ADAMS, RICHARD THE PLAGUE DOGS
WATERSHIP DOWN
Here is an extract:
"Is that you Hazel?" said Cowslip. "You're welcome, and so are your friends.
We're glad you've come"
No human beings, except the courageous and experienced blind, are able to sense
much in a strange place where they cannot see, but with rabbits it is otherwise.
They spend half their lives underground in darkness or near-darkness and touch,
smell and hearing convey as much or more to them than sight. Hazel now had the
clearest knowledge of where he was. He would have recognized the place if he had
left at once and come back six months later. He was at one end of the largest burrow
he had ever been in; sandy, warm and dry, with a hard bare floor. There wrer several
tree roots running across the roof and it was these that supported the unusual span.
There were a great number of rabbits in the place - many more than he was bringing.
All had the same rich opulent smell as Cowslip.
There were no more speeches. Rabbitshave their own conventions and formalities, but
these are few and short by human standards. If Hazel had been a human being he would
have been expected to introduce his companions one by one and no doubt each would
have been taken in charge as a guest by one of their hosts. In the great burrow, however
things happened differently. The rabbits mingles naturally. They did not talk for talking's
sake, in the artificial manner that human beings - sometimes even dogs and cats - do.
But they were not communicating by talking. All over the burrow, both the newcommers
and those who were at home were accustoming themselves to each other in their own
way and their own time; getting to know what the strangers smelt like, how they breathed,
how they scratched, the feel of their rhythms and pulses. These were their topics and
subjects of discussion, carried on without need of speech.
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ALCOTT, LOUISA MAY LITTLE WOMEN
LITTLE MEN
ANGELOU, MAYA I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS
ANDERSON, SHERWOOD WINESBURG, OHIO
ASIMOV, ISSAC I, ROBOT
ROBOTS OF DAWN
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BALDWIN, JAMES GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN
Baldwin in general
BARRIE, Sir JAMES (J.M.) PETER PAN
BAWDEN, N. HUMBUG
THE REAL PLATO JONES
THE BIBLE
Old Testament: GENESIS & EXODUS.
(Revised Standard Version): New Testament: MATTHEW, THE ACTS
BLACKWOOD, G.ary L. WILD TIMOTHY (Out of Print!)
BRADBURY, RAY FAHRENHEIT 451
BROOKNER, ANITA HOTEL DU LAC
BUCK, PEARL S. THE GOOD EARTH
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CARROLL, LEWIS ALICE IN WONDERLAND
CATHER, WILLA SAPPHIRA AND THE SLAVE GIRL
CHANDLER, RAYMOND The BIG SLEEP
COLLINS, WILKIE THE WOMAN IN WHITE
CONAN-DOYLE, ARTHUR THE HOUNDS OF THE BASKERVILLES
CONRAD, JOSEPH THE SECRET SHARER
COOPER, JAMES FENNIMORE THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS
CRANE, STEPHEN THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE
CHRISTOPHER, J. THE TRIPODS TRILOGY
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DAHL, ROAL BOY
DEFOE, DANIEL ROBINSON CRUSOE
DICKENS, CHARLES GREAT EXPECTATIONS
DHONDY, FARUKH BLACK SWAN
TRIP TRAP
(Out of Print: see Mr. Grant)
DU MAURIER, DAPHNE REBECCA
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ELIOT, GRORGE MIDDLEMARCH
EMECHETA, BUCHI IN THE DITCH
The Story:
A social documentary set in London
in the late 1960s that tells of a young,
lone Nigerian mother's determination
to carve a place for herself against the
odds. Adah strugglesagainst the
combined disapproval and intervention
of council officials, the welfare system,
neighbors, and poverty in her resolution
to combine study, work, and motherhood.
Her story is told with honesty, warmth,
and humor. Emecheta has produced a
fast-moving and enthralling narrative.
About the Author:
BUCHI EMECHETA was born in Nigeria and
came to England in 1962. Her novels include
'In the Ditch',
'The Joys of Motherhood',
'Kehinde','Head Above Water',
and 'Gwendolen'.
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FALKNER, WILLIAM COLLECTED STORIES, esp. ‘Barn Burning’
FARRRELL, J.G. THE SEIGE OF KRISHNAPHUR
FORSYTH, FREDERICK THE DAY OF THE JACKAL
FOWLES, JOHN THE COLLECTOR
FRANK, ANNE THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK
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GALLICO, PAUL THE SNOW GOOSE
GASKELL, ELIZABETH MARY BARTON
GOLDING, WILLIAM LORD OF THE FLIES
GREY, ZANE RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE
GRAVES, ROBERT I CLAUDIUS
GREEN, GRAHAM OUR MAN IN HAVANA
TRAVELS WITH MY AUNT
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HALL, J.M. see NORDHOFF
HAMMETT, DASHIELL THE MALTESE FALCON
HARDY, THOMAS THE MAYOR OF CASTERBRIDGE
HARTLEY, L.P. THE SHRIMP AND THE ANEMONE
HEMINGWAY, EARNEST A FAREWELL TO ARMS
THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA
HERSHEY, JOHN A SINGLE PEBBLE
HILL, SUSAN I'M THE KING OF THE CASTLE
HINES, BARRY A KESTREL FOR A KNAVE
HOLME, ANNE I AM DAVID
HUGHES, LANGSTON THE BEST OF SIMPLE
HURSTON, ZORA NEALE THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD
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JAMES, HENRY WASHGINGTON SQUARE
DAISY MILLER
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KAMM, JOSEPHINE OUT OF STEP (Out of Print! In the school library.)
KEMP, G. THE TURBULENT TERM OF TYKE TYLER
THOMAS KEMP'S GHOST
KIPLING, RUDYARD KIM
THE JUNGLE BOOKS
THE JUST SO STORIES
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