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Skeletons on the Zahara: A True Story of Survival

A crucial, forgotten chapter of American history--immortalized in a survivor s firsthand account that became one of the bestselling books in 19th-century America and influenced Abraham Lincoln s thoughts on...

Slow Learner: Early Stories

T. Pynchon

The Collector

J. Fowles

Withdrawn, uneducated and unloved, Frederick collects butterflies and takes photographs. A chance pools win enables his to capture the art student Miranda and keep her in the cellar of the Sussex house he has bought...

The Lovely Bones

Sebold

Mit vierzehn Jahren wird Susie ermordert. Nun ist sie im Himmel und beobachtet von dort aus das Leben auf der Erde. Ein ungewohnlich beeindruckender Roman uber das Leben und den Tod, der in Amerika ein absoluter...

Weight of Water

Shreve

More than a century after someone murders two people on a small island off the coast of New Hampshire, a photographer comes to shoot a photo essay about the famous crime. As she investigates the bleak, isolated lives...