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Summer of My German Soldier (Puffin Modern Classics)

Minutes before the train pulled into the station in Jenkinsville, Arkansas, Patty Bergen knew something exciting was going to happen. But she never could have imagined that her summer would be so memorable. German prisoners of war have arrived to make their new home in the prison camp in Jenkinsville. To the rest of her town, these prisoners are only Nazis. But to Patty, a young Jewish girl with a turbulent... (more)

Curse of the Blue Tattoo: Being an Account of the Misadventures of Jacky Faber, Midshipman and Fine Lady (Bloody Jack Adventures)

The Bloody Jack Adventure series: Book 2

Curse of the Blue Tattoo: Being an Account of the Misadventures of Jacky Faber, Midshipman and Fine Lady (Bloody Jack Adventures)

by L. A. Meyer

After being forced to leave HMS Dolphin and Jaimy, her true love, Jacky Faber is making a new start at the elite Lawson Peabody School for Young Girls in Boston. But growing up on the streets of London and fighting pirates never prepared Jacky for her toughest battle yet: learning how to be a fine lady. Everything she does is wrong. Her embroidery is deplorable, her French is atrocious, and her table... (more)

The Aeneid

by Virgil

Robert Fagles’s translations of both the Iliad and Odyssey have sold hundreds of thousands of copies and become the standard translations of our era. Now, his stunning modern verse translation of Virgil’s Aeneid is poised to do the same. This beautifully produced edition of the Aeneid will be eagerly sought by readers desiring to complete their Fagles collection—and the attention it receives will... (more)

Heart of Darkness (A Norton Critical Edition)

Heart of Darkness (A Norton Critical Edition)

by Joseph Conrad

The Fourth Edition is again based on Robert Kimbrough’s meticulously re-edited text. Missing words have been restored and the entire novel has been repunctuated in accordance with Conrad’s style. The result is the first published version of Heart of Darkness that allows readers to hear Marlow’s voice as Conrad heard it when he wrote the story. "Backgrounds and Contexts" provides readers with a generous... (more)

Twelfth Night

or, What You Will

by William Shakespeare

Each edition includes: Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play Scene-by-scene plot summaries A key to famous lines and phrases An introduction to reading Shakespeare's language An essay by a leading Shakespeare scholar providing a modern perspective on the play ... (more)

Bookends

by Liz Curtis Higgs

Opposites Attract? Dr. Emilie Getz and Jonas Fielding are as different as two people could possibly be—the same age, with the same faith, living in the same small Pennsylvania town. She’s a first-class neatnik; he’s a world-class slob. She’s into saving historical relics; he’s into saving souls. But perhaps opposites do attract. For when this uptight historian and this laid-back land developer meet, sparks fly.... (more)

The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia

The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia

by Samuel Johnson

Rasselas--regarded as Johnson's most creative work--presents the story of the journey of Rasselas and his companions in search of "the choice of life." Its charm lies not in its plot, but rather in its wise and humane look at man's constant search for happiness. The text is based on the second edition as Samuel Johnson revised it.

Shut Up & Sing: How Elites from Hollywood, Politics, and the UN Are Subverting America

Shut Up & Sing: How Elites from Hollywood, Politics, and the UN Are Subverting America

by Laura Ingraham

Tired of the Hollywood Left--and the vast network of liberals in elite positions--who always bad mouth America? Well, so is feisty radio sensation Laura Ingraham--and she has the answers in this pugnacious, funny, and devastating critique of the liberals who hate America.

Dreamland (reissue)

by Sarah Dessen

Rogerson Biscoe, with his green eyes and dark curly hair, is absolutely seductive. Before long, sixteen-year-old Caitlin finds herself under his spell. And when he starts to abuse her, she finds she's in too deep to get herself out...

Thorn in My Heart

by Liz Curtis Higgs

Two brothers fight to claim one father’s blessing. Two sisters long to claim one man’s heart. In the autumn of 1788, amid the moors and glens of the Scottish Lowlands, two brothers and two sisters each embark on a painful journey of discovery. Jamie and Evan McKie both want their father Alec’s flocks and lands, yet only one brother will inherit Glentrool. Leana and Rose McBride both yearn to catch the eye of... (more)

In the Belly of the Bloodhound: Being an Account of a Particularly Peculiar Adventure in the Life of Jacky Faber (Bloody Jack Adventures)

In the Belly of the Bloodhound: Being an Account of a Particularly Peculiar Adventure in the Life of Jacky Faber (Bloody Jack Adventures)

by L. A. Meyer

The British crown has placed a price on Jacky's head, and so she returns to the Lawson Peabody School for Young Girls in Boston to lay low. But laying low isn't in the cards for a spunky lass who finds trouble even when she's not looking for it. A school outing goes awry as Jacky and her classmates are abducted and forced into the hold of the Bloodhound , a ship bound for the slave markets on the Barbary... (more)

Basilisk

by N. M. Browne

This evocative story of greed, power, and deception sweeps from the underground cave network of the Combers, living like spiders among the endless tunnels and ropes, to the beautiful city inhabited by Abovers. When a young man named Rej discovers the body of a murdered Abover in the combes, their worlds begin to draw closer. He swears vengeance for the murdered man and takes a great risk in going above. There he... (more)

Gay Neck, The Story of a Pigeon

by Dhan Gopal Mukerji

Trumpet Club Special Edition Paperback with 191 pages with beautiful b/w India Style Illustrations by Boris Artzybasheff. Winner of the Newbery Metal. In the big city of Calcutta, India nearly all boys raised pigeons. This is the compelling story of one special pigeon, called Gay-neck and the boy who love him. Trained by the boy to carry messages, Gay-Neck was sent to war. Mukerji raised pigeons as a boy in India.... (more)

Sybil

The classic true story of a woman posessed by sixteen personalities

by Flora Rhea Schreiber

The incredible true story of Sybil Dorsett, a survivor of child abuse who was diagnosed with the first multiple personality disorder, reveals that she played host to sixteen separate and distinct personalities before making the long journey to recovery. Reissue.

The Phantom of the Opera

by Gaston Leroux, Leonard Wolf

The novel that inspired the Lon Chaney film and the hit musical. "The wildest and most fantastic of tales ."--New York Times Book Review .

Reading from the Heart: Women, Literature, and the Search for True Love

Reading from the Heart: Women, Literature, and the Search for True Love

by Suzanne Juhasz

In a profound, touching book, Juhasz traces her life through her reading--from her girlhood infatuation with Little Women to her adult experiences with such authors as Gloria Naylor and Isabel Miller--and shows how her choices helped her understand her desires for selfhood and true love.

Death of a Salesman : Text and Criticism (Viking Critical Library)

Death of a Salesman : Text and Criticism (Viking Critical Library)

by Arthur Miller

The tragedy of a typical American--a salesman who at the age of sixty-three is faced with what he cannot face; defeat and disillusionment.

How to Be Good

by Nick Hornby

Katie Carr is a good person. She recycles. She's against racism. She's a good doctor, a good mom, a good wife....well, maybe not that last one, considering she's having an affair and has just requested a divorce via cell phone. But who could blame her? For years her husband's been selfish, sarcastic, and underemployed, writing the "Angriest Man in Holloway" column for their local paper. But now David's... (more)

Jacob Have I Loved

by Katherine Paterson

Esau have I hated . . . Sara Louise Bradshaw is sick and tired of her beautiful twin Caroline. Ever since they were born, Caroline has been the pretty one, the talented one, the better sister. Even now, Caroline seems to take everything: Louise's friends, their parents' love, her dreams for the future. For once in her life, Louise wants to be the special one. But in order to do that, she must first figure... (more)

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by Jerry Spinelli

by Bette Greene

by L. A. Meyer

by Virgil

by Joseph Conrad

or, What You Will

by William Shakespeare

by Liz Curtis Higgs

by Samuel Johnson

by Laura Ingraham

by Sarah Dessen

by Liz Curtis Higgs

by L. A. Meyer

by N. M. Browne

by Dhan Gopal Mukerji

The classic true story of a woman posessed by sixteen personalities

by Flora Rhea Schreiber

by Gaston Leroux, Leonard Wolf

by Suzanne Juhasz

by Arthur Miller

by Nick Hornby

by Katherine Paterson