 | Ariana: The Making of a Queen : A Novel
Publication Date: June 1996An extraordinary novel about love and spiritual renewal. ...
 |  | The St. Matthew Passion: A Text for Voices
Publication Date: November 2001From an award-winning poet and composer— inspiring meditations on Bach’s masterpiece.Musical settings of St. Matthew’s account of Christ’s Passion date back to antiquity. It is widely acknowledged, however, that Johann Sebastian Bach’s score is one of the greatest achievements of Western music. This new volume inspired by Bach’s masterpiece offers twenty-one powerful verse meditations by award-winning poet and composer John Reeves.Meant to be heard as well as read, these verse texts, annotated and linked by short prose introduction...
|  | Bathsheba (People of the Promise)
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|  | The Earth Strikes Back: New Tales of Ecological Horror
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|  | Malpractice: A Novel Showing the Conflict Between the Legal and Medical Professions
Publication Date: June 30, 2009Why must two people die after medical records are stolen from a secure area in the University Hospital? Robert C. Jackson, M.D., a board certified obstetrician and gynecologist has authored this novel which champions Dr. Elizabeth Campbell, the Chief of Obstetrics and Gynecology at University Hospital, as the strong willed protagonist. A major philosophical clash between the medical and legal professions becomes obvious when Bill Young, Dr. Campbell's Chief Resident, is accused of malpractice in the death of a baby during delivery. A verdict of guilty is obtain...
|  | Saul
Publication Date: February 19, 2000Saul weighed only 1 lb., 4 oz. when he was born, and fitted into the palm of the midwife's hand. But he arrived kicking and screaming -- and clearly wanted to live.Saul is the powerful and thought-provoking story of the author's own son, who was born after 23 weeks in the womb. (There are a handful of 23 weekers who have survived intact. There are no surviving 22 weekers.) Told from the tiny baby's point of view, the resulting fictional memoir is an unforgettable voice from another world. With surprising insight and humor -- and a distinct and intriguing pe...
|  | Stories of Anton Chekhov
Release Date: October 31, 2000Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, the highly acclaimed translators of War and Peace, Doctor Zhivago, and Anna Karenina, which was an Oprah Book Club pick and million-copy bestseller, bring their unmatched talents to The Selected Stories of Anton Chekhov, a collection of thirty of Chekhov’s best tales from the major periods of his creative life. Considered the greatest short story writer, Anton Chekhov changed the genre itself with his spare, impressionistic depictions of Russian life and the human condition. From characteristically brief, evoc...
|  | The Fourth Crow (Gil Cunningham Murder Mystery)
Release Date: August 14, 2012| Series: Gil Cunningham Murder Mystery In the ninth Gil Cunningham mystery set in medieval Glasgow, the crime-solving notary investigates the slaying of a woman found dead outside a cathedral. Tied to St. Mungo's Cross by the cathedral, to be cured of her madness overnight by the saint, a young woman is found in the morning beaten and strangled, still tied to the cross. Who would flout the saint's protection like this? And who is stealing cathedral property? The crows are gathering about Glasgow, watching the movements of clergy and townspeople. ...
|  | Dictionary of Celtic Myth and Legend
Publication Date: November 1, 1997Warlike, exuberant and superstitious, the ancient Celts saw divinities in every facet of life and nature, venerating deities of the sun, thunder, water, war, healing, hunting, fertility and death. They possessed a complicated array of concepts and rituals, a powerful priesthood - the Druids - and a pantheon which included the goddess-queen Medb and the Morrigan, a sinister war-goddess. This dictionary contains entries on every aspect of Celtic myth, religion and folklore in Britain and Europe between 500 BC and AD 400. In parallel with the findings of archae...
|  | Feydeau, First to Last: translated & with an introduction by Norman R. Shapiro
Release Date: July 1, 2001(Applause Books). Feydeau was the greatest of a great age of French farceurs and the first to enter the modern repertory. Of the more than 40 plays Feydeau wrote, over a third were one-acts. In this volume, Shapiro has selected and translated eight of these one-act plays, among them Feydeau's first and last works. Includes: Ladies' Man * Wooed and Viewed * Romance in A Flat * Fit to Be Tried, or, Stepbrothers in Crime * Mixed Doubles * The Boor Hug * Caught with His Trance Down * Tooth and Consequences, or, Hortense Said: "No Skin Off My Ass!" ...
|  | Life is a Dream
Publication Date: December 15, 1999| Series: Drama Classics A new translation of Calderón's most popular mystery. ...
|  | A Bouquet of Poems and Roses: A Celebration of Love in Flowers and Verse
Publication Date: 1990Lovely poems accompanied by Lovely flowers. ...
|  | Looking Forward (Colour Gift Book)
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| | Quan Tang shi suo yin (Mandarin Chinese Edition)
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|  | Poema del cante jondo - Romancero gitano (conferencias y poemas) (Spanish Edition)
Publication Date: December 1, 2010Federico Garcia Lorca is the most popular and influential poet of the XXth Century Spanish literatures, and of his works, the poems gathered in «Poema del cante jondo» and «Romancero gitano» volumes are indeed the most popular. But Garcia Lorca was not only a poet but also displayed an attractive personality that made him a magnetic lecturer. Proof of this is the success that surrounded the many lectures and public readings he gave in his regrettably short life. Of these lectures-readings we picked two: «Historical and artistic impor...
|  | Nepantla: Essays from the Land in the Middle
Publication Date: August 16, 2008As a Chicana, educator, poet, mother, lecturer, and native of El Paso, Texas, Pat Mora is a denizen of nepantla--a Nahuatl word meaning "land in the middle." In her first collection of essays this award-winning writer negotiates the middle land's many terrains by exploring the personal issues and political responsibilities she faces as a woman of color in the United States. Characterized by a keen sense of community, Nepantla is an important contribution to the growing body of Chicano nonfiction.Mora explores the issues of cultural preservation--preservation ...
|  | Missing Persons (Howdunit Writing)
Publication Date: October 5, 2005| ISBN-10: 089879790X | ISBN-13: 978-0898797909With Missing Persons in hand you'll find the types that commonly become PIs - ex-cops, macho criminal wannabes, reporters; the easiest people to find (men, property owners and professionals) and the hardest (women, scoundrels and those with common names); profiles of the missing and profiles of those searching; how and why people hide; what can be gleaned from public record; secret and not-so-secret databases; and the lowdown on interviewing, surveillance and the benefits of a good scam. Missing Persons goes ...
|  | The Pirate Cruncher
Release Date: April 13, 2010| Age Level: 3 and up | Grade Level: P and up A hilarious picture book debut has a scurvy crew setting off for an island of gold, where an unexpected development awaits under the final flap.I was sailing along and what did I see?An island of GOLD in the scurvy sea!But there’s one small thing I forgot to share —there’s also a MONSTER waiting there.A mysterious old pirate tells a tavern of salty seadogs about an island bursting with hidden treasure. But once they set sail, he also mentions that it is guarded by the terrible Pirate Cruncher. When th...
|  | The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making
Release Date: May 8, 2012| Age Level: 10 and up Twelve-year-old September lives in Omaha, and used to have an ordinary life, until her father went to war and her mother went to work. One day, September is met at her kitchen window by a Green Wind (taking the form of a gentleman in a green jacket), who invites her on an adventure, implying that her help is needed in Fairyland. The new Marquess is unpredictable and fickle, and also not much older than September. Only September can retrieve a talisman the Marquess wants from the enchanted woods, and if she doesn’t . . . then the Marquess ...
|  | Atlantis Mystery: Blake & Mortimer, Vol. 12 (The Adventures Blake & Mortimer)
Publication Date: April 16, 2012| Age Level: 10 and up | Grade Level: 5 and up...
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