 | Words Fail Me
Publication Date: July 1, 2006This lively and informative new title was originally inspired by the author's Italian mother and her struggles with the vagaries of the English language. Over the years the author has tried to correct her attempts and explain why the word she has chosen is incorrect, only to be baffled herself by the lack of logic within those explanations. English is full of contradictions and peculiarities (not counting such dull grammatical inconsistencies as 'i before e except after c', which are really no fun at all) and hoodwinks us into believing one thing while meaning s...
 |  | Still Water Saints: A Novel
Release Date: February 12, 2008“As perfect as the beads of a rosary.”–Sandra Cisneros, author of The House on Mango Street“Fresh, magical, beautiful, evocative” says Lisa See, about this wonderful first novel by Alex Espinoza. Still Water Saints chronicles a momentous year in the life of Agua Mansa, a largely Latino town beyond the fringes of Los Angeles and home to the Botánica Oshún, where people come seeking charms, herbs, and candles. Above all, they seek the guidance of Perla Portillo, the shop’s owner. Perla has served the community f...
|  | Incubation: A Space for Monsters
Publication Date: August 1, 2006Poetry. Cross-Genre. Asian American Studies. In her work of global fiction, INCUBATION: A SPACE FOR MONSTERS, Bhanu Kapil "explores/creates a shiftful place for she who is neither one thing nor another. Girl as hybrid of light and dark, of human and machine, of baby and mother, of all motherless, body-bound things. Laloo is a traveler, hitchhiking through landscapes American and otherwise. A frightening, transforming, longing book"—Rebecca Brown. This novel "celebrates the cobbling together of lives-tracing the simplest desires to connect bodies, words,...
|  | Eagle's on My Roof
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|  | Like Water for Chocolate: A Novel in Monthly Installments with Recipes, Romances, and Home Remedies
Release Date: October 1, 1995Earthy, magical, and utterly charming, this tale of family life in tum-of-the-century Mexico became a best-selling phenomenon with its winning blend of poignant romance and bittersweet wit. ...
|  | Dancing at the Harvest Moon
Release Date: September 15, 1997Dear Maggie. I will always love you...Keep me safe in your heart.--Rob.His letters thrilled her as a young woman in love for the first time, and now, many years later, they mean more than ever to Maggie McIntyre. After her husband of twenty years leaves her for a younger woman, it's the discovery of Robbie's letters that gives Maggie a renewed sense of purpose: to return to Little Bear Lake and recapture the woman she once was--the woman she knows she could be again.But time has changed the place she knew and loved. The Harvest...
|  | Crossroads: Navigating Your Calling and Career
Publication Date: February 4, 2008Graduating college. Landing that first job. Considering a job change—or even acareer change. When we find ourselves at such crossroads, it is important tostop and reflect before taking the next step. In Crossroads, authorColin Creel seeks to navigate the murky waters of career and calling by lookingat the biblical view of calling, recognizing that each of us is here for areason, and offering practical guidelines on seizing career opportunities. In addition to the author’s thoughts, readers will encounter advice fromleaders in business, Christia...
|  | Witches of East End (The Beauchamp Family)
Release Date: June 21, 2011| Series: The Beauchamp Family"A sexy, magical romp, sure to bring de la Cruz a legion of new fans." —Kelley Armstrong, New York Times bestselling author of The Otherworld series From the author of the highly addictive and bestselling Blue Bloods series, with almost 3 million copies sold, comes a new novel, Melissa de la Cruz’s first for adults, featuring a family of formidable and beguiling witches. The three Beauchamp women—Joanna and her daughters Freya and Ingrid—live in North Hampton, out on the tip of Long Island. Their b...
|  | Saturday
Release Date: March 22, 2005From the pen of a master — the #1 bestselling, Booker Prize–winning author of Atonement — comes an astonishing novel that captures the fine balance of happiness and the unforeseen threats that can destroy it. A brilliant, thrilling page-turner that will keep readers on the edge of their seats.Saturday is a masterful novel set within a single day in February 2003. Henry Perowne is a contented man — a successful neurosurgeon, happily married to a newspaper lawyer, and enjoying good relations with his children. Henry wakes to the comfort of hi...
|  | Blinded by the Light: A Tess Camillo Mystery
Publication Date: September 1, 2008| Series: A Tess Camillo Mystery While doing temp work, Tess Camillo and a pregnant friend visit the Lightning Field, an earthworks art piece in the New Mexico desert. 400 lightning rods + 6 visitors + 1 bun in the oven = a mystery that will zap you with suspense and bolts of laughter!Morgan Hunt is the author of the Tess Camillo mystery series. ...
|  | Dante's Inferno (Dramatization)
Publication Date: November 17, 2009In the Inferno, the first of the three-part Divine Comedy, Dante Alighieri is wandering through a dark wood on the evening of Good Friday in the year 1300. Losing his way and suddenly fearful, he looks up to see the sun shining on a mountain above. He tries to reach it, but is thwarted by three beasts. The Roman poet Virgil appears, sent to guide him back to the path and on to the top of the mountain. They must go through Hell, says Virgil, but will eventually reach Heaven, where Dante's beloved Beatrice awaits. Thus begins this poetic tale whose vivid imag...
|  | Distant Road: Selected Poems of Nguyen Duy (Curbstone Press Contemporary Poets)
Publication Date: September 1, 1999| Series: Curbstone Press Contemporary Poets Widely considered the most important poet of his generation, Duy began his career as a writer on the battlefields of Vietnam. The power of his highly-crafted poetry stems from its distinct sense of time and place, his unrelenting honesty, and his deep compassion. Born into a peasant family, Duy captures the essence of village life in his poetry. Whether it is love, family, war, present or lost friends, or his own self-mockery, his poetry is infused with an understanding of hardship and suffering. Many of his love...
|  | Araucana. LCG 1 (Spanish Edition)
Publication Date: March 21, 2007Una coleccion que adapta grandes obras y autores de la literatura escrita en espanol.Cada titulo incluye:Una breve presentacion de la vida y obra del autor. El texto adaptado. Una seleccion de partes significativas de la obra en su version original. Una lista de palabras, agrupando en la misma entrada a las de la misma familia lexica. Una guia de comprension lectora que ayuda a elaborar una ficha resumen de la lectura del libro. Para que el lector pueda descubrir el placer del texto original hay una seleccion de partes significativas de la obra en V.O. (versio...
|  | The Bill McKibben Reader: Pieces from an Active Life
Release Date: March 4, 2008Powerful, impassioned essays on living and being in the world, from the bestselling author of The End of Nature and Deep Economy For a generation, Bill McKibben has been among America’s most impassioned and beloved writers on our relationship to our world and our environment. His groundbreaking book on climate change, The End of Nature, is considered “as important as Rachel Carson’s classic Silent Spring”* and Deep Economy, his “deeply thoughtful and mind-expanding”** exploration of globalization, helped awaken and fuel a mo...
|  | Language and Culture in Medieval Britain: The French of England, c.1100-c.1500
Publication Date: October 15, 2009| ISBN-10: 1903153271 | ISBN-13: 978-1903153277With co-editors: CAROLYN COLLETTE, MARYANNE KOWALESKI, LINNE MOONEY, AD PUTTER, and DAVID TROTTER England was more widely and enduringly francophone in the middle ages than standard accounts of its history, culture and language allow. The French of England is the language of nearly a thousand literary texts, of much administration, and of many professions and occupations. Evolving forms of insular French, termed Anglo-Norman and Anglo-French, were deeply interwoven both with medieval English and the spectrum...
|  | Murder of a Chocolate-Covered Cherry (Scumble River Mysteries, Book 10)
Release Date: April 1, 2008Grandma Sal's Soup-To-Nuts Cooking Challenge is coming to town, and Skye Denison is entering. And though she can't solve the mystery of the perfect mousse, murder is another story. Because a cocky contestant has been found delectably drowned in a chocolate fountain... ...
|  | Untitled: A Booklover's Mystery (Booklover's Mysteries)
Release Date: November 2, 1999| Series: Booklover's Mysteries The perfume of old books and the smell of danger...Publisher Alex Plumtree is in for the most astounding week of his life. First he comes into possession of a rare, centuries-old book, rumored destroyed on orders of King Edward IV. Then he receives an undreamed-of honor: an invitation to join a select society of book collectors...who are also some of the most powerful men and women in England.But Alex's triumph quickly turns sour. The book vanishes from Alex's office. His initiation weekend with the Dibdin Club is rife with bizarr...
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|  | Harry Potter: A Pop-Up Book: Based on the Film Phenomenon
Release Date: November 16, 2010| Age Level: 7 and up | Grade Level: 1 and up This collectible Harry Potter pop-up book, based on the creative development of the films, features exquisite original artwork by Andrew Williamson, concept artist for all eight movies. With dynamic pop-ups animating memorable moments and locations — like the Triwizard Tournament, Diagon Alley, and Hogwarts Castle — Harry Potter: A Pop-Up Book offers a 3-D glimpse into the amazing world, as seen in the films. This deluxe book will delight Harry Potter fans with dynamic pop-up ingenuity, insights from t...
|  | The American Boy's Handy Book
Publication Date: September 15, 2008| Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up Long before a "dangerous" book was all the rage there was The American Boy's Handy Book by Daniel Beard, a beloved classic for generations of youngsters. Specially designed to provide loads of ideas for adventures and games both indoors and outdoors during each season of the year, The American Boy's Handy Book was originally published in 1882 and became an instant bestseller.Now, Tuttle Publishing is bringing this much-loved book back for a new generation of boys to enjoy. If you're not too young to fly a kite ...
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