 | Life Is Short But Wide
Release Date: March 24, 2009Beloved writer J. California Cooper has won a legion of loyal fans and much critical acclaim for her powerful storytelling gifts. In language both spare and direct yet wondrously lyrical, LIFE IS SHORT BUT WIDE is an irresistible story of family that proves no matter who you are or what you do, you are never too old to chase your dreams.Like the small towns J. California Cooper has so vividly portrayed in her previous novels and story collections, Wideland, Oklahoma, is home to ordinary Americans struggling to raise families, eke out a living, and fulfill their dr...
 |  | El Juego del
Release Date: May 13, 2008| Series: Vintage Espanol En la turbulenta Barcelona de los años 20, un joven escritor obsesionado con un amor imposible recibe la oferta de un misterioso editor para escribir un libro como no ha existido nunca, a cambio de una fortuna y, tal vez, mucho más.Con un estilo deslumbrante e impecable el autor de La Sombra del Viento, nos transporta de nuevo a la Barcelona del Cementerio de los Libros Olvidados para ofrecernos una gran aventura de intriga, romance y tragedia, a través de un laberinto de traición y secretos donde el embrujo de los libro...
|  | Devotions upon Emergent Occasions
Publication Date: April 16, 1987One of Donne's most important and haunting works in prose, Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions was composed in less than a month, during an illness that nearly cost the writer his life.Donne divided the book into twenty-three sections, each corresponding to a stage of his illness and each consisting of a meditation, an expostulation, and a prayer. Filled with powerful images of mortality and immortality that have moved readers throughout the centuries, it provides a coherent spiritual message relevant not only to Donne's life but to the lives of all people. ...
|  | Paso Por Aqui ( Western Frontier Library)
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|  | Manhattan Transfer: A Novel
Publication Date: September 2, 2003Considered by many to be John Dos Passos's greatest work, Manhattan Transfer is an "expressionistic picture of New York" (New York Times) in the 1920s that reveals the lives of wealthy power brokers and struggling immigrants alike. From Fourteenth Street to the Bowery, Delmonico's to the underbelly of the city waterfront, Dos Passos chronicles the lives of characters struggling to become a part of modernity before they are destroyed by it.More than seventy-five years after its first publication, Manhattan Transfer still stands as "a novel of the very first ...
|  | A Fine Balance (Modern Plays)
Publication Date: April 5, 2007| Series: Modern Plays Based on the Booker-shortlisted novel by Rohinton Mistry andadapted by Sudha Bhuchar and Kristine Landon-Smith, this programme textedition of A Fine Balance is published to coincide with Tamasha Theatre Company's 2007 revival and tour of the hit play.India, 1975, and a callous government has declared a State of Emergency.In these uncertain times a spirited Parsi widowdetermined to avoid a second marriage takes a student boarder and twoHindu tailors into her ramshackle flat. The four strangers whose lives havebecome inextricably linked fin...
|  | Studies in Islamic poetry (Volume 2)
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|  | The brazen tower: Essays on mythological imagery in the French Renaissance and Baroque (Stanford French and Italian studies)
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| | Tragic Victory: The Doctrine of Subjective Salvation in the Poetry of W. B. Yeats
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|  | The Fowl and the Pussycat: Love Letters of Michael Field, 1876-1909 (Victorian Literature and Culture Series)
Publication Date: December 1, 2008| Series: Victorian Literature and Culture Series Michael Field was the pseudonym used by Katherine Bradley (1846-1914) and Edith Cooper (1862-1913) coauthors and lovers for the poetry and verse drama they published. This edition of the love letters of Michael Field brings together for the first time a personal correspondence thought lost by critics. As the first modern scholarly edition of any of Michael Field's writings, the 168 letters represent a treasure trove of almost untouched manuscript material, including many from the critical early years (1876-18...
|  | An Improper Aristocrat (Harlequin Historical)
Publication Date: December 1, 2008| Series: Harlequin Historical (Book 924) Rapscallion! Rake! Wanderer! Adventurer!All accusations that the Earl of Treyford acknowledges with pride. The scandalous son of a disgraced mother, he has no time for the pretty niceties of the ton, nor the simpering debutantes who populate its ballrooms.He has returned to England to aid an "aging" spinster facing an undefined danger. But Miss Latimer's dark and sultry beauty, her fascinating mix of knowledge and innocence, arouse far more than his protective instincts.Can such an improper aristocrat learn to be the...
|  | The Return of Sherlock Holmes
Release Date: June 4, 2008ReadHowYouWant publishes a wide variety of best selling books in Large and Super Large fonts in partnership with leading publishers. EasyRead books are available in 11pt and 13pt. type. EasyRead Large books are available in 16pt, 16pt Bold, and 18pt Bold type. EasyRead Super Large books are available in 20pt. Bold and 24pt. Bold Type. You choose the format that is right for you.This is Volume Volume 1 of 2-Volume Set.To purchase the complete set, you will need to order the other volumes separately: to find them, search for the following ISBNs: 9781427055538Published...
|  | The Keys to the Kingdom #6: Superior Saturday
Publication Date: February 1, 2010| Age Level: 8 and up...
|  | The Ghost in the Noonday Sun
Release Date: April 10, 2007| Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and upSo begin the adventures of young Oliver Finch, born at the stroke of midnight. Believing that Oliver can spy out ghosts, Captain Scratch kidnaps him, bringing him aboard the notorious pirate vessel Bloody Hand. The ship sails the high seas in pursuit of the ghost of Gentleman Jack, who paces his grave where the pirate treasure lies buried. A despicable pirate captain, a mutinous crew, a band of sly sea ghosts—Oliver is determined to outfox them all and get safely home. It's a tale of treachery, intrigue, and su...
|  | Jack and the Beanstalk
Release Date: September 12, 2006| Age Level: 3 and up | Grade Level: P and up Jack's turn of fortune signals an exciting new direction for Matt Tavares, whose stunning full-color artwork enlivens this classic gift edition.Jack can't seem to do anything useful for his poor mother. He can't even conduct an errand as simple as selling the cow; instead, he trades the beast for a handful of beans. But then, amazingly, those very beans sprout into a towering stalk, elevating Jack to a strange land ruled by a greedy giant. Jack must be clever and brave as he tries to return the giant's stolen treas...
|  | Scholastic Year In Sports 2012 (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)
Publication Date: December 1, 2011FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. This must-have sports almanac will tell you everything you need to know about the most thrilling moments of the previous year in sports. ...
|  | Children of the Red King
Publication Date: July 18, 2011It is the year 1209 and time for gathering of the clan at the fort of the Red King of Connacht. The Irish nobles are to choose between Fergus, the King's son and Felim, the King's brother, for the heir to the throne. But Fergus is missing, trapped within the monastery at Athenmore by a surprise advance of the Norman enemy. And Felim is secretly plotting to overthrow the King . . . So begins the griping story of the children of Cormac the Red King of Connacht, Grania and Fergus, whose courage, devotion to honor, and ingenuity in the face of great trials win them...
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|  | My Knight's Castle (Peep Through Play Books)
Publication Date: May 1, 2008| Age Level: 2 and up...
|  | The Tree That Bear Climbed
Publication Date: August 10, 2012The Tree That Bear Climbed is a creative twist on the classic, The House that Jack Built. Young listeners and early readers will love the rhythmic repetition as they learn about the many parts of a tree. Beginning with the roots that anchor the tree, this cumulative verse story climbs to a surprise ending. Why is the bear so eager to climb the tree and what happens when he gets to the top? Kate Rietz's vivid and detailed illustrations will enthrall children of all ages.4 pg For Creative Minds educational section in the back30-40 pg cross-curricular Teaching A...
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