Baseball in April and Other Stories
Great storytelling: I discovered Gary Soto's poetry in a public library in Nebraska. Then I read his short stories, my favorite being "Baseball in April." Like his poetry, these stories are beautiful in that they reveal a child's inner thought [... more]
$18.95
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Ruth (1930's Trilogy)
 Evocative of life in 19th century England: "Ruth" is one of five books written by Elizabeth Gaskell. It deals with aspects of English life in the first half of the 19th Century. It is difficult to say much about the plot itself without giving [... more]
$110.95
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Black Like Me
the color " Black": Honestly before reading this I use to get mad that there was so much racism around and that I thought that as a mixed woman I had it bad because I had two different colors in me. After reading this you will change your view. [... more]
$49.95
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Paddle-To-The-Sea
A Childhood Memory: I read this book 60 years ago as a young boy of 10. It made a tremendous impression on me with regards to the geography of the Great Lakes of the US and Canada. I was thrilled to find that it is still being printed and the pictures [... more]
$16.95
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Winesburg Ohio (Voices : a Treasury of Regional American ...
Amazon.com Review: Library Journal praised this edition of Sherwood Anderson's famed short stories as "the finest edition of this seminal work available." Reconstructed to be as close to the original text as possible, Winesburg, Ohio depicts [... more]
$34.95
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My Brother Sam Is Dead
Very good, deep book: For one, I would like to start out that I am thirteen and my name is not "Bernease" as it may show up, but my grandmothers. Now that that's out of the way... I'm really astounded by the amount of ignorant people who are [... more]
$24.95
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Zora Neale Hurston: Stories
Author: Zora Neale Hurston Binding: Audio Cassette Dewey Decimal Number: 920 EAN: 9781883332228 ISBN: 1883332222 Number Of Items: 2 Publication Date: 1996-01 [... more]
$22.95
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Night
Amazon.com Review: In Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel's memoir Night, a scholarly, pious teenager is wracked with guilt at having survived the horror of the Holocaust and the genocidal campaign that consumed his family. His memories of the nightmare world of [... more]
$39.95
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Lives of the Artists: Masterpieces, Messes (And What the ...
Art book without art: I have mixed feelings about this book. I enjoyed it because it puts some of the humanity back into a subject many of whose personalities have been so lionized that they have become icons, non-people. However, I'm not certain to whom [... more]
$24.95
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Blizzard!: The Storm That Changed America
The Blizzard of 1888 and the effects on the East Coast.: Another fine book for young readers by Jim Murphy. I was not aware of the history of the March, 1888 Blizzard on the East Coast and this very readable short book gave me the low down of the tragedy [... more]
$19.95
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The Great Fire
The Great Fire: This book is a very interesting book about the fire in Chicago in 1871. It is a journal type book because of its look and feel. It is quick reading because it is such a fascinating tragedy. This book has wonderful photographs and has four [... more]
$19.95
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Miss Rumphius and Island Boy
Author: Barbara Cooney Binding: Audio CD EAN: 9781883332662 Edition: Unabridged Format: Unabridged ISBN: 1883332664 Publication Date: 2001-01 Reading Level: Ages 4-8 [... more]
$15.95
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