![]() | Shantaram: A Novel by Gregory David Roberts
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $7.07 True story about an escaped convict who goes to Bombay, India, and becomes a traveller, village boy, doctor, black market god, actor...
A story of love and philosophy, which will make you fall in love with all the characters not to mention India.
(Mainly for mature audiences)
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![]() | Ender's Game Boxed Set: Ender's Game, Ender's Shadow, Shadow of the Hegemon by Orson Scott Card
Buy new: $15.62 / Used from: $15.46 A timeless classic for nerds.
Ender Wiggin is a child genius who is exported from earth and sent to a space station where he and other 6-12 year olds are being trained to become millitary commanders in the war against the buggers.
See the characters grow up in the parallel series and what happens generations later as a consequence of the war against the buggers!
(all ages)
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![]() | Quo Vadis by Henryk Sienkiewicz
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $6.79 This is a story of a young man who falls in love with a beautiful woman in times of the Romans, 40 years after the death of Christ. Yet, it is not your typical love story. This is a tragedy, an epic, a religious battle, a blood bath, and corruption.
There's a reason this was one of the first books ever to win the nobel prize.
(young adults +)
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![]() | Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Buy new: $9.60 / Used from: $6.00 A story of a man deemed mentally retarded who undergoes a surgery which allows him to learn. He goes from being the dumbest person on earth to the smartest. Throughout his journey he discovers how selfish and unreliable people can be.
This book adresses the question is ignorance bliss?
(all ages)
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![]() | Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II by Robert Kurson
Buy new: $7.50 / Used from: $2.23 Awesome book. True story that will have you at the edge of your seat!
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![]() | 1984 (Signet Classics) by George Orwell
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $1.75 By far one of my favorite books.
Let's just say it'll leave you with the question : do I really exist?
(young adults +)
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![]() | A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail (Official Guides to the Appalachian Trail) by Bill Bryson
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $0.01 What happens when two overweight middle aged guys decide to hike 3000 miles through wilderness?
This is the hillarious story of Bill Bryson and his journey on the Appalachian Trail.
This is a great book because you not only will laugh until your stomach hurts, but you will also learn a lot about things out never even questioned.
A MUST Read!
(all ages)
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![]() | The Josephine Bonaparte Collection: The Many Lives and Secret Sorrows of Josephine B., Tales of Passion, Tales of Woe, and The Last Great Dance on Earth by Sandra Gulland
Buy used from: $55.55 AMAZING!! Diary entries of the first wife of Napolean Bonaparte. This starts 30 years before the French revolution and shows the upbringing of a French country girl into the life of an influential Parisian woman, who survives the Revolution.
A compelling story of a miraculous woman, as well as a history of France during it's reigning years of history.
(young adult)
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![]() | Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.01 The most classic scifi of all time.
The man from mars does not know what greed, money, power, lust or uncertainty is.
Under the influence of a few close friends he learns to love earth, teaches them the importance loving, and effectively becomes the father of a new religion.
This is a book which makes us question our morals and who we've become.
(young adult +)
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![]() | The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir by Bill Bryson
Buy new: $16.50 / Used from: $4.53 This is a story of the Thunderbolt kid, Bill Bryson, growing up in Iowa. He tells the stories of life in the 50's-60's in a hillariously ironic tone. But watch out! If he doesn't like you he'll zap you with his laser vision!
(for young adults +)
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![]() | The Abhorsen Trilogy Box Set by Garth Nix
Buy new: $16.31 / Used from: $14.63 The abhorsen is the person designated to keep the dead, dead.
The dead like to be alive and strive to gain new bodies to regain the joy of life once and forever. It is up to the abhorsen now to organize the people to in a fight against the dead who plan to take over the living world for all times.
(all ages)
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![]() | His Dark Materials Trilogy (The Golden Compass; The Subtle Knife; The Amber Spyglass) by Philip Pullman
Buy new: $15.30 / Used from: $13.78 Wonderful story about a girl named Lyra and her adventures through different dimensions.
A modern/scifi twist on the classic Adam and Eve story.
(all ages)
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![]() | Holy Cow: An Indian Adventure by Sarah Macdonald
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $1.92 A great book for those who want to learn a little about India, religion and the difficulties of living in a different culture.
(young adults +)
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![]() | The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Buy new: $10.87 / Used from: $0.01 If you like the DaVinci Code, you'll love this book.
This is a mystery search to find the original Dracula which dives into a suspenceful leap into history.
You won't be able to put this down!
(young adults +)
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![]() | Nicholas by René Goscinny
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $9.66 Remember what it was like being a kid? When life was all about who's boss on the playground? When mom and dad were always right? When playing cowboys, cops and robbers, and space exploration was the best thing ever?
This is a great series of stories about the life of Nicolas and his ornery friends trying to get the first grade in France. It'll have you laughing for hours.
(all ages)
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![]() | Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson by Mitch Albom
Buy new: $11.16 / Used from: $3.90 A book about death. But not the sad kind.
A positive outlook on knowing how to look back on your life and see all the good friends and great times.
(young adult +)
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![]() | Eleven Minutes: A Novel (P.S.) by Paulo Coelho
Buy new: $11.16 / Used from: $1.95 A book about a Brazilian prostitute in Switzerland and why she did it. Gives a great perspective of why people do what they do sometimes.
(for mature audiences)
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![]() | The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Buy new: $9.00 / Used from: $0.88 |
![]() | Maus : A Survivor's Tale : My Father Bleeds History/Here My Troubles Began/Boxed by Art Spiegelman
Buy new: $19.73 / Used from: $12.10 |
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