 | The Man Cave Book
Release Date: April 19, 2011 What separates the men from the boys? The Man Cave. Boyhood Fort Man Cave Who's allowed Not girls—they have cooties Not women—they have authorityPrimary materials used in construction Wood, stuff your mom doesn't wantParticleboard, stuff your wife doesn't want Key activities inside Goofing around, avoiding responsibility Goofing around, avoiding responsibility Peak periods of use After school, weekends After work, weekends Slumber parties with buddies? Yes No Food and beverages consumed Soda and unhealthy snacks Beer and unhealthy sn...
 |  | LA Escritora Hispanica (Coleccion Polymita) (Spanish Edition)
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| | Writing Our Way Home
Release Date: November 3, 1992These stories highlight the extraordinary range of American Jewish fiction today and constitute "a glorious collection, as notable for its variety as it is for its common threads of brilliant and passionate writing" (Hilda Wolitzer). Features Saul Bellow, Cynthia Ozick, Philip Roth, Joanna Spiro, Mark Helprin, E.L. Doctorow, Grace Paley, and 17 others. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title....
|  | The Golden Thread: The Ageless Wisdom of the Western Mystery Traditions
Publication Date: September 1, 2007The Golden Thread traces the interconnectedness of esoteric wisdom in the Western world, from classical antiquity to contemporary Europe and America. Joscelyn Godwin lends personal perspective to an arrangement of text that is historical and wisdom that is timeless, creating a source of inspiration that calls us to action in our everyday spiritual practice. Every chapter, therefore, makes reference to some aspect of contemporary life and issues of immediate concern. Elegantly written and not without irony and humor, readers will appreciate the non-threateni...
|  | Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural (Modern Library)
Release Date: October 18, 1994| Series: Modern Library When this longtime Modern Library favorite--filled with fifty-two stories of heart-stopping suspense--was first published in 1944, one of its biggest fans was critic Edmund Wilson, who in The New Yorker applauded what he termed a sudden revival of the appetite for tales of horror. Represented in the anthology are such distinguished spell weavers as Edgar Allen Poe ("The Black Cat"), Wilkie Collins ("A Terribly Strange Bed"), Henry James ("Sir Edmund Orme"), Guy de Maupassant ("Was It a Dream?"), O. Henry ("The Furnished Room"), Rudyard K...
|  | I, Sniper (Bob Lee Swagger Novels)
Release Date: September 21, 2010It takes a seasoned killer. . .Four famed ’60s radicals are gunned down at long range by a sniper. All the evidence—timeline, ballistics, forensics, motive, means, and opportunity—points to Marine war hero Carl Hitchcock. Even his suicide. The case is almost too perfect.. . . to hunt one.Recruited by the FBI to examine the data, retired Marine sharpshooter Bob Lee Swagger penetrates the new technology of the secretive sniper world to unravel a sophisticated conspiracy run by his most ruthless adversary yet—a marksman whose keen intellec...
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Publication Date: January 1, 2005Eduardo Galeano es uno de los más relevantes escritores latinoamericanos. Autor, entre otras obras, de Memoria del fuego (Memory of Fire), Las venas abiertas de América Latina (Open Veins of Latin America), Espejos (Mirrors), El fútbol a sol y sombra (Soccer in Sun and Shadow), El libro de los abrazos (The Book of Embraces). Días y noches de amor y de guerra (Days and Nights of Love and War) puede calificarse de obra de ficción pero, quizá, no lo sea. Como avisa el autor al principio, «Todo lo que aquí se cuenta, ocurri...
|  | The Worship Drama Library, Volume 2
Publication Date: January 20, 1993| Series: The Worship Drama Library (Book 2) The twelve sketches for worship services in this volume provide the sermonizer with springboards that are biblical and relate to the average man and woman in the pew. ...
|  | The Methuen Drama Book of Naturalist Plays: A Doll's House, Miss Julie, The Weavers, Mrs Warren's Profession, Three Sisters, Strife (Play Anthologies)
Release Date: October 15, 2010| ISBN-10: 1408128438 | ISBN-13: 978-1408128435The study of Naturalist theatre remains a staple and often foundational part of the curriculum at all levels of drama education. This anthology of six of the most commonly studied and revived Naturalist plays from the European repertoire offers a unique compendium that will serve as required reading for drama courses and is ideal for theatre practitioners and fans. The selected plays perfectly reflect the formal and geographical diversity of Naturalist theatre as well as its major philosophical, political, and t...
|  | I Explain a Few Things: Selected Poems (English and Spanish Edition)
Release Date: October 2, 2007| ISBN-10: 0374260796 | ISBN-13: 978-0374260798| Edition: Bilingual "Laughter is the language of the soul," Pablo Neruda said. Among the most lasting voices of the most tumultuous (in his own words, "the saddest") century, a witness and a chronicler of its most decisive events, he is the author of more than thirty-five books of poetry and one of Latin America's most revered writers, the emblem of the engaged poet, an artist whose heart, always with the people, is literally consumed by passion. His work, oscillating from epic meditations on politics and histor...
| | Miscellanies in Verse (Irish Writings from the Age of Swift, Vol. 2)
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|  | Peter Pan: The Story of Lost Childhood
Publication Date: December 1997Unresolved childhood events can be the root of adult depression. Sharing the story of her own turbulent childhood fleeing from her communist-run native country, Kathleen Kelley-Laine shows how to recognize and overcome the residue of loss and sadness caused by events suffered in early childhood. A welcome book that also can be used as a guide for today's parents. ...
|  | Victorian Fairy Tales: The Revolt of the Fairies and Elves
Publication Date: January 11, 1989| ISBN-10: 0415901405 | ISBN-13: 978-0415901406This is an illuminating, irresistible, and unique anthology of fairy tales written by some of the most notable writers of the Victorian period. Presented chronologically, the twenty-two tales in this volume, by such masters of storytelling as Charles Dickens, Lewis Carroll, Oscar Wilde,Rudyard Kipling, and Edith Nesbitt, will enthrall readers of all ages. Most of the tales are accompanied by their original illustrations, including work by some of the best known illustrators of the time. Through his insightfu...
|  | The Lonely Silver Rain (Travis McGee Series)
Release Date: April 20, 1996| Series: Travis McGee Series "Travis McGee is back in action and he is in fine, fine form....What a treat. It is John D. MacDonald's 21st Travies McGee book and, without reservaton, his best."THE SAN DIEGO TRIBUNESearching for a wealthy friend's yacht, Travis McGee puts himself square in the center of the international cocaine trade, and finds himself the target of some of the most ruthless villains he's ever met. Contemplating his own mortality for the first time, Travis McGee discovers amid all the danger the astonishing surprise behind the cat-shaped...
|  | Strange Fits of Passion: A Novel
Publication Date: October 4, 2005A labyrinthine tale of truth and deception from acclaimed novelist Anita Shreve Everyone believes that Maureen and Harrold English, two successful New York City journalists, have a happy, stable marriage. It's the early '70s and no one discusses or even suspects domestic abuse. But after Maureen suffers another brutal beating, she flees with her infant daughter to a coastal town in Maine. The weeks pass slowly, and just as Maureen begins to settle into her new life and new identity, Harrold reappears, bringing the story to a violent, unforgettab...
|  | A Stab in the Dark (Matthew Scudder Mysteries)
Release Date: April 30, 2002| Series: Matthew Scudder Mysteries Louis Pinell, the recently apprehended "Icepick Prowler," freely admits to having slain seven young women nine years ago -- but be swears it was a copycat who killed Barbara Ettinger Matthew Scudder believes him. But the trail to Ettinger's true murderer is twisted, dark and dangerous...and even colder than the almost decade-old corpse the p.i. is determined to avenge. ...
|  | NFL: Play Football!
Publication Date: August 1, 2002| Age Level: 9 and up This how-to book of football skills features easy-to-follow, accessible information about playing America's favorite game. Full-color photography shows kids demonstrating skills, "Pro Tip" boxes illustrate key things players need to know-from putting on protective gear to throwing the perfect spiral. Step-by-step photo sequences and annotated images make Play Football! a great tool for kids and their coaches and parents. ...
|  | Chuck Norris (Overcoming Adversity: Sharing the American Dream)
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|  | Jumping into Nothing
Publication Date: March 29, 1999| Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up Sophie is glad it's summer because after her summer-school math class she can hang out at the local swimming pool with her best friend, Annalise. But she's scared to jump off the high diving board, and that's what everyone else wants to do, even Annalise. Maybe, Sophie thinks, she can train herself to be brave by making a list of scary things to do and doing them, one by one. If she can do a math problem on the board and ride her bike no-hands, surely she can manage that jump! Short, humorous, easy-to-read chapters...
|  | Soldier Mom
Release Date: March 31, 2009| Age Level: 10 and up | Grade Level: 5 and up Jasmyn Williams is shocked and angry when her mother, a member of the Army Reserve, is called up for service during the Persian Gulf War. While Jas comes to understand that her mother has to do her job, she wonders, should a mother have a job that might require abandoning her children? “Jasmyn’s ready for her big seventh-grade season in basketball . . . when her home life bounces out of control . . . There’s an emotional impact here that will resound with other youngsters making sacrifices.”...
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