 | The Starter Wife
Publication Date: August 24, 2005From the bestselling author of Maneater comes a sexy, savvy, and wickedly funny novel about life after divorce and one woman redefining herself after years of marriage to a Hollywood studio head. With her signature wit and cameos of the rich and famous, Gigi Grazer tackles the most delicious and dastardly details of a divorce and recovery, Hollywood style. ...
 |  | I Became A Fly
Publication Date: November 2001A unique perspective of the wonders of God and the worksof Jesus through the eyes of a fly.The novelette, set in the time ofJesus, explores His life and the dawning of the new Christianreligion. ...
|  | Hunga Dunga
Publication Date: March 16, 2009Giacco Giordano is insane! He hasorganic brain damage from too much LSD. He's a borderlineschizophrenic. He's harmless, but incurable. The State awards him apaltry stipend, but enough to contribute to the communal coffers of Hunga Dungaand to pursue Enlightenment on a grand scale.This is his story about that briefbut unforgettable time in our history when flower children were sure peace andlove would guide the planet. It was only a matter of time. Or sothey thought. What happened? Giacco would like to remind you. Time is running out. &...
|  | Midnight Reader: Twelve Erotic Tales
Publication Date: July 13, 2012This collection includes the first four books of the Midnight Reader series: Bad Boy by Jeff Funk. Bad boy—he’s hot and knows it. In the first story, “Sex in the Streets,” a twenty-something skateboarder punk encounters a forty-year-old shy guy who has a few tricks of his own to teach. Richard and Jim are workout buddies home on summer break, and tonight they’re going to meet up with Jim’s other buddy. Greg just got a new dorm roommate who’s so handsome that Greg can’t stop fantasizing about kissing this w...
|  | The Lost Women of Lost Lake (Jane Lawless Mysteries)
Release Date: September 27, 2011| Series: Jane Lawless Mysteries Restaurateur and part-time P.I. Jane Lawless is taking some much-needed time off at her family’s lodge when her best friend, Cordelia, arrives with news that Tess, one of their good friends, has taken a nasty fall and needs their help with rehearsals for a play that is set to open in a week. When Tess isn’t on crutches, she helps run the Thunderhook Lodge, the premier resort on Lost Lake. And while she clearly needs Jane and Cordelia’s assistance, she isn’t exactly acting all that grateful. A man who...
|  | Blood Brothers: A Novel
Release Date: August 2, 2011 Though they were raised by the same decent and well-respected parents, two brothers could not be more different than Frank and Joe Arnold. The pair have nothing in common but blood . . . and Alice Jacobs. Joe has fallen hard for the shy, kindhearted young woman. But it is Frank, a devious schemer, who is determined to have her. He sees Alice as the key to his fortune, and will do everything, including hide his brutal nature, to succeed. When Frank and Alice announce their engagement, Joe leaves home, determined to put distance between himself and temptation. De...
|  | The Comedy of Errors (The Pelican Shakespeare)
Release Date: September 1, 1999"I feel that I have spent half my career with one or another Pelican Shakespeare in my back pocket. Convenience, however, is the least important aspect of the new Pelican Shakespeare series. Here is an elegant and clear text for either the study or the rehearsal room, notes where you need them and the distinguished scholarship of the general editors, Stephen Orgel and A. R. Braunmuller who understand that these are plays for performance as well as great texts for contemplation." (Patrick Stewart)The distinguished Pelican Shakespeare series, which has sold more ...
|  | Cratinus and the Art of Comedy
Publication Date: February 28, 2010| ISBN-10: 0199569355 | ISBN-13: 978-0199569359Cratinus, one of the lost great poets of fifth-century Athenian comedy, had a formative influence on the comic genre, including Aristophanes himself. Using a methodologically innovative approach, Emmanuela Bakola studies the surviving fragments of Cratinus' plays and offers a thorough analysis of the multifaceted art of this poet and his place in the history of comedy. Issues which she addresses include the creation of a poetic personality within a performative tradition of fierce interpoetic rivalry; the p...
|  | One Hundred and Seventy Chinese Poems (Unesco collection of representative works)
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|  | Erasmus in the Twentieth Century: Interpretations 1920-2000 (Erasmus Studies)
Publication Date: June 8, 2003| Series: Erasmus Studies (Book 15) Erasmus of Rotterdam is perhaps one of the most studied and published literary figures and religious thinkers; yet despite the lavish amount of attention paid to him and his work, scholarly opinion of his intellectual and historical importance is varied and ambiguous.Bruce Mansfield shows how shifting interpretations and changing critical regard for Erasmus and his work reflect cultural shifts of the last century.Placing the development of Erasmus studies in the context of religious changes as well as shifts in humanities scho...
|  | Highways, Byways, and Road Systems in the Pre-Modern World (Ancient World: Comparative Histories)
Publication Date: May 15, 2012| ISBN-10: 0470674253 | ISBN-13: 978-0470674253| Edition: 1 Highways, Byways, and Road Systems in the Pre-Modern World reveals the significance and interconnectedness of early civilizations’ pathways. This international collection of readings providing a description and comparative analysis of several sophisticated systems of transport and communication across pre-modern cultures.Offers a comparative analysis of several sophisticated systems of overland transport and communication networks across pre-modern culturesAddresses the burgeoning interest in ...
|  | Best Laid Schemes (Regency Romance)
Release Date: July 29, 1998| Series: Regency Romance "Girls grow into ladies, dearest. It happens all the time.""That is not a lady, madam. That is Sibyl Cameron."So says Tarquin Rome, a rather stiff, superbly handsome earl who has been harassed by this irrepressible mishap-prone chit since boyhood. Why then would his mother invite Sibyl to his artfully planned house party?Why, indeed. The lofty earl is hardly likely to notice that the beautiful Sibyl is no longer in pinafores and pigtails--especially since he has invited three Incomparables from which he will choose his bride. But when emba...
|  | In a Country of Mothers
Release Date: April 5, 1994No relationship is more charged than that between a psychotherapist and her patient—unless it is the relationship between a mother and her daughter.This disturbing literary thriller explores what happens when the line between those relationships blurs.Jody Goodman enters psychotherapy with questions of career and love on her mind.But Claire Roth, her therapist, keeps changing the focus of their sessions to Jody's parentage—Jody was adopted; Claire gave up a baby for adoption who would now be exactly Jody's age.As the two women become increasingly involv...
|  | Solibo Magnificent
Release Date: March 30, 1999Chamoiseau's grand and intriguing riff on the police procedural, "Solibro Magnificent" represents another masterpiece by the author of the award-winning "Texaco". It's carnival time at Fort-de-France, Martinique. Before an enraptured public, the great teller of tales, Solibro Magnificent, is felled, seemingly choked by his own words. Is it autostrangulation or murder? . --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title....
|  | LEGO City: Save This Christmas!
Publication Date: September 1, 2012| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up...
|  | Cal Ripken, Jr.'s All-Stars: Hothead
Release Date: February 14, 2012| Age Level: 8 and up...
|  | The Allisons (Race Car Leg)(Oop) (Race Car Legends)
Publication Date: February 1996| Age Level: 9 and up...
|  | Great Stories of Suspense and Adventure (Townsend Library)
Publication Date: March 1, 2003This concise Townsend Library anthology features classic short stories which have been carefully edited to be more accessible to today's students. Each story includes an enticing preview and a lively afterword. Acclaimed by educators nationwide, the Townsend Library is helping millions of young adults discover the pleasure and power of reading. ...
|  | Part of Me: Stories of a Louisiana Family
Release Date: September 29, 2009| Age Level: 10 and up | Grade Level: 5 and up My dream of becoming a writer is like a fallen leaf swept up by the wind—dancing inches from my reach, teasing, never letting me touch it. But somehow I hope that my life will have meaning one day.The story begins in 1939 with Rose, who takes a job driving a bookmobile when she moves with her family from rural Texas to the Louisiana bayou. Two decades later, Merle Henry, Rose’s son, is more passionate about trapping mink than reading, although there is a place in his heart for Old Yeller. In 1973, Merl...
|  | Survival in the Sea: The Story of a Hammerhead Shark (Smithsonian Oceanic Collection)
Publication Date: September 1999| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up...
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