A moment later, he yanked her up again, holding her by the front of her dress. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

One afternoon Tim came by my house and we started talking about the dance. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Her mother had been killed by one when Nhamo was only three. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shaving will be supervised by an attendant every day after breakfast. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

She looked at him, struck by the idea. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

"The Times is not that bad!" she'd claim if her husband tried to humor her by saying they shared the same dirty habit. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The shadows danced across the grass like servants conjured up by Dustfinger from some dark world for this occasion. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The officer, surrounded by these noises, was moved and a little embarrassed. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Did he seem at all bothered by the fact that he had left a man dead? Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

No girl ever ran away by herself, although boys disappeared for weeks the minute they thought of themselves as men. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

We restocked the coolers, but by the time we got back to the beach another hawker team was working our territory. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She takes food, a cake or pie or loaf of bread baked by Rita, or a jar of jelly, made from the mint leaves that grow in her garden. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Again my hope for a storybook dalliance was thwarted by the fact that the stream was only about six inches deep. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Even Nathaniel, who is sixteen by now, makes a fool of himself, strutting around in his armor, making a show of his musket and sword. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

It was a girl older than she was, by three or four years, perhaps; and she had hair of a color Ama had never seen before—a tawny fairness like a lion’s. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

One, however, hadn’t: the hole had been made by a bronze arrowhead which was still in it, and its edges were sharp and broken, so you could tell it was different. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sore-riddled woman had gotten to her feet, was sprinting toward the front of the bus, waving her arms wildly, screaming something drowned out by the sounds of the storm. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

News of the shooting had already spread—by telegraph, telephone, and word of mouth. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“If Mamá were here, she’d be doling out the spankings by now. I just hope we don’t end up paying for this in a major way.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Running a farm is terrible hard work—plowing and hoeing and milking cows and such and being out in the fields all by yourself with nobody to talk to all day long. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had turned out, by far, to be the most frustrating of the rules he was required to obey. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

The need to make music, and to listen to it, is universally expressed by human beings. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe I should not have sur-prised you by just sticking it up on the wall like that for everyone else to read. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t respond at first, just chews on the inside of his lip and looks at our feet, side by side on the floor. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

And will those dreams be any better than the nightmare of my dead father telling me to kill my uncle, who, by the way, is now married to my mother? Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I’d found there were ways to keep a low profile when I needed to, helped by the Secret Service’s willingness to be flexible. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The development of science on Earth was spurred fundamentally by observations of the regularities of the stars and planets. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The main entrance to the wire chicken coop was guarded as always by two local policemen who looked as if they were made of stone under the rain, with raincoats and rubber boots. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

The sunset flares behind a row of brownstones, linking them as if by a flaming ribbon. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He has already built a fleet of eight hundred ships, appointed his close friend Nearchus captain, and sent them to investigate the coast of India by sea. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

When outside the huts, we were covered in blankets, for we were not allowed to be seen by women. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The last song he’d sent was “Water Runs Dry,” by Boyz II Men, so I played it on my phone and picked up my pen again. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

He had overheard the very word—tharn—spoken by one of his officers to another as they returned to Efrafa through the rain. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I watched. You never ate at his board, nor slept by his fire. He never gave you guest- right, so you're not bound to him. It's for the baby I have to go." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Holmes was unmoved; Minnie and Anna were horrified but also strangely thrilled by the efficiency of the carnage. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Doctors are standing by, ready to escort you to the nearest mental health facility. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Consequently, there was a sweeping investigation taking place of her activities, past and present, spearheaded by FBI director J. Edgar Hoover. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Private Williams,” said I, “there are more sicknesses than the smallpox, and we endanger ourselves by resting in the vapors.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

But the Commander could give me away so easily, by a look, by a gesture, some tiny slip that would reveal to anyone watching that there was something between us now. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

She passed concrete plains, vast expanses cracked by thrusting grasses. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The tunnel was near the comer of the cemetery, covered by a low, sprawling bush. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first Adams eruption occurred in June of 1813, followed immediately by a chain reaction of explosions over the ensuing six months. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Ms. Blinny’s desk is the last thing, tucked behind a bookcase by the window. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t autographed by Roy himself, Dad said, but by someone else, maybe his secretary. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Union members picketed the factory until they were prohibited from doing so by a judge. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

I thought this was supposed to be over by now. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

All she knew really was riding, and how was that to interest a man when that man had been looked at by the Countess? The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Even though I know this forest by heart, we go slow and walk soft, so we don’t give ourselves away. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

But it is by far the best tool we have, self-correcting, ongoing, applicable to everything. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I waited many an afternoon to catch sight of the beautiful golden carp as it swam by, and while I waited in the sun I pondered over his legend. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

In its report the company stated its determination to "maximize the cash generated by TEL as its usage continues to phase down around the world." A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

In her mind he had betrayed her love by favoring her sister. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

She bends down and extracts a strip of pictures, only gently chewed by sprites. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Thereupon begins a search by Big Bird for a new name. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The airshaft was topped by a miniature, slant-roofed skylight whose heavy, opaque, wrinkled glass was protected from breakage by heavy iron netting. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first I am horrified by the ghoulish skinned squirrels, as red and muscular as skinless human bodies in Miss Larsen’s science book. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

He was the lion tamer, only he’d been raised by the lion—he couldn’t love the beast any less despite knowing what it was capable of. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

"I got to work now, Alfred. Be back about eight tonight. You rest. There's some food by the bed, you eat something right now." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought we weren’t allowed to discriminate by age.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Genie stood by the dresser and opened the truck door, carefully, of course. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I had been to this prison often enough to be familiar to many of the correctional officers, but as I entered I was met by a correctional officer I’d never seen before. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He was buried in Arlington National Cemetery, in a service attended by President Wilson. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

If she couldn’t sing her song, she would recite a poem all by herself. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“All through history artists have survived by taking money from old men. There’s nothing wrong with having a patron.” The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

I watch myself crying in the mirror, intrigued by the sight of tears. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I grab a face mask from an unopened box of them that Julie put by my door, pocket it, and jog after her. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Then we studied geotropism by observing how our plant grew toward the ceiling, even after we tipped the plant on its side for a few days. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

The one on its left is being devoured by ivy, and the one to the right...no longer exists. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

In comparison, the disappointments experienced by Britain’s eighteen scattered observers were mild. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

At that moment I hadn’t been told that she hadn’t spoken in two days; and three more were to pass before the family became alarmed by her silence. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

At three in the morning on Billy’s morphine night in prison, a new patient was carried into the hospital by two lusty Englishmen. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

As a matter of fact, she didn't even wait for Whit to answer and instead saved herself the frustration by being the trailblazer for the rest of us and getting in position. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Wal-Mart employees who have bucked the company—by getting involved in a unionization drive or by suing the company for failing to pay overtime—have been fired for breaking the company rule against using profanity. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He says we have been sent by God for more noble purposes: to bring the good news of Christ to the Virginia natives, and to look for survivors from the Roanoke colony. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

“I just got a call from Mrs. Vinyl and she said she thought Norvelt was being invaded by the Russians and that she was having a spell.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

We hurry away from the soldier, passing all the forlorn people handcuffed by the curb, and join the mob heading toward the school, all of us breathing a communal sigh of relief. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

On the way out the door, Camp asked Papa would he mind stopping by the house before going back to the store after dinner. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

As the months rolled by, though, Christine came to love boarding school life. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

As I walked into the jungle, Songololo kept by my side. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

All three are connected by half-submerged rocky paths and stones large enough that it’s possible to leap your way from one to the next. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Two guys are on the floor in front of her, playing a video game, and she’s surrounded by white girls who all have red plastic cups in their hands. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

As he raised his head, Pinmei glimpsed his haunted eyes and saw how broken he was by worry and regret. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

No matter how horrendous the experience had been, I could usually get Jeffrey to laugh by acting like a sports commentator. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

See, when you’re close to someone you get a feeling, and by me and my son being real tight, when I heard it over the radio I just had this premonition. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

In Cordoba Province in Argentina, however, chronic arsenic poisoning, accompanied by arsenical skin cancers, is endemic because of the contamination of drinking water derived from rock formations containing arsenic. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

I wait by the stairs, my ears buzzing with fear as every second seems like an hour. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

That year the small group of town children were swamped temporarily by a collection of elderly pupils shipped in from Old Sarum because somebody had set fire to the school there. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Winston’s job was to rectify the original figures by making them agree with the later ones. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The Mexicans sat apart when they ate, just as they worked by themselves. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gray from the beginning, its end was announced by a deepening gray, of sky, snow, faces, spirits. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was a most extraordinarily handsome human being, by any standards and as either sex, and I couldn’t help staring at him as I answered, and also wondered again what the Sarf was. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

And what did he mean by the map of the world? The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I apologized by instinct to him for this mishap which discomforted only me. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

She likes to know that the hands lifting and turning her under the blanket have been done by her. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Amber Alert child spotted on Seventy-Fourth speaking to homeless man by someone living in the neighborhood. Any units in the vicinity, let's get out there and ask some questions." The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I find a table close by, so I can shout “Plain!” when she orders my burger. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

While growing up in Cardston and later on the similarly broad scapes of Babb, Montana, Woolf couldn’t remember a time when his view of the world wasn’t framed by a set of horse’s ears. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Techniques were developed in eastern Australia for rendering abundant and starchy, but extremely poisonous, cycad seeds edible, by leaching out or fermenting the poison. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

You stretch and beat them on the air, one by one, and all the time there is nothing there, no hand, no fingers. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

You can always tell when people are not talking by the way they pass each other. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

We get up there by elevator and a nurse, kind of fine-looking, tells us where to go. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

We listen to their steps in the corridor before they’re drowned by the sound of the rain outside, still coming down hard. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She assumed that without her supervision, Zvezda had eaten most of it by now. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

They could not accomplish good by passing over a wrong.... Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

They raced through the reading and by eleven, all the Nolans, excepting Johnny, who was working, were in bed. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

When a human being is fed upon and consumed by one of them, especially in Africa, the event is telescoped against horizons of space and time, and takes on a feeling of immense antiquity. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The past few days the ghetto had been left to the Ordners, the Jewish police established by the Judenrat, Jews appointed to govern other Jews on behalf of Hitler. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Both Adams and Jefferson knew their roles by heart, especially in its Ciceronian version as a pair of retired patriarchs now beyond ambition and above controversy. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Her words were almost drowned out by the rest of my family members, who were screaming just as loudly. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

An organized resistance by the Moriori could still then have defeated the Maori, who were outnumbered two to one. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The shock of his experiences began to set in, and he was overtaken by a pounding headache and fever. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

But as an African American, he was not only targeted by the drug war but then denied access to housing because of his conviction. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Stannis had never been enamored of his wife, but he was bristly as a hedgehog where his honor was concerned and mistrustful by nature. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Quick, quick, through the barrier,” said Mrs. Weasley, who seemed a little flustered by this austere efficiency. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

And he was right — for the second time, Lynch hit the ground with tremendous force and was immediately stampeded by a horde of angry veela. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

In the top right corners, Section 8 was scribbled, followed by the name Hank, then the word Day, followed by a number. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

In Cuba, everything seemed temporal, distorted by the sun. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He is associated with Bacchus as well as with Pan; he taught him when the Wine-god was young, and, as is shown by his perpetual drunkenness, after being his tutor he became his devoted follower. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Somebody passing by used to be called a passer-by, and several of them were passers-by. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Storm clouds gather as we explore Paris's famous university, and a sudden downpour catches our group by surprise. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“But,” Mott wrote, “it will be a beginning, and we hope it will be followed in due time by one of a more general character.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

He was stirred by thoughts of sex that made him ashamed. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Twelve per cent of all deaths in children between the ages of one and fourteen are caused by cancer. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

He spent a few quiet moments with him, his arm thrown over his neck, the horse’s head by his chest. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was stuck in another small town, trapped in another universe populated by the kind of people who’d only ever seen faces like mine on their evening news, and I hated it. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The idea is that a student turns in a story, which is then read and thoughtfully critiqued by everyone in the class. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Thank you. Between your golf club and my grip, I think he’s headed in the other direction by now.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

They had been compensating for it by aiming our rockets at a small angle against whatever direction the wind was coming. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I’m sure if an actual prophet surfaced today, he or she would receive plenty of Haldol injections, until the sky opened up and the doctors were slapped silly by the Hand of God. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Little chance there was of anything democratic being allowed by Cluny the Scourge, who lay on the bed with his eye closed, ignoring the whispered bickering and backbiting around him. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“All we’ve got on this kidnapping is that a letter was found, Erlone’s to be released, the letter was signed by ‘Red,’ and there was a hammer and sickle emblem on it. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Ma Charles shook her head, amused and surprised by Fern’s question. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

As we slowly drive through the encampment, some of those lost souls emerge from their tents and watch us go by. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Every once in a while Father would surprise me by riding silently into sight. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The second I’m offstage, my mom yanks me by the arm. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Get back!” shouted Ron, and he, Harry, and Hermione flattened themselves against a door as a herd of galloping desks thundered past, shepherded by a sprinting Professor McGonagall. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I still saw the print in my textbooks as a red blur, still saw my baby brothers spirit strung together by narrow lines of blood. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

So, there’s Arnold Jones, held up by all these hands, flopping and kicking and shrieking like some poor Aztec human sacrifice about to be tossed off a pyramid. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he emerged, he was seated at a table and given a plate of tortillas and beans by a man in a black uniform with the emblem of a beehive on one sleeve. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a moment he was puzzled by it, but then he knew what he was seeing. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

It looked like a piece of furniture, the screen encased in wood and surrounded by little fake drawers. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Could you really make something stop existing just by shoving it away somewhere else? Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

She was offended, and I was offended by her taking offense. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Her occupation, suspended by Mr. Rochester’s announcement, seemed now forgotten: her eyes, fixed on the blank wall opposite, expressed the surprise of a quiet mind stirred by unwonted tidings. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Whereas his father lacked the interest or discipline to save his reputation and that of his family, Charles measured himself by his image in the minds of others. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now she spent her days sitting by her upstairs window, watching people in the street with her sharp eyes. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

My little bedside clock ticked out the minutes one by one. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s a whole army of us camped down in the church. When I tell Cluny how you treated me, ho ho, just wait, that’s all. We’ll be back, by the fang we will.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

My father and uncle had lost their shops, had their inventories seized by the Nazis, just as Uncle Moshe said they would. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Iofur’s armor was in a pitiful state by this time, the plates torn and distorted, the gold inlay torn out or smeared thickly with blood, and his helmet gone altogether. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

As we passed by the thickets, the birds broke into the quiet, not caring what we was about that morning. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

You can set your watch by them; these are the times for his “regular sessions.” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The subject of the turkey was brought up many more times by the end of the day and not in a friendly fashion. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A special police intelligence squad saw Malcolm X greeted by two close friends, Edward Bradley and Allen Jamal, who drove him to the Statler-Hilton Hotel where Malcolm X checked into Room 1129. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without speaking, Naomi set a chair by the heater for him. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was supposed to be at 170 by now, one match before Herrera. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

And he knows his poems by heart, no less. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

One by one, Oshiro’s three older brothers had left Hawaii to join the military and were sent to Vietnam. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

That night I was drawn to my backyard by some undefinable need. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

As Roy went down, he let out an involuntary cry, which was drowned by the loud, gaseous hissing of bus brakes. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

In 1935, that number drops by almost six hundred thousand, and then, within a decade and a half, the number is back over three million again. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Mom opened the door, and we were greeted by the sound of heels banging against the wooden floor. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

“Why did you leave her here by herself?” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re literally the worst,” Alex says, and undercuts it by leaning up to kiss him once more, gently, then deeply, long and slow and heated. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

This number, the report said, was increasing by more than 20 million samples each year. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

A fascinating example of the consequences of exposure to arsenic is related by Dr. Hueper in his Occupational Tumors, a classic monograph on the subject. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

The things they carried were largely determined by necessity. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, most people of the time still believed in “spontaneous generation,” a theory put forth by the philosopher Aristotle in 330 B.C., almost two thousand years before Maria’s time. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Despite being on the other side of the world, he pointed out similarities between their lives: in Sarajevo, innocent kids get shot by snipers; in Long Beach they get shot in drive-bys. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

But he had not yet gone into that whizzing top gear of his, when the ground became blurred by speed and the wind howled and his feet didn’t seem to be touching anything but air. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sitting in a cane-back rocker pulled up by the bed, he was resting his left elbow near Granny’s head. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I was caught off guard by how intensely I already hated her. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He falls to his knees and halves the brief remainder of his life by yanking out the arrow and drowning in his own blood. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Shayleen has her head out her window when I come by. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

I secretly think it’s haunted by all the fish that were flushed down it. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

The geography of the place they landed made it impossible for them to escape except by crossing the Potomac. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re only a little half-pint of cider half drunk up, but by Jinks! you’re as strong as a little French horse!” Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I want her to be proud of me for taking a stand, but if she has any pride at all, it’s been consumed by her fear. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

They took turns sitting there for weeks, until the grass under their chair turned brown, until even they got overwhelmed by all the people, the endless stream of lost, brokenhearted, patriotic, curious people. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Experts on both sides of the debate worry that compensating patients would lead to profit-seekers inhibiting science by insisting on unrealistic financial agreements or demanding money for tissues used in noncommercial or nonprofit research. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

And if she was by herself she counted or figured with numbers. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Better than being chained up by Captain Smith again with no slop bucket nearby. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

It was a unique eight months in American history, and before it was over, it was made even more historic by an unprecedented development. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

They were all transfixed by the Trivium’s soothing voice, but just as he was about to clutch them in his well-manicured fingers a voice cried out, “RUN! RUN!” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

He drove his superiors and fellow officers to fury, partly by repeatedly disobeying instructions and partly by his paranoid habit of refusing to divulge his strategies, such as they were, to anyone. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

To say that Bobby’s broadcast was one of the most hateful by an American in the history of radio would not be an exaggeration. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The first European settlements in the Americas, beginning with the one founded by Columbus in 1492, were in the West Indies. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

That sent everyone into an even bigger fit that went on for several minutes, resparked every time it began to die down by Alec making gassy noises. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He and Mr. Corcoran were in the kitchen, surrounded by a semicircle of people: Mr. Corcoran, who had his arm around Henry, looked as if he’d had a few too many. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

And then he’s off the couch and lunging for me, and he catches me by the arm and wham, slams me into the wall. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I began to walk down the stairs, and she came with me, by my side, as though she were a warden, and I in custody. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered if this was yet another attempt by Myron to bring up my father, but no, that didn’t seem to be Myron’s style. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

She pondered this, as well as the oblong shape of her pond, which was caused by the flow of the ice as it moved with the wind. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

As if by some weird art law of attraction, he found his legs carrying him forward. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She led the way outside to the African lilies and pink roses, freshly watered by Jomo, and asked Ugwu to cut some. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I could hear the muffled shouts of the other kids being chased by the boy who was It. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

West Texas had a history of staunch conservatism, not to mention a virulent dislike of government as practiced by Democrats. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

But overlaid on top of that are tendencies and assumptions and reflexes handed down to us by the history of the community we grew up in, and those differences are extraordinarily specific. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

"I don't care," she yells, and her voice gets carried off by the wind. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Citizens made their way around the community only by bicycle, but large deliveries were transported by trucks, and sometimes maintenance required heavy equipment. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Yesterday I began by translating a chapter from La Belle Nivernaise and writing down vocabulary words. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I watch them for a while, waiting for signs of conversation or the hint of notes being passed by hand or phone. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She nailed his velvet ears to the wooden pole and spread his arms out as if he were flying and attached his paws to the pole by wrapping pieces of wire around them. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

The bag was too full to close completely by the time everything was in, but I tied it shut with its own rope drawstring, and tied the drawstring around my arm. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Then I fell asleep, and slept very soundly for a couple of hours until I was awakened by a knock at the door. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

For half a century people had been trying to work out the size of the Earth, mostly by making very exacting measurements. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

The twelve syrettes of morphine had been stolen from their case and replaced by a cleanly lettered note that said: “What’s good for M & M Enterprises is good for the country. Milo Minderbinder.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

We know all this from the tangible remains of Neolithic settlements that have been uncovered by excavation. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was what the novelists meant by suffering. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

A car drove by on the canyon road. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Maybe she knows that I’ve killed people, or maybe she just doesn’t want to get into trouble, but she’s losing her nerve; I can tell by the uncertain set of her mouth. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

According to most estimates, by the mid-1770s, the average American colonist consumed more than three quarts of molasses a year—making it an irreplaceable part of the colonial economy. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

It’s three o’clock by the time the dishes are clean and we’re ready to eat. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

"My father has donned the ancient crown of salt and rock, and declared himself King of the Iron Islands. He claims the north as well, by right of conquest. You are all his subjects." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

There’s a poem by Honorable Scythe Socrates—one of the first scythes. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I was pretty creeped out by this point, and I kept wondering where the hell Mrs. Singer was. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Two were written on fine vellum and made out by name. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It had been Ethel’s childhood Bible that Martin gave to Cora, smudged and stained by her fingers. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“The central hub where the Director and Assistant Director oversee the missions carried out by our agents around the globe. We have outposts on every continent.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

It’s a clearinghouse—crowded in the morning, nearly empty by lunch. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

We were excited by the sight of metal rails in the street. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew that only by the best of fortune would I ever reach it. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or perhaps she favors neither of them and only wants the sea to have greater power, by diminishing the power of the land. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Now a close shot of a prisoner, with a stubbled and dirty face, flanked by two Angels in their neat black uniforms. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

In Maya, the glottal stop is indicated by an apostrophe, as in Ich'aak. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“They even had a song. Something like Broken Wings by that band, Mr. Mister. I don’t even know, but I hope it was Broken Wings because it would make the story perfect.” The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Fort Hare had been founded in 1916 by Scottish missionaries on the site of what was the largest nineteenth-century frontier fort in the eastern Cape. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The image is read by the Voyager computers, radioed back across the immense intervening distance of half a billion kilometers to a radio telescope, a ground station on the Earth. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I'm going off by myself. He can catch his own pigs. Anyone who wants to hunt when I do can come too." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Then everbody get in a line and come by and hug me. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

And I feel sick, literally nauseated by the smell of bourbon on his breath. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

After waiting by turns for three hours the queue disperses. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dimple looked at Rishi’s sketches, her excitement tempered by the nerves that had begun manifesting themselves every time she looked at him after that night. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

There’s a girl standing by the stage holding a clipboard. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Then the word went out that the entire camp would close without fail by December 1. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you become so excited about your new vice president job that you drive home at eighty mph, you get pulled over by the police and fined $ 100. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

“The Quaker woman’s. Down by Blackbird Pond. She’s been a curse on this town for years with her witchcraft!” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

I worried I was letting it pass me by. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

I’ve written short stories in my mind, chuckling at my own humor, saddened or stimulated by structure or content. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even at the tender age when I didn’t yet know my real name, I was puzzled by the hypocrisy of celebrating a people everyone looked down on. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I can’t remember if he thanked the geoducks—the giant razor clams that he hunts for his work—or not; I just remember feeling amazed and a little grossed out by how big they were. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The inhabitants of Norfolk turned out to watch us drill, alarmed by our volleys. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“Sister Agnes, Sister Monica,” he said, “you may leave us now. Please have the transcription on my desk by the end of the day.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Rymund played his harp, accompanied by a pair of drummers and a youth with a set of reed pipes. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I am sorry to dismay you, but I hope you will be consoled by the fond wishes of this admirer. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Through the tunnel made by the hood I can see the back of Nick’s head. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

My eyelids get heavy, and I feel an instant urge to make today disappear by falling asleep until it’s tomorrow. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

He took a deep breath and told how after burning the cabin down, he had tried to escape by swimming. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

It would be a long walk to gather saplings and a hard chore to dig the mud by the riverbank. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were quiet sleepers and hidden by the heaviness of the dark, they were easily not discovered. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

These machines were discovered by the police the next day abandoned in a dry arroyo on the western edge of town. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though we’d saved time by hitching a ride instead of walking, Miss Peregrine had still lost an entire day. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

In the next week little Willy and Searchlight went over the ten-mile track every day, until they knew every inch of it by heart. Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I haven’t seen Dr. Stubbs, Colonel. I was brought here by three strange officers who took me down into the cellar without authority and questioned and insulted me.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

But a terrorist attack happens now; death by heart disease is some distant, quiet catastrophe. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

I’m woken by a soft tapping at the door. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I should have stayed on the other beach, on the white shingle, and come home by the Happy Valley. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Waked by our morning voices, and the tramp of men below, he started up, but missed his footing on the long steep backward ladder and fell that height headlong. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

If she was locked in the Tower of the Hand, guarded by the dwarf's men, how would Ser Dontos ever spirit her away to freedom? A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The deputy standing by the door made a grunting noise and held up five chubby fingers, which was the number of minutes left before he took my father back to the cell. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

She was followed by her sister-in-law, who was muttering prayers, and by the driver, who did not have the foggiest idea of the purpose of their trip. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took good care of my money, keeping train fare in a different boot and being slow by nature to touch the rest anyway. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I earned a decent amount of money each month by selling commercial time on my POV channel and by auctioning off any unneeded magic items, armor, or weapons I acquired during my travels. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Stella looks at me across the table, the look in her hazel eyes by far the best birthday present I could ever get. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

A dog barks somewhere, and a bicyclist goes by, small tires crunching on pavement. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

On Wednesday evening, August 7, with temperatures in the nineties and traincars like ovens, Geyer set out again, this time accompanied by Fidelity Mutual’s top insurance investigator, Inspector W. E. Gary. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

But as Darbishire analyzed his own first-generation hybrids, and the hybrid-hybrid crosses, the pattern was clear: the data could only be explained by Mendelian inheritance, with indivisible traits moving vertically across the generations. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

I dropped my bag onto the bench by the field and walked over to a cluster of soccer balls. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He remembered Gramps’s most terrifying Betsy story, about one of his friends who’d been bitten by a water moccasin while making his way through the flooded streets. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Surely the Cong. Union will not gain converts by such undignified actions. I hope thee will call it off.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

He moves a little closer so I’m almost completely surrounded by him. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s my living. Name’s Will, by the way. I like moving around, following the good weather.” Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“With her constitution she should have lived to a good old age: her life was shortened by trouble.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

She wore a white linen suit and spectator pumps topped by a straw hat as smart as a lampshade. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Ralph surprised himself, not so much by the quality of his voice, which was even, but by the bravado of its intention. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

A, however, can reason as follows: If B takes the cooperative option, I can get what I want at no cost to me by taking the individualist option. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

In Ka’apor-managed forests, according to Balee’s plant inventories, almost half of the ecologically important species are those used by humans for food. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“But the way they make it through the world is by sticking together. That’s why they stay flocking on the building edges in those big clusters.” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Arm, whose mind had been seared by the hatred of the vlei people, felt the scars drop off like so many bloated ticks. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t insult me by pretending you don’t know what I’m talking about.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Once, I ruined Thanksgiving by going on a rant about the women having to cook all day while the men just sat around, scratching their butts. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

It didn’t occur to me for many years that they were as alike as sisters, separated only by formal education. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

As a society, our collective understanding of racism has been powerfully influenced by the shocking images of the Jim Crow era and the struggle for civil rights. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

One short beep, followed by a long wail. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Counted as property by someone far away, perhaps, but not here. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I was thinking this when behind us crept a rumbling against concrete, like a barrel rolling, the rolling broken by the cracks in the sidewalk. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Odenigbo pulled her down and they lay side by side, not touching. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

They stand side by side, their hands folded together in front of their stomachs as proper young ladies should place them, but their smiles aren’t genteel and poised. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I asked Dad, and held my balloon by the window. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Even though they were well hidden by the dark as they squatted there, they felt as exposed as that great bare lady in the painting upstairs. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

She worked for the Division of Applied Mathematics at the Soviet Academy of Sciences and was recommended for the cosmonaut program by its president, Mstislav Keldysh. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

If 20 percent of all sodas dispensed by a vending machine overflow their cups, what is the probability that exactly three of the next ten will overflow? at most, three? Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are awkward champagne toasts and speeches by their families, their parents’ friends. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I was also careful not to be seen by the cows, which get alarmed easily and would have warned the rest of the herd with their cries. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Canton always waited for his mother after school, killing time by helping Mr. Munch, the custodian, do custodial things. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

She had decided she would be accepted by white students if she could just show them how beautifully she sang. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jack stood by the stage entrance, peering at the book as though he'd lost his place long ago. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Undaunted though unarmed he leaped upon Paris and seizing him by his helmet’s crest swung him off his feet. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The seat was cold stone, polished smooth by countless bottoms; the carved heads of direwolves snarled on the ends of its massive arms. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She fell backward in terror and almost got overwhelmed by the spider robots before I pulled her up and dragged her back toward the boat. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

He was a stocky, round-faced, twenty-six-year-old karate expert named Norman 3X Butler, allegedly a Black Muslim, and a week later, this was followed by the arrest of Thomas 15X Johnson, also allegedly a Black Muslim. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lifted up his door by the knob, on its broken hinge, and shut it. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

He was a kind of local celebrity in the way that a longtime educator can be—always recognized by someone at the supermarket—but he never sought or expected any wider acclaim. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Erin opens the game by hitting a deep three pointer, which makes the crowd erupt. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think of his jars of marbles in the spring, the way he dropped the marbles into the jar, one by one, counting. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Day after lazy day, night after long dreaming night passed Dicey by. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dragon said nothing and stayed in a neat coil by the fire. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

The other two now allowed him first access to any newly killed and bleeding animal provided by the cat, and he lived solely on the fresh bipod that could be licked from the carcass. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked preoccupied, watching a group of kids go by. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

He was a remarkable kid from a remarkable family, inspired by his father, whose own upbringing in the poverty of El Paso couldn’t have been more different. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first night the dogs came and stood outside the ring made by the fire. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The meals provided by Min’s wife were simple, but they never failed to delight his friend, who opened the gourd parcel each evening as if it were a gift of royal jewels. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

“Probably not, otherwise she and whoever her new boy toy is would have tried to run me down. They drove by just as I was leaving.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

These young men, like pages or squires, mother him with great tenderness and concentration and with a sort of protective respect They always address him by his title, not by Ids name. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

But this discomfort was worth it because when he gripped the mattock, a digging tool that looked a lot like a spear, his blisters thanked him by not erupting in pain. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Palmer was given the task of finding out whether the elaborate educational curriculum that had been devised for Sesame Street by its academic advisers was actually reaching the show’s viewers. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried my best to keep the tears from spilling out by not blinking. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“When Shirley said he got her down by the well and tried to stick it in her hip?” Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

His fields on that side of the Aras River were taken by faceless enemies. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

He went to Laurie who was sitting by the window in her high chair. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first signs of malaria include a teeth-chattering chill along with a pounding headache, followed by a dangerously high fever, and then profuse sweating. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

He wanted her not trapped in the sky, not hunted by humans, not hopeless, and not besieged by nightmares whenever she closed her eyes. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

For some time Milkman had been picking up hints that one or more of these murders had in fact been either witnessed or committed by a Negro. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Somehow, without my realizing it, my obsession with finding Halliday’s Easter egg was gradually being supplanted by my obsession with Art3mis. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Troubled by the excitement of coming upon new ideas. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Bennet’s astonishment was soon lessened by the strong sisterly partiality which made any admiration of Elizabeth appear perfectly natural; and all surprise was shortly lost in other feelings. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

“If Your Grace wishes to lose all of my lord father’s banner- men, there is no more certain way than by giving northern halls to southron lords.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“My father is still adjusting to life in America,” I said, by way of explanation. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The door was propped open by a droopy pygmy with a sign round his neck saying, YES, WE’RE OPEN! Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

The long bones have risen to the surface of her face, the skin tugged downward on them as if by irresistible gravitational pull. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The population most affected by this misguided law is formerly incarcerated women with children, most of whom were imprisoned for drug crimes. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The fishpool was in Miss Rachel’s side yard, and it was surrounded by azalea bushes, rose bushes, camellia bushes, and cape jessamine bushes. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

An opera was a series of songs, linked by a plot. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

“No, of course not. The call note arises out of imitation and then fee various bird songs are developed by repeating the call note and descanting upon it.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He takes me by my shoulder and guides me out into the hall. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

One afternoon, Alex took a kayak out on the lake at Linda’s house by himself, and so, as usual, I followed his lead. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Every family in the township was allocated a piece of land by the government. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He passed by all our display preparations in the basement going and coming from the mine, but said nothing to me about them. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Lawyers for both sides made their presentations, and were grilled by the justices. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I have a few small cuttings taking root in water glasses by the window. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

The manager of a local hotel came to fetch us armed with rifles and reported that he had been delayed by a herd of rogue elephants. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Don’t make things worse by watching it coming. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Here comes the Lord of the Sun and Moon, the Lion that prowls by Night!” they sang to the sounds of hand pianos, iron bells and the shell anklets of the dancers. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Light filled the corridor and spread, growing brighter by the moment. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

While he lay there by the fence sleeping, I thought of different names for him, trying first one and then another, saying them over to myself. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to look at these things, but as I stepped farther into the room my attention was diverted by the grand spectacle on the bed. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The sun had completely disappeared from the sky, replaced by a show of stars. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The museum, in London’s Leicester Square, had been founded by Sir Ashton Lever, who had driven himself bankrupt with his unrestrained collecting of natural wonders. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Caesar’s orders are,” he muttered, “if you will not ready yourself, servants will be sent to wash and dress you by force.” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Those who own a Hippogriff, for example, are bound by law to enchant the beast with a Disillusionment Charm to distort the vision of any Muggle who may see it. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once it arrived, she could arrange by telegraph to have it forwarded as well, perhaps to Maine or New York, so that she could have all her things in hand for the voyage to Europe. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Miss Duncan-the-first said, “Sir, judging by the look of your daughter, I knows your wife, I swear I do. But her name be Alice, not Liza.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

This one had a more confident flow and they crossed it by a stone bridge thick with cow dung. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

My father was still looking at his hands as though he were faintly irritated by them. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Since the 1890s, the first of May, known as May Day, had been celebrated with parades, many of them organized by the labor movement. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

As the conversation continued, Chronicler’s expression had grown by degrees more puzzled and more intent. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The cartons discarded by the drunkards at Ofesi once held Chibuku Shake Shake, a kind of beer made from fermented maize that is popular in Malawi. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

When they finally relaxed their muscles, they found themselves gasping, more exhausted by stillness than running a hundred-yard dash. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Today I would like to recite to you a poem by Sir Walter Scott entitled ‘Lochinvar.’ The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Somebody must have switched the samples by accident. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not trying to be rude,” I said, gritting my teeth and keeping my words low enough not be overheard by the strange little boy standing only a few feet away from us. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Ten typed-up poems lay beneath a printed rejection slip from Criterion magazine, initialed by Mr. Eliot himself. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

When the Dutch ambassador tried to humiliate her by refusing her a seat, Nzinga had shown her power by ordering one of her advisers to all fours to make a human chair of her body. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

There is an un-American secret at the heart of American culture: for a long time, it was preoccupied by class. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Here she looked to her husband for him to agree—which he did by shaking his head. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He makes me put on Hard Rock 102.4, where they’re playing a song I hate by AC/DC, but I listen to it anyway. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

She, Nicholas, and her four other children were living in a second-floor walk-up in Englewood, a crime-burdened neighborhood abandoned first by the white middle class and then by the black middle class that succeeded it. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

He gained trust by acting pleasant and friendly. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The nurses will be huddling by the computers, coffee mugs in hand, for change of shift. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

A few weeks before Greenhouse, Bradbury had tried to mollify the willful physicist by creating a semiautonomous thermonuclear division at Los Alamos, giving Teller authority over 25 scientists. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

She starts again: “Greetings to the honorable Reverend Reid and the pulpit guests. New Brown has come this far by faith...” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He went through the yew trees and hesitated by the copse. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Nelson’s going to read us Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson at school, so I pick this one.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

He was one of only a few whites in the class, and was by far the oldest student. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

You were different from everyone and liked by very few. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Which I will be confiscating, by the way. Security is going to be tighter than ever now. This place will be Fort Knox.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

They drive a dusty track surrounded by square miles of dying sunflowers so tall that they seem like trees. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The air felt stacked with weeping and raging and praying to God by all the different names. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I think, looking back on that day now, that’s the line that will always stay with me—another room, by ourselves. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Bilbo took out the envelope, but just as he was about to set it by the clock, his hand jerked back, and the packet fell on the floor. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Liyana begged Poppy to pass by their new post office box often to see if she had received any letters from home. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Mam sat by the fireplace with the twins asleep on her lap, and Malachy lay curled up on the floor by her feet. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Also, I don’t want to be surrounded by a sky of flame. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Brahmagupta, an Indian mathematician of the seventh century, gave rules for dividing numbers by each other, and he included the negatives. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

She waited for the elevator to fill before she got in, not wanting to operate a new machine by herself. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

That a snake might bite her, or that one of those fellows walking by and swinging his machete might just cut her gizzard out. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

His words of purging our souls of anger and hatred were so taken to heart by some that they rose out of their seats, just itching to praise the Lord. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

There was an angry hum, followed by a slight explosion that caused something to rattle, and I could hear a low roaring begin. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bigwig ran behind him and came out on the green path by the bank. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The demand for land was met by invading and conquering larger and larger swaths of territory. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

They distrust any Negro prominent enough to be photographed by a white photographer. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miles went straight for a ledge created by the edge of the porch roof. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“The only time they come down here is to visit one of their friends. It could take weeks to run into them by chance. We don’t have that kind of time.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

My sons had left because it frowned on them; one of them had been destroyed by its ruthlessness. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Within a few years, he was racing, setting mile records and obliterating his opponents by the length of a homestretch. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

Three older-model cars with Mexican license plates went by in the other direction, but none stopped at Salvador’s signal. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

As if reading his thoughts, Alby walked over and grabbed him by the shoulder. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

For many years the sheriff dreamed of spending the shining time hunting and fishing—wandering in the Santa Lucia range, camping by half-remembered streams. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

You can tell by their expressions that they’re not enjoying the show. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

He proceeded to ask whether the trouble was caused by a shave, a wandering spirit. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those who sought his views were advised to wander into his vicinity as if by accident and to "talk as it were into vacancy." A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Abby turned at the end of our drive and jumped over the ditch that ran by the side of the road. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

He felt weighted down by the centuries of time since the Pyramids had been built. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

We went by way of Cambridge Street, and passed even the Novanglian College of Lucidity; pausing, both, for a moment to regard it, where we had spent so many hours of my childhood together. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Harry could tell that his distaste was shared by the other two, but they did not discuss it: They needed Griphook. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

She obliged me by flopping down in the sun and licking the back of one paw, which was her way of saying, “Fine. Chickens smell, anyway.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

The Confederate states chose to secede from the United States rather than let the federal government, led by Lincoln, limit slavery. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The room itself was plain—a gray floor with swirls that gave it the impression of movement and that was illuminated by four or five lights beaming from the shadows. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Part of one’s despair, of course, is that the world cares nothing for the little shocks endured by the sensitive stickler. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z

Man after man went into those terrible jaws, and still Grendel came on, unsatisfied, his green eyes glaring, his slimy skin not even scratched by the hacking axes. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

They stood there side by side with their wet clothes plastered to their skins, little pools of water collecting at their feet. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Both had been trained by him in the English language and evidently a good deal else, for Brother Fowles left some mystery in his wake. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the men were morbidly convinced that a killer whale would crash upward through their dwindling floe, tossing them all into the water and picking them off one by one. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

“That would be wrong. Then he might become dangerous. He may be rude now, but no foreigners have been harmed by their servants.” Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Edson departed as well, worn out by the previous two months of providing care. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

One by one Miss Bimp’s students come out, sweaters over bare chests, shoes with no socks, jumpers with no shirts beneath. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next day commenced as before, getting up and dressing by rushlight; but this morning we were obliged to dispense with the ceremony of washing; the water in the pitchers was frozen. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Liyana was being kissed by so many people whose exact identity was unknown to her, though Poppy tried to clarify names of aunts, cousins, and wives of cousins, to help his family out. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

It is morning, and I write by a fire which all the night I have kept alive—Madam Mina aiding me. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

But the silty, drippy, turdy timbers lugged up by the floating cranes look nothing like the shining galleon in the paintings. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

The information in books is not preprogrammed at birth but constantly changed, amended by events, adapted to the world. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The car was coated in dust by the time we got to the wide black gates of our country home. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I was brought back to the moment by the man sitting to my left, who seemed overcome by Harry’s rendition of the piece. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

Reassuringly, the results had been validated theoretically by Oppenheimer, who was gratified that they undermined certain European theories of quantum dynamics with which he heartily disagreed. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Every step deeper bewitched him further, and deeper he did go, from room to room as though guided by instinct, down secret stairs to a sublevel where dust lay thick on books undisturbed for years. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

As the chick breathed, the oxygen inside the egg was replaced by the chick’s carbon dioxide. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

My eyes grew wide to hear him renounce all desire for the throne unjustly seized by Claudius. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

On knees still shaking from the cow episode, I knelt by the trunk and ran my finger over the leather straps. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I was also encouraged by the very exciting rumor that Linus Pauling had partly solved the structure of proteins. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

I was told, informed of that too, though not by Jones this time but by someone else kind enough to turn aside and tell me he was dead. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

One near the downstairs recreation area—which, by the way, has a movie theater—and one for ordinary meals, I guess. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

And so you will also be treated by them before long. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Do not be distracted by shiny things, and do not forget what I said about the captain. What may need to be done.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

We know that the surface is dominated by silicates, which are relatively light and not heavy enough to account for the planet’s overall density. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

They became outnumbered and were replaced northeast of the Fish River by black African farmers, whose southward spread halted at that river. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The form of the piece, crucially, was dictated by the story. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

I guess maybe it’s not rich by normal standards, but it was built in the last ten years and it’s gated. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Soon we were off to Sutton’s by way of May Company for a little shopping. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Asked by the agent which team I supported, I took my cue from her red turtleneck and told her that I was for State. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

At villages where we managed to find some happiness by being treated to food or fresh water, I knew that it was temporary and that we were only passing through. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

So the word is ‘chat,’ which, by the way, could also be ‘chat,’ the French word for cat!” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

With the absorption of Europe by Russia and the British Empire by the United States, two of the three existing powers, Eurasia and Oceania, were already effectively in being. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“IDA,” said the Dutchman at the meeting, “is going to do everything we can to lower prices, by exploring generic manufacturers.” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

The room was in that disorder produced only by those who have always had servants. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Steady-state theory was killed by what scientists had mistaken for pigeon droppings. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Papi dipped his trowel into the cement mud in the wheelbarrow by his side and slapped the mud onto a foundation block. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Talking softly so as to not wake the others, we sat close by the fire and spent the time watching very little but each other. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The challenge set by Descartes was, of course, that of building an automaton that could behave like an animal. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Chester craned his head out as far as he could to get his first look at New York by day. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sit straighter too, to match her straightness, and she looks surprised by it. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I had new clothes, made by tailors in the camp who ripped apart military uniforms at the seams and refashioned them into civilian clothes. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Wrapping her carefully in my T-shirt so she can’t see, thrash, and hurt herself, I place her far back under the overhang where she can recover from the scare of being handled by people. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

But almost half a year went by before she did. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Another officer had Nasser against the wall by the stairway. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

As the countries scrolled by, they crossed mountains, wonders of the world, going faster and faster until monsters appeared far below them. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Their eyes shone with zeal, illuminated by trust. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Here is something I love about Gat: he is so enthusiastic, so relentlessly interested in the world, that he has trouble imagining the possibility that other people will be bored by what he’s saying. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

He’s big enough so that when he stands there, he’s a human wall blocking people so we can get by. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The Educational scheme or Course established by Mr. Wopsle’s great-aunt may be resolved into the following synopsis. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

He was sitting on an old tin bucket turned upside down by the doorway to his hogan. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

We read the textbook chapter by chapter and took moronic mimeographed tests. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

“We’ll be able to move out of Rose’s house by May at this rate,” Mama told Ophie a week later, on their ride home. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

The grass was kept short by Cape buffalo grazing it, and was spotted with their dung. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

You multiply five by four and then by five again, and it’s no wonder I forget how some of them fit in. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Dana, Caroline, and I set up shop by the Smart Board, painstakingly listing parents and siblings, relatives and friends. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

He kept to the ditch along the river road so that he could duck out of sight whenever a rare oxcart came rumbling by. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Other versions have the girls killed in a raid by another group. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

She remains unmoved, like a rock splashed by mere drops of rain. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

And the second was just how much I needed food to give me energy, because what Coach meant by long run was run a million miles. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

He was from New York by way of Chicago, and was a rising new novelist. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Steam was practically blowing out of Mom’s ears by the time the service ended with a rousing rendition of Bette Midler’s “Wind Beneath My Wings.” If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two large limbs being rubbed together by the strong wind made a grinding creaking sound. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

One night, crossing the street, he got hit by a car and broke his leg in three places. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

As each minute ticked by, her impatience with Mr. Wrigley grew and spread to the principal, to the entire world. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

That’s how I usually decided on a book—by reading just the first page. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

The Maze prison's in Northern Ireland where Bobby Sands and the IRA hunger strikers died by degrees. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

I glanced back at the rear windshield, but it was blocked by boxes and bags. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I walk fast over to poetry and I don’t see any with the name Dickinson, but I do see one by Robert Frost. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

A thick fogbank had rolled in at dusk, and now, between the intense dark and the fog, it was impossible to see much of anything except for the volcano outlined by the moon. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Buses, taxis and limos swarmed through the skyways, patrolled by cops in night-black cars that reflected no light. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Not one word that I had said had been seriously considered by him. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thus America’s problem is not its betrayal of “government of the people,” but the means by which “the people” acquired their names. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

He wonders if this might be what he felt as a small child before the impressions and tones and presences were overlaid by memories, memories which are mostly others' stories about his past. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“You look really pretty, by the way,” he added shyly. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Moved by such Transports, I caught up his hand & asked him what in Life he wished for most. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Clive himself was almost blinded by a spray of razor-sharp wood chips. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

He begged Blanca never to enter what he called his “laboratory” without permission, because, he explained, the plates could be destroyed by natural light. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

His arms and legs were jointed and joined by wire so that his china elbows and china knees could be bent, giving him much freedom of movement. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

Thirty-six of our smaller ships had been sunk by the kamikazes and about four hundred more had been damaged by the attacks. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Theresa began by reading the assignment aloud: “To research and present information about an agricultural product that is native to this area of Florida.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

A truck drove by somewhere outside, its lights momentarily sweeping under the car. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

The dead man was dragged out by the feet, leaving a long scrape in the sand. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Frustrated, she took me by the hand and led me out to where Nigel was chopping firewood. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The initiates, who spend thirty days performing community service before they can become full members, sit side by side on a bench. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

She’d been awake longer than anyone, had already bathed and dressed in the fresh clothes Rhonda had given her, and—apparently unaffected by the storm—was in a much better mood than the others. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

His mantle was stitched together from wolfskins and clasped against the autumn chill by the yellowed teeth of the wolf’s head on his right shoulder. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

And by bringing him to Fruitless Mountain, Minli had discovered how to make Fruitless Mountain green again. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

He was far too clever to be captured by the likes of Mr. Poe. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

She had cast it loose from its golden chain, by a spell, the moment her castle disappeared. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thinking of the dead, I began to think about how quickly things pass by in this world. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

She and her mom were just fine by themselves, thanks for asking. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

One guard picked up Gum Baby and Chestnutt by their necks. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Most nights after supper and prayers, Ethel heard her father going up the crooked stairs, guided by the bobbing light of the candle. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I ran to the street, which was unmarked by any wagon wheel, then veered off and ran through the pristine brush toward the river. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Northern congressmen, led by Fisher Ames of Massachusetts, accused him of threatening the survival of the republic by blocking the centerpiece of Hamilton's fiscal program, without which, they believed, the union would dissolve. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

As the number of chimpanzees in a troop increases, the social order destabilises, eventually leading to a rupture and the formation of a new troop by some of the animals. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

And in a way, by vomiting, that’s what I hoped to do. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

They crouched behind a wall across the street and picked off the enemy one by one. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

He ended by saying that he was startled and disturbed to learn that in spite of my own position in the Thembu royal house I did not support the principle of traditional leadership. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Corpses for our work Set in motion now set in motion by our witchery set in motion to work for us. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

At the Cavendish, gold resisted the disintegration effect, except for a modest result the scientists traced to contamination of the heavier targets by light impurities such as boron. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The underlying assumption of this position was most openly acknowledged by Charles Cotesworth Pinckney of South Carolina—namely, that “South Carolina and Georgia cannot do without slaves.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Their sister, who sat between them, with left leg balanced on right knee, was, by contrast, perfectly composed, having liberally applied perfume and changed into a green gingham frock to offset her coloring. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I slowly turn my back to the hospital and find Cressida, flanked by the insects, standing a couple of yards in front of me. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Down and down she ran, taking the steps two by two. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Even at the cemetery, they stood apart from each other, a huge distance between them even though they were side by side. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most, though, were contract farmers or sharecroppers who worked in fields owned by hakujin. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

My legs ache by the time we reach the bridge, but then I see the Merciless Mart across the marshy river, abandoned and unlit, and I smile through the pain. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Do not be taken in by his charm, I told myself. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Soon, he was sure, it would collapse, and still pinned by the heavy wreckage, he would be hurled into the harbor, where he would certainly drown. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

When the game was over he would shut off the radio and fix his spectacles carefully in place by curling their stems behind his ears. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He could tell just by looking at her that she had a secret. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The wasp became widely established in this area and is generally credited by entomologists with an important role in bringing the beetle under control. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

He needed to earn one hundred pesos to call Honduras to get his mother’s phone number, which he had lost during a beating by train bandits. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

I could tell they were close to him by their fast bawling. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lulu and Courtney cry at once, but this inconceivability is eclipsed by Clementine, who says, “Can I try on your hat?” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

The genetic changes induced by domestication have occurred very rapidly. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was staring blankly at Basta, having at last realized he was by no means safe from the man's knife. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Fronted by a lush lawn and palm trees, the Union Passenger Terminal had opened in 1954, an art deco-style building once aspiring to grandness but since overtaken by a certain grey municipal malaise. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Miyax did not want to suffer a wound, but it seemed to her that in order to be fed by wolves one had to be helpless. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although preliminary analysis by Clausen and a graduate student, Edward Treadwell, indicated the seeds contained traces of an alkaloid, subsequent, more thorough testing turned up no indication of any alkaloids whatsoever, toxic or otherwise. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was renting a town house in a luxury condo complex down by the Hudson River, just south of the George Washington Bridge, where Nicole and I ran and hiked. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Why hadn’t the first letter been followed by another? Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

I watched Sidney Goldberg let a strike go by and said nothing. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

As another example, archaeologists originally assumed that Mexican corn, beans, and squashes reached the southeastern United States by the most direct route via northeastern Mexico and eastern Texas. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Millions of people have been uprooted and displaced by war. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He even washed them by hand to make sure they lasted. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Vonetta surprised me by saying, “Not too much money, Delphine. We don’t need candy. We need thirteen more dollars for the concert at Madison Square Garden.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Our attorneys warned me that it would put me in a more precarious legal situation; anything I said in my statement regarding my own innocence would be discounted by the judge. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had to work through it knot by knot, using more of the shampoo than I had ever meant to, and by the time I was finished, I was crying. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Furthermore, once malaria and yellow fever did become transmitted to the Americas by European ship traffic, they emerged as the major impediment to colonization of the New World tropics as well. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Otto and I crossed the sanctuary lawn slowly so he wouldn’t get alarmed by new people or new apes. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

West Indian women stood by their pepperpot kettles stirring fragrant stews, while the hot corn girls walked up and down the street. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He watches the clock on the wall, donated, along with the rest of the furnishings in the room, by the loving family of someone named Eugene Arthur. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ho consolidated power by arresting anyone suspected of disloyalty to his regime, executing many, and sending thousands more to prison camps. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Granger was not impressed at all by the lights and the microphones. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The team celebrates by eating a dozen or so pizzas. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

It took me a while to get used to calling my old school by its new name. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Betonie was sitting by the fire, watching the mutton ribs cook over a grill he had salvaged from the front end of a wrecked car in the dump below. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

He’s pointing ahead, where a church is lit by hundreds of candles. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Not the loneliness of previous years, of a reluctant life by the sea, but a loneliness borne of the inability to share her joy. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

And she was struck by the realization that, if she chose, she could slip out night after night without their knowing. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to catch up by watching plenty of TV, but I had a long way to go. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Senator Trueba was his ideological enemy, but he had often had him in his house and knew his poetry by heart. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He set another nut on the ground by his feet. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The few owls that managed to battle their way through the stormy sky to deliver mail had to be nursed back to health by Hagrid before they could fly off again. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

I figured Carl was going to give me grief about not crabbing this summer and all those pots going to waste settin’ there by the shed. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

For North Koreans who did not have them, travel permits were hard to come by. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

The nose of the raft made it, carried over by the pressure ridge, hung for a second, then dropped, plummeted down. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

However, as has been described in earlier chapters, the classical laws were superseded by quantum laws based on the uncertainty principle. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

In terms of class size, teachers’ education, and computer-to-student ratio, the schools attended by blacks and whites are similar. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

In Malaya, at Kuala Lumpur, mosquitoes at first reacted to DDT by leaving the treated interiors. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

It's in our blood to get over it, especially when you're one of our own, and by that I mean, when you live on our block. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

His sight begins to shift continuously from shadow to light, darkness replaced by expansive white only to be consumed by darkness again. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Finally one afternoon he came by where she was selling the church dinners and asked Ma, “Do you go to the movies?” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the rainy season, and the “road” was a string of mudholes cut by running streams. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once inside the building, Stanton and the other organizers were overwhelmed by the size of the crowd. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Besides the workday was lightened and shortened by moments of fun, by words of praise like those of Ben’s, by the endless wonder and beauty of the woods. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Leek got by, simply because of his monstrous incompetence. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

It would be impossible to sort out a stranger who was simply taking a shortcut by walking across the field from one with bad intentions. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

“And me, too!” chimed Luke, even though I knew by that time that Mama wanted only me and that he was going back to Dusty. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I shake my head, amazed by how much I've allowed myself to open up to her. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

It was a game they played—presenting themselves as the “twin front,” fooling people who didn’t know them all that well by making them think they really were exactly alike. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Enrique tries to stay clean by finding bits of cardboard to sleep on. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Sarai uncovered her eyes and found Great Ellen restored to human form, the excoriating hawk gaze replaced by a piercing but compassionate human one. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Of course, some forest trees in areas of wet climate do produce big edible seeds, but these seeds are not adapted to surviving a long dry season and hence to long storage by humans. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I noted that they had clean, smooth trunks, with none of the countless tiny marks on their bark made by climbing meerkats. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The stormy weather was followed by sleet and snow, and then by a hard frost which did not break till well into February. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Even though they led by a goal, they knew they were being embarrassed by the younger team. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

At noon, we sent word at a plantation chosen by what means I know not, requesting they should deal with us fairly and present us with corn, livestock, and other sundry provisions. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The mine had been owned by the Dozmary family for eleven generations. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Once, there was a China rabbit who was loved by a little girl. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

People were still grouped by color in most cases, but you could see how they all blended and shaded into one another. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I’ve even risked stumbling upon sex stuff in their room by searching all of their drawers. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“How do you know? Did she get hit by a car? Is she sick?” Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

An hour later, I stood panting and thrashing around with my third bowl of dough, with Mother and Viola growing more incredulous by the minute. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I add to Shirin’s story by having her do the same thing. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

And as the months went by, she neglected to complain about an even scarier development. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The doorbell rings, immediately followed by a loud pounding at the door. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

His farm, like about two-thirds of the farms in the state, occupied less than ten acres—unviably small by the standards of developed nations. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I stopped by the ticket booth and handed the cane to Bring Back My Hammer. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the white rose petals caressed her face, I held my breath, waiting for that glorious moment, the moment when she would become more than ordinary, when she would be touched by the divine. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The main building was a long, low warehouse, surrounded by acres of statuary. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

In the book, Charles was trying to make a strong, coherent, cogent argument for creation by natural selection. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew he didn’t mind taking me back home early since now he knew he could hunt more easily by himself for the rest of the season. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The outbreak of so much shooting has taken me completely by surprise. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The Protectorate—called the Cattail Kingdom by some and the City of Sorrows by others—was sandwiched between a treacherous forest on one side and an enormous bog on the other. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

They told me that they had been randomly selected, too, and asked by their commander to follow the men who visited their base. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The shot from the Soul Stealer landed on the wall by Ear’s head. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

But they tell him that the new name will be used only by the teachers and children at school. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Regina tried giving her son the approval that every child needs, and the wings to find himself, by encouraging him to engage in sports, take part in family excursions, and do better in school. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

They considered the enormous English wickedness in silence, overwhelmed by its dinouement. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Messages sent by the Mexican Army were likely to be in Spanish, for example. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Benton Sage, having written only one page in four days, celebrated Christmas morning by watching a rerun of The Wonder Years and eating a candy bar. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

He said he did when she had first asked him, one afternoon in Palo Alto as they sat side by side in a darkened, nearly empty movie theater. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

They were partly screened by the ruins of the privet but he knew they had minutes at most and maybe no minutes at all. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Gripped by the same impelling excitement that had had hold of him when he was carrying Mary up the stairs, he stood in the middle of the room. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Irina Rakobolskaya, the 46th’s chief of staff, could tell how difficult the night’s flying might be just by the way a nervous pilot smoked a cigarette between missions. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

They began the 1870s with optimism, buoyed by their new constitutional rights. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Guiteau stopped by Lafayette Park, where he had spent many hours watching the White House. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

We each had him by one wrist and were holding him clear off the ground. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

One day we were working at the lime quarry when the commanding officer came to observe us, accompanied by a gendeman whom we at first did not recognize. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This apparatus works unerringly as the mills of the gods, but beats them hollow as to speed,” the Electrical Engineer read, according to a history published by Columbia University. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

When he had come full circle he lifted the cap by the stem; it loosened effortlessly, and Mr. Pirzada leaned over the pumpkin for a moment to inspect and inhale its contents. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

The fire by the platform appeared to be out, or at least making no smoke. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

IT beckoned him, lilting and insistent; delicate music, played by delicate instruments that he could not identify, with one rippling, bell-like phrase running through it in a gold thread of delight. The Dark is Rising 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. I’m sure I’ll really be sick of you by then.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He went by the Claiborne house and found Todd and Nasser on the porch, eating breakfast. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

It was owned and operated by my uncles, but when they moved on to start a home-appraisal business, my dad bought them out. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Dana was brought to the interview room by a uniformed guard, who took a position outside the door. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They would have to camp overnight by the roadside, and the great attack upon Redwall would take place early the next day. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Clara hurled herself at her daughter and slapped her on the face, but then she embraced her tearfully, relieved to know she was alive and to have her by her side. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, Miss Kenton cannot hope by returning at this stage ever to retrieve those lost years, and it will be my first duty to impress this upon her when we meet. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

What moon wasn’t already hidden behind clouds was blotted out now by trees, branches filtering its pale light to nil. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Lady Seymour regained her strength by the day. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

During the Depression, the studios, which were mostly run by immigrant Jews, turned out a string of formulaic fantasies about life among the Gentile upper crust. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Finally, I did cleanup by knocking the farthest ones out. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

One by one, the kids rose from the fire circle and called out their good-nights as they filed up to the path and their cabins. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

An even more important role has been played by a bacterial disease that affects beetles of the family to which the Japanese beetle belongs — the scarabaeids. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

In 1923, one such talk was introduced by Mayor John M. Manning. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Prior to the Bostick decision, a number of lower courts had found absurd the notion that “reasonable people” would feel empowered to refuse to answer questions when confronted by the police. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

"When I come up they said a white woman set it oft by trying to take a black gal's man." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a couple of hours, our mom would be home from work, and we all knew it was critical that I started sobering up by then. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

She grabbed Sucker by the shoulders and began to shake him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I snuck a glance at Stick, but his attention was on the city, the walls and corners whizzing by his window. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

The wind picked up, blowing fine Whfll spray across the raft Then the stars came out We stayed in the middle of the raft, side by side, as it drifted aimlessly over the sea. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There weren’t many of our people left by 1876,” Grandpa Nyles explained, “compared to the sheer numbers of whites. There were probably twenty thousand Lakota. At the same time, there were twenty-five million white people.” In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

My first flight by myself was a little bit scary, but I found I really enjoyed being up there all alone with no one yelling at me. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mary Rommely had taken the scapulars to be blessed by the priest before she brought them over. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He began by goading his audience of Korean immigrants and their American-raised adult children, asserting that Kim Jong II was worse than Hitler. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

This theme of the body as a machine was developed in the seventeenth century by another Italian, Giovanni Borelli, who was an older contemporary and friend of Malpighi. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Hanging by one pa\\^ he swung back and forth, admiring the spectacle below him: the smells of the food, the sound of the music, and the light, the light, the light. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

And her shadow was gone, replaced by the golden light of the sun. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

True or not, Abramov was becoming more than annoyed by Bobby’s brashness and frequent distemper. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She startled herself by how clearly she had articulated the desire to keep the baby and how right it felt. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She spells the last name as she has hundreds of thousands of times by now, “G like green,” “N like napkin.” The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

For a moment I feel relieved that everyone I care about will be out of prison by tonight. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Those of us who were by a window waved back. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

They frog-marched Percy from the room, his arms pinned to his side by his sweater. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“And what could you do?” said Mother, bewildered by these strange creatures. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

"Enough, my lords. If I had a dozen vans, all of you should have one, but the greatest glory by rights belongs to the greatest knight. Ser Loras shall strike the first blow." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Well, actually Baldy was leading Twists and me by a few steps. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Was the ceasefire due to Mexico City smallpox that had been transmitted by the Hopi? 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Some men looked up, puzzled by the fast irregular knocking sounds that came from up and down the line as arrows hurtled into wood or frozen canvas. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“He came by a few weeks ago, too.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“You were there when the real Brer Rabbit was taken by iron monsters. Before I punched the Bottle Tree, I might add. So you can’t pin all this on me.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

And then, even if I reach it, it's sure to be heavily guarded by some of the Career Tributes. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I could pole a skiff quickly and quietly, and nearsighted as he was he could spy a crab by just a tip of the claw through grass and muck. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Modern computing was in its infancy, still used only by corporations and the military, or other huge government operations. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

She had started out much earlier than usual this morning, thinking to make up for the day wasted yesterday by rain. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ruby is sitting by herself across the aisle from the Graces, staring silently out the window. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

There was a dim new moon, which he hadn’t seen while he was in the woods, and Jethro watched it dully as home came closer, step by step. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Somehow, Shackleton had always seemed invincible, but even the Boss had been beaten hard by the terrible night. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

At the end of August, after I had been on die island less than three months, I was informed by the authorities that I would have a visitor the following day. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked over and saw that the wave had capsized the Lillian B. Womrath but that she had righted herself and was sailing on her course, close by. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

Slowly, so it looked like he thought he might bum himself by touching me, Miles reached out to shake my hand. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Clara spent this time wrapped in her fantasies, accompanied by the spirits of the air, the water, and the earth. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Yale paper notes that the word addiction derives from the Latin addicere, which translates to “enslaved to” or “bound by.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

He didn’t return to the East Coast right after the tournament, so Bobby journeyed alone, this time by bus, looking out the window sometimes, but mostly analyzing games on his pocket set. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I mean, the way he hammered home his points, one by one, in logical sequence. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

She managed the soldier in white by inserting a thermometer into the hole over his mouth and leaving it balanced there on the lower rim. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The country was run by the Duvaliers, a tyrannical family in power since 1957. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

The same old books set on Miss Leefolt’s night- stand: Frances Bentons Etiquette, Peyton Place, that old dusty Bible she keep by the bed for show. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Reluctantly, one by one, Hugo pulled out dozens of objects: screws and nails and bits of metal, gears and crumpled playing cards, tiny pieces of clockworks, cogs, and wheels. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Alex climbs onto the bed, sliding back to prop himself up on his elbows by the pillows, watching as Henry kicks off his shoes and regains his bearings. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Now there was no one to show her anything anymore; the tricks, in her dimming memory, glowed with magic again, like an old mirror resilvered by candlelight. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ll hang them together on the original tree, the one heaviest with shoes, which has been struck by lightning more than once-—I can tell because the trunk looks dead and black. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

They would often play together, side by side, at computers in their basement. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Francis Poulenc neatly summed up the prevailing French ambivalence towards Wagner by saying that, after listening to him, it was necessary to cleanse one’s spirit and ears by listening to Mozart. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Only a small percentage of wild mammal species ended up in happy marriages with humans, by virtue of compatibility on all those separate counts. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

It featured a flower arrangement sent by the National American Woman Suffrage Association. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Calder and I have been pretty inspired by—well, by his way of seeing. It seems like most people aren’t brave enough to question things the way Fort did.” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

I wouldn’t have dared to bother the man who could do what he did with “Daydream” by asking him for fifteen cents. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Re’lar Ambrose does raise an interesting point. How does a student who came to us destitute come by such money?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

A doll in a red velvet dress and a wooden truck had been tossed aside by some children. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Then he messed everything up by falling in love. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

"Yeah, and spent it with your face covered by a keffiyeh. What was the part again? Terrorist Henchman?" City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“And it’s just for a few years. You’re immortal. Which, by the way, is one of the more shocking things you have to tell her.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

And immediately beyond Korea's borders, Chinese Communists led by Mao Zedong seized control of the mainland in 1949, following a four-year-long civil war with the nationalist forces of Chiang Kai-shek. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone’s coven had to be sealed by a magical contract, to contain the magic and the witches in their own circles. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

A sword hangs by his side, and his cape flies as he walks. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Just beyond it, in the opposite direction, is a thatched hut surrounded by a white fence. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Not far away, other women knelt by other outdoor hearths, preparing the evening meal. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He thinks, also, that by simply wandering the circus he might improve his chances of happening upon the red-haired girl. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Henry stood by with a harness and we had the mule hitched up to my wagon in a short time. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remembered that Shawn had sat by the pickup for a quarter of an hour, his brain bleeding. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

We called this hill Three Steps to Heaven, but it was really just centuries of hardened layers of mud washed up by the Fen River. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Roses and hibiscuses and lilies and ixora and croton grew side by side like a hand- painted wreath. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

But for those not yet touched by the disease and certainly for the generations as yet unborn, prevention is the imperative need. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

I try to stop thinking about it, which is easier on weekdays when I’m distracted by school stuff like Zeno of Elea, lit mag, and the dirty looks I still get from Tim Huber’s friends. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Writing was never developed or even adopted by hunter-gatherer societies, because they lacked both the institutional uses of early writing and the social and agricultural mechanisms for generating the food surpluses required to feed scribes. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

He was still standing by the open door of the van, looking tense, as if he couldn’t wait for Dustfinger to get out of the way. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

My little group of friends—only they’re not even my friends anymore—buffered by this new collection of girls who like me because I’m depressed and teachers who are sympathizing and the suddenly nice principal. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

He was found, in very poor health, by hunters three days later. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He’d walk into a factory like the Zeiss works in Germany or the Pierce Arrow plant in this country and announce that he could speed up production by one-fourth. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

A bare foot swept by her head, its big toe catching on her kerchief and pulling it in front of her face. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Harry was on the point of unfolding his letter, which was written on the same heavy parchment as the envelope, when it was jerked sharply out of his hand by Uncle Vernon. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“I’m your new teacher, Miss Watson. Let’s get started by taking attendance.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I can tell by her sarcastic tone that it’s me she’s talking to, not God. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had happily attended their receptions, she had eaten rice and meat and coleslaw, food tainted by fraud, and she had eaten knowing this and had not choked, and had not even considered choking. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

A third possibility, then: dismayed by the failure of our Jesus to protect us, they opted to steer clear. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boys and girls had traveled by train and on foot from all over Germany and neighboring countries. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

For a few minutes she sat by the fire, staring into the glow. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

She swallowed dryly several times during the arduous trek up the stairs to her apartment, but she was sleeping soundly again by the time Nately undressed her and put her to bed. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Ferula took him by the arm and led him out of that afflicted room. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, one of those pretend cops comes by in his little golf cart and tells me to head home. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

The mayor’s house is newer and made of a white stone that rises up four stories, the roof topped by a plethora of cupolas and gables, looking very fancy and imposing. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

We sat down side by side on the round bed. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

A luncheon was given for me that afternoon by the Nigerian High Commissioner, His Excellency Alhadji Isa Wali, a short, bespectacled, extremely warm and friendly man who had lived in Washington, D.C. for two years. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The treasure box, lying on a platform carried by four men, seemed to glow. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Yet its size is dwarfed by the vastness of the desert around us. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Seen by the dim light of the dips, their number to me appeared countless, though not in reality exceeding eighty; they were uniformly dressed in brown stuff frocks of quaint fashion, and long holland pinafores. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

She wandered along the deck toward the bows, and soon made the acquaintance of an able seaman by flicking at him the pips she’d saved from the apple she’d eaten at breakfast. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

We heard that almost two hundred hard-core segregationist students protested our presence by being absent from school on the day of that rally. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Remora remained by the front door, his arms crossed and scowling. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I got out cereal and milk, and it was so quiet between us that I was getting grossed out by the distinct sounds of our food-chewing processes. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

People who do those things get caught by the police. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

It was a principal source of information, especially if the nation was ever attacked by an enemy. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Money. Someone could be holding her for ransom. It’s strange that her laptop is missing. Or she could have been murdered. Like, by someone who made her write the note.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Drenched to the skin by torrential rain, they unloaded the shells from a baggage car, lifted them over their heads, and hustled down to the river to stow the boats and inspect their new quarters. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Commandant Breuer himself stood at the front of the assembly, flanked by SS guards. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Today a word from Slant, delivered by Pomp, as Slant will no longer approach the flock-bed of sickness. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

His lumpy red hand plops around in the glass casing like the agitated head of a chicken outraged by the loss of its body. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was wearing shirt and trousers of coarse cotton jean—the kind of cloth the Lowell mills spit out by the mile. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Injury rates were, by all accounts, far higher in the 1920s and 1930s; between 1935 and 1939 alone, nineteen riders were killed in racing accidents. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It began by attacking small creatures—chickens and cats mostly. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

After I have been startled a couple of times in the street by the screaming of the tramcars, which resembles the shriek of a shell coming straight for one, somebody taps me on the shoulder. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Look at their dirty English mouths. ‘Astonishing move by Biafra’ indeed!” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He kept me one full month to hear the tale of Troy, the ships and the return of the Akhaians, all which I told him point by point in order. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her room looked cosy and warm, and Joseph wondered if her parents were awake downstairs, reading side by side in their bedroom or preparing tomorrow’s lunch for her. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“European countries are surrounded by countries that are similar to one another, while America has Mexico, which is really a developing country, and so it creates a different psychology about immigration and borders.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I can use both sides, and if it comes down to it, I can re-use them by scratching out the old question. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I listened to this raptly, amazed by what it suggested about the man’s mental state. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Then, by all means; Noah, you must come along." The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

For the first time, he seemed to realize that we weren’t playing by hippie rules. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Two white men grasped him by the arm and dragged him down the steps to the main floor. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

"A smiley face, just a little something," Ma suggested, followed by hugs, kisses, and of course, a prayer. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

It was five o’clock by the time he arrived at the Institute. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Amari knew her mother could tell by just the tilt of her smile or a fraction of a frown how she was feeling. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even Lewis and Clark with their big guns were astounded and unsettled by the ability of the grizzly to absorb volleys of lead with barely a wobble. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“First, we went back in time—by accident. Then Trub took me to the realm of magic to find Ma. Then we came home.” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Dude threw another jab, and I hit him with the same punch, followed by an uppercut. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

The saying originates with Bernard of Chartres in the twelfth century, but is now usually quoted from one of Newton’s letters: ‘If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.’ The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Dad’s happy to see me moving on both legs, too, but he’s also fascinated by the leg itself. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Our hee-hawing was kind of cut short by a glassy smash from above, followed by a loud bang as something heavy hit the floor overhead. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He spun around to see a Griever plop through the Griever Hole, appearing as if by magic from the dark square of black. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

In many places militia members far outnumbered soldiers in the professional Continental Army led by George Washington. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

The sun was low in the sky and surrounded as I was by trees, I had no reference point to tell me whether it was rising or setting. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Gabe was back at the Nurturing Center today, being cared for by the night crew. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

One night, across the street from their apartment, Bernard was brutally assaulted and beaten by two white men. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

We dreamed the wealthy family would take us in, ladle thick soup into porcelain bowls, and let us warm our frozen toes by the fire. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He pressed himself into the darkness of the chassis by the front wheel. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“People don’t realize how a man’s whole life can be changed by one book. ’ The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He finally settled on an apartment in Gardar Sverrisson’s building on Espergerdi Street, in a residential section on the east side of Reykjavik, too far to walk downtown, but accessible by two buses. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“What about those forearms,” asked a Badger gravely, “that are held together by a chest? Come along, my dear embryo, and find your tool.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

It fell flat on the big vat of lard and by noontime during the summer the grease had softened to a thick soup. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Along the beach, everyone was running—bolting for the cove, summoned by the golden clatter of the bell, so bright in the dusk. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

"I will be helping the Blue Dragon bring in spring. It is a great honor. But once I begin, I cannot be seen by mortal eyes. We will never meet again." When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Everyone felt bad that Holland had been conquered by the Nazis. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

They go on and on, a series of unanswered messages that seize me with guilt, until I'm snapped out of it by the phone ringing in my hand. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

And she can open and shut and even latch the door by herself. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Falloppio knew the rules and was determined to play by them, for he wanted his own discovery to be duly acknowledged. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

"We'll want horses. Swift and strong. The fighting will make remounts hard to come by. A goodly supply of gold will also be needed, for those gifts we spoke of earlier." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

"Well, Catnip, stealing's punishable by death, or hadn't you heard?" he said. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I was especially riveted by an amateur photograph in Herrero’s book, taken late at night by a camper with a flash at a campground out West. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

When the man tried to haul me up by the front of my shirt, I swung a leg around and caught him by the ankles. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He had fixed—cured? saved?— two dogs in late morning and recovered from it by the end of the day. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

She puts her sdioolbag against the wall and stands by the bed. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

What might have been a simple cry of the word “No” is distorted into something greater by the wind as Celia screams. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Sisterton’s streets were mud and planks, its houses daub-and-wattle hovels roofed with straw, and by the Gallows Gate there were always hanged men with their entrails dangling out. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Frequently they were orphaned, brought up by nuns or stepmothers who made them do all the housework. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

On the important subject of science and the decline of magic the work done by the last generation of historians is curiously unhelpful. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

It was so close to me that I could reach it by hardly extending my arm, which is what I did without a second thought. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But as the days went by, the aid workers confirmed the news. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Back home, a national debate was raging over H-bomb testing, provoked by the fallout fiasco of the Bravo tests. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“Food is hard enough to come by, without you wasting what I cook,” she said. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Out of the eastward door Sam could see him now by the parapet, panting, his left claw clenching and unclenching feebly. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Faris rips off his school tags and throws them into the sky, followed by the rest of us. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He had a lot of friends at the community center and he made them by honoring them. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

At more than one station we've seen them beating Jews on the platform, cheered by onlookers. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Scientific progress builds step by step, and as the example of Darwin and Wallace shows, when the time is ripe, two or more individuals may make the next step independently of one another. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Thank you for the information,” Tali said, his voice nearly drowned by the din. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The rest of Alexandra’s streets were filled by black faces, many of them as black as coal, full-blooded Africans. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

With heads side by side they bit and snapped at each other’s shoulders. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked hopefully at Bogert, who was still blandly neat and whose inner tension was perhaps betrayed only by the trace of glister at his temples. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

The whole problem of pesticide poisoning is enormously complicated by the fact that a human being, unlike a laboratory animal living under rigidly controlled conditions, is never exposed to one chemical alone. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Lawrence appeared untroubled by the prospect of continued military oversight of the program, which was where Oppenheimer drew the line. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

As early as 1941, Elizebeth and her team had even started to identify some of the key players in those networks, at least by their code names. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Yolanda tries to distract him by asking what he will buy with his money, what he most craves, thinking that on a subsequent visit, she might bring him his own little antojo. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

When the shuttle arrived at the airport, passengers stepped out, one by one, at their different terminals. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

"I suppose," said Ralph, "if we keep on by the sea this way, well come out below the burnt bit and then we can climb the mountain." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

In many New Guinean societies, the wealth of a person has traditionally been determined by the number of pigs he or she owns. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only by looking at those pictures did I begin to understand the real danger of that mob. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We are surrounded by life-size portraits of black women. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

But inevitably, the black masses started realizing they had been smoothly hoaxed again by the white man. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before being placed in a casket by the undertaker in Elberon, his body was sliced one final time. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

We can determine the present rate of expansion by measuring the velocities at which other galaxies are moving away from us, using the Doppler effect. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was surprised to see that one had a drop of blood by it He examined his bitten nail closely and watched the little globe of blood that gathered where the quick was gnawed away. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Monroe County had been developed by plantation owners in the nineteenth century for the production of cotton. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He cast a quick glance toward the souvenir shop and saw with relief that Prosper and Bo were still standing by the window. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Hinted at the gravity of the so-called “trauma of decanting,” and enumerated the precautions taken to minimize, by a suitable training of the bottled embryo, that dangerous shock. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hasty is far advanced in her pregnancy and is presumed to have been conveyed away by some person, as she could not undergo the fatigue of traveling. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

She got to be so sincere in the deception that she ended up by consoling herself with her own lies. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

They met head on It was just a half mile along them tracks, down by that stand of timber on the way to Sale Crick.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

He made several attempts to come back, but the flames were leaping higher by the minute. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She turned to her mother, who stood frozen by the bliny tray, one hand clutched over her heart. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

One day, irritated by the mockery, Fernanda wanted to know what Amaranta was saying, and she did not use euphemisms in answering her. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Tiled floors, white walls, and paintings by Haitian artists made the interiors inviting. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

We shivered in our shacks, warmed only by the promise of an eventual envelope carrying news from home. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

About halfway home I got ashamed of myself for crying and stopped; and by the time I reached the tavern I’d got my eyes back to normal and nobody noticed. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The former date was calculated by Seneca historian Paula Underwood, who based her estimate on the tally of generations in oral records. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to spoil my good mood by telling no teacher where to get off today. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

But interhemispheric diffusion made no contribution to Native America’s complex societies, isolated from Eurasia at low latitudes by broad oceans, and at high latitudes by geography and by a climate suitable just for hunting-gathering. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Beyond this lay the fields, the clear cultivated land bordered by the forest. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The nearly dead call out for help, reaching up to soldiers rushing by, and die with their hands in the air. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I could see by the tremulous light that even Van Helsing’s iron nerve had failed. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

They came with woolen caps and names given to them by their mothers, or grandmothers, or somebody’s best friend. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

In the children’s clothing section, the dresses, worn by smiling blond children, had lace collars and patent-leather belts. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Odenigbo looked at her and there was a small, sneering smile on his face, as though he was both amused and annoyed by her. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

A saxophone softly hummed, and was soon joined by a flute and piano. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

The classic manuals, written by starchy Englishmen and rock- ribbed Yankees, try to take all the fun out of writing, grimly adjuring the writer to avoid offbeat words, figures of speech, and playful alliteration. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

I was preoccupied by this thought, though I was also comforted by the knowledge that other mothers and children had successfully done this before. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

At sixteen, Gustavus, who went by the name G.F., set his sights on the big city of Boston. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I stand by the door for the last minute of the game. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, and for the first time, really, I was struck by the bitter, irrevocable truth of it; the evil of what we had done. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Lightning crashes overhead, followed by claps of thunder that vibrate through the room. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

They banged out the rhythm on the tables, getting louder and rowdier until Raul stilled them by raising his hands. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But by the time I reach them, the conversation is already over. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

And when I released my fingers from his arm, one by one, that’s exactly what he did. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Even the few who weren’t mad for Granny’s sake likely didn’t know what to say, under the circumstances, and nobody was going to risk criticism by paying a formal call or taking a wedding present. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The judge had hoped to take the "heiress" by surprise, but Grace gained time by coughing. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Earth’s magnetic field has diminished by perhaps as much as 6 percent in the last century alone. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

So next year you’re going to be here by yourself, man. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lights were out; they were in bed, side by side, as in the days how many decades ago? The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Recognizing the gravity of his predicament, he had abandoned the cocky moniker he’d been using for years, Alexander Supertramp, in favor of the name given to him at birth by his parents. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lingered by the window as long as I could, afraid that if I left the blue would disappear again. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The waitress came by and Link stopped and smiled at her and she was like, What a nice young man. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Charged by your own lord husband to keep the king's peace and enforce the king's justice." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The universe went on into infinity, dotted with innumerable worlds, each inhabited by mysterious creatures. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

If one confesses and the other doesn’t, the one who confesses will be rewarded by being let go, while the other one will get a five-year term. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am so startled by his comment that I just say what I am supposed to say: “The tests don’t have to change our choices.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Santa can just skate on by my house! Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She starts yelling, but by that time, my phone is off my ear. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Lupita’s youngest sister kept looking up at the sky as if she expected to see the special star that was Papá’s even by daylight. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

During that same summer of the Americans’ annihilation by the Soviets, Bobby Fischer, now twelve, was engaged in his own battles on the board, playing in a tournament in Greenwich Village. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I am surrounded by an anxious silence—like the hush of an audience as the curtain is about to rise. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

By day you have the flies, by night you have the fleas. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

To the guards’ amusement, the children camped out by the gate, waiting for a response. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

He filled the car with a rant about his history teacher, followed by a tirade about his math teacher and a torrent about his biology teacher. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

We passed by the Glacier Theater as we hunted for the best parade-watching spot. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

And how she found two of the five witnesses that were given immunity, suggesting, if not proving, that the act was committed by a scythe. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

No kid could earn a hundred dollars in just five days by selling lemonade. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

Illuminated by the setting sun, they had their first glimpse of Soldier Island jutting up out of the sea to the south. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

She leaves him in his seat by the window. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t get past them on the pavement, so I went into the street and was almost hit by a car coming in the opposite direction, which I hadn’t even seen. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tolkachev's espionage helped America achieve total air superiority by the late 1980s, earning him the nickname "the Billion Dollar Spy." Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Gimli gazed with wide eyes for a while, as step by step the figure drew nearer. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“Like I said, I don’t even remember my mother, and who wants a father who’ll run away and leave his baby daughter all by herself? I’d much rather spend my time with elephants and clowns.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The end, the tale of what happened to the Trojan women when Troy fell, comes from a play by Sophocles’ fellow playwright, Euripides. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

JimmyTrotter grabbed his basket of eggs and went back over to kiss Big Ma, who wiped his kiss away like she’d been buzzed by a fly. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Rush was forty-seven years old and so highly respected that he was often called in by colleagues when they were baffled by a case. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

At Aragorn’s bidding they paddled now for long spells, and the banks went swiftly by. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Above all, the life of a hunter carries with it the threat of deprivation and death by starvation. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Bolsheviks were led by Vladimir Lenin, a man of bold and energetic ideals who had been urging revolution for more than twenty years. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Out on the streets, two big gray military trucks pulled up, and Jews from our apartment building and all the buildings around us were herded into them by German soldiers. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

When she was by herself in this inside room the music she had heard that night after the party would come back to her. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

But now that he’s assistant coach, she’s all by herself, and it’s much more noticeable and much more embarrassing. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

With my whole body supported by the railing I dare myself to look at my toes as they hang at the edge of the world. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would grab me by the shoulders and explain that it was great that I felt different, and that I was far better than average. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Behind the nearest fence loomed a tall, thin neck topped by a small head. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Arobin,” she complained, “I’m greatly upset by the excitement of the afternoon; I’m not myself. My manner must have misled you in some way. I wish you to go, please.” The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beyond that, everyone is packed together, and their faces are visible only by the light of the full moon. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The simplicity of the remark unhinged his brother who went by a wall and found something of interest in the skirting board which he worried with the tip of his shoe. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

School™ is not so bad now, not like back when my grandparents were kids, when the schools were run by the government, which sounds completely like, Nazi, to have the government running the schools? Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The view was slightly spoiled by the massive offshore oil rigs you could see in the distance, but if you could make yourself forget about them, you'd think you were in paradise. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

That was nice, too, the quiet between us, disturbed only by birds singing. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

These she presented to her daughter, who sat in a chair by the window or lay in bed fingering, fingering her hair. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man and woman stepped into the room stiffly side by side as though right out of a familiar, though esoteric, anniversary daguerrotype on a wall. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Everything was waving in the current, feeding on microscopic plankton, growing bigger by the minute. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Or was she soothing herself by being busy? Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The world, the real one, was civilization secured and ruled by savage means. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

But with the iron word forbidden tolling like a heavy bell by his ears, Turner would not let himself be brought to Malaga. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

He had been worn down by the sheer duration of Dad’s droning. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

If you can go by ship from the Holy Land back to Venice, which is how we came, it’s half the time. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

A gang of men quick with guns and unfettered by conscience were at his disposal. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fred shouted as the castle quaked again, and Harry sprinted by, elated and terrified in equal measure. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

But there’s always the possibility—put into our heads by Grace, in that same factual way—that on any given day she may be dead. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

After the first time, washing up in the bathroom, she’d been horrified by what she’d done, at the sight of her clothes scattered throughout the two rooms. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

To minimize the president's pain as the train rocked and bumped along the tracks, this box was raised off the floor by boards supported by more cushions. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

They were so tired by then that they just stumbled into the woods beyond and slept there, slept uneasily. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

"It can't change colour all by itself! What on earth were you trying to do, make yourself look handsome or something? You look like someone's grandmother gone wrong!" Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

The poor parents, by contrast, are intimidated by authority. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

She had blue eyes that stayed wide open all the time, like she was surprised by everything she saw. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

Sometimes when they emerge, they mark a house by painting a big red X on the front door. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Tom, chastened, retrieved his rifle, and it was not long before he understood the sergeant’s urgency: they were being tracked by the rustlers. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

It was used by all twenty-five teachers to keep grade records and also to create a test bank of the various exams they gave to students. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The countries were arranged by continent, six to a page, with the capitals in boldface, followed by a short entry on the population, government, and other statistics. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Our great event for counterfeit Easter Sunday was a pageant, organized by Father and whoever else could drum up the enthusiasm. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought he meant to try his skill, by his manner of declining it yesterday.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

The power of good is shown not by triumphantly conquering evil, but by continuing to resist evil while facing certain defeat. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The insects had shifted easily to let Boots by, but they were an obstacle course for him. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t suck on your hair,” Isa said, followed by, “That was very sweet of you.” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Gradually he moved faster, trying to imagine a whale migrating thousands of miles, being led by instinct. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

He discovered that while he sat helplessly musing he had also been writing, as though by automatic action. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

For a moment he clung to O’Brien like a baby, curiously comforted by the heavy arm round his shoulders. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

She sighed, irritated by the smell and buzzing flies. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

The Pythagorean idea of a perfect and mystical world, unseen by the senses, was readily accepted by the early Christians and was an integral component of Kepler’s early training. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a moment the monsters in the audience were caught completely by surprise. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

At home we listened to aguinaldos, songs about the birth of Jesus and the joys of spending Christmas surrounded by family and friends. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Two children walked to the highway every morning and were picked up by a yellow school bus. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Uncle Jet even suggested capturing what was stealing the seeds by setting up a steel cage. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

When my father goes for his long walk Bridey comes in and she and Mam sit by the fire drinking tea and smoking cigarettes. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Most of the garden was hidden by a screen of runner beans. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

I caught Rufus by the hand and spoke low to him. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Emboldened by Harry’s success, the rest of the class climbed cautiously into the paddock. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

She refers to my familial house, one of the oldest and most respected in the Empire, by its formal title. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

For example, a leader begins by miming actions such as teeth brushing, bouncing a ball, or eating food from a bowl, and the group imitates them. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

I hit the bulkhead that sticks out right by our door. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

They pick me up by the underarms and the feet and lower me into the hole. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The limo sailed over my head, missing by maybe two inches. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I stuck the gun through, followed by my head. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

She got an awful pain across her face and I figured she must be my mom because no stranger would have been so hurt by what I’d said. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

That, in combination with the advent of the euro as a common currency, has created a single economic zone out of a region once divided by an Iron Curtain. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

Danny put his ear buds back in as the bus leaned over to the right when we turned by old First Congregational. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

“The Fourteenth Amendment gives no right to a woman to vote, and the voting by Miss Anthony was in violation of the law,” he said. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

I walked slowly down the hall, surrounded by my shouting and jostling classmates, seeing only the beautiful soldier, feeling only the electric tingle of her soft touch on my head. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I did not by any means dominate the High Organ, and in fact, a number of proposals that I felt strongly about were rejected. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pena had become interested while abroad in using genetics as a historical tool—studying family trees and migrations by examining DNA. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Yes. I asked him to help me so, and he never forgot it, but saved me from many a sharp word by that little gesture and kind look.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“All this is by the way,” he said. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bloom stood quietly in the warm summer sunshine, absorbed by the two trucks parked beneath the water tank. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t see his face, but I could hear him laughing and crying and saying something muffled by June’s shirt. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

They also wanted to keep the citizens of Philadelphia calm by showing that they were taking firm steps to deal with the problem. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

He comes to our camp often, sometimes by himself and sometimes with his father. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hesitated for a moment over the keyboard—struck by a premonition that this was information I might regret knowing—then typed “Ruby Ridge” into the browser. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He said nothing, and they walked along more soberly now, watching out for the bush that Iorek had mentioned, and silenced by the thought of what they might be taking on. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

About an hour later, our landlord came by our apartment. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I saw a crude sign on the side of the wagon proclaiming YAMS, as I walked flush into the warmth thrown by the coals that glowed in a grate underneath. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

She brushed by me and threw open Dad’s door, raised the window in his room, and tore the remaining black phone from the wall and threw it out too. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly tallying mortality and natality figures, Dobyns continued to be impressed by what he found. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I tell her about Boston and Harlem, making my exploits out to sound like I’ve taken the whole eastern seaboard by storm. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

However, a web gets torn every day by the insects that kick around in it, and a spider must rebuild it when it gets full of holes. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

She was the seventh person killed in two months by the marauder. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Jesper hissed as a bullet whizzed by his cheek, close enough to leave a burn. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Even the Catholic Church of the Middle Ages was tolerant by modern standards. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He said he’d walk by the sophomore hallway to give me my eyeful for the day, because he’s into charity. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

She was sitting by her kerosene stove, cracking pinons with her front teeth. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“The remodeling was a true Ernest venture,” recalled his daughter Margaret, who turned ten that summer watching the builders tear off the front of the house and rebuild the structure room by room. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

But she wanted to be quiet and by herself. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

To a town settled and run by Survivalists. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

While the giant engines at the Waterworks were being taken apart piece by piece and examined for damage, temporary sources of power were sought. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

For once he had no words to instruct our minds and improve our souls, no parable that would turn Ruth May’s death by snakebite into a lesson on the Glory of God. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He dragged himself up against the wall, clinging by his fingertips. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

We watched Mr. Morrison win the game by capturing Lissa’s last king. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

One person uprooted the stem, then tried to split it down the middle by pulling it apart. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

I was jostled from behind by a man in a leather apron. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Through Petersburg ran the railroads by which Lee’s army received its supplies; if Petersburg were taken, then the cry of “On to Richmond” would at last be fulfilled. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. Philobosian still had an office near Women’s Hospital, though the hospital itself had been closed down by then. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I was five foot three in June, and five foot nine by August, which meant none of the clothes I wore in the beginning of the summer fit by the end. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

In the evening we had the traditional Greek meal followed by a game in which we would toast one another with blood-colored eggs. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

The paper birds, as if by some signal, lifted in one great flutter of wings and roosted next to the girl. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“These fellows have all put themselves above the law,” Nixon said, “and by God we’re going to go after them.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Wanda kept her eyes on the cops by the entrance to the administration building, and he swore that he could feel the rage pumping through her. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The journal carried a report by Merle Tuve claiming that his Tesla coil could drive alpha particles to energies as high as 10 million electron volts without “any serious difficulty.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

In time I began to be more amused than revolted by what they threatened. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lanterns fashioned from additional cards hang above, swinging gently as you pass by. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

His hands caressed the camera around his neck; his thumb hovered by the shutter button. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Junha was so little, he was hidden by the tall flowers. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I tried to do chatting by saying, “My age is 15 years and 5 months and 3 days.” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Price, apparently insulted by such a charge, went to the bathroom and then came out shooting with his thirty- eight. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I might be nuts by the time we arrive to Sagan, but I’ll be the best kind of crazy storyteller known to humanity. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The farm being worked by the Jews of the Przemyśl ghetto once belonged to a Jew. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Tidbit almost seemed to be in shock by the time they finally decided their afternoon of enjoyment was over. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He’ll at least get beat up by Edward, who has been studying hand-to-hand combat since we were ten years old. For fun.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I asked, my suspicions and fear mounting by the second. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Far ahead, and a little below, the long rope extended from the suspension ring of the balloon, pulled by six or seven witches sitting on their cloud-pine branches. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I even did the 1 created by a mathematician from Finland. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Snakes are trying to get by, like everyone else.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

But the frowns had at last faded away, replaced entirely by the pleasant, contented smiles. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Harry,” said Hagrid abruptly as though struck by a sudden thought. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

We laid the pieces out one by one. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Most girls were afraid to gather firewood by themselves. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun was moving to midday by the time I had finished. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The most horrid thing just happened! I saw Miss Blunt strangled by an ape and stuffed up a chimney!” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he dropped his eyes to the mantelpiece, lifting one by one the objects that adorned it. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

On the way to my house, we decided to stop by Ozzie’s to see if our crew was around. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

But even if he’d left his music in his locker by accident, he didn’t need to read my music; he could have looked on with Daniel or Luis. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Our silence is broken by the echo of the dawn drums. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Food comes irregularly, carried out from the citadel by the guardian’s wife across the quarter mile of rocks at low tide while shells explode in the city behind her. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

At last, just as Hazel was about to run down the slope to Blackberry’s burrow, he saw him come out of his hole, followed by no less than three rabbits. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

People with money to spend pass by every day. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

His leg jerks but is held down by the rope. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Somewhere close by, a dog barked, making Thomas hope Frypan didn’t bring new meaning to the word hot dog. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

His skin radiated a reddish copper glow of tan, his brown hair had been a little bleached by the sun, and I noticed that the tan made his eyes shine with a cool blue-green fire. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

You will find him in the newsstand run by the Bellini family in the subway station at Times Square. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

She spent the next two years as a courier, go-between, and manager of World Tourists, Inc., a travel business run by Golos that was actually a front operation for the Soviet Union. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Nhamo had never been taken over by a spirit, so she didn’t know what it felt like. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I guess the promises made by Castro and Che of helping the less fortunate sounded so good at the time that losing some of your freedoms didn’t seem too high a price to pay. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Then I pulled up my screenshot of the Jade Key riddle and began to study it, syllable by syllable. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

No one, since she had come to America, had ever really wanted to hear about grandfather, except Reverend Bulkeley who had only been impressed by his royal favors. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

What happened to your spirit if it was eaten by an animal? A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he didn’t want to add to the horror, and nor did he want to give life to the image while it remained at a distance, held there by wine and companionship. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“I’m leaving. Your henchman has terrified me completely. I shall never make the mistake of even passing by this vile pigsty.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was learning from books what my father had learned by doing, but we worked together to master challenges of converting metric measurements to the equivalents in inches, feet, and yards. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Late in the afternoon, Betty Jean and Pastor George stopped by to drop off all the signatures they had collected. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

There wasn’t much to be done about Mother, but I’ve spent a lot of time in charge of Ruth May and I think I should know by now what’s good for her. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Several months earlier, Kennedy had given the green light to the top secret Cable 24.3, sent by the US State Department to the American ambassador stationed in Saigon, South Vietnam. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

She was like the palatable little dolls we played with as children—mango seeds that we drew faces on and then called by our nicknames. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

It took me a second to realize that by “fellow musician” Ms. Fender meant Samira, not me. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He said, “If white folks find out you’re pregnant by me, I will surely hang.” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How to raise a thousand dollars without being noticed by Burton. It is impossible.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

She felt a step removed from the things he believed, and the things he knew, and she was eager to play catch-up, fascinated by his sense of rightness. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Wildly, Alfred bolted across the street, side-stepping a taxicab by inches, ignoring the horns and curses of braking drivers. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

A pond enclosed within a black stone wall that is surrounded by white gravel. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The actual particulars of the event are unclear, obscured by the accretion of myth. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

I made my peace with this nickname by telling myself that it was technically valid, at least in the original medical sense. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

“And then, if we keep walking dogs and making money, maybe I’ll have enough to buy my camera by the time school starts again. I can start filming this fall!” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

But the liberalism, I soon found out, was skin-deep, applying only between Coloureds and whites: blacks were still throttled by the full apartheid machinery. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Moss, baby,” said his mother, and she rose as more people streamed by. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Her donut song was picked up by a national donut chain and was her “big money hit.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Van Helsing sits in my study poring over the record prepared by the Harkers; he seems to think that by accurate knowledge of all details he will light upon some clue. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Obinze had always been struck by how important it was to her to be a wholesomely agreeable person, to have no sharp angles sticking out. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She said we would be spending a portion of every practice for the rest of the week doing relay work; she was hoping that we'd be ready to give it a try by Saturday's meet. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

The rain fell steadily, broken occasionally by thunder and lightning. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

He must know things by now that he didn’t know before, as I do. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Further downhill, the rest of the legion was trying to form up, but the Second, Third and Fourth Cohorts were now surrounded by a sea of ill-tempered monstrous allies. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Lately she’s begun to work at the main desk, greeting the regular patrons by name as they walk through the doors, filling out forms for interlibrary loans. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Times I have been frustrated by the slowness of words, the way even a single paragraph never seemed done. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

No ray of sun looked ever on that country, nor the moon by night. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Korea and Japan adopted rice from China in the second millennium B.C., bronze metallurgy by the first millennium B.C., and writing in the first millennium A.D. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

They will be haunted by what they do and don't remember. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Maybe her nothing was worse since she knew her mother, and had even been slapped in the face by her for some sass she could not remember. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Armed with an insatiable desire to succeed—and aided by his natural gifts, which included a deeply resonant voice—he made his dream come true soon after finishing up at Bard College in 1971. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“A northern maid and a wildling warrior, bound together by the Lord of Light.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I pulled Rocinante into a small picnic area maintained by the state of Connecticut and got out my book of maps. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Both of them overburdened and ill-equipped, weak by nature or circumstance, married to strong-willed, selfish men, addicted to the opiate of sleep. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

"Well, you better be by morning," he said, "and you better have our cut in the regular place. Who the hell you think you are?" he called as the car speeded up and away. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You can’t do this! We’re friends! You said so! You left me a note—” Matt was knocked down by a blow that made him see stars. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

So finally, as a pair of twentysomething men passed by holding hands, Austin said, “Hey, that could be us in ten years.” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

The second had a problem with his plumbing, and Mrs. Reynolds was not amused by the snickers in the audience or the mess on stage. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

My body was writhing as if I were seized by a terrible pain. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was kneeling by the Zanies, the frailest ones, the fuse-points; both of them lay huddled up on the floor. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

The Hopewell apparently sought spiritual ecstasy by putting themselves into trances, perhaps aided by tobacco. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Even Amaranta, lying in a wicker basket, observed with curiosity the absorbing work of her father and her brother in the small room where the air was rarefied by mercury vapors. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Finally, after forty minutes, I am called out of the waiting room by an officious woman in blue scrubs. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had just discovered it then, the power that he had, the power to veer, and was still confused by it. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Otherwise feel free to come back in a span or so. We should have things updated by then.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Alvarez would say later that he was inspired by the pleasing thought of undermining “the infallibility of Bethe’s Bible.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I can be engaged by the arc of the water in a sprinkler system. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Again Father sat by the table with his head in his hands. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Byrne says, and I realize that she is talking about my necklace, which is usually hidden by my high- necked dresses. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

He was determined to push back firmly at Lawrence, but at that moment, he was placed at a disadvantage by a miserable case of the flu. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Why, at three and four, did we have tags put on our arms to be sent by train alone from Long Beach, California, to Stamps, Arkansas, with only the porter to look after us? I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I didn’t want to be found by the policeman and be taken to Father, so I stayed on the shelf and didn’t move, and no one saw me this time. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

One by one, these men were slaughtered and eaten. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

They went out onto the grounds in the afternoon; the snow was untouched except for the deep channels made by the Durmstrang and Beauxbatons students on their way up to the castle. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

When the bus passed by the Finkle Foods factory, some of the kids hooted. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Angry the worse for not daring to show it to the robots that, one by one, were entering the room and then leaving. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Lichens, the rocks’ first covering, aided the process of disintegration by their acid secretions and made a lodging place for other life. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

He had started to answer, regardless, when his voice was drowned out by the rumbling of an engine. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The small gold circle falls into my palm, nice and easy, followed by the coils of chain, and I fist it up, fast. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stuffed his waymarked map back through the opening in the bulkhead, followed by a pocket-size electric torch. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Cautious by nature, he watched his people leave, in a trickle at first, then in a massive wave. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

We were running like crazy, and it was pitch black, and whenever I started to slow down, the guy pulling me by my arm would yell, “Don’t stop!” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Or perhaps especially by a tomb raider from a family of assassins. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Finding them all ineffectual, I attempted to rouse the system by wrapping the whole body...in blankets dipped in warm vinegar.” An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Maybe the Preacher had won enough by now to really buy six more slaves out of America! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

I know he didn’t come by to talk about work. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The Great Depression had wiped out many Osage fortunes that had already been diminished by guardians and thieves. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“Are you allowed to go anywhere you want by yourself?” Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now she’s being hauled down the Midway, pulled by each arm, bleeding from her mouth and her forehead. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Now and then he would punctuate his flow of words by taking a nip from a bottle of whisky. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t see how she could have hit the cop by accident unless she was asleep.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Dealing with this system on its own terms is complicated by the problem of denial. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

She could be in Ayortha by now, or soaring over an ocean. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

It lay on a bedside table inside a French painting by an artist named Auguste Bernard. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

I could see Robert standing by the open door, and there was a scraping of chairs, a babble of conversation, and of laughter. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I crawl in after him, and the two of us are crammed in his honeycomb side by side. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

As the railroad yard dipped and swooped around the colonel, he tried to hold himself steady by staring into Billy’s eyes. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I suspect that Chapter Eleven’s transformation was caused in no small part by that day on his bed when his life was decided by lottery. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

As Chaplin, the Harvard historian, has argued, New England Indians were indeed disconcerted by their first experiences with European guns: the explosion and smoke, the lack of a visible projectile. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

And she was horrified by reports of a “psychic healer” who, while conducting research into whether spiritual healing could cure cancer, attempted to kill HeLa cells by a laying on of hands. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

In his instructions to Van Ness, who had become his designated representative in the exchange, Burr explained that the Cooper letter was merely the most recent libel against him by Hamilton. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

He tells Theo that he is reassured that Rachel, the woman he had given the wrapped ear to, has not been permanently damaged by his actions. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Washington, knocked asunder, reeled and brayed, “I say,” seizing the King’s soldier by the arm and struggling with him. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Aided by his wife, and then his son. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“The person they interviewed at Holman prison is not the same person arrested by Sheriff Tate for this murder,” Chapman explained. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t so much that he was taken by surprise. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Pet crouched by her bed, its horns outlined in the window behind it. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I put the pen down and clicked, again, to that video of him getting stung by the Irukandji. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

But the whole time I was checking the yard, trying to see if Eddie was hanging by the weight bench or around the fence. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The mayor and the old man were arguing again by the time I got close enough to hear. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was just an ordinary knock, such as is given hourly by thousands of gentlemen, but it made the Professor’s heart and mine beat loudly. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

As folks came down and sat at the table, I learned their names by listening. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

My vision started going by the late 1980s, so I had Hassan read me your mother’s books. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Within seconds of entering the district, I am stopped by a platoon of legionnaires demanding to know my business. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Woody’s screams were largely ignored by the two police officers. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Careful not to pierce his claws by accident, he fitted it to his own tail. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

If he buys the fish he’ll pack it in ice and send it overnight by air to Japan, for auction at the Tokyo fish market tomorrow. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Johnson had rebuffed Hoover in the past, but now the president was willing to listen to his reports that King was controlled by powerful Communists. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

“We’re not trapped by the fire, but the forest still makes us hard to find. Rescuers might come, but maybe too late for Jay.” Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

‘But how? Is it by the way it hums and buzzes?’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Paul grabbed Nate by the arm and they tore through the woods. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

The impersonal operator of the machine could, by wearing a special optical helmet, gaze into the soul of the person whom he was pumping out. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

The grim blackness of the stones told by what fate the Hall had fallen—by conflagration: but how kindled? Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

After much discussion, I supported Joe’s proposal and it was endorsed by the National Executive Committee on November 18. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Judge Byrne said, “Thank you very much, gentlemen, for your efforts,” his voice drowned out by the bedlam in the courtroom. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“If he doesn’t turn up by then we’ll . . .” The ringing of the telephone bell interrupted him. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The phenomenon fades when the stones are immaculately cleaned, vanishes when they are heated to furnace temperature, and reappears when they are simply touched by the hand again before being struck. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mother and her daughters are stopped short by the sight of a woman they seem to recognize. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those who did not die grew up by the river, watching their mothers leave at sundown. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“But the way you grow, you’ll fill them out by Friday.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

On her way out of the room, Lola noticed by the bed a masculine-looking suitcase of tan leather and heavy straps and faded steamer labels. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I nodded, put the phone on the table by my lounge chair. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t heard of the summit, but when I Googled it, I saw that it was run by a famous magazine editor, Tina Brown. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Ahead of us was a compound flanked by a number of guardhouses. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I close the scissors over the hair by my chin. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

In his church recitals he broke with tradition and featured classical songs by European composers along with traditional African American spirituals. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

I could tell that Annemarie’s dad was charmed by Mom—people always like her. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

The same computers sat on the same tables, surrounded by the same ratty chairs and lampless rooms with bare walls. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“As the years went by, the store and I became dusty junkyards, and after a while I didn’t care.” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I heard tell he was a kinsman of yours by adoption. He may have acquired another name, but the man is European.” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I proceeded to do so and concluded by saying: 'What's done can hardly be undone. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was oval shaped, like something you would find covered by a white sheet in an old haunted house. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

If you’ve any followers—housebreakers or such like—anywhere near, you may tell them we are not by ourselves in the house; we have a gentleman, and dogs, and guns.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The horse got breakfast when he woke up, usually at four-thirty, followed by stall mucking and grooming at five, and a lengthy gallop with Pumpkin at eight. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

A little house by the river, right down the road from where we grew up. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

These suspicions were later confirmed by newspaper reports disclosing that the South African police had secretly funded Inkatha. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now, how was he caught by the police? Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw the shadows of the heavy stair-rails, thrown by the watchman’s lantern on the wall. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

My companions moved through the city differently, aware of its significance but not subdued by it. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

This fervor was also brought about by the many labor strikes that were taking place throughout the nation. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

"That's right, Judge Ford. Must be her father's watch. Probably lost it. I don't think it could have been stolen by anyone at the party last night." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turned away, feeling myself being drawn to the old couple by a warm, dark, rising whirpool of emotion which I feared. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was so far back in the crowd that it was all gone by the time I got close enough. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He and I had a good time finding limbs that were twisted and bent by the wind, the sun, and the ice. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You can’t read either—unless you’ve learned by now? None of Capricorn’s men can read, any more than Capricorn himself can.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

As the days went by, Kathleen began to waste away, for she only truly lived when she slept at night, entombed in the prison of smoke from the magical wreath. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Part of me is intrigued by the party, but the other part of me doesn’t want to spend a night hanging out with Juanga. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Before the use of hoists and conveyors, cows were moved through the various stages of slaughter by hand. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

More than a hundred buildings nestled dramatically on the rocky slope, linked by a maze of narrow paths and catwalks. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Joey made that problem go away by bowling, with Rock and some of his guys as the ball and the pins. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The remark was echoed in public by my teachers, but only in part: ‘Boys and girls, don’t write in your books. You must learn to treat them with great care and respect.’ Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He threw me into the greatest confusion by laughing heartily and replying in a very sprightly manner, “No, to be sure; you’re right.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

The orchard’s pleasures now seemed blighted by the intrusion of Claudius. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

When his sisters return from their camping trip, Ivanito can tell by their faces that something is wrong. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was always a bad sign whenever anyone in the Harris family called you by your full name. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Thrilled by the privilege of just holding a baby goshawk, I step lightly to the edge of our hideout. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

That afternoon, after another eight dull hours of desk duty, Officer Delinko decided to swing by the Mother Paula’s site once more. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

One woman in a nightgown walked by, carrying her crying baby by its legs as if it were a dead chicken. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

All I could see was black, but going by what I was hearing, I figured there must’ve been five or six horses held up in here. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, he did not appear early The lecture hall was full when he entered by the hall’s lower door and climbed the three steps onto the raised wooden stage. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was eleven o'clock when Victor finally said goodbye, swaying gently, driven home by his guilty conscience to his hungry tortoises. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Had he been approached by Scythe Goddard with enticements of rock star glamour in exchange for the taking of lives, he would have declined. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The quality of strength lined with tenderness is an unbeatable combination, as are intelligence and necessity when unblunted by formal education. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Appleby spoke in a soft voice so that he would not be heard by the driver or by Captain Black, who was stretched out with his eyes closed in the front seat of the jeep. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Rocky was standing in a small clearing surrounded by thickets of scrub oak. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was as if a black-waved, frozen sea had been sliced by a scythe, forming black, solid walls along a jelled path. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

They were willing to believe that aloe, like ginger and cinnamon, could be found only by gathering twigs that drifted away from paradise. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

‘Kat. There is no scalpel by my hand. Only a toilet roll.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lord Asriel stood by the fire sipping the last of the coffee and watching darkly as Thorold opened the case of the projecting lantern and uncapped the lens before checking the oil tank. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Next month the petals would fall one by one from the great faces, and the gardeners would come and sweep them away. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The sound the bell made was nearly as excruciating as the White Noise, its pitch stretched and distorted by the dream. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

This book was written by Mr. Manzi to explain physics to college girls, and if it worked on us he would try to have it published. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Never did I see such baffled malice on a face; and never, I trust, shall such ever be seen again by mortal eyes. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

As Ben agonized over a blank memory, Mr. Loring busied himself by walking around the room removing scraps of paper that were wadded and thrown under each desk in the room. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Nearer the gods no mortal may approach," wrote Halley in a sentiment that was endlessly echoed by his contemporaries and by many others since. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

“I found him,” Arul said, picking up where Muthu had left off, “hiding behind a garbage can. We shared some food, and by the next morning...” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“By that time of year, there are no hurricanes. The breezes are soft by then, like a gentle caress.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

I put the nickel in the coffee can Mrs. Caconi keeps by the phone and tell the operator the number. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

This made him uncomfortable enough that finally, before he came to the many-eyed cluster of shops closest to his house, he stopped by the reservoir to put the top back up. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He has found a new job, not in Paris or the Netherlands, not in art or preaching, but in teaching, at a boys’ boarding school run by a minister on the eastern coast of England. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Their way was barred by a smooth green wall about ten feet high. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

“I am told, Madam Mina, by my friend John that you and your husband have put up in exact order all things that have been, up to this moment.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

I want to grab her by the neck and shake her and scream at her to stop treating me like dirt. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Some scientists have theorized that Miranda's piecemeal structure is the result of a massive impact that broke the moon into several pieces that—held together by her gravity—were reformed into something entirely unique. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

We stood together, jostled by passers-by, and watched the strange man disappear into the crowd, just as he’d done at the London Eye. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kira, reporting near midday as she had been ordered by the messenger, walked alone down a long hallway lit on either side by sputtering flames from tall sconces fed with oil. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But only in the south did the Maya elite, entranced by visions of its own glory, take its hands off the switch. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

A week later there was a Tropical Night Ball that Odile was keen to attend, both since she had done the decorations and because it was sponsored by black people. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Escorted by security guards down a long, dark, and narrow hallway, Bobby demanded to know what was going on. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I may be grateful that Charles and Isaac, who were by his side, turned their heads away, ashamed at our squabble. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

If I've seemed indifferent to him earlier, I make up for it now, by finding him, nursing him back to health, going to the feast for the medicine, and being very free with my kisses. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

And with a sentiment that was heartfelt and true, Rowan said, “It is my honor to be gleaned by you, Scythe Anastasia.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“Fools attract elil by being easy prey,” said Bigwig, cleaning the mud out of his whiskers and blowing through his long front teeth. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ll begin by jumping ahead to a happy memory from that year, because I do have many of them. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

For quite some time, we sat by the fire and looked at the treasure some more. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Rush set the terms for what became a high-stakes game of honesty by proposing that they dispense with the usual topics and report to each other on their respective dreams. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Internally, the important institutional decisions seem to have been made by a process of accommodation and adaptation, with resistible forces always meeting movable objects. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she unfolded it, it echoed through the church, amplified by the nearest microphone, and each pop and crinkle felt large and awkward. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I could tell by Vera’s hesitation in telling her husband those horrible things that it was Bodega who was really talking, through her. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Its leaves harvest sunlight to photosynthesize, so trees compete by shadowing their neighbors. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Waters, a journalist by profession, had written two books on the variation, both of which he presented to Bobby—eventually, he’d teach the boy the intricacies of the game and become a lifelong friend. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Relieved by his father’s words, Doha sat down in exhaustion. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Determined to apply economic pressure peacefully, black protesters let the nearly empty buses rumble on by like green ghosts, ignoring the doors that snapped open invitingly at the corners, and devised their own transportation system. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

He said, “I could crush that mouse by just thinking about it.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

In the darkness Kapu got up to exercise by walking out on the tundra and back. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a huge table dominating the middle of the room, and on it are maps weighed down on the corners by chunks of glass and metal objects. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The wall by my headboard is lavender, and the final one is black with chalkboard paint. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

My favorite article was always a column of two or three facts called This Day In History, which was written by Miss Volker. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Framed photographs line the wall by the staircase, and Bram pauses to look at each one. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

In less than fifteen minutes, Mrs. Suzman — all five feet two inches of her — came through the door of our passageway, accompanied by General Steyn, the commissioner of prisons. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was gone by then, long gone, and it seems a long life — I may live fifty years, and not see him again. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

Washington, for his part, obliged his Virginia critics by urging his stepgrandson to attend Harvard in order to escape the provincial versions of learning currently ascendant in the Old Dominion. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“All right, all right. Let’s cut the yappin’,” Bull said, picking up an imaginary microphone by his dashboard. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had been rowing for far too long: They should be in Virginia by now. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hope that you will not be too depressed by our parting. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. I had a couple of friends in my old school who didn’t get annoyed by my tics, but I don’t really see them anymore now that we live so far apart.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

We were en route from Montclair to New Bedford, Massachusetts, and Frank, Jr., was left behind by mistake in a restaurant in New London. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

These chemicals seem to initiate the malignant change, which may then be completed by other chemicals of types prevalent in the environment. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

For a moment, she thought it was the clock radio by her bed. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama gasps—Jus is sure she knows both of those clowns by name—and the cops exchange another glance. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

It was going to be hard enough to get Bri to Port Authority by foot. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

A few hours later, he was jolted awake by the sound of exploding shells. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

As the days slipped by, Harry started looking wherever he went for a sign of Ron or Hermione. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

The eager young Sherpa wasn’t chosen that year, but he remained in India and was hired by Shipton for the 1935 British Everest expedition. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Among the mammals ground squirrels were virtually annihilated; their bodies were found in attitudes characteristic of violent death by poisoning. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Above, the sky was darkening fast, melting into a fluid watercolor blend of deep blues, oranges, and pinks fractured by the telltale lines left from the Rupture. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The receptionist seemed puzzled about exactly who I was and what I was doing there, but was mollified by the fact that I did have an appointment. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You say you love Robert like a brother. Would you leave your brother surrounded by Lannisters?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I even looked behind his weapons cabinet, though of course it was locked, the handle ringed by scratches where he’d tried to pick it. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

When even the soles of my feet were clean, I dried myself by the kitchen fire. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Neel, hurry! Go meet your baba—he should be returning by now. And bring sweets, too. Rupa, bring Headmaster some tea. And then go tell the neighbors our good news!” Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was a gray coat with a fur collar that had literally been chewed up by somebody. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

And by the time she had done all this and put Poppy to bed, she still had almost half an hour to study the fragments of paper. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Buffered on three sides by athletic fields, the school rises to just one story. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

I soon made myself a nuisance by asking far too many questions of everybody. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

What if this invitation came to her by mistake? Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

We worked together every day for hours, late into the night, until one day he could put sentences together by himself. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

At the same time, my nervousness left me, burned away by the attention of the crowd. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, there was a sound of a heavy body pushing through the underbrush, accompanied by a sharp cracking of branches, and the spell was broken. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every morning at breakfast the Imperial Entomologist derided his argumentative Marxist son by reading out newspaper reports of the riots, strikes and incidents of police brutality that convulsed Kerala. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the way to the bathroom, I went by the classroom where the A-to-L kids were in their session. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Outside, the Depression was playing itself out, and with it would go the world that had been shaped by it. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Haukelid climbed into a car with the British officers, and they drove though a city battered by German bombs. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He returned to his pile of leaves and began to deposit them by handfuls into a plastic garbage bag. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Its construction had been overseen by an accountant, not an engineer, who did not know how to read a blueprint. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

The story of how he had come by the vase was told in one of the last letters the young lieutenant wrote home. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

One of the most persistent problems of the day was “offensive feet,” caused by the prevailing habit of washing feet only once a week. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He and Luna hurried up the staircase, which was long, lit by torches, and turned corners in unexpected places. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The bullet missed his heart by barely an inch, but it punctured a lung. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

She’s by my side and feeling my forehead with the back of her hand. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Other statesmen fell by the wayside, lacking the stamina to handle the relentless political pressure. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

He had disrupted commencement ceremonies by deliberately wearing a gold cap and gown, and the principal had threatened to bar him unless he changed into the mandated blue ones. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She seized him by the shoulders and shook him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Thomas Jefferson, though, was terrified by the success of the Haitian revolution. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

She lingered only for this, and he knew it, even though she no longer exhorted him as she had in days but shortly gone by. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

And so he left, as he had come: a shadow swept away by the wind. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anthony stood and stunned the spectators by chastising the judge in his own courtroom. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Bananas and other tropical Asian crops for which Africa’s climate is eminently suitable, and which today are among the most productive staples of tropical African agriculture, were unable to reach Africa by land routes. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

They pranced up statically, pierced by their dull gilt bars. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Even today, I’m puzzled by the sheer force of the emotion that overtook me when I heard Moira say this. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sounded exasperated, like she wanted to take me by the shoulders and shake me till my teeth fell out. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

If the man had any doubts, they were chased away by the sounds of desperation and despair coming from just across the hall. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“I’ve never counted! There must be tens of thousands by this point! Maybe hundreds of thousands!” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

But after it’s over, she disappears without saying good-bye, and Nick’s gone by the time I get out of costume. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

The bird had been eliminated by DDT and pesticides in much of the United States in the forties, fifties, and sixties. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

And that one is as likely to be singled out by Pharaoh as I am to lose my appetite overnight. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

The evidence already collected by April 15 confirmed that it was Booth who had shot Lincoln, and that he seemed to have several accomplices. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Children learn from each other by listening and joining in, learn by listening to recordings, or learn aurally from adults. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

They were sitting out on the far edge of the parking lot by the mall, the one that looked over the city. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

A natural extrovert, he would leave the hotel as soon as we arrived and hit the streets, learning by seeing and talking to people. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He started back down the hall, pulling me along by the hand. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He was reminded for a moment of Tarawa atoll and its seawall and the palms that lay in rows on their side, knocked down by the compression from the naval guns. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“You did a great service by getting rid of those poppy fields.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

I could tell by his tone that something was wrong. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Rest assured that the use of fire by any MidMerican scythe will be banned in conclave tomorrow,” he said. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Step by step, with enormous effort, we managed to get through the crush of human bodies. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Twig whispered to me, “What kind of bus driver lets three seventh graders onto a bus in the middle of the night by themselves?” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She lowered her hands quickly, embarrassed by her show of enthusiasm, but James gave her a half smile and Steve a “good job” pat on his tips. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Prosper's allowance hadn't lasted long, and after the second night Bo had already started coughing so badly that Prosper had taken him by the hand to go and find a policeman. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Each of us are bound by our own thoughts, seeing the edges of our limits, maybe seeing the edges of others. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

But he was looking the other way, oblivious to the scuffling and noise, opening the blades on his pocketknife, one by one, and stabbing them into the juniper post. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you suppose that’s why ... by the way, what is his name?” My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tried to stop the desk guard but was dragged back by the soldier behind her. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Then we sat in lawn chairs out by the garden and watched dragonflies flit over the tops of the marigolds. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“All the way to San Francisco by yourself?” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Next day he found her in the curving hall of grey marble, lit now by the westering sun, where often she spent the afternoon at games or at the weaving-loom with her maids. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

He was not strong enough to stand by and watch any more. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

They were delightful whatever they meant, and all done by the power of photons, said the Librarian as they walked home to Jordan. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think you know how to get by without him, do you? That’s why you came. You can’t survive out there.” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Word had it he started to talk in song years ago, when AM radio broke his heart by going all talk. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

I would then by modem transmit my pages directly to the main-office computer, from which only Hoagland could download files with his password. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He was a lover of pets and always had a dog or cat and usually a horse, and he would play with them by the hour, teaching them little tricks or romping with them.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

It achieves racial segregation by segregating people in prison—the majority of whom are black and brown—from mainstream society. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

When she saw the hunters in the village, Ash was transfixed by the sight of them. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got a nice letter from Charles Lindbergh, who thought that my flight around the moon by myself must have been similar to his solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

A small, almost hysterical thrill ran through Dimple as she looked at Rishi’s and her hands on the table, side by side. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She declared that under no circumstances would she be received by an “innkeeper’s wife.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I wrote of an Indian maiden, beautiful and reserved, who sat alone upon the bank of a still stream, surrounded by eternal twilight and ancient trees, waiting . Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She killed a teacup house cat yesterday by slowing its heart. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

We marched up the middle of the aisle, banked on both sides by rows of seats reserved for our graduating class. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

After a tasty breakfast of scrambled eggs, bacon, and toast, made by Mom, and tea and hot cocoa with marshmallows, made by Dad, I headed back to my room. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I could feel the cool air as I walked by the entrances of the more expensive cinemas, but here I was in the middle of it. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to ask Leo, my crippled friend, but he was scared silent by his Beast experience. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

Because city council members are elected by the citizens of the county, members would take these opinions into consideration before voting. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Serve me by staying, or serve me by going. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Plus, assigned parking spots right by the mill entrance for one whole year.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

It was getting darker by the minute and cold, too. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

As if sensing that, Shmuel came over to stand by her side in the doorway. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Melquíades answered that effort at communication at times by giving forth with phrases in Spanish that had very little to do with reality. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Kanue, Natnael, and especially Mandela had put their hopes and energy into this new version of their team, and Luma wondered if she was setting them up for failure by keeping the season alive. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

They snogged in the corner and Duncan Priest stood right by them and did his imitation of a cow giving birth. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Emma lit a flame just in time to see Caul dragging Althea away from us by the hair. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The women wore wide-brim white hats, except for this one girl down by the water. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The White House was a silent, sealed fortress, almost all sound blocked by the thickness of its windows and walls. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Because he accused her of eating her own head by thinking so much about what people said. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

I slipped off my apron and hung it by the stove. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

When asked what issue was most important to them, four of the five neighborhood councils organized by Operation Breakthrough that summer responded “housing.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

He needed a hell of a lot more by tonight and nobody but nobody had bought any chocolates at the last six houses he’d visited. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can hear them laughing by my locker, though, and can’t figure out why they think they can get to me with my mom. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

If Ivy weren’t feeling so rotten, she would’ve marveled over the gauzy canopy draped over the bed and how all June’s books were organized by color. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He would just sit by himself and say he was imagining melons turning into frogs. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Think how many paychecks I would of gotten by now if I had stayed and retired with the railroad. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Therefore he was not technically a Hunt prisoner, and so was not bound by the institution’s standard operating procedure. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

It was while reading Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson that they first got the idea to run away together. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

This wouldn’t necessarily have been so significant by itself, but I’d spotted other changes. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then it became a habit, and by the middle of February, frindle was just a word, like door or tree or hat. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mack departed and returned almost immediately with a universal No which was designed by Lee Chong to cover all future requests. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

We didn’t have a tent, we just lay under the stars, nestled inside the Millers’ fluffy sleeping bags, serenaded by frogs, the fire we’d cooked the dogs on dying out by our feet. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Just like that, they scatter, replaced by nothing except white noise. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He settles into a leather armchair by the window. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The boy by his shoulder stirred and made a sound. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s okay by me, Mac. See that you stick to it.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, just as quickly, it was replaced by a sense of smallness and quiet. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The system failed, failed all the way through the complication of mechanics and computers, burning each one down like the pop and sizzle of a string of Christmas lights, shuddered to ruin one by one. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

The school was a different world from Jefferson, with a leafy campus straight from a movie: The main building looked like a castle, surrounded by a sprawling lawn of freshly cut grass. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

This wasn’t over—not by a long shot. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

A pack of blond Polish boys walks through the car, laughing cruelly with menacing faces, scrutinizing people row by row. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Do you mean to tell me that Lucy was bitten by such a bat; and that such a thing is here in London in the nineteenth century?” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Even if I knew their home addresses, I could never get there by bike. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

It won’t just be Todd and Viola, sitting by a river as the sun comes up, eating our breakfast, the only two people on the face of the planet. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

He makes up for it by cultivating a tougher image. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

In addition to economic and social disparity between blacks and whites, Fryer had become intrigued by the virtual segregation of culture. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Their helms were tiger’s masks, the faces beneath marked by green stripes tattooed across both cheeks. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It was almost dark by the time we spotted our target. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

As if by previous agreement, we all fade back into the shadows of the jungle. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Even the Royal Greenwich Observatory, the official keeper of the world’s time and arbiter of all things chronological, planned to be swamped by the revelers. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

A large limb, tom from a tree by the strong wind, fell to the ground. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watched as it neared and got louder, then sliced by and faded into the distance again. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

And in the margin, written by someone centuries ago, was the explanation: For sacrifices to the ridderak: using the victim’s blood, mark the area around it accordingly. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“How about by car'” “It must be over two thousand miles It would be at least forty hours of driving time. Some pretty country to see, though.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I asked him where it was, he said his shirt was to be laundered by the notorious gangster inmate Al Capone. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Klaus, meanwhile, had his pajamas removed by the other white-faced woman, and was hurriedly stuffed into a blue sailor suit that itched and made him look like a toddler. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

We ate in silence, for Mrs. Van Hopper liked to concentrate on food, and I could tell by the way the sauce ran down her chin that her dish of ravioli pleased her. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

First, western Eurasia has by far the world’s largest zone of Mediterranean climate. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“If he could make every single boy in Prentisstown a man by his own meaning, then he’s God, ain’t he? He’s created all of us and is in complete control.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Over four days in my first months on the job, I got to enter another realm normally guarded jealously by senior officers: transportation detail. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Locktons and Lady Seymour were all retired for the night by the time I returned. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a pastel portrait of my grandmother that was done in New York by a street artist, which makes her look like she had a broken jaw. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

We figure most people will be done with dinner by then. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

For fifty cents you can escape Manhattan by boat, crossing the waters of the harbor and bay past all the famous islands, Governor’s, Liberty, Ellis. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

My seventh-grade language arts teacher, Ms. Patterson, and the school librarian, Ms. Minerva, chatted excitedly by the model of the town. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

It had been the same announcer throughout the war, so that by now Tessie felt she knew him; he was almost family. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Sometimes church members would stop by and pray. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

But this is by no means the most exciting thing that will happen on the day of your visit. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

I pick up the coins one by one, turning them around, holding them up and watching how the sun glints off them. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

As Jillson had explained, the children were free to leave their lights and televisions on “all night long,” if they chose, provided their rooms were dark by ten o’clock. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He could hardly lift his spoon during breakfast, and then he was out on the lake, his spoon replaced by a shovel. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Soon after they left, though, he began to feel very hemmed in by circumstances. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

There is something irresistible about the discovery of even a token, perhaps a complex inscription, but, best by far, a key to the understanding of an alien and exotic civilization. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d been so distracted by Ekon that she hadn’t noticed the strange lightness on her back, the absence of something crucial. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

A dozen Amazons charged in, followed by males in orange jumpsuits. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Then she slapped Emma’s great bulge of a belly, lifted her from behind by her shoulders, and gave her a good shake. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom said only people brainwashed by advertising bought prepared foods such as SpaghettiOs and TV dinners. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Her father had died by the king's command. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

But then we’re pushed back toward the bar by those who were in the back room, because there are cops coming in that way, too. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

People passing by our village say they have seen someone fitting Pa’s description. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They built this castle together, far from prying Muggle eyes, for it was an age when magic was feared by common people, and witches and wizards suffered much persecution.” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“No chance at—” A drop of blood spotted Chronicler’s forehead, followed quickly by another. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Do you take us for children that play in the yards with pets ? What could we give you that you couldn’t take by force, and at that time take from us tenfold?” Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Louis took Maybeth by the hand and led her in a galloping dance up and down the beach. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

They constantly shifted configuration, some expanding by swarming over their neighbors, others imploding when their constituent villages seceded and joined other polities. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I feel like the bird I looked after as a kid, the one pummeled by the rain. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

A subsequent study conducted by the attorney general of New Jersey found that searches on the turnpike were even more discriminatory than the initial stops—77 percent of all consent searches were of minorities. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

And he looked over at the alarm clock ticking away by the chest of drawers. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t tell me you believe that, Lee. We knew everyone by the time we broke out.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

All he had was a seed, newly planted by Siobhan’s last riddle—pi plus e—and her favorite book. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Moving through the night sea in enemy waters, our ships were always kept in blackout so they couldn’t be seen by Japanese planes. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried another first year by her family’s car. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

But these days, I ought to call her by another name: Monster. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I felt as though I didn’t belong anywhere, as though I lived separated from life by a glass window. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The other ingredients weren’t so easy to come by: George visited local slaughterhouses at least once a week to collect cow fetuses and chicken blood. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Though I didn’t understand a word of her English, I could tell by the sound of her voice that she was asking me a question. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other books were by T. S. Eliot and Steinbeck. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to see if I can find an excuse to stop by the shop tomorrow. Maybe I’ll ask to have something made.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Then he grabbed me by the arm and dragged me toward the door. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The stranger’s face was hidden by his hood from the red light, but Ged felt the unseen eyes meet his. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

As time went by, I found myself thinking of Dad more and more, and I was troubled. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

So if we go by Mom’s standards, Socrates was the biggest loser of all time. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Two Englishmen, an army major and a judge, had been kidnaped recently by the Irgun, the Jewish terrorist group in Palestine, and were being held as hostages. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

There were stragglers going by long after the regiment had passed—men who could not keep up with their platoons. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

A stored food surplus built up by taxation can support other full-time specialists besides kings and bureaucrats. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The starkness of the paradox is reinforced by the diction and meter: short, simple words, a stressed monosyllable followed by six iambic feet* Most people are never going to die. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Since they were not being attacked, he could turn the space to his own advantage by getting some more rabbits in at once. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat on Granny’s lap, in the middle of the bus, by a large smudged window. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

A flying aircraft is affected by the wind just the way a bird is. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

The last time Abuela and Lolo brought us here by themselves was a long time ago. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

She glares at me as I drive by. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

She dressed in Mary’s loose shirt again and, seeing some flat stones by the bank, went to fetch her own clothes to wash them. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Cluny had taken a vow while he lay injured: never again would he allow himself to be thwarted by mice and woodland creatures. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“That was a stroke of genius, Archie. That’s what I thought it was. Let him get beat up by a bunch of kids. Psychological—isn’t that what you’re always talking about?” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

But with the rise and spread of Islam, those holy lands were no longer ruled by Christians. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

On that final day of my “mental cast,” I wait in my room with all my things packed in sturdy yellow plastic bags provided by the hospital. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

He always gives me a chance to win by tripping or moving slowly or going the wrong way when I do a fake. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The country developed ways by which some could become formal citizens of this nation of laws. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

A wide river filled the foreground, crossed by a bridge covered with structures that looked like tiny cathedrals. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

We went to a furnished room occupied by one of his friends, who understood the situation immediately and got his coat and left us alone. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He reached across my lap and began to peel Greg’s fingers off, one by one, with a look of pure disdain. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He stands and stretches, yawns again, teasing Baxter by not hurrying. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t bear the thought of sitting idly by some fire, sticking pins into a wax doll while miles away a drug-crazed draccus rolled in the flaming wreckage of some innocent family’s farm. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But the water mark, hidden by the bowl all these years, was exposed. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The deaf-mute still drank coffee by himself at one of the middle tables. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“The other place is called the Battery—it’s a park right by the harbor. The last time I was there...with Reyna...” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Supposing they could be transported home by jet, then before morning they would land at that big airfield in Wiltshire. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

And they were all operated by different people. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

He took his seat, looked over at Esteban’s empty spot by the window and took out his markers. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

They went by bus and returned by boat. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

A thin boy, wearing a Malcolm X T-shirt and sporting a DIY haircut, sat up from where he’d once been sprawled by a gaping hole in the side of the bus. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Jess was trying her best, but from the start she had been handicapped by her big curling bush of a tail. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The man was too clever by half, a mocking smile never far from his lips. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The soft echo of voices, medical voices, filled the ward, and was pierced regularly by groans and shouts of pain. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

In Britain, Parry’s Brahmsian lead was followed with conspicuous success by Edward Elgar. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

She scurried across the drawing room and tugged repeatedly on the bellpull that hung by the door. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Dad’s group sailed through the first two rounds with their mash-up of “Let It Snow” and “Winter Wonderland,” which, by the way, sounded even better on a stage sparkling with glittery spray-can snow. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

The only true worid solution today is governments guided by true religion—of the spirit. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The gods had not churned the ocean by themselves—they had needed the help of the asuras, the demons. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Isabelle, startled by his intensity, reached into her pocket and handed it to him. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

“He seemed to regret his last words even as they were coming out, for his voice faded quickly He turned away. ‘“The whole point? Mother asked. ‘What do you mean by that?’ Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Most of the rats had been pressed into volunteering as ram carriers by the ambitious Cheesethief. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I saw your father taken by beasts, Jamison had said. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stately stone and brick homes had wood interiors, and stood side by side with smaller wood-frame houses. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

Her face was half hidden by the arm she was leaning on, her eyes shielded by the fingers of one hand. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Then, the sound of glass breaking followed by my father howling like a sad dog. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It was nearly dark by the time they returned. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“We shall be able to pay the landlord, and eat, and perhaps even put by a little. We may even make enough to visit our son—would not that be good?” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Behind its crumbling red brick walls, Astapor was still asmolder, though by now most of the great fires had burned out. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

"The last trolley went by an hour ago." The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

One knew that it was all rubbish, so why let oneself be worried by it? 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Even though he knew the blind man wouldn’t see his gesture, he pointed to the nearby wall, which was decorated by a colorful wall hanging, a gift from the blind man’s talented daughter. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

The ambulance took my grandmother to nearby Princeton Hospital, and we followed by car. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The peregrines in the cliffs sat stoically, their mutton-chop-whiskers made streaky by the rain and the wet feathers standing upright on their heads. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is easier to imagine a world in which we tolerate racial differences by being blind to them. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

She was astounded by so new and alien a feeling. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He could wait until Hooper was in the lavatory, or else he would tell him that he was wanted somewhere, by Mrs Boland or by his father. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

All this Lyra saw by starlight alone; but then, as Lord Asriel connected his wires, the Aurora blazed all of a sudden into brilliant life. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I w as eight, and though I was strong by then, I was getting nowhere. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was obviously disturbed by something deeper than a need to forget differences. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The third legal problem was that Bobby was being sued by Chester Fox because he’d interfered with the filming of the Icelandic match. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

They saw their mother only when she would come home to feed them dinner, but as usual, she left their care to the maid and stayed by her husband’s side. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

The gates in the wall were guarded by Jackboots and Flops. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

One of the closed-off bedrooms held the ghost of Alvin Caruthers, still wearing his service uniform and drinking to numb the pain of a heart broken by a war fought in trenches. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

A small crowd had already formed in front of a podium and stage outside City Hall by the time they reached downtown. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Audrey looks at me and asks whether I’m okay just by the expression on her face. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Peck will gain respect by unloading this gun into the one who disrespected him. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She was still radiantly beautiful even though Perseus by now was full grown, and Polydectes fell in love with her. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Surely not by the ropes that looked like Mother’s knitting stretched out. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

December 12, the day of the first ball, dawned clear and mild, but by noon clouds had gathered and the wind had become sharp and cold. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

So, one by one, we woke them and showed them how to open their cages. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Tendai had planned to reject food, the way heroes did in stories when they were captured by enemies, but the sauce smelled delicious. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

And surrounded by these silent trees, beside a calming fire, I watched the bones dance. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

If a man—or boy—was seized by a tiger, he would be dragged off into the forest and eaten. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Billy’s jacket and shirt and undershirt had been hauled up around his shoulders by the violence, so his back was naked. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We just want to understand. Please just talk to us, tell us what happened, step by step.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“I know,” I said, “but you would think he would’ve been back by now.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Obinze called her at Ranyinudo’s house; she would arrive minutes before he was due to call and sit by the gray rotary phone, waiting for it to ring. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

It was like the intolerable, tingling sweetness of water-glasses when played on by a cunning hand. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

I grab her by her elbow and pull her a little. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I shall fight the Government side by side with you, inch by inch, and mile by mile, until victory is won. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Things were bad enough—no way he’d make it worse by telling people about voices in his head. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I hurried up to the first floor and on turning at the landing was met by a strange sight. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Still, they were fascinated by the simplicity of his techniques for calculation, and thrilled at the idea that it might be possible to junk the equant. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

A second later, I was running toward the two still gray forms lying side by side. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was understandable, though poor form, that this young woman should be covering for her friend by casting suspicion on an innocent boy. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I stand by the window, I cannot drag myself away. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Wow. Okay, so this is the worst day ever, right? But the good news is that since this is the worst day ever, tomorrow can only be better. Even if it’s by a little bit.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

We’d been walking in silence, side by side, heading in no particular direction. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

That evening, while we were having supper, a hunter dropped by. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Black waiters were cautiously optimistic that by banding together with white waiters, they might bring their employers to the bargaining table. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Ms. Holly stops me as we walk by her. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

It was a little before eleven o’clock by this time and Faith was worried. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

We pass a crumbling brick mailbox and turn down a drive lined on both sides by massive trees without leaves. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Joaquin just grins and tries to avoid getting accidentally punched by Maya’s victory fists as Grace groans and covers her face with her hands. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Through the arches, Serra's lights glow dully, tens of thousands of oil lamps dwarfed by the vast darkness of the surrounding desert. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

She is stunned by what she’s just witnessed, how the animal was alive and then not. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Question-and-answer periods are another area where, by now, again blindfolded, I can often tell you the ethnic source of a question. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grace still has me by the arm, and with her free hand, she slides open the door to the back deck. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Then he stood by the head of the bed. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

When his hand came out it was holding the carcass by the tail. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Phoebe was a quiet girl who stayed mostly by herself. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

“Photographs taken by means of slanting light show clearly the roughening and raising of the fibres of the paper about the date due to mechanical erasure,” the examiner wrote. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

And how the mouse had squealed when one of Euron’s mutes delivered him aboard the Iron Victory, dragging him along by the convenient chain about his neck. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

"That statement is so outrageous, I'm amazed you haven't been struck by lightning." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Though die inn had come well recommended by the master of the Meadowlark, that did not mean Quentyn was willing to leave their goods and gold unguarded. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I followed her and took in the mostly dark lot that was illuminated by one streetlamp on the far corner. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Instinctively, Shirley kneeled by the rocker and took the Señora’s hands in hers. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

I busied myself by studying the shadows on the ground, the corners of buildings, and how, as people crossed the courtyard, their shadows imitated everything they did, just as younger children imitated older ones. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

This has all been devised by the Gamemakers to guarantee the most dramatic showdown in history. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Speeches by Gerbrandy, the Prime Minister of Belgium, King Haakon of Norway, de Gaulle of France, the King of England and, last but not least, Churchill. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

She searched for the light of the candle by the grave but saw only darkness. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She would later change the name, but at first she called it Raceteenth or Curious Observations by a Non-American Black on the Subject of Blackness in America. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Ignatius quickly cleared the desk by brushing the magazine articles and Big Chief tablets smartly to the floor with one sweep of his paws. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pass by bright green lawns and ornate trees trimmed into shapes favored by the gods, flowerbeds that burst with scarlet Belle-roses and snowy lilies shimmering like blankets of red and white stardust. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

And he puts in my hand a volume called The Souls of Black Folk by W. E. B. Du Bois. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lightning sand is moist and basically destroys by drowning. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

There was just enough room for me to stand there without being seen by the audience, provided I did not move so much as a finger. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

We were walking along Little Hobart Street, picking up pieces of coal, when our neighbors the Noes drove by in their station wagon. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“You know I was about to throw something through the window by the time you got there?” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

To estimate native numbers before Columbus, one thus had to multiply census figures from those times by a factor of twenty or more. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

One time on maneuvers Billy was playing “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God,” with music by Johann Sebastian Bach and words by Martin Luther. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hunted from the cupola by day, and at night she flew back to the one mountain among hundreds, the one tree among millions, and Sam. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

The next morning, a sleek merchant on a grey mare reined up by Yoren and offered to buy his wagons and everything in them for a quarter of their worth. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Finally, Secretary Stinson was contacted and made good on his word by quickly dispatching troops to clear the parade route. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

He’s one of those people who might get noticed by a fashion magazine, maybe under the category of “Distinctive Teacher Style” or in an athletic magazine under the heading “Teachers with Six-Packs.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

That idea was parried by Oppenheimer, who argued that the “discouragement of the Berkeley group would result in the loss of something valuable to the national scientific health.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The spontaneous decision to argue with that same co-worker is made unconsciously—by a different part of the brain and motivated by a different part of your personality. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I made my way to the corridor and off the railroad car on legs weakened by more than fatigue and anger. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Candidates for higher education would be expected to have tracts of Cicero, Virgil, Isocrates, and Homer by heart. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

But Wednesday afternoon, just before it aired, Bebe dropped by to tell her how the interview had gone. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She seemed deafened by the machinery and too cowed to ask questions even when she needed to. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t eat again until after Mass on Sunday, and he used the twelve flights of stairs he climbed by Bri’s side to meditate on the twelve stations of the cross. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

After a nighttime rally at a black church in the town square, four hundred people filed out the church doors and moved down a sidewalk lined by helmeted state troopers and deputy sheriffs. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

The National Labor Relations Act of 1935 makes it illegal to punish people for revealing their wages to one another, but the practice is likely to persist until rooted out by lawsuits, company by company. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Parvati sat down on Harry’s other side, crossed her arms and legs too, and within minutes was asked to dance by a boy from Beauxbatons. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

They were followed by the Dutch, who made the spice trade the foundation of a great commercial empire. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I knew that Burt had gained access to Bigheart’s fortune by becoming the guardian of his daughter. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The conservative philosophy, by contrast, attracted wide support and was implemented in various contexts over a considerable period of time. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t help looking at her, just as children in a classroom can’t help looking at the pupil whose name is spoken by a teacher in the tone that means trouble and punishment. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

One by one, the other guards peel off, so all that remains between the Director and the rest of Mobius is his security detail. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Coming in at number fourteen in the rankings, I’d missed making the thirteen-woman team by a hair, but it might as well have been a mile. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

But for a finely wrought incense burner commissioned by a wealthy merchant as a gift to the temple, the clay might be drained twice or even three times. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Let us be dissatisfied until every state capitol will be housed by a governor who will do justly, who will love mercy, and who will walk humbly with his God. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Untouched by their magic, the sheep were baa-ing and bleating their fear. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Here Mia and I were, Number Twenty-Six and Number Twenty-Seven, the two least favored children from the orphanage, and we were now beloved by our mama and papa. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Exhilarated by the sight of our paternal grandmother’s home, we walked hurriedly down the hill toward the pink stucco building within the corral-like fence, being careful not to jostle Pita too much in the stretcher. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

They were beaten, starved, and forced to watch their loved ones killed before their own eyes by Hitler’s troops. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Matt was swept by an icy wave of terror. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I do not respond and we three sit in silence, Carmine awed into stillness by the boy’s presence. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

And when an ear infection turned out to be the culprit, it was she who fed antibiotic syrup drop by drop into Mirabelle’s small pink mouth and let her lap it up like a kitten. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He was a beat too late: Bright won by a glimmer. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

Higher up, descending rapidly, was a flying chariot pulled by pegasi. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I wanna go by my real name from now on,” I said, and spun back around, walking forward. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Before I could answer, we were interrupted by a series of whoops and hollers from the woods. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

She hauled the struggling Meggie over to the wall by the bed. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Amazed by what Shady had found, they proposed using their funds to conduct some radiocarbon tests on samples from Caral. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

"Kimberly, thank you for coming by. And for the briefcase. I truly appreciate your diligence." How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The driver stumbled back against the bed of his truck, his words drowned out by the thunderstorm of noise that had settled over the three cars. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Judging by how puffy and red his eyes are, Dad’s been crying, too. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

My southern grandfather missed slavery by one generation. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Which you never answered, by the way, even though something was obviously wrong. You were frowning all through class, and not even at Mikayla. Does my owner wear glasses?” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Feeble man can do much by his powers of artificial selection.... The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Donovan had inspected a jagged hole in the upper reaches of one of the walls by the light of his pocket flash. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

It goes and then it comes back because its wings aren’t any count; it got too tamed and forgot how to fly away and eat by itself. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

My chest feels warm inside by the time I’m done reading. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

A draft, created by the open door, sucked the curtains into the gap of the open window. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Gran was pretty annoyed by that, by Aunt Glo in general, who Gran said was always trying to call attention to how different she was, even after she was dead. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

In this they are encouraged by wives and relatives, and it’s such a sweet trap. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Those bones are meerkat bones. Have them checked by an expert.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

That day at lunch, she’d attempted to create a bit of a family moment by reading aloud from the local paper, something of a Saturday ritual in the Hunter household. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Duff started the process and Adina finished it by kicking them off with her feet. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

She stayed awake growing angrier about this; by dawn she had begun to feel murderous. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Now damaged by the sun it is marked with scars and pimples. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sales had been made by the teams of fellows who went out every afternoon. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked nervously in his rearview mirror but saw nothing more than cars passing idly by and the darkened interior of the store. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Halley was certainly not plunged into abject poverty by these events—he had property of his own and his wife had brought a good dowry with her. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

I pulled myself from his mind, day by day, piece by piece, memory by memory, until there was nothing of Ruby left to weigh him down or keep him bound to my side. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Still dazzled by the light, he staggered a bit. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He was raised by grandparents until they died, then put into foster care. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Here was one of those old images brought to life, or maybe a creature descended in true line through endless years from the models used by the forgotten craftsmen long ago. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

An enraged mob killed the black man, then continued in its fury to destroy property owned by blacks in the surrounding area. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“The Minister...and by the looks of it, he’s brought a delegation...” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, however, all the rejected players and a number of people who had come down to watch after a lengthy breakfast had joined the crowd by now, so that it was larger than ever. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z