 | Frontera Street Release Date: July 1, 2002A richly imagined debut novel of friendship and forgiveness, Frontera Street explores the physical, cultural, and emotional borders that shape our lives. Carrying secrets and an unborn child, Dee Paxton leaves the affluent neighborhood of her youth and walks straight into Frontera Street Fabrics-a little shop in the barrio only blocks from her home, but worlds apart. Though Alma Cruz is not impressed with her new coworker, she can't help but appreciate her need for a friend. A single mother herself, Alma knows what it's like to raise a child alone-and she's not with...
 |  | The Last Cordate Publication Date: January 26, 2010Two already failed in their mission. Now the fate of the datta rests in Talasa's hands. In the beginning the race of beings called datta reveled in their world, their gifts, and made Da-Dat-Shee, the three-hearted God, the center of their lives...until they turned inward, seeking their own pleasure. In an attempt to right the wrongs, every ten years they chose a Cordate among their younglings to carry Grief from the planet. But the evil Necrose stopped the Cordates before they could accomplish their mission. Now Talasa begins her journey as Cordate. She's co...
 |  | Living Temple: George Herbert and Catechizing# (Quatum Book) ...
 |  | Friends Publication Date: September 1997This collection of poems on the subject of friends is interspersed with blank pages for recording thoughts, writing poems of your own, or recalling a special memory. ...
 |  | The Eyes of Texas (Lone Star Legacy #3) Publication Date: March 1, 2005The Texas Frontier provides for riveting adventure and inspiring characters as this historical fiction series draws readers into the struggle for freedom. ...
 |  | Baseball's Best Short Stories (Sporting's Best Short Stories series) Publication Date: April 1, 2012| Series: Sporting's Best Short Stories series This expanded edition features the best-loved short stories from the 20th century as well as new tales from some of the 21st century’s most iconic names in fiction. No other sport has inspired as many great writers as baseball has, and this exceptional anthology brings together 34 short stories about the nation’s favorite pastime. The stories span several decades and are written by some of America’s favorite writers, including Zane Grey, James Thurber, Robert Penn Warren, T. Coraghessan Boyle...
 |  | A Matter of Class Publication Date: December 29, 2009Just in time for Valentine's Day, from New York Times bestselling author Mary Balogh comes yet another classic historical tale that sizzles with romance and unforgettable drama. Reginald Mason is wealthy, refined, and, by all accounts, a gentleman. However, he is not a gentleman by title, a factor that pains him and his father within the Regency society that upholds station over all else. That is, until an opportunity for social advancement arises, namely, Lady Annabelle Ashton. Daughter of the Earl of Havercroft, a neighbor and enemy of the Mason family, A...
 |  | Lifelines: The Black Book of Proverbs Release Date: November 10, 2009This little book contains the wisdom of the ages, and is guaranteed to produce a smile of appreciation at the sheer sense of the proverbs you will find inside. From advice you wish your mother had given you, to things you probably suspected, but had never put into words, Lifelines is a book to be read, absorbed and treasured.—Pearl Cleage, New York Times best selling author of What Looks Like Crazy On An Ordinary Day This illustrated treasury of proverbs unites the timeless wisdom of Black communities in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Americas, while spe...
 |  | Thebaid: A Song of Thebes (Masters of Latin Literature) Release Date: October 23, 2008| Series: Masters of Latin Literature The Thebaid, a Latin epic in twelve books by Statius (c. 45-96 C. E.) reexamines events following the abdication of Oedipus, focusing on the civil war between the brothers Eteocles, King of Thebes, and Polynices, who comes at the head of an army from Argos to claim his share of royal power. The poem is long-each of the twelve books comprises over eight hundred lines-and complex, and it exploits a broad range of literary works, both Greek and Latin. Severely curtailed though he was by the emperor Domitian and his Reign of Ter...
 |  | Victoria's Secret Beauty of Love: Volume 4 ...
 |  | Al pie de la letra / To the Letter (Spanish Edition) ...
 |  | I Shaved My Legs For This?! Release Date: December 27, 2005"Love is blind (or at least nearsighted)" - Theresa Alan. When it comes to dating, Heather's been pretty lucky. Well, if you don't count the verbal flasher and the guy who started going out with another woman halfway through their first date. If only she could find a guy like her first love. Now, the one who got away just may lead her to the one she can't lose. "Cleo Barnes: Worst Blind Date Ever" - Holly Chamberlin. Nine months after Cleo Barnes dumped her cheating, lying boyfriend, she's become a full blown, she devil man hater. But when she spies her ex out ...
 |  | Jared's Counterfeit Fiancee (Silhouette Desire) Publication Date: May 1, 2005| Series: Silhouette Desire (Book 1654) Pretending to be Jared Westmoreland's fiancée wasn't high on Dana Rollins's list of priorities. But she owed him a favor, and Jared's persuasive charm and sinful masculinity--not to mention his sizzling kisses--were impossible to refuse. Helping Jared meant spending time together publicly, but the private moments they shared made Dana wonder how she'd ever survive this engagement with her heart intact.A confirmed bachelor, Jared didn't want any of the sticky entanglements that went along with commitment. But the more h...
 |  | A Sight for Sore Eyes Release Date: March 7, 2000Teddy was born in squalor. Now he is a craftsman determined to banish ugliness from his life. Harriet is a beautiful, bored trophy wife who employs a series of repairmen for her sexual satisfaction. And Francine is a college student who witnessed her mother's murder and now must free herself from her father's manipulative second wife. Connected by strands of chance, their lives intersecting in the strangest of ways, these three people are on a journey that will bring them to each other--and to a beautiful ivy-covered home with at least one dead body in the basement...
 |  | El reloj de Pandora ...
 |  | Murder of a Smart Cookie (Scumble River Mysteries, Book 7) Release Date: July 5, 2005Yard sales can bring out the worst in people. So when Scumble River school psychologist Skye Denison organizes a 100-mile yard sale, otherwise neighborly folk get downright nasty: her own mother creams a woman, and a battle of the sexes breaks out. But when her former boss is found murdered, nobody knows for sure how this cookie will crumble. ...
 |  | Payback Publication Date: March 1, 1999It's payback time! Now a major motion picture from Paramount Pictures starring Mel Gibson as master theif Parker, who appeared in a series of celebrated crime novels between 1962 and 1974 and returned after 23 years in "Comeback", which was named a Notable Book of the Year by The New York Times. Crime writer Richard Stark is the pseudonym of Mystery Writers of American Grand Master Donald E. Westlake. ...
 |  | Greek Myths & Legends ...
 |  | Do Unto Otters: A Book About Manners Release Date: September 1, 2009| Age Level: 5 and up | Grade Level: K and up “Do not do to others that which would anger you if others did it to you.”—Socrates (the Greek philosopher), circa 470-399 B.C.Mr. Rabbit’s new neighbors are Otters.OTTERS!But he doesn’t know anything about otters. Will they get along? Will they be friends?Just treat otters the same way you’d like them to treat you, advises Mr. Owl.In her smart, playful style Laurie Keller highlights how to be a good friend and neighbor—simply follow the Golden Rule! Do Unto Otters is a ...
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