 | A Century of Cuban Writers in Florida
Publication Date: October 1, 1996A Century of Cuban Writers Explores the intricateconnection that has existed between Florida and Cuba for centuries bycollecting the works of thirty-three Cuban writers who lived or livetoday in Florida. ...
 |  | Max and Moritz and Other Bad Boy Tales
Publication Date: July 1, 2003A new translationby Andy Gaus of these classic popular satirical WilhelmBusch cartoons, with original illustrations, in black and white, throughout.This volume includes Max & Moritz a Bad-Boy Story in Seven Tricks; IcePeter, A Funny Picture Story; Diogenes and the Bad Boys of Corinth; fourpoems from Critique of the Heart; and a biographical note on Wilhelm Busch. ...
|  | The African Queen
Publication Date: June 30, 1984| ISBN-10: 0316289108 | ISBN-13: 978-0316289108First published in 1935, C.S. Forester's classic romantic adventure is a tale of opposites attracted. Allnut and Rose, a disreputable Cockney and an English spinster missionary, wend their way down a river in Central Africa in a rickety, asthmatic steam launch, and are gradually joined together in a mission of retaliation against the Germans. Fighting time, heat, malaria and bullets, the two have a dramatic rapprochement before the explosive ending of the book. This tale of unlikely love is thrilling and funny ...
|  | The Blood of Patriots
Release Date: April 1, 2012God - Their God - NYPD detective John Ward is all for religious freedom, but when he tries to bust a street vendor peddling phoney Rolexes, he's suspended from the force - the latest casualty of political correctness. He decides to leaves the city and visits his ex-wife and daughter in Colorado. When he arrives in the peaceful town of Basalt, he makes a shocking discovery: certain foreigners are taking over, buying up buildings, purchasing land, setting up training camps and planning ...what? With Liberty And Justice For None - Like an army, they've descended on th...
|  | Romeo and Juliet In Plain and Simple English: (A Modern Translation and the Original Version)
Publication Date: January 25, 2012Romeo and Juliet is one of the greatest plays ever wrote--but let's face it..if you don't understand it, then you are not alone. If you have struggled in the past reading Shakespeare, then BookCaps can help you out. This book is a modern translation of Romeo and Juliet. The original text is also presented in the book, along with a comparable version of both text--so you can read each, side by side. ...
|  | Cast Not the Day: A Novel of Love and Tyranny
Release Date: March 29, 2011By the middle of fourth century AD, Britain and the Roman Empire had been ruled for a generation by Christian emperors. Now, at last, with the force of the state behind it, the Church was strong enough to suppress all opposition to its power. But in Britain there was still resistance...Seen through the eyes of Drusus, a young British Roman, and set against the backdrop of imperial civil war and the growing threat from Rome's enemies beyond its frontiers, the followers of faith and reason clash and the old values of classical enlightenment are called into question....
|  | The Coast
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|  | Jason and the Golden Fleece: (The Argonautica) (Oxford World's Classics)
Publication Date: August 20, 1998| ISBN-10: 0192835831 | ISBN-13: 978-0192835833The Argonautica is the dramatic story of Jason's quest for the Golden Fleece and his relations with the dangerous princess Medea. The only surviving Greek epic to bridge the gap between Homer and late antiquity, this epic poem is the crowning literary achievement of the Ptolemaic court at Alexandria, written by Appolonius of Rhodes in the third century BC.Appollonius explores many of the fundamental aspects of life in a highly original way: love, deceit, heroism, human ignorance of the divine, and the limits ...
|  | En Attend Les Barb Et a (Poesie/Gallimard) (French Edition)
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|  | When Angels Speak of Love
Publication Date: February 6, 2007From writer, critic, and popular cultural icon bell hooks comes a seductive portrait of passion in fifty soul-stirring poems. "When Angels Speak of Love" heralds the debut of a major new poet: bell hooks. World renowned for her courageous, provocative intellectual writing and her alluring charisma, hooks poetically engages the erotic imagination -- creating a tapestry of words that are sensual, lush, and profoundly inspiring. In this beautiful new collection, hooks illuminates our experiences with love -- tracing the link between seduction and surrender; the...
|  | Life in a Scotch Sitting Room, Vol.2
Publication Date: September 3, 1998A collection of autobiographical fragments illustrated by Martin Honeysett's drawings which form a second volume of reminiscences following on from Glasgow Dreamer. ...
|  | The Iliad (SparkNotes Literature Guide)
Publication Date: January 10, 2002| Series: SparkNotes Literature Guide "Get your "A" in gear! They're today's most popular study guides-with everything you need to succeed in school. Written by Harvard students for students, since its inception "SparkNotes(TM) has developed a loyal community of dedicated users and become a major education brand. Consumer demand has been so strong that the guides have expanded to over 150 titles. "SparkNotes'(TM) motto is "Smarter, Better, Faster because: - They feature the most current ideas and themes, written by experts.- They're easier to understand, bec...
|  | British Columbia: The Romatic History of Dawson Creek in Four Complete Novels- River of Peace / Beckoning Streams / Winding Highway / Hidden Trails (Inspirational Romance Collection)
Publication Date: August 1, 2000The early twentieth century was a period of great change for the town of Dawson Creek, British Columbia, a time of railroads, the Alaskan Highway, and two World Wars. Titles include River of Peace, Beckoning Streams, Winding Highway, and Hidden Trails. ...
|  | El Efecto Compromiso(The Engagement Effect) (Harlequin Jazmin) (Spanish Edition)
Publication Date: October 1, 2002| Series: Harlequin Jazmin (Book 85) An Ordinary GirlProfessor James Forsyth realized that this was love at first sight. But Philomena Selby knew that James was engaged. Nevertheless, he was determined to convince her that she was the only woman he wanted to marry.The Perfect ProposalMark wanted to marry his single secretary so that his daughter would have a mother, and although Jane had been in love with him for years, she wanted this marriage to be for love and not for convenience. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title....
|  | Havoc
Release Date: September 4, 2007New Jersey, 1937: A homicidal madman bears a safe holding a terrible secret that is thought lost when fiery fate intervenes. Decades later, the discovery of that secret is about to threaten the world once more.... Mining engineer Philip Mercer is in the war-torn Central African Republic searching for precious metal. There, he meets Cali Stone, a field researcher for the CDC who is investigating why a certain village suffers from one of the highest rates of cancer in the world-a fact that intrigues Mercer. Once back in the states, Mercer's search for answers lea...
| | The Complete Sherlock Holmes Memorial Edition
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|  | North of Havana (Doc Ford)
Release Date: May 1, 1998| Series: Doc Ford Randy Wayne White?s Doc Ford novels have been praised as "witty" (San Diego Union-Tribune), "must-reads" (Chicago Tribune) and "superb." (Denver Post)Now, White?s newest thriller takes Doc Ford to Havana, where his friend is being held by the Cuban government.Still haunted by his suspected involvement in a plot against Castro, Ford ventures to Cuba--where he findshimself entangled in a web of murder, revenge, and assassination. ? From the author of the critically acclaimed novel Captiva (Prime Crime, 5/97) ? Another mystery featuring Randy Wayne Wh...
|  | First Light
Release Date: October 14, 2008| Age Level: 10 and up | Grade Level: 5 and up PETER IS THRILLED to leave New York City to accompany his parents on an expedition to Greenland to study global warming. There he has visions of things that should be too far away for him to see.Generations ago, the people of Thea’s community were hunted for possessing unusual abilities, so they fled beneath the ice. Thea needs help that only Peter can give. Their meeting reveals secrets of both their pasts, and changes the future for them both forever. ...
|  | Among the Betrayed
Release Date: August 1, 2003| Age Level: 9 and up...
|  | Dear Peter Rabbit
Release Date: February 1, 1997| Age Level: 5 and up One of the Three Little Pigs is hosting a housewarming, and Peter Rabbit would love to go. But he's in bed with a cold after a narrow escape from Mr. McGregor's garden. Meanwhile, Goldilocks is planning her birthday party and hoping her new friend Baby Bear can come (he's forgiven her for breaking his favorite chair). But with the Big Bad Wolf on the prowl and Little Red Riding Hood heading off to grandmother's house, there's no telling how things may end! This lively collection of letters written by famous storybook characters takes us beh...
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