| Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America (America: A Cultural History) Publication Date: March 14, 1989| ISBN-10: 0195069056 | ISBN-13: 978-0195069051This fascinating book is the first volume in a projected cultural history of the United States, from the earliest English settlements to our own time.It is a history of American folkways as they have changed through time, and it argues a thesis about the importance for the United States of having been British in its cultural origins. While most people in the United States today have no British ancestors, they have assimilated regional cultures which were created by British colonists, even while preserving ethn...
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| | Last Summer in Arcadia Publication Date: July 19, 2004The tension is palpable as Tess and Jerry Brennan sit in the drawing room of their wonderful house high above the sea, waiting for the police to arrive. Tess is facing the consequences of her own actions, innocently undertaken but devastating in their outcome; Jerry has been caught out in a misdemeanour, a transgression men have made since time began but one that in his case has repercussions that will mean the end of a successful career. Adding to Tess's agitation is the knowledge that her two best friends are facing parallel traumas of their own. Life skated ...
| | Allah's Jesus: A Messiah in Babylon Publication Date: July 24, 2009Islamic prophecy had foretold the coming of Jesus. He would come out of the dessert riding a great, white horse. Now he is here and ruling the world from Babylon! An end times story with a twist. ...
| | Centerline: Going to war throws people off center. So does coming home. Publication Date: July 16, 2012Themes: Wounded Warriors; Military Families; Ground Combat; Military Medicine; Aviation Wounded Soldiers make a long trip from the pain and disorientation of a battlefield to the pain and disorientation of a homecoming. CENTERLINE tells the arresting story of the last leg of that journey through the eyes of patients, crew, and medical caregivers making the trip home from military hospitals just before Christmas at the height of the surge inIraq. “Everybody who goes to war gets shot,” one soldier says. “Some in the body. Some in the head. So...
| | The LAST PICTURE SHOW : A Novel Release Date: January 14, 1999| Series: Thalia Trilogy The Last Picture Show is one of Larry McMurtry's most powerful, memorable novels -- the basis for the enormously popular movie of the same name. Set in a small, dusty, Texas town, The Last Picture Show introduced the characters of Jacy, Duane, and Sonny: teenagers stumbling toward adulthood, discovering the beguiling mysteries of sex and the even more baffling mysteries of love. Populated by a wonderful cast of eccentrics and animated by McMurtry's wry and raucous humor, The Last Picture Show is wild, heartbreaking, and poignant -- a com...
| | The Radetzky March (Works of Joseph Roth) Release Date: August 1, 2002| Series: Works of Joseph Roth The Radetzky March, Joseph Roth's classic saga of the privileged von Trotta family, encompasses the entire social fabric of the Austro-Hungarian Empire just before World War I. The author's greatest achievement, The Radetzky March is an unparalleled portrait of a civilization in decline, and as such, a universal story for our times. ...
| | Sins of Sor Juana: A play in two acts ...
| | Meetings With Mallarme (EUROPEAN LITERATURE) Publication Date: January 1, 1998| ISBN-10: 0859895629 | ISBN-13: 978-0859895620| Edition: 1 In this work, the contributors explore the significance of Mallarme's influence on some of the major works in French psychoanalysis, music, poetry, philosophy and literary theory. The book demonstrates how the presence of Stephane Mallarme informed the projects of such figures as Valery, Lacan, Sartre, Derrida, Boulez, de Man, Bonnefoy, Kristeva, Blanchot and the Oulip group. ...
| | Whispered Lies Publication Date: May 12, 2009In the suspenseful new thriller from New York Times bestselling coauthors Sherrilyn Kenyon and Dianna Love, a Bureau of American Defense agent must join forces with an informant he can neither trust nor resist.Bureau of American Defense operative Carlos Delgado has spent the past sixteen years watching over his shoulder, waiting for death to catch up to him. His luck runs out when BAD intercepts an unexpected tip on the number one threat to United States security: the Fratelli de il Sovrano. Their best hope for uncovering a deadly plan that risks countless lives...
| | Timeless Desire: An Outlander Love Story Release Date: July 18, 2012Two years after losing her husband, overworked librarian Panna Kennedy battles to distract herself from crushing grief. During a routine search within the library, Panna opens an obscure, pad-locked door and finds herself transported to the magnificent, book-filled quarters of a handsome, eighteenth-century Englishman. The man is Colonel John Bridgewater—the historic English war hero whose larger-than-life statue looms over her desk. However, the life of the dashing Bridgewater is not at all what she imagined. He's under house arrest for betraying England, a...
| | Primal Heat (Primes Series, Book 5) Release Date: July 25, 2006Can a heroic vampire protect his clan from danger -- and save himself from burning desire? As Prime of his vampire Family, Mathias Bridger is sworn to protect his own kind at any cost -- but years of acting as a fierce guardian of his people have left him yearning for more out of life. His chance comes in the form of Phillipa Elliot, the beautiful police officer whose allure hasn't dimmed in the two years since they had a brief, torrid affair. And though she's involved with someone else now, Phillipa can't deny the feeling that Matt is her destiny. When the Fam...
| | Bled Dry (Vegas Vampires) Release Date: March 3, 2009| Series: Vegas Vampires A Vegas Vampire one-night stand?from the USA Today bestselling author. Brittany Baldizzi finds herself in the family way after one night of passion with vampire Corbin Jean Michel. But will his paternal instincts trump his bloodsucking ones when he finds out he?s a father? ...
| | The adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: A retelling of the complete stories plus activities (Back to the classics) ...
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| | Confessions of a Murder Suspect Release Date: September 24, 2012James Patterson returns to the genre that made him famous with a thrilling teen detective series about the mysterious and magnificently wealthy Angel family . . . and the dark secrets they're keeping from one another.On the night Malcolm and Maud Angel are murdered, Tandy Angel knows just three things: 1) She was the last person to see her parents alive. 2) The police have no suspects besides Tandy and her three siblings. 3) She can't trust anyone--maybe not even herself. Having grown up under Malcolm and Maud's intense perfectionist demands, no child comes aw... James Patterson returns to the genre that made him famous with a thrilling teen detective series about the mysterious and magnificently wealthy Angel family . . . and the dark secrets they're keeping from one another. On the night Malcolm and Maud Angel are murdered ... --> | | Aesop's Fables ...
| | Nba: Meet The Los Angeles Lakers (new Edition) Publication Date: February 1, 2001| Age Level: 7 and up...
| | Wet And Wild! (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) (George Brown, Class Clown (Pb)) Publication Date: June 30, 2011| Age Level: 7 and up | Grade Level: 2 and up...
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