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The Adventures of Nanabush: Ojibway Indian stories
By Sam Snake, Emerson S Coatsworth, David Coatsworth, Francis Kagige. 1979
During the 1930s, the stories told by the elders of the Rama Ojibway Band were compiled and translated into English.…
These 16 stories tell of Nanabush, one of the most powerful, and most mischievous, spirits of the Ojibway world. Grades 4-7 and older readers. 1979.Tales the elders told: Ojibway legends
By Basil Johnston. 1981
These legends, which include "Why birds go south in winter" and "The first butterflies", are an integral part of the…
spiritual and cultural heritage of the Ojibway people. For all ages.The nicotine chronicles (Akashic Drug Chronicles Ser.)
By Lee Child. 2020
Inspired by the ongoing international success of the city-based Akashic Noir Series ( Brooklyn Noir, Boston Noir, Paris Noir ,…
etc.), Akashic created the Drug Chronicles Series in 2011. Following The Speed Chronicles (William T. Vollmann, Megan Abbott), The Cocaine Chronicles (Lee Child, Laura Lippman), The Heroin Chronicles (Jerry Stahl, Eric Bogosian, Lydia Lunch), and The Marijuana Chronicles (Lee Child, Joyce Carol Oates) comes The Nicotine Chronicles , masterfully curated by blockbuster hit maker Lee Child. In recent years, nicotine has become as verboten as many hard drugs. The literary styles in this volume are as varied as the moral quandaries herein, and the authors have successfully unleashed their incandescent imaginations on the subject matter, fashioning an immensely addictive collection. Featuring brand-new stories by: Lee Child, Joyce Carol Oates, Jonathan Ames, Eric Bogosian, Achy Obejas, Michael Imperioli, Hannah Tinti, Ariel Gore, Bernice L. McFadden, Cara Black, Christopher Sorrentino, David L. Ulin, Jerry Stahl, Lauren Sanders, Peter Kimani, and Robert ArellanoNovels and essays: Vandover and the brute ; McTeague ; The octopus ; Essays
By Frank Norris. 1986
The lover ; Wartime notebooks ; Practicalities (Everyman's Library Contemporary Classics Series)
By Marguerite Duras. 2018
A collection of three works of fiction and nonfiction. The Lover, translated in 1985, explores a forbidden love affair of…
a teenage girl. Wartime Notebooks, translated in 2008, recounts Duras' experiences during World War II. Practicalities, translated in 1990, includes meditations on challenges and joys found in daily life. Strong language and explicit descriptions of sex. 2018Contemporary fiction: a very short introduction (Very Short Introductions)
By Robert Eaglestone. 2013
Literature professor explores form, genre, and how present-day novels display patterns that make us more intelligible to ourselves. Discusses blurring…
the line between reality and fiction, and analyzes emblematic examples of how novels engage with the past, present, and future. Expresses views on the role of literary criticism. 20132015 Pushcart prize XXXIX: best of the small presses (Pushcart Prize #39)
By Various, Bill Henderson, Pushcart Prize Editors. 2015
Sixty-five pieces of poetry, nonfiction, and fiction, originally published by small presses. Includes works from Russell Banks, author of A…
Permanent Member of the Family (DB 77852), and Louise Glück, author of Poems 1962-2012 (DB 79850). Some violence, some strong language, and some descriptions of sex. 2015The book itch: freedom, truth & Harlem's greatest bookstore (Carolrhoda Picture Books)
By Vaunda Micheaux Nelson, R. Gregory Christie. 2015
A fictional account of the National Memorial African Bookstore, which was founded by Louis Michaux in the 1930s. While working…
in his family's landmark Harlem bookstore, young Louis Michaux Jr. learns the power of books and meets famous men like Malcolm X. For grades K-3. 2015Horrors of History: Books 1-4 (Horrors of History)
By T. Neill Anderson. 2013
Four stories featuring historical disasters. In City of the Dead, the fate of the residents of Galveston, Texas hangs in…
the balance as floodwaters rise during the great hurricane in 1900. Also includes Ocean of Fire, People of the Plague, and Massacre of the Miners. For grades 5-8. 2015The opposite of loneliness: essays and stories
By Marina Keegan. 2014
Collection of essays and short stories by Keegan (1989-2012), who was killed in a car accident five days after her…
college graduation. In the title essay--which appeared in the graduation issue of the Yale Daily News--she reflects on the bright future awaiting the graduates. Bestseller. 2014The most of Nora Ephron
By Nora Ephron. 2013
Writings by the Oscar nominee Ephron (1941-2012) include essays, the screenplay for When Harry Met Sally, the novel Heartburn, and…
her last unpublished play Lucky Guy. Topics range from the personal to the political. Introduction by New Yorker editor Robert Gottlieb. Some strong language. 2013Cartas a un joven novelista
By Mario Vargas Llosa. 2011
De forma epistolar, el autor ganador del Premio Nobel ofrece su visión sobre la génesis de las novelas. Al considerar…
las obras de Hugo, Cervantes, Hemingway, y Faulkner, entre otros, Vargas Llosa examina el arte de narrar y la vocación de la ficciónLa casa verde (Punto de lectura #4/14)
By Mario Vargas Llosa. 2008
La segunda novela por el autor ganador del Premio Nobel que tiene lugar en el desierto y las selvas de…
Perú. Don Anselmo construye un burdel en las afueras de Piura; la novicia Bonifacia sigue su conciencia en la misión de Santa María de Nieva, con resultados sorprendentes. Publicado originalmente en 1966. Algunas descripciones de violencia y de índole sexualA good night for freedom
By Barbara Olenyik Morrow, Leonard Jenkins. 2004
Hallie discovers two runaway slaves hiding in Levi Coffin's house and must choose between protecting herself and her family or…
helping the two strangers she's only just met. This book was inspired by the true account of two runaway slave sisters who were hidden by Underground Railroad leader Levi Coffin in his home in Indiana in the 1830s. For grades K-3Spitting image
By Shutta Crum. 2003
Jessie Kay Bovey, a 12 year old girl in eastern Kentucky, comes of age during the mid-1960s. She and her…
friends cope with issues such as poverty, getting glasses, and other girls' puberty. For junior and senior high readersI'm going to Texas: Yo voy a Tejas
By Mary Dodson Wade, Quadalupe C. Quintanilla, Virginia M. Roeder. 1995
Edicion bilingue en ingles y espanol. Para grados K a 3. Rhyming story about a child preparing to go to…
Texas. Also includes factual information on Texas. Bilingual: English and Spanish. For grades K-3Raiders: A Novel
By William B. McCloskey. 2013
Twenty years after his greenhorn days in William McCloskey's bestselling novel Highliners, Hank Crawford stands tall as a respected fishing…
captain in Kodiak, Alaska. Set amongst the tumult of the early 1980s, Raiders follows the struggles of the Alaskan fishermen as they regain control of their fishing grounds from the fleets of foreign companies that have been plundering their bays. But such companies aren't deterred and instead contract American boats to catch the fish for them. To keep his family afloat, Hank signs on with a Japanese firm and ends up shunned as a traitor by his peers. But when Hank begins to suspect that his new employers are playing a political game with him as the pawn, he must confront the possibility that to find redemption, he may have to sacrifice all he has. UnratedThe Michigan reader for boys and girls: For Boys and Girls (Readers Ser.)
By Kathy-Jo Wargin, K. L. Darnell. 2001
M is for mitten: a Michigan alphabet book (Discover America State by State Ser.)
By Michael Glenn Monroe, Annie Appleford. 1999
Little Pennsylvania (The little series)
By Trinka Hakes Noble, Jeannie Brett. 2010