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The Jews of silence

a personal report on Soviet Jewry
1987

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El otro lado
1995
A collection of poems written in English by a Hispanic American woman, reflecting her experiences as a young girl and as a middle-aged woman. The collection includes the twenty-one-part title poem El Otro Lado which deals with the poet's return to her native Dominican Republic.

A room with a view

2000
Lucy Honeychurch is at war with the snobbery of her class and her desires when she finds herself attracted to someone socially unsuitable.

Hope is the last to die

a coming of age under Nazi terror
1996
Halina Birenbaum recounts the experiences she had while coming of age as a young Jewish girl in the Warsaw ghetto and concentration camps during the Holocaust.

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's court

1986
Hank Morgan, a Conneticut Yankee, is hit over the head with a crowbar during a fight, and wakes up in King Arthur's kingdom of Camelot.

Burning up

on tour with the Jonas Brothers
2008
Provides a behind-the-scenes look at the lives of the members of Jonas Brothers, covering their experiences during the Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus Best of Both Worlds and Look Me in the Eyes tours and including photographs.

Summer tunes

a Martha's Vineyard vacation
1996
Ten-year-old Conor, who has cerebral palsy, spends a summer vacation with his family on Martha's Vineyard in this photographic essay.

The Maine woods

1988
Presents the author's observations, based on three journeys to the woods of Maine, describing his encounters with loggers, Native Americans, and wild animals, as well as his reflections on the natural surroundings.

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

an authoritative text, contexts and sources, criticism
1999
Reprints the Iowa-California text of the classic novel about Huck Finn, son of the town drunk, who joins an escaped slave in a bid for freedom down the Mississippi River; and includes annotations, documents, information about the author, and critical excerpts.

The American

1997
Christopher Newman, a wealthy American, goes to Europe to enjoy his wealth and becomes engaged. Her family is against the engagement and has it annulled. Newman is confronted with a moral dilemma when the possibility of revenge presents itself.

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