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Little Beauties by Kim Addonizio From BooklistAddonizio writes with sultry candor about womanhood under duress in her celebrated poetry, collected most recently in What Is This Thing Called Love? (... More about this book »	Flight to Canada by Ishmael Reed Ishmael Reed proves he's a formidable historical novelist in this sharp, wildly funny slave's-eye-view of the Civil War. Three slaves infected with Dysaethesia... More about this book »
Before Columbus Foundation Fiction Anthology: Selections from... by Ishmael Reed Since 1976 the Before Columbus Foundation has been devoted to the task of redefining our notion of “mainstream” American literature to reflect this country’s... More about this book »	Yellow Back Radio Broke-Down by Ishmael Reed In this duo from 1974 and 1969, respectively, Reed takes on two great American genres—the private detective story and the Western. A satiric look at 1960s politics... More about this book »
Legendary Creatures (Just Imagine Series) by Tamim Ansary This Book, part of the "Just Imagine" Series, gives younger children an introduction into Legendary Creatures; dragons, giants, sea serpants, mermaids and... More about this book »	Oakland Rhapsody: The Secret Soul of an American Downtown by Ishmael Reed Oakland Rhapsody unites the talents of Richard Nagler, an award-winning photographer, and Ishmael Reed, a respected American novelist, essayist, and poet. Through... More about this book »
The Reed Reader by Ishmael Reed Essays, poems, two plays, and excerpts from novels sample the witty satire and politically charged storytelling and cultural criticism that has made Reed one of the... More about this book »	Natural Objects (Cool Collections Series) by Tamim Ansary One in a large series of "Cool Collections", aimed at children aged 4-8. These books provide ideas for children hoping to start Natural History... More about this book »
Mumbo Jumbo by Ishmael Reed Mumbo Jumbo is Ishmael Reed’s brilliantly satiric deconstruction of Western civilization, a racy and uproarious commentary on our society. In it, Reed, one of our... More about this book »	My Dreams Out in the Street by Kim Addonizio from BooklistLove was not enough to keep Rita and Jimmy's marriage together, and now Rita is alone and homeless on the streets of San Francisco with no clue to the... More about this book »

The Women: A Novel by T. Coraghessan Boyle From "America's most imaginative contemporary novelist" (Newsweek), a novel of Frank Lloyd Wright and the women in his life. Having brought to life eccentric... More about this book »	In One Person by John Irving His most political novel since The Cider House Rules and A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving’s In One Person is an intimate and unforgettable portrait... More about this book »
Black Cow by Magdalena Ball Freya and James Archer live the high life in a luxury home in Sydney’s poshest suburb, with money, matching Jags, two beautiful teenage kids … and they couldn’t... More about this book »	Applying Mathematics To Construction by Kenneth Williams Williams’ formulae, factors and accurate shorts were first used to help his students, but then the author saw that many professional construction workers also... More about this book »
The Shogun's Scroll by Stephen Kaufman In the tradition of The Art of War and The Book of Five Rings, Stephen Kaufman's The Shogun's Scroll offers timeless advice on success in war and life. Written in... More about this book »	Suspended Heart by Heather Fowler In an explosion of love's metaphors, Fowler's debut collection of stories, SUSPENDED HEART, takes on American fabulism with a cast of unexpected heroines in the... More about this book »
In the Path of Falling Objects by Andrew Smith Jonah and his younger brother, Simon, are on their own. All they have left in the world is ten dollars, a backpack full of dirty clothes, and a stack of letters... More about this book »	The Marbury Lens by Andrew Smith It’s a place worse than Hell. And Jack keeps going back to it. He can’t help himself. Nobody can. Jack has his reasons. He has his doubts, too. See for yourself.... More about this book »
Stick by Andrew Smith Stark McClellan (“Stick”) hears the world in a different way. He is surrounded by cruelty and ugliness, but holds on to a powerful sense of wonder, faith, and... More about this book »	Balance by Robbi Nester Balance follows a sequence of yoga poses developed by yogi B.K.S. Iyengar to promote emotional stability. I have written 15 poems of 15 lines each, one for... More about this book »