 | The Zygote Chronicles: A Novel
Publication Date: May 2003Suzanne Finnamore's universally applauded Otherwise Engaged followed one woman's whirlwind ride from diamond ring to altar. The Zygote Chronicles is her singular take on the next leg of the journey -- a riotous and poignant novel in journal form that takes us from conception to delivery room. Through the voice of a whip-smart, sass-talking everywoman Zygote reveals the unsettling and uproarious truth about pregnancy and the prospect of motherhood. The Zygote Chronicles will resonate for any woman who has even briefly considered motherhood. The strange purgatory of p...
 |  | Heaven and nature sing (Poetry anthology)
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|  | Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
Publication Date: July 1, 2011'The world has teeth and it could bite you with them anytime it wanted. Trisha McFarland discovered this when she was nine years old. Lost in the woods.' Trisha has only veered a little way off the trail. But in her panic to get back to the path, Trisha takes a turning that leads into the tangled undergrowth. Deeper and deeper in the terrifying woods. At first it's just the bugs, midges and mosquitoes. Then comes the hunger. For comfort she tunes her Walkman into broadcasts of the Red Sox baseball games and the performances of her hero Tom Gordon. As darkness be...
|  | The Servant of the Manthycore
Publication Date: October 11, 2007A gripping tale of the ancient Middle East! "Behold a warrior woman as ruthless, bloody, and honorable as the ancient world in which she walks, spanning more than forty lifetimes, while Ur and Babylon seethe with a thousand gods... What we have here is no less than a bright new epic, written with the bold spirit of the 21st century, yet spanning back into the mists of time. From Michael Ehart's fierce imagination comes an unforgettable gritty heroine, both human and goddess, and yet something much more... Gilgamesh, Elric, and Conan have finally me...
|  | Death of Kings: A Novel
Release Date: August 28, 2012 The latest chapter in the epic saga of the making of England, magnificently brought to life by "the reigning king of historical fiction" (USA Today), Bernard Cornwell. As the ninth century wanes, Alfred the Great lies dying, his lifelong goal of a unified England in peril, his kingdom on the brink of chaos. Though his son, Edward, has been named his successor, there are other Saxon claimants to the throne—as well as ambitious pagan Vikings to the north. Torn between his vows to Alfred and the desire to reclaim his long-lost ancestral lands in the north, U...
|  | How to Hot Rod Small-Block Mopar Engines
Release Date: March 4, 2003Chassis and suspension modifications for Chevy, Ford, Jeep and Dodge trucks. Includes sections on lift kits, shocks, springs, chassis modifications for off-road use, tires and wheels....
|  | Pafko at the Wall: A Novella
Publication Date: October 9, 2001"There's a long drive.It's gonna be.I believe.The Giants win the pennant.The Giants win the pennant.The Giants win the pennant.The Giants win the pennant."-- Russ Hodges, October 3, 1951On the fiftieth anniversary of "The Shot Heard Round the World," Don DeLillo reassembles in fiction the larger-than-life characters who on October 3, 1951, witnessed Bobby Thomson's pennant-winning home run in the bottom of the ninth inning. Jackie Gleason is razzing Toots Shor in Leo Durocher's box seats; J. Edgar Hoover, basking in Sinatra's celebrity, is abo...
|  | The Homeric Hymn to Demeter
Publication Date: November 29, 1993| Series: Mythos Series The Homeric Hymn to Demeter, composed in the late seventh or early sixth century B.C.E., is a key to understanding the psychological and religious world of ancient Greek women. The poem tells how Hades, lord of the underworld, abducted the goddess Persephone and how her grieving mother, Demeter, the goddess of grain, forced the gods to allow Persephone to return to her for part of each year. Helene Foley presents the Greek text and an annotated translation of this poem, together with selected essays that give the reader a rich unders...
|  | Kormak: An Icelandic Romance of the Tenth Century, In Six Cantos
Publication Date: 1861This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1861. Excerpt: ... CANTO IV. BATTLE ISLE. F jHE winter months were paft,--thofe _I_ cold, long months Through which the funmine fleeps, forgetting earth, Or looking coldly and obliquely down; No loving warmth in even noontide beams, No friendfhip in his rays. But awaking From his long lethargy, at laft the fun Began to climb the arch, and lift the veil That hid his kindnefs from th...
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|  | Sororoscopes: Revised and Expanded
Publication Date: May 19, 2004In this lyrical volume of poetry, Okoampa-Ahoofe joyously celebrates the magnificent and splendid diversity of global womanhood. It is a sumptuous, musical feast of our common humanity. ...
|  | The Cambridge Introduction to the Novel (Cambridge Introductions to Literature)
Publication Date: January 17, 2011| Series: Cambridge Introductions to Literature Beginning its life as the sensational entertainment of the eighteenth century, the novel has become the major literary genre of modern times. Drawing on hundreds of examples of famous novels from all over the world, Marina MacKay explores the essential aspects of the novel and its history: where novels came from and why we read them; how we think about their styles and techniques, their people, plots, places, and politics. Between the main chapters are longer readings of individual works, from Don Quixote to Mi...
|  | The Troubadours: An Introduction
Publication Date: June 28, 1999| ISBN-10: 0521574730 | ISBN-13: 978-0521574730This book offers a general introduction to the world of the troubadours. Its sixteen chapters, newly commissioned from leading scholars in Britain, the United States, France, Italy and Spain, trace the development of troubadour song (including music), engage with the main trends in troubadour scholarship, and examine the reception of troubadour poetry in manuscripts and in Northern French romance. A series of appendices offer an invaluable guide to more than fifty troubadours, to technical vocabulary, to resear...
| | Companion to Victorian Literature (Scribner reprint editions)
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|  | The Social Life of Poetry: Appalachia, Race, and Radical Modernism (Modern and Contemporary Poetry and Poetics)
Release Date: November 24, 2009| Series: Modern and Contemporary Poetry and Poetics Winner of the 2009 Weatherford Award for Best Non-Fiction Book about Appalachia!From Jewish publishers to Appalachian poets, Green’s cultural study reveals the role of “mountain whites” in American racial history. Part One (1880-1935) explores the networks that created American pluralism, revealing Appalachia’s essential role in shaping America’s understanding of African Americans, Anglos, Jews, Southerners, and Immigrants. Drawing upon archival research and deft close readings o...
|  | The Legend of the Curse of the Bambino
Release Date: February 22, 2005| Age Level: 5 and up Some believe that the ghost of Babe Ruth -- the most famous baseball player who ever lived -- is still watching over the game today. What would you say?It all started on January 5, 1920, a fateful day in baseball history, when the Boston Red Sox traded Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees for a mere pile of cash. That's when, some say, the Red Sox's reversal of fortune began. Before Ruth was traded, the Red Sox had been the best team in baseball, winning five of fifteen World Series. Since then, the Yankees have had twenty-six World Series ...
|  | AFC West: The Denver Broncos/The Kansas City Chiefs/The Oakland Raiders/The San Diego Chargers (Inside the NFL (Child's World))
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|  | Snorkeling and Diving (Recreational Sports)
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|  | The Ghost of the Stanley Cup (Screech Owls Series #11)
Release Date: December 18, 1999| Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up The Screech Owls have come to Ottawa to play in the Little Stanley Cup peewee tournament. This relaxed summer event honours Lord Stanley himself – the man who donated the Stanley Cup to hockey – and gives young players a chance to see the wonders of Canada’s capital city, travel into the wilds of Algonquin Park, and even go river rafting. Mr. Dillinger is also taking them to visit some of the region’s famous ghosts: the ghost of a dead prime minister; the ghost of a man hanged for murder;...
|  | Think Like a Scientist in the Gym (Science Explorer Junior)
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