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From Abacus to Zeus: A Handbook of Art History
by James Smith PierceChapters are 'Art terms, processes, and principles; gods, heroes, and monsters; Christian subjects; saints and their attributes; Christian signs and symbols.'
Hudden and Dudden and Donald O'Neary
by Joseph JacobsO'Neary lived next to his greedy neighbors Hudden and Dudden. They plotted to take his land and cow, but Donald turned the tables on them!
Inside Mr. Enderby
by Anthony BurgessThe poet F. X. Enderby is one of England's most distinguished literary lights and also one of the strangest. A set of circumstances lead him to unravel completely.
Pinocchio's Promise
by The Editors at the Walt Disney CompanyFor very young readers, Pinocchio makes a promise to deliver a clock, but it turns in to an unexpected adventure. Will he be able to keep his promise?
Q.E.D. Queen's Experiments in Detection
by Ellery Queen16 bafflers: 1 dying message novelette, 4 contemporary problems in deduction, 8 mysteries, 2 puzzles, and 1 historical detective story.
Sail, Calypso!
by Adrienne JonesTwo boys discover an old sailboat in the sand, but each one wants it for himself.
Santa Mouse, Where Are You?
by Michael BrownSanta Mouse is lost, will Santa Claus find him? A sweet Christmas poem!
Sex, Death and Money
by Gore Vidal26 articles by Vidal on a wide range of subjects - pornography, television, several fellow writers...
So Bright the Vision
by Clifford D. Simak4 novelettes - So Bright the Vision, The Golden Bugs, Galactic Chest, and Leg Forst.
Statler: America's Extraordinary Hotelman
by Floyd MillerBiography of E. M. Statler, one of America's great hotelmen who devised management techniques that were applicable far beyond the hotel business and contributed greatly to the nation's general efficiency in the early 1900s.
The African Queen
by C. S. ForesterFirst published in 1935, The African Queen is the story of Charlie Allnutt and Rose Sayer, a disheveled trader and an English spinster missionary, who are thrown together when World War I reaches the heart of the African jungle. Fighting time, heat, malaria, and bullets, they escape on a rickety steamboat, where they fall in love and hatch an outrageous military plan of their own. The story was immortalized in the 1951 film starring Katharine Hepburn and Humphrey Bogart. The African Queen is packed with vintage Forester drama--unrelenting suspense, reckless heroism, impromptu military maneuvers, leaky boats, near-death experiences, and a good old-fashioned love story to boot.
The Armies of the Night: History as a Novel, The Novel as History
by Norman MailerOctober 21, 1967. Washington DC. Protesters are marching to end the war in Vietnam, Mailer among them. From his perception of the day comes a work that shatters traditional reportage. <P><P> Winner of the Pulitzer Prize.<P> Winner of the National Book Award
The Beastly Beatitudes of Balthazar B
by J. P. DonleavyBalthazar floats through life, without ambition, eloquent and roguish.
The Colonel's Ladies
by Eric HatchScholar, horseman, professor at a rich girl's college, author of books on military history, Dr. Enos Barney has reached 43, a confirmed bachelor. But he meets a young student in his class, who begins to make him want to LIVE adventurously. Add to the mix a working replica of a 19th century cannon with a devilish mind of its own, a six-pack of friends who discover the joys of horse-drawn artillery, and let the fireworks begin!
The First Circle
by Alexander Solzhenitsyn Michael GuybonA story about human nature and a scrupulously exact description of the period following Stalin's post-war Terror.
The Man Who Loved Children
by Christina SteadA chilling novel of family life, the relations between parents and children, husbands and wives - a classic of 20th century literature.
The Pill Versus The Springhill Mine Disaster
by Richard BrautiganSelected poems of Brautigan from 1957-1968
The Revolution of Hope: Toward a Humanized Technology
by Erich H. FrommAn analysis of our technological society and its effects on us; he shows that we still have time to make man the master of the machine rather than its servant - if we understand the crossroads we are facing and have the courage and imagination to shift from the priorities of things and death to the priorities of life and humankind.
The Serpent and the Rope
by Raja RaoA portrayal of East meeting West through Rama, an Indian, and Madeleine, a French girl, who meet at a French university shortly after World War II.
The Sidelong Glances of a Pigeon Kicker
by David BoyerThe hero of this novel is a 24-year-old underachiever who avoids his well-to-do parents and explores the angst of living a bohemian life in the sixties.
The Singing Stones
by Juanita CoulsonPuzzled, Geoff fingered the small milky rock. A sensation of music overwhelmed him with peace and well-being. When Tahn lifted his hand from the rock, he was enraged.
Understanding Tolkien and The Lord of the Rings
by William ReadyAfter interviewing Tolkien for hours, the author has produced a readable, understandable introduction to Tolkien and his epic trilogy.
A Rose for Ecclesiastes
by Roger ZelaznyThe Martian race was dying, until a six-foot-six poet from Earth brought them a rose without roots, a book of sorrow, and a message he didn't believe in himself...