 | The Age of Anxiety: A Baroque Eclogue (W. H. Auden: Critical Editions)
Publication Date: February 7, 2011| Series: W. H. Auden: Critical Editions When it was first published in 1947, The Age of Anxiety--W. H. Auden's last, longest, and most ambitious book-length poem--immediately struck a powerful chord, capturing the imagination of the cultural moment that it diagnosed and named. Beginning as a conversation among four strangers in a barroom on New York's Third Avenue, Auden's analysis of Western culture during the Second World War won the Pulitzer Prize and inspired a symphony by Leonard Bernstein as well as a ballet by Jerome Robbins. Yet reviews of the poem ...
 |  | A Radiant Curve: Poems and Stories (Sun Tracks)
Publication Date: October 17, 2008| Series: Sun Tracks (Book 64) In this sixth collection of stories and verse, award-winning writer Luci Tapahonso finds sacredness in everyday life. Viewing a sunset in a desert sky, listening to her granddaughter recount how she spent her day, or visiting her mother after her father's passing, she finds traces of her own memories, along with echoes of the voices of her Navajo ancestors. The collection also includes an audio CD of the author reading aloud and her voice is warm and inviting, like the “simmering soup and blue corn meal” of her child...
|  | Still Alice
Release Date: January 6, 2009Still Alice is a compelling debut novel about a 50-year-old woman's sudden descent into early onset Alzheimer's disease, written by first-time author Lisa Genova, who holds a Ph. D in neuroscience from Harvard University. Alice Howland, happily married with three grown children and a house on the Cape, is a celebrated Harvard professor at the height of her career when she notices a forgetfulness creeping into her life. As confusion starts to cloud her thinking and her memory begins to fail her, she receives a devastating diagnosis: early onset Alzheimer's disease...
|  | Jacob's Trouble: The Gathering Storm
Publication Date: May 4, 2009The Last Wars, Volume 1The Chinese announce they are going to Mars. In 2 years time. This absolutely stuns the United States and Russia and kicks them out of the crawling pace of their space programs, challenging them to recall that once, many years before, they were the leaders in space exploration. The U.S. and E.U. launch a crash program to make it to Mars first. So does Russia. A new Space Race has begun. After the first nation sets down on Mars and begins explorations, Earth is struck by a disaster heretofore unknown and unexpected though some had predicted ...
|  | The Day the Dogs Talked
Publication Date: June 15, 2011A leash law in Hilltown, where dogs have always run free? The town council is ready to act - that is, until the dogs decide the time has come to speak out in protest. So, one very special day, the dogs speak their minds, in plain English. It's The Day the Dogs Talked. What will the dogs have to say? Will people listen? Will it make any difference? And, what happens the day after the dogs talk? Anyone who's ever felt like an underdog will appreciate The Day the Dogs Talked. Dog lovers will be charmed. The dogs you'll meet in this book are funny, gruff, smart, pl...
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|  | More Tales Of Zorro
Publication Date: April 19, 2011Zorro... The Return of the Original Masked Avenger! For more than eight-seven years, Zorro has entertained and thrilled audiences around the world. Now, fans of the original masked avenger can enjoy this second volume of tales filled with danger, romance, and intrigue, thrilling to the further exploits of Zorro as he rides his faithful steed, Tornado, to defend the weak and battle the villains of Old California! In the fall of 2008, Moonstone Books and Editor Richard Dean Starr (Hellboy, Kolchak: The Night Stalker) were pleased to publish Tales of Zorro, the f...
| | Comedy and Culture: England 1820-1900
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|  | The Encyclopedia of Celtic Wisdom
Publication Date: October 1, 2000In this stunning gift edition, Celtic experts Caitlin and John Matthews present inspirational primary material, rich in ancient wisdom, lore, and mythology. For readers who are fascinated by Celtic traditions, and spiritual heritage, this unique reference introduces several new translations of powerful Celtic literature, including stories, poems, and visionary writing-many dating from the 7th century.Brimming with invaluable ancestral knowledge and previously unavailable texts, this invaluable sourcebook offers readers a rare insight into shamanic memory, dru...
|  | Euripides: Iphigenia in Tauris (Classical Texts)
Release Date: December 1, 2000| Series: Classical Texts Iphigenia in Tauris tells the story of the princess Iphigenia who was sacrificed by her father Agamemnon to expedite his campaign against Troy but was rescued by the goddess Artemis and transported to the land of the Taurians. There she herself must perform human sacrifices as a priestess of Artemis in the local cult. Troy has now been sacked, and Agamemnon murdered by his wife and avenged by his son Orestes. With his mother's blood on his hands, Orestes is guided by Apollo to seek purification through bringing the image of the Tauric A...
|  | The Sweet Smell of Magnolia (Magnolia, Book 5)
Release Date: July 10, 2009The fifth book in the Magnolia Series follows the Rector’s struggle with trust and betrayal in his own marriage. His suspicions about his wife take a heavy toll on his health and his ministry. He brings a woman priest on the staff in face of the congregation’s objections to doing so. Some reject her ministry totally. Then the internal politics of the Church are exposed even further with the election of a Bishop. Those with their own agenda manipulate the election itself.Just when you think the tactics of those opposed to the ministry of Steele Austin ...
|  | The Gunter Grass Reader
Publication Date: December 6, 2004Selected from the vast range of his work, the writings included in this anthology trace Günter Grass's development as a writer, and with it the history of a nation coming to terms with its past.Excerpts from Grass's major novels-from The Tin Drum to Crabwalk-are included, as are numerous short fictions, essays, and poems, many of which have never appeared before in English. Grass's gifts as an observer of and participant in the social and political landscape are justly celebrated, as are his inimitable sense of humor, his consistent defense of the disad...
| | NATL HIST & HEROIC POEM (Garland Studies in Comparative Literature)
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|  | Coming Home (The Chesapeake Diaries)
Release Date: March 23, 2010In the wake of his wife’s murder, agent Grady Shields turned his back on the FBI—and everything else—to retreat into the vast solitude of Montana, grieve for his lost love, and forget the world. But after years in seclusion, his sister’s wedding draws him to St. Dennis, a peaceful town on the Chesapeake Bay. Though he swears he isn’t interested in finding love again, Grady can’t ignore the mutual sparks that fly when he meets Vanessa Keaton.Although her past was marked by bad choices, Vanessa has found that coming to St. D...
|  | Outlaw Lovers: Jude and Luke (Outlaw Lovers)
Publication Date: October 1, 2005Outlaw Lovers - Jude OutlawBy Jan Springer A fast-acting virus has been unleashed, killing a vast majority of the world's female population and forcing the creation of a new law...The Claiming Law. With the stroke of a pen, males now have all the rights and females are property...sexual property that can only be claimed by groups of men. When Cate Callahan learns Jude Outlaw is coming home from the Terrorist Wars and is ready to claim her under the new law-with the help of his four remaining brothers-she steals their boat and escapes to the high seas. Unfortu...
|  | The Whitechapel Horrors
Publication Date: October 1992This novel brings back to life Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's great character in atmospheric Victorian London as he is faced with a crisis of conscience when confronted with disclosing the identity of Jack the Ripper. "Intriguing and chilling".--New York Times Book Review. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title....
| | Quest for Camelot Mixed Prepack
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|  | A Bird or Two: A Story About Henri Matisse
Publication Date: October 1999| Age Level: 6 and up | Grade Level: 1 and up In A Bird Or Two Le Tord introduces young readers to the beloved painter, Henri Matisse. Her delightful illustrations capture the spirit and style of Matisses art. ...
|  | The Berenstain Bears Go Up and Down (Step-Into-Reading, Step 1)
Release Date: February 16, 1999| Age Level: 4 and up...
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