Armstrong Sperry A boy tries to overcome his fear of the sea in this treasured classic and winner of the Newbery Medal.Mafatu was afraid of the sea. It had taken...

  Beth Firestone Libby Ross discovered Shabbat in an ice cream store. And that was just the beginning.Between her family's recent move, her mother's fixation with her career, and her...

Nelson DeMille St. Patrick's Day, New York City. Everyone is celebrating, but everyone is in for the shock of his life. Born into the heat and hatred of the Northern...

Betina Krahn Determined to remain single, beautiful Meredith Straffen fabricates a physical deformity and exhibits inexcusably bad behavior, but soon the very man she wished to drive away begins warming...

Hajo DüchtingPerhaps best known for his exceptional apples and pears, Paul Cezanne (1839-1906) was one of the founding fathers of modern art. Though he was underappreciated and highly criticized during...

Robert B Oxnam An ornamental Chinese lacquer box is the key to a priceless art collection hidden for a century in this rich and complex narrative of Chinese history, culture,...

David Hartman In these energetic, pointed essays, Orthodox rabbi Hartman plants seeds for a Jewish spiritual renewal embracing the alienated and the faithful. A voice of tolerance, he urges Israelis...

  Stephanie Culp Offers an alphabetized guide to sorting all kinds of paper--mail, bills, school papers, insurance forms, and credit applications, among others. January 1, 1990 by Writers Digest Books...

Arthur Ransome Someone is wrecking wild birds’ nesting places on the lake and selling eggs to out-of-town collectors. It’s the Coot Club Bird Protection Society to the rescue!Dick and Dorothea...

Laura Suzuki and Peter Cook Illustrated in a comic-book style, this informative book is full of answers to all manner of questions about light and sight. January 1, 1990 by...

Patricia C WredeCimorene is everything a princess is not supposed to be: headstrong, tomboyish, smart - and bored. So bored that she runs away to live with a dragon -...

PD James When Commander Adam Dalgliesh visits Larksoken, a remote headland community on the Norfolk coast in the shadow of a nuclear power station, he expects to be engaged only...