 | Death And the Chaste Apprentice (Felony & Mayhem Mysteries)
Release Date: February 15, 2007At the Ketterick Arts Festival, the apprentice is just about the only fella that is chaste, know what I mean (wink wink nudge nudge)? Ah, the pleasures of smutty innuendo, and no one relishes them more than Des Capper, a font of dubious gossip and unwanted advice. To the horror of the actors and singers performing at the Festival,Des has been promoted to landlord of the Saracen's Head, the Elizabethan inn that is at the Festival's heart. And when Des toddles off to meet his maker - courtesy of someone s helpful shove - only his wretched wife can summon up a tea...
 |  | Dancing on Glass: A Novel
Publication Date: August 1, 2011In the steamy city of New Orleans in 1974, Amalise Catoir sees Phillip Sharp as a charming, magnetic artist, unlike any man she has known. A young lawyer herself, raised in a small town and on the brink of a career with a large firm, she is strong and successful, yet sometimes too trusting and whimsical. Ama's rash decision to marry Phillip proves to be a mistake as he becomes overly possessive, drawing his wife away from family, friends, and her faith. His insidious, dangerous behavior becomes her dark, inescapable secret.In this lawyer's unraveling worl...
|  | Wings of Dawn
Publication Date: March 1999Wings of Dawn "You must succeed, Thomas, to bring the Wings of Dawn into this age of Darkness." In the year of our Lord 1312, in the remote North York Moors of England, Thomas pursues his destiny--the conquest of Magnus, an 800-year-old kingdom, an island castle that harbors secret dating back to the days of King Arthur and Merlin.Haunted by a beautiful woman he dare not trust, surrounded by enemies he cannot see, and with no army but a mysterious knight he has saved from the gallows, Thomas faces an insurmountable task. Yet armed with a powerful weapon he had con...
|  | The Laughing Corpse (Anita Blake Vampire Hunter)
Release Date: December 2, 2003| Series: Anita Blake Vampire Hunter (Book 2) Now available in hardcover for the first time, The Laughing Corpse takes readers back to a time when Anita's life was a bit less complicated. As the best Animator in the business-she's as good at raising the dead as she is at slaying the undead-she crosses paths with a creature from beyond the grave, a super-powerful zombie who is tearing a swath of murder through the city. And she discovers that there are some secrets better left buried-and some people better left dead. ...
|  | Women in Greek Myth
Publication Date: January 16, 2007In the first edition ofWomen in Greek Myth, Mary R. Lefkowitz convincingly challenged narrow, ideological interpretations of the roles of female characters in Greek mythology. Where some scholars saw the Amazons as the last remnant of a forgotten matriarchy, Clytemnestra as a frustrated individualist, and Antigone as an oppressed revolutionary, Lefkowitz argued that such views were justified neither by the myths themselves nor by the relevant documentary evidence. Concentrating on those aspects of women’s experience most often misunderstood—lif...
|  | Macbeth (No Fear Shakespeare Graphic Novels)
Publication Date: January 25, 2008| ISBN-10: 1411498712 | ISBN-13: 978-1411498716No Fear Shakespeare Graphic Novels is a series based on the translated texts of the plays found in No Fear Shakespeare. The original No Fear series made Shakespeare’s plays much easier to read, but these dynamic visual adaptations are impossible to put down. Each of the titles is illustrated in its own unique style, but all are distinctively offbeat, slightly funky, and appealing to teen readers. Each book will feature: ...
|  | The Jew
Publication Date: January 1996| ISBN-10: 1895507855 | ISBN-13: 978-1895507850John the Evangelist is the original Cartaphilus, but he is soon absorbed by the true Wandering Jew, who was once Isaac, the Captain in the Army of Pontius Pilate.This Wandering Jew is seeking neither Christ nor Death, but sensation in the form of sexual enjoyment: "unendurable pleasure indefinitely prolonged".The continual and continuous love affairs in which the Wandering Jew indulges are all with the same woman, the Wandering Jewess, in whatever guise she may appear.Some of the historical figures encountered a...
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|  | Mbofragoro: Mbofra mbofra na ne nkeka ho (Volume 1) (Akan Edition)
Publication Date: April 1, 2012A collection of children's rhymes in the Akan language. ...
|  | The Hedgehog, the Fox, and the Magister's Pox: Mending the Gap between Science and the Humanities
Publication Date: October 1, 2011In his final book, Gould offers a surprising and nuanced study of the complex relationship between our two great ways of knowing: science and the humanities, twin realms of knowledge that have been divided against each other for far too long. ...
|  | Dangerous in Diamonds
Release Date: April 26, 2011When the outrageously wealthy Duke of Castleford is bequeathed a small piece of property that houses a modest flower shop, he encounters its owner, the mysterious Daphne Joyes-a budding rose who quickly becomes the object of his seduction. ...
|  | Erotic Fairy Tales: A Romp through the Classics
Publication Date: April 9, 2001A traditional source of sexual titillation for adult readers, fairy tales historically boasted licentious themes before being cleaned up for the consumption of children in modern times. Seasoned erotica author Mitzi Szereto restores the explicit sex in these 15 tales — and adds some provocative surprises of her own. Here the bawdy humor of French fable meets the sublime eroticism of ancient Chinese myth; a not-so-virgin damsel weds a Prince Charming with a shoe fetish; Little Red Riding Hood discovers Grandma’s bed is open to any stray wolf; and a J...
|  | Biofictions: The Rewriting of Romantic Lives in Contemporary Fiction and Drama (European Studies in North American Literature and Culture)
Publication Date: July 2, 1999| Series: European Studies in North American Literature and Culture It appears that the lives of the British Romantics and the myths surrounding them have a special appeal for contemporary writers.The present volume sets out to explore this renewed interest in Romantic artist-figures in the context of the current renaissance of 'life-writing'. The essays collected here deal with Romantic 'biofictions' by such authors as Peter Ackroyd, Adrian Mitchell, Ann Jellicoe, Liz Lochhead, Judith Chernaik, Amanda Prantera, Robert Nye, Tom Stoppard, Howard Brenton, Edward B...
|  | Straightforward Guide to Writing Romantic Fiction
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|  | The Janson Directive
Release Date: July 1, 2008When billionaire philanthropist Peter Novak is kidnapped by a terrorist known as The Caliph, it’s up to Paul Janson—a legend in the notorious U.S. covert agency Consular Operations—to save him. But Janson’s rescue operation goes horribly wrong…and soon Janson is marked for death, the target of a "beyond salvage" order issued from the highest level of the government. Now Janson is running for his life, pursued by Jessica Kincaid, a young agent of astonishing ability who can anticipate and counter his every move. To survive, Janson must o...
|  | The Sinner
Release Date: August 19, 2003| Series: Gerritsen, Tess From the New York Times bestselling author of The Surgeon and The Apprentice comes a chilling new novel of suspense featuring Boston medical examiner Dr. Maura Isles, on the deadly trail of an anonymous madman who’s committed an unholy crime. . . .THE SINNERNot even the icy temperatures of a typical New England winter can match the bone-chilling scene of carnage discovered in the early morning hours at the chapel of Our Lady of Divine Light. Within the sanctuary walls of the cloistered convent, now stained with blood, lie two nuns&...
|  | Enigma: A Magical Mystery
Publication Date: September 1, 2008Bestseller Graeme Base harks back to his classic New York Times bestselling solve-the-mystery story The Eleventh Hour in an all-new book that will “puzzle” and entice young readers. Enter a magical world in this warm, funny, and enduring story about the special relationship between a grandson and his grandpa—and their love for magic. Bertie Badger loves to visit the Retirement Home for Elderly Magicians and watch his grandpa perform magic tricks. But one day all the magicians’ props go missing, so Bertie sets off to inv...
|  | La Gallinita Roja (Little Red Hen) (Spanish Edition)
Publication Date: May 1991| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up The favorite tale of the industrious little hen and her freeloading friends, retold for beginning readers. --This text refers to the Paperback edition....
|  | Grains to Bread (Welcome Books: How Things Are Made)
Publication Date: September 1, 2005| Age Level: 4 and up...
|  | Boys' Book of Survival (Buster Books)
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