Most Circulated Titles

The great Gatsby

Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940,


"Note on the text": (pages 181-184). Jay Gatsby had once loved beautiful, spoiled Daisy Buchanan, then lost her to a rich boy. Now, mysteriously wealthy, he is ready to risk everything to woo her back. This is the definitive, textually accurate edition of a classic of twentieth-century literature, The Great Gatsby. The story of the fabulously wealthy Jay Gatsby and his love for the beautiful Daisy Buchanan has been acclaimed by generations of readers. But the first edition contained a number of errors resulting from Fitzgerald's extensive revisions and a rushed production schedule.
Date Published:2018

"Note on the text": (pages 181-184). Jay Gatsby had once loved beautiful, spoiled Daisy Buchanan, then lost her to a rich boy. Now, mysteriously wealthy, he is ready to risk everything to woo her back. This is the definitive, textually accurate edition of a classic of twentieth-century literature, The Great Gatsby. The story of the fabulously wealthy Jay Gatsby and his love for the beautiful Daisy Buchanan has been acclaimed by generations of readers. But the first edition contained a number of errors resulting from Fitzgerald's extensive revisions and a rushed production schedule.

Date Published:2018

The Tragedy of Macbeth

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.


Cover title: Macbeth. Commentaries. Macbeth / Samuel Johnson -- From Shakespearean tragedy / A.C. Bradley -- Source and motive in Macbeth and Othello / Elmer Edgar Stoll -- General Macbeth / Mary McCarthy -- Lady Macbeth : "infirm of purpose" / Joan Larsen Klein -- Macbeth : history, ideology, and intellectuals / Alan Sinfield -- Macbeth on stage and screen / Sylvan Barnet.
Date Published:1998

Frankenstein with Related Readings.

Shelley, Mary.



Date Published:2000

Dear america

Edelman, Bernard.



Date Published:1985

Webster's Spanish-English Dictionary.

Merriam-Webster



Date Published:2014

Lord of the flies.

Golding, William.


A first rate adventure story, but also a parable of our times. This book is beautifully written, tragic, provocative, desparate, completely convincing and often very frightening.
Date Published:2016

A farewell to arms

Hemingway, Ernest.



Date Published:1986

Webster's Spanish-English Dictionary for Students.

Merriam-Webster



Date Published:2014

The legend of Sleepy Hollow and other stories : (The sketch book of Geoffrey Crayon, gent.) /

Irving, Washington, 1783-1859.


Reprint. Originally published: The sketch book of Geoffrey Crayon, gent. 1988.
Date Published:1999

The Hunger Games

Collins, Suzanne


"Book design by Phil Falco"--t.p. verso. The tributes -- The games -- The victor. In a future North America, where the rulers of Panem maintain control through an annual televised survival competition pitting young people from each of the twelve districts against one another. Long ago the districts waged war on the Capitol and were defeated. As part of the surrender terms, each district agreed to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to appear in an annual televised event called, "The Hunger Games," a fight to the death on live TV. Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who lives alone with her mother and younger sister, regards it as a death sentence when she is volunteers to take her sister's place in the Games. The terrain, rules, and level of audience participation may change but one thing is constant: kill or be killed. But Katniss has been close to death before, and survival for her, is second nature. Without really meaning to, she becomes a contender. But if she is to win, she will have to start making choices that weigh survival against humanity and life against love. Here the author explores the effects of war and violence on those coming of age. -- From book jacket.
Date Published:2008

"Book design by Phil Falco"--t.p. verso. The tributes -- The games -- The victor. In a future North America, where the rulers of Panem maintain control through an annual televised survival competition pitting young people from each of the twelve districts against one another. Long ago the districts waged war on the Capitol and were defeated. As part of the surrender terms, each district agreed to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to appear in an annual televised event called, "The Hunger Games," a fight to the death on live TV. Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who lives alone with her mother and younger sister, regards it as a death sentence when she is volunteers to take her sister's place in the Games. The terrain, rules, and level of audience participation may change but one thing is constant: kill or be killed. But Katniss has been close to death before, and survival for her, is second nature. Without really meaning to, she becomes a contender. But if she is to win, she will have to start making choices that weigh survival against humanity and life against love. Here the author explores the effects of war and violence on those coming of age. -- From book jacket.

Date Published:2008

Poe : stories and poems : a graphic novel adaptation /

Hinds, Gareth, 1971-,


A volume of graphic novel renderings of some of Edgar Allan Poe's best-known works includes "The Cask of Amontillado," "The Tell-Tale Heart" and "The Raven."
Date Published:2017

The things they carried : a work of fiction /

O'Brien, Tim, 1946-


"First published in 1990 by Houghton Mifflin" -- T.p. verso. The things they carried -- Love -- Spin -- On the rainy river -- Enemies -- Friends -- How to tell a true war story -- The dentist -- Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong -- Stockings -- Church -- The man I killed -- Ambush -- Style -- Speaking of courage -- Notes -- In the field -- Good form -- Field trip -- The ghost soldiers -- Night life -- The lives of the dead. This work depicts the heroic young men of Alpha Company as they carry the emotional weight of their lives to war in Vietnam in a patchwork account of a modern journey into the heart of darkness. They battle the enemy (or maybe more the idea of the enemy), and occasionally each other. In their relationships we see their isolation and loneliness, their rage and fear. They miss their families, their girlfriends and buddies; they miss the lives they left back home. Yet they find sympathy and kindness for strangers (the old man who leads them unscathed through the mine field, the girl who grieves while she dances), and love for each other, because in Vietnam they are the only family they have.
Date Published:1990

"First published in 1990 by Houghton Mifflin" -- T.p. verso. The things they carried -- Love -- Spin -- On the rainy river -- Enemies -- Friends -- How to tell a true war story -- The dentist -- Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong -- Stockings -- Church -- The man I killed -- Ambush -- Style -- Speaking of courage -- Notes -- In the field -- Good form -- Field trip -- The ghost soldiers -- Night life -- The lives of the dead. This work depicts the heroic young men of Alpha Company as they carry the emotional weight of their lives to war in Vietnam in a patchwork account of a modern journey into the heart of darkness. They battle the enemy (or maybe more the idea of the enemy), and occasionally each other. In their relationships we see their isolation and loneliness, their rage and fear. They miss their families, their girlfriends and buddies; they miss the lives they left back home. Yet they find sympathy and kindness for strangers (the old man who leads them unscathed through the mine field, the girl who grieves while she dances), and love for each other, because in Vietnam they are the only family they have.

Date Published:1990

Diary of a wimpy kid : dog days /

Kinney, Jeff.


In the latest diary of middle-schooler Greg Heffley, he records his attempts to spend his summer vacation sensibly indoors playing video games and watching television, despite his mother's other ideas.
Date Published:2009

Hello Kitty and Me

Ball, Jacqueline A.


"Hello Kitty and her twin sister, Mimmy, both love to read. Today they're going on an alphabet word hunt. Come along and help them find all of their favorite letters!"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2014

Monster

Myers, Walter Dean, 1937-2014.


Includes a reader's guide, interview with the author, and excerpt from Game. While on trial as an accomplice to a murder, sixteen-year-old Steve Harmon records his experiences in prison and in the courtroom in the form of a film script as he tries to come to terms with the course his life has taken.
Date Published:2008

The crucible : a play in four acts /

Miller, Arthur, 1915-2005.


"I believe that the reader will discover here the essential nature of one of the strangest and most awful chapters in human history," Arthur Miller wrote in an introduction to The Crucible, his classic play about the witch-hunts and trials in seventeenth-century Salem, Massachusetts. Based on historical people and real events, Miller's drama is a searing portrait of a community engulfed by hysteria. In the rigid theocracy of Salem, rumors that women are practicing witchcraft galvanize the town's most basic fears and suspicions; and when a young girl accuses Elizabeth Proctor of being a witch, self-righteous church leaders and townspeople insist that Elizabeth be brought to trial. The ruthlessness of the prosecutors and the eagerness of neighbor to testify against neighbor brilliantly illuminate the destructive power of socially sanctioned violence. Written in 1953, The Crucible is a mirror Miller uses to reflect the anti-communist hysteria inspired by Senator Joseph McCarthy's witch-hunts in the United States. Within the text itself, Miller contemplates the parallels, writing: "Political opposition ... is given an inhumane overlay, which then justifies the abrogation of all normally applied customs of civilized behavior. A political policy is equated with moral right, and opposition to it meets with diabolical malevolence."
Date Published:2003

"I believe that the reader will discover here the essential nature of one of the strangest and most awful chapters in human history," Arthur Miller wrote in an introduction to The Crucible, his classic play about the witch-hunts and trials in seventeenth-century Salem, Massachusetts. Based on historical people and real events, Miller's drama is a searing portrait of a community engulfed by hysteria. In the rigid theocracy of Salem, rumors that women are practicing witchcraft galvanize the town's most basic fears and suspicions; and when a young girl accuses Elizabeth Proctor of being a witch, self-righteous church leaders and townspeople insist that Elizabeth be brought to trial. The ruthlessness of the prosecutors and the eagerness of neighbor to testify against neighbor brilliantly illuminate the destructive power of socially sanctioned violence. Written in 1953, The Crucible is a mirror Miller uses to reflect the anti-communist hysteria inspired by Senator Joseph McCarthy's witch-hunts in the United States. Within the text itself, Miller contemplates the parallels, writing: "Political opposition ... is given an inhumane overlay, which then justifies the abrogation of all normally applied customs of civilized behavior. A political policy is equated with moral right, and opposition to it meets with diabolical malevolence."

Date Published:2003

Twenty thousand fleas under the sea

Pilkey, Dav, 1966-,


At head of title: Tree-House Comix proudly presents. Piggy is back, and his newest plot is his most diabolical yet. What new villains are on the horizon? Where are they all coming from? And Who will step forward to save the city when scoundrels sabotage our Supa Buddies? In graphic novel format.
Date Published:2023

The tenth mistake of Hank Hooperman

Choldenko, Gennifer, 1957-,


"This is a Borzoi book" Junior Library Guild. When eleven-year-old Hank's mother does not come home after a week, he and his toddler sister, Boo, seek out the stranger listed as their emergency contact, even though it means social workers, a new school, and having to answer questions about his mom that he has been trying to keep secret.
Date Published:2024

Tangerine

Bloor, Edward, 1950-,


Booklist, Horn Book Guide, Horn Book Magazine, Kirkus Review, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal, Twelve-year-old Paul, who lives in the shadow of his football hero brother Erik, fights for the right to play soccer despite his near blindness and slowly begins to remember the incident that damaged his eyesight.
Date Published:2006

Knight owl

Denise, Christopher,


"Christy Ottaviano Books." After achieving his dream of becoming a knight, a small owl protects the castle from a hungry dragon.
Date Published:2022