Featured Reads for Adults!
In the bookshelves below you can see a selection of books for grown-ups - click on a book cover to
see more information about the book. You can use the form below the shelves to submit your own book(s)
for future features.
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Catcher in the Rye
J.D.Salinger
After leaving prep school Holden Caulfield spends three days on his own in New York City.
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The No.1 Ladies Detective Agency
Alexander McCall Smith
Precious Ramotswe inherits her father's cattle herd and sells it to start a new life. The options are limited for a woman in Botswana. She sets out on an uncharted course, opening the first private detective agency run by a woman. At least in Botswana. Mma Ramotswe is a commanding figure. She's stout, observant and reasons with precise logic. She would have made a great politician. Instead, she buys a house, an office, hires a secretary, installs a telephone - and sits down to wait for clients.
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The Time Travelers Wife
Audrey Niffenegger
The Time Traveler's Wife tells the intruiging story of Clare and Henry, who meet when Claire is 6 and Henry is 36 but marry when Claire is 20 and Henry 28. It describes in dramatic detail, their unusual meeting, and their lives together and not.
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Nineteen Eighty-Four
George Orwell
Winston Smith works for the Ministry of Truth in London, chief city of Airstrip One. Big Brother stares out from every poster, the Thought Police uncover every act of betrayal. When Winston finds love with Julia, he discovers that life does not have to be dull and deadening, and awakens to new possibilities.
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Heart Of Darkness
Joseph Conrad
Heart of Darkness has been considered for most of this century as a literary classic, and also as a powerful indictment of the evils of imperialism.
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