 | Legacy of Adrian Blackthorn, Vampire
Publication Date: August 22, 2005Legacy of Adrian Blackthorn, Vampire is the account of a young Englishman of noble birth who, after being cast out by his father because of an indiscretion, must leave Blackthorn Castle and seek his fortune in the army, where he is able to buy a junior officer’s commission. It is 1854 and the Crimean War takes him to the Ukraine, where he is wounded in battle. Waking up on a battlefield littered with the dead bodies of his comrades, and weak from his wound, young Blackthorn seeks shelter in a cave, unaware that it is home to Drago, a thousand-year-old va...
 |  | The Eternal Philistine (Neversink)
Release Date: March 27, 2012| Series: Neversink This never-before translated work by a major yet overlooked mid-20th century writer is a brutally funny look at the human comedy on the eve of Europe's decent into Fascism.It tells the tale of a failed used car salesman who wants to live the high life, and so decides to travel by train from Munich to Barecelona to attend the World's Fair — in hopes of meeting a beautiful, rich woman who will provide for his every whim.It's a highly-stylized and, at times, raucously funny tale of the almost-absurd: a dark and satiric look at Europeans...
|  | Probe
Publication Date: April 15, 2011What if First Contact doesn't come the way we expect it-or with the sort of aliens we expect?When every side has secrets within secrets to keep,how is anyone supposed to know the truth-or live to tell about it? Is what the Prospector probe reported the greatest discovery of all time ... or the biggest hoax?Bob Hanson, the chief scientist of a major aerospace corporation, has made an incredible discovery. Video images from the space probe he himself had created reveal a wrecked alien spacecraft adrift in the Asteroid Belt. The military enthusiastically embraces...
|  | Murder on the Oceanic: A Mystery (George Porter Dillman and Genevieve Masefield Mysteries)
Release Date: February 21, 2006| Series: George Porter Dillman and Genevieve Masefield Mysteries When the Oceanic sets sail from England's Port of Southampton, its ultimate destination is New York. But it must make one very important stop first: at Cherbourg, in France, to pick up internationally renowned financier and art collector J. P. Morgan, fresh from a continental buying spree sure to have turned up numerous priceless objets d'art. Needless to say, George Porter Dillman and Genevieve Masefield, ship's detectives aboard the Oceanic, are slightly nervous about the presence of such an im...
|  | The Spiritual Awakening of Hayden Caine: Book 1
Publication Date: March 31, 2012Hayden Caine is at the end of her rope. Tangled in an unhappy relationship to a tyrant, and battling depression, self-esteem issues, alcoholism, and wicked nightmares, Hayden seeks happiness and fulfillment in her life. Desperately trying to fight the darkness, she goes in search of meaning and purpose. She soon discovers that her intuition and inner guidance will take her to a place of hope. Here, she meets new friends, discovers the Japanese martial art of aikido, and finds activities that lead her to a life as a spiritual warrior.Based on author Linnea Bail...
|  | Fairy & Folk Tales of Ireland
Release Date: March 2, 1998THE CLASSIC ONE-VOLUME INTRODUCTION TO IRELAND'S RICH FOLKLORE: WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS'S MAGICAL SELECTION OF TRADITIONAL IRISH FAIRY AND FOLK TALESFairy and Folk Tales of Ireland combines two books of Irish folklore collected and edited by William Butler Yeats -- Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry, first published in 1888, and Irish Fairy Tales, published in 1892. In this delightful gathering of legend and song, the familiar characters of Irish myth come to life: the mercurial trooping fairies, as ready to make mischief as to do good; the solitary and ind...
|  | Restoration Comedy (4 Volumes)
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|  | Eyewitness Christmas
Publication Date: March 6, 2012About this play:In a humorous blend of biblical and modern culture, an aspiring journalist named Luke is trying to break into the periodical, National Scroll, with a fantasy Christmas article, but editor Liebowitz rejects it, demanding facts and authenticity.In a second attempt, Luke conducts four interviews to learn exactly what happened that first Christmas night.What he discovers changes everything. Candle Star Christmas Productions is a series of simple-to-produce Christmas plays designed for small churches or schools.Each one immerses viewers in a powerful...
|  | Mahabharata, Books 10-11: Dead of Night / The Women (The Clay Sanskrit Library)
Release Date: October 31, 2009| ISBN-10: 0814717276 | ISBN-13: 978-0814717271The great war of the Maha bharata is over. Or is it? This is a single extended family wracked in conflict. Both sides succumbed to treachery. Ashva tthaman, the young leader of the three survivors on the losing side, is incensed at his father's murder. He returns after dark to the now sleeping encampment. The sacrifice of the unsuspecting champions, the "Dead of Night," ensues. The five sons of Pandu have escaped. After a final confrontation, a missile crisis, Ashva tthaman concedes defeat but redirect...
|  | Chinese Poems (China: History, Philosophy, Economics)
Publication Date: May 12, 2011| Series: China: History, Philosophy, Economics First published in 1946.Here in one volume is a collection of Arthur Waley's translations of Chinese poetry. The book includes some poems from The Book of Songs and 170 Chinese Poems, More Translations and The Temple. Some old translations have been revised and new notes and explanatory material added. ...
|  | Literary Aftershocks: American Writers, Readers, and the Bomb (Twayne's Literature and Society Series)
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|  | Il sentiero dei nidi di ragno (Oscar Opere di Italo Calvino)(Italian Edition)
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|  | The Pirate Ruse
Publication Date: November 1, 2010Abducted!Forcibly taken from her home in New Orleans, Cristabel Albay found herself a prisoner aboard an enemy ship-and soon thereafter, transferred into the vile hands of blood-thirsty pirates!War waged between the newly liberated United States and King George.Still, Cristabel would soon discover that British sailors were the very least of her worries-for the pirate captain, Bully Booth, owned no loyalty-no sympathy for those he captured. Yet hope was not entirely lost-for where there was found one crew of pirates-there was ever found another.Though Cristab...
|  | Argument Against the Good-Looking Corpse
Publication Date: June 9, 2011Charles Alcorn's debut collection is a ten-story road trip from ice-cold Oslo to the Philippine Sea, from Saint John the Baptist Parish to the sands of Sonora with lots and lots of South Texas, West Texas, rural Texas and urban Texas in the rear-view mirror. Morgan Wooten, the shape-shifting protagonist, weaves through 25 years of a peculiar American Dream before returning to his blood’s country in search of peace with a dying father. “Charles Alcorn looks at the world through an oddly perceptive lens. Argument Against the Go...
|  | The Eternal Highlander
Release Date: September 1, 2004Cathal MacNachton and Connall MacAdie are cousins bound by far more than blood ties and the rugged Highland landscape their clan calls home. The ancient curse of their ancestry has fated them to live by night with an unquenchable thirst that neither can tame. The only thing that can save their souls is marriage to Outsiders - mortals whose untainted blood will weaken the curse in their children, and break the chains of fear that have made their clan a breed apart. Bridget Callan and Eva Caxton are the women who will shape the clan's destiny. Marriage to these s...
|  | Mismatch
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|  | Kennedy's Brain
Release Date: November 11, 2008An original and breathtaking thriller surrounding one of the most important issues of our time, from internationally acclaimed and bestselling author Henning Mankell.When archaeologist Louise Cantor’s son Henrik is found dead in his flat, she refuses to believe it was suicide. Despite traces of sleeping tablets in his system, several clues that only a mother knows lead her to believe something more sinister took place.However Louise soon realizes that Henrik had kept many things from her and is shocked to learn he had contracted HIV. While looking through...
|  | Phonic Comics: Princess School - Level 1 (Phonic Comics, Level 1)
Publication Date: March 1, 2011| Grade Level: 1 and up...
|  | Out of This World: Science Fiction Stories
Release Date: September 16, 2008| Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up This collection of twenty stories reads like a who’s who of the best in science fiction—Asimov, Wells, Chandler, Verne, Clarke, Le Guin, Bradbury—among others. Readers will go beyond the limits of human possibility in this perfect introduction to the genre for newcomers. The masterful collection captures the feeling of alienation that makes science fiction so popular among tweens and young teens and is sure to be read, reread, and passed around as a favorite. ...
|  | The Crispin: Cross of Lead
Release Date: June 1, 2004| Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up...
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