 | Tales of Conjure and the Color Line : 10 Stories (Dover Thrift Editions)
Publication Date: June 19, 1998| Series: Dover Thrift Editions Features 10 of the best stories by a pioneer in the development of African-American fiction: "The Goophered Grapevine," "Po' Sandy," "Sis' Becky's Pickaninny," "The Wife of His Youth," "Dave's Neckliss," "The Passing of Grandison," "A Matter of Principle," more. Witty, charming, and insightful. Edited and with an Introduction by Joan Sherman. ...
 |  | Witness: The Black Volume
Publication Date: June 2006We've been here before.or at least we think we have. There's a new sheriff in town. Meet Arthur Gillis, the guy you should have crossed the street to avoid. News reporter, voyeur, rapist and murderer. He's an equal opportunity kinda of guy. The worst kind of bad there is, a man who has found he has a taste for dark things and the balls to enjoy it. In a place somewhere between heaven and hell there is an opening being thrust ever wider. Witness has found a kindred spirit. God help us. ...
|  | Isn't It Pretty To Think So?
Release Date: June 11, 2012Isn't It Pretty To Think So? is a contemporary, coming-of-age tale by first-time novelist Nick Miller.Set in Los Angeles, the novel follows Jake Reed, a world-weary recent college graduate struggling to find use for his liberal arts degree amidst a waning workforce. He eventually lands a job in real estate as a "Social Media Manager," a role that requires the mindless pursuit of likes, tweets, and hits.After a death in the family and a surprise inheritance, Jake quits his job and meanders through lonely hotel rooms, quiet beach towns, and then, in a drama...
|  | A Morning Like This: A Novel
Publication Date: June 10, 2009David and Abby Treasure seem to have everything together: a perfect marriage, a perfect son, and a perfect life. But one simple phone call turns their world upside down. Years ago, David had an affair outside of his marriage, and though he never knew it, the affair produced a daughter. Now his former lover calls with heartbreaking news: his daughter is dying of leukemia. Her only hope for survival is a bone marrow transplant-from David or his son. Can David and Abby set aside their betrayal and anger to save a little girl's life? If they can make it through, th...
|  | You Could Be At Sea Dance Hosting
Publication Date: January 21, 2004So . . . you're a man who likes ballroom dancing. You've heard that you can sail the oceans of the world in exchange for dancing with beautiful, single women. It's true! I'm living proof. I've been dancing the Seven Seas since 1989. You can too, and you'll find out how inside these pages. For example: What exactly does adance host do? How do you get invited aboard? And, most important, how do you "stay" invited. What if you didn't know that you can get thrown off at the next port for having bad breath, for going to a female passenger's stateroom, or for...
|  | The Soddit: Or, Let's Cash in Again (Cardboard Box of the Rings)
Publication Date: September 18, 2012| Series: Cardboard Box of the Rings Bingo Grabbins is a soddit who enjoys a comfortable life (apart from his feet, of course). But his contentment is disturbed when the wizard, Gandef, and a company of bizarrely Welsh dwarves drag him away on an adventure. They have a plot to raid the treasure hoard (or so they say) guarded by Smug, a large and very tedious dragon. Bingo is reluctant to take part in this insane venture, but a dwarven dagger held to his throat soon surprises even himself and off the companions go on a quest that seems truly epic (well, unt...
|  | The Pulpwood Queen's Tiara-Wearing, Book-Sharing Guide to Life
Publication Date: January 2, 2008When licensed cosmetologist turned publisher's rep Kathy Patrick lost her job due to industry cutbacks, she wasn't deterred. One year later, she opened Beauty and the Book, the world's only combination beauty salon/bookstore. Soon after, she founded The Pulpwood Queens of East Texas -- a reading group that dared to ask the question, "Does a book club have to be snobby to be serious?" The idea spread like wildfire. Now there are about 70 chapters nationwide. The overriding rule -- aside from wearing the club's official tiara, hot pink, and leopard print outfit...
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|  | Reading Lives: Reconstructing Childhood, Books, and Schools in Britain, 1870-1920
Publication Date: September 15, 1997| ISBN-10: 0312121431 | ISBN-13: 978-0312121433| Edition: 1st Drawing on a variety of disciplines, this study examines the social, political and cultural forces that redefined childhood in Britain between 1860 and 1920 as well as the relationship of childhood to struggles over class, gender and race. ...
|  | Homosexual Desire in Shakespeare's England: A Cultural Poetics
Publication Date: March 1, 1995| ISBN-10: 0226763668 | ISBN-13: 978-0226763668In the most comprehensive study yet of homosexuality in the English Renaissance, Bruce R. Smith examines and rejects the assessments of homosexual acts in moral philosophy, laws, and medical books in favor of a poetics of homosexual desire. Smith isolates six different "myths" from classical literature and discusses each in relation to a particular Renaissance literary genre and to a particular part of the social structure of early modern England. Smith's new Preface places his work in the context of the contin...
|  | Lo Capos, Las narco-rutas de Mexico (Best Seller (Debolsillo)) (Spanish Edition)
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|  | Aiden And Ky: Ellora's Cave Spectrum
Publication Date: July 28, 2010Book Four, Tales of the Shareem. Brianne, a member of the elite ruling family of Bor Narga, is horrified when she inadvertently causes the arrest of two decadent Shareem - men genetically created to provide women ultimate pleasure. They are nearly terminated before she can get them released, and she wants to make amends. Little does she know that Ky, angry over the near loss of his best friend Aiden, will find an exquisite way to make her pay. Raised to believe that carnality has no place in civilized life, Brianne suddenly finds herself schooled by not one, bu...
|  | Literotica: the very best of Literotica.com
Publication Date: November 1, 2001Alternately humorous and heartbreaking, but always sizzling hot, the stories in this collection should become a staple in any bookstore with a well-stocked erotica section. LITEROTICA is a gold mine of erotic riches, culled from thousands of stories, even whole novels, posted at Literotica. Whether they're tasty vignettes or epic tales of erotic grandeur, the stories in this collection are sure to appeal to the erotica reader with refined tastes. ...
|  | Goldfinger
Publication Date: August 1993A friendly game of two-handed canasta turns out to be thoroughly crooked and a beautiful girl ends up dead. In Bond's first encounter with Auric Goldfinger - the world's cleverest, cruellest criminal, useful lessons are learned. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title....
|  | End Games (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard)
Release Date: August 12, 2008| Series: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard When an advance scout for an American film company disappears, Aurelio Zen's most recent assignment in remote Calabria becomes anything but routine. Despite a savage attack that has scared the locals silent, Zen is determined to expose the truth. To make matters more complicated, a group of dangerous strangers, led by a rich, single-minded American have arrived to uncover another local mystery—buried treasure—and they will stop at nothing to achieve their goal. What ensues is a fiendishly suspenseful case that only...
|  | Sailor Moon Stars, Vol. 1
Publication Date: March 2001It is a brand new era for Sailor Moon and the Scouts.As Darien is about to depart for America to attend university, he crumbles and disappears.Meanwhile, a mysterious little girl, RiRi, and three new Scouts, the Sailor Starlights, appear on the scene.As the new Scouts appear, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, and Mars disappear into a supernatural void.Bunny is forced to deal with the fact that everyone she loves is gone.Are the Scouts gone forever and are the Sailor Starlights involved?Don`t miss this heart-pounding edition to the Sailor Moon saga.PUBLISHER: Tokyopop.com ...
|  | The Not-So-Perfect Planet (Way-Too-Real Aliens)
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|  | Nursery Rhymes
Release Date: February 12, 1979"Mary had a little lamb," This little pig went to market," and other beloved rhymes--all basics in the nursery--glowingly illustrated with animals, toys, and small children. ...
|  | Alexander the Great
Release Date: December 1, 2004"Alexander the Great" is a children's story chronicling Shaun Alexander's athletic and academic journey to success. The story also shares a terrific moral lesson in rhyme. Part of the proceeds of the book will go to the Shaun Alexander Foundation, which helps shape and mentor the developing lives of young men. ...
|  | Teatime with Emma Buttersnap
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