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Mahatma Gandhi

Meeg Pincus (author) Jeff Bane (illustrator)

Publisher: Cherry Lake Publishing ISBN: 9781534180932

The My Itty-Bitty Bio series are biographies for the earliest readers. This book examines the life of social activist Mahatma Gandhi in a simple, age-appropriate way that will help young readers develop word recognition and reading skills. Includes a table of contents, author biography, timeline, glossary, index, and other informative backmatter.

Church Rock Uranium Mine Disaster

Julie Knutson (author)

Publisher: Cherry Lake Publishing ISBN: 9781534181175

Human modification of the environment always carries a risk of accident and folly. Explore the causes and consequences of the Church Rock, New Mexico uranium mine disaster of 1979. Guided by compelling questions such as, "What led to this disaster?," "Who was impacted by it?," and "What changed in its aftermath?" the interdisciplinary content blends social studies and science. Ultimately, it pushes students to consider how humans can meet their need for resources in a safe, sustainable way. Books include table of contents, index, glossary, author biography, and timeline.

Flint Water Crisis

Julie Knutson (author)

Publisher: Cherry Lake Publishing ISBN: 9781534181212

Human modification of the environment always carries a risk of accident and folly. Explore the causes and consequences of the devastating water crisis in Flint, Michigan. Guided by compelling questions such as, "What led to this disaster?," "Who was impacted by it?," and "What changed in its aftermath?" the interdisciplinary content blends social studies and science. Ultimately, it pushes students to consider how humans can meet their need for resources in a safe, sustainable way. Books include table of contents, index, glossary, author biography, and timeline.

Dalai Lama

Meeg Pincus (author) Jeff Bane (illustrator)

Publisher: Cherry Lake Publishing ISBN: 9781534180956

The My Itty-Bitty Bio series are biographies for the earliest readers. This book examines the life of the Dalai Lama, the 14th spiritual leader of the Tibetan people, in a simple, age-appropriate way that will help young readers develop word recognition and reading skills. Includes a table of contents, author biography, timeline, glossary, index, and other informative backmatter.

Uncle's dream; and The Permanent Husband

Fyodor Dostoevsky (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532426742

Uncle's Dream by Fyodor Dostoyevsky was written following his five year exile to Siberia where he was sent to serve in a hard labor camp. Following what could only have been a harrowing and harsh existence in Russia's infamous prison for political and social prisoners, one would expect Dostoyevsky's work to have been dark and bitter. Rather, Uncle's Dream is a humorous and yet scathing commentary on Russian provincial high-society. The Eternal Husband is a novella by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky that was first published in 1870 in Zarya magazine The novella's plot revolves around the complicated relationship between Velchaninov and Trusotsky, the husband of his deceased former lover.

Two on a Tower

Thomas Hardy (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532426704

A book about the forbidden love between a 20 year old astronomer, Swithin, and Viviette, the much older woman of 29.

Wessex Tales

Thomas Hardy (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532426810

A collection of six novellas, written in the 1880s and 1890s, about the true nature of nineteenth century marriage and its inherent restrictions.

Under the Greenwood Tree

Thomas Hardy (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532426759

Life in the English village of Mellstock is about to change when a mechanical organ is brought to the local church. Of course, there is also a need for an organist and that is where beautiful, highly-educated Fancy Day comes in. Replacing the church’s choir however is more difficult than it seems, especially when a member of the choir, Dick falls for Fancy at first sight.

Thus Spake Zarathustra

Friedrich Nietzche (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532426629

Zarathustra is not the Persian founder of Zoroastrianism; he is just a means to Friedrich Nietzsche’s end. Through Zarathustra, Nietzsche tries to define his own philosophy attacking the Christian values of good and evil and predicting the rise of a new man, the superman, a self-mastered, self-cultivating, self-directed and self-overcoming individual.

The White Company

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532426483

Alleyne is all-grown up now and ready to leave the comfort of the abbey where he was raised. He wants to join the White Company - a group of mercenaries ready to fight for England in the Hundred Years’ War - but first he must visit his older brother. The meeting doesn’t go as planned, and Alleyne ends up saving Maude who turns out to be the daughter of Sir Nigel Luring, the commander of the White Company.

The Witness

Grace Livingston Hill (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532426513

Paul Courtland must choose between his two loves.

Three Lives

Gertrude Stein (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532426599

In Three Lives, Gertrude Stein tells the story of three common American women. The first one is Anna Federner, a German immigrant with green parrot that colors her apparently dull serving life. Melanctha, a black woman searching for a meaning in her mixed life, is the protagonist of the second part of the book while Lena, a passive and misunderstood of German descent, is the unsung hero of the third part.

The Woodlanders

Thomas Hardy (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532426544

After spending several years away from home to study, Grace Melbury returns to Little Hintock only to find Giles, her betrothed, still in love with her. Her father thinks Giles - a humble peasant - isn’t worthy of marrying his highly-educated daughter and persuades her to marry a young doctor by the name of Edgar Fitzpiers. Edgar is not quite the loyal type though.

The War Romance of the Salvation Army

Grace Livingston Hill (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532426452

The War Romance of the Salvation Army by Grace Livingston Hill is a romance novel, but one unlike her other books. Instead of focusing on the developing love between a man and a woman, this book features the "romance" between the U.S. Army and the Salvation Army. This book features a collection of stories about the women who traveled to the front lines during World War I.

The Trembling of a Leaf: Stories of the South Sea Islands

W. Somerset Maugham (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532426384

Spy for the British Empire, W. Somerset Maugham traveled many times to the South Pacific and the Far East. There, he began creating a series of short stories about the life of the colonialists and how the remoteness and strangeness of such far-away lands can ultimately destroy the very soul of the civilized man.

The Return of the Native

Thomas Hardy (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532426018

Edgon Heath is a mystical place where life is not at all ordinary and simple. It is also the stage where the tragedy in The Return of the Native unfolds. And like any classical tragedy, the action revolves around a woman, goddess-like Eustacia Vye who searches for a way to escape the mundane. Will passion bring her relief?

The Return of the Soldier

Rebecca West (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532426025

Having fought in World War I, 35-year-old Chris Baldry finally returns home. Believing he’s 20 years old, he is shocked when he finds out the he actually has a wife and that his childhood sweetheart is already married with another man. He slowly realizes the passing of time but he can’t remember anything from his last 15 years. Is there a solution?

The Story of Burnt Njal (Njal's Saga)

Unknown Icelanders (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532426254

This classic Icelandic saga hails from the 13th century and provides a stunning look into a culture long past. Divided into three parts, this prose epic deals with friendship, tragedy and retribution and is a breathtaking look at Medieval Norse culture.

The Scarlet Letter

Nathaniel Hawthorne (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532426070

The Scarlet Letter is set in 1850s Puritan Boston and tells the story of Hester Prynne, who conceives a daughter through an affair and struggles to create a new life of repentance and dignity. Throughout the book, Hawthorne explores themes of legalism, sin, and guilt.

The Rights of Man

Thomas Paine (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532426049

One of the Founding Fathers of the United States, Thomas Paine sensed the need for someone to defend social uprisings like the French Revolution…this is how Rights of Man was born. The book was revolutionary at the time speaking of the right of the people to revolt if the government doesn’t meet their demands. As important, the book dismisses the political Adam and the notion of ruling by heredity.

The Sorrows of Young Werther

Johann Wolfgange von Gothe (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532426223

An autobiographical tragic novel that follows the unhappiness of Werther after he falls desperately in love with Charlotte Buff, a young woman who is married to another.

The Secret Garden

Frances Hodgson Burnett (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532426131

The Secret Garden is a children's classic. This timeless novel tells the tale of Mary, a young orphan girl who is sent to live in a large Yorkshire mansion on the edge of a lonely and terrifying moor. Mary discovers friendship and courage as she awakens the secret garden on the property.

The Semi-Detached House

Emily Eden (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532426162

Lady Chester lives in a semi-detached house (a duplex, in American terminology). Her husband, Arthur is sent away on a diplomatic mission. So she is also forced to live a ‘semi-detached’ life along with her neighbors, the Hopkinsons. How will she handle her new life?

The Shadow-Line

Joseph Conrad (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532426179

The novel illustrates the development of a young man upon taking a captaincy in the Orient, with the shadow line of the title representing the threshold of this development.

The Secret Sharer

Joseph Conrad (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532426155

Like many of Conrad’s writings, the action in The Secret Sharer is set on a boat at sea and revolves around a central character torn apart. He is the new ship captain and has to win the trust of his crew. To make things difficult however, he accepts to hide a man accused of murder in his cabin. The two characters strike up a strange bound.