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The house of mango street Sandra Cisneros
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Cisneros, Sandra

The house of mango street / Sandra Cisneros

2nd vintage contemporaries ed

London : Vintage books, 2009

Vintage contemporaries

Abstract: Esperanza lives on Mango Street, in a barrio of Chicanos, in Chicago. But this is not the home she has always dreamed of, nor is it the life she desires for herself. It is through her voice and her gaze, now naive and playful, now mature and sensitive that we are told her story.

The perks of being a wallflower Stephen Chbosky
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Chbosky, Stephen

The perks of being a wallflower / Stephen Chbosky

London [etc.] : Simon & Schuster, 2009

Pocket boocks ; 42

Abstract: Charlie is a freshman. And while he's not the biggest geek in the school, he is by no means popular. Shy, introspective, intelligent beyond his years yet socially awkward, he is a wallflower, caught between trying to live his life and trying to run from it. Charlie is attempting to navigate his way through uncharted territory: the world of first dates and mix-tapes, family dramas and new friends; the world of sex, drugs, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show, when all oneLeggi tutto

The thing around your neck Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi

The thing around your neck / Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

London : 4th Estate, 2009

Abstract: In these twelve riveting stories, the award-winning Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie explores the ties that bind men and women, parents and children, Africa and the United States. Searing and profound, suffused with beauty, sorrow, and longing, these stories map, with Adichie's signature emotional wisdom, the collision of two cultures and the deeply human struggle to reconcile them.

The haunting of Hill House Shirley Jackson
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Jackson, Shirley

The haunting of Hill House / Shirley Jackson

London [etc.] : Penguin, 2009

Penguin modern classics

Abstract: Four seekers have come to the ugly, abandoned old mansion: Dr. Montague, an occult scholar looking for solid evidence of the psychic phenomenon called haunting; Theodora, his lovely and lighthearted assistant; Eleanor, a lonely, homeless girl well acquainted with poltergeists; and Luke, the adventurous future heir of Hill House. At first, their stay seems destined to be merely a spooky encounter with inexplicable noises and self-closing doors, but Hill House is gatheringLeggi tutto

The chosen Chaim Potok ; with an introduction by Shalom Auslander
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Potok, Chaim

The chosen / Chaim Potok ; with an introduction by Shalom Auslander

London : Penguin books, 2009

Penguin modern classics

Abstract: Following a baseball game that nearly became a religious war, two Jewish boys become friends. Danny comes from the strict Hasidic sect that keeps him bound in centuries of orthodoxy. Reuven is brought up by a father patently aware of the twentieth century. Everything tries to destroy their friendship, but they use honesty with each other as a shield and it proves an impenetrable protection.

The sum and total of now Don Robertson
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Robertson, Don

The sum and total of now / Don Robertson

New York : Berkley, 2009

Abstract: It is the summer of 1948. Thirteen-year-old Morris Bird III lives in Cleveland with his parents and little sister. His mother aggravates him, his sister is a pain, and his father&;s radio personality ego is out of control&;as is Morris&;s own body when in the presence of girls. But over in Columbus, his grandmother, Alice Anna Bird, is dying. She is the greatest influence on his life and cancer is stealing her away from him.

The golden bowl Henry James ; edited with an introduction and notes by Ruth Bernard Yeazell
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James, Henry

The golden bowl / Henry James ; edited with an introduction and notes by Ruth Bernard Yeazell

London : Penguin books, 2009

Penguin classics

Abstract: Maggie Verver, a young American heiress, and her widowed father Adam, lead a life of wealth and refinement in London. They are both getting married: Maggie to Prince Amerigo, an impoverished Italian aristocrat, and Adam to the beautiful but penniless Charlotte Stant, a friend of his daughter. But both father and daughter are unaware that their new conquests share a secret - one for which all concerned must pay the price.

The acid house Irvine Welsh
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Welsh, Irvine

The acid house / Irvine Welsh

London : Vintage, 2009

Abstract: The characters in this extraordinary book are often - on the surface - depraved, vicious, cowardly and manipulative, but their essential humanity is never undermined. Two professors of philosophy turn pugilists; Leith removal men become the objects of desire for Hollywood goddesses; God turns Boab Coyle into a house-fly; and in the novella, 'A Smart Cunt', the drug-addled young hero spins off on a collision course with his past..

Home Marilynne Robinson
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Robinson, Marilynne

Home / Marilynne Robinson

London : Virago, 2009

Burnt shadows Kamila Shamsie
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Shamsie, Kamila

Burnt shadows / Kamila Shamsie

New York : Picador, 2009

The shipping news Annie Proulx
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Proulx, E. Annie

The shipping news / Annie Proulx

London : Fourth estate, 2009

The hunger games. Suzanne Collins
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Collins, Suzanne

The hunger games.. book 1 / Suzanne Collins

London : Scholastic, 2009

Abstract: Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen regards it as a death sentence when she is forced to represent her district in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV. But Katniss has been close to death before - and survival, for her, is second nature. "The Hunger Games" is a searing novel set in a future with unsettling parallels to our present. Welcome to the deadliest reality TV show ever.

Pride and prejudice Jane Austen
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Austen, Jane

Pride and prejudice / Jane Austen

New York [etc.] : Penguin, 2009

Penguin classics. Deluxe edition

Abstract: 'Vanity, not love, has been my folly' When Elizabeth Bennet first meets eligible bachelor Fitzwilliam Darcy, she thinks him arrogant and conceited; he is indifferent to her good looks and lively mind. When she later discovers that Darcy has involved himself in the troubled relationship between his friend Bingley and her beloved sister Jane, she is determined to dislike him more than ever.

Brida Paulo Coelho ; translated from the Portuguese by Margaret Jull Costa
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Coelho, Paulo

Brida / Paulo Coelho ; translated from the Portuguese by Margaret Jull Costa

London : Harper Collins Publishers, 2009

The dare John Boyne
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Boyne, John <1971- >

The dare / John Boyne

London : Black swan, 2009

Foreskin's lament Shalom Auslander
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Auslander, Shalom

Foreskin's lament : a memoir / Shalom Auslander

London : Picador, 2009

The hunger games. Suzanne Collins
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Collins, Suzanne

The hunger games.. book 1 / Suzanne Collins

London : Scholastic, 2009

Abstract: Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen regards it as a death sentence when she is forced to represent her district in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV. But Katniss has been close to death before - and survival, for her, is second nature. "The Hunger Games" is a searing novel set in a future with unsettling parallels to our present. Welcome to the deadliest reality TV show ever.

An expert in murder Nicola Upson
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Upson, Nicola

An expert in murder / Nicola Upson

London : Faber and Faber, 2009

The Brontë collection
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Brontë, Charlotte

The Brontë collection [Audioregistrazione]

London : CSA Telltapes, c2009

CSA word classic

Memoirs of Emma Courtney Mary Hays ; edited with an introduction and notes by Eleanor Ty
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Hays, Mary

Memoirs of Emma Courtney / Mary Hays ; edited with an introduction and notes by Eleanor Ty

Oxford : Oxford university press, 2009

Oxford world's classics