 | Round House, The: A Novel
Release Date: October 2, 2012 One Sunday in the spring of 1988, a woman living on a reservation in North Dakota is attacked. The details of the crime are slow to surface as Geraldine Coutts is traumatized and reluctant to relive or reveal what happened, either to the police or to her husband, Bazil, and thirteen-year-old son, Joe. In one day, Joe's life is irrevocably transformed. He tries to heal his mother, but she will not leave her bed and slips into an abyss of solitude. Increasingly alone, Joe finds himself thrust prematurely into an adult world for which he is ill prepared. While hi...
 |  | Killigrew and the North-West Passage (Killigrew series)
Publication Date: August 1, 2003| Series: Killigrew series Joining the search for Sir John Franklin's ill-fated voyage has long been a dream for Kit Killigrew; however, a captain more interested in personal glory than the safety of his crew turns the voyage into a nightmare. This most chilling adventure yet evokes in terrifying detail the true horror of an Arctic winter—the mind-numbing cold, the desolate landscape, and a darkness that permeates men's souls. ...
|  | The Sea Lions: The Lost Sealers
Publication Date: April 1, 2002James Fenimore Cooper wrote many novels of sea adventure, and during his lifetime they were at least as famous as his stories of the frontier.The Sea Lions, originally published in 1849, tells of two ships seeking seals among the icebergs of Antarctica, and caught there during the long winter night.The first few chapters of The Sea Lions are set in Orient Point (at Sag Harbor, Long Island, New York), where Cooper also spent time, and bought shares in a whaling vessel which sailed from Sag Harbor. ...
|  | Te Kaihau/the Windeater
Publication Date: February 1987This is a collection of experimental short stories from the New Zealand author of The Bone People. The stories are full of Hulme's sense of the beauty of New Zealand, along with her awareness of human alienation from the environment. From the environmental point of view, the story that most stood out for me was: One Whale Singing - a pregnant woman in a boat, a pregnant whale in the water. The woman argues with her pompous partner about whether humans are really superior to other creatures. She feels that our ability to make artifacts, rather than indicating su...
|  | A Surrey State of Affairs: A Novel
Release Date: March 29, 2012Constance Harding's comfortable corner of Surrey is her own littlepiece of heaven. She lives in a chocolate box house complete with anAga and a parrot, her bell-ringing club is set to dominate theintercounty tournament, and she is sure she can get her son, Rupert, tosettle down if she just writes the perfect personal ad for him.Naturally, things turn disastrous rather quickly. And she's about tolearn that her perfect home conceals a scandal that would make thevicar blush.Her Lithuanian housekeeper's undergarments keep appearing in herhusband's study and her daught...
|  | Canvas of the Soul: Mystic Poems from the Heartland of Arabia
Publication Date: June 16, 2012From the heartland of Islam arise poems of fiery love and peace, composed by a modern-day female poet descended from a long line of Meccan (from Mecca) scholars. Reflecting the pulsing, indivisible bridge of the works of great Sufi mystics and poets to modern times, these spiritual pieces recall the beloved works of Rabi‘ah Al ‘Adawiyyah, Rumi and Hafiz. Drawing on a rich religious legacy and led by the Sufi tradition seeking Unity, the poems cover aspects related to spirituality and present-day challenges. The inspiring combination of the tradition...
|  | A Guest in the Homeland: Selected Writings
Publication Date: January 1, 1997poetry, tr from Russian by Tanya Beylin, et al...
|  | Unity of purpose: Having publicly declared by intention to publish a work entitled as above ... I have ... come to the conclusion to send forth a brief prospectus of the work
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|  | Crazy Sweet
Release Date: October 31, 2006During a secret mission gone bad, covert operator Gillian Pentycote ceased to exist. Held captive by a madman, shot full of drugs that stole her memory, Gillian survived.Now, with a new identity and nothing to lose, the woman who calls herself Red Dog has gone from bookish secretary to sizzling-hot hired gun.And she has one plan: to find the man who shattered her life and take him down for good.Special agent Travis James has the same plan, except he has rules to follow–and using a gorgeous amnesiac as bait isn’t in them. So Travis must play a dange...
|  | Fated (The Vampire Destiny Series Book #1)
Publication Date: May 24, 2012Josephine Anderson is a 28 year old psychic empath searching for her past. Stefan Lifsten is a millennia old vampire searching for his destiny after a vision he had 200 years ago. Their fates have finally collided, but will their love and desire be enough to keep them together as vampire protocol and her mysterious past start to unravel? ...
|  | Seducing Sir Gwain
Publication Date: January 23, 2009When Gwain invaded Denise's Ouija board, she had no idea that his intrusion would send her on a sexual journey unlike any she could ever imagine. Gwain is appalled when his brother asks him to father a child for him. When he meets Davida, he falls instantly in love, only to find out that she is a woman from the future named Denise who has been transported to his time by black magic. ...
|  | The Loner (Secret Fires)
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|  | Southtown
Release Date: December 28, 2004From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series For Tres Navarre, English professor turned private investigator, business has lately taken a drastic turn south. But if chasing down bail jumpers, adulterous spouses, and workmen’s comp cases seemed like the dregs of the PI game, it was at least a living. Not as much could be said for tracking down a man like Will “the Ghost” Stirman.The stone-cold killer has just staged a bloody escape from the Floresville State Penitentiary with a gang of viol...
|  | The Man Who Was Thursday
Publication Date: April 30, 2010An unabridged edition, to include: The Unusual Soirée - The Anarchists' Council - The Tale of a Detective - The Feast of Fear - The Exposure - The Unaccountable Conduct of Professor de Worms - The Man in Spectacles - The Duel - The Criminals Chase the Police - The Earth in Anarchy - The Pursuit of the President - The Six Philosophers - The Accuser ...
|  | Captain Boomerang's Comeback! (Dc Super Heroes (Dc Super Villains))
Publication Date: August 1, 2011| Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up...
|  | How Tiger Got His Stripes: A Folktale from Vietnam (Story Cove Teacher Activity Pack)
Publication Date: May 22, 2007| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up Many years ago, the proudest animal in the jungle was not the peacock. The proudest animal was the tiger. In this folktale from Vietnam, we see how Tiger's pride leads him to covet wisdom, and with the help of a wise farmer, earn his stripes. Each Pack contains: 7copies of How Tiger Got His Stripes; differentiated lesson plans for 4 grades, CD with read-along audio tracks, animated version of the story, and downloadable lesson plans. ...
|  | Canoeing & Other Water Sports (Bite Size Olympics)
Publication Date: February 1, 2012 ...
|  | Take the Challenge!: Crazy challenges and silly thrills to explore your talents and everyday skills. (American Girl)
Release Date: December 27, 2011 ...
|  | My Little Pony: Mystery Monster
Release Date: July 26, 2005| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up...
|  | Rebecca and the Movies (American Girls Collection)
Release Date: May 31, 2009| Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up...
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