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RahXephon (Volume #5)
by Hiroshi Ohnogi Gretchen KernMamaru's thirst for vengeance is aimed at Ayato for not protecting Hiroko after escaping from Tokyo Jupiter. Final volume of the love story that transcends time.
Culture Shock! India
by Gitanjali KolanadA guide to the customs, etiquette, food, traditions of India as well as information on entertaining, setting up business, setting up house, and social diversions
Howl and Other Poems
by Allen Ginsberg William Crarlos WilliamsPoems by the voice of the Beat Generation. Introduction by William Carlos Williams.
A Newbery Christmas: Fourteen Stories of Christmas by Newbery Award-Winning Authors
by Martin Greenberg Charles G. WaughStories by Bailey, Cleary, Estes, Field, Konigsburg, L'Engle, Lenski, Lofting, Paterson, Sawyer, Willard, and Yates.
Future Shock
by Alvin TofflerDescription of the world's response to change and how it affects our lives.
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
by Dava SobelBiography of John Harrison, who solved the problem of figuring out what a ship's latitude was, by figuring out how a ship could keep precise time at sea.
The Gulag Archipelago
by Alexander SolzhenitsynThis combines history, autobiography, documentary and political analysis as it examines the Soviet apparatus of repression from its inception following the October Revolution of 1917.
Goodbye, Columbus and Five Short Stories
by Philip RothGoodbye, Columbus; The Conversion of the Jews; Defender of the Faith; Epstein; You Can't Tell a Man by the Song He Sings; and Eli, the Fanatic. Also an introduction by the author.<P><P> Winner of the National Book Award
Widdershins
by Charles De LintSet in the fairy courts in shopping malls and the Bohemian street scene of Newford's Crowsea area, this is the continuing story of Jilly Coppercorn and Geordie Riddell.
Stargate
by Dean Devlin Roland Emmerich10,000 years ago, something unworldly happened on earth. Something long forgotten. Something unearthed in the 20th century. Now a crack team of scientists and soldiers has the power to go beyond the last frontier of space to probe the great mystery of the universe. They have no clue what they will find, or if they can ever return.
Flour Babies
by Anne FineSimon's class is sick of taking care of their six-pound flour babies. But for Simon, the pack of flour provides an understanding of his fatherless life.
Class President
by Johanna HurwitzA fifth-grade class election is full of surprises when Julio nominates his best friend but ends up becoming much more involved!
Spartacus
by Howard FastBorn in bondage, trained as a gladiator to excite the degenerate lusts of Rome. Against him stood the Supreme Commander of the Roman Army, a man consumed by hatred, and desire for the one woman his wealth could never buy... Bursting his chains, Spartacus led the most savage rebellion ever seen. An empire trembled in terror. A renegade army poured over the land, demanding death for the oppressors and freedom for the enslaved.
Chanukah Guilt
by Ilene SchneiderRabbi Aviva Cohen lives an uneventful life, until she presides at the funeral of an unpopular land developer. Was he murdered? Why was there a suicide after the funeral?
Little (Grrl) Lost
by Charles De Lint14-year-old T.J. and her new friend Elizabeth, a 6-inch high "Little" with a chip on her shoulder, help one another as they adjust to the world.
The Ringworld Throne (Ringworld #3)
by Larry NivenSequel to Ringworld and The Ringworld Engineers. Something is wrong with the Protectors. Incoming spacecraft are being destroyed, vampires are massing, and worse. A lot can happen on a world with a surface area millions of times that of the Earth...and it does. But how do ghouls and vampires get to be in charge of such a world? Or are they really in charge? If no one is in charge, then who is destroying alien spaceships as they approach the Ringworld? And after everything he's been through in a couple centuries of life, including saving the Ringworld at least twice already, does Louis Wu really want to do anything about it? Some long alien names, otherwise
Theoretical Archaeology
by K. R. DarkAn introduction to the central concepts of archaeological theory and its competing schools of thought, including processual, post-processual, culture-historical, and Marxist viewpoints.
The Book of Touch
by Constance ClassenBy delving into the social life of touch, our most elusive yet most vital sense, we see how touch developed differently across cultures, how our identities are shaped by touch, how touch is felt by the blind and autistic, and more.
The Gospel in the Stars
by Joseph A. SeissFirst published in 1882, this book explains how God arranged the stars in the sky to spell out his ultimate plans for the human race.
The Mini Rubber Duckie Book
by Jodie DavisThe enigmatic history of rubber duckies as well as how they assist scientists, how they race for charity, how to set up a rubber duckie collection, and tips on duckie hygiene
The Sly One
by Lockhart AmermanA ring at the door, a swift karate chop, and once again Jonathan Flowers and his father are off on a sleuthing exploit!
Upon the Head of the Goat: A Childhood in Hungary 1939-1944
by Aranka SiegalNine-year-old Piri describes the bewilderment of being a Jewish child during the 1939-1944 German occupation of her hometown (then in Hungary and now in the Ukraine) and relates the ordeal of trying to survive in the ghetto.<P><P> Newbery Medal Honor book
Li Lun, Lad of Courage
by Carolyn TreffingerBanished to a mountaintop to learn to grow rice, Li Lun proves his courage as he fights the elements and his own loneliness to make his rice seedlings flourish where no one else has for generations.<P><P> A Newbery Honor book.
The Blacker the Berry ...
by Wallace ThurmanEmma Lou, a young African American woman, wants to find acceptance and happiness. She is dismayed to find that others of her own race are prejudice against her because her skin is exceptionally dark. She tries several jobs, friends, and romantic relationships in her quest to find her place among what she considers to be "the right people." In hopes of fitting in, Emma Lou tries lightening her skin, going to college, making friends with lighter skinned people, and moving to Harlem, but seldom do things work out for her. Does she ever find the acceptance she craves? This is her story; a classic which was, at the time of its publication, a very controversial book.