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|  | The Forgetting by David Shenk
With an arsenal of facts to back him, Shenk covers the Alzheimer's story--historical accounts of the disease as found in literature and art, the alarming statistics thrown out by demographers, and the scientific race to find a cure to this personality-destroying disease. AUTHOR: David Shenk
PUBLISHER: Doubleday Publishing
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Fiction 
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 | Cranford by Charlotte Mitchell, Elizabeth Gaskell, Elizabeth Porges Watson, Liz Staughton, Tricia Hedge
In this witty comedy of early Victorian life in a country town, author Elizabeth Gaskell describes the uneventful lives of the lady-like inhabitants so as to offer an ironic commentary on the diverse experiences of men and women. This edition has detailed notes and a new Introduction which discusses the originality and subtlety of the book's angle on women's experience. AUTHOR: Charlotte Mitchell, Elizabeth Gaskell, Elizabeth Porges Watson, Liz Staughton, Tricia Hedge
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Fiction
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 | Shake Loose My Skin by Sonia Sanchez
This volume collects 30 years of previously published work by the poet and activist Sanchez, who is closely associated with the Black Arts Movement. These often political poems boldly address themes of struggle. AUTHOR: Sonia Sanchez
PUBLISHER: Beacon Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Fiction
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 | Around the World with Mark Twain by Robert Cooper
To escape from debt, Mark Twain at the age of 59 sneaked out of town and took an extended trip to Fiji, Australia, New Zealand, India, and South Africa. This book follows him around the world, vividly chronicling his voyage and assessing the impact it had on his reputation. AUTHOR: Robert Cooper
PUBLISHER: Arcade Publishing, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Fiction
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 | Poetry & Prose by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, J. D. McClatchy
Longfellow (1807-1882), celebrated in his day as America's preeminent poet, produced many lines that have now become part of the American idiom: Ships that pass in the night, The patter of little feet, Into each life some rain must fall. Here an abundant selection of his work represents the breadth of his famous career, including Song of Hiawatha, Paul Revere's Ride , and The Courtship of Miles Standish, as well as his novel KAVANAGH in its entirety and several examples of his essays and short fiction. AUTHOR: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, J. D. McClatchy
PUBLISHER: Library of America, The
FORMAT: Other
CATEGORY: Fiction
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 | Romancero Gitano by Federico Garcia Lorca
Description not available.A collection of ballads represents the author's best-known works and conveys the richness of his native Andalusia and Spain's gypsy heartland, in a treasury that also celebrates the human senses. Reprint. AUTHOR: Federico Garcia Lorca
PUBLISHER: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Fiction
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