by Terry Pratchett  (2007-10-02)
average customer review:    (93)

Despite a stern warning from Miss Treason, the eccentric witch from whom 13-year-old Tiffany Aching is learning her craft, the girl has gone and danced with the wrong men. Having inserted herself into a dark reverse Morris dance in which summer and winter achieve their seasonal balance, Tiffany has attracted the amorous attentions of the Wintersmith.

by Kathleen Krull  ()
average customer review:    (8)

From Cleopatra to Eleanor Roosevelt, concise profiles provide fun and fascinating facts about notable female role models from around the globe.

by Terry Pratchett  (2009-10-06)
average customer review:    (99)

Football, food, fashion and wizards collide in Pratchett's 37th Discworld novel (after 2007's Making Money), an affectionate satire on the foibles of sports and sports fans.

by Margarita Engle  (2006-04-04)
average customer review:    (5)

In plain, stirring free verse, Engle dramatizes the boyhood of the nineteenth-century Cuban slave Juan Francisco Manzano, who secretly learned to read and wrote poetry about beauty and courage in his world of unspeakable brutality.

by Eckhart Tolle  ()
average customer review:    (14)

Words are useful signposts, Eckhart begins, but our main spiritual teacher is stillness. This powerful energy field is always available to us through meditation.

by David Levithan  (2005-05-10)
average customer review:    (60)

High school sophomore Paul says, "There isn’t really a gay scene or a straight scene in our town. They got all mixed up a while back, which I think is for the best." And, as he observes at the end of the story, "It's a wonderful world."

by Christopher Andersen  (2008-07-08)
average customer review:    (29)

The remarkable love story of Dana and Christopher Reeve. That fate could have dealt such a cruel hand to this golden couple seemed unfathomable. That they could endure it all with grace, courage, and humor defied belief.

by Chuck Palahniuk  (2009-04-07)
average customer review:    (157)

Cassie Wright, an aging porn queen, intends to put an exclamation point on her career by having sex with 600 men in one day on film. The story begins with Mr. 600—the pornosaur who introduced Cassie to the business—as he describes the other 599 actors awaiting their moment on screen. The perspective then shifts to Mr. 72...

by Jerome K Jerome  ()
average customer review:    (1)

The 20 diverse stories collected here show why the short story continues to be one of the most popular of literary genres. Included are works by masters of the field, including F. Scott Fitzgerald, Saki, and O. Henry.

by Henry Miller  ()
average customer review:    (182)

Millers once controversial story that ended up altering United States censorship laws tells of a young writer and his pals in Paris during the Great Depression. Part memoir, part fictional tale, Millers prose is a complex mix that demands the readers utmost attention.