young men

In the early twentieth century, a small town is rapidly transformed into a bustling, money-making nest of competitors overrun by a group of greedy men.

"[Presents a story about] Tetsuya, a man once famous for his prodigious gifts with a bow and arrow but who has since retired from public life, the challenger who comes searching for him, and the boy who observes their competition. Afterward, the boy has many questions, and in answering them Tetsuya illustrates the way of the bow and the tenets of a meaningful life"--Jacket flap.

Presents the 1925 novel about Clyde Griffiths, an impoverished young man whose dreams of self-betterment lead him to commit a horrible murder.

"Kohei is a college student who, because of his hearing loss, tends to distance himself from others. His attitude starts to change after he crosses paths with an ever-optimistic classmate named Taichi. And over time, the two begin to develop feelings for each other. As the story continues, the pair tries to balance their budding relationship alongside Taichi's inspiring new career and Kohei's continued studies at school. But the harder they try to make things work, the more misunderstandings they seem to encounter"--Back cover.

Young Tristan Thorn, having lost his heart to the lovely but cold Victoria Forester, leaves the safe English town of Wall and sets out into a strange world on a quest to retrieve a fallen star he has promised to his beloved.

After a plane crash strands them on a tropical island while the rest of the world is ravaged by war, a group of British schoolboys attempts to form a civilized society but descends into brutal anarchy.

Gogol is ashamed of his Indian name and when he goes off to Yale, he has it legally changed to Nikhil and throughout his life he feels stricken with guilt and outcast.

The orphaned Pip is serving as a blacksmith's apprentice when an unknown benefactor supplies the means for him to be educated in London as a gentleman of "great expectations.".

Details the adventures of a young Victorian boy who runs away from his cruel stepfather to live with his eccentric aunt in London.