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1) Around the world in eighty days

Author

Verne, Jules

Series

Whole story
Voyages Extraordinaires
The Modern Library classics
A Watermill classic

Language

English

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Author Birthdays - February
Page to Screen 2021-2022
Reading the Oscars
SRC- Teen Fiction

Formats

Book, CD Book, eAudiobook, eBook

Description

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In 1872, English gentleman Phileas Fogg has many adventures as he tries to win a bet that he can travel around the world in eighty days.

2) The land of little rain

Author

Austin, Mary Hunter

Series

Penguin nature library
The Modern Library classics

Language

English

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Author Birthdays - September
Environmental Reads

Formats

Book, Reference

Description

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Collects the meditations of the author, reflecting on territories in Yosemite, Death Valley, and the Mojave Desert, detailing the landscape, plant and animal life, and human inhabitants.

3) Vanity fair: a novel without a hero

Author

Thackeray, William Makepeace

Series

Modern Library classics
Everyman's library volume 12

Accelerated Reader

IL: UG - BL: 12.4 - AR Pts: 66

Language

English

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Author Birthdays - July

Description

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Set in the years before and after Waterloo, the novel tells the parallel stories of two schoolfriends - the quiet, long-suffering Amelia and her brilliant, scheming friend, Becky Sharp. The novel portrays all the corruption and decadence of 19th-century England.