 | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Barnes & Noble Classics Series)
Publication Date: March 1, 2008| Series: Barnes & Noble Classics The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, by Mark Twain, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics: All editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. Barnes & Noble Classics pulls together a constellation of i...
 |  | Early American Writing (Penguin Classics)
Release Date: February 1, 1994| ISBN-10: 0140390871 | ISBN-13: 978-0140390872| Edition: Reissue Drawing materials from journals and diaries, political documents and religious sermons, prose and poetry, Giles Gunn's anthology provides a panoramic survey of early American life and literature--including voices black and white, male and female, Hispanic, French, and Native American. --This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition....
|  | The Future Has a Past: Stories
Release Date: October 16, 2001From the beloved author of Family and A Piece of Mine comes a dazzling new collection of stories featuring ordinary women who discover that love sometimes comes when you least expect it. Vinnie is an overworked and self-sacrificing single mother who gets a second chance at love and independence, in "The Eagle Flies." In"A Shooting Star" a happily married mother of two laments the fate of her beautiful friend Lorene, whose naivete about desire has deadly consequences. In "A Filet of Soul," Luella's luck soon changes when her mother l...
|  | Ojibway Ceremonies (Basil Johnston Titles)
Publication Date: March 1, 1990The Ojibway Indians were first encountered by the French early in the seventeenth century along the northern shores of Lakes Huron and Superior. By the time Henry Wadsworth Longfellow immortalized them in The Song of Hiawatha, they had dispersed over large areas of Canada and the United States, becoming known as the Chippewas in the latter. A rare and fascinating glimpse of Ojibway culture before its disruption by the Europeans is provided in Ojibway Ceremonies by Basil Johnston, himself an Ojibway who was born on the Parry Island Indian Reserve.Johnston f...
|  | Dangerous Encounters: Tangled Truths & Twisted Tales-Exposed!
Publication Date: September 1, 2003| Age Level: 9 and up Danger may be closer than you think. At first, Matt and his friends just think Lamar isn't ready for his mother to start dating again. But constant unease is proven dead-on when the boys witness an event that proves the man invading Lamar's life is downright dangerous. Immediately, with laptop in hand, the QoolQuad join together to expose the truth about the con artist ... no matter what it takes!Filled with suspense, mystery, and hilarity, Matt and his friends discover that judging others can lead to deadly consequences in Dangerous E...
|  | Adventure
Publication Date: September 1, 2005The full moon rose over Malaita and shone down on Berande. Nothing stirred in the windless air. From the hospital still proceeded the moaning of the sick. In the grass-thatched barracks nearly two hundred woolly-headed man-eaters slept off the weariness of the day's toil, though several lifted their heads to listen to the curses of one who cursed the white man who never slept. On the four verandas of the house the lanterns burned. Inside, between rifle and revolver, the man himself moaned and tossed in intervals of troubled sleep. . . . ...
|  | Two Connections
Publication Date: July 15, 2010| ISBN-10: 1936400103 | ISBN-13: 978-1936400102Two Connections is a deeply layered story about a man, who through inspiration, decided to conquer his depression by setting a goal with his two siblings to attempt to write a book. The story is essentially a diary of entries that describe their experiences while writing the book of their dreams.The journal entries document their thoughts, feelings and updates of how their surrounding world is influencing or distracting them from their effort to maintain their dedication to their goal. Relationships, family, mu...
|  | Drums Along the Mohawk (New York Classics)
Publication Date: February 1997| Series: New York Classics Gilbert Martin and his new bride Lana, pioneers in the Mohawk Valley, live and protect their land through weather disasters, love and hate and Indian attacks. ...
|  | Celtic Heritage
Publication Date: May 1, 1989In this widely acclaimed study, Alwyn and Brinley Ress reinterpret Celtic tradition in the light of advances made in the comparative study of religion, mythology and anthropology. Part One considers the distinguishing features of the various Cycle of tales and the personages who figure most prominently in them. Part Two reveals the cosmological framework within which the action of the tales takes place. Part Three consists of a discussion of the themes of certain classes of stories which tell of Conceptions and Births, Supernatural Adventures, Courtships and Marr...
|  | Cajun Country (Folklife in the South Series)
Publication Date: June 1, 1991| Series: Folklife in the South Series The first book in the Folklife in the South series and by far the broadest look at traditional Cajun culture ever assembled. It not only describes the traditions as they are but also explains how they came to be. ...
|  | Autorretratos Y Cruci (Practica Mortal) (Spanish Edition)
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|  | Bertolt Brecht: Political Theory and Literary Practice
Publication Date: March 1, 2010First published in 1980, this collection of fifteen original essays touches on a variety of topics related to the genesis of Brecht’s works and their impact on contemporary literature, theater, and film. Discussed are Brecht’s confrontation with Marxism and its political manifestations, the influence of his work on film and theater practitioners, the uses his literary descendants have made of his political commitment, and much more. ...
| | Voice of the Mourning Dove (An Anthology of Haiku)
Publication Date: 1991142 page booklet of Haiku in glossy white covers ...
|  | Global Haiku by Swede, George published by Mosaic Press Paperback
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|  | Autumn Thoughts
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|  | Crossroads. An Anthology of Poems in Honour of Christopher Okigbo
Publication Date: December 29, 2008Christopher Okigbo, the Nigerian poet, remains greatly mourned, having lost his life in 1967, fighting for the independence of Biafra. This anthology is a project of the Christopher Okigbo Foundation, established to preserve and widen appreciation of his work. The foreword, by Professor Isidore Okpewho, describes the poems as a historic collection celebrating Okigbo's "spirit and his genius". The volume contains over 200 poems from over 100 poets, which are new voices: conversing with Okgbo, recreating his words, echoing his themes, and identifying and entr...
| | Where There Is Nothing/the Unicorn from the Stars (Irish Dramatic Texts)
Publication Date: June 1987| Series: Irish Dramatic Texts This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation pro...
|  | Dali, Surrealism and Cinema
Publication Date: September 28, 2007One of the most widely recognized and controversial artists of the 20th century, Salvador Dalí was also an avant-garde filmmaker, collaborating with such giants as Luis Buñuel, Walt Disney, and Alfred Hitchcock. Influenced by the Marx Brothers, Buster Keaton, and Stanley Kubrick, Dalí used the cinema to bring the "dream subjects" of his paintings to life, providing the groundwork for revolutionary forays into television, video, photography, and holography. From a moviegoing experience that would incorporate all five senses to the tale of a w...
|  | Eternal Rider (Lords of Deliverance, Book 1)
Publication Date: April 1, 2011They are here. They ride. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.His name is Ares, and the fate of mankind rests on his powerful shoulders. If he falls to the forces of evil, the world falls too. As one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, he is far stronger than any mortal, but even he cannot fight his destiny forever. Not when his own brother plots against him. Yet there is one last hope. Gifted in a way other humans can't-or won't-understand, Cara Thornhart is the key to both this Horseman's safety and his doom. But involving Cara will prove treacherous, eve...
|  | Cincinnati Reds 101 (101 My First Team-Board-Books)
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