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|  | Three Lives by Ann Charters, Linda Wagner-Martin, Wagner-Mar Stein, Walter Zimmerman
In these three stories, Gertrude Stein put into practice certain theories about prose composition that paralleled the ideas expressed in the art of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist painters. AUTHOR: Ann Charters, Linda Wagner-Martin, Wagner-Mar Stein, Walter Zimmerman
PUBLISHER: Viking Penguin
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Fiction 
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 | Galveston
The residents of Galveston, Texas, have maintained an isolationist stance against the tide of magic that swept through the nation in the early years of the 2000s. Slowly, though, they find that, as they are forced to interact more with the outside world, magic is able to make inroads into their community and change their lives forever. Co-winner on the 2000 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel.
CATEGORY: Fiction
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 | The Descent of Alette by Alice Notley
A book-length poem concerning an underground realm, where spirits and people endlessly ride the subways. The narrator travels ever deeper, transforming and metamorphosing as she goes. AUTHOR: Alice Notley
PUBLISHER: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Fiction
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 | Conversations with Leslie Marmon Silko by Ellen L. Arnold
Description not available.Offers insight into the author's life through her own words, providing information on her life in Albuquerque and her experiences as a women of mixed ancestry. AUTHOR: Ellen L. Arnold
PUBLISHER: University Press of Mississippi
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Fiction
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 | Oliver Twist by Angela Cheyne, Angus Wilson, Charles Dickens, Don Freeman, Ed Parker
Dickens's second novel was a far cry from THE PICKWICK PAPERS, his first. The story of an orphan who flees the workhouse only to fall in with a gang of thieves and prostitutes in London's sleazy underworld, it was a trenchant criticism of England's poor laws. Enacted in the 1830s, these laws provided assistance for the poor only through workhouses, which were deliberately squalid and miserable to encourage the poor--who were considered lazy and immoral--to better themselves and get out. The inequities between rich and poor were one of Dickens's constant themes, and with OLIVER TWIST he established himself as a staunch champion of the downtrodden, particularly children. The novel also, however, has its cheerful moments, and contains some of Dickens's most colorful characters, including Fagin, the Artful Dodger, the evil Bill Sykes, and the unfortunate Nancy. AUTHOR: Angela Cheyne, Angus Wilson, Charles Dickens, Don Freeman, Ed Parker
PUBLISHER: Random House Adult Trade Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Fiction
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 | Ink on Paper by John Wilson
John Wilson offers lyric reflections on the work of Asian scroll painters including Sesshu, Buson, and others. AUTHOR: John Wilson
PUBLISHER: City Lights Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Fiction
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