Downloadable Guide for Group Discussion and Classroom use “Delights, amuses, disturbs and provokes reflection, in equal measure. —Allan Massie, Scotsman Cambridge University in 1912 is on the threshold of world-changing discoveries in physics. Young, rational Fred Fairly, a country clergyman’s only son, is a junior fellow at the university’s smallest college, St. Angelicus, closed [...]
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A Three Dog Life by Abigail Thomas
A Three Dog Life Abigail Thomas ISBN:9780156033060 About the book: When Abigail Thomas’s husband, Rich, was hit by a car, his brain shattered. Subject to rages, terrors, and hallucinations, he must live the rest of his life in an institution. He has no memory of what he did the hour, the day, the year before. [...]
My Life in Orange by Tim Guest
My Life in Orange Tim Guest ISBN:9780156031066 About the book: At the age of six, Tim Guest was taken by his mother to a commune modeled on the teachings of the notorious Indian guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh. The Bhagwan preached an eclectic doctrine of Eastern mysticism, chaotic therapy, and sexual freedom, and enjoyed inhaling laughing [...]
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Life of Pi Yann Martel ISBN:9780156027328 About the book: The son of a zookeeper, Pi Patel has an encyclopedic knowledge of animal behavior and a fervent love of stories. When Pi is sixteen, his family emigrates from India to North America aboard a Japanese cargo ship, along with their zoo animals bound for new homes. [...]
Sunday Jews by Hortense Calisher
Sunday Jews Hortense Calisher ISBN:9780156027458 About the book: Hortense Calisher has been hailed as “stand[ing] vividly with Cather and Fitzgerald” (Cynthia Ozick). In this, her latest and most lauded novel, she explores a family united in blood yet divided by ideas. Son Charles hopes to be a Supreme Court justice; family beauty Nell has children [...]
