 | The Bridge on the Drina (Phoenix Fiction)
Publication Date: August 15, 1977| Series: Phoenix Fiction The Bridge on the Drina is a vivid depiction of the suffering history has imposed upon the people of Bosnia from the late 16th century to the beginning of World War I. As we seek to make sense of the current nightmare in this region, this remarkable, timely book serves as a reliable guide to its people and history."No better introduction to the study of Balkan and Ottoman history exists, nor do I know of any work of fiction that more persuasively introduces the reader to a civilization other than our own. It is an intellectual and em...
 |  | The Last Battle (Radio Theatre)
Publication Date: May 19, 2005| Age Level: 8 and up...
|  | Not by Sight: A Novel (Ozark Mountain Trilogy)
Publication Date: March 1, 2013| Series: Ozark Mountain Trilogy Her Sister Couldn’t Be Alive … Could She? It had to be Riley Jo. She was certain. . .wasn’t she? But when Abby Cummings tells her mother she thought she saw her sister at the store, her mother quickly dismisses the idea. After all, Riley Jo and their father had been missing for years. Presumably dead. Yet Abby cannot ignore her intuition. Telling her friend J. D., they investigate. But J. D. may know more about the disappearance than he’s telling, or even realizes. And as they work to uncover what h...
|  | M. La visita de un angel que cambio mi vida (Spanish Edition)
Publication Date: November 30, 2005Si usted va por la vida en forma vertiginosa, rapida y de pronto se le aparece un ser celestial... Que haria? Esta preparado para ello? En este libro, el narrador nos cuenta una experiencia intima acerca de este tipo de contacto. Una noche fria de invierno, en plena Cordillera de los Andes, es el escenario donde comienza esta fascinante historia. Su narrador la describe asi: "Repentinamente, una sombra, como una luz oscura, paso por entre los matorrales que estaban en la subida. Me detuve en un descanso y por un momento tuve la sensación de ser observa...
|  | Leviathan (Event Group Thrillers)
Release Date: August 3, 2010| Series: Event Group Thrillers The ships of the world are under attack, attacks so sudden and vicious that many ships are lost without a single distress call. The navies of the world start a frenzied search, but even these ships disappear without a trace. Enter the Event Group, the most secret organization in U.S. history. Armed with proof that history is repeating itself, the Group finds themselves in the grasp of an insane genius straight out of the pages of Jules Verne.They are up against a descendant of the man who was the inspiration for the captain of a ves...
|  | The Family Tree: A Novel
Release Date: November 29, 2005When Rebecca Monroe—married to Alistair, a scientist who doesn’t believe in fate, but rather genetic disposition—discovers that she is pregnant, she begins to question what makes us who we are and whether her own precarious family history will play a role in her future. For Rebecca, the wry and observant narrator of The Family Tree, simple things said over breakfast take on greater meaning: a home-improvement project foreshadows darker things to come; the color of one’s eyes, the slope of a forehead are all missing pieces to the truth be...
|  | Los papeles postumos del Club Pickwick/ The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club (Clasicos/ Classics) (Spanish Edition)
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|  | The Garden Of Bright Waters: One Hundred and Twenty Asiatic Love Poems
Publication Date: September 10, 2010This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. ...
|  | Les Magyars Peints Par Eux-M
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|  | Lotman and Cultural Studies: Encounters and Extensions
Publication Date: November 2, 2006 One of the most widely read and translated theorists of the former Soviet Union, Yurii Lotman was a daring and imaginative thinker. A cofounder of the Tartu-Moscow school of semiotics, he analyzed a broad range of cultural phenomena, from the opposition between Russia and the West to the symbolic construction of space, from cinema to card playing, from the impact of theater on painting to the impact of landscape design on poetry. His insights have been particularly important in conceptualizing the creation of meaning and understandin...
|  | A Companion to Medieval Poetry (Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture)
Publication Date: April 20, 2010| ISBN-10: 1405159634 | ISBN-13: 978-1405159630| Edition: 1 A Companion to Medieval Poetry presents a series of original essays from leading literary scholars that explore English poetry from the Anglo-Saxon period up to the 15th century. Organised into three parts to echo the chronological and stylistic divisions between the Anglo-Saxon, Middle English and Post-Chaucerian periods, each section is introduced with contextual essays, providing a valuable introduction to the society and culture of the timeCombines a general discussion of genres of mediev...
|  | Surrender to Fire
Publication Date: July 30, 2009SurrenderBook 1 in the Bound Hearts seriesCole has wanted Tess for years. And he's warned her of this several times. He's also warned her HOW he wants her. Tied down in his bed, under his domination, surrendering to his desires. . . Fyre BrandShe holds the elemental power of fire within her grasp, able to sear, to destroy. But her heart holds the fear of repeating her ancestors' mistakes. Now, amid a world fighting to rebuild, Carmella must learn that she cannot control the power surging through her fragile body alone. She'll need help. But can she accept the f...
|  | A Kingdom of Dreams
Release Date: May 31, 1991From sweeping passion to taut suspense, Judith McNaught has entertained millions with a stunning array of emotions in nine dazzling bestsellers. In this beloved classic, "one of the best ever" (Rendezvous), two defiant hearts clash in a furious battle of wills -- in a glorious age of chivalry.Abducted from her convent school, headstrong Scottish beauty Jennifer Merrick does not easily surrender to Royce Westmoreland, Duke of Claymore. Known as "The Wolf," his very name strikes terror in the hearts of his enemies. But proud Jennifer will have nothing to do with the...
|  | After Dark
Publication Date: May 1, 2011The first woman ever hired by legendary defense lawyer Matthew Reynolds, Tracy Cavanaugh cuts her teeth on a horrifying crime: the car-bomb murder of Oregon Supreme Court Justice Robert Griffen. Reynolds's client--and the chief suspect--is none other than the icy but celebrated prosecutor Abigail Griffen, the Justice's estranged wife. Tracy's research plunges her into a web of betrayal and revenge, of secret deals and hidden passions. At the heart of the case lies a twisted truth--and when the verdict comes in, she will discover that nothing is as it seems...afte...
|  | The Spider
Publication Date: December 1, 2010Samantha Quest is searching for a wayward wife, whose husband killed her lover and vowed to punish her too. Now he is set to be released from jail and she fears for her life. Meanwhile, bankers in the City are worried. Their computer systems are being hacked into by audacious intruders and, fearful of another banking crisis, they hire Quest to investigate. The hackers have intercepted money transfers between a crime syndicate and drug-trafficking terrorists and things are getting dangerous. Will Quest be able to juggle both cases and get the results she's kn...
|  | St. James Guide to Crime & Mystery Writers, Fourth Edition
Publication Date: October 10, 1996| ISBN-10: 1558621784 | ISBN-13: 978-1558621787| Edition: 4th Now those writers who have kept readers on the edge of their seats or shivering with fear under their blankets late at night need no longer be a mystery.The nearly 1,300 pages in this detailed guide are devoted to 650 of the most influential and in-demand English-language writers of the crime and mystery genre. Those seeking the secrets of these writers will relish the details provided in each entry, such as author biographies; complete bibliographies; lists of critical studies; locations of m...
|  | Indy Cars (Amazing Vehicles)
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|  | Oopsy Saves The Day (Care Bears Movie Reader)
Publication Date: July 1, 2007| Age Level: 3 and up | Grade Level: P and up...
|  | Amazing Athlete #4: Girls on Blades (Look-Look)
Release Date: February 8, 2000| Age Level: 4 and up...
|  | Felix! The Sugar Glider: Be Safe. Hike Smart.
Publication Date: May 28, 2011Hike the Forest with Felix! the Sugar Glider and his animal friends Tiger and Koala in this new interactive adventure book. Find out how to be safe, hike smart, and not get lost while navigating trails in the outdoors. Learn to find your way using a compass, map, trail markers, landmarks, and the sun and stars. Felix! and his friends show how to prepare for a hike, when and how to use safety gear, what to wear hiking, items to take in a backpack, and offer suggestions for the all-important "Snack Checklist." Felix! and his friends then take...
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