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|  | The Trinity Factor by Sean Flannery
Description not available.As World War II is winding down, the Americans are working secretly in the desert of New Mexico to construct the first atomic bomb, and two Soviet spies, Alek and Jada, head across the United States on a mission for Stalin to steal the secret of the bomb. Reprint. AUTHOR: Sean Flannery
PUBLISHER: Doherty, Tom Associates, LLC
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General 
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 | Mama's Coming Home by Kate Banks, Tomasz Bogacki
Description not available.Papa prepares dinner and the boys set the table as they, the dog, and the cat eagerly await Mama's return home after work. AUTHOR: Kate Banks, Tomasz Bogacki
PUBLISHER: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, LLC
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General
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 | Scooters by Jeremy Case
Description not available.Provides an informative guide to this new and highly popular toy, complete with tips for maintaining a scooter, riding and safety advice, and instructions for performing tricks of various difficulty. Original. AUTHOR: Jeremy Case
PUBLISHER: Aladdin Paperbacks
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by J. A. Bryant, William Shakespeare
Set during five of the most intensely dramatic days ever portrayed, ROMEO AND JULIET was probably written in 1594 or 1595, and first published in a 1597 edition, as transcribed by actors who had performed it. Other editions appeared later, but even the more authoritative versions, such as that of 1599--probably drawn from Shakespeare's own manuscript copies--lack the detailed stage directions present in the actors' transcription; thus, modern editions incorporate several sources. ROMEO AND JULIET is among the most oft performed of Shakespeare's works, and it has been among the most beloved since its earliest days on the stage. Though the title page of the 1597 edition declares that ROMEO AND JULIET had been performed and enjoyed many times prior to its publication, the first extant direct record of the events of a production refer to a 1662 staging, in which the play was probably adapted or altered--adaption was particularly popular in the 17th century. One London stage ran different conclusions on alternative nights; audiences who went home glum on Friday could be uplifted by the play's ending if they returned on Saturday night. The story of ROMEO AND JULIET was derived by Shakespeare from many sources. The version most contemporary to his own was the 1562 poem The Tragicall History of Romeus and Iuliet by Arthur Brooke, which itself was an adaptation of a French piece by Pierre Boaistuau, which Boaistuau had adapted from the Italian. Indeed, aspects of the tragic story have recurred throughout Western literature since at least the third century. Shakespeare greatly intensified the pace by compressing a piece which had unfolded over the course of several months into the space of five days--a period in which much transpires at daybreak, including the famous balcony scene where Romeo declares, But soft, what light through yonder window breaks?/It is the east, and Juliet is the sun. Romeo is forced to approach Juliet in secret because of the impassioned rivalry be AUTHOR: J. A. Bryant, William Shakespeare
PUBLISHER: N A L
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | Swan's Way by Marcel Proust
This self-contained opening volume of Proust's seven-volume masterpiece REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS PAST introduces the important themes of the novel: childhood, memory, love both idealized and unrequited, and the narrator's fascination with society and the aristocracy. The narrator's childhood memories include the famous madeleine scene, and the destructive love affair between Swann and Odette. The musician Vinteuil's evocative little phrase is also introduced in this volume, which also describes Marcel's awareness of the two ways, the paths that intersect the village of Combray where he lives: the Guermantes Way, leading to the house of an aristocratic family, and Swann's Way, leading to the less exalted, more literary home of Swann, who is a family friend. AUTHOR: Marcel Proust
PUBLISHER: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | I Like You by Sandol Stoddard, Sandol S. Warburg
A tiny book that expresses the true meaning of friendship. AUTHOR: Sandol Stoddard, Sandol S. Warburg
PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin Company
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General
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