 | Broken Paradise: A Novel
Release Date: February 19, 2008Cuba, 1956: Cousins Nora and Alicia are accustomed to living among Havana's privileged class -- but their lavish dinners, days at the beach, and extravagant dances come to an end after Castro's rise to power. Food becomes scarce, religion is forbidden, and disease runs rampant. Although Alicia stays behind while Nora emigrates to the United States, both of their identities are challenged as they try to adapt to the changes forced upon them. As the situation in Cuba deteriorates, Alicia is beset by bad fortune, while Nora -- whose heart is still in Cuba -- painf...
 |  | Island of Cundeamor
Publication Date: May 15, 1999| Series: Discoveries A Cuban woman living in Miami creates a colorful cast of characters deposited from Cuba onto her imagined island of Cundeamor, united by a collective search for home and belonging. Aunt Ulalume narrates the inhabitant's stories that are in turns dark and sarcastic or lively and witty, and focus on such island staples as the desultory crab sculptures of Nicotiano, Betty Boop's mission to find a new life partner, and the band of militant guards surrounding Ula's Finnish husband. ...
|  | The Buddha in the Attic
Release Date: March 20, 2012Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award For FictionNational Book Award and Los Angeles Times Book Prize FinalistA New York Times Notable BookA gorgeous novel by the celebrated author of When the Emperor Was Divine that tells the story of a group of young women brought from Japan to San Francisco as “picture brides” nearly a century ago. In eight unforgettable sections, The Buddha in the Attic traces the extraordinary lives of these women, from their arduous journeys by boat, to their arrival in San Francisco and their tremulous first nights as new wives; from...
|  | La tumba (Contemporanea/ Contemporary) (Spanish Edition)
Publication Date: April 1, 2007| Series: Contemporanea/ Contemporary La tumba es una de las obras que liquidaran el pasado... Una novela extraordinaria Juan Rulfo ...
|  | The Warwolf: A Peasant Chronicle of the Thirty Years War
Publication Date: June 1, 2006The Thirty Years War, fought between 1618 and 1648, was a ruthless struggle for political and religious control of central Europe. Engulfing most of present-day Germany, the war claimed at least ten million lives. The lengthy conflict was particularly hard on the general population, as thousands of undisciplined mercenaries serving Sweden, Spain, France, the Netherlands, and various German principalities, robbed, murdered, and pillaged communities; disease spread out of control and starvation became commonplace. In The Warwolf, Hermann Löns’ acclaimed ...
|  | The Yoni: Sacred Symbol of Female Creative Power
Release Date: April 1, 1996 From earliest times, humanity has found visual expression for the cosmic forces of creation, birth, and passion in artistic representations of human genitalia. Fertility cults centered on phallic worship are well documented, but older and even more pervasive are Goddess images of the vulva-known in the East since ancient times as the yoni. Yoni symbolism is a part of spiritual traditions in every part of the globe-from naturally occuring rock formations revered by North American Native peoples to the shakta-pithas of Hindu temples, and from early Celtic shee...
|  | Practical Approaches to Teaching Shakespeare (Oxford School Shakespeare)
Publication Date: November 12, 1992| Age Level: 11 and up | Grade Level: 6 and up...
|  | Obra Completa, 1 (El Libro De Bolsillo) (Spanish Edition)
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|  | Ad Absurdum: A Hans Weigel Potpourri (Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture)
Publication Date: July 1987| Series: Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture Hans Weigel, for half a century one of the leading wits of Twentieth Century Austria, is here introduced to the English-speaking public.The book offers a generous sampling of Weigel's art: a comedy, two critical essays, and 24 feuilletons. ...
|  | Dark Celebration: A Carpathian Reunion (The Carpathians (Dark) Series, Book 14)
Release Date: September 25, 2007A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER With her erotically charged Carpathian tales, Christine Feehan has enthralled a legion of fans, captivating them with a seductive world and the unforgettable characters-both human and not-who inhabit it. Now, she reunites all of them in a Dark Celebration... ...
| | Seven Tears for Apollo
Publication Date: 1969Ever since the sudden tragic death of her husband, pretty Dorcas Brandt lived in fear. Dorcas fled to Greece in search of sanctuary, but even there she could not escape. Suspense rising to a thrilling climax ...
|  | Big Red Tequila
Release Date: June 2, 1997From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series Everything in Texas is bigger...even murder.Meet Tres Navarre...tequila drinker,Tai Chi master, unlicensed P.I., with a penchant for Texas-size trouble.Jackson"Tres" Navarre and his enchilada-eating cat, Robert Johnson, pull into San Antonioand find nothing waiting but trouble.Ten years ago Navarre left town and the memoryof his father's murder behind him.Now he's back, looking for answers.Yet themore Tres digs, trying to put his suspicions to rest, the fresher the ...
|  | The Speed of Dark
Release Date: June 28, 2005In the near future, disease will be a condition of the past. Most genetic defects will be removed at birth; the remaining during infancy. Unfortunately, there will be a generation left behind. For members of that missed generation, small advances will be made. Through various programs, they will be taught to get along in the world despite their differences. They will be made active and contributing members of society. But they will never be normal.Lou Arrendale is a member of that lost generation, born at the wrong time to reap the awards of medical science. Part o...
|  | Les Adventures de Sherlock Holmes
Publication Date: 1983French fine paperback ...
|  | A Short Guide to Writing and Selling Fiction
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|  | Robot Incentive Charts
Release Date: January 3, 2012| Age Level: 4 and up Track student progress with assignment, behavior, goals, and so much more with the fun themes of the mini incentive charts. Includes 630 colorful stickers! ...
|  | Dino Dudes Scratch And Sketch: An Art Activity Book For Fossil Hunters of All Ages (Scratch & Sketch)
Publication Date: February 28, 2005| Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up...
|  | Corn-Fed
Release Date: February 19, 2002| Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up Tender SweetFreshFunnyUnpredictablePoems to feast on, again and again and again. ...
|  | On A Vineyard Veranda (Little Limericks)
Publication Date: May 16, 2007| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: K and up...
|  | Instead of Three Wishes: Magical Short Stories
Release Date: August 8, 2006| Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 5 and up A leprechaun is sighted in small–town New Hampshire. A city boy becomes a hero in prehistoric Sweden. An elf prince tries to reward a girl who wishes he'd just leave her alone. In these and other delightful stories, magical adventure appears in the most unexpected places! Instead of Three Wishes is a captivating collection of witty and sparkling fantasy stories from the Newbery Honor author of The Thief. Ages 10+ ...
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