 | Life Expectancy: A Novel
Release Date: May 29, 2012NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Before he died on a storm-wracked night, Jimmy Tock’s grandfather predicted that there would be five dark days in his grandson’s life—five dates whose terrible events Jimmy must prepare himself to face. The first is to occur in his twentieth year, the last in his thirtieth. What terrifying events await Jimmy on these five critical days? What challenges must he survive? The path he follows will defy every expectation and will take all the love, humor, and courage he possesses. For who Jimmy Tock is and what he must a...
 |  | God Is Dead
Release Date: May 27, 2008An electrifying debut from a provocative new voice in fiction that will remind readers of the best of Vonnegut Ron Currie’s gutsy, funny book is instantly gripping: If God takes human form and dies, what would become of life as we know it? Effortlessly combining outlandish humor with big questions about mortality, ethics, and human weakness, Ron Currie, Jr., holds a funhouse mirror to our present-day world. God has inhabited the mortal body of a young Dinka woman in the Sudan. When she is killed in the Darfur desert, he dies along with her, and word of his dea...
|  | September Canvas
Publication Date: June 16, 2009Physically depleted and at a crossroads in her personal life, popular TV-personality Faythe Hamilton rents a lakeside cabin in Vermont for a much-needed vacation. Her first day in town, Faythe receives unsolicited warnings from the locals to stay away from her neighbor, which only rouses her curiosity.Deanna Moore, a successful illustrator, has dedicated her life to her work and her family. Beleagured by accusations stemming from an event she is powerless to explain or defend, Deanna lives a solitary life. When she meets Faythe she is reluctantly attracted to h...
|  | Pitifully Ugly
Publication Date: December 14, 2010Hot, sweet, sexy and funny.Shannon Brycen believes she is the epitome of pitifully ugly.Kalen, Shannon's overly social sister, is determined to play match-maker and find a special someone for her sister.After a disastrous date with one of Kalen's recent selections, Shannon decides to take her love life back into her own hands by joining the local lesbian cyber match-maker.Mid thirties, still single, house broken but rabid. If you're looking for something different then I'm your girl. Write me if you dare...P.UMaybe it wasn't the best idea to build her profi...
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|  | Matiere Sol Poids Bla (Poesie/Gallimard) (French Edition)
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|  | Parzival (de Gruyter Texte) (German Edition)
Publication Date: October 28, 2003| ISBN-10: 3110178591 | ISBN-13: 978-3110178593| Edition: 2 The second edition of the 'Parzival' (ca. 1200/1210) continues to offer the authorative text according to Karl Lachmann and the excellent translation of Peter Knecht. ...
|  | Stairway to My Innermost Thoughts
Publication Date: November 15, 2011Stairway to My Innermost Thoughts is a book of poetry that I have been writing from 1996 to 2011. The contents are poems that were written from some of my most deepest and sincere feelings and thoughts. You will find poems written for special occasions and some written for sad occasions, but they hold a special place in my heart as well as the subjects being written about.Stairway to My Innermost Thoughts is a collection of poems for all occasions, and are published for the enjoyment of others. My thoughts on writing is that life is a poem, and whether writ...
|  | Red Lily (In the Garden, Book 3)
Release Date: November 29, 2005Three women learn that the heart of their historic home holds a mystery of years gone by, as number-one bestselling author Nora Roberts brings her In the Garden trilogy to a captivating conclusion, following Blue Dahlia and Black Rose.A Harper has always lived at Harper House, the centuries-old mansion just outside of Memphis. And for as long as anyone alive remembers, the ghostly Harper Bride has walked the halls, singing lullabies at night...Hayley Phillips came to Memphis hoping for a new start, for herself and her unborn child. She wasn't looking for a hand...
|  | Night's Black Agents: Witches, Wizards and the Dead in the Ancient World
Publication Date: July 15, 2008| ISBN-10: 1847252303 | ISBN-13: 978-1847252302| Edition: 1 The Ghost of Sychaeus: At length, in dead of night, the ghost appearsOf her unhappy lord: the specter stares,And, with erected eyes, his bloody bosom bares.The cruel altars and his fate he tells—The Aeneid The literature of classical antiquity bristles with witches, ghosts, magic books, curses, voodoo-dolls, and other fiendish monsters. This book covers the literature of both Greek and Roman cultures over a period of more than a thousand years, through the advent of Christianity. A...
|  | Ask Anyone (Trinity Harbor)
Publication Date: May 1, 2010| Series: Trinity Harbor Waking up to discover an antique carousel horse and an armed guard in his front yard is not what Bobby Spencer needs on a quiet Sunday morning. Once again the Spencers are going to be the talk of Trinity Harbor, Virginia. And Bobby isn't feeling very kindly toward the person responsible. But Jenna Pennington Kennedy is a desperate woman. That carousel horse is her ticket to capturing Bobby's attention and convincing him to offer her the opportunity to plan the town's new riverfront development. It is also her chance to prove to her father...
|  | Orchid Beach
Release Date: November 4, 1998New York Times bestselling author Stuart Woods has entertained and engrossed readers with hisfast-paced, suspenseful novels including Swimming to Catalina, Dead in the Water, Dirt, andChiefs. Now from this master storyteller comes a riveting thriller introducing an exciting addition tothe pantheon of fictional sleuths.Smart, attractive, and fiercely independent, Major Holly Barker, thearmy-brat daughter of a master sergeant, has been forced into early retirement at the age of thirty-sevenas the result of a scandalous sexual harassment case. With the help of he...
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|  | Three Seconds
Publication Date: November 1, 2011The New York Times bestseller…now in paper! Dark, suspenseful, and more riveting than any thriller at the local cineplex, Three Seconds is the latest novel from bestselling Swedish duo Anders Roslund and Börge Hellström--the new masters of Scandinavian crime.Piet Hoffman, a top-secret operative for the Swedish police, faces his most dangerous assignment yet: after years spent infiltrating the Polish mafia, he's become a key player in their attempt to take over amphetamine distribution inside Sweden's prisons. To stop them from succeeding,...
|  | Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made
Release Date: February 26, 2013| Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up Meet "detective" Timmy Failure, star of the kids’ comedy of the year. Created by New York Times best-selling cartoonist Stephan Pastis.Take eleven-year-old Timmy Failure — the clueless, comically self-confident CEO of the best detective agency in town, perhaps even the nation. Add his impressively lazy business partner, a very large polar bear named Total. Throw in the Failuremobile — Timmy’s mom’s Segway — and what you have is Total Failure, Inc., a global enterprise destined to ...
|  | JLA: Golden Perfect (Book 10)
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| | Cry Wolf and Other Aesop Fables
Publication Date: October 27, 1988| Age Level: 8 and up Cry Wolf! Haste makes waste! Sour grapes! These familiar expressions come from stories that have been told around the world for more than two thousand years. Their reputed author Aesop lived in the 6th century BC, and is said by the Greek historian Herodotus to have been a slave on the island of Samos. Legend has it that Aesop was an ugly, deformed little man whose audience laughed at his appearance but also at his brilliant story-telling. Using mostly animals as characters, especially the fox, the wolf and the lion, each of Aesop's fab...
|  | The Legend of Hong Kil Dong: The Robin Hood of Korea (Aesop Prize (Awards))
Publication Date: June 1, 2006| Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up...
|  | Miracle on Ice (Graphic History) (Graphic History) (Graphic History (Graphic Planet))
Publication Date: July 1, 2007| Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up...
|  | Winning Chess Exercises for Kids
Publication Date: January 2004This wonderfully entertaining book also happens to be quite effective. Everything any child will need to know about chess strategy and more is here in this book, which is well laid out and easy to follow. Part of the fun factor for kids is that the book is replete with cartoon images of chess characters to help make the learning experience more exciting. A bright and colorful cover, as well as the large workbook format and algebraic notation make this a book which will occupy your child's attention for many hours. The flexible "perfect binding" makes it easy to ...
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