 | Who Let the Dogs In?: Incredible Political Animals I Have Known
Release Date: July 12, 2005The dazzling, inimitable Molly Ivins is back, with her own personal Hall of Fame of America’s most amazing and outlandish politicians–the wicked, the wise, the witty, and the witless–drawn from more than twenty years of reporting on the folks who attempt to run our government (in some cases, into the ground).Who Let the Dogs In? takes us on a wild ride through two decades of political life, from Ronald Reagan, through Big George and Bill Clinton, to our current top dog, known to Ivins readers simply as Dubya. But those are just a few of the pol...
 |  | Beloved Physician (Frontier Doctor Trilogy #2)
Release Date: May 5, 2004They say, “I do,” and only death shall part them. Back from their honeymoon, Dr. Dane and Tharyn Logan eagerly assume the reins of the medical practice in a small Colorado mining community. Dane’s selfless heroism quickly earns him a fine reputation among the townsfolk. But the hardship and danger of the West strike home when a band of renegade Utes captures Thayrn’s dear friend Melinda. Will hope survive after Melinda’s friends and fiancé have given her up for dead? Story Behind the BookWhen the challenge of the Western frontier ...
|  | Emily Dickinson: Daughter of Prophecy
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|  | The Third Life of Grange Copeland
Publication Date: May 26, 2003| Series: Harvest Book Despondent over the futility of life in the South, black tenant farmer Grange Copeland leaves his wife and son in Georgia to head North. After meeting an equally humiliating existence there, he returns to Georgia, years later, to find his son, Brownfield, imprisoned for the murder of his wife. As the guardian of the couple's youngest daughter, Grange Copeland is looking at his third -- and final -- chance to free himself from spiritual and social enslavement. ...
|  | Killigrew and the North-West Passage (Killigrew series)
Publication Date: August 1, 2003| Series: Killigrew series Joining the search for Sir John Franklin's ill-fated voyage has long been a dream for Kit Killigrew; however, a captain more interested in personal glory than the safety of his crew turns the voyage into a nightmare. This most chilling adventure yet evokes in terrifying detail the true horror of an Arctic winter—the mind-numbing cold, the desolate landscape, and a darkness that permeates men's souls. ...
|  | Andrew Marvell, Orphan of the Hurricane
Publication Date: September 7, 2012Andrew Marvell, Orphan of the Hurricane studies the poetry and polemics of one of the greatest of early modern writers, a poet of immense lyric talent and political importance. The book situates these writings and this writer within the patronage networks and political upheavals of mid seventeenth-century England. Derek Hirst and Steven Zwicker track Marvell's negotiations among personalities and events; explores his idealizations, attachments, and subversions, and speculate on the meaning of the narratives that he told of himself within his writings -- wha...
|  | Shakespeare's Edward III: An Early Play Restored to the Canon
Publication Date: September 25, 1996| ISBN-10: 0300066260 | ISBN-13: 978-0300066265| Edition: 1st "Edward III" was first published, anonymously, in 1596. Though most scholars now discern Shakespeare's hand in the play, academic uncertainties over "collaboration," "plagiarism", and "memorial reconstruction" have kept it firmly outside the canon. Now Eric Sams, whose "The Real Shakespeare" confirmed the playwright as a writer of popular plays from an early age as well as an assiduous reviser of his own work, offers a new edition that authenticates "Edward III" as Shakespeare's own, unaided...
|  | Observations on Hamlet
Publication Date: June 1972| ISBN-10: 0404050662 | ISBN-13: 978-0404050665This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfectionssuch as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in...
|  | Antho de La Poe Lyr Lat (Poesie/Gallimard) (French Edition)
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|  | A Reader's Guide to Wallace Stevens
Publication Date: February 26, 2007Wallace Stevens is one of the major poets of the twentieth century, and also among the most challenging. His poems can be dazzling in their verbal brilliance. They are often shot through with lavish imagery and wit, informed by a lawyer's logic, and disarmingly unexpected: a singing jackrabbit, the seductive Nanzia Nunzio. They also spoke--and still speak--to contemporary concerns. Though his work is popular and his readership continues to grow, many readers encountering it are baffled by such rich and strange poetry. Eleanor Cook, a leading critic of poetr...
|  | Getting Medieval: Sexualities and Communities, Pre- and Postmodern (Series Q)
Publication Date: September 22, 1999| Series: Series Q In Getting Medieval Carolyn Dinshaw examines communities—dissident and orthodox—in late-fourteenth and early-fifteenth-century England to create a new sense of queer history. Reaching beyond both medieval and queer studies, Dinshaw demonstrates in this challenging work how intellectual inquiry into pre-modern societies can contribute invaluably to current issues in cultural studies. In the process, she makes important connections between past and present cultures that until now have not been realized. In her pursuit of his...
|  | A Girl's Guide to Vampires (Dark Ones)
Release Date: December 28, 2010| Series: Dark OnesJoy Randall's Top 5 Tips for Vampire Hunters: Location, location, location. Vampires won't be caught dead (ha!) in places like discos, ten-minute lube shops, or Switzerland. Remember, if you wouldn't be there, neither would a bloodsucker. Trust your eyes. You know the handsome, annoyingly arrogant, self-assured man in the shadows with long hair and a cleft in his chin? He's your vampire. No matter how tempting it might be, do not "accidentally" acquire a paper cut on your finger and suggest your vampire kiss it to make it better. Play it ...
|  | The Last of Lady Lansdown
Publication Date: May 1, 2012In the dawn of the Regency era in Northern England, precious few mourn the sudden and shocking passing of the Earl of Lansdown. Certainly not Jane Elton, the young and beautiful widow whose life he made a misery. After her initial relief, Jane must contend with an unexpected and devastating reality: because she is childless, she and her family must descend several rungs down the social ladder. One hope remains. Could she be pregnant? A son would inherit; otherwise the title and estate will go to the Earl's slightly younger twin brother, his greedy wife, and many ...
|  | Against All Enemies
Release Date: June 14, 2011The master of international intrigue and explosive action introduces a new hero for a new era of warfare . . . against a new kind of threat--get ready to meet ex-Navy SEAL Max Moore. A terrorist bombing in Pakistan wipes out Max Moore’s entire CIA team. As the only survivor, the former Navy SEAL plunges deeper into the treacherous tribal lands to find the terrorist cell, but what he discovers there leads him to a much darker conspiracy in an unexpected part of the globe—the US/Mexico border. Here a drug war rages between the Juarez and Sinaloa cartels. ...
|  | Thursday Legends (Bob Skinner Mysteries)
Publication Date: June 1, 2012| Series: Bob Skinner Mysteries A brutal and apparently motiveless murder leads Skinner to suspect his own friends of treachery, in this gripping 10th novel of retribution and ultimate justice For Deputy Chief Constable Bob Skinner, the Thursday night football game at the local gym has long been an unbroken ritual—until the savagely mutilated body of a former player is found, and suddenly the Thursday Legends have more to worry about than aching backs and dodgy knees. Former Head of Special Branch Alec Smith made plenty of enemies during his long ...
|  | Black Widow Joins the Mighty Avengers
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|  | The Dragon Egg (A Beautifully Illustrated Children's Picture Book) (Knightly Tale Bedtime Stories, Book 1)
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|  | Kevin Garnett (The World's Greatest Athletes)
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| | Crawfish Hunt (Boyz Rule!)
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|  | Little House in the Big Woods (Little House, No 1)
Publication Date: 1971| Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 4 and upLaura Ingalls's story begins in 1871 in a little log cabin on the edge of the Big Woods of Wisconsin. Four-year-old Laura lives in the little house with her Pa, her Ma, her sisters Mary and Carrie, and their trusty dog, Jack. Pioneer life is sometimes hard, since the family must grow or catch all their own food as they get ready for the cold winter. But it is also exciting as Laura and her folks celebrate Christmas with homemade toys and treats, do the spring planting, bring in the harvest, and make their first trip into ...
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