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 |  | General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales (Survey of London)
Publication Date: November 5, 2001| ISBN-10: 048561006X | ISBN-13: 978-0485610062| Edition: 1 A collection of ten critical essays on the Prologue to Chaucer's well-known work, arranged in chronological order of their original publication.> ...
|  | Honored
Publication Date: March 2003In this warm, personal story-rich in cultural details-Luke meets Mary, the mother of Jesus, and learns of Jesus' life and ministry through her memories. ...
|  | Indiana (Ghost Stories of)
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|  | Locke & Key, Vol. 2: Head Games
Publication Date: September 29, 2009New York Times bestselling writer Joe Hill and artist Gabriel Rodriguez, the creators behind the acclaimed Locke & Key: Welcome to Lovecraft, return with the next chapter in the ongoing tale, Head Games.Following a shocking death that dredges up memories of their father's murder, Kinsey and Tyler Locke are thrown into choppy emotional waters, and turn to their new friend, Zack Wells, for support, little suspecting Zack's dark secret. Meanwhile, six-year-old Bode Locke tries to puzzle out the secret of the head key, and Uncle Duncan is jarred into the past ...
|  | Faith and Folly in Shakespeare's Romantic Comedies
Publication Date: July 1982An enduring debate among scholars has focused on the degree to which Shakespeare’s plays are indebted to the Christian culture in which they were created and the manner of demonstrating that indebtedness. R. Chris Hassel, Jr. points out informed allusions to familiar Pauline and Erasmian Christian passages and themes present in Love’s Labor’s Lost, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Much Ado about Nothing, As You Like It, Twelfth Night, and The Merchant of Venice. He argues that not only did Shakespeare’s audience understand these allusio...
|  | The Best of the Bellevue Literary Review
Publication Date: February 1, 2008“A kaleidoscope of creativity . . . unsentimental and sometimes unpredictable.”—Journal of the American Medical AssociationFounded just six years ago, Bellevue Literary Review is already widely recognized as a rare forum for emerging and celebrated writers—among them Julia Alvarez, Raphael Campo, Rick Moody, and Abraham Verghese—on issues of health and healing. Gathered here are poignant and prizewinning stories, essays, and poems, the voices of patients and those who care for them, which form the journal’s remarkable dial...
|  | Vingt Poemes D Am Vers (Poesie/Gallimard) (French Edition)
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| | Poetry of Heinrich Heine
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|  | Strange Truths in Undiscovered Lands: Shelley's Poetic Development and Romantic Geography
Publication Date: April 4, 2009The great Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley had a complicated relationship with the British Empire and the culture of colonialism. Considered politically radical and scandalous in Britain, Shelley lived in self-imposed exile and set much of his writing in foreign places. In Strange Truths in Undiscovered Lands Nahoko Miyamoto Alvey examines the ways in which Shelley developed a 'Romantic geography' to provide visionary alternatives to an earth devastated by a new type of European colonialism and global expansion. Intertextually rich, Alvey's work establishes t...
|  | Children's Literature: A Reader's History from Aesop to Harry Potter
Publication Date: September 1, 2009Ever since children have learned to read, there has been children’s literature. Children’s Literature charts the makings of the Western literary imagination from Aesop’s fables to Mother Goose, from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland to Peter Pan, from Where the Wild Things Are to Harry Potter. The only single-volume work to capture the rich and diverse history of children’s literature in its full panorama, this extraordinary book reveals why J. R. R. Tolkien, Dr. Seuss, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Beatrix Potter, and many others, despi...
|  | Midnight Rose
Publication Date: November 21, 2008By all appearances, wealthy widower Gideon Renaud is an attractive, vibrant man, and an attentive father to his son, Jude, who suffers from a rare disorder that renders him fatally allergic to sunlight. But Gideon has harbored a bloodstained secret for one hundred fifty years-he's a vampire. When he finds himself falling for Kate O'Brien, his son's new home-school tutor, only Gideon knows their passion is a time bomb, one that will end in heartbreak.and possibly death for the young teacher.As Kate finds herself drawn into Gideon and Jude's sinister world, s...
|  | A Friend of the Earth
Release Date: September 1, 2001In the tradition of The Tortilla Curtain, T.C. Boyle blends idealism and satire in a story that addresses the universal questions of human love and the survival of the species. In the year 2025 global warming is a reality, the biosphere has collapsed, and 75-year-old environmentalist Ty Tierwater is eking out a living as care-taker of a pop star's private zoo when his second ex-wife re-enters his life. Both gritty and surreal, A Friend of the Earth represents a high-water mark in Boyle's career-his deep streak of social concern is effortlessly blended here with...
|  | Speaking of Murder: Interviews With the Masters of Mystery and Suspense, Vol. 1
Release Date: July 1, 1998| ISBN-10: 0425161455 | ISBN-13: 978-0425161456| Edition: Trade pbk. ed Speaking of Murder offers a unique look into the minds of these masters of the genre as they candidly disclose their ideas, their characters, their early days as writers, and much more. This collection features more than twenty skillfully conducted interviews--nearly all of which appear for the first time in this volume--by other mystery writers and critics, and promises an unusual and fascinating view of both the people and their craft.Speaking of Murder includes interviews with: * Stephen ...
|  | Rick Riordan's The Kane Chronicles (Bundle): The Red Pyramid, The Throne of Fire, The Serpent's Shadow
Publication Date: May 15, 2012| Grade Level: 5 and up The Red Pyramid:Since his mother’s death six years ago, Carter Kane has been living out of a suitcase, traveling the globe with his father, the brilliant Egyptologist Dr. Julius Kane. But while Carter’s been homeschooled, his younger sister, Sadie, has been living with their grandparents in London. Sadie has just what Carter wants — school friends and a chance at a “normal” life. But Carter has just what Sadie longs for — time with their father. After six years of living apart, the siblings have a...
|  | El sombrero del t
Publication Date: June 3, 1997| Age Level: 6 and up | Grade Level: K and up...
|  | The Two-Hearted Numbat
Publication Date: April 1, 2010| Age Level: 5 and up | Grade Level: K and up Numbat has two hearts—one made of stone and one made of feather. His stone heart makes him strong and powerful, while his feather heart makes him soft and gentle. When having more than one heart becomes troublesome for him, Numbat feels he must choose which one to keep. After evaluating the pros and cons of each heart, Numbat discovers that the best option is to keep both hearts so that he will be both kind and strong. ...
|  | Grow It, Cook It With Kids
Publication Date: March 31, 2010| Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up At a time when people are taking an interest in the provenance of their food and are keen to make their weekly budget go further, there has been a rise in the number of vegetable patches. So there has never been a better time to teach kids about the benefits of growing and cooking with their own fruit and vegetables. Grow It, Cook it with Kids is a beautifully photographed guide aimed at getting children into the garden, sowing seeds, looking after their plants, and showing them how and when to harvest their produc...
|  | Laugh-eteria
Publication Date: April 1, 2008| Age Level: 6 and up | Grade Level: 1 and up Karate KidsOne was a black belt. One was a brown. One had a loose belt; His pants fell down. Silly, irreverent, and always clever, these poems showcase Douglas Florian’s talent for creating outrageously entertaining verse. More than 150 witty poems accompanied by droll black-and-white drawings will knock the socks off devoted poetry fans and newcomers alike. ...
|  | Nancy Drew #1: The Secret of the Old Clock
Release Date: June 12, 2007| Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up...
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