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Classics - St. Charles Public Library
Novels of Power and Influence
OBD Banned Books Week (September) - Adult
U.S. Poet Laureates
Novels of Power and Influence
OBD Banned Books Week (September) - Adult
U.S. Poet Laureates
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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, this classic book is generally regarded as the finest novel ever written on American politics. It describes the career of Willie Stark, a back-country lawyer whose idealism is overcome by his lust for power.
2) Jacob's room
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Jacob Flanders, a sensitive young man raised in Edwardian England, discovers as an adult that his life is lacking, but his search for fulfillment is sidetracked by the outbreak of World War I.
3) Oil and gas
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The story of how oil and gas, formed millions of years ago, are wrested from deep underground and made to serve our transport, industries, and homes.
5) Coal
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The story of how nature made coal, geologists find it, miners dig for it, and people use it, all over the world.
8) Plastics
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The story of plastics--what they are, how they are made, and the thousands of uses to which they are put.
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