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Quick view Desert Fathers, Uranium Daughters by Debora Greger Award-winning poet Debora Greger grew up in Washington near the site of the Hanford atomic plant, which, unbeknownst to its workers, manufactured plutonium for the bomb dropped on Nagasaki. The high school team was named the Bombers, she writes. The... View Details
Quick view Homecoming: New and Collected Poems by Julia Alvarez Long before her award winning novel, How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents, and In the Time of the Butterflies, Julia Alvarez was writing poetry that gave a distinctive voice to the Latina woman-and helped give to American letters a vibrant new... View Details
Quick view Langston Hughes: Poems by Langston Hughes From the publication of his first book in 1926, Langston Hughes was hailed as the poet laureate of black America, the first to commemorate the experience of African Americans in a voice that no reader, black or white, could fail to hear. Lyrical and... View Details
Quick view Essays That Worked for College Applications: 50 Essays That Helped Students Get Into the Nation's Top Colleges by Boykin Curry Readers can discover 50 essays that helped students get into the nation's top schools, and learn the secrets that make students stand out from the pack. View Details
Quick view Essays That Worked for Business Schools: 40 Essays from Successful Applications to the Nation's Top Business Schools by Boykin Curry Applicants looking for the competitive edge in getting accepted at the business school of their choice may want to peruse this book." -Security Traders Handbook Every year, thousands apply for a finite number of places in business schools. With similar... View Details
Quick view Classic Poetry: An Illustrated Collection by Paul Howard Poetry provides the best introduction to the marvels of the English language. This volume, collected by award-winning author Michael Rosen, presents a glorious selection of classic poetry, chronologically arranged from the seventeenth century to modern... View Details
Quick view The Book That Made Me: A Collection of 32 Personal Stories by Judith Ridge Just as authors create books, books create authors--and these essays by thirty-one writers for young people offer a glimpse at the books that inspired them the most. Teacher Guide View Details
Quick view Dickens: His Work and His World by Michael Rosen Award-winning author, critic, and anthologist Michael Rosen takes readers on a spirited tour of the life and work of Charles Dickens, offering a lively look at how his legacy continues to shape today's literature. Full color. View Details
Quick view Falling Hard: 100 Love Poems by Teenagers by Betsy Franco From an acclaimed anthologist comes this unforgettable collection of poems byteenagers--straight, gay, bi, and transgender--capturing the vertigo-inducing realm of romantic love. View Details
Quick view Laughing Out Loud, I Fly: Poems in English and Spanish by Juan Felipe Herrera From U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera, here are stirring poems that read like music. Awarded the Pura Belpre Honor for this book, Herrera writes in both Spanish and English about the joy and laughter and sometimes the confusion of growing... View Details
Quick view Walt Whitman Words for America by Barbara Kerley Meticulously researched and documented, this portrait of American poet Walt Whitman celebrates his work and provides insight to this man, artist, and Civil War hero who is a symbol of America. View Details