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Number the Stars Summary

Number the Stars

by Lois Lowry 1989 137 pages

Historical Fiction

A Grief Observed Summary

A Grief Observed

by C.S. Lewis 1961 76 pages

Go Tell It on the Mountain Summary

Go Tell It on the Mountain

by James Baldwin 1953 256 pages

African American

Twilight of the Idols Summary

Twilight of the Idols

by Friedrich Nietzsche 1889 128 pages

German Literature

Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis Summary

Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis

by Sigmund Freud 1917 560 pages

The Mask of Sanity Summary

The Mask of Sanity

by Hervey M. Cleckley 1941 596 pages

On Sparta Summary

by Plutarch 260 pages

Ancient History

Letters Summary

by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 2012 464 pages

The Night in Lisbon Summary

The Night in Lisbon

by Erich Maria Remarque 1961 272 pages

Historical Fiction

The Double Summary

by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1846 144 pages

Russian Literature

Água Viva Summary

by Clarice Lispector 1973 88 pages

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Summary

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

by Arthur Conan Doyle 1892 389 pages

Gone with the Wind Summary

Gone with the Wind

by Margaret Mitchell 1936 1037 pages

Historical Fiction

The Black Cat Summary

by Edgar Allan Poe 1843 24 pages

Love Is a Dog from Hell Summary

Love Is a Dog from Hell

by Charles Bukowski 1977 312 pages

The Philosophy of History Summary

The Philosophy of History

by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel 1831 480 pages

The Idiot Summary

by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1869 667 pages

Russian Literature

The Lords of Discipline Summary

The Lords of Discipline

by Pat Conroy 1980 512 pages

Historical Fiction

Military Fiction

Discourses and Selected Writings Summary

Discourses and Selected Writings

by Epictetus 276 pages

So Long, See You Tomorrow Summary

So Long, See You Tomorrow

by William Maxwell 1980 135 pages

Historical Fiction

Literary Fiction

Death on the Nile Summary

Death on the Nile

by Agatha Christie 1937 352 pages

Mystery Thriller

The Crucible Summary

by Arthur Miller 1953 143 pages

Historical Fiction

The God of Small Things Summary

The God of Small Things

by Arundhati Roy 1997 321 pages

Historical Fiction

If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler Summary

If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler

by Italo Calvino 1979 260 pages

Italian Literature

Magical Realism

Les Nourritures terrestres Summary

Les Nourritures terrestres

suivi de Les nouvelles nourritures

by André Gide 1897 248 pages

That Was Then, This Is Now Summary

That Was Then, This Is Now

by S.E. Hinton 1971 159 pages

The Cyberiad Summary

by Stanisław Lem 1965 295 pages

Science Fiction

In Cold Blood Summary

by Truman Capote 1966 343 pages

Rich Man, Poor Man Summary

Rich Man, Poor Man

by Irwin Shaw 1969 666 pages

Historical Fiction

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Summary

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

by Lewis Carroll 1865 96 pages

The Puppet Masters Summary

The Puppet Masters

by Robert A. Heinlein 1951 416 pages

Science Fiction

Science Fiction Fantasy

Julius Caesar Summary

by William Shakespeare 1599 175 pages

Life for Sale Summary

by Yukio Mishima 1968 192 pages

Japanese Literature

Doctor Faustus Summary

by Thomas Mann 1947 535 pages

German Literature

Rebecca Summary

by Daphne du Maurier 1938 449 pages

Human Action Summary

A Treatise on Economics

by Ludwig von Mises 1940 924 pages

Phenomenology of Perception Summary

Phenomenology of Perception

by Maurice Merleau-Ponty 1945 544 pages

The Theory of Moral Sentiments Summary

The Theory of Moral Sentiments

by Adam Smith 1759 368 pages

by Yevgeny Zamyatin 1924 256 pages

Science Fiction

Pippi Longstocking Summary

Pippi Longstocking

by Astrid Lindgren 1945 160 pages

A Farewell to Arms Summary

A Farewell to Arms

by Ernest Hemingway 1929 293 pages

Historical Fiction

Macbeth Summary

by William Shakespeare 1623 249 pages

How to Win an Argument Summary

How to Win an Argument

An Ancient Guide to the Art of Persuasion

by Marcus Tullius Cicero 2016 288 pages

The Sun Also Rises Summary

The Sun Also Rises

by Ernest Hemingway 1926 189 pages

The Sorrows of Young Werther Summary

The Sorrows of Young Werther

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1774 149 pages

German Literature

مثنوی معنوی Summary

مثنوی معنوی

by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi 1273 1145 pages

Of Human Bondage Summary

Of Human Bondage

by W. Somerset Maugham 1915 684 pages

Ender’s Game Summary

by Orson Scott Card 1985 324 pages

Science Fiction

The Art of War/The Prince Summary

The Art of War/The Prince

by Niccolò Machiavelli 1521 312 pages

The Persian Expedition Summary

The Persian Expedition

by Xenophon 375 pages

Ancient History

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