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The Rosie Project
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The feel-good novel of 2013, The Rosie Project is a classic screwball romance. Rights sold into...more

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Fifty Shades of Grey by E L James

When literature student Anastasia Steele is drafted to interview the successful young entrepreneur Christian Grey for her campus magazine, she finds him attractive, enigmatic and...more

The Burgess Boys: A Novel by Elizabeth Strout

Elizabeth Strout “animates the ordinary with an astonishing force,” wrote The New Yorker on the publication of her Pulitzer Prize–winning Olive Kitteridge. The San Francisco...more

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, Anna Kirwan, Bruce Pattinson

Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer's best friend, escapes down the Mississippi on a raft with the runaway slave, Jim. One of the iconic American novels, it caused a stir when published...more

Twilight by Stephenie Meyer

The #1 New York Times bestseller is available for the first time in a mass market paperback edition, featuring a striking movie tie-in cover.

Bella Swan's move to Forks, a...more

Fifty Shades Darker by E L James

Daunted by the singular sexual tastes and dark secrets of the beautiful, tormented young entrepreneur Christian Grey, Anastasia Steele has broken off their relationship to start a...more

Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank, Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett

In Amsterdam, in the summer of 1942, the Nazis forced teenager Anne Frank and her family into hiding. For over two years, they, another family and a German dentist lived in a...more

Fifty Shades Freed by E L James

When unworldly student Ana Steele first encountered the driven, damaged young entrepreneur Christian Grey, it sparked a sensual affair that changed both their lives irrevocably....more

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

At the age of eight, Scout Finch is an entrenched free-thinker. She can accept her father's warning that it is a sin to kill a mockingbird, because mockingbirds harm no one...more

Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens,  ICON Reference, Naia Bray-Moffatt, George Cruikshank, Dan Johnson, Edward Long, Hilary Burningham

If you are either learning German, or learning English as a second language (ESL) as a German speaker, this book is for you. There are many editions of Oliver Twist. This one is...more

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The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

Over five years on the New York Times bestseller list, and published in 55 different languages. Taking us from Afghanistan in the final days of the monarchy to the present, The...more

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