Synopsis: Modern photographs and artists' reconstructions depict twenty of the world's ancient sites, as they are today and as they were in their period of greatness

Synopsis: The stunning story of one of America’s great disasters, a preventable tragedy of Gilded Age America, brilliantly told by master historian David McCullough.At the end of the nineteenth century, Johnstown, Pennsylvania, was a booming coal-and-steel town filled with hardworking families striving for a piece of the nation’s burgeoning industrial prosperity. In the mountains above Johnstown, an old earth dam had been hastily rebuilt to create a lake…

Synopsis: This is a refreshing return to the hardboiled edge,of detective fiction and a great example of the,international mystery. Middle-aged private eye,Christomos Zaras, is hired by a whisky smuggler to,find a missing thief and a lost fortune. Leaving,his native Greece for the tension-filled shores of,Cyprus, Zaras immediately seeks out the island's,underworld. His only link to this underground,network is the beautiful and elusive Lena,secretary and…

Synopsis: “What an achievement, these sixty years of poetry! In whatever terms we Americans regard the rest of our recent history, the score of things done well and done ill, this much at least we have done superlatively.”—Hayden CarruthThis famous anthology includes the works of more than 130 major American poets of the modern period—Robert Frost, Paul Goodman, Carl Sandburg, T.S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, Allen Ginsberg, and Gwendolyn Brooks among them—along…

Synopsis:  Here are sixteen of the best stories by one of America's most popular storytellers. For nearly a century, the work of O. Henry has delighted readers with its humor, irony and colorful, real-life settings. The writer's own life had more than a touch of color and irony. Born William Sidney Porter in Greensboro, North Carolina in 1862, he worked on a Texas ranch, then as a bank teller in Austin, then as a reporter for the Houston "Post." Adversity…

Synopsis: The 2 million–copy bestseller—now with lessons that will help you lead a more meaningful life and an exclusive DVD featuring commentary from Eben Alexander, M.D.Thousands of people have had near-death experiences, but scientists have argued that they are impossible. Dr. Eben Alexander was one of those scientists. A highly trained neurosurgeon, Dr. Alexander knew that NDEs feel real but are simply fantasies produced by brains under extreme stress…

Synopsis: Charles Dickens's classic historical novel of the French RevolutionA Tale of Two Cities portrays a world on fire, split between Paris and London during the brutal and bloody events of the French Revolution. After eighteen years as a political prisoner in the Bastille the aging Dr Manette is finally released and reunited with his daughter in England. There, two very different men, Charles Darnay, an exiled French aristocrat, and Sydney Carton, a…

Synopsis: Chicago Poems (1916) was Carl Sandburg's first-published book of verse. Written in the poet's unique, personal idiom, these poems embody a soulfulness, lyric grace, and a love of and compassion for the common man that earned Sandburg a reputation as a "poet of the people." Among the dozens of poems in this collection are such well-known verses as "Chicago," "Fog," "To a Contemporary Bunkshooter," "Who…

Synopsis: ¡Asi leemos! contains three sections, each one becoming more challenging. This reader expands vocabulary, strengthens reading skills, and introduces the culture, history, and literature of the Spanish-speaking world.

Synopsis: What is it Cathy finds so fascinating and frightening about the reclusive artist that children call the Wicked Witch? Author Isabelle Holland also wrote Toby the Splendid. Elegantly crafted . . . Wonderfully pungent and wise.--The Horn Book.

Synopsis: Anthem is Ayn Rand’s classic tale of a dystopian future of the great “We”—a world that deprives individuals of a name or independence—that anticipates her later masterpieces, The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged.They existed only to serve the state. They were conceived in controlled Palaces of Mating. They died in the Home of the Useless. From cradle to grave, the crowd was one—the great WE.In all that was left of humanity there was only one man…

Synopsis: "The Selected Poetry of Edna St. Vincent Millay" is a collection of some of her most loved poems. Brought together in this volume are the individual works of "Renascence and Other Poems," "A Few Figs From Thistles," "Second April," and "The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver."

Synopsis: Retold out of the old romances, this collection of Arthurian tales endeavors to make each adventure--The Quest for the Round Table, The First Quest of Sir Lancelot, How the Holy Grail Came to Camelot, and so forth--part of a fixed pattern that effectively presents the whole story, as it does in Le Morte D'Arthur, but in a way less intimidating to young readers. (All Ages)

Synopsis: A classic he-said-she-said romantic comedy! This updated anniversary edition offers story-behind-the-story revelations from author Wendelin Van Draanen.The first time she saw him, she flipped. The first time he saw her, he ran. That was the second grade, but not much has changed by the seventh. Juli says: “My Bryce. Still walking around with my first kiss.” He says: “It’s been six years of strategic avoidance and social discomfort.” But in the…

Synopsis: Young teen fiction on cassette tape.

Synopsis: Haunted is the fifth book in the thrilling, romantic Mediator series, from the New York Times bestselling author of the Princess Diaries, Meg Cabot.Suze is used to trouble, but this time she's in deep: Ghostly Jesse has her heart, but Paul Slater, a real flesh-and-blood guy, is warm for her form. And mediator Paul knows how to send Jesse to the Great Beyond. For good.Paul claims he won't do anything to Jesse as long as Suze will go out with him…

Synopsis: About the AuthorNació en Viena y estudió en la Academia de Bellas Artes de su ciudad natal. Empezó a colaborar en periódicos y en la radio en temas de educación, y así entró en contacto con autores de libros infantiles, que la animan a escribir. Sus libros tratan sobre las relaciones familiares, la escuela y la educación, los jóvenes, la marginación y la intolerancia y la liberación de la mujer. Destaca por sus cualidades literarias y su papel…

Synopsis: We have a multitude of obstacles to overcome here. We'll begin. When LaVaughn was little, the obstacles in her life didn't seem so bad. If she had a fight with Myrtle or Annie, it would never last long. If she was mad at her mother, they made up by bedtime. School was simple. Boys were buddies. Everything made sense. But LaVaughn is fifteen and the obstacles aren't going away anymore. Big questions separate her from her friends. Her mother is…

Synopsis: This account traces the contributions made to aviation history by African Americans from before World War I to the astronaut Mae Jemison. Bowker Authored Title code. Paving the way for Guy Bluford were many pioneers who overcame the limitations imposed by discrimination…