 | Golden Apples of the Sun, The
Release Date: November 1, 1997Ray Bradbury is a modern cultural treasure. His disarming simplicity of style underlies a towering body of work unmatched in metaphorical power by any other American storyteller. And here, presented in a new trade edition, are thirty-two of his most famous tales--prime examples of the poignant and mysterious poetry which Bradbury uniquely uncovers in the depths of the human soul, the otherwordly portraits of outrÉ fascination which spring from the canvas of one of the century's great men of imagination. From a lonely coastal lighthouse to a sixty-million-ye...
 |  | Priestess of Avalon (Avalon, Book 4)
Release Date: May 7, 2001Not since The Mists of Avalon has there been such a powerful and mesmerizing portrait of goddess-powered womanhood and women's spirituality.In Priestess of Avalon, the legendary Marion Zimmer Bradley once again reaches back in time to create a magnificent prequel to her undying classic of Camelot.Priestess of Avalon tells the timeless story of Eilan-known to the Romans as Helena-a British princess raised on the holy isle of Avalon as she grows from maiden to mother to wise woman. It is Helena's destiny-at a crucial turning point in Western history-to bridge the pagan...
|  | Good Neighbors
Publication Date: January 1, 2001Dr Richard Gordon had no desire to leave the idyllic orchards and hop fields of Kent. For him the postcode BR1 2AX has the ring of the Gulag Archilpelago and is to be avoided at all costs. However after a decade living in suburbia he has come to love it - the way Gauguin loved Tahiti. Good Neighbours is a hilarious account of the habits and customs of the residents of Britain's many suburbs. Using his famed rye wit, Gordon comically exposes the fundamental structures and motivations of suburban society. Essential reading for anyone constantly baffled by those...
|  | Los papeles postumos del Club Pickwick/ The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club (Clasicos/ Classics) (Spanish Edition)
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|  | Russian Short Stories from Pushkin to Buida (Penguin Classics)
Release Date: July 25, 2006| Series: Penguin Classics This original anthology of short stories covers two centuries of Russian literary tradition, from the early nineteenth century to the collapse of the Soviet Union and beyond, and includes not only well-known classics but also modern masterpieces—many of them previously censored. First time in Penguin Classics Features an introduction to the history of the Russian short story, prefaces to the individual writers, chronology, explanatory notes, and suggestions for further reading...
|  | Night Time (Nick Hern Books)
Publication Date: April 1, 2008| ISBN-10: 1854595865 | ISBN-13: 978-1854595867Edinburgh Festival premiere at Traverse Theatre of mesmeric new play by brand new Scottish-Croatian writer. ...
|  | Crossing Water: Contemporary Poetry of the English-Speaking Carribean
Publication Date: January 1, 1992| ISBN-10: 0912678852 | ISBN-13: 978-0912678856| Edition: 1st Poetry. The poems in CROSSING WATER reflect the multiple face of the Caribbean and, by so doing, defy any easy labeling or categorization. They celebrate a region's language and customs, landscape and seascape, over which Mammon's dark clouds hang threateningly. While the colonial and neo-colonial disappointments may overshadow the beauty, these poems bear witness that they do not (indeed, cannot) destroy it. CROSSING WATER is, therefore, about capacities for survival, ways of defining who one ...
|  | El alquimista (Compendios Vosgos series) (Spanish Edition)
Publication Date: June 1, 2007| Series: Compendios Vosgos series Created by teachers and writers, each title in this series provides a complete and thoughtful analysis of several of the most valuable works of world literature. Intended as a starting point for a better understanding and appreciation of literature, each analysis also imparts information about the author, the social and historical background, structure and traditions of literary genres, facts about characters, and a bibliography to encourage further intellectual exploration. Esta colección es una herramienta indispens...
|  | Developing the mail order business of the bookstore
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| | Pope and the eighteenth century book trade: The Lyell Lectures, 1-12 March 1976 [and manuscript notes]
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|  | Northrop Frye's Notebooks on Renaissance Literature (Collected Works of Northrop Frye)
Publication Date: January 31, 2006| ISBN-10: 0802091792 | ISBN-13: 978-0802091796| Edition: Volume 20 Although Northrop Frye's first book, Fearful Symmetry (1947), elevated the reputation of William Blake from the status of a minor eccentric to that of a major Romantic poet, Frye in fact saw Blake as a poet (and, consequently, himself as a critic) not of the Romantic period, but of the Renaissance.As such, Frye's meditations on the Renaissance are particularly valuable.This volume collects six of Frye's notebooks and five sets of his typed notes on subjects related to Renaissance literat...
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|  | Moon Racer
Publication Date: August 2003Somewhere in the lush grasslands of the Texas hill country, three brothers and a sister fight to hold their family together, struggle to keep their ranch solvent, while they await the return of the one person who can shed light on the secrets of the past. Abby learned to ride and rope and wrangle as well as any of her brothers, but Major Jonah Tremain is looking for a lady. Abby tells herself she doesn't care that the major is engaged to a proper Eastern-bred miss, but when she looks into his searing blue eyes and feels his lips against hers, she decides to teach...
|  | Nefertiti: The Book of the Dead
Release Date: February 26, 2008 She is Nefertiti—beautiful and revered. With her husband, Akhenaten, she rules over Egypt, the most affluent, formidable, sophisticated empire in the ancient world. But an epic power struggle is afoot, brought on by the royal couple's inauguration of an enlightened new religion and the construction of a magnificent new capital. The priests are stunned by the abrupt forfeiture of their traditional wealth and influence; the people resent the loss of their gods—and the army is enraged by the growing turbulence around them. Then, just days before the f...
|  | Amsterdam Cops: Collected Stories
Release Date: July 1, 2003The beloved Amsterdam Cops-Henk Grijpstra and Rinus de Gier-have appeared in fourteen novels and thirteen stories. All of the stories are collected in this volume-now in paperback-including three never published in this country. ...
|  | The Legend of Lord Eight Deer: An Epic of Ancient Mexico
Publication Date: January 24, 2002The Legend of Lord Eight Deer is a retelling of the great epic saga of the Mixtec people of Mexico recorded in pictographs painted on deer-hide codices more than 500 years ago. The legend begins with the mysterious murder of three princes and unfolds as Lord Eight Deer embarks on a quest to rule his kingdom that takes him to the gates of the Sun God himself. It is a story of breathtaking beauty-a story of gods and kings, heroes and princesses, thieves and holy men, and the betrayal of love. John Pohl's vivid retelling and dazzling illustrations brings to lif...
|  | Toot & Puddle
Publication Date: June 1, 2007| Grade Level: P and up...
| | If I Were a Portland Trailblazer
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| | Be a Winner in Windsurfing
Publication Date: April 1982Describes windsurfing, also called boardsailing or sailboarding, and provides information about equipment, training, and techniques used in this relatively new sport. Includes a glossary of terms. ...
|  | Spirit Healing: How to Make Your Life Work
Publication Date: November 1, 2006“This book is the first step to awaken the mind to the existence of another world that offers peace and harmony.”—Gary Bear Heals, Lakota Spiritual Teacher Follow the Native American Rainbow Path. For centuries, tribal shamans have used these remarkable healing practices to bring spiritual seekers into harmony with the world around them. In keeping with the Native tradition, symbolic stories illustrate the power of these techniques, while detailed guidance helps you change your thought patterns and eliminate mind-cluttering worri...
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