While Hall’s devoted readers will recognize many of his long-standing preoccupations—baseball, the family farm, love, sex, and friendship—what will strike them as new is the fierce, pitiless poignancy he reveals as his own life’s end comes into view. The Back Chamber is far from being death-haunted but rather is lively, irreverent, sexy, hilarious, ironic, and sly—full of the life-affirming energy that has made Donald Hall one of America’s most popular and enduring poets.

    But did you know that these stories are also packed with words you need to know for the SAT?Learning words by reading them in context is the most effective way to expand your vocabulary, and this book can help you do just that! This edition of The Tales of Edgar Allan Poe includes:705 SAT vocabulary words highlighted throughout the textDefinitions for each highlighted word on the facing page A word-pronunciation guideIt's a pain-free way to build your vocabulary—and to score higher on the test!The tell-tale heart --Hop-frog --The black cat --Ligeia --The assignation --The oval portrait --The fall of the house of Usher --The murders in the Rue Morgue --Ms. found in a bottle --A descent into the maelström --The pit and the pendulum --The Sphinx --William Wilson.

    After quitting her job and selling all of her belongings, she heads to Greece in search of adventure. So when a sexy local restaurant owner pursues her, she can't resist playing the role of a sophisticated, well-traveled woman. But falling in love with Stephen Nickodemus was not part of the plan! Now she'll have to find a way to break the news of her true identity…without also breaking his heart.Lessons LearnedCarlo Franconi embodies everything that Juliet Trent avoids in a client—he's arrogant, frustrating and entirely too seductive. Juliet has always prided herself on being the consummate professional, but with a tour schedule that has the pair spending every waking minute together, Juliet is finding it impossible to resist the famous chef's charm, especially when he's looking at her as if she's an enticing new dish he just can't wait to taste….

    It is even more remarkable if the book is set where we live, a place we thought we'd been. These poems make up a dramatic and lyrical portrait of the migration of poor Buncombe County farmers to a mill village outside Chester, S.C. However, the book is much more than documentary. Rash, whose grandparents and parents worked in the Eureka Mill interweaves his family's personal history with the broader texture of mill life, giving us at once intimacy and perspective, heart and understanding.