 | Flaws and All (Urban Christian)
Release Date: August 7, 2012| Series: Urban Christian Faith, family, and friendship have always been top priority to lifelong friends Lawson, Reginell, Sullivan, Angel, and Kina, but each one is about to be put to the test during one turbulent year.Lawson Kerry is a struggling single mother who has finally gotten her life together. Now, a fierce custody battle with her ex threatens to the tear apart everything she's built.Reginell Kerry is a starry-eyed singer determined to make it to the top of the charts, but will she change her tune when a chance at fame means shedding her clothes and her...
 |  | Nightland
Publication Date: October 15, 2001| Series: American Indian Literature and Critical Studies Series (Book 41) In the hot, dry New Mexico wilderness, Will and Billy, two half-Cherokee ranchers, discover a corpse and a suitcase containing nearly a million dollars.As the two friends contemplate what to do with the money, they set into motion a series of events that will cost them more than they want to pay.Volume 41 in the American Indian Literature and Critical Studies Series ...
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|  | I'll Take It
Release Date: June 17, 1989They came. They saw. They came and took what they saw.The Esker sisters are shoppers. Loving, caring, driven, merciless shoppers. Ida never "passes a store without slipping in and buying something to give away." Pola, who only buys in bulk, would have been good in foreign affairs: "If a nation acted up, Aunt Pola would buy it." And Hedy, dearest of them all, proved the whole thing was genetic. Or maybe environmental. Either way, she passed the bug of galloping consumption onto her son.Her son is Joe Reckler. Twenty-six. Yale grad. No job. No ties. Nothing to keep h...
|  | In Extremis: Book Seven of the Latter Annals of Lystra
Publication Date: October 5, 2009"Come at once. Ares is dying."So reads the frantic message from Surchataine Nicole that brings Ares' adopted son Henry out of exile after two years. When Henry arrives at Westford, he discovers vultures gathering over the province, eyeing Ares' twin 14-year-old daughters, Sophie and Bonnie. Accustomed to patrolling the wild western border of Lystra to keep out slavers, Henry must now readjust to courtly intrigues-a task made all the more difficult by the meaningless but conspicuous leper's brand on his hand.Matters come to a head when Surchatain Magnus of Scy...
|  | Blue Tractor
Publication Date: October 18, 2010What if you had a chance to see how the choices you were making were impacting the world? What would you do? Would you change? Would you stay the same?For Jason Carson, that opportunity has presented itself. On a night he will never forget, the curtain is pulled back and his choices are laid bare. Join him as he wrestles with the realities presented in Blue Tractor. What will he do? Will he change? Or will he stay the same?Josh Rouse is an Associate Pastor/Student Minister in Hiawassee, GA. He lives there with his wife, Beth, and their two boys. He is a freq...
|  | Voodoo Tales
Publication Date: August 8, 2012'And behind him, like a misshapen black frog, bounded the Thing, its red tongue lolling out of its gash of a mouth, its diminutive blubbery lips drawn back in a murderous snarl...' Let Henry S. Whitehead take you into the mysterious and macabre world of voodoo where beasts invade the mind of man and where lives of the living are racked by the spirits of the dead. In this collection of rare and out of print stories you will encounter the curses of the great Guinea-Snake, the Sheen, the weredog whose very touch means certain death, the curious tale of the 'magic...
|  | The Coming Race (Magoria Books)
Publication Date: February 9, 2007| ISBN-10: 0978170717 | ISBN-13: 978-0978170714The Coming Race tells the story of a young American man, who discovers the thriving world of a highly advanced race, living deep beneath the earth.This extraordinary classic is considered to be one of the first Science Fiction novels, and is required reading for fans of the genre.It is also believed, by an entirely separate group of avid readers, to be a non-fiction manuscript that contains truthful and accurate information about the past, the present, and a dread future yet to come. ...
|  | Tevye the Dairyman and Motl the Cantor's Son (Penguin Classics)
Release Date: January 27, 2009| Series: Penguin Classics For the 150th anniversary of the birth of the "Jewish Mark Twain,"a new translation of his most famous works Tevye the Dairyman and Motl the Cantor's Son are the most celebrated characters in all of Jewish fiction. Tevye is the lovable, Bible-quoting father of seven daughters, a modern Job whose wisdom, humor, and resilience inspired the lead character in Fiddler on the Roof. And Motl is the spirited and mischievous nine-year-old boy who accompanies his family on a journey from their Russian shtetl to New York, and whose comical, poign...
|  | The Book History Reader
Publication Date: November 1, 2001| ISBN-10: 0415226589 | ISBN-13: 978-0415226585| Edition: 1 The Book History Reader brings together a rich variety of writings examining different aspects of the history of books and print culture, much of which is otherwise inaccessible. It looks at the development of the book, the move from spoken word to written texts, the commodification of books and authors, the power and profile of readers, and the future of the book in the electronic age. The Reader is arranged in thematic sections and features a general introduction as well as an introduction to ...
|  | Visceral Bukowski: Inside the Sniper Landscape of L.A. Writers
Publication Date: January 1, 2004Cultural Writing. VISCERAL BUKOWSKI is a memoir of a 20-year friendship with deep insights into the personal life of Charles Bukowski and the city of Los Angeles. Here are clear chapters on childhood friends, Bukowski's flirtation with Nazism, how Pleasants and Bukowski together rediscover John Fante, adventures in Hollywood, the women, the jobs, the booze and the writing; the way it really happened without the fiction. A strikingly rich portrayal of Bukowski, a poet, who was "alive and glowing in his place in time"--Los Angeles Times. ...
|  | The Correspondence of Walter Benjamin, 1910-1940
Publication Date: July 31, 2012Called “the most important critic of his time” by Hannah Arendt, Walter Benjamin has only become more influential over the years, as his work has assumed a crucial place in current debates over the interactions of art, culture, and meaning. A “natural and extraordinary talent for letter writing was one of the most captivating facets of his nature,” writes Gershom Scholem in his Foreword to this volume; and Benjamin's correspondence reveals the evolution of some of his most powerful ideas, while also offering an intimate picture of Benjam...
|  | Tripwire (Thorndike Press Large Print Famous Authors Series)
Release Date: January 5, 2011| Series: Thorndike Press Large Print Famous Authors Series On the publication of Lee Child's debut novel, the multiple award-winning Killing Floor, critics nationwide marked its success. His last book, Die Trying, inspired the Chicago Tribune to call him "a suspense writer to be reckoned with." In Tripwire, Reacher is settling into lazy Key West when his life is interrupted by a stranger who comes looking for him. When the stranger turns up beaten to death in the Old Town cemetery - fingertips removed - Reacher knows whomever the man was working for is not a fri...
|  | The Sting of Justice: A Mystery of Medieval Ireland (Mysteries of Medieval Ireland)
Release Date: November 24, 2009| Series: Mysteries of Medieval Ireland “Once again, Cora Harrison brings sixteenth-century Ireland beautifully to life and her Brehon detective, Mara, is a fantastic protagonist—an absolute one-off and yet refreshingly real.” —The Historical Novel Society on A Secret and Unlawful Killing (Editors’ Choice)The year is 1509 and autumn has come to the Burren in western Ireland. It’s a time of harvest and preparation for the winter to come—the end of summer and, for some, the end of life. When Mara attends the funeral of a ...
|  | The Brocaded Slipper and Other Vietnamese Tales
Publication Date: August 1992| Age Level: 7 and up Tam is mistreated by her stepfamily, befriended by a fairy, and later rescued by a prince. But a royal marriage doesn't end this Cinderella's problems... Four other Vietnamese folktales are included. ...
|  | Gold Dust
Release Date: April 16, 2002| Age Level: 10 and up | Grade Level: 5 and up If I ran things,. nobody would have names. We would just have batting averages.When star rookies Fred Lynn and Jim Rice, the Gold Dust Twins, join the Red Sox in 1975, Richard dreams of following in their footsteps.Napoleon Charlie Ellis arrives in Boston from the island of Dominica with a firm handshake, a love of cricket and classical music, and no one to call a friend. He needs help. Richard plans to help Napoleon and make him his partner. The two of them will go on to baseball greatness together, the next Gold Dus...
|  | Let's Play Basketball! (Pebble Plus: Sports and Activities)
Publication Date: January 1, 2006| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up...
|  | Fraction Jugglers: Game and Work Book and Math Game Cards
Publication Date: July 1, 2001| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up Fraction Jugglers helps kids grasp fractions and their real-world applications--while having such a great time, they don't even realize they're learning.Combining a full-color, illustrated book of 19 games and a custom-designed deck of 86 cards, Fraction Jugglers steadily and thoroughly builds up a student's understanding of how to apply and manipulate fractions.In the What's Bigger? Game, the smallest denominator wins. In the Renaming Game, players find ways to match "target" fractions. Reciprocals come into play in...
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