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2021-05-08 09:30:01 The Hobbit
by J.R.R Tolkien

Series:- Lord Of The Rings 0.5

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and drawings and maps by J.R.R. Tolkien. Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit who enjoys a comfortable, unambitious life, rarely travelling further than the pantry of his hobbit-hole in Bag End. But his contentment is disturbed when the wizard, Gandalf and a company of thirteen dwarves arrive on his doorstep one day to whisk him away on an unexpected journey ‘there and back again’. They have a plot to raid the treasure hoard of Smaug the Magnificent, a large and very dangerous dragon. The prelude to The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit has sold many millions of copies since its publication in 1937, establishing itself as one of the most beloved and influential books of the twentieth century. Open / Comment

2021-05-07 09:30:01 When Breath Becomes Air
by Paul Kalanithi

At the age of thirty-six, on the verge of completing a decade’s training as a neurosurgeon, Paul Kalanithi was diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer. One day he was a doctor treating the dying, the next he was a patient struggling to live.

When Breath Becomes Air chronicles Kalanithi’s transformation from a medical student asking what makes a virtuous and meaningful life into a neurosurgeon working in the core of human identity – the brain – and finally into a patient and a new father.

What makes life worth living in the face of death? What do you do when life is catastrophically interrupted? What does it mean to have a child as your own life fades away?

Paul Kalanithi died while working on this profoundly moving book, yet his words live on as a guide to us all. When Breath Becomes Air is a life-affirming reflection on facing our mortality and on the relationship between doctor and patient, from a gifted writer who became both. Open / Comment

2021-05-06 09:30:01 Think and Grow Rich by
Napoleon Hill

Think and Grow Rich was written by Napoleon Hill in 1937 and promoted as a personal development and self-improvement book. He claimed to be inspired by a suggestion from business magnate and later-philanthropist Andrew Carnegie.First published during the Great Depression, the book has sold more than 15 million copies

It remains the biggest seller of Napoleon Hill's books. BusinessWeek magazine's Best-Seller List ranked it the sixth best-selling paperback business book 70 years after it was published.Think and Grow Rich is listed in John C. Maxwell's A Lifetime "Must Read" Books List. Open / Comment

2021-05-05 12:45:20 Diary Of A Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney,this whole series is just so much fun.
When I was young we used to have Book Fairs in school which would happen annually and as soon as I would reach there Diary Of Wimpy Kid is the only thing I would search for.
The colourful covers, the fresh smell of new book and the cartoons in Wimpy Kid would always entice me.

Sadly due to the pandemic you guys can't go to a Book Fair but do not worry we have your back, we have the whole collection for you.

Enjoy the funny cartoons and the fun stories, give it a try.
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2021-05-05 12:43:11 Diary Of A Wimpy Kid (whole collection 1-15)
by Jeff Kinney

Things aren't going well for Greg Heffley.

He's been thrust into a new school where undersize weaklings share the corridors with kids who are taller, meaner and already shaving.

Along with his friend Rowley, Greg's desperate to prove his new maturity, which only going up a grade can bring. But when Rowley's star starts to rise, will Greg be able to reach the same heights of popularity as his best friend?


WHAT'S IN DIARY OF A WIMPY KID?
50% words, 50% cartoons, 100% hilarious!
Stories that all readers can't wait to get their hands on
Laughter guaranteed! Open / Comment

2021-05-05 07:14:15 Reasons To Stay Alive
by Matt Haig

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WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO FEEL TRULY ALIVE?

Aged 24, Matt Haig's world caved in. He could see no way to go on living. This is the true story of how he came through crisis, triumphed over an illness that almost destroyed him and learned to live again.

A moving, funny and joyous exploration of how to live better, love better and feel more alive, Reasons to Stay Alive is more than a memoir. It is a book about making the most of your time on earth.

"I wrote this book because the oldest clichés remain the truest. Time heals. The bottom of the valley never provides the clearest view. The tunnel does have light at the end of it, even if we haven't been able to see it . . . Words, just sometimes, really can set you free." Open / Comment

2021-05-03 17:27:39 IT by Stephen King, it is the most popular book of Stephen King.
If you like thrillers, or are into horror you would already know who Stephen King is.

If you haven't read Stephen King you should definitely give this a try but BEWARE!! YOU MIGHT GET SPOOKED.

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2021-05-03 17:22:58 IT
by Stephen King

Welcome to Derry, Maine. It’s a small city, a place as hauntingly familiar as your own hometown. Only in Derry the haunting is real.

They were seven teenagers when they first stumbled upon the horror. Now they are grown-up men and women who have gone out into the big world to gain success and happiness. But the promise they made twenty-eight years ago calls them reunite in the same place where, as teenagers, they battled an evil creature that preyed on the city’s children. Now, children are being murdered again and their repressed memories of that terrifying summer return as they prepare to once again battle the monster lurking in Derry’s sewers. Open / Comment

2021-05-03 06:26:19 One Hundred Years of Solitude
by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

The brilliant, bestselling, landmark novel that tells the story of the Buendia family. The fall and rise of the Buendia family is captured in the backdrop of all the strife that Latin American societies have witnessed. In this novel one will come across this family name spreading out over seven generations. The theme of this book is about two families that witness various stages of life over the period of a century. How the protagonist try to come to grips with their past and how this obsessiveness brings about the doom of the family is captured in the novel. In this book Macondo portrays the new world of United Sates, which appeared more like the Promised Land to so many at one time. But over the course of history it came to be accepted as another illusion. Open / Comment

2021-05-02 08:31:28 And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie is often regarded as her best work.
The best selling mystery book of all time, anybody who likes mystery, or murder mystery often regards it as one of their favourite book.

"Ten Little Soldier Boys went out to Dine, one choked his little self and then there were nine.

Nine Little Soldier Boys stayed up very late; One overslept himself and then there were eight.

Eight Little Soldier Boys travelling in Devon; One said he’d stay there and then there were seven.

Seven Little Soldier Boys chopping up sticks; One chopped himself in halves and then there were six.

Six Little Soldier Boys playing with a hive; A bumblebee stung one and then there were five.

Five Little Soldier Boys going through a door; One stubbed his toe and then there were four.

Four Little Soldier Boys going out to sea; A red herring swallowed one and then there were three.

Three Little Soldier Boys walking in the zoo; A big bear hugged one and then there were two.

Two Little Soldier Boys sitting in the sun; One got frizzled up and then there was One.

One Little Soldier Boy left all alone; He went and hanged himself and then there were none."

Give it a try, Happy Reading. Open / Comment