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Brundibar
Par Maurice Sendak, Tony Kushner. 2002
Aninku and Pepicek need milk for their sick mother. Brundibar sings for money in the village square but won't let…
the brother and sister earn a few coins, too. It takes the collective effort of many people to overcome the bully and help the children. Adapted from a 1938 concentration-camp opera. For grades 4-7. 2003The mummy, the will, and the crypt (Johnny Dixon Mystery Ser. #No. 2)
Par John Bellairs, Edward Gorey. 1983
Johnny Dixon and his friend Professor Childermass search for the hidden will left by an eccentric cereal tycoon who wanted…
to make life difficult for his heirs. A chilling sequel to 'The Curse of the Blue Figurine.' For grades 5-8"A man faces the serious and mysterious consequences of his unusual paternity. A young peasant girl takes an eccentric villager…
as her lover and pays for her audacity. A group of revelers experience horror at the abuses and vicissitudes of a strange visitor. We accompany a sick man on his journey through the landscapes of his feverish delirium, only to get lost along the way and arrive at the end that was not. A man emigrates from his homeland in search of a bait in the form of a woman and ends up facing a fantastic opponent. These are some of Pedro Cabiya's Tremendous Stories, the first book by the then very young writer and a fundamental text that forever changed the rules of the game in Caribbean literature." -- Translation provided by NLSThe Age of Anxiety: A Novel - The Times Bestseller
Par Pete Townshend. 2019
The Age of Anxiety is a great rock novel, but that is one of the less important things about it.…
The narrator is a brilliant creation - cultured, witty and unreliable. The novel captures the craziness of the music business and displays Pete Townshend's sly sense of humour and sharp ear for dialogue. First conceived as an opera, The Age of Anxiety deals with mythic and operatic themes including a maze, divine madness and long-lost children. Hallucinations and soundscapes haunt this novel, which on one level is an extended meditation on manic genius and the dark art of creativity.The Age of Anxiety: A Novel - The Times Bestseller
Par Pete Townshend. 2019
The debut novel by Pete Townshend, one of the world's greatest rock stars.The Age of Anxiety is a great rock…
novel, but that is one of the less important things about it. The narrator is a brilliant creation - cultured, witty and unreliable. The novel captures the craziness of the music business and displays Pete Townshend's sly sense of humour and sharp ear for dialogue. First conceived as an opera, The Age of Anxiety deals with mythic and operatic themes including a maze, divine madness and long-lost children. Hallucinations and soundscapes haunt this novel, which on one level is an extended meditation on manic genius and the dark art of creativity.(P)2019 Hodder & Stoughton Limited