11,666
12K
1994
1994
by
Achebe, Chinua
texts
eye 11,666
favorite 65
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
6,826
6.8K
2000
2000
by
DiCamillo, Kate
texts
eye 6,826
favorite 31
comment 1
Ten-year-old India Opal Buloni describes her first summer in the town of Naomi, Florida, and all the good things that happen to her because of her big ugly dog Winn-Dixie
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
Topics: Dogs, City and town life, Friendship, Dogs, City and town life, Friendship
5,932
5.9K
1966
1966
by
Amadi, Elechi, 1934-
texts
eye 5,932
favorite 28
comment 1
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
5,775
5.8K
1948
1948
by
Camus, Albert, 1913-1960; Gilbert, Stuart, tr
texts
eye 5,775
favorite 73
comment 1
Chaos prevails when the bubonic plague strikes the Algerian coastal city of Oran
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
Topics: Plague, Plague
5,764
5.8K
texts
eye 5,764
favorite 39
comment 2
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 2 reviews )
Topics: Pigeons -- Juvenile fiction, Bus drivers -- Juvenile fiction
5,484
5.5K
2006
2006
by
Yang, Gene Luen; Pien, Lark, ill
texts
eye 5,484
favorite 42
comment 0
Alternates three interrelated stories about the problems of young Chinese Americans trying to participate in the popular culture. Presented in comic book format
Topics: Graphic novels, Chinese Americans, Identity, Schools, Cartoons and comics
5,192
5.2K
1986
1986
by
King, Stephen, 1947-
texts
eye 5,192
favorite 22
comment 0
x, 1138 pages ; 24 cm
Topics: Horror stories, Horror tales, Good and evil -- Fiction, Maine -- Fiction, Horror fiction
4,679
4.7K
2004
2004
by
Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi, 1977-
texts
eye 4,679
favorite 40
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...
4,626
4.6K
2004
2004
by
Hosseini, Khaled
texts
eye 4,626
favorite 60
comment 2
An epic tale of fathers and sons, of friendship and betrayal, that takes us from Afghanistan in the final days of the monarchy to the atrocities of the present. The unforgettable, heartbreaking story of the unlikely friendship between a wealthy boy and the son of his father's servant, The Kite Runner is a beautifully crafted novel set in a country that is in the process of being destroyed. It is about the power of reading, the price of betrayal, and the possibility of redemption, and it is also...
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 2 reviews )
Topics: Male friendship, Social classes, Betrayal, Boys
4,605
4.6K
2006
2006
by
Coelho, Paulo; Clarke, Alan (Alan R.) trl
texts
eye 4,605
favorite 63
comment 2
"With an introduction from the author plus insights, interviews, and more" -- p. [1] of cover
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 2 reviews )
Topics: Reading Level-Grade 10, Reading Level-Grade 11, Reading Level-Grade 12
4,476
4.5K
2013
2013
by
Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi, 1977-
texts
eye 4,476
favorite 50
comment 0
"A young woman from Nigeria leaves behind her home and her first love to start a new life in America, only to find her dreams are not all she expected"--
Topics: Reading Level-Grade 7, Reading Level-Grade 8, Reading Level-Grade 9, Reading Level-Grade 10,...
4,061
4.1K
1995
1995
by
Douglas, John E; Olshaker, Mark, 1951-
texts
eye 4,061
favorite 57
comment 0
"A Lisa Drew book."
Topics: Douglas, John E, United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Behavioral Science Unit, Serial...
3,932
3.9K
2002
2002
by
David R. Hawkins
texts
eye 3,932
favorite 32
comment 0
Topics: Consciousness., Kinesiology., Human behavior.
3,794
3.8K
1994
1994
by
Oliver, Mary, 1935-
texts
eye 3,794
favorite 65
comment 0
"A Harvest original."
Topics: English language, American poetry, English poetry, Poetry
3,483
3.5K
Jan 18, 2005
01/05
by
Murakami Haruki
texts
eye 3,483
favorite 69
comment 0
Topics: Literary, Fiction, Fiction - General, Fiction / Literary, Historical - General
3,438
3.4K
1991
1991
by
Card, Orson Scott
texts
eye 3,438
favorite 35
comment 0
Sequel: Ender's Shadow
Topics: Reading Level-Grade 7, Reading Level-Grade 8, Reading Level-Grade 9, Reading Level-Grade 10,...
3,435
3.4K
texts
eye 3,435
favorite 21
comment 0
137 p. ; 22 cm
Topics: World War, 1939-1945 -- Denmark -- Juvenile fiction, World War, 1939-1945 -- Denmark -- Fiction,...
3,381
3.4K
1973
1973
by
Itten, Johannes, 1888-1967; van Haagen, Ernst, translator
texts
eye 3,381
favorite 104
comment 8
Translation of: Kunst der Farbe
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 8 reviews )
Topics: Color, Painting, Aesthetics
Source: folio
3,247
3.2K
1977
1977
by
Herbert, Frank
texts
eye 3,247
favorite 63
comment 0
3,204
3.2K
1976
1976
by
Raymond A. Moody
texts
eye 3,204
favorite 14
comment 0
Topics: Future life -- Case studies, Death -- Case studies
3,117
3.1K
texts
eye 3,117
favorite 19
comment 0
A Beginner Book
Topics: Fantasy, Stories in rhyme, Children's stories, American, Cats, Nonsense verses
3,112
3.1K
1994
1994
by
B. C. Mollison
texts
eye 3,112
favorite 39
comment 0
3,110
3.1K
texts
eye 3,110
favorite 24
comment 0
xliv, 947 pages ; 26 cm
Topics: Troubles mentaux -- diagnostic, Troubles mentaux -- classification, Klassifikation,...
3,104
3.1K
2002
2002
by
Frank, Katherine
texts
eye 3,104
favorite 25
comment 0
Includes bibliographical references (p. 537-544) and index
Topics: Gandhi, Indira, 1917-1984, Gandhi, Indira, Prime ministers, Biographie
3,072
3.1K
2000
2000
by
Mark Douglas
texts
eye 3,072
favorite 17
comment 0
Topics: Stocks., Speculation.
3,012
3.0K
2005
2005
by
Steven D. Levitt
texts
eye 3,012
favorite 48
comment 0
Topics: Economics -- Psychological aspects, Economics -- Sociological aspects
2,982
3.0K
2000
2000
by
hooks, bell, 1952-
texts
eye 2,982
favorite 51
comment 0
"A visionary and accessible book, bell hooks's All About Love offers radical new ways to think about love. Here, hooks, one of our most acute social critics, takes the themes that put her on the map - the relationship between love and sexuality, and the interconnectedness between the public and the private - and challenges the prevailing notion that romantic love is more important than all other bonds." "All About Love is a blueprint for finding myriad types of love, which hold...
Topics: Love, Feminist ethics, Feminist ethics, Love
2,970
3.0K
1992
1992
by
Yalom, Irvin D., 1931-
texts
eye 2,970
favorite 17
comment 0
Topics: Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900, Breuer, Josef, 1842-1925, Psychotherapist and patient,...
2,920
2.9K
2015
2015
by
King, Stephen, 1947-
texts
eye 2,920
favorite 27
comment 0
"A master storyteller at his best--the O. Henry Prize winner Stephen King delivers a generous collection of stories, several of them brand-new, featuring revelatory autobiographical comments on when, why, and how he came to write (or rewrite) each story. Since his first collection, Nightshift, published thirty-five years ago, Stephen King has dazzled readers with his genius as a writer of short fiction. In this new collection he assembles, for the first time, recent stories that have never...
Topics: Horror tales, American, Guilt, FICTION, FICTION, Horror tales, American, Future life
2,903
2.9K
1984
1984
by
Angel, Albalucía, 1939-
texts
eye 2,903
favorite 17
comment 0
2,849
2.8K
2004
2004
by
Morrison, Toni
texts
eye 2,849
favorite 9
comment 0
Topics: African American women, City and town life, Female friendship
2,832
2.8K
1968
1968
by
William D. Thornbury
texts
eye 2,832
favorite 13
comment 0
2,815
2.8K
1984
1984
by
Herbert, Frank
texts
eye 2,815
favorite 59
comment 0
Dune -- Maud'Dib -- Appendix I: Ecology of Dune -- Appendix II: Religion of Dune -- Appendix III: Report on Bene Gessereit motives and pruposes -- Appendix IV:Almanak en-Ashraf (selected excerpts of the Noble Houses) -- Terminilogy of the Imperium -- Map
Topics: Dune (Imaginary place), Science fiction, Dune (Imaginary place)
2,807
2.8K
2004
2004
by
Chernow, Ron
texts
eye 2,807
favorite 34
comment 0
Includes bibliographical references (p. [780]-788) and index
Topics: Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804, Statesmen
2,786
2.8K
1995
1995
by
Houston, Jeanne Wakatsuki; Houston, James D
texts
eye 2,786
favorite 6
comment 0
"This edition contains the complete text of the original hardcover edition. Not one word has been omitted"--T.p. verso
Topics: Reading Level-Grade 11, Reading Level-Grade 12
Source: inlibrary
2,724
2.7K
1993
1993
by
James Baldwin
texts
eye 2,724
favorite 23
comment 0
Topic: Reading Level-Adult
2,720
2.7K
1994
1994
by
McCall, Nathan
texts
eye 2,720
favorite 4
comment 0
Examining the complexities of the problems of black youths from an insider's perspective, an African-American journalist recalls his own troubled childhood, his rehabilitation while in prison, and his successful Washington Post career. Reprint. 150,000 first printing. The author remembers his journey from a working class African American neighborhood to prison to a prestigious position on the Washington Post
Topics: McCall, Nathan, African Americans, Journalists, African American youth, African American men
2,696
2.7K
1969
1969
by
Kurt Vonnegut
texts
eye 2,696
favorite 62
comment 0
Topic: World War, 1939-1945 -- Fiction
2,670
2.7K
1993
1993
by
Kaysen, Susanna, 1948-
texts
eye 2,670
favorite 50
comment 0
Topics: Kaysen, Susanna, 1948-, Kaysen, Susanna, 1948-, Psychiatric hospital patients, Commitment of...
2,600
2.6K
1992
1992
by
Cameron, Julia; Bryan, Mark A
texts
eye 2,600
favorite 32
comment 0
"A Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam Book"--t.p
Topics: Creative ability, Self-actualization (Psychology), Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)
2,496
2.5K
texts
eye 2,496
favorite 22
comment 0
Topics: Reading Level-Grade 11, Reading Level-Grade 12
2,464
2.5K
1982
1982
by
Italo Calvino
texts
eye 2,464
favorite 37
comment 0
2,459
2.5K
2008
2008
by
Adiga, Aravind
texts
eye 2,459
favorite 11
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
2,436
2.4K
2006
2006
by
Kate DiCamillo
texts
eye 2,436
favorite 48
comment 1
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
Topics: Toys -- Juvenile fiction, Rabbits -- Juvenile fiction, Love -- Juvenile fiction, Listening --...
2,434
2.4K
2007
2007
by
Hosseini, Khaled
texts
eye 2,434
favorite 21
comment 0
Topics: Reading Level-Grade 8, Reading Level-Grade 9, Reading Level-Grade 10, Reading Level-Grade 11,...
2,432
2.4K
1964
1964
by
Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961
texts
eye 2,432
favorite 15
comment 0
Topics: Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961, Authors, American
2,422
2.4K
1961
1961
by
Heller, Joseph
texts
eye 2,422
favorite 45
comment 0
"A Laurel Book"--T.p. verso
Topic: World War, 1939-1945
2,403
2.4K
2014
2014
by
Liu, Cixin, author
texts
eye 2,403
favorite 48
comment 3
399 pages ; 25 cm
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 3 reviews )
Topics: Human-alien encounters -- Fiction, Imaginary wars and battles -- Fiction, Science fiction, FICTION...
2,394
2.4K
texts
eye 2,394
favorite 24
comment 0
Topics: Autism -- Fiction., Savants (Savant syndrome) -- Fiction., England -- Fiction.
2,393
2.4K
2011
2011
by
Aarts, Bas, 1961-
texts
eye 2,393
favorite 27
comment 0
Includes bibliographical references (p. [371]-375) and index
Topic: English language
2,393
2.4K
2011
2011
by
Murakami, Haruki, 1949-
texts
eye 2,393
favorite 58
comment 1
925 pages ; 24 cm
favorite ( 1 reviews )
Topics: Man-woman relationships -- Fiction, FICTION -- Dystopian, FICTION -- Literary, FICTION -- Magical...
2,336
2.3K
2006
2006
by
Süskind, Patrick; Woods, John E. (John Edwin)
texts
eye 2,336
favorite 26
comment 0
"Originally published in German as Das Parfum."
Topics: Reading Level-Grade 9, Reading Level-Grade 10, Reading Level-Grade 11, Reading Level-Grade 12
2,335
2.3K
1974
1974
by
Onoda, Hiroo
texts
eye 2,335
favorite 21
comment 0
Translation of Waga Rubantō no sanjūnen sensō
Topics: Onoda, Hiroo, World War, 1939-1945, World War, 1939-1945, World War, 1939-1945
2,317
2.3K
1998
1998
by
Krakauer, Jon
texts
eye 2,317
favorite 21
comment 0
Originally published: New York : Villard, c1997
Topics: Academic Literacy, Reading Level-Grade 7, Reading Level-Grade 8, Reading Level-Grade 9, Reading...
2,315
2.3K
2007
2007
by
Stephen W. Hawking; S. W. Hawking
texts
eye 2,315
favorite 38
comment 1
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
Topics: General, History & Philosophy, History Of Mathematics, Mathematicians And Their Works,...
2,284
2.3K
1993
1993
by
Roth, Leland M
texts
eye 2,284
favorite 46
comment 0
Includes bibliographical references and index
Topics: Architecture, Architecture, Bouwkunst
2,251
2.3K
1986
1986
by
Clancy, Tom, 1947-
texts
eye 2,251
favorite 5
comment 0
652 p. ; 24 cm
Topics: World War III -- Fiction, Imaginary wars and battles -- Fiction
2,223
2.2K
1996
1996
by
Kotter, John P., 1947-
texts
eye 2,223
favorite 16
comment 0
Pt. 1. The change problem and its solution. Transforming organizations : why firms fail -- Successful change and the force that drives it -- pt. 2. The eight-stage process. Establishing a sense of urgency -- Creating the guiding coalition -- Developing the guiding coalition -- Developing a vision and strategy -- Communicating the change vision -- Empowering employees for broad-based action -- Generating short-term wins -- Consolidating gains and producing more change -- Anchoring new approaches...
Topics: Organizational change, Leadership, Industrial organization, Strategic planning, Changement...
2,214
2.2K
2000
2000
by
Stella Adler
texts
eye 2,214
favorite 24
comment 0
2,210
2.2K
2010
2010
by
S. C. Gwynne
texts
eye 2,210
favorite 23
comment 0
Topics: Parker, Quanah, -- 1845?-1911, Comanche Indians -- Kings and rulers -- Biography, Comanche Indians...
2,197
2.2K
2007
2007
by
Shafak, Elif, 1971-
texts
eye 2,197
favorite 22
comment 0
In a novel overflows with a kitchen sink's worth of zany characters, women are front and center: Asya Kazanci, an angst-ridden 19-year-old Istanbulite is the bastard of the title; her beautiful, rebellious mother, Zeliha (who intended to have an abortion), has raised Asya among three generations of complicated and colorful female relations (including religious clairvoyant Auntie Banu and bar-brawl widow, Auntie Cevriye). The Kazanci men either die young or take a permanent hike like Mustafa,...
Topics: Armenians, Armenians, Armenian Americans, Armenian massacres, 1915-1923, Roman, Amerikanisch,...
2,189
2.2K
1971
1971
by
Saint-Exupéry, Antoine de, 1900-1944; Woods, Katherine, 1886-1968
texts
eye 2,189
favorite 17
comment 0
Translation of Le petit prince
Topic: Fantasy
2,184
2.2K
2000
2000
by
Robert T. Kiyosaki
texts
eye 2,184
favorite 19
comment 0
Topics: Investments -- United States., Finance, Personal -- United States., Finance, Personal., Investments.
2,123
2.1K
1991
1991
by
Mamet, David
texts
eye 2,123
favorite 20
comment 1
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
Topic: Motion pictures
2,114
2.1K
2004
2004
by
Larson, Erik
texts
eye 2,114
favorite 29
comment 0
Includes bibliographical references and index
Topics: Mudgett, Herman W., 1861-1896, Burnham, Daniel Hudson, 1846-1912, World's Columbian Exposition...
2,104
2.1K
1997
1997
by
Hunter, Tera W
texts
eye 2,104
favorite 25
comment 0
Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-295) and index
Topics: African American women, African American women, African American women, African American women
2,092
2.1K
1984
1984
by
Gibson, William, 1948-
texts
eye 2,092
favorite 46
comment 0
Hugo award book, 1985; Nebula award ; Philip K. Dick award
Topics: Computer hackers, Business intelligence, Information superhighway, Nervous system, Conspiracies
2,080
2.1K
1980
1980
by
Nancy Friday
texts
eye 2,080
favorite 11
comment 0
Topics: Men -- Sexual behavior., Sexual fantasies.
2,074
2.1K
2003
2003
by
Grimes, Nikki
texts
eye 2,074
favorite 7
comment 0
While studying the Harlem Renaissance, students at a Bronx high school read aloud poems they've written, revealing their innermost thoughts and fears to their formerly clueless classmates
Topics: Poetry, Identity (Psychology), Ethnicity, African Americans, High schools, Poetry, Identity,...
2,064
2.1K
1976
1976
by
Anderson, E. Ruth, 1928-
texts
eye 2,064
favorite 7
comment 0
Topics: Composers, Compositeurs, Komponist, Biographie
2,055
2.1K
2004
2004
by
Chernow, Ron. author
texts
eye 2,055
favorite 60
comment 0
Includes bibliographical references (pages 737-749) and index
Topics: Philanthropists, Historical - U.S., Biography/Autobiography, Biography & Autobiography,...
2,054
2.1K
1985
1985
by
Achebe, Chinua; Innes, Catherine Lynette
texts
eye 2,054
favorite 26
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,...
2,042
2.0K
1997
1997
by
Rosen, Michael, 1946-; Oxenbury, Helen
texts
eye 2,042
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A typically wonderful Oxenbury family sets out with gusto on a bear hunt, and the old story comes to life. Paintings are simply marvelous ... Rosen's retelling is spare, with a driving rhythm, and some new sounds add sparkle to the traditional tale. A predictable story in which brave bear hunters go through grass, a river, mud, and other obstacles before the inevitable encounter with the bear forces a headlong retreat
Topics: Picture books, Board books, Bears, Hunting
2,041
2.0K
texts
eye 2,041
favorite 37
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Pigeon is an unflinching and hilarious look at a child's potential for mischief. In a plain palette, with childishly elemental line drawings, Willems has captured the essence of unreasonableness in the very young
Topics: Pigeons, Bus drivers, Pigeons, Bus drivers
2,039
2.0K
1986
1986
by
Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940
texts
eye 2,039
favorite 20
comment 0
On Long Island in the early 1920s the mysterious Jay Gatsby tries to rekindle his romance with Daisy, a young woman who has married another man, the wealthy and cruel Tom Buchanan
Topics: Non-Classifiable, Classics, Literature - Classics / Criticism, Fiction, Traffic accidents, Married...
