100 great poems of the twentieth century -
Presents a collection of one hundred poems of the twentieth century by such noted authors as T.S. Eliot, Robert Frost, Ezra Pound, Ogden Nash, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and others.

1984 : a novel - Orwell, George.
Depicts life in a totalitarian regime of the future.

20th century architecture : the structures that shaped the century - Glancey, Jonathan.
An illustrated guide to the great buildings and structures of the twentieth century, tracing the roots of modern architecture, discussing how changing social and political conditions affected the built environment, and looking at how innovations and inventions, as well as tradition, have impacted the art of architecture.

The 20th-century art book.
Uses text and pictures to explore and examine different artists and styles of art created in the twentieth century.

African American poets : lives, works, and sources
Offers an overview of significant developments and contributions in African-American poetry, from the eighteenth century, through the Harlem Renaissance and the Black Arts Movements of the 1960s, to the present day.

Albert Camus - Rhein, Phillip H.
A critical study of the works of Camus. Includes biographical and historical material.

The alchemist - Coelho, Paulo.
Tells the story of an Andalusian shepherd boy who follows his dream and meets an alchemist.

Alfred, Lord Tennyson - Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson.
Presents twenty complete poems and excerpts by nineteenth-century English author Alfred, Lord Tennyson, including such works as "Morte d'Arthur," "Locksley Hall," and sections from "In Memoriam A. H. H."

Alice in Wonderland - Carroll, Lewis.
A little girl falls down a rabbit hole and discovers a world of nonsensical and amusing characters.

All shook up : the life and death of Elvis Presley - Denenberg, Barry.
A biography of Elvis Presley, discussing his childhood, his entry into the music business, the early years of his career, the impact of success on his life, his drug use, and his death.

All that is glorious around us : paintings from the Hudson River School - Driscoll, John Paul.
Profiles paintings by notable artists from the Hudson River School and explores the school's romantic, idealized vision of the American landscape.

All the king's men - Warren, Robert Penn.
Willie Stark, a well-intentioned idealistic back-country lawyer is unable to resist greed for power and lust for politics during his rise and fall as an American demagogue.

All the President's men - Bernstein, Carl.
Investigation and report of the burglary at Watergate that climaxed with a President's resignation.

America's art, Smithsonian American Art Museum
Showcases 225 works from the Smithsonian American Art Museum collection, and includes essays that link the art with the U.S. pageant of history.

American dreams : American art to 1950 in the Williams College Museum of Art
Describes and illustrates fifty-six works from the collection of the Williams College Museum of Art in Williamstown, Massachusetts, and includes information on the history of the institution, and summaries of its nine subcollections.

American war poetry : an anthology
An anthology of American war poetry written by soldiers, nurses, reporters, and civilians that covers four centuries from the Colonial Wars of the eighteenth-century to the Gulf Wars.

Americans' favorite poems : the Favorite Poem Project anthology
Contains two hundred poems selected from the personal letters of thousands of Americans who responded to Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky's invitation to send him a favorite poem, and includes comments from the people who chose them.

Andersen's fairy tales - Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian).
Contains forty-seven fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen, including "The Red Shoes," "The Snow Queen," "The Steadfast Tin Soldier," and "The Tinder Box."

Andrew Wyeth : memory & magic - Knutson, Anne Classen.
Contains a collection of over one hundred fifty paintings, watercolors, and drawings by twentieth century American artist Andrew Wyeth along with an examination of his life and career.

Andy Warhol, 365 takes : the Andy Warhol Museum collection
Presents a collection of three hundred sixty-five full-color illustrated reproductions of Andy Warhol's work from the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.

Angela's ashes : a memoir - McCourt, Frank.
The author chronicles his impoverished childhood in Limerick, Ireland, in the 1930s and 1940s, describing his father's alcoholism and talent for storytelling; the challenges and tragedies his mother faced, including the loss of three children; and his early experiences in the Catholic church, and balances painful memories with humor.

Angry blonde - Eminem
Offers a behind-the-scenes look at the life and career of rapper Eminem, discussing his musical inspirations, his controversial lyrics, his multi-platinum albums, and other related topics.

Animal blessings : prayers and poems celebrating our pets - Cotner, June.
A collection of poems and prayers about pets.

The annotated classic fairy tales
Presents twenty-six classic fairy tales by authors including Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, Charles Perault, Hans Christian Andersen, and others, each with annotations that explore the story's origins, cultural complexities, and psychological effects; and features over three hundred illustrations.

Arrowsmith ; Elmer Gantry ; Dodsworth - Lewis, Sinclair.
Contains the full text to three novels by satirist Sinclair Lewis.

The art of Ford Madox Brown - Bendiner, Kenneth.
A comprehensive overview of the art of Ford Madox Brown that discuss the development and basic aims of Pre-Raphaelite art as a whole and Brown's contributions to the style and redefines Brown's place in the Aesthetic Movement.

The art of the Pre-Raphaelites - Prettejohn, Elizabeth.
Traces the history of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, profiling the seven young English artists who created it, discussing how their practices changed the history of art, and studying the form's basic techniques.

At Canaan's edge : America in the King years, 1965-68 - Branch, Taylor.
A comprehensive biography of the last three years of Martin Luther King's life describing the challenges to his leadership and his nonviolent philosophy.

Atlas of the Civil War, month by month : major battles and troop movements - Swanson, Mark.
Presents a comprehensive month-by-month atlas of the Civil War that features full-color maps of major battle campaigns, naval operations, cavalry raids, and sieges, along with maps describing political differences, Confederate and Union positions, and troop movements.

The autobiography of Malcolm X - X, Malcolm.
Malcolm X, the Black Muslim leader, firebrand, and anti-integrationist, tells his life story to veteran writer and journalist Alex Haley.

The awakening, and selected stories - Chopin, Kate.
Tells of a woman's desire for an affair with the son of a Louisiana resort owner whom she meets on vacation. Includes selections of short stories.

Babbitt - Lewis, Sinclair.
Depicts middle class life in America through the character of George Babbitt, a middle-aged businessman in an average Midwestern city.

The Beatles : illustrated lyrics
An illustrated collection of song lyrics by the Beatles, both as a group and as individual artists; with quotes from the band members, and clarification of controversial lyrics.

Beautiful Angiola : the great treasury of Sicilian folk and fairy tales
A collection of Sicilian folk and fairy tales that delight the reader with heroines and princes, sorcery and surprise, deeds of the brave and the treacherous, and the magic of the true storyteller.

Being Martha : the inside story of Martha Stewart - Allen, Lloyd.
A comprehensive biography of Martha Stewart examining her childhood, early catering business, and success in television; and describes how her trial and imprisonment made her stronger and more grounded.

Ben-Hur : a tale of the Christ - Wallace, Lew.
A wealthy young Jew and his family, experiencing changing fortunes under Roman tyranny, are affected by the life and teachings of a Nazarene named Jesus Christ.

The best short stories of O. Henry - Henry, O.
Contains thirty-eight stories from the author's mellow, humorous, and ironic moods.

Black and white - Volponi, Paul.
Two star high school basketball players, one black and one white, experience the justice system differently after committing a crime together and getting caught.

Black ships before Troy : the story of the Iliad - Sutcliff, Rosemary.
Retells the story of the Trojan War, from the quarrel for the golden apple, and the flight of Helen with Paris, to the destruction of Troy.

Blink : the power of thinking without thinking - Gladwell, Malcolm.
Presents a study of how people think without thinking, looking at the brain processes involved in making snap decisions, discussing why some people seem to have great instincts while others consistently choose unwisely, and examining ways to control the process.

Bob Dylan : voice of a generation - Roberts, Jeremy.
Chronicles the life of singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, describing his childhood in Minnesota, his period in Greenwich Village's folk scene, his changing musical styles, and his significance in music history, and includes a selected discography and a list of further resources.

Breakfast at Tiffany's : a short novel and three stories - Capote, Truman.
Contains the title work about Holly Golightly, a Manhattan playgirl whose antics mask a pain-filled past; and includes three additional stories, "House of Flowers," "A Diamond Guitar," and "A Christmas Memory."

Bruce Lee, fighting spirit : a biography - Thomas, Bruce.
Follows Bruce Lee through his childhood, his early martial arts training, his journey to America to claim U.S. citizenship, his romances, fights, and meteoric rise through Hollywood and the Hong Kong film industry.

Capoeira : a martial art and a cultural tradition - Atwood, Jane.
Traces the roots and history of capoeira, the martial art which was developed by Brazilian slaves and combines dance, play, ritual, and self-defense.

Catch-22 - Heller, Joseph.
A bombardier, based in Italy during World War II, repeatedly tries to avoid flying bombing missions while his colonel tries to get him killed by demanding that he fly more and more missions.

A century of movie posters : from silent to art house - King, Emily.
Charts one hundred years of the visual development of movie posters, focusing on four key eras in the history of cinema and illustrating the most important movie posters of each time.

Childe Hassam : American impressionist - Weinberg, H. Barbara.
Contains articles that offer an assessment of the life and career of American impressionist painter Childe Hassam, and includes over two hundred color reproductions.

Chimes of freedom : the politics of Bob Dylan's art - Marqusee, Mike.
Explores the political and social meanings that lie behind many of Bob Dylan's lyrics and discusses how his lyrics were influenced by his reluctance to be pigeonhold, his rejection of society's expectations, and his own experiences.

The chosen - Potok, Chaim.
Recounts the story of Reuven Malter and Danny Saunders--one an orthodox Jew, the other the son of a Hasidic rabbi--and the course of their friendship as they grow up in Brooklyn.

A Christmas carol - Dickens, Charles.
An old miser named Ebenezer Scrooge learns the true meaning of Christmas when he is haunted by three ghosts over the course of one restless night.

The civil rights movement : a photographic history, 1954-68 - Kasher, Steven.
A photographic history of the civil rights movement in the United States from 1954 through 1968, with narratives of crucial events in the movement complemented by pictures of the subject. Includes a chronology and suggestions for additional reading.

Classic American love poems
An anthology of over one hundred love poems from forty-seven American poets, including Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, William Carlos Williams, and Gwendolyn Brooks.

Cleaning out my closet : Eminem, the stories behind every song - Stubbs, David.
Describes the background for the songs on Eminem's records, from his first album, "Infinite," released in 1996, to "8 Mile," in 2000, and includes his collaborations with Dr. Dre and 50 Cent.

Close to shore : the terrifying shark attacks of 1916 - Capuzzo, Mike.
Chronicles the two weeks in July 1916 when shark attacks plagued the New Jersey shoreline.

The collected poems - Plath, Sylvia.
Contains, in sequence, all the poetry written by the author from 1956 until her suicide in 1963, together with fifty selections from her pre-1956 work.

Collected poems, 1909-1962. - Eliot, T. S.
A selection of the poet's complete text of "collected poems 1909-1935," the full text of "Four Quartets," and several other poems.

The collected poems of Audre Lorde. - Lorde, Audre.
A collection of over three hundred poems by twentieth-century African-American poet Audre Lorde, featuring works from nine volumes published between 1968 and 1993.

The collected poems of Langston Hughes - Hughes, Langston.
A collection of 868 poems by the author spanning five decades, from the 1920s through the 1960s.

The collected poems of William Carlos Williams. Volume 1, William Carlos Williams
Collection of poems by the American twentieth century poet.

The collected tales and poems of Edgar Allan Poe. - Poe, Edgar Allan.
Collection of Edgar Allan Poe's writings that includes his most well known works as well as less familiar stories, poems, and essays.

The Columbia anthology of British poetry
An anthology of British poetry drawn from over the course of twelve centuries, including works from Scottish, Welsh, and Irish authors, as well as many often-excluded women writers, with introductory biographies for each featured poet.

The complete Brothers Grimm fairy tales
Presents over two hundred fairy tales, representing the complete published stories of the Brothers Grimm, and includes illustrations by four Victorian artists, as well as ten children's legends.

The complete collected poems of Maya Angelou. - Angelou, Maya.
Complete collection of Mary Angelou's published poems, including her inaugural poem "On the Pulse of Morning."

Complete poems - Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849.
A collection of fifty-five poems written by Edgar Allan Poe.

The complete poems - Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892.
Presents the complete collection of known poems by nineteenth century writer Walt Whitman.

The concise Columbia dictionary of quotations - Andrews, Robert.
A collection of over 6,000 quotations organized alphabetically by topic with an index.

A critical reading of the selected poems of T.S. Eliot - Jain, Manju. [
Analyzes the poems of T.S. Eliot, offering critical reviews of each of his poems and "The Waste Land", with information about Eliot's life, career, and beliefs.

The crucible : a play in four acts - Miller, Arthur.
Presents Arthur Miller's play in which a vengeful teenager in 1692 Salem accuses her former lover and his wife of witchcraft. Includes an introduction.

Dali : the Salvador Dali Museum collection - Lubar, Robert S.
Profiles the paintings that are on display at the Salvador Dali Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida.

David Copperfield - Dickens, Charles.
A young boy in nineteenth-century London runs away from an unhappy home, finds employment in a wine factory, and becomes acquainted with a wide variety of characters in the city streets.

Def Jam, Inc. : Russell Simmons, Rick Rubin, and the extraordinary story of the world's most influential hip-hop label - Gueraseva, Stacy.
Traces the history and the people behind Def Jam, the music industry's most influence label, and examines their rise from a New York City dorm room to a powerful company, their financial struggles and scandals, and the popular groups associated with them.

A dictionary of King Arthur's knights - Ryan, Pamela.
Draws from medieval and contemporary sources to provide information on 281 of King Arthur's knights as well as seventy kings and feudal lords who cooperated with him.

The divine comedy - Dante Alighieri.
An epic poem in which the poet describes his spiritual journey through Hell, Purgatory and Paradise--guided first by the poet Virgil and then by his beloved Beatrice--which results in a purification of his religious faith.

DNA pioneers and their legacy - Lagerkvist, Ulf.
Provides an account of the origins of modern molecular biology, presenting historical episodes from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and introducing the scientists whose work revolutionized the field of biology and biochemistry.

The double helix : a personal account of the discovery of the structure of DNA - Watson, James D.
An account of the events which led to the solution of the structure of DNA.

Down the rabbit hole : an Echo Falls mystery - Abrahams, Peter.
Like her idol Sherlock Holmes, eighth-grader Ingrid Levin-Hill uses her intellect to solve the murder of an eccentric local woman in her hometown of Echo Falls.

Dust tracks on a road : an autobiography - Hurston, Zora Neale.
An autobiography of early twentieth-century American novelist, folklorist, and anthropologist, Zora Neale Hurston that describes her rise from poverty in the rural South to prominence among the leading artists of the Harlem Renaissance.

Eats, shoots & leaves : the zero tolerance approach to punctuation - Truss, Lynn.
Lynne Truss, a self-proclaimed stickler, presents a humorous look at the history of punctuation, discussing the use and misuse of commas, apostrophes, semi-colons, and other punctuation marks.

Edward R. Murrow and the birth of broadcast journalism - Edwards, Bob.
Presents the life and career of Edward R. Murrow, who reported live from London during Nazi bombings in World War II, and changed the way people receive, understand, and respond to the news, and tells the story of his television career and journalistic integrity.

Ego-tripping : and other poems for young people - Giovanni, Nikki.
Thirty-two poems that reflect aspects of the African American experience.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning : selected poems. - Browning, Elizabeth Barrett.
Collects more than eighty works by nineteenth-century English poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning, including early poems, all of "Sonnets from the Portuguese," and selections from such works as "Aurora Leigh" and "Last Poems."

Elton John - White, Katherine.
Examines the life and career of Elton John, discussing his rise to fame and long-lasting popularity as a performer and composer.

Emma - Austen, Jane.
A novel of Regency England that centers upon a self-assured young lady who is determined to arrange her life and the lives of those around her into a pattern dictated by her romantic fancy.

Epic films : casts, credits, and commentary on over 350 historical spectacle movies - Smith, Gary A.
Contains commentaries on the casts and credits of three hundred thirty-five epic films of the twentieth century covering the period from the creation to the 1200s A.D. and includes plot synopses and narratives for classics such as Cleopatra with Elizabeth Taylor and Ben Hur with Charlton Heston.

The essential Edward Hopper - Spring, Justin.
A guide to understanding Edward Hopper, examining his life, his painting style, and the influences on both. Includes over fifty illustrations.

The essential Gwendolyn Brooks - Brooks, Gwendolyn.
Presents more than eighty poems spanning the career of twentieth-century African-American poet Gwendolyn Brooks, which explore life on Chicago's south side.

The essential Jackson Pollock - Spring, Justin.
A guide to understanding Jackson Pollock, examining the truths and myths about his life, explaining the Abstract Expressionism movement with which his work is associated, and discussing his unique style of painting. Includes over fifty illustrations.

The essential Norman Rockwell - Schorr, Collier.
A guide to understanding American artist Norman Rockwell, discussing his family, his depiction of American life, his civil rights advocacy, and the debate over whether his work is art or illustration. Includes over sixty illustrations.

The essential Salvador Dali - Goff, Robert.
A guide to understanding Salvador Dali, examining the truths and myths about his life, explaining the Surrealist movement with which his work is associated, and discussing his unique style of painting. Includes over sixty illustrations.

A farewell to arms - Hemingway, Ernest.
An American ambulance driver serving on the Austro-Italian front in World War I becomes entangled with an English nurse and deserts to join her after the retreat of Caparetto.

Films of the 1920s
Contains essays and articles in which a variety of film studies experts discuss the topics and techniques of movies made during the 1920s.

The fire next time - Baldwin, James.
Presents African-American author James Baldwin's letter to his nephew from the hundredth anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, in which he discusses his childhood, Black Muslims, and race in America; and includes seven related writings including stories, essays, a speech, a song, and an interview with Malcolm X.

Flipped - Van Draanen, Wendelin
In alternating chapters, two teenagers describe how their feelings about themselves, each other, and their families have changed over the years.

Flowers for Algernon - Keyes, Daniel.
A man who was once mentally retarded must face his gradual return to his former state when the astounding results of an experimental surgery that increased his intelligence prove only temporary.

Founding mothers : the women who raised our nation - Roberts, Cokie.
Profiles the women whose bravery, convictions, and patriotism impacted the formation of the United States, focusing on the contributions of the wives, mothers, sisters, and daughters of the country's founding fathers.

Four-star movies : the 101 greatest films of all time - Kinn, Gail.
Presents the authors' selections for the top 101 motion pictures of all time, each with comments on why the film was selected, background on the movie, a plot summary, profiles of the main actors, a cast list, credits, behind-the-scenes anecdotes, award nominations and wins, photographs, director comments, and quotes from critics.

Frank Sinatra - Woog, Adam.
A biography of the famous singer.

Frank Sinatra : history, identity, and Italian American culture
Presents a collection of sixteen essays that chronicle the life and career of American singer and actor Frank Sinatra, and discusses his Italian-American heritage, campaigner for civil rights, and rise to become one of the most influential personalities of the twentieth century.

Freakonomics : a rogue economist explores the hidden side of everything - Levitt, Steven D.
The authors explore the economics of real-world issues often viewed as insignificant, such as the extent to which the Roe v. Wade decision affected violent crime, and examine hidden incentives behind all sorts of human behavior.

Frida Kahlo.
Presents reproductions of over two hundred paintings by twentieth-century Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, and explores the ways in which the events of her life, including her tempestuous marriage and her physical maladies, were reflected in her work.

From pieces to weight : once upon a time in southside Queens 50 Cent
Musician 50 Cent recounts his childhood in southside Queens, describing the events and people who influenced his music career and his life.

Georgia O'Keeffe - Eldredge, Charles C.
Examination and critique of artist Georgia O'Keeffe's work.

Getting away with murder : the true story of the Emmett Till case
Presents a true account of the murder of fourteen-year-old, Emmett Till, in Mississippi, in 1955.

Ghost and horror stories of Ambrose Bierce - Bierce, Ambrose.
Collection of twenty-four tales of the unknown by the Ohio-born author, with an introduction profiling Bierce's life.

The glass menagerie - Williams, Tennessee.
Amanda, a faded southern belle, abandoned wife, and dominating mother, hopes to match her daughter Laura with an eligible "gentleman caller" while her son Tom supports the family. Laura, lame and painfully shy, evades her mother's schemes and reality by retreating to the make-believe world of her glass animal collection. Tom eventually leaves home to become a writer but is forever haunted by the memory of Laura.

The great Gatsby - Fitzgerald, F. Scott.
Tells the tragic love story of Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan, a dashing, enigmatic millionaire obsessed with an elusive, spoiled young woman.

The Great Santini - Conroy, Pat.
Bull Meecham is all Marine, a fighter pilot, and absolute ruler of his family. Ben, his oldest son, has to fight against a father who doesn't give in.

Guernica : the biography of a twentieth-century icon - Van Hensbergen, Gijs.
Traces the cultural history of Pablo Picasso's painting "Guernica", describing the painting's creation during the Spanish Civil War, its use as a weapon in the propaganda battle against Fascism, travels overseas, artistic influence, and symbolism.

Gulliver's travels - Swift, Jonathan.
The voyages of an Englishman carry him to a land of people six inches high, a land of giants, an island of sorcerers, and a land where horses are masters of human-like creatures.

A hard day's write : the stories behind every Beatles song - Turner, Steve.
Presents a collection of stories that describe the inspiration behind the Beatles songs on the Beatles twelve original albums as well as those on the "Anthology" and "Live at the BBC". Includes over two hundred photos.

Harlem renaissance : art of black America
One hundred-fifty works by African-American artists in Harlem during the 1920s from the exhibition at the Studio Museum in Harlem.

Heart of darkness - Conrad, Joseph.
The captain of a steamship on the Congo River meets and observes Mr. Kurtz, the fabled chief of the Inner Station for the trading company on that river in 1890.

Hitler Youth : growing up in Hitler's shadow - Bartoletti, Susan Campbell.
A photo-illustrated look at the youth organizations Adolf Hitler founded and used to meet his sociopolitical and military ends; includes profiles of individual Hitler Youth members as well as young people who opposed the Nazis, such as Hans and Sophie Scholl.

How the other half lives : studies among the tenements of New York - Riis, Jacob A.
Provides a detailed picture of what life in the slums of New York was like, how the slums were created, how and why they remained as they were, who was forced to live there, and offers suggestions for easing the lot of the poor.

Howl, and other poems - Ginsberg, Allen,
A collection of poems originally published in 1956 by beat generation poet Allen Ginsberg.

I, Tina : my life story - Turner, Tina.
Describes the career of rock singer Tina Turner, a farmer's daughter from Tennessee, who burst upon the music scene in the 1960s and swept the 1985 Grammy Awards with her album "Private Dancer."

The illustrated encyclopedia of the Civil War : the soldiers, generals, weapons, and battles - Davis, William C.
Period photographs, drawings, and vintage lithographs help chronicle the events of the Civil War, providing information on the soldiers, generals, weapons, and battles of the war and discussing how the country's government, economy, and landscape were impacted by it.

The illustrated treasury of fairy tales
A collection of nineteen traditional and original fairy tales, such as "Cinderella" and "Rapunzel."

Imani all mine - Porter, Connie Rose.
Tasha, a fifteen-year-old mother, is proud of her baby girl and is determined to be a good parent to her child, but she must draw upon her newfound faith to go on when tragedy strikes.

In cold blood : a true account of a multiple murder and its consequences - Capote, Truman.
Examines the lives and deaths of four members of the Clutter family of Holcomb, Kansas, and the two men who murdered them on November 15, 1959.

Intruder in the dust - Faulkner, William.
Charles, a sixteen-year-old white boy, repays a debt he owes to an elderly black man, Lucas. After Lucas is accused of murdering a white man, Charles proves his innocence and saves him from a lynching in a southern town.

Invisible man - Ellison, Ralph.
In the course of his wanderings from a Southern college to New York's Harlem, an African-American man becomes involved in a series of adventures.

Irish fairy tales - Stephens, James.
Retells ten traditional Irish fairy tales including "The Story of Tuan Mac Cairill," "The Boyhood of Fionn," and "The Enchanted Cave of Cesh Corran."

Katharine Hepburn - Holland, Barbara.
A biography of Katharine Hepburn, discussing her family history, her stage and film career, and details of her personal life, including her relationship with fellow actor Spencer Tracy.

The kitchen god's wife - Tan, Amy.
Winnie and Helen have kept each other's worst secrets for more than fifty years, but now that she believes she is dying, Helen wants to expose everything.

The last of the Mohicans - Cooper, James Fenimore.
Hawkeye, a young frontier scout, and Chingachgook, a Mohican Indian, form an unlikely friendship as they attempt to guide two sisters in search of their father through hostile country during the French and Indian War.

Leaves of grass - Whitman, Walt.
A republication of the first edition of American poet Walt Whitman's poetry collection, originally published in the mid-nineteenth century.

Liberation, imagination, and the Black Panther Party : a new look at the Panthers and their legacy
Contains nineteen essays in which various authors examine the history and impact of the Black Panther Party.

The narrative and selected writings - Douglass, Frederick.
Presents a selection of writings by orator and abolitionist Frederick Douglass, including three autobiographies in which he describes his early life as a slave and his escape to freedom in 1838, as well as speeches, letters, and other writings on personal and political topics.

Other voices, other rooms - Capote, Truman.
Thirteen-year-old Joel Knox is sent to live with his father in rural Alabama after the death of his mother, but instead is met by a sullen stepmother, eccentric cousin, and defiant girl named Idabel who offers Joel the love and approval he never received from his parents.

Paradise lost - Milton, John.
Presents John Milton's epic poem, which chronicles man's fall from grace and Satan's rebellion against God, providing a scholarly introduction, chronology, bibliography, Andrew Marvell's verse tribute to Milton from the second edition, and explanatory notes.

The Pickwick papers - Dickens, Charles.
Retired business man, Samuel Pickwick and the other members of the Pickwick club embark on a series of comic adventures in late Georgian England.

The quiet American - Greene, Graham.
An eager young American channels economic aid to a "third force", but when a British journalist intervenes his motives are suspect because the American takes his Vietnamese mistress away from him.

The rise of David Levinsky - Cahan, Abraham.
The story of a Russian immigrant who settled in New York's Jewish East Side. Describes his Americanization and his career from 1885 to 1915.

Sister Wendy's American collection - Beckett, Wendy.
Art critic Sister Wendy Beckett provides commentary on selected items from six of America's most prestigious art museums, drawing attention to small details, discussing hidden meanings and symbolism, and providing information about each artist and his or her techniques.

Sonnets from the Portuguese : a celebration of love - Browning, Elizabeth Barrett.
Presents a collection of forty-four love poems, written by Elizabeth Barrett Browning in the 1840s for her husband, Robert.

Uncle Tom's cabin - Stowe, Harriet Beecher.
Presents Harriet Beecher Stowe's 1852 novel about an elderly slave who maintains his human dignity in the face of cruelty, suffering, and death; and includes a Stowe time line, a historical time line, critical excerpts, discussion questions, and other study tools.

Utopia - More, Thomas, Sir, Saint.
Presents Thomas More's vision of Utopia, an island supporting a perfectly organized and happy people.