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Recounts the 1866 burning and sinking of an American clipper sailing from New York to San Francisco that left thirty-one…
men adrift in the Pacific for forty-three days. Describes storms and starvation endured and threats of mutiny and cannibalism. Sources include journals and then-journalist Samuel Langhorne Clemens's unpublished notes. 2003Twisted tales from Shakespeare
By Richard Armour. 1957
Tongue-in-cheek retellings of William Shakespeare's (1564-1616) best-known plays: Hamlet, Macbeth, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Romeo and Juliet, The Merchant of…
Venice, and Othello. Includes introduction, questions, appendices, and footnotes intended to contribute to a clearer misunderstanding of the subject. 1957Toasts for all occasions
By Jeff Herman, Deborah Herman. 2004
Hundreds of toasts, from conservative, sentimental, or inspirational to humorous, designed to be modified for any situation. Sayings are organized…
according to occasion, including farewells, holidays, romantic get-togethers, business events, social gatherings, birthdays, weddings, anniversaries, and more. 2004The Peabody sisters: three women who ignited American romanticism
By Megan Marshall. 2005
Draws on personal letters to depict the first four decades of three New England sisters' lives in the nineteenth-century. Describes…
how the Peabodys' intellectual pursuits inspired the Transcendentalist movement. Relates the marriage of artist Sophia to writer Nathaniel Hawthorne and teacher Mary to educator Horace Mann--men Elizabeth also loved. 2005Mystery of the Nile: the epic story of the first descent of the world's deadliest river
By Richard Bangs, Pasquale Scaturro. 2005
Chronicles a perilous 114-day, 3,523-mile descent of the Blue Nile and Nile rivers by kayak and raft in 2004. Describes…
Pasquale Scaturro and partner Gordon Brown's adventure battling the rapids from the Blue Nile's source in Ethiopia through Sudan and Egypt to the Mediterranean Sea. 2005V. S. Pritchett: a working life
By Jeremy Treglown. 2004
Concise biography of the British writer Victor Sawdon Pritchett (1900-1997). Recounts his upbringing, two marriages, and travels and assesses their…
influence on his literary output. Pritchett's autobiographical works A Cab at the Door and Midnight Oil (RC 46498) focus on his youth and his decision to become a writer. 2004Journalist profiles the first five female mountaineers to summit K2, nicknamed "Savage Mountain" for its reputation as the world's most…
dangerous and second-highest peak. Portrays the background, abilities, motivations, and remarkable climbs of three women who died descending K2 and two who perished on other mountains. Some strong language. 2005Antarctica: journeys to the South Pole
By Walter Dean Myers. 2004
Discusses exploration of the icy continent from James Cook's voyage in 1772 to the expeditions of Robert Falcon Scott, Ernest…
Shackleton, and Roald Amundsen in the early 1900s. Describes the dangers caused by hazardous travel conditions and limited equipment, provisions, communication, and scientific knowledge. For grades 6-9. 2004The pirates Laffite: the treacherous world of the corsairs of the Gulf
By William C. Davis. 2005
Account of Pierre and brother Jean Laffite, who fled revolutionary France for the New World. Traces their business and privateer…
enterprises along the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean, their exploits assisting American forces during the War of 1812, and their changing allegiance when they later spied for Spain. 2005One thousand and one Arabian nights (Oxford Story Collections)
By Geraldine McCaughrean, Rosamund Fowler. 1999
In a desert kingdom King Shahryar, accustomed to killing a new bride every day, marries the storyteller Shahrazad. Each night…
she tells the king about Sinbad the Sailor or Ali Baba, and he postpones her execution to hear another tale the next evening. For grades 5-8 and older readers. 1982Shelf life: romance, mystery, drama, and other page-turning adventures from a year in a bookstore
By Suzanne Strempek Shea. 2004
Novelist Suzanne Shea recounts the experience of volunteering to work in a friend's Massachusetts bookstore during cancer recovery. Shea reminisces…
about the patrons she encountered and her own book tours. 2004The Orientalist: solving the mystery of a strange and a dangerous life
By Tom Reiss. 2005
Biography of Lev Nussimbaum, a Russian Jew born in Azerbaijan in 1905. Describes his pattern of reinventing himself, eventually becoming…
known in the publishing world and to his wife as a swashbuckling Muslim writer. Reiss tracks identities Nussimbaum used in Europe's powerful intellectual and political circles between the World Wars. 2005Satirical sketches: Satirical Sketches (Midland Bks. #No.581)
By Paul Turner, Lucian. 1990
Twenty-three pieces by Greek orator Lucian (A.D. 115-200) take aim at love, prostitution, and philosophy. From "The Dream" to "Alexander,"…
the satires display Lucian's skepticism about conflicting creeds and all forms of belief in the supernatural. Translated from the Greek and introduced by Paul Turner. 1961Grant and Twain: the story of a friendship that changed America
By Mark Perry. 2004
Describes the mutually beneficial relationship that developed in 1884 as Mark Twain, finishing The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (RC 57349),…
persuaded former president and Union general Ulysses S. Grant to write his Personal Memoirs (DB 24377). Discusses each man's quest for fame in the context of Gilded Age America. 2004Over the edge of the world: Magellan's terrifying circumnavigation of the globe
By Laurence Bergreen. 2003
Chronicles the epic sixteenth-century voyage of Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan, who sailed from Spain to find a route to the…
Spice Islands and a passageway through the Americas. Details hardships and adventures during the three-year odyssey, which Magellan himself did not survive. Some descriptions of sex and some violence. 2003The odes of Horace: Bilingual Edition
By Horace, David Ferry. 1998
More than one hundred short poems by the influential Latin poet who celebrated the commonplace during the reign of the…
Emperor Augustus. Subjects include birthdays, virtue, wishes, safe journeys, and success in love and politics. Translated into idiomatic American English by scholar David Ferry. Poems are in English and Latin. 1997The life of Graham Greene: Volume 3, 1955-1991
By Norman Sherry. 2004
This sequel to The Life of Graham Greene, Volume 2: 1939-1955 (DB 41053, BR 10240) covers the distinguished author's productive…
career and the final years of his tumultuous life. Sherry discusses Greene's private relationships and explores the people, places, and events that inspired his writing. 2004The Jewish war: Revised Edition (Penguin classics)
By Flavius Josephus, Betty Radice, G. A. Williamson. 1981
Account of the failed first-century Jewish rebellion against Rome, written by rebel leader Josephus (c. 37-100 A.D.), later a captive…
who changed loyalties. Details Judaean life under Roman rule, the destruction of Jerusalem and the Jewish Temple, and the resistance at Masada. Portrays Herod, Emperor Vespasian, and others. Violence. 1970Ferdinand Magellan and the discovery of the world ocean (World Explorers Ser.World Explorers)
By Rebecca Stefoff, William H. Goetzmann. 1990
Biography of the sixteenth-century Portuguese sea captain who commanded the first expedition that sailed around the world, thus proving the…
Earth was round. Introductory essay by astronaut Michael Collins. For grades 5-8. 1990The practical writer: from inspiration to publication
By Mary Gannon, Therese Eiben, Therese Eiben. 2004
Poets & Writers magazine editors' compilation of essays to facilitate informed decisions by emerging authors at each career stage. Covers:…
title choice, manuscript revision, grant applications, contracts, interaction with editors, and more. Contributors are novelists, poets, and publishing insiders. 2004