| Vampire Breath (Goosebumps) Publication Date: October 1999 ...
| | The Lieutenants: Brotherhood of War Release Date: November 15, 1986They were the young ones, the bright ones, the ones with the dreams. From the Nazi-prowled wastes of North Africa to the bloody corridors of Europe, they answered the call gladly. It was their duty, their job, their life. They marched off as boys, and they came back--those who made it--as soldiers and professionals forged in the heat of battle... ...
| | Doctor Who: Borrowed Time Publication Date: August 2, 2011| Series: Doctor Who (Book 155) Andrew Brown never has enough time. No time to call his sister, no time to prepare for that important presentation at the bank where he works... the train's late, the lift jams, the all-important meeting's started by the time he arrives. Disaster. If only he'd had just a little more time. Time is the business of Mr Symington and Mr Blenkinsop. They'll lend Andrew Brown some time - at a very reasonable rate of interest. If he was in trouble before he borrowed time, things have just got a lot worse! Detecting a problem, the Doctor...
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| | The Subject Steve: A Novel Release Date: March 1, 2011Meet Steve (not his real name), a Special Case, in truth a Terminal Case, and the eponymous antihero of Sam Lipsyte’s first novel. Steve has been informed by two doctors that he is dying of a condition of unquestioned fatality, with no discernible physical cause. Eager for fame, and to brand the new plague, they dub it Goldfarb-Blackstone Preparatory Extinction Syndrome, or PREXIS for short. Turns out, though, Steve’s just dying of boredom. The Subject Steve is a dazzling debut—by turns manic, ebullient, and exquisitely deadpan—Sam Lipsyte i...
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| | The Taste for Nothingness: A Study of Virtus and Related Themes in Lucan's Bellum Civile Publication Date: May 13, 2003Lucan, the young and doomed epic poet of the Age of Nero, is represented by only one surviving work, the Bellum Civile, which takes as its theme the civil war that destroyed the Roman Republic. An epic unlike any other, it rejects point by point the aesthetics of Vergil's Aeneid and describes a society and a cosmos plunged into anarchy. Language was a casualty of this anarchy. All terminological certitudes were lost, including those that traditionally attach to the Latin word virtus: heroism on the battlefield, rectitude in the conduct of life.The Taste for Noth...
| | Selected Poetry of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (Penguin Classics) Release Date: December 27, 2005| Series: Penguin Classics Goethe viewed the writing of poetry as essentially autobiographical, and the works selected in this volume represent more than sixty years in the life of the poet. In early poems such as "Prometheus," he rails against religion in an almost ecstatic fervor, while "To the Moon" is an enigmatic meditation on the end of a love affair. The Roman Elegies show Goethe’s use of Classical meters in an homage to ancient Rome and its poets, and "The Diary," suppressed for more than a century, is a narrative poem whose eroticism is combined ...
| | Studies in the Arthurian Legend (1891 ) Publication Date: October 21, 2009Originally published in 1891.This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies.All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notations and other marginalia present in the original volume. ...
| | The Norton Anthology of World Literature, Vol. B: 100-1500, 2nd Edition Publication Date: July 29, 2003| ISBN-10: 0393924513 | ISBN-13: 978-0393924510| Edition: 2nd Nine years ago, W. W. Norton changed the wayworld literature is taught by introducing TheNorton Anthology of World Masterpieces, Expanded Edition.Leading the field once again, Norton isproud to publish the anthology for the newcentury, The Norton Anthology of WorldLiterature, Second Edition. Now published in six paperback volumes (packaged in two attractiveslipcases), the new anthology boasts slimmervolumes, thicker paper, a bolder typeface, anddozens of newly included or newly translatedworks fr...
| | Odes of Pindar Including the Principal Fragments (Loeb Classical Library, No 56) ...
| | Stardust Publication Date: February 2002| ISBN-10: 1581510578 | ISBN-13: 978-1581510577| Edition: First Edition A riveting novel about fatal attraction between two young lovers entangled in time. In this fresh contribution to our cultural legacy from the Hoosier heartland, protagonist David Henry, through a combination of technology and serendipity, steps back in time more than a hundred years.David falls in love with Mary and the era she belongs to. Although sensing the tragedy of the fact that they are separated by a hundred years, David and Mary are too much in love to say goodbye.Stardust off...
| | Maya's Triple Dare [Divine Creek Ranch 6] (Siren Publishing Menage Everlasting) Publication Date: September 1, 2011| Series: Divine Creek Ranch [Siren Menage Everlasting: Erotic Cowboy Menage a Quatre Romance, M/F/M/M, sex toys, public exhibition] Kendall has adored Maya from afar for years, but he is done being her "go-to guy." He's always been her confidant and her husband's best friend. Now widowed, Maya is through with living life in half-measures and regrets never asking both men for what she wanted. A posthumous letter reveals Maya's husband knew she loved Kendall and challenges her to follow her heart. During a visit to Kendall and his brothers' ranch in Divine, ...
| | Green for Danger Publication Date: December 13, 1996Set in a military hospital during the blitz, this novel is one of Brand's most intricately plotted detection puzzles, executed with her characteristic cleverness and gusto. When a patient dies under the anesthetic and later the presiding nurse is murdered, Inspector Cockrill finds himself with six suspects--three doctors and three nurses--and not a discernible motive among them. ...
| | Time for Sherlock Holmes Publication Date: August 1, 2000Sherlock Holmes wanted to retire . . .When Holmes gives up the adventurous life of a consulting detective and retires to the Sussex countryside to raise bees, little does he or his old friend Dr. John Watson realize that their greatest adventures lies ahead-an adventure spanning centuries and extending across the solar system . . . for nothing elss than human civilization lies at state as Sherlock Holmes finds himself moving inexorably toward the final and most terrible confrontation with his ancient enemy, the time-jumping Napoleon of crime, Professor Moriart...
| | Meet Sailor Moon: Crystal Publication Date: August 1, 2000 ...
| | I Survived #7: I Survived the Battle of Gettysburg, 1863 Publication Date: January 1, 2013| Age Level: 7 and up...
| | Momotaro and the Island of Ogres Publication Date: May 17, 2005| Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up One of Japan's best-loved children's stories brought to life by the extraordinary imagery of an early nineteenth-century handscroll.The amazing adventures of Momotaro, a boy found inside a peach and raised by an elderly couple, is one of Japan's most popular folktales. An exquisite handscroll painted by Kano Naganobu (1775-1828) contains one of the finest illustrated versions of the tale known today. The illustrations are reproduced in their entirety as the story follows Momotaro's journey to the terrifying Island of...
| | Dr. Seuss Audio Collection: Happy Birthday to You! / The Big Brag / Gertrude McFuzz / Scrambled Eggs Super! / And to Think I Saw It on Mulberry Street Release Date: January 1, 1986| Age Level: 4 and up FROM THE IMAGINATION OF THE ONE-AND-ONLY DR. SEUSS ...A rollicking celebration of every child's favorite day, his or her birthday, leads off this collection of classic Dr. Seuss tales, narrated by the esteemed Hans Conried. From birthday cheer to Mulberry Street, this delightful recording captures the spirit of fun and imagination that has made Dr. Seuss one of the most beloved children's authors and illustrators of all time. This delightful cassette celebrates that special, exalted feeling children have about their birthdays. A charming col...
| | My Name is Jake Publication Date: July 11, 2012My Name Is Jake is a colorfully illustrated, rhyming book centered around a boy named Jake. Each page leads the reader through an activity that rhymes with Jake.This book is perfect for a young child or an early reader, just beginning to put letters into words and rhyming them together. ...
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