 | The Bible Salesman: A Novel
Publication Date: September 23, 2009Preston Clearwater has been a criminal since stealing two chain saws and 1,600 pairs of aviator sunglasses from the army during the Second World War.Back on the road in postwar North Carolina, now a member of a car-theft ring, he picks up hitchhiking Henry Dampier, an innocent twenty-year-old Bible salesman.Clearwater immediately recognizes Henry as smart but gullible, just the associate he needs--one who will believe Clearwater is working undercover for the F.B.I.; one who will drive the cars Clearwater steals as Clearwater follows along in his own car at...
 |  | Fuzzy Memories
Publication Date: March 1, 1996The Emmy Award-winning creator of Deep Thoughts shares touching and moving memories of his improbable past, from a parent-centered Thanksgiving, to playing hooky (and taking notes), to maintaining a termite farm. Original. 100,000 first printing. ...
|  | Narrative Perspective and Irony in Selected Chinese and American Fiction (Studies in Comparative Literature, 46)
Publication Date: June 2002| ISBN-10: 0773472185 | ISBN-13: 978-0773472181This study reconsiders irony by blending classical and contemporary critical notions. It revamps the notions of authorial perspective, plot, emotional effect and other generic features of fiction by incorporating socio-historical analysis of practice, ideology and discourse. In discussing Chinese texts, it shows how narrative structure breaks down and authoritative dogma and myth fall apart under a critical irony, shifting narrative stances and multi-voiced language. The second part of the book deals with works by ...
|  | Ranger Daddy (Harlequin American Romance)
Publication Date: August 2, 2011| Series: Harlequin American Romance (Book 1367) Can He Keep Her Safe?Frantic to escape her dangerous ex–husband, Gabi Rafferty flees with her daughter to Yosemite—and the man she trusts more than anyone. Ranger Jeff Thompson can provide a safe haven. He's also the man Gabi once loved. Still does. Only this isn't the time to think about missed chances. Not with her child's life at risk.Fourteen years ago, Gabi ran to Jeff for everything. Now she needs his protection, and the honor–bound ranger will do whatever it takes to keep her and her daught...
|  | Shadows over Innsmouth
Release Date: August 28, 2001SEVENTEEN CHILLING STORIES, INCLUDING THE ORIGINAL MASTERPIECE OF HORROR:“THE SHADOW OVER INNSMOUTH” by H. P. LovecraftInspired by H. P. Lovecraft’s classic, today’s masters of horror take up their pens and turn once more to that decayed, forsaken New England fishing village with its sparkling treasure, loathsome denizens, and unspeakable evil. “ONLY THE END OF THE WORLD AGAIN” by Neil Gaiman: The community of Innsmouth performs a blood sacrifice–with shocking, terrifying results.“THE CHURCH IN HIGH STREET...
| | Der englische Schauerroman: Eine Einfuhrung (Artemis Einfuhrungen) (German Edition)
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|  | The Orwell Reader: Fiction, Essays, and Reportage
Publication Date: March 8, 1961Here is Orwell’s work in all its remarkable range and variety. The selections in this anthology show how Orwell developed as writer and as thinker; inevitably, too, they reflect and illuminate the history of the time of troubles in which he lived and worked. “A magnificent tribute to the probity, consistency and insight of Orwell’s topical writings” (Alfred Kazin). Introduction by Richard H. Rovere. ...
|  | Psyche's Stories: Modern Jungian Interpretations of Fairy Tales
Publication Date: May 1991| Series: Psyche's Stories (Book 1) Contains: The Structural and Archetypal Analysis of Fairy Tales; A Tale of Father Dominance, Psychological Incest, and Female Emergence (Allerleirauh); Beauty and the Beast and Wonderful Sheep - The couple in Fairy Tales; Cinderella, an Interpretation; Cupid and Psyche - Birth of a New Consciousness; The Devil's Sooty Brother - Male Naivete and the Loss of the Kingdom; The Fisherman and his Wife - the Anima in the Narcissistic Character; Fitcher's Bird - Illustrations of the Negative Animus and Shadows in Persons with Narcissistic...
|  | Comedias burlescas del Siglo de Oro. Tomo I. ""El rey don Alfonso, el de la mano horadada"" (An
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|  | A Midsummer Night's Dream (New Kittredge Shakespeare)
Publication Date: October 1, 2009| Series: New Kittredge Shakespeare George Lyman Kittredge’s insightful editions of Shakespeare have endured in part because of his eclecticism, his diversity of interests, and his wide-ranging accomplishments, all of which are reflected in the valuable notes in each volume.These new editions have specific emphasis on the performance histories of the plays (on stage and screen).Features of each edition include:- The original introduction to the Kittredge Edition- Editor’s Introduction to the Focus Edition. An overview on major themes of the plays,...
|  | Alcestis (Greek Tragedy in New Translations)
Publication Date: February 1, 1990| ISBN-10: 0195061667 | ISBN-13: 978-0195061666At once a vigorous translation of one of Euripides' most subtle and witty plays, and a wholly fresh interpretation, this version reveals for the first time the extraordinary formal beauty and thematic concentration of the Alcestis. William Arrowsmith, eminent classical scholar, translator, and General Editor of this highly praised series, rejects the standard view of the Alcestis as a psychological study of the egotist Admetos and his naive but devoted wife. His translation, instead, presents the play as a d...
| | Cambio de tono/ Changing tone (Spanish Edition)
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|  | Intellectual Women and Victorian Patriarchy: Harriet Martineau, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, George Eliot
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|  | The Last Good War: The Faces and Voices of World War II
Release Date: October 12, 2010World War II remains one of the most galvanizing and defining events in the history of America. Seemingly overnight, the entire nation unified behind a singular cause. By 1945, the size of the U.S. armed forces had grown from two to twelve million men and women of every color, religion, and creed. Young people from every walk of life were inducted and volunteered. America had quickly and fiercely established itself as a global superpower, and an entire generation's identity was forged, in part, by what many still refer to as the "last good war." Sixty years late...
|  | Letters to Karen
Release Date: October 1, 1976Karen Shedd was away at college and had recently become engaged. Looking forward to a long and happy union, she wrote to her father for advice. Dr. Shedd, a popular minister and father of five, began writing Karen a series of letters on keeping love in marriage. They were eventually published in a collection that soon became one of the most widely quoted and bestselling books of our time. ...
|  | Timeless Autumn
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|  | A Miracle Through Time
Publication Date: March 2, 2007Miracle Johnson stood on the dock, bidding her deceased father one last farewell. The remains of the River Maiden loomed mockingly in front of her. She held his prized silver dollar tight in her fist and wished she knew exactly what had happened to him. "Come back, my Miracle."She heard the mysterious voice from her dreams calling to her, echoing all around as she felt herself being pulled into the murky depths of the Mississippi. Her world went black and her next lucid moments found her first, in a stranger's arms and later, in his bed. The devastatingly hands...
|  | Baby's Book of Winnie the Pooh: A Disney Treasury of Stories and Songs for Baby
Release Date: March 2, 2001| Grade Level: P and up From bouncy songs to simple, silly stories to hush-a-bye lullabies, this treasury will help babies explore the worlds of rhythm, rhyme, and play. ...
|  | Apples
Publication Date: June 1, 2007| Age Level: 6 and up | Grade Level: 1 and up Simple text explains how apples are grown, lists various types of apples, and offers a history of this delicious and popular fruit. ...
|  | Bird in a Box
Publication Date: April 12, 2011| Grade Level: 3 and up Otis, Willie, and Hibernia are three children with a lot in common: they've all lost a loved one, they each have secret dreams, and they won't stop fighting for what they want. And they're also a lot like their hero, famed boxer Joe Louis. Throughout this moving novel, their lives gradually converge to form friendship, family, and love. Their trials and triumphs echo those of Joe Louis, as he fights to become the heavyweight boxing champion.Andrea Pinkney masterfully weaves in factual information about Joe Louis and actual radio comment...
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