Harvest book

Translation of a Portuguese novel about the chaos that ensues when a city is struck with an epidemic of blindness in which its victims see only white.

When three whalers are shipwrecked in the eastern Arctic, they are nursed back to health by Eskimo villagers who teach them about their traditions, beliefs, and culture.

Offers parents of gay and lesbian children advice on how they can support their child and deal with the emotional and health issues their children will face.

Contains three works by pioneer aviator Saint-Exupery, including "Night Flight, " a fictional account of the early South American-European mail service; "Wind, Sand and Stars, " a memoir of the author's air service to North Africa"; and "Flight to Arras, " an account of the French fliers of World War II.

Explores the issues surrounding aggression in girls, discussing why the signs of aggression are harder to recognize in girls than boys, how parents can help their daughter's deal with aggression, and the negative impact aggression can have on teenage girls' lives.

Oliver Milliron answers an ad for a housekeeper named Rose from Minneapolis, who arrives with her unconventional brother, Morrie, in tow.

Distance swimmer Lynne Cox describes the challenges of swimming across the English Channel, the Bering Strait, the Strait of Magellan, Cook Strait in New Zealand, and in the cold waters of the Antarctic.

A Pulitzer Prize-winning collection of prose poems by Charles Simic.

Mrs. Clarissa Dalloway, occupied with the last-minute details of party preparation, finds her thoughts on a very different route through the past.

Presents findings on the mechanism of aggression and the means by which animals control destructive drives in the interest of the species.