 | Chicana Critical Issues (Series in Chicana/Latina Studies) Publication Date: January 1, 1993| ISBN-10: 0943219094 | ISBN-13: 978-0943219097Nonfiction. We are the daughters of Chicano working class families, who were able to receive a university education.. Our history is the story of working people - their struggles, commitments, and strengths.. We document, analyze and interpret the Chicana/Mexicana experience in the United States. We are particularly concerned with the conditions women face at work, in and out of the home. We continue our mother's struggle for social and economic justice.. Our research strives to bridge the gap between intelle...
 |  | Mindfield: New and Selected Poems Publication Date: December 30, 1998Republished with a new cover and a new introduction by David Amram, this publication includes forewords by two legendary Beat writers, William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg. ...
 |  | Luke's Story (The Jesus Chronicles) Publication Date: February 19, 2009| Series: The Jesus Chronicles Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins forever changed the world of publishing with their phenomenal Left Behind series, which has sold more than 65 million copies. Now they are teaming up again to bring to life the glorious, dramatic story of Jesus Christ, told through the eyes of the Gospel writers— Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. What Left Behind did for the Book of Revelation, The Jesus Chronicles will do for the Gospels. Luke never met Jesus. Unlike the other Gospel writers, he never witnessed Jesus perform miracles or heard Hi...
 |  | Revelation 9:11 Publication Date: May 31, 2012REVELATION 9:11Unravel the clues to a supernatural mystery and discover what will happen at the end of the world through the pages of this controversial 370-page supernatural novel that flashes back and forth between the centuries to a stunning and unforgettable ending From The Writing Team Of Ian A. Stuart & David R. Franklyn Discover why the eccentric Roman Catholic priest Benjamin Price was silenced by the Vatican Enter the mind of Abaddon - Destroyer of the Old Testament and Angel of the Abyss Solve the mystery of the unusual Native woman found on a rocky be...
 |  | Echoes of Heaven: God's Love is Better Than Life Itself Publication Date: August 15, 2006This book is an experience of faith. It is a devotional work that does not apply to a particular religion but to every thing that has life today. It is very interesting. I paid immense attention to the themes and to explaining my course of personal revelation. The messages are clear, strong and appealing. The visions and dreams come across with great feeling and beauty. It will help you to understand the role of the spirituality in your live. Remember, your heart is the New Jerusalem, and God is ready to rebuild the walls that have been broken. Everyday, I us...
 |  | Myths from Mesopotamia: Creation, the Flood, Gilgamesh, and Others (Oxford World's Classics) Publication Date: September 17, 1998| ISBN-10: 0192835890 | ISBN-13: 978-0192835895The ancient civilization of Mesopotamia thrived between the rivers Tigris and Euphrates over 4,000 years ago. The myths collected here, originally written in cuneiform on clay tablets, include parallels with the biblical stories of the Creation and the Flood, and the famous Epic of Gilgamesh, the tale of a man of great strength, whose heroic quest for immortality is dashed through one moment of weakness. Recent developments in Akkadian grammar and lexicography mean that this new translation--complete with ...
 |  | The Tenth Rasa: An Anthology of Indian Nonsense Release Date: January 9, 2008Welcome to the carnival of nonsense where hankies turn into mischievous cats, a messiah is born with her feet in her mouth, you can fave hun by socking on the ree-raw and your favourite corn cakes are made of . . . are you sure you want to know? For the last eighteen hundred years Indian arts have been seen in terms of strictly classified emotional effects known as the nine rasas. The Tenth Rasa: An Anthology of Indian Nonsense celebrates, for the very first time, what Sukumar Ray called the spirit of whimsy , or the tenth rasa, through the topsy-turvy, irreveren...
 |  | La retorica del romanticismo / The Rhetoric of Romanticism (Teoria Literaria / Literary Theory) (Spanish Edition) ...
 |  | What's Wrong with Postmodernism?: Critical Theory and the Ends of Philosophy (Parallax: Re-visions of Culture and Society) Publication Date: December 1, 1990| Series: Parallax: Re-visions of Culture and Society InWhat's Wrong with Postmodernism Norris critiques the "postmodern-pragmatist malaise" of Baudrillard, Fish, Rorty, and Lyotard. In contrast he finds a continuing critical impulse—an "enlightened or emancipatory interest"—in thinkers like Derrida, de Man, Bhaskar, and Habermas. Offering a provocative reassessment of Derrida's influence on modern thinking, Norris attempts to sever the tie between deconstruction and American literary critics who, he argues, favor endless, playful, polysemic in...
 |  | Time and the Moment in Victorian Literature and Society (Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture) Publication Date: January 16, 2012| Series: Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture (Book 77) Sudden changes, opportunities or revelations have always carried a special significance in western culture, from the Greek and later the Christian kairos to Evangelical experiences of conversion. This fascinating book explores the ways in which England, under the influence of industrializing forces and increased precision in assessing the passing of time, attached importance to moments and events that compress great significance into small units of time. Sue Zemka questions th...
 |  | A Menorah for Athena: Charles Reznikoff and the Jewish Dilemmas of Objectivist Poetry (Phoenix Poets) Publication Date: May 1, 2001| ISBN-10: 0226261395 | ISBN-13: 978-0226261393| Edition: 1 The first major Jewish poet in America and a key figure of the Objectivist movement, Charles Reznikoff was a crucial link between the generation of Pound and Williams, and the more radical modernists who followed in their wake. A Menorah for Athena, the first extended treatment of Reznikoff's work, appears at a time of renewed interest in his contribution to American poetry.Stephen Fredman illuminates the relationship of Jewish intellectuals to modernity through a close look at Reznikoff's life and w...
 |  | La elegancia del erizo (Spanish Edition) Publication Date: April 20, 2010Premio de los Libreros Franceses Mas de 4,000,000 de lectores en todo el mundo Mas de un ano en las listas de los mas vendidosLa revelacion del ano. Le FigaroDiversion, ligereza y un cuento filosofico. Un exito. Una obra maestra. LireUna oda a la belleza. Aurora Intxausti, El Pais Conmueve desde la crudeza y resulta deliciosa. Su secreto es la elegancia. Gabi Martinez, Que leerUn cuento moderno, refrescante e inteligente. Le FigaroLa nostalgia atemporal de Marcel Proust y el frescor de Philippe Delerm... Divertida, inteligente... aerea como un haiku. LExpress ...
 |  | The Seduction of Sebastian St. James Publication Date: December 23, 2011When the angelic Duke of Tempest, Sebastian St. James, appeared unexpectedly at his boyhood friend’s home, he had but one goal: Find a suitable wife as soon as possible. However, his impeccable reputation made him a prime target for ambitious mothers of debutante daughters. He needed a plan. Help came in the form of an unlikely alliance with Miss Emma Gates, the beautiful daughter of a wealthy viscount, who has deemed herself on the shelf, and only wants to marry in order to appease her parents. Together they could sort through the mire of would-be m...
 |  | How To Be A Wicked Woman Publication Date: August 1, 2004The Wicked Witch Of The West Side - Mary Janice Davidson New York publisher Karen Desjardin has been driven to fits of temperamental insanity by clueless bean-counters and bad writing. The only person who isn't afraid of Karen is her publishing house's best selling romance star-Hope Desiree LaFrance, a.k.a. hunky writer Steven McCord. And he has a few plans to redeem his wicked editor...he'll start by planting kisses on those full lips and take expert editorial direction from there...Instruction In Seduction - Jamie Denton Eden Matthews is a good cop with a ba...
 |  | Witch Release Date: November 1, 1989A silent stranger moves in twilight shadows...It was more than her dream house. For Ellen March, buying the secluded old house nestled in the pine woods marked the start of a new life. Now she could put her failed marriage behind her, enjoy the quiet solitude of small town life, and get to know her worldly new neighbor, handsome Norman McKay... But strange visions began to cloud her mind - the shadowy figure of a woman, a ghostly white cat - and Ellen's safe haven slowly became her prison. Had she buried the past? Or had a dark legend come back to haunt her...? ...
 |  | When the Moon is Full: A Lunar Year Publication Date: September 1, 2001| Grade Level: P and up This lunar guide describes the folkloric names of twelve moons according to Native American tradition and showcases their defining characteristics in short verse and beautifully detailed hand-colored woodcuts.A question-and-answer section includes information about the moon's surface, an explanation of a lunar eclipse, and the true meaning of a blue moon. ...
 |  | Zip, Zero, Zilch (Slam Dunk Series) Publication Date: January 2000| Age Level: 6 and up...
 |  | Hey Kids! You're Cookin' Now! A Global Awareness Cooking Adventure Publication Date: December 1, 1998| Age Level: 7 and up Winner of 8 national awards, Hey Kids! You're Cookin' Now! is the most honored children's cookbook.This fabulous book challenges inquisitive young cooks to seek culinary kitchen adventures.Learn Kitchen Safety and Cooking Preparation.Cook favorite "from scratch" recipes with adult help.Prepare after-school snacks, and meals for the family!Be a smart consumer by learning fun ecology facts.Make face paint, play clay, recycled paper and crafts.Have a great time cooking with animated characters. ...
 |  | Antiguedades De Los Judios, Tomo II / Jewish Antiques, Volume II (Spanish Edition) Publication Date: 1988El volumen III contiene muchos datos interesantes relacionados con el Nuevo Testamento, desde el reinado de Herodes hasta el último descendiente de este famoso rey de la época de Jesús, sobre todo echa una gran luz a la vida de Pablo. ...
 |  | Queer Indigenous Studies: Critical Interventions in Theory, Politics, and Literature (First Peoples: New Directions in Indigenous Studies) Publication Date: March 15, 2011| ISBN-10: 0816529078 | ISBN-13: 978-0816529070“This book is an imagining.” So begins this collection examining critical, Indigenous-centered approaches to understanding gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer, and Two-Spirit (GLBTQ2) lives and communities and the creative implications of queer theory in Native studies. This book is not so much a manifesto as it is a dialogue—a “writing in conversation”—among a luminous group of scholar-activists revisiting the history of gay and lesbian studies in Indigenous communitie...
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