 | Catalogue of Jyotisa Manuscripts in the Wellcome Library: Sanskrit Astral and Mathematical Literature (Sir Henry Wellcome Asian Series, 2) (Sir Henry Wellcome Asian, 2)
Publication Date: January 2004| ISBN-10: 9004131523 | ISBN-13: 978-9004131521The renowned Sir Henry Wellcome Library houses a number of - often literally - unique and rare Sanskrit and Indian vernacular manuscripts, collected by Sir Henry Wellcome himself in the early 19th century. The present catalogue by David Pingree is the first guide to the important Wellcome collection of manuscripts containing texts on jyotihsastra, which includes astronomy, mathematics, divination and astrology, and covering well over a thousand manuscripts. Descriptions feature information, e.g. on scribes, owne...
 |  | The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (New York Review Books Classics)
Release Date: June 15, 2010| Series: New York Review Books Classics The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne is an unflinching and deeply sympathetic portrait of a woman destroyed by self and circumstance. First published in 1955, it marked Brian Moore as a major figure in English literature (he would go on to be short-listed three times for the Booker Prize) and established him as an astute chronicler of the human soul.Judith Hearne is an unmarried woman of a certain age who has come down in society. She has few skills and is full of the prejudices and pieties of her genteel Belfast upbringing. ...
|  | The Poems of The Pearl Manuscript, 5th Edition: Pearl, Cleanness, Patience and Gawain and the Green Knight (University of Exeter Press - Exeter Medieval Texts and Studies)
Publication Date: March 15, 2008| ISBN-10: 0859897915 | ISBN-13: 978-0859897914| Edition: 5th For students of Middle English, Andrew and Waldron’s The Poems of the Pearl Manuscript has been the key edition of the four Pearl poems for over thirty years. With the changing needs of today’s university student in mind, The Poems of the Pearl Manuscript is presented in a fully updated and comprehensively revised version fit for the twenty-first century. Including a new introduction providing historical, literary, and cultural contexts for the poems, as well as a revised and updated...
|  | The Girl on Legare Street (Center Point Premier Fiction (Large Print))
Publication Date: December 1, 2009| ISBN-10: 160285632X | ISBN-13: 978-1602856325| Edition: Lrg Acclaimed author Karen White returns with the sequel to the national bestseller The House on Tradd Street.Melanie has grown accustomed to renovating old houses, but she never imagined she'd have to renovate her own life to include her estranged mother. Ginnette Prioleau Middleton left Charleston thirty-five years ago. She's returned wanting to protect the daughter she's never really known after receiving an ominous premonition. Melanie never wanted to see her mother again, but with some proddi...
|  | Mysterious Sea Stories
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|  | Intaglio: Poems (Wick Poetry First Book Series)
Publication Date: August 21, 2006| Series: Wick Poetry First Book Series Winner of the 2005 Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize"The image evoked by Intaglio, this first collection by Ariana-Sophia Kartsonis, rests on a paradox, one perhaps central to the poetic impulse itself: that design can be shaped by what is cut away, by the loss that surrounds it, so that what is missing creates the negative space which raises the figure in relief, presents it to sight, and touch. Relief: a word whose two meanings--one artistic and material, the other emotional and intangible, together suggest how art engra...
|  | Pure Pleasure: A Guide to the 20th Century's Most Enjoyable Books
Publication Date: May 2001In Pure Pleasure, John Carey, one of Britain's most respected literary critics, introduces us to what he believes are the fifty most enjoyable books of the twentieth century based on sheer reading pleasure. Mixing fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, Carey includes literary heavyweights like James Joyce, Thomas Mann, and T. S. Eliot, as well as more populist writers like Arthur Conan Doyle, Kingsley Amis, and John Updike. Carey also discusses masterpieces like F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby and Gunter Grass's The Tin Drum, alongside lesser-known works like D. H....
|  | New Arthurian Encyclopedia
Publication Date: April 1991Critical treatment of Arthurian subjects, artists, and works, both medieval and modern. ...
|  | Memory Babe: A Critical Biography of Jack Kerouac
Publication Date: February 23, 1994In 1969 Jack Kerouac died a premature death. While his legendary lifestyle and unique creative talent made him a hero in his lifetime, his literary influence has grown steadily since. With Memory Babe (a childhood nickname honoring Kerouac's feats of memory), Gerald Nicosia gives us a complete biography of Jack Kerouac--an honest, discriminating and, above all, compassionate assessment. This edition is enhanced by many rare photographs never before published. ...
|  | Cuentos Negros De Cuba/ Black Tales From Cuba (Coleccion Del Chichereku) (Spanish Edition)
Publication Date: March 10, 1993| Series: Coleccion Del Chichereku Afro-Cuban short stories gathered by Lydia Cabrera as told to her by African slaves in Cuba. ...
|  | The Rogue Hunter (Argeneau Vampires, Book 10)
Release Date: September 30, 2008 Samantha Willan is a workaholic lawyer. She's grateful for some rest and relaxation in cottage country, and after a recent breakup she wants to stay as far away from romance as possible. Then she meets her irresistible new neighbor. There's something strange and mysterious about his eyes. Is it just her imagination, or are they locked on her neck? Garrett Mortimer is a rogue hunter. His last assignment united Lucian Argeneau with his lifemate, and Mortimer is hoping this one will be less . . . adventurous. He's here to track down a reported rogue, but fun i...
|  | The Final Judgment
Release Date: November 29, 2011A young man has been murdered. His girlfriend, twenty-two-year-old Brett Allen, is found at the scene of the crime. She claims she is innocent—even though she’s dripping in blood, the murder weapon covered with her fingerprints. Enter attorney Caroline Masters, Brett’s estranged aunt. She’s been summoned back to her affluent New England hometown to help Brett out of this mess…and revisit the troubled family she left behind.Caroline learned a long time ago that the ties that bind can also be broken. Now that she’s back h...
|  | Hello, Day!
Release Date: March 25, 2008| Age Level: 1 and up | Grade Level: P and upWhat will baby's first word be? Hello? Sun? Dog? Cat? Cow? Owl? Spend a day in the country with Anita Lobel's friendly animals. Meow. Woof. Moo! Whoo! Baby will be talking in no time!...
|  | The World Series: Legendary Sports Events (Matt Christopher Legendary Sports Events)
Publication Date: April 1, 2007| Grade Level: 3 and up...
|  | Sports Cars (Speed Zone)
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|  | Let's Eat! (American Sign Language Babies series)
Publication Date: April 1, 2006| Age Level: 1 and up...
|  | Teaching Art with Books Kids Love: Art Elements, Appreciation, and Design with Award-Winning Books
Publication Date: September 8, 1999Easy-to-use art lessons with award-winning books. ...
|  | The Journey Back: Sequel to the Newbery Honor Book The Upstairs Room (The Upstairs Room Series)
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|  | True Friends Always Remain in Each Other's Hearts: A Collection of Poems (Friendship)
Publication Date: March 1989| Series: Friendship Friendship is the one gift that grows more beautiful and cherished through the years. This collection of poetry celebrates and honors all the things that friends mean to each other.This book is full of the memories true friends share:"The day you and I met will always be cherished..."of the wishes they have for each other:"May happiness beyond measure and love without end grace every corner of your life forever and always..."of the thoughts they want to express:"I wish I could discover new words to tell you how deeply thankful I am for your ne...
|  | Spot the Differences: Animals! (A Seek & Spot Picture Book)
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