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| | Myths, Legends, and Folktales of America: An Anthology Publication Date: July 27, 2000This marvelous collection brings together the great myths and legends of the United States--from the creation stories of the first inhabitants, to the tall tales of the Western frontier, to the legendary outlaws of the 1920s, and beyond. This thoroughly engaging anthology is sweeping in its scope, embracing Big Foot and Windigo, Hiawatha and Uncle Sam, Paul Revere and Billy the Kid, and even the Iroquois Flying Head and Elvis. In the book's section on dogmas and icons, for instance, Leeming and Page discuss the American melting pot, the notion of manifest desti...
| | La Casa (Spanish Edition) Publication Date: August 15, 2006Un alucinante thriller sobrenatural dónde los personajes seencuentran cara a cara con el pecadoFrank Peretti y TedDekker, dos de los escritores más reconocidos en novelas de ficción, hanunido sus fuerzas por primera vez para crear una historia como ningunaotra que hayas leído. Entra en La casa, donde te encontrarás enmedio del juego mortal de un asesino en el cual la única manera de ganares perdiendo y la única manera de salir está dentro. Un juego, sietejugadores, y tres reglas. ...
| | Battlefield Earth Publication Date: May 19, 2011A towering masterwork of science fiction adventure and one of the best-selling science fiction novels of all time. L. Ron Hubbard's "Battlefield Earth" opens with breathtaking scope on an Earth dominated for 1,000 years by an alien invader--and man is an endangered species. From the handful of surviving humans a courageous leader emerges--Jonnie Goodboy Tyler, who challenges the invincible might of the alien Psychlo empire in a battle of epic scale, danger and intrigue with the fate of the Earth and of the universe in the tenouos balance. ...
| | The Gallery (New York Review Books Classics) Release Date: March 31, 2004| Series: New York Review Books Classics "The first book of real magnitude to come out of the last war." —John Dos PassosJohn Horne Burns brought The Gallery back from World War II, and on publication in 1947 it became a critically-acclaimed bestseller. However, Burns's early death at the age of 36 led to the subsequent neglect of this searching book, which captures the shock the war dealt to the preconceptions and ideals of the victorious Americans.Set in occupied Naples in 1944, The Gallery takes its name from the Galleria Umberto, a bombed-out arcade whe...
| | The Value Of Rain Publication Date: November 30, 2011Charles is 14, and after being discovered with his first love he is forced into a mental hospital to cure his sexuality. For the next ten years he endures mental and physical torture as part of that treatment and when he is finally free, he begins a relentless quest for vengeance against the woman who abetted his commitment into that hospital, his mother Charlotte. The Value of Rain chronicles Charles’ journey from hate to the unexpected beginning of redemption, and reveals the destructive nature of families, secrets and revenge.What are people say...
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| | The Witch of Edmonton (New Mermaids) Publication Date: July 31, 1998| Series: New Mermaids It is a historical phenomenon that while thousands of women were beingburnt as witches in early modern Europe, the English - although therewere a few celebrated trials and executions, one of which the playdramatises - were not widely infected by the witch-craze. The stageseems to have provided an outlet for anxieties about witchcraft, aswell as an opportunity for public analysis. The Witch of Edmonton(1621) manifests this fundamentally reasonable attitude, with Dekkerinsisting on justice for the poor and oppressed, Ford providingpsycholog...
| | Woods, Lakeboat, Edmond Publication Date: January 14, 1994"The Woods," described by the Chicago Daily News as a “beautifully conceived love story,” is a modern dramatic parable in which a young man and woman who spend a night in his family’s cabin experience passion, then disillusionment, but are in the end reconciled by mutual need.In "Lakeboat," eight crew members aboard a merchant ship exchange their wild fantasies about sex, gambling, and violence.In "Edmond," a man set morally adrift leaves an unfulfilling marriage to find sex, adventure, companionship, and, ultimately, the meaning of his exi...
| | En las orillas del Sar (COLECCION LETRAS HISPANICAS) (Letras Hispanicas / Hispanic Writings) (Spanish Edition) Publication Date: January 1, 2006| Series: Letras Hispanicas / Hispanic Writings (Book 229) This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worl...
| | Milton and the English Revolution Publication Date: January 31, 1979Hill uses the learning gathered in a lifetime's study of 17th-century England to carry out a major reassessment of Milton as man, politician, poet and, above all, religious thinker. ...
| | Jack Kerouac, Recording Artist (#5) Publication Date: 1997Essays and information on Jack Kerouac's recordings. ...
| | The Governess Publication Date: March 28, 2010Lovely Miss Hunnicut eagerly embarks upon a career as governess, hoping to escape the memories of her broken engagement. Little does she know that Crawleigh Manor is far from the respectable household it appears to be. Mr.Crawleigh, in particular, devotes himself to Miss Hunnicut's thorough defiling. Soon the young governess proves herself worthy of the perverse master of the house - though there may be even more depraved (and unearthly) powers at work in gloomy Crawleigh Manor.M. S. Valentine is the internationally bestselling author of the contemporary eroti...
| | Haunted Warrior (Signet Eclipse) Release Date: January 3, 2012| Series: Signet Eclipse Kendra Chase is exhausted from her work as a ghost whisperer, so she'sbeen looking forward to her vacation in Edinburgh. But work awaits heras the tiny fishing village is being excavated, and supernaturaluprisings have been reported.Graeme MacGrath knows the source of the psychic trouble. The excavationis disrupting the protective veil between this world and darker, moreancient ones. He hates to admit it but he will need the fetching Kendraand her paranormal abilities to save the town he loves from unspeakableevil. ...
| | A Regency Christmas: Five New Stories Release Date: September 1, 1998Make the season bright with these original stories of Christmas love, written by five award-winning Regency authors--Elisabeth Fairchild, Carla Kelly, Allison Lane, Edith Layton, and Barbara Metzger. Heartwarming, celebratory, and romantic, each delighful story in this eighth book in the "Regency Christmas" series captures the essence of the Yuletide spirit. ...
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| | Friends for Calico! Release Date: May 6, 2008| Age Level: 1 and up...
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