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A humorous science fiction story, LIZARD MUSIC was first published in 1976 and features a quirky main charter who idolizes newscaster Walter Cronkite. When his parents go away for a two-week vacation, 11-year-old Victor is left in the care of his flaky older sister, Leslie. Almost as soon as their parents depart, Leslie announces that she's also taking a vacation, and leaves Victor on his own. Late that night, as Victor half-dozes in front of the television, he sees a most unusual program, a musical performance by a group of lizards--not people in lizard costumes, but actual lizards. The next day, Victor meets the Chicken Man, a mysterious stranger who keeps a pet chicken on his head--and who seems to know all about Victor and the lizards. Confused, intrigued, and perhaps even a little bit frightened, Victor begins an amazing adventure--one that will eventually bring him into the mysterious world of the lizards.
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A painter seeks revenge in this subtle look at the interrelationship between artist and critic. Set at the beginning of the 20th century, THE PORTRAIT begins when a portrait painter named Henry MacAlpine gives up his successful London life in favor of exile to a small island off the coast of France. He invites the powerful and influential critic William Naysmith--his former mentor--to visit so that he can paint Naysmith's portrait. However, MacAlpine also has grievances against the critic, and in fact has more on his mind than mere portrait-painting.
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This influential work of criticism, published in 1929, regards the lecture-room experiments performed by eminent critic, I. A. Richards. Here, Richards discusses what he learned when he systematically presented poetry to his students with the authorship concealed. Dismissing the preconceptions students associate with the poetic practices ascribed to certain authors, Richards sought to discover a different level of meaning apparent in the poems.
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The tale of an Irish boy raised as an Indian in imperial India. It is the story of his coming of age in a world of high adventure, mystic quests, and the great game between the British and the Russians for control of Central Asia.
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