 | The Exegesis of Philip K. Dick
Release Date: November 7, 2011“A great and calamitous sequence of arguments with the universe: poignant, terrifying, ludicrous, and brilliant. The Exegesis is the sort of book associated with legends and madmen, but Dick wasn’t a legend and he wasn’t mad. He lived among us, and was a genius.”—Jonathan LethemBased on thousands of pages of typed and handwritten notes, journal entries, letters, and story sketches, The Exegesis of Philip K. Dick is the magnificent and imaginative final work of an author who dedicated his life to questioning the nature of reality and...
 |  | The Ultimate Gift (The Ultimate Series #1)
Publication Date: September 2001What would you do to inherit a million dollars? Would you be willing to change your life? Jason Stevens is about to find out in Jim Stovall's The Ultimate Gift. Red Stevens has died, and the older members of his family receive their millions with greedy anticipation. But a different fate awaits young Jason, whom Stevens, his great-uncle, believes may be the last vestige of hope in the family. "Although to date your life seems to be a sorry excuse for anything I would call promising, there does seem to be a spark of something in you that I hope we can fan into ...
|  | Saving Faith
Publication Date: September 1, 2000Believe the Power In a secluded house not far from Washington, D.C., the FBI is interviewing one of the most important witnesses it has ever had, a young woman named Faith Lockhart. For Faith has done too much, knows too much, and she'll tell too much. Believe the Suspense Feared by some of the most powerful men in the world, Faith has been targeted to die. But when a private investigator walks into the middle of the assassination attempt, the shooting suddenly goes wrong, and an FBI agent is killed. Believe the Astounding New Story That Only David Baldacci...
|  | The Inquest (Hardscrabble Books-Fiction of New England)
Publication Date: May 31, 2006| Series: Hardscrabble Books-Fiction of New England In 1830, Experience "Speedy" Goodrich died after undergoing an abortion in Burlington, Vermont. This tragedy and the resulting inquiry provide the foundation for Jeffrey D. Marshall's meticulously researched first novel. From the vibrant intellectual life of the University of Vermont to the public outcry over grave-robbing medical students in search of subjects for dissection, and from the progressive social movements of the day to the commercial bustle of a thriving inland port, Marshall offers a compelling po...
|  | Final Destination 4: Dead Man's Hand
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|  | History: A Novel
Release Date: February 8, 2000History was written nearly thirty years after Elsa Morante and Alberto Moravia spenta year in hiding among remote farming villages in the mountains south of Rome. Thereshe witnessed the full impact of the war and first formed the ambition to write anaccount of what history - the great political events driven by men of power, wealth,and ambition - does when it reaches the realm of ordinary people struggling for lifeand bread.The central character in this powerful and unforgiving novel is Ida Mancuso,a schoolteacher whose husband has died and whose feckless teen...
|  | Pets in Prospect
Publication Date: February 29, 2008When young Paul Mitchell is bitten by a hamster on his first day in practice, he begins to question his decision to become a vet. During his six months in the hospital where a hawk-eyed elderly receptionist rules the roost, Paul encounters eccentric characters from all over the animal kingdom. These include bald cockatoos and lame camels, as well as the actress Francesca Cavendish—famous for her cat ads—and the notoriously persnickety sisters Madge and Rose Stockwell. Filled with zany capers as well as a swearing mynah bird and an anaconda with a ...
|  | Picasso, I Want My Face Back
Publication Date: May 4, 2010Art, landscape, and memory are interwoven strands in the fabric of Grace Nichols' latest collection, Picasso, I Want My Face Back. The book opens with a long poem in the voice of Dora Maar, who, as Picasso's muse and mistress, was the inspiration for his iconic painting, The Weeping Woman. The poems are almost interlocking reflections that echo the cubist manner of the painting and allow us to enter the shifting surfaces of Dora Maar's mind and her journey of self reclamation. ""Speaks through the voice of Dora Maar, Pablo Picasso's lover. . . The intriguing angl...
|  | Anything Goes: Origins of the Cult of Scientific Irrationalism
Publication Date: December 1, 1998 Little known outside his native Australia, David Stove was one of the most illuminating and brilliant philosophical essayists of his era. A fearless attacker of intellectual and cultural orthodoxies, Stove left powerful critiques of scientific irrationalism, Darwinian theories of human behavior, and philosophical idealism.Since its inception in the 1940s, the field of science studies, originally intended to bridge the gap between science and the humanities, has been the center of controversy and debate. The most notable figures in this debate are Thomas K...
|  | Within Four Walls: The Correspondence between Hannah Arendt and Heinrich Blcher, 1936-1968
Publication Date: November 17, 2000Here is the life story of two exceptional people, two Germans who fled their country for different reasons. It is the story of their life in exile in Paris and in New York, their dependence on each other and deepening love, their continued exchange of ideas, Arendt's teaching and writing, her involvement with Jewish life in Europe and in Israel, and Blucher's years at The New School and at Bard College. It is also an important document of the '30s in Germany and France, of World War II, and the post-war life in ravaged European cities. Meanwhile, there is l...
|  | Timetwist: The Last Buccaneer
Publication Date: June 1, 2003| Series: Timetwist (Silhouette) A TIMELESS TREASURESucked through a whirlpool while diving for sunken treasure, Tess Bonney was transported back through time to find herself about to be sold to the highest bidder! Then dashing buccaneer Richard Neville came to her rescue, and the real adventure began. A seventeenth-century pirate should be pillaging and philandering, yet Richard found himself saving Tess, allowing her to tend his wounded body and tortured soul. And though the rules of the high seas forbade him to give his heart to anyone, Tess was a siren he co...
|  | Deadly Pink
Release Date: July 10, 2012| Age Level: 10 and up | Grade Level: 5 and up Grace Pizzelli is the average one, nothing like her brilliant older sister, Emily, whoworks for Rasmussem, creators of the world’s best virtual reality games. The gamesaren’t real, though—or at least they weren’t. Now Emily has hidden herself inside apink and sparkly game meant for little girls. No one knows why, or how to convinceher to come back out, and the technology can’t keep her safe for much longer.Grace may consider herself average, but she’s the only one who can save Emily....
|  | Superman Classic: Superman Phonics Fun (My First I Can Read)
Release Date: June 26, 2012| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up...
|  | Pokemon: Essential Handbook
Publication Date: August 1, 2012| Age Level: 8 and up...
|  | David and the Phoenix
Publication Date: January 11, 2012Quality ClassicsWe specialize in creating hard to find, high quality, classic books optimized for the Kindle.Sick of spelling errors, weird characters, or a lack of pictures in illustrated books? Well we know how you feel. We always have the highest quality books.All of our books are formatted and reviewed by an actual human for the Kindle, and always 99 cents.To find more of our books search "quality classics" in Amazon. --This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition....
|  | Bruce Lee (Tdty) (They Died Too Young)
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|  | Official Queens Park Rangers FC Annual 2012 (Annuals 2012)
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|  | Tucket's Ride (The Francis Tucket Books)
Release Date: March 9, 1998| Age Level: 10 and up | Grade Level: 5 and up...
|  | Fairy Charm Collection: Books 4-6: Last Fairy-apple Tree WITH The Magic Key AND The Unicorn v. 2 (Fa
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|  | Who's Like Me? (Flip the Flap and Find Out)
Release Date: February 28, 2012| Age Level: 3 and up | Grade Level: P and up...
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