 | The Book of Mischief: New and Selected Stories
Release Date: September 4, 2012“In the 25 years since [Stern] published his first book, younger Jewish writers have run with a similar shtick . . . But Stern was there first.” —The Toronto Globe and MailThe Book of Mischief triumphantly showcases twenty-five years of outstanding work by one of our true masters of the short story. Steve Stern’s stories take us from the unlikely old Jewish quarter of the Pinch in Memphis to a turn-of-thecentury immigrant community in New York; from the market towns of Eastern Europe to a down-at-the-heels Catskills resort. Along the way...
 |  | The Autumn House Anthology of Contemporary American Poetry, Second Edition
Publication Date: March 15, 2011A comprehensive selection of work by 112 important American poets including Kim Addonizio, Jimmy Santiago Baca, George Bilgere, Chana Bloch, Lucille Clifton, Billy Collins, Toi Derricotte, Stephen Dobyns, Rita Dove, Denise Duhamel, Stephen Dunn, Terrance Hayes, Bob Hicok, Jane Hirshfield, Tony Hoagland, Marie Howe, Jane Kenyon, Li-Young Lee, Philip Levine, Larry Levis, William Matthews, Naomi Shihab Nye, Ed Ochester, Linda Pastan, Natasha Tretheway, and Jean Valentine. ...
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|  | The Litter of the Law: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery
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|  | One Flight Up: A Novel
Publication Date: July 27, 2010After years of searching for and finally landing that one perfect man, four Manhattan friends find themselves simultaneously questioning their romantic choices. Smart, strong, but jaded divorce lawyer India Chumley leads this pack of feisty thirty-somethings, all friends since grade school at the Sibley School, an Upper East Side institution for sophisticated ladies-in-training. There's Abby Rosenfeld Adams, a Jewish gallery owner married to her WASP college sweetheart; Monique Dawkins-Dubois, gynecologist and card-carrying member of Harlem's thriving Buppie-oc...
|  | Serpent of Moses
Publication Date: July 1, 2012A Fast-Paced Follow-up to the BestsellingSuspense Elisha's Bones!Just three years after the recovery of Elisha's bones, Dr. Jack Hawthorne has given up teaching and resumed the practice of archaeology, although his frequent absences have put a strain on his relationship with Esperanza. Things heat up when Esperanza receives a call from an antiquities dealer with troubling news about Jack, and her fears are confirmed. Jack has gone to Libya in search of another biblical artifact: the Nehushtan, the serpent staff of Moses.After Jack arrives in Libya, he soon disco...
|  | Guardian: They chose to protect her. But forgot to guard their hearts. (A Halflings Novel)
Release Date: October 9, 2012| Series: A Halflings Novel (Book 2) Vigilance. The mission to safeguard Nikki Youngblood depends on the fragile alliance of two half-angel, half-human guardians, both struggling with intense feelings for the girl who has been assigned to their care. Mace, steadfast and deeply in love, wants to protect Nikki at all costs, while Raven's loyalty to Nikki finds him advocating for her independence and battling his own darker inclinations. At the same time, Nikki finds it harder and harder to choose between the two heavenly beings she may never have. Dangers intensify...
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|  | The Empire of Ice Cream
Publication Date: April 1, 2006Mixing the mundane with the metaphysical, the pairings of the everyday and the extraordinary in this collection of short fiction yield supernatural results—a young musician perceives another world while drinking coffee, a fairy chronicles his busy life in a sandcastle during the changing tide, a demonic 16th-century chess set shows up in a New Jersey bar, and Charon, the boatman of hell, takes a few days vacation. Storylines both conventional and outlandish reveal humdrum routines as menacing, or imaginary worlds as perfectly familiar. Allusions to authors...
|  | Seek Ye First
Release Date: November 24, 2008"Physician Thomas Dewar finds himself on the journey of a lifetime in mysterious Egypt, following in the footsteps of his murdered mentor. Confronted by his own struggle to understand the balance between science and faith, his search catapults him through betrayal and intrigue, as darker forces race against him to discover the biggest treasure of all, the truth about the teachings of Jesus. Brimming with thought provoking nuggets and compelling ideas, Seek Ye First holds the reader’s attention with a fascinating and captivating plot while ushering them i...
|  | The Black River
Publication Date: April 1, 2007The “black river” of mortality is a constant presence in this latest collection by critically acclaimed poet C. K. Stead. Written within the last 18 months, these poignant poems vividly explore the poet’s feeling of frailty following a stroke, which temporarily impaired his ability to read or write, and the subsequent excitement of recovery. ...
|  | De Chr
Publication Date: December 1, 1999| ISBN-10: 2600003290 | ISBN-13: 978-2600003292En quatorze chapitres, le present ouvrage rassemble les etudes et reflexions de Philippe Menard, engagees depuis une trentaine d'annees. Chretien de Troyes, le celebre romancier champenois, et l'enigmatique Conte du Graal occupent une place centrale dans ce livre. Le roman de Tristan en prose donne egalement lieu a des observations et interpretations nouvelles. Dans leur diversite, leur complexite et parfois leur troublante beaute, les grandes oeuvres du passe aiguisent toujours les sensibilites modernes. ...
|  | Taboo Times Ten
Publication Date: April 1, 2012A Father-Daughter Team... Pairs up for an extreme collection with a cast of strangers! ...
|  | Miss Tommy: A medieval romance
Release Date: April 2, 2001This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1884 edition by Bernhard Tauchnitz, Leipzig. ...
|  | Star Wars: Mysteries of the Jedi
Publication Date: February 21, 2011| Age Level: 7 and up | Grade Level: 2 and up...
|  | The Girl Who Owned a City: The Graphic Novel (Single Titles) (Graphic Universe)
Publication Date: January 1, 2012 ...
|  | Dora and the Unicorn King (Dora the Explorer) (Little Golden Book)
Release Date: May 10, 2011| Age Level: 2 and up...
|  | Paul the Pitcher (Rookie Ready to Learn)
Publication Date: March 1, 2011| Age Level: 3 and up...
|  | Jesse Owens (Sports Immortals)
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|  | Jesse Owens: Olympic Hero
Publication Date: 1986| Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up The "Easy Biographies" series focuses on the childhood and young-adult years of famous men and women who overcame obstacles to achieve greatness.Inspirational and informative reading for students with big dreams. ...
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