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The Way of Life According to Lao Tzu
by Witter BynnerThe Way of Life is the way of poise, serenity and complete assurance. His gentle warnings on the futility of egoistic struggle made the Way of Life the basis of Taoism.
The Egg and I
by Betty MacdonaldThis is the first book, which Betty MacDonald wrote. It chronicles her real-life adventures with her first husband--a man who built a good barn long before fixing the rundown house. Other books by Betty MacDonald are available from Bookshare.
Stuart Little
by E. B. WhiteStuart Little is no ordinary mouse. Born to a family of humans, he lives in New York City with his parents, his older brother George, and Snowbell the cat. Though he's shy and thoughtful, he's also a true lover of adventure. Stuart's greatest adventure comes when his best friend, a beautiful little bird named Margalo, disappears from her nest. Determined to track her down, Stuart ventures away from home for the very first time in his life. He finds adventure aplenty. But will he find his friend?
The Stranger
by Albert Camus Stuart GilbertAn ordinary man lives quietly in Algiers until he commits a pointless murder and is tried, being helplessly carried off by the grip of life itself.
A Study of History (Abridged)
by Arnold J. Toynbee D. C. SomervellAn abridgment of volumes 1-6 of Toynbee's classic multi-volume work
The Keynesian Revolution
by Lawrence R. KleinHow Keynes developed his doctrine from his 1st book in 1913 to 1947; how Keynes' theories departed from his contemporaries and predecessors; its impact on everyday economic policy.
Thérèse: A Portrait in Four Parts
by François Mauriac Gerard HopkinsThe 1st part of this novel is about Thérèse's early life, climaxed by her trial for the murder of her husband. The 2nd and 3rd parts are of her subsequent days in Paris, and the last tells of her last days and nights. By the Nobel Prize winning author.
Ape and Essence
by Aldous HuxleyA savagely satiric successor to Brave New World, this is Huxley's horrific view of the world in the 22nd century, after the Third World War, when a civilization dedicated to 'perfection' attempts to suppress all man's rebellious desires.
By Secret Railway
by Enid Lamonte MeadowcroftA story of 2 brave boys and the secret railway to freedom in 1860.
The Magic Bus
by Maurice DolbierIt was an ordinary bus until a little boy discovered the gold button on its dashboard ... and then the most exciting things happened!
My Father's Dragon
by Ruth Stiles GannettWhen Elmer Elevator hears about the plight of an overworked and underappreciated baby flying dragon, he stows away on a ship and travels to Wild Island to rescue the dragon.<P><P> A Newbery Honor book
The Mysterious Rider
by Zane GreyRancher Bill Bellounds had brought up Columbine as if she was his own daughter. She had agreed to marry his son, a drunkard and thief, but then a strange little man came to work on the ranch.
The Plague and I
by Betty MacdonaldBetty MacDonald had divorced her first husband, (meet him in "The Egg and I," which is available from Bookshare) and had moved back home with her two girls. She was working in an office when the overwhelming fatigue and exhausting cough began. Without much money, she had few choices, which is why she went to The Pines. This biographical book provides us with detailed looks at how tuberculosis was treated during the 1940s and what sanatoriums were like. Other books for adults and children by Betty MacDonald are available from Bookshare.
Ten Days' Wonder
by Ellery QueenDESCENT INTO DARKNESS When Howard Van Horn staggered into Ellery Queen's apartment, the young man was clearly in trouble. His expensive clothing was torn to rags, his handsome face was pounded to a pulp, and the blood on his hands and clothes was not all his own. What was worse, Howard Van Horn had no idea of what he had done and what had been done to him during the past nineteen days. Ellery Queen knew and liked Howard. He had no choice but to agree to try to get to the bottom of the nightmare that was destroying Howard's mind and life. Little did Ellery Queen suspect that his own nightmare had just begun ...
Below Suspicion
by John Dickson CarrDr. Gideon Fell sees clues in a red garter, a set of silver candelabra, and some strange patterns in a mound of dust.
Lest Darkness Fall
by L. Sprague de CampBecause of a freak accident, a man is transported to ancient Rome and must adapt.
A Long Day's Dying
by Frederick BuechnerA moving novel about faith, trust and the complex relations of family and friends
The Day of the Locust
by Nathanael WestHollywood of the 1930s, as seen through the eyes of artist and set designer Tod Hackett
An Introduction to Literature and the Fine Arts
by The Editors at Michigan State College PressA collaborative study of the arts of literature, music, sculpture, architecture, and painting in the development of the Western tradition.
John C. Calhoun: American Portrait
by Margaret L. CoitPulitzer Prize winning biography of the prominent politician during the early 1800s.
Just Plain Maggie
by Lorraine BeimIt is 12-year-old Maggie's first summer at camp. Everything is so new and strange! She has never met girls like her bunk mates, and never has she been so homesick.
Rootabaga Stories Part One
by Carl SandburgFanciful, humorous short stories for children by the famous author.
Thereby Hangs A Tale: Stories of Curious Word Origins
by Charles Earle FunkHave you ever wondered why there's a bed in bedlam or why politicians utter so much bunk before elections? This book answers such questions in a readable and informative way. charity Saint Jerome, who translated the New Testament into Latin in the fourth century, sought to avoid the use of the ordinary Latin word for "love," amor, because of the distinctly worldly associations attached to that word. It did not agree with his interpretation of agape, in the original Greek, which denotes more nearly brotherly love or the deep affection between close friends. So he substituted, wherever the Greek text would naturally have required amor, one or another rather colorless word, one of them being caritas. Its meaning is "dearness," but, being colorless, it was capable of taking the color of its biblical surroundings and thus came to mean, specifically, Christian love of one's neighbor, and especially of the poor. The English word charity, derived from it, perhaps owes its sense particularly to the great passage in I Corinthians, chapter 13, which begins: "Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal." c
Worlds in Collision
by Immanuel VelikovskyPropounds the theory that more than once within historical times, the order in our planetary system was disturbed and caused enormous cataclysms. From the book: WORLDS IN COLLISION, the most discussed book of our time, propounds the startling theory that more than once within historical times the order in our planetary system was disturbed and caused enormous cataclysms; the earth became a primeval chaos lashed by tornadoes of cinders; the skies darkened; land masses were destroyed and large portions of the human race perished.