The Mayor of Casterbridge, by Thomas Hardy, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics: • New introductions commissioned from todays top writers and scholars • Biographies of the authors • Chronologies...

What begins for eighteen-year-old Mary Parson as a retaliation against her father, the mayor of their small town who abandoned his family after suffering a midlife crisis, turns into a full-scale war as Mary becomes the lone challenger to his re-election. In the end, armed with truth, love and faith, she must work to not only save her town but her family as well.

When the lumber mill closes, laying off most everyone in Fossett, Oregon, Melanie MacDonald plans to revitalize her beloved but beleaguered homestead by running her border collie Shep in Fossett's mayoral race . . . Shep wins by a landslide. A lover of democracy and dog treats, Shep is rapidly earning the goodwill of Fossett's citizens. Tourists are streaming in and everyone wants to glad-paw the new mayor. Suddenly Melanie and Shep are media darlings,...

Bremer has his work cut out for him as he tries to do right by the city and be a good father to his daughter. His dedicated team of civil servants keeps him on track, including Dep. Mayor Arpi Meskimen, CoS Mikaela Shaw, Chief Strategist Tommy Tomas and Communications Dir. Jayden Kwapis.

In the two weeks CIA assassin Fortune Redding has been hiding in Sinful, Louisiana, she's been harassed, poisoned, and shot at and that was the easy part. But now, she's about to face her biggest challenge since setting foot in the tiny bayou town. When mayoral candidate Ted Williams is murdered, everyone is surprised. Ted was a blowhole and a Yankee, but those usually weren't good reasons to kill someone. When Sinful Ladies Society leader Ida Belle...

A mayoral candidate's brother is released from prison 25 years after pleading guilty to the murder of his girlfriend, a situation that leads to the re-opening of the case.

Celebrate a LEGO® City costume party in this Step 3 Step into Reading leveled reader! There s a costume party in LEGO® City, but Mayor Fleck can t find his corn-on-the-cob outfit! Will he be able to find it in time to plan the big LEGO City costume party? . Perfect for Halloween or year-round! Children 5 to 8 will love read this Step 3 Step into Reading leveled reader. Step 3 readers feature engaging characters in easy-to-follow plots about popular...

Thirty-five years before Barack Obama was elected President, the question of race and the possibility of bridging racial and ethnic barriers was put to a test in an overlooked and untold story in American politics: The 1973 election of Tom Bradley, the first African American mayor of a major U.S. city with an overwhelmingly white majority. Tom Bradley’s extraordinary multi-racial coalition redefined Los Angeles, transformed the national dialogue...

A Democratic strategist assists a retired veteran run for mayor in a small, conservative Midwest town.

A human story unfolds when detectives aggravated by a major bust gone wrong are forced to deal with a tormented man thrown into the cage after urinating on the mayor's limo.