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123) El principito
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Pub. Date
2015
Description
An aviator whose plane is forced down in the Sahara Desert encounters a little prince from a small planet who relates his adventures in seeking the secret of what is important in life.
Un aviador cuyo avión se ve obligado en el desierto del Sahara se encuentra con un pequeño príncipe de un pequeño planeta que relata sus aventuras en la búsqueda del secreto de lo que es importante en la vida.
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Pub. Date
[2005]
Description
One of William Faulkner's finest novels, As I Lay Dying was originally published in 1930, and remains a captivating and stylistically innovative work. The story revolves around a grim yet darkly humorous pilgrimage, as Addie Bundren's family sets out to fulfill her last wish: to be buried in her native Jefferson, Mississippi, far from the miserable backwater surroundings of her married life. Told through multiple voices, it vividly brings to life...
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Pub. Date
[2022]
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"When sociologist Nalini Jackson joins the SS Delany for the first manned mission to Jupiter, all she wants is a career opportunity: the chance to conduct the first field study of group dynamics on long-haul cryoships. But what she discovers instead is an entire city encased in a bubble on Europa, Jupiter’s largest moon. Even more unexpected, Nalini and the rest of the crew soon find themselves abducted and joining its captive population, forced...
127) The Rabbits
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Pub. Date
1999
Description
Uses rabbits, a species introduced to Australia, to represent an allegory of the arrival of Europeans in Australia and the widespread environmental destruction caused by man throughout the continent. A sophisticated picture book. Suggested level: primary, intermediate.
129) Gulliver's travels
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
The tale of an 18th-century physician who takes eight years to travel through a variety of fantastical lands, only to have everyone but his wife take him for a madman when he returns home.
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Pub. Date
[2014]
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Koushun Takami's notorious high-octane thriller envisions a nightmare scenario: a class of junior high school students is taken to a deserted island where, as part of a ruthless authoritarian program, they are provided arms and forced to kill until only one survivor is left standing. Criticized as violent exploitation when first published in Japan--where it became a runaway best seller--Battle Royale is a Lord of the Flies for the 21st century, a...
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Hetalia Axis Powers volume 1
Pub. Date
c2010
Description
An allegory of world history that has human characters that personify different countries of the world. The story is centered around the Axis Powers of World War I and II--Germany, Italy, and Japan--as they meet, become friends, and form a powerful alliance.
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