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1984
by George Orwell
A masterpiece of rebellion and imprisonment, where war is peace, freedom is slavery, and Big Brother is watching...
Thought Police. Big Brother. Orwellian. These words have entered our vocabulary because of George Orwell's classic dystopian novel, 1984. The story of one man’.... (Read more)
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2001: A Space Odyssey
by Arthur C Clarke
2001: A Space Odyssey is the classic science fiction novel that changed the way we looked at the stars and ourselves........ (Read more)
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A Clockwork Orange
by Anthony Burgess
In Burgess's infamous nightmare vision of youth culture in revolt, 15-year-old Alex and his friends set out on a diabolical orgy of robbery, rape, torture and murder. After his youthful adventures of raping and pillaging, Alex finds himself in prison. When he volunteers for an experimen.... (Read more)
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A Short History Of Nearly Everything
by Bill Bryson
Bill Bryson describes himself as a reluctant traveller: but even when he stays safely in his own study at home, he can't contain his curiosity about the world around him. A Short History of Nearly Everything is his quest to find out everything that has happened from the Big Bang to the .... (Read more)
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Atlas Shrugged
by Ayn Rand
Who is John Galt? This famous rhetorical question rings through Ayn Rand's best-selling novel as the people's anthem of despair in depressed economic times. The novel follows capitalist magnates as they battle looters, strikers, and the impending ruin of the United States' economy.... (Read more)
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Battlefield Earth
by L. Ron Hubbard
A classic of modern science fiction, the impact and lasting popularity of Battlefield Earth’s saga of alien conquest and human rebellion has made it one of the best-selling science fiction novels of all time.
In the year 3000, man is an endangered species at the mercy of a space-plu.... (Read more)
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Brave New world
by Aldous Huxley
Huxley´s vision of the future in his astonishing 1931 novel Brave New World -- a world of tomorrow in which capitalist civilization has been reconstituted through the most efficient scientific and psychological engineering..... (Read more)
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Catching Fire
by Suzanne Collins
Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has won the annual Hunger Games with fellow district tribute Peeta Mellark. But it was a victory won by defiance of the Capitol and their harsh rules. Katniss and Peeta should be happy. After all, they have just won for themselves and their families a lif.... (Read more)
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Childhood’s End
by Arthur C Clarke
The Overlords appeared suddenly over every city - intellectually, technologically, and militarily superior to humankind. Benevolent, they made few demands: unify earth, eliminate poverty, and end war. With little rebellion, humankind agreed, and a golden age began.
But at what cos.... (Read more)
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Citizen Of The Galaxy
by Robert Heinlein
SLAVE: Brought to Sargon in chains as a child -- unwanted by all save a one-legged beggar -- Thorby learned well the wiles of the street people and the mysterious ways of his crippled
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OUTLAW: Hunted by the police for some unknown treasonous acts committed by his belove.... (Read more)
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