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Be Ready When the Luck Happens by David J. Weiner is a memoir about how preparation, perseverance, and luck shaped the author's life and success. Through personal stories, Weiner explores the role of timing and resilience in achieving dreams.
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4.9 K • Jan 23, '25
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Ban and Arrière-Ban by George Meredith is a historical novel set in the medieval period, blending romance, adventure, and intrigue as it follows the lives of knights and noble families. The story explores themes of loyalty, honor, and personal conflict, focusing on the complex relationships between its characters as they navigate societal expectations and the challenges of chivalric duty. The novel's title refers to the medieval French legal terms for summoning all able-bodied men to arms, reflecting the novel's focus on military and familial obligations.
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4.1 K • Nov 8, '24
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Aucassin and Nicolete is a medieval French chanson de geste that tells the romantic and adventurous story of Aucassin, a nobleman, and Nicolete, a beautiful Saracen captive, as they endure trials, separation, and danger in their quest to be together, blending elements of love, adventure, and humor.
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4.6 K • Nov 8, '24
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At the Earth's Core by Edgar Rice Burroughs is a science fiction adventure that follows the journey of an explorer, David Innes, and his companion, Abner Perry, who travel deep beneath the Earth's surface to discover a prehistoric world filled with strange creatures, ancient civilizations, and thrilling dangers.
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4.1 K • Nov 8, '24
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Anthem by Ayn Rand is a dystopian novella set in a collectivist future where individuality and personal choice are forbidden. The story follows Equality 7-2521, a young man who dares to think differently in a society that values conformity above all else. Defying strict societal norms, he rediscovers the concept of "I" and embarks on a journey toward personal freedom and self-discovery. Through poetic prose and a thought-provoking narrative, Rand explores themes of identity, independence, and the triumph of the human spirit against oppressive systems.
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3.9 K • Nov 8, '24
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Animal Farm (1945) is a satirical allegorical novella by George Orwell that critiques totalitarianism, particularly Stalinism, through the lens of a farm where animals overthrow their human oppressors. The story begins with the animals of Manor Farm rebelling against their exploitative owner, Mr. Jones, inspired by the ideals of Old Major (a pig representing Karl Marx/Lenin). They establish a new society based on equality, summarized…
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2.2 K • May 26, '25
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Angling Sketches by Thomas Tod Stoddart is a collection of charming and reflective essays that blend the art of fishing with vivid descriptions of nature, offering both practical advice and poetic musings on the joys and meditations of angling.
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4.5 K • Nov 8, '24
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Andersen's Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen is a collection of enchanting, often dark and whimsical stories that explore themes of love, longing, innocence, beauty, human folly, and the mysteries of life, blending poetic prose, fantasy, and vivid imagery.
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5.6 K • Nov 8, '24
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“The faction-based society has collapsed into chaos, and Tris Prior must venture beyond the walls of Chicago to uncover the shocking truth about her world. What she discovers will challenge everything she believed about humanity, sacrifice, and love—forcing her to make an impossible choice that could change the future forever.” Tris and Four leave the ruins of Chicago to explore the outside world, where…
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1.9 K • Jul 1, '25
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All the Light We Cannot See is a beautifully written historical novel that tells the parallel stories of Marie-Laure, a blind French girl, and Werner, a German orphan and gifted radio technician, whose paths converge during World War II in the occupied French town of Saint-Malo. Marie-Laure flees Paris with her father as the Nazis invade, carrying a mysterious and potentially cursed diamond from…
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2.1 K • Jun 25, '25
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