 | Lies Will Take You Somewhere
Publication Date: May 1, 2009In a voice reminiscent of Cynthia Ozick, this Jewish/Gothic novel renders the fracture and healing of the Rosen family. Jane Rosen leaves her three daughters and husband Saul, a rabbi, to care for her mother in Florida. In Jane’s absence, Saul discovers—through the deathbed confession of a man in his congregation—that his wife had an affair ten years earlier. Enraged, he ostracizes Jane from the family and strands her in Florida with her grief.Shelia Schwartz’s first novel navigates through the psychological and spiritual shoals of mod...
 |  | <p>Student Almanac of Asian American History</p>: Student Almanac of Asian American History: Volume 2, From the Exclusion Era to Today, 1925-Present
Publication Date: January 30, 2004In the 20th century, Asian Americans continued to face the challenge of racial inequality. They were often denied basic rights as citizens, and many were forced into internment camps during World War II. The impact of this war on Asian Americans, as well as the repercussions of the Korean and Vietnam wars, is examined. This volume covers the fight of Asian Americans against such oppression, including the rise of Pan-Asian movements. ...
|  | Aprons on a Clothesline (The Lake Emily Series #3)
Release Date: May 17, 2005Book Three in the Lake Emily seriesIn Lake Emily, life’s greatest battles are won by the power of friendship Virginia Morgan is used to helping others–it’s who she is. A wife. A mother. A grandmother. A friend. But when Virginia suffers a debilitating stroke, she can no longer wear that apron. It is a change that sends her into the depths of hopelessness. Can she find her way to seeing that life is still well worth living? Or will she give up hope and sink deeper into despair?Meanwhile, the Morgans and Biddles discover that each season of life h...
|  | Whispers in the Wind (Wild West Wind)
Publication Date: August 1, 2012| Series: Wild West Wind (Book 2) Book Two in Lauraine Snelling's Exciting Wild West Wind SeriesAfter fleeing North Dakota and the now defunct Wild West Show, Cassie Lockwood and her companions have finally found the hidden valley in South Dakota where her father had dreamed of putting down roots. But to her dismay, she discovers a ranch already built on her land.Cassie's arrival surprises Mavis Engstrom and forces her to reveal secrets she's kept hidden for years. Her son Ransom is suspicious of Cassie and questions the validity of her claim to the valley. Bu...
|  | Rista's Tale Part 2: The Last Stone Seed
Publication Date: August 14, 2008| Series: Rista's Tale Rista takes her people to a new life in the Woodlands after their crystal mining mountain falls in the Cleansing. When she remembers she must have the last Stone Seed to bring about the Harvest of the First Ones and restore the balance of the world before it’s too late, she embarks on a voyage to another continent in search of it. There, a chance encounter with another of the Chosen Ones takes her on an adventure that has them both wondering about curious events the Keepers of the Stone Seeds never mentioned. Rista's Tale is the ...
|  | Snowdrops
Release Date: February 7, 2012SHORTLISTED for the 2011 Man Booker Prize for FictionA riveting story of erotic obsession, self-deception and moral free-fall, set in post-communist Moscow.Nick Platt is a lawyer working in Moscow in the early 2000s--a city of hedonism and desperation, magical hideaways and debauched nightclubs, kindness and corruption. Nick doesn't ask too many questions about the shady deals he works on: he's too busy enjoying the exotic, sinful nightlife. On a sultry day in September, Nick rescues two willowy sisters, Masha and Katya, from a would-be purse snatcher, and soon ...
|  | Ifa Divination: Communication between Gods and Men in West Africa (Midland Book)
Release Date: March 22, 1991| ISBN-10: 0253206383 | ISBN-13: 978-0253206381| Edition: Reprint "The sacred texts of Ifa, repository of the accumulated wisdom of countless generations of Yoruba people, are an invaluable source not only for all students of African oral literature and Yoruba civilization, but also for future generations interested in the continuing vitality of Ifa divination and a Yoruba way of life and thought." —Henry DrewalThis landmark study of Ifa, the most important and elaborate system of divination of the Yoruba people of Nigeria, remains a monumental contribu...
|  | Moliere: An Archetypal Approach (University of Toronto romance series ; 31)
...
|  | Jules Verne on Film: A Filmography of the Cinematic Adaptations of His Works, 1902 Through 1997
Publication Date: May 1998| ISBN-10: 0786404507 | ISBN-13: 978-0786404506Not only are the obvious adaptations of Verne's adventures examined, but also those derivations that bear mere elements. The arrangement is by Verne's title and begins with an analysis of the novel. The entry then presents in chronological order all adaptations, facilitating comparative analyses of not only the movies but also their relationships to the original story. Filmographic data are provided for each film, along with a plot synopsis and commentary. ...
|  | Spain: A Traveler's Literary Companion (Traveler's Literary Companions)
Publication Date: March 1, 2003| Series: Traveler's Literary Companions Explore Spain's rich literary landscape with some of the country's best contemporary writers. Arranged geographically, these thirty stories — many of which appear in English for the first time — transport the reader through Spain's many enchanting regions: experience a bull-run with Juan Goytisolo in Albacete, join Bernardo Atxaga in a Basque village, travel to the misty woods of Galicia with Manuel Rivas, and reminisce nostalgically with Julio Llamazares over black-and-white photos of his childhood Spain. Cont...
|  | Surrealism in Greece: An Anthology
Publication Date: October 1, 2012In the decades between the two World Wars, Greek writers and artists adopted surrealism both as an avant-garde means of overturning the stifling traditions of their classical heritage and also as a way of responding to the extremely unstable political situation in their country. Despite producing much first-rate work throughout the rest of the twentieth century, Greek surrealists have not been widely read outside of Greece. This volume seeks to remedy that omission by offering authoritative translations of the major works of the most important Greek surrealis...
|  | As Always, Julia: The Letters of Julia Child and Avis DeVoto
Publication Date: December 1, 2010With her outsize personality, Julia Child is known around the world by her first name alone. But despite that familiarity, how much do we really know of the inner Julia? Now more than 200 letters exchanged between Julia and Avis DeVoto, her friend and unofficial literary agent memorably introduced in the hit movie Julie & Julia, open the window on Julia’s deepest thoughts and feelings. This riveting correspondence, in print for the first time, chronicles the blossoming of a unique and lifelong friendship between the two women and t...
|  | Gone Tomorrow (Jack Reacher #13)
Release Date: March 23, 2010Susan Mark, the fifth passenger, had a big secret, and her plain little life was being watched in Washington, and California, and Afghanistan—by dozens of people with one thing in common: They’re all lying to Reacher. A little. A lot. Or just enough to get him killed. A race has begun through the streets of Manhattan, a maze crowded with violent, skilled soldiers on all sides of a shadow war. For Jack Reacher, a man who trusts no one and likes it that way, the finish line comes when you finally get face-to-face and look your worst enemy in the eye....
|  | Mission: Impossible
Publication Date: June 1, 1996In the tradition of The Fugitive, a tie-in to a forthcoming all-star-cast motion picture presents an action-packed thriller based on the original cult classic television series.Movie tie-in. ...
|  | Flying Blind: A Novel of Amelia Earhart (Nathan Heller Novels)
Release Date: August 1, 1998| Series: Nathan Heller Novels Max Allan Collins's intrepid fictional private eye Nathan Heller has solved some of America's most notorious crimes, including the Lindbergh kidnapping and the assassination of Huey Long. Now Heller is faced with something quite different--not a crime but a disappearance, of a person he'd been hired to protect years ago--famed aviatrix Amelia Earhart. ...
|  | A Beautiful Place to Die: An Emmanuel Cooper Mystery
Release Date: October 20, 2009Award-winning screenwriter Malla Nunn delivers a stunning and darkly romantic crime novel set in 1950s apartheid South Africa, featuring Detective Emmanuel Cooper -- a man caught up in a time and place where racial tensions and the raw hunger for power make life very dangerous indeed. In a morally complex tale rich with authenticity, Nunn takes readers to Jacob's Rest, a tiny town on the border between South Africa and Mozambique. It is 1952, and new apartheid laws have recently gone into effect, dividing a nation into black and white while supposedly healing ...
|  | The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins (Classic Seuss)
Release Date: December 9, 1989| Age Level: 6 and up | Grade Level: 1 and up...
|  | The Copper Lady (On My Own History)
Publication Date: February 1997| Age Level: 7 and up | Grade Level: 2 and up...
|  | Haddy the Doorstopasaurus: NJ's First Dinosaur Find
Publication Date: October 2003| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up Zoltan Magyar loves dinosaurs and hates poetry. He also hates living in the dull town of Haddonfield, New Jersey where no decent dinosaur would be caught dead. When Zoltan must write a poem about something he loves, he wishes he lived in Arizona where dinosaurs once roamed. ...
|  | A Place of Wonder (Adventures in Odyssey)
Publication Date: August 10, 2006| Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up...
|
Data Source by Amazon.com |
留言列表
留言列表
