The Baron in the Trees

Italo Calvino 1957 224p 5 x 8 Cosimo, a young eighteenth-century Italian nobleman, rebels by climbing into the trees to remain there for the rest of his life. He adapts efficiently to an arboreal existence, making himself clothes, shelter and finding food and even love. Translated by Archibald Colquhoun. $4-10 Other works involving italo calvino, … Continue reading The Baron in the Trees

Bastard Out of Carolina

A Novel Dorothy Allison     1992     320p     6 x 8 Greenville County, South Carolina, a wild, lush place, is home to the Boatwright family—rough-hewn men who drink hard and shoot up each other’s trucks, and indomitable women who marry young and age all too quickly. At the heart of this … Continue reading Bastard Out of Carolina

Momo

Or, the strange story of the time-thieves and the child who brought the stole time back to the people Michael Ende     1973     265p     5 x 8 From the author that brought you The NeverEnding Story, this is the amazing young-adult tale of a little girl, who after discovering that … Continue reading Momo