 | Notes on Blood Meridian: Revised and Expanded Edition (Southwestern Writers Collection)
Publication Date: September 1, 2008| Series: Southwestern Writers Collection Blood Meridian (1985), Cormac McCarthy's epic tale of an otherwise nameless "kid" who in his teens joins a gang of licensed scalp hunters whose marauding adventures take place across Texas, Chihuahua, Sonora, Arizona, and California during 1849 and 1850, is widely considered to be one of the finest novels of the Old West, as well as McCarthy's greatest work. The New York Times Book Review ranked it third in a 2006 survey of the "best work of American fiction published in the last twenty-five years," and in 2005 Time...
 |  | How My Family Lives in America (Aladdin Picture Books)
Release Date: September 1, 1998| Age Level: 4 and up...
|  | Jingle Bell Bride (Love Inspired)
Publication Date: October 16, 2012| Series: Love Inspired Finishing medical school at the top of her class, Chelsea McKaslin always achieves her goals. Now back home in Sunshine, Wyoming, her Christmas goal is to succeed as a pediatrician. In no way do her plans include Dr. Michael Kramer, despite the fact that he's everywhere she turns. The standoffish widower keeps his distance from her, as if to protect his adorable daughter and himself. Yet the spirit of the season prevails. Soon Chelsea is bonding with little Macie—and her handsome daddy. Will these three hearts thaw in time fo...
|  | The Gilded Chamber: A Novel of Queen Esther
Release Date: May 4, 2004In the Bestselling tradition of The Red Tent, a dazzling novel of the extraordinary biblical heroine who ascended to the position of queen and sacrificed love in exchange for the lives of her people. The story of Esther-- whose mesmerizing beauty was matched only by her clear-eyed wisdom-- has inspired women for centuries. Now her suspenseful tale comes to life through the eyes of a contemporary woman, debut novelist Rebecca Kohn. Capturing the passionate longings and political danger that have made Esther's legacy so timeless, The Gilded Chamber blends meticulous re...
|  | The Rising Tide: A Novel of World War II
Release Date: May 20, 2008A modern master of the historical novel, Jeff Shaara has painted brilliant depictions of the Civil War, the Revolutionary War, and World War I. Now he embarks upon his most ambitious epic, a trilogy about the military conflict that defined the twentieth century. The Rising Tide begins a staggering work of fiction bound to be a new generation’s most poignant chronicle of World War II. With you-are-there immediacy, painstaking historical detail, and all-inclusive points of view, Shaara portrays the momentous and increasingly dramatic events that pulled America i...
|  | The Ginseng Hunter
Release Date: April 7, 2009A Chinese ginseng hunter lives alone in the valley, where he spends his days preparing for winter. He is scarcely aware of the larger world until shadowy figures, floating bodies, and rumors of murder begin to intrude on his cherished solitude. Then, on a trip to Yanji, he meets a young North Korean prostitute. Through her vivid tales, the tragedy occurring across the river unfolds, and soon the hunter realizes that the fates of the young woman and four others rest in his hands.An unforgettable look at life along the fragile border between China and North Korea, Th...
|  | Dangling Man (Penguin Classics)
Release Date: September 26, 2006| Series: Penguin Classics Expecting to be inducted into the army, Joseph has given up his job and carefully prepared for his departure to the battlefront. When a series of mix-ups delays his induction, he finds himself facing a year of idleness. Bellow's first novel documents Joseph's psychological reaction to his inactivity while war rages around him and his uneasy insights into the nature of freedom and choice. ...
|  | The Encyclopedia of World Mythology
Publication Date: December 29, 2004Lively and informed narrative by two expert authorities in their field. ...
|  | Clown Skits for Everyone
Publication Date: March 15, 1991Everything you need to know to be a performing clown - written by a performing clown! Advice and ideas plus thirty-two easy-to-perform skits for one or two clown acts. Talks about gestures and actions, rehearsals and routines, talking or miming, modifying skits and the mechanics of performance. Tells about how to make props and the best techniques for beginners. All of the thirty-two skits included in the book have been performance-tested - simplified for easy memorization. The book is delightfully illustrated throughout by Lafe Locke. ...
|  | Three Theban Plays: Antigone, Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus
Publication Date: December 31, 1956FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Detailed notes accompany modern translations of the stories of Antigone, Oedipus The King, and Oedipus At Colonus. --This text refers to the School & Library Binding edition....
|  | Cinq Nouvelles Nouvelles
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|  | Romeo & Juliet (Oxford School Shakespeare)
Publication Date: May 26, 2005| ISBN-10: 019832149X | ISBN-13: 978-0198321491Authoritative and accessible editions for schools and colleges, offering: Complete and unabridged text Clear, concise notes, adjacent to text for easy reference Detailed explanations of difficult words and passages Illustrations to enhance understandingThorough, updated notes feature: Social, historical, and literary context Insights into the play, and its characters and themes Lively and focused teaching ideas, including drama activities Suggestions for further reading and resources Guidance on Shakespeare's ...
|  | In the Company of Rilke: Why a 20th-Century Visionary Poet Speaks So Eloquently to 21st-Century Readers (Tarcher Master Mind Editions)
Release Date: November 10, 2011| Series: Tarcher Master Mind Editions Connecting to your inner life through the transformative poetryof Rainer Maria Rilke.In the Company of Rilke is a rare book about a rare poet.Rainer Maria Rilke was a giant of twentieth-century writing who remainsa visionary voice for our own time, captivating readers not only withhis brilliance but also his fearlessness about the "deepest things."Speaking through his own contradictions and ambivalences, he givesreaders a profound understanding of the complex beauty of humanexistence.Here, questions matter more t...
|  | Selected Poems
Publication Date: December 31, 1988Elaine Feinstein is a poet of lyrical directness. That clear, passionate voice which she brought to her celebrated translations of Marina Tsvetayeva's poetry is her own. She writes about love, loss, jealousy, the fear of abandonment. Her powerful rhythms flow down the page, seeking to draw a coherent shape out of the inner uncertainties. She also writes with tenderness about an ageing father, a child on a swing, old films, a flowering cactus. Hers is a poetry which can contain and welcome. The rare landscape poems are always peopled, and the considerable na...
| | Tang qi lu shi jing ping (Mandarin Chinese Edition)
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|  | The Goddess Natura in Medieval Literature
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|  | Daphnis and Chloe (Penguin Classics)
Release Date: June 6, 1989| Series: Penguin Classics A tender novel describing eager and inept young love, Daphnis and Chloe tells the story of a baby boy and girl who are discovered separately, two years apart, alone and exposed on a Greek mountainside. Taken in by a goatherd and a shepherd respectively, and raised near the town of Mytilene, they grow to maturity unaware of one another's existence until the mischievous god of love, Eros, creates in them a sudden overpowering desire for one another. A masterpiece among early Greek romances, attracting both high praise and moral disapproval, ...
|  | Tracker
Release Date: June 26, 2007| Age Level: 10 and up For John Borne's family, hunting has nothing to do with sport or manliness. It's a matter of survival. Every fall John and his grandfather go off into the woods to shoot the deer that puts meat on the table over the long Minnesota winter. But this year John's grandfather is dying, and John must hunt alone. John tracks a doe for two days, but as he closes in on his prey, he realizes he cannot shoot her. For John, the hunt is no longer about killing, but about life. ...
|  | Active Learning for Twos (Active Learning Series)
Publication Date: January 1, 1988| Grade Level: PK and up Provides a winning combination of information and activities that help children develop their minds and bodies in a safe and healthy environment. Incorporate "active" learning into the curriculum with ease using the complete planning guide with a clean format describing activities and appropriate materials, and a resource and skills checklist. Plus icons identifying developmental stages and suggestions for language development and interaction help teachers direct student progress. Use the series to update programs, train new...
|  | Gilberto y el Veinto = Gilberto & the Wind (Spanish Edition)
Publication Date: January 1, 1995| Age Level: 3 and up A young boy finds in the wind a playmate of many moods: one that can sail boats, fly kites, blow dirt, and turn umbrellas inside out. Spanish language edition. ...
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