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Eight Great American Short Novels
by Philip RahvThe Man Who Became a Woman by Sherwood Anderson; The Blue Hotel by Stephen Crane; Red Leaves by William Faulkner; An International Episode by Henry James; Bartleby the Scrivener by Herman Melville; Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor; The Long March by William Styron; False Dawn by Edith Wharton
The Good Master
by Kate SeredyJancsi is overjoyed to hear that his cousin from Budapest is coming to spend the summer on his father's ranch on the Hungarian plains. But their summer proves more adventurous than he had hoped when headstrong Kate arrives, as together they share horseback races across the plains, country fairs and festivals, and a dangerous run-in with the gypsies.<P><P> In vividly detailed scenes and beautiful illustrations, this Newbery Award-winning author presents an unforgettable world and characters who will be remembered forever.<P> Newbery Honor Book
The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling
by Henry FieldingThe lusty, rib-tickling, colorful and dramatic revelation of low and high life in eighteenth-century England.
Israel: Years of Challenge
by David Ben-GurionThe history of the Jewish homeland by the personification of Israel's robust and resolute spirit.
Maigret and the Enigmatic Lett
by Georges Simenon Daphne WoodwardPietr the Lett had been clocked across the European frontiers by Interpol. Who was he, this international swindler with the skin of a chameleon?
Memoirs of Childhood and Youth
by Albert SchweitzerAutobiographical reflections on a boyhood that led to an astonishing intellectual career.
Murder a la Mode (Inspector Henry Tibbett Mystery #4)
by Patricia MoyesThe crew of Style magazine puts the finishing touches to the latest issue, unaware that they are being raced to their deadline by death.
Narcotics: Nature's Dangerous Gifts
by Norman TaylorInformation on marijuana, opium, morphine, heroin, coca, cocaine, alcohol, tobacco, ololiuqui, peyotl (mescaline), pituri, fly agaric, caapi, kava, betel, coffee, chocolate and tea.
The Necessity of Art: A Marxist Approach
by Ernst Fischer Anna BostockThe author, an Austrian poet and critic, surveys the whole history of artistic achievement through Marxist eyes.
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.]
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
by Alexander Solzhenitsyn Max Hayward Ronald HingleyStory of one day in a Soviet work camp, and one man's heroic struggle to survive in the face of the most determined efforts to destroy him, by the Nobel Prize winning author. Includes Solzhenitsyn's now-classic letter of protest against censorship.
The Pleasures of Japanese Cooking
by Heihachi Tanaka Betty A. NicholasRecipes for many Japanese dishes, also a glossary, an index, info on seasonings and flavorings, table settings, utensils, etiquette, how to serve a meal.
A Singular Man
by J. P. DonleavyWhy did George Smith have a bullet-proof limo? an air-conditioned tomb? doors of 2-inch surgical steel on his mansion?
Sisters' Retreats: A Guide for Priests and Sisters
by Fr. Thomas DubaySisters speak out on how to improve their retreats, what they want in a retreat master, what forms of meditation talks are the most helpful, etc.
Smith and Jones
by Nicholas MonsarratThe story of 2 defectors - 2 strange fellows who joined the other side - in a baffling international scandal.
Steppenwolf
by Hermann Hesse Basil Creighton Joseph MileckHarry Haller attempts to reconcile his rational self with his animalistic, wolf-like instincts. A classic of modern literature.
Time Traders II (Time Traders Omnibus)
by Andre Norton2 stories, The Defiant Agent (Time Traders #3) and Key Out of Time (Time Traders #4), about 2 Time Agents who are stranded on far-off planets with no hope of rescue from Earth.
The Venetian Affair
by Helen MacinnesAgainst vividly authentic settings of Paris and Venice, a young American newspaperman is caught in a vicious maze of Cold War espionage and international intrigue.
The Adventures of Spider: West African Folktales
by Joyce Cooper ArkhurstPresents six tales about Spider, including those which explain how he got a thin waist and a bald head and why he lives in ceilings and dark corners.
The Concerto
by Abraham VeinusThe long, colorful history of the concerto unfolds, from its origins in the 16th and 17th centuries to the present day.