 | The Christmas Sweater
Release Date: November 11, 2008 If You Could Change Your Life by Reversing Your Biggest Regrets, Sorrows and Mistakes...Would You? #1 New York Times bestselling author and renowned radio and television host Glenn Beck delivers an instant holiday classic about boyhood memories, wrenching life lessons, and the true meaning of the gifts we give to one another in love. We weren't wealthy, we weren't poor -- we just were. We never wanted for anything, except maybe more time together.... When Eddie was twelve years old, all he wanted for Christmas was a bike. Although his life had gotten harder --...
 |  | La-Bas (Down There)
Publication Date: February 17, 2011At the novel's center is Durtal, a writer obsessed with the life of one of the blackest figures in history, Gilles de Rais — child murderer, sadist, necrophile, and practitioner of all the black arts. The book's authentic, extraordinarily detailed descriptions of the Black Mass have never been surpassed. ...
|  | River of Smoke: A Novel
Release Date: September 27, 2011A Washington Post Notable Fiction Book for 2011The Ibis, loaded to its gunwales with a cargo of indentured servants, is in the grip of a cyclone in the Bay of Bengal; among the dozens flailing for survival are Neel, the pampered raja who has been convicted of embezzlement; Paulette, the French orphan masquerading as a deck-hand; and Deeti, the widowed poppy grower fleeing her homeland with her lover, Kalua.The storm also threatens the clipper ship Anahita, groaning with the largest consignment of opium ever to leave India for Canton. And the Redruth, a nursery...
|  | Stick Man: The long-awaited coming-of-age novel
Publication Date: January 7, 2011"The best coming-of age novel since 'Catcher In the Rye'..."(Literary Review Journal) Stick Man is a coming-of-age story about a boy named Jeremiah Young who grows up in a bohemian household:"My childhood in Pittsburgh was one of extremes.First loves hung like photographs on the walls of my subconscious.They lingered there in my memory to battle their antithesis – Stick Man.I didn’t think I’d make it to adulthood alive because Stick Man wanted to kill me." Jeremiah Young is an imaginative prodigy.He paints and plays guitar.His father is a...
|  | Salome
Publication Date: June 2004| ISBN-10: 1895837987 | ISBN-13: 978-1895837988Originally published in 1906. This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies.All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks, notations and other marginalia present in the original volume. --This text refers to the Paperback edition....
|  | Allied Military Fighting Knives: And The Men Who Made Them Famous
Publication Date: January 1, 2002Paladin is pleased to reissue this classic book in the field of military battle knives. Allied Military Fighting Knives chronicles in detail the background, development and variations of both common and unusual combat knives. It also provides firsthand accounts by and in-depth interviews with the men who used them in battle, including U.S. Marine Raiders; U.S. Army Rangers; U.S., Canadian and British airborne units; the legendary Gurkhas; the First Special Service Force; such clandestine outfits as the OSS and SOE; and even officers who served in the Shanghai...
|  | Act French: Contemporary Plays from France
Publication Date: April 1, 2007| ISBN-10: 1555540783 | ISBN-13: 978-1555540784 Act French includes Adramelech’s Monologue by Valère Novarina, A.W.O.L. by Olivier Cadiot, 11 Septembre 2001/11 September 2001 by Michel Vinaver, Pumpkin On The Air by Michèle Sigal, We Were Sitting on The Shores of the World. . . by José Pliya, Cut by Emmanuelle Marie, and Inventories by Philippe Minyana. ...
|  | The Baltic Origins of Homer's Epic Tales: The <i>Iliad,</i> the <i>Odyssey,</i> and the Migration of Myth
Release Date: December 31, 2005Compelling evidence that the events of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey took place in the Baltic and not the Mediterranean• Reveals how a climate change forced the migration of a people and their myth to ancient Greece • Identifies the true geographic sites of Troy and Ithaca in the Baltic Sea and Calypso's Isle in the North Atlantic OceanFor years scholars have debated the incongruities in Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, given that his descriptions are at odds with the geography of the areas he purportedly describes. Inspired by Plutarch's remark that Calypso'...
|  | The Humor of the Fabliaux: A Collection of Critical Essays
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| | Zhongguo xian dai jing dian shi ku (Mandarin Chinese Edition)
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|  | Marvel Spotlight : Captain America Remembered (Marvel Comics)
Publication Date: 2007In the aftermath of Civil War, readers find a landscape of heroes forever reshaped -- and a fallen hero who paid the ultimate price. Marvel Spotlight marks this solemn occasion with a special tribute to the life and legacy of a Marvel Comics legend. ...
|  | Twice Bitten (Chicagoland Vampires, Book 3)
Release Date: July 6, 2010Shapeshifters from across the country are convening in the Windy City, and as a gesture of peace, Master Vampire Ethan Sullivan has offered their leader a very special bodyguard: Merit, Chicago's newest vampire. Merit is supposed to protect the Alpha, Gabriel Keene-and to spy for the vamps while she's at it. Oh, and luckily Ethan's offering some steamy, one-on-one combat training sessions to help her prepare for the mission. Unfortunately, someone is gunning for Gabriel, and Merit soon finds herself in the line of fire. She'll need all the help she can get to track ...
|  | Forever Vampire
Publication Date: April 19, 2011Vail the Unwanted is a pure-blooded vampire. But raised by Faery, he has neither home nor peace, and when his aid is sought in the recovery of a priceless diamond gown, his price is information. Specifically the whereabouts of his accursed father. His goal is revenge, and the supernaturally sexy Lyric, the icy blond vampiress with whom he must work, is a distraction he can't afford.Outwardly as cold as the diamond dress in which she was kidnapped, Lyric has her own secrets. Desperate to break free from her criminal family, she aligns herself with the brooding ...
|  | The Fool's Run (Kidd)
Release Date: June 1, 2004| Series: Kidd John Sandford, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Prey novels gives suspense an ingenious twist as he takes readers into the mind games of two irresistible con artists plotting the perfect sting…Kidd is a computer whiz, artist, and professional criminal. LuEllen is his lover, and his favorite partner in crime. Their playing field in on the cutting edge of high-tech corporate warfare. This time they’ve been hired by a defense industry corporation to destroy its business rival through computer sabotage. If Kidd and LuEllen can ...
|  | Tony's Bread (Paperstar Book)
Release Date: April 16, 1996| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up...
|  | The History of the Philadelphia Phillies (Baseball: The Great American Game)
Publication Date: January 2002| Age Level: 9 and up...
|  | Michael Jordan
Release Date: January 20, 1999| Age Level: 4 and up With ten NBA scoring titles and six championship rings, Michael Jordan may be the greatest basketball player who ever lived. Exciting photos and clear, dramatic text make this easy-reading biography perfect for the very youngest fans. ...
|  | On a Medieval Day: Story Voyages Around the World (On a Day Story Voyages)
Publication Date: October 1, 2010| Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up...
|  | Cinderella: An Islamic Tale
Publication Date: March 15, 2011| Age Level: 5 and up | Grade Level: K and up "It’s easy to feel a sense of peace after completing Fawzia Gilani’s Cinderella. This humble version of the classic fairy tale is a gentle reminder that victory comes as much from a peaceful soul as a beautiful dress and a dramatic confrontation." - Luxury ReadingCinderella is one of the oldest, best-known, and most loved stories worldwide, with hundreds of cultural variants and re-tellings from ancient Egypt and China to the present day. In this version we follow the trials and tribulations of the swee...
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