Harvest book

Award-winning author Alfred Kazin reflects on the experiences he had while growing up in the Jewish neighborhood of Brownsville, Brooklyn, and discusses how those experiences influenced his writing.

Examines the nature of vision, discussing the psychology of visual perception, its role in the appreciation of art, and the unreliability of sight.

Presents George Orwell's report on conditions among the unemployed as well as the employed in the north of England in 1937,and includes his views on the failures of socialism and socialists, and features an introductory rebuttal by Victor Gollancz, one of the founders of the Left Book Club which commissioned Orwell's article.

Presents a comprehensive study of the two women behind the legendary "Nancy Drew" mystery books, and describes how the characters and her "author" Carolyn Keene were actually invented by Edward Stratemeyer, who also created the Bobbsey Twins and the Hardy Boys.

Presents a collection a five autobiographical memoirs written by Virginia Woolf over four decades that provides insight into the life of a major literary figure.

Identifies and discusses the gestures, expressions, words, and body language that hinder communication and trust between African-Americans and whites.

Eleven-year-old Eva's arrest for shoplifting prompts her mother to move them out of Manhattan to a quiet town in upstate New York where Eva meets a reclusive beekeeper who helps mother and daughter face their past and move forward into the future.

Magician's assistant Sabine, left without a purpose after the death of her magician husband, discovers there was much about his life that was an illusion when she sets out to learn the truth about his past.

A collection of essays and other prose writings concerning planetary concerns as well as feminist and political issues.

A collection of stories about African-American women living in the South and their struggles for dignity and love.