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The crack in everything
Par Alicia Ostriker. 1996
Here there be dragons
Par Jane Yolen. 1993
Five poems and eight stories about dragons by Jane Yolen, who precedes each with an introductory note about the piece.…
The collection includes "Why Dragons?" "The Dragon's Boy," "The Making of Dragons," and "Here There Be Dragons." For grades 4-7 and older readersBitter lemons
Par Lawrence Durrell. 1996
An impressionistic portrayal of the island of Cyprus during the British-Greek-Turkish struggles from 1953 to 1956. The author describes events…
from his various perspectives as a foreign traveler, a journalist, and an official of the Cyprus governmentThis book celebrates American life as seen through the work of artists and writers. Combining a sampling of poetry with…
visual arts from the Smithsonian's National Museum of American Art, Panzer shows the many kinds of people, landscapes, and beliefs that make up American life. For grades 5-8 and older readersCan you hear, bird: poems
Par John Ashbery. 1995
Collection of poems by the winner of the 1976 Pulitzer Prize and other literary awards. The works are short, cynical,…
and abstract and often contain humor and wordplays. Some strong languageIsabella Gardner: the collected poems (American poets continuum series #v. 18)
Par Isabella Gardner. 1990
More than one hundred poems written from 1955-1980 including thirty unpublished or previously ungathered. Gardner's subjects include motherhood, literature, politics,…
and nature in such poems as "West of Childhood," "Little Rock, Arkansas, 1957," "To Thoreau on Rereading Walden," "Fall in Massachusetts," and "At the Zoo."A house divided: the lives of Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee
Par Jules Archer. 1995
Joint biography of the two military leaders of the American Civil War. Archer says that although Grant's side won the…
war and he was later elected president, Grant proved to be inept as a civilian. In contrast, Archer says, Lee had successful military and civilian careers. For grades 3-6In the crevice of time: new and collected poems
Par Josephine Jacobsen. 1995
Anthology from an award-winning American poet. This collection spans nearly sixty years, from 1935-1994, and is divided chronologically into five…
parts. Jacobsen's work is known for its lean, elegant language and wide range of subject matter. Jacobsen explores such themes as mortality in "Spring, Says the Child," exotic aspects of travel in "The Foreign Lands," and the nature of loss in "Tears."Pierced by a ray of sun: poems about the times we feel alone
Par Ruth Gordon. 1995
Seventy-three poems culled from a variety of sources but unified by one overlying theme: loneliness. Gordon's collection--which includes poems by…
Keats, Sandberg, and Yeats and translations from other languages--illustrates that alienation is a universal experience. For junior and senior high readersYou want women to vote, Lizzie Stanton?
Par Jean Fritz. 1995
Biography of Lizzie Cady Stanton. Born in 1815, Lizzie rebelled against the unjust treatment of women from the time she…
was a child. Later she fought alongside her friend Susan B. Anthony for the right to vote, but died in 1902, before women's suffrage came to pass. For grades 4-7Sun under wood: new poems
Par Robert Hass. 1996
In this collection of twenty poems by the 1995 U.S. poet laureate, Hass explores such themes as nature, in "Dragonflies…
Mating"; solitude, in "Regalia for a Black Hat Dancer"; language, in "English: An Ode"; and the fragility of human relationships, in "Faint Music". Some strong language and some descriptions of sexA suitcase of seaweed, and other poems
Par Janet Wong. 1996
Thirty-six poems divided into three categories--"Korean Poems," "Chinese Poems," and "American Poems"--that reflect the author's heritage. Wong shares insights into…
Asian American experiences in such poems as "Acupuncture," "Koreatown," "Tea Ceremony," "Manners," "Face It," and "Money Order." For grades 3-6Scrambled eggs & whiskey: poems, 1991-1995
Par Hayden Carruth. 1996
Poems, variously depicting passion, war, nature, political power, tragedy, and love in one's later years. One such work, "Auburn Poem,"…
voices a father's poignant lament to his wife over their daughter's fatal cancer. Strong languageCultures in conflict: Christians, Muslims, and Jews in the age of discovery
Par Bernard Lewis. 1995
A perspective on the historically eventful year of 1492, when Columbus discovered America and Catholic Spain vanquished Islam and expelled…
the Jews. Examines the significance of Christian Europe's ascendancy and expansion, as well as the implications for the development of the twentieth-century worldWhite pine: poems and prose poems
Par Mary Oliver. 1994
Forty poems by the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet. Subjects pertaining to nature feature prominently in such poems as "Hummingbirds," "Blue Heron,"…
"Deer in the Meadow," "I Found a Dead Fox," "In Blackwater Woods," "Williams Creek," "Beside the Waterfall," "At the Lake," "I Looked Up," and "White Pine."Reflections on a gift of watermelon pickle: and other modern verse
Par Stephen Dunning. 1966
More than one hundred poems on a variety of topics. Includes "How to Eat a Poem," by Eve Merriam; "Dreams,"…
by Langston Hughes; "Lost," by Carl Sandburg; "Sonic Boom," by John Updike; "A Patch of Old Snow," by Robert Frost; and "in Just-," by e.e. cummings. For junior and senior high readersMuhammad
Par M. A Cook. 1983
Life of the Arab merchant turned prophet and politician who established a religious state in western Arabia in the 620s.…
Cook discusses the history of monotheism; Koranic law; the concepts of the hijra, the jihad, and the umma; the importance of Mecca; and the origins of IslamThe road less traveled and beyond: spiritual growth in an age of anxiety
Par M. Peck. 1997
In this sequel to Further Along the Road Less Traveled (RC 37302, BR 9391), Peck offers additional ways in which…
people can lead more fulfilling lives in a world full of stress and anxiety, and discusses how "we can come to exist in a closer relationship to the Holy."Cleopatra: goddess of Egypt, enemy of Rome
Par Polly Brooks. 1995
Life of the Egyptian ruler whose suicide in 30 B.C. ended the Ptolemaic dynasty. The author discusses Cleopatra's Macedonian heritage…
and descent from Alexander the Great; her relationships with Romans Julius Caesar and Mark Antony and the children borne with each; and her political and military savvy that enabled Egypt to remain independent of Rome. For grades 6-9Snowbound: the tragic story of the Donner Party
Par David Lavender. 1996
Tells how, in the mid 1840s, three Illinois men tried to move their families to California. Details problems, including snow…
storms, a misleading guidebook, and bad luck, that led to death for forty of the eighty-eight people on this covered-wagon journey. For grades 5-8