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By the author of Blood Meridian and All the Pretty Horses , Suttree is the story of Cornelius Suttree, who has forsaken a life of privilege with his prominent family to live in a dilapidated houseboat on the Tennessee River near Knoxville. Remaining on the margins of the outcast community there--a brilliantly imagined collection of eccentrics, criminals, and squatters--he rises above the physical and human... (more)

Seize the Day (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics)

Seize the Day (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics)

by Saul Bellow, Cynthia Ozick

GBF Discussion; Guide online Introduction by Cynthia Ozick.

Keys to the Kingdom: Book 1

Mister Monday

by Garth Nix

Seven days. Seven keys. Seven virtues. Seven sins. One mysterious house is the doorway to a very mysterious world -- where one boy is about to venture and unlock a number of fantastic secrets.

The Seven Deadly Sins: Book 5

Sloth (Seven Deadly Sins)

by Robin Wasserman

One of the seven is dead, and everyone's reeling: Adam 's done. With love, with school...with everything. Done. Beth 's doing her best to act "normal," but even Reed recognizes devastation, since all he does is fantasize about Kaia . Miranda 's lost too. Did she ever really forgive Harper ? Only Kane is actually doing something: uncovering how the crash happened -- and why. But there's no do-over with... (more)

The Life of a Good-for-Nothing (Hesperus Classics)

The Life of a Good-for-Nothing (Hesperus Classics)

by Joseph Von Eichendorff

This delightful picaresque tale is a classic of German Romantic literature. Despaired of by his father and impatient with his lot, a young man hears the enticing call of life on the road. Leaving his home and all that he knows, he embarks on a journey in search of adventure and glory. One day enjoying fortune and plenty, the next at the mercy of villains and rogues, his is a life of chance and wonder that,... (more)

The Cry of the Sloth

by Sam Savage

Living on a diet of fried Spam, vodka, sardines, cupcakes, and Southern Comfort, Andrew Whittaker is slowly being sucked into the morass of middle age. A negligent landlord, small-time literary journal editor, and aspiring novelist, he is—quite literally— authoring his own downfall. From his letters, diary entries, and fragments of fiction, to grocery lists and posted signs, this novel is a collection of... (more)

The Very Sleepy Sloth

by Andrew Murray

While Sloth sleeps, the other animals are busy. Cheetah is on a "treadmill, working on his speed"; Elephant lifts weights; Kangaroo bounces on a trampoline; and Monkey swings. They all cease their activities to inquire why Sloth is so lazy, and he cleverly turns things around by challenging Monkey to try to lift Elephant's weights. Monkey topples over, and suggests that Elephant try jumping like Kangaroo. After... (more)

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Suttree

by Cormac McCarthy