9,991
10.0K
1994
1994
by
Achebe, Chinua
texts
eye 9,991
favorite 43
comment 1
[This book is] a simple story of a "strong man" whose life is dominated by fear and anger ...Uniquely ...African, at the same time it reveals [the author's] ... awareness of the human qualities common to men of all times and places.-Back cover
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
Topics: Igbo (African people), British, Men, Race relations
6,027
6.0K
2000
2000
by
Rowling, J. K; GrandPré, Mary, ill
texts
eye 6,027
favorite 28
comment 0
"Year 4"--Spine
Topics: Reading Level-Grade 9, Reading Level-Grade 10, Reading Level-Grade 11, Reading Level-Grade 12
5,731
5.7K
1999
1999
by
David J. Griffiths
texts
eye 5,731
favorite 9
comment 1
favorite ( 1 reviews )
Topic: Electrodynamics.
5,288
5.3K
1998
1998
by
Stein, Murray, 1943-
texts
eye 5,288
favorite 52
comment 0
Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-238) and index
Topics: Jung, C. G. (Carl Gustav), 1875-1961, Jung, C. G. (Carl Gustav), 1875-1961, Jung, C. G. (Carl...
4,794
4.8K
1986
1986
by
Atwood, Margaret, 1939-
texts
eye 4,794
favorite 19
comment 0
"This visionary novel. in which God and Government are joined, and America is run as a Puritanical Theoracy, can be read as a companion volume to Orwell's 1984-its verso, in fact. It gives you the same degree of chill, even as it suggests the varieties of tyrannical experience; it evokes the same kind of horror even as its mordant wit makes you smile." E.L.Doctorow
Topics: Man-woman relationships, Misogyny, Women
4,296
4.3K
1984
1984
by
Schwartz, Alvin
texts
eye 4,296
favorite 25
comment 0
Topics: Ghost stories, American, Tales -- United States, Ghosts -- Folklore, Horror stories, Folklore --...
4,253
4.3K
1999
1999
by
Myers, Walter Dean, 1937-; Myers, Christopher, ill
texts
eye 4,253
favorite 31
comment 0
While on trial as an accomplice to a murder, sixteen-year-old Steve Harmon records his experiences in prison and in the courtroom in the form of a film script as he tries to come to terms with the course his life has taken
Topics: Trials (Murder), Prisons, Self-perception, African Americans, Trials (Murder), Prisons,...
3,639
3.6K
1993
1993
by
Gaines, Ernest J., 1933-
texts
eye 3,639
favorite 27
comment 1
In his first novel in ten years, Ernest Gaines, the highly acclaimed author of the best-selling The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, brings us a wrenching story of death and identity in a small Cajun Louisiana community in the late 1940s. A young black named Jefferson is a reluctant party in a shoot-out in a liquor store in which the three other men involved are all killed, including the white store owner. Jefferson, the only survivor, is accused of murder. At the trial, the essence of the...
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
Topics: African American men, Death row inmates, Race relations, Friendship, Roman américain
3,338
3.3K
2004
2004
by
Tartt, Donna
texts
eye 3,338
favorite 34
comment 0
Richard Papen had never been to New England before his nineteenth year. Then he arrived at Hampeden College and quickly became seduced by the sweet, dark rhythms of campus life -- in particular by an elite group of five students, Greek scholars, worldly, self-assured, and at first glance, highly unapproachable
Topics: Teacher-student relationships, College students, Classicists, Murder, College stories, Papen,...
3,135
3.1K
2004
2004
by
Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi, 1977-
texts
eye 3,135
favorite 21
comment 0
Growing up in a wealthy Nigerian home under the domain of a harsh, demanding, and tyrannical father, Kambili and her brother, Jaja, find new happiness during a visit to their Aunty Ifeoma outside the city, but as Kambili enjoys her newfound freedom and falls in love for the first time, the country begins to fall apart under a military coup
Topics: Teenage girls, Children of the rich, Brothers and sisters, Fathers and daughters, Religious...
2,690
2.7K
1999
1999
by
Rowling, J. K; GrandPré, Mary, ill
texts
eye 2,690
favorite 23
comment 0
"Year 2"--Spine
Topics: Wizards, Magic, Schools, Orphans, Wizards, Magic, Schools, Aunts, Uncles, Cousins, Determination...
2,354
2.4K
1998
1998
by
Margaret Atwood
texts
eye 2,354
favorite 26
comment 0
Topics: Man-woman relationships -- Fiction, Misogyny -- Fiction, Women -- Fiction
2,347
2.3K
2000
2000
by
Cooper, Geoffrey M
texts
eye 2,347
favorite 19
comment 1
Includes bibliographical references (p. 648-650) and index
favoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
Topics: Cellular biology, Molecular biology, Microchemistry, Science, Science/Mathematics, General, Life...
2,331
2.3K
1968
1968
by
William D. Thornbury
texts
eye 2,331
favorite 10
comment 0
2,298
2.3K
2005
2005
by
Atkins, P. W. (Peter William), 1940-; Jones, Loretta
texts
eye 2,298
favorite 7
comment 0
Includes index
Topics: Chemistry, Chemie, Química, Einführung, Chemie, Einführung
2,286
2.3K
2002
2002
by
Rowling, J. K; GrandPré, Mary
texts
eye 2,286
favorite 13
comment 0
Sequel to: Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban
Topics: Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (Imaginary place), Wizards, Magic, Schools
2,284
2.3K
1985
1985
by
Robin Norwood
texts
eye 2,284
favorite 14
comment 0
Topics: Relationship addiction -- Treatment., Group psychotherapy., Women -- Mental health., Love.
2,254
2.3K
2011
2011
by
Kinney, Jeff
texts
eye 2,254
favorite 11
comment 4
"Greg struggles to stay on Santa's 'nice' list while snowed in with the rest of the Heffley family in the days leading up to Christmas"--
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 4 reviews )
Topics: Blizzards, Diary fiction, Families, Humorous stories, Middle schools, Schools, Diaries, Behavior,...
2,251
2.3K
1989
1989
by
Dangarembga, Tsitsi
texts
eye 2,251
favorite 10
comment 0
"This U.S. edition first published in 1989 by Seal Press"--T.p. verso
Topic: Women
2,244
2.2K
1976
1976
by
Raymond A. Moody
texts
eye 2,244
favorite 6
comment 0
Topics: Future life -- Case studies, Death -- Case studies
2,228
2.2K
texts
eye 2,228
favorite 14
comment 0
Topics: Humorous stories, Middle schools, Diaries, JUVENILE FICTION / Humorous Stories, Family life,...
2,211
2.2K
1958
1958
by
Uris, Leon, 1924-2003
texts
eye 2,211
favorite 9
comment 0
A novel of Israel
Topics: Exodus 1947 (Ship), Jews, Holocaust survivors, Jewish refugees, Juifs
2,179
2.2K
1990
1990
by
Jordan, Robert, 1948-2007
texts
eye 2,179
favorite 23
comment 1
In the Third Age, an age of prophecy when the world and time themselves hang in the balance, the Dark One, imprisoned by the Creator, is stirring in Shayol Ghul
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
Topics: Rand al'Thor (Fictitious character), Fiction, Fiction - Fantasy, Fantasy - General, Fiction /...
2,178
2.2K
1993
1993
by
Morrison, Toni
texts
eye 2,178
favorite 23
comment 0
Topics: African Americans, Crimes of passion, Middle-aged persons, Funeral rites and ceremonies, Triangles...
2,168
2.2K
1998
1998
by
Thomas Scanlon
texts
eye 2,168
favorite 14
comment 0
Topics: Right and wrong, Judgment (Ethics)
2,057
2.1K
1982
1982
by
Italo Calvino
texts
eye 2,057
favorite 24
comment 0
2,047
2.0K
1984
1984
by
Welty, Eudora, 1909-2001
texts
eye 2,047
favorite 4
comment 0
Revised versions of 3 lectures delivered at Harvard University in Apr. 1983
Topics: Welty, Eudora, 1909-2001, Welty, Eudora, 1909-2001, Authors, American, Fiction in English American...
2,030
2.0K
1999
1999
by
Rowling, J. K
texts
eye 2,030
favorite 17
comment 0
"Year 3"--Spine
Topics: Reading Level-Grade 9, Reading Level-Grade 10, Reading Level-Grade 11, Reading Level-Grade 12
2,028
2.0K
2000
2000
by
Ryan, Pam Muñoz
texts
eye 2,028
favorite 9
comment 0
Esperanza and her mother are forced to leave their life of wealth and privilege in Mexico to go work in the labor camps of Southern California, where they must adapt to the harsh circumstances facing Mexican farm workers on the eve of the Great Depression.
Topics: Reading Level-Grade 7, Reading Level-Grade 8, Reading Level-Grade 9, Reading Level-Grade 10,...
2,014
2.0K
1976
1976
by
Anderson, E. Ruth, 1928-
texts
eye 2,014
favorite 7
comment 0
Topics: Composers, Compositeurs, Komponist, Biographie
1,997
2.0K
1986
1986
by
Jones, Diana Wynne
texts
eye 1,997
favorite 38
comment 2
Eldest of three sisters in a land where it is considered to be a misfortune, Sophie is resigned to her fate as a hat shop apprentice until a witch turns her into an old woman and she finds herself in the castle of the greatly feared wizard Howl
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 2 reviews )
Topic: Fantasy
1,937
1.9K
1994
1994
by
Oliver, Mary, 1935-
texts
eye 1,937
favorite 30
comment 0
"A Harvest original."
Topics: English language, American poetry, English poetry, Poetry
1,927
1.9K
1981
1981
by
Gardner, Eldon J. (Eldon John), 1909-1989; Snustad, D. Peter, joint author
texts
eye 1,927
favorite 11
comment 0
Includes bibliographies and index
Topics: Genetics, Génétique, Genetica, Genetics
1,849
1.8K
1948
1948
by
Camus, Albert, 1913-1960; Gilbert, Stuart, tr
texts
eye 1,849
favorite 27
comment 0
Chaos prevails when the bubonic plague strikes the Algerian coastal city of Oran
Topics: Plague, Plague
1,813
1.8K
1999
1999
by
Magona, Sindiwe
texts
eye 1,813
favorite 6
comment 0
An American girl is murdered by blacks in 1993 South Africa while preparing them for democracy. The novel is in the form of a letter to the girl's mother, from the mother of one of the killers, describing the way apartheid brutalized her son. A first novel based on real events by a black South African writer
Topics: Modern fiction, Fiction, Fiction - General, General, Fiction / General, Biehl, Amy, Americans,...
1,778
1.8K
1987
1987
by
Jeanette Winterson
texts
eye 1,778
favorite 16
comment 0
Topics: Teenage girls -- Fiction, Lesbians -- Fiction, England -- Fiction
1,766
1.8K
2009
2009
by
Cullen, David, 1961-
texts
eye 1,766
favorite 21
comment 0
Includes bibliographical references (p. 389-403) and index
Topics: Columbine High School (Littleton, Colo.), Littleton (Colo.), Columbine High School Massacre,...
1,764
1.8K
1995
1995
by
Kevin Shillington
texts
eye 1,764
favorite 10
comment 0
1,746
1.7K
2008
2008
by
Adiga, Aravind
texts
eye 1,746
favorite 8
comment 0
Balram Halwai is a complicated man. Servant. Philosopher. Entrepreneur. Murderer. Over the course of seven nights, by the scattered light of a preposterous chandelier, Balram tells the terrible and transfixing story of how he came to be a success in life--having nothing but his own wits to help him along
Topics: Chauffeurs, Poor, Ambition, Businesspeople
1,716
1.7K
2005
2005
by
Rowling, J. K; GrandPré, Mary, ill
texts
eye 1,716
favorite 19
comment 0
"Year 6"--Spine
Topics: Wizards, Magic, Schools, Potter, Harry (Fictitious character), Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and...
1,699
1.7K
Sep 15, 2006
09/06
by
Patricia Mccormick
texts
eye 1,699
favorite 18
comment 0
Topics: Social Issues - Sexual Abuse, Social Issues - General, General, Juvenile Fiction, Children's Books...
1,689
1.7K
1999
1999
by
Stephen Chbosky
texts
eye 1,689
favorite 20
comment 0
Topics: High school students -- Social conditions -- Juvenile fiction, Epistolary fiction, Diary fiction,...
1,673
1.7K
1994
1994
by
Santiago, Esmeralda; Santiago, Esmeralda. Almost a woman
texts
eye 1,673
favorite 15
comment 0
Continued by: Almost a woman
Topics: Reading Level-Grade 11, Reading Level-Grade 12
1,634
1.6K
1981
1981
by
Cook, David A
texts
eye 1,634
favorite 19
comment 0
Bibliography: p. 671-692
Topics: Motion pictures, Filmkunst, Cinéma, Motion pictures, Film
1,613
1.6K
2001
2001
by
Rowling, J. K; GrandPré, Mary ill; Gosling, William A., former owner
texts
eye 1,613
favorite 9
comment 0
Sequel: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Topics: Wizards -- Juvenile fiction, Magic -- Juvenile fiction, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry...
1,612
1.6K
texts
eye 1,612
favorite 12
comment 1
favoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
Topics: British -- West Indies -- Fiction, West Indies -- Fiction
1,603
1.6K
1985
1985
by
Achebe, Chinua; Innes, Catherine Lynette
texts
eye 1,603
favorite 13
comment 0
A collection of stories by African writers which deal with life and customs in African society
Topics: Short stories, African (English), Short stories, African, Manners and customs, Short stories,...
1,594
1.6K
2001
2001
by
Tufte, Edward R., 1942-
texts
eye 1,594
favorite 24
comment 0
Includes index
Topics: Statistics, Statistique, Statistique, Statistique, Méthode graphique, Statistics as Topic, Data...
1,588
1.6K
1999
1999
by
Blackburn, Simon
texts
eye 1,588
favorite 27
comment 0
Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-310) and index
Topic: Philosophy
1,566
1.6K
1993
1993
by
James Baldwin
texts
eye 1,566
favorite 13
comment 0
Topic: Reading Level-Adult
1,558
1.6K
1993
1993
by
Kaysen, Susanna, 1948-
texts
eye 1,558
favorite 21
comment 0
Topics: Kaysen, Susanna, 1948-, Kaysen, Susanna, 1948-, Psychiatric hospital patients, Commitment of...
1,557
1.6K
2004
2004
by
Mahan, L. Kathleen; Escott-Stump, Sylvia
texts
eye 1,557
favorite 20
comment 1
Includes bibliographical references and index
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
Topics: Diet Therapy, Food, Nutritional Physiological Phenomena, Diétothérapie, Nutrition, Aliments,...
1,554
1.6K
1985
1985
by
Auel, Jean M
texts
eye 1,554
favorite 5
comment 0
Map on lining papers
Topics: Prehistoric peoples, Ayla (Fictitious character), Glacial epoch
1,554
1.6K
1996
1996
by
Chevallier, Andrew
texts
eye 1,554
favorite 28
comment 0
Includes bibliographical references (p. 322) and indexes
Topics: Materia medica, Vegetable, Medicinal plants, Herbs
1,542
1.5K
1995
1995
by
Gamma, Erich
texts
eye 1,542
favorite 17
comment 0
Includes bibliographical references (p. 375-381) and index
Topics: Object-oriented programming (Computer science), Computer software, Software patterns, Computacao...
Source: binns
1,541
1.5K
2004
2004
by
Toni Morrison
texts
eye 1,541
favorite 13
comment 0
Topics: Reading Level-Grade 9, Reading Level-Grade 10, Reading Level-Grade 11, Reading Level-Grade 12
1,531
1.5K
1998
1998
by
Cunningham, Michael, 1952-
texts
eye 1,531
favorite 9
comment 0
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered Book Award (American Library Association), 1999
Topics: Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941, Women, Man-woman relationships, Psychological fiction, Domestic fiction
1,487
1.5K
1900
1900
by
Pelikan, Jaroslav Jan, 1923- . dn
texts
eye 1,487
favorite 1
comment 1
Includes bibliographies and indexes
( 1 reviews )
Topic: Theology, Doctrinal
1,478
1.5K
1999
1999
by
Edson, Margaret, 1961-
texts
eye 1,478
favorite 4
comment 0
"In this play, Margaret Edson has created a work that is as intellectually challenging as it is emotionally immediate. At the start of Wit, Vivian Bearing, Ph.D., a renowned professor of English who has spent years studying and teaching the brilliantly difficult Holy Sonnets of the metaphysical poet John Donne, has been diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer. Her approach to her illness is not unlike her approach to the study of Donne: aggressively probing and intensely rational. But...
Topics: Cancer in women, Women college teachers, English teachers, Ovarian Neoplasms, Faculty, Drama,...
1,476
1.5K
1987
1987
by
Bernal, Martin
texts
eye 1,476
favorite 53
comment 0
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Topics: Civilisation grecque, Civilización griega, Griekse oudheid, Cultuur, Invloed, Geschiedbeschouwing,...
1,465
1.5K
2007
2007
by
Sledge, E. B. (Eugene Bondurant), 1923-
texts
eye 1,465
favorite 14
comment 0
Originally published: Novato, Calif. : Presidio Press, 1981
Topics: Sledge, E. B. (Eugene Bondurant), 1923-, United States. Marine Corps. Regiment, 5th. Battalion,...
1,464
1.5K
2005
2005
by
Hornby, Albert Sydney; Ashby, Michael; Wehmeier, Sally
texts
eye 1,464
favorite 20
comment 0
Previous edition: 2000
Topics: ELT dictionaries & reference, Foreign Language Study, Foreign Language - Dictionaries / Phrase...
1,463
1.5K
texts
eye 1,463
favorite 4
comment 0
Topics: School principals -- Fiction, Heroes -- Fiction, Cartoons and comics -- Fiction, Humorous stories
1,453
1.5K
2002
2002
by
Gawande, Atul
texts
eye 1,453
favorite 18
comment 0
"Several of these pieces have appeared, in slightly different form, in the New Yorker and Slate"--T.p. verso
Topics: Gawande, Atul, Surgeons, Surgery, Chirurg, General Surgery, Medical Errors
1,452
1.5K
1971
1971
by
Albers, Josef
texts
eye 1,452
favorite 30
comment 0
1,444
1.4K
2006
2006
by
Kurt Vonnegut
texts
eye 1,444
favorite 25
comment 1
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
1,439
1.4K
2008
2008
by
Collins, Suzanne
texts
eye 1,439
favorite 10
comment 0
In a future North America, where the rulers of Panem maintain control through an annual televised survival competition pitting young people from each of the twelve districts against one another, sixteen-year-old Katniss's skills are put to the test when she voluntarily takes her younger sister's place
Topics: Reading Level-Grade 8, Reading Level-Grade 9, Reading Level-Grade 10, Reading Level-Grade 11,...
1,424
1.4K
1996
1996
by
McNeil, Legs; McCain, Gillian
texts
eye 1,424
favorite 28
comment 1
cloth, 424 p.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
Topics: Popular Music, Punk, Oral HIstory, Interviews, New York City, USA, America, United States, Lower...
1,421
1.4K
2002
2002
by
Toni Morrison
texts
eye 1,421
favorite 9
comment 0
1,415
1.4K
1991
1991
by
Card, Orson Scott
texts
eye 1,415
favorite 13
comment 0
Sequel: Ender's Shadow
Topics: Reading Level-Grade 7, Reading Level-Grade 8, Reading Level-Grade 9, Reading Level-Grade 10,...
1,393
1.4K
2005
2005
by
Gladwell, Malcolm, 1963-
texts
eye 1,393
favorite 29
comment 0
Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-262) and index
Topics: Decision making, Intuition, Decision Making, Intuition, Besluitvorming, Intuïtie, Intuition,...
1,393
1.4K
1994
1994
by
Bennis, Warren G
texts
eye 1,393
favorite 11
comment 0
Originally published: Addison-Wesley Pub. Co., 1989. With a new introduction
Topics: Leadership, Leadership
1,390
1.4K
1991
1991
by
Mamet, David
texts
eye 1,390
favorite 16
comment 0
1,387
1.4K
1993
1993
by
Roth, Leland M
texts
eye 1,387
favorite 27
comment 0
Includes bibliographical references and index
Topics: Architecture, Architecture, Bouwkunst
1,367
1.4K
1994
1994
by
Baudrillard, Jean, 1929-2007
texts
eye 1,367
favorite 20
comment 0
Includes bibliographical references
Topics: Resemblance (Philosophy), Reality, Massamedia, Cultuur, Moderniteit, Ressemblance (philosophie),...
