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The Necessity of Art: A Marxist Approach
by Ernst Fischer Anna BostockThe author, an Austrian poet and critic, surveys the whole history of artistic achievement through Marxist eyes.
The Odyssey
by Homer Robert FitzgeraldWinner of the 1961 Bollingen Award for the best translation of a poem into English, Homer's epic poem shines through this perceptive translation. [This text is listed as an example that meets Common Core Standards in English language arts in grades 9-10 at http://www.corestandards.org.]
The Pleasures of Japanese Cooking
by Heihachi Tanaka Betty A. NicholasRecipes for many Japanese dishes, also a glossary, an index, info on seasonings and flavorings, table settings, utensils, etiquette, how to serve a meal.
The Venetian Affair
by Helen MacinnesAgainst vividly authentic settings of Paris and Venice, a young American newspaperman is caught in a vicious maze of Cold War espionage and international intrigue.
Time Traders II (Time Traders Omnibus)
by Andre Norton2 stories, The Defiant Agent (Time Traders #3) and Key Out of Time (Time Traders #4), about 2 Time Agents who are stranded on far-off planets with no hope of rescue from Earth.
A Reader's Guide to Marcel Proust
by Milton HindusProust's life and works, a detailed analysis of how the various motifs of his works twine and intertwine.
A Wrinkle in Time (A Wrinkle in Time Quintet #1)
by Madeleine L'EngleMeg Murry and her friends become involved with unearthly strangers and a search for Meg's father, who has disappeared while engaged in secret work for the government.<P><P> [This text is listed as an example that meets Common Core Standards in English language arts in grades 6-8 at http://www.corestandards.org.]<P> Newbery Medal Winner
Applied Magic
by Dion FortunePractical applications of occultism, the group mind, the psychology of ritual, the circuit of force, 3 kinds of reality, non-humans, black magic, including an esoteric glossary
Between Christ and Satan
by Kurt E. KochWhat are the dangers of spiritism, magic, and occultism? What are the consequences if one trespasses into these areas? What does God say in His Word about these?
D'Aulaire's Book of Greek Myths
by Ingri D'Aulaire Edgar Parin D'AulaireHere are the stories of the gods, goddesses, and legendary figures of ancient Greece!
Dashiell Hammett: 5 Complete Novels
by Dashiell HammettThe 5 novels are Red Harvest, The Dain Curse, The Maltese Falcon, The Glass Key, and The Thin Man.
Davy Crockett
by Constance RourkeBlending myth and reality, Constance Rourke aimed to get at the heart of Davy Crockett, whose hold on the American imagination was firm even before he died at the Alamo. Davy Crockett, published in 1934, pioneered in showing the backwoodsman’s transformation into a folk hero. It remains a basic in the Crockett literature.<P><P> A Newbery Honor Book.
Dead Cert
by Dick FrancisAs jockey Alan York looked at the back of Bill Davidson astride the great horse Admiral, one thing was different. Before his rival reached the last hurdle, he was dead. Alan knew racing was dangerous; he also knew Bills death was no accident. It was the kind of knowledge that could get a man killed...
Five Spy Novels
by Howard HaycraftThe Great Impersonation by E. Phillips Oppenheim, Greenmantle by John Buchan, Epitaph for a Spy by Eric Ambler, No Surrender by Martha Albrand, and No Entry by Manning Coles.
Forever Free
by Joy AdamsonThe third book (after Born Free and Living Free) of the most beloved animal story of our time, about Elsa the lion.
Hand in Glove (Roderick Alleyn #22)
by Ngaio MarshInspector Roderick Alleyn must query the guests of an outrageous party, after a well-known barrister is murdered in a particularly brutal fashion.
Like Love (87th Precinct #16)
by Ed McbainIt was obviously a lovers' pact, a sad but simple suicide, case closed. Yet somehow everything was a little too neat...
Make Mine Murder
by Agatha Christie3 full-length Hercule Poirot novels: Appointment with Death, Peril at End House, and Sad Cypress.
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest
by Ken KeseyAn international bestseller and the basis for a hugely successful film, Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest was one of the defining works of the 1960s. A mordant, wickedly subversive parable set in a mental ward, the novel chronicles the head-on collision between its hell-raising, life-affirming hero Randle Patrick McMurphy and the totalitarian rule of Big Nurse. McMurphy swaggers into the mental ward like a blast of fresh air and turns the place upside down, starting a gambling operation, smuggling in wine and women, and egging on the other patients to join him in open rebellion. But McMurphy's revolution against Big Nurse and everything she stands for quickly turns from sport to a fierce power struggle with shattering results. With One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Kesey created a work without precedent in American literature, a novel at once comic and tragic that probes the nature of madness and sanity, authority and vitality. Greeted by unanimous acclaim when it was first published, the book has become and enduring favorite of readers.
Rabbit and Skunk and the Scary Rock
by Carla StevensWho is saying WOW WOW WOW? Skunk says Rabbit is. Rabbit says Skunk is. Who IS making that scary noise? Can it be the scary rock?
Savage Sam
by Fred GipsonThis is a tale about a dog we called Savage Sam. It's partly about me, too, and about Papa and Little Arliss and a girl named Lisbeth Searcy and some others. But it's mainly about Sam, on account of without him, there wouldn't have been much of a tale to tell or anybody left to tell it. Papa was the one named him Savage Sam. He did it as a joke. This was back when Sam was still just an old clumsy big-footed, rump-sprung pup.
The Case of the Blonde Bonanza
by Erle Stanley GardnerPerry Mason asks, "Why would anyone hire a girl with the figure of a strip teaser and pay her $100 a week to put on weight?"
The Happy Hollisters and the Haunted House Mystery
by Jerry WestFrom the day the 5 Hollister children move into the mysterious house on Pine Lake in Shoreham, adventures begin to come their way. What fun and excitement they have!
The Koehler Method of Dog Training
by W. R. KoehlerTraining your dog to be a happy, well-adjusted, well-trained, self-respecting, obedient yet spirited companion.