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Determined to overreach his humanity and assert his untrammeled individual will, Raskolnikov, and impoverished student living in the St. Petersburg of the Tsars, commits an act of murder and theft and sets into motion a story which, for its excruciating suspense, its atmospheric vividness, and its profundity of characterization and vision, is almost unequaled in the literatures of the world.
4) Fancy Nancy
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HarperCollins
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English
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A young girl who loves fancy things helps her family to be fancy for one special night.
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English
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From the glamorous San Francisco social scene of the 1920s, through war and the social changes of the '60s, to the rise of Silicon Valley today, this extraordinary novel takes us on a family odyssey that is both heartbreaking and inspiring, as each generation faces the challenges of their day. The Parisian design houses in 1928, the crash of 1929, the losses of war, the drug culture of the 1960s - history holds many surprises, and lives are changed...
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The ideal introduction to the genius of Ernest Hemingway, these stories are beautiful in their simplicity, startling in their originality, and unsurpassed in their craftsmanship, the stories in this volume highlight one of America's master storytellers at the top of his form.
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Library of America volume 29
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Distributed to the trade in the U.S. and Canada by Viking Press
Pub. Date
c1985
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English
9) Adam Bede
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English
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The stern and highminded hero, Adam Bede, loves the vain and selfish Hetty Sorrel, but their happiness is ruined when Hetty is seduced by a young squire.
10) World we live in
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Time-Life Books
Pub. Date
c1992
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English
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Presents information about customs, habits,and habitats of people from different countries around the world.
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2019.
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English
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"Change is coming to Faha, a small Irish parish that hasn't changed in a thousand years. For one thing, the rain is stopping. Nobody remembers when it started; rain on the western seaboard is a condition of living. But now - just as Father Coffey proclaims the coming of the electricity - the rain clouds are lifting. Seventeen-year-old Noel Crowe is idling in the unexpected sunshine when Christy makes his first entrance into Faha, bringing secrets...
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The Library of America volume 83
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Literary Classics of the U.S., Distributed to the trade in the U.S. and Canada by the Viking Press
Pub. Date
1996
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English
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The Library of America volume 82
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Literary Classics of the U.S., Distributed to the trade in the U.S. and Canada by the Viking Press
Pub. Date
1996
Language
English