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The Mouse and His Child
Russell Hoban
James Mustich
Russell Hoban has blessed readers with a stunning variety of imaginative pleasures: From the classic toddler’s picture book Bedtime for Frances, about a young badger putting off sleep, thereby trying the patience of her exasperated parents, to the brilliant novel Riddley Walker, an exploration of a ...show more
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A Walk in the Woods
Bill Bryson
Waddling slothfully through middle age, popular travel writer Bill Bryson decided one day that he could do with a walk in the woods—a lengthy walk, in fact: 2,100 rugged miles along the celebrated Appalachian Trail (AT), the longest continuous footpath in the world. Did Bryson dare? Well, not only d...show more
Endurance
Alfred Lansing
Despite the fact that it never reached its destination, HMS Endurance has earned a noble berth in history. And while there have been numerous accounts of its now famous voyage, no one tells the story better than Alfred Lansing. Written four decades after the events it describes, it is based on exten...show more
The Brothers Karamazov
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Dostoevsky’s final novel is one of the supreme achievements in all fiction. At the heart of the story is a crime—the murder of the loathsome Fyodor Karamazov. Each of his sons seems to be implicated. Dostoevsky gives extraordinary expressive energy to each of them; like many of his novels, this one ...show more
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
C. S. Lewis
Sent away from London during Second World War, the four Pevensie children are taken in by a professor who lives in a very large house in the country. On the first day of exploring their new abode, little Lucy discovers a mirror-fronted wardrobe in an otherwise bare room; creeping into it, she crosse...show more
Witness
Whittaker Chambers
Thrilling account of a Soviet spy who turns on his comrades and exposes other spies in the US government. His allegations were proven correct 50 years later.
Back to Virtue: Traditional Moral Wisdom for Modern Moral Confusion
Peter Kreeft
There are virtues, and we need help and insight into practicing them.
Cash: The Autobiography
Johnny Cash