 | Curandera
Publication Date: September 1, 2012| ISBN-10: 1609402375 | ISBN-13: 978-1609402372| Edition: Anv Featuring historic photos of the Chicano Movement in San Antonio and a new introduction, this is the 30th-anniversary edition of Carmen Tafolla’s first solo poetry collection. Having filled a cultural and linguistic void in 1983, when it was first published, this compilation showcases the poet's creation of a literary language from the natural Spanish and English code-switching of the barrios of San Antonio. Banned in Arizona along with many other multicultural books, this work celebrat...
 |  | Broetry
Release Date: July 5, 2011As contemporary poets sing the glories of birds, birch trees, and menstruation, regular guys are left scratching their heads. Who can speak for Everyman? Who will articulate his love for Xbox 360, for Mama Celeste's frozen pizza, for the cinematic oeuvre of Bruce Willis? Enter Broetry--a stunning debut from a dazzling new literary voice. "Broet Laureate" Brian McGackin goes where no poet has gone before--to Star Wars conventions, to frat parties, to video game tournaments, and beyond. With poems like "Ode to That Girl I Dated for, Like, a Month Sophomore Year"...
|  | Wedding Belles
Publication Date: July 5, 2007Nothing is going to go wrong with Belle Craine's dream wedding. Her mom won't let it. Unfortunately, nobody's told an Australian girl called Mona Starr, who turns up on the Craines' doorstep without warning and announces that she's Belle's long-lost half-sister. It's bad enough, but Belle also has to face the fact that her fiance, Kieran, is spending an awful lot of time with ex-model Mona—a fact which her teenage sister, Jax, delights in pointing out. Is Belle being paranoid, or has she got a fight on her hands if she wants to keep her man? And more to th...
|  | The Christmas Singing: A Romance from the Heart of Amish Country
Release Date: October 4, 2011After Gideon coldly broke her heart, can the warmth of the season revive Mattie’s hopes? Mattie thought her childhood sweetheart adored her until he abruptly ended their engagement on Christmas Eve. Three years later, will learning the truth behind his rejection restore her Christmas joy – or open the door to even deeper heartbreak? Spend Christmas with the Amish in this story of love, romance, heartache, and restoration.Experience the holidays with the Plain folk and discover the power of second chances in this touching story from the ...
|  | Habibi
Release Date: September 20, 2011| Series: Habibi From the internationally acclaimed author of Blankets (“A triumph for the genre.”—Library Journal), a highly anticipated new graphic novel. Sprawling across an epic landscape of deserts, harems, and modern industrial clutter, Habibi tells the tale of Dodola and Zam, refugee child slaves bound to each other by chance, by circumstance, and by the love that grows between them. We follow them as their lives unfold together and apart; as they struggle to make a place for themselves in a world (not unlike our own) fueled ...
|  | The Mark of a Murderer (Matthew Bartholomew Chronicles)
Publication Date: June 1, 2006| Series: Matthew Bartholomew Chronicles (Book 11) It is February 1355, and Oxford has exploded in one of the most serious riots of its turbulent history. Fearing for their lives, the scholars flee the city, and some choose the University at Cambridge as their refuge. They don’t remain safe for long, however—within hours of their arrival, two people have died. When Bartholomew and Brother Michael investigate the deaths, they uncover evidence that the Oxford riot was part of a carefully orchestrated plot. With the Archbishop of Canterbury about to hono...
|  | A Country Such as This
Publication Date: March 2001| Series: Bluejacket Books The innocence the 1950s and turbulence of the 1960s and 70s--years when America reached out and touched the heavens, only to be torn apart by internal conflict and a war in Southeast Asia--provide a dramatic setting for this unforgettable story of three men and the women they love carving a place for themselves in a society where the rules keep changing. Written by bestselling novelist James Webb, it has been hailed as a major work of our time and a stunning commentary of political and social life in America over nearly three decades. Fr...
|  | Blood Bond #2: Brotherhood of the Gun
Release Date: February 1, 2006| Series: Blood Bond (Book 2) Young Matt Bodine and Sam Two Wolves became blood brothers on the day the rancher's son saved the halfbreed's life, forging a bond no one could ever break. Beneath the Montana big sky, Matt learned the ways of the Cheyenne from his friend. And as years passed, a legend grew of the breed and the white man who rode together - and who could jerk killing iron with the best of them...The blood brothers ride into the blistering heat and wind of the Arizona badlands. They're hard on a trail that leads deep into Apache territory toward the ...
|  | Follow The Wind: The Spanish Bit Saga (Spanish Bit Saga of the Plains Indians)
Release Date: April 6, 2004| Series: Spanish Bit Saga of the Plains Indians (Book 3) Follow the WindDon Pedro Garcia was impatient; there were only so many forced marches the horses could endure. He was an old man now, and he wanted to see his son who, rumor had it, was alive among the Indians of the Great Plains. Don Pedro's lieutenant, Ramon Cabeza, was also troubled, for no matter how fast the search party traveled the Indians always seemed to know their movements days in advance. What neither man could know was that Don Pedro's son was alive, now a chief among the Elk-dog band--and that ...
|  | The Attache: Or Sam Slick in England (Nonsuch Classics)
Publication Date: June 1, 2005| Series: Nonsuch Classics Widely regarded as the Charles Dickens of his time, Thomas Chandler Haliburton’s incisive social commentary is always expressed with sparkling wit. The creation of the character of Sam Slick is regarded as Haliburton’s crowning achievement. Following the huge popular acclaim that greeted Haliburton’s The Clockmaker, the author, bowing to the weight of expectation, brought the fast-talking hero of his narrative, Sam Slick, to England. The Attaché, Or Sam Slick in England details the adventures of the Nova Scotian ...
|  | British Life in India: An Anthology of Humorous and Other Writings Perpetrated by the British in India, with Some Latitude for Works Completed after Independence
Publication Date: March 23, 1995This delightful collection of humorous writings are thematically grouped and range from Kipling to Indian Civil Service officers.The book will prove a mine of information on the Anglo-Indian literary relationship. ...
| | The Green Man
Publication Date: December 1996| ISBN-10: 0859910245 | ISBN-13: 978-0859910248The Green Man - the image of the foliate head or the head of a man sprouting leaves - is perhaps the commonest motif in medieval sculpture. This work, first published in 1978, explores the significance of the image and offers insights into medieval man's understanding of nature, into conceptions of death, rebirth and resurrection in the Middle Ages, and into concerns today with ecology and man's relationship with the green world. ...
|  | A Disappearing Number (Oberon Modern Plays)
Publication Date: September 1, 2008| ISBN-10: 1840028300 | ISBN-13: 978-1840028300Winner of the 2008 Olivier Award for Best New Play“With touching emotion and unnerving disquietude, A Disappearing Number forces the spectator to consider the fact of love, death and belonging, within the space of his or her own personal universe.”—New Statesman ...
|  | Erotic Poems (Oxford World's Classics)
Publication Date: August 15, 2008| Series: Oxford World's Classics Editorial censorship has long obscured Goethe's Roman Elegies, which were inspired by Goethe's sexual liberation in Italy and his love for the woman he took as his unofficial wife on his return to Germany. They are here presented as Goethe boldly conceived them, together with the long-supressed narrative poem known as The Diary. Completing the edition is a selection from Goethe's more light-hearted and much censored cycle of erotica, the Venetian Epigrams. An illuminating Introduction by Hans Vaget provides the background to ...
|  | Sleeping with the Crawfish (Andy Broussard/Kit Franklyn Mysteries)
Publication Date: October 1997| Series: Andy Broussard/Kit Franklyn Mysteries When fingerprints identify a cadaver as a convict serving time in the Louisiana state prison--and prison officials claim that the man is still in his cell--forensic pathologist Andy Broussard and criminal psychologist Kit Franklyn must find the truth behind the unidentified corpse. The duo discovers that danger abounds in bayou country. ...
|  | Cold Fall
Release Date: June 4, 1996When a British-owned aircraft is destroyed at Dulles Airport, killing all 439 passengers on board, including his former lover, the Principessa Sukie Tempesta, James Bond embarks on a personal quest to find the fanatical terrorists responsible. ...
|  | Be Afraid -- Be Very Afraid! (Goosebumps Series 2000, No 20)
Publication Date: August 1, 1999| Age Level: 7 and up | Grade Level: 2 and up...
|  | Tales from the Greek Legends (Classic Literature with Classical Music)
Publication Date: March 1995 ...
|  | Roadrunner's Dance
Release Date: August 2, 2000| Age Level: 5 and up | Grade Level: K and up Because Rattlesnake has taken over the road and will not let any of the people or animals in the village use it, Desert Woman enlists the aid of the other animals to create a strange new creature with the necessary tools to overcome Rattlesnake. ...
|  | Eagle Boy: A Traditional Navajo Legend
Publication Date: February 1996| Age Level: 5 and up A young boy is chosen by the eagles to journey to the sky to learn their sacred healing ways. Before the boy can receive this gift, he must prove himself to be both clever and brave. Only then will he be worthy of a new name, Eagle Boy. This magnificent myth is illustrated with soft pastels, evocative of the earth and sky of the great Southwest. ...
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