 | More Church Folk
Publication Date: July 28, 2010It is now 1986, and the preachers of the Gospel United Church are preparing for their much-anticipated Triennial General Conference. The last time readers encountered the good Rev. Theophilus Simmons, he was a newlywed and the pastor of a modest-sized congregation in Memphis. Now he's the father of three and running a congregation in St. Louis. His best friend, Rev. Eddie Tate, is now with a fast growing church in Chicago, but he is getting real frustrated with the way things are run in the Gospel United Church. Marcel Brown and his father, Ernest, along with S...
 |  | Leaves of Grass (Oxford World's Classics)
Publication Date: February 15, 2009| Series: Oxford World's Classics Whitman is today regarded as America's Homer or Dante, and his work the touchstone for literary originality in the New World. In Leaves of Grass, he abandoned the rules of traditional poetry - breaking the standard metered line, discarding the obligatory rhyming scheme, and using the vernacular. Emily Dickinson condemned his sexual and physiological allusions as `disgraceful', but Emerson saw the book as the `most extraordinary piece of wit and wisdom that America has yet contributed'. A century later it is his judgment of ...
|  | For Better Or Worse
Release Date: July 28, 2009Emily, Elizabeth, and Karen are as different as three women can be, but that hasn't stopped them from forging an unbreakable bond. Newlywed Emily, now half of a New York City power couple, would love nothing more than to see her friends settled down with soul mates of their own. But Elizabeth still carries the sting of a past heartbreak, while Karen fears she's destined to repeat her parents' disastrous marriage. Yet even as Emily plays matchmaker, she must ultimately confront a secret truth about her own marriage...one that threatens the future she thought was sec...
|  | The History of Christ Revealed (University of Florida Monographs Humanities)
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|  | Writ on Water
Publication Date: March 1, 2007Chloe is having visions, visions of her upcoming assignment to photograph tombs in Virginia. She has the Sight, just like her Gran, the witch.But Gran hasn't taught her anything about her gift, and Chloe is at a loss. The horrible things she sees: what do they mean? Are they real? Can she stop them? She is in a new place with no allies—at least, none that she knows. MacGregor Patrick is charming, but is his kindly nature a charade? His son Rory is handsome as sin, but angelic features can hide diabolic intent. There is no one she can trust, and her enemie...
|  | Cookie & Me
Publication Date: September 5, 2010With an ear for regional voices as pitch perfect as a tuning fork, Mary Jane Ryals brings to life her beloved South during the tumultuous days of the early civil rights movement. Set in Tallahassee, Florida, Cookie & Me tells the story of Rayann, who is white and somewhat privileged, and Cookie, who is black and living a marginalized life that Rayann never realized existed until one life-changing summer.Cookie and Me is fresh and poignant, a beautifully-written story about two young girls, one black, one white, and how they get caught up in an explosive rea...
|  | Passion Bay
Publication Date: June 1992Two women from different ends of the earth encounter destiny, and one another, on a South Pacific paradise. When Boston securities broker, Annabel Worth inherits remote Moon Island, she travels there to solve a mystery that has haunted her family. Dumped by her lover, laid off from her job, New Zealander Cody Stanton flees to the island seeking solace and solitude. Both women are burdened with secrets that could destroy the passion that ignites between them. When Hurricane Mary strikes, each must make a choice that will change her life forever. ...
|  | Susan Slutt, Girl Shamus
Publication Date: May 27, 2011Who's the world-famous girl sleuth who solves all sorts of queer mysteries with the help of a butch tomboy, her feminine friend, and two boy detectives named Frank and Joe? If you guessed "Nancy Drew," you're wrong! Meet Susan Slutt, the hottest schoolgirl shamus since the invention of jalapeno-flavored edible underwear. In this collection of cases, Susan gets down and dirty while investigating a messy "Fracas at the Fudge Factory." She travels to Switzerland to join "The Search for the World's Biggest Icehole," where she faces another puzzle: Is that a snake in...
|  | Senecan Drama and Stoic Cosmology
Publication Date: March 28, 1989Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Nero's tutor and advisor, wrote philosophical essays, some of them in the form of letters, and dramas on Greek mythological topics, which since the early Renaissance have exercised a powerful influence on the European theater. Because in his essays Seneca, in his own eclectic way, subscribes to the philosophy of the Stoic school, scholars and critics have long been asking the question whether the plays, also, could be regarded as transmitters of Stoic thought. Various answers, ranging from a categorical no to an uneasy yes, have been giv...
|  | The Iliad: A Commentary: Volume 2, Books 5-8
Publication Date: August 31, 1990| ISBN-10: 0521281725 | ISBN-13: 978-0521281720This is the second volume in the major six-volume commentary on the Iliad now being prepared under Professor Kirk's direction.The volume consists of four introductory essays followed by the commentary itself (the Greek text is not included). This project is the first large-scale commentary on the Iliad for nearly 100 years, and takes special account of language, style, and thematic structure while examining the complex social and cultural background of Homer's epic. ...
|  | Eternidad (Vintage Espanol) (Spanish Edition)
Release Date: September 7, 2010| Series: Vintage Espanol Entra en el oscuro y seductivo mundo de los inmortales. Ever guarda un secreto: puede oír los pensamientos de todos los que están a su alrededor, ver su aura y conocer su pasado con solo tocarles la piel. Abrumada por la fuerza de este extraño don, vive encerrada en sí misma y solo tiene dos amigos, los excéntricos Haven y Miles. Todo cambia, sin embargo, cuando Damen se incorpora a su clase; atractivo y enigmático, despierta rápidamente el interés de todas las chicas del instituto. Ever, como si...
|  | The Complete Cases of the Crime Magnet
Publication Date: July 2, 2012Best known for his thrilling tales of Dr. Fu Manchu, author Sax Rohmer also penned the adventures of the resourceful Major Bernard de Treville, known better as "The Crime Magnet," a roving adventurer who encounters intrigue in every corner of the globe. With his companion, Digger, he follows in the footsteps of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. Originally published in This Week magazine between 1937 to 1945, only a handful of these rare tales have ever been reprinted. Here, for the first time, are all fifteen short stories, plus the exciting serial, "The Panama Pl...
|  | Death By Drowning
Publication Date: September 4, 2000Four stories of mysteries solved by Miss Marple, that elderly white-haired lady with the faded blue eyes and quiet nature. As well as "Death by Drowning", there are "The Thumbmark of St Peter", "The Herb of Death" and "The Affair at the Bungalow". ...
|  | Scooby-Doo Reader #21: Big Bad Blizzard (Level 2)
Publication Date: December 1, 2007| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up...
| | The Magic Drum
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|  | Wheelchair Field Events (Wheelchair Sports)
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|  | The Goalie Mask (Hockey Heroes Series)
Publication Date: November 5, 2004| Age Level: 8 and up...
|  | Turtle and Snake Go Camping (Penguin Young Readers, L1)
Release Date: June 1, 2000| Age Level: 5 and up | Grade Level: K and up...
| | Dr. Seuss' the Cat in the Hat
Publication Date: 2003Movie tie-in.pp ...
| | Il Gatto Col Cappello / The Cat in the Hat
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