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Allegorical tale in which Marlow, a wandering seaman, recounts a journey into the heart of the Belgian Congo where he…
confronted human savagery. Centenary edition includes "The Congo Diary" and "Up-River Book," Conrad's notes documenting his 1890 visit to the region. 2002 foreword by A.N. Wilson. Some strong language. 1902Anthology of essays, articles, short stories, and poetry reflects the diversity and creativity of this unique urban community. Selections represent…
some of the most significant social, political, and cultural African American voices of the twentieth century including Malcolm X, Sidney Poitier, Langston Hughes, Maya Angelou, and others. 2003Dialogues and letters (Penguin classics)
By Seneca, Lucius Annaeus Seneca, C. D. N. Costa. 1997
Selected writings from the work of Latin philosopher, Lucius Annaeus Seneca (ca. 4 B.C.-A.D. 65). Includes his dialogues "On the…
Shortness of Life" and "On Tranquility of Mind," which state stoic ideals. Translated by Rhodes Scholar and professor of Classics, C.D.N. Costa. 1997Old men at midnight
By Chaim Potok. 2001
Linked novellas about three very different Jewish men: Noah Stremin, teenage Holocaust survivor; Leon Shertov, guest lecturer from the Soviet…
Union; and Benjamin Walter, memoirist. What they have in common is the woman, Ilana Davita Dinn, who elicits their stories. 2001. 2001The pearl
By John Steinbeck. 1992
A folktale of lower California is the basis for this narrative about Kino, a simple fisherman, who finds an enormous…
pearl that promises to provide for all his family's needs. When it brings nothing but misfortune, Kino throws it back to the sea and resumes his difficult way of life. 1945The complete works of Isaac Babel
By I Babelʹ, Isaac Babel, Nathalie Babel, Peter Constantine. 2002
The entire surviving output of Russian Jewish writer Isaac Babel (1894-1940), chronicler of the revolution and the early Soviet regime.…
Contains all his short stories (including the Red Cavalry and Odessa stories), reports and essays from his travels, plays, screenplays, and a private diary from 1920. English translation by Peter Constantine. Bestseller. 2002Four comedies: The Braggart Soldier; The Brothers Menaechmus; The Haunted House; The Pot of Gold (Oxford world's classics)
By Titus Maccius Plautus, Plautus, Erich Segal. 1998
A collection of four plays, translated by Erich Segal, from the best-known playwright of ancient Rome, Titus Maccius Plautus (254-184…
B.C.). The plays feature boisterous comedy, abundant word play, commonplace settings, and brisk song-and-dance routines. 1996To have and have not (Scribner classics)
By Ernest Hemingway. 1996
Harry Morgan tries to be an honest man, but in an effort to support his family and to stay in…
the upper fringes of the "have-nots," he earns money chartering his fast motorboat for fishing trips and running contraband between Key West and Cuba. His exploits bring him into dangerous waters. 1937The bridge builder's story: a novel
By Howard Fast. 1995
Young newlyweds Scott and Martha Waring honeymoon in Germany in 1939. They are illegally seized by the Nazis. Scott alone…
escapes, but leads a tortured life until therapy and the love of a Jewish war survivor enable him to accept the past. Strong languageShow time: the American political circus and the race for the White House
By Roger Simon, Richard F. Shepard. 1998
A journalist demonstrates the importance of image and stagecraft in political campaigns. Contrasts the strategies, speeches, and media techniques used…
by candidates Clinton and Dole in the 1996 presidential race to project a desired facade. Avers that successful politicians must also be entertainers. Strong languageThree novels: Molloy, Malone Dies, The Unnamable (Beckett, Samuel Ser.)
By Samuel Beckett. 1965
Interior monologs whose theme is expressed in the stream of consciousness of The Unnamable: "I can't go on; I'll go…
on." Molloy sets off to visit his mother and ends up in a ditch; Moran goes to find him. Malone, looking to pass the time on his deathbed, decides to tell himself stories, compile a list of his possessions, and describe his own death as it happensA life in letters: A New Collection
By F. Scott Fitzgerald, Matthew J. Bruccoli, Judith S. Baughman. 1994
Collection of Fitzgerald's correspondence portraying his life and work. The chronological arrangement of letters reflects his literary development through the…
years, his friendships with Hemingway and other writers, and his tragic marriage and personal lifeNightwood
By Djuna Barnes. 1961
The story of a femme fatale, Robin Vote, whose elusive and enigmatic spirit ruins the lives of her husband, "Baron"…
Volkbein, their child, and the two women, Nora and Jenny, who are obsessed with her. With an introduction by T.S. Eliot. Some strong languageHail to the chief: the making and unmaking of American presidents
By Robert Dallek. 1996
Explores the reasons some presidents are regarded as great national heroes while others become mere sidebars in history. Avers that…
vision, pragmatism, charisma, and the ability to gain trust and achieve consensus are critical to presidential success, though luck and circumstance also countDaughters of the fifth sun: a collection of Latina fiction and poetry (Big Bks.)
By Judy Mullican, Ken Carroll. 1995
Short stories and poems by the "godmothers" of Latina writing and later-generation authors divulge the Latina experience. They relate being…
women in a machismo- oriented culture, living in a minority group in the United States, learning the power of language, and dealing with everyday lifeThe fields of home
By Ralph Moody. 1993
In 1912, after the death of his father, the author and his family move from Colorado to Massachusetts. Not used…
to life in town, fourteen-year-old Ralph somehow finds himself catching trouble at every turn and is sent to live on his grandfather's farm in Maine. The old man is stubborn and crotchety, and Ralph cannot wait to leave. But his satisfaction in meeting the needs of the farm and his grandfather helps Ralph find a wonderful lifeAmerican dragons: twenty-five Asian American voices
By Laurence Yep. 1993
An anthology of twenty-five stories, poems, and essays by Asian Americans that enlighten, probe, and examine the experiences and emotions…
of young people with roots in Japan, China, India, Korea, and Southeast Asia. Selections are set in the past, present, and future, and most raise questions about identity and about preserving or rejecting the values of ancestors. For junior and senior high readersTinker vs. Des Moines: student rights on trial (Be the judge/be the jury)
By Doreen Rappaport, John J. Palencar. 1993
By 1965, 200,000 Americans were fighting in a war in Vietnam. Many Americans did not support the war. In Des…
Moines, Iowa, a dozen high school students were suspended for protesting the war, and three sued school officials for violating their right to free speech. Briefs and testimonies from the case, which reached the Supreme Court, are provided to challenge critical thinking. For grades 5-8 and older readersThe house of mirth: Introduction by Pamela Knights (Everyman's Library Classics Series)
By Edith Wharton. 1991
First published in 1905. Lily Bart, the orphaned daughter of a New York merchant, is endowed with beauty and charm…
and hopelessly addicted to the pleasures of luxury and wealth. Though she relentlessly pursues her goal to marry someone with money, she is attracted to Lawrence Selden, a lawyer of modest meansWartime writings, 1939-1944
By Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Antoine De Saint-Exupéry. 1986
Posthumously collected and chronologically arranged miscellaneous writings of the French author best known for The Little Prince. Saint-Exupery, a professional…
aviator when World War II was declared, describes how he wrestled with his moral objections to war and his sense of duty to his Nazi-occupied homeland. He decided to become a military pilot and ultimately disappeared on a mission