A boy plays with an origami bird made by a homeless man while his family visits a museum, which causes all sorts of trouble but leads to new friendships in this nearly wordless book.

"Bear and Wolf become unlikely companions one winter's evening when they discover each other out walking in the falling snow"--

A group of actors set out to make an adult film in rural Texas under the noses of their reclusive hosts—an elderly couple with a farm and boarding house for rent. But when the couple catches their young guests in the act, the cast finds themselves in a desperate fight for their lives in this tantalizing slasher from writer-director Ti West.

"Since childhood, Helene Stapinski heard lurid tales about her great-great-grandmother, Vita. In Southern Italy, she was a loose woman who had murdered someone. Immigrating to America with three children, she lost one along the way. Helene's youthful obsession with Vita deepened as she grew up, eventually propelling the journalist to Italy, where, with her own children in tow, she pursued the story, determined to set the record straight" -- provided...

"Donald Hall is an American master, one of the nation's most beloved and accomplished poets. Now in his eighties having taken stock of the body of his work - rigorous, gorgeous verse that is the result of seventy years of 'ambition and pleasure' - he strips it down. The Selected Poems of Donald Hall reflects the poet's handpicked, concise selection, showcasing work rich with humor and eros and 'a kind of simplicity that succeeds in engaging the reader...

Eighteen-year-old Lia comes to terms with her best friend's death from anorexia as she struggles with the same disorder.

Collects short essays from the author that reflect on the changing modern world, touching on such topics as popular culture, politics, being seen, conspiracies, the old and the young, new technologies, mass media, racism, and good manners.

"Wolf is feeling offended and indignant: all the wolves he's ever read about are nasty, scary, and greedy! To set the record straight, he decides to write a story about a nice wolf. But will his wolfish instincts get the better of him after all?" -- dust jacket flap.

Every day people tune in to The Writer's Almanac on public radio and hear Garrison Keillor read them a poem. And here, for the first time, is an anthology of poems from the show, chosen by the narrator for their wit, their frankness, their passion, their "utter clarity in the face of everything else a person has to deal with at 7 a.m." The title Good Poems comes from common literary parlance. For writers, it's enough to refer to somebody having written...