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Who Was Rosa Parks?
Penguin Group US 2010; US$ 4.99In 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give her bus seat to a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama. This seemingly small act triggered civil rights protests across America and earned Rosa Parks the title ÒMother of the Civil Rights Movement.Ó This biography has blackand- white illustrations throughout. more...
The Four Temperaments
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2002; US$ 13.95The spellbinding story of a father and son, both married, who fall in love with the same alluring ballerina. Oscar Kornblatt has been a first violinist with the New York City Ballet for so many years that he scarcely notices the throngs of eager young dancers who fill the ranks of the corps de ballet. But Ginny Valentine catches his eye, and when... more...
Breaking the Bank
Pocket Books 2009; US$ 15.00A fresh and whimsical novel featuring a single mother in Brooklyn who suddenly discovers an ATM machine that gives her free (and unrecorded) cash; what she does with that money changes many lives?including her own. Mia Saul is down on her luck. She?s been dumped by her husband, fired from her job, and forced to move with her ten-year-old daughter... more...
All the Available Light
Touchstone 2011; US$ 14.00No star in any genre has affected the world as deeply or has lasted as long without fading as Marilyn Monroe. This thought-provoking and wide-ranging collection of essays examines the undiminished incandescence of Marilyn Monroe -- the impact she has had on our culture, the evolution of her legend since her death, and what she tells us now about our... more...
The Barbie Chronicles
Touchstone 2011; US$ 17.95A THOROUGHLY GROWN-UP LOOK AT A TWENTIETH-CENTURY MUSE OF OUTSTANDING PROPORTIONS To some she's a collectible, to others she's trash. In The Barbie Chronicles, twenty-three writers join together to scrutinize Barbie's forty years of hateful, lovely disastrous, glorious influence on us all. No other tiny shoulders have ever, had to carry the weight... more...
Breaking the Bank
Pocket Books 2009; Not AvailableA fresh and whimsical novel featuring a single mother in Brooklyn who suddenly discovers an ATM machine that gives her free (and unrecorded) cash; what she does with that money changes many lives?including her own. Mia Saul is down on her luck. She?s been dumped by her husband, fired from her job, and forced to move with her ten-year-old daughter... more...
Breaking the Bank
Pocket Books 2009; Not AvailableA fresh and whimsical novel featuring a single mother in Brooklyn who suddenly discovers an ATM machine that gives her free (and unrecorded) cash; what she does with that money changes many lives?including her own. Mia Saul is down on her luck. She?s been dumped by her husband, fired from her job, and forced to move with her ten-year-old daughter... more...
The Doll Shop Downstairs
Penguin Group US 2011; US$ 5.99Nine year old Anna and her sisters like helping out in their parents' doll repair shop, because once their chores are done, the fun can begin. The girls are allowed to play carefully with the dolls until they're fixed and ready to be returned to their owners. But when World War I begins, and an embargo on German-made goods threatens to put the shop... more...
Who Was Harriet Tubman?
Penguin Group US 2002; US$ 4.99Born a slave in Maryland, Harriet Tubman knew first-hand what it meant to be someone's property; she was whipped by owners and almost killed by an overseer. It was from other field hands that she first heard about the Underground Railroad which she travelled by herself north to Philadelphia. Throughout her long life (she died at the age of ninety-two)... more...
Who Was John F. Kennedy?
Penguin Group US 2004; US$ 4.99The man who saved the lives of his PT-109 crewmen during WWII and became the 35th president fought-and won-his first battle at the age of two-and-a-half, when he was stricken with scarlet fever. Although his presidency was cut short, our nation's youngest elected leader left an indelible mark on the American consciousness and now is profiled in our... more...









