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Letters of E. B. White
by E. B. White Dorothy Lobrano GuthThe closest thing to an autobiography we will ever see from White.
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
The Wind's Twelve Quarters
by Ursula K. Le Guin17 short stories by the famous science fiction writer
Why Do Dogs Have Wet Noses? and Other Imponderables of Everyday Life
by David FeldmanA collection of answers to those questions that millions of fans recognize immediately as 'imponderables' such as: why are gondolas black? why are peaches fuzzy? how do kangaroos clean their pouches? and many more
Searoad: The Chronicles of Klatsand
by Ursula K. Le Guin10 short stories from the famous sci-fi writer
Soul Mountain
by Gao Xingjian Mabel LeeA novel by the Nobel Prize winning author, loosely based on his 15000 kilometer trek out of China, where the narrator seeks the sacred mountain of Lingshan.
The Physics of Baseball
by Robert K. AdairScads of interesting facts about baseball as well as the physical laws of the game.
Anna and the King of Siam
by Margaret LandonHistorical fiction about the young Welsh governess who changed the course of Siamese (Thai) history. The book that the play and film 'The King and I' were based on.
Workbook for Wheelock's Latin (3rd edition, revised)
by Paul T. Comeau Richard A. LafleurWorkbook associated with the classic text Wheelock's Latin
Unauthorized America: A Travel Guide to the Places the Chamber of Commerce Won't Tell You About
by Vince Staten"The travel brochures never mention JFK's Love Nest, where he and Marilyn Monroe would meet for an after-noon tryst, or Elvis's Drugstore, where the King loaded up on downers. But let's face it: not everyone wants to spend summer vacation watching Junior slither down the water slide or trailing Grandpa as he treks from one historic marker to the next. Not everyone wants a Disney World vacation. This book boldly dares to take you where no travel brochures have taken you before, to the out-of-the-way sights and the offbeat vacation spots nobody touts. This is an underground guide to America, to the places that you Really want to see: where John Lennon was shot, where Margaret Mitchell was run over by a car, where Sean Penn punched out a photographer, where Fawn Hall shredded boss Ollie North's papers. These are the places the local Chamber of Commerce won't tell you about. But we will."
Jack Benny: The Radio and Television Work
by The Editors at the Museum of Television and RadioDetailed descriptions of over 150 radio and TV programs, a section on his historic 'radio feud' with Fred Allen, reprints of scripts, and critical analyses of his work by the curators of the museum.
Moon Tiger
by Penelope LivelyThe last thoughts of a dying writer are captured in this intelligent novel. The moving and poignant story of life as a writer, historian, and mother ends as a saga of unfulfilled love.<P><P> Man Booker Prize winner
Spring Moon
by Bette Bao LordSpring Moon is born into luxury and privilege, but the tempests of change sweep her into a new world, one of hardship, turmoil and heartbreak.
Murder with Mirrors
by Agatha ChristieTo fulfill a promise to an old friend, Miss Marple is staying at a country house, with 200 juvenile delinquents and the heirs to a fortune. One of them is a murderer...
The Patriot
by Stephen Molstad Robert RodatIn Britain's American colonies, the cry goes out for freedom as the air from Lexington to the Carolinas burns hot with powder smoke and cannon fire. But Benjamin Martin has had his fill of war. A veteran of the fierce French and Indian conflict, he has renounced fighting forever, retiring to his South Carolina farm to raise his motherless children in peace. Now the war has found his hiding place, bringing its senseless cruelty back into his life and destroying what he holds most dear. And Benjamin Martin must take up arms to fight again--to lead a makeshift army of brave farmers and craftsmen against a relentless, overwhelming enemy--in the blessed cause of liberty. . . and blood vengeance.
Magic: The Final Fantasy Collection
by Isaac Asimov11 fantasy stories and also articles on various aspects of fantasy, such as writing it
Fugitive Prince (Wars of Light and Shadow #4: Alliance of Light #1)
by Janny WurtsTHE WARS OF LIGHT AND SHADOW. With the appalling destruction of the Vastmark warhost, recoil and grief reshape the balance of power in the Five Kingdoms. Two half brothers, cursed by a Mistwraith to a lifelong enmity, are set into violent conflict: Lysaer, Prince of the Light, and Arithon, Master of Shadow. And there are those between who will stop at nothing to fulfill secret desires and consolidate their own power. With faction set against faction, heart set against heart, and spells of high mastery engaged to cast down the ancient mysteries, the moves made by hunters and fugitive alike will remake the course of world destiny.
Beware the Shopping Mall (Bone Chillers #1)
by Betsy HaynesWeird stories are circulating about Wonderland Mall, that it's built on a swamp, some kids disappeared there, and it's haunted! But Robin and her friends go to Wonderland Mall anyway to look for sales or bargains. Too bad something's looking for them--something that lives at the mall.
Still Waters
by Kerry TuckerLibby Kincaid is convinced that her brother Avery's death is not a suicide, so she starts nosing around for the truth.
John Chancellor Makes Me Cry
by Anne Rivers SiddonsAn insightful look at how Siddons has chosen to live in our world, through a collection of heartfelt and involving vignettes
Treasure Box
by Orson Scott CardA shattering childhood tragedy left Quentin Fears devastated and unable to cope with the world and its citizens. It didn't, however, prevent him from making millions through brilliant investments. And now the enigmatic recluse has experienced the extraordinarily unexpected: love at first sight. But a whirlwind courtship and marriage to Madeleine -- beautiful, witty, and equally ill-at-ease with reality -- is bringing Quentin something other than the bliss he anticipated, for now he must meet his new wife's family. A bizarre, dysfunctional collection of extreme characters, they are guarding a secret both shocking and terrifying -- as is Madeleine herself. And suddenly Quentin Fears must prevent his dream woman from unleashing an ageless malevolence intent on ruling the world.
Leaving Microsoft to Change the World: An Entrepeneur's Odyssey to Educate the World's Children
by John E. WoodsA trip to Nepal convinced Wood to divert the energy he was devoting to Microsoft into a cause that needed addressing - educating all children
Mr. Lincoln's T-Mails: The Untold Story of How Abraham Lincoln Used the Telegraph to Win the Civil War
by Tom WheelerThe story of how Lincoln adapted to a new medium of communication during a period of social and technological innovation.
Horizon (The Sharing Knife, Vol. #4)
by Lois Mcmaster BujoldIn a world where malices--remnants of ancient magic--can erupt with life-destroying power, only soldier-sorcerer Lakewalkers have mastered the ability to kill them. But Lakewalkers keep their uncanny secrets--and themselves--from the farmers they protect, so when patroller Dag Redwing Hickory rescued farmer girl Fawn Bluefield, neither expected to fall in love, join their lives in marriage, or defy both their kin to seek new solutions to the perilous split between their peoples. As Dag's maker abilities have grown, so has his concern about who--or what--he is becoming. At the end of a great river journey, Dag is offered an apprenticeship to a master groundsetter in a southern Lakewalker camp. But as his understanding of his powers deepens, so does his frustration with the camp's rigid mores with respect to farmers. At last, he and Fawn decide to travel a very different road--and find that along it, their disparate but hopeful company increases. Fawn and Dag see that their world is changing, and the traditional Lakewalker practices cannot hold every malice at bay forever. Yet for all the customs that the couple has challenged thus far, they will soon be confronted by a crisis exceeding their worst imaginings, one that threatens their Lakewalker and farmer followers alike. Now the pair must answer in earnest the question they've grappled with since they killed their first malice together: When the old traditions fail disastrously, can their untried new ways stand against their world's deadliest foe?