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El Bronx Remembered, with Connections
by Nicholasa MohrIn a city called New York ... In a neighborhood called El Bronx ... * The Fernandez children own a very special pet: A white hen named after their favorite Hollywood movie star. * A new girl comes to school - a gypsy child who can read palms and foretell the future. * A young boy must face the humiliation of wearing his uncle's orange roach-killer shoes to his high school graduation. In the South Bronx - or El Bronx, as it's known to the people who live there - anything can happen. A migrant "fresh off the boat" from Puerto Rico can be somebody on the mainland, pursue the American Dream ... and maybe even make it come true. Here are stories that capture the flavor and beat of El Bronx in its heyday, from 1946-1956. A New York Times Outstanding Book of the Year. Finalist, 1976 National Book Award for Children's Literature. A Notable Children's Trade Book in Social Studies (NCSS/CBC).
El Amor en los Tiempos del Cólera
by Gabriel García MárquezEra inevitable: el olor de las almendras amargas le recordaba siempre el destino de los amores contrariados.
Eighth Grade Bites (The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod)
by Heather BrewerJunior high really sucks for thirteen-year-old Vladimir Tod. Bullies harass him, the principal is dogging him, and the girl he likes prefers his best friend. Oh, and Vlad has a secret: his mother was human, but his father was a vampire. With no idea of the extent of his powers, Vlad struggles daily with his blood cravings and his enlarged fangs. When a substitute teacher begins to question him a little too closely, Vlad worries that his cover is about to be blown. But then he faces a much bigger problem: he''s being hunted by a vampire killer.
Eight Tales of Terror
by Edgar Allan Poe8 short stories: MS. Found in a Bottle; The Masque of the Red Death; The Cask of Amontillado; Ligeia; The Fall of the House of Usher; William Watson; Hop-Frog; The Imp of the Perverse
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
Edge of Danger (Sean Dillon #9)
by Jack HigginsA murderous vendetta places at stake not only lives but the fate of nations.
Economic & Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844
by Karl MarxThese early writings of Marx throw new light upon the origins and formative period of Marxism. Major emphasis is on alienation of the laborer in capitalist society.
Echoes of the Well of Souls (Book One of The Watchers at the Well)
by Jack L. ChalkerAn unnamed and utterly alien society had somehow been released from its ancient prison and was bent on the corruption of the Well World itself. Can Nathan Brazil save it?
Ecclesial Women: Towards a Theology of the Religious State
by Fr. Thomas DubayDubay lays bare the evangelical and theological principles which can give vitality and meaning to a sister's life, giving priorities and perspective in the light of Vatican II directives.
Eat, Drink, and Be Merry: America's Doctor Tells You Why the Health Experts are Wrong
by David Schrieberg Dean EdellRadio talk show host Dr. Dean Edell at his best.
Eat!
by Steven KrollHarry's decision to become a vegetarian causes some problems for him in his third-grade class.
Eat the Rich
by P. J. O'RourkeA humorous treatise on economics, a world tour from the 'good capitalism' of Wall Street to the 'bad capitalism' of Cuba, in search of an answer to the age-old question: Why do some places prosper and thrive, while others just suck?
Eat More, Weigh Less: Dr. Dean Ornish's Life Choice Program for Losing Weight Safely While Eating Abundantly
by Dean OrnishIt's not just how much you eat, it's what you eat, that can reverse even severe heart disease without drugs or surgery. Includes 250 recipes containing less than 10% fat, each kitchen-tested and listing its nutritional information, and also a nutritional analysis of hundreds of common foods.
Easy to Kill
by Agatha ChristieAn elderly lady suspected murder in the sleepy village of Wychwood under Ashe. Soon she too was dead, another victim of an unseen hand.
Easy
by Emma GoldmanA British girl tells it like it is - the raw, the mean, the ugly, the hilarious - about men, sex, relationships, sex, love, sex, searching for Mr. Right and dissing Mr. Oh-So-Wrong.
Easing Aches & Pains
by The Editors of the Prevention Total Health SystemHow to ease headaches, earaches, toothaches, foot problems, muscle and menstrual cramps, backaches and arthritis.
Earthsound
by Arthur HerzogA fearful story of ordinary people caught in a violent disaster of nature...
Earthman's Burden
by Poul Anderson Gordon R. DicksonEnsign Alexander Braithwaite Jones crash-landed on the planet Toka, 500 light-years from the Solar System. Then he met the Hokos, a race of teddy-bear-like aliens, with the astounding ability to transform outdated Earth stories into riotous real life adventures. From the guns and slang of an Old West saloon to a hair-raising drug bust in Victorian England led by a button-nosed, pipe-puffing Hokan Sherlock Holmes, the Hokas demand that Alex Jones live it oil along with them.
Earth Unaware: Volume 1 of the Formic Wars
by Orson Scott Card Aaron JohnstonA hundred years before Ender's Game, humans thought they were alone in the galaxy. Humanity was slowly making their way out from Earth to the planets and asteroids of the Solar System, exploring and mining and founding colonies. The mining ship El Cavador is far out from Earth, in the deeps of the Kuiper Belt, beyond Pluto. Other mining ships, and the families that live on them, are few and far between this far out. So when El Cavador's telescopes pick up a fast-moving object coming in-system, it's hard to know what to make of it. It's massive and moving at a significant fraction of the speed of light. But the ship has other problems. Their systems are old and failing. The family is getting too big. There are claim-jumping corporates bringing Asteroid Belt tactics to the Kuiper Belt. Worrying about a distant object that might or might not be an alien ship seems... not important. They're wrong. It's the most important thing that has happened to the human race in a million years. This is humanity's first contact with an alien race. The First Formic War is about to begin.
Eagle Song
by Joseph BruchacAfter moving from a Mohawk reservation to Brooklyn, New York, fourth grader Danny Bigtree encounters stereotypes about his Native American heritage.
Dynamic Judaism: The Essential Writings of Mordecai M. Kaplan
by Emanuel S. Goldsmith Mel Scult Mordecai M. KaplanIn a sense, Mordecai Kaplan's life embodies the American Jewish experience of the first half of the twentieth century. The fact that he died in 1983 at the age of 102 means that, in a literal sense, he lived through the whole saga of the American Jew in our times. Arriving here as a boy, growing up in New York City, becoming thoroughly Americanized, he struggled to find ways of making Judaism compatible with the American experience and the modern temper. As rabbi, teacher, writer, and lecturer, he spearheaded the founding of new institutions and stimulated the reconsideration of long-held assumptions. Kaplan's life is a model for all of us.
Dvorak in Love
by Josef Skvorecky Paul WilsonFictionalized account of Dvorak's utterly requited love affair with America, when he came to live in the US in 1892, the anthem of which is his most famous piece, "From the New World."
Dump Trucks and Dogsleds: I'm on My Way, Mom! (Hank Zipzer, the World's Greatest Underachiever #16)
by Henry Winkler Lin OliverWhen Hank first heard that his mom was having a baby boy, he wasn't so thrilled. And when he finds out that the baby will be sharing his room, Hank is positively outraged! To make things easier, Dad suggests he take Hank and Emily away for some bonding. But on the first day of their trip, a freak snowstorm arrives. And then they get a call that the baby is coming early! Hank, Dad, and Emily know they have to get home - and fast! They hop on a train, hitch a ride on a dump truck, jump on a snowmobile, and climb into a dogsled, all in a desperate attempt to get home in time for Baby Zipzer's birth.