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T. Jefferson Parker: Thousand Steps (2022, Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom)

Nick Schou: Orange sunshine (2010, Thomas Dunne Books)

Kingsley Amis: Lucky Jim (1992, Penguin)

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Giacomo Leopardi, Michael Caesar, Franco D'Intino: Zibaldone (2015)

No cover — Andrew Cole: The legitimacy of the Middle Ages (2010, Duke University Press)

Christopher Breu: Insistence of the Material (Paperback, Univ Of Minnesota Press)

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resipiscent rated Madame Bovary: 4 stars

Madame Bovary by Flaubert Gustave

Charles Bovary, médecin de campagne, veuf d'une mégère, fait lors d'une tournée la rencontre du père Rouault et de sa …

resipiscent rated Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde: 3 stars

Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde by Oscar Wilde, Oscar Wilde

The Picture of Dorian Gray is a philosophical novel by Irish writer Oscar Wilde. A shorter novella-length version was published …

resipiscent rated To Kill a Mockingbird: 3 stars

Harper Lee, Harper Lee: To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback, 1993, Grand Central Publishing)

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Harper Lee

One of the best-loved stories of all time, To Kill a Mockingbird has been translated into more than 40 languages, …

resipiscent rated One Hundred Years of Solitude: 1 star

Gabriel García Márquez: One Hundred Years of Solitude (Paperback, 1996, Penguin Books)

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez

Cien años de soledad es una novela del escritor colombiano Gabriel García Márquez, ganador del Premio Nobel de Literatura en …

resipiscent rated Heart of Darkness : And, the Secret Sharer: 4 stars

Joseph Conrad: Heart of Darkness : And, the Secret Sharer (1997)

Heart of Darkness : And, the Secret Sharer by Joseph Conrad

Heart of Darkness (1899) is a novella by Polish-English novelist Joseph Conrad, about a voyage up the Congo River into …

resipiscent rated Piers the Ploughman: 5 stars

Piers the Ploughman by William Langland (Penguin Classics)

resipiscent rated All About H. Hatter: 5 stars

G.V. Desani: All About H. Hatter (South Asia Books, Penguin Books India)

All About H. Hatter by G.V. Desani

resipiscent rated Wise Blood: 3 stars

Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor

resipiscent rated Islam: 4 stars

Islam by Karen Armstrong

resipiscent rated Une ordure: 3 stars

Une ordure by Irvine Welsh

resipiscent rated Trainspotting: 4 stars

Irvine Welsh: Trainspotting (French language, 1998)

Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh

resipiscent rated The palm-wine drinkard ; and, My life in the bush of ghosts: 4 stars

Amos Tutuola: The palm-wine drinkard ; and, My life in the bush of ghosts (1994, Grove Press)

The palm-wine drinkard ; and, My life in the bush of ghosts by Amos Tutuola

resipiscent rated Dubliners / Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man: 4 stars

James Joyce: Dubliners / Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man (Paperback, 2004, Barnes & Noble Classics)

Dubliners / Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce

Widely regarded as the greatest stylist of twentieth-century English literature, James Joyce deserves the term “revolutionary.” His literary experiments in …

resipiscent rated John Donne's Poetry: 5 stars

John Donne: John Donne's Poetry (2006, W. W. Norton)

John Donne's Poetry by John Donne

resipiscent rated Essentials of Indian Philosophy: 4 stars

Mysore Hiriyanna: Essentials of Indian Philosophy (2000)