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|  | The Senses of Walden by Stanley Cavell
Stanley Cavell one of America's most distinguished philosophers, has written an invaluable companion volume to Walden, a seminal book in our cultural heritage. This expanded edition includes two essays on Emerson. AUTHOR: Stanley Cavell
PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Fiction 
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 | Surrender, Dorothy by Laurel Lefkow, Meg Wolitzer
Every August since college, Sara, Adam, Maddy, and Peter have shared the same summer house on the eastern shore of Long Island. The shining light of the crowd has always been Sara, a young woman with an allure that causes women to confide in her and men to fall in love with her. But then tragedy occurs and the overriding question becomes: Who owns this broken girl now, her mother or her closest friends? For this tight clan of young people, still dumbly caught in that nebula of their late twenties and early thirties, Sara's death forces them to rethink their notion of what it means to be a friend, what it means to grow up, and, finally, what it means to be mortal. At its most introspective and moving center, however, Surrender, Dorothy is the story of what happens to Natalie, Sara's mother. This mother-daughter relationship was of such closeness that they'd become a kind of couple - a couple that told each other everything. But in the wake of the accident, Natalie is forced to realize that when a child dies, there is only one truth: You can't get over it, ever, but still you have a life to live. AUTHOR: Laurel Lefkow, Meg Wolitzer
PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Fiction
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 | Meridan by Alice Walker, Julie Rubenstein
Meridian Hill is a young woman at an Atlanta college attempting to find her place in the revolution for racial and social equality. She discovers the limits beyond which she will not go for the cause, but despite her decision not to follow the path of some of her peers, she makes significant sacrifices in order to further her beliefs. Working in a campaign to register African American voters, Meridian cares broadly and deeply for the people she visits, and, while her coworkers quit and move to comfortable homes, she continues to work in the deep South despite a paralyzing illness. Meridian's nonviolent methods, though seemingly less radical than the methods of others, prove to be an effective means of furthering her beliefs. AUTHOR: Alice Walker, Julie Rubenstein
PUBLISHER: Pocket Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Fiction
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 | Jude the Obscure by Cedric Watts, Dennis Taylor, Irving Howe, J. Hillis Miller, Jay Parini
JUDE THE OBSCURE is perhaps the most vivid illustration of Hardy's belief that our lives are governed by dark and malevolent forces. Jude Fawley is torn between his sensual nature and his equally strong lust for learning, two sides of his character that are personified by the two women in his life--the earthy Arabella and the intellectual Sue Bridehead. Jude comes to a tragic end because of his inability to reconcile them. His attempts to rise above his humble origins, in spite of all his efforts, prove impossible, as do his attempts to live an unconventional life outside of marriage with the woman he loves. The novel represents Hardy's strongest attack on the insularity of English university life, and on marriage as a religious institution. It was called JUDE THE OBSCENE by critics at the time because it was considered to be steeped in sex. AUTHOR: Cedric Watts, Dennis Taylor, Irving Howe, J. Hillis Miller, Jay Parini
PUBLISHER: N A L
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Fiction
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 | England Made Me by Graham Greene
In this novel of psychological suspense, Kate and Anthony Farrant are twins; Kate, the elder by half-an-hour, is as effectual and clever as her brother is hapless and dim, and throughout the story she has to find ways to keep Anthony from falling victim to his own mistakes. Anthony is habitually out of work until, through the influence of Kate's wealthy lover, he is offered a job that leads to his eventual downfall. AUTHOR: Graham Greene
PUBLISHER: Viking Penguin
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Fiction
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 | Baseball's Best Short Stories by Paul D. Staudohar
For the first time available in paperback, this superb collection of short stories chronicles more than a century of America's love affair with baseball. A variety of writers from different eras pay tribute to the game that has merged with our national identity. Contributors include Robert Penn Warren, T. Coraghessan Boyle, James Thurber, Ring Lardner, and Garrison Keillor. Line drawings. AUTHOR: Paul D. Staudohar
PUBLISHER: Chicago Review Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Fiction
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