Author: J. M. Coetzee
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Keywords: year, diary
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2008-10-28
List price: $14.00
ISBN-10: 0143114484
ISBN-13: 9780143114482

An ingenious new work of fiction from the Nobel Prize– winning author of Disgrace J . M. Coetzee once again breaks literary ground with Diary of a Bad Year, a book that is, in the words of its protagonist, “a response to the present in which I find myself.” Aging author Senor C has been commissioned to write a series of essays entitled “Strong Opinions,” of which he has many. After hiring a beautiful young typist named Anya, the two embark on a relationship that will have a profound impact on them both— especially when Alan, Anya’s no-good boyfriend, develops designs on Senor C�

Author: Bob Hammel
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Keywords: year, banner
Number of Pages: 125
Published: 1993-06-01
List price: $15.95
ISBN-10: 0253326877
ISBN-13: 9780253326874

The Indiana University Hoosiers may have missed anothr NCAA title in 1993, but it was a banner year nonetheless: Big Ten champs, a 31-4 record (their 17-1 in the conference was the best in the Big Ten in 17 years), and an outstanding line-up, including the Big Ten’s all-time scoring leader and college basketball’s Player of the Year, Calbert Cheaney. The stroy unfolds here, game by game, brimming with exciting photos -- by the award-winning sports writer who has covered the last 27 Indiana basketball teams. A Banner Year at Indiana captures the spirit of the 1993 team’s well-

Author: Michelle Richmond
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Keywords: fog, year
Number of Pages: 384
Published: 2007-03-27
List price: $20.00
ISBN-10: 0385340117
ISBN-13: 9780385340113

Life changes in an instant. On a foggy beach. In the seconds when Abby Mason—photographer, fiancée soon-to-be-stepmother—looks into her camera and commits her greatest error. Heartbreaking, uplifting, and beautifully told, here is the riveting tale of a family torn apart, of the search for the truth behind a child’s disappearance, and of one woman’s unwavering faith in the redemptive power of love—all made startlingly fresh through Michelle Richmond’s incandescent sensitivity and extraordinary insight.Six-year-old Emma vanished into the thick San Francisco fog. Or into the heaving

Author: Grace Lin
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Keywords: year, new, bringing
Number of Pages: 34
Published: 2008-01-08
List price: $15.99
ISBN-10: 0375837450
ISBN-13: 9780375837456

This exuberant story follows a Chinese American family as they prepare for the Lunar New Year. Each member of the family lends a hand as they sweep out the dust of the old year, hang decorations, and make dumplings. Then it’s time to put on new clothes and celebrate with family and friends. There will be fireworks and lion dancers, shining lanterns, and a great, long dragon parade to help bring in the Lunar New Year. And the dragon parade in our book is extra long–on a surprise fold-out page at the end of the story. Grace Lin’s artwork is a bright and gloriously patterned celebration in

Author: Eileen Spinelli
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
Keywords: year, comes
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 2002-03-01
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 0805066853
ISBN-13: 9780805066852

A poetic introduction to a year and the seasons."I am the January darkdappled and deep,teasing you, easing youout of your cuddle-down sleep."I am the February frost, the March wind, the April rain . . . I am the year gliding swiftly from month to month, season to season, urging you with me. Won’t you come along?Eileen Spinelli’s soothing words and Keiko Narahashi’s inviting illustrations make the ups and downs of the weather something to savor rather than endure. One by one the months arrive, and each is a pleasure to meet!

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Keywords: year, evolve, abacus
Number of Pages: 80
Published:
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0602314402
ISBN-13: 9780602314408

Author: Ann Lovejoy
Publisher: Sasquatch Books
Keywords: bloom, year
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 2002-01-15
List price: $15.95
ISBN-10: 0912365110
ISBN-13: 9780912365114

Gardeners from northern California to British Columbia will find plenty to cheer about in The Year in Bloom, a celebration of one of the most ideal gardening climates on earth. This classic volume from Ann Lovejoy, the Pacific Northwest’s favorite garden writer, offers year-round inspiration and instruction for gardeners of all abilities in the Pacific Northwest.