 | Trains and Lovers
Publication Date: November 1, 2012In the words of Alexander McCall Smith: 'You feel the rocking of the train, you hear the sound of its wheels on the rails; you are in the world rather than suspended somewhere above it. And sometimes there are conversations to be had, which is what the overarching story in this collection is all about. It is a simple device: people brought together entertain one another with tales of what happened to them on trains. It takes place on a journey I frequently make myself and know well, the journey between Edinburgh and London. It is best read on a train, prefer...
 |  | Great Expectations (Dover Thrift Editions)
Publication Date: August 1, 2001| Series: Dover Thrift Editions Humbled, orphaned Pip is apprenticed to the dirty work of the forge but dares to dream of becoming a gentleman — and one day he finds himself in possession of "great expectations." One of Dickens' finest novels, this is a gripping tale of crime and guilt, revenge and reward. ...
|  | Watership Down: A Novel
Release Date: November 1, 2005A phenomenal worldwide bestseller for over thirty years, Richard Adams's Watership Down is a timeless classic and one of the most beloved novels of all time. Set in England's Downs, a once idyllic rural landscape, this stirring tale of adventure, courage and survival follows a band of very special creatures on their flight from the intrusion of man and the certain destruction of their home. Led by a stouthearted pair of brothers, they journey forth from their native Sandleford Warren through the harrowing trials posed by predators and adversaries, to a mysteriou...
|  | Bless Me, Ultima
Publication Date: April 1, 1999Stories filled with wonder and the haunting beauty of his culture have helped make Rudolfo Anaya the father of Chicano literature in English, and his tales fairly shimmer with the lyric richness of his prose. Acclaimed in both Spanish and English, Anaya is perhaps best loved for his classic bestseller ... Antonio Marez is six years old when Ultima comes to stay with his family in New Mexico. She is a curandera, one who cures with herbs and magic. Under her wise wing, Tony will test the bonds that tie him to his people, and discover himself in the pagan past, in...
|  | The Elegance of the Hedgehog
Release Date: September 2, 2008Renee is the concierge of a grand Parisian apartment building, home to members of the great and the good. Over the years she has maintained her carefully constructed persona as someone reliable but totally uncultivated, in keeping, she feels, with society's expectations of what a concierge should be. But beneath this facade lies the real Renee: passionate about culture and the arts, and more knowledgeable in many ways than her employers with their outwardly successful but emotionally void lives. Down in her lodge, apart from weekly visits by her one friend Manu...
|  | Metamorphoses (Penguin Classics)
Release Date: August 3, 2004| Series: Penguin Classics Ovid’s sensuous and witty poem brings together a dazzling array of mythological tales, ingeniously linked by the idea of transformation—often as a result of love or lust—where men and women find themselves magically changed into new and sometimes extraordinary beings. Beginning with the creation of the world and ending with the deification of Augustus, Ovid interweaves many of the best-known myths and legends of ancient Greece and Rome, including Daedalus and Icarus, Pyramus and Thisbe, Pygmalion, Perseus and Andromeda,...
|  | The Red Tent: A Novel
Release Date: August 21, 2007A New York Times Bestseller A decade after the publication of this hugely popular international bestseller, Picador releases the tenth anniversary edition of The Red Tent. Her name is Dinah. In the Bible, her life is only hinted at in a brief and violent detour within the more familiar chapters of the Book of Genesis that tell of her father, Jacob, and his twelve sons. Told in Dinah's voice, Anita Diamant imagines the traditions and turmoils of ancient womanhood--the world of the red tent. It begins with the story of the mothers--Leah, Rachel, Zilp...
|  | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Dover Thrift Editions)
Publication Date: January 27, 1998| ISBN-10: 0486400778 | ISBN-13: 978-0486400778This childhood classic relates a small-town boy's pranks and escapades with timeless humor and wisdom. In addition to his everyday stunts (searching for buried treasure, trying to impress the adored Becky Thatcher), Tom experiences a dramatic turn of events when he witnesses a murder, runs away, and returns to attend his own funeral and testify in court. A selection of the Common Core State Standards Initiative. ...
|  | The Norton Anthology of World Literature (Shorter Second Edition)(Vol. 1)
Publication Date: April 6, 2009| ISBN-10: 0393933024 | ISBN-13: 978-0393933024| Edition: Shorter Second Edition A compact and portable version of thebest-selling and most-trusted world literatureanthology, The Norton Anthology of WorldLiterature, Shorter Second Edition, is arich and teachable selection of the world’sliterature, in generous portions and the besttranslations available.A new format, newdesign, new selections, new translations, andnew color plates make this Second Edition apleasure to read and a book that students willkeep long after the survey course is over. color p...
|  | Charlotte's Web (Trophy Newbery)
Release Date: December 14, 2004| Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up...
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