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The authors' suggestions for managing your employee benefits are to gain a foundation of knowledge on the subject, become familiar…
with every detail of your current employer's plans, sort through the options, and seize the opportunities that make sense to you. They discuss family benefits, retirement pensions, health benefits, legal rights, and moreDeep sleep
Par Frances Fyfield. 1991
Just when pharmacist Pip Carlton tires of his annoying wife, she dies in her sleep. This leaves him free to…
pursue his voluptuous assistant, Kim Perry. But Kim's ex-husband, Duncan, a detective constable, is still furtively watching Kim's movements. And, though recovering from surgery, prosecuter Helen West, previously appearing in Question of Guilt (BR 9721), has questions about Mrs. Carlton's death. Strong language and violenceCured by fire
Par Tim McLaurin. 1995
Elbridge Snipes and Lewis Calhoon live in a homeless shelter in Seattle, Washington. Similarities in their backgrounds have brought them…
together, although each made his way here by a different route. Each has lost his entire family, and now Elbridge is dying. On the night Elbridge knows he will die, Lewis takes him to the top of a nearby hill where they reminisce about their lives and how they came to be together. Some strong languageAngel angel
Par April Stevens. 1995
Shortly after Augusta Iris's artist husband leaves her for another woman, she crawls into bed and stays there. Her eighteen-year-old…
son, Henry, finally calls his brother, Mathew, at Harvard for help. Mathew returns home, but neither son is equipped to deal with Augusta's depression. Help comes in the form of Bette Mack, a young woman who makes a profound impact on each of their lives. Strong languageHomestead year: back to the land in suburbia
Par Judith Moffett. 1995
Moffett, an assistant professor of English and a science fiction writer, had dreamed of buying some acreage and homesteading. When…
her five-year plan to do this faltered, she decided to take a year off from work and homestead her suburban one-acre yard in Pennsylvania. She describes her successes and mistakes while raising and slaughtering ducks, raising bees and fish, and growing a large gardenLaughing gas
Par P. G Wodehouse. 1936
Reginald, the third earl of Havershot, goes to Hollywood to prevent the ill-contemplated marriage of his cousin Egremont. The earl…
encounters even greater difficulties when he accidentally ends up changing places--and bodies--with a famous, but spoiled, child movie starChanges for Kirsten: a winter story
Par Janet Shaw. 1988
Kirsten and Lars are out setting traps when they find a wounded baby raccoon. Kirsten takes it to their frontier…
home to nurse, but the raccoon gets loose and causes a fire that destroys their house. Later, good fortune comes to the Larsons when the children make a discovery in the woods. Sequel to Kirsten Saves the Day (DB 43755). For grades 2-4Presents Wright's complete autobiography for the first time, combining his childhood in the South (Black Boy) with his life as…
an adult in the North (American Hunger). Also contains his 1953 novel (The Outsider), a literary chronology, and extensive notes. Sequel to Richard Wright: Early Works (DB 41552, BR 10299). Violence, some strong language, and some descriptions of sexDown came a blackbird
Par Nicholas Wilde. 1991
When his alcoholic mother is hospitalized, thirteen-year-old James leaves London to stay with a great-uncle Greville he has never met.…
If this doesn't work out and if James doesn't stop pilfering things, he will be placed in foster care. Despite the kindness of housekeeper Sarah, James resents being at the old estate, and his chronic nightmares begin to have a recurring theme. For grades 6-9 and older readers"Details of everyday life as blind persons live it." Members of the National Federation of the Blind, including Kenneth Jernigan…
and Mark Maurer, contribute essays. Jernigan explains his methods of shaving and brushing his teeth. Barbara Walker discusses her daughter's attitude about her mother's blindness. Patricia Maurer describes learning to read and write as a teenager in a rural communityNightfather
Par Carl Friedman. 1994
A young girl explains how her father always talks to his children about the horrors of his Holocaust experience. She…
says he "has camp" and his eyes look like the wolf's at the zoo, who must "have camp," too. She wants to be invisible when she grows up so the SS won't find her. Meanwhile, one brother carries toothpaste like the prisoners did for thirst, and another tries to freeze his feet in the refrigerator. Strong language and violenceNasty stinky sneakers
Par Eve Bunting. 1994
The Slam Dunkers sneakers company is having a contest, and the person with the stinkiest sneakers will win three pairs…
of its popular brand. Ten-year-old Colin knows he has a great chance of winning. After careful handling, his sneakers are so foul his mother makes him leave them in the hall outside their apartment. Then, the day before the contest, someone steals Colin's shoes! For grades 4-7Minnie
Par Annie Schmidt. 1994
Newspaper reporter Mr. Tibbs is told he will be fired if he doesn't stop writing about cats. But Mr. Tibbs…
is too shy to find a real news story. Then he meets Minnie, a young woman who claims to have been a cat. Indeed, she can talk to all of the neighborhood cats and even brings Mr. Tibbs news stories from her cat contacts. All she asks for is a box to sleep in and some food. Some strong language. For grades 3-6Susan B. Anthony slept here: a guide to American women's landmarks
Par Lynn Sherr. 1994
Lists two thousand sites that reveal the broad range of contributions made by American women. Arranged by state and city,…
the citations include a brief history of each woman, place, or achievement. Molly Pitcher fought with bravery in New Jersey. Julia Morgan designed the Hearst Castle. The "Hawaiian riding dress" freed women from riding only sidesaddlePerestroika: a gay fantasia on national themes
Par Tony Kushner. 1992
Sequel to Millennium Approaches (RC 37012, BR 9377). Part two, picking up where the angel makes a traumatic entry in…
the final scene of Millenium, stands alone or can be seen as a resolution to Millenium. Prior is fighting for his life, but in the end he lectures his friends about what AIDS has done and how the world will go on. Strong languageOnce upon a more enlightened time: more politically correct bedtime stories
Par James Garner. 1995
In the sequel to Politically Correct Bedtime Stories (RC 38598, BR 9870), Garner once more provides fairytales without biases. Hansel…
and Gretal become ecoheroes who turn their tree butcher father into a beaver. In "The Little Mer-Persun," the air breather sacrifices his peopleness and becomes half prawn to be with his mer-person underwater. BestsellerTen coming-of-age stories about the conflict many Asian American youths experience when they examine their native Korean, Japanese, Chinese, Vietnamese,…
and Filipino heritage with American eyes. Sometimes it is a search for identity, sometimes it is cultural embarrassment, and sometimes it is a generation gap, but in each story something ignites an Asian fire. For junior and senior high readersWalking after midnight
Par Karen Robards. 1995
At 2:00 a.m., Summer McAfee, owner of a janitorial service, is on her knees scrubbing the floor of a funeral…
home. Suddenly the naked and badly bruised body of a man comes to life, and he takes her hostage. Over the next four days they are on the run, dodging bad cops and a ghost, as the former corpse, a cop working under cover, tries to save himself and Summer. Strong language, some violence, and some explicit descriptions of sexI want more of everything
Par Eda LeShan. 1994
Sequel to It's Better to Be over the Hill Than under It (BR 08610). This collection of seventy-seven essays, drawn…
for the most part from LeShan's weekly column in Newsday, continues her thoughts on growing old. She writes about needing afternoon naps, taking risks, creating a family, feeling passion, rewriting the address book, letting go of the past, making brave decisions, and retiringAddy saves the day: a summer story
Par Connie Porter. 1994
Addy, a former slave now living in post-Civil War Philadelphia, helps with a church fair to benefit families separated by…
the war. The children plan to make spool puppets and put on a show, but Harriet, Addy's desk partner, thinks that is silly. Then tragedy strikes, and the girls must work together. Sequel to Happy Birthday, Addy! (DB 43824). For grades 2-4