 | F. Scott Fitzgerald: Novels and Stories 1920-1922: This Side of Paradise / Flappers and Philosophers / The Beautiful and the Damned / Tales of the Jazz Age (Library of America)
Release Date: August 28, 2000The Four Books that Defined and Chronicled the Jazz Age! Here in one eBook is the quartet of books that catapulted F. Scott Fitzgerald to literary immortality. Meet the flappers, the indolent young men, the speakeasies, the gangsters, the illegal hooch, and the easy money that characterized the Roaring Twenties. From This Side of Paradise to Flappers and Philosophers, The Beautiful and the Damned, and Tales from the Jazz Age Fitzgerald will light the way on a very special insider's tour of the Jazz Age. The age that made Fitzgerald and killed him. --This text ref...
 |  | A Mind Like This (Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Poetry)
Publication Date: September 1, 2012| Series: Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Poetry Winner of the Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Poetry, Susan Blackwell Ramsey’s A Mind Like This is a work of humor and wit, unexpectedly delightful and full of surprises as it reflects on the oddness of everyday life, the natural world, literary history, popular culture, and more. Everything is fair game for Ramsey, who finds poetry in love and sickness and life, of course, but also in knitting and unreliable bladders and the peculiar name of Kalamazoo. Neruda makes an appearance, as do Eric Clapton and B...
|  | The Mask Maker (American Indian Literature and Critical Studies Series)
Publication Date: March 15, 2002| Series: American Indian Literature and Critical Studies Series (Book 42) In The Mask Maker, Diane Glancy tells the story of Edith Lewis, a recently divorced mixed-blood American Indian, as she travels the state of Oklahoma teaching students the art and custom of mask-making. A complex, subtle tale about f1esh-and-blood human beings, this enchanting novel shows how one woman copes with alienation, loss, and questions about identity and, in the end, rediscovers meaning in living.Through Edith's daily life and efforts to teach, Glancy explores the power of the ...
|  | Deadpool Corps - Volume 1: Pool-Pocalypse Now
Publication Date: April 27, 2011| Series: Deadpool Corps (Book 1) The Deadpool Corps embark on the universe spanning mission that only they can accomplish.Tapped by the Elders of the Universe to gather a crack team of his alternative universe selves for what amounts to an intergalactic suicide mission, Deadpool just can't say no. Enter: Headpool, Kidpool, Dogpool and Lady Deadpool - and it's off to the rescue, right? Not so fast. Turns out another Elder, the Champion, isn't quite sold on this new super-team. If Deadpool and crew want to streak across the universe to face the ultimate enemy, ...
|  | The 6th Seal
Release Date: February 2, 2009The 6th Seal by J. M. Emanuel is part manhunt, part biblical saga, part mystery, and part revelation of scripture’s hidden secrets.When Satan clones himself, laying the foundation for his rule on Earth, an old Priest, Father Gudino, and two of his followers must bring the secret identity of Satan’s spawn to light so that the truth of Christ’s ultimate return can be revealed.In the process, the decisive battle of good vs. evil plays out with humanity caught in the middle.It falls to Jason, Maggie, and Father Gudino to carry the banner for Chr...
|  | Wings to the Kingdom: An Eden Moore Story
Release Date: October 17, 2006The fields at Chickamauga, Georgia--America's oldest national military park--claimed 35,000 casualties during the Civil War. Any good guide will tell you that the grounds are haunted. The battlefield even has its own resident haunt, called Old Green Eyes for his tell-tale luminous gaze. It has long been said that Old Green Eyes intends no harm to those who respect the park. He is no menace, but a guardian of the dead. While he walks, the dead may sleep secure in the knowledge that their rest will be undisturbed. While Old Green Eyes patrols the battlefield, ther...
|  | Swamp Thing Vol. 6: Reunion
Release Date: August 1, 2003| Series: Swamp Thing (Book 6) Like new ...
|  | My Soul Cries Out (Urban Christian)
Release Date: November 1, 2009| Series: Urban Christian This powerful "Essence" bestseller offers a compassionate look at the issue of Christians struggling with homosexuality and the redemptive power of God to bring deliverance. ...
|  | A Deeper Love
Publication Date: July 4, 2002Coffee will make you black. Beauty is skin deep. The brown paper bag test. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. You're too dark to wear bright colors.The mind is a powerful thing. Developing negative thoughts through what the mind receives can be detrimental to any human being. Paula Travis knows this well because most of her childhood she heard words that destroyed her self-esteem, and her self-love. She grew up believing that because of her skin color she was not worthy to love herself or to be loved by another, until Angel. Angela Reynolds, known to her frie...
|  | Islands of Silence: A Novel
Publication Date: January 1, 2004In the summer of 1914 Alec Marquand has just graduated from college and has been hired by the lord of a remote country estate in the Scottish Highlands to survey the ancient Iron Age brochs that lie on his property. Once there Alec comes upon a small island which is called Eileen Tosdach--the Island of Silence. Just as Alec makes his amazing find, he is shipped off to war, sent to storm the beaches of Gallipoli. From the author of the Booker shortlisted The Industry of Souls, this is a gripping tour through one man's hell in search of a path for redemption. ...
|  | Ancient Mysteries Described: Especially The English Miracle Plays, Founded On Apogryphal New Testament Story
Publication Date: July 16, 2011This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfectionssuch as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy thi...
|  | Puppet Programs No. 7: The Further Adventures of Penelope and Wilbur
Publication Date: June 15, 1991| Series: Puppet Programs (Book 7) Davidene Humphreys brings to us another charming puppet program builder starring Penelope and Wilbur.Penelope and Wilbur are the very best of friends and they have plenty of adventures to share with everyone.Together they learn about the Bible, Church, and God.Included in this book is a sketch entitled ’The Lost Sheep Story’, in this sketch we hear the parable of the lost sheep from the point of view of the sheep. Children really love Penelope and Wilbur and can really identify with them.This book includes eleven...
|  | Eureka! 7 One-Act Plays for Secondary Schools
Release Date: January 1, 1996| ISBN-10: 1550500597 | ISBN-13: 978-1550500592| Edition: 1 A unique anthology of one-act plays suitable for study and performance in schools. Themes include human rights, alcoholism, teen pregnancy, date rape and First Nations issues. Individual play sets and performance rights are available.An excellent anthology, with selections that offer great variety in terms of cast size and staging. The wide range of themes and styles gives opportunity for discussion, reflection, and follow-up writing activity.... For high-school drama teachers who have been frustrate...
|  | Metamorphoses: A New Translation by Charles Martin
Publication Date: January 17, 2005"A version that has been long awaited, and likely to become the new standard."—Washington PostOvid's epic poem—whose theme of change has resonated throughout the ages—is one of the most important texts of Western imagination, an inspiration from Dante's times to the present day, when writers such as Salman Rushdie and Italo Calvino have found a living source in Ovid's work. Charles Martin combines a close fidelity to Ovid's text with verse that catches the speed and liveliness of the original. Martin's Metamorphoses will be the translati...
|  | Wind in My Hand: The Story of Issa, Japanese Haiku Poet
Publication Date: June 1970The life of the eighteenth-century Japanese haiku poet. Includes translations of some of the poems. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title....
|  | The Province of Piety: Moral History in Hawthorne’s Early Tales
Publication Date: April 4, 1995In this celebrated analysis of Nathaniel Hawthorne, Michael J. Colacurcio presents a view of the author as America’s first significant intellectual historian. Colacurcio shows that Hawthorne’s fiction responds to a wide range of sermons, pamphlets, and religious tracts and debates—a variety of moral discourses at large in the world of provincial New England.Informed by comprehensive historical research, the author shows that Hawthorne was steeped in New England historiography, particularly the sermon literature of the seventeenth century. But,...
|  | Paper Empires: A History of the Book in Australia 1946-2005
Publication Date: July 1, 2006| ISBN-10: 0702235733 | ISBN-13: 978-0702235733Will Australia’s once booming book industry be replaced by e-publishing? Are independent publishers and booksellers on the way out? In a world where one ‘mega-author’ can sell millions of books, can anyone else compete?Paper Empires tells the inside story of Australian publishing over the past half-century. It begins with the larrikin pioneers of the 1950s and 60s and follows the fortunes of the independents and multinationals that followed in their wake. Two fascinating local successes includ...
|  | Posterity: Letters of Great Americans to Their Children
Release Date: April 22, 2008An elegantly designed, beautifully composed volume of personal letters from famous American men and women that celebrates the American Experience and illuminates the rich history of some of America’s most storied families.Posterity is at once an epistolary chronicle of America and a fascinating glimpse into the hearts and minds of some of history’s most admired figures.Spanning more than three centuries, these letters contain enduring lessons in life and love, character and compassion that will surprise and enlighten.Included here are letters from Thom...
|  | Gabriel's Mate: Scanguards Vampires
Publication Date: December 13, 2010| Series: Scanguards Vampires "I'm addicted to Tina Folsom's books! The Scanguards series is one of the hottest things to happen to vampire romance. If youlove scorching, fast-paced reads, don't miss this thrilling series!"-Lara Adrian, New York Times Bestselling Author of the Midnight Breed series AfterMaya is turned into a vampire against her will, vampire and Scanguards bodyguard Gabriel is charged with protecting her and finding her attacker.Gabriel has never guarded a body as perfect as Maya's. Moreover, Maya's enticing blend of vulnerability...
|  | Quarry's Vote
Publication Date: November 8, 2010When retired hitman Quarry turns down a million bucks to murder a presidential candidate, he becomes a "loose end" that the conspirators need to tie off. With his peaceful life in ruins, Quarry launches his own campaign--for vengeance. A new edition, with afterword by the author, of the fifth book in Max Allan Collins's cult classic series. They don't come harder-boiled than Quarry. "Violent and volatile and packed with sexuality . . . classic pulp fiction" (USA Today). ...
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