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Li Lun, Lad of Courage
by Carolyn TreffingerBanished to a mountaintop to learn to grow rice, Li Lun proves his courage as he fights the elements and his own loneliness to make his rice seedlings flourish where no one else has for generations.<P><P> A Newbery Honor book.
Life After Life: The Investigation of a Phenomenon--Survival of Bodily Death
by Raymond A. Moody Jr.Philosopher, ethicist and psychiatrist: Dr. Moody explores the question: Is there life after bodily death? A convincing study. From the book: --WHAT IS IT LIKE TO DIE? "All pain vanished." "I went through this dark, black vacuum at super speed." "There was a feeling of utter peace and quiet, no fear at all." "I was in a very dark, very deep valley. Later I thought, 'Well, now I know what the Bible means by the valley of the shadow of death because I've been there.'" "After I came back, I cried off and on for about a week because I had to live in this world after seeing that one." "It opened up a whole new world for me . . . I kept thinking, 'There's so much that I've got to find out.'" "I heard a voice telling me what I had to do go back-and I felt no fear."-- Moody presents medical cases along with a look at religious teachings and their afterlife possibilities. This file should make a fine embossed braille copy.
M*A*S*H Goes to London
by Richard Hooker William E. ButterworthFurther misadventures of Trapper John, Hot Lips Houlihan and Hawkeye Pierce, only this time in Merry Old England.
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle
by Betty MacdonaldMrs. Piggle-Wiggle lives in an upside-down house and smells like cookies. She was even married to a pirate once! She has treatments for all difficult children.
Owl at Home (I Can Read! #Level 2)
by Arnold Lobel<P>Whether Owl is inviting Winter in on a snowy night or welcoming a new friend he meets while on a stroll, Owl always has room for visitors! <P>[This text is listed as an example that meets Common Core Standards in English language arts for K-1 at http://www.corestandards.org.]
Phthor (Aton #2)
by Piers AnthonyCataclysmic galactic combat played out in the legendary caverns of Chthon. A novel of Chthon and the Minionettes.
The Prince and the Lily
by James BroughHistorical fiction about Prince Edward VII, Prince of Wales and heir to the throne, and Lillie Langtry, a stunningly beautiful woman, elegant sensualist and model to the greatest painters of the age.
The Quest for Tanelorn (The Chronicles of Castle Brass, Volume #3)
by Michael MoorcockThis is Dorian Hawkmoon's most desperate Quest, a final quest in which he knows that the time has come to find his own world's end.
Rebel Heiress
by Jane Aiken HodgeA Regency romance about Henrietta Marchmont who comes to London to claim her place in the Marchmont dynasty, but meets with unexpected complications of the head and heart.
Seabird
by Holling Clancy HollingSeabird is an ivory gull, carved by the youngest member of a whaling ship. Through Seabird's eyes, scenes of beauty, danger and excitement from every ocean are revealed. <P><P> Newbery Honor book.
The Times We Had: Life with William Randolph Hearst
by Marion DaviesThe story of the publishing czar and the Hollywood star, their 32-year love affair in her own words.
What is a Bird?
by Jenifer W. DayThis book will appeal to young children who enjoy watching birds. They will meet owls, robins, toucans and other birds. This file should make an excellent embossed braille copy.
Willard and His Bowling Trophies: A Perverse Mystery
by Richard BrautiganA surreal exploration involving stolen bowling trophies, gas station robbers, and sado-masochism.
The Wind Chill Factor
by Thomas GiffordA new Nazi Reich, an international terror organization, puts a sinister plan of world conquest in motion.
The Wind's Twelve Quarters
by Ursula K. Le Guin17 short stories by the famous science fiction writer
Without Feathers
by Woody AllenFrom the book jacket: The Philadelphia Inquirer says: "Woody Allen is more than a household name. His one-liners are part of our oral history." From Without Feathers here are some new one-liners oral history has been waiting for ... Thought: Why does man kill? He kills for food. And not only food: frequently there must be a beverage. My Lord, my Lord! What hast Thou done, lately? On the plus side, death is one of the few things that can be done as easily lying down. Of all the wonders of nature, a tree in summer is perhaps the most remarkable, with the possible exception of a moose singing "Embrace-able You" in spats. How wrong Emily Dickinson was! Hope is not "the thing with feathers." The thing with feathers has turned out to be my nephew. I must take him to a specialist in Zurich.
Yesterday's Spy
by Len DeightonA tale of two spies and the old ties that bind them - tightly enough to kill.
Abel's Island
by William SteigAbel's place in his familiar, mouse world has always been secure; he had an allowance from his mother, a comfortable home, and a lovely wife, Amanda. But one stormy August day, furious flood water carry him off and dump him on an uninhabited island. Despite his determination and stubborn resourcefulness--he tried crossing the river with boats and ropes and even on stepping-stones--Abel can't find a way to get back home.<P><P> Days, then weeks and months, pass. Slowly, his soft habits disappear as he forages for food, fashions a warm nest in a hollow log, models clay statues of his family for company, and continues to brood on the problem of how to get across the river--and home.<P> Abel's time on the island brings him a new understanding of the world he's separated from. Faced with the daily adventure of survival in his solitary, somewhat hostile domain, he is moved to reexamine the easy way of life he had always accepted and discovers skills and talents in himself that hold promise of a more meaningful life, if and when he should finally return to Mossville and his dear Amanda again.<P> Abel's Island is a 1976 New York Times Book Review Notable Children's Book of the Year and Outstanding Book of the Year, and a 1977 Newbery Honor Book.
The Adventures of Conan Doyle: The Life of the Creator of Sherlock Holmes
by Charles Higham"WHO, REALLY, was Dr. Watson? And who was Sherlock Holmes? Both, I discovered in exploring the background for this book, had their parallels in real life. There actually was a Dr. John Watson, who lived in London, had served in the war in India, and had been wounded. And it is well-known that Holmes was very much like Dr. Joseph Bell, a skillfully deductive surgeon who taught at Edinburgh University. But I determined, as I worked on, that in the last analysis, Dr. Watson and Mr. Holmes, like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, were really different aspects of the same person, in this instance Arthur Conan Doyle. ... He liked sport, and played Rugby and billiards expertly. He loved dogs, and kept a bull pup. He loved Turkish baths. He had a kind of wild courage, and tended to be romantic and gullible. He was loyal, a patriot, faithful to his friends and his wife. Self-effacing and considerate, though capable of being rash and headstrong, he was the perfect Boswell for Holmes. Conan Doyle's resemblances to Holmes are numerous. Holmes was descended from a family of squires, and he had some French blood. He had gray eyes. He had one brother. He suffered from conflicting moods of excitement and depression. He could be impatient and sharp. He had a bizarre sense of humor. He loved to make subtle literary references. He was inordinately excited by murder cases. He was familiar with an extraordinary IO . . . PREFACE range of subjects, including ciphers, medieval manuscripts, and the structure of warships. He went out in society but wi. ... He loved to reflect on philosophy and the course of history. Like Watson, he longed for the country while in London. Holmes had an almost clairvoyant grasp of events, beyond that of any other detective. He made up his own mind about crimes, deliberately acting as an accessory, when necessary, for the ultimate solution of a case, assuming the roles of judge and jury, and sometimes releasing the apparently guilty. He could deduce details of people's lives simply by glancing at them. Conan Doyle's son Adrian wrote of his father that he could sit in a cafe and determine from the hats, coats, shoes, umbrellas, and walking sticks of those who came in virtually their whole life stories."
The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories
by Isaac Asimov11 short stories from the famed sci-fi author
Ceremony of the Innocent
by Taylor CaldwellEllen Watson was born into servitude. The humiliating life of hard toil was the only one she ever knew. Until Jeremy Porter. The eminently successful New York lawyer saw a ravishingly beautiful woman in the rough and tattered serving girl. He saw the woman he was going to marry. Thus Ellen was catapulted into a world she was not prepared for - the world of politics, wealth, and power. A world where her loving innocence was threatened by hypocrisy and ruthless ambition. And Jeremy was the only one who could save her ...