Grace Gilliam's Library
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| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
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| 9780446199445 | Sundays At Tiffany's | James Patterson, Gabrielle Charbonnet | The successful but lonely daughter of a powerful New York theater icon falls for her childhood imaginary friend in this touching love story.As a little girl, Jane has no one. Her mother, a powerful Broadway producer, makes time for her only once a week, for their Sunday trip to admire jewelry at Tiffany's. Jane has only one friend: a handsome, comforting, funny man named Michael. He's perfect. But only she can see him.Years later, Jane is in her thirties and just as alone as ever. Then she meets Michael again-as handsome, smart and perfect as she remembers him to be. But not even Michael knows the reason they've really been reunited.Sunday at Tiffany's is a love story with an irresistible twist, a novel about the child inside all of us and the boundary-crossing power of love. | Grand Central Publishing |
| 9780872206977 | Sunjata: A West African Epic Of The Mande Peoples | David C. Conrad, Djanka Tassey Conde | A pillar of the West African oral tradition for centuries, this epic traces the adventures and achievements of the Mande hero, Sunjata, as he liberates his people from Sumaworo Kante, the sorcerer king of Soso, and establishes the great medieval empire of Mali.David Conrad conveys the strong narrative thrust of the Sunjata epic in his presentation of substantial excerpts from his translation of a performance by Djanka Tassey Conde. Readers approaching the epic for the first time will appreciate the translation's highly readable, poetic English as well as Conrad's informative Introduction and notes. Scholars will find the familiar heroes and heroines taking on new dimensions, secondary characters gaining increased prominence, and previously unknown figures emerging from obscurity. | Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. |
| 9780439916240 | Sunrise Over Fallujah | Walter Dean Myers | robin Birdy Perry, A New Army Recruit From Harlem, Isn't Quite Sure Why He Joined The Army, But He's Sure Where He's Headed: Iraq. Birdy And The Others In The Civilian Affairs Battalion Are Supposed To Help Secure And Stabilize The Country And Successfully Interact With The Iraqi People. Officially, The Code Name For Their Maneuvers Is Operation Iraqi Freedom. But The Young Men And Women In The Ca Unit Have A Simpler Name For It: war in This New Novel, Walter Dean Myers Looks At Contemporary War With The Same Power And Searing Insight He Brought To The Vietnam War In His Classic, Fallen Angels. He Creates Memorable Characters, Like The Book's Narrator, Birdy, A Young Recruit From Harlem Who's Questioning Why He Even Enlisted; Marla, A Tough-talking, Wisecracking Gunner; Jonesy, A Guitar-playing Bluesman Who Just Wants To Make It Back To Georgia And Open A Club; And A Whole Unit Of Other Young Men And Women, And Drops Them In Iraq, Where They Are Supposed To Help Secure And Stabilize Iraq And Successfully Interact With The Iraqi People. The Young Civil Affairs Soldiers Soon Find Their Definition Of Winning Ever More Elusive And Their Good Intentions Being Replaced By Terms Like Survival And Despair. Caught In The Crossfire, Myers' Richly Rendered Characters Are Just Beginning To Understand The Meaning Of War In This Powerful, Realistic Novel Of Our Times. astonishing.--the New York Times Book Review unflinching. --sunday Denver Post superb. --san Francisco Chronicle unforgettable. --www.teanreads.com riveting. --school Library Journal, Starred Review breaks Uncharted Ground. --booklist, Starred Review the New York Times - Leonard S. Marcusbirdy And His Fellow Soldiers Find Themselves In A Perplexing Hall Of Mirrors, And We As Readers Are Embedded With Them…this Is An Astonishing Book. | Scholastic Press |
| Tess Of The D'urbervilles | ||||
| 9780062796769 | That's What She Said: Wise Words From Influential Women | Kimothy Joy | An artist and activist committed to the empowerment of women and girls has created a gorgeous illustrated volume, blending watercolor and short biography to showcase the contributions of more than fifty influential female leaders whose words and actions are a passionate call to arms.Distraught by the results of the 2016 election and the realization that the nation was not ready for its first female president, Kimothy Joy found herself poring over the biographies of brave women throughout history—those who persisted in the face of daunting circumstances—to learn from their experiences.Turning to art, Joy channeled her feelings to the canvas, bringing these strong women to life in bold watercolor portraits surrounded by inspirational hand-lettered quotes. With each creation, Joy found catharsis and hope. She shared her watercolors with her online community and encouraged everyone to raise their own voices and recharge for the battles ahead.Now, in this beautiful gift book, Joy has gathered her stunning illustrations and quotes and paired them with surprising, illuminating biographies of her subjects to inspire women of all ages, races, and backgrounds. That’s What She Said honors a powerful and diverse group of over fifty women—from Maya Angelou, Gloria Steinem, and Virginia Woolf to Sojourner Truth, Malala Yousafzai, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg—role models whose words and insights remind us that we must never give up the fight for a more just and equitable society.Reclaiming the derogatory cultural barb "that’s what she said," this stunning book celebrates strong female leadership throughout history and empowers current and future generations to find their voices and inspire change in their communities. | Harper Wave |
| 9781408173831 | The Beauty Queen Of Leenane (Student Editions) | Martin McDonagh | This Student Edition of Martin McDonagh's The Beauty Queen of Leenane features expert and helpful annotation, including a scene-by-scene summary, a detailed commentary on the dramatic, social and political context, and on the themes, characters, language and structure of the play, as well a list of suggested reading and questions for further study and a review of performance history.Set in the mountains of Connemara, County Galway, The Beauty Queen of Leenane tells the darkly comic tale of Maureen Folan, a plain and lonely spinster in her early forties, and Mag her devilishly manipulative ageing mother whose interference in Maureen's first and potentially last loving relationship sets in motion a train of events that is as gothically funny as it is horrific. Maureen might long for the romance that will spirit her away, but if she goes, who will stir the lumps out of Mag's Complan?The Beauty Queen of Leenane was first presented as a Druid Theatre/Royal Court Theatre co-production in January 1996. An instant classic from its first performance, The Beauty Queen of Leenane established Martin McDonagh as the natural successor to Oscar Wilde and Joe Orton. The Oscar and Bafta-winning writer's other films and plays include In Bruges and The Pillowman. | Methuen Drama |
| 9781580493871 | The Best Of Poe: The Tell-Tale Heart, The Raven, The Cask Of Amontillado, And 30 Others | Edgar Allan Poe | This Prestwick House Literary Touchstone Classic™ includes a glossary and reader s notes to help the modern reader contend with Poe' s allusions and complicated vocabulary.Edgar Allan Poe's name conjures up thoughts of hearts beating long after their owners are dead, of disease and plague amid wealth, of love that extends beyond the grave, and of black ravens who utter only one word. The richness of Poe s writing, however, includes much more than horror, loss, and death.Alive with hypnotic sounds and mesmerizing rhythms, his poetry captures both the splendor and devastation of love, life, and death. His stories teem with irony and black humor, in addition to plot twists and surprise endings. Living by their own rules and charged with passion, Poe s characters are instantly recognizable — even though we may be appalled by their actions, we understand their motivations.The thirty-three selections in The Best of Poe highlight his unique qualities. Discover for yourself the mysterious allure and genius of Edgar Allan Poe, who remains one of America s most popular and important authors, even more than 150 years after his death. | Prestwick House, Inc. |
| 9780552773898 | The Book Thief | Markus Zusak | Black Swan, UK, Trade Paperback with 558 pages and some b/w illustrations. A no. 1 International Bestseller. 1939 Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier. Liesel, a nine year old girl, is living with a foster family on Himmel St. Her parents have been taken away to a concentration camp. Liesel steals books. This is her story and the story of the inhabitants of her street when the bombs begin to fall. This novel is narrated by DEATH. It's a story about: a girl, an accordionist, some fanatical Germans, a Jewish fist fighter, and a quite a lot of thievery. DEATH WILL VISIT THE BOOK THIEF THREE TIMES! | Black Swan |
| 9780544107717 | The Crossover | Kwame Alexander | A middle-grade novel in verse follows the experiences of twin basketball stars Josh and Jordan, who struggle with challenges on and off the court while their father ignores his declining health. 20,000 first printing. | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
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| 9780325005386 | The English Teacher's Companion, Second Edition: Complete Guide To Classroom, Curriculum, And The Profession | Jim Burke | This book covers the entire English curriculum, from basic reading and writing to digital literacy, media literacy, and integrated instruction. | Heinemann |
| 9780786868711 | The Five People You Meet In Heaven | Mitch Albom | Amazon.com Review Part melodrama and part parable, Mitch Albom's The Five People You Meet in Heaven weaves together three stories, all told about the same man: 83-year-old Eddie, the head maintenance person at Ruby Point Amusement Park. As the novel opens, readers are told that Eddie, unsuspecting, is only minutes away from death as he goes about his typical business at the park. Albom then traces Eddie's world through his tragic final moments, his funeral, and the ensuing days as friends clean out his apartment and adjust to life without him. In alternating sections, Albom flashes back to Eddie's birthdays, telling his life story as a kind of progress report over candles and cake each year. And in the third and last thread of the novel, Albom follows Eddie into heaven where the maintenance man sequentially encounters five pivotal figures from his life (a la A Christmas Carol). Each person has been waiting for him in heaven, and, as Albom reveals, each life (and death) was woven into Eddie's own in ways he never suspected. Each soul has a story to tell, a secret to reveal, and a lesson to share. Through them Eddie understands the meaning of his own life even as his arrival brings closure to theirs. Albom takes a big risk with the novel; such a story can easily veer into the saccharine and preachy, and this one does in moments. But, for the most part, Albom's telling remains poignant and is occasionally profound. Even with its flaws, The Five People You Meet in Heaven is a small, pure, and simple book that will find good company on a shelf next to It's A Wonderful Life. --Patrick O'Kelley Product Description Eddie is a wounded war veteran, an old man who has lived, in his mind, an uninspired life. His job is fixing rides at a seaside amusement park. On his 83rd birthday, a tragic accident kills him, as he tries to save a little girl from a falling cart. He awakes in the afterlife, where he learns that heaven is not a destination. It's a place where your life is explained to you by five people, some of whom you knew, others who may have been strangers. One by one, from childhood to soldier to old age, Eddie's five people revisit their connections to him on earth, illuminating the mysteries of his "meaningless" life, and revealing the haunting secret behind the eternal question: "Why was I here?" From Publishers Weekly "At the time of his death, Eddie was an old man with a barrel chest and a torso as squat as a soup can," writes Albom, author of the bestselling phenomenon Tuesdays with Morrie, in a brief first novel that is going to make a huge impact on many hearts and minds. Wearing a work shirt with a patch on the chest that reads "Eddie" over "Maintenance," limping around with a cane thanks to an old war injury, Eddie was the kind of guy everybody, including Eddie himself, tended to write off as one of life's minor characters, a gruff bit of background color. He spent most of his life maintaining the rides at Ruby Pier, a seaside amusement park, greasing tracks and tightening bolts and listening for strange sounds, "keeping them safe." The children who visited the pier were drawn to Eddie "like cold hands to a fire." Yet Eddie believed that he lived a "nothing" life-gone nowhere he "wasn't shipped to with a rifle," doing work that "required no more brains than washing a dish." On his 83rd birthday, however, Eddie dies trying to save a little girl. He wakes up in heaven, where a succession of five people are waiting to show him the true meaning and value of his life. One by one, these mostly unexpected characters remind him that we all live in a vast web of interconnection with other lives; that all our stories overlap; that acts of sacrifice seemingly small or fruitless do affect others; and that loyalty and love matter to a degree we can never fathom. Simply told, sentimental and profoundly true, this is a contemporary American fable that will be cherished by a vast readership. Bringing into the spo | Hachette Books |
| 9781423124870 | The Ghost And The Goth (A Ghost And The Goth Novel) | Stacey Kade | After a close encounter with a bus, Alona Dare goes from homecoming queen to Queen of the Dead. She’s stuck as a ghost in the land of the living with no sign of the big, bright light to take her to a better place. To make matters worse, the only person who might be able to help her is Will Killian, a total loser outcast.More than anything, Will wishes he didn’t have the rare ability to communicate with the dead, especially the former mean girl of Groundsboro High. He’s not filling out any volunteer forms to help her cross to the other side, though it would bring him some welcome peace and quiet.Can they get over their mutual distrust -- and quasi-attraction -- to work together? Readers of this spirited paranormal comedy won't want this odd couple to ever part. | Hyperion Book CH |
| 9780544336261 | The Giver | Lois Lowry | "Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other in his community and discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he lives."-- | |
| 9780440237686 | The Giver | Lois Lowry | In a future society, young Jonas is given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, and discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he lives. | Laurel Leaf |
| 9780143039433 | The Grapes Of Wrath | John Steinbeck | Winner Of The 1990 Tony Award And Outer Critics Circle Award. A Powerful And Deeply Affecting Stage Version Of One Of The Masterpieces Of American Literature. Holding To The Simplicity And Directness Of The Original Novel, The Play Uses The Sparest Of Technical Means To Convey Its Timeless Message Of The Persistence And Strength Of The Human Spirit As It Battles Against The Adversities Of Nature And An Uncaring Society. | Penguin Classics |
| 9780684801520 | The Great Gatsby | Francis Scott Fitzgerald | Tells the tragic love story of Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan. | Scribner |
| 9780525435006 | The Handmaid's Tale (Movie Tie-In) | Margaret Atwood | #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An instant classic and eerily prescient cultural phenomenon, from “the patron saint of feminist dystopian fiction” (New York Times). Now an award-winning Hulu series starring Elizabeth Moss. Includes an introduction by Margaret Atwood.In Margaret Atwood’s dystopian future, environmental disasters and declining birthrates have led to a Second American Civil War. The result is the rise of the Republic of Gilead, a totalitarian regime that enforces rigid social roles and enslaves the few remaining fertile women. Offred is one of these, a Handmaid bound to produce children for one of Gilead’s commanders. Deprived of her husband, her child, her freedom, and even her own name, Offred clings to her memories and her will to survive. At once a scathing satire, an ominous warning, and a tour de force of narrative suspense, The Handmaid’s Tale is a modern classic.Look for The Testaments, the sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group |
| 9781250147936 | The Hazel Wood (Hazel Wood, 1) | Melissa Albert | Welcome to Melissa Albert's The Hazel Wood―the fiercely stunning New York Times bestseller everyone is raving about!Seventeen-year-old Alice and her mother have spent most of Alice’s life on the road, always a step ahead of the uncanny bad luck biting at their heels. But when Alice’s grandmother, the reclusive author of a cult-classic book of pitch-dark fairy tales, dies alone on her estate, the Hazel Wood, Alice learns how bad her luck can really get: Her mother is stolen away―by a figure who claims to come from the Hinterland, the cruel supernatural world where her grandmother's stories are set. Alice's only lead is the message her mother left behind: “Stay away from the Hazel Wood.”Alice has long steered clear of her grandmother’s cultish fans. But now she has no choice but to ally with classmate Ellery Finch, a Hinterland superfan who may have his own reasons for wanting to help her. To retrieve her mother, Alice must venture first to the Hazel Wood, then into the world where her grandmother's tales began―and where she might find out how her own story went so wrong.Don’t miss the bestselling sequel to The Hazel Wood, The Night Country or the illustrated collection of twelve fairy tales, Tales from the Hinterland! | Flatiron Books |