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Lord of the Flies
by William Golding
The classic tale of a group of English school boys who are left stranded on an unpopulated island, and who must confront not only the defects of their society but the defects of their own natures.
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The Final Diagnosis
by Arthur Hailey
A captivating story about the non glamorous role of pathologists in medical field. The book takes you to the pathology labs, hospital corridoors, doctor's rooms, nurses' dormitories !! It emaphasises the importance of pathology which is often unappreciated and underpaid.
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The Empire Trilogy: Book 2
The Siege of Krishnapur
by J. G. Farrell
A darkly humorous picture of the follies of empire, still as relevant as ever, The Siege of Krishnapur is thought by many to be J. G. Farrell's finest book. Set in India in 1857 (the year of the Great Mutiny, when the Indian sepoys rose in bloody rebellion against their complacent British overlords), Farrell's novel concerns a remote Victorian outpost in the subcontinent. Rumors of strife filter in from afar, but... (more)
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In Spite of the Gods
The Rise of Modern India
by Edward Luce
India remains a mystery to many Americans, even as it is poised to become the world’s third largest economy within a generation, outstripping Japan. It will surpass China in population by 2032 and will have more English speakers than the United States by 2050. In In Spite of the Gods , Edward Luce, a journalist who covered India for many years, makes brilliant sense of India and its rise to global power. Already... (more)
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Under the Greenwood Tree
by Thomas Hardy
The arrival of two newcomers in the quiet village of Mellstock arouses a bitter feud and leaves a convoluted love affair in its wake. While the Reverend Maybold creates a furore among the village's musicians with his decision to abolish the church's traditional 'string choir' and replace it with a modern mechanical organ, the new schoolteacher, Fancy Day, causes an upheaval of a more romantic nature, winning the... (more)
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Theory in Practice
Web Architecture and Programming in the Cloud: Transactional Systems for EC2 and Beyond
by George Reese
If you're involved in planning IT infrastructure as a network or system architect, system administrator, or developer, this book will help you adapt your skills to work with these highly scalable, highly redundant infrastructure services. While analysts hotly debate the advantages and risks of cloud computing, IT staff and programmers are left to determine whether and how to put their applications into these... (more)
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Of Human Bondage
by W. Somerset Maugham
This classic novel tells the story of Philip Carey, an orphan with a club foot who is raised by a religious aunt and uncle. Yearning for adventure, Philip eventually leaves home to pursue a career as an artist in Paris. When he returns to London to study medicine, he meets the alluring but unfeeling Mildred, beginning a doomed love affair that will change the course of his life. "Here is a novel of the utmost... (more)
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Night Trilogy: Book 1
Night
by Elie Wiesel
Night is Elie Wiesel's masterpiece, a candid, horrific, and deeply poignant autobiographical account of his survival as a teenager in the Nazi death camps. Elie Wiesel reflects on the enduring importance of Night and his lifelong, passionate dedication to ensuring that the world never forgets man capacity for inhumanity to man. Night offers much more than a litany of the daily terrors, everyday ... (more)
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The Count of Monte Cristo
by Alexandre Dumas, père
Thrown in prison for a crime he has not committed, Edmond Dantes is confined to the grim fortress of Château d'If. There he learns of a great hoard of treasure hidden on the Isle of Monte Cristo and he becomes determined not only to escape, but also to unearth the treasure and use it to plot the destruction of the three men responsible for his incarceration. Dumas' epic tale of retribution, inspired by a real-life... (more)
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All Creatures Great & Small: Book 1
All Creatures Great and Small
by James Herriot
Take an unforgettable journey through the English countryside and into the homes of its inhabitants-- four-legged and otherwise-- with the world's best-loved animal doctor. For over 25 years-- since All Creatures Great and Small was first published-- readers have delighted to the storytelling genius of James Herriot, the Yorkshire veterinarian whose fascinating vignettes brim with the wonder of life, animal and... (more)
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Madame Bovary
by Gustave Flaubert
One of the acknowledged masterpieces of 19th century realism, Madame Bovary is revered by writers and readers around the world, a mandatory stop on any pilgrimage through modern literature. Flaubert's legendary style, his intense care over the selection of words and the shaping of sentences, his unmatched ability to convey a mental world through the careful selection of telling details, shine on every page of this... (more)
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
by Ken Kesey
An inmate of a mental institution tries to find the freedom and independence denied him in the outside world.
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The Grapes of Wrath
by John Steinbeck
Forced from their home, the Joad family is lured to California to find work; instead they find disillusionment, exploitation, and hunger.
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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
by Mark Twain
This novel of Mark Twain's -- A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court -- gives us an odd view of the American literary genius: it shows his bent toward science fiction. Twain developed a close and lasting friendship with scientific wunderkind Nikola Tesla, and the two spent quite a bit of time together (in Tesla's laboratory, among other places). Twain's fascination appears in his time traveler (from... (more)
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The Inner Voice of Love
a journey through anguish to freedom
by Henri J. M. Nouwen
For the countless men and women who have to live through the pain of broken relationships or who suffer from the loss of a loved one, "The Inner Voice of Love" offers new courage, new hope, and even new life.
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Man's Search for Meaning
by Viktor Emil Frankl
Psychiatrist Viktor Frankl's memoir has riveted generations of readers with its descriptions of life in Nazi death camps and its lessons for spiritual survival. Between 1942 and 1945 Frankl labored in four different camps, including Auschwitz, while his parents, brother, and pregnant wife perished. Based on his own experience and the experiences of those he treated in his practice, Frankl argues that we cannot... (more)
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany
by William L. Shirer
Since its publication in 1960, William L. Shirer's monumental study of Hitler's German Empire has been widely acclaimed as the definitive record of this century's blackest hours. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich offers an unparalleled and thrillingly told examination of how Adolf Hitler nearly succeeded in conquering the world. With millions of copies in print around the globe, it has attained the status of... (more)
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Exodus
by Leon Uris
An American nurse and an Israeli freedom fighter get caught up in the re-birth of Israel, during the the British Mandate and the Indepence of the State of Israel.The book tells the story of the State of Israel, and the background of its population (holocaust survivores, russian imigrantes running away from pogroms).
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The Admirable Crichton
by J. M. Barrie
1918. One of the best known of Barrie's fantastic modern plays. Concerned with an aristocratic English family who revert to the state of Nature when shipwrecked on a desert island. While there they are willing slaves of their former butler, but on return to civilization the positions are shifted.
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Middlemarch
by George Eliot
Vast and crowded, rich in irony and suspense, Middlemarch is richer still in character, with two of the era's most enduring characters, Dorothea Brooke, trapped in a loveless marriage, and Lydgate, an ambitious young doctor.

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