Classic Tales from India: How Ganesh Got His Elephant Head and Other Stories
By: Vatsala Sperling
4.22
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Eight beautifully illustrated traditional stories that immerse the reader in the ancient culture of…
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By: Tamora Pierce
4.27
Format: 274 pages, Mass Market Paperback
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2. The Wind in the Willows
By: Kenneth Grahame , Gillian Avery
4.02
Format: 197 pages, Paperback
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3. The Swiss Family Robinson
By: Arthur Pober , Johann David Wyss , Scott McKowen
3.91
Format: 345 pages, Hardcover
The Swiss Family Robinson (German: Der Schweizerische Robinson) is a novel by Johann David Wyss, fi… read more
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4. A Game of You (The Sandman #5)
By: Neil Gaiman , Bryan Talbot , Colleen Doran , Stan Woch , Dick Giordano , Shawn McManus , Todd Klein , George Pratt
3.64
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Take an apartment house, mix in a drag queen, a lesbian couple, some talking animals, a talking sev… read more
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By: Agatha Christie
4.01
Format: 560 pages, Paperback
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6. The Ramayana: A Shortened Modern Prose Version of the Indian Epic
By: R.K. Narayan , Pankaj Mishra , John Lee
4.21
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
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7. The Dhammapada
By: Anonymous , Thich Nhat Hanh , None , None
3.43
Format: 42 pages, Paperback
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8. Flight of Magpies (A Charm of Magpies, #3)
By: K.J. Charles
3.40
Format: 96 pages, ebook
Danger in the air. Lovers on the brink. With the justiciary understaffed, a series of horrifying oc… read more
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3.97
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By: K.J. Charles
4.01
Format: 217 pages, ebook
If you stop running, you fall. Jonah Pastern is a magician, a liar, a windwalker, a professional th… read more
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11. The Dovekeepers
By: Alice Hoffman
4.11
Format: 40 pages,
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12. Naked
By: David Sedaris
4.15
Format: None pages, Paperback
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13. The Jungle Book
By: Rudyard Kipling
3.90
Format: 277 pages, Paperback
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3.99
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15. A Collection of Essays
By: George Orwell
4.00
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George Orwell's collected nonfiction, written in the clear-eyed and uncompromising style that earne… read more
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16. The Story of My Experiments With Truth
By: Mahatma Gandhi
4.29
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17. A Thief in the Night
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3.77
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3.89
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3.86
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28. Ramayana: India's Immortal Tale of Adventure, Love and Wisdom
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30. Classic Tales from India: How Ganesh Got His Elephant Head and Other Stories
By: Vatsala Sperling
4.22
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Eight beautifully illustrated traditional stories that immerse the reader in the ancient culture of… read more
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31. The Alchemist of Brushstrokes and Brimstone: An Accidental Alchemist Mystery
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4.56
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