 | Sab (Hispanic Texts)
Publication Date: August 10, 2001| ISBN-10: 071905706X | ISBN-13: 978-0719057069| Edition: Annotated edition This story of a slave's unrequited love for the woman who possessed him is set in 19th-century colonial Cuba. It is the only known feminist and abolitionist novel published during the 19th century in Spain or its colonies. Sab is a pioneer novel in that it is not merely concerned with improving the treatment of slaves or putting an end to the trade in Africa; it is an impassioned declaration of human rights. This new annotated critical edition provides the original Spanish text, a...
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 | A Gradual Twilight
Publication Date: April 29, 2002The essays and poetry gathered by editor Steven B. Rogers are a testament to Haines contribution to poetry. Most of the material is new and all of it celebrates the immeasurable talents and matchless generosity of this writer, teacher, mentor. In a contribution, Donald Hall writes, "...But Haines differs from others in the care of his language. He writes with a hard instrument on a hard surface." ...
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 | Skin Game (Dark Angel)
Release Date: February 4, 2003| Series: Dark Angel (Book 2) The saga of Dark Angel continues!Someone is killing normal humans in the fog-enshrouded city of Seattle. The murders are brutal and grisly, but inside Terminal City they barely cause a ripple of concern. The transgenics who live there have problems of their own. In an area under siege by the oppressive arm of the police, the transgenics must protect their fledgling colony against the outside world—a world that eyes them with contempt and suspicion . . . and will do anything to be rid of them.As the killings escalate, Joshua c...
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 | Coarse Acting Strikes Back
Publication Date: June 1, 2011Genre: Short comediesCharacters: Various males and females, extrasIncludes: Trapped, Oedocles, King of Thebes, Pride at Southhanger Park by Rupert Bean, and Cinderella....
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 | Accelerating Possession: Global Futures of Property and Personhood (A Critical Theory Institute Book)
Publication Date: April 4, 2006| ISBN-10: 0231137842 | ISBN-13: 978-0231137843 Accelerating Possession is a groundbreaking collection of essays that examines how recent economic movements have revolutionized the relationship between property and personhood. These prominent scholars argue that in our present age, globalization, rampant privatization, and biotechnology have irrevocably changed traditional ideas of property and the self. Definitions of property no longer correspond to the configurations of the person who owns or is subjected to property. Self and ownership have a whole new ...
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| Browning Institute Studies, 1990: Victorian Theatricalities (Victorian Literature and Culture)
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 | Anatomy of a Dictatorship: Inside the GDR, 1949-1989
Publication Date: May 21, 1998| ISBN-10: 0198207204 | ISBN-13: 978-0198207207Founded on the ruins of Hitler's defeated Third Reich, and lacking any intrinsic legitimacy, the German Democratic Republic nevertheless became the most stable and successful state in the Soviet bloc. Yet in the "gentle revolution" of 1989 it collapsed with startling speed. How can this extraordinary story of political stability followed by sudden implosion be explained?With the opening of the East German archives, it is at last possible to look inside the apparently impregnable dictatorship. Mary Fulbrook pro...
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 | A Teacher for All Generations (2 vol. set) (Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism)
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 | Love Once Again
Publication Date: June 2002A twist of time had swept them into each other'sarms....but a sad turn of fate just as suddenly swept them apart.On a perfect New England Christmas morning, Jessica, with their infantson in her arms, crosses their bedroom to greet Christopher. Butbefore she has a chance to reach her destination, the image of himseated on the edge of their bed seems to fade. His welcoming smilebecomes a look of alarm. He reaches out his hand to her. She thinksshe has grasped it.Yet instead she finds herself in small and very cold nineteenthcentury cabin, alone with their child...whi...
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 | 1st to Die (Women's Murder Club)
Publication Date: May 20, 2005| Series: Women's Murder Club Imagine a killer who thinks, "What is the worst thing anyone has ever done?"--and then goes far beyond it. Now imagine four women --a police detective, an assistant DA, a reporter, and a medical examiner --who join forces as they sidestep their bosses to track down criminals. Known as the Women's Murder Club, they are pursuing a murderer whose twisted imagination has stunned an entire city. Their chief suspect is a socially prominent writer, but the men in charge won't touch him. On the trail of the most terrifying and unexpected ki...
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 | Ice and Flame (Dc Super Heroes (Dc Super Villains))
Publication Date: August 1, 2011| Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up...
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 | Odysseus, the Hero of Ithaca (Illustrated, With ATOC)
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 | The Hunter Who Was King and Other African Tales
Publication Date: January 1994Three traditional African folktales include "The Boy Who Sang to the Egg" and "The Tug-of-War," in addition to the title story about a hunter whose curiosity threatens his marriage to a beautiful queen. ...
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 | Hat Trick (Lorimer Sports Stories)
Publication Date: September 15, 2010| Age Level: 10 and up | Grade Level: 5 and up...
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 | Peanut Butter and Jelly: A Play Rhyme
Release Date: January 30, 1992| Grade Level: P and up A favorite play rhyme takes on super-duper proportions as two children create a table-sized sandwich from scratch. "The joyfully sketched pandemonium will enliven story hours and preschool introductions with a perennially pleasing chant".--Booklist. Full color. ...
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 | Mixed Magics: Four Tales of Chrestomanci (Chrestomanci, Book 5)
Release Date: April 10, 2001| Age Level: 10 and up | Grade Level: 5 and up Dapper, debonair, and wise, the great enchanter Chrestomanci has nine lives and a strong personality as well as strong magic. That personality reverberates in each of these four dazzling stories.A warlock tries to escape Chrestomanci's justice by fleeing to another world-with hilarious results. Cat Chant and Tonino Montana reluctantly join forces when Chrestomanci sends them on a visit that turns suddenly dangerous. The youngest best-selling dreamer needs Chrestomanci's help when she finds she can't dream anymore. And...
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 | Watchers on the Hill (Pine Ridge Portraits #2)
Publication Date: August 1, 2004Pine Ridge Portraits book 2, the sequel to the bestselling Secrets on the Wind. Readers will be charmed and inspired by the story of Charlotte Valentine, who, in her earlier years, was a ¼irtatious young beauty in search of an army of¹cer to marry.But the passage of years has made Charlotte a different woman, one in desperate need of a safe haven.Her return to Fort Robinson, Nebraska, brings one surprise after another, including the appearance of two former beaus. Trusting God to heal the wounds of her past and being able to move forward in faith bec...
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| Christopher Fox: The Story of a Confederate General Who Finds Great Comfort from His Unusual Mascot, a Fox.
Publication Date: January 2009Each of us fears his own personal "dragon"---Sometimes imaginary that consumes our thoughts---The Night Of The Dragon was written to help us realize---That our greatest fear can exist only in our minds. ...
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| Sissy & Smooch: A Tale of a Kitten and Her Angel with Plush
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