 | The Buddha in the Attic
Release Date: March 20, 2012Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award For FictionNational Book Award and Los Angeles Times Book Prize FinalistA New York Times Notable BookA gorgeous novel by the celebrated author of When the Emperor Was Divine that tells the story of a group of young women brought from Japan to San Francisco as “picture brides” nearly a century ago. In eight unforgettable sections, The Buddha in the Attic traces the extraordinary lives of these women, from their arduous journeys by boat, to their arrival in San Francisco and their tremulous first nights as new wives; from...
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 | The Deep Blue Sea for Beginners
Release Date: August 4, 2009A legendary island steeped in the mystery and wisdom of centuries…A runaway heiress learning to trust life, and love… A mother and daughter, separated for years, searching for a way to face the future together…New York Times bestselling author Luanne Rice tells a powerful story of love, family, and friendship through the lives of two women who reunite at a place where dreams begin—and where they may be fulfilled at last….Years ago, Lyra Davis left behind a world of wealth and privilege and the people she loved most in the world, unabl...
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 | Sense and sensibilitiy
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 | A Shaker Hymnal
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 | 100 Ghastly Little Ghost Stories
Publication Date: 1993scary stories from known writers ...
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 | Vampire Diary (The Embrace)
Publication Date: December 1, 1995In the shadows of Los Angeles, an ancient vampire courts Auston Jacobson, a nightclube bartender. This is her diary. ...
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| Dark Descent: A Fabulous Formless Darkness v. 3 (The Dark Descent Series)
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 | Night Watch
Release Date: July 26, 2006The Night Watch series has caused a sensation never before seen in Russia -- its popularity is frenzied and unprecedented, and driven by a truly great, epic story. In 2005 Fox Searchlight announced it had acquired the Russian film adaptation for an American release. Interest in the books here is now set to reach a fever pitch. Set in modern day Moscow, Night Watch is a world as elaborate and imaginative as Tolkien or the best Asimov. Living among us are the "Others," an ancient race of humans with supernatural powers who swear allegiance to either the Dark or the L...
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 | The Grail: From Celtic Myth to Christian Symbol
Publication Date: October 7, 1991| Series: Mythos: the Princeton/Bollingen Series in World Mythology The medieval legend of the Grail, a tale about the search for supreme mystical experience, has never ceased to intrigue writers and scholars by its wildly variegated forms: the settings have ranged from Britain to the Punjab to the Temple of Zeus at Dodona; the Grail itself has been described as the chalice used by Christ at the Last Supper, a stone with miraculous youth-preserving virtues, a vessel containing a man's head swimming in blood; the Grail has been kept in a castle by a beautiful ...
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| Live Theatre and Dramatic Literature in the Medieval Arabic World (New York University Studies in Near Eastern Civilization Number XVII)
Release Date: October 1, 1992...this original and scholarly study upsets received theories on the history of the dramatic art in Arabic...[and] opens up fascinating, new and unexpected vistas...--R.B. Serjeant, Emeritus Prof. of Arabic, Cambridge University A very bold and almost heroic act by Shmuel Moreh, challenging the omnipresent belief that the roots of the theatre among the Arabs are to be found in the West...Professor Moreh extends the horizon of our knowledge and illuminates it with thoroughly researched material.--Peter Chelkowski, New York UniversityThere has long been confusion a...
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 | Rescoldo: Los ultimos cristeros / The Last Cristeros (Literatura / Literature) (Spanish Edition)
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 | Sweet Sensation (Indigo: Sensuous Love Stories)
Release Date: February 27, 2007| Series: Indigo: Sensuous Love Stories Book ...
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 | Fishscale Girl and the Disaster/ La Chiquita Escamosa y el Desastre (The Fishscale Girl Series, No. 2) (Spanish and English Edition)
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 | Sports in America: 1900-1919 (Sports in America: Decade by Decade)
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 | T is for AnTONIa (Secret Keeper Girl Fiction)
Release Date: October 1, 2008| Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up...
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 | Tua and the Elephant
Publication Date: April 18, 2012| Grade Level: 3 and up Ten-year-old Tua—Thai for "peanut"—has everything she needs at home in Chiang Mai, Thailand, except for one thing she's always wanted: a sister. In the market one day, Tua makes an accidental acquaintance—one with wise, loving eyes, remarkable strength, and a very curious trunk. And when Tua meets Pohn-Pohn, it's clear this elephant needs her help. Together, the unusual team sets off on a remarkable journey to escape from Pohn-Pohn's vile captors. From the bustling night market to the hallowed halls of a Buddhist templ...
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 | El dia en que alguien se zampo a supermosca / There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Fly Guy (Supermosca / Fly Guy) (Spanish Edition)
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 | The Bunny Ball
Release Date: January 24, 2008| Age Level: 3 and up | Grade Level: P and up One bunny bouncing in a field...
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