 | The Program Era: Postwar Fiction and the Rise of Creative Writing
Publication Date: November 30, 2011 In The Program Era, Mark McGurl offers a fundamental reinterpretation of postwar American fiction, asserting that it can be properly understood only in relation to the rise of mass higher education and the creative writing program. McGurl asks both how the patronage of the university has reorganized American literature and—even more important—how the increasing intimacy of writing and schooling can be brought to bear on a reading of this literature.McGurl argues that far from occasioning a decline in the quality or interest of American writin...
 |  | Nude Awakening (Wahida Clark Presents)
Publication Date: December 23, 2011After pulling a fifteen year bid, thirty-three year old Trev is out to get back on his feet. His mind-set is not focused on the quick come up by reverting back to the streets. He has his mind set on using his body and handsome looks to tap into the porn industry and earn a living as an adult film actor. Needing cash, he takes his talents to South Beach to be a porn star. Trev s arrival at Amatory Erotic Films has all the girls buzzing, including CEO Janelle Babin. She believes filming the first sex a male prisoner has had in 15 years will be a huge hit, and...
|  | True
Release Date: March 20, 2012Elsa is dying. Her husband, Martti, and daughter Eleonoora are struggling to accept the crushing thought that they are soon to lose her. As Elsa becomes ever more fragile, Eleonoora’s childhood memories are slipping away. Meanwhile, Eleonoora’s daughter Anna spends her time pondering the fates of passersby. For her the world is full of stories. But the story that will change her forever is the one about Eeva, her mother’s nanny, whom her grandparents have been silent about for years. Eeva’s forgotten story, which Anna first learns of when s...
|  | The Marquesa (Heroines of the Golden West #2)
Publication Date: October 1998An unemployed actress comes West with nothing and no one to call her own, but ends up with far more than she ever dreamed, in this latest book in the "Heroines of the Golden West" series. ...
|  | The Headless Haunt: And Other African-American Ghost Stories
Publication Date: September 1995A collection of twenty-one traditional African-American ghost stories combines European and African folklore for a bewitching brew ofrestlessspirits, supernatural seers, and helpful hints for dealing with the less-than-dead....
|  | Going, Going, Gone - Susie's Story
Publication Date: December 13, 2011Susie Torres planned on spending most of the summer before her senior year of high school with her girlfriend, Marlee McAllister, but that's proving to be quite challenging because Marlee works at D'Amico's restaurant, and Susie babysits for Mrs. Johnson, her mother's boss. Susie hates the job, because she not only works like a slave, but gets paid like one. Susie is desperate to take her physical relationship with Marlee further, but she knows she has to go at Marlee's slower pace. Complicating things is the attention that a pretty blonde softball player f...
|  | The Philanderer
Publication Date: March 1, 2009| ISBN-10: 1434450554 | ISBN-13: 978-1434450555George Bernard Shaw, (1856-1950) was an Irish playwright. He is the only person to have been awarded both the Nobel Prize for Literature (1925) and an Oscar (1938). ...
|  | Dirty Beasts
Publication Date: April 9, 2009Roald Dahl's inimitable style and humor shine in this collection of poems about mischievous and mysterious animals. From Stingaling the scorpion to Crocky-Wock the crocodile, Dahl's animals are nothing short of ridiculous. A clever pig with an unmentionable plan to save his own bacon and an anteater with an unusually large appetite are among the characters created by Dahl in these timeless rhymes. This new, larger edition is perfect for reading aloud and makes Quentin Blake's celebrated illustrations even more enjoyable. "Will elicit a loud 'Yuck.'In other word...
|  | The Transparent Society (Parallax: Re-visions of Culture and Society)
Publication Date: August 1, 1992| Series: Parallax: Re-visions of Culture and Society "This book is of major importance to the debate on the postmodern question."-Jean François Lyotard."This is Vattimo at his best-and at his best he is very, very good, which is to say, erudite, witty, engaging, and precise. I do not think anyone comes close to Vattimo in his ability to correlate complex philosophical issues and arguments, such as those of Heidegger or Benjamin on such topics as `the origin of the work of art' or technology and artistic production, with current social and cultural-politi...
|  | The Gift of Death, Second Edition & Literature in Secret (Religion and Postmodernism)
Publication Date: October 1, 2007| ISBN-10: 0226142779 | ISBN-13: 978-0226142777| Edition: 2 The Gift of Death, Jacques Derrida’s most sustained consideration of religion, explores questions first introduced in his book Given Time about the limits of the rational and responsible that one reaches in granting or accepting death, whether by sacrifice, murder, execution, or suicide. Derrida analyzes Czech philosopher Jan Patocka’s Heretical Essays in the Philosophy of History and develops and compares his ideas to the works of Heidegger, Lévinas, and Kierkegaard. One of Derr...
|  | The Lost Love Letters of Heloise and Abelard: Perceptions of Dialogue in Twelfth-Century France (New Middle Ages)
Release Date: September 16, 2008| ISBN-10: 0230608132 | ISBN-13: 978-0230608139| Edition: Revised and Updated This book examines a medieval text long neglected by most scholars. The Lost Love Letters of Heloise and Abelard looks at the earlier correspondence between these two famous individuals, revealing the emotions and intimate exchanges that occurred between them. The perspectives presented here are very different from the view related by Abelard in his "History of My Calamities," an account which provoked a much more famous exchange of letters between Heloise and Abelard after they ...
|  | My Wicked Marquess
Release Date: June 30, 2009To restore family honor the Marquess of Rotherstone faces his most dangerous mission—finding the perfect bride . . .To London's aristocracy, the Inferno Club is a scandalous society of men no proper young lady would acknowledge. But though they are publicly notorious for pursuing all manner of debauchery, in private they are warriors who would do anything to protect king and country. The Marquess of Rotherstone has decided it's time to restore the family's good name. But as a member of the Inferno Club, he knows there is only one way to redeem himsel...
|  | First Family
Release Date: April 21, 2009Following the instant #1 New York Times bestseller Simple Genius, Sean King and Michelle Maxwell return in David Baldacci's most heart-pounding thriller to date . . . FIRST FAMILYIt began with what seemed like an ordinary children's birthday party. Friends and family gathered to celebrate. There were balloons and cake, games and gifts.This party, however, was far from ordinary. It was held at Camp David, the presidential retreat. And it ended with a daring kidnapping . . . which immediately turned into a national security nightmare.Sean King and Michelle Maxwell w...
|  | 11th Hour (The Women's Murder Club)
Release Date: May 7, 2012| Series: The Women's Murder Club Your best friendLindsay Boxer is pregnant at last! But her work doesn't slow for a second. When millionaire Chaz Smith is mercilessly gunned down, she discovers that the murder weapon is linked to the deaths of four of San Francisco's most untouchable criminals. And it was taken from her own department's evidence locker. Anyone could be the killer--even her closest friends.Or a vicious killer?Lindsay is called next to the most bizarre crime scene she's ever seen: two bodiless heads elaborately displayed in the garden of a world-famou...
|  | Baynard's List
Publication Date: June 19, 2011October 1262 should have been a quiet month, that melancholy time following the death of summer dedicated to the chores of readying Ludlow for the onset of winter and the hard months ahead. But the game of spies is afoot. A valuable list identifying the secret supporters of both King Henry and his rival for power Simon de Montfort has disappeared following the murder of Henry’s master spy in the west of England. Whoever possesses that list obtains a significant advantage in the open war that is soon to break out between them.Stephen Attebrook, the part-t...
|  | The Short Forever (Stone Barrington)
Release Date: January 28, 2003| Series: Stone Barrington (Book 3) The unflappable Stone Barrington comes face to face with two men whose lives are wrapped in shadows and lies—and who both still feel the sting of betrayal they can never forget. Between a Rock and a Hard Place Hired by an odd client previously unknown to him, Stone arrives in London, on a mission he thinks he understands, but doesn’t. Soon he finds himself not only out of his territory, but out of his depth as well. Baffled as he is by the behavior of both his quarry and his client, Stone’s life...
|  | The Magic of Disney Storybook Collection (Disney Storybook Collections)
Release Date: October 2, 2004| Grade Level: K and up...
|  | No Limits: Burton Snowboards' Pro Riders
Publication Date: December 1, 2001| Age Level: 8 and up...
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|  | Alphabears: An ABC Book
Publication Date: March 15, 1991| Age Level: 3 and up In Alphabears, twenty six huggable teddies help teach children the letters of the alphabet:A is for Amanda, a good teddy bearWho carries sweet apples everywhere. Michael Hague's warm, detailed paintings complement Kathleen Hague's happy, rhyming texts. Even the youngest of readers will treasure and learn from these two charming concept books ...
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