute to the fruits of knowledge...
The Book That Eats People
Published: 2009-08-11
Hardcover: 38 pages
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What do little Sam Ruskin, sweet Victoria Glassford, and Mr. Singh, the security guard, have in common? Each of them was utterly consumed by the book you see pictured above. Utterly--and literally. John Perry's darkly humorous text, paired with Mark Fearing's illustrations of this book's...
The Book Thief
Published: 2007-09-11
Paperback: 576 pages
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It's just a small story really, about among other things: a girl, some words, an accordionist, some fanatical Germans, a Jewish fist-fighter, and quite a lot of thievery. . . .Set during World War II in Germany, Markus Zusak's groundbreaking new novel is the story of Liesel Meminger, a fos...
The Book Thief: The True Crimes of Daniel Spiegelman
Published: 2006-10-30
Hardcover: 181 pages
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In the spring of 1994, Daniel Spiegelman shinnied up an abandoned book lift in Columbia University's Butler Library, dismantled a wall, stole books, reassembled the wall, and snuck back down the shaft. Over a three-month period he did this more than a dozen times. He eventually escaped to ...
The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are
Published: 1989-08-28
Paperback: 163 pages
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A witty attack on the illusion that the self is a separate ego that confronts a universe of alien physical objects.
Bookclub in a Box Discusses People of the Book, the novel by Geraldine Brooks
Published: 2008-11-03
Perfect Paperback: 82 pages
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If the Sarajevo Haggadah could speak, what extraordinary stories it would tell. It has traveled through countries and centuries, where it has been used, threatened and rescued by people of different cultures and religions. It now rests in the National Museum in Sarajevo, Bosnia. Geraldine ...
Bookclub in a Box Discusses the Novel A Complicated Kindness, by Miriam Toews (Bookclub in a Box)
Published: 2006-08-30
Paperback: 83 pages
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Bookclub in a Box Discusses the Novel Oryx and Crake, by Margaret Atwood
Published: 2008-01-17
Perfect Paperback: 83 pages
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Oryx and Crake is a work of speculative fiction by the international literary star, Margaret Atwood. Raised in a science-oriented household, Atwood is no stranger to the curiosities of the natural world and to topics concerning the essence of the universe. It is her extensive knowledge of life, as it...
Bookclub-in-a-Box Discusses Abraham Verghese's novel, Cutting for Stone: The Complete Package for Readers and Leaders (Book Club in a Box: The Complete Package for Readers and Leaders)
Published: 2011-02-03
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Cutting For Stone is very simply one of the best books ever written and read. The narrative begins in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, when twin boys, Shiva and Marion, are born to a nun (who dies) and a surgeon (who runs away). The babies, conjoined at the head, are successfully separated immediate...
Bookclub-in-a-Box Discusses Cutting For Stone, the novel by Abraham Verghese
Published: 2010-12-01
Perfect Paperback: 79 pages
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