Odd Thomas, a short order cook at the Pico Mundo Grill, keeps his ability to speak with ghosts a secret from all but his girlfriend, Stormy, and the local police chief who he occasionally helps solve or prevent crime, but his unusual talent leads him and his fellow citizens into big trouble when a strange man comes to town followed by a horde of borachs--ghostly harbingers of mayhem.
Orno Tarcher arrives in New York alone, scared, and longing for his quiet Missouri town, when he meets Marshall Emerson, and he soon finds himself drawn into Marshall's web of evil, despair, and revenge.
A collection of letters written to young people that address a number of issues from predominately Hispanic and African-American men that include single parenthood, sexually transmitted diseases, the allure of materialism, and the power of words and faith.
Presents Charles Dickens's 1850 novel that chronicles an English orphan boy's lessons in love, betrayal, loyalty, and forgiveness from birth to fatherhood; and includes explanatory notes, commentary from such figures as Virginia Woolf and George Orwell, and discussion questions.
Douglas flees his life of petty crime and drug abuse in Minneapolis to Edinburgh, Scotland, where his Grandma McLaren hopes to offer him a fresh start, but as Douglas earns his living playing music, he learns that Edinburgh hides its own dangers, forcing him to choose between the allure of drugs and the promise of a new life.
An adaptation of the novel, abridged by Dickens for public readings. Tells the story of a young man, orphaned as a boy, growing up in nineteenth-century England.
