Item category 1: Classics

"The Land of the Blue Flower" by Frances Hodgson Burnett, a classic story which has been out of print since 1938, weaves the magical tale of Amor, a young king who is orphaned. The book develops the theme of living in harmony with nature and demonstrates the healing power of love."

This book propelled Steven Pinker to worldwide fame in 1994. His groundbreaking book's premise - that language is instinctual rather than acquired - so shook the foundations of biological science that the reverberations are still being felt today.

This is Laura's story, although most of it is told by three men, the three men who knew her best, because when the story opens Laura has already been murdered. The story was originally written in 1943 and became a famous film.

Based on the life of the author's great grandfather in the last half of the 19th century, the story trace the effect upon him of the crumbling of his feudal domain after the overthrow of the Bourbon monarchy in Naples.

Review: After the tragic sinking of a cargo ship, one solitary lifeboat remains bobbing on the wild, blue Pacific. The only survivors from the wreck are a 16 year old boy named Pi, a hyena, a zebra (with a broken leg), a female orangutan, and a 450 pound Royal Bengal tiger. The scene is set for o...