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Jim Christy: A Vagabond Life (Tramp Lit Series)
Par Ian Cutler. 2019
Jim Christy’s life and adventures began on the mobbed-up streets of South Philadelphia. Over his 73 years to date, Christy…
has asserted his freedom of spirit as a vagabond adventurer, latter-day hobo, journalist, private eye, actor, musician, and artist, in over 50 countries around the globe, and still found time to write over 30 books. His early adventures as a street fighter and child tramp provide a unique socio-cultural history of Philadelphia in the 50’s and 60’s before thebook moves on to recount his later exploits from some of the most remote and random corners of the world.Welcome, Dark
Par Charis St. Pierre, Rachel Wada. 2022
A stunningly illustrated picture book that introduces young readers to the importance of night as a time for animals to…
thrive, rains to fall, winds to blow and the world to rest.Here there be unicorns
Par Jane Yolen. 1994
This collection of eight poems and ten stories relates tales of the well-known mystical beast in both medieval and traditional…
settings. The story "Unicorn Tapestry" was inspired by two famous unicorn tapestries, the Hunt of the Unicorn and the Lady with the Unicorn. For grades 4-7 and older readersThe Pied Piper of Hamelin
Par Robert Browning. 1993
Folktale in verse. The town of Hamelin employs a mysterious piper to save them from a plague of rats. When…
the townspeople refuse to pay him for his work, the piper takes magical revenge. For grades 3-6Intimate worlds: life inside the family
Par Maggie Scarf. 1995
Analyzes the family structure using the Beaver Family Systems model. The system classifies groups in levels from severely disturbed to…
optimally adjusted. Scarf interviewed four families to illustrate her theories. She also discusses bonding and relationship boundariesThe figured wheel: new and collected poems, 1966-1996
Par Robert Pinsky. 1996
A compendium of the first four books by the U.S. poet laureate, with twenty-one new poems. The title poem, The…
Figured Wheel, with its image of the wheel of life, illustrates the all-encompassing scope of the poemsSkin deep and other teenage reflections: poems
Par Angela Medearis. 1995
Collection of poems about the problems teenagers face in growing up. Expressing the pride, anger, and loneliness teens often feel,…
the verses cover concerns about school, family, friends, and appearances. For grades 6-9 and older readersAnts on the melon: a collection of poems
Par Virginia Adair. 1996
First collection of poetry from the octogenarian American poet. These eighty-three poems explore a broad range of subject matter and…
are organized into the following sections: "Ants on the Melon," "By Old Maps," "Driving Westward," "The Genesis Strain," "Exit Amor," and "Make Light of Darkness." Some descriptions of sexA collection of firsthand reports on pivotal events in American history. These authentic accounts convey the urgency and attitudes of…
their times concerning significant issues and themes in American life from 1492 through 1994. BestsellerExtensive collection of poetry featuring the work of fifteen poets, such as Annie Dillard and Daniel Berrigan. Poems are divided…
into the following sections: The Cross, Transformation, Death, Injustice, Presence, God's Body, Fools, Wayfarers, Love, The Dark, Grace, Praise, The Mystical Body, Sacrament, The Leap, and HolyThe truth about money
Par Ric Edelman. 1996
A guide to financial planning for the late 1990s, a time in which the "rules of money have changed" from…
earlier decades in terms of taxation, personal longevity, and other factors. Explains bonds, equities, insurance, real estate, and investment strategies for managing assets. BestsellerEven in quiet places: poems
Par William Stafford. 1996
Posthumous collection of four chapbooks from 1990 to 1995 by an award-winning poet. Stafford's poem "Pretty Good Day" supplies the…
line for the title Even in Quiet Places, which alludes to secluded areas of retreat. Nature is an important force in many of Stafford's poems. Contains an afterword by Stafford's son, Kim, who is his literary executorFavre: for the record
Par Brett Favre. 1997
A candid and earthy portrait of the Green Bay Packer quarterback who led his team to victory in Super Bowl…
XXXI. Traces his youth in rural Mississippi, his wild college days, his triumph over an addiction to painkillers, and his laudable NFL career. Strong language. BestsellerNew & selected poems
Par Donald Justice. 1995
Works of Pulitzer Prize-winning American poet written between 1959 and 1995. Includes selections from The Summer Anniversaries (1960), Night Light…
(1967), Departures (1973), Selected Poems (1979), and The Sunset Maker (1987), as well as a group of more recent poemsThe only way I know
Par Cal Ripken. 1997
Memoir of Cal Ripken, who in 1995 broke Lou Gehrig's record of playing 2,130 consecutive games. His feat established him…
as a baseball great and earned him new acclaim for his team, the Baltimore Orioles. Traces Ripken's baseball life from the Little League to the majors, highlighting triumphs and setbacks. Also discusses how the sport has changed over the past fifteen years. BestsellerSonnets from the Portuguese: a celebration of love
Par Elizabeth Browning. 1986
These forty-four sonnets by the Victorian author were probably written mostly during her courtship with Robert Browning. They represent one…
of the most famous sonnet sequences executed in English and include the well-known "How do I love thee? Let me count the ways." For high school and older readersThe man who listens to horses
Par Monty Roberts. 1997
A portrait of Monty Roberts, the horse trainer who discovered a humane technique for taming wild horses. Appalled by traditional…
methods of "breaking" horses that he witnessed in his youth, Roberts developed a gentle procedure for "joining-up" with a horse through a process of man-animal communication. BestsellerWait till next year: a memoir
Par Doris Goodwin. 1997
A personal history of growing up in suburban New York in the 1950s. A love of baseball permeated the author's…
childhood and helped her forge a special bond with her father, who taught her at age six to keep a scorebook for the Brooklyn Dodgers and to relate an inning-by-inning account of the game to him at the end of the day. BestsellerEdna St. Vincent Millay: selected poems : the centenary edition
Par Edna St. Vincent Millay. 1991
This gathering of poems begins with "Renascence," a poem Millay entered in a contest in 1912 and that brought her…
immediate recognition. The simplicity and accessibility that sometimes prompted critics to pass over her poems is the very skill that also created her appeal and made her work popular for nearly forty years. Her lyricism is discussed in an extensive introductionEven the stars look lonesome
Par Maya Angelou. 1997
Twenty essays on topics such as aging, fame, family, marriages, sexuality, and Africa. In "A House Can Hurt, a Home…
Can Heal," Angelou discusses how her marriage breakup was related to her house, and the contentment she felt in her new home. Some descriptions of sex. Bestseller