 | Voices of the Self: A Study of Language Competence (African American Life)
Publication Date: August 1, 1997| ISBN-10: 0814322255 | ISBN-13: 978-0814322253An exploration of the key areas of language education forAfrican Americans. ...
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 | Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie?.
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 | The Grrl Genius Guide to Sex (with Other People): A Self-Help Novel
Publication Date: April 24, 2004Who better to advise you on sex and relationships than a woman who has consistently failed at both?In this laugh out loud funny "self-help novel", self proclaimed genius and author Cathryn Michon provides a how not to guide for anyone tackling the daunting task of finding romance in today's world (or at the local fire station.)Chock full of instructive relationship tips-such as the Pros and "Cons" of dating a man in prison-The Grrl Genius Guide to Sex (With Other People) is hilarious and right on the money both as an instructional guide and an endearingly roma...
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 | A Rush of Wings (A Rush of Wings Series #1)
Publication Date: February 1, 2003Running from terrors both recent and remembered, Noelle flees her New York mansion for the Rocky Mountains, seeking a place to hide from the men who betrayed her. Her sanctuary is a horse ranch, where she discovers solace in the breathtaking scenery she paints. But as the attentions of two brothers slowly soften the wall she hides behind, the past she yearns to escape becomes a menacing threat she cannot deny. Will Noelle find courage to give her broken heart to the One whose perfect love casts out all fear? Kristen Heitzmann skillfully creates a story reson...
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 | Precious Moments of Praise
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 | Shadow Keeper
Publication Date: June 9, 2011Brendon Alexander was a normal high school kid until his dead grandfather appeared in the flames of a fire and told him of the gift he inherited: He has the power to force a demon from an inflicted body and send the creature back to Hell. Lisa Stratton, the new girl at school, has a secret of her own—her father is possessed by a demon. She recognizes the scar on Brendon’s chest that brands him as a protected one, but she must discover if he has the ability to cleanse the evil from her father’s body. The closer Brendon gets to Lisa, the more ...
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 | Dawn on Kukulkan: The Return of the Beginning
Publication Date: August 1, 2011In this exhilarating sequel to his acclaimed TheLedge of Quetzal, Whitehouse takes us to the sacred ballgame at Chichen Itza (Kukulkan) that will determine the fate of human life on earth. In the tradition of Carlos Castaneda and Paolo Coelho, Jock Whitehouse's Dawn on Kukulkan returns us to the magical landscape of Southern Mexico and the further spiritual adventures of Daniel Bancroft, the protagonist hero of The Ledge of Quetzal. After witnessing the Great Economic Meltdown of September 2008, and the shattering of a collective confidence in the future, Dani...
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 | Mitko (Miami University Press Fiction)
Publication Date: June 1, 2011| ISBN-10: 145076214X | ISBN-13: 978-1450762144On an unseasonably warm autumn day, an American newly arrived in a foreign city pays a young man for sex. Over the next months, as what at first seems an uncomplicated transaction deepens into something more intricate and unnerving, his discovery of the geography and griefs of an unfamiliar country is accompanied by the unfolding of Mitko's own narrative, his private history of illness, exploitation, and want. The story of a desire that grows increasingly ambivalent, poised between submission, need, and resentme...
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 | Nora and Liz
Publication Date: August 15, 2002When her rental car has a flat tire, Liz Hardy stops at the old Tillot farm to borrow a car jack.Nora Tillot gladly walks Liz to the barn and as they search for the jack, the two women begin a journey neither anticipated.As the tender friendship turns passionate, Nora and Liz`s happiness is shattered by accusations and rumors.Trying desperately to rise above the tumult, they silently wonder if their love can survive . . . ...
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 | Ghost of Hoppers (A Love & Rockets Book)
Publication Date: March 13, 2006| Series: Love and Rockets (Book 22) Maggie returns in Hernandez's first book since the smash hit Locas.Ghost of Hoppers collects for the first time the new adventures of Maggie Chascarrillo, as serialized in the Love & Rockets comic book, and represents Jaime Hernandez's much-anticipated follow-up to his critically acclaimed 2004 magnum opus Locas, which Entertainment Weekly gave an 'A' for its "innovative technique and complex, character-driven stories about Mexican-American life."Ghost of Hoppers begins with the newly divorced Maggie now working as th...
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 | Passing Strange: True Tales of New England Hauntings and Horrors
Publication Date: October 31, 1997New England's dark hills, fogbound coasts, and hidden villages have inspired generations of writers such as Hawthorne, Lovecraft, and King.But these authors' dark imaginings pale when compared to little-known but well-documented and true tales.In this delightfully spine-tingling tour of all six New England states, Citro chronicles the haunted history and folklore of a region steeped in hardship and horror, humor and pathos. ...
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 | Shakespeare and Classical Comedy: The Influence of Plautus and Terence
Publication Date: February 9, 1995| ISBN-10: 0198182694 | ISBN-13: 978-0198182696This book surveys Shakespeare's comedies, charting the influence upon them of the ancient playwrights Plautus and Terence. Miola analyzes these sources, and places the comedies in their Renaissance context, as well as in the larger context of European theater. Discovering new indebtedness, and discerning new patterns in previously attested borrowings, Shakespeare and Classical Comedy presents an integrated and comprehensive assessment of the complex interactions of the Classical, Shakesperian, and other Rena...
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 | Rabinal Achi: A Fifteenth-Century Maya Dynastic Drama (Mesoamerican Worlds)
Publication Date: September 30, 2007| Series: Mesoamerican Worlds Mesoamerican Worlds SeriesThe Rabinal Achi, one of the most remarkable works of Mayan literature, dates back to the 1400s. In 2005, UNESCO declared Rabinal Achi to be a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity. This drama is still performed with a ritual dance in the village of Rabinal (Baja Verapaz).The drama is set in the Guatemalan highlands in the second half of the fifteenth century. In an exemplary trial that takes place in Kajyub, the capital of the Rabinaleb at that time, a captured enemy warrior (Qu...
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 | The Complete Tales of Alexandr Sergeyevitch Pushkin
Publication Date: November 17, 1996Writing with lyrical simplicity, Pushkin laid the foundations of an indigenous national literature.Considered in his day Russia's greatest poet,Pushkin was famous not only for works thatinspired ballets and operas, such as Eugene Onegin and Boris Godunov, but for hisstories--"The Queen of Spades" andmany others--all of which are collected here ina translation that captures their grace andvitality. ...
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 | Eavan Boland's Evolution As an Irish Woman Poet: An Outsider Within an Outsider's Culture
Publication Date: July 30, 2007| ISBN-10: 0773453830 | ISBN-13: 978-0773453838This study provides an analysis of Eavan Boland's evolution as a Irish woman poet which is informed by feminist and postcolonial ideologies. This work should appeal to scholars interested in Irish poetry, feminism, and postcolonialism. This study re-evaluates Boland's work in the dual light of two important ideologies within modern Irish writing: feminism and postcolonialism. Its main objective is to analyze Boland's evolution as an Irish woman poet in her attempt to overcome marginalization as a postcolonial g...
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 | Perspectives on American Book History: Artifacts and Commentary (Studies in Print Culture and the History of the Book series)
Publication Date: April 1, 2002| ISBN-10: 1558493174 | ISBN-13: 978-1558493179A collection of primary source materials and original essays, "Perspectives on American Book History" is the first text designed for the growing number of courses in American print culture, as well as a unique supplement for courses in American literature and history. It seeks to fill the void that has developed as the expanding history of the book has moved out of the archive and scholarly journal and into the classroom. The volume includes an introductory essay by Robert A. Gross, chair of the program in the ...
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 | Los libros del gran dictador (Coleccion Imago Mundi) (Spanish Edition)
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 | Corpus hermeticum: Tome III : Fragments extraits de Stob
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 | The Captive Prince (Three Thieves)
Publication Date: September 1, 2012| Age Level: 9 and up...
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 | Cup Crazy (Slapshots #4)
Publication Date: April 1, 2000| Age Level: 9 and up It's written in the stars… Someone made a prophesy that the Stars from Mars will never touch the league trophy. Can they skate their way to a better fate? ...
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