 | The Two-Character Play
Publication Date: January 17, 1979A classic play by Tennessee Williams in a definitive, author-approved edition.Reality and fantasy are interwoven with terrifying power as two actors on tour—brother and sister—find themselves deserted by the trope in a decrepit "state theatre in an unknown state." Faced (perhaps) by an audience expecting a performance, they enact "The Two-Character Play"—an illusions within an illusion, and "out cry" from isolation, panic and fear. "I think it is my most beautiful play since Streetcar," Tennessee Williams said, "and I've never stopped wo...
 |  | Grabbing at Water: A Mother--Daughter Memoir
Release Date: April 8, 2008The relationship between mother and daughter is an incomparable blend of affection, comfort, rebellion, pain, frustration, and joy. In Grabbing at Water, mother and daughter Joan and Maddy Lambur explore their extraordinary bond as they recount the events of Maddy's youth and young adulthood -- the successes and struggles, clashes and reconciliations -- telling each story from their very different and equally hilarious points of view. As Joan evolves from a broke, newly single mother living in a Toronto fixer-upper to a high-flying executive, she watches Maddy chan...
|  | Dream On (Wja)
Publication Date: October 15, 2009| Series: Wja (Book 2) Evil is on the hunt...And it s tracking you! RUSSIA, JUNE 19, 1966 THERE is a story about a Red Dog that is running wild, killing sheep and other livestock under the watchful eye of a full moon. One farmer, who claimed to have seen the Red Dog, said it looked like a man, but ran on all fours and foamed at the mouth. This account was never confirmed. NEW YORK, AUGUST 23, 2009 RUMORS of a secret agency arise with questions about the government's involvement. Speculation is that this group, known only as the WJA, is involved in countless ...
|  | Stolen Secrets (Red Rock Mysteries, No. 2)
Publication Date: April 25, 2005| Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up Watch out! The Timberline twins are on the loose. Bryce and Ashley are ATV-riding tweens from Colorado who unearth action-packed mystery and adventure wherever they go. From clearing the name of a local miscreant to thwarting a gold-stealing heist, the twins' growing faith and the strong example of their parents guide them through even the most life-threatening situations. With the trademark page-turner style used by Jerry Jenkins and Chris Fabry in the Left Behind: The Kids series, these fast-paced books will keep...
|  | The Folded Earth: A Novel
Release Date: April 24, 2012LONGLISTED FOR THE 2011 MAN ASIAN LITERARY PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE HINDU LITERARY PRIZE FOR BEST FICTION 2011 WITH HER DEBUT NOVEL, An Atlas of Impossible Longing, Anuradha Roy’s exquisite storytelling instantly won readers’ hearts around the world, and the novel was named one of the best books of the year by The Washington Post and The Seattle Times. Now, Roy has returned with another masterpiece that is already earning international prize attention, an evocative and deeply moving tale of a young woman making a new life for herself amid the foothill...
|  | Twilight's Child (Cutler Family)
Publication Date: February 1, 1992| Series: Cutler Family (Book 3) As Mrs. James Gary Longchamp, Dawn is blissfully happy. But a legacy of deceit and betrayal still haunts her... At last Dawn can create a haven of warmth and love for her beautiful baby girl, Christie, and her darling Jimmy. Dawn is a huge success as the new owner of the Cutler's Cove hotel... and soon she and Jimmy will be blessed with a child of their own. Yet Dawn cannot quell her forebodings of evil. She can sense Grandmother Cutler's presence everywhere... can feel her bitter hatred as if the old lady plotted her vengean...
|  | David's Promise: A Young Man's Struggle with Cystic Fibrosis
Publication Date: April 6, 2006What would it be like to navigate this life under the shadow of a deadly disease? How would you cope, both physically and psychologically? Approximately 30,000 people in our country live with the devastating illness, cystic fibrosis, and one in twenty Caucasians are carriers of its gene. Many among us are affected by CF, but few really know much about it."David's Promise" delivers an in-depth examination of a young man's life-long confrontation with cystic fibrosis. Through the fictional main character of David, the reader is given a deeply personal chance to e...
|  | The Complete Arkangel Shakespeare: 38 Fully-Dramatized Plays
Publication Date: March 31, 2003| ISBN-10: 1932219005 | ISBN-13: 978-1932219005| Edition: Unabridged For the first time in audio publishing history, all of Shakespeare's plays are available in one extraordinary, definitive collection. Based on The Complete Pelican Shakespeare, here are all of the master's 38 plays, complete and unabridged, fully dramatized on CDs with an original score and sound design for each play. A monumental project that spanned five years and cost $3 million, The Complete Arkangel Shakespeare represents the collective vision of four people: Shakespeare scholar Tom ...
|  | Aspects of Brecht and Lorca (Poetry Review)
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|  | Seeking Persephone
Publication Date: September 1, 2011When Persephone Lancaster receives a marriage proposalfrom the ill-tempered Duke of Kielder, she refuses, and then reconsiders. The obscene sum of money he's offeringPersephone would save her family from ruin. Withher characteristic optimism, she travels to the far reachesof Northumberland to wed a greatly feared stranger.Lodged deep in a thick forest infested with wild dogs,the Duke's castle is as cold and forbidding as the Dukehimself, a man with terrible scars on his body and hissoul. But the Duke's steely determination to protect hisheart at all costs i...
|  | Reckless Surrender (Indigo)
Release Date: June 1, 2009| Series: Indigo Rina Matthew's world is perfect. Rina's reputation as a skilled accountant is well-known. Her Atlanta-based company is solvent, and she has a secure relationship with her business partner- in and out of the bedroom. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title....
|  | The Big Four: A Hercule Poirot Mystery (Hercule Poirot Mysteries)
Release Date: August 30, 2011| Series: Hercule Poirot MysteriesFramed in the doorway of Hercule Poirot’s bedroom stands an uninvited guest, coated from head to foot in dust. The man stares for a moment, then he sways and falls. Who is he? Is he suffering from shock or just exhaustion? Above all, what is the significance of the figure 4, scribbled over and over again on a sheet of paper? Poirot finds himself plunged into a world of international intrigue, risking his life—and that of his “twin brother”—to uncover the truth....
|  | The Complete Sherlock Holmes, Vol. 2
Publication Date: 19271122 pages ...
|  | Sticky Burr: The Prickly Peril
Release Date: September 8, 2009| Age Level: 6 and up | Grade Level: 1 and up...
|  | David Lawrence and his Game Day Chocolate Chip Pancakes
Publication Date: May 27, 2011 David Lawrence is nervous about playing in his first Pee Wee football game and decides he does not want to play. He is afraid of making mistakes and losing the game. After a talk with his mom about confidence and eating the yummy chocolate chip pancakes she made, he feels better about playing in his first big football game....
|  | NASCAR Daring Drivers (All-Star Readers: Level 2)
Publication Date: January 6, 2005 ...
|  | Alex and the Wednesday Chess Club
Release Date: August 24, 2004| Age Level: 4 and up Alex first learned to play chess when he was four years old. He loved it. He loved the pieces, the challenge, and the sweet taste that winning left in his mouth. He loved it until he played a chess game with moldy old Uncle Hooya...and lost. Then Alex decided to give up chess for good.Now in third grade Alex wants to give chess another try. He joins the chess club and discovers that chess is fun again. He plays his friends, he listens to the coach, and he practices at school, at home, and on the computer. Alex is a chess maniac! All of thi...
|  | The Idea of Nature in Disney Animation: From Snow White to Wall-e (Ashgate Studies in Childhood, 1700 to the Present)
Publication Date: June 2012| ISBN-10: 1409437493 | ISBN-13: 978-1409437499| Edition: 2 In the second edition of "The Idea of Nature in Disney Animation", David Whitley updates his 2008 book to reflect recent developments in Disney and Disney-Pixar animation such as the apocalyptic tale of earth's failed ecosystem, "WALL-E". As Whitley has shown, and Disney's newest films continue to demonstrate, the messages animated films convey about the natural world are of crucial importance to their child viewers. Beginning with "Snow White", Whitley examines a wide range of Disney's feature animati...
|  | Three Little Pigs (Little Golden Book)
Release Date: September 14, 2004| Age Level: 2 and up...
|  | The Summer of Riley
Release Date: March 26, 2002| Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up "Maybe that's one of the reasons people get dogs, to kind of close up the empty places inside them."Eleven-year-old William never needed a friend more than now. After his parents' separation, his father's new engagement, and his grandfather's dying without any warning -- adopting big, beautiful Riley is the first thing in a long time that has made him feel better. That is, until Riley innocently chases a horse.Local law states that any animal that chases livestock must be put to sleep. Suddenly William stands to lose a...
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