 | The Plot Against Hip Hop: A Novel
Publication Date: November 1, 2011"George is an ace at interlacing the real dramas of the world . . . the book's slim length and flyweight depth could make it an artifact of this particular zeitgeist in American history. Playas and haters and celebrity cameos fuel a novel that is wickedly entertaining while being frozen in time."--Kirkus Reviews"This hard-boiled tale is jazzed up with authentic street slang and name-dropping (Biggie, Mary J. Blige, Lil Wayne, and Chuck D) . . . George’s tightly packaged mystery pivots on a believable conspiracy . . . and his street cred shines in his d...
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 | Marginal Sights: Staging the Chinese in America (Studies in Theatre History and Culture)
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 | The Known World
Release Date: August 29, 2006 One of the most acclaimed novels in recent memory, The Known World is a daring and ambitious work by Pulitzer Prize winner Edward P. Jones. The Known World tells the story of Henry Townsend, a black farmer and former slave who falls under the tutelage of William Robbins, the most powerful man in Manchester County, Virginia. Making certain he never circumvents the law, Townsend runs his affairs with unusual discipline. But when death takes him unexpectedly, his widow, Caldonia, can't uphold the estate's order, and chaos ensues. Jones has woven a footnote of his...
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 | Crow's Row
Publication Date: April 13, 2011For college student Emily Sheppard, the thought of spending a summer alone in New York is much more preferable than spending it in France with her parents. Just completing her freshman year at Callister University, Emily faces a quiet summer in the city slums, supporting herself by working at the campus library. During one of her jogs through the nearby cemetery while visiting her brother Bill's grave, Emily witnesses a brutal killing-and then she blacks out. When Emily regains consciousness, she realizes she's been kidnapped by a young crime boss and his gang...
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 | Secrets of the Wolves: A Novel (The Wolf Chronicles)
Release Date: August 2, 2011| Series: The Wolf Chronicles Years of research into the world of wolves combines with mythical tale-telling to present a fantastical adventure set in a world filled with lore. The rules of the Wide Valley wolves were clear: Never consort with humans; never kill a human unprovoked; never allow a mixed-blood wolf to live. But they were rules destined to be broken. Now, in the second riveting installment of The Wolf Chronicles the stakes are higher than ever. Young Kaala of the Swift River pack shattered the rules of the valley and exposed the lies hidden beneath th...
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 | When I Was a Slave: Memoirs from the Slave Narrative Collection (Dover Thrift Editions)
Publication Date: July 1, 2002| Series: Dover Thrift Editions More than 2,000 interviews with former slaves, who, in blunt, simple language, provide often-startling first-person accounts of their lives in bondage. Includes some of the most detailed, compelling, and engrossing life histories in the Slave Narrative Collection, a project funded by the U.S. Government. An illuminating source of information. ...
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 | Night Time (Nick Hern Books)
Publication Date: April 1, 2008| ISBN-10: 1854595865 | ISBN-13: 978-1854595867Edinburgh Festival premiere at Traverse Theatre of mesmeric new play by brand new Scottish-Croatian writer. ...
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 | Ritual Poetry and the Politics of Death in Early Japan
Publication Date: July 28, 1992This examination of death rituals in early Japan finds in the practice of double burial a key to understanding the Taika Era (645-710 A.D.). Drawing on narratives and poems from the earliest Japanese texts--the Kojiki, the Nihonshoki, and the Man'yoshu, an anthology of poetry--it argues that double burial was the center of a manipulation of myth and ritual for specific ideological and factional purposes. "This volume has significantly raised the standard of scholarship on early Japanese and Man'yoshu studies."--Joseph Kitagawa "So convincing is the historical a...
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 | The English Renaissance: Identity and Representation in Elizabethan England
Publication Date: November 1997| ISBN-10: 0631177477 | ISBN-13: 978-0631177470This book reassesses Renaissance English literature and its place in Elizabethan society. It examines, in particular, the role of Italianate literary imitation in addressing the ethical and political issues of the sixteenth century. In doing so, it reveals the significance of the Calvinist discourse of English Protestantism as a stimulus to literary creation. It demonstrates how the clash between the values of the Continental system from which England was separating and the assumptions of the Elizabethan religi...
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 | In Dublin's Fair City (A Molly Murphy Mystery)
Release Date: March 4, 2008| Series: A Molly Murphy Mystery When New York theatre impresario Tommy Burke asks Molly to help him take care of some family business back in Ireland, Molly is happy to oblige. Tempted by the prospect of going home for the first time in years (and putting her fledging detective agency on firm financial ground), Molly throws caution to the wind and climbs aboard the White Start Liner Majestic with hopes of sneaking on and off the isle without raising a peep. Until one passenger, who happens to be a famous Broadway actress goes missing—and another turns up dea...
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 | Secret of the Changeling (Scream Street)
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 | Aesop's Fables
Release Date: September 15, 2007| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up Now available in a sleek paperback format, this acclaimed collection of gloriously illustrated retellings brings ancient Greece back to life. Saviour Pirotta lends his warm and lively style to a mixture of familiar and lesser-known fables that are perfect for reading aloud to young children. Aesop himself narrates, providing context for the eight selected tales. Full of engaging text, lively artwork, and reliable morals, this collection of timeless stories will remain relevant for a new generation of readers. ...
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 | Treasury of Fairy Tales (Padded Treasuries 6x6)
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 | The Lion's Drum - a retelling of an African folk tale
Publication Date: October 23, 2007In this colorfully illustrated retelling of an African folktale, a young hunter, Ajani, discovers a lion playing a magical tree stump. When he tells the people of his village what he has seen and heard, they don't believe him. Can Ajani make the villagers believe him? ...
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 | Toot & Puddle
Publication Date: June 1, 2007| Grade Level: P and up...
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 | Sailing (World of Sports (Smart Apple Media Hardcover))
Publication Date: August 2004| Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up...
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 | Lego City: Fight This Fire!
Publication Date: August 1, 2011| Age Level: 3 and up | Grade Level: P and up...
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 | Cuando sale la luna (Trampantojo)
Publication Date: February 1, 2008| Age Level: 3 and up | Grade Level: P and up...
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 | Sounds on the Farm
Publication Date: April 1, 2004| Grade Level: P and up...
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 | Gobble Up Science: Fun Activities to Complete and Eat
Publication Date: June 1996| Age Level: 6 and up | Grade Level: 1 and up 136 pages of fun and yummy experiments that your kids are going to love! Make rock candy, soup, snacks and more while learning about color, light, water and taste buds. Any activity with inedible results is clearly marked. For grades 1 to 4. Softcover ...
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