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|  | Close to Death by Patricia Smith
A collection of poems, most of them depicting the experiences of young blacks from the inner cities. AUTHOR: Patricia Smith
PUBLISHER: Steerforth Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Fiction 
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 | Mainstream Ethics by Tato Laviera
Description not available.The author affirms that Hispanic language, lore, art, and history are transforming America's national culture and advises Hispanics to remain faithful to their identity AUTHOR: Tato Laviera
PUBLISHER: Arte Publico Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Fiction
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 | Animal Farm (Orwell) by David Ball
Description not available.Examines the plot, theme, and style of Animal Farm and supplies advice on writing term papers and preparing for tests on the novel AUTHOR: David Ball
PUBLISHER: Barron's Educational Series, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Fiction
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 | My Own True Name by Pat Mora
Description not available.More than sixty poems, some with Spanish translations, include such titles as The Young Sor Juana, Graduation Morning, Border Town 1938, Legal Alien, Abuelita Magic, and In the Blood. AUTHOR: Pat Mora
PUBLISHER: Arte Publico Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Fiction
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 | The Gutenberg Elegies by Sven Birkerts
Birkerts takes on the question of whether reading, by which he means serious reading, will survive. Although one could easy make some depressing conclusions based on the assault on reading due to new technologies, one of the author's primary points is that the search for meaning is what makes us human; that search will continue, and perhaps the new technologies will mature and become repositories of meaning in the ways which reading has been for the last several centuries. He reminds us that even writing was regarded with suspicion in its early days; Plato lamented at how writing was destroying the venerable powers of memorization which intelligent people needed. AUTHOR: Sven Birkerts
PUBLISHER: Ballantine Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Fiction
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 | The Children's Garden by Robert Maass
This introduction to gardening explores such topics as compost, the right time of year to plant bulbs, and, most important of all, the patience and time it takes to grow a garden. Illustrated with color photographs, many taken in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. AUTHOR: Robert Maass
PUBLISHER: Holt, Henry & Company, LLC
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Gardening
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