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|  | Shakespeare A to Z by Charles Boyce
What famous essayist insisted that Shakespeares play were unfit for performance?Which two plays center on the Hundred Years War?In which scene of Romeo and Juliet does the nurse report--falsely--that Juliet is dead and thus seal Romeo's tragic fate?The answers are easily found in Shakespeare A to Z, the only single-volume reference to virtually everything one needs--or wants--to know about the Bard. Wonderfully informative, this comprehensive work includes 3,000 entries and 50 illustrations. AUTHOR: Charles Boyce
PUBLISHER: Dell Publishing
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General 
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 | Highland Laddie Gone by Davina Porter, Sharyn McCrumb
Setting: the Western Virginia mountain community of Glencoe. Labor Day Weekend. Elizabeth MacPherson gets the chance to revel in the rites of the old country at the annual Glencoe Mountain Games, the Scottish festival where several hundred like-minded American celebrate their ancestors' folkways. But the innocent ethnic fair is cursed when the loathed Colin Campbell is found murdered. Then a second murder silences everyone's bagpipes for good. Enter Elizabeth MacPherson, forensic anthropologist extraordinaire. With her specialized sleuthing capabilities, Elizabeth makes short work of her search for motive and murderer. AUTHOR: Davina Porter, Sharyn McCrumb
PUBLISHER: Ballantine Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson
Marilynne Robinson's now-classic 1980 novel is a strange coming-of-age tale set in the Idaho mountains. The story is about two orphaned sisters who go to live with their unconventional and possibly unbalanced Aunt Sylvie. One sister rebels, while the other becomes strangely sympathetic to Sylvie's bizarre ways. AUTHOR: Marilynne Robinson
PUBLISHER: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, LLC
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | Slave Girls by Wensley Clarkson
Description not available.Shocking true accounts of abuse and human bondage include the horrors endured by Liza, who was forced to engage in orgies and be the personal sex slave of a man and a woman who kept her locked in an outdoor shed. Reissue. AUTHOR: Wensley Clarkson
PUBLISHER: St. Martin's Press, LLC
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | The Brontes: A Life in Letters by Juliet Barker
Description not available.An intimate collection of personal correspondence reveals the literary family's authentic voices, detailing the siblings'--Charlotte, Branwell, Emily, and Anne--self-absorbed childhood years, struggle to earn a living, and the effects of literary success. Reprint. AUTHOR: Juliet Barker
PUBLISHER: Overlook Press, The
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | Fantasia Mathematica by Clifton Fadiman
Clifton Fadiman's classic collection of mathematical stories, essays and anecdotes first published in 1958, is now back in print. Ranging from the poignant to the comical to the surreal, these selections include writing by Aldous Huxley, Martin Gardner, H.G. Wells, George Gamow, G.H. Hardy, Plato, Robert Heinlein, Arthur C. Clarke, and many others. AUTHOR: Clifton Fadiman
PUBLISHER: Springer-Verlag New York, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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