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Onion John
by Joseph KrumgoldEven though his father has big plans for him, Andy is happy to work summers at the hardware store and play baseball.<P><P> Newbery Medal Winner
Philosophy of the State as Educator
by Fr. Thomas DubayPenetrating analysis of questions like: What is the function of the state in education? What obligations does the state have to support private education? Must the state teach morality?
Pippi in the South Seas
by Astrid Lindgren"My name is Pippi Longstocking," she said. "And this is Tommy and Annika." She pointed to her friends. "Is there anything we can do for you-tear down a house or chop down a tree? Or is there anything else that needs to be changed? Just say the word!" In this characteristic manner Pippi introduced herself to a rather unpleasant gentleman who was trying (unsuccessfully ) to buy Villa Villekulla, where Pippi, that red-headed and fabulously strong girl, lived alone with her horse and monkey. Her father was away in the South Seas, busy being king of Kurrekurredutt Island. When the king sent for Pippi, she decided to take Tommy and Annika along with her, because they had had the measles, and she thought the change would do them good. They found the island a fantastic place-and what with Pippi's usual feats of derring one rollicking adventure followed another. Those who already know the fantastic, outrageously funny, but oddly logical Pippi will join with new readers in the general enthusiasm she always arouses. "We're always going to have fun," said Annika. "In Villa Villekulla, on Kurrekurredutt Island, anywhere." And you will too.
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.
Along Came a Dog
by Meindert DejongAfter the big ice storm, the little red hen began to act differently. The same day, a big black dog came to the farm in search of a home. A strange friendship grew between them.<P><P> Newbery Medal Honor book
Basil of Baker Street
by Eve TitusBasil, the famous sleuth of mousedom, lived in the cellar of Sherlock Holmes' house. A devoted admirer of the great detective, he had learned his craft by listening at the feet of Holmes himself.
No Fighting, No Biting!
by Else Holmelund MinarikCousin Joan wants to read her book, but Rosa and Willy want to sit with her. Cousin Joan says, "If you promise to be still, I will tell you a story about two little alligators."
Parktilden Village
by George P. ElliottShe was 17, a hot-rod buff used to her freedom and jealous of it. He was 31, a sociology instructor who wanted to marry her.
The Forever Machine
by Mark Clifton Frank RileyBossy was right. Always. Invariably. She was limited only in that she had to have facts -- not assumptions -- with which to work. Given those facts, her conclusions and predictions were inevitably correct. And that made Bossy a "ticking bomb."<P><P> 1955 winner of the Hugo Award.
The Magic Barrel
by Bernard MalamudThirteen short stories, mostly about first-generation Jewish immigrants in America<P><P> Winner of the National Book Award
The Tender Shoot and Other Stories
by Collette Antonia WhiteEleven stories illustrating the many facets of love by France's incomparable writer
The Ugly American
by William J. Lederer Eugene BurdickA novel that exposes the opportunism, incompetence and cynical deceit that have become imbedded in the fabric of our top-level diplomats.
Wobble the Witch Cat
by Mary CalhounWhat could be worse than a witch cat who couldn't ride on a broomstick? When Maggie the witch got a new broomstick, it was too slippery for Wobble, who became quite cross. Maggie comes up with a surprising solution!
Earthman's Burden
by Poul Anderson Gordon R. DicksonEnsign Alexander Braithwaite Jones crash-landed on the planet Toka, 500 light-years from the Solar System. Then he met the Hokos, a race of teddy-bear-like aliens, with the astounding ability to transform outdated Earth stories into riotous real life adventures. From the guns and slang of an Old West saloon to a hair-raising drug bust in Victorian England led by a button-nosed, pipe-puffing Hokan Sherlock Holmes, the Hokas demand that Alex Jones live it oil along with them.