 | Lady of Milkweed Manor
Publication Date: January 1, 2008The engaging and moving story of a once-proper lady who finds herself in a most unexpected situation; a romance set in Regency England. ...
 |  | Johnny The Homicidal Maniac: Director's Cut
Publication Date: July 1997| Series: Lenore Collection, No 1 Mayhem and violence rule in this collection of issues one through seven of Jhonen Vasquez's Johnny the Homicidal Maniac, as well as material seen before only in Carpe Noctem magazine. Dark and disturbingly funny, JTHM follows the adventures of Johnny (you can call him Nny), who lives with a pair of styrofoam doughboys that encourage his madness, a wall that constantly needs a fresh coat of blood, and--oh, yeah--his victims in various states of torture. Join Nny as he frightens the little boy next door (Todd, known to fans of Vasque...
|  | Collingwood: A Love Story
Publication Date: January 1, 2012Drawing on meticulous research and family history,...
|  | Neverland: The Unreal Michael Jackson Story
Publication Date: June 1, 2010Praise for Simon Crump:"Deliciously obscene and blackly comic. . . . Quentin Tarantino on acid in Graceland. Extraordinary."—The Sunday Times"Like an episode of South Park, where just as you get into the story something goes splat, Crump's contorted imagination is alarmingly enjoyable."—Guardian"Superb."—FHM"There's a lot more to the book than you might think; an undercurrent of despair and depression that leads to an unexpected and thoroughly moving conclusion."The Independent"Simon Crump is a vicious and endearing fellow."Todd McEwen"Crump ha...
|  | Snowstorms in a Hot Climate: A Novel
Release Date: September 13, 2005Marla’s best friend, Elly, left England two years ago on a soul-searching trip through South America. Except for receiving a few postcards, Marla has not heard from her since. Then, Marla receives a strange letter from Elly begging her to fly to New York. But the person Marla meets at the airport is a very different woman from the strong, carefree friend she remembers. Elly, now well-dressed and thin, has acquired a park-view apartment, a house in the Hamptons, and a charismatic, manipulative, cocaine-smuggling boyfriend named Lenny.As Marla tries to fre...
|  | All Quiet On The Orient Express
Publication Date: September 8, 1999Innocence, experience and comedy in Cumbria.He's a bit of a handyman. Or, at least, so Mr Parker seems to think. No matter, he'll soon be on that train east to India from these wet lakeland fells. Just as soon as he's finished that little job Mr Parker asked him to do.It wasn't much of a holiday anyway. As the tourists trickled away from the campsite, so did the sunshine, and the hot water, and the provisions at the local shop, and even the good beer. Still, there seemed to be plenty of work to take his mind off these minor disappointments -- as much as he ...
|  | Don't Look Now: Selected Stories of Daphne du Maurier (New York Review Books Classics)
Release Date: October 28, 2008| Series: New York Review Books Classics An NYRB OriginalDaphne du Maurier wrote some of the most compelling and creepy novels of the twentieth century. In books like Rebecca, My Cousin Rachel, and Jamaica Inn she transformed the small dramas of everyday life—love, grief, jealousy—into the stuff of nightmares. Less known, though no less powerful, are her short stories, in which she gave free rein to her imagination in narratives of unflagging suspense.Patrick McGrath’s revelatory new selection of du Maurier’s stories shows her at her ...
|  | The Horse-Stealers and Other Stories
Publication Date: August 25, 2008Includes the following short stories by Anton Chekhov:THE HORSE-STEALERS WARD NO. 6 THE PETCHENYEG A DEAD BODY A HAPPY ENDING THE LOOKING-GLASS OLD AGE DARKNESS THE BEGGAR A STORY WITHOUT A TITLE IN TROUBLE FROST A SLANDER MINDS IN FERMENT GONE ASTRAY AN AVENGER THE JEUNE PREMIER A DEFENCELESS CREATURE AN ENIGMATIC NATURE A HAPPY MAN A TROUBLESOME VISITOR AN ACTOR'S END --This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition....
|  | The hundred names: A short introduction to the study of Chinese poetry with illustrative translations
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| | Irish Booksellers and English Writers, 1740-1800
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|  | Building Confidence in Communication
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|  | Green Man Hopkins: Poetry and the Victorian Ecological Imagination. (Nature, Culture & Literature)
Publication Date: August 30, 2010| Series: Nature, Culture & Literature This book, the first to consider Gerard Manley Hopkins as an ecological writer, explores the dimension that social ecology offers to an ecocriticism hitherto dominated by romantic nature writing. The case for a 'green Hopkins' is made through a paradigm of 'Victorian Ecology' that expands the scope of existing studies in Victorian literature and science. Parham argues that Hopkins developed a two-fold understanding of ecology - as a scientific philosophy constructed around ecosystems theory; and as a corresponding theory...
|  | Ocean Pathways (Volume 1)
Publication Date: June 14, 2012Ocean Pathways is an historical and informative book based on the personal experience of Maryknoll Sisters who lived in the Marshall Islands with the Marshallese from the mid-1900s through 2010.The material shared in this book includes history of the Marshall Islands, the culture, the people, the environs and its effect on the life style, and the local government.It also speaks to the influence of the United Nations in developing these islands, and the role of the United States. ...
|  | Remember The Magic (Berkley Sensation)
Release Date: January 6, 2004| Series: Berkley Sensation It's been 500 years since broken-hearted witch Sydney Wyrrd fled from the Scottish Highlands, fearing her presence would bring harm to her beloved. Only through divine intervention has she been able to return to 1564, but will the brave chieftain who captured her heart remember their love? ...
|  | A Nurse's Story
Release Date: February 22, 2005| ISBN-10: 0771080875 | ISBN-13: 978-0771080876| Edition: 1 The team of nurses that Tilda Shalof found herself working with in the intensive care unit (ICU) of a big-city hospital was known as “Laura’s Line.” They were a bit wild: smart, funny, disrespectful of authority, but also caring and incredibly committed to their jobs. Laura set the tone with her quick remarks. Frances, from Newfoundland, was famous for her improvised recipes. Justine, the union rep, wore t-shirts emblazoned with defiant slogans, like “Nurses Care But It&...
|  | Goodman's Five-Star Stories: More Chills
Publication Date: September 1, 1996| ISBN-10: 0890618593 | ISBN-13: 978-0890618592| Edition: 1 Motivate students with high-interest fictionfrom master authorsMotivate struggling readers with high-interest storiesat ten reading levelsImprove vocabulary and comprehension skillsEncourage writing in response to readingOne of our classic best-sellers, Goodman's Five-Star Stories, supplementsany literature curriculum or stands on its own by providing interesting fictionat just the right reading levels. Adapted well-known short stories bytraditional authors and newer multicultural authors entic...
|  | I Survived #4: I Survived the Bombing of Pearl Harbor, 1941
Publication Date: October 1, 2011| Age Level: 7 and up...
| | Arabian Nights Entertainments
Publication Date: June 1969| Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up Beautiful princesses, genies who emerge from bottles, and talking birds in 26 magical tales: "Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp," "Sindbad the Sailor," "Noureddin and the Fair Persian," "Merchant of Bagdad," and more. 66 illustrations. --This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition....
|  | Matt the Bat (Jim Rooker Books)
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|  | Goal! My Soccer Book
Publication Date: September 1, 2008| Age Level: 9 and up GOOOOAAAALLL! Score one for David Diehl, in his newest colorful and conceptual sports book for toddlers. Diehl celebrates the world’s most popular game, putting a bright spotlight on a single soccer-related word on every page. Striking graphic designs in dazzling hues convey all the excitement of a “goalkeeper” making a “save”; the referee issuing a “yellow card” to a misbehaving player; the suspense of a “free kick”; or the home team finally getting a beautifully completed “g...
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