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The Crucible: A Play in Four Acts
by Arthur MillerMiller turns, for his setting, to the grim days of the Salem witch trials, and brings into focus an issue that still weighs heavily on the American civilization: the problem of guilt by association. Historical fiction.
The Fabulous Showman: The Life and Times of P. T. Barnum
by Irving WallaceBiography of the greatest showman on earth!
The Last Days of Socrates
by Plato Hugh TredennickThe trial and condemnation of Socrates (469-399 BC) on charges of heresy and corrupting the minds of the young, forms a tragic episode in the history of Athens.
The Marist Ideal: Meditations for the Missionary Sisters of the Society of Mary
by Fr. Thomas DubayMeditations on humility, detachment, charity, Mary's Love for God, poverty, virginity, obedience, the Eucharist, love of the Church, death, God's mercy, time and eternity, etc.
The Pocket Book of Ogden Nash
by Ogden NashAn anthology of Nash's best and most famous poems, his hilarious grouches, unflinching puns, and indescribable rhymes.
The Two-Headed Reader, Being His Two Most Celebrated Novels
by Richard CondonCondon's highly individualistic novels: The Oldest Confession, and The Manchurian Candidate
The Vital Spark: 101 Outstanding Lives
by Lowell ThomasFrom Solomon to Winston Churchill, here are the biographies of 101 individuals who led amazing lives.
We the Living
by Ayn RandSet in the Russian Revolution, this novel shows what theories of communism mean in practice, and the men and women who have to struggle for existence behind Red banners and slogans.
You Come Too
by Robert FrostA marvelous collection of Frost's poems including: The Pasture, Good Hours, Going for Water, Blueberries, Looking for a Sunset, Bird in Winter, Acquainted with the Night, A Hillside Thaw, Good-bye and Keep Cold, Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening, Come In, A Patch of Old Snow, Christmas Trees, Birches, A Young Birch, A Passing Glimpse, The Last Mowing, Pea Brush, The Telephone, The Rose Family, One Guess, Fireflies in the Garden, Blue Butterfly Day, Departmental, A Drumlin Woodchuck, Runaway, The Cow in Apple Time, and many others.
Arrow Book of Ghost Stories
by Nora KramerNine stories about spooky goblins and ghostly cats and strange creatures who weave their spells on Halloween.
Awo: The Autobiography of Chief Obafemi Awolowo
by Obafemi AwolowoAwolowo (1909-1987) was the leader of the Action Group party, former Premier of the Western Region of Nigeria, and Leader of the Opposition in the Federal Parliament of Nigeria.
Felix Frankfurter Reminisces
by Felix Frankfurter Harlan B. PhillipsThis volume presents the raw materials for future historians on the variegated aspects of American life, ending with Frankfurter's appointment to the Supreme Court in 1939.
Leonard Bernstein
by David Ewen"Leonard Bernstein is the only long-hair musician who gets mobbed in the streets by women from Boston to Moscow, from Milan to Tel Aviv. A huge success from the night he made his debut, he is often described as a man who started at the top. But Bernstein was a frail, unhappy, maladjusted boy until, by accident, he got his first piano -a battered upright. Years of struggle lay ahead, but this was the beginning . . ." Ewen has written a wonderful biography.
Lost Race of Mars
by Robert SilverbergAre the Old Martians really a lost race, or are they still alive somewhere on the red planet? Sally and Jim must help their father find out!
New Shoes
by Noel StreatfeildNo one in the Reverend Bell's family wants to leave the beloved old parish behind and move to Crestal New Town, where people haven't had the chance to become friends. The family must work together to engage their new community and bring everyone together.
Ritual in the Dark
by Colin WilsonNovel about a sex-killer who targets young women, mainly prostitutes, who are found battered and mutilated in the dark corners of East End.
Summerhill: A Radical Approach to Child Rearing
by A. S. NeillThe world's greatest experiment in bestowing unstinted love and approval on children, by applying the principles of freedom and non-repression.
The Challenge of the Sea
by Arthur C. ClarkeWhile tremendous strides toward the conquest of space occupy most of today's headlines, scientists are also exploring the vast secret recesses of the sea. Clarke takes us beneath the sea...
The Federalist Era 1789-1801
by John MillerAn absorbing and scholarly account of the political history of the beginning of the USA.
The Germanic People: Their Origin, Expansion and Culture
by Francis OwenThis investigation of the Germanic people makes use of material from linguistics, archaeology, anthropology, and history.
The Golden Ass
by Apuleius Jack LindsayThe tale of Lucius, or the Golden Ass, has been a favorite one since the 2nd century AD.
The I Hate to Cook Book
by Peg BrackenSome women, it is said, like to cook. This book is not for them. It's for those of us who want to fold our dishwater hands around a dry martini instead of a wet flounder. Also contains a collection of 75 household hints, along with 180 recipes, sprinkled generously with spiced wit and savory comments.
The Real Hole
by Beverly ClearyWhile his twin sister Janet likes make-believe things, four-year-old Jimmy likes real things. One day he tells his father that he wants to dig the biggest hole in the world. By the end of the day, Jimmy manages to dig a real hole... but how can his family use it?
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany
by William L. ShirerBefore the Nazies could destroy the files, famed foreign correspondent and historian William L. Shirer sifted through the massive self-documentation of the Third Reich, to create a monumental study that has been widely acclaimed as the definitive record of one of the most frightening chapters in the history of mankind--now in a special 30th anniversary edition.<P><P> Winner of the National Book Award