 | The Binding Vine
Publication Date: May 1, 2001"There can be no vaulting over time," thinks Urmi, the narrator of The Binding Vine. "We have to walk every step of the way, however difficult or painful it is; we can avoid nothing." After the death of her baby, Urmi's finds her own path difficult to endure. But through her grief, she is drawn into the lives of two unlikely women—a long-dead relative and a young girl in a coma. As the stories of these three women unravel so does a tale of quiet courage and unfaltering hope.The first woman Urmi is drawn to is Mina, her long-dead mother-in-law, who exists on...
 |  | Anne Rice: a Critical Companion
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|  | Midnight in London
Publication Date: February 10, 2012Thirty-one year old Ted Mack, the high-school ‘geek’, was on the cusp of developing the next mega social-network-for-one. His group of techno-philes worked day and night to create a unique computer network that would astonish the world. Twenty-three year old Kevin Moore, Jeremy West’s straight roommate from the novel ‘Teacher’s Pet’, has graduated college with honors and is now working on his own creating websites. His idol? Ted Mack. When the two meet during an IT convention in London, the connection between the ha...
|  | Blood Of The Mountain Man
Release Date: July 1, 2001| Series: Mountain Man (Book 11) In the town of Red Light to settle the estate of his late sister, Smoke Jensen discovers that Major Cosgrove has taken over the town and intends to mine the gold beneath Jensen's sister's lands. Original. --This text refers to an alternate Mass Market Paperback edition....
|  | Oberiu: An Anthology of Russian Absurdism (European Classics)
Publication Date: August 14, 2006It was a movement so artfully anarchic, and so quickly suppressed, that readers only began to discover its strange and singular brilliance three decades after it was extinguished-and then only in samizdat and émigré publications. Some called it the last of the Russian avant-garde, and others called it the first (and last) instance of Absurdism in Russia; however difficult to classify, it was OBERIU (from an acronym standing for The Union of Real Art), and the pleasures of its poetry and prose are, with this volume, at long last fully open to English...
|  | Modern Catalan Plays
Publication Date: October 1, 2000| Series: Play Anthologies Four plays from the rich theatrical world of Catalan dramaSince the early 1990s, Catalonia has proven to the world that its rich heritage and artistic tradition are worthy of focus and study. The plays in the volume reflect the post-Franco era during which Barcelona and other parts of Catalonia have become the focal point for new dramatic expression.Joan Brossa (1919-1998) was the spiritual father of this new wave of artistic revolution in writing. His play The Quarrelsome Party is a dark family drama as surreal as any bad dream. Th...
|  | We Who Love to Be Astonished : Experimental Women's Writing and Performance Poetics (Modern Contemporary Poetics Series)
Publication Date: December 5, 2001| Series: Modern & Contemporary Poetics This first critical volume devoted to the full range of women's postmodern works includes some of the most respected writers and critics in the contemporary avant-garde. We Who Love to Be Astonished collects a powerful group of previously unpublished essays to fill a gap in the critical evaluation of women's contributions to postmodern experimental writing. Contributors include Alan Golding, Aldon Nielsen, and Rachel Blau DuPlessis; discussions include analyses of the work of Kathleen Fraser, Harryette Mullen, and Kath...
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|  | 1895: Drama, Disaster and Disgrace in Late Victorian Britain (Edinburgh Critical Studies in Victorian Literature)
Publication Date: November 8, 2011| ISBN-10: 0748640568 | ISBN-13: 978-0748640560This book explores the lasting cultural and political impact of the historical events of this remarkable year, 1895. "Kill the bugger!"So read one telegram to the Marquess of Queensberry before his legal battle with Oscar Wilde in the spring of 1895. Today's readers often see the Wilde case as dramatising the intolerance and cruelty of late-Victorian life, but what was its contemporary significance? What was it like to live in Britain in 1895? Which stories, personalities and events really captured the headl...
|  | Palmeras en la nieve
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|  | Dear John
Publication Date: December 1, 2009An angry rebel, John dropped out of school and enlisted in the Army, not knowing what else to do with his life--until he meets the girl of his dreams, Savannah.Their mutual attraction quickly grows into the kind of love that leaves Savannah waiting for John to finish his tour of duty, and John wanting to settle down with the woman who captured his heart. But 9/11 changes everything.John feels it is his duty to re-enlist. And sadly, the long separation finds Savannah falling in love with someone else. "Dear John," the letter read...and with those two words, a...
|  | Run
Release Date: March 14, 2000The buyers find us. Establish their bona fides.Then, and only then, we run.Burdon Lane is a businessman living out the American Dream in a shiny suburb of Washington, D.C. His business card lists him as Executive VP of UniArms, Inc., a legitimate arms dealer that's a front for a gunrunning empire. His girlfriend thinks he's a salesman. His best friend thinks he's a role model. His boss thinks he's a good soldier. This weekend's run should be business as usual -- guns for money, money for guns -- moving the product north on the Iron Highway from Dirty Ci...
|  | The Spy (An Isaac Bell Adventure)
Release Date: June 1, 2010| Series: An Isaac Bell Adventure Unabridged CDs, 10 CDs, 12 hours Read by TBA Detective Isaac Bell, hero of The Chase and The Wrecker, returns in the remarkable new adventure from the #1 New York Times-bestselling author. ...
|  | The Killing Hour
Release Date: September 28, 2004Each time he struck, he took two victims. Day after day, he waited for the first body to be discovered--a bodycontaining all the clues the investigators needed to find the second victim, who waited...prey to a slow but certain death. The clock ticked--salvation was possible.The police were never in time.Years have passed; but for this killer, time has stood still.As a heat wave of epic proportions descends, the game begins again. Two girls have disappeared...and the clock is ticking.Rookie FBI agent Kimberly Quincy knows the killer’s deadline can be met....
|  | A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys: Greek Mythology for Kids (Illustrated)
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|  | My Secret Unicorn #2: Dreams Come True
Publication Date: July 1, 2006| Age Level: 7 and up | Grade Level: 2 and up...
| | Native American Stories from Keepers of the Earth Native American Tales and Myths
Publication Date: April 1991Native American Stories is a collection of myths drawn from the native cultures of North America—from the Inuit in the north to the Zuni, Hopi and Cherokee in the south. A common thread throughout these stories is the native view of the world as family—Earth as our Mother, Sun as our Father and the animals as our brother and sisters. The stories foster an ethic of stewardship by clearly showing that we are entrusted with a very special misson—to maintain the natural balance, to take care of our Mother, to be Keepers of the Earth. Each story is beaut...
|  | Edward's Eyes
Release Date: February 24, 2009| Age Level: 8 and upJake is a part of an extraordinary family.He has a life filled with art, music, and long summer nights on the Cape. He has hours and days and months of baseball. But, more than anything in this world, Jake knows he has Edward. From the moment he was born, Jake knew Edward was destined for something. Edward could make anyone laugh and everyone think. During one special year, he became the only one in the neighborhood who could throw a perfect knuckleball. It was a pitch you could not hit. That same year, Jake learned there are also some ...
|  | My Father, the Coach
Publication Date: October 1, 1977Ezell's father finagles a little League team for Ezell and his friends with himself as coach, a job he's never had before. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title....
|  | NFL Reader: Between the Lines
Publication Date: August 1, 2007| Age Level: 7 and up...
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