 | The Great Gatsby (Scribner Classics)
Release Date: June 1, 1996| Series: Scribner Classics The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s third book, stands as the supreme achievement of his career. This exemplary novel of the Jazz Age has been acclaimed by generations of readers. The story of the fabulously wealthy Jay Gatsby and his love for the beautiful Daisy Buchanan, of lavish parties on Long Island at a time when The New York Times noted “gin was the national drink and sex the national obsession,” it is an exquisitely crafted tale of America in the 1920s.The Great Gatsby is one of the great classics of twentie...
 |  | Latin American Women Writers: A Resource Guide to Titles in English
Publication Date: September 19, 2007| ISBN-10: 0810860155 | ISBN-13: 978-0810860155There is a wealth of published literature in English by Latin American women writers, but such material can be difficult to locate due to the lack of available bibliographic resources. In addition, the various types of published narrative (short stories, novels, novellas, autobiographies, and biographies) by Latin American women writers has increased significantly in the last ten to fifteen years. To address the lack of bibliographic resources, Kathy Leonard has compiled Latin American Women Writers: A Res...
|  | A Santo in the Image of Cristobal Garcia
Release Date: October 28, 2002In 1996, on the publication of The Journal of Antonio Montoya, Tony Hillerman called Rick Collignon a "talented new writer with original ideas." Rudolfo Anaya praised his "haunting storytelling" and his "gifted style." And The New York Times Book Review described his second book, Perdido (1997), as "a novel that captivates and surprises all the way to its chilling end."Now, translated into ten languages, these "Guadalupe novels" continue to be read around the world. With A Santo in the Image of Cristóbal García, the eagerly awaited final installment ...
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|  | Four Wives
Release Date: February 19, 2008In Wendy Walker’s brilliant debut, the lives of four wives and mothers intertwine and collide in a tale of suburban angst among outrageous wealth.On the outside, it appears as though Love Welsh, Marie Passetti, Gayle Beck and Janie Kirk lead enviable lives, with marriages to handsome, successful men; bright, happy children; and homes right out of Architectural Digest. But in the wealthy suburb of Hunting Ridge, appearances mask a deeper truth: These four wives are anything but perfect. As they try to maintain a façade of bliss, behind closed doors t...
|  | Messenger, The
Publication Date: March 1, 2012A Riveting Tale of Faith and Romance by an Acclaimed NovelistHannah Sunderland felt content in her embrace of the Quaker faith ...until her twin brother ran off and joined the army and ended up captured and in jail.Suddenly Hannah's world turns on end. She longs to bring her brother some measure of comfort in the squalid, frigid prison where he remains. But the Quakers believe they are not to take sides, not to take up arms. Can she sit by and do nothing while he suffers?Jeremiah Jones has an enormous task before him. Responsibility for a spy ring is now his, a...
|  | The Oerken Leaves
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|  | Dark Memoirs
Publication Date: February 21, 2008"Dark Memoirs" is a series of stories told from the points of view of several characters, each having had a spine-chilling encounter with such supernatural entities as ghosts and werewolves, while other characters recount their own horrific experiences wi ...
|  | Columpio al aire (Spanish Edition)
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|  | Whispers in the Tower
Publication Date: June 7, 2012The fictional story Whispers in the Tower begins during the early 1990s in an unspecified region of west central India. Veerendra, an ambitious and unscrupulous registrar, is the prime architect of the retrogressive policies that ultimately ruin the young Akbarabad University. And, he had the unlimited support of the demagogic, oratorical and unprincipled Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Anand Vivek. Akbarabad University started well under a motivated vice-chancellor, but soon after him, under a politicized administration, became a playground for power wrangling, financial ...
|  | The Dark One (Roswell High No. 9)
Publication Date: July 1, 2000| Series: Roswell High (Book 9) True love never dies.Isabel has run away from home, and Max knows her life is in danger. He has to find her and save her, but time is ticking away.Alex is back on Earth, and he's a changed man. He looks better, feels better, and is ready to live life to the fullest -- without Isabel Evans. Little does he know he's the only person that can help the ailing Isabel. Will Alex be able to put aside his pride and save the life of his former love? ...
|  | Chase in Shadow
Publication Date: February 24, 2012Chase Summers: Golden boy. Beautiful girlfriend, good friends, and a promising future. Nobody knows the real Chase. Chase Summers has a razor blade to his wrist and the smell of his lover's goodbye clinging to his skin. He has a door in his heart so frightening he'd rather die than open it, and the lies he's used to block it shut are thinning with every forbidden touch. Chase has spent his entire life unraveling, and his decision to set his sexuality free in secret has only torn his mind apart faster. Chase has one chance for true love and salvation. He may...
|  | Full Circle
Release Date: July 31, 2007History professor Ned Brummel is living happily with his partner of twelve years in small-town Maine when he receives a phone call from his estranged friend--Jack--telling him that another friend--Andy--is very ill and possibly near death. As Ned boards a plane to Chicago on his way to his friend's bedside, he embarks on another journey into memory, examining the major events and small moments that have shaped his world and his relationships with these two very different, very important men.Growing up together through the restrictive 1950's and confusing '60's, Jac...
|  | Unlikely Heroes: Ordinary Men and Women Whose Courage Won the Revolution
Publication Date: September 11, 2007The story of the founding of the United States may be the single greatest event in the history of the rise and fall of nations.Thirteen infant colonies challenged the mightiest military power on earth and won! what sustained them through the six long years of war? It was their dream of freedom and liberty that drove them on- a dream shared by thousands of men and women whose deeds and names are now mostly forgotten.The true stories in this book will inspire readers and help them value the freedom we may take for granted.You'll gain a new appreciation for t...
|  | Age of Bronze, Vol. 2: Sacrifice
Publication Date: July 13, 2004While Trojan prince Paris returns to Troy with Helen, the Achaean fleet mistakenly attacks Mysia, then is scattered by a storm. High King Agamemnon gathers the army again, but for the fleet to sail, the gods require the life of Agamemnon's eldest daughter, Iphigenia. ...
|  | Charles D'Orleans: A Bibliography of Primary and Secondary Sources (Ams Studies in the Middle Ages)
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|  | The First White House Library: A History and Annotated Catalogue (Penn State Series in the History of the Book)
Publication Date: March 31, 2010| Series: Penn State Series in the History of the Book Published in association with the Bibliographical Society of America and the National First Ladies LibraryAlthough many early U.S. presidents were avid readers and book collectors George Washington, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson, to name a few they usually brought their own books to the White House and removed them at the end of their terms. It was not until 1850 that Millard and Abigail Fillmore established the first official White House collection. This catalogue of the library that they assembled not...
|  | The Romance of Victorian Natural History
Publication Date: March 30, 1989| ISBN-10: 019505203X | ISBN-13: 978-0195052039| Edition: First The nineteenth century is frequently referred to as the golden age of the amateur naturalist.This study focuses on how the enthusiasm for natural history in the 19th century produced characteristic ways of conceptualizing and visualizing the world--especially the Victorian fascination with particulars-- as frequently seen in Victorian poetry, fiction, history, and textual studies. Arguing for natural history as an influential literary genre, Merrill examines the language and recurrent motifs i...
|  | Rina de Gatos, Madrid 1936 (Spanish Edition)
Publication Date: February 1, 2011Un inglés llamado Anthony Whitelands llega a bordo de un tren al Madrid convulso de la primavera de 1936. Deberá autenticar un cuadro desconocido, perteneciente a un amigo de José Antonio Primo de Rivera, cuyo valor económico puede resultar determinante para favorecer un cambio político crucial en la historia de España. Turbulentos amores con mujeres de distintas clases sociales distraen al crítico de arte sin darle tiempo a calibrar cómo se van multiplicando sus perseguidores: policías, diplomáticos, pol...
|  | World of 1001 Mysteries
Publication Date: February 21, 1994The Council of the Federation of Universes has decreed that the universe is to be destroyed. Not just the Earth, but the Sun, the Stars, Space, Time - everything. No-one can convince the appeals judge that he is wrong - until he visits Earth. ...
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