 | The Sparrow
Release Date: September 8, 1997| Series: Ballantine Reader's Circle "A NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT . . . Russell shows herself to be a skillful storyteller who subtly and expertly builds suspense."--USA Today"AN EXPERIENCE NOT TO BE MISSED . . . If you have to send a group of people to a newly discovered planet to contact a totally unknown species, whom would you choose? How about four Jesuit priests, a young astronomer, a physician, her engineer husband, and a child prostitute-turned-computer-expert? That's who Mary Doria Russell sends in her new novel, The Sparrow. This motley combi...
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|  | The Christian Mystery: From Pagan Myth to Christian Mysticism
Publication Date: September 1, 2002This is a comprehensive study which examines mysticism from its pagan origins to Paul and the Church Fathers, as it was understood in medieval times, as well as by Jewish and Buddhist initiates. The book is a sweeping exegesis of historic and foundational literature and myth, which Bouyer interprets in the light of Christian history and theology. ...
|  | Strong Medicine: A Novel
Release Date: June 19, 2001Explore the secretive pharmaceutical industry with the women and men who control it in Strong Medicine, the newest blockbuster by Arthur Hailey. Celia de Gray makes inroads as the first saleswoman for Felding-Roth Pharmaceutical Company, but uncovers scandals, including inadequate testing of new prescription drugs and false advertising.She finds that her work, and her marriage to Dr. Andrew Jordan, pose difficult choices she didn't expect. The best-selling author of Hotel and Airport, Hailey here unlocks the doors of the giant drug industry for a frank revealing gl...
|  | Only the Ring Finger Knows, Vol. 4
Publication Date: June 24, 2009Studying hard for his exams, Wataru, trying to be accepted into college so he can live with Yuichi in spring. But on the day of his exam, Yuichi decides to leave for New York to be with his old lover for his surgery. Wataru tries to be supportive and sends him off but he can't help himself being insecure. While waiting for his return, Asaka makes a move and offers his kindness to ease his feelings. ...
|  | Vivian's Song
Publication Date: September 14, 2009In the spring of 1998 the residents of a small Missouri town are alarmed to learn that a New Age cult from California has bought land nearby. The leader of this so-called cult is a former champion bull rider, Cadillac salesman, and Viet Nam vet from Texas named Duke Tanner. Duke built his group on the concept of creating wealth through the power of thought, and he proved his theories by investing in the red hot dotcoms of the San Francisco Bay Area. However, it turns out their nearest neighbor is Senator Charles Wentworth, one of the most conservative memb...
|  | Manalive
Publication Date: March 26, 2009| ISBN-10: 1604591722 | ISBN-13: 978-1604591729In Manalive we follow the madcap adventure of Innocent Smith. Innocent Smith is a man who keeps the commandments but breaks all the conventions, and while doing so he shows us just how absurd those conventions are. Follow him as he breaks into his own house, and then carries on a torrid affair with his own wife. Enjoy a picnic on the roof and then leave home just for the sake of returning home. A joyous and uplifting book. ...
|  | Magi
Publication Date: September 26, 1996Written by the co-author of "The Orion Mystery" and "The Mayan Prophecies", this book secret takes the reader through the past, revealing how secret knowledge was both preserved in the East in the form of monumental architecture and at the time of the Crusades, passed westwards to the fledgling states of Europe. One of the best known stories of the Bible is the journey of the Magi as witnesses of the Nativity of Jesus, yet who were these "wise men"? Where did they come from and what could possibly have been their motive in making their journey to Bethlehem...
|  | Theater and Incarnation
Publication Date: November 10, 2005In this lucid and entertaining book Max Harris offers both a lively Christian engagement with theater and a fresh theatrical approach to reading the Bible. Arguing that both biblical and dramatic texts should be approached with a theatrical rather than a literary imagination, he offers fresh scholarly insights into plays and theatrical theory across the centuries; at the same time, he vividly renders the comic potential of the Gospel narratives and the Christian doctrine of the Incarnation."Theater and Incarnation" moves provocatively and mischievously betw...
|  | Please, Take Photographs
Publication Date: December 29, 2009Sindiwe Magona's poems conspire with her. Even years after being written, they still seem warm from her lips, and it is this residue of her telling them that draws you into their confidence. From the languid innocence of the poems about her village, to her shattering images of Africa at war, Magona leads you headlong into her fireside circle where archetypes flicker like shadows on a face that has seen, and been. Please, Take Photographs is defiant and tender, horrific and homely, at once irreverent, outspoken and beautiful. ...
|  | The Bookman's Wake
Publication Date: April 10, 1995Surprised by a visit from a difficult-to-manage former cop fromhis old precinct, bookstore owner Cliff Janeway is unable to resistSlater's invitation to help recover a stolen edition of a rare andvaluable book. 30,000 first printing. Tour. ...
|  | Edifices de Rome Moderne (Reprint Series)
Publication Date: September 1, 1997| ISBN-10: 0910413002 | ISBN-13: 978-0910413008| Edition: 11th ed. Paul Letarouilly's masterpiece, Edifices de Rome Moderne, has been hailed as the most beautiful book on Renaissance architecture ever published. Letarouilly devoted 35 years to drawing the plans, sections, elevations, perspectives, and large-scale details of gardens, convents, palaces, and churches of Renaissance Rome. His keen observational ability and immaculate drawing skills make this work an indispensable sourcebook. In many cases his etchings remain the only measured plans or eleva...
|  | Victorian Tales of Mystery and Detection: An Oxford Anthology
Publication Date: October 29, 1992The Victorian era saw the first great flowering of the detective story.Edgar Allen Poe, Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, Arthur Conan Doyle, J.S. LeFanu, and a host of others pioneered a genre of fiction that remains among the most popular today.Now, in Victorian Tales of Mystery and Detection, Michael Cox provides a sampling of the finest detective stories written from the 1840s to the early twentieth century. Here readers will find a vast array of detectives and villains, and a multitude of murder methods and motives.In Edgar Allen Poe's "The Purloined Let...
|  | Venus in Furs
Publication Date: July 12, 2011In a peaceful resort in the Carpathian Mountains, Severin meets Wanda, a beautiful widow. He opens his heart to her, shares the secret of his life: he wants desperately to be enslaved by a cruel woman wrapped in furs. He wants to be beaten and humiliated by this goddess. He wants to worship her while she cheats on him with another man. He wants to be destroyed by her. Wanda is impressed. Severin is no ordinary man. Together they set out to make his fantasy a reality. They travel to Italy in the guise of a tyrannical mistress and her obedient servant. What begin...
|  | Glimmers
Publication Date: April 16, 2012A simple touch, and suddenly Paige is in the past - living someone else's life, seeing the world through her eyes, and feeling her deepest emotions.Paige used to think memories only existed in the mind. But now, she knows better. She can't explain how or why, but she experiences "glimmers," special moments that have remained behind - clinging to a letter, a ring, even a worn-out pair of boots. When Paige returns from each glimmer, a small part of her has changed. Who is this gourmet cook, fashion designer, feisty lover? And how is she supposed to explain this ...
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|  | Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
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|  | Asterix Omnibus 1: Includes Asterix the Gaul #1, Asterix and the Golden Sickle #2, Asterix and the Goths #3
Publication Date: October 4, 2011 ...
|  | First Book of Sushi (World Snacks)
Release Date: June 15, 2001| Age Level: 2 and up...
|  | How Sweet It Is (and Was): The History of Candy
Publication Date: October 1, 2003| Age Level: 7 and up | Grade Level: 2 and up Provides a brief history of a variety of candies and chewing gum. Includes recipes for sugar paste, fudge, and taffy. ...
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