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Lockdown: Escape from Furnaceby Alexander Gordon Smith
Alex has been sent to Furnace Penitentiary for young offenders for a crime he did not commit. Besides the other prisoners, he has to be wary of the howling beasts, giants in black suits that drag inmates screaming into the shadows and even the warden himself. Together with other inmates, Alex plans to escape.
The Detachmentby Barry Eisler
Eisler’s charismatic assassin John Rain is back, and he is up against his most formidable enemy yet. While he can’t resist the offer of a multimillion dollar payday for the death of three high-profile targets, he’s going to need a little help to pull off this job.
How to Think Like a Neandertalby Thomas Wynn and Frederick L Coolidge
Why is it that Neandertals became extinct while Homo sapiens prospered? Archeologist Wynn and psychologist Coolidge team up to provide a vivid account of the mental life of Neandertals and argue that many of the ways that we think today are no different from the approaches of our ancestors.
Article 5by Kristen Simmons
The United States has become a religious totalitarian state where freedoms are slowly disappearing. When Ember Miller’s unwed mother is arrested for noncompliance with Article 5 of the Moral Statutes, the 17-year-old is sent to a reform school.
Out of Oz: The Final Volume in the Wicked Years by Gregory Maguire
In this final installment of the best-selling series, the Emerald City is planning an invasion of Munchkinland, Glinda, the Good Witch of the South, is under house arrest, the Cowardly Lion is on the run from the law and Dorothy makes a return to a chaotic Oz.
Before I Fallby Lauren Oliver
Samantha Kingston has it all—until she ends up dead. But forced to live her final day seven more times for a week, she tries to unravel the mystery of her death and discover the importance of all that she is set to leave behind.
Member's Choice
Member: Naoki Oike
The Old Man and the Sea
by Ernest Hemingway
What’s the book about?
An old fisherman called Santiago, far out in the Gulf of Mexico, struggles alone in a skiff to catch a huge marlin. The Nobel Prize-winning story is plain and simple, as is Hemingway’s writing style. The language is expressive, articulate and beautiful.
What did you like about it?
In the old man’s attitude, the author urges the reader to look at life positively, to never give up and to keep on fighting.
Why did you choose it?
Having read the book many times before, I found it enjoyable to listen to someone reading it to me. Well-written language nicely spoken sounds like music.
What other books would you recommend?
For those who like American literature and are interested in outdoor adventures, such novels as The Call of the Wild and White Fang by Jack London might be fun to read.
