 | Coal Camp Days: A Boy's Remembrance
Publication Date: August 16, 2001The coalfields of northern New Mexico are the setting for the remembrances of six-year-old Matias Montaño, a fictionalized version of the author's life in the last years of World War II. García writes about ordinary coal-mining people as they struggle to make a living and raise families, and about their heroism, joy for living, and their belief in the value of education, hard work, and the American Dream.For Matias, his brothers, friends, and the adults in their lives, the poor living conditions did not interfere with their adventures and activities...
 |  | The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive)
Release Date: May 24, 2011| Series: The Stormlight Archive (Book 1) Brandon Sanderson, widely acclaimed for his work completing Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time saga, begins a grand cycle of his own, with The Way of Kings, Book One of the Stormlight Archive.Roshar is a world of stone and storms. Uncanny tempests of incredible power sweep across the rocky terrain so frequently that they have shaped ecology and civilization alike. Animals hide in shells, trees pull in branches, and grass retracts into the soilless ground. Cities are built only where the topography offers shelter.It ha...
|  | Julie
Release Date: June 27, 2006 Julie Wallace is just eighteen in 1934 when her father risks their life savings on a struggling newspaper and moves the family to a flood-prone Pennsylvania town. It is here a young woman's convictions take firm root, as Julie finds herself taking sides when battle lines are drawn between desperate steelworkers and the mill owners who control their lives. And it is here where her heart and her loyalties are torn, divided between two special men. But when a devastating natural catastrophe becomes the ultimate test of courage and commitment, Julie's remarkable inn...
|  | The Terror of Constantinople (Aelric)
Publication Date: July 1, 2011| Series: Aelric The second adventure with vain, amoral, and sexually voracious seventh-century scholar Aelric 610AD. The bloodthirsty Emperor Phocas is preparing for the greatest battle of his life. Enemy armies are racing closer to attack his fortress, the golden city of Constantinople, and traitors within plot his downfall. Clinging to power by masterminding a campaign of terror, he is running out of funds, allies, and time—but he has one card left to play. Aelric, a naïve and ambitious young clerk from Britain, is sent to Constantinople ostens...
|  | In Search of Ogopogo: Sacred Creature of the Okanagan Waters
Publication Date: June 2001| ISBN-10: 0888394829 | ISBN-13: 978-0888394828Gaal investigates further the mystery of Ogopogo. The native legend of this illusive lake monster was passed on to the first white settlers in the north west. Since that time sightings and explorations of the sacred Ogopogo have continued only to produce more questions. Arlene analyses photos, videos and eye-witness accounts to distinguish the real sightings and facts from pranksters and hoaxers. Learn where 'Oggie' lives, and the theories of what kind of creature it may be. ...
|  | Bartholmew Fair (New Mermaids)
Publication Date: April 20, 2007| ISBN-10: 071367427X | ISBN-13: 978-0713674279| Edition: 2 The fair of St. Bartholmew, an annual summer carnival, offered Londoners an event to indulge their need for bodily delights and festival exuberance. The setting serves as Jonson's opportunity to dissect a wide cross-section of Londoners and their various reasons for spending a day out among the booths, stalls, smells and noises of the fair. Unusually magnanimous for a Jonsonian city comedy, the main thrust of the satire is not against fools, madmen, fortune-hunters, cuckolds or prostitutes, b...
|  | Many People Many Voices: An O-Level Poetry Anthology for Zimbabwean Schools (Southern African Political Economy Series)
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|  | Whispers in the Wings: New and Selected Poems
Publication Date: July 1, 2001" Frank M. Chipasula comes to us with rich language and a bursting, compassionate heart. I have seldom encountered poetry which expresses so much pain as his reports of monstrous state atrocities in Southern Africa in Whispers in the Wings. His vision is full of righteous rage and its power is overwhelming in such poems as A Hanging and A Grain of Salt." - Adrian MitchellFRANK M. CHIPASULA is a Malawian poet, editor and fiction writer, born on 16 October 1949. He holds a B.A. (with Credit) from the University of Zambia, an M.A. in CreativeWriting from Brown Univ...
|  | Malory and Fifteenth-Century Drama, Lyrics, and Ballads (The Oxford History of English Literature ; 3)
Publication Date: March 1990| Series: The Oxford History of English Literature ; 3 Part of the complete reissue of "The Oxford History of English Literature", this volume tells the story of medieval drama and the ballad, the carol and the lyric, and deals particularly with Malory. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title....
|  | El reino de este mundo: Novela (Esenciales) (Spanish Edition)
Release Date: January 6, 2009| Series: Esenciales El reino de este mundo, novela pionera del realismo mágico, explora los orígenes de la independencia haitiana, en una América donde lo mágico es cotidiano y realInspirado por la extraordinaria historia original y valido de su admirable poder narrativo, Alejo Carpentier es artífice de un relato alucinante e incomparable que recrea los acontecimientos que precedieron a la independencia haitiana en la corte real de Henri Christophe. A través de los ojos de un esclavo, el lector se introduce en la fascinante ...
|  | Kade (Harlequin Intrigue Series)
Publication Date: July 3, 2012| Series: Harlequin Intrigue Series (Book 1360) One look at the baby girl, and there was no question Kade Ryland was the father. For three months, Kade had posed as Bree Winston's husband at the Fulbright Fertility Clinic, while the two FBI agents investigated a trail of illegal adoptions and surrogates. Nine months later, a baby was dropped at his feet—and Bree was nowhere to be found. Now Kade had to reopen a case that had gotten way too personal and find Bree—fast. But if the two of them had never been a real couple, were they ready to be parent...
|  | Behind the Seams (A Crochet Mystery)
Release Date: November 1, 2011| Series: A Crochet Mystery (Book 6) The Tarzana Hookers learn that the entertainment biz can bedeadly. The crochet group's informal leader, actress CeeCee Collins, has amovie out, and thanks to the Oscar buzz, she's scheduled to appear onthe famous Barbara Olive Overton Show. Molly and the girls tag along,but when CeeCee's niece Nell-a production assistant on the show-isaccused of poisoning one of the producers, Molly and the Hookers mustset aside their crochet projects to clear Nell's name. And if theydon't soon, someone else will be the next Hollywood headlin...
|  | The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Scroll of the Dead
Release Date: November 17, 2009| Series: The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Holmes attends a seance to unmask an impostor posing as a medium, Sebastian Melmoth,a man hell-bent on obtaining immortality after the discovery of an ancient Egyptianpapyrus. It is up to Holmes and Watson to stop him and avert disaster...In thisfast-paced adventure, the action moves from London to the picturesque Lake Districtas Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson once more battle with the forces of evil.Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s timeless creation returns in a new series of handsomelydesigned detective storie...
|  | Women on the Case
Release Date: May 2, 1996An exciting collection of twenty-six original short stories penned by the world's most popular female crime writers, including Sara Paretsky, Amanda Cross, and Ruth Rendell.Edited and introduced by Sara Paretsky, one of America's favorite crime writers, WOMEN ON THE CASE features twenty-six first-time-in-print short stories by the female masters of the crime genre from all over the world. This stellar collection follows the immensely successful A Woman's Eye, also edited by Sara Paretsky. Contributing writers include:Helga Anderle (Austria)Franc...
|  | Curious George Goes Fishing
Publication Date: March 22, 2001| Age Level: 2 and up...
|  | Zeus und seine Welt - Griechische Sagen voller Heldenmut (Spannende Sagen aus aller Welt) (German Edition)
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|  | The Lost Scrolls: Fire (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
Publication Date: January 1, 2008| Age Level: 7 and up | Grade Level: 2 and up...
|  | Fitter, Faster, Funnier: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about the Olympics But Were Afraid to Ask
Publication Date: February 1, 2012From unbelievable tales of triumph (with all the shocking bits left in) to incredible facts about Olympic athletes, this is an aspirational, informative, interactive and hilarious guide to the Olympics - what they're all about and what made them what they are today. Packed with funny illustrations, inspirational ideas and amazing activities, this is a brilliant guide to the Olympics past and present. ...
|  | Hiking (Outdoor Adventure!)
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|  | Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear
Release Date: June 5, 1998| Age Level: 2 and up | Grade Level: P and up Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, turn around.Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, touch the ground.Toddlers will want to join in with this familiar chant as Teddy Bear and child touch their toes, jump in the air, find their noses, and more! Bold, simple illustrations make it easy for toddlers to play along. Its perfect to share with a favorite furry friend. ...
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