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  De Profundis

  by Oscar Wilde

  While jailed for homosexual offenses, Wilde wrote this long, bitter letter of recrimination to his lover, Lord Alfred Douglas. It offers fascinating insights into Wilde’s life in prison and the background and psychology of a notorious affair, but its eloquence, passion and literary excellence make it a universal statement about love, injustice and suffering.
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  Love Is a Mix Tape

  Life and Loss, One Song at a Time

  by Rob Sheffield

  What Is love? Great minds have been grappling with this question throughout the ages, and in the modern era, they have come up with many different answers. According to Western philosopher Pat Benatar, love is a battlefield. Her paisan Frank Sinatra would add the corollary that love is a tender trap. Love hurts. Love stinks. Love bites, love bleeds, love is the drug. The troubadours of our times agree: They want... (more)
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  Of Thee I Sing

  A Letter to My Daughters

  by Barack Obama, Loren Long

  In this tender, beautiful letter to his daughters, President Barack Obama has written a moving tribute to thirteen groundbreaking Americans and the ideals that have shaped our nation. From the artistry of Georgia O'Keeffe, to the courage of Jackie Robinson, to the patriotism of George Washington, President Obama sees the traits of these heroes within his own children, and within all of America's children. ... (more)
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  The Devil Does Exist: Book 1

  The Devil Does Exist, Vol. 1

  by Mitsuba Takanashi

  High school is difficult for most kids. But for Kayano, a shy girl whose single mother seems to work all the time, it’s even worse than usual. She’s so afraid of drawing attention to herself, in fact, that she can’t tell the handsome Kamijo how much she loves him—until one day she finally gets up the courage to write him a letter confessing her feelings. But her plans go awry when the letter falls into the hands... (more)
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  A Ponte do Sonho

  by João Pedro Brandão

  Pedro is a teenage boy who starts to question life. He starts to lose the concept of what is the meaning of "to live" and starts to wonder what and who is he and what does he have left in front of him.The title of this book would mean «A Ponte do Sonho».
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  Ducks On The Pond

  by R. Scott Murphy

  "Ducks" is a love letter to baseball, but it's not just diamonds, dust & Dodgers. It's about youth, wonder & nostalgia-simpler times when Pluto was a planet & reality stars were not. Steal away to Kool Aid-stained summer days, wiffle ball, BBQ hot dogs and "American Top 40" with Casey Kasem. Award-winning writer R. Scott Murphy uses his "storyteller mashup" style to blend "Cultural Literacy" with... (more)
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  A Mantilha de Beatriz

  by Manuel Pinheiro Chagas

  The title of this book would mean «Beatriz's mantilla».
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  NonNonBa

  by Shigeru Mizuki

  "Mizuki conveys his pen and ink messages with a surreal combination of cartoon-like people superimposed against harsh realistic renderings of their environment."~Marco Werman, PRI's The World"<Mizuki> is one of Japan's greatest illustrators, a master of both realism and manga."~The Globe and MailThe first English translation of Mizuki's best-loved work, NonNonBa is the definitive work by... (more)
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  Bread and Wine: Finding Community and Life Around the Table

  by Shauna Niequist

  Bread andamp; Wine is a collection of essays about family relationships, friendships, and the meals that bring us together. Written by well-loved writer and blogger, Shauna Niequist, this mix of Girl Meets God and the Food Network is a funny, honest, and vulnerable spiritual memoir. Bread andamp; Wine is a celebration of food shared and life around the table, and it reminds us of the joy we find in connection and... (more)
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  Amor de Perdição (Doomed Love)

  Memórias duma Família

  by Camilo Castelo Branco

  Perhaps the height of Portuguese romanticism, Amor de Perdição is a Portuguese Romeo and Juliet. Simão Botelho and Teresa are hopelessly in love, but their families are rivals in Viseu. When Teresa’s father, Tadeu, discovers their love, he shuts her in a convent. But, while trying to see his beloved, Simão kills Baltasar, and eventually condemned to death. The sentence is commuted to 10 years of service in India,... (more)
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  The Devil Does Exist: Book 3

  The Devil Does Exist Volume 3

  by Mitsuba Takanashi

  Kayano's dad died several years ago. Her mom is dating and tells Kayano she is thinking of marrying a divorced man who has a son, and Kayano is happy for her. It turns out that this man is her school principal, and his son, Takeru, is a major troublemaker who turns Kayano's life upside down.
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  De Profundis and Other Writings

  by Oscar Wilde

  'I have nothing to declare,' Wilde once told an American customs official, 'except my genius.' A good part of that genius is evident in the essays and poems included in this volume. There is the intellectual genius of "The Soul of Man under Socialism", in which he clearly foresaw the dangers of economic bureaucracy and state-worship: for Wilde, socialism meant liberation and individuality, not enslavement. Then... (more)
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  Berta la larga

  by Cuca Canals

  Berta, born under a rainbow, has special gifts. And she is very, very tall. Depressed by her height, she has grown into a quiet, introverted girl. However, at 16 she falls in love with a very tall postman and finds that her moods have an amazing effect on the weather and just about everything else.
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  Um Rapaz, Uma Rapariga...

  by Claude Campagne

  The title of this book would mean «One boy, one girl...».A collection of short stories involving a boy and a girl.
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  Kotoba no Nai Love Letter

  by Kawachi Yukari

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  Sense and Sensibility

  by Jane Austen

  'Young women who have no economic or political power must attend to the serious business of contriving material security.' Jane Austen's sardonic humour lays bare the stratagems, the hypocrisy and the poignancy inherent in the struggle of two very different sisters to achieve respectability. "Sense and Sensibility" is a delightful comedy of manners in which the sisters Elinor and Marianne represent these two... (more)
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  Stargirl: Book 2

  Love, Stargirl

  by Jerry Spinelli

  LOVE, STARGIRL picks up a year after Stargirl ends and reveals the new life of the beloved character who moved away so suddenly at the end of Stargirl. The novel takes the form of "the world's longest letter," in diary form, going from date to date through a little more than a year's time. In her writing, Stargirl mixes memories of her bittersweet time in Mica, Arizona, with involvements with new people in her... (more)