 | The Self-Esteem Holocaust Comes Home
Publication Date: October 24, 2010Why are three violent policemen in search of The Greatest Dad in theWorld? More importantly, why are two young men at a fast foodrestaurant talking about freezing bees? And good god, why are theretwo young ladies in the backyard during a Halloween party, shavingeach others' legs with a piece of a broken jaw bone?What will become of the old woman who slits her young boyfriend'sthroat? And why does she give him a calculator for his birthday?Will anyone survive?Where will you be when the Self-Esteem Holocaust comes home? ...
 |  | As Long as the Rivers Flow
Release Date: November 1, 2011From the accomplished memoirist and former Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario comes a first novel of incredible heart and spirit for every Canadian.The novel follows one girl, Martha, from the Cat Lake First Nation in Northern Ontario who is "stolen" from her family at the age of six and flown far away to residential school. She doesn't speak English but is punished for speaking her native language; most terrifying and bewildering, she is also "fed" to the school's attendant priest with an attraction to little girls.Ten long years later, Martha finds her way home ag...
|  | The Madman: His Parables and Poems
Publication Date: January 1, 2008The Madman: His Parables and Poems is an early collection of English poems written by Lebanese American author Kahlil Gibran. This volume includes the following poems: God, My Friend, The Scarecrow, The Sleep-Walkers, The Wise Dog, The Two Hermits, On Giving and Taking, The Seven Selves, War, The Fox, The Wise King, Ambition, The New Pleasure, The Other Language, The Pomegranate, The Two Cages, The Three Ants, The Grave-Digger, On the Steps of the Temple, The Blessed City, The Good God and the Evil God, Defeat, Night and the Madman, Faces, The Greater Sea, Cr...
|  | The Broken Seal - NEW Expanded Edition
Publication Date: November 17, 2008The stories written by Dr. Paul A. Clark in this book are most entertaining and shed light upon a number of occult principles. In the tradition of Dion Fortune's "The Secrets of Dr. Taverner", Paul embodies little-known aspects of occult psychology in the form of fiction. Dion Fortune claimed that she used fiction to publish such aspects because if they were published as non-fiction "they would have no chance of hearing." While reading these stories you may begin to feel like you really know some of the characters. This feeling may be due, in part, to Paul'...
|  | Gabriele Caccini: The Vampire Gene - Book 1
Publication Date: January 9, 2007| Series: The Vampire Gene I'm looking for a girl - and not just any girl will do. You see I'm no ordinary student at Manchester University and the lovely Carolyn is exactly what I want. Tall, dark and androgynous; she resembles my cousin and first love. All my girls do. . . I didn't bank on the beautiful Lilly, of course. She's blonds, curvy; has thrown me with her lyrical voice. I admit she's gorgeous even though she is not my type! But despite my protests my dreams are filled with Lilly and even a Seventeenth Century vampire has trouble controlling his urg...
|  | The Archer's Heart
Publication Date: September 1, 2008In the ancient kingdom of Marhavad, noblemen dominate the lower castes, wielding mystic weapons, known as shartas, against any who oppose them. For generations the rule of Marhavad's kings has been absolute. But now the line of succession is divided, and whispers of revolution are heard in even the royal palace.Keshan Adaru, an outspoken man of unearthly charms, welcomes these changes. All his life he has foreseen an uprising that will shatter the castes and end the tyranny of the old laws. His visions have driven him but now, at the brink of their fulfillm...
|  | The World and Other Places: Stories
Release Date: June 20, 2000With language as dazzling as the wondrous visionary landscapes they evoke, these seventeen works transport the reader to worlds in which sleep is illegal, the lives of lonely department store clerks are transformed by fairies, the rich wear coal jewelry on an island of diamonds, and the living laminate their dead. Here is a universe where rooms go missing, women give birth to their lovers, and the young contemplate God's creative powers through pet tortoises. ...
|  | The House Of Fear Presents:The Haunting Hour: Seventeen Terrifying Tales By Famous Authors Adapted Into Easy To Read, Easy To Produce Scripts For Stage, Film, Radio
Publication Date: January 18, 2012Seventeen Terrifying Tales By Famous Authors Adapted Into Easy To Read, Easy To Produce Scripts For Stage, Film, Radio by Dan Bianchi. Stories include "Berenice" (Edgar Allan Poe) "Night Radio" (H.F.Arnold) "Rats In The Wall" (H.P.Lovecraft) "Death And The Woman" (Gertrude Atherton) "The Chromatic Ghosts Of Thomas" (E.Butler) "The Horla" (Guy DeMaupassant) "The Open Window" (Saki) "The Man Eating Tree" (Phil Robinson) "The Skele...
|  | For the sake of humanity: Poetry and illustrations
Publication Date: 1998Poetry about love, drugs, death, religion and life. ...
|  | Through The Eyes of Mine: Poetic Words of Expression
Publication Date: May 8, 2012My passion for writing poetry ideally existed when I felt the need to relinquish my thoughts. Poetry allows me to escape into a haven where I can touch basis on what I feel and paint a canvas of diverse situations. These thoughts not only encompass experiences, perceptions or feelings through day to day surroundings, It also convey a view for anyone who has had love relationship encounters, self-inspiring moments or spiritual connections. From these aspects, I found that I was not only "self-releasing" but it may give the reader an opportunity to perceive from my...
|  | A Passion for Books: A Book Lover's Treasury of Stories, Essays, Humor, Lore, and Lists on Collecting, Reading, Borrowing, Lending, Caring for, and Appreciating Books
Release Date: October 6, 1999"When I have a little money, I buy books. And if any is left, I buy food and clothing."--Desiderius ErasmusThose who share Erasmus's love of those curious bundles of paper bound together between hard or soft covers know exactly how he felt. These are the people who can spend hours browsing through a bookstore, completely oblivious not only to the passage of time but to everything else around them, the people for whom buying books is a necessity, not a luxury. A Passion for Books is a celebration of that love, a collection of sixty classic and contemporary essays,...
|  | Jeff Bezos: Business Genius of Amazon.Com (Internet Biographies)
Publication Date: January 2003| Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up...
|  | Vision and Gender in Malory's Morte Darthur (Arthurian Studies)
Publication Date: July 23, 2010| Series: Arthurian Studies (Book 75) This first book-length study of vision in the Morte Darthur examines the roles played by sight - seeing and being seen - in the Morte's construction of gender, highlighting also the influence of the romance genre in this process. The discussion addresses several key figures: Gareth provides a paradigm of visible romance masculinity; Launcelot's and Trystram's adulteries introduce competing needs for both visibility and invisibility; Palomydes and other less acclaimed knights, and reactions to their shortcomings, confirm the...
|  | Now You See Her
Release Date: January 31, 2012New York Times bestselling author Joy Fielding tells an unforgettable story of a newly divorced woman attempting to heal her heartache, only to find herself on a desperate search for her daughter. Fifty-year-old Marcy Taggart’s life is in shambles. Two years ago, her twenty-one-year-old daughter, Devon, perished in a canoeing accident. Her body was never found in the icy waters of Georgian Bay, and as a result Marcy has never fully accepted her death. She continues to see the young woman’s face in crowds and has even stopped strangers on the street, ...
|  | Simply Unforgettable
Release Date: July 25, 2006New York Times bestselling author Mary Balogh returns to the seductive world she knows so well–Regency England–in a new novel filled with her trademark wit, sensuality, and breathtaking storytelling. With this, the first in a dazzling new quartet of novels, Balogh invites us into a special world–a select academy for young ladies–a world of innocence and temptation. Drawing us into the lives of four women, teachers at Miss Martin’s School for Girls, Balogh introduces this novel’s marvelous heroine: music teacher Frances AllardR...
|  | Asterix in Spain
Publication Date: September 1, 2004| Age Level: 10 and up | Grade Level: 5 and up...
|  | My First Nursery Stories
Release Date: November 4, 2008| Grade Level: P and up A must-have selection of timeless classic tales, brought gloriously, and hilariously, to life by the award-winning Tony Ross Favorites such as The Three Billy Goats Gruff, Henny-Penny, The Gingerbread Man, Three Little Pigs, The Enormous Turnip, Little Red Riding Hood, and Goldilocks have been specially selected for their read-aloud qualities. Large type and fresh, lively illustrations make this a wonderful book to share with even the very youngest child. ...
|  | Coyote Places the Stars
Release Date: September 30, 1993| Age Level: 6 and up In a retelling of a Wasco Indian legend, complemented by Southwestern-style paintings, Coyote uses his skill in archery to rearrange the stars into pictures of his friends, Bear, Lion, Goat, Eagle, and Owl. ...
|  | My Name Is Not Isabella: Just How Big Can a Little Girl Dream?
Release Date: September 1, 2010| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up Now a New York Times Bestseller! Just How Big Can a Little Girl Dream? Ask Isabella... She takes a wild ride-and discovers the sky's the limit! "This story...speaks frankly about self-identity and self affirmation as Isabella decides at the end that she is actually herself...because she possesses the best parts of all of the women she looks up to." -ForeWord Magazine "The colorful mixed-media artwork reinforces the fanciful, upbeat tone of the book. Use this story to ignite young readers' interest in women's history...
|  | A Tree Full of Mitzvos
Publication Date: December 1, 1998| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up The little maple tree loves to watch a nearby family doing Mitzvot, but is disappointed that it can't do any. This book will help children discover that helping others is a very important Mitzvah. Oversized, with full-color illustrations in a cheerful, graphic style. ...
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