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A Gentleman in Moscow

A Russian nobleman is sentenced to life imprisonment in a luxurious hotel in Moscow. But the indomitable Count takes his circumstances in his stride, never losing his spirit or deep humanity.

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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values

A study into how we live, and how to be better at living, set around a narrative of a father-son motorcycle trip across the American Northwest.

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The Turn of the Screw

A young governess is sent to a remote estate to care for two beautiful children, who are oddly distant and wholly disconcerting...

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Chocolat

A fable with magic, passion and chocolate, and how it all comes together to awaken a straight-laced village in the South of France.

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The Stars My Destination (Tiger! Tiger!)

In a far future universe where people travel by thought, a barely articulate menial survivor from an inter-planetary vessel escapes jail to wreak havoc, and change the world...

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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

A delightful and charming story set in the aftermath of WW2, presented as a collection of correspondences between Juliet Ashton, an author, and the residents of the Channel island of Guernsey

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Girl with a Pearl Earring

An imagining of the story behind the enigmatic eponymous girl from Vermeer's painting, the dutch Mona Lisa.

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Eileen

For subdued Eileen, life holds little charm. Dead-end job. An abusive, alcoholic father. But when the vivacious Rebecca joins her workplace, the doors of her imagination open...

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Out

Following a random act of violence, four japanese women get embroiled in the cover up of the crime, and fight to contain the fallout and maintain their own sanity...

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Interview With The Vampire

The vampire Louis recounts his life story, and his journey to find meaning and connection in his immortal existence

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Endless Night

Some are born to sweet delights, and some are born to the night that will engulf all, even those aforementioned, born to sweet delights

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Bad Luck And Trouble

One Reacher is tolerable, barely. Four of them isn't four times the fun.

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