A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty SmithA special 75th anniversary edition of the beloved American classic about a young girl's coming of age at the turn of the twentieth century. From the moment she entered the world, Francie Nolan needed to be made of stern stuff, for growing up in the Williamsburg slums of Brooklyn, New York demanded fortitude, precocity, and strength of spirit. Often scorned by neighbors for her family's erratic and eccentric behavior such as her father Johnny's taste

He spent over twenty years working for the forestry commission in Germany before leaving to put his ecological ideas into practice

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JAMES WRIGHT The First Days

He is a word-collector and mountain-climber -- and he has three young children who have taught him more about the world than any book

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