IN A LITTLE OVER TWO CENTURIES, AMERICA HAS GROWN FROM A REGIONAL POWER TO A SUPERPOWER, AND TO WHAT IS TODAY CALLED A HYPERPOWER. BUT CAN AMERICA RETAIN ITS POSITION AS THE WORLD'S DOMINANT POWER, OR HAS IT ALREADY BEGUN TO DECLINE? HISTORIANS HAVE DEBATED THE RISE AND FALL...
HARRIET M. WELSCH IS A SPY. IN HER NOTEBOOK, SHE WRITES DOWN EVERYTHING SHE KNOWS ABOUT EVERYONE, EVEN HER CLASSMATES AND HER BEST FRIENDS. THEN HARRIET LOSES TRACK OF HER NOTEBOOK, AND IT ENDS UP IN THE WRONG HANDS. BEFORE SHE CAN STOP THEM, HER FRIENDS HAVE READ THE ALWAYS...
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WISE BLOOD, FLANNERY O'CONNOR'S ASTONISHING AND HAUNTING FIRST NOVEL, IS A CLASSIC OF TWENTIETH-CENTURY LITERATURE. FOCUSED ON THE STORY OF HAZEL MOTES, A TWENTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD CAUGHT IN AN UNENDING STRUGGLE AGAINST HIS INNATE, DESPERATE FATE, THIS TALE OF REDEMPTION...