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NOBODY'S GIRL

A Memoir of Surviving Abuse

by Virginia Roberts Giuffre

The world knows Virginia Roberts Giuffre as Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell’s most outspoken victim: the woman whose decision to speak out helped send both serial abusers to prison, whose photograph with Prince Andrew catalyzed his fall from grace. But her story has never been told in full, in her own words—until now.

THE SECRET AGENT


by Joseph Conrad

In the heart of the city, we encounter Adolf Verloc, a seemingly ordinary man who, in truth, is a double agent working for a foreign government while running a seedy shop in Soho. As he becomes embroiled in a sinister plot to provoke anarchy and chaos, the lives of those around him are irrevocably altered.

TOMORROW


by Damian Dibben

“Tomorrow” by Damian Dibben follows an immortal dog who will cross centuries and continents rather than abandon the man he loves most. Torn from his master in 17th‑century Venice, Tomorrow waits on frozen rivers, battles through war-torn fields, and pads through glittering royal courts, guided only by the memory of a voice and a hand that once called him home.

WINGS


by Lorrie Moore

“Wings” is both a summation and forgiveness of the gross things we do, like dating schmucky people and schmoozing the nice-but-wealthy old man next door, things meant to help us get ahead but that instead leave us a little behind. “Life is never perfect.” ""If one knew the future, all the unexpected glimpses of the beloved, one might have trouble finding the courage to go on."


THE MASQUE OF
Short Stories for English Language Learners
THE RED DEATH

by Edgar Allan Poe

“The Masque of the Red Death” by Edgar Allan Poe is a gothic tale in which the wealthy Prince Prospero’s attempt to escape a deadly plague by hiding in a lavish, sealed abbey ends in terror when Death itself enters the Prince's opulent masquerade ball.


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ANTI-AUTHORITARIAN NOVELS:
various genres that explore themes of authoritarianism, resistance, and individual freedom.

1984
by George Orwell

Brave New World
by Aldous Huxley

The Lost Cause
by Cory Doctorow

The Handmaid's Tale
by Margaret Atwood

Fahrenheit 451
by Ray Bradbury

 "Then the King will say - 'Come, you who are blessed, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.'" 

"Then he will say - 'Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink, I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.'   
 
[ -Matthew 25: verses 34 and 41 ]

PREQUEL
American Fight Against Fascism
by Rachel Maddow

Animal Farm
by George Orwell

Night Soldiers
by Alan Furst

The Wave
by Todd Strasser

The Plot Against America
by Philip Roth

The Iron Heel
by Jack London

Little Brother
by Cory Doctorow

It Can't Happen Here
by Sinclair Lewis

Alone in Berlin
by Hans Fallada

White Rose
by Kip Wilson

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