 | Fractured Allegiance by Robert Cassady
Buy new: $19.95 / Used from: $44.62 Best selling author E.J. Thornton wrote: "The thinking person's' Sci-fi novel... Well done!
It's my book.
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 | Dragonflight (Dragonriders of Pern) by Anne McCaffrey
Buy new: $11.16 / Used from: $5.95 The first of an extensive series of books set in the imaginary world of Pern; includes a strong and likable female lead character.
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 | The Tale of Genji (Penguin Classics) by Murasaki Shikibu
Buy used from: $9.07 Generally considered to be the first novel ever written, a love story through multiple generations set in Japan a thousand years ago. Largely unknown in the United States, it is nevertheless a phenomenal story.
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 | The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Buy new: $9.75 / Used from: $0.01 A profound and sobering novel set in Afghanistan.
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 | Tau Zero (SF Collector's Edition) (Gollancz SF collector's edition) by Poul Anderson
Buy used from: $21.31 One of my favorite science fiction stories
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 | Pride and Prejudice (Bantam Classics) by Jane Austen
Buy new: $4.95 / Used from: $0.01 Includes perhaps the best heroine ever written in one of the Worlds greatest books.
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 | Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson
Buy new: $7.50 / Used from: $1.99 Inspirational but also melancholy tale of a man working tirelessly to better the lives and education of girls in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
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 | The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
Buy new: $7.88 / Used from: $1.41 The first book in the Lord of the Rings trilogy (which really has to be read as a single work); an excellent adventure with legendary overtones.
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 | Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
Buy new: $10.37 / Used from: $4.82 George Orwells masterpiece
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 | Warriors of Dawn by M. A. Foster
Buy used from: $0.87 A man and woman struggle against daunting odds in an engaging tale of survival and perseverance.
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 | Nanga Parbat Pilgrimage: The Lonely Challenge by Hermann Buhl
Buy used from: $16.04 Written by a man who made first ascents of two 8,000 meter peaks; an extraordinary tale of his development as a mountaineer and eventual success in making the first ascent of Nanga Parbat - one of the Worlds most daunting mountains.
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 | The Swiss Family Robinson (Signet Classics) by Johann D. Wyss
Buy new: $4.95 / Used from: $2.02 What can I say This was my favorite book for years growing up. A wonderful tale of survival against overwhelming odds; the book should not be confused with the Hollywood rendition bearing only slight resemblance to it
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 | Seven Years in Tibet by Heinrich Harrer
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $5.06 An encouraging tale that takes place in a difficult time.
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