 | Sparkle: A Novel
Release Date: August 7, 2012THEY HAD A DREAM. SHE HAD IT ALL. Detroit, 1968. The Motown sound is sweeping the nation. Girl groups are hotter than ever. Over their mother’s objections, three beautiful sisters—Delores, Sister and Sparkle—are taking the local music scene by storm. But their dreams are bigger than Detroit. Their manager, Stix, is just as ambitious and will do whatever it takes to make it to the big time, even if it means using the girls—and his love for Sparkle—as the foundation of a new musical empire. Behind the music and lights, the recording ind...
 |  | The Devil in Silver: A Novel
Release Date: August 21, 2012New Hyde Hospital’s psychiatric ward has a new resident. It also has a very, very old one. Pepper is a rambunctious big man, minor-league troublemaker, working-class hero (in his own mind), and, suddenly, the surprised inmate of a budget-strapped mental institution in Queens, New York. He’s not mentally ill, but that doesn’t seem to matter. He is accused of a crime he can’t quite square with his memory. In the darkness of his room on his first night, he’s visited by a terrifying creature with the body of an old man and the hea...
|  | Critical Essays on Geoffery Chaucer: Geoffrey Chaucer (Critical Essays on British Literature)
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|  | The Six Messiahs
Release Date: July 26, 2005The ancient holy texts are missing. The death of the world approaches. Six extraordinary men have shared one vision of a black tower and a river of blood. Somewhere in the desert wastelands of America, the ultimate battle will be waged. The greatest experiment in evil since the beginning of time is under way, with all humanity its designated sacrifice. The future is in the hands of the Six. ...
|  | Warlord
Publication Date: 2012May 1194. Finally released from captivity, Richard the Lionheart is in Normandy engaged in a bloody war to drive the French out of his continental patrimony. Using the brutal tactics of medieval warfare - siege, savagery and scorched earth - the Lionheart is gradually pushing back the forces of King Philip of France. By his side in this epic struggle are Robert, Earl of Locksley, better known as the erstwhile outlaw Robin Hood, and Sir Alan Dale, his loyal friend, and a musician and warrior of great skill and renown. But while the battles rage and the bodies pile up, Ro...
|  | The Thesmophoriazusae (Or The Women's Festival)
Publication Date: January 1, 2006Like the 'Lysistrata,' the 'Thesmophoriazusae, or Women's Festival,' and the next following play, the 'Ecclesiazusae, or Women in Council' are comedies in which the fair sex play a great part. In 'The Thesmophoriazusae' Euripides is summoned as a notorious woman-hater and detractor of the female sex to appear for trial and judgment before the women of Athens assembled to celebrate the Thesmophoria, a festival held in honour of the goddesses Demeter and Persephone, from which men were rigidly excluded. ...
|  | The Old French Fabliaux: An Analytical Bibliography (Research Bibliographies and Checklists: new series)
Publication Date: September 17, 2009| ISBN-10: 1855661853 | ISBN-13: 978-1855661851The Old French fabliaux form a corpus of over 120 short comic verse narratives from the late twelfth to the early fourteenth centuries which has been the subject of very active work over the last thirty years, building on continuous though less intensive interest over the previous century. There are many editions, a society and a journal devoted to fabliaux study but, until now, no bibliographical survey. The author of this analytical bibliography takes a wide view of the definition of the genre in French ...
|  | Conduit
Publication Date: April 19, 2011'These are poems of drowning and coming up again. Of surviving with lungs that breathe water and sunlight. These are poems of longing and loss. Of searching for a foothold in a world where all slides and changes. Sarah Frost is a new voice in South African poetry. A clear and strong and exciting voice. Read her.'- Kobus MoolmanSarah Frost is 37 years old and a single mother to a six year old boy. She works as an editor for Juta Legalbrief in Durban, South Africa. Sarah has been writing poetry for the past fourteen years. She has completed an MA in English Lite...
|  | The Watchful Heart: A New Generation of Irish Poets
Publication Date: December 1, 2009Poems and essays from 24 leading contemporary Irish poets (born after 1959) who have published at least two poetry collections. A selection of Ireland's most influential poets. The contributors are: Paul Perry, Joseph Woods, John McAuliffe, Justin Quinn, David Wheatley, Peter Sirr, Pat Boran, Alan Gillis, Kevin Higgins, Patrick Chapman, Damian Smyth, Gearoid McLoughlin, John O'Donnell, Louis DePaor, Nuala Ni Chonchuir, Eileen Sheehan, Mary O'Donoghue, Mary Branley, Kate Newmann, Cherry Smyth, Mary Montague, Leontia Flynn, Margaret Galvin, and Anne Fitzgerald...
|  | Xenophon: Memorabilia. Oeconomicus. Symposium. Apologia. (Loeb Classical Library No. 168)
Publication Date: January 1, 1923| ISBN-10: 0674991869 | ISBN-13: 978-0674991866In Memorabilia or Memoirs of Socrates and in Oeconomicus, a dialogue about household management, we see the philosopher through Xenophon's eyes. Here, and in the accompanying Symposium we also obtain insight on life in Athens. The volume concludes with Xenophon's Apology, an interesting complement to Plato's account of Socrates' defense at his trial. Ostensibly an account of a dinner party in the summer of 421 BCE, Xenophon's Symposium is a vibrant picture of an Athenian evening of quiet entertainment and con...
|  | Brorotica: Five stories of straight men and gay sex
Publication Date: November 25, 2011Sometimes being super straight is a little gay.Brorotica is a collection of five short stories about straight men who find themselves drawn to each other in unexpected ways. The stories are short, hot, and explicit.In the story Brotastic a friend asks his buddy a simple question: what's it like to be with a dude? Luckily it doesn't take much for him to find out. In Branding 101 we follow a marketing director who is frustrated with his company's inability to present themselves professionally. When he gets called into his bosses office for a scolding, he turn...
|  | Hawk's Woman
Release Date: May 1, 1998In the territory of Colorado in 1867, a beautiful young convent girl discovers a half-breed Lakota gunshot and unconscious. Hiding him from the pious sisters, she nurses his wounds and fever to restore his health. But while taking care of this mysterious man--a man wanted by the law--she is stirred by passionate feelings for him. Now she must choose between a life of obedience in the convent...and the desire in her heart for one man. ...
|  | Twice the Pleasure (Siren Menage Amour #35)
Publication Date: May 18, 2009| Series: Siren Menage Amour [Siren Menage Amour 35: Menage a Trois Western Romance, M/F/M] Jayce is a pretty face, a gambler, and deadly. When a poker game goes bad, she is forced to flee and ends up in the arms of a nefarious Mexican. Two dangerous, appealing strangers come to her rescue. A gambler at heart, Jayce bets against the odds. Her sexual attraction for both men is nothing but curiosity. Forging into the forbidden pleasures of menage a trois is not an easy decision for Jayce. The Banner brothers' superior art of seduction becomes too much even for her...
|  | Honeymoon
Publication Date: January 1, 2007| Series: Honeymoon Don't give away the ending... Don't give away the beginning. How does it feel to be desired by every man and envied by every woman? Wonderful. This is the life Nora Sinclair has worked hard for, the life she will never give up. She doesn't just attract men, she enthralls them. So why is FBI agent John O'Hara interested in Nora Sinclair? Mysterious things happen to people around her, especially the men. And there is something dangerous about Nora, something that lures O'Hara at the same time that it fills him with fear. Is something dark hi...
|  | Adventures of Tom Thumb, the Le
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|  | Tae Kwon Do For Kids
Publication Date: December 31, 1998| Age Level: 8 and up Instill pride, self-confidence and discipline in your child! Tae kwon do can do that--and it's fun, so kids will want to keep on practicing and learning. You'll see...this sport's not just about kicks and punches! How do you get children started--the right way? Choose the right teacher: Take your time, watch a class, and follow these hints before signing up. Know what to expect: Here are all the basic moves and positions kids will encounter--including the respectful bow that opens and closes every class. * Warm them up and build them u...
|  | Sumo Wrestling (Action Sports (Capstone))
Publication Date: January 1, 1995| Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up...
|  | Belfast Morning
Publication Date: November 23, 2011When North Irish separatist, Sean Dunnigan, accidentally wounds a bystander during an attack on a sensitive military project, he is torn with guilt.After visiting her in the hospital, ostensibly to assure himself that the victim, Judith Fenley, will survive, he becomes obsessed.When Judith is released from the hospital Sean approaches her again.Their relationship is cautious at first, but they are soon deeply in love.There are barriers to face; she is a protestant of English parents.He is catholic.Little by little they face their differences; religion, poli...
|  | B Is for Bulldozer: A Construction ABC
Publication Date: May 1, 2006| Age Level: 4 and up Get ready for a ride through the alphabet at a busy construction site. There's a big yellow Bulldozer, a tall shiny Crane, a rusty red Dump truck--and the construction crew is hard at work. But what are they building? ...
|  | Bug Dance (MathStart 1)
Release Date: December 18, 2001| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up...
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