 | Floating Worlds: The Letters of Edward Gorey and Peter F. Neumeyer
Publication Date: September 15, 2011Edward Gorey and Peter Neumeyer met in the summer of 1968. Gorey had been contracted by Addison-Wesley to illustrate Donald and the . . . , a children’s story written by Neumeyer. On their first encounter, Neumeyer managed to dislocate Gorey’s shoulder when he grabbed his arm to keep him from falling into the ocean. In a hospital waiting room, they pored over Gorey’s drawings for the first time together, and Gorey infused the situation with much hilarity. This was the beginning of an invigorating friendship, fueled by a wealth of lette...
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 | The Surrogate: A Novel
Publication Date: July 7, 2004The perfect candidate to carry their child...with the perfect opportunity to destroy their lives.When Kyle Dolan convinces his wife, Bethany, to hire a surrogate for their last surviving embryo, they allow themselves to hope once again.A med school student, Laurel Bergin seems perfect in every way.Problem is--Laurel Bergin is really Sable Lynde.As the pregnancy progresses, Sable's dark secrets surface, and her inner demons spill out into the Dolans' lives.In a terrifying encounter, Sable is injured and lapses into a coma.Now the Dolans face psychological and sup...
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 | Beneath the Ice (Perry Sachs Mystery Series #2)
Publication Date: April 1, 2004At the bottom of the world lies a secret: a mysterious object buried three miles beneath the Antarctic ice. Famed engineer Perry Sachs and his crew face subzero temperatures, shifting ice, and the opposition of men determined to erase all knowledge of the expedition. ...
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 | The Red Tent (Bestselling Backlist)
Publication Date: October 1, 1998Her name is Dinah. In the Bible, her life is only hinted at in a brief and violent detour within the more familiar chapters of the Book of Genesis that are about her father, Jacob, and his dozen sons. Told in Dinah's voice, this novel reveals the traditions and turmoils of ancient womanhood—the world of the red tent. It begins with the story of her mothers—Leah, Rachel, Zilpah, and Bilhah—the four wives of Jacob. They love Dinah and give her gifts that sustain her through a hard-working youth, a calling to midwifery, and a new home in a fore...
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 | WORLD'S BEST SCIENCE FICTION - (1) (i) One - First Series: Greenplace; Men of Good Will; Bill For Delivery; Four Brands of Impossible; A Niche in Time; Sea Wrack; For Every Action; Vampires Ltd.; The Last Lonely Man; The Star Party
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 | The Tale of Terror
Publication Date: November 1, 2006Edith Birkhead was an Assistant Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Bristol; she'd also been a Noble Fellow at the University of Liverpool. She wrote this book to describe "the growth of supernatural fiction in English literature, beginning with the vogue of the Gothic Romance and Tale of Terror towards the close of the eighteenth century. The origin and development of the Gothic Romance are set forth in detail from the appearance of Walpole's Castle of Otranto in 1764 to the publication of Maturin's Melmoth the Wanderer in 1820; and the surv...
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 | One Dad, Two Dads, Brown Dad, Blue Dads (Alyson Wonderland)
Publication Date: July 1994| Age Level: 2 and up...
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 | Saving Agnes: A Novel
Publication Date: January 6, 2001Winner of the Whitbread Prize for Best First NovelAgnes Day is mildly discontent. As a child, she never wanted to be an Agnes—she wanted to be a pleasing Grace. Alas, she remained the terminally middle class, hopelessly romantic Agnes. Now she's living with her two best friends in London and working at a trade magazine. Life and love seem to go on without her. Not only does she not know how to get back into the game, she isn't even sure what the game is. But she gives a good performance—until she learns that her roommates and her boyfriend are k...
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 | Lysistrata (Hackett Classics Series)
Publication Date: March 1, 2003| ISBN-10: 0872206033 | ISBN-13: 978-0872206038Aristophanes' comic masterpiece of war and sex remains one of the greatest plays ever written. Led by the title character, the women of the warring city-states of Greece agree to withhold sexual favours with their husbands until they agree to cease fighting. The war of the sexes that ensues makes 'Lysistrata' a comedy without peer in the history of theatre. ...
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| Stranger in a far land: Report of a bookbuying trip by Harry Miller Lydenberg in Eastern Europe and Russia in 1923-24
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 | The World of the Book
Publication Date: March 30, 2010| ISBN-10: 0522857191 | ISBN-13: 978-0522857191A celebration of the book, from the Middle Ages through the present day, this resource explores volumes ranging from the rare to the iconic, from significant historical and scientific titles to classic literature and modern graphic novels. Images taken from some of the world’s most stunning books are included, such as John James Audubon’s Birds of America and William Caxton’s groundbreaking Myrrour of the Worlde. A comprehensive history of book production, design, and illustration in the W...
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 | The Church in the Postmodern World
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 | Antologia critica del cuento hispanoamericano del siglo XX. 1. Fundadores e innovadores (COLECCION LITERATURA HISPANOAMERICANA) (Spanish Edition)
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 | Public Secrets
Release Date: July 28, 2009New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts deftly blends romance and suspense in this compelling novel of a woman whose career, marriage, and very life are threatened by the truth about her own past. Emma McAvoy may have grown up in the limelight, but some secrets are hidden in a darkness no light can reach. Now on the verge of a successful career, and having fallen in love with the man of her dreams, Emma is looking to the future. Yet it’s the past that is about to catch up with her. For Emma, her childhood had been almost like a rags-to-riches...
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 | Marker
Release Date: May 19, 2005The master of the medical thriller returns with his most heart-pounding tale yet....
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 | School of Fear: Class Is Not Dismissed!
Publication Date: October 3, 2011| Grade Level: 3 and up...
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 | Arthur Writes a Story: An Arthur Adventure (Arthur Adventure Series)
Publication Date: September 1, 1998| Grade Level: P and up...
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| Strike Out! (Leftovers)
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 | Kirsten Boxed Set with Game (American Girl)
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