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Growth of the Soil is a classic of European literature, one of the seminal novels of the twentieth century. It is the story of Isak, a worker of the ... More

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This powerful, original, and, above all, unpredictable novel pits Wilfred Barclay, a famous but failing British novelist, against Rick L. Tucker, an ... More

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Princess Lenore, who's ill from eating too many raspberry tarts, believes that possessing the moon is the only thing that will cure her. However, ... More

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Left on their own for an afternoon, two bored and restless children find more excitement than they bargained for in a mysterious and mystical jungle ... More

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Madeleine l'Engle's Newberry Prize-winning book, A Wrinkle in Time is marked by rich characterization, by mystery, indefinable feeling, brooding ... More

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As Samuel Karnish watches his career run aground and his marriage disintegrate, he finds himself on a flight to his best friend's third wedding, ... More

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Strange Heaven is tearfully hilarious, as funny and appalling as reality. Bridget Murphy, almost eighteen, has come to Halifax from industrial Cape ... More

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It was the war to end all wars, the global struggle that would finally make the world safe for democracy - at any cost. But one American soldier has ... More

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According to Jewish tradition, 36 "just men" are born in every generation to take the burden of the world's suffering upon themselves. This book ... More

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A little girl discusses with Mr Rabbit the problem of what to give her mother as a birthday present. They decide to find her something in all her ... More

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A naughty little boy, sent to bed without his supper, sails to the land of the wild things where he becomes their king.

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Nobel Prize winner Pearl S. Buck traces the whole cycle of life: its terrors, its passions, its ambitions and rewards. Beloved by millions of readers ... More

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Pynchon's "V". won the coveted William Faulkner Foundation's First Novel Award when it appeared in 1963, and was hailed by "Atlantic Review" as "one ... More

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A brand new collection of radio's outstanding children's theatre. Let's Pretend animated young audience's imaginations for over 23 years. Written by ... More

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Presents recordings of twelve shows from the radio program Let's pretend, which was broadcast every Saturday morning from 1929 to Oct. 1954. Includes ... More

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This boxed set of Newbery Award-winning and Newbery Honor Books includes copies of BELLE PRATER'S BOY by Ruth White, THE BLACK CAULDRON by Lloyd ... More

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Recounts how most African folk tales came to be called "Spider Stories".

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"The African folktale describing how Ananse the spider man purchased a golden box of stories from the sky god Nyame, retold in flavorful prose and ... More

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Having suffered abuse and misfortune for much of her life, a young child searches for a better life and finally gets a break in the home of a loving ... More

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When "The Left Hand of Darkness first appeared in 1969, the original jacket copy read, "Once in a long while a whole new world is created for us. ... More

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They are not like other rats. They work at night, in secret ...Time is running out for Mrs. Frisby. She must move her family of mice before the ... More

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A hilarious and merciless parody of rural melodramas and one of the best-loved comic novels of all time, "Cold Comfort Farm" by Stella Gibbons is ... More

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A new traditional Chinese edition of "To Kill a Mockingbird," Harper Lee's classic - a tender story told through the eyes of the 8-year old Scout ... More

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