 | During a summer spent at Rockaway Beach in 1944, Lily's friendship with a young Hungarian refugee causes her to see the war and her own world differently. |
 | Four orphaned children run away and live in a boxcar, until they are found by their grandfather. Includes a biography and photographs of the author. |
 | Jack Ryan reluctantly agreed to accept the vice presidency of the United States for a year, but when the president is assassinated, he is catapulted to the nation's highest office. With Congress depleted in the same tragedy that killed the president,... |
| Ernest Hemingway's great post-World War I novel, his first major work and the classic novel of the "lost generation," is a vivid exploration of the moral wasteland of Europe in the Twenties, and of the sterility and despair of postwar life. His hero,... |
| Hemingway's second full-length novel, published in 1929, calls on his own experiences during World War I, when he worked for the Red Cross in Italy, was wounded after only six weeks on duty, and recuperated in a hospital in Milan, where he had a... |
 | Georgie Hall has always dreamed of flying, and one day her dream comes true--with the help of a Canada goose. This fantasy won the Newbery Honor medal. |
| Woolf's ardent plea for women's share in power, wealth, and fame is a seminal feminist text. This extended essay is an articulation of her belief that all a woman needs is an income that will sustain her, and her own room in which to work. |
 | A black family living in Mississippi during the Depression of the 1930s is faced with prejudice and discrimination which its children do not understand. |
 | Sylvester loves playing baseball, but because he is not a very good hitter, he decides not to join the Redbirds. Then he meets the mysterious George Baruth, who just may be able to help Sylvester improve his game. But will Sylvester ever discover who... |
| This volume is considered one of the best in the series of naval adventure tales by the famed British novelist. In this episode, Hornblower is sent to the Pacific coast of Central America on a secret mission for the Crown. |
