Synopsis: A masterpiece of the surreal, this stunning novel from Mexico depicts a man's strange quest for his heritage. Beseeched by his dying mother to locate his father, Pedro Páaacute;ramo, whom they fled from years ago, Juan Preciado sets out for Comala. Comala is a town alive with whispers and shadows-a place seemingly populated only by memory and hallucinations. Built on the tyranny of the Páramo family, its barren and broken-down streets echo the…

Synopsis: Their magic tree house takes Annie and Jack to Pompeii just as Vesuvius is about to erupt, and they must find a Roman scroll before everything is covered with burning ash.

Synopsis: Great Expectations charts the progress of Pip from childhood through often painful experiences to adulthood, as he moves from the Kent marshes to busy, commercial London, encountering a variety of extraordinary characters ranging from Magwitch, the escaped convict, to Miss Havisham, locked up with her unhappy past and living with her ward, the arrogant, beautiful Estella. Pip must discover his true self, and his own set of values and priorities…

Synopsis: This deluxe edition of Milnes classic work is a stunning companion to the "Winnie-the-Pooh 80th Anniversary Edition." The interior features the unabridged text and Shepards charming illustrations in full color on cream-colored stock, along with a die-cut window that reveals the full-color art on the case cover.

Synopsis: Winner of the American Academy of Arts and Letters' Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction and of the Ernest Hemingway Foundation's Citation for Fiction. An eleven-year-old heroine tells her unforgettable story with honesty, perceptivity, humor, and unselfconscious heroism. "The honesty of thought and eye and feeling and word!"--Eudora Welty; "A lovely, breathtaking, sometimes heart-wrenching first novel."--Walker Percy. A LITERARY GUILD SELECTION.

Synopsis: Stanley "Tookie" Williams, cofounder of the notorious Crips gang is a death-row inmate. But in his two decades of incarceration. Williams has also become a respected author and activist who: dedication to ending gang warfare in the lives of inner-city children has earned him a 2001 Nobel Peace Prize nomination.In this award-winning book -- which has drawn praise from educators, government leaders, and families alike -- Williams describes the…

Synopsis: This compelling volume examines changes to immigration flows and policy during the global economic crisis in the late 2000's. A series of analyses of countries and regions explores to what extent the crisis has affected migrant decisions, migration outcomes, and national policies. Authors also look at what the long-term effects may be on protection of migrants, support for immigration, labour markets, and the need for foreign workers. Finally,…

Synopsis: A New Translation From The French By Marion WieselNight is Elie Wiesel's masterpiece, a candid, horrific, and deeply poignant autobiographical account of his survival as a teenager in the Nazi death camps. This new translation by Marion Wiesel, Elie's wife and frequent translator, presents this seminal memoir in the language and spirit truest to the author's original intent. And in a substantive new preface, Elie reflects on the enduring…

Synopsis: Catherine feels trapped. Her father is determined to marry her off to a rich man -- any rich man, no matter how awful.But by wit, trickery, and luck, Catherine manages to send several would-be husbands packing. Then a shaggy-bearded suitor from the north comes to call -- by far the oldest, ugliest, most revolting suitor of them all.Unfortunately, he is also the richest.Can a sharp-tongued, high-spirited, clever young maiden with a mind of her…

Synopsis: INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • "A love story of astonishing power" (Newsweek), the acclaimed modern literary classic by the beloved Nobel Prize-winning author.In their youth, Florentino Ariza and Fermina Daza fall passionately in love. When Fermina eventually chooses to marry a wealthy, well-born doctor, Florentino is devastated, but he is a romantic. As he rises in his business career he whiles away the years in 622 affairs--yet he reserves his…

Synopsis: This brilliant collection spans the Middle Ages to modern day to bring you a unique selection of the greatest poetry of all times. Arranged around major themes such as love and hate, war and peace, liberty and oppression, alienation and city life, THE PREMIER BOOK OF MAJOR POETS is an invaluable reference work as well as a source of great pleasure. Among the poets included are: Matthew Arnold, Gwendolyn Brooks, Geoffrey Chaucer, John Donne, Mari…

Synopsis: Shakespeare may have written Julius Caesar as the first of his plays to be performed at the Globe, in 1599. For it, he turned to a key event in Roman Caesar’s death at the hands of friends and fellow politicians. Renaissance writers disagreed over the assassination, seeing Brutus, a leading conspirator, as either hero or villain. Shakespeare’s play keeps this debate alive.

Synopsis: When Annie discovers she's pregnant by her boyfriend, she's devastated. She has never felt so alone. With no one she can talk to, she pours her heart out to her diary, confiding her feelings of panic, self-doubt, and the desperate hope that some day she can turn her life around. She decides she wants to keep her baby and dreams of loving and caring for this little person. But after the baby is born, it's in her diary that she faces the…

Synopsis: Show the award-winning film to your students and read Manuel Rivas' short stories. The enriching reader, La lengua de las mariposas, helps you use complementary cinematic and literary sources to teach your students about Spanish language and culture.The feature film "La lengua de las mariposas," adapted from three of Manuel Rivas' award-winning short stories, follows the life of a young Galician boy coming of age during tense political times at…

Synopsis: "My father and mother should have stayed in New York where they met and I was born. Instead, they returned to Ireland when I was four ... When I look back on my childhood I wonder how I managed to survive at all. It was, of course, a miserable childhood: the happy childhood is hardly worth your while. Worse than the ordinary miserable childhood is the miserable Irish childhood, and worse yet is the miserable Irish Catholic childhood." So begins…

Synopsis: Adapted from David Guterson's novel, this screenplay tells the story of the death of a fisherman on a Pacific island. The incident turns into a murder trial for a Japanese-American and a test of passions brewed since Pearl Harbour between two heritages claustophobically locked on one dot of land.

Synopsis: There was something different about him. He had no name. He showed no emotion, never yielded. And Griff had always stood by him. Even in this place where cruelty and betrayals were the way of life. So when he decides to escape, he takes Griff with him. Their journey has no known destination, and no purpose except to make their way through life's chances.

Synopsis: "Isabela Huffman is a precocious 8 1/2-year-old girl who can't seem to keep herself out of trouble on a visit to Guanajuato, Mexico, with her mother. She wants to be the president when she grows up. Or a ballerina. Or the president and a ballerina. She's dramatic. She sings on the bus, screams like a baby after putting chile powder on her fresh mango and convinces her mom to buy five pair of new shoes for a big family. No matter how many times…

Synopsis: Book by Funston, James F., Bonnilla, Alejandro V.