 | William Maxwell: Early Novels and Stories
Release Date: January 10, 2008Christopher Carduff, editorIn 1934, at age 26, William Maxwell left small-town Illinois for New York City, convinced that life and literature were elsewhere. "I had no idea then," he later wrote, "that three-quarters of the material I would need for the rest of my writing life was already at my disposal. My father and mother. My brothers. The look of things. The Natural History of home . . . All there, waiting for me to learn my trade and recognize instinctively what would make a story." With his second book, They Came Like Swallows (1937), Maxwell found his s...
 |  | Breaking the Ice
Publication Date: August 18, 2009Nothing is easy about life above the Arctic Circle. Except, perhaps, falling in love.Bryson Faulkner embraces the challenges that come with making a home in one of the most beautiful but unforgiving places on earth: the isolation of the endless wilderness, the harsh and unpredictable climate, the predators that lurk about her remote cabin, and even the most perilous dangers of all--those that await her when she takes to the skies as one of Alaska's most daring bush pilots. The only thing missing is a special woman to share it all with, but she's resigned hers...
|  | Inverted Fire
Publication Date: January 1, 1997Poetry. "Almost no one is good at both short and long poems, but Alice Friman is. Her poems 'Turnip' and 'Cherries' have sharp language, imagination and alert observation. INVERTED FIRE is good, a must" --Leo Connellan. ...
|  | Han shi shang xi ji (Zhongguo gu dian wen xue shang xi cong shu) (Mandarin Chinese Edition)
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|  | Diodorus Siculus: Library of History, Volume I, Books 1-2.34 (Loeb Classical Library No. 279)
Publication Date: January 1, 1933| ISBN-10: 0674993071 | ISBN-13: 978-0674993075Diodorus Siculus, Greek historian of Agyrium in Sicily, ca. 80–20 BCE, wrote forty books of world history, called Library of History, in three parts: mythical history of peoples, non-Greek and Greek, to the Trojan War; history to Alexander's death (323 BCE); history to 54 BCE. Of this we have complete Books I–V (Egyptians, Assyrians, Ethiopians, Greeks) and Books XI–XX (Greek history 480–302 BCE); and fragments of the rest. He was an uncritical compiler, but used good sources and reproduce...
|  | Nicanor - Teller of Tales (A Story of Roman Britain)
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|  | Demon Moon (The Guardians, Book 2)
Release Date: June 5, 2007Deadly creatures from the realm of Chaos herald the return of an imprisoned nosferatu horde, and the bond between a vampire and his lover is their only protection-and their only passion. ...
|  | Catch Of The Season (Zebra Regency Romance)
Release Date: September 1, 1999| Series: Zebra Regency Romance Allison Munroe should have been happy to marry the Marquis DeGuis, the catch of the Season. He was a true gentleman, unlike her previous beau. If only she could get the insufferably handsome Geoffrey Pentercast out of her mind—and her house! Regency Romance by Regina Scott; sequel to My True Love Gave to me; originally published by Zebra --This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition....
|  | Lee Child CD Collection: Killing Floor, Die Trying, Tripwire (Jack Reacher Series)
Publication Date: March 29, 2011| Series: Jack Reacher Series KILLING FLOOR - "I was eating eggs and drinking coffee. I was in a booth, at a window, reading somebody's abandoned newspaper. Outside, the rain had stopped but the glass was still pebbled with bright drops. I saw the police cruisers pull into the gravel lot. They were moving fast and crunched to a stop. Light bars flashing and popping. Doors burst open, policemen jumped out. Two from each car, weapons ready. Two revolvers, two shotguns. This was heavy stuff. One revolver and one shotgun ran to the back. One of each rushed the doo...
|  | The Tolls of Death (Knights Templar)
Publication Date: November 1, 2004| Series: Knights Templar After their grueling journeys to Galicia and Scilly, Simon Puttock and Baldwin Furnshill are at last back on the English mainland, dumped unceremoniously when their shipmaster partakes of his intoxicating cargo and almost sinks the ship. Eager to get home, Baldwin and Simon set off on horseback, but they only get as far as Cardinham Castle on Bodmin Moor. Here, they are detained by the castellan who requires their help in solving two murders on the estate. The first victim is a widow, found dead with her two children. The second is ...
|  | Disney's the Little Mermaid (Look and Find)
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|  | The Quiet Hero: A Baseball Story
Publication Date: June 1, 1993| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up Tells how the Cy Young award-winning pitcher known as "Gentleman Jim" taught his sons about the importance of hard work and sportsmanship in baseball. ...
|  | The Oklahoma City Thunder (Team Spirit (Norwood))
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| | Skating (Sports World)
Publication Date: April 1998 ...
|  | Sbs Kids Cookbook 2 (Step By Step Cookery) (No. 2)
Publication Date: October 31, 1997 ...
|  | Chants, Cheers, and Jumps (Let's Go Team--Cheer, Dance, March)
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|  | Family Outdoor Journal
Publication Date: March 3, 2008This journal is a great tool for family outings. It includes conversation starters, exercises, quotes, and lots of pages to record family trips and memories. Blank pages are included for budding young artist to draw their new discoveries and share their impressions of what they are experiencing in nature. It will be a book to treasure for years to come and a gift of memories to pass onto the next generation of outdoor lovers. ...
|  | I Saw a Purple Cow: And 100 Other Recipes for Learning
Publication Date: October 1997It has been 25 years since this handbook of early learning activities was published and immediately established itself as a book that anyone working with young children had to own. The lists of useful things to buy and save are still current and useful, and the activities are as easy and intriguing today as they were when the book was originally published. ...
|  | The Tortoise and the Seven Magical Creatures
Publication Date: May 30, 2011Seven magical creatures gave hungry Tortoise a magic drum. When Tortoise tapped the drum, all kinds of fruits fell out. But the magical creatures had other surprises for Tortoise and his friends. ...
|  | The Red Badge of Courage
Publication Date: December 1, 2002| Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up Stephen Crane's immortal classic novel of the Civil War. ...
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