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To know a woman
Par Amos Oz. 1991
An Israeli man faces an altered life after his wife dies and he retires from the secret service. The novel…
traces the next year and a half as he gradually pulls himself out of the numbness of grief and the monotonous routine he has fallen intoThe Princess Casamassima
Par Henry James. 1991
First published in 1886. Hyacinth Robinson enters life as the illegitimate son of a nobleman who is murdered by the…
child's mother, a French dressmaker who is consequently sentenced to life imprisonment. The orphan, reared in London by another poor dressmaker, becomes sympathetic to radical causes and revolutionary politics. When the princess introduces him to ideals that conflict with his own, he agonizes over the dilemmaAfterlife
Par Paul Monette. 1990
Three men, Steven, Dell, and Sonny, share the experience of hospital vigils and the loss of their lovers to AIDS.…
Their reactions to their grief differ; Steven withdraws from life; Dell vents his fury by becoming a "gay terrorist" and wreaking vengence on a television evangelist; and Sonny behaves promiscuously, ignoring safer sex practices. Explicit descriptions of sexMasquerade: a novel
Par Janet Dailey. 1990
Carnival time in France. Remy Jardin is enjoying the festivities when she sees him across the room. But why is…
he here, half a world away from New Orleans? Shortly after hearing that her life is in danger, Remy is knocked unconscious, only to awaken with amnesia. Who is this faintly familiar Cole Buchanan who has come to take her home to New Orleans? The more she remembers, the more danger she is in. Some descriptions of sex. BestsellerA landmark collection of African-American fiction from the 1970s and 1980s. Stories and excerpts from fifty-seven writers, who exhibit a…
wide variety of styles and approaches, are included. Also contains an insightful introduction by the editor and biographical notes on each writer. Some strong language and some descriptions of sexShort stories of Jack London: authorized one-volume edition
Par Jack London. 1990
London was a travelin' man whose "Story of a Typhoon off the Coast of Japan" won a newspaper contest and…
was published when he returned from the Pacific at the age of seventeen. It is included in this selection of short fiction, along with his last story, "The Water Baby." Also included are a biographical essay and forty-eight of London's other short stories. For high school and older readersBeyond the chocolate war: a novel
Par Robert Cormier. 1985
A few months after the astounding events recounted in "The Chocolate War," the secret society known as "the Vigils" is…
still operating at Trinity High. Two of the Vigils' key members are becoming increasingly disenchanted with the devious mastermind Archie, and each turns against him in his own way. Some strong language and some violence. For junior and senior high readersThe picture makers
Par Emily Ellison. 1990
Eleanor Glass, a painter in her mid-thirties, lives in Atlanta with her second husband. Theirs is a fast-paced life--they know…
too many people and are on the go too much. Perhaps that is why Eleanor finds her mind constantly wandering back to South Carolina and the people for whom she feels she ought to be doing something. As Eleanor thinks about these people, we are treated to a family-album look at the events from which memories are madeLabrador
Par Kathryn Davis. 1988
Chronicles a young woman's passage into adulthood. Two sisters, one graceful and popular, the other awkward and a loner, grow…
up in a rambling New England house presided over by their difficult father and their quiet, unflappable mother. Narrated by Kitty, the clumsy younger girl, the story focuses on her sister, whom Kitty views as the "source" of wisdom, happiness, and magic. Some strong language and some descriptions of sexA friend from England
Par Anita Brookner. 1987
The long friendship of two English women is put to the test as their views on the importance of love…
and marriage clash. Rachel Kennedy, a partner in a bookstore, spends her Sunday afternoons with her accountant, his wife, and their twenty-seven-year-old daughter, Heather. As Heather matures and plans for a second marriage, Rachel tries to convince the younger woman there are no longer any Prince CharmingsThe captain and the enemy
Par Graham Greene. 1988
Written in the form of a memoir, this is an account of a young man named Victor who was removed…
from school one day by the "Captain," who claimed to have won the boy from his father in a game of backgammon. Victor--now known as Jim--is taken to live with Liza, the Captain's mistress, while the Captain goes off to Panama to be a gunrunner to the revolutionaries in Central AmericaSweet desserts
Par Lucy Ellmann. 1988
Teenagers Franny and Suzy Schwartz move from Illinois to England with their grieving father after their mother's death. Their new…
way of life is quite a shock to the girls, and they resort to a series of food binges and purgings, as well as numerous fallings in and out of love. Then, when their father falls ill, their pattern of competitiveness must ultimately be faced. Strong language and descriptions of sexDay of reckoning
Par John Katzenbach. 1989
Megan and Duncan Richards have left their activist, 1960s past behind, but it comes back to haunt them. Olivia, the…
leader of their radical group, has spent eighteen years in prison for a failed robbery, from which they escaped. Olivia has had plenty of time to plan her revenge, and has kidnapped members of the Richards family. Will they be at Olivia's mercy forever? Some violence and strong languageThe eighteen-carat kid, and other stories
Par P. G Wodehouse. 1980
Vintage Wodehouse stories never before published in the United States. The title story, a novella, tells the comic tale of…
a wealthy, devil-may-care American student pursued by inept kidnappers. Includes "William Tell Told Again," a breezy version of the famous legend originally written for childrenBreakfast at Tiffany's: a short novel and three stories
Par Truman Capote. 1958
The French lieutenant's woman
Par John Fowles. 1969
A mid-Victorian novel set in England in the 1860s and 1870s, but with a contemporary narrator. An educated governess, betrayed…
by a French lieutenant, attracts a man who is engaged to marry the rich, shallow daughter of a merchant princeA Capote reader
Par Truman Capote. 1987
Lincoln: a novel
Par Gore Vidal. 1984
Historical novel presents an unsentimental portrait of Lincoln as a shrewd politician and president. The novel chronicles his politics and…
his humanity as viewed by both his admirers and detractors focusing on the interplay between Lincoln and members of his cabinet. Also includes a brisk portrait of Mary, his adoring, but spendthrift wife. Book club main selectionDuluth
Par Gore Vidal. 1983
Satirical novel zeros in on the pop culture of the typical American city. Includes parodies of television, politics, romance novels,…
science fiction movies, and racial stereotypes. Strong language and explicit descriptions of sexShort stories, 2: friendly brook and other stories (Penguin modern classics)
Par Rudyard Kipling. 1971
Selected from five previously published works, these thirteen short stories were written after 1900, and include "In the Interests of…
the Brethren," "A Madonna of the Trenches," and "The Church that was at Antioch."