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|  | Barn Blind by Jane Smiley, Suzanne Toren
Jane Smiley's early novel is about a family living on a horse farm in Illinois, and about the workings of ambition in the small, concentrated world they inhabit. AUTHOR: Jane Smiley, Suzanne Toren
PUBLISHER: Ballantine Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Fiction 
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 | Voyage in the Dark by Jean Rhys, Natasha Richardson
Jean Rhys's first--and favorite--novel portrays the decline of Anna Morgan, a pretty young chorus girl touring England with a shabby troop of actors. She becomes the mistress of a rich man, has a breakdown when he deserts her, and drifts into prostitution. The novel ends with Anna's death after a botched abortion and presents her as a victim of limited economic opportunity, female biology, and the double standard. AUTHOR: Jean Rhys, Natasha Richardson
PUBLISHER: Norton, W. W. & Company, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Fiction
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 | Kleopatra by Karen Essex
This fictionalized life of Cleopatra provides a political context for the events of her life, including her immersion in Greek culture (which would have spelled her name with a K) and her sojourn in Rome with her exiled father. The novel ends after her father's death and her ascension to the throne of Egypt, though she remains exiled. The remainder of her story will be told in a planned sequel. AUTHOR: Karen Essex
PUBLISHER: Warner Books, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Fiction
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 | The Erotic Poems by Peter Green, Ovid
Description not available.Poems include elegies to Ovid's mistress, advice on courtship, suggestions on how to break off a relationship, and a discussion of the art of cosmetics AUTHOR: Peter Green, Ovid
PUBLISHER: Viking Penguin
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Fiction
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 | The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis, LeVar Burton
Nine-year-old Kenny narrates this story about his middle-class, African-American family and their 1963 trip from Flint, Michigan to Birmingham, Alabama. The trip's purpose is two-fold--to visit their grandmother, and to get Kenny's older brother away from the rough crowd he has been running with. Sadly, racism rears its ugly head as the family travels through the South, eventually culminating in the bombing of Kenny's grandmother's church while his younger sister and many others are inside. AUTHOR: Christopher Paul Curtis, LeVar Burton
PUBLISHER: Random House Audio Publishing Group
FORMAT: Audio
CATEGORY: Fiction
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 | South Sea Tales by Christopher Gair, Jack London, Tony Horwitz
Description not available.Presents a collection of stories that portray life in the South Seas. AUTHOR: Christopher Gair, Jack London, Tony Horwitz
PUBLISHER: Random House Adult Trade Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Fiction
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