 | The Norman Maclean Reader
Publication Date: November 1, 2008In his eighty-seven years, Norman Maclean played many parts: fisherman, logger, firefighter, scholar, teacher. But it was a role he took up late in life, that of writer, that won him enduring fame and critical acclaim—as well as the devotion of readers worldwide. Though the 1976 collection A River Runs Through It and Other Stories was the only book Maclean published in his lifetime, it was an unexpected success, and the moving family tragedy of the title novella—based largely on Maclean’s memories of his childhood home in Montana—has ...
 |  | Moby-Dick: or, The Whale (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
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|  | Courageous Love: A Bible Study on Holiness for Women
Publication Date: April 7, 1999Author Stacy Mitch?s background in college campus evangelization comes through loud and clear in this biblically rich and eminently practical study.Courageous Love takes seriously the fact that everyone is called to holiness, and offers sound, spiritual guidance to women of all ages and backgrounds.Stacy Mitch holds a bachelor?s degree in secondary education and has worked as a high school religion teacher.She is a contributing author of the second edition of the Faith and Life elementary catechism series.She resides in Steubenville, Ohio, with her husband Curt...
|  | Book of Oceans (Diadem Series)
Publication Date: September 8, 2005| Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up...
|  | Turn, Magic Wheel
Release Date: January 1, 1999Dennis Orphen, in writing a novel, has stolen the life story of his friend, Effie Callingham, the former wife of a famous, Hemingway-like novelist, Andrew Callingham. Orphen’s betrayal is not the only one, nor the worst one, in this hilarious satire of the New York literary scene. (Powell personally considered this to be her best New York novel.) Powell takes revenge here on all publishers, and her baffoonish MacTweed is a comic invention worthy of Dickens. And as always in Powell’s New York novels, the city itself becomes a central character: “...
|  | Travels with Odysseus: Uncommon Wisdom from Homer's Odyssey
Release Date: September 15, 2006Travels with Odysseus retells the earthy and profound adventures of the Greek hero Odysseus as teaching stories which hold insight and guidance for our own present day journey.On his winding odyssey, Odysseus meets magical and powerful beings, who are not shy about meddling in his affairs. Some see him for who he really is and help him; they bring him wisdom and attainment, and unlock creative possibilities.Others, aggravating and difficult strangers, try to do him in: Odysseus gets sidetracked, enchanted, waylaid.Some truths he learns easily and others he res...
|  | Trainwreck
Publication Date: September 22, 2012On the outside, Isabel Franklin has it all - a beautiful apartment she shares with her boyfriend, a well paying job as publicist to the stars, a closet filled with Jimmy Choo shoes and a pedigreed East Coast upbringing. On the inside, Isabel has the apartment, the job, the clothes and a family that lives in rural Tennessee and includes a sister in prison. The queen of lies, Isabel has created the ultimate personal back story, one she's hid for over five years. When Isabel's real father becomes ill and her well known clients begin to act badly, Isabel's per...
|  | The Stray Dog Cabaret: A Book of Russian Poems (New York Review Books Classics)
Release Date: December 5, 2006| Series: New York Review Books Classics A New York Review Books OriginalA master anthology of Russia’s most important poetry, newly collected and never before published in EnglishIn the years before the 1917 Russian Revolution, the Stray Dog cabaret in St. Petersburg was the haunt of poets, artists, and musicians, a place to meet, drink, read, brawl, celebrate, and stage performances of all kinds. It has since become a symbol of the extraordinary literary ferment of that time. It was then that Alexander Blok composed his apocalyptic sequence “Twel...
|  | The Mathnawi of Jalalu'ddin Rumi, Vols 1, 3, 5, Persian Text (set)
Publication Date: March 27, 2009| ISBN-10: 0906094267 | ISBN-13: 978-0906094266| Edition: REP A three volume set of Nicholson's edition of the earliest manuscripts of Rumi's famous poem on Islamic mysticism. Persian text. ...
|  | A Lute of Jade
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|  | The Afterlife of Christina Rossetti
Publication Date: September 2, 2000| ISBN-10: 0312234619 | ISBN-13: 978-0312234614Despite new historical study of her contexts, Christina Rossetti continues to haunt the reader as a displaced subjectivity emptied of history. Through an analysis of the posthumous in her work, the construction of "Christina Rossetti" by her brothers, and the history of her reception, this study asks how "speaking with the dead" can avoid critical ventrilogquy. The figure of the mother is offered as a paradigm for theorizing a new reading that refuses to exorcise the ghost of "Christina Rossetti." ...
|  | The Pig of Happiness
Release Date: March 1, 2007I knew Edward Monkton was going to be a success when people started e-mailing me daily saying that it touched their hearts, it made them think, and most important, it made them laugh out loud-again and again." --Giles Andreae* In the tradition of Jonathan Livingston Seagull comes The Pig of Happiness-a philosophizing porcine fellow with a penchant for spreading good cheer.Edward Monkton's philosophical piglet aspires to elevate the spirit and become the Pig of Happiness. His happiness is so big it seeps from inside him to all the other pigs and then to all the othe...
|  | Music in the Middle Ages: With an Introduction on the Music of Ancient Times
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|  | Blessings of the Season: The Holiday Husband\The Christmas Letter (Love Inspired)
Publication Date: November 1, 2009| Series: Love Inspired The Holiday Husband by Annie JonesAddie McCoy has always dreamed of celebrating Christmas with a family of her own. Her prayers are answered when she meets Nate Browder. But Nate's only in town for the holidays. Can Addie convince him he'll make the perfect husband for Christmas--and all year round?The Christmas Letter by Brenda MintonBeing a single mom during Christmas isn't easy. When a mysterious soldier shows up on Isabella Grant's doorstep, what's a single mom to do? With a little help from her twelve-year-old daughter and a hand...
|  | The Graduate
Publication Date: November 1999Benjamin Braddock graduated one day in June. But it has left him disillusioned, worried about his future and he needs time to think. Somehow it didn't seem to be what his father expected from a college education. And everyone was really appalled when Ben raped Mrs Robinson (that was her story anyway) and ran off with her daughter in the middle of her wedding to someone else... --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title....
|  | The Fourth Time is Murder: A Posadas County Mystery (Posadas County Mysteries)
Publication Date: October 4, 2011| Series: Posadas County Mysteries Undersheriff Estelle Reyes-Guzman is always busy, but now more so than ever. The sheriff is still not completely recovered from his stay in the hospital, and she is recovering from a hospital stay herself. After a long day at work, Estelle is happy to clear off her desk and drive home where her beloved family waits. She hears her cell phone ringing as she pulls into the driveway. A truck has gone off the road and the driver’s body found near the wreck. Back on the job, Estelle drives to the scene, where she finds more...
|  | Probuditi!
Publication Date: October 30, 2006| Age Level: 6 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up For his birthday, Calvin’s mother gives him two tickets to see Lomax the Magnificent (magician and hypnotist extraordinaire!). Even though Mama hints that his little sister, Trudy, would love to go, Calvin doesn’t hesitate to invite his friend Rodney instead.The boys return home greatly impressed by the magician’s performance. When Calvin’s mother goes out, she leaves him in charge of Trudy. It’s a job Calvin dislikes because his sister does not want to be left out of anything. So Ca...
|  | Owen and the Dragon
Publication Date: May 1, 2010Owen is a ten-year old boy who has just moved to a new town and left behind his best friend and everything familiar to him. Unable to face unpacking his room, Owen decides to explore the woods behind his new home. He is stunned to discover a dragon named Phineas. Owen soon gains the dragons trust and learns that Phineas has lost the ability to fly. As he struggles to find a way for the dragon to return home, Owen learns friendship can be found in unexpected places. ...
|  | Mr. Pine's Purple House
Publication Date: October 1, 2005| Age Level: 6 and up | Grade Level: 1 and up Mr. Pine lived on Vine Street in a little white house. "A white house is fine," said Mr. Pine, "but there are FIFTY white houses all in a line on Vine Street. How can I tell which house is mine?"Mr. Pine had a big problem. But he solved that problem in his own special way. Mr. Pine's Purple House, first published in 1965, was a favorite children's book for many years. When it went out of print fans requested the return of the intrepid Mr. Pine. Well, Mr. Pine is back again, with his dog and his cat, his brushes an...
|  | Basketball: The Return of Bernard King (Upsets & Comebacks)
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