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2) Animal Farm
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"'All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.' ANIMAL FARM is the story of what happens when the downtrodden animals of the Manor Farm overthrow their master, and how their revolution goes horribly wrong. Now George Orwell's dark, timeless fable has been turned into a graphic novel for the first time, illustrated in full colour by the renowned Brazilian artist Odyr to create a whole new work of art." -- Back cover.
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This nineteenth-century tale of an electric submarine, its eccentric captain, and the undersea world, anticipated many of the scientific achievements of the twentieth century. The adventures of a French scientist and his companions who travel the seven seas as prisoners in the submarine of the mysterious Captain Nemo.
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Young Pip, an orphan boy, apprenticed to the village blacksmith, yearns to be a gentleman. Suddenly a mysterious person wills him a fortune and he leaves his village to be educated as a rich gentleman. Pip longs to marry Estella, beautiful ward of the eccentric Miss Havisham. But Pip's new life is shattered by the re-appearance of Magwitch, a convict who once forced him to steal. Will Magwitch's demands spell the end of Pip's "great expectations?"...
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Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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When Jane, a broke dog-walker newly arrived in town, meets Eddie Rochester, she can't believe her luck. Eddie is handsome, rich and lives alone in an opulent mansion since his beloved wife drowned in a boating accident a year ago. Eddie can give Jane everything she's always wanted: stability, acceptance, and a picture-perfect life. But what Jane doesn't know is that Eddie is keeping a secret -- a big secret. And when the truth comes out, the consequences...
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A quiet English country village is disturbed by the arrival of a mysterious stranger who keeps his face hidden and his back to everyone. The stranger -- a brilliant scientist -- has uncovered the secret to invisibility, but his grandiose dreams and the power he unleashes cause him to spiral into intrigue, madness, and murder!
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Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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"The prize-winning, bestselling author of Boy, Snow, Bird and What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours returns with a bewitching and inventive novel. Influenced by the mysterious place gingerbread holds in classic children's stories, beloved novelist Helen Oyeyemi invites readers into a delightful tale of a surprising family legacy, in which the inheritance is a recipe. Perdita Lee may appear to be your average British schoolgirl; Harriet Lee may seem just...
12) Oliver Twist
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English
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The adventures of an orphan boy who lives in the squalid surroundings of a nineteenth-century English workhouse until he becomes involved with a gang of thieves.
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English
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"When the moon rises over the Klondike River, you can still hear the lovely howl of Buck, the most famous ghost dog of them all. Kidnapped, beaten and starved, Buck becomes a legend when he is shipped to the snowy northern goldfields to work as a sled dog. Buck's companions have become almost as famous. There's Spitz, the dog that Buck must fight for the leadership of the pack, the one-eyed Sol-leks, the tragic Curly, Dave, Joe, Pike, Dub and Dolly....
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Pub. Date
2018.
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English
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"In the vein of Wicked, The Woodcutter, and Boy, Snow, Bird, a luminous reimagining of a classic tale, told from the perspective of Agnes, Cinderella's 'evil' stepmother. We all know the story of Cinderella. Or do we? As rumors about the cruel upbringing of beautiful newlywed Princess Cinderella roil the kingdom, her stepmother, Agnes, who knows all too well about hardship, privately records the true story. A peasant born into serfdom, Agnes is separated...
16) If the shoe fits
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Series
Meant to be volume 1
Publisher
Hyperion Avenue
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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"In this modern-retelling of Cinderella, plus-size Cindy dreams of becoming a shoe designer. But when a spot opens up on her stepmother's famous reality dating TV competition, Cindy is thrust into the spotlight in ways she never thought possible." -- Provided by publisher.
17) The time machine
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English
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A young scientist, to the amazement and disbelief of his colleagues and other experts, has perfected a machine that lets him live one of mankind's oldest dreams -- to live in times other than his own.
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2021.
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English
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"In this lush, magical, queer, and feminist take on Hamlet in modern-day New York City, a neuro-atypical philosopher, along with his best friend Horatio and artist ex-fiancée Lia, are caught up in the otherworldly events surrounding the death of his father." -- Provided by publisher.
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Dorian Gray is an incredibly handsome young man, rich and favored, with everything to live for. But bad companions encourage the worst in him, and in a reckless moment, Dorian makes an impossible wish -- to stay young forever, as unchanging as the wonderful portrait that has just been painted of him. But the portrait does change, in the most frightening, incredible ways. All of Dorian's deeds become etched on the picture. As he goes from evil to evil,...
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