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NOBODY'S GIRL

A Memoir of Surviving Abuse

by Virginia Roberts Giuffre

The world knows Virginia Roberts Giuffre as Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell’s most outspoken victim: the woman whose decision to speak out helped send both serial abusers to prison, whose photograph with Prince Andrew catalyzed his fall from grace. But her story has never been told in full, in her own words—until now.

CROOKED CROSS


by Sally Carson

Crooked Cross describes, through the eyes of one ordinary family, the Nazis’ growth in power. The main focus of the novel is on disaffected German youth: it shows with great subtlety that by the early 1930s there was huge unemployment, and a corresponding feeling of futility, and that what the Nazis did so skilfully was to provide a sense of purpose. Crooked Cross is the best account we've read of why some young men who feel disaffected, lost or ignored turn towards authoritarian governments..

LAST NIGHT AT

THE TELEGRAPH CLUB

by Malinda Lo

America in 1954 is not a safe place for two girls to fall in love, especially not in Chinatown. A gripping, tender coming-of-age novel exploring identity, queerness, and historical upheaval set in San Francisco’s Chinatown during the 1950s.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD AND STONEWALL BOOK AWARD •

FLUSH
Short Stories for English Language Learners

by Virginia Woolf

A clever young poet and her fiercely loyal spaniel defy strict parents, dog-nappers, and the dark streets of London to chase love and freedom all the way to sunlit Italy.

'Flush' is an imaginative biography of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's cocker spaniel. 

 

CHRISTMAS PUDDING
Short Stories for English Language Learners


by Agatha Christie

Hercules Poirot is invited to spend ‘a good old-fashioned Christmas in the English countryside’ for a discreet investigation into the theft of a priceless ruby stolen from a Far Eastern prince.


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Novels and Short Stories

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ANTI-AUTHORITARIAN NOVELS:
various genres that explore themes of authoritarianism, resistance, and individual freedom.

1984
by George Orwell

Brave New World
by Aldous Huxley

The Lost Cause
by Cory Doctorow

The Handmaid's Tale
by Margaret Atwood

Fahrenheit 451
by Ray Bradbury

 "Then the King will say - 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.'" "Then he will say - 'Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink, I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.'    [ Matthew 25 ]

PREQUEL
American Fight Against Fascism
by Rachel Maddow

The Iron Heel
by Jack London

Night Soldiers
by Alan Furst

The Wave
by Todd Strasser

The Plot Against America
by Philip Roth

Animal Farm
by George Orwell

Little Brother
by Cory Doctorow

It Can't Happen Here
by Sinclair Lewis

Alone in Berlin
by Hans Fallada

White Rose
by Kip Wilson

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