 | Second Hand Smoke: A Novel
Publication Date: February 22, 2000In the seamy atmosphere of Miami Beach's Collins Avenue, Mila Katz, a streaky card shark and confidante of mobsters, lives by the wits with which she has survived the Holocaust. Second Hand Smoke is the story of Mila's sons, Issac and Duncan, the one secretly abandoned in Poland, and the other, American-born, raised as an avenging Nazi hunter, poisoned with rage.Told in bursts of fractured realism and dark comedy, Second Hand Smoke is a postmodern mystery of great lyrical power, deep insight, and emotional resonance. ...
 |  | Collected Poems 1947-1980
Release Date: June 7, 1988 Gathered here for the first time is the verse of three decades of one of America's greatest poets. Collected Poems 1947-1980 includes all writings in the groundbreaking paperback volumes published by City Lights Books, the contents of many rare pamphlets issued by small presses, and, finally, some notable texts hitherto unpublished—one, "Many Loves," withheld "for reasons of prudence and modesty," is an erotic rhapsody dating from the historic "San Francisco Renaissance" era. Allen Ginsberg is, of course, a chief figure in the group of writers (among them Ke...
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|  | The Dog of the South
Release Date: June 5, 2007Ray Midge is waiting for his credit card bill to arrive. His wife, Norma, has run off with her ex-husband, taking Ray's cards, shotgun and car. But from the receipts, Ray can track where they've gone. He takes off after them, as does an irritatingly tenacious bail bondsman, both following the romantic couple's spending as far as Mexico. There Ray meets Dr Reo Symes, the seemingly down-on-his-luck and rather eccentric owner of a beaten up and broken down bus, who needs a ride to Belize. The further they drive, in a car held together by coat-hangers and excesses of oi...
|  | Vision of Piers Plowman (Everyman's Library)
Publication Date: April 15, 1995One man's dream of a better society...PIERS PLOWMAN stands at the centre of medieval English literature along with Chaucer's CANTERBURY TALES, which in many ways it complements. A weary wanderer falls asleep and dreams of a tower and a deep dungeon, and in between the whold of humanity pursuing its business and pleasure...but his dream becomes a profound vision of redemption, in which the corruptions and injustices that occur daily are laid open with passionate truthfulness in poetry that combines vigorous realism and probing argument with moments of epic subl...
|  | The Banquet of Eternity:: 20th Century Psalms.
Publication Date: October 1, 1996Beautiful prayer poems, covering the full spectrum of spiritual life from despair to exaltation. Like the biblical psalms, they use elemental language accessible to everyone, yet are entirely modern in tone and imagery. They may be read as an aid to prayer and meditation, or enjoyed simply as fine poetry in their own right. ...
|  | Dracula's Guest: A Connoisseur's Collection of Victorian Vampire Stories
Publication Date: October 1, 2010Even in the twenty-first century, the undead walk among us...Before "Twilight" and "True Blood", vampires haunted the nineteenth century, when brilliant writers indulged their bloodthirsty imaginations, culminating in Bram Stoker's legendary 1897 novel, "Dracula". Acclaimed author and anthologist Michael Sims brings together the finest vampire stories of the Victorian era in a unique collection that highlights their cultural variety. Beginning with the supposedly true accounts that captivated Byron and Shelley, the stories range from Aleksei Tolstoy's tale of...
|  | Tribute Trail
Publication Date: August 10, 1999Kherin is the Goddess' Chosen, Prince of the golden lands of Khassan. Rythian is a skilled hunter and scout, destined for greater glory. They meet on the Tribute Trail, one a slave, the other a ruler. Together they forge new destinies for both their peoples and find a love destined by the gods. ...
|  | Lebensborn
Publication Date: May 27, 2010In the summer of l941, an elite SS force under the command of the charming but cruel Major Reinhardt Hurst takes over a small French village. Antoinette Gauthier, her family, friends, members of the Resistance, and even their pets, find life difficult under the exacting SS rules.For Antoinette, it means being a servant for Major Hurst and his officers as they take up residence in her home.She succumbs to his advances to learn their secrets for the Resistance, only to have Hurst later discard her. Then, finding herself pregnant, she is sent by Hurst to a Lebensbo...
|  | Myths, Dreams, and Religion
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|  | Rat Wives
Publication Date: June 2, 2010Characters: 4 male, 6 femaleInteriorInspector Ruffing, the troubled hero of Nigro's Ravenscroft, Demonology, Creatures Lurking In The Churchyard, The Rooky Wood and Mephisto returns in this baffling mystery that was an audience favorite at the First International Mystery Festival in 2007. In a peaceful house near the Welsh border, an entire family has vanished suddenly without a trace one evening with supper on the table and no apparent violence. Ruffing's attempt to understand what's happened to a couple and their two daughters leads him deep into his own dark ...
|  | The Ladybug Book of Poetry: Ladybug Poems
Publication Date: January 4, 2011This is a magical book of poetry for children and adults about ladybugs who teach us to celebrate our lives, to be in touch with our hearts, and to be happy with who we are.Whether it be a poem about a little ladybug who enjoys having tea with her friends and finds contentment with life's simple joys, a poem about a child who visits an enchanting town of ladybugs, another about a ballerina as she recalls her childhood and a ladybug who inspired her to become a dancer, or a poem that expresses the importance of being free to follow our dreams; each one is a li...
|  | Bengali Flower: 50 Selected Poems from India and Bangladesh, Rabindranath Tagore
Publication Date: July 4, 2009Poetryfrom India and Bangladesh by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), Nobel Prize winning writerand poet from India and whatis now Bangladesh.Tagore toured widely throughout the world in an effort to bring Eastern cultureto the west and vice-versa. This cross-cultural effort reflects the purpose ofthis book. Additionally,it is of value for youth of Asian Indian background to be familiar with theirown rich literary cultural heritage. This collection contains a biography of Tagore, as well asbackground sections on Kolkota (Calcutta), India and ...
|  | Desert Heat
Release Date: May 1, 2004A New York Times Bestselling AuthorPatience Sinclair is leaving Boston University for the wide, open spaces of Texas and a chance to stop looking over her shoulder at every turn. Traveling with the Circle C Rodeo, she'll finish her dissertation on the American West while hiding in plain sight. Then the champion rider makes it clear that he's watching her . . . and likes what he sees. But if there's anything Patience understands with chilling clarity, it's what it costs to fall for the wrong man. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition....
|  | Grave Secret (Harper Connelly Mysteries, Book 4)
Release Date: November 2, 2010Lightning-struck sleuth Harper Connelly and her stepbrother Tolliver take a break from looking for the dead to visit the two little girls they both think of as family. But as they travel to Texas, memories of their horrible childhood resurface. Family secrets ensnare them both, as Tolliver learns his father is out of jail and Harper finally discovers what happened to her missing sister Cameron so many years before. And what she finds will change her world forever. ...
|  | A Medieval Fantasy Adventure and Myka the Goddess Witch: Combo
Publication Date: August 28, 2012"A Medieval Fantasy Adventure" The view from this tall tree is kind of pretty. I can see salmon jumping on the river. Colorful birds are making their nests while they sing. The sky is clear this morning after a night of heavy rain. My name is Emma and I am a 16 year old orphan with long brown hair that I braid every other day. My eyes are hazel like my moms. My blue maiden dress is the only one I own. I am in charge of four siblings. Our parents died trying to protect us from a dragon attack and were killed instantly by the monsters lethal fire. I was not suc...
|  | Tales from the Brothers Grimm: A Classic IIlustrated Edition (Classic Illustrated)
Publication Date: September 20, 2007| Grade Level: P and up...
|  | Dale Earnhardt Sr. (Matt Christopher Legends in Sports)
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|  | Victorian Fashions Coloring Book (Dover Fashion Coloring Book)
Publication Date: July 10, 1997| Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up...
|  | Cat Show (Penguin Young Readers, L2)
Release Date: February 24, 2003| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up...
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