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PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Nick Hornby’s Funny Girl and NOT the original book. Preview: Funny Girl is a novel by writer Nick Hornby set in Blackpool, England in 1964. It tells the story of twenty-one year old Barbara Parker, a beautiful blonde, who wants to become a comedic...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Nicholas Sparks's Two by Two and NOT the original book. Preview: Two by Two by Nicholas Sparks is a novel about a 35-year-old husband and father, Russ Green, whose life is upended by circumstances that are alternately within and beyond his control....

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Anthony Doerr's All the Light We Cannot See and NOT the original book. Preview: The lives of two teens, a French girl and a German boy, improbably intersect at the end of World War II in All The Light We Cannot See. Before the war, Marie-Laure...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Bob Woodward’s The Last of the President’s Men and NOT the original book. Preview: The Last of the President’s Men is a nonfiction work about Alexander Butterfield, an aide in the White House during President Richard Nixon’s first administration,...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Candice Millard's Hero of the Empire and NOT the original book. Preview: Candice Millard’s Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape and the Making of Winston Churchill is an account of future British Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to John Green’s Paper Towns and NOT the original book. Preview: Paper Towns is a coming of age story set in Orlando, Florida. It focuses on Quentin, a young man about to embark on his adult life, and the adventure he and his friends, Ben and Radar,...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Jon Krakauer’s Into Thin Air and NOT the original book. Preview: Into Thin Air was published in 1997 by journalist and outdoorsman Jon Krakauer. The book focuses on the events surrounding the 1996 Mount Everest disaster, of which the author was...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Jason Fung's MD The Complete Guide to Fasting and NOT the original book.   Preview: Jason Fung’s The Complete Guide to Fasting: Heal Your Body Through Intermittent, Alternate-Day and Extended Fasting promotes fasting as a treatment...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Rebecca Skloot's The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks and NOT the original book. Preview: Rebecca Skloot’s book, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, chronicles the life, death, and immortality of Henrietta Lacks, a young black woman whose cervical...

No book group should be without this companion guide to M.L. Stedman's acclaimed bestselling novel, The Light Between Oceans. A comprehensive guide to this contemporary classic, this book includes useful literary context; a full plot summary, discussion of themes and symbols; detailed character notes; 15 thought-provoking discussion questions; recommended further reading and a quick quiz.

No book group should be without this companion guide to Liane Moriarty's bestselling novel, Big Little Lies. Guides for Book Clubs are designed to help you get the absolute best from your book group meetings. An invaluable reference tool, they provide a wealth of useful information on your chosen...

No book group should be without this companion guide to Gabrielle Zevin's bestselling novel, The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry. A comprehensive guide to Zevin's wonderful celebration of the world of literature, this book includes useful literary context; a full plot summary, discussion of themes and...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Brian Grazer’s & et al A Curious Mind and NOT the original book. Preview: A Curious Mind, by Brian Grazer and Charles Fishman, is an examination of the impact of curiosity on Grazer's life and movie production career. In a memoir style, he...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Andy Weir’s The Martian and NOT the original book. Preview: The Martian is a science fiction novel by Andy Weir set on the surface of Mars. The novel follows the attempted rescue of Mark Watney, an astronaut accidently left behind on Mars....