 | Bedroom Gangsta
Publication Date: September 27, 2011Seven, a gorgeous, retired exotic dancer is fed up with her broke and boring lifestyle. The dreams promised by her husband, Bryce aren t coming true, and Seven s heart longs for the endless supply of cash she was forced to give up. When the bills aren t getting paid and they soon face eviction, Seven wants to return to her old ways, but Bryce refuses. However, unbeknownst to him, Seven has a scheme up her sleeve that involves prostitution even though she won t be the one turning tricks. Once the money starts to flow, vows are eventually broken, and uncondi...
 |  | Insurrection: Holding History - Acting Edition
Publication Date: January 1, 2000A remarkable debut by a talented new African-American playwright. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition....
|  | Porterhouse Blue
Publication Date: February 1989Never before published in America, and now a six-hour PBS presentation, Porterhouse Blue is the story of one college campus with more problems than students. A revolution at Porterhouse College sends a lot of things out in the open--namely one gross of condoms. ...
|  | Orpheus and Greek Religion (Mythos Books)
Publication Date: September 20, 1993| Series: Princeton Paperbacks The tales told of Orpheus are legion. He is said to have been an Argonaut--and to have saved Jason's life. Rivers are reported to have stopped their flow to listen to the sounds of his lyre and his voice. Plato cites his poetry and Herodotus refers to "practices that are called Orphic." Did Orpheus, in fact, exist? His influence on Greek thought is undeniable, but his disciples left little of substance behind them. Indeed, their Orphic precepts have been lost to time.W.K.C. Guthrie attempts to uncover and define Orphism by fo...
|  | High Priestess (Tarot Card Mysteries)
Release Date: February 6, 2007| Series: Tarot Card Mysteries He is the twin brother of the beautiful woman who broke Warren's heart and, of course, knows his secret history. Now that this man--who, along with his sister, presides over the "Church of Satan"--has found him, Warren is made an offer he can't refuse: Either help find the killer who is hunting down members of the satanic cult, or have his real identity as a '60s radical bomber exposed.Now, the cards warn of peril as the High Priestess is cast followed by the Fool. That fool is Warren himself, in a race against time to hunt down a ...
|  | Miguel Street
Release Date: July 23, 2002“A stranger could drive through Miguel Street and just say ‘Slum!’ because he could see no more.” But to its residents this derelict corner of Trinidad’s capital is a complete world, where everybody is quite different from everybody else. There’s Popo the carpenter, who neglects his livelihood to build “the thing without a name.” There’s Man-man, who goes from running for public office to staging his own crucifixion, and the dreaded Big Foot, the bully with glass tear ducts. There’s the lovely Mr...
|  | The Way of Ignatius Loyola: Contemporary Approaches to the Spiritual Exercises
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|  | Henry VI Part 3 (Folger Shakespeare Library)
Release Date: April 7, 2009| Series: Folger Shakespeare Library Each edition includes:Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play Scene-by-scene plot summaries A key to famous lines and phrases An introduction to reading Shakespeare's language An essay by an outstanding scholar providing a modern perspective on the play Illustrations from the Folger Shakespeare Library's vast holdings of rare booksEssay by Nina Levine The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C., is home to...
|  | A Curtain of Green: and Other Stories
Publication Date: October 4, 1979| Series: Harvest/HBJ Book This is the first collection of Welty’s stories, originally published in 1941. It includes such classics as “A Worn Path,” “Petrified Man,” “Why I Live at the P.O.,” and “Death of a Traveling Salesman.” The historic Introduction by Katherine Anne Porter brought Welty to the attention of the american reading public. ...
|  | There Is an Anger That Moves
Publication Date: November 1, 2007| ISBN-10: 1857549457 | ISBN-13: 978-1857549454Diverse in theme as well as form, this new collection explodes onto the page with a maturity and dynamism rarely seen in such a young poet. Using language full of unique beauty and charisma, Miller writes everything from love poems to biblical chronicles, exploring themes such as conflicting identity, home and family, and the spirit of his Jamaican ancestors. ...
|  | Technology's Pulse: Essays on Rhythm in German Modernism
Publication Date: December 16, 2011Modernity, as has often been observed, was fundamentally concerned with questions of temporality. The period around 1900, in particular, witnessed numerous efforts to define, discipline or 'liberate' temporal experience. Within this broader framework of thinking about temporality, 'rhythm' came to form the object of an intense and widespread preoccupation. Rhythmical research played a central role not only in the reconceptualisation of human physiology and labour in the late nineteenth century, but also in the emergence of a new leisure culture in the early...
|  | A Divided Heart: Letters of Sally Baxter Hampton, 1853-1862
Publication Date: July 1, 2007Moving among intellectual circles that included Francis Lieber, Charles Francis Adams, Samuel Gridley, and Julia Ward Howe, Sally Baxter (1833-1862) was the beautiful New York belle who captivated William Makepeace Thackeray, personifying his heroine Beatrix Esmond, and who then married Frank Hampton of the famous South Carolina family and became mistress of Woodlands plantation. Hampton left a small collection of letters to her New York relations that are both informative and entertaining. In a clear and uninhibited style, she tells the poignant story of her sh...
|  | Still a Mistress: The Saga Continues
Publication Date: November 22, 2007Lured by money and men, Still a Mistress explores the gritty world of good girls gone bad. A year after the tragic death of her family, Oshyn is still trying to piece together what's left of her life. While struggling to return to a drama free world, she is optimistic about her future. Little does she know that her cousin, Chloe, has reappeared to finish what she started, a vindictive cycle of mayhem. When Chloe finds herself in water that's too deep, a face from her past comes back to haunt her. She ends up pulling out every trick in the book, determined t...
|  | Double Jeopardy (FBI Series)
Release Date: June 3, 2008| Series: FBI Series “A good storyteller…Coulter always keeps the pace brisk” (Fort Worth Star-Telegram) in her suspenseful FBI series. Now you can delve into two early cases in the careers of Savich and Sherlock – a pair of professionals whose passion for justice binds them together as never before… The Target – Coulter “keeps readers guessing” (Booklist) as a little girl is pursued by men who prove as relentless as their motives are baffling. And FBI agents Savich and Sherlock must unravel the clues… T...
|  | Yours 2 Keep
Release Date: October 5, 1999The millennium bug plays matchmaker!When the millennium bug gives a crash course in romance, anything can happen--in these spellbinding stories by five beloved romance writers."Arts Magica" by Kay HooperWhen apprentice wizard Felicity Grant conducts a reckless experiment on New Year's Eve, she's hurled from present-day Seattle to 1899 London--and into the arms of a singular man--."Gabriel's Angel" by Marilyn PappanoFor Gabe Rawlins, the new year holds little promise--until he awakens from a harrowing incident to discover by his side a beautifu...
|  | Derecho de sangre / Blood Rites (La Saga De Harry Dresden / the Dresden Files) (Spanish Edition)
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|  | The Last Phoenix
Release Date: September 14, 2010| Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and upShe's no ordinary bird. . . . For stepsiblings Milly, Michael, Jason, and Jess, life has never been trickier. Milly's worried about her singing audition, Michael's losing his friends, Jason's never going to get picked for any sports teams, and as Jess's exams loom closer, she can't seem to remember anything. But then Fenella, the only living phoenix in the world, swoops into their lives looking for help—and their problems really begin! Fenella has laid a magical egg, but if she wants it to hatch she needs...
|  | The Girl Who Breathed Fire (Dragonblood)
Publication Date: January 1, 2010| Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up...
|  | Rockabye Crocodile: A Folktale from the Philippines
Release Date: May 21, 1993| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up A captivating retelling of a Philippine fable about two elderly boars--one kind and cheerful, the other selfish and mean--who find their actions repaid in very different ways. "The text has a lilt and a gleam of humor...and the illustrations are among this well-know team's most engaging."--Kirkus Reviews. ...
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