 | Latino Dreams: Transcultural Traffic and the U.S. National Imaginary (Portada Hisp
Publication Date: November 1, 2002| Series: Portada Hispanica A welcome addition to the fields of Latino and (trans-)American cultural and literary studies, Latino Dreams focuses on a selection of Latino narratives, published between the mid-1980s and the mid-1990s, that may be said to traffic in the U.S.A.’s attendant myths and governing cultural logics. The selection includes novels by authors who have received little academic attention—Abraham Rodriguez, Achy Obejas, and Benjamin Alire Sáenz—along with underattended texts from more renowned writers—Rosario Ferr...
 |  | Summer Heat (Kimani Romance)
Publication Date: August 1, 2010| Series: Kimani Romance (Book 198) As head buyer for the prestigious Lakefield Gallery, Karena Lakefield travels the world seeking out the finest paintings. But there's one trip she'll always remember: a sizzling summer weekend with Samuel Desdune, the man who awoke her scorching desire…only to part ways with her once their plane touched down.Sam has just about given up on finding the right woman… although he's never forgotten the lovely, elegant Karena. Now the all-business art dealer needs the P.I.'s expertise to help clear her family's name. ...
| | The year of the dragon
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|  | Bertie Wooster Sees It Through (A Jeeves and Bertie Novel)
Release Date: November 1, 2000A Bertie and Jeeves classic, featuring novelist Florence Craye, a pearl necklace, and The Mystery of the Pink Crayfish.Bertie is in a genuine fix. Not only does Jeeves disapprove most strongly of Bertie's new mustache, but also, and more disturbingly, "Stilton" Cheesewright is in a jealous rage and threatens to tear him limb from limb. In Bertie Wooster Sees It Through, more than ever, Bertie needs the wisdom of the peerless Jeeves to extricate him from this perilous situation. Will Jeeves rally to the cause and rescue his employer once again? ...
|  | The Red House: A Novel
Release Date: June 12, 2012An dazzlingly inventive novel about modern family, from the author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-timeThe set-up of Mark Haddon's brilliant new novel is simple: Richard, a wealthy doctor, invites his estranged sister Angela and her family to join his for a week at a vacation home in the English countryside. Richard has just re-married and inherited a willful stepdaughter in the process; Angela has a feckless husband and three children who sometimes seem alien to her. The stage is set for seven days of resentment and guilt, a staple of family gather...
|  | Malarky
Publication Date: April 3, 2012"This is the story of Anakana Schofield's teapot-wielding 'Our Woman': fretful mother, disgruntled farmwife, and—surprisingly late in life—sexual outlaw/anthropologist. Everything about this primly raunchy, uproarious novel is unexpected—each draught poured from the teapot marks another moment of pure literary audacity."—Lynn Coady, author of The AntagonistOur Woman will not be sunk by what life’s about to serve her. She's caught her son doing unmentionable things out by the barn. She's been accosted by Red the Twit, who claims to have...
|  | The St. Matthew Passion: A Text for Voices
Publication Date: November 2001From an award-winning poet and composer— inspiring meditations on Bach’s masterpiece.Musical settings of St. Matthew’s account of Christ’s Passion date back to antiquity. It is widely acknowledged, however, that Johann Sebastian Bach’s score is one of the greatest achievements of Western music. This new volume inspired by Bach’s masterpiece offers twenty-one powerful verse meditations by award-winning poet and composer John Reeves.Meant to be heard as well as read, these verse texts, annotated and linked by short prose introduction...
|  | No Name
Publication Date: June 21, 2012| ISBN-10: 1478103493 | ISBN-13: 978-1478103493The story begins in 1846, at Combe-Raven in West Somersetshire, the country residence of the happy Vanstone family. The first scene is a wonderfully dramatic legal thriller. The reader is introduced to Mr Andrew Vanstone, Mrs. Vanstone and their two daughters Norah, age 26, happy and quiet, and the irrepressible Magdalen, just 18, beautiful but with a steely jaw. They live in peace and contentment, looked after by their governess, Miss Garth. Magdalen likes nothing better than to read at her window while her pe...
|  | Idylls of the King and a New Selection of Poems (Signet Classics)
Release Date: March 4, 2003Alfred, Lord Tennyson evokes past and present, seeking to reconcile the Victorian zeal for public progress with private despair. Full of eloquence, epic grandeur, and myth, his haunting, rhapsodic poems still cast their lyrical spell today. ...
|  | REED in Review: Essays in Celebration of the First Twenty-Five Years (Studies in Early English Drama)
Publication Date: August 26, 2006| ISBN-10: 0802038271 | ISBN-13: 978-0802038272| Edition: 1 In 2002, the Records of Early English Drama (REED) project marked its twenty-fifth anniversary with a special series of sessions at the International Medieval Congress at Leeds University. The REED sessions were designed to allow critical reflection on the past, present, and future of the project as it entered the twenty-first century. Thirteen essays amplifying the content of selected conference papers, and a fourteenth submitted at the editors' invitation, make up REED in Review.Contributors to...
|  | Poetes (Poesie/Gallimard) (French Edition)
Publication Date: June 1, 1976| Series: Poesie/Gallimard (Book 114) 253pages. poche. Poche. ...
|  | 20th Century Irish Poems (Poet to Poet)
Publication Date: March 18, 2002| Series: Poet to Poet The editor of this collection of poems, Michael Longley, describes his work thus: "this anthology results from decades of random reading plus a deliberate trawl to discover more examples of what Robert Graves calls 'heart-rending sense' - poems I would want to copy our in longhand or hearn by heart or share with other in a book like this one". In a particularly turbulent century that witnessed, among other things, emigration, the 1916 uprising, world wars, the Troubles and the hunger strikes, the shifting perspectives of the poets, repor...
| | Reverdy, Breton, De Chirico, Peret Y Otras Versiones Del Surrealismo (Cuadernos marginales ; 41) (Spanish Edition)
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|  | Dangerous in Diamonds
Release Date: April 26, 2011When the outrageously wealthy Duke of Castleford is bequeathed a small piece of property that houses a modest flower shop, he encounters its owner, the mysterious Daphne Joyes-a budding rose who quickly becomes the object of his seduction. ...
|  | The Deep End (Adventures in Odyssey)
Publication Date: May 18, 2012| Age Level: 8 and up...
|  | Murder Aboard the California Girl (Luna, Rachel Nickerson.) (Eel Grass Girls Mysteries)
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|  | Pro Hockey (100 Unforgettable Moments in Sports)
Publication Date: May 1998| Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up...
|  | Performance Eating: The High Performance High School Athlete Nutrition Guide
Publication Date: May 8, 2006This is the first nutrition book that’s both scientifically sound and practical. In clear language Jones shows you how the right choice of food can dramatically improve your athletic performance and recuperation. Whether you’re an athlete, coach, or a weekend warrior you’ll find this program will help you achieve your highest goal without endangering your health.WHAT YOU’LL LEARNWhy weight control is a major factor in your health and performanceWhich popular nutritional supplements work, and which ones don’tThe most effective ways to trim...
|  | Camilla the Cupcake Fairy's Tea Party
Publication Date: August 30, 2011| Age Level: 1 and up...
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