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 |  | Lady of Bolton Hill, The
Publication Date: June 1, 2011Female journalists are rare in 1879, but American-born Clara Endicott has finally made a name for herself with her provocative articles championing London's poor. When the backlash from her work forces a return home to Baltimore, Clara finds herself face-to-face with a childhood sweetheart who is no longer the impoverished factory worker she once knew. In her absence, Daniel Tremain has become a powerful industry giant and Clara finds him as enigmatic as ever. However, Daniel's success is fueled by resentment from past wounds and Clara's deeply-held beliefs abou...
|  | The Commitments
Release Date: July 17, 1989This funky, rude, unpretentious first novel traces the short, funny, and furious career of a group of working-class Irish kids who form a band, The Commitments. Their mission: to bring soul to Dublin! ...
|  | Strike Force
Release Date: April 29, 2008A new era appears to be dawning in the Middle East. But the free world must be wary of old enemies . . .Rebel Iranian General Hesarak al-Kan Buzhazi is launching a coup that could destroy Iran’s theocratic regime, and must turn to his old nemesis, U.S. Air Force Lieutenant-General Patrick McLanahan, for help. On presidential authority, McLanahan sends a new, top-secret fleet of XR-A9 Black Stallion spaceplanes into the fray. The strike force, capable of virtually instantaneous global reach—led by test pilot and astronaut Captain Hunter Noble—...
|  | Castle Rackrent and Ennui (Penguin Classics)
Release Date: January 5, 1993| Series: Penguin Classics Thady Quirk, devoted steward to the decaying estate of the Rackrent family, narrates a riotous story of four generations of a dying dynasty in Castle Rackrent (1800). Thady will defend his masters to the end, but eventually his naivety and blind loyalty cause him to ignore the warning signs as the family's excesses lead them to ruin. This volume also includes Ennui, the entertaining confessions' of the Earl of Glenthorn, a bored, spoiled aristocrat. Desperate to be free from the demon of ennui', Glenthorn's quest for happiness takes him...
|  | The Adventures of Ed Tuttle, Associate Justice, and Other Stories
Publication Date: May 1, 2012A zoo with only black and white animals. A camp where children are forced to gather clams or face a trip to the “hot box.” A Supreme Court Justice’s confirmation hearing presided over by the 1977 Kansas City Royals. The Adventures of Ed Tuttle, Associate Justice, and Other Stories transports the reader to these hilarious places and beyond. This is a world, according to Dan Kennedy, host of The Moth Storytelling Podcast, “where corporate cafeteria lunch servers blurt out Kierkegaard quotes to soften the hard luck of a low supply of the ...
|  | Pimp My Walker: The Official Book of Old Age Haiku
Publication Date: September 5, 2007A Guide For Growing Old With StyleGot a computerCan't use it yet, but it looksGood on the tableOccasionally a rare book comes along that approaches the matter of aging with sympathy, understanding, and sobriety. This book is not one of them. On the contrary, Pimp My Walker: The Official Book of Old Age Haiku by Mike Slosberg accepts aging with the solemnity of slipping on a banana peel. As the subtitle indicates, the author has taken the age-old art form of haiku and turned it into an art form for old age - or at least aging. Each of the 73 poems is a gem o...
|  | The girl who turned into tea: Poems of Minako Nagashima
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|  | Dostoevsky and English Modernism 1900-1930
Publication Date: February 23, 2006| ISBN-10: 0521024196 | ISBN-13: 978-0521024198| Edition: 1 This book examines how seven major English novelists--D. H. Lawrence, Virginia Woolf, Arnold Bennett, Joseph Conrad, E. M. Forster, Henry James, and John Galsworthy--responded to the work of the Russian writer Fyodor Dostoevsky in the early years of the twentieth century. Dostoevsky's work provoked heated and exaggerated responses, both positive and negative, from these English writers.A study of their literary and critical reactions to Dostoevsky illuminates their aesthetic and cultural values...
|  | Baddest Bad Boys
Publication Date: May 1, 2008These are the sexy bad boys no woman in her right mind would mess with. Except that they're wickedly irresistible, and will do anything to protect the woman they love - even if it means risking everything...For years, Robin MacNamara has been secretly in love with her big brother's friend Jon Amendola, but the sexy cop has never seen her as anything but a kid. Until Robin follows him to an isolated cabin to prove she's all grown up. Unfortunately, Jon's last case isn't quite closed - and someone wants payback...In need of a place to hide, Tommi Smith finds hersel...
|  | Blood Singers (Volume 1)
Publication Date: March 12, 2012A sub-species of human beings... Twenty-year old Julia Wade, a young woman tragically widowed, is in the middle of a bizarre bid between two mythical species who are vying for the unique properties she offers; her blood. The vampires need her to balance the food load of the human species and give them their coveted "Lightwalkers." The Were wish to be moonless changers; a Rare One can make that a reality. Julia wants to belong to herself. Can she free herself and begin a new life?Excerpt: *The Feral:He began to salivate before she pushed it ...
|  | Disney Baby: Nursery Rhymes
Release Date: January 10, 2012 ...
|  | Ganga: The River that Flows from Heaven to Earth
Publication Date: November 10, 2008| Age Level: 6 and up | Grade Level: 1 and up Tells how the Hindu goddess Ganga came to Earth as the Ganges River• Introduces children to one of the most beloved characters of Hindu mythology• Illustrated throughout with full-color paintings in traditional Indian styleThe Ganges River, which flows from the high reaches of the Himalayas all the way down to the Bay of Bengal, is sacred to the Hindu people, who consider it to be the earthly form of the goddess Ganga. The story of how Ganga was born, and how she became a river, tells of a journey ...
|  | Football in Action (Sports in Action)
Publication Date: October 31, 2000| Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up...
| | Miss Nelson Has a Field Day
Publication Date: January 1989The notorious Miss Swamp reappears at the Horace B. Smedley School, this time to shape up the football team and help them to win at least one game. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition....
|  | Danica Patrick (Amazing Athletes)
Publication Date: August 2010| Age Level: 7 and up | Grade Level: 2 and up...
|  | What If...
Publication Date: June 1, 2001| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up What if children happily went to bed on time every night? Impossible? Probably. But this delightful book will help make bedtime a fun time for everyone.What If... features a little boy who uses his fantastic imagination to delay bedtime for as long as possible:"What if all the trees would suddenly shrink until they were the size of flowers, and I could pick a bouquetjust for you, Mom."While reading this enchanting, dream-aloud bedtime story, children will have great fun imagining "what ifs" of their own. Be sure not ...
|  | Larryboy and the Emperor of Envy
Release Date: August 20, 2002| Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up...
|  | Always Blue for Chicu
Publication Date: April 1, 2010| Age Level: 5 and up | Grade Level: K and up "This heart-warming and delightful story will intrigue and interest children while it charms their parents. It is a pleasure to see a children’s picture book that is exciting and amazing yet accessible and accurate. Always Blue for Chicu captures the life and spirit of this fascinating parrot and the saga of his finding a home with people who understand his needs."—Joanna Burger, author of The Parrot Who Owns MeAlways Blue for Chicu recounts thirty years of an Amazon parrot’s adventures. Captured ...
|  | I'm Not Going to Chase the Cat Today!
Release Date: May 3, 2000| Age Level: 4 and up The dog who chased the cat who chased the mouse who chased the lady...who invites you into the story to see just who is chasing whom today. ...
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