Best of
Novella

2000

The Quinns' Christmas


Nora Roberts - 2000
    Takes place after the 3rd book. (A short story originally published as a Waldenbooks Report Exclusive)

Scandalous Lord Dere


Stephanie Laurens - 2000
    Kisses were stolen and promises made. But what happens when morning comes? A new year brings new scandal when a rake awakens in the bed of the flame-haired temptress who had seduced him years before. All of society has them bedded, but can he convince her to become wedded?

Night with Related Readings


Elie WieselM. Kosek - 2000
    This autobiographical story traces events from 1941 to 1945, during which time Wiesel and his family are taken from their village to a Nazi concentration camp. The family is split apart and Wiesel never again sees his mother and one of his sisters. The rest of the story focuses on Wiesel and his father as they struggle to survive the brutal horrors of the camps. Although his father eventually dies, Wiesel survives to be liberated by Allied troops and to offer this account of terror and guilt as well as faith.Related Readings"A Wound That Will Never Be Healed"—interview by Bob Costas"Cattle Car Complex"—short story by Thane Rosenbaum"Assault on History" and "Rewriting History 101: Bradley Smith's Campus Campaign"—newspaper articles by Bob Keelerfrom Song of Survival—personal narrative by Helen Colijnfrom …I Never Saw Another Butterfly—poems and artwork by the children of the Terezin concentration camp

Falling


Linn B. Halton - 2000
    Part 1 of three novellas in the Angels Among Us seriesComing soon…Angels Among Us: ForbiddenAngels Among Us: Forever- See more at: http://www.harperimpulseromance.com/b...

The Ugly Chickens


Howard Waldrop - 2000
    This is perhaps his best known work.Originally published in Universe 10, edited by Terry Carr, Doubleday 1980.

What's the Buzz?: The Secret Lives of Bees


Margery Facklam - 2000
    Bats, bees, the Isthmus of Panama, and the tropical forest canopy are the subjects of eye-opening, real-life explorations.With entomologist escort, readers learn about tropical bees that are attracted to sweat, bees that can determine the sex of their offspring, and bees that attack in such huge numbers they can kill a horse.