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Emily of New Moon
Par L. M Montgomery. 1951
When her father dies, eleven-year-old Emily believes that she is all alone. But her mother's family, who never forgave her…
mother for eloping with her father, are there to care for her. It is decided by the drawing of lots that Emily will go to New Moon, the century-old family farm, with two of her aunts. There cousin Jimmy encourages her in her writing. For grades 6-9 and older readersThe lion and the puppy and other stories for children
Par Leo Tolstoy. 1988
Leo Tolstoy was a great nineteenth-century Russian author who opened a school for peasant children and wrote stories especially for…
them. The twenty-seven stories in this book are taken from his "Azbuka" (Primer). Some are based on Aesop's fables, others on Russian folktales, nature studies, and the work of children themselves. For grades 5-8 and older readersThe optimist's daughter
Par Eudora Welty. 1978
Laurel Hand, a middle-aged widow since World War II, returns home to a small Mississippi town after the death of…
her beloved father, a judge. There she confronts her past to gain a better understanding of herself and her parents. Pulitzer Prize, 1973Emily's quest
Par L. M Montgomery. 1955
Emily Starr is determined to become a successful writer while living in her home, New Moon, the source of her…
inspiration. When Dean Priest condemns her first novel in order to claim her undivided attention, Emily burns her manuscript. But she cannot desert her writing forever, nor can she abandon the search for real love. For grades 6-9 and older readersBreakfast at Tiffany's: a short novel and three stories
Par Truman Capote. 1958
Twice twenty-two: a medicine for melancholy
Par Ray Bradbury. 1966
The building of Jalna
Par Mazo De la Roche. 1944
In the first book of the Jalna series, Adeline, an impulsive bride with an Irish temper, and her husband, Captain…
Whiteoak, select Lake Ontario as the site of their home. The building of the house, the swimming and skating parties, and the jealousies and humor of the family are describedHeidi
Par Johanna Spyri. 1984
Heidi loves her old grandfather and their simple life high in the Swiss Alps. When she is sent to the…
city to be a companion to the ailing Klara, Heidi almost dies from homesickness. For grades 4-7Captains Courageous
Par Rudyard Kipling. 1982
The spoiled son of an American millionaire falls off an ocean liner and is rescued by a Gloucester fishing schooner.…
Forced to work aboard ship, he begins to develop maturity and responsibilityThe portrait of a lady
Par Henry James. 1947
Anne of Windy Poplars
Par L. M Montgomery. 1936
Anne moves to Summerside, where she has a position as high school principal. There she encounters the Pringles, the "royal…
family" of Summerside. Anne's many letters to her sweetheart, Gilbert, reveal how the town seems to be "under the Pringle Thumb"--until Anne manages to get the Pringle clan under her thumb! Sequel to "Anne of the Island." For grades 5-8 and older readersThe travels and surprising adventures of Baron Munchausen (A Dedalus classic)
Par Rudolf Erich Raspe. 2012
A collection of tall tales first published in 1785. Raspe, a rogue and a rascal, embellished the memoirs of the…
real Baron Munchausen, a cavalry officer in the Russian army, and created a mythical character. In one adventure, when hunting in Ceylon, the Baron, attacked by a lion--with a lake on one side and a precipice on the other--is saved when the lion jumps over his head and into the mouth of a crocodileThe lily of the valley
Par Honoré De Balzac. 2011
Felix, a young man from the Loire valley, reluctantly sheds his reticence and attempts to explain his penchant for long…
silences to Natalie, his fiancee. In a long letter he writes freely of his education in matters of the heart. He is not prepared for the letter he receives in response. Balzac admitted to favoring this novel, in which he shares a somewhat autobiographical account of his youthWellingborough Redburn makes his first voyage to Liverpool, where there is widespread poverty and a lack of democracy. He enjoys…
a wild excursion in London and faces a harrowing voyage home. Based on the author's first voyage in 1837War and peace (Penguin classics)
Par Leo Tolstoy. 1978
First published in 1869, this epic novel deals with Russia and France at the time of Napoleon Bonaparte. It describes…
the invasion of Russia by Napoleon and his army and presents the author's theories of historyWar and peace (Penguin classics)
Par Leo Tolstoy. 1992
The Rainbow: A Novel (Vintage International)
Par Yasunari Kawabata. 2023
Available in English for the very first time, a powerful, poignant novel about three half sisters in post-war Japan, from…
the Nobel Prize-winning author of Snow Country.With the Second World War only a few years in the past, and Japan still reeling from its effects, two sisters—born to the same father but different mothers—struggle to make sense of the new world in which they are coming of age. Asako, the younger, has become obsessed with locating a third sibling, while also experiencing love for the first time. While Momoko, their father&’s first child—haunted by the loss of her kamikaze boyfriend and their final, disturbing days together—seeks comfort in a series of unhealthy romances. And both sisters find themselves unable to outrun the legacies of their late mothers. A thoughtful, probing novel about the enduring traumas of war, the unbreakable bonds of family, and the inescapability of the past, The Rainbow is a searing, melancholy work from one of Japan&’s greatest writers. A VINTAGE ORIGINAL.Ovid's Metamorphoses: A New Translation (World Literature in Translation)
Par C. Luke Soucy. 2023
This fresh translation revives the politics and power at play in classical mythology’s foremost source Centuries of conservative translators have…
robbed the Metamorphoses of its subversive force. In this boldly lyrical translation, C. Luke Soucy revives the magnum opus of Rome’s most clever and creative poet, faithfully matching the epic’s wit and style while confronting the sexuality, violence, and politics so many previous translations have glossed over. Soucy’s powerful version breathes new life into Ovid's mythic world, where canonical power dynamics are challenged from below to drain heroes of their heroism, give victims their say, and reveal an earth holier than heaven. Incorporating the latest scholarship alongside annotations, illustrations, and glossary, this edition brings fresh insights to both returning and new readers.El mesías de Dune (Las crónicas de Dune #Volumen 2)
Par Frank Herbert. 1969
El mesías de Dune es la segunda entrega de la excepcional saga de Frank Herbert «Dune», considerada la mejor serie…
de ciencia ficción de todos los tiempos. Arrakis, también llamado Dune: un mundo desierto en pos del sueño de convertirse en un paraíso, cuna de mil guerras que se han extendido por todo el universo y de un anhelo mesiánico que intenta alcanzar el sueño más antiguo de la humanidad... Paul Atreides: un personaje mítico, perturbado por la cercana presencia de una sombra dominante: su hermana Alia. Y frente a ellos, los grandes intereses económicos, políticos y religiosos que sacuden los espacios interestelares: la CHOAM, la Cofradía espacial, el Landsraad, la Bene Gesserit... Todo ello, y mucho más, conforma esta segunda entrega de «Dune»: un fresco impresionante y una obra cumbre de la imaginación.Hijos de Dune (Las crónicas de Dune #Volumen 3)
Par Frank Herbert. 1976
Hijos de Dune es la tercera novela de la serie «Dune» de Frank Herbert, una obra maestra unánimemente reconocida como…
la mejor saga de ciencia ficción de todos los tiempos. Leto Atreides, el hijo de Paul -el mesías de una religión que arrasó el universo, el mártir que, ciego, se adentró en el desierto para morir-, tiene ahora nueve años. Pero es mucho más que un niño, porque dentro de él laten miles de vidas que lo arrastran a un implacable destino. Él y su hermana gemela, bajo laregencia de su tía Alia, gobiernan un planeta que se ha convertido en el eje de todo el universo. Arrakis, más conocido como Dune. Y en este planeta, centro de las intrigas de una corrupta clase política y sometido a una sofocante burocracia religiosa, aparece de pronto un predicador ciego, procedente del desierto. ¿Es realmente Paul Atreides, que regresa de entre los muertos para advertir a la humanidad del peligro más abominable?