When four classmates from a small Massachusetts college move to New York to make their way, they're broke, adrift, and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition. There is kind, handsome Willem, an aspiring actor; JB, a quick-witted, sometimes cruel Brooklyn-born painter seeking entry to the art world; Malcolm, a frustrated architect at a prominent firm; and withdrawn, brilliant, enigmatic Jude, who serves as their center of gravity. Over the decades, their relationships deepen and darken, tinged by addiction, success, and pride. Yet their greatest challenge, each comes to realize, is Jude himself, by midlife a terrifyingly talented litigator yet an increasingly broken man, his mind and body scarred by an unspeakable childhood, and haunted by what he fears is a degree of trauma that he’ll not only be unable to overcome—but that will define his life forever.

The Outsiders is about two weeks in the life of a 14-year-old boy. The novel tells the story of Ponyboy Curtis and his struggles with right and wrong in a society in which he believes that he is an outsider. According to Ponyboy, there are two kinds of people in the world: greasers and socs. A soc (short for "social") has money, can get away with just about anything, and has an attitude longer than a limousine. A greaser, on the other hand, always lives on the outside and needs to watch his back. Ponyboy is a greaser, and he's always been proud of it, even willing to rumble against a gang of socs for the sake of his fellow greasers--until one terrible night when his friend Johnny kills a soc. The murder gets under Ponyboy's skin, causing his bifurcated world to crumble and teaching him that pain feels the same whether a soc or a greaser. Librarian note: This record is for one of the three editions published with different covers and with ISBN 0-140-38572-X / 978-0-14-038572-4. The records are for the 1988 cover (this record), the 1995 cover, and the 2008 cover which is also the current in-print cover.

The Outsiders is about two weeks in the life of a 14-year-old boy. The novel tells the story of Ponyboy Curtis and his struggles with right and wrong in a society in which he believes that he is an outsider. According to Ponyboy, there are two kinds of people in the world: greasers and socs. A soc (short for "social") has money, can get away with just about anything, and has an attitude longer than a limousine. A greaser, on the other hand, always lives on the outside and needs to watch his back. Ponyboy is a greaser, and he's always been proud of it, even willing to rumble against a gang of socs for the sake of his fellow greasers--until one terrible night when his friend Johnny kills a soc. The murder gets under Ponyboy's skin, causing his bifurcated world to crumble and teaching him that pain feels the same whether a soc or a greaser. Librarian note: This record is for one of the three editions published with different covers and with ISBN 0-140-38572-X / 978-0-14-038572-4. The records are for the 1988 cover (this record), the 1995 cover, and the 2008 cover which is also the current in-print cover.

Rain In The Mountains: Notes From The Himalayas is a collection of semi-autobiographical writings of the eminent writer Ruskin Bond about his life at home in Mussoorie. Summary Of The Book Rain In The Mountains: Notes From The Himalayas brings together some of Ruskin Bond’s most beautiful works from his years spent at the foothills of the Himalayas in the town of Mussoorie. These are musings on his natural habitat, scenes from his daily life, in both prose and poetry. Though written in a simple language, they manage to create vivid imagery and capture the essence of mountain life. Some of his writings that are featured in the book are Once Upon A Mountain Time, Sounds I Like To Hear, How Far Is The River, and After The Monsoon. Rain In The Mountains: Notes From The Himalayas covers the everyday life of the author with descriptive words and lucid writing. CONTENTS SECTION I - ONCE UPON A MOUNTAIN TIME Once Upon A Mountain Time Voting at Barlowganj Miss Bun and Others A Station for Scandal It Must be the Mountains (Play) SECTION II - MOUNTAINS IN MY BLOOD How Far is the River Four Boys on a Glacier Growing up with Trees Mountains in my Blood A Mountain Stream A Lime Tree in the Hills A New Flower The Joy of Flower Sounds I like to Hear Dragon in the Tunnel Hill of the Fairies The Open Road These I Have Loved A Dream of Gardens A Sweet Savour Great Trees I Have Known Picninc at Fox-Burn A Wayside Teashop All About my Walkabouts Great Spirits of the Trees Birdsong in the Mountains Meetings on the Tehri Road Guests who Fly in from the Forest Up at Sisters Bazaar SECTION III - NOTES BY THE WAYSIDE SECTION IV - MOUNTAINS ARE KIND TO WRITERS In Search of a Winter Garden The Old Lama The Night Roof Blew Off Mountains are Kind to Writers Best of All Windows A Knock at the Door Sounds of the Sea All My Writing Days The Trail to the Bank Where the Grass Grows Greener Better to Have a Bird in a Bush Coaxing a Garden from Himalyan Soil Where Rivers Meet After the Monsoon The Road to Anjani Sain SECTION V - TIME TO CLOSE THE WINDOW Epilogue