AJ's Staff Picks

 

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1. The Canterbury tales

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Author:
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400
Average Rating:
3 stars
Formats:
Book, OverDrive eBook
Description:
Chaucer's celebrated work begins at the Tabard Inn in Southwark, England, where a group of pilgrims has assembled on their way to Canterbury. The inkeeper suggests a contest: whoever tells the best tale "Shall have supper at our aller cost".

2. The great Gatsby

Book cover for "The great Gatsby"
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Author:
Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940
Average Rating:
3.8 stars
Formats:
Book, Audiobook, OverDrive eAudiobook, OverDrive eBook
Description:
A young man newly rich tries to recapture the past and win back his former love, despite the fact that she has married. This edition is the enduring original text, updated with the author's own revisions, a foreword by his granddaughter, and with a new introduction by National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward. The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald's third book, stands as the supreme achievement of his career. First published by Scribner in 1925, this...