 | Appalachia Inside Out V2: Culture Custom (Vol. 2, Culture and Custom)
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 |  | Mambo Mouth
Release Date: August 1, 1993The complete script of the Obie award-winning satire is presented, with photographs depicting each scathingly honest character and an introduction from the author describing his experiences growing up in the South American immigrant community that inspired the play. ...
|  | Zero Day
Publication Date: August 14, 2012From David Baldacci--the modern master of the thriller and #1 worldwide bestselling novelist-comes a new hero: a lone Army Special Agent taking on the toughest crimes facing the nation.And Zero Day is where it all begins....John Puller is a combat veteran and the best military investigator in the U.S. Army's Criminal Investigation Division. His father was an Army fighting legend, and his brother is serving a life sentence for treason in a federal military prison. Puller has an indomitable spirit and an unstoppable drive to find the truth. Now, Puller is calle...
|  | In the Days of Noah
Publication Date: February 20, 2010In the days of Noah, people were eating and drinking, marrying, and generally going about their daily lives, unaware of the coming disaster.So it is in this novel.A giant asteroid is coming so close to the earth that astronomers all over the world are concerned it will hit.And the worst of it is that no one knows exactly where. The novel is fiction, but the scientific data regarding asteroids and the possibility of a near miss or collision is, unfortunately, not. ...
|  | V Wars
Publication Date: July 10, 2012A sweeping, threaded narrative of the global phenomenon known as the Vampire Wars! Mankind is silently infected by a millennia-old bacteria unknowingly exhumed by a scientific expedition in Antarctica. Now, in some rare cases, a person's so-called "junk DNA" becomes activated, and depending on their racial and ethnic heritage they begin to manifest one of the many diverse forms of the "others" that are the true basis for the legends of supernatural creatures. These aren't your usual vampires and werewolves - it goes much deeper than that. Conceived by Jonathan ...
|  | Lost Island
Publication Date: March 5, 2011Because of his beliefs about those in power, and of the church, he’d been banned to live a life at sea. After four years of not stepping ashore, he took a chance on escape. He’d waited two years just to get near this lost Island again. An Island that he did not even know if he could survive on it, but feeling it was better than his current life. A bribe and the Captain’s skiff helped him escape the ship, but only to find himself fighting for his life in a violent storm at sea. To his wonderment, the Island became a place of haven, and one o...
|  | Coyote Silk: The Legend of the Cowboy Buddha Continues
Release Date: July 1, 1993From the author of Appaloosa Rising: The Legend of the Cowboy Buddha, Coyote Silk portrays the whimsical winning of the West, in wry and righteous language from the much-loved author, Gino Sky. This book is a continuation of the legend of the Cowboy Buddha. ...
|  | Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited
Release Date: July 5, 2005The astonishing novel Brave New World, originally published in 1932, presents Aldous Huxley's vision of the future -- of a world utterly transformed. Through the most efficient scientific and psychological engineering, people are genetically designed to be passive and therefore consistently useful to the ruling class. This powerful work of speculative fiction sheds a blazing critical light on the present and is considered to be Huxley's most enduring masterpiece. Following Brave New World is the nonfiction work Brave New World Revisited, first published in 1958. It ...
|  | An Ermine in Czernopol (New York Review Books Classics)
Release Date: January 10, 2012| Series: New York Review Books Classics An NYRB Classics OriginalSet just after World War I, An Ermine in Czernopol centers on the tragicomic fate of Tildy, an erstwhile officer in the army of the now-defunct Austro-Hungarian Empire, determined to defend the virtue of his cheating sister-in-law at any cost. Rezzori surrounds Tildy with a host of fantastic characters, engaging us in a kaleidoscopic experience of a city where nothing is as it appears—a city of discordant voices, of wild ugliness and heartbreaking disappointment, in which, however, “la...
|  | Woman in Mind (Acting Edition)
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|  | Dreamsongs: Volume I
Release Date: October 30, 2007Dubbed “the American Tolkien” by Time magazine, #1 New York Times bestselling author George R.R. Martin is a giant in the field of fantasy literature and one of the most exciting storytellers of our time. Now he delivers a rare treat for readers: a compendium of his shorter works, collected into two stunning volumes, that offer fascinating insight into his journey from young writer to award-winning master.Gathered here, in Volume I, are the very best of George R.R. Martin’s early works, including never-before-published fan pieces, his Hugo, Neb...
|  | Living Gratitude
Publication Date: March 1, 2011Living Gratitude offers a visual exploration of gratitude in everyday life.Inspired by research on the experience of gratitude in relationships, Living Gratitude is a collection of photographs and quotations that reflect on the nature of this emotional state. Comprising images of nature and people complimented with thoughtful words penned by novelists and poets, spiritual leaders, and participants in a research study conducted by the author, Living Gratitude is a gentle journey through the landscape of appreciation and joy in life. ...
|  | Martin Fierro (Clasicos seleccion series)
Publication Date: September 1, 2004| Series: Clasicos seleccion series Readers will take pleasure in discovering the classics through these beautifully packaged and affordably priced editions of famous works of literature from all over the world. A variety of periods, themes, and authors is represented. ...
|  | The Essence of My Soul: Impressions In Haiku
Release Date: July 18, 2002A collection of Haiku that delve into perceptions of the human spirit, invoking memory in all forms, drawn ...
|  | Echoes from the Mountain. New and Selected Poems by Mazisi Kunene (Malthouse African Poetry)
Publication Date: November 12, 2007| Series: Malthouse African Poetry Mazisi Kunene was South Africa's first poet laureate, one of the most important voices of twentieth century African poetry, whether in African or European languages. His four collections of poems published in English are still considered classics and major works of imaginative creation in African literature. This posthumous selection of 52 poems explores the cosmology and mythology of his Zulu heritage from a universal perspective is what defines the ethos of his opus. Much of his poetry is imbued with themes that touch on...
|  | Blue Collar Intellectuals: When the Enlightened and the Everyman Elevated America
Publication Date: December 6, 2011Stupid is the new smart—but it wasn’t always soPopular culture has divorced itself from the life of the mind. Who has time for great books or deep thought when there is Jersey Shore to watch, a txt 2 respond 2, and World of Warcraft to play? At the same time, those who pursue the life of the mind have insulated themselves from popular culture. Speaking in insider jargon and writing unread books, intellectuals have locked themselves away in a ghetto of their own creation.It wasn’t always so. Blue Collar Intellectuals vividly captures a ...
|  | Songs of Innocence and Experience (York Notes Advanced)
Publication Date: August 29, 2003| ISBN-10: 0582784336 | ISBN-13: 978-0582784338| Edition: 1 York Notes Advanced offer a fresh and accessible approach to English Literature.This market-leading series has been completely updated to meet the needs of today's A-level and undergraduate students.Written by established literature experts, York Notes Advanced intorduce students to more sophisticated analysis, a range of critical perspectives and wider contexts. ...
|  | The History of Jason
Release Date: December 5, 2005This Elibron Classics edition is a facsimile reprint of a 1813 edition by Kegan Paul, Trench, Tr_bner & Co., Ltd., London. ...
|  | The Beach House
Publication Date: May 1, 2003Jack Mullen is a driven student of the law. His brother Peter is a servant of the rich, parking the cars of the Hamptons' elite-and perhaps satisfying their more intimate needs as well. Then Peter's body is found on the beach. Jack knows the drowning was no accident, but someone's unlimited power and money have bought the cops, the judges, the system. Now Jack is learning a lesson in justice he never got in law school ... and his astonishing plan to beat the billionaires will have you reeling-and cheering-to the very last page. ...
|  | Ian Rankin and Inspector Rebus: The Official Story of the Bestselling Author and His Ruthless Detective
Publication Date: May 1, 2010Detective John Rebus first appeared in Ian Rankin's 1987 bestseller Knots and Crosses and has since gone on to appear in 17 books and numerous short stories. For more than 20 years these critically acclaimed novels have delighted readers and set a benchmark in contemporary crime fiction. These notoriously gritty stories have been adapted into a television series—the public cannot get enough of this hard-drinking, no-nonsense, complex detective. Although the fictional Inspector retired to the backwaters of Edinburgh's dark side in the 2007 novel Exi...
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