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The Canterbury Tales Iii

Geoffrey Chaucer

Eight British actors play the parts of Geoffrey Chaucer's pilgrims in seven of his "Canterbury Tales": "The Friar's Tale," "The Summoner's Tale," "The Lawyer's Tale," "The Seaman's Tale," "The Priores

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Poison

Chris Wooding

When Poison leaves her home in the marshes of Gull to retrieve the infant sister who was snatched by the fairies, she and a group of unusual friends survive encounters with the inhabitants of various

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The Book Thief

Markus Zusak

Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel--a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man the

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Poison

Chris Wooding

When Poison leaves her home in the marshes of Gull to retrieve the infant sister who was snatched by the fairies, she and a group of unusual friends survive encounters with the inhabitants of various

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The Canterbury Tales

Geoffrey Chaucer

Presents an annotated selection from Geoffrey Chaucer's medieval classic, "The Canterbury Tales," a series of stories narrated by pilgrims on their way to the shrine of Saint Thomas a Becket in Canter

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Haroun and the Sea of Stories

Salman Rushdie

The story of Haroun, a 12-year-old boy whose father is the greatest storyteller in a city so sad that it has forgotten its name.

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Life of Pi

Yann Martel

Pi Patel, having spent an idyllic childhood in Pondicherry, India, as the son of a zookeeper, sets off with his family at the age of sixteen to start anew in Canada, but his life takes a marvelous tur

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