 | White
Release Date: January 24, 2008Talmudic in form, sui generis in conception, this novel completes the story of the Tal family, a New York City family in the gem business, begun in Blue and Green. The story is juxtaposed against marvelous images, among them paintings from Mary Cassatt and Vermeer and a collection of photographs, ranging from Bob Dylan in a recoding session, to the Wild West days, to moving works by Roman Vishniac. As one family's story unfolds with all the drama of a saga, numerous Tal relatives and no less than Bob Dylan, Soren Kierkegaard, Buffalo Bill, and dozens of others a...
 |  | Temptation
Publication Date: September 2000"Kyla and Jefferson Blake count their sixteen years together as a wonderful blessing from God.Their marriage is passionate, their daughter is a joy, Jefferson's medical career is prospering, and they have loyal friends.Kyla knows her newly divorced and lifelong friend, Jasmine, is desperately unhappy and no amount of prayer or encouragement seems to help.Yet what Kyla doesn't know is that Jasmine has a plan to move her life forward with the type of man she feels she should have married in the first place.A man like Jefferson.Alexis Ward, Kyla's best friend, is...
|  | Shaiton's Fire (Chapter 16: Waging War on Terror, Book 1)
Publication Date: August 2002Shaiton's Fire, the first book in the techno-thriller series Chapter 16, propels you into the world of domestic counter-terrorism. The bombing of a subway train is only the beginning of a master plan that Steve Alstead--tactical operations specialist--and the rest of the team have to stop . . . before it's too late. ...
|  | Hounds and Jackals
Publication Date: June 13, 2007“Barbara wood is an entertainer.”—Washington Post Book World From highly acclaimed novelist Barbara Wood comes an exciting thriller teeming with adventure and suspense about two sisters caught in a deadly international game. It’s been four years since Lydia Harris last spoke to her elder sister, Adele. When Adele telephones from Rome and interrupts Lydia’s work as a nurse at the Santa Monica Emergency Hospital, she’s more than a little surprised—and curious. Adele explains that she sent a parcel to Lydia, and after Lydia recei...
|  | Other Voices, Other Vistas: Short Stories from Africa, China, India, Japan, and Latin America
Release Date: June 1, 2002This collection of contemporary multi-cultural fiction includes stories by: Bessie Head * Charles Mungoshi * Ngugi wa Thiong'o * Wang Anyi * Ding Ling * Wang Meng * Chen Rong * Lu Wenfu * Anita Desai * Mahasweta Devi * Ruth Prawer Jhabvala * R. K. Narayan * Khushwant Singh * Kobo Abe * Sawako Ariyoshi * Yasunari Kawabata * Yukio Mishima * Yuko Tsushima * Carlos Fuentes * Luisa Valenzuela * Nadine Gordimer * Isabel Allende...
|  | Sorrow Without End (Medieval Mysteries (Poison Pen))
Release Date: June 15, 2007| Series: Medieval Mysteries (Poison Pen) As the autumn storms of 1271 ravage the East Anglian coast, Crowner Ralf finds the corpse of a brutally murdered soldier in the woods near Tyndal Priory. The dagger in the mans chest is engraved with a strange, cursive design, and the body is wrapped in a crusaders cloak. Was the murder the act of a member of the Assassin sect, or was the weapon meant to mislead him in finding the killer? Ralfs decision to take the corpse to the priory for advice may be reasonable, but he is soon caught up in a maelstrom of conflict, both p...
|  | Sophocles' 'Oedipus the King': A Reader's Guide
Publication Date: May 10, 2012| ISBN-10: 1441198245 | ISBN-13: 978-1441198242| Edition: 1 <div>Described as the Mona Lisa of literature and the world's first detective story, Sophocles' <em>Oedipus the King</em> is a major text from the ancient Greek world and an iconic work of world literature. Aristotle's favourite play, lauded by him as the exemplary Athenian tragedy, <em>Oedipus the King </em>has retained its power both on and off the stage. Before Freud's famous interpretation of the play - an appropriation, some ...
|  | The Red Balloon (Oberon Book)
Publication Date: April 1, 2000 ...
|  | Sanditon: Jane Austen's Last Novel Completed
Release Date: October 6, 1998Out of print for more than 20 years, this novel--an 11-chapter fragment at Austen's death completed with seamless artistry by an Austen aficionado and novelist--is a wonderful addition to Austen's beloved books. ...
|  | Deliverance: Words from the Prophet
Publication Date: December 31, 1995This book is the translation of the most authentic and accurate sayings of Prophet Mohammad, the deamed by many throughout the world as the Perfect Symbol of Humanity. The beauty of his expressions and words and magnificently captured by the author. These inspirational sayings serve as gifts to all who seek the way towards the Divine and find refuge in Divinity. ...
|  | Booked to Die:A Mystery Introducing Cliff Janeway
Release Date: January 23, 1992Denver homicide detective Cliff Janeway may not always play by the book, but he is an avid collector of rare and first editions. After a local bookscout is killed on his turf, Janeway would like nothing better than to rearrange the suspect's spine. But the suspect, local lowlife Jackie Newton, is a master at eluding the law, and Janeway's wrathful brand of off-duty justice costs him his badge.Turning to his lifelong passion, Janeway opens a small bookshop -- all the while searching for evidence to put Newton away. But when prized volumes in a highly sought-aft...
|  | No More Playas
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|  | The Ninth Step
Release Date: September 4, 2012Is it true what they say? That we’re only as sick as our worst secret? Because Helen Patrice has one. Last night, she murdered a stranger…Helen is a recovering alcoholic struggling through a twelve-step program. Now it’s time to make amends for a crime she got away with—a hit and run accident that killed the wife of school teacher Edgar Woolrich. It’s time to face the consequences. When she finally gathers the courage to meet him, the ninth step begins with a lie—the first of many as their relationship grows, and Helen kno...
|  | Desert Skies
Publication Date: April 10, 2001Desert Skies is the story of Apache Attack Helicopters in the first Gulf War. The story takes the reader through the command tour of one Army Captain's tour in Germany, through deployment to the Persian Gulf, and the return.The changes the hero sees in himself, his unit and his beloved Army are emphasized in this dramatic and powerful tale of 21st Century warriors. ...
|  | Always Outnumbered Always Outgunned Uk
Publication Date: November 13, 1997A collection of interlinked short stories, introducing the character Socrates Fortlow, a tough, brooding ex-con determined to challenge and understand the violence and anarchy in the world - and in himself. ...
|  | R
Publication Date: 1967Approx. 4 3/8" x 6 1/2" x 7/8". ...
|  | Rebel Force #5: Trapped (Star Wars)
Publication Date: January 1, 2010| Age Level: 8 and up All new stories featuring classic Star Wars charactersOld secrets make new trouble for our heroes as they try to track down their latest enemy. ...
|  | The Tanglewood Terror
Release Date: September 13, 2011| Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up When 13-year-old Eric Parrish comes across glowing mushrooms in the woods behind his house, he's sure there's a scientific explanation. But when they start encroaching on the town—covering the football field and popping up from beneath the floorboards—Eric knows something's seriously wrong. Not that much else is going right: his parents are fighting, his little brother Brian is a little pill, and he's had a falling-out with his football team—over a pig.Then a runaway girl from a nearby boarding sc...
|  | Tony Gonzalez: Catch and Connect (Football)
Publication Date: July 2004| Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up...
|  | Celebrating a Quinceanera: A Latina's 15th Birthday Celebration
Publication Date: September 1, 2002| Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up A quinceanera is more than just a birthday party. For Ariana's Mexican-American family, it is also a rite of passage, a religious occasions, and a celebration of heritage. In this festive photo essay, ten-year-old Ariana enthusiastically helps her cousin Cynthia prepare for this big event. It is a effort that involves not only the extended family but the entire community. There are invitations to be delivered, dresses to be chosen, musicians to be hired, dances to be learned and perfected, favours and food to be...
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