 | The Open Cage: An Anzia Yezierska Collection
Publication Date: October 17, 1993A story that compares the life of an old woman to that of an ailing bird. ...
 |  | The Black Unicorn: Poems
Publication Date: August 17, 1995The Black Unicorn is a collection of poems by a woman who, Adrienne Rich writes, "for the complexity of her vision, for her moral courage and the catalytic passion of her language, has already become, for many, an indispensable poet."Rich continues: "Refusing to be circumscribed by any simple identity, Audre Lorde writes as a Black woman, a mother, a daughter, a Lesbian, a feminist, a visionary; poems of elemental wildness and healing, nightmare and lucidity. Her rhythms and accents have the timelessness of a poetry which extends beyond white Western politics...
|  | Sonnet to a Dead Contessa (Lady Trent Mystery Series #3)
Publication Date: June 16, 2009Lady Trent must rely on her newfound faith to solve the mystery . . . and save herself. In London, 1858, women of British nobility are being murdered with alarming frequency, so Scotland Yard calls on Lady Serafina Trent and her crime-solving partner, Dylan Tremayne, to help piece together the perplexing clues. With Dylan's help, Serafina has garnered acclaim as a brilliant detective—solving mysteries by relying on her astute observation and scientific reasoning. But in the midst of solving these crimes, Serafina's relationship with Dylan meets unexpecte...
|  | The Shadow Within (Legends of the Guardian-King, Book 2)
Publication Date: August 1, 2004Legends of the Guardian King, book 2, from the award-winning author of Arena. Karen Hancock brings to imaginative life the supernatural battle between good and evil, the preconceptions that keep us from embracing truth, and the distortions that trick and trap us. Four years have passed since the conclusion of The Light of Eidon. Abramm has been living peacefully abroad, but when he hears of trouble in his homeland, he returns to claim the crown he thought he'd never wear. But he has many enemies, including his murderous brother. The only thing that will save h...
|  | The Return of the Goddess: A Divine Comedy
Publication Date: September 1, 1993In the tradition of Bradley's The Mists of Avalon, thisextraordinary novel describes the sudden reappearance of the eroticpagan goddess in the unlikely hands of an Episcopal minister'swife. Set in the atmospheric Hudson River Valley, the book tells thestory of Esther Peters, who fashions an image out of Playdoh that willeffectively transform her life and the lives of all aroundher. Spencer Crowe is a childless widow, bedridden and beset by greedyrelations who lust to inherit Blackwood, her overgrown but valuableestate. Marvin Greene is an African American p...
|  | Poseidon's Spear (Long War 3)
Publication Date: September 13, 2012| Series: Long War 3 Arimnestos of Plataea is a man who has seen and done things that most men only dream about. Sold into slavery as a boy, he fought his way to freedom - and then to everlasting fame at the Battle of Marathon where the Greeks crushed the invading Persians. Sometimes, however, a man's greatest triumph is followed by his greatest sorrow.Returning to his farm, Arimnestos finds that his wife Euphoria has died in childbirth, and in an instant his laurels turn to dust. But the gods are not finished with Arimnestos yet. With nothing left to live...
|  | Arson: Book One in The Arson Trilogy
Publication Date: September 27, 2011Vega writes well beyond his yearsWith his third literary attempt, Vega has hit his strideone that can only pick up speed.The Record-JournalVega is definitely a talented writer with a white-hot literary future.The Middletown PressArson is not to be missed. It is densely layered, tense, packed with surprising compassion, and written with great courageGroundbreaking!Salt Lake City ExaminerIn a fortunate writers career, there is one book that inevitably launches its author to a new level of success and visibility, and Arson may very well prove to...
Vega writes well beyond his yearsWith his third literary attempt,Vega has hit his strideone that can only pick up speed. The Record-Journal Vega is definitely a talented writer with a white-hot literary future. The Middletown Press Arson is not to be missed. It is densely layered ...
--> |  | White Rose and the Red
Publication Date: April 1, 2010"H.D. scholars have been writing about <i>White Rose and the Red</i> for decades, but the manuscript has remained cloistered in the archives. Now at last, in Alison Halsall's meticulously researched critical edition, an important work of modernist fiction sees the light of day."--Helen Sword, University of Auckland"It is time that this evocative and fascinating novel became available for further study (and enjoyment) to readers/scholars of H.D. as well as feminist literary scholars and scholars of modernism and of Victorian literary s...
|  | The Big Open
Publication Date: July 23, 2012When U.S. Deputy Marshal Merlin Fanshaw mistakenly kills an innocent boy during a bank robbery in Miles City, Montana, he abandons his career as a lawman and rides out into a vast and sparsely settled regijon known as The Big Open. Hired as a cowhand by ranch woman Billie Hart, Merlin is soon drawn into a deepening conflict between Billie and a ruthless cattleman who will stop at nothing to possess her ranch. When violence threatens, Merlin takes a stand, and exorcises the ghosts of his past. ...
|  | Fear and Trembling: A Novel
Publication Date: April 18, 2002According to ancient Japanese protocol, foreigners deigning to approach the emperor did so only with fear and trembling. Terror and self-abasement conveyed respect. Amélie, our well-intentioned and eager young Western heroine, goes to Japan to spend a year working at the Yumimoto Corporation. Returning to the land where she was born is the fulfillment of a dream for Amélie; working there turns into comic nightmare. Alternately disturbing and hilarious, unbelievable and shatteringly convincing, Fear and Trembling will keep readers clutching tight ...
|  | Illustrated Treasury of Fairy and Folk Tales
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|  | 101 Monologues for Middle School Actors: Including Duologues and Triologues
Publication Date: September 1, 2008This theatre book is a sequel collection of winning monologues in the style and format of "100 Great Monologs" by the same author. Rebecca Young knows how middle schoolers think and act - and what they like to talk about! These monologues, duologues and triologues may be used for auditions, classroom assignments or discussion starters. With such a wide variety of topics there is a monologue to fit any student's personality or preference. Star quality every one! ...
|  | The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction
Publication Date: August 1, 2010The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction features over a 150 years' worth of the best science fiction ever collected in a single volume. The fifty-two stories and critical introductions are organized chronologically as well as thematically for classroom use. Filled with luminous ideas, otherworldly adventures, and startling futuristic speculations, these stories will appeal to all readers as they chart the emergence and evolution of science fiction as a modern literary genre. They also provide a fascinating look at how our Western technoculture has imaginativ...
|  | 103 Great Poems: A Dual-Language Book (Dover Dual Language German) (German and English Edition)
Publication Date: January 5, 1999| ISBN-10: 0486406679 | ISBN-13: 978-0486406671Exceptionally fine poetry by Germany's greatest literary figure spans a wide range of styles, forms and moods, offering a rich selection of the poet's verse — from his earliest, "An den Schlaf" ("To Sleep"), written when he was 18, to his last great poem, "Verdächtnis" ("Legacy"), written when he was 80. ...
|  | Natural Selection: Gary Giddins on Comedy, Film, Music, and Books
Publication Date: September 29, 2008| ISBN-10: 0195368509 | ISBN-13: 978-0195368505Long recognized as America's most brilliant jazz writer, winner of the prestigious National Book Critics Circle Award, Gary Giddins has also produced a wide range of stimulating and original cultural criticism in other fields. With Natural Selection, he brings together the best of these previously uncollected essays, including a few written expressly for this volume.The range of topics is spellbinding. Writing with insight, humor, and a famously deft touch, he offers sharp-edged perspectives on such divers...
|  | Reading Popular Romance in Early Modern England
Publication Date: December 15, 2001With the expansion of the publishing industry between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries, reading for pleasure became possible for an increasing number of people, not just the wealthy and educated. The growth of the book trade produced, alongside elite literature, a parallel popular literature. Lori Humphrey Newcomb examines the proliferation of romances in early modern England, as well as their vilification by elite writers. Using as her case study Robert Greene'sPandosto (1585), an Elizabethan prose romance that inspired Shakespeare's late play,The Wi...
|  | McKettrick's Pride
Publication Date: April 1, 2010| Series: McKettricks (Book 2) The only wide-open space Rance McKettrick wants to see in his future is his hometown in his rearview mirror. The down-to-earth ex-rancher is determined to make a fresh start with his two young daughters--and leave his heartbreaking loss and family's successful corporation far behind.He sure doesn't need Indian Rock's free-spirited new bookstore owner Echo Wells confusing his choices--and raising memories he'd rather forget. But her straightforward honesty and reluctance to trust is challenging everything Rance thought he knew abou...
|  | Infinities: A New Hope: Vol. 2 (Star Wars: Infinities)
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|  | X-Men and Power Pack: The Power of X (X-Men Power Pack)
Publication Date: May 3, 2006| Grade Level: P and up...
|  | Le Cyclisme / Cycling in Action (Sans Limites / No Limits) (French Edition)
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