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|  | Great Gatsby by Alexander Scourby, David Bender, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Fredson Bowers, Matthew J. Bruccoli
In F. Scott Fitzgerald`s novel of the Jazz Age, young Nick Carraway, fresh from the Midwest, comes to 1922 New York where, at a Long Island party, he becomes involved in the lives of Tom and Daisy Buchanan, a glamorous but unhappy couple. In F. Scott Fitzgerald`s novel of the Jazz Age, young Nick Carraway, fresh from the Midwest, comes to 1922 New York where, at a Long Island party, he becomes involved in the lives of Tom and Daisy Buchanan, a glamorous but unhappy couple. Through them, he meets Jay Gatsby, their fabulously wealthy neighbor, who has a mysterious past and is renowned for his extravagant drunken parties. Gatsby has long been in love with Daisy, who rejected him when he was young and poor--and whom he wants to win back, now that he has more to offer. During a drive back to Long Island from a party in the city, Daisy, driving Gatsby`s car, hits and kills a woman names Myrtle Wilson, who is Tom`s mistress, in a hit-and-run accident. Myrtle`s husband, led by Tom to believe it was Gatsby who ran down his wife, shoots and kills him. Gatsby`s funeral is a sad irony: only Nick and Gatsby`s father attend. Disillusioned by life among the rich and careless in the east, Nick decides to return to the Midwest. THE GREAT GATSBY has long been celebrated as the archetypal American novel, and Gatsby as the classic self-made man who believes in the American dream that wealth brings happiness, and is betrayed by it. AUTHOR: Alexander Scourby, David Bender, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Fredson Bowers, Matthew J. Bruccoli
PUBLISHER: Time Warner AudioBooks
FORMAT: Audio
CATEGORY: Fiction 
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 | Earthly Measures by Edward Hirsch
Edward Hirsch's strong, arresting poems have been praised from the start of his career. Of his second book, Wild Gratitude, Robert Penn Warren said, I am convinced that the best poems here are unsurpassed in our time . This, his fourth collection, contains his finest work. From gritty, apocalyptic views of the urban Midwest to brilliantly empathetic portrayals of Simone Weil and Hugo von Hofmannsthal, the range of poems is at once wide and subtle. In the Midwest speaks of the nightmare of abandon and decay; From a Train (Hofmannsthal in Greece) is the poet's compelling view of a timeless landscape; The Italian Muse is a meditation on Henry James in Rome; Luminist Paintings at the National Gallery beautifully evokes the sense of nineteenth-century American countryside. There is an argument about transcendence in these poems, an evocation of American spaces and European landscapes, a quest for reconciliation to the earth as it is. Hirsch's work, as Anthony Hecht has said, has not only the courage of its strong emotions, but the language and form that makes and keeps them clear and true . AUTHOR: Edward Hirsch
PUBLISHER: Random House, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Fiction
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 | The Complete Poems by George Parfitt, James Weldon Johnson
This work collects all of Johnson's poems, including the famous Lift Every Voice and Sing, which, written in 1900 to honor Lincoln's birthday, became known as the Negro National Anthem during the Harlem Renaissance. The leader of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Johnson in his poetry reflects the experience of African-Americans in the early 20th century. AUTHOR: George Parfitt, James Weldon Johnson
PUBLISHER: Viking Penguin
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Fiction
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 | Good Poems by Garrison Keillor
From the thousands chosen by Garrison Keillor to read on his NPR program A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION, this selection of 350 poems is sorted by subject: Day`s Work, Sons and Daughters, Resurrection, and more. The authors range from William Shakespeare to Robert Haas. AUTHOR: Garrison Keillor
PUBLISHER: HighBridge Company
FORMAT: Audio
CATEGORY: Fiction
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 | A Far Better Rest by Susanne Alleyn
Charles Dickens's A TALE OF TWO CITIES from the point of view of Sidney Carton, who loved Lucy Manette so much he was willing to die to ensure her happiness. His last words-- 'Tis a far, far better thing that I do than I have ever done... --have become famous. AUTHOR: Susanne Alleyn
PUBLISHER: Soho Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Fiction
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 | News from Down to the Cafe by David Lee
Utah`s poet laureate aims to evoke the plain speech of his fellow citizens in this book of strongly narrative poems. Most of the poems purport simply to have been overheard at the Wayburne Pig Cafe. AUTHOR: David Lee
PUBLISHER: Copper Canyon Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Fiction
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