Quick view Brave New World Revisited by Aldous Huxley When the novel Brave New World first appeared in 1932, its shocking analysis of a scientific dictatorship seemed a projection into the remote future. Here, in one of the most important and fascinating books of his career, Aldous Huxley uses his... View Details
Quick view Zorro by Isabel Allende A swashbuckling adventure story reveals how Diego de la Vega became the masked man Zorro, champion of the powerless and the poor. After many adventures--duels at dawn, fierce battles with pirates at sea, and impossible rescues--Diego de la Vega returns... View Details
Quick view Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard In the book which won her a Pulitzer Prize in 1975, Dillard writes in the form of a journal, trying to understand God by chronicling the seasons along Tinker Creek in Virginias Blue Ridge Mountains, and by exploring the paradoxical coexistence of beauty... View Details
Quick view Four Perfect Pebbles: A Holocaust Story by Lila Perl During their six-year ordeal of World War II, the Blumenthal family lived in refugee and prison camps, including the notorious concentration camp of Bergen-Belsen in Germany. This is their story, as seen through the eyes of a child. View Details
Quick view Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston Fair and long-legged, independent and articulate, Janie Crawford sets out to be her own person -- no mean feat for a black woman in the '30s. Janie's quest for identity takes her through three marriages and into a journey back to her roots. View Details
Quick view Chinese Handcuffs by Chris Crutcher Two star athletes find the courage to confront painful memories in this gritty, realistic tale of friendship and healing. View Details
Quick view Awakening by Kate Chopin In the summer of her 28th year, Edna Pontellier and her children, along with the wives and families of other prospective businessmen, spend the summer in an idyllic coastal community away from their husbands and the sweltering heat of 1890s' New Orleans... View Details
Quick view City of the Beasts by Isabel Allende Fifteen-year-old Alexander Cold accompanies his fearless grandmother, a magazine reporter for International Geographic, on an expedition to the dangerous, remote world of the Amazon to document the legendary Yeti, known as The Beast. Translated from... View Details
Quick view Baree: The Story of a Wolf-Dog by James Oliver Curwood "Baree" is the thrilling adventure story about a wolf-pup, accidentally separated from his parents, who learns love and compassion while he learns to survive in the Canadian wilderness on his own. View Details
Quick view Stardust by Neil Gaiman In the sleepy English countryside of decades past, a lovelorn young man steps through a gap in a high stone wall, and into the most unforgettable adventure of his life. View Details
Quick view The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingslover Kingsolver's national bestseller paints an intimate portrait of a crisis-ridden family amid the larger backdrop of an African nation in chaos. Examine how the tragedy of the Price family mirrors the political unrest in the Congo, how the novel views... View Details
Quick view Annie's Baby: The Dairy of Anonymous, a Pregnant Teenager by Beatrice Sparks From the editor of "Go Ask Alice" comes this gripping narrative about a pregnant teenager who chronicles her experience in her diary, revealing her deepest feelings. View Details
