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The Notebooks of Serafino Gubbio
by Luigi Pirandello C. K. Scott MoncrieffSerafino is a typical Pirandellian anti-hero, a spectator rather than a participant in the tragi-comedy of human existence. Indeed he has the perfect job for it, that of a film cameraman. Serafino is an observer, an impersonal tool of a new industry based on make believe. All he has to do is to turn the handle of his camera and watch. He has no part in what is going on and is so removed from life that the mauling of an actor by a tiger can not deflect him from filming the action. It is set in Rome circa 1915, partly on a film lot, partly in the city.
The Nutrition Detective: A Woman's Guide to Treating Your Health Problems Through the Foods You Eat
by Nan Kathryn FuchsThe author proposes yet another diet to conquer the common health problems which are unique to women. Includes recipes, diet plans, and questions to help the reader determine cravings and nutritional needs.
The Observing Self: Mysticism and Psychotherapy
by Arthur J. DeikmanUnderstanding the mystical tradition from the perspective of modern developmental psychology and psychodynamic theory.
The Odyssey
by Homer Robert FitzgeraldWinner of the 1961 Bollingen Award for the best translation of a poem into English, Homer's epic poem shines through this perceptive translation. [This text is listed as an example that meets Common Core Standards in English language arts in grades 9-10 at http://www.corestandards.org.]
The Oil Jar and Other Stories
by Stanley Applebaum Luigi Pirandello11 short stories from the Nobel Prize winning Italian author
The Old English Baron
by Clara ReeveClara Reeve (1729-1807), novelist, was the author of several novels, of which only one is remembered -- "The Old English Baron" (1777), written in imitation of, or rivalry with, the "Castle of Otranto" by Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford, with which it has often been printed. Her novel has noticeably influenced Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein." Her innovative history of prose fiction, "The Progress of Romance" (1785), can be regarded generally as a precursor to modern histories of the novel and specifically as upholding the tradition of female literary history.
The Old Testament with the Apocrypha, Condensed King James Version
by Charles KeechThis is an attempt to increase understanding and readability by reducing the shear volume to encourage more readers to become more interested in the Old Testament contents.
The Old Time Radio Book
by Ted Sennett"This book is a collection of articles, quizzes, and photographs which attempts to recapture radio's golden years and provide entertainment for those who lived through them. The articles deal with many of the popular programs and versatile people of old-time radio; the quizzes should challenge even the longest memories, and the photographs- well, there were actual people behind all those voices, and they are seen here doing their jobs and doing them well." Bookshare offers many other books about old-time radio.
The Old-Time Radio Trivia Book
by Mel Simons"Mel Simons has become an institution on late night radio in Boston. For more than 25 years he has entertained listeners with trivia quizzes based on his unique and massive collection of recorded sound. From the earliest recordings of presidents and celebrities to the most recent TV theme songs, Mel includes something for everyone. Central to his collection and closest to his heart is radio. If Mel had been born a few decades earlier he might have been a radio actor or a member of the studio orchestra. But fortunately for us his calling has been to collect the sounds and memorabilia of the era known as the Golden Days of Radio. Mel's life-long desire to gather and preserve artifacts of this important part of American cultural history has led to the creation of this fun book. Share this book with a relative or friend or curl up in your favorite chair and enjoy your own personal quiz show. It will make you smile as you see the names of actors, characters and places that have been a part of your life since you first heard them on the radio long ago. It may make you laugh out loud as you recall people, shows, songs and even commercials you thought you had forgotten." Bookshare offers many other books about old-time radio.
The Once and Future Goddess: A Symbol for Our Time
by Elinor W. GadonA sweeping chronicle of the sacred female and her reemergence in the cultural mythology of our time.
The Oregon Trail
by Francis ParkmanThe author's journey brings the sight, sound and smell of the Great Plains of the mid-19th century, a dry, treeless land of wild grasses and sagebrush.
The Origin: A Biographical Novel of Charles Darwin
by Irving StoneNot only a story about the Darwin's cruise, which started him thinking about natural selection, but also an account of his wide-ranging career, his controversies, and his family.
The Originals: An A-Z of Fiction's Real-Life Characters
by William AmosEver wondered which real person was the inspiration for a fictional character? Here are nearly 3000 people and their fictional counterparts.
The Orphan Game: A Novel
by Ann DarbyMaggie, is sixteen, pregnant, and has no plans to marry, so she leaves home with no idea of what to do. Her parents struggle with finances while awkwardly trying to raise their three children whose dreams they only marginally understand. Set in small town southern California in the mid nineteen sixties, the tension mounts as each tries to express their individuality while conforming to family expectations.
The Other Side of Midnight
by Sidney SheldonTHE MEMORIES OF MIDNIGHT START HERE! In Paris. . . Washington. . . and a fabulous villa in Greece, an innocent American girl becomes a bewildered, horror-stricken pawn in a game of vengeance and betrayal. She is Catherine Douglas, a woman caught in a web of four lives intertwined by passion as her handsome husband pursues an incredibly beautiful film star. . . and as Constantin Demeris, a legendary Greek tycoon, tightens the strands that control them all. . .
The Other Side of Silence: Sign Language and the Deaf Community in America
by Arden NeisserThe history of the struggle to legitimize sign language against the pressure of a hearing educational establishment intent on forcing upon the deaf the almost impossible task of learning lipreading and speech.
The Outback Bridal Rescue
by Emma DarcyBillionaire Johnny Ellis inherits a share of Gundamurra, the beloved Outback station of his youth, and all of Megan Maguire's hostility.
The Outback Wedding Takeover
by Emma DarcyMitch Tyler is a hard-hitting hotshot Sydney lawyer who's put his troubled boyhood in the Outback behind him, until he meets Kathryn Ledger who needs his help.
The Outcast (Time Master Trilogy #2)
by Louise CooperThe Outcast waits in a Castle outside of Time, his soul imprisoned in an ancient jewel. Spawn of Darkness, Adept of Chaos, he dreams of vengeance on the Lords of Light.
The Outcasts of Poker Flat and Other Stories
by Bret Harte14 short stories by Harte, with an introduction by Wallace Stegner, a selected bibliography, and notes on the text.
The Outer Edge: Classic Investigations of the Paranormal
by Tom Genoni Barry Karr Joe NiekellInvestigations into celestial portents, extraterrestrials, fortune telling, and visions of death.
The Outsider
by Barbara DelinskyOn a tiny island, Summer is a living her life the way her mother and grandmother did, as a healer, alone, independent, and self-sufficient, until Cameron rescues her from the churning sea...
The Oxford Book of Short Stories
by V. S. Pritchett41 stories by Scott, Hawthorne, Poe, Twain, Harte, Bierce, H. James, Stevenson, Conrad, Kipling, O. Henry, Saki, Crane, De La Mare, Maugham, Anderson, Coppard, Joyce, Lawrence, Lardner, Mansfield, Porter, O'Flaherty, Faulkner, Hemingway, Bowen, Pritchett, O'Faolain, O'Connor, Callaghan, Bates, Narayan, Welty, Sansom, Lavin, White, Cheever, Lessing, Trevor and Updike.
The Oxford Companion to American Literature
by James D. HartDesigned for students, this volume provides ready references to the authors and writings, past and present, that are included in the area of American literature.
The Oxford Companion to the Bible
by Michael D. Coogan Bruce M. MetzgerAn authoritative reference for key persons, places, events, concepts, institutions and realities of biblical times, this book also provides discussions on these topics by modern scholars.