| La danza de los abanicos/ The Fan Dance (Salir Del Armario) (Spanish Edition) ...
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| Like Dandelion Dust Publication Date: August 12, 2010Kingsbury delivers a powerful new novel about two parents' love for their child and the surprising lengths they will go to keep their family together when a judge rules that their adopted son must be returned to his biological father. ...
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| A Harvest of Hearts (Amish of Seymour V2) Publication Date: September 6, 2011| Series: Amish of Seymour (Book 2) A participant in a swap of Amish men, independent yet kindhearted Matthew Yoder can't wait to leave the vast farmland of Lancaster County and make a fresh start in Missouri, where he'll move in with the Stoltzfus family until he finds a place of his own. Strong–minded yet filled with compassion, Shanna Stoltzfus always dreamed of becoming a nurse, despite her father's threats to shun her. Determined to follow her heart, Shanna ran away and enrolled in college. But when her classmates embark on a medical mission t...
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| Checkmate (Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell) Release Date: November 7, 2006He is Sam Fisher: Third Echelon special operative. And when a cargo freighter loaded down with radioactive material is headed towards the coast of the United States, he has minutes to disable the ship - or die trying. ...
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| Fragments of Old Comedy, Volume III: Philonicus to Xenophon. Adespota (Loeb Classical Library) Publication Date: June 30, 2011| Series: Loeb Classical Library (Book 515) The era of Old Comedy (c. 485 – c. 380 BCE), when theatrical comedy was created and established, is best known through the extant plays of Aristophanes, but there were many other poets whose comedies survive only in fragments. This new Loeb edition, the most extensive selection of the fragments available in English, presents the work of fifty-six poets, including Cratinus and Eupolis, the other members (along with Aristophanes) of the canonical Old Comic triad. For each poet and play there is an introduction, br...
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| El Burlador De Sevilla (Spanish Edition) ...
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| Air de La Solitude Et Autr (Poesie/Gallimard) (French Edition) ...
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| From Unincorporated Territory [Hacha] Publication Date: September 1, 2008| ISBN-10: 0978992962 | ISBN-13: 978-0978992965Poetry. Asian American Studies. In the preface to his first book, a lyrical epic on the violent convergences of colonialisms on Guam (Japanese and American), history, family, and language (Chamorro and English), Perez writes: "On some maps, Guam doesn't exist; I point to an empty space in the Pacific and say, 'I'm from here.' On some maps, Guam is a small, unnamed island; I say, 'I'm from this unnamed place.' On some maps, Guam is named 'Guam, U.S.A.' I say, 'I'm from a territory of the United States.' On s...
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| The Duckweed Way: Haiku of Issa ...
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| Spark Notes Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Publication Date: July 15, 2002| Series: SparkNotes Literature Guide Get your "A" in gear!They're today's most popular study guides-with everything you need to succeed in school. Written by Harvard students for students, since its inception SparkNotes™ has developed a loyal community of dedicated users and become a major education brand. Consumer demand has been so strong that the guides have expanded to over 150 titles.SparkNotes'™ motto is Smarter, Better, Faster because:· They feature the most current ideas and themes, written by experts.· They're easier to underst...
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| Robert Crumb: The Sketchbooks: 1981 - 2012, 6 Vol. Publication Date: October 1, 2012| Series: Robert Crumb 1 years, 1320 pages=Classic Crumb This six-book boxed setis the first collection of Robert Crumb sketches to be printed from theoriginal art since the hard-bound, slipcased, seven volume seriesreleased by the German publisher Zweitausendeins between 1981 and 1997.Unlike the Zweitausendeins edition, which included every doodle evermade by the preeminent underground artist, our best-of edition has been personally edited by the notoriously picky artist to include only what he considers his finest work, including hundre...
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| The Ethical Assassin: A Novel Release Date: January 30, 2007Edgar award-winning author of the popular historical novels A Conspiracy of Paper and A Spectacle of Corruption, David Liss showcases his amazing versatility with this brilliant new tale of contemporary suspense: a literary thriller set in Florida, where killing is a matter of conscience.No one is more surprised than Lem Altick when it turns out he’s actually good at peddling encyclopedias door to door. He hates the predatory world of sales, but he needs the money to pay for college. Then things go horribly wrong. In a sweltering trailer in rural Florida,...
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| Life Sentence Publication Date: December 1, 2007The chilling new thriller from a bestselling author - When a clandestine corporate organization employs Dr Simon Oakland, a research scientist known for his work on ageing, to come up with a medical solution to alleviate prison overcrowding, they unleash more evil than they had ever dreamed existed . . . Detectives Palmer Dorian and Tucker Browning, called in to investigate a series of mysterious deaths involving the elderly, are caught up in a sinister and deadly conspiracy . . ...
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| The Bedside Companion to Crime Publication Date: November 1989NICE BOOK ...
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| Witchy Wizardly Woods and Myka the Goddess Witch: Combo Publication Date: August 15, 2012"Witchy Wizardly Woods" Growing up with eight sisters and one brother in a small village in Mexico was a little hectic some times.We were allowed to play 'only' when we finished our chores. We didn’t have a chicken coop, and I was in charge of finding the eggs in the most unusual places. I also had to help my sisters remove the kernels from the cob to grind it and make corn tortillas.My mom asked me to pick some fruit from the forest and I obeyed. I was walking as fast as I could when all of a sudden I saw big walls forming ahead of me. When I reached ...
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| The Legend of Old Befana (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) Publication Date: September 1, 1980| Age Level: 6 and up | Grade Level: 1 and up FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. This retelling of an Italian Christmas tale describes the heartening encounter between a group of royal men looking for the Baby King and an eccentric old woman who, after first turning them away, later bakes them cookies. ...
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| When Daddy Prays Publication Date: March 1, 2004| Age Level: 5 and up | Grade Level: K and up When Daddy prays, my fear of darkness disappears. . . . So begins this moving story of a little boy who learns what true strength is from his powerful father, whose humble prayers carry the family through each day--no matter what the circumstances. Features stunning illustrations by TimLadwig, the award-winning illustrator of Marys First Christmas. ...
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| Prince Albert and the Doomsday Device Publication Date: July 23, 2011 ...
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| Fire Hunter Publication Date: March 30, 2004| Age Level: 9 and up Hawk and Willow lived in pre-historic times when men had no homes and no transportation except their feet. Most men hunted with sharp sticks with pointed ends hardened in a fire. They hunted with fire drives that killed many more animals than they could eat. But Hawk was a spear-maker and made sharp flint heads for his spears. Later he learned to hunt and eat what he killed without fire drives. He learned to revere life. Then Hawk learned to share his reverence for all life with his wife. Later, he shared this love of life with his childr...
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| The Designated Mourner Publication Date: December 21, 2010“The play nicely combines Pinterian menace with caustic political commentary.” –Time“Acerbic, elusive, poetic and chilling, the writing is demanding in a rarefied manner. Its implications are both affecting and disturbing.” –Los Angeles Times“In his exquisitely written dramatic lament for the decline of high culture. . . . [Shawn] offers a definition of the self that should rattle the defenses of intellectual snobs everywhere.” –The New York TimesWriter and performer Wallace Shawn’s landmark 1996 p...
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