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One Hundread Years of Solitude tells the story of the rise and fall of the town Macondo. The plot centres around the Buendia family, the town’s founders. The economic up rise and downfall is seen through the eyes of seven generations of the Buendia Family in this suspenseful, amusing and unforgettable piece of work.
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Frederic Henry is an American soldier in the First World War. Frederic is introduced to Catherine Barkley, a nurse’s aide, and the two immediately hit it off. Shortly after they meet, tragically Frederic becomes injured. Follow the story of how an injury affects much more than a person’s physical being.
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The play deals with the problems that stem from youthful love, as the young lovers, Lysander, Hermia, Demetrius and Helena escape parental control by eloping into the forest outside the city. Unfortunately they stumble into fairyland which is currently mid-war. Fairy royalty King Oberon and Queen Titania fight over possession of a beautiful young Indian boy.
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One Hundred Years of Solitude
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
A Farewell to Arms
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Ernest Hemingway
William Shakespeare
Catch-22
Joseph Heller
Yossarian, a bombardier in the Second World War, is terrified of bomb missions and frequently tries to escape. As each attempt at freedom fails, his terror mounts and his world comes crashing down around him. Catch-22 captivates the reader and brings them deeper into the unfair, deadly games of warfare.
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Holden Caulfield, a teenager who excels at underachieving, is expelled from school for the fourth time. Completely enraged, he gets on a train to New York City in the middle of the night. This story shows how the school system is not always for everyone and sometimes, a good kick out of it is the best thing for personal growth.
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J. D. Salinger
The Catcher in the Rye
Clinging to the Wreckage
John Mortimer
In the first volume of his bestselling autobiography, novelist, playwright and former barrister John Mortimer relates all the pleasures and paradoxes of his early life. With wit and style, he takes us from his unusual childhood to the dilemmas of his life in the law filled with laughter and a sense of the absurd.
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