The Secret Garden

Frances Hodgson Burnett

Nobody loves Mary - the heroine of the famous story of Francis Burnett "The Secret Garden". However, she does not burn with love for others, and moreover - she can not stand the whole world. And then her parents are passing away prematurely. There is an impression that nothing good can happen to her in ...

What to Listen for in Music

Aaron Copland

"The definitive guide to musical enjoyment"-- Forum In this fascinating analysis of how to listen to both contemporary and classical music analytically, eminent American composer Aaron Copland offers provocative suggestions that will bring readers a deeper appreciation of the most viscerally rewarding o...

The Good Soldier

Ford Madox Ford

This title is presented with an introduction by Zoe Heller. "The Good Soldier" is a brilliant and heart-rending evocation of destructive passion. When John Dowell and his wife befriend Edward and Leonora Ashburnham they appear to be the perfect couple. He is a distinguished soldier and she is beautiful ...

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

Roland Mann

A powerful tornado rips through the Kansas prairie catching Dorothy inside her home. Trapped inside the vortex, the home floats for hours. When the house finally lands on the ground again, it kills a wicked witch. Dorothy finds herself in new surroundings and is welcomed by the local inhabitants, the Mu...

Bakemonogatari vol 2

NisiOisiN; Oh! Great (Illustrator)

From the bestselling novel series by renouned author NisiOisiN, comes the manga adaptation of the Monogatari Series featuring artwork by Oh! great. One day, high-school student Koyomi Araragi catches a girl named Hitagi Senjougahara when she trips. But - much to his surprise - she doesn't weigh anything...

The Complete Emily the Strange All Things Strange (Second Edition)

Reger, Rob

Emily is not your ordinary thirteen-year-old girl-she's got a razor-sharp wit as dark as her jet-black hair, a posse of moody black cats, and famous friends in very odd places! The Complete Emily the Strange- All Things Strange collects all three volumes of Emily the Strange in a brand new paperback! It...

The Facemaker : One Surgeon's Battle to Mend the Disfigured Soldiers of WWI

Lindsey Fitzharris

From the moment the first machine gun rang out over the Western Front, one thing was clear: mankind's military technology had wildly surpassed its medical capabilities. The war's new weaponry, from tanks to shrapnel, enabled slaughter on an industrial scale, and given the nature of trench warfare, thous...