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Love in the Time of Cholera

by Gabriel García Márquez

Set on the Caribbean coast of South America, this love story brings together Fermina Daza and Florentino Ariza, a man who has secretly loved her for more than fifty years, …
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Cat's Cradle

by Kurt Vonnegut

“A free-wheeling vehicle . . . an unforgettable ride!”—The New York Times Cat’s Cradle is Kurt Vonnegut’s satirical commentary on modern man and his madness. An apocalyptic tale of this …
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Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead

by Tom Stoppard

Acclaimed as a modern dramatic masterpiece, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead is the fabulously inventive tale of Hamlet as told from the worm's-eve view of the bewildered Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, …
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The Unbearable Lightness of Being

by Milan Kundera

A young woman in love with a man torn between his love for her and his incorrigible womanizing; one of his mistresses and her humbly faithful lover—these are the two …
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Memories of My Melancholy Whores

by Gabriel García Márquez

A New York Times Notable Book On the eve of his ninetieth birthday a bachelor decides to give himself a wild night of love with a virgin. As is his …
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Great Expectations

by Charles Dickens

"Great Expectations" is at once a superbly constructed novel of spellbinding mastery and a profound examination of moral values. Here, some of Dickens's most memorable characters come to play their …
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The Skriker

by Caryl Churchill

"The play follows the Skriker, ... in its search for love and revenge as it pursues two young women to London ..."--Back cover.
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The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat: And Other Clinical Tales

by Oliver Sacks

Explores neurological disorders and their effects upon the minds and lives of those affected with an entertaining voice.
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Heirs to the Past

by Driss Chraïbi

Seigneur Haj Ferdi is a very wealthy and powerful aristocratic property-owner in the Moroccan capital city of Casablanca. The aristocrat has grown his family inheritance into a very big fortune. …
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Accidental Death of an Anarchist

by Dario Fo

In its first two years of production in Italy, 'Accidental Death of an Anarchist' was seen by over half a million people. The play concerns the case of an anarchist …
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One Hundred Years of Solitude

by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

The rise and fall, birth and death, of the mythical town of Macondo through the history of the Buendía family.