utopias

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utopias

The unnameables

2008
On an island in whose strict society only useful objects are named and the unnamed are ignored or forbidden, thirteen-year-old Medford encounters an unusual and powerful creature, half-man, half-goat, and together they attempt to bring some changes to the community.

Perfect ruin

2013
"Sixteen-year-old Morgan Stockhour lives in Internment, a floating city utopia. But when a murder occurs, everything she knows starts to unravel"--Provided by publisher.

Gated

Seventeen-year-old Lyla feels ambivalent when the charismatic leader of her isolated suburban community is told that the end of the world is near and when it arrives they must all be ready to defend themselves against the unchosen.

The Republic of Plato

1991
An English translation of Plato's "Republic" that includes a corrected text, an interpretive essay, and a comprehensive index.

This side of paradise

2005
After his father begins working for the mysterious Eden Corporation, Jack uncovers a sinister plot that threatens the existence of his entire family.

The first men in the moon

2001
Presents H.G. Wells' 1901 novel in which Cavor, a scientist, and his materialistic companion Bedford, travel to the moon in a ship built by Cavor, where they encounter a hostile race of biologically engineered creatures.

The beach

1997
Richard, backpacking through Southeast Asia, joins a French couple in search of a utopian beach rumored to be a communal Eden only to discover that the beach and its culture are not the idyllic setting they hoped for.

Glory season

1994
Maia, a gene-mixed young woman born on a planet of clones, leaves Stratos Colony to seek a place in the world.

No exit

2005
The teens escape from Novo Mundum, and have to return to the center of the terror when the try to stop the crazed scientist from unleashing a new plague.

Herland

1979
Feminist novel, written in 1915, tells the story of three male explorers who discover an all-female society and have trouble understanding how it can work so well without men.

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