 | The Cocktail Party
Publication Date: March 18, 1964| Series: Harvest Book A modern verse play about the search for meaning, in which a psychiatrist is the catalyst for the action. “An authentic modern masterpiece” (New York Post). “Eliot really does portray real-seeming characters. He cuts down his poetic effects to the minimum, and then finally rewards us with most beautiful poetry” (Stephen Spender). ...
 |  | Sleepwalking in Daylight
Publication Date: February 24, 2009Once defined by her career and independence, stay-at-home mom Samantha Friedman finds that her days have been reduced to errands, car pools and suburban gossip. What was an easy decision for Sam years ago has become a nagging awareness that this life was "her choice." Now she deals with a husband who shows up for dinner but is too preoccupied for conversation, and a daughter swathed in black clothing and Goth makeup who won't talk at all.Believing she's an adopted mistake, seventeen-year-old Cammy has fallen into sex and drugs and pours herself into a journ...
|  | The Summer Guest
Release Date: May 31, 2005Winner of the PEN/Hemingway Award for his radiant novel in stories, Mary and O’Neil, Justin Cronin has already been hailed as a writer of astonishing gifts. Now Cronin’s new novel, The Summer Guest, fulfills that promise—and more. With a rare combination of emotional insight, narrative power, and lyrical grace, Cronin transforms the simple story of a dying man’s last wish into a rich tapestry of family love. On an evening in late summer, the great financier Harry Wainwright, nearing the end of his life, arrives at a rustic fishing camp in a r...
|  | City of the Dead (Resident Evil #3)
Publication Date: May 1, 1999| Series: Resident Evil (Pocket) (Book 3) A rookie cop and a resourceful young woman in search of her brother venture into Raccoon City on the very night that a horrifying viral outbreak has transformed every man, woman, and child into one of the living dead. ...
|  | The Judas Virus
Release Date: November 4, 2003It starts with a successful liver transplant for a dying alcoholic. It ends with a virus that leaves its victims screaming in pain before they die. And the death toll is rising...In this timely medical thriller, author David Best taps into our deepest fears-and gives readers a nightmare vision of the side effects of experimental surgery. ...
|  | The Everything Classical Mythology Book: Greek and Roman Gods, Goddesses, Heroes, and Monsters from Ares to Zeus (Everything (Reference))
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|  | Dante's Two Beloveds: Ethics and Erotics in the "Divine Comedy"
Publication Date: November 11, 2008| ISBN-10: 0300125429 | ISBN-13: 978-0300125429Re-examining key passages in Dante’s oeuvre in the light of the crucial issue of moral choice, this book provides a new thematic framework for interpreting the Divine Comedy. Olivia Holmes shows how Dante articulated the relationship between the human and the divine as an erotic choice between two attractive women—Beatrice and the “other woman.” Investigating the traditions and archetypes that contributed to the formation of Dante’s two beloveds, Holmes shows how Dante b...
|  | De Profundis (Clasicos de la literatura series) (Spanish Edition)
Publication Date: September 1, 2008| Series: Clasicos de la literatura series For lovers of timeless classics, this series of beautifully packaged and affordably priced editions of world literature encompasses a variety of literary genres, including theater, novels, poems, and essays. Los lectores tomarán un gran placer en descubrir los clásicos con estas bellas y económicas ediciones de las grandes obras literarias. Esta selección editorial cuenta con títulos que abarcan todos los géneros literarios, desde teatro, narrativa, poesía y el ensayo. ...
|  | Mrs. McGinty's Dead: A Hercule Poirot Mystery (Hercule Poirot Mysteries)
Release Date: October 25, 2011| Series: Hercule Poirot MysteriesMrs. McGinty died from a brutal blow to the back of her head. Suspicion falls immediately on her shifty lodger, James Bentley, whose clothes reveal traces of the victim’s blood and hair. Yet something is amiss: Bentley just doesn’t seem like a murderer. Could the answer lie in an article clipped from a newspaper two days before the death? With a desperate killer still free, Hercule Poirot will have to stay alive long enough to find out. . . ....
|  | Sleuths in Skirts: An Analysis and Bibliography of Serialized Female Sleuths
Publication Date: May 15, 2002| ISBN-10: 0815338848 | ISBN-13: 978-0815338840Basing their analysis on a bibliography of more than 2280 books featuring 522 characters in American mystery fiction, the authors look at how the fictional female detective has changed over 100 years to an activist dealing with contemporary social problems. ...
|  | Finding Nemo Read-Along Storybook and CD
Release Date: July 31, 2012| Age Level: 3 and up Marlin, Nemo, Dory, and all your favorite characters from Finding Nemo star in this exciting storybook-and-CD set. This retelling of the beloved Disney•Pixar film features word-for-word narration, thrilling sound effects, and the voices of Ellen DeGeneres, Albert Brooks, Willem Dafoe, and other actors from the original movie! Follow along as Marlin meets his forgetful friend Dory, some very hungry sharks, and a band of groovy sea turtles in the search for his lost son, Nemo. ...
|  | Ukrainian Folk Tales
Publication Date: December 1999| Age Level: 7 and up In this volume will be found not only many of the familiar ingredients of folklore, but many surprising Slavic twists as well. Greed and gullibility are justly punished; quick wits and ingenuity triumph over brutish strength every time; but these animals, the fox and the wild boar, the bear, the faithful dog, even a surprising cat who announces, "I am Pan Kotsky! I am the most frightful animal in the woods. I tear to pieces whomever I please!" -- are mirrors of human foibles and failings and reflect a humorous commentary on life in general...
|  | A Dragon Named Dragon
Publication Date: July 27, 2010Update: All KNOWN typos are fixed in the current versionThis story began as a writing assignment in Rachel's 6th grade English class.This is a fun-loving, witty story about finding friendship in the oddest of places. A young girl accidentally wanders onto the home of a dragon, known as "the Dragon". Through enlightening conversations and humorous mishaps, a unique bond emerges between the two, leading to a surprising and warm ending. AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY:Author Rachel, 15 years old, is a young high school student who spends her free time using her vivid...
|  | Ralph Tells a Story
Release Date: September 18, 2012| Age Level: 6 and up | Grade Level: 1st and up Nothing ever happens to Ralph. So every day when it’s time to write stories, Ralph thinks really hard. He stares at his paper. He stares at the ceiling. But he has no stories! With the help of his classmates, Ralph realizes that a great story can be about something very little . . . and that maybe he really does have some stories to tell. Debut author/illustrator Abby Hanlon’s endearing text and charming watercolor and colored pencil illustrations prove that writing can be fun! This story works nice...
|  | Basketball Stars
Publication Date: January 6, 1997Introduction by Peter Vecsey. America's favorite larger-than-life sports heroes are celebrated in the first book designed to capture the heights of their talents and fame--an awesome 7 1/2" X 18" album of full-color photographs, biographical profiles, stats and more for basketball players from Bill Russell to Dr. J and Karl Malone. ...
|  | God Gave Us the World
Release Date: January 11, 2011| Age Level: 3 and up...
|  | Chasing Vermeer
Publication Date: May 1, 2005| Age Level: 8 and up This bewitching first novel is a puzzle, wrapped in a mystery, disguised as an adventure, and delivered as a work of art.When a book of unexplainable occurences brings Petra and Calder together, strange things start to happen: Seemingly unrelated events connect; an eccentric old woman seeks their company; an invaluable Vermeer painting disappears.Before they know it, the two find themselves at the center of an international art scandal, where no one is spared from suspicion.As Petra and Calder are drawn clue by clue into a mysterious labyrin...
|  | Vengeance Trail (Wilderness)
Publication Date: October 1991| Series: Wilderness (Book 7) In two tales of the wild West, Nate King and Shakespeare McNair test their survival skills after accidentally offending two Flathead Indians, and Nate takes part in a deadly buffalo hunt, with the lives of his wife and child at stake. Original." --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title....
|  | Misty's Twilight
Release Date: May 22, 2007| Age Level: 8 and up Misty's Twilight is part thouroughbred, part Chinoteague pony, and one hundred percent fire and talent. A direct descendant of the most famous pony ever, Misty of Chinoteague, Twilight has greatness in her blood. Now it's her turn to shine, perhaps as a cutting horse, a jumper, or in the graceful art of dressage. Can Twilight, whose ancestors were wild ponies living on an untamed island, do it? Can she compute against the best horses in the world...and win?...
|  | My Love For You Board Book
Release Date: January 1, 1999| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up Over 50,000 copies sold and their love continues to grow! In this wildly popular board book edition of Susan Roth's successful counting book, two mice walk together--and find that their love is bigger than 1 bear, taller than 2 giraffes, and larger than 3 blue whales. As they journey from 1 to 10, they discover that their love is greater than anything they can imagine. School Library Journal said My Love for You is "cozy and reassuring...a good choice for sharing," and Booklist praised it as "a counting book with...a ...
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