 | How to Make Friends and Oppress People: Classic Travel Advice for the Gentleman Adventurer
Release Date: July 10, 2007No traveler to date has matched the intrepid 19th-century gentleman for his bravery, derring-do, and ability to make a perfect cup of tea in the most malarial of climes. But the sun has set on the golden age of exploration, and the records of these fearless, mustachioed adventurers have vanished from the shelves. In their place have appeared timorous travel guides written by authors who could hardly locate Rhodesia on a classroom globe let alone comment on the proper etiquette of an Italian duel.Now, with the publication of Vic Darkwood's How to Make...
 |  | Contemporary American Poetry (Penguin Academics)
Publication Date: September 13, 2004| ISBN-10: 0321182820 | ISBN-13: 978-0321182821| Edition: 1Edited by poets about poets, Contemporary American Poetry is a chronologically organized anthology covering major poets born after 1920. ...
|  | The Sisters Rosensweig - Acting Edition
Publication Date: October 1, 1997| ISBN-10: 0822213486 | ISBN-13: 978-0822213482The sisters Rosensweig are three extraordinary Brooklyn-born Jewish women. Sara is the managing director of the European branch of an international bank, and she lives ostensibly happy, man-free-life in London with her intelligent daughter, Tess. Pfeni is an eccentric travel writer who pursues an unsatisfactory relationship with Geoffrey, a bisexual theatre director. And Gorgeous has the perfect husband and family in Massachusetts, where she pursues a "funsy" career as a radio agony aunt. When they meet up at...
|  | Mother of Faith (Daughters of Jerusalem #3)
Release Date: May 3, 2001| Series: Daughters of Faith (Book 3) Many commentators assume John's reference to "the chosen lady and her children" in 2 John 1 refers to the church. But what if there really was a respected Christian sister in the community to whom John entrusted his epistle? What might have been this woman's life story? What might she remember of the apostle "whom Jesus loved"? Thom Lemmons's biblically based fiction -- third in his popular Daughters of Faith series -- recounts what life might have been like for this woman, whom he envisions as a young Nubian mother. In his dynam...
|  | Fourth Millennium
Publication Date: April 19, 1996In this fascinating, action-filled sequel to their bestselling "The Third Millennium", the authors portray the wonder of life during Christ's millennial reign and the triumph of the ultimate confrontation between Satan and Jesus Christ. ...
|  | Oriental Empowerment
Publication Date: November 14, 2001Serena Nelson (with her cat Midnight) learns to own her power after spending an unforgettable night in a cave in China. ...
|  | Sherazade
Publication Date: March 1, 2000Sherazade is seventeen, Algerian, and a run-away in Paris. Although she has no morals, no scruples, no politics, no apparent emotional depth and little education, Sherazade remains curiously unattached but innocent in the city's underworld of drop-outs, political activists and junkies. ...
|  | Stroke
Publication Date: October 4, 2004Set on the Texas Gulf Coast, STROKE is the story of a young woman’s quest to compete in the male-dominated world of professional pool. Rich in images and accurate in the nuances of the game, Miller captures our attention with a title that at first glance might conjure up images of hypertension.But STROKE is aptly named.Pool players know that being "in stroke" is akin to basketball players being "in the zone."Refreshingly, STROKE is not just another pool hustle novel.Sedonia Forbes, raised by a single-parent father who fostered her athletic skills and enc...
|  | Everything in This Country Must: A Novella and Two Stories
Publication Date: March 7, 2001In his fourth book, Colum McCann turns to the "troubles" in Northern Ireland and reveals the reverberations of political tragedy in the most intimate lives of men and women, parents and children. In the title story, a teenage girl must choose between allegiance to her Catholic father and gratitude to the British soldiers who have saved the family's horse. The young hero ofHunger Strike, a novella, tries to replicate the experience of his uncle, an IRA prisoner on hunger strike. And in Wood, a small boy does his part for the Protestant marches, concealing his ...
|  | Pies De Barro/ Feet of Clay: Una Novela De Mundodisco/ A Novel of Discworld (Spanish Edition)
Publication Date: July 30, 2006| Series: Discworld Alguien est...
|  | The Poems of John Donne (Longman Annotated English Poets)
Publication Date: June 4, 2010| ISBN-10: 1408231247 | ISBN-13: 978-1408231241| Edition: 1 "No man is an island" and "For whom the bell tolls" are just two of the phrases from John Donne's poetry which are known to virtually everyone. John Donne (1572-1631) is considered the best of the metaphysical poets and one of the greatest writers of love poetry ever. This volume is a fully comprehensive annotated edition of Donne's poetry and a landmark volume in literature publishing. Extensive editorial commentary for each poemHeadnotes set poems in historical contextText has been modernise...
|  | BAWDY BALLADS & LECHEROUS LIMERICKS: A Lewd Collection of Lascivious Lyrics
Publication Date: December 30, 2004This very playful adult book contains 5 very raunchy ballads and 6 lecherous limerick poems . . . stories told by stringing together a series of 5-line limerick stanzas. This humorous collection is presented in the low-cost chap-book format, making it an ideal gag gift, party favor, or stocking stuffer. ...
|  | Libraries of George Eliot and George Henry Lewes (Els Monograph Series, No. 24)
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|  | The Great Victorian Sacrilege: Preachers, Politics and the Passion, 1879-1884
Publication Date: April 1991| ISBN-10: 0899505864 | ISBN-13: 978-0899505862a scholarly study of censorship and Victorian England ...
| | Making It Whole: A Victorian Circle and the Shape of Their World
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|  | The Killer of Pilgrims (Matthew Bartholomew Chronicles)
Publication Date: August 1, 2011| Series: Matthew Bartholomew Chronicles (Book 16) Matthew Bartholomew's sixteenth adventure finds him racing to save the university When a wealthy benefactor is found dead in Michaelhouse, Brother Michael and Matthew Bartholomew must find the culprit before the College is accused of foul play. At the same time, Cambridge is plagued by a mystery thief, who is targeting rich pilgrims. Moreover, pranksters are at large in the university, staging a series of increasingly dangerous practical jokes that are dividing scholars into bitterly opposed factions. Bar...
|  | Taken at the Flood: A Hercule Poirot Mystery (Hercule Poirot Mysteries)
Release Date: August 30, 2011| Series: Hercule Poirot MysteriesA few weeks after marrying an attractive widow, Gordon Cloade is tragically killed by a bomb blast in the London blitz. Overnight, the former Mrs. Underhay finds herself in sole possession of the Cloade family fortune. Shortly afterward, Hercule Poirot receives a visit from the dead man’s sister-in-law who claims she has been warned by “spirits” that Mrs. Underhay’s first husband is still alive. Poirot has his suspicions when he is asked to find a missing person guided only by the spirit world. Yet what my...
|  | Football Fever Hb
Publication Date: February 2000A collection of poems about goals, fans, yobs, cheers, fouls, boots, scarves, crowds and strips. You'll also see falling stars, blind referees, magic sponges, dream teams, fizzy drinks, wet Saturdays, hairless half-backs and a game of two halves. The book includes poems on serious issues. ...
|  | Artichoke Boy
Publication Date: February 1, 2009| Age Level: 5 and up | Grade Level: P and up Some kids love peas and potatoes. Some kids love beans and tomatoes. There there is Artichoke Boy who loves artichokes most of all. He's not the only one. His mother, father, and sister are crazy for artichokes, too! It's one big artichoke-loving family. Scott Mickelson's zany picture book in rhyme, with bright and bold illustrations, will keep young ones coming back again and again for lots of giggles - and plenty of artichokes. ...
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