| The Muse in Bronzeville: African American Creative Expression in Chicago, 1932-1950 Release Date: August 27, 2011The Muse in Bronzeville, a dynamic reappraisal of a neglected period in African American cultural history, is the first comprehensive critical study of the creative awakening that occurred on Chicago's South Side from the early 1930s to the cold war. Coming of age during the hard Depression years and in the wake of the Great Migration, this generation of Black creative artists produced works of literature, music, and visual art fully comparable in distinction and scope to the achievements of the Harlem Renaissance.This highly informative and accessible work, enha...
| | Let It Rain Coffee: A Novel Release Date: April 25, 2006Angie Cruz has established herself as a dazzling new voice in Latin American fiction, her writing compared to Gabriel García Márquez's by The Boston Globe. Now, with humor, passion, and intensity, she reveals the proud members of the Colón family and the dreams, love, and heartbreak that bind them to their past and the future. Esperanza risked her life fleeing the Dominican Republic for the glittering dream she saw on television, but years later she is still stuck in a cramped tenement with her husband, Santo, and their two children, Bobby and Dal...
| | Family Ties: A Novel Release Date: June 22, 2010Annie Ferguson was a bright young Manhattan architect. Talented, beautiful, just starting out with her first job, new apartment and boyfriend, she had the world in the palm of her hand—until a single phone call altered the course of her life forever. Overnight, she became the mother to her sister’s three orphaned children, keeping a promise she never regretted making, even if it meant putting her own life indefinitely on hold.Now, at forty-two, as independent as ever, with a satisfying career and a family that means everything to her, Annie is comfortab...
| | The Hamptons Publication Date: July 15, 2004The author of the wildly popular bestseller Pretty Boys is back with a new book that posed the question, "When is a fling not just a fling?" Answer: When it happens in The Hamptons. The Hamptons is an uplifting story about divorce and life lessons—with a fresh spin—from the bestselling author whose novels top over 300,000 copies in print. Grosvenor is certain to capture the country's attention by allowing readers a vouyeristic look into the life of the beautiful and uninhibited divorcee Joelle Sinclair. Joelle Sinclair is a self-professed art love...
| | Oops! (TJ and the Time Stumblers) Publication Date: August 31, 2011| Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up...
| | Fiend Publication Date: April 2005In nineteenth-century Italy, young Orfeo Ricari teeters on the brink of adulthood. His new tutor instructs him in literature and poetry during the day and guides him in the world of sensual pleasure at night. But a journey to Paris will teach young Orfeo much more. For in Paris he will become a vampire. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title....
| | Aves sin nido (Spanish Edition) Publication Date: July 20, 2004Clorinda Matto de Turner's classic novel in a new, annotated edition. First published in 1889, Aves sin nido drew fiery protests for its unsparing expose of small town officials, judicial authorities, and priests who oppressed the native peoples of Peru. Matto de Turner was excommunicated by the Catholic Church, burned in effigy, and forced to emigrate to Argentina. In 1904, the novel was published in an English translation aswith a modified ending. Successive English editions restored the original ending and translator's omissions. This edition follows the ori...
| | Rosmersholm Publication Date: January 1, 2008Considered by many critics as Ibsen's masterpiece, "Rosmersholm" is the story ofJohannes Rosmer, a former clergyman and owner of the title estate Rosmersholm. When Rosmer intends to use his position in the community to help the newly elected reformist government his ruling-class brethren turn against him. A series of tragic consequences ensue in this classic drama of social and political change. ...
| | Seneca: The Tragedies Publication Date: December 1, 1995| ISBN-10: 0801849322 | ISBN-13: 978-0801849329Are there no limits to human cruelty? Is there any divine justice? Do the gods even matter if they do not occupy themselves with rewarding virtue and punishing wickedness? Seneca's plays might be dismissed as bombastic and extravagant answers to such questions—if so much of human history were not "Senecan" in its absurdity, melodrama, and terror. Here is an honest artist confronting the irrationality and cruelty of his world—the Rome of Caligula, Claudius, and Nero—and his art reflects t...
| | French Individualist Poetry, 1686-1760: An Anthology ...
| | Committed: Men Tell Stories of Love, Commitment, and Marriage Release Date: January 24, 2006In these original essays, seventeen celebrated authors give a private tour of the male psyche and discuss the journey to lasting love. Exploring aspects of themselves that they've never revealed before, they provide essential wisdom for men and women alike on the ritual of mating, and a look inside the hearts and minds of men who commit. ...
| | A history of Latin literature from Ennius to Boethius Publication Date: March 7, 2011This book is a replica, produced from digital images of the original. It was scanned at the University of Toronto Libraries and may contain defects, missing pages or blemishes due to the original source content.The UT libraries have worked with various digital partners to provide the best possible customer experience and hope you enjoy the results. ...
| | Illegal Action (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard) Release Date: June 2, 2009| Series: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard The fiercely intelligent, ambitious MI5 officer Liz Carlyle returns in a spy novel of arresting psychological complexity and unflagging suspense.In the most recent installment in the Liz Carlyle series, Liz has been transferred to counter-espionage—the hub of MI5 operations during the Cold War. Her mission: protect Nikita Brunovsky, an increasingly vocal opponent of Vladimir Putin, who has been targeted for assassination and is seeking refuge in the UK. The Foreign Office is adamant about forestalling a crime that could bec...
| | The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes: A Complete & Unabridged Reading by Derek Jacobi Publication Date: March 20, 2012| Series: Sherlock Holmes Emmy award-winning actor Sir Derek Jacobi reads all twelve stories from this last collection to feature Holmes and Watson.The Illustrious Client features an Austrian adventurer who corrupts young women, while in The Blanched Soldier, Holmes works without Watson to help an ex-serviceman. One of the world’s largest diamonds is stolen in The Mazarin Stone and The Three Gables sees Holmes face a formidable female criminal.In The Sussex Vampire, Holmes investigates the case of a baby with two small wounds on his neck, and three men w...
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| | Kaya's Paper Dolls [With Scene, Accessories, Outfits, Mini Book] (American Girls Collection Sidelines) Publication Date: September 2003| Age Level: 7 and up...
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| | Dove Song Release Date: September 12, 2006| Age Level: 10 and up | Grade Level: 5 and up "Two young people take on more than they can handle in this anguished, reflective story set on the home front during the Vietnam War." — KIRKUS REVIEWSA Minnesota Book Award Winner"Both a sensitive story of friendship and family problems and solid historical fiction." — SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL ...
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