 | Hartsburg, USA: A Novel
Release Date: August 21, 2007Hartsburg, Ohio, is a vintage rust-belt town on the wane; the factories and foundries are closed. And as the local cineplex gives way to yet another fundamentalist church, an ideological turf war has begun. Oppressed by a dominant culture hostile to her values, born-again Christian mom Bevy Baer decides to run for a spot on the school board. Her plucky door-to-door campaign finds trouble when it runs into Wallace Cormier. A failed Hollywood screenwriter who has returned to his hometown to raise his daughter and churn out an uninspired newspaper column, Corm...
 |  | Sinful Seduction (Kimani Romance)
Publication Date: January 24, 2012| Series: Kimani Romance (Book 270) Skylar Lawrence isn't looking for romance when she arrives at the Davies' sumptuous Hamptons estate. But when Skylar meets her ex-fiancé's twin brother, their chemistry is as tumultuous as the storm brewing outside. Sinfully handsome Alessandro Davies exudes the kind of animal magnetism that's impossible to resist…and hazardous to a woman's heart.Sandro desires Skylar from the minute the stunning veterinarian turns up at his door, but his honor forbids him from pursuing a relationship. But his...
|  | The Victims of Nimbo (Seven Sleepers: The Lost Chronicles #6)
Release Date: September 1, 2000The Cloud People need the Seven Sleepers' help, but the boys are gone on a hunting trip. Sarah and Abby decide not to wait for them. Maybe they can solve the problem all by themselves. Big mistake. What they can't see coming is trouble with an evil high priest who will put Sarah's life in danger. But their wise friend Goel knows how to bring good things out of bad -- even when his people make foolish choices. ...
|  | Coldheart Canyon: A Hollywood Ghost Story
Release Date: October 27, 2009 Film's most popular action hero needs a place to heal after his surgery has gone terribly wrong. His fiercely loyal agent finds him just such a place in a luxurious forgotten mansion high in the Hollywood Hills. But the original owner of the mansion was a beautiful woman devoted to pleasure at any cost, and the terrible legacy of her deeds has not yet died. There are ghosts and monsters haunting Coldheart Canyon, where nothing is forbidden . . . Clive Barker's Coldheart Canyon showcases the boldly innovative New York Times bestselling master at the very top o...
|  | Drifters
Release Date: October 12, 1986In his triumphant best seller, James Michener unfolds a powerful and poignant drama of six young runaways adrift in a world they have created out of dreams, drugs, and dedication to pleasure. With the sure touch of a master, Michener pulls us into the dark center of their private world, whether it's in Spain, Marrakech, or Mozambique, and exposes the naked nerve ends with shocking candor and infinite compassion."A superior, picaresque novel...and a revealing mirror held up to contemporary society."JOHN BARKHAM REVIEWS ...
|  | Gifted
Publication Date: April 1, 2011| ISBN-10: 0864736371 | ISBN-13: 978-0864736376One day in 1955, the “father of New Zealand fiction” finds a young woman on his doorstep. A writer herself, she has recently emerged from a lengthy stay in the hospital for mental health problems and is seeking a safe place to live and write. The woman is Janet Frame, and the man who willingly takes her in is Frank Sargeson. Imaginative and intriguing, this novel explores two famous New Zealand personalities through a fictionalized account of the time they spent living together. ...
|  | Liquid Earth (Neoreality Series)
Publication Date: August 2002| Series: Neoreality Series This groundbreaking science-fiction collection explores worldsseparated from our own by imperceptible veils.In Liquid Earth,reality melts along a rustic Main Street in Shrub Oak, New York.TheLobotomy Club begins in a New Orleans bar, and Sushi Never Sleeps in aNew York electronics store.Egg Drop Soup starts with a walk alongthe tranquil Chesapeake River.All familiar settings at first glance,but a new reality awaits...You'll visit worlds replete with beautiful women and theirsurgically altered brains, fractal sex, Noah's Ark, hyperspace...
|  | The Da Da De Da Da Code
Publication Date: March 19, 2010All Jonny Hooker has to do to claim a big prize is to solve the Da-Da-De-Da-Da Code. Jonny knows that beat: it is scattered throughout popular music and it has something to do with the Devil's Chord, as well as the great blues musician Robert Johnson; Elvis Presley—who is of course still alive—and with the Secret Parliament of Five, who dictate world affairs. When he solves the Code, Jonny will discover why all the most famous rock musicians die at 27, the truth about raising an ancient god, and all about the destruction of t...
|  | The Sacred Circle Tarot: A Celtic Pagan Journey
Publication Date: September 8, 2002This Tarot isn't for Everyone, but it may be For You!The Sacred Circle Tarot draws on the Pagan heritage of Britain and Ireland, its sacred sites, and symbolic imagery from that tradition. It's based on the idea (suggested by R. J. Stewart) that the Tarot had its origins with the bards of Celtic culture. Together with the included 336-page, full-size book, the deck becomes a virtual training course in Celtic Paganism.Besides understanding the history and theories, there is lots of practical work for any Pagan or Tarot enthusiast. Included are instructions f...
|  | The Chalk Garden
Publication Date: 1956A play first presented by Irene Mayer Selznick at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre in New York City on October 26, 1955. This play was also the basis for the 1964 film directed by Ronald Neame and featuring Deborah Kerr, Hayley Mills, John Mills, and Edith Evans. ...
|  | Romanticism and Religion: The Tradition of Coleridge and Wordsworth in the Victorian Church
Publication Date: June 25, 1976| ISBN-10: 0521210720 | ISBN-13: 978-0521210720Modern scholarship has tended to separate literature and theology. Yet it is impossible to understand the ideas of such Victorian theologians as Hare and Maurice, Keble and Newman without reference to contemporary literary criticism - just as it is impossible to understand criticism of the period (and the sensibility it implies) isolated from its theology. This book is an attempt to reinterpret a whole theological tradition in the light of its members' views on language and poetry, and associated ideas of imagi...
|  | Julian, Volume I. Orations 1-5 (Loeb Classical Library No. 13)
Publication Date: January 1, 1913| ISBN-10: 0674990145 | ISBN-13: 978-0674990142Julian (Flavius Claudius Iulianus) "the Apostate", Roman Emperor, lived 331 or 332 to 363 CE. Born and educated in Constantinople as a Christian, after a precarious childhood he devoted himself to literature and philosophy and became a pagan, studying in various Greek cities. In 355 his cousin Emperor Constantius called him from Athens to the court at Milan, entitled him "Caesar", and made him governor of Gaul. Julian restored Gaul to prosperity and good government after the ravages of the Alamanni (he overth...
|  | Intentions of the Earl: Scandalous Sisters, Book 1 (Volume 1)
Publication Date: March 27, 2012Will he secure his future by ruining hers, or will she ruin his plans by securing him? A new twist on the old fortune hunter plot puts an impoverished earl in a position to gain his fortune only by ruining an innocent's reputation without offering marriage. The innocent he's selected, however, has no plans to settle for anything less than marriage and will go to almost any length to secure him.With no other means for an income, the impoverished Andrew Black, Earl of Townson, makes an agreement that will put a definite end his eight year poverty streak. But, in...
|  | The Sound of Snow
Release Date: April 13, 1999Her love reawakened his heart. His touch taught her the meaning of desire . . .Sometimes what happens between a man and a woman can be miraculous.Bestselling, award-winning author Katherine Kingsley casts her beguiling spell once again in this magical, unforgettable story of betrayal, seduction, and the redeeming power of love. . . . The whisper of scandal . . .After years of exile on the Continent, Joanna was returning to the aristocratic English society she left in disgrace. Nothing--not even the gossip mongers--could keep her from Wakefield Abbey, wh...
|  | Rico (Ballad Romances)
Publication Date: November 1, 2001| Series: Ballad Romances If you liked the Magnificent Seven, you'll love the Rock Creek Six!Rico is known as "the kid" to the other members of the Rock Creek Six. Though he can't hit much with a gun, he is deadly with a knife. And with women. But Rico has secrets, which come back to haunt him and those he loves.Lily Fortier has secrets of her own. She arrives in Rock Creek after winning the title to the local saloon in a poker game and sets about making for herself the life she's always dreamed of. But she's never dreamed of having a man to share it with. S...
|  | Moment of Truth
Release Date: February 6, 2001When attorney Jack Newlin discovers his wife dead in their home, he's convinced he knows who killed her—and is equally determined to hide the truth. He decides to frame himself for murder, and to seal his fate he hires the most inexperienced lawyer he can find: a reluctant rookie by the name of Mary DiNunzio from the hot Philadelphia firm of Rosato & Associates. But hiring Mary may turn out to be his biggest mistake. She doubts Jack's confession, and her ethics and instincts tell her she can't defend a man who wants to convict himself. Smarter, gutsier, an...
|  | The Killer
Release Date: August 2, 2011Forget James Bond.Forget Jason Bourne.Forget Jack Bauer.Meet Victor.He’s an assassin—a man with no past and no surname. He lives alone. He operates alone. He’s given a job; he takes out the target; he gets paid. He’s THE KILLER.Victor in Paris to perform a standard kill and collect for an anonymous client. He completes it with trademark efficiency—only to find himself in the middle of an ambush and fighting for his life. Pursued by determined enemies, a woman too beautiful to be safe, and intelligence agencies from both sides of the A...
|  | Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti
Publication Date: March 15, 1987| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: 03 and up Anansi the Spider is one of the great folk heroes of the world. He is a rogue, a mischief maker, and a wise, lovable creature who triumphs over larger foes.In this traditional Ashanti tale, Anansi sets out on a long, difficult journey. Threatened by Fish and Falcon, he is saved from terrible fates by his sons. But which of his sons should Anansi reward? Calling upon Nyame, the God of All Things, Anansi solves his predicament in a touching and highly resourceful fashion.In adapting this popular folktale, Gerald McD...
|  | The Wicked Day (The Arthurian Saga, Book 4)
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|  | Duke Blue Devils (Inside College Basketball)
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