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|  | An Early Afterlife by Linda Pastan
Whether her subject is the return of childhood ghosts or the metaphor of baseball, whether it is the impact of landscape or the vagaries of family love, Pastan continues to explore and illuminate the mysteries and dangers beneath the common surface of ordinary life. As the Jerusalem Post put it, `She has, in large measure, fulfilled Emerson`s dream-the revelation of `the miraculous in the common.` Or, as she herself writes in one of her new poems, `Long after Eden, the imagination flourishes with all its unruly weeds.` AUTHOR: Linda Pastan
PUBLISHER: Norton, W. W. & Company, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Fiction 
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 | 20,000 Leagues under the Sea by Jeff Ham, Jerry Stemach, Jules Verne, Malvina Vogel, Malvina G. Vogel
A ship-sinking monster confounds American boats until they discover that the creature is actually a submarine powered by the nefarious Captain Nemo (Nemo is Latin for nobody), a swashbuckling villain with grandiose ideas and deadly intentions. Probably the most famous of the novels in Verne's Voyages Extrordinaires series. AUTHOR: Jeff Ham, Jerry Stemach, Jules Verne, Malvina Vogel, Malvina G. Vogel
PUBLISHER: ABDO Publishing Company
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Fiction
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 | James Joyce by David Case, Richard Ellmann
This masterly biography has long been called definitive--a vast labor of insight and intelligence that is widely seen as a model of its kind. In Ellmann's hands, Joyce's life reads like a fascinating novel of a quirky, complex, and ultimately appealing man and writer. AUTHOR: David Case, Richard Ellmann
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Fiction
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 | Open House
A social, technological, and architectural history of the American home--and why we live the way we do.
CATEGORY: Fiction
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 | The Canterbury Tales by A. C. Cawley, A. I. Doyle, A. Kent Hieatt, Barbara Cohen, Constance B. Hieatt
The Canterbury Tales were originally planned to include over 100 stories, but Chaucer completed only 22. The device of using a pilgrimage as a setting for the telling of tales was not uncommon--medieval pilgrims traditionally told stories to liven up the long trek--but Chaucer's version is infinitely more sophisticated, matching the teller and his tale in a way that greatly enriches the content. This, and the interactions between the pilgrims, give the Canterbury Tales the complexity of a good novel. The Tales reflect Chaucer's wide experience with all levels of English society: the royals, the aristocracy, the clergy, the middle class from which he came, and the lower classes, for whom he invariably shows sympathy and understanding. They are also notable for the dialogue that is set up about marriage, its virtues and liabilities, and the proper role of husband and wife--giving the work a coherent unity and an even greater resonance. AUTHOR: A. C. Cawley, A. I. Doyle, A. Kent Hieatt, Barbara Cohen, Constance B. Hieatt
PUBLISHER: N A L
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Fiction
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 | Foolish/Unfoolish by Ashanti Douglas
Description not available.The rhythm and blues singers offers her poems and personal reflections on life and love. AUTHOR: Ashanti Douglas
PUBLISHER: Hyperion Press
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Fiction
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