Ellison Ellis Coffey, a lonely fifth-grader, discovers he might have the special gift of talking to bugs and decides to use his ability to win his town's annual Woolly Worm Race. Illustrations.

You've heard of Horse Whisperers and Dog Whisperers, but Ellis thinks he might be a Worm Whisperer! Ellis Coffey loves animals. He spends so much time outdoors that sometimes he thinks he can talk with them. When he discovers a caterpillar that seems to follow his directions, he knows he has a chance to win the annual Woolly Worm race. The prize money is $1,000--exactly the amount of the deductible for his dad's back surgery. If Ellis is right and he can train his woolly worm to be the fastest in the county, he's sure can solve all his family's problems. But when you're trying to talk to insects, nothing is as simple as it seems. From Betty Hicks, author of the Gym Shorts series for new readers, comes a story of friendship, family, and hidden talents that might be more useful than they first seemed.

On the spot poetry: Live, spontaneous, improvisational; this is how karen a. dalyea performs her poetry on stage. But she does not just perform it, she creates it . . . live. On the spot! In songs of the worm whisperer, karen proves her spontaneous poetry is not only live, it is vital, emersive and essential. She lives in the world as it exists, in the here and now, and her poetry reveals those sensibilities. With astute perception, she shows us the world with all its cracks and crevices open and in view.

“Then, O Belovèd, Whisper To The Worm” is a fantastic collection of selected poetry by the French poet, art critic, and essayist Charles Pierre Baudelaire (1821–1867). Baudelaire's wonderful poems are known for their masterful use of rhyme and rhythm which, together with their Romantic exoticism, inspired a whole generation of poets including Arthur Rimbaud, Paul Verlaine and Stéphane Mallarmé. The perfect collection for poetry lovers and fans of Baudelaire's seminal work. Contents include: “Poems in Prose, Translated by Arthur Symons”, “Additional Poems in Prose, Translated by James Huneker”, “Little Poems in Prose, Translated by F. P. Sturm”, “Additional Translations of the Flowers of Evil, Translated by James Huneker”, “Two Poems from Baudelaire, Translated by Richard Herne Shepherd”, and “Selected Poems of Charles Baudelaire, Translated by Guy Thorne”. Other notable works by this author include: “La Fanfarlo” (1847), “Les Fleurs du Mal” (1857), “Les Paradis Artificiels” (1860), and “Le Spleen de Paris” (1869). Ragged Hand is proudly publishing this brand new collection of classic poetry complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.

In a tale of ancient evil, Bram Stoker creates a world of lurking horrors and bizarre denizens: a demented mesmerist, hellbent on mentally crushing the girl he loves; a gigantic kite raised to rid the land of an unnatural infestation of birds, and which receives strange commands along its string; and all the while, the great white worm slithers below, seeking its next victim...

A crow-eyed peep into the backyard of a banking organization. An unusual portrayal of the life and times of an ordinary mortal and his subdued fight for survival Listen to the whisper of the worms to hear the muffled wail of humans on the run, lured by the carrot, forced by the stick An unbalnced account of gagged sentimentssubtly unfolding the naivety of petty minds. Also of nepotism and dehumanized value systems A moving story of the commercialized people in an imaginary country called Marcardia, portrayed brilliantly through their psyche and polity. Makes one think, laugh and get emotionally chocked. Blended finely into the main fabric are vivid shots of rustic life lifted out of a fading frame; sweet smell of paddy fields on blossomrhythmic splash of the wooden bucket in the farm well

When a beautiful professor joins forces with a sexy detective to find a serial killer, shes caught in a web of danger and desire as she becomes the murderers next target. Original.