 | A Slow Year
Publication Date: November 16, 2010| ISBN-10: 1933900164 | ISBN-13: 978-1933900162| Edition: 1st A collection of four one kilobyte games for the Atari Video Computer System, one for each season, about the experience of observing things. Neither action nor strategy, each game requires a different kind of sedate observation and methodical input. Accompanying the game are two essays about the commonalities between videogames and poetry, as well as 1024 machined haiku, poetry generated by computer, 8 bits worth for each season. ...
 |  | People of the Book: A Novel
Publication Date: January 1, 2008From the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of March, the journey of a rare illuminated manuscript through centuries of exile and warIn 1996, Hanna Heath, an Australian rare-book expert, is offered the job of a lifetime: analysis and conservation of the famed Sarajevo Haggadah, which has been rescued from Serb shelling during the Bosnian war. Priceless and beautiful, the book is one of the earliest Jewish volumes ever to be illuminated with images. When Hanna, a caustic loner with a passion for her work, discovers a series of tiny artifacts in its ancient b...
|  | Four Wives
Release Date: February 19, 2008In Wendy Walker’s brilliant debut, the lives of four wives and mothers intertwine and collide in a tale of suburban angst among outrageous wealth.On the outside, it appears as though Love Welsh, Marie Passetti, Gayle Beck and Janie Kirk lead enviable lives, with marriages to handsome, successful men; bright, happy children; and homes right out of Architectural Digest. But in the wealthy suburb of Hunting Ridge, appearances mask a deeper truth: These four wives are anything but perfect. As they try to maintain a façade of bliss, behind closed doors t...
|  | The Hundred Days (Vol. Book 19)(Aubrey/Maturin Novels)
Publication Date: October 17, 1999| Series: Aubrey/Maturin Novels (Book 19) "One of the best novelists since Jane Austen....The Hundred Days may be the best installment yet....I give O'Brian's fans joy of it."—Philadelphia InquirerNapoleon, escaped from Elba, pursues his enemies across Europe like a vengeful phoenix. If he can corner the British and Prussians before their Russian and Austrian allies arrive, his genius will lead the French armies to triumph at Waterloo. In the Balkans, preparing a thrust northwards into Central Europe to block the Russians and Austrians, a horde of Mus...
|  | Luther: The Calling
Release Date: September 4, 2012A brilliant crime novel and prequel to the acclaimed BBC series by the show’s creator and sole writer Meet Detective Chief Inspector John Luther. He’s a murder detective with an extraordinary case-clearance rate. He’s obsessive, instinctive, and intense. Nobody who ever stood at his side has a bad word to say about him. And yet there are rumors that Luther is bad—not corrupt, not on the take, but tormented. After years of chasing the most depraved criminals in London’s gritty underworld, he seethes with a hidden fury that at times ...
|  | The Mysterious Naiad: Love Stories by Naiad Press Authors
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|  | Return to Treasure Island
Publication Date: July 10, 2010Three years after his triumphant return from Treasure Island, Jim Hawkins learns that Long John Silver has been captured and sentenced to hang. Jim's fateful decision to help Silver propels them into a dangerous search for the greatest treasure of all time - The Pharaoh's Gold! A cryptic map, secret codes and puzzling clues all lead back to Treasure Island, where courage, cunning and mutual trust are the only weapons that can save Hawkins and Silver from a horrific death and help them in their quest for the Treasure.Return to Treasure Island hearkens back to th...
|  | Racing Can Be Murder: Speed City Indiana Chapter of Sisters in Crime
Publication Date: October 1, 2007Racing Can Be Murder is a collection of nineteen stories written by some of today's best mystery writers. It revolves around the Indianapolis 500 Mile Race and the festivities that take place in Indianapolis each merry month of May. ...
|  | The Circle of Olympians
Publication Date: June 1, 2006Blending elements of ancient Greek mythology with modern characters, The Circle of Olympians - national award winner - opens a doorway to magic and antiquity. Simultaneously set in ancient Greece, modern Greece and California, the author weaves an exciting, enjoyable and fascinating modern Greek myth.Calliope visits her beloved grandmother in Greece and learns she must claim her destiny that affects mankind's fate. Calliope is trained in metaphysical and battle arts by the Olympian gods. They teach her secrets encoded in ancient Greek mythology and take her on a...
|  | The Wandering Jew (and Jewess): II - The Chastisement (Part Two)
Publication Date: July 1, 2003| ISBN-10: 1895507928 | ISBN-13: 978-1895507928A melodrama with a strong message and colorful characters, whose strengths and weaknesses form an integral part of the story, is a work of tremendous television potential, providing high concept drama...a fascinating project as any major property to hit the screen today.Story-line focuses on Joseph, the cobbler of Jerusalem...who mocked Christ on the day of His Crucifixion...the sinner who is condemned to wander undying throughout all of the centuries, all over the World; and Herodias, the Wandering Jewess, who ...
|  | A Study in Sherlock: Stories inspired by the Holmes canon
Release Date: October 25, 2011BESTSELLING AUTHORS GO HOLMES—IN AN IRRESISTIBLE NEW COLLECTION edited by award-winning Sherlockians Laurie R. King and Leslie S. Klinger Neil Gaiman. Laura Lippman. Lee Child. These are just three of eighteen superstar authors who provide fascinating, thrilling, and utterly original perspectives on Sherlock Holmes in this one-of-a-kind book. These modern masters place the sleuth in suspenseful new situations, create characters who solve Holmesian mysteries, contemplate Holmes in his later years, fill gaps in the Sherlock Holmes Canon, and reveal the...
|  | Seasons of Solace: A Story of Healing through Photos and Poems
Publication Date: March 2, 2010In shock after her husband was killed by a drunk driver while living in Thailand, Janelle Shantz Hertzler began searching for a way through the pain. Her struggle to make sense of her loss and find peace resulted in this moving collection. Told through heartfelt poetry and inspiring photography, Seasons of Solace expresses the spiritual journey of a grieving woman moving toward acceptance.Though written from one person's perspective, Hertzler's poems and photographs reflect the universal experience of losing a loved one. Within the narrative lie broader truths ...
|  | Greek Lyric: Volume IV, Bacchylides, Corinna, and Others (Loeb Classical Library No. 461)
Publication Date: January 1, 1992| ISBN-10: 0674995082 | ISBN-13: 978-0674995086Bacchylides, nephew of Simonides and rival of Pindar, wrote choral poetry of many types. We have a number of his victory odes—poems celebrating victories in athletic contests—as well as dithyrambs and other hymns. He was a master of the captivating narrative. Also represented in this volume is the Boeotian Corinna, whose work, versions of local myths, survives in greater quantity than that of any other Greek woman poet except Sappho. Ancient authorities regarded Corinna as an older contemporary and ...
|  | The Tragedy of Sohrab and Rostam from the Persian National Epic, the Shahname of Abol-Qasem Ferdowsi (Publications on the Near East, University of Washington, No. 3)
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|  | It All Begins: Poems from Postliberation South Africa
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|  | Love Letters of Great Men
Release Date: November 25, 2008Remember the wonderfully romantic book of love letters that Carrie reads aloud to Big in the recent blockbuster film, Sex and the City? Fans raced to buy copies of their own, only to find out that the beautiful book didn't actually exist. However, since all of the letters referenced in the film did exist, we decided to publish this gorgeous keepsake ourselves. Love Letters of Great Men follows hot on the heels of the film and collects together some of history's most romantic letters from the private papers of Beethoven, Mark T...
|  | The Fanciulla Fate
Release Date: July 6, 2006There's malice in the fabulous world of superstar musicians, as ruthless kidnappers, for the oddest of reasons, snatch the children of world famous singer Mia Mitsouros. One of the kidnappers threatens over the phone to murder the children if Mia does not obey his commands to the letter. Terrified, she swears her co-star Tony Amato to silence, knowing if he confides in his wife Jen, she, wanting to help, will over-ride Mia and tell the police. This silence leads to a serious misunderstanding between Tony and Jen.The distraught Mia is unable to sing, and is replaced ...
|  | World of Arthur Conan Doyle Pb
Publication Date: June 18, 1998Martin Fido presents a unique investigation into Arthur Conan Doyle''s famous creation, Sherlock Holmes, providing an illustrated guide to the detective''s adventures and legacy. ' ...
|  | Pigs Make Me Sneeze! (An Elephant and Piggie Book)
Release Date: October 6, 2009| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up...
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