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Maus: a survivor's tale (Pantheon Graphic Library)
By Art Spiegelman. 2011
"A brutally moving work of art-widely hailed as the greatest graphic novel ever written-Maus recounts the chilling experiences of the…
author's father during the Holocaust, with Jews drawn as wide-eyed mice and Nazis as menacing cats. Maus is a haunting tale within a tale, weaving the author's account of his tortured relationship with his aging father into an astonishing retelling of one of history's most unspeakable tragedies. It is an unforgettable story of survival and a disarming look at the legacy of trauma." -- Provided by publisherDisney's Aladdin: adapted from the film
By A. L Singer. 1992
Retelling of the folktale Aladdin or the Wonderful Lamp. Evil Jafar, the sultan's key adviser, is determined to own the…
magic lamp that is hidden deep in the Cave of Wonder, into which only a Diamond in the Rough--a common person with shining qualities--may enter. Aladdin is such a person, and his kindness, honesty, intelligence, and sense of humor prove attractive to beautiful Princess Jasmine as well. For grades 2-4 and older readers. BestsellerHope through heartsongs
By Mattie Stepanek. 2002
A third collection of poems by a young boy with an incurable disease, who cherishes hope even as he faces…
adversity and personal challenge. In September 2001 he wrote "For Our World," wishing that everyone would pray for peace. For grades 3-6 and older readers. Bestseller. 2002The teammates: A Portrait of a Friendship
By David Halberstam. 2003
The saga of four Boston Red Sox players from the 1940s--Dominic DiMaggio, Johnny Pesky, Ted Williams, and Bobby Doerr--who remain…
friends for over sixty years. In 2001 DiMaggio and Pesky begin a long car trip to visit the dying Williams and reminisce about the past. Bestseller. 2003Big Russ and me: father and son : lessons of life
By Tim Russert. 2004
Television journalist's memoir celebrating his bond with his father, "Big Russ," a WWII veteran whom Russert calls "endlessly hardworking and…
eternally optimistic." Author recollects his own 1950s Buffalo childhood in a close-knit Irish Catholic neighborhood and recalls teachers who inspired him throughout his life. Bestseller. 2004Plato and a platypus walk into a bar: understanding philosophy through jokes
By Thomas Cathcart, Daniel Klein. 2007
Authors present dialogs, one-liners, and limericks to illuminate key concepts of Western philosophy. Cathcart and Klein show how humor often…
contains philosophy and exposes hidden truths about life. Topics include ethics, epistemology, existentialism, logic, metaphilosophy, metaphysics, and relativity, as well as theories of language, politics, society, and religion. Bestseller. 2007