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Summerhill: A Radical Approach to Child Rearing
by A. S. NeillThe world's greatest experiment in bestowing unstinted love and approval on children, by applying the principles of freedom and non-repression.
Music in the Life of Albert Schweitzer
by Charles R. JoySelections from Schweitzer's writings about music, his early raptures, Bach, organs and organ-building, Africa, and an essay on Medicine, Theology and Music.
Bag Men
by John FloodSet in Boston on New Year's Day 1965, the body of George Sedgewick is discovered on a snow-covered runway at Logan Airport, brutally murdered.
Easy to Kill
by Agatha ChristieAn elderly lady suspected murder in the sleepy village of Wychwood under Ashe. Soon she too was dead, another victim of an unseen hand.
Guilt-Edged Ivory
by Doris EganIt was the science of magic which first lured quiet, scholarly Theodora to exotic, treacherous Ivory, where magic was real, and those who commanded it controlled society.
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.
The Bridge Builder's Story: A Novel
by Howard Fast1939. A honeymoon in Europe. A tragic encounter. A man and woman's desperate struggle for healing and love.
Sophia: Living and Loving
by A. E. HotchnerBiography of the famous actress Sophia Loren up to 1979.
Cancer and Vitamin C: A Discussion of the Nature, Causes, Prevention, and Treatment of Cancer with Special Reference to the Value of Vitamin C
by Ewan Cameron Linus PaulingThis book weighs the value and limitations of various modes of treatment: surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, hormones, immunotherapy, and a number of unorthodox therapies, including Laetrile.
Death in Ecstasy (Roderick Alleyn #4)
by Ngaio MarshAt a special monthly service of one of the strange sects in London, Cara Quayne was chosen to drink the wine of ecstasy. An Inspector Alleyn mystery.
La Heredera
by Jude DeverauxUn noble ido a menos debe escoltar a una joven heredera hasta el castillo de su futuro marido.
The Island
by Peter BenchleyHow could hundreds of boats, carrying more than 2,000 people, simply disappear? Why does no one know, or care to know? Blair Maynard becomes obsessed with finding out what's going on.
Mystery of the Dark Tower (American Girl History Mysteries #6)
by Evelyn ColemanIn 1928, when her father tears her and her brother from their mother in North Carolina, and takes them to live with aunts in Harlem, twelve-year-old Bessie is trapped in a strange place, especially after her father mysteriously disappears.
Triple Detente
by Piers AnthonyIt was the dictum of the Conqueror that the population of the planet must be halved. Control of live births and encouragement of suicides would have only a limited effect...
The Golden Ass
by Apuleius Jack LindsayThe tale of Lucius, or the Golden Ass, has been a favorite one since the 2nd century AD.
Photo Finish (Roderick Alleyn #31)
by Ngaio MarshInspector Alleyn goes to a storm-ridden island where he confronts a murdered soprano's flamboyant past and delves into an ancient blood feud.
The Ice Age
by Margaret DrabbleTo the privileged generation that came of age in the Sixties, the era of easy money and easier sex was like a high-stakes gamble that might just roll on forever...
The Prophetess: A Novel
by Barbara WoodThe time is December 1999, just before the Millennium, and Catherine Alexander has just uncovered a cache of 6 ancient papyrus scrolls that point to the millennium's most transforming secret.
A Man Lay Dead (Roderick Alleyn #1)
by Ngaio MarshThe murder game seemed like fun at a high society house party, but when one of the guests turned up dead, Inspector Alleyn investigated.
Where the Wasteland Ends: Politics and Transcendence in Postindustrial Society
by Theodore RoszakWhy the religious renewal is a serious sign of the times, and how a culture of human wholeness can now begin, despite our belated attention to our environment and ecological crises.
Last Ditch (Roderick Alleyn #29)
by Ngaio MarshInspector Alleyn's novelist son Ricky thought he had inherited none of his father's detecting powers. Writing was his forte.
False Scent (Roderick Alleyn #21)
by Ngaio MarshInspector Alleyn investigates a bizarre gift which turned a birthday into a death-day for a popular London actress.
Tied Up in Tinsel (Roderick Alleyn #27)
by Ngaio MarshMrs Alleyn is painting the portrait of the host of a Christmas house-party, with a variety of interesting guests, and a staff of convicted murderers. There is trouble, and Inspector Alleyn is called in to investigate.