Free books: Poetry
Polar Star (1990)
Martin Cruz Smith’s Arkady Renko books are a series of mysteries set at various points in late 2oth century Russian history, starting with the last death throes of Communism. This is the second book in the series. I’ve read Stalin’s Ghost (#6) and watched the film version of Gorky Park (#1). H...
Lungbarrow (1997)
The Gray Prince (2004)
The Gray Prince – the novel – is reserved, dry, sly, a streamlined adventure, a mystery box full of more mystery boxes, a meditation on manifest destiny, a critical contemplation on colonialism that left me a little disturbed. The Gray Prince – the character – is a fool, a clown, an object of exp...
So This Is Love (1995)
So This Is Love by Elaine CoffmanI enjoyed this story, sometimes it's good not to get what you think you want.The description of the book I am listing below is from the back jacket of the book. I'm adding it because I believe the one on the Goodreads page does not depict this story. He wanted a v...
On Pointe (2004)
A Bear Named Trouble (2005)
My 4th and 5th grade students have loved this book! Loosely based on a real bear presently residing in the Lake Superior Zoo in Duluth, Minnesota, Trouble started his life in the Anchorage, Alaska area. The story speculates that Trouble had probably been driven off by his mother, as he was abou...
Calypso (1980)
George Chadderton is a musician who bills himself as the "Calypso King." Late one rainy September night, he leaves a gig with his manager and as the two are walking down the street someone comes up from behind them and shoots George to death. The killer also wounds George's manager in the shoulde...