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|  | Witches, Pumpkins & Grinning Ghosts by Edna Barth, Ursula Arndt
Here are the stories behind all the familiar and not-so-familiar symbols of Halloween. Each of our holidays has its own familiar traditions: Trick-or-treating on Halloween, eating turkey on Thanksgiving, waiting for Santa Claus on Christmas, exchanging cards on Valentine?s Day. But where do these customs come from, when did they begin, and why do we continue to observe them? In the engaging blend of careful research and lively prose that has earned her books a lasting place on the holiday bookshelf, Edna Barth explores the multicultural origins and evolution of the familiar and not-so-familiar symbols and legends associated with our favorite holidays. Full of fascinating historical details and little-known stories, these books are both informative and engaging. Festively illustrated by Ursula Arndt, they are now available again in hardcover as well as paperback editions, featuring new, eye-catching jacket designs, and fun holiday activities inside the paperback covers. Each book includes an annotated list of holiday stories and poems and an index. AUTHOR: Edna Barth, Ursula Arndt
PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin Company Trade & Reference Division
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General 
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 | Letters to Penthouse IX by Penthouse Magazine Editors
The pages of Penthouse magazine's Forum section contain the uninhibited experiences of countless Americans engaged in erotic pleasure. In this latest volume, the editors of Penthouse have selected another all-new, all-real collection of letters for everyone's uncensored enjoyment. It's time to find out what's been going on behind closed doors -- and remember, every word is true. AUTHOR: Penthouse Magazine Editors
PUBLISHER: Warner Books, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | The Eighth Day by Dick Hill, John Case
Description not available.Part-time private investigator Danny Cray is hired to discover who is behind a clever scheme to destroy the reputation of a notorious billionaire--an assignment that takes him around the world and unexpectedly hurls him into a sinister world where nothing is what it seems. AUTHOR: Dick Hill, John Case
PUBLISHER: Brilliance Audio
FORMAT: Audio
CATEGORY: General
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 | In Pursuit of the Proper Sinner by Derek Jacobi, Elizabeth George
In the tenth book by best-selling mystery writer Elizabeth George, New Scotland Yard detectives Thomas Lynley and Barbara Havers scope out the murderer of two women found dead near a dark circle of prehistoric stones known as the Nine Sisters Henge. Each victim met death under bizarrely different circumstances. Suspense erupts when the investigators realize that neither the victims nor the suspects are who they appear to be. An Entertainment Weekly Best Book of 1999. AUTHOR: Derek Jacobi, Elizabeth George
PUBLISHER: Random House Large Print
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General
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 | Teddy Bears Picnic by Alexandra Day
Description not available.This decades-old song describes the teddy bear's grand picnic in the woods. AUTHOR: Alexandra Day
PUBLISHER: Aladdin Paperbacks
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | Some Wine for Remembrance by Edmund Keeley
During World War II, the Nazis invade a Greek village and kill all its inhabitants. Years later, an American writer named Jackson Ripaldo, at the request of a friend, travels to Greece, and then to Austria, to find out what really happened. With the help of a tormented woman, an old journal, and a former Wehrmacht officer, he discovers the truth, which is even more shocking than anyone had thought. This novel is by a well-known scholar and translator of 20th-century Greek poetry. AUTHOR: Edmund Keeley
PUBLISHER: White Pine Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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