 | We the Animals
Release Date: September 11, 2012In this groundbreaking debut, Justin Torresplunges us into the chaotic heart of one family, the intense bonds ofthree brothers, and the mythic effects of this fierce love on the peoplewe must become. "We the Animals is a dark jewel of a book. It’s heartbreaking. It’s beautiful. It resembles no other book I’ve read.”—Michael Cunningham "A miracle in concentrated pages, you are going to read it again and again." —Dorothy Allison "Rumbles with lyric dynamite . . . Torres is a savage new talent." —...
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 | Keys to the Garden
Publication Date: December 2, 1999Widowed Martha Moreton was a devoted mother to her only child Lucy, and when Lucy married Len, Martha gradually came to terms with her marriage. This story explores the maternal bond of mother and daughter. ...
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 | Charity House Courtship (Love Inspired Historical)
Publication Date: August 7, 2012| Series: Love Inspired Historical Thanks to a troubled childhood, Laney O'Connor knows the struggles faced by the offspring of society's most desperate women. These young innocents need a safe place, which Laney seeks to provide at Charity House. When foreclosure threatens her haven, she'll let nothing stop her from keeping the orphanage open. Not even handsome hotel owner Marc Dupree. A series of misunderstandings put Laney and Marc at odds, but telling him the truth would mean breaking a promise—and jeopardizing the funds Charity House need...
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 | Soul Tracker (The Soul Tracker Series #1)
Publication Date: September 1, 2004David Kauffman is desperate to find out about the hours before his daughter's death.When David discovers a Virtual Reality program--one that allows the living to experience what lies beyond the grave, he risks his life to discover the truth. ...
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 | Black House
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 | I Am Forbidden: A Novel
Release Date: May 8, 2012A family is torn apart by fierce belief and private longing in this unprecedented journey deep inside the most insular sect of Hasidic Jews, the Satmar. Opening in 1939 Transylvania, five-year-old Josef witnesses the murder of his family by the Romanian Iron Guard and is rescued by a Christian maid to be raised as her own son. Five years later, Josef rescues a young girl, Mila, after her parents are killed while running to meet the Rebbe they hoped would save them. Josef helps Mila reach Zalman Stern, a leader in the Satmar community, in whose...
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 | Ecstasy
Publication Date: August 17, 1996From the celebrated author of the bestsellingcult classic Trainspotting, a new work offiction that triumphantly puts the E back inEros.With three delightful tales of love and its ups and downs, the ever-surprising Irvine Welsh virtually invents a new genre of fiction: the chemical romance .In "Lorraine Goes to Livingston," a bestselling authoress of Regency romances, paralyzed and bedridden, plans her revenge on gambling, whoring husband with the aid of her nurse Lorraine. In "Fortune's Always Hiding," flawed beauty Samantha Worthington enlists a smitten yo...
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 | Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Release Date: September 25, 2007 The reign of Queen Elizabeth I was a time of war, passion, and spectacular achievement. Elizabeth: The Golden Age finds Elizabeth facing bloodlust for her throne and familial betrayal. Growing keenly aware of the changing religious and political tides of late sixteenth-century Europe, Elizabeth faces an open challenge from the Spanish King Philip II, who is determined to restore England to Catholicism with his powerful army and dominating armada. Preparing to go to war to defend her empire, Elizabeth struggles to balance ancient royal duties with an unexpec...
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 | The Judas Field: A Novel of the Civil War
Release Date: July 24, 2007After returning from the Civil War, Cass Wakefield means to live out the rest of his days in his hometown in Mississippi. But when a childhood friend asks him to accompany her to Franklin, Tennessee, to recover the bodies of her father and brother from the battlefield where they died, Cass cannot refuse. As they make their way north in the company of two of Cass's brothers-in-arms, memories of the war emerge with overwhelming vividness. Before long the group has assembled on the haunted ground of Franklin, where past and present--the legacy of war and the narrow ho...
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 | Silks
Release Date: August 26, 2008“Julian Trent, you have been found guilty by this court of perpetrating a violent and unprovoked attack on an innocent family including a charge of attempted murder. You have shown little or no remorse for your actions and I consider you a danger to society.”When defense lawyer Geoffrey Mason hears the judge’s ruling at London’s Old Bailey, he quietly hopes that a substantial sentence will be handed down to his arrogant young client. That Julian Trent only receives eight years seems all too lenient. Little does Mason realize that he’ll ...
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 | The Stone Virgins: A Novel
Publication Date: February 14, 2004Winner of the Macmillan Prize for African Adult FictionAn uncompromising novel by one of Africa's premiere writers, detailing the horrors of civil war in luminous, haunting proseIn 1980, after decades of guerilla war against colonial rule, Rhodesia earned its hard-fought-for independence from Britain. Less than two years thereafter when Mugabe rose to power in the new Zimbabwe, it signaled the begining of brutal civil unrest that would last nearly a half decade more. With The Stone Virgins Yvonne Vera examines the dissident movement from the perspective of ...
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 | The Antigone (Large Print Edition) (Bibliobazaar Reproduction Series)
Publication Date: August 21, 2008| Series: Bibliobazaar Reproduction Series This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. ...
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 | Old and Middle English: An Anthology (Blackwell Anthologies)
Publication Date: April 14, 2000| ISBN-10: 0631204660 | ISBN-13: 978-0631204664| Edition: 1 This selection of literary texts ranges from the earliest writings in the vernacular up to the time of Chaucer. Spanning almost seven centuries, it encapsulates the foundation and consolidation of literature written in English. ...
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 | Altazor, or a Voyage in a Parachute/1919, a Poem in VII Cantos (Palabra sur)
Publication Date: April 1988| Series: Palabra sur poetry, Chile, tr Eliot Weinberger, bilingual...
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| French Odysseys: Greece in French Travel Literature from the Renaissance to the Romantic Era
Publication Date: January 1, 1994In French Odysseys Olga Augustinos offers the first comprehensive treatment of French travel literature about Greece--from the mid-sixteenth-century arrival of the first French travelers to the outbreak of the Greek Revolution in 1821. The result not onlyprovides a composite portrait of Greece over two and a half centuries but also offers a revealing look at the evolving values and perceptual framework of the travelers themselves.Augustinos begins by exploring the dramatic differences between French travel writing of the early modern era and previous accounts...
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 | Deliver Us from Evil
Publication Date: January 1, 2011From David Baldacci-the #1 bestselling author of The Whole Truth and First Family-comes his most timely, surprising, and heart-stopping thriller, DELIVER US FROM EVIL.Evan Waller is a monster . . .He has built a fortune from his willingness to buy and sell anything . . . and anyone. In search of new opportunities, Waller has just begun a new business venture: one that could lead to millions of deaths all over the globe. On his trail is Shaw, the mysterious operative from The Whole Truth, who has tracked Waller to Provence and must prevent him from closing...
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 | Gulf
Publication Date: February 1996An adolescent boy must save his younger brother when he becomes psychically linked to a doomed Iraqi soldier during the Persian Gulf War. ...
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 | Wilbur's Adventure: A Charlotte's Web Picture Book
Release Date: December 26, 2007| Age Level: 5 and up | Grade Level: K and up...
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 | 100 Things You Should Know about Elephants (100 Things You Should Know About... (Mason Crest))
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 | Tigers (I Can Read Book 2)
Release Date: August 10, 2004| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: K and up...
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