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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
The Steep Approach to Garbadale	Iain M. Banks	Dark family secrets and a long-lost love affair lie at the heart of Iain Banks's fabulous new novel. The Wopuld family built its fortune on a board game called Empire! - now a hugely successful comp…	OL100782W
Sessiz ev	Orhan Pamuk	In a crumbling mansion in a gentrified former fishing village on the Turkish coast, the widow Fatma awaits the annual visit of her grandchildren: Faruk, a dissipated historian; his sensitive leftist …	OL1019578W
The Life of Muhammad	Muhammad Husein Haykal	This biography of Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, is the first written by a contemporary Muslim scholar. It includes complete coverage of the Prophet's life, a detailed analysis of…	OL10243969W
Christmas at Stony Creek	Stephanie Greene	The pond at Stony Creek is perfect for ice skating, and a blanket of snow is on the ground. It's almost Christmas. Pipsqueak wishes she could spend the days at the pond, then curl up in front of a gl…	OL102452W
From the Dust Returned	Ray Bradbury	Ray Bradbury, America's most beloved storyteller, has spent a lifetime carrying readers to exhilarating and dangerous places, from dark street comers in unfamiliar cities and towns to the edge of the…	OL103193W
Rouse up o young men of the new age!	Kenzaburō Ōe	"K is a famous writer living in Tokyo with his wife and three children, the oldest of whom was born with a brain anomaly that has left him mentally disabled. A highly cerebral man who often retreats …	OL10339365W
Continuity & change in the American family	Suzanne M. Bianchi,Lynne M. Casper,Lynne M Casper	"Continuity & Change in the American Family engages students with issues they see every day in the news, while providing them with a comprehensive description of the social demography of the American…	OL10396490W
The Rise of Silas Lapham	William Dean Howells	The Rise of Silas Lapham is a novel written by William Dean Howells in 1885 about the materialistic rise of Silas Lapham from rags to riches, and his ensuing moral susceptibility. Silas earns a fortu…	OL10415255W
Marriage	Susan Ferrier	xi, 529 pages ; 20 cm	OL10417844W
Novels of the sisters Bronte (Agnes Grey / Jane Eyre / Professor / Shirley / Tenant of Wildfell Hal…	Charlotte Brontë,Emily Brontë,Anne Brontë	Contains: Agnes Grey Jane Eyre Professor Shirley Tenant of Wildfell Hall Villete [Wuthering Heights](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL21177W)	OL10424864W
Changes for Julie	Megan McDonald	Julie is in school detention for passing a note to Joy, a deaf student who has trouble understanding what their teacher is saying. Indignant, Julie decides to run for student body president so she ca…	OL104333W
Julie's Journey	Megan McDonald	It's 1976 and the entire country is celebrating America's 200th birthday. Julie joins her cousins on a pioneer-style wagon train in honor of the Bicentennial. The journey is filled with adventures, c…	OL104344W
Julie and the Eagles	Megan McDonald	Julie and her best friend, Ivy, find a baby owl in Golden Gate Park--and it needs help. At a wildlife rescue center, Julie meets Shasta and Sierra, two bald eagles that will be caged for life, unless…	OL104346W
The blue bedspread	Raj Kamal Jha	In the middle of a steamy Calcutta night the phone rings. An unnamed man in a city of millions answers to a voice telling him that his long-lost sister is dead. He must go to the hospital to identify…	OL1049091W
The meaning of things	Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi	"The meaning of things is a study of the significance of material possessions in contemporary urban life, and of the ways people carve meaning out of their domestic environment. Drawing on a survey o…	OL10550655W
Hooray for me!	Remy Charlip	Explores an individual's relationship to family, friends, and even pets.	OL108787W
Novels (Agnes Grey / Jane Eyre / Wuthering Heights)	Charlotte Brontë,Emily Brontë,Anne Brontë	The three great novels collected here are set in a beautiful by awe-inspiring landscape and they explore the darkest and most extreme emotions. Here are some of the most memorable characters in liter…	OL1095411W
Jane Eyre	Charlotte Brontë	The novel is set somewhere in the north of England. Jane's childhood at Gateshead Hall, where she is emotionally and physically abused by her aunt and cousins; her education at Lowood School, where s…	OL1095427W
Reflections	Nora Roberts,Angela Dawe	Lindsay Dunne had traded one career for another without leaving the dance behind. Then she met architect Seth Bannion, an intensely private man who loved his haven on the Connecticut coast. He lo…	OL111524W
The Bells of Christmas	Virginia Hamilton	Summary, Twelve-year-old Jason describes the wonderful Christmas of1890 that he and his family celebrate in their home in Springfield, Ohio.	OL112115W