 | Mamba's Daughters: A Novel of Charleston
Publication Date: June 19741929. Heyward's first novel Porgy was an immediate success. He started his literary career with short stories of Negro life in his native South and his novel Mamba's Daughters returns to that theme. The book begins: It was no mere chance that, during the first decade of the new century, brought Mamba out of the darkness of the underworld into the light of the Wentworths' kitchen. Casual as that event seemed, there is good evidence for the belief that it had its origin in some obscure recess of the woman's mind; or in perhaps some deep and but half comprehended inst...
 |  | The 13th Enumeration
Publication Date: August 8, 2012In 43 AD, Levi ben Cheleph, a Roman customs official, composes a controversial genealogy of Jesus. For the next nineteen centuries, this list becomes one of the most disputed texts of the New Testament and the basis for one of the most important biblical secrets of all time. The 13th Enumeration is the key to that forgotten secret.Darius Zaridast, CEO of Aquarius Elemental Solutions, is on a quest to destroy those he believes are responsible for the death of his father and the status of his homeland, Persia, as a third-world dictatorship ruled by religious f...
|  | Engaging the Earl (Love Inspired Historical)
Publication Date: March 6, 2012| Series: Love Inspired Historical FOR RICHER OR POORER… To help her destitute parents, Emma Mercer must marry very well. And very soon. Love is irrelevant, only security matters…doesn’t it? Aided by her friend Olivia—and Olivia’s brother Marcus, Earl of Westin—Emma quickly gains society’s notice. But Marcus himself, the only man whose company Emma truly enjoys, seems oblivious to her charms. With his finances in jeopardy, Marcus knows he can’t be the wealthy groom Emma needs. Instead, he’ll see her...
|  | Shattered Identity (Love Inspired Suspense)
Publication Date: February 7, 2012| Series: Love Inspired Suspense Someone—with a very personal motive—has it out for Lisa Wade, Ocracoke Island's sheriff's dispatcher. She was viciously attacked, her home was ransacked and one very precious possession was stolen. Deputy Scott Michaels plans to stay close until the culprit is caught…but that means involving Lisa in the investigation. And her assistance may cause more trouble for Lisa when she finds clues in a journal to a deadly mystery. As Lisa and Scott cross dangerous territory, they inch closer to the truth—an...
|  | The Beloved: The Guardians (Volume 1)
Publication Date: June 14, 2012When William Cain and his sons Jude, Brian, and Sam lose the matriarch Alizabeth Cain.They are convinced it was more than a simple home intrusion.Now armed with their clever and unique friends Lilly and Damian they open their own private investigation agency specializing in missing persons cases as well as the strange and mysterious cases. ...
|  | In Nature's Honor: Myths And Rituals Celebrating The Earth
Publication Date: August 20, 2005In Nature's Honor explores the eight solar holidays that mark the turning of the Wheel of the Year. Each chapter begins with a history of the holiday--the ways in which it has been celebrated from ancient to modern times, its relationship to other religious and secular celebrations and its cultural and mythological foundations. This history is followed by recommendations for specific activities to celebrate the season that individuals, families or small groups can enjoy. The chapters conclude with formal rituals suitable for use in larger faith communities. T...
|  | Dancing After Hours: Stories
Release Date: March 4, 1997A New York Times Notable Book of the YearFrom a genuine hero of the American short story comes a luminous collection that reveals the seams of hurt, courage, and tenderness that run through the bedrock of contemporary American life. In these fourteen stories, Dubus depicts ordinary men and women confronting injury and loneliness, the lack of love and the terror of actually having it. Out of his characters' struggles and small failures--and their unexpected moments of redemption--Dubus creates fiction that bears comparison to the short story's greatest creators--Che...
|  | The Aeneid: A New Prose Translation (Penguin Classics)
Release Date: January 1, 1995| Series: Penguin Classics The legendary origin of the Roman nation which tells the story of the Trojan Prince Aeneas who escaped with some of his men after Troy fell and sailed to Italy under the protection of the goddess Venus. Here they settled and laid the foundations of Roman power. ...
|  | Scriptures for a Generation: What We Were Reading in the '60s
Publication Date: November 1994More than fifty writers, from Timothy Leary and Malcolm X to Helen Gurley Brown and Rachel Carson, are individually profiled in this lively survey of the literature of the 1960s. A look at the books behind the decade's youth movements, Scriptures for a Generation recalls the era as one of unprecedented literacy and belief in the power of books to change society. In showing that the generation that came of age in the '60s marked both the height and the end of "the last great reading culture," Philip D. Beidler also implies much about the state of literacy in our...
|  | Winter Love: Ezra Pound and H.D.
Publication Date: March 14, 2003Ezra Pound and Hilda Doolittle, who used the pseudonym H.D., are among the most important American modernist poets. In this comparative study, Jacob Korg examines their intertwined lives, from an early romantic relationship when both writers were in their early twenties, through the ongoing friendship and artistic dialogue that helped shape their work. Drawing on unpublished letters and manuscripts as well as published works, Korg offers a fresh view of two American artists and a wholly unexpected portrait of Pound—examined here, for the first time, thro...
|  | Art of Jon Hul
Publication Date: September 15, 2003A man of many talents, Jon Hul always had a love for illustration, but an overriding passion for music. In the race to see which discipline would finally pay the bills, art won over the drums, and rock's loss was the pin-up's gain! Hul has fused his eye for color, detail, and composition with an appealing photo-realistic style. The results literally stop you dead in your tracks! Gallery shows bring in the serious collectors, and Jon's reputation for outstanding works of sheer beauty keep the artist hard at his craft! This is the first collection of his pai...
|  | The Shimmer
Publication Date: June 1, 2010When police officer Dan Page’s wife disappears, her trail leads to Rostov, a remote Texas town where unexplained phenomena attract hundreds of spectators each night. Not merely curious, these onlookers are compelled to reach this tiny community and gaze at the mysterious Rostov lights.But more than the faithful are drawn there. A gunman begins shooting at the lights, screaming “Go back to hell where you came from!” then turns his rifle on the innocent bystanders. As more and more people are drawn to the scene of the massacre, the stage is set fo...
|  | The Mysterious Affair at Styles: a Hercule Poirot Mystery
Publication Date: January 3, 2003True, Poirot has retired as chief of Belgian police, but the dapper detective can never resist a case. This one involves the murder of a wealthy heiress. The suspects are many: a fortune-hunting husband, jealous relatives, a hired companion. The solution? A deadly scheme that is eventually revealed by the master sleuth. This recording won a prestigious Audie Award for Best Mystery of the year....
|  | The Nightmare Before Christmas
Release Date: August 1, 2006| Age Level: 6 and up | Grade Level: 1 and up Meet Jack Skellington. He's in charge of making Halloweenland the coolest creepy place around. But when Jack suddenly grows bored with tricks and treats, he goes searching for new ways to celebrateâĶ and he finds them in Christmas Town! Christmas, Jack decides, is just what HalloweenlandâĶand the worldâĶneeds! He sets out to take over the role of Santa. But can anything good come of a tall and lanky skeleton dressed up as everyone's favorite jolly old el...
|  | The Salmon Princess: An Alaska Cinderella Story (Paws IV Children's Books)
Release Date: March 9, 2004| Age Level: 3 and up | Grade Level: P and up...
| | Los Caballeros Des Rey Arturo (Aventuras Fantasticas) (Spanish Edition)
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|  | On the Field with... Alex Rodriguez
Publication Date: April 1, 2002| Grade Level: 3 and up...
|  | Judo (The Child's World of Sports-Martial Arts)
Publication Date: January 2004| Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up...
|  | Food: 25 Amazing Projects: Investigate the History and Science of What We Eat (Build It Yourself series)
Publication Date: September 1, 2010| Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up...
|  | Trapped at the Bottom of the Sea (The Cooper Kids Adventure Series #4)
Publication Date: July 14, 2004| Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up Time is running out on a desperate rescue mission… After an argument with her father, a sullen Lila Cooper boards an Air Force flight from Japan to the U.S. Her brooding is interrupted when a sudden hijacking leads to a scuffle and an explosion, causing the plane to plummet toward the Pacific Ocean. Trapped inside a secret weapons pod on the ocean floor, Lila can do nothing but pray that rescuers will find her before her oxygen supply runs out. Meanwhile, Jay Cooper and his father team up with journalist Meag...
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