| Juanita Fights the School Board (Roosevelt High School Series Books) Publication Date: September 1994| Series: Roosevelt High School Series Books FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Johnny, the eldest daughter of Mexican farm workers, is expelled from high school, but with the help of a Latina psychologist and a civil rights attorney, she fights the discriminatory treatment and returns determined to finish school. --This text refers to the School & Library Binding edition....
| | Goldberg Variations: A Novel Release Date: October 2, 2012Imagine King Lear as a comedy . . . Elegant, amusing, and profoundly nasty tycoon Gloria Garrison, née Goldberg, has a kingdom to bequeath to one of the grandchildren she barely knows. They’re all twentysomethings who foolishly believe money isn’t everything. Just shy of eighty, Gloria doesn’t wish to watch the minutes tick by while the three dither over the issues of their generation—love, meaning, identity. She has summoned them all from New York for a weekend at her palatial home in Santa Fe. She has a single question to ask them: ...
| | Walt Whitman: A Gay Life Release Date: August 1, 1998Though Walt Whitman's poetry is known for its unabashed physicality and sexual energy, few biographers have directly confronted the impact of Whitman's sexuality and his cherished fraternal relationships on his art. Gary Schmidgall's fresh, insightful readings and innovative biographical technique illuminate the vital connection between Whitman's life as a homosexual and his legacy as a landmark literary artist.Through careful examination of contemporary sources and Whitman's own writing, including his letters and personal journals, Schmidgall explores Whitman as ...
| | G.I. JOE: Field Manual Volume 1 (G. I. Joe (Graphic Novels)) Publication Date: September 11, 2012| Series: G. I. Joe (Graphic Novels) Relive your favorite memories of the classic G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero cartoon with the G.I. Joe Field Manual Volume 1, an amazing archive of beautiful animation models. From Roadblock to Zartan, the Skystriker to the H.I.S.S. Tank, the Weather Dominator to the U.S.S. Flagg - all of your favorite characters, vehicles, and world-conquering devices are present in this amazing volume. Thrill to never-before-published production artwork and behind-the-scenes designs that made the classic 80's Joe cartoon so memorable. ...
| | The Trial (Everyman's Library Classics & Contemporary Classics) Release Date: June 30, 1992| Series: Everyman's Library Classics & Contemporary Classics (Book Jacket Status: Jacketed)The story of the mysterious indictment, trial, and reckoning forced upon Joseph K. in Franz Kafka’s The Trial is one of the twentieth century’s master parables, reflecting the central spiritual crises of modern life. Kafka’s method–one that has influenced, in some way, almost every writer of substance who followed him–was to render the absurd and the terrifying convincing by a scrupulous, hyperreal matter-of-factness of tone and treatment. He th...
| | Tragedias, III (Letras Universales/ Universal Writings) (Spanish Edition) ...
| | 68 sonetos del Siglo de Oro (Spanish Edition) Publication Date: January 1, 2004¿Que es la poesia y para que sirve? Dicho de una forma rapida y directa: sirve para ser mas libres. Sirve para conocer mejor el mundo del alma y el mundo exterior, y poder transmitirlo a sus lectores. Esta edicion recoge sesenta y ocho sonetos de entre los muchos y buenos que se escribieron durante nuestro Siglo de Oro. Los aqui reunidos tienen como tema principal el amor, sentimiento contradictorio porque esta hecho de felicidad y de la amenaza de perderla. Garcilaso, Quevedo, Gongora, Lope, Boscan, y hasta un total de veinte poetas, toman la palabra pa...
| | The Familiar Enemy: Chaucer, Language, and Nation in the Hundred Years War Publication Date: February 22, 2010| ISBN-10: 0199574863 | ISBN-13: 978-0199574865The Familiar Enemy re-examines the linguistic, literary, and cultural identities of England and France within the context of the Hundred Years War. During this war, two profoundly intertwined peoples developed complex strategies for expressing their aggressively intimate relationship. This special connection between the English and the French has endured into the modern period as a model for Western nationhood. Ardis Butterfield reassesses the concept of 'nation' in this period through a wide-ranging discus...
| | Postmodernism. What Moment? (Angelaki Humanities) Release Date: August 2, 2011| Series: Angelaki Humanities This collection assembles many of the major theorists of postmodernism, across the humanities and the social sciences, to reconsider the nature and significance of the postmodern moment, as historical phase and as theoretical field. The authors look back on their own contributions to the postmodernism debate of the 1980s and 1990s and address the ways in which the contemporary world and their own concerns have developed, and the continuing validity or otherwise of "postmodern" as a master designator of the contemporary. Following...
| | Poetry and Its Contexts in Eleventh-Century Byzantium Publication Date: August 30, 2012| ISBN-10: 1409440710 | ISBN-13: 978-1409440710Byzantine poetry of the eleventh century is fascinating, yet underexplored terrain. It presents a lively view on contemporary society, is often permeated with wit and elegance, and is concerned with a wide variety of subjects. Only now are we beginning to perceive the possibilities that this poetry offers for our knowledge of Byzantine culture in general, for the intellectual history of Byzantium, and for the evolution of poetry itself. It is, moreover, sometimes in the most neglected texts that the most fasc...
| | Time For Eternity Release Date: September 1, 2009Once, Frankie Suchet loved Henri Foucault—and it cost her everything. For two centuries, she has cursed the French duke who gave her his blood and then disappeared forever. Today, this sexy vampire is a bartender living in San Francisco. Now Frankie has been granted a chance to go back in time…and kill the man who made her what she is. But becoming “Francoise” again means losing all memory of the risk Henri poses to her future…and her heart.France, 1794. The Reign of Terror is in full swing. From the first, Henri is an enigma, savi...
| | Jim Thome: Lefty Launcher (Baseball Superstar) Publication Date: April 24, 2000| Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up...
| | My A to Z Recipe Box: An Alphabet of Recipes for Kids Publication Date: April 5, 2007| Grade Level: P and up From Ants in My Applesauce to Zany Zucchini Sticks, these 26 recipes offer young chefs a wide variety of hands-on cooking adventures. Each recipe has clear, simple steps that children will find easy to followand in the process, they'll learn about the foods they enjoy and practice skills like following directions and measuring, too. Developed by a former chef who is also a mother and a cooking teacher, these tasty (but still healthy) recipes have been kidtested and perfected. They're sure to offer plenty of fun times in the kitchen for y...
| | Paula Deen's My First Cookbook Release Date: October 7, 2008| Age Level: 4 and upOne of America's most beloved cooks, Food Network personality and restaurateur, Paula Deen invites you to share in her favorite dishes and memories from childhood in this delightful cookbook for the very young.What better way to celebrate childhood than with pancakes around the kitchen table? Or how about a quick snack of Ants on a Log? Paula even shares her tricks for whipping up the perfect breakfast in bed for Mom on Mother's Day or a fancy dinner for Dad on Father's Day. Paula Deen's My First Cookbook is like a big hug from the queen ...
| | The Nancy Drew Cookbook: Clues to Good Cooking Publication Date: October 6, 2005| Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up Nancy Drew is not only a great detective—she’s also a great cook! With recipes for breakfast, lunch, and dinner (plus those meals in between), this cookbook has the right dish for everyone. And because the recipes tie in to the most famous Nancy Drew mysteries, this book is a must-have for every fan of the world’s greatest super sleuth!...
| | Cool Mexican Cooking: Fun and Tasty Recipes for Kids (Cool World Cooking) ...
| | Forever Young Release Date: September 23, 2008| Age Level: 5 and up | Grade Level: K and up Since it first appeared on the 1974 album Planet Waves, "Forever Young" has been one of Bob Dylan's most beloved songs. Now award-winning artist Paul Rogers gives us a new interpretation of the lyrics. With images inspired by classic Dylan songs and pieces of his life, this is a bold and touching tribute to an anthem whose message will always stay forever young. ...
| | No Es Facil, Pequena Ardilla = It's Not Easy, Little Squirrel (Coleccion Libros Para Sonar) (Spanish Edition) ...
| | A Knight of the White Cross ...
| | Perfect Ponies 3 in 1: " Keeping Faith " , " Last Hope " , " Sweet Charity " (Perfect Ponies) ...
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