Presents eight shorter works by nineteenth-century Russian author Leo Tolstoy, including "The Cossacks," "The Death of Ivan Ilych," and "Family Happiness.".
The author discusses some of the concerns addressed in his novel "Brave New World," covering such issues as brainwashing, overpopulation, and the use of propaganda in democratic societies.
Presents more than one hundred poems by twentieth-century American poet Allen Ginsberg, selected by the poet himself, spanning 1947-1995 and including such works as "Howl, " "Kaddish, " "White Shroud, " and "The Ballad of the Skeletons.".
Presents John F. Kennedy's Pulitzer Prize-winning study of men who, at a risk to themselves, stood fast for a principle, covering John Quincy Adams, Daniel Webster, Sam Houston, Robert Taft, and others.
A group of hardy Berkshire rabbits share many adventures together as they search for a safe place to establish a new warren after the destruction of their community.
Presents a memoir by two siblings from the Gilbreth clan in which they look at the lives of their parents, Frank Bunker Gilbreth and Lillian Moller Gilbreth, discuss Frank and Lillian's careers as industrial engineers and work with scientific management, and share the adventures the couple encountered raising a family of twelve children.
