 | NW: A Novel
Release Date: September 4, 2012“A boldly Joycean appropriation, fortunately not so difficult of entry as its great model… Like Zadie Smith’s much-acclaimed predecessor White Teeth (2000), NW is an urban epic.” --Joyce Carol Oates, The New York Review of Books This is the story of a city. The northwest corner of a city. Here you’ll find guests and hosts, those with power and those without it, people who live somewhere special and others who live nowhere at all. And many people in between. Every city is like this. Cheek-by-jowl living. Separate worlds. And ...
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 | The New American Splendor Anthology: From Off the Streets of Cleveland
Publication Date: January 22, 1993American Splendor is the series that sparked a revolution in comics and brought graphic novels to the attention of post-adolescent readers everywhere. Here is the best of American Splendor and other comics by Harvey Pekar, including never-before-seen material. ...
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 | Australia (Ask About Oceania)
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 | Little Women (Broadview Literary Texts)
Publication Date: June 11, 2001| ISBN-10: 1551111918 | ISBN-13: 978-1551111919| Edition: 1 Little Women, Louisa May Alcott’s masterpiece of Children’s literature, is the story of the March sisters, Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. Living in a small Massachusetts town, the girls and Mrs. March must make do while Mr. March is away serving as an Army Chaplain during the Civil War. At the story’s center lies Jo who, as she approaches adulthood, must reconcile her duties to her family with her desire to become a successful writer. The many appendices in this Broadview edition inclu...
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 | The Harvest (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
Publication Date: September 1, 1997| Series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Pocket Paperback Numbered) (Book 1) NEW SCHOOL. SAME ASSIGNMENT.Something's wrong in Sunnydale, California...something more than the usual bad hair day. As long as there have been vampires, there has been the Slayer. One girl in all the world to find them where they gather and stop the spread of their evil and the swell of their numbers. In this generation, she is Buffy Summers, 16 years old and a new student at Sunnydale High. Her experiences at her last school persuaded Buffy to try to resume the life of a normal teen...
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 | The Complete C. S. Lewis Signature Classics
Release Date: February 6, 2007 Seven Spiritual Masterworks by C. S. Lewis This classic collection includes C. S. Lewis's most important spiritual works:Mere Christianity The Screwtape Letters The Great Divorce The Problem of Pain Miracles A Grief Observed The Abolition of Man ...
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 | Lords of the White Castle
Publication Date: April 9, 2002Westminster, 1184-- in the court of King Henry, playful competition is about to turn into something far more serious. Young courtier Fulke FitzWarin would not be an obvious companion for Prince John, but the boy from the Welsh Marches is there as a reward for his family's loyalty to the crown. The FitzWarins are as proud as they are true, and when Fulke is accused by John of cheating during a game of chess, he cannot help but respond. Thus begins a bitter rivalry that will resonate throughout their lives.The FitzWarins dream of reclaiming their family estate an...
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 | Get Some
Publication Date: December 1, 2008This daring collection of poems follows an American marine during his tour of duty in the Iraq war and vividly contrasts his life in the war with the lives of his family members at home in America. Presenting various perspectives on the war and on contemporary American life in a stream-of-consciousness style, the poems become increasingly fragmented and more disturbing as the war progresses and becomes more dangerous for the soldier. ...
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 | Postmodern Narrative Theory (Transitions)
Release Date: January 18, 2011| ISBN-10: 0230249361 | ISBN-13: 978-0230249363| Edition: Second Edition How have developments in literary and cultural theory transformed our understanding of narrative? What has happened to narrative in the wake of poststructuralism? What is the role and function of narrative in the contemporary world? In this revised, updated and expanded new edition of an established text, Mark Currie explores these central questions and guides students through the complex theories that have shaped the study of narrative in recent decades. Postmodern Narrative Theory, Se...
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 | Discourse Analysis in the Language Classroom: Volume 1. The Spoken Language
Publication Date: April 15, 1999| ISBN-10: 0472085417 | ISBN-13: 978-0472085415Current methodological research has found that in order for learners to acquire language that is both linguistically accurate and socially appropriate, their awareness of patterns and of what is systematic about language must be developed. In Discourse Analysis in the Language Classroom, Heidi Riggenbach has compiled activities that will foster this awareness by putting students in the role of discourse analysts and language researchers so that they may learn the patterns and systems for themselves.This book i...
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 | Immortally Yours
Release Date: August 28, 2012Immortally YoursAngie Fox IN THE WAR BETWEEN THE GODS… No one patches up the incoming wounded like Dr. Petra Robichaud. Recruited by the gods for her uncanny medical skills, she’s the best M*A*S*H surgeon in the army. Along with a nosy guard sphinx,vegetarian werewolf, and otherparanormal paramedics, she bandages soldiers who are built like Greek gods (literally). But when one sexy immortal ends up on her operating table—half dead and totally to-die-for—Petra’s afraid she’ll lose her patient and her heart… ...
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 | The Business Of Love (Arabesque)
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 | My Life as a Girl, Book One
Publication Date: December 2000| Series: My Life as a Girl (Book 1) The pace is dizzying in this spicy fantasy memoir. Leslie is exiled to an all girls boarding school after a back seat encounter with a high school senior. Her parents may think that life among the nuns will be safer but Les launches an all out offensive to discover her sexual nature and get what she needs in the uptight atmosphere of the nineteen fifties in Southern California. First of a five book series. ...
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 | X-Men: Legacy - Divided He Stands (X-Men (Marvel Paperback))
Publication Date: December 10, 2008| Grade Level: 4 and up...
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 | One Fine Day
Release Date: September 1, 1974| Age Level: 5 and up Awarded the Caldecott Medal for the most distinguished picture book of 1971 "One fine day a fox traveled through the great forest. When he reached the other side he was very thirsty." The jaunty red fox stole milk from an old farm woman, lost his tail under the annoyed woman's knife, and spent the day bargaining to get it back. This humorous retelling of a favorite Armenian folktale is a story small children will follow and "read along" with ease. ...
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 | Braids and Bows: A Book of Instruction
Publication Date: March 1, 1992| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up A beautifully photographed instructional book of braiding and hairstyles for girls. Complete directions for making your own barrettes and hair ornaments with the materials provided. A best-selling legend. ...
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 | Country Scenes to Paint or Color (Dover Art Coloring Book)
Publication Date: November 21, 2005| Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up...
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 | Tales of O. Henry (Cover-to-Cover Timeless Classics: Author & Short)
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 | This Little Pirate
Release Date: May 10, 2007| Age Level: 3 and up | Grade Level: P and up With colorful art and amusing text, this author-illustrator duo creates an adorable story perfect for little ones everywhere. when two bands of pirate pigs find a treasure box on a deserted island, a hilarious battle begins. As the fighting ends in a draw, the tired-out pigs decide to cooperate and open the mysterious box. And when they do, they are surprised to discover an array of party supplies and musical instruments. A decision is made—it’s time to party! ...
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 | National Geographic Readers: Great Migrations Elephants
Release Date: October 12, 2010| Age Level: 7 and up | Grade Level: 2 and up...
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