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 |  | A Piece of Heaven
Publication Date: May 2, 2003A Doubleday Book Club andLiterary Guild Alternate Selection Samuels follows her acclaimed hardcover debut No Place Like Home with another poignant tale rich in atmosphere and insight that explores the complexity of relationships, the importance of family, and the healing power of love. ...
|  | The Unpublished Poetry of Charles Wesley, Volume II: Hymns and Poems on Holy Scripture
Publication Date: June 1990This is Volume II of a three-volume edition of the unpublished poetry of Charles Wesley.By most estimates, Charles Wesley wrote about 9,000 hymns and poems.Some 4,600 of these hymns and poems were published during his lifetime, and an additional 3,100 were published posthumously.Some 1,300 will appear for the first time in these volumes.The Unpublished Poetry of Charles Wesley thus represents the first major collection of his verse to be published since George Osborn's 13 volume edition of the Poetical Works of John WesleyLondon, (1868-1872).The three volumes in th...
|  | Robin Cook: Three Complete Novels: Terminal / Fatal Cure / Acceptable Risk
Release Date: November 10, 1997From the undisputed master of the medical thriller comes a trio of terrifying tales, filled with Dr. Robin Cook's signature cutting-edge suspense and bold strokes of reality. The consequences of managed health care in an age when even the wariest consumer may be at risk is the catalyst for Contagion, while a sinister cabal involved with unacceptable medical ethics provides the nerve-jangling backdrop for Chromosome 6. Invasion, published in hardcover for the first time, preys on our deepest fears as it explores a sudden outbreak of a disease unlike anything hum...
|  | Sink the Warspite
Publication Date: May 1, 2003It is 1941 and Able Seaman Hawkins is deeply proud of belonging to the crew of the HMS Warspite. She is an indomitable ship and inspires loyalty and pride in her sailors and fear and in her enemies. When they are attacked by the Black Devils Torpedo Squadron with the newly-invented pig boats, still the Warspite lives up to her reputation and survives. However, Italian/German soldier, Breitmeyer, who is taken prisoner after this failed attack, is determined to change the fortunes of the ship, and swears to avenge the loss of his arm during his imprisonment on the ...
|  | Gates of Fire
Release Date: January 12, 1993"Three young Americans smuggle a million hits of LSD into India for Reasons both idealistic and venal . . . sweeping mystical enlightenment, compelling characters...Brilliant writing in this rather spooky and very sexy first novel."- Detroit Free Press ...
|  | The Fields of Home
Publication Date: January 1, 1993The fatherless Moody family moved from Colorado to Medford, Massachusetts, in 1912, when Ralph was entering his teens. "I tried as hard as I could to be a city boy, but I didn't have very good luck," he says at the beginning of The Fields of Home. "Just little things that would have been all right in Colorado were always getting me in trouble." So he is sent to his grandfather's farm in Maine, where he finds a new set of adventures. ...
|  | On Form: Poetry, Aestheticism, and the Legacy of a Word
Publication Date: December 15, 2008| ISBN-10: 0199551936 | ISBN-13: 978-0199551934| Edition: Reprint What is form? Why does form matter? In this imaginative and ambitious study, Angela Leighton assesses not only the legacy of Victorian aestheticism, and its richly resourceful keyword, 'form', but also the very nature of the literary. She shows how writers, for two centuries and more, have returned to the idea of form as something which contains the secret of art itself. She tracks the development of the word from the Romantics to contemporary poets, and offers close readings of, among ot...
|  | Aristophanes: Acharnians. Knights. (Loeb Classical Library No. 178)
Publication Date: September 1, 1998 Aristophanes of Athens (ca. 446–386 BCE), one of the world's greatest comic dramatists, has been admired since antiquity for his iridescent wit and beguiling fantasy, exuberant language, and brilliant satire of the social, intellectual, and political life of Athens at its height. He wrote at least forty plays, of which eleven have survived complete. In this new Loeb Classical Library edition of Aristophanes, Jeffrey Henderson presents a freshly edited Greek text and a lively, unexpurgated translation with full explanatory notes. The general introducti...
|  | Amar despues de la muerte / Love after Death (Letras Hispanicas / Hispanic Writings) (Spanish Edition)
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|  | Samuel Beckett's Endgame (Bloom's Modern Critical Interpretations)
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|  | Positive African American Plays For Children Book 2: Build High Self-Esteem and Confidence Through Plays
Publication Date: December 8, 2011Positive African American Plays For Children Book 2 Positive upbeat plays for children anyone can easily produce at schools, churches, or anywhere children gather. Plays for Black History Month (featuring positive African Americans from yesterday and today), Child Safety, Self Appreciation, and Family Togetherness. Great tips and ideas for a successful play production. You won't find plays for kids like these anywhere! Children enjoy performing these fun plays over and over again .... we guarantee it! ...
|  | When I Dream
Publication Date: September 15, 2009Open these pages to endless worlds of wonder and amazement. From ancient legends and mysteries from the far reaches of history, to modern twists on classic tales, and challenging information about the world around us, When I Dream is a collection of poems that inspires and teaches as it entertains. Sure to become a favorite for kids of all ages, this beautifully illustrated book will draw readers back again and again.Author Bio:Author Robin Landry grew up in Puyallup, Washington and currently lives on a lake near Seatac Airport. She is currently working on...
|  | Scare Tactics: Supernatural Fiction by American Women
Publication Date: September 15, 2008| ISBN-10: 0823229858 | ISBN-13: 978-0823229857| Edition: 2 Scare Tactics identifies an important but overlooked tradition of supernatural writing by American women. Jeffrey Weinstock analyzes this tradition as an essentially feminist attempt to imagine alternatives to a world of limited possibilities. In the process, he recovers the lives and works of authors who were important during their lifetimes and in the development of the American literary tradition, but who are not recognized today for their contributions. Between the end of the Civil War and...
|  | Hawthorne's Shyness: Ethics, Politics, and the Question of Engagement
Publication Date: May 2, 2005InHawthorne's Shyness, Clark Davis offers both a challenge to current trends in American literary studies and a striking new perspective on the writing of Nathaniel Hawthorne. He proposes an alternative to recent, ideologically driven criticism, including the range of approaches under the banner of New Historicism which continue to dominate the study of American literature. Drawing on ethical theorists including Heidegger, Levinas, Davidson, and Cavell, he finds new models for the relationship between critic and author in their philosophies of engagement with the...
|  | A Place in the Country
Release Date: June 19, 2012Elizabeth Adler delivers an emotionally powerful novel about mothers and daughters, the secrets we share, and those we keep to ourselves. Fifteen-year-old Issy, and her newly-single mother, Caroline Evans, are struggling to find their way alone, as well as together. At thirty-eight, Caroline is coming to terms with this new life, even though she has little money and all the responsibility for the two of them. When she decides to leave their well-off lives in Singapore (and her cheating husband and his long-time mistress and powerh...
|  | Blue Plate Special (Sunny Childs Mysteries)
Release Date: September 1, 2001| Series: Sunny Childs Mysteries "Sunny Childs is...a wham-bam-thank-you-ma'am great read."(J. A. Jance)It's up to Atlanta P.I. Sunny Childs to investigate what looks like a clean-cut case of murder in a closed-for-business diner-before time runs out. ...
|  | Harry Potter For Nerds: Essays for Fans, Academics, and Lit Geeks
Publication Date: June 22, 2011'Harry Potter for Nerds' is a collection of the most exciting ideas from twelve Hogwarts Professors about the world's best selling books. Travis Prinzi, author of 'Harry Potter and Imagination' and webmaster at The Hog's Head, has tapped his Potter Pundit friends in Fandom and at better universities around the country for their insights about the literary magic of the seven novels, from their ring composition to the symbolism of the planets, from the Dante, Spencer, and MacDonald echoes to exploration of the meanings of magic and technology. Profound and far-re...
|  | Cobras (Power 100)
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|  | Delta & Dawn: Mother & Baby Whales' Journey
Publication Date: November 1, 2007Two Lost Whales + One Concerned Newscaster = An Authentic, Breathtaking and Cool New KidsBookIn May 2007 the world watched with awe and concern for the plight of two lost and hurt humpback whales who were trapped for more than two weeks in the Sacramento River. In Delta & Dawn: Mother & Baby WhalesJourney, you ll join Mama Delta & Baby Dawn as they accidentally swim under the Golden Gate Bridge into San Francisco Bay after being hurt and scared by a big boat, and then wander up the Sacramento River to the Delta town of Rio Vista and the city of Sacramento. T...
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