 | The Manchurian Candidate.
Publication Date: January 1998| ISBN-10: 0822213397 | ISBN-13: 978-0822213390Sgt Raymond Shaw is a hero of the first order. He's an ex-prisoner of war who saved the life of his entire outfit, a winner of the Congressional Medal of Honor, the stepson of an influential senator ...and the perfect assassin. Brainwashed during his time as a POW he is a "sleeper", a living weapon to be triggered by a secret signal. He will act without question, no matter what order he is made to carry out. To stop Shaw, his former commanding officer must uncover the truth behind a twisted conspiracy of torture...
 |  | Rhapsody in Red
Release Date: September 1, 2008It was a bad day to find a corpse on campus. Preston Barclay is a self-maderecluse (and he likes it that way). Teaching college history allows him time togrieve the loss of his pianist wife and find relief from the musical hallucinationsthat have been playing in his head since her death. But when he and headstrong colleague,Mara Thorn, discover the body of another instructor on campus, Press's monotonoussolitude is shaken up. When the preliminary evidence singles out Press and Mara,they must take some chances, including trusting each other, to build their own d...
|  | The Haunted Bookshop
Publication Date: April 9, 2009"The Haunted Bookshop was a delightful place, especially of an evening, when its drowsy alcoves were kindled with the brightness of lamps shining on the rows of volumes. Many a passer-by would stumble down the steps from the street in sheer curiosity; others, familiar visitors, dropped in with the same comfortable emotion that a man feels on entering his club." ...
|  | Relic (Pendergast)
Publication Date: August 10, 2003| Series: Pendergast (Book 1) Just days before a massive exhibition opens at the popular New York Museum of Natural History, visitors are being savagely murdered in the museum's dark hallways and secret rooms. Autopsies indicate that the killer cannot be human... But the museum's directors plan to go ahead with a big bash to celebrate the new exhibition, in spite of the murders.Museum researcher Margo Green must find out who - or what - is doing the killing. But can she do it in time to stop the massacre? ...
|  | The Lab Goddess
Publication Date: January 9, 2012The Lab Goddess concerns a project to extend the human lifespan by centuries, if not indefinitely, through genetic engineering, organ transplants, and maybe other means. The project, financed by the Essquibo Institute, a consortium of investors, is run on a small island in the Pacific Ocean. Also on this island is the struggling real estate development of Gaville Associates, which has brought in only one resident besides the caretaker. When the lone homeowner, Hawkins, encounters Traci, a scientist from the project, he's gradually drawn into its secret operat...
|  | Leche
Publication Date: April 12, 2011After thirteen years of living in the U.S., Vince returns to his birthplace, the Philippines. As he ventures into the heat and chaos of the city, he encounters a motley cast of characters, including a renegade nun, a political film director, arrogant hustlers, and the country’s spotlight-driven First Daughter. Haunted by his childhood memories and a troubled family history, Vince unravels the turmoil, beauty, and despair of a life caught between a fractured past and a precarious future.Witty and mesmerizing, this novel explores the complex colonial and c...
|  | Going, Going, Gone - Susie's Story
Publication Date: December 13, 2011Susie Torres planned on spending most of the summer before her senior year of high school with her girlfriend, Marlee McAllister, but that's proving to be quite challenging because Marlee works at D'Amico's restaurant, and Susie babysits for Mrs. Johnson, her mother's boss. Susie hates the job, because she not only works like a slave, but gets paid like one. Susie is desperate to take her physical relationship with Marlee further, but she knows she has to go at Marlee's slower pace. Complicating things is the attention that a pretty blonde softball player f...
|  | Paradise Lost
Publication Date: September 30, 2005| ISBN-10: 0872207331 | ISBN-13: 978-0872207332| Edition: 3rd Paradise Lost remains as challenging and relevant today as it was in the turbulent intellectual and political environment in which it was written. This edition aims to bring the poem as fully alive to a modern reader as it would have been to Milton’s contemporaries. It provides a newly edited text of the 1674 edition of the poemâ€"the last of Milton's lifetimeâ€"with carefully modernized spelling and punct...
|  | Lightning Should Have Fallen on Ghalib: Selected Poems of Ghalib
Publication Date: January 1, 2005critical study of Ghalib, with major poems, trans. with Urdu and Hindi versions. basic reference. trans. by Robert Bly and Sunil Datta ...
|  | Shelf Life: How Books Have Changed the Destinies and Desires of Men and Nations
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|  | Literature, Politics and Law in Renaissance England (Language, Discourse, Society)
Release Date: February 10, 2005| ISBN-10: 0333983998 | ISBN-13: 978-0333983997This collection features the work of both established and up-and-coming scholars in the UK and US, with contributors including Peter Goodrich, Lorna Hutson, Erica Sheen and David Colclough studying the period of the English Renaissance from the 1520s to the 1660s. This wide-ranging study, working on the edge of new historicism as well as book history, covers topics such as libel/slander and literary debate, legal textual production, authorship and the politics of authorial attribution and theater and the law. ...
|  | Timeless Desire: An Outlander Love Story
Release Date: July 18, 2012Two years after losing her husband, overworked librarian Panna Kennedy battles to distract herself from crushing grief. During a routine search within the library, Panna opens an obscure, pad-locked door and finds herself transported to the magnificent, book-filled quarters of a handsome, eighteenth-century Englishman. The man is Colonel John Bridgewater—the historic English war hero whose larger-than-life statue looms over her desk. However, the life of the dashing Bridgewater is not at all what she imagined. He's under house arrest for betraying England, a...
|  | Knight of Honor
Release Date: July 6, 2006The twenty-first century meets the fourteenth century. Catherine Berrister is a beautiful, happy-go-lucky, in-your-face Hollywood actress. Adrian Blackthorn is Warlord to His Majesty Richard II. No one rivals his massive size. Men tremble at the sight of him, women yearn to tremble in his arms. Their love crosses the boundaries of time. ...
|  | The Complete Sonic the Hedgehog Comic Encyclopedia
Release Date: October 30, 2012Follow the Blue Blur through Mobius and beyond! An all-new, encyclopedic look at the world of Sonic the Hedgehog, complete with character profiles and storyline recaps in easy-to-use reference format!What is Sonic's dog's name? Who's the robo-villian who knocks his foes down like bowling pins? Where is the Special Zone? What powerful force keeps Angel Island afloat? Find the answers plus all the in-depth info we could squeeze inside these pages!Whether you've been a fan since Sonic the Hedgehog #0 or you're new to the world of Big Blue, The Complete Sonic the He...
|  | Julie of the Wolves (rack)
Release Date: September 16, 2003| Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 8 and up...
|  | The All New Captain Underpants Extra-Crunchy Book o' Fun 2
Publication Date: September 1, 2002| Age Level: 7 and up Loads of laffs, puzzles, stickers, jokes, drawing tips and other cool stuff are here in this ALL NEW activity book by Dav Pilkey, along with a HILARIOUS new comic, "The Bride of Hairy Potty."You'll laugh! You'll cry! You'll wet your pants with joy when you read Dav Pilkey's All New Captain Underpants Extra-Crunchy Book O' Fun 2. Filled with crossword puzzles, word finds, mazes and more, this is one book o' fun that Captain Underpants fans can't do without! Learn how to draw your favorite characters, tell cheesy jokes, and even make you...
|  | Wishbones: A Folk Tale from China
Publication Date: July 2000| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up Wishbones, magic fishbones that make every dream come true... From south of the clouds comes this Asian fable, weaving riches and sorrows into the enchanted tale of a golden-eyed fish, a lost slipper, and a king's search for his bride. ...
|  | The World Series: Legendary Sports Events (Matt Christopher Legendary Sports Events)
Publication Date: April 1, 2007| Grade Level: 3 and up...
|  | Around the World Sticker Book (Usborne Activities)
Publication Date: June 1, 2010| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up...
|  | Ava's Secret Tea Party
Publication Date: July 15, 2012What child hasn't dreamed of meeting the elusive Tooth Fairy, Santa, Sandman, or the Easter Bunny? Ava wants to invite them all to tea, but how can she? In the style of a classic fairy style, Donna Shepherd wrote "Ava's Secret Tea Party," an imaginative tale sure to enthrall children for years to come. Boys and girls alike will delight in finding the hidden teacups and cookies in the fanciful illustrations and planning their own parties using the kid-friendly recipes and crafts. Suggested age range for readers: 2-5. ...
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