 | The Branch Will Not Break: Empty-Grave Extended Edition
Publication Date: May 5, 2011Pulitzer Prize-winning poet James Wright shines in the Empty-Grave Extended Edition of THE BRANCH WILL NOT BREAK. This beautifully bound 6" by 9" trade paperback also contains a complete word-frequency report for readers that wish to delve further into interpretation. The publisher has done everything possible to ensure the main body of text in this book matches its original 1963 release; this includes page size, vertical and horizontal alignment of each individual poem and its separate stanzas, verses that span multiple pages, and non-traditional use of whit...
 |  | The Marrying Kind
Publication Date: June 5, 2012Wedding planner Adam More has an epiphany: He has devoted all his life’s energy to creating events that he and his partner Steven are forbidden by federal law for having for themselves. So Adam decides to make a change. Organizing a boycott of the wedding industry, Steven and Adam call on gay organists, hairdressers, cater-waiters, priests, and hairdressers everywhere to get out of the business and to stop going to weddings, too. In this screwball, romantic comedy both the movement they’ve begun and their relationship are put in jeopardy when Steven&...
|  | Temples of Delight
Publication Date: September 1991Written by the author of "Brother of the Most Famous Jack" and "Noah's Ark". --This text refers to the Paperback edition....
|  | The Scribe: Silas (Sons of Encouragement Series #5)
Publication Date: June 21, 2007Behind the men who shaped history are the heroes who forever changed it. The Scribe, the fifth and final book in the Sons of Encouragement series, beloved author Francine Rivers illuminates the life of Silas. Like the other Sons of Encouragement, this book tells the story of a lesser-known biblical character who made an impact on eternity. The Scribe tells the story of Silas, the man behind the spotlight who recorded most of the New Testament Scriptures we read today. In classic Francine Rivers style the story lets readers grasp the Scriptures in a whole new li...
|  | Plays Well with Others
Release Date: February 2, 1999With great narrative inventiveness and emotional amplitude, Allan Gurganus gives us artistic Manhattan in the wild 1980s, where young artists--refugees from the middle class--hurl themselves into playful work and serious fun. Our guide is Hartley Mims Jr., a Southerner whose native knack for happiness might thwart his literary ambitions. Through his eyes we encounter the composer Robert Christian Gustafson, an Iowa preacher's son whose good looks constitute both a mythic draw and a major limitation, and Angelina "Alabama" Byrnes, a failed de...
|  | Heart of the Matter
Publication Date: March 25, 2008Ellen Webster, professor of history, can't help but fantasize about her next door neighbor Kate Foster- after all, she sees her on the evening news every night.Sexy and smart, Kate is Ellen's dream girl, but the dynamic TV newscaster doesn't know she exists.Struggling with a steadily worsening self-image and at a loss as to how to turn her life around, Ellen decides to take time out to finish the book she has always wanted to write.But a rainy night and near-tragedy changes everything when Kate is involved in an automobile accident and turns to Ellen for help....
|  | The Lost Gods of England, with 124 illustrations, 9 in color
Publication Date: July 1984A survey of the myths, legends and religious beliefs of the ancient Anglo-Saxons. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title....
|  | Aeschylus: Persians (Duckworth Companions to Greek & Roman Tragedy)
Release Date: February 16, 2007| ISBN-10: 0715632868 | ISBN-13: 978-0715632864AeschylusPersians is the earliest extant Greek tragedy and sole surviving historical tragedy. It tells the story of the defeat of the Persian king Xerxes and his return in rags to Persia to face the condemnation of his elders. The first product of the Western imagination to represent the causes and limits of imperialist conquest, the play is unflinching in its depiction of the horrors of a defeated invasion and the glory of a successful defence. But it is not merely a paean to Western freedom, democracy, courag...
|  | Dante: Inferno: Translated Into English With Notes And Commentary By Frank Salvidio
Publication Date: May 14, 2007In the middle of the journey of our life, I came to myself again in a dark wood, where the right way was lost ...
|  | Early Arabic Poetry: Select Poems
Publication Date: November 1, 2011| ISBN-10: 086372387X | ISBN-13: 978-0863723872| Edition: Bilingual As is often the case with oral literature, we know nothing of the origins of Arabic poetry. The first surviving pieces, from the beginning of the 6th century, are fully developed. The period from then till the second quarter of the 7th century was remarkable due to the amount and quality of the poetry that was composed. In later times, this period was acknowledged as the zenith of Arabic poetic composition, notable for its many masterpieces. Learning to appreciate this early poetry is di...
|  | Pulling A Dragon'S Teeth (Pitt Poetry Series)
Publication Date: December 7, 2003| Series: Pitt Poetry Series Winner of the Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize. In layers of memory and language, Shao Wei's poems reveal a world imbued with the dreamlike quality of a fairytale. This collection constitutes a journey-first full of a little girl's questions and small passions, then the longings and losses of brave adulthood in a strange land-that leads us from a town along the shores of the Yangtze River to the busy streets of New York City. ...
|  | The Book of Irish Verse: An Anthology of Irish Poetry from the Sixth Century to the Present
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|  | Han Meng shi pai yan jiu (Nan kai bo shi cong shu) (Mandarin Chinese Edition)
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|  | Tellers of Tales
Publication Date: March 1969Dust jacket in fair condition. Pencil marks in text.Hardback, ex-library, with usual stamps and markings, in fair all round condition suitable as a reading copy. ...
|  | Beneath the Northern Lights: Stories by Jonathan P. Davis
Publication Date: September 13, 2012A ritualistic old man haunted by lost love and years-ago tragedy. A young soldier forbidden by religion and dictatorship to think and feel for himself. A despondent woman threatened by jealous rage at her musical passion. A gifted artist the world tormented and conspired to conceal. All people pass through personal shadows. Yet even within the thickest of them, they can find light where it's not supposed to shine. Explore six compelling stories different in subject yet common in theme about the battles that wage deep within. Eloquent, stirring, and rich in...
|  | In the Barrister's Bed (Regency Barrister, Book 2)
Release Date: July 3, 2012A bastard by birth, James Devlin lives on his own terms - until a twist of fate reveals that he is the true Duke of Blackwood. Though the brooding bachelor swears to hold on to his freedom, he does intend to take back his childhood home. But once at Wyndmoor Manor, he discovers an arresting adversary in Bella Sinclair. Her hot-blooded claim to his home is amusing ...and arousing. Which is why he isn't leaving until he takes possession of everything - starting with the bewitching Bella. Bella is furious when the Duke barges into her home, declaring it rightfully his!...
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|  | The Convict's Sword
Release Date: July 28, 2009The latest in the "terrifically imaginative" (The Wall Street Journal) Akitada mystery series brings eleventh-century Japan to lifeI. J. Parker's phenomenal Akitada mystery series has been gaining fans with each new novel. The latest, The Convict's Sword, is the most fully realized installment to date, weaving history, drama, mystery, romance, and adventure into a story of passion and redemption. Lord Sugawara Akitada, the senior secretary in the Ministry of Justice, must find the mysterious killer of a man condemned to live in exile for a crime he did not commit. ...
|  | Batman Classic: Gotham's Villains Unleashed!
Release Date: December 22, 2009| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up...
|  | JoJo's Flying Sidekick
Release Date: November 1, 1998| Age Level: 5 and up When Master Kim announces JoJo is ready to take the test for her yellow belt, butterflies start fluttering in her stomach. JoJo loves Tae Kwon Do, but can she really do a perfect flying side kick and break a board in two? Her family and friends offer all sorts of advice: "Do a little shuffle to chase the jitters away," says Grandaddy. "Yell 'KIAH!' at the top of your lungs," P.J. advises. "Why don't you visualize your technique?" Mom suggests.But how can JoJo ever hope to succeed when she's still afraid of the creepy bandit tree outside h...
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