 | Scattered Leaves: The Legend of Ghostkiller
Publication Date: March 22, 2012On the day after Christmas in 1862, thirty-eight innocent Dakota Sioux Indians were hanged in the largest mass execution in United States history. One hundred and fifty years later, Kyle Ghostkiller has the chance to go back and save them.Kyle has just returned to town to accept a medicine bundle he has inherited from his ancestor, a man named Ghostkiller who was unjustly hanged in 1862. The ancient bundle contains tools giving Kyle the power to time travel. Arriving into town just after four teenagers are found brutally murdered, Kyle becomes a prime suspec...
 |  | Vietnam (Ask about Asia)
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|  | Into the Garden (Wildflowers 5)
Publication Date: May 3, 2003| Series: Wildflowers 5 Misty, Star, Jade and Cat first came together in Dr Marlowe's group therapy session. One by one, each of the Wildflowers told her own story and bravely unveiled the inner wounds inflicted by years of lies, deceit and untold family secrets. Each revealed the shocking tales of how their parents hurt them, used them, or simply abandoned them. But then the sessions ended, and the girls didn't know if they would ever see each other again. Now they are coming together again in Jade's parents' sprawling, opulent mansion where the four will rekind...
|  | Dark Apprentice (Star Wars: The Jedi Academy Trilogy, Vol. 2)
Release Date: June 1, 1994| Series: Star Wars: Jedi Academy Trilogy (Book 2) As the New Republic takes devastating losses in the ongoingwar with the scattered remnants of the Empire, the galaxy's future depends on three small children -- among them the Jedi twins -- born to incredible powers and perils, as an extraordinary new saga unfolds... While the New Republic struggles to decide what to do with the deadly Sun Crusher -- a new doomsday weapon stolen from the Empire by Han Solo -- the renegade Imperia...
|  | Admit The Horse
Publication Date: March 17, 2012Ripped from the headlines of the 2008 election, and based on real, seldom revealed events, "Admit The Horse" is a gripping political thriller about a dark-horse political candidate--the mysterious Congressman Okono-- whose meteoric rise to the pinnacle of power is engineered amidst illegal campaign contributions, voter fraud and murder. The story's unlikely players--an honorable Chicago detective, a retired DEA investigator, an idealistic venture capitalist, an African-American congresswoman and a suburban mom volunteering for his opponent--all...
|  | El Ulises De James Joyce: Una Lectura Posible (Spanish Edition)
Publication Date: June 8, 2008Este libro es el producto de casi treinta años de seminarios dedicados a esclarecer, desde una perspectiva paralela a la mirada del lector no especializado, los puntos más oscuros que se presentan al abordar el Ulises de James Joyce.Sin pretensión académica alguna, el texto acompaña- tanto a quienes se han sentido 'derrotados' por Joycecomo a quienes ni siquiera intentaron la lectura-por los meandros del laberinto joyceano, buscando los hitos queayuden a recorrerlo con confianza en su discernimiento, y asegurándoles la libertad de e...
|  | Climbing The Great Denali
Publication Date: July 15, 2011With their mountaineering coach, teenagers Mitch and Jason aspire to climb America’s highest mountain, known as Denali or Mt. McKinley. The tough climb inspires an injured child to work for recovery after losing a leg to a drunk driver. The challenge to reach the peak at 20,320 feet is full of adventure and life threatening events. This novella is great for readers as young as 13, and for readers of any age who want to know about mountain climbing in frigid Alaska, especially Mt. McKinley. ...
|  | Everything Will be Different - Acting Edition
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|  | Third Intifada/Uprising: NONVIOLENT But With Words Sharper Than A Two-Edged Sword - Memoirs of a Nice Irish American 'Girl's' Life in Occupied Territory
Publication Date: February 5, 2007For One Woman, September 11 Sparked an Odyssey of Faith to the Palestinian Territories" In my dream I stood at the edge of a dried up pool where crumbling stone columns were overgrown with vines and weeds and scores of doves and pigeons nested and flew. To my right was a large shade tree, but to my left I saw a few square squat dwellings with large satellite dishes attached to them. I remembered thinking the moment I woke up from that dream what a strange place it was, but then I quickly forgot all about it. That is, until the afternoon of June 12, 2005, fou...
|  | Gorilla, My Love
Release Date: June 30, 1992In these fifteen superb stories, written in a style at once ineffable and immediately recognizable, Toni Cade Bambara gives us compelling portraits of a wide range of unforgettable characters, from sassy children to cunning old men, in scenes shifting between uptown New York and rural North CaroLina. A young girl suffers her first betrayal. A widow flirts with an elderly blind man against the wishes of her grown-up children. A neighborhood loan shark teaches o white social worker a lesson in responsibility. And there is more. Sharing the world of Toni Cade Bambara'...
|  | A Search for the Sacred
Publication Date: March 18, 2012"Poetry is the language of the heart; to be written or even to be understood, the heart must be made raw, it must bleed; the psalmist writes circumcised. It is no secret that growth and change- conversion can come only from pain not only felt but assimilated. In a culture averse even to the slightest discomfort, assimilating pain sounds like too tall an order and so it may be. But to the man or the woman searching for something unnamed, something huge, something so far greater than they, that kneeling in adoration be the only response, I dedicate this book." I...
|  | Poems for a Small Planet: Contemporary American Nature Poetry (Bread Loaf Anthology)
Publication Date: April 1, 1993| Series: Bread Loaf Anthology Eight-three poets forge a vision of nature for the post-industrial age. ...
|  | Haiku is for Wimps A poetry unit
Publication Date: April 19, 2012Tired of teaching the same boring forms of poetry to your students? Want poetic forms that will challenge them, but are still fun? Look no further! This poetry unit will help you teach your students to write a terza rima, sestina, & villanelle. It is a complete unit with examples, student worksheets, and suggested topics for each type of poem. The lessons in this teacher guide give students an opportunity to go beyond the usual and to meet the challenges of more rigorous poetic forms. ...
|  | So Many Books, So Little Time: A Year of Passionate Reading
Release Date: October 5, 2004Sometimes subtle, sometimes striking, the interplay between our lives and our books is the subject of this unique memoir by well-known publishing correspondent and self-described "readaholic" Sara Nelson. From Solzhenitsyn to Laura Zigman, Catherine M. to Captain Underpants, the result is a personal chronicle of insight, wit, and enough infectious enthusiasm to make a passionate reader out of anybody. ...
|  | Spider-Boy #1 : Big Trouble (Marvel - DC Amalgam Comic Book 1996)
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|  | The Letters of Marsilio Ficino: Volume 7
Publication Date: March 1, 2004| ISBN-10: 0856831921 | ISBN-13: 978-0856831928As leader of the Platonic Academy in Florence, Marsilio Ficino was teacher and guide to a remarkable circle of men. He inspired leading statesmen, scholars and churchmen throughout Europe, who travelled to meet him or conducted an extensive correspondence with him. The ideas they discussed appeared again and again and in the works of literature and art that followed: in Spenser, Shakespeare and Donne, in Botticelli, Michelangelo, Raphael, Durer and many more. Volume 7 (Book VIII of the Latin edition) is dedicat...
|  | Humanismo y Renacimiento en Espana (CRITICA Y ESTUDIOS LITERARIOS) (Critica Y Estudios Literarios / Critical and Literary Studies) (Spanish Edition)
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|  | Hispanic-American Literature: A Brief Introduction and Anthology
Publication Date: January 7, 1995| ISBN-10: 0673469565 | ISBN-13: 978-0673469564| Edition: 1 This is one of a series of brief anthologies designed for ethnic, multicultural and American literature courses. The series aims to introduce undergraduates to the rich but often neglected literary contributions of established and newer ethnic writers to American literature. Each text is organized chronlogically by genre and represents a wide range of literature. An introduction provides an historical overview and a celebration of the diversity within each ethnic group. It also addresses the gene...
|  | Against the Sun (Raines of Wind Canyon)
Release Date: May 29, 2012| Series: Raines of Wind Canyon Millions of lives are on the line. But for him, only one truly matters. It's not in bodyguard Jake Cantrell's job description to share his suspicions with his assignments. Beautiful executive Sage Dumont may be in charge, but Jake's not on her payroll. As a former special forces marine, Jake trusts his gut, and it's telling him there's something off about a shipment arriving at Marine Drilling International. His instinct is aroused...in more ways than one. A savvy businesswoman, Sage knows better than to take some hired gun'...
|  | The Battle of Gettysburg (Graphic History)
Publication Date: January 1, 2006| Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up...
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