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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Dead Poets Society Dead Poets Society N. H. Kleinbaum Todd Anderson and his friends at Welton Academy can hardly believe how different life is since their new English professor, the flamboyant John Keating, has challenged them to "make your lives extrao… OL15137380W
Room 13 Room 13 Henry Garfield Marilou McCormick begins a teaching job at a small California high school, only to encounter a series of bizarre occurances involving the staff, students, and the building itself. OL15821968W
Signs of  life Signs of life Natalie Taylor Twenty-four-year-old Natalie Taylor has led a charmed life. Surrounded by her large, close-knit family, she enjoys her meaningful job as a high school English teacher, cherishes being married to her … OL15992209W
Pacazo Pacazo Roy Kesey First Edition OL16799411W
Bookmarked Bookmarked Wendy W. Fairey "Wendy W. Fairey grew up among books. Her mother, the famous Hollywood columnist Sheilah Graham, was F. Scott Fitzgerald's last love--he died in her living room in 1940. As part of a 'College of One'… OL17863249W
The Folding Star The Folding Star Alan Hollinghurst **From Amazon.com:** Alan Hollinghurst's hypnotic and exquisitely written novel tells the story of Edward Manners, a disaffected 33-year-old who leaves England to earn his living as a language tut… OL1993501W
The English teacher The English teacher Lily King Fifteen years ago Vida Avery arrived alone and pregnant at elite Fayer Academy. By living on campus, on an island off the New England coast, Vida has cocooned herself and her son, Peter, from the out… OL20321W
The long divorce The long divorce Edmund Crispin From the blog Classic Mysteries: "The little English town of Cotten Abbas is being plagued by someone who is sending anonymous poisoned pen letters to people in the town. Letters of this type usually… OL3926777W
West of the American dream West of the American dream Paul Christensen "Like many a pioneer exiting the eastern forests, Paul Christensen felt the strangeness of an alien landscape when he first arrived in Texas in 1974. Schooled in the cool colors of life and poetry in… OL4614688W
The last king of Texas The last king of Texas Rick Riordan In a terrific sequel to The Widower's Two-Step, which won the 1999 Edgar for Best Original Paperback, the third Tres Navarre mystery finds the academic-turned-PI reluctant to accept a chair in mediev… OL492654W