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Author
Series
Everyman's library volume 223
Language
English
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Description
One of the twentieth century's enduring works, One Hundred Years of Solitude is a widely beloved and acclaimed novel known throughout the world and the ultimate achievement in a Nobel Prize–winning career.
The novel tells the story of the rise and fall of the mythical town of Macondo through the history of the Buendía family. Rich and brilliant, it is a chronicle of life, death, and the tragicomedy of humankind. In the beautiful, ridiculous,
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Series
Everyman's library volume 41
Language
English
Description
Yuri Zhivago, doctor and poet, lives and loves during the first three decades of 20th-century Russia.
8) Mexico
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Pulitzer Prize–winning author James A. Michener, whose novels hurtle from the far reaches of history to the dark corners of the world, paints an intoxicating portrait of a land whose past and present are as turbulent, fascinating, and colorful as any other on Earth. When an American journalist travels to report on the upcoming duel between two great matadors, he is ultimately swept up in the dramatic story of his own Mexican ancestry—from...
Author
Series
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
7 CDs (approximately 8 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guide (88 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 22 cm).
Language
English
Description
In this course, Kenyon College professor Timothy Shutt revisits the epics, examining the stories told and their characters. He considers the various styles represented and the societies in which these epics were constructed. Finally, he arrives at an understanding of the epic as a genre and as a reflection of an ancient history.
11) True colors
Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
[1994]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
553 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
12) Wizard and glass
Author
Series
Dark Tower volume 4
Language
English
Description
The fourth volume in the brilliant Dark Tower Series is "splendidly tense...rip-roaring" (Publishers Weekly)—a #1 national bestseller about an epic quest to save the universe.
In Wizard and Glass, Stephen King is "at his most ebullient...sweeping readers up in...swells of passion" (Publishers Weekly) as Roland the Gunslinger, Eddie, Susannah, and Jake survive Blaine the Mono's final crash, only to find themselves...
In Wizard and Glass, Stephen King is "at his most ebullient...sweeping readers up in...swells of passion" (Publishers Weekly) as Roland the Gunslinger, Eddie, Susannah, and Jake survive Blaine the Mono's final crash, only to find themselves...
Author
Series
Epona sequence volume 1
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
1998.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
494 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
4 CDs (approximately 4 hr., 30 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Professor Timothy B. Shutt examines the contributions of the peoples of northern Europe through their vibrant literary legacy, revealing Celtic and Germanic values that shine through, exhibiting such characteristics as a courage, self-control, and respect for women.
Author
Publisher
Nicholas Brealey Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
xi, 322 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Epic Continent explores how matters of honour, fundamentalism, fate, nationhood, sex, class and politics have preoccupied the people of Europe across millennia.
Author
Series
Gradov Family volume 2
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[1996]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xii, 428 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
18) Dreams of gold
Author
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[1993]
Physical Desc
524 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Author
Series
Earth's children volume 2
Language
English
Description
This odyssey into the distant past carries us back to the awesome mysteries of the exotic, primeval world of The Clan of the Cave Bear, and to Ayla, now grown into a beautiful and courageous young woman.
Cruelly cast out by the new leader of the ancient Clan that adopted her as a child, Ayla leaves those she loves behind and travels alone through a stark, open land filled with dangerous animals but few people, searching for the Others,...
Cruelly cast out by the new leader of the ancient Clan that adopted her as a child, Ayla leaves those she loves behind and travels alone through a stark, open land filled with dangerous animals but few people, searching for the Others,...
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