 | Silence
Publication Date: February 15, 1980"Silence I regard as a masterpiece, a lucid and elegant drama."Irving Howe. -- The New York Times Review Of Books ...
 |  | The Madman Theory
Publication Date: September 17, 2012It is 1962 and there are children at play in the White House for the first time since the presidency of William Howard Taft. Richard Nixon, the vigorous 49-year-old president, has been in office less than two years, having won election by a razor-thin margin over Senator John Kennedy. In Moscow, the wildly unpredictable Nikita Khrushchev is looking forward to visiting his cherished revolutionary leader, Fidel Castro. Just 90 miles from American shores, Khrushchev will announce an audacious and dangerous nuclear stunt to abruptly shift the balance of power:...
|  | Chemistry
Publication Date: April 2003The Webb family seems genetically disposed towards medicine. Don, the eldest brother, runs a small town pharmacy. Penny, the abused wife, neglectful mother and firebrand sister, is a doctor. And Jamie, the youngest son, who hasn't been back to their small town in New Zealand for twenty years, has been self-medicating with heroin for longer than seems physically possible. Sally and Shane, a couple of heroin addicts who live in the same small town, become entangled with the Webbs through Don's methadone clinic. And then Jamie moves back, setting off a chemical react...
|  | Remainders
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|  | An Beal Bocht
Publication Date: October 1998| ISBN-10: 0853427941 | ISBN-13: 978-0853427940| Edition: 6th Brilliant satire on Gaeltacht and lugubrious Gaeltacht memoirists. ...
|  | Coaching Football's 3-3-5 Defense
Publication Date: November 2004Features a complete playbook for the 3-3-5 defense, capable of dealing with all of the problems that may confront a modern defense. Includes all of the terminology necessary to install the entire system, with detailed explanations and over 150 illustrations of how to stop football’s most explosive running play with the 3-3-5 defense. Contains the assignments and techniques necessary to implement the most effective pass coverages (both man and zone) versus the modern passing game. Offers a complete stunt package that complements and enhances each pass cover...
|  | FROM PORN TO THE PULPIT...
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|  | The Iliad of Homer (Oxford Myths and Legends)
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|  | Lies and Fiction in the Ancient World
Publication Date: 1993Where the boundary lies between falsehood and fiction, between an actual untruth and an admitted invention, has set off many debates in intellectual circles. In classical studies, this issue has gained prominence through the upsurge of interest in the ancient novel and through recent work on the rhetorical character of ancient historiography. This pathfinding collection of essays charts the borderland between falsehood and fiction in the ancient world, especially by considering how far "lying" was distinguished from "fiction" at different periods and in different genres...
|  | The Religion of Humanity: The Impact of Comtean Positivism on Victorian Britain
Publication Date: September 11, 2008| ISBN-10: 0521078970 | ISBN-13: 978-0521078979| Edition: 1 The Religion of Humanity, first expounded by the founder of Positivism, Auguste Comte, focused the minds of a wide range of prominent Victorians on the possibility of replacing Christianity with an alternative religion based on scientific principles and humanist values. This new book traces the impact of Comte's 'religion' on Victorian Britain, showing how its ideas were championed by John Stuart Mill and George Henry Lewes before being institutionalised by Richard Congreve and Frederic Harris...
|  | Das surrealistische Kriegsbild bei Max von Moos (Edition Voldemeer Z
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|  | The D-Word: Divorce Through A Child's Eyes
Publication Date: August 15, 2012Intended to inform and inspire, The D-Word is an honest, firsthand look at divorce and its ramifications. Parents, grandparents, friends, attorneys and counselors are invited to glimpse 12-year-old Gina's experience and learn how their actions shape reality for children of divorce. Through real-life examples, The D-Word addresses issues such as conflict, communication, alienation, attitudes and, ultimately, moving on. When Gina's parents decide to separate, she finds herself propelled toward adulthood on the emotional roller coaster ride of her life. Gon...
|  | The Chameleon's Shadow (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard)
Release Date: March 10, 2009| Series: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard From the author of The Devil's Feather comes a haunting psychological thriller about a scarred Iraq war veteran whose physical trauma may reflect the inner turmoil of a killer.Somewhere in the endless, deadly desert between Basra and Baghdad, Lieutenant Charles Acland's convoy was attacked. Recovering in the hospital, Charles is crippled by migraines and suspicious of his doctors. He grows uncharacteristically aggressive, particularly against women. Rejecting cosmetic surgery, he moves to London. There he sinks into a quagmire ...
|  | Double Shot (Goldy Culinary Mysteries, Book 12)
Release Date: August 30, 2005Caterer supreme Goldy Schulz has more on her plate than she can handle. Her ultra-charming, ultra-wealthy, and seriously psychopathic ex-husband, Dr. John Richard Korman (aka "the Jerk"), is free now that the governor of Colorado has commuted his prison sentence. And someone -- the Jerk, perhaps -- has taken great pains to sabotage Goldy's latest culinary endeavor, a post-funeral reception for a friend at a local lodge. But even more than the anonymous threats, rumors, and violence that have lately been directed Goldy's way, it's her discovery of a fresh corpse t...
|  | World of 1001 Mysteries
Publication Date: February 21, 1994The Council of the Federation of Universes has decreed that the universe is to be destroyed. Not just the Earth, but the Sun, the Stars, Space, Time - everything. No-one can convince the appeals judge that he is wrong - until he visits Earth. ...
|  | How Teddy Bears Are Made: A Visit to the Vermont Teddy Bear Factory
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|  | Fitter, Faster, Funnier: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about the Olympics But Were Afraid to Ask
Publication Date: February 1, 2012From unbelievable tales of triumph (with all the shocking bits left in) to incredible facts about Olympic athletes, this is an aspirational, informative, interactive and hilarious guide to the Olympics - what they're all about and what made them what they are today. Packed with funny illustrations, inspirational ideas and amazing activities, this is a brilliant guide to the Olympics past and present. ...
|  | R is for Rhyme: A Poetry Alphabet
Publication Date: February 4, 2010| Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up From acrostics to ballads to meter and metaphor, enjoy this collection of poems that illustrate poetic tools, terms, and techniques. Each term and technique is demonstrated. ...
|  | Katarina
Publication Date: April 1998| Age Level: 10 and up During World War II in Slovakia, a young Jewish girl in hiding becomes a devout Catholic and is sustained by her belief that she will return home to her family as soon as the war ends. ...
|  | A Tree Place: And Other Poems
Publication Date: March 1, 1994| Age Level: 8 and up A collection of forty poems about nature and the outdoor world. ...
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