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The unforgettable story of a housepainter turned doctor in Big Sky country who finds himself on a darkly funny journey to salvation in this “irrepressibly comic and optimistic” novel (The New York Times Book Review) from the acclaimed author of Ninety-two in the Shade and Cloudbursts
Berl Pickett is living in the small town of Livingston, Montana. The son of Pentecostal rug-shampooers, Pickett has never...
Berl Pickett is living in the small town of Livingston, Montana. The son of Pentecostal rug-shampooers, Pickett has never...
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IL: UG - BL: 11.9 - AR Pts: 71
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Published in 1839, Nicholas Nickleby is Charles Dickens' third novel. In it, Nicholas Nickleby must earn a living to support his mother and sister after his father dies unexpectedly. Turning to a wealthy uncle in London for help, Nicholas is hired on as assistant to Wackford Squeers, a sadistic and small-minded schoolmaster. Meanwhile, his sister must take a job in a milliner's studio and is occasionally pressed into service by their uncle who exploits...
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Una nueva edición de Don Quijote de la Mancha, obra maestra del mundo de la literatura internacional, de la mano de Francisco Rico, filólogo e historiador español. Incluye material adicional, bibliografías, textos académicos y referencias. En la época en que vio la luz, el Quijote estuvo lejos de gozar la veneración que hoy le tributamos. La popularidad del libro fue inmediata e inmensa, pero no parece que debiera gran cosa a las sutiles,...
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Don Quijote es considerada la obra literaria más influyente del Siglo de Oro español y de todo el canon literario español. La historia sigue al idealista, loco caballero y al devoto escudero con los pies en la tierra para retratar muchos temas complejos a través de una plétora de incidentes inolvidables, trágicos y cómicos, en una mezcla de gran variedad y color. El libro es insuperable como obra maestra de humor gracioso, un retrato deslumbrante...
6) Don Quixote
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Presents the classic early-seventeenth-century Spanish novel of chivalry and abiding optimism, depicting the exploits of a knight who attempts to bring justice and truth to the world.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 33
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English
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Vowing to bring down the crime boss running the city, a group of Gentlemen Bastards, led by Locke Lamora, sets out to beat the Capa at his own game, taking on other thieves, murderers, beggars, prostitutes, and thugs in the process.
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Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
1999
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1st American ed.
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472 p. ; 23 cm.
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English
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The story of a "girl-in-trousers" in 1890s England. She is a lesbian fishmonger who gains entry into the libertine world of music halls by an affair with a singer, becoming her partner in a cross-dressing show. But drama follows when the other goes straight.
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[publisher not identified]
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[1953]
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IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 42
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1040L
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English
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Describes the life of Augie March, a poor Chicago boy growing up during the Depression, and his search for a career. Augie's nonconformity leads him into an eventful, humorous, and sometimes earthy way of life.
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