 | Sima's Undergarments for Women: A Novel
Release Date: May 25, 2010Read Ilana Stanger-Ross's posts on the Penguin Blog.A heartwarming tale of an unlikely friendship amid love, loss, and lingerieIn the basement of her Brooklyn apartment, Sima Goldner welcomes women of all shapes and sizes with warmth, acceptance-and a bra that gives them the support and lift they need. But Sima, regretfully childless at sixty, and harboring a secret that has embittered her marriage, can't seem to do the same for herself. Then Timna, a young Israeli with enviable cleavage, arrives in search of a demi-cup and stays on to become the shop's seamstre...
 |  | Hurrah's Nest
Publication Date: February 3, 2012A vivid and varied collection that addresses family loyalties, dysfunction, violence, and differences, Hurrah's Nest is White's imaginative and emotionally honest exploration of growing up the second oldest, first daughter of seven siblings. Childhood experiences are looked at with rawness, sensitivity, and crafted with precision: be it the cutting of her dreadlocks, mother's abortion, drug trafficking, or her sister's developmental disability, the language is tender and startling. Hurrah's Nest--from the confusion of our lives--asks us to make meaning and g...
|  | Costume in Art (Fine Art)
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|  | Middlesex: A Novel (Oprah's Book Club)
Release Date: June 5, 2007"I was born twice: first, as a baby girl, on a remarkably smogless Detroit day of January 1960; and then again, as a teenage boy, in an emergency room near Petoskey, Michigan, in August of l974. . . My birth certificate lists my name as Calliope Helen Stephanides. My most recent driver’s license...records my first name simply as Cal."So begins the breathtaking story of Calliope Stephanides and three generations of the Greek-American Stephanides family who travel from a tiny village overlooking Mount Olympus in Asia Minor to Prohibition-era Detroit, witnessing ...
|  | Remember Me?: A Novel
Release Date: September 29, 2009When twenty-eight-year-old Lexi Smart wakes up in a London hospital, she’s in for a big surprise. Her teeth are perfect. Her body is toned. Her handbag is Vuitton. Having survived a car accident—in a Mercedes no less—Lexi has lost a big chunk of her memory, three years to be exact, and she’s about to find out just how much things have changed. Somehow Lexi went from a twenty-five-year-old working girl to a corporate big shot with a sleek new loft, a personal assistant, a carb-free diet, and a set of glamorous new friends. And who is thi...
|  | False Pretenses: A Novel (Secrets of Roux River Bayou)
Publication Date: March 1, 2011| Series: Secrets of Roux River Bayou Zoe Broussard loves the life she and her husband Pierce have built in her beloved Louisiana hometown—especially their popular brasserie Zoe B’s, to which folks drive all the way from Lafayette for lunch or dinner. It seems like heaven. But it’s about to become hell. A series of anonymous notes is making her life a misery—because Zoe has a secret so terrible it could leave the business in shambles and tear her marriage apart. Can she fi...
|  | Angels Flight (Shannon Saga, Book 2)
Release Date: September 1, 2001Will Her Determination to Know the Truth be Worth Its Sacrifices? With her first trial a dramatic success, Kit Shannon steps out from the protective and guiding hand of her mentor and begins her own law practice. When she is drawn to the defense of a man accused of a crime that crosses racial lines, Kit is unprepared for the prejudice and hatred that is hurled in her direction. A loyal supporter of the law, Kit struggles with the secret role of the very officers who claim to represent justice. When a new suitor enters her life, Kit finds her heart longing to em...
|  | The Ticket
Publication Date: September 13, 2010The Ticket to freedom and opportunity is an American family saga.When Karl Kessel receives another man's ticket to emigrate from Germany he leaves behind his young wife and two small sons, all for the promise of the opportunity he covets. Arriving in America, Karl is obsessed with becoming the owner of a farm - to be his own man.When Karl's wife Katja steps off a train with their sons in the wilds of sparsely settled Wyoming, she questions, ''Is this where I am to spend my life?'' Katja soon discovers that it is not only the geography of her situation whic...
|  | Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Release Date: May 28, 1996"The most consistently brilliant science fiction writer in the world."--John BrunnerTHE INSPIRATION FOR BLADERUNNER. . .Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? was published in 1968. Grim and foreboding, even today it is a masterpiece ahead of its time.By 2021, the World War had killed millions, driving entire species into extinction and sending mankind off-planet. Those who remained coveted any living creature, and for people who couldn't afford one, companies built incredibly realistic simulacrae: horses, birds, cats, sheep. . . They even built humans.Emigrées...
|  | Dracula (Penguin Classics)
Release Date: April 20, 2011| Series: Penguin Classics Be they shocking, ambitious, or simply brilliant, these novels continue to enthrall today as they did at the time they were written. Now, Penguin Classics is proud to present them in gorgeous clothbound editions-vibrant volumes sure to become as treasured to readers as the magnificent tales they tell. ...
|  | Archetypes and Motifs in Folklore and Literature: A Handbook
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|  | The Drum and the Hoe: Life and Lore of the Haitian People
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|  | Elysium: A Collection of Haiku and Senryu
Publication Date: December 11, 2005Elysium is a collection of 240 haiku and senryu. I have tried to capture the simplicity, depth and beauty of certain moments in those poems. ...
|  | Faust I and II (Goethe's Collected Works, Volume 2)
Publication Date: September 1984Goethe's most complex and profound work, Faust was the effort of the great poet's entire lifetime. Written over 60 years, it can be read as a document of Goethe's moral and artistic development. Faust is made available to the English reader in a completely new translation that communicates both its poetic variety and its many levels of tone. The language is present-day English, and Goethe's formal and rhythmic variety is reproduced in all its richness. ...
|  | Citation and Modernity: Derrida, Joyce, and Brecht (Oklahoma Project for Discourse & Theory)
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|  | Thea Stilton and the Cherry Blossom Adventure: A Geronimo Stilton Adventure
Publication Date: March 1, 2011| Age Level: 7 and up...
|  | Amelia Bedelia Sleeps Over (I Can Read Book 1)
Release Date: August 21, 2012| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up...
|  | Fruit: Discover Series Picture Book for Children
Publication Date: August 9, 2012Do your kids think that apples come pre-peeled and cranberries are really just a sauce served with turkey?Would you like to introduce your picky eater to the delicious fruit our world has to offer?Designed with young children in mind, this book is a perfect way to introduce your baby or toddler to cooking and food. Featuring familiar favorites like bananas, apples and peaches this book also includes gorgeous images of guava, pineapple and mango. Used as a jumpstart for interaction, Discover Series Picture Books are a great way to introduce new images, words an...
|  | Three Little Kittens
Release Date: September 30, 2010| Age Level: 3 and up | Grade Level: P and up Young children all know the Mother Goose rhyme of the kittens who have lost their mittens, but they've never seen it illustrated with so much energy, beauty, and flair. Preschoolers will delight in these cuddly kittens as they frolic outside in the falling leaves, get their whiskers sticky while eating a just-baked apple pie, and do the washing-up under Mama Cat's watchful gaze. Caldecott Medal-winning, New York Times bestselling author/artist Jerry Pinkney brings a gloriously vivid palette, delightful details and ...
|  | Dog and Bear: Two's Company
Release Date: April 1, 2008| Age Level: 3 and up WHAT'S BETTER THAN ONE DOG AND BEAR BOOK? TWO! In three new stories, the two dearest of friends celebrate Bear's birthday, have their first falling out, and take care of each other when Dog is under the weather. Dog and Bear: Two's Company is a 2009 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year. ...
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