 | The Search for Authenticity in Modern Japanese Literature
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 | Netherland (Vintage Contemporaries)
Release Date: May 7, 2009| Series: Vintage Contemporaries New York Times Book Review Best Book of the Year In a New York City made phantasmagorical by the events of 9/11, and left alone afterhis English wife and son return to London, Hans van den Broek stumbles upon the vibrantNew York subculture of cricket, where he revisits his lost childhood and, thanksto a friendship with a charismatic and charming Trinidadian named Chuck Ramkissoon,begins to reconnect with his life and his adopted country. As the two men share theirvastly different experiences of contemporary immigrant life in Amer...
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 | St. Ephrem the Syrian: Hymns On Paradise
Publication Date: March 1, 1997St Ephrem the Syrian's cycle of 15 Hymns on Paradise offers a fine example of Christian poetry, in which the author weaves a profound theological synthesis around a particular Biblical narrative. Centered on Genesis 2 and 3, he expresses his awareness of the sacramental character of the created world, and of the potential of everything in the created world to act as a witness and pointer to the creator. God's two witnesses, says Ephrem, are: 'Nature, through man's use of it, [and] Scripture, through his reading it." In his writing, Ephrem posits an inherent lin...
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 | Who am I?: Bonhoeffer's Theology through his Poetry (T&T Clark Theology)
Publication Date: July 21, 2009| Series: T&T Clark Theology It has often been noted that poetry is a particularly suitable medium when it comes to understanding the connection between theology and biography. Needless to say that this is particularly exciting in the case of Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the poems he wrote during his imprisonment by the Nazis. Although any one of his ten poems should be read within their respective historical and biographical context, they are also rounded, self-sufficient pieces of work that cannot be ‘explained' by the biographical and theological prose that...
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 | Kage The Shadow: A Connor Burke Martial Arts Thriller
Publication Date: July 16, 2011In the seemingly trackless waste of the desert outside Tucson, Arizona, a coyote cross border smuggler is found dead, another victim of the escalating violence on the southwest border.At the same time, a mysterious best-selling writer’s death deepens the controversy surrounding his works.Rumors surround the late Elliot Westmann, with dark hints of mystic vendettas and a confrontation with an assassin sent to punish Westmann for violating a code of secrecy in his books.Westmann’s daughter hires Connor Burke to assist in unraveling the mystery of he...
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 | Last Dance (A Winston Patrick Mystery)
Release Date: January 30, 2012| Series: A Winston Patrick Mystery (Book 2) Winston Patrick was a successful lawyer who defended the downtrodden of Vancouver's criminal world. Dissatisfied with his career, he traded in the courtroom for the high school classroom. Winston is barely surviving his first year at a Vancouver high school when his students present a human rights issue. A student wants to bring his same-sex partner to the high school prom, but the school won't let him.Winston reluctantly leads his proteges on their first legal quest: suing the school. He never thought that fighting f...
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 | Las cr
Release Date: September 26, 2006Orlando Tobon, the grandfather of Jackson Heights, offers a collection of riveting stories based on his personal experiences. ...
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 | The Edge of Forever
Publication Date: November 9, 2010In The Edge of Forever, new author Tom Morris captures the dramatic moments of his grandmother's childhood in this frontier historical fiction. More than a coming of age story, this spellbinding, loosely biographical epic illustrates the life of a pioneering Texas family as they struggle against the Plains Indians immediately following the American Civil War. While the entire South was devastated, the McKlarrens live at the edge of Comanche Indian territory and face death every day of their lives. As settlers, life was always demanding, but as Comanche India...
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 | Lydgate's "Disguising at Hertford Castle": A Study and Translation
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 | Anthology Of Beowulf Criticism
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 | Doctrine de L Amour (Poesie/Gallimard) (French Edition)
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| Go shui wakashu sosakuin (Izumi Shoin sakuin sosho) (Japanese Edition)
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 | Love Haiku
Publication Date: March 10, 2012Duilio Chiarle is the italian author of this japanese poetry book (Haiku is a form of japanese poetry). ...
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 | Taken
Publication Date: November 14, 2008BESTSELLING & AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR SELENA KITTHALF A MILLION NAUGHTY BOOKS SOLD IN 2011GUARANTEED QUALITY - THE CREAM AT THE TOP OF EROTICA!Lizzy's friendship with her older boss, Sarah, turns into something deeper and much more exciting one rainy day after work, and Lizzy finds herself drawn into a world she never knew existed. Sarah has a dominant streak, and as she leads Lizzy into the role of a submissive, the two women become closer than they ever thought possible. But while Sarah, hurt too many times, wears a ring, and tells guys she's "taken...
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 | McKettricks of Texas: Austin (Hqn)
Release Date: June 29, 2010| Series: Hqn World champion rodeo star Austin McKettrick finally got bested by an angry bull. His career over, his love life a mess, the lone maverick has nowhere to go when the hospital releases him. Except back home to Blue River and the Silver Spur ranch. But his overachieving brothers won't allow this cowboy to brood in peace. They've even hired a nurse to speed his recovery. Paige Remington's bossy brand of TLC is driving him crazy. As is her beautiful face, sexy figure and silky black hair.Paige has lost count of how many times Austin has tried to fire her. ...
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 | The Innocent (Volume 1)
Publication Date: August 25, 2012A disastrous first marriage leaves a bitter taste in Flynn Hawthorne’s mouth.After his promiscuous wife walks out in front of a carriage and is killed, he vows to never entangle himself with another woman. Preparing for her first Season should be a time of happy excitement, but not for Carolyn Wentworth.The frozen fear on her mother’s face and secret undercurrents which force her to lock her door each night have Carolyn convinced that she wants no part of marriage. When Flynn chances upon Carolyn at a quiet country stream an impetuous kiss ends ...
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 | Ghost Walk
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 | The Inner Circle
Publication Date: 2011The Inner Circle (Large Print)Beecher White is a researcher in the National Archives. But his dream job becomes a nightmare when he and his childhood crush, Clementine Kaye, stumble upon a priceless book hidden in the office the president uses to review classified documents. Could it have something to do with the Culper Ring, a spy organization rumored to have served every president since Washington? Beecher isn't sure he wants to know. And almost as troubling is the revelation that Clementine's long-lost father is the man convicted of trying to assassinate a former pre...
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 | Hot Sites: Paper-Surf the Superhighway
Publication Date: May 1998Brought together for the first time, here are the hottest examples of graphic design created specifically for the computer screen. The book is divided into Web sites and CD-ROMs and cover a wide range of retail categories--from computer products, interactive encyclopedias, and encoded music disks to fashion, entertainment, current affairs, big business, and much more. 350 color illustrations. ...
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 | Boston Celtics (NBA Champions)
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