| Wampeters, Foma & Granfalloons: (Opinions) Release Date: January 12, 1999Wampeters, Foma & Granfalloons (Opinions) is a rare opportunity to experience Kurt Vonnegut speaking in his own voice about his own life, his views of the world, his writing, and the writing of others. An indignant, outrageous, witty, deeply felt collection of reviews, essays, and speeches, this is a window not only into Vonnegut’s mind but also into his heart. ...
| | 187 Reasons Mexicanos Can't Cross the Border: Undocuments 1971-2007 Publication Date: November 1, 2007A hybrid collection of texts written and performed on the road, from Mexico City to San Francisco, from Central America to central California, illustrated throughout with photos and artwork. Rants, manifestos, newspaper cutups, street theater, anti-lectures, love poems, and riffs tell the story of what it’s like to live outlaw and brown in the United States. Juan Felipe Herrera is a professor of creative writing at the University of California, Riverside. The author of twenty-one books, he is also a community arts leader and a dynamic performer and ac...
| | Awe Publication Date: September 1, 2007If the book of Revelations had been scribbled in the diary of a precocious fourteen-year-old girl, the prophecies might look something like Awe. Dorothea Lasky is a daring truth-teller, naming names and boldly pushing the boundaries of confession. The secrets she tells are truths we recognize in ourselves: “Be scared of yourself / The real self / Is very scary.” Dorothea Lasky was born in St. Louis in 1978. She is the author of several chapbooks and has attended Harvard University and the University of Massachusetts Amherst. ...
| | Whistlin' Dixie in a Nor'easter Release Date: September 29, 2009Leelee Satterfield seemed to have it all: a gorgeous husband, two adorable daughters, and roots in the sunny city of Memphis, Tennessee. So when her husband gets the idea to uproot the family to run a quaint Vermont inn, Leelee is devastated…and her three best friends are outraged. But she’s loved Baker Satterfield since the tenth grade, how can she not indulge his dream? Plus, the glossy photos of bright autumn trees and smiling children in ski suits push her over the edge…after all, how much trouble can it really be?Bu...
| | Power of a Woman Publication Date: June 1997Beginning with A Woman of Substance, all of Barbara Taylor Bradford's novels have been met with huge success, and her popularity only increases with each new book she writes. Seven of her novels have already been adapted for television, including the Emmy-nominated A Woman of Substance, starring Deborah Kerr and Liam Neeson, and the hit Everything to Gain, featuring Sean Young, Jack Scalia, Charles Shaughnessy and Samantha Eggar.Stephanie Jardine is the protagonist of this moving novel about family secrets, betrayals, revenge, redemption and the healing power of lo...
| | My Best Friend's Girl Release Date: March 25, 2008How far would you go for the best friend who broke your heart? This internationally bestselling novel tells an enchanting tale of life’s most unpredictable loves and heartaches, and the unforgettable bond between a single woman and an extraordinary five-year-old girl. From the moment they met in college, best friends Adele Brannon and Kamryn Matika thought nothing could come between them—until Adele did the unthinkable and slept with Kamryn’s fiancé, Nate. Now, after years of silence, the two women are reuniting, and Adele has a stunning req...
| | Arator's on the Acts of the Apostles (De Actibus Apostolorum) ...
| | Anne Rice's the Vampire Lestat: A Graphic Novel Publication Date: October 1991Collected for the first time, here are the twelve extraordinary illustrated volumes that form the graphic novel of THE VAMPIRE LESTAT. Evocative full-color paintings and an artful abridgment of the original text capture the inimitable spirit and atmosphere of this passionate, complex, and thrilling tale.The story begins in our own time with Lestat, tall, blond, and handsome, a world-renowned rock star. His gifts are timeless, his youth never withers. But he was not always the powerful and famous child of darkness. Before his long earth-encrusted sleep, he was an...
| | From the Sands to the Mountain: A Study of Change and Persistence in a Southern Paiute Community ...
| | Typhus (SB-The French List) Publication Date: July 15, 2010| Series: SB-The French List Set in Malaya during the British protectorate, Sartre’s Typhus centres on the improbable couple formed by the disgraced former doctor Georges, who has sunk to the lowest depths of a highly stratified colonial society, and Nellie, a down-at-heel nightclub singer, whose partner succumbs to the typhus epidemic sweeping the country. Though it does not shy from the explosive issues of colonialism and race that are implicit in its setting, Typhus is both a turbulent love story in the best traditions of Western popular cinema and an ...
| | 2006 Haiku Engagement Desk Calendar Publication Date: 2005Illustrated by calligraphy and serene images from nature, this handsome spiral-bound appointment diary for 2006 focuses on the Japanese lyric verse form called haiku, consisting of three unrhymed lines of 17 syllables. ...
| | Cultures of Piety: Medieval English Devotional Literature in Translation Release Date: June 10, 1999Devotional texts in late medieval England were notable for their flamboyant piety and their preoccupation with the tortured body of Christ and the grief of the Virgin Mary. Generations of readers internalized and shaped the "cultures of piety" represented by these works. Anne Clark Bartlett and Thomas H. Bestul here gather seven examples of this literature, all written in the period 1350-1450, one in Anglo-Norman, the remainder in Middle English. (The volume includes an appendix containing the original texts of the latter six pieces.) The collection illustrates the...
| | Satan's Sex Book Publication Date: June 2002One effect of the relaxation of Italian censorship law has been the proliferation of a new genre of adult comics. Satans Sex Book, one of these new sex comedies, is the tale of a lurid book. Infused with magical spells and the power to cloud minds, the book in question has a notorious influence on the libidos of its readers. First, its owners girlfriend is attacked by pixies, who ravish every inch of her body before she can escape by jumping out a window. Shes caught by one of the statues adorning the apartment buildings facade a stat...
| | Murder of the Cat's Meow: A Scumble River Mystery Release Date: September 4, 2012| Series: Scumble River Mystery New York Times Bestselling Scumble River Series When ex–Vegas showgirl and local business owner Bunny Reid starts an online dating service called Cupid’s Cat’s Meow, out-of-town visitors flock to her bowling alley for the speed dating and cat show events that she hosts to bring in extra cash. Bunny’s scheme sounds harmless enough, but school psychologist Skye Denison knows all too well that an influx of strangers in Scumble River always spells trouble…. Meanwhile, Skye is convinced that her house is...
| | The Second Comings Publication Date: August 1999Clone the DNA of Jesus? The facts in this thoughtful technothriller are clear but, what really happened? ...
| | The Story of the Toronto Raptors (NBA: A History of Hoops) ...
| | Sport Science Secrets: From Myth to Facts Release Date: July 6, 2006The work of sport scientists is boiled down to 103 chapters. This book highlights a variety of intriguing, surprising and often controversial topics associated with baseball, basketball, football, figure skating, golf, gymnastics, hockey, swimming, horse racing, etc. The 103 reader-friendly chapters include topics such as team performance, sport myths, heroes, fan violence, performance tips and mind games. ...
| | Jane's Adventures: Jane's Adventures In and Out of the Book, Jane's Adventureson The Island of Peeg, and Jane's Adventures in a Balloon Release Date: December 28, 2006| Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up Join Jane and her scatterbrained companion, the ever-dusting housekeeper Mrs. Deal, as they embark on outlandish adventures.Whether shes floating away in atomic-powered luxury airships or navigating through magical castles, Janes hair-raising fiascos will have you on the edge of your chair.Jane can be found sinking through the pages of a book to meet all sorts of weird characters such as witches, toads, ghosts, and even fantastic; or braving a whole string of crises and narrow escapes in improbable locat...
| | King Daryl of Dread ...
| | There's a Map on My Lap!: All About Maps (Cat in the Hat's Learning Library) Release Date: September 24, 2002| Age Level: 5 and up | Grade Level: K and up...
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