 | 100 Bullshit Jobs...And How to Get Them
Release Date: April 24, 2007 The scholarly discipline of Bullshit Studies has blossomed in the last several years, fertilized by a number of critical works on the subject and the growing importance of the issue across a wide range of professions. Now, best-selling author and lifelong practitioner Stanley Bing enters the field with a comprehensive look at the many attractive jobs now available to those who are serious about their bullshit and prepared to dedicate their working life to it. What, Bing inquires, do a feng shui consultant, new media executive, wine steward, department store gre...
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 | Proof
Publication Date: January 2000Wine merchant Tony Beach thought that when the runaway horsebox ploughed into a marquee it was a terrible accident. Then connections started to fall into place. ...
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 | Lady into Fox (Collins Library)
Publication Date: January 2, 2004| Series: Collins Library The latest lost classic from the Collins Library: David Garnett's haunting 1922 debut novel, the story of a man, a woman, a fox, and a love that could not be tamed. Hardcover, bound in foxy orange cloth, and illustrated with woodcuts by Garnett's wife. ...
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 | Camembert: ANational Myth
Publication Date: July 7, 2003| Series: California Studies in Food and Culture (Book 4) Camembert--delectably fragrant, creamy-centered, neatly boxed--is the most popular and most famous French cheese. Originally made by hand in the Norman countryside, it is now mass-produced internationally, yet Camembert remains a national symbol for France, emblematic of its cultural identity. In this witty and entertaining book, Pierre Boisard investigates the history of Camembert and its legend. He considers the transformation of France's cheese-making industry and along the way gives a highly selective...
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 | Ten Greek Plays in Contemporary Translation (Riverside Editions)
Publication Date: September 29, 1972| ISBN-10: 0395051177 | ISBN-13: 978-0395051177| Edition: 1 Ten Greek Plays in Contemporary Translation (Riverside Editions) ...
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 | Decir si & La malasangre / Saying Yes & The Bad Blood (Letras Hispanicas / Hispanic Writings) (Spanish Edition)
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 | Blessed Hands
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| Catullus: An Interpretation
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 | The Calligraphy of Clouds: Contemporary American Tanka & Haiku
Publication Date: February 13, 2007The sights and sounds of the changing seasons, the wonder and mystery of life, the joy and sorrow of love and relationships...
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 | Booklover's Book of Jokes, Quips and Quotes (Humour)
Publication Date: November 15, 2011| Series: Humour Do your jokes begin something like “So, a guy walks into a bar . ..” or “A priest, a minister, and a rabbi . . ?” Tired of the same-oldformulaic humor and worn-out riddles? Well, you’re in luck. The Booklover’s Book of Jokes, Quips and Quotes spanscenturies to provide a collection chock-full of bookish humor, pithysayings, one-liners, and just plain silly thoughts. With sections fromsome of the masters of witty writing, including the best barbs fromOscar Wilde; insults from Shakespeare; and wise words fro...
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 | Medieval Modal Systems: Problems and Concepts (Ashgate Studies in Medieval Philosophy)
Publication Date: February 2004| ISBN-10: 0754608336 | ISBN-13: 978-0754608332This text explores noteworthy approaches to modal syllogistic adopted by medieval logicians including Abelard, Albert the Great, Avicenna, Averroes, Jean Buridan, Richard Campsall, Robert Kilwardby and William of Ockham. The book situates these approaches in relation to Aristotle's discussion in the Prior and Posterior Analytics, and other parts of the Organon, but also in relation to the thought of Alexander of Aphrodisias and Boethius on the one hand, and to modern interpretations of the modal syllogistic on ...
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 | The Architect
Publication Date: October 22, 2007Struggling architect Ethan Cotham may have just won a prestigious competition to design the new Center for Southern Culture on the banks of the Mississippi River-but his troubles are only beginning. Now his unconventional ideas must survive a withering attack by the conservative Memphis Board of Design Review and the schemes of his former mentor, a bitter professional rival.To make matters worse, Cotham must fend off the amorous advances of the ravishing but predatory director of the Brooks Museum of Art while trying to meet the pressing demands of his other...
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 | 7th Heaven (Women's Murder Club)
Publication Date: December 1, 2009| Series: Women's Murder Club The Women's Murder Club faces not one-but two-terrifying cases that may tear it apart. The teenage son of California's ex-governor has mysteriously vanished-and the pressure on Detective Lindsay Boxer to find him is overwhelming. When she finally does get a lead, it's devastating. At the same time, Lindsay and her partner, Rich Conklin, must investigate mysterious fires that are destroying some of San Francisco's most beautiful homes-and leaving their owners dead in the debris. But when Lindsay enlists her friends in the Women's...
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 | The Holmes-Dracula File
Release Date: June 29, 2010| Series: Dracula World-famous “consulting detective” Sherlock Holmes faces a terrible crisis: a ring of criminal masterminds has threatened to loose thousands of plague-infected rats into the streets of London. But the Black Death isn’t Holmes’ only problem. A lone killer haunts the city. His calling card is a trail of corpses, drained of blood to the last drop. The key to solving both crimes rests in the hands of a mysterious nobleman recently returned to London on a personal matter. His name is Dracula....
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 | The Adventures and the Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes Publisher: Sterling
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 | Pele (Little Jamie Books: What It's Like to Be) (Little Jamie Books: What It's Like to Be/Que Se Siente Al Ser)
Publication Date: May 31, 2011| Age Level: 7 and up | Grade Level: 2 and up...
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 | Wimbledon (Sporting Championships)
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 | An Alphabet Salad: Fruits and Vegetables from A to Z (A+ Books)
Publication Date: May 2003| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up...
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 | Elephants to the Rescue (Bilingual English-Spanish with Audio CD) (English and Spanish Edition)
Publication Date: February 1, 2012| ISBN-10: 0983804648 | ISBN-13: 978-0983804642| Edition: Har/Com Bl Grandma's secret pink bag is ready. Pedro and Margarita know she never travels without it, and they are all getting ready for their trip to the country. Will she need to use the pink bag this time? Set in a coffee plantation, this suspenseful story shows the importance of grandmothers in the lives of their grandchildren and shows how fascinating the countryside can be.Heritage Language books are great for Spanish and English readers, both at home and in the classroom. A cross between ...
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 | Beware, Princess Elizabeth (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) (Young Royals Books (Pb))
Publication Date: September 1, 2002| Age Level: 11 and up | Grade Level: 6 and up...
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