 | The 48 Laws of Power
Release Date: September 1, 2000Amoral, cunning, ruthless, and instructive, this piercing work distills three thousand years of the history of power in to forty-eight well explicated laws. As attention-grabbing in its design as it is in its content, this bold volume outlines the laws of power in their unvarnished essence, synthesizing the philosophies of Machiavelli, Sun-tzu, Carl von Clausewitz, and other great thinkers. Some laws teach the need for prudence ("Law 1: Never Outshine the Master"), the virtue of stealth ("Law 3: Conceal Your Intentions"), and many demand the total absence of me...
 |  | Haunted Savannah
Publication Date: July 19, 2011| Series: Haunted More than two dozen tales of ghosts, unexplained phenomena, and other spooky happenings in Savannah, GA, the city of legendary ghosts. Includes information so readers can check out the spirits themselves -- if they dare. ...
|  | The Deer and The Cauldron: The First Book (Bk. 1)
Publication Date: 1997This is the first of a three-volume picaresque historical romance by China's best-loved author. It tells the story of Trinket, an irreverent and comic anti-hero, and his adventures through China over more than twenty years at the beginning of the Qing dynasty. The story spans vast territories, from desert islands to northern ice fields, from Peking and the Imperial Court to the sacred mountain of Wu-tai-shan to the legendary Shaolin Temple to the boudoir of Princess Sophia. Rich in plot and historical detail, the book is peopled by a multitude of characters, including m...
|  | The Rape of the Lock and Other Major Writings
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|  | The Complete Fairy Tales of Brothers Grimm (A Bantam trade paperback)
Release Date: October 1, 1992| Series: A Bantam trade paperback Enchanting, brimming with the wonder and magic of once upon a time, the fairly tales of the Brothers Grimm are the special stories of childhood that stay with us throughout our lives. But most Americans know them only secondhand, in adaptations that greatly reduce the tales' power to touch our emotions and intrigue our imaginations. Now, in the most comprehensive translation to date, here are the classic fairy tales as the Brothers Grimm inte...
|  | The Canterbury Tales
Publication Date: January 1, 2012| ISBN-10: 1420945173 | ISBN-13: 978-1420945171Begun as an ambitious project by the versatile English courtier, diplomat, philosopher, and author Geoffrey Chaucer in the 14th century, "The Canterbury Tales" follows a group of people on their pilgrimage to the Cathedral of Saint Thomas á Becket. The Prologue introduces all of the pilgrims in great detail, and through these descriptions Chaucer provides the entire spectrum of social classes and professions of his time. When the group stops at an inn and the innkeeper introduces a competition for a free...
|  | Cracking the Shell: Three Korean Ecopoets Seungho Choi, Chiha Kim, Hyonjong Chong
Publication Date: November 30, 2005| ISBN-10: 1931907404 | ISBN-13: 978-1931907408This poetry anthology contains ninety poems by three prominent Korean ecopoets who write about the endangered environment and deplore its impact on nature and mankind. Seungho Choi¡¦s poetry is filled with explicit descriptions and pessimism that condemn the capitalist society and man¡¦s selfish desires, which, he believes, can ultimately ruin the ecosystem and mankind. Chiha Kim¡¦s somewhat-cynical poetry encourages the fulfillment of each creature¡¦s life through ha...
|  | In the Kingdom of Songs: A Trilogy of Poems : 1995-2000
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|  | Unknowing: The Work of Modernist Fiction
Release Date: September 22, 2005| ISBN-10: 0801489733 | ISBN-13: 978-0801489730Philip Weinstein explores the modernist commitment to "unknowing" by addressing the work of three supreme experimental writers: Franz Kafka, Marcel Proust, and William Faulkner. In their novels, the narrative props that support the drama of coming to know are refused. When space turns uncanny rather than lawful, when time ceases to be linear and progressive, objects and others become unfamiliar. So does the subject seeking to know them. Weinstein argues that modernist texts work, by way of surprise and arrest,...
|  | Gender in Modernism: New Geographies, Complex Intersections
Publication Date: May 14, 2007| ISBN-10: 0252074181 | ISBN-13: 978-0252074189| Edition: 1 "Gender in Modernism", conceived as a sequel to the now-classic volume "The Gender of Modernism", selects the best from the fifteen years of feminist literary and modernist scholarship that has appeared since the original's publication. Its fresh and diverse texts examine new themes and reflect today's broader, more inclusive understanding of modernism. The collection's modernist works have been grouped into twenty-one thematic sections, with theoretical introductions to the primary texts provided b...
|  | El Lugar Sin Limites (Paperback)
Release Date: June 30, 2005| Series: Vintage EspanolNew EditionIn this book, José Donoso unveils the false appearances, sordidness, violence and misery that give life to a sub world.The story takes place in a brothel owned by “la Japonesita” (the little Japanese girl) and revolves around the character of Manuela, an ambiguous yet brilliant character, a melting pot of passions who serves to reveal a dual morality and to question masculinity and its values.Description in Spanish: Un mundo que es el infierno, donde se ponen al descubierto las falsas apariencias, la sordidez, la...
|  | Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume II
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|  | Train from Marietta
Publication Date: March 22, 2006From bestselling author Garlock--the "Voice of America's Heartland"--comes anexciting new Texas tale of romance, intrigue, and adventure. ...
|  | Love Kills
Publication Date: March 5, 1997As Oscar Wilde lamented, frequently we kill the things we love. The killing may be literal, as in murder, or it may be more figurative, bringing about spiritual death, as when love goes bad. Love Kills gathers together more than two dozen first-rate tales that demonstrate in chilling ways what Charles Bukowski once observed: No one is more dangerous than a jilted lover. Here you'll find characters of every kind - even a few children - struggling with their darkest feelings. In this volume, such giants in the suspense field as Marcia Muller, Lawrence Block, Ruth...
|  | The Lonely Book
Release Date: April 24, 2012| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up When a wonderful new book arrives at the library, at first it is loved by all, checked out constantly, and rarely spends a night on the library shelf. But over time it grows old and worn, and the children lose interest in its story. The book is sent to the library's basement where the other faded books live. How it eventually finds an honored place on a little girl's bookshelf—and in her heart—makes for an unforgettable story sure to enchant anyone who has ever cherished a book. Kate Bernheimer and Chris Sh...
|  | The White Horse of Zennor and Other Stories
Publication Date: April 1, 2012| Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up A set of five haunting, enchanting tales from the master storyteller behind War Horse Since the beginning of time, strange and mysterious things have happened here. There are stories from the past of mermaids and spriggans and knockers and witches. The stories in this book however do not come from the past. They have all happened in my lifetime. At the furthest edge of Britain, where the sea gently washes over the land and myths brush against reality, lies Zennor. Since the beginning of time strange a...
|  | Meet Eli Manning: Football's Unstoppable Quarterback (All-Star Players)
Publication Date: January 1, 2009| Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up...
|  | Megastars 2006 (Nfl)
Publication Date: August 1, 2006| Age Level: 7 and up...
|  | Speed Skating (Winter Olympic Sports)
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|  | Animal Hide-And-Seek (Usborne Farmyard Tales Touchy-Feely)
Publication Date: September 1, 2003| Age Level: 2 and up...
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