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Les Misérables
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Victor Hugo |
In this story of the trials of the peasant Jean Valjean--a man unjustly imprisoned, baffled by destiny, and hounded by his nemesis, the magnificently realized, ambiguously malevolent police detective… |
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Papillon
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Henri Charrière |
Papillon is an autobiographical novel written by Henri Charrière, first published in France on 30 April 1969. Papillon is Charrière's nickname, deriving from a butterfly tattoo inscribed on his chest… |
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The new Jim Crow
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Karen Chilton,Michelle Alexander |
This work argues that the War on Drugs and policies that deny convicted felons equal access to employment, housing, education, and public benefits create a permanent under caste based largely on race… |
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Aristotle and Dante discover the secrets of the universe
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Benjamin Alire Sáenz |
Fifteen-year-old Ari Mendoza is an angry loner with a brother in prison, but when he meets Dante and they become friends, Ari starts to ask questions about himself, his parents, and his family that h… |
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The Isle of the Lost
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Melissa De La Cruz |
Imprisoned on the Isle of the Lost, the teenaged children of Disney's most evil villains search for a dragon's eye, the key to true darkness and the villains' only hope of escape. |
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Morgan's Run
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Colleen McCullough |
Analyse: Roman historique. Roman d'aventures. |
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The Racketeer
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John Grisham |
When a federal judge and his secretary fail to appear for a scheduled trial and panicked clerks call for an FBI investigation, a harrowing murder case ensues and culminates in the imprisonment of a l… |
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El secreto de mi mariposa
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Anna Huelves |
Relato del paralelismo, entre el desarrollo de la II guerra mundial y las posguerras europea y española. Como influyen en la vida de un niño, hijo de anarquistas y condenado a muerte, utilizando para… |
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Cárcel de amor
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Carol Marinelli |
"Lo último que Meg Hamilton quería oír era que el marido al que había intentado olvidar había pasado el último año injustamente encarcelado en Brasil y necesitaba que lo visitara. Estaba dispuesta a … |
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Letters from the inside
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John Marsden |
From book description on Goodreads:
"Mandy wants a pen-pal. Tracey answers the ad. The two girls write to each other about their families, their lives, their ambitions and their fears. But there are… |
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