 | Our Lady of the Ruins: Poems
Publication Date: April 2, 2012| ISBN-10: 0393086437 | ISBN-13: 978-0393086430| Edition: 1st "Poetry for the new century: awake to the world, spiritually profound, and radiant with lyric intelligence." —Carolyn ForchéWinner of the 2011 Barnard Women Poets Prize, Our Lady of the Ruins tracks a group of women through their pilgrimage in a mid-apocalyptic world. Exploring war, plagues, and the search for a new God in exile, these poems create a chorus of wanderers haunted by empire, God, and personal trauma. from “Hysteria: A Requiem” Now, in the last world, ...
 |  | The Kind of Love That Saves You
Release Date: May 29, 2001A new voice in women's fiction bursts onto the scene with this enthralling debut by Amy Yurk, a novelist blessed with rare wisdom, dazzling eloquence, and a deep understanding of what it means to be human.Sarah Strickland and her best friend, Calista, have been like sisters since the first day of kindergarten, sharing good times and weathering crises for more than twenty years. Together they've navigated the terrain of school, friendship, romances, breakups, love, and marriage. But in one shattering second Sarah's world changes, and the landscape she enters is one s...
|  | House of Leaves
Release Date: March 7, 2000Years ago, when House of Leaves was first being passed around, it was nothing more than a badly bundled heap of paper, parts of which would occasionally surface on the Internet. No one could have anticipated the small but devoted following this terrifying story would soon command. Starting with an odd assortment of marginalized youth -- musicians, tattoo artists, programmers, strippers, environmentalists, and adrenaline junkies -- the book eventually made its way into the hands of older generations, who not only found themselves in those strangely arranged pages bu...
|  | The Bounty Hunters
Release Date: April 2, 2002The old Apache renegade Soldado Viejo is hiding out in Mexico, and the Arizona Department Adjutant has selected two men to hunt him down. One -- Dave Flynn -- knows war, the land, and the nature of his prey. The other is a kid lieutenant named Bowers. But there's a different kind of war happening in Soyopa. And if Flynn and his young associate choose the wrong allies -- and the wrong enemy -- they won't be getting out alive. ...
|  | Calcium Made Interesting: Sketches, Letters, Essays & Gondolas
Publication Date: April 1, 2007The late Graham Chapman was Monty Python's one true anarchist. The man who portrayed the mistaken messiah in Life of Brian lived his life, on and off the stage, with a sheer delight in madness. In the spirit of the man himself, this marvelous anthology collects everything from unpublished sketches, transcripts of his lecture tours, and letters to his bank manager ("Please stop writing these abusive letters about my overdraft. I consider it to be quite a nice one…"), to serious articles on gay rights and reflections on his fellow Pythons—all offering a...
|  | Short Stories in German / Erz
Release Date: December 30, 2003This new volume of eight short stories with parallel English translations offers students of German at all levels the opportunity to enjoy a wide range of contemporary literature. The majority of these stories have been written in the past decade and reflect a rich diversity of styles and themes. Complete with notes, the stories make excellent reading in either language....
|  | The Trickster: A Study in American Indian Mythology
Release Date: September 13, 1987Anthropological and psychological analysis by Radin Kereny and Jung of the voraciously uninhibited episodes of the Winnebego Trickster cycle. ...
|  | Two Nativity Dramas
Publication Date: January 1, 1984| ISBN-10: 0895366975 | ISBN-13: 978-0895366979Either of the two dramas in this book are suitable for use as a Sunday church school Christmas program, a special Christmas season worship service (hymns may be added), or a program for a youth group or other church organization during the Advent or Christmas season. Either can be produced with simple props, and parts can either be read or recited from memory. The Tinsel Time Machine is a charming Christmas fantasy in the style of H. G. Wells. An unlikely contraption proves capable of transporting members of ...
|  | Instant Applause: 26 Very Short Complete Plays
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|  | Omeros
Publication Date: June 1, 1992A poem in five books, of circular narrative design, titled with the Greek name for Homer, which simultaneously charts two currents of history: the visible history charted in events -- the tribal losses of the American Indian, the tragedy of African enslavement -- and the interior, unwritten epic fashioned from the suffering of the individual in exile. ...
|  | De Profundis (Spanish Edition)
Publication Date: May 22, 201050 poemas de una reciente publicación de Acevedo.En este volumen hay un tono intimista abordando las perennes preguntas del diario vivir. ...
|  | Buch der Lieder (Dodo Press) (German Edition)
Publication Date: November 21, 2008Christian Johann Heinrich Heine (1797-1856) war einer der bedeutendsten deutschen Dichter und Journalisten des 19. Jahrhunderts. 1819 nahm Heine ein Jurastudium zunächst in Bonn, später in Berlin, auf. Während seiner Berliner Zeit debütierte Heine als Buch-Autor. Seine ersten Gedichte (u. a.: Ein Traum und Mit Rosen) veröffentlichte Heine bereits 1816, in seiner Hamburger Zeit, unter dem Pseudonym Sy. Freudhold Riesenharf in der Zeitschrift Hamburgs Wächter. Wegen seiner politischen Ansichten...
|  | Eugene Onegin and Other Poems (Everyman's Library Pocket Poets)
Release Date: May 18, 1999| Series: Everyman's Library Pocket Poets Eugene Onegin (1833) is a comedy of manners, written in exquisitely crafted verse, about two young members of the Russian gentry, the eponymous hero and the girl Tatyana, who don't quite connect. It is also the greatest masterpiece of Russian literature - the source of the human archetypes and the attitudes that define and govern the towering fictional creations of nineteenth century Russia and one of the most celebrated poems of the world. Before Alexander Pushkin (1799-1837) wrote Eugene Onegin, his nation's literature was...
|  | Letters to Penthouse XXVIII: Threesomes, Foursomes, and Moresomes (v. 28)
Publication Date: April 2007In the sensual, sizzling world of Penthouse, a threesome is hotter than a twosome, foursomes are a scorcher, and more is a dream come true! Readers of the world?s greatest forum on sexuality can't help but agree, and their letters burn with all-true tales of husbands and wives, boyfriends and girlfriends, lovers and strangers mixed and matched in every possible combination. Follow them as they party and please, grope and tease on the patio and pool tables, on picnic benches and massage mattresses, on fishing trips and in birthday orgies. The fun just multiplies! ...
|  | No Chance
Release Date: February 23, 2010DO OR DIE Skylar James told a lie to the man she married, and eight years later she still bitterly regrets the deception. Unknown to Skylar, her husband, Gabe Maddox, now lives in the dangerous shadows of elite operatives who rescue victims. When Skylar tries to save a naïve young beauty, kidnappers come after her. For Gabe, Skylar had been his last shot at trust and love. But news of her disappearance battens down his anger and launches him into action. Saving Skylar is Gabe’s only chance for peace and his last chance for happiness. Enjoy...
|  | Suspicion of Innocence
Release Date: November 1, 1994Gail Connor, a successful young attorney, must put aside her ownproblems--a failing marriage, a looming custody battle, and a falteringlegal career--when her sister, Renee, is found murdered. Reprint. K.PW....
|  | Calumet City: A Novel
Publication Date: March 4, 2008Among the most self-assured and sharply crafted debuts in recent years, Calumet City detonates a Molotov cocktail of character-driven suspense and ghetto-Chicago intrigue.Meet Patti Black, the most decorated cop in Chicago. On her ghetto beat, Patti Black redefines the word badass. But her steel-plated exterior -- solitary, stoic, loveless -- belies the wrenching legacy of her orphan childhood. Haunted by the horrifying abuse she suffered at the hands of her foster parents, Patti Black sublimates past torments into a meticulously maintained tough-gal persona.Wh...
|  | A Deadly Brew (Matthew Bartholomew Chronicles)
Publication Date: June 1, 1999| Series: Matthew Bartholomew Chronicles (Book 4) In the winter of 1353, torrential rains are spreading fever to the poor and making travel especially hazardous along the town’s outlaw-infested roads. Then three members of the University die by drinking poisoned wine. College physician Matthew Bartholomew would rather not get involved in the investigation, but when his life is threatened, he stumbles on criminal activities that implicate friends, relatives, and colleagues—a deadly brew of evil intent. ...
|  | The Halloween Tree
Publication Date: August 1, 2011| Age Level: 10 and up | Grade Level: 5 and up On a Halloween night, eight boys are led on an incredible journey into the past by the mysterious ''spirit'' Moundshroud. Riding a dark autumn wind from ancient Egypt to the land of the Celtic druids, from Mexico to a cathedral in Paris, they will witness the haunting beginnings of the holiday called Halloween.Ray Bradbury's evocative prose and imagery will send shivers of delight--and spine-chilling terror--through listeners young and old, long after the last candle has died in your jack-o'-lantern. ...
|  | The Lucky Baseball Bat: 50th Anniversary Commemorative Edition (Matt Christopher Sports Fiction)
Publication Date: August 24, 2004| Grade Level: P and up...
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