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Title: 1919
Author: John DOS Passos
The second volume of The 42nd Parallel in DOS Passos' acclaimed USA trilogy, the book covers the years of the First World War in America which reminds the expression of powerlessness and bitterness about the war; it crackles through every page and every sentence that is filled with fury that can't be described.

Title: 1985
Author: Anthony Burgess
1985 is in two parts. The first is a series of essays and interviews discussing aspects of Orwell's book. The second is a novella set in 1985, seven years distant at the time of the novel's writing.

Title: A Book that Was Lost and Other Stories
Author: S. Y. Agnon
A collection of 25 stories from Jewish author S. Y. Agnon. The book is divided into sections of related stories such as Buczacz: The Epic Life of One Town, Artists in the Land of Israel, Stories of Germany, and The Search for Meaning.

Title: A Child's Garden of Verses
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
A Child's Garden of Verses is a collection of poetry for children by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson. The collection first appeared in 1885 under the title Penny Whistles, but has been reprinted many times, often in illustrated versions. It contains about 65 poems including the cherished classics Foreign Children, The Lamplighter, The Land of Counterpane, Bed in Summer, My Shadow and The Swing.

Title: A Christmas Carol
Author: Charles Dickens
A Christmas Carol is a Victorian morality tale of an old and bitter miser, Ebenezer Scrooge, who undergoes a profound experience of redemption over the course of one evening. Mr Scrooge is a financier/money-changer who has devoted his life to the accumulation of wealth. He holds anything other than money in contempt, including friendship, love and the Christmas season.

Title: A Clockwork Orange
Author: Anthony Burgess
A book written in first person perspective from a seemingly biased and unreliable source. Alex, the main protagonist, never justifies his actions in the narration, giving a good sense that he is somewhat sincere; a narrator who, as unlikeable as he may attempt to seem, evokes pity from the reader through the telling of his unending suffering, and later through his realization that the cycle will never end. Alex's perspective is effective in that the way that he describes events is easy to relate to, even if the situations themselves are not. He uses words that are common in speech, as well as Nadsat, the speech of the younger generation.

Title: A Company of Swans
Author: Eva Ibbotson
A Company of Swans is a historical romance novel published in 1985 by Eva Ibbotson. The book is dedicated to Patricia Veryan. Critically well received the young adult novel is starting to be obliquely refereed to in review. The type where reviewer try to complement a new work by comparison to another better established work.

Title: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Author: Mark Twain
A Connecticut Yankee sents back in time to King Arthur’s Court, where and when he was given no choice but to use his extreme knowledge to educate an ignorant race. A comical science fiction story that is better than video games, kids would have loved to read this classic adventure tales.

Title: A Country Doctor
Author: Franz Kafka
The story is about a nonbeliever doctor whose life and work are based on duty and responsibility. He ends up as a failure, as a healer and a physician. It says so much as to “Living without faith is like driving in a fog.

Title: A Creature Was Stirring
Author: Clement Clarke Moore
Just before leaving with his parents to go skiing before Christmas, Connor Morgan breaks his leg. Fortunately, Great Aunt Bergen is coming to watch the house, and Conner can stay with her. But there is something very strange about Aunt Bergen, and strange things start to happen when she arrives.

Title: A Dead Man in Deptford
Author: Anthony Burgess
It depicts the life and character of Christopher Marlowe, one of the greatest playwrights of the Elizabethan era. Marlowe is portrayed as a secretive, solitary and eventually isolated person. Burgess explores his sexual addiction and passion for the theater.

Title: A Dog's Head
Author: Jean Dutourd
This is the story of a boy born with the head of a spaniel dog. His indifference prevents him from leading an ordinary life. He suffers much for his disability by facing daily rejection and the pain is sometimes hard to bear. For him it was so tough to fit in to this world, but that did not stop him from moving forward.

Title: A Family Without a Name: Into the Abyss
Author: Jules Verne
Family Without a Name (in the original French: Famille-sans-nom) is a novel written by French author Jules Verne from 1887 to 1888 about the life of a family in Lower Canada (present-day Quebec) during the Lower Canada Rebellion of 1837 and 1838 that sought an independent and democratic republic for Lower Canada. In the book, the two sons of a traitor fight in the Rebellion in an attempt to make up for the crime of their father.

Title: A Figure in Hiding
Author: Franklin W. Dixon
Book 16 in the Hardy Boys Mystery Stories. The book was originally published in 1937 and later rewritten. The original book was ghostwritten by Leslie McFarlane and included dust jacket art by Paul Laune. This Applewood edition is a facsimile reproduction of the book as it was originally published in 1937.

Title: A Fish Out of Water
Author: Helen Palmer
This book was illustrated in color so that children will be able to enjoy their reading. Comic pictures show how the fish rapidly outgrows its bowl, a vase, a cook pot, a bathtub.

Title: A Floating City
Author: Jules Verne
This book was the direct result of the trip which the author actually made to America in 1867, on the largest iron ship ever built.

Title: A Fly Went By
Author: Mike McClintock
Everyone is afraid someone is going to get them and their fear makes them do foolish things. What makes this story interesting is that the child narrator is fearless enough to confront what the others fear.

Title: A Fundamental Experiment
Author: Rene Daumal
Rene Daumal experiments with consciousness and the body’s state of mind that might lead to a higher state of being.

Title: A General History of the Pyrates
Author: Daniel Defoe
This is a 1724 book containing biographies of contemporary pirates. Its author uses the name Captain Charles Johnson, but since no other record of such a person exists, it is usually considered a pseudonym. Circumstantial evidence suggests Daniel Defoe as the real author.

Title: A Guide for Grown-ups
Author: Antoine de Saint-Exupery
One sees clearly only with the heart. Anything essential is invisible to the eyes. For more than sixty years, this insight from The Little Prince has been quoted in more than 130 languages by fans around the world.

Title: A House and Its Head
Author: Ivy Compton-Burnett
This is a story about domestic life where politics, power and desire evolved. The main character, Duncan Edgeworth, can’t stop remarrying, at the same time his nephew can’t stop fooling around. The family’s stubborn ways aggravate to a series of offenses that begins with adultery and ends up in murder.

Title: A House to Let
Author: Charles Dickens
The story is about an elderly woman who moves to London for some relaxation. Since she has plenty of time to look around, a strange house across the street caught her attention and she soon becomes obsessed with it. Preoccupied with mysteries, the woman asks for the help of the two men to seek the truth. They uncover grimy stories behind the mystery.

Title: A Hunger Artist
Author: Franz Kafka
A short story by Franz Kafka published in Die Neue Rundschau in 1922. The protagonist is an archetypical creation of Kafka, an individual marginalised and victimised by society at large.

Title: A Journey Around My Room
Author: Xavier de Maistre
As a punishment for dueling, French soldier Xavier de Maistre was confined to his quarters for 42 days. Deciding to use his days effectively, he settled to undertake a journey around his room.

Title: A Little Princess
Author: Frances Hodgson Burnett
Seven-year-old Sara Crewe, who was raised in India by her affluent and adoring father, Captain Ralph Crewe, has been sent to London, England to be educated at Miss Minchin's Seminary for Young Ladies. Impressed by Captain Crewe's fortune, and wishing to keep Sara at the school as long as possible, Miss Minchin allows Sara to have far more luxuries than the average student. She has her own personal maid, a pony, a private sitting room and an extravagant wardrobe. She is also permitted to do anything she pleases, and is constantly praised, complimented and shown off as the school's star pupil. When Captain Crewe becomes part owner of several diamond mines – investing his life's fortune with a dear friend – Sara's status grows even more.
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