 | Listening For God, Vol. 4: Contemporary Literature And The Life Of Faith
Publication Date: January 1, 2003This resource helps adults explore the issues of discipleship and theology through guided interaction from selections of American literature. Listening for God includes excerpts from the works of eight contemporary American authors supplemented by author profiles, and discussion and reflection questions. Included are selections from: James Baldwin Sue MillerRobert Olen ButlerDoris BettsMichael MaloneAllegra GoodmanAlice Elliott DarkKent Haruf ...
 |  | When We Were Strangers: A Novel
Release Date: January 25, 2011Introduction "If you leave Opi, you'll die with strangers," Irma Vitale's mother always warned. Even after her beloved mother's passing, 20-year-old Irma longs to stay in her Abruzzo mountain village, plying her needle. But too poor and plain to marry and subject to growing danger in her own home, she risks rough passage to America and workhouse servitude to achieve her dream of making dresses for gentlewomen. In the raw immigrant quarters and with the help of an entrepreneurial Irish serving girl, ribbon-decked Polish ragman and austere Alsatian dressmaker,...
|  | The Hall Chair: A Satirical Novel on the Medical Malpractice Crisis in America
Release Date: August 2, 2006When Julie Winter is admitted to Columbia Medical Center by an orthopedic surgeon for routine back surgery, nobody expects disaster. But when she suddenly becomes quadriplegic in the dead of night following her operation, she and her husband hire hotshot attorney-nurse Maxine Doggett and sue the doctor for damages. But are they suing the right doctor? The one they name, Hugh Montrose, is a talented and compassionate neurosurgeon who wasn't consulted until late the next day. And does Maxine really have their best interests at heart, or does she have a secret agenda...
|  | Russian Prey (Volume 8)
Publication Date: August 31, 2012Special Agent Keegan Ripley has watched, listened to and fantasized about the notorious Vicious Vince Markov for more than a decade. Now he has been assigned the task of going undercover in Rio to convince Markov to meet with FBI bosses about joining forces. After meeting Vince in a gay bar, Keegan finds that even his very close surveillance has left him completely unprepared for the man’s overwhelming sex appeal. Besides fighting his traitorous body, Keegan also has to deal with the fact that his crush is a complete and total ass. Sexy, cold and unfee...
|  | The Secret of Talmor Manor
Publication Date: February 27, 2011After a mysterious package arrives on Jake's doorstep, he starts having very strange dreams: when he falls asleep he finds himself in a dilapidated English Manor inhabited by a number of ghosts who believe he can free them from their eternal existence. But when the Lord of the Manor appears in Jake's living room, Jake finds himself facing some very difficult questions. What should he do about the attraction between him and this turn of the century living ghost? Why is someone trying to kill them in their dreams? And what should he wear to the upcoming Hallo...
|  | International Folkloristics: Classic Contributions by the Founders of Folklore
Publication Date: August 1, 1999| ISBN-10: 0847695158 | ISBN-13: 978-0847695157International folkloristics is a worldwide discipline in which scholars study various forms of folklore ranging from myth, folktale, and legend to custom and belief. Twenty classic essays, beginning with a piece by Jacob Grimm, reveal the evolving theoretical underpinnings of folkloristics from its nineteenth century origins to its academic coming-of-age in the twentieth century. Each piece is prefaced by extensive editorial introductions placing them in a historical and intellectual context. The twenty essays...
|  | The Cambridge Companion to Greek and Roman Theatre (Cambridge Companions to Literature)
Publication Date: June 11, 2007| ISBN-10: 0521542340 | ISBN-13: 978-0521542340| Edition: 1 This series of essays by prominent academics and practitioners investigates in detail the history of performance in the classical Greek and Roman world. Beginning with the earliest examples of 'dramatic' presentation in the epic cycles and reaching through to the latter days of the Roman Empire and beyond, the Companion covers many aspects of these broad presentational societies. Dramatic performances that are text-based form only one part of cultures where presentation is a major element of all so...
|  | English Reader's Guide to Sophocles' Two Oedipus Plays
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|  | The Road to Oz: A Radio Dramatization (Oz Series)
Publication Date: September 13, 2011| Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up...
|  | Perceval; or, The Story of the Grail
Publication Date: October 1, 1985In this verse translation of Perceval; or, The Story of the Grail, Ruth Harwood Cline restores to life the thematically crucial Arthurian tale of the education of a knight in his search for the Holy Grail.Cline's translation, faithful to the highly synthetic, deliberately ornate nature of medieval French, follows Perceval from his home in Wales, through his rich and raucous adventures as a member of the fraternity of knights, to his climactic meeting with the Fisher King. Paralyzed by his first glimpse of the Grail, Perceval fails to save the ailing king. Dis...
|  | The Average American Male: A Novel
Release Date: March 13, 2007An offensive, in-your-face, brutally honest and completely hilarious look at male inner life and sexual fantasy—sure to be one of the most controversial books of the year. ...
|  | Avoiding Commitment (Volume 1)
Publication Date: July 31, 2012Jack and Lexi never had a typical relationship. After 2 years without speaking, she receives a phone call that changes everything. He unexpectedly asks her to convince the new girl, Bekah, that he's ready to commit. Jack is calling now after everything they had been through because there is another woman. She can't believe it. Follow Lexi in this heart wrenching drama as she relives her past relationship, or lack thereof, with Jack, and not just in her own mind, but to his fiance-to-be. Throw in Bekah's hot brother who always seems to be in the right place at t...
|  | Heatwave (Code Red)
Publication Date: July 1, 2004| Series: Code Red (Harlequin) One-hundred-degree temperatures have reached a crisis point in Southern Cal and there's a new generation of heroes in Courage Bay who are ready to risk all! This anthology will introduce readers to the characters and setting of the new Harlequin Books 12-book anthology, "Code Red. Watch for the first title, SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION by Bobby Hutchinson, coming in August! ...
|  | Summer's Portal
Publication Date: May 9, 2011Summer's Portal is the first of a five-part time-travel adventure beginning in the Paris of 1920.In our present, Chloe Alexandra Steffington's enviable existence comes to an end with the disappearance of her archeologist parents.Increasingly suspicious that all is not as it seems, she discovers an old document leading her to reluctantly believe her parents are time-travelers.The sudden appearance of Dr. David Stewart leads to a grand adventure in pre World War II France initially preventing the Third Reich from getting wind of this technology.Much more is at stak...
|  | Wine of Violence: A Medieval Mystery (Medieval Mysteries)
Publication Date: October 4, 2011| Series: Medieval Mysteries It is late summer in the year 1270. Although the Simon de Montfort rebellion is over, the smell of death still hangs over the land. In the small priory of Tyndal, the monks and nuns of the Order of Fontevraud long for a return to routine. Their hopes are dashed, however, when the young and inexperienced Eleanor of Wynethorpe is appointed their new prioress. Only a day after her arrival, a brutally murdered monk is found in the cloister gardens, and Brother Thomas, a young priest with a troubled past, arrives to bring her a more pe...
|  | Death of a Dentist (Hamish Macbeth Mysteries, No. 13)
Publication Date: July 1, 1998A blinding toothache sends Hamish Macbeth 120 miles out of Lochdubh to the dentist Frederick Gilchrist, only to find him dead. Since everyone is pleased the dentist is deceased--patients, several harassed women, and even his wife--Macbeth faces one of the more biting challenges of his career. ...
| | Sled Dog Wisdom
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|  | Another Sommer-Time Story: Three Little Pigs with CD Read-Along
Publication Date: June 1, 2001| Age Level: 5 and up...
|  | Three Little Pigs & the Fox
Publication Date: October 1997| Age Level: 4 and up In this adaptation of the Southern Three Little Pigs, a humongous mama pig sends her bulging offspring out into the world, and Rooter and Oinky end up being saved from the tricky fox by their sister, Hamlet. Full-color illustrations. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title....
|  | Emmitt Smith (Sports Superstars (Rosen))
Publication Date: September 1997| Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up...
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