 | Sacre Bleu: A Comedy d'Art
Release Date: October 9, 2012 In July 1890, Vincent van Gogh went into a cornfield and shot himself. Or did he? Vincent’s friends, baker-turned-painter Lucien Lessard and bon vivant Henri Toulouse-Lautrec, have their doubts. Now they’re determined to answer the questions surrounding van Gogh’s untimely death—like who was the crooked little “color man” Vincent claimed was stalking him across France . . . and why had the painter recently become deathly afraid of a certain shade of blue? Ooh la la, quelle surprise, and zut alors, what follows is a surreal odyssey...
 |  | Solomon among the Postmoderns
Publication Date: January 1, 2008In Ecclesiastes, Solomon states that "all is vapor" and describes humans as trying to "shepherd the wind." In Solomon among the Postmoderns, author Peter J. Leithart uses these claims, as well as the entire book of Ecclesiastes, to show how Solomon resonated with postmodernism. Exploring the strengths and weaknesses of postmodernism, Leithart shows how the theory reflects an important biblical theme: the elusiveness and instability of the world. But he goes on to show that biblical faith takes us beyond cynicism and despair.Solomon among t...
|  | The Confessions of Catherine de Medici: A Novel
Release Date: May 24, 2011The truth is, not one of us is innocent. We all have sins to confess. So reveals Catherine de Medici, the last legitimate descendant of her family’s illustrious line. Expelled from her native Florence, Catherine is betrothed to Henri, son of François I of France. In an unfamiliar realm, Catherine strives to create a role for herself through her patronage of the famous clairvoyant Nostradamus and her own innate gift as a seer. But in her fortieth year, Catherine is widowed, left alone with six young children in a kingdom torn apart by the ambitions of a ...
|  | She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not: Romantic Fiction by Lesl
Publication Date: April 1, 2002Here is a new collection of Lesléa Newman's fiction at its finest. In A Stone's Throw, two butch buddies become more than buddies, though neither of them will admit it. In Mothers of Invention, one woman in a relationship wants a child, but her partner won't learn the true meaning of compromise and commitment. And in Girls Will Be Boys, a straight woman-at least she thinks she's straight-discovers a shocking fact about her "boyfriend." Whether the stories are serious, as in Keeping a Breast when a woman discovers a lump in her breast while making love, or ...
|  | Zeus in the <i>Odyssey</i> (Hellenic Studies)
Publication Date: November 30, 2008| Series: Hellenic Studies (Book 31) This book makes the case that the plot of the Odyssey is represented within the narrative as a plan of Zeus, Dios boulê, that serves as a guide for the performing poet and as a hermeneutic for the audience. Through occasional participation in events and pervasive influence, the character of Zeus maintains thematic unity as the narrative moves through a mass of potential narrative paths for Odysseus that was already dense and conflicting at the time the Odyssey was taking shape. The “Zeus-centric” readi...
|  | Sing a song of popcorn: Every child's book of poems
Publication Date: 1988A collection of 115 poems by a variety of well-known authors with illustrations by nine Caldecott medalists. ...
|  | The Petrified Heart
Publication Date: January 2002While the subtitle of this collection of poetry is TheVietnam War Poetry of Charles E. Patterson, and while it is true thatthe settings and details in the poems do apply to that particularconflict, there is much that is at the same time profoundly universalin these works.Patterson's poems are about civilians and combatants,young girls and soldiers, old men and children, friend and foe; theyare about fighting and dying, about warrior anguish and regret, aboutpride and fear and compassion, about leaving for war, and about cominghome and trying to live. ...
|  | Persona
Publication Date: November 18, 2003| ISBN-10: 0974428809 | ISBN-13: 978-0974428802Poetry. In the tradition of poets such as Anne Waldman and Sandra Alcosser, Anderson Moseman charts a landscape of identity for the 21st century. She bends language and literary practice to look at contemporary life through numerous cultural and historical prisms. "Fierce with wit, drunk with language, alive with passion and intellect"--Judith Johnson. ...
|  | Quan Tang shi suo yin (Mandarin Chinese Edition)
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|  | Anna Karenina (Russian Edition)
Publication Date: April 18, 2012Anna Karenina was the next major novel of Tolstoy after his War and Peace.“In order for a work to be good, one must love its main basic idea. In Anna Karenina I love the family idea while in War and Peace I loved the national idea,” Tolstoy said once to his wife.The first idea of the plot occurred to Tolstoy as early as seven years before the novel was written. “Yesterday he told me,” wrote his wife in her diary, “that he imagined the character of a married woman belonging to the highest circles of society, but having lost he...
|  | L'appel De L'ange (French Edition)
Publication Date: April 5, 2012New York. Aéroport Kennedy.Dans la salle d’embarquement bondée, un homme et une femme se télescopent. Dispute anodine, et chacun reprend sa route.Madeline et Jonathan ne s’étaient jamais rencontrés, ils n’auraient jamais dû se revoir. Mais en ramassant leurs affaires, ils ont échangé leurs téléphones portables. Lorsqu’ils s’aperçoivent de leur méprise, ils sont séparés par 10 000 kilomètres : elle est fleuriste à Paris, il tient un restaurant à...
|  | Chill of Fear
Release Date: June 27, 2006New York Times bestselling author Kay Hooper turns up the heat even as she chills readers to the bone with a new suspense novel that distills the essence of fear itself. In this relentless thriller, two psychics put more than their lives on the line to stop a killer darker and more evil than they could ever imagine. . . .FBI agent Quentin Hayes always knew he had an unusual talent, even before he was recruited by Noah Bishop for the controversial Special Crimes Unit. But, as gifted as he is, for twenty years he’s been haunted by a heartbreaking unsolved murde...
|  | Quinn's Undying Rose: Scanguards Vampires (Volume 6)
Publication Date: September 8, 2012"I'm addicted to Tina Folsom's books! The Scanguards series is one of the hottest things to happen to vampire romance. If you love scorching, fast-paced reads, don't miss this thrilling series!" -Lara Adrian, New York Times Bestselling Author of the Midnight Breed series Vampirebodyguard Quinn has lived the last 200 years as a playboy trying in vain to forget the only woman he has ever loved: his human wife Rose, who he believes to be dead.But Rose is very much alive. Now a vampire herself, she has lived in hiding from Quinn all of these years, ha...
|  | It Takes A Thief (Loveswept #312)
Release Date: February 1, 1989Dane Prescott was charming, gallant, a man of mystery and shadows whose smile could make a woman forget her name! Jennifer Chantry was terrified when he caught her with a pilfered diamond bracelet, stunned when he kissed her breathless, and delighted when he helped her escape with her prize! But when her dashing hero turned out to be a professional gambler, she had to resist him. Her father had lost Belle Retour, their beautiful old home, in a poker game -- how could she risk loving another man who might cost her everything? Until now she'd never been tempted to...
|  | All I Want Is You (Kimani Romance)
Publication Date: September 20, 2011| Series: Kimani Romance (Book 256) Who is Monica Dupree?They called her Venus. Beautiful, mysterious and elusive, the international icon was the envy of women and the secret desire of men. Until tragedy struck. Now she lives a quiet life far from the limelight. But her safe haven is threatened when a suave and seductive stranger sweeps into her life and makes a sensual fantasy come true.…Who is JD?JD is also running away—from his privileged, powerful life. From the moment the billionaire businessman meets the gorgeous, guarded stranger, he knows...
|  | Triptych
Release Date: August 15, 2006From Atlanta’s wealthiest suburbs to its stark inner-city housing projects, a killer has crossed the boundaries of wealth and race. And the people who are chasing him must cross those boundaries, too. Among them is Michael Ormewood, a veteran detective whose marriage is hanging by a thread—and whose arrogance and explosive temper are threatening his career. And Angie Polaski, a beautiful vice cop who was once Michael’s lover before she became his enemy.But unbeknownst to both of them, another player has entered the game: a loser ex-con who has s...
|  | America's Agatha Christie: Mignon Good Eberhart, Her Life and Works
Publication Date: February 1, 2005| ISBN-10: 1575910888 | ISBN-13: 978-1575910888Between 1929 and 1988, American mystery writer Mignon Good Eberhart wrote fifty-nine mystery novels, at least as many short stories, and served a term as president and Grand Master of the Mystery Writers of America. This study of Eberhart's life and work considers the influence of her childhood in Nebraska, her marriage and frequent travels, and her various professional and personal contacts in Chicago and on the East Coast. Eberhart's friendships with well-known literary figures, including mystery and roman...
|  | Endless Road and Other Stories (Five Star First Edition Mystery)
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|  | The Confidential Casebook of Sherlock Holmes
Publication Date: January 1998This long-awaited volume finally brings to light several cases of the world's most famous consulting detective that were originally suppressed to avoid scandal and embarrassment to the Crown, public figures, or to Holmes himself.Now, the truth is finally revealed regarding Holmes's exploits involving the Titanic, his rematch with Irene Adler, the childhoods of both Holmes and Watson, and such figures as Ida Tarbell, P.G. Wodehouse, and James McNeil Whistler.The Confidential Casebook of Sherlock Holmes is a cornucopia of Sherlockiana that will delight fans young ...
|  | Myself and Michael Innes: A Memoir
Publication Date: November 1988Sometime in the 1930s, J.I.M. Stewart, an Oxford academic much in demand in the intellectual world, began writing a mystery novel. Thus was born his alter ego, Michael Innes--long-celebrated writer of superior detective stories. This is Stewart's beguiling account of his double life. Illustrated. ...
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