 | The Bro Code
Release Date: October 14, 2008Everyone's life is governed by an internal code of conduct. Some call it morality. Others call it religion. But Bros in the know call this holy grail The Bro Code. Historically a spoken tradition passed from one generation to the next, the official code of conduct for Bros appears here in its published form for the first time ever. By upholding the tenets of this sacred and legendary document, any dude can learn to achieve Bro-dom. ...
 |  | Retromancer
Publication Date: February 1, 2011In the newest madcap adventure from Robert Rankin, history has gone askew and it's up to the one and only Hugo Rune to face down aliens and monsters galore in order to put everything in its right place There is big and evil magic upon the face of the Earth, and history has consequently been changed. The Germans have won World War II; America is a nuclear wasteland; and worst of all the breakfast menu at the Wife's Legs Café in Brentford is serving bratwurst rather than the proper British sausage. When the world is all wrong and it needs settin...
|  | Angelic
Publication Date: January 18, 2010As a half-demon master of the dark arts, Eve Levine isn't what anyone would call "angelic." That's exactly why the Fates chose her for the job. She's their secret weapon against the forces of evil.However, after five years, Eve is tired of being the designated rebel of the angel corps, expected to break the rules, then being penalized for it. When the leaderless djinn stage an uprising, Eve sees the perfect chance to get herself fired. As she plunges deeper into the demon world, though, she realizes she's in danger of losing a lot more than her job. ...
|  | Oh, My Goodness!: More Surprises from Fairacres
Publication Date: October 1, 2001Welcome back to FairAcres!Here's another inspiring and humorous hit from Effie Leland Wilder, featuring Hattie McNair and her lovable cohorts at FairAcres Retirement Home.At the age of ninety-two and with more than 500,000 copies of her four best-selling books in print, you’d think that author Effie Leland Wilder would be content to rest on her laurels.Fortunately, in response to the floods of letters requesting another visit to FairAcres, Mrs. Wilder invites us back for another delightfully uplifting and entertaining adventure.In her familiar journal en...
|  | superstonerdude!
Publication Date: April 20, 2012Mike is a young policeman living a happy life in Wholesometown when he's tasked with violently cracking down on the city's supposed marijuana problem, during which time he's framed for drug possession. Which causes his happy life to spiral away from him, leaving him on the streets without anything. Then, he befriends a fellow homeless man, one he had recently roused as a cop, and he learns the man was once an acclaimed botanist, who was cast out of society for developing a strain of marijuana that would give users superhuman powers. And, later on, when the wom...
|  | Everything in This Country Must: A Novella and Two Stories
Publication Date: March 7, 2001In his fourth book, Colum McCann turns to the "troubles" in Northern Ireland and reveals the reverberations of political tragedy in the most intimate lives of men and women, parents and children. In the title story, a teenage girl must choose between allegiance to her Catholic father and gratitude to the British soldiers who have saved the family's horse. The young hero ofHunger Strike, a novella, tries to replicate the experience of his uncle, an IRA prisoner on hunger strike. And in Wood, a small boy does his part for the Protestant marches, concealing his ...
|  | Richard Scarry's A Story A Day 365 Stories and Rhymes
Release Date: July 22, 1998| Age Level: 3 and up Reissued after many years, this wonderful collection of 365 poems and stories is surrounded by charming examples of Richard Scarry's early pre-animal character artwork.Appropriate to the day and season some pieces teach about history, talk about the seasons, have morals lessons, and some are just plain fun: all provide the perfect ending for every day of the year.A beautifully made family treasure that will remain a favorite year after year. ...
|  | Looking Within/Mirar Adentro: Selected Poems/Poemas Escogidos, 1954-2000 (African American Life Series)
Publication Date: January 2003| Series: African American Life Series A bilingual edition of poetry from an important Cuban poet. ...
|  | Reginald Rose's Twelve Angry Men: A Play in Three Acts
Publication Date: January 1, 1983| ISBN-10: 0871293277 | ISBN-13: 979-0817293214The Penguin Classics debut that inspired a classic film and a current Broadway revivalReginald Rose’s landmark American drama was a critically acclaimed teleplay, and went on to become a cinematic masterpiece in 1957 starring Henry Fonda, for which Rose wrote the adaptation. A blistering character study and an examination of the American melting pot and the judicial system that keeps it in check, Twelve Angry Men holds at its core a deeply patriotic belief in the U.S. legal system. Th...
|  | Running Hot: An Arcane Society Novel (Arcane Society Novels)
Release Date: December 29, 2009| Series: Arcane Society Novels The New York Times bestseller that's "full of fun and thrills...irresistible" (Seattle Times)While they hunt for a killer, two gifted psychics take passion to a whole new level... ...
|  | Facebook as a Weapon
Publication Date: April 10, 2011''Facebook as a Weapon'' is world's first book originally published serially on the social network and debuting in print thereafter.Journalist Ivo Scepanovic's book allowed people to comment on Facebook as a Weapon and their comments have entered the printed book. The move opens new views on publishing industry of the future. It is a crossover between the traditional book publishing and the future of the publishing industry. Facebook as a Weapon portrays a Russian girl Anna Sultanbekova living in Croatia and plotting revenge against the people who bullied her;...
|  | Death at Epsom Downs (A Victorian Mystery)
Release Date: February 5, 2002| Series: A Victorian Mystery (Book 7) Lord Charles Sheridan has launched an investigation into a jockey's recent (and mysterious) death-while his wife, Kate, puzzles over the long-ago theft of an actress's jewels. But soon the Sheridans can't help wondering if the two strange events are, somehow, connected. ...
|  | The Purrfect Murder (Mrs. Murphy Mysteries)
Release Date: January 29, 2008| Series: Mrs. Murphy Mysteries New York Times bestselling authors Rita Mae Brown and her feline partner, Sneaky Pie Brown, return with a new mystery starring Mary Minor “Harry” Haristeen, the sleuthing cats Mrs. Murphy and Pewter, and corgi Tee Tucker. But are they any match for a killer who’s made an entire town suspect by committing…Autumn has arrived in cozy Crozet, Virginia, and that means the town’s inhabitants are hard at work in home and garden preparing for winter. Harry is planning to harvest her first crop of Petit Mansen...
|  | Thaw (Night Fall)
Publication Date: August 2010| Age Level: 11 and up | Grade Level: 6 and up...
|  | How the Robin Got Its Red Breast: A Legend of the Sechelt People (Legends of the Sechelt Nation)
Publication Date: January 1, 1993| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up...
|  | Look Out, He's Behind You! (Lift the Flap)
Publication Date: October 28, 2007| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up...
|  | Soccer Around the World (World Cup Soccer)
Publication Date: September 1994 ...
|  | Reading Series Fiction: From Arthur Ransome to Gene Kemp
Publication Date: October 14, 2000This book investigates the 'series' in children's literature. The works of several well-known children's authors - UK and the US, traditional and contemporary - are analyzed, and using these examples, the book explores the special nature and appeal of series writing for children. As well as providing an historical overview of the series, the author raises important questions about the nature of literary criticism applied to children's literature. ...
|  | Xrina At Hagar Qim
Publication Date: June 1, 1998Prehistoric Malta seen through a child's eyes. Xrina is the daughter of a stone cutter. As the island prepares for a stone-setting ceremoney, will Xrina's brother finish his work in time to join? Join in with Xrina and her family as they celebrate another stone at Hagar Qim. ...
|  | Plutus
Publication Date: June 1, 2004| ISBN-10: 141914183X | ISBN-13: 978-1419141836PLUTUS: Zeus inflicted it on me, because of his jealousy of-mankind. When I was young, I threatened him that I would only go to the just, the wise, the men of ordered life; to prevent my distinguishing these, he struck me with blindness' so much does he envy the good! ...
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