The Road - Cormac McCarthy
A father and son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ask on the wind. It is cold enough to crack stones, and when the snow falls it is gray. The sky is dark. Their destination is the coast, although they don't know what, if anything, awaits them there. They have nothing; ( Read more... )

Treasure Island - Robert Louis Stevenson

The story begins with the death of an old sailor and the discovery of a secret treasure map. Young Jack Hawkins sets out on the biggest adventure of his life. Will he live to tell the tale?


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This is going to be a long one, because I've been too busy to actually post anything.

Mirror Mirror - Gregory Maguire

The year is 1502, and seven-year-old Bianca de Nevada lives perched high above the rolling hills and valleys of Tuscany and Umbria at Montefiore, the farm of her beloved father, Don Vicente. But one day a noble entourage makes its ( Read more... )

The Swiss Family Robinson - Johann Wyss

The enchanting story of a shipwrecked family - a minister, his wife, and four sons, Fritz, Ernest, Francis, and Jack - who are cast up on a desert island, build a wonderful house in a tree, and survive so cleverly and happily apart from the world that they never want to be rescued.

And from the inside back ( Read more... )

The Apprentice's Masterpiece - Melanie Little

Fifteenth-century Spain is one of the most enlightened cultures on record - one in which Jews, Muslims, and Christians coexist within an atmosphere of respect. Then the zealous Queen Isabella enacts policies that put an abrupt end to the peace. Violence, mistrust, and intolerance shadow everyone as the ( Read more... )

Paradise Lost - John Milton

Paradise Lost is one of the greatest epic poems in the English language. It tells the story of the Fall of Man, a tale of immense drama and excitement, of rebellion and treachery, of innocence pitted against corruption, in which God and Satan fight a bitter battle for control of mankind's destiny. The struggle ranges ( Read more... )

Hésitation - Stephenie Meyer

Deux futurs, deux âmes sœurs... C'était trop pour une seule personne. Je compris que ce n'était pas Edward et Jacob que j'avais essayé de réconcilier, c'était les deux parts de moi-même, la Bella d'Edward et la Bella de Jacob. Malheureusement, elles ne pouvaient coexister et j'avais eu tort de tenter de les y contraindre ( Read more... )

The Magician and the Fool - Barth Anderson

Years ago, fallen scholar Jeremiah Rosemont left the bitter rivalries of academia behind and now lives a simple nomadic existence in Central America, far from the arguments that once defined his life. But he can't outrun his past... or the dangerous truth that lurks beneath his abandoned studies. Following ( Read more... )

What Dreams May Come - Richard Matheson

What happens to us after we die? Chris Nielsen had no idea, until an unexpected accident cut his life short, separating him from his beloved wife, Annie. Now Chris must discover the true nature of life after death.

But even Heaven is not complete without Annie, and when tragedy threatens to divide them forever ( Read more... )

Labyrinth - Kate Mosse

July 1209: in Carcassonne a young girl is given a book said to contain the secret of the true Grail. Although Alaïs cannot understand the strange symbols hidden within, she knows that her destiny lies in protecting the secret of the labyrinth - a secret that stretches back thousands of years to Ancient Egypt.

July 2005: Alice ( Read more... )