Captain Richard, a former cavalry officer, faces a crisis of conscience when he accepts a job at the Zapparoni Works, where mechanical bees are produced that are so efficient they threaten ecological destruction

Published in concert with the 250th anniversary of Goethe's birth, this selection of great works from the German writer includes The Sorrows of Young Werther and Faust, among others.

Product Description: This very special book celebrates the works and days of two significant women of letters, one from "back East," the other from the Inland Northwest. Both have birthdays in August: the centennial of Louise Bogan's birth is August 11, 1997; Mildred Weston celebrates her ninety-second birthday on August 3, 1997...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

A collection of poems grouped in such categories as 'Birds, Beasts, and Flowers,' 'The Sea,' and 'The Moon and the Sun'

Journal and notebook entries, memoirs, stories, poems, and excerpts from letters form a mosaic illuminating the life and art of the lyric poet and literary critic