 | Vigil: A Novel (Wsp Readers Club)
Release Date: July 21, 2009| Series: Wsp Readers Club When a nanny from war-torn El Salvador moves in with a wealthy American family, the result is an inspiring story about the power of love to cross cultural boundaries.Cecilia Samartin’s most impressive work yet, Vigil is told from the perspective of Ana, a middle aged woman who is waiting at the deathbed of her husband as he loses his battle against cancer. While she waits, she thinks back on her life and the incredible journey that brought her from war-torn El Salvador, to a convent in the U.S., and finally to a wealthy California e...
 |  | Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son's First Year
Release Date: March 8, 2005It’s not like she’s the only woman to ever have a baby. At thirty-five. On her own. But Anne Lamott makes it all fresh in her now-classic account of how she and her son and numerous friends and neighbors and some strangers survived and thrived in that all important first year. From finding out that her baby is a boy (and getting used to the idea) to finding out that her best friend and greatest supporter Pam will die of cancer (and not getting used to that idea), with a generous amount of wit and faith (but very little piousness), Lamott narrates the ...
|  | The Care and Handling of Roses with Thorns
Release Date: August 2, 2012Thirty-six-year-old Gal Garner lives a regimented life. Her job teaching biology and her struggle with kidney disease keep her toggling between the high school, the hospital, and her home on a strict schedule.Only at home, in her garden, does Gal come alive. It's here that she experiments with Hulthemia roses, painstakingly cross-pollinating various specimens in the hopes of creating a brand-new variation of spectacular beauty. But even her passion has a highly structured goal: Gal wants to win Queen of Show in a major competition and bring that rose to market.The...
|  | Everything's Eventual: 14 Dark Tales
Release Date: December 30, 2002International bestselling author Stephen King is in terrifying top form with his first collection of short stories in almost a decade. In this spine-chilling compilation, King takes readers down a road less traveled (for good reason) in the blockbuster e-Book "Riding the Bullet," bad table service turns bloody when you stop in for "Lunch at the Gotham Café," and terror becomes déjàvu all over again when you get "That Feeling, You Can Only Say What It Is in French" -- along with eleven more stories that will keep you awake until daybreak. Enter a ...
|  | MizUnderstood
Publication Date: September 20, 2012Nikki Sanchez is a straightforward hood chick from Washington D.C. Tormented by her past, she tries to move forward and cope with her life by seeking the help of a family psychologist. Unable to get efficient help she decides to live life by her own rules. A bracing, shocking, and disturbing account of life scarred by torment and unthinkable violence.Slowly remembering her painful childhood makes everything come together full circle as she realizes her life has been full of nothing but lies and mind games. She is out to not only get revenge, but also seek ...
|  | A Poem for What's Her Name
Publication Date: February 1, 2007Doc has given up on love.After a number of disastrous dates with women she met on an Internet dating site, the college professor has fully resigned herself to the fact that the perfect woman just doesn’t exist.Fully prepared for a lifetime of loneliness, she is amazed to find a message in her inbox worth reading twice. Pulling herself out of dating retirement for one last attempt, Doc soon discovers that her sarcastic Internet profile is about to lead her toward a life-changing weekend. A Poem for What’s Her Name is the story of Doc’s humorous...
|  | Blood Brothers: A Novel
Release Date: August 2, 2011 Though they were raised by the same decent and well-respected parents, two brothers could not be more different than Frank and Joe Arnold. The pair have nothing in common but blood . . . and Alice Jacobs. Joe has fallen hard for the shy, kindhearted young woman. But it is Frank, a devious schemer, who is determined to have her. He sees Alice as the key to his fortune, and will do everything, including hide his brutal nature, to succeed. When Frank and Alice announce their engagement, Joe leaves home, determined to put distance between himself and temptation. De...
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|  | The Convent of Pleasure" and Other Plays
Publication Date: April 27, 1999Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle (1623-1673), until recently remembered more as a flamboyant eccentric than as a serious writer, was in fact the most prolific, thought-provoking, and original woman writer of the Restoration. Cavendish is the author of many poems, short stories, biographies, memoirs, letters, philosophical and scientific works (includingThe Description of a New World, Called The Blazing World, the first work of science fiction by a woman), and nineteen plays. "The Convent of Pleasure" and Other Plays collects four of Cavendish's dramati...
|  | Christmas at Bethlehem Gulch: An 'Old West' Children's Musical about the Coming of the Savior
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|  | Over the Roofs of the World
Publication Date: April 1, 2005Using nature as both model and metaphor, Toronto resident Olive Senior delves into birds, flying, and Caribbean life in her third book of poems. Following her much-loved collections, Gardening in the Tropics and Talking of Trees, this long-awaited book of poems is sure to delight readers around the world. Translated into several languages, represented in numerous anthologies, and broadcast in Canada, Britain, and the Caribbean, Senior's work enjoys international acclaim. Her work is taught at universities around the world, and her short story collection, Summer...
|  | Sophia of Hanover: Mother of George I and Ancestor of the House of Windsor
Publication Date: May 28, 2010Sophia, Electress of Hanover (1630-1714), grand-daughter of James I and mother of George I, is best remembered as the link between the Houses of Stuart and Hanover. But, above all, she was a gifted and prolific chronicler; her detailed memoirs and letters give us an insider's view of life in the top echelons of society in the 16th century. Duggan has translated Sophia's memoir and thousands of letters to paint a remarkable portrait of a woman who deserves to be known today. ...
|  | The Power of Parable: How Fiction by Jesus Became Fiction about Jesus
Release Date: March 6, 2012 In 1969, I was teaching at two seminaries in the Chicago area. One of my courses was on the parables by Jesus and the other was on the resurrection stories about Jesus. I had observed that the parabolic stories by Jesus seemed remarkably similar to the resurrection stories about Jesus. Were the latter intended as parables just as much as the former? Had we been reading parable, presuming history, and misunderstanding both? —from The Power of Parable So begins the quest of renowned Jesus scholar John Dominic Crossan as he unlocks the true meanings and purpos...
|  | Collateral Damage (The Sisterhood: Rules of the Game, Book 4)
Release Date: October 1, 2008Through all their adventures, the bond of the Sisterhood has remained steadfast and unshakeable. But for the first time, the Sisterhood verges on falling apart when the ladies have to choose between two difficult assignments. The first job guarantees a huge paycheck; the second offers a presidential pardon - and a chance to finally emerge from hiding.For the sake of their union, the gals put aside their differences and focus on a new mission. A mysterious Washington, D.C. political operative needs them to track down a computer hacker who has stolen a highly class...
|  | Regency Match
Release Date: November 1, 1986Infuriated when the stuffy young Earl of Wynwood rudely snubs her at a high-society ball, the indignant Sophia Edgerton decides to give him a lesson in manners, with romantic results. Reissue. ...
|  | Hot Summer Nights
Release Date: August 3, 2004It's "Sex and the Small Town" in three fun and flirty stories... You'll find both down-home dreams and big-time passion in Sander's City. The town's love affair with baseball sparks some scorching affairs off the field. And the men are fair game...In "Hot August Night," Erin O'Shea is a high school principal with sports on her mind. The school's lack of a baseball coach coincides with her lack of a man. Luckily, bad-boy former pro Michael Manning is ready and willing to fill both positions."Heat Wave" finds Josey Cooper, a recently divorced drama teacher, roun...
|  | A Ticket To The Boneyard: A Matthew Scudder Crime Novel
Release Date: December 1, 1991| Series: Matthew Scudder Mysteries Twelve years ago, Matthew Scudder lied to a jury to put James Leo Motley behind bars. Now the ingenious psychopath is free. And the alcoholic ex-cop-turned-p.i. must pay dearly for his sins. Friends and former lovers -- even strangers unfortunate enough to share Scudder's name -- are turning up dead. Because a vengeful maniac is determined not to rest until he's driven his nemesis back to the bottle...and then to the boneyard. ...
|  | Enter a Murderer: Inspector Roderick Alleyn #2
Publication Date: September 16, 2012| Series: Inspector Roderick Alleyn Ngaio Marsh was, among other things, a well-respected theatrical producer (having started out as an actress), and her passion for and knowledge of the theater was displayed in many of Alleyn’s adventures. In Enter a Murderer, the Inspector has been invited to an opening night, a new play in which two characters quarrel and then struggle for a gun, with predictably sad results. Even sadder, the gun was not, in fact, loaded with blanks. ...
|  | The annotated Sherlock Holmes: The four novels and fifty-six short stories complete
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|  | Careers for Mystery Buffs & Other Snoops and Sleuths (McGraw-Hill Careers for You)
Publication Date: March 24, 2004| Series: McGraw-Hill Careers for You The inspiring Careers for You series shows career explorers how to examine the job market through the unique lens of their own interests--and find new happiness in the workplace. Vital information on each job includes:The latest data on training and educationStories of success from each fieldAdvice on assessing job skills and marketing them well in an interviewExpert advice on finding and getting the jobResources for further career exploration in each specific field ...
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