Title : The Gift ​
Author : Cecelia Ahern
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Synopsis : Everyday Lou Suffern battled with the clock. He always had two places to be at the same time. He always had two things to do at once. When asleep he dreamed. In between dreams, he ran through the events of the day while making plans for the next. When at home with his wife and family, his mind was always someplace else.On his way into work one early winter morning, Lou meets Gabe, a homeless man sitting outside the office building. Intrigued by him and on discovering that he could also be very useful to have around, Lou gets Gabe a job in the post room.But soon Lou begins to regret helping Gabe. His very presence unsettles Lou and how does Gabe appear to be in two places at the same time? As Christmas draws closer, Lou starts to understand the value of time. He sees what is truly important in life yet at the same time he learns the harshest lesson of all.This is a story about people who not unlike parcels hide secrets. They cover themselves in layers until the right person unwraps them and discovers what's inside. Sometimes you have to be unraveled in order to find out who you really are. For Lou Suffern, that took time.
Title : Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince
Author : J. K. Rowling
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​Synopsis : Before the Prime Minister of Muggles met the new Minister of Magic, he learned that the disaster the media had attributed to a hurricane was actually caused by Death Eaters, possibly accompanied by giants. The war was escalating. Voldemort had tasked Narcissa Malfoy's son Draco with killing Dumbledore (and Professor Snape vowed to help). Albus Dumbledore, headmaster of Hogwart's, personally explained to the Dursleys of Privet Drive that the protective spell he had cast over the now 16-year-old Harry Potter would lose its power in a year, when he came of age. The informal games of 2-on-2 Quidditch at the Weasley's home gave way to school preparations: off to London's Diagon Alley to purchase supplies; such as, books, robes, wands, owls and the usual. Harry and his friends found everything changed.
Title : Veronika Decides To Die
Author : Paulo Coelho
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Synopsis : ​Veronika is twenty-four. She has beauty, a good job, a lover, a family… but there is something missing. The void inside her grows until she makes the ultimate decision some of us have secretly whispered to ourselves then dismissed out of sheer terror. Veronika decides to die. She settles down with her bottle of pills and concentrates on savouring the delicious moments between intention and action as she swallows one pill at a time. Then comes the darkness, every so slowly, then... nothing.
Title : Room
Author : Emma Donoghue
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Synopsis : 5-year-old boy named Jack; and the confines of Jack’s physical world, an 11-by-11-foot room where he lives with his mother. We enter the book strongly planted within these restrictions. We know only what Jack knows, and the drama is immediate, as is our sense of disorientation over why these characters are in this place. Jack seems happily ensconced in a routine that is deeply secure, in a setting where he can see his mother all day, at any moment. She has created a structured, lively regimen for him, including exercise, singing and reading. The main objects in the room are given capital letters — Rug, Bed, Wall — a Âwonderful choice, because to Jack, they are named beings. In a world where the only other companion is his mother, Bed is his friend as much as anything else. Jack, in this way, is a heightened version of a regular kid, bringing boundless wonder and meaning to his every pursuit
Title : I Am the Messenger
Author : Markus Zusak
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Synopsis : Ed Kennedy is an underage cabdriver without much of a future. He's pathetic at playing cards, hopelessly in love with his best friend, Audrey, and utterly devoted to his coffee-drinking dog, the Doorman. His life is one of peaceful routine and incompetence until he inadvertently stops a bank robbery.
That's when the first ace arrives in the mail.That's when Ed becomes the messenger.
Chosen to care, he makes his way through town helping and hurting (when necessary) until only one question remains: Who's behind Ed's mission?
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Title : Oliver Twist
Author : Charles Dickens
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Synopsis : Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens is about a young orphan, Oliver. Oliver lives at a workhouse but after asking for more food, he is kicked out and goes under a coffin maker’s care. After having to flee the house Oliver lives in the streets of London for some time before running into the Artful Dodger and his gang of pickpockets. After being caught stealing Oliver barely escapes going to prison and is taken in by kind Mr. Brownlow. If this sounds like an interesting book to you, read on!
Title : The Timekeeper
Author : Mitch Alborn
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Synopsis : Banished for centuries, as punishment for trying to measure time, the inventor of the world's first clock is finally granted his freedom, along with a mission: a chance to redeem himself by teaching two people the true meaning of time.He returns to our world and embarks on a journey with two unlikely partners: a teenage girl who is about to give up on life and a wealthy, ageing businessman who wants to live for ever. To save himself, he must save them both. Gripping, and filled with deep human truth, this unforgettable story will inspire readers everywhere to reconsider their own notions of time and just how precious it truly is.
