 | The Shipment and Lear
Publication Date: August 17, 2010“A subversive, seriously funny new theater piece by the adventurous playwright Young Jean Lee. . . . Ms. Lee does not shy away from prodding the audience’s racial sensitivities—or insensitivities—in a style that is sometimes sly and subtle, sometimes as blunt as a poke in the eye.”—Charles Isherwood, The New York Times“Lee is a facetious provocateur; she does whatever she can to get under our skins—with laughs and with raw, brutal talk . . . [and with] so ingenious a twist, such a radical bit of theatrical smoke...
 |  | Candy Everybody Wants (P.S.)
Release Date: May 13, 2008| Series: P.S. From the critically acclaimed author of I Am Not Myself These Days comes the very odd adventures of a starry-eyed young man from the Midwest seeking fame and fortune in the flamboyant surreality of New York, Los Angeles . . . and everywhere in between.Jayson Blocher is tired of worshiping pop culture; he wants to be part of it. So he's off, accompanied by an ever-changing cast of quirky extended family members, on an extremely bumpy journey from rural Wisconsin to a New York escort agency for Broadway chorus boys, to a Hollywood sitcom set. Some...
|  | Last Resort Hb
Publication Date: May 7, 1998Placed in Florida's Key West, this novel from Alison Lurie features Jenny, the devoted wife of a famous naturalist. Worried by his depressed state, Jenny encourages him to take a much-needed break. The author won the Pulitzer Prize with her novel "The Truth about Lorin Jones". ...
|  | Safe Haven
Release Date: September 14, 2010When a mysterious young woman named Katie appears in the small North Carolina town of Southport, her sudden arrival raises questions about her past.Beautiful yet self-effacing, Katie seems determined to avoid forming personal ties until a series of events draws her into two reluctant relationships:one with Alex, a widowed store owner with a kind heart and two young children; and another with her plainspoken single neighbor, Jo.Despite her reservations, Katie slowly begins to let down her guard, putting down roots in the close-knit community and becoming increa...
|  | Arminius: The Amber King Trilogy
Publication Date: December 6, 2011On September 9th, 9 A.D., three Roman legions commanded by Quinctilius Varus marched into the Teutonic forest of Germania. They never returned to Rome. One man united the fierce tribes of his homeland to give Imperial Rome its first defeat in battle. The Romans called him Arminius. A German warrior who became a legionary mercenary, he sacrificed everything to liberate his people from tyranny. His legend will forever live in the songs of the barbarians. A tale of heroic historical fiction, Arminius captures the human spirit to be free in the face of brutal im...
|  | Carnacki, The Ghost Finder
Publication Date: July 25, 2011Carnacki, The Ghost Finder contains six short stories featuring the sceptical, pompous, obnoxious and opinionated Thomas Carnacki, who is a paranormal detective bent on uncovering hoaxes of bogus hautings and ghosts. But sometimes even the great Carnacki has to deal with truly horrific things that cannot be explained by reason...The following classic horror short stories are included in the book:1. The Gateway of the Monster2. The House among the Laurels3. The Whistling Room4. The Horse of the Invisible5. The Searcher of the End House6. The Thing InvisibleThis ...
|  | The Long Shadow (Morland Dynasty)
Publication Date: June 1, 1994| Series: Morland Dynasty (Book 6) In the Morland Dynasty series, the majestic sweep of English history is richly and movingly portrayed through the fictional lives of the Morland family. It is 1670, and Morland Place has flourished under Ralph’s stewardship, while Annunciata is a great lady of the Court. Splendid futures seem to be promised for her children; but the religious rift opened by Henry VIII has never been fully healed, and conflict resurfaces at the accession of the Catholic James II. Frightening times ensue, when it is impossible to know who ...
|  | Blood Link (Detective Inspector Carol Ashton Mystery)
Publication Date: June 1, 2003| Series: Detective Inspector Carol Ashton Mystery (Book 15) Is Carol playing into a killer’s plan?A series of random deaths suddenly fall into a pattern when reclusive, eccentric billionaire Thurmond Rule dies, leaving an immense estate, but no valid will. With no close relatives -- Rule’s son and only heir vanished mysteriously years before -- the search begins to find more distant kin who may have a claim to the Rule billions. And there would be several more applicants vying for the money, except for the disturbing fact that many of them have recent...
|  | The Babbler Bird's Daughter: A Novel
Publication Date: April 22, 2010Sometimes, all it takes to face your own demons, is to betray your family....When Rachel Sen´s estranged father unexpectedly offers her an olive branch and invites her to live at Dalby Manor, she suspects there is more to his sudden interest in their relationship. But despite her initial misgivings, Rachel is lulled by her husband´s doubts into believing there might be a chance for her and her father to put the past behind.Nicknamed Torpedo because of his early encounters with the law, her husband Espen Toren has the street smarts Rachel lacks. The o...
|  | Noli me tangere: On the Raising of the Body (Perspectives in Continental Philosophy (Paperback Unnumbered))
Publication Date: June 30, 2008| ISBN-10: 0823228908 | ISBN-13: 978-0823228904| Edition: 3 Christian parables have retained their force well beyond the sphere of religion; indeed, they share with much of modern literature their status as a form of address: Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.There is no message without there first being-or, more subtly, without there also being in the message itself-an address to a capacity or an aptitude for listening. This is not an exhortation of the kind Pay attention!Rather, it is a warning: if you do not understand, the message will go away.The sce...
|  | Methodology of the Oppressed
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|  | The Lady's Tutor
Release Date: September 1, 2000An Education In Pleasure - Married young to a man hand-picked by her father, Elizabeth Petre is an ideal Victorian lady. She has borne two sons and endured sixteen years of selfless duty in a passionless marriage. Craving a man's loving touch yet loyal to her wedding vows, Elizabeth is determined to seduce her coldly indifferent husband. She knows of only one man who can teach her the erotic secrets of love. A Lesson In Love - The bastard son of an English countess and an Arab sheik, Ramiel Devington was reared to embrace both Western culture and Eastern pleasu...
|  | Eleven Eleven - The Illumination
Publication Date: October 1, 2011Eleven Eleven - The Illumination is a tech-thriller set in a coming transition as machine intelligence surpasses the human brain. A tremor to the foundational twin spires of spirituality and evolution, it foreshadows dramatic change for humanity from corridors of power to the masses struggling in a world of ever larger and seemingly insurmountable challenges. When a group of technologists determine problems on earth have become too complex, interrelated, even existential, they surreptitiously band together to find solutions. The group seeksbroad enhancement o...
|  | The Neon Rain: A Dave Robicheaux Novel (Dave Robicheaux Mysteries)
Release Date: October 1, 2002| Series: Dave Robicheaux Mysteries NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR JAMES LEE BURKETHE NEON RAINDetective Dave Robicheaux has fought too many battles: in Vietnam, with killers and hustlers, with police brass, and with the bottle. Lost without his wife's love, Robicheaux's haunted soul mirrors the intensity and dusky mystery of New Orleans' French Quarter -- the place he calls home, and the place that nearly destroys him when he becomes involved in the case of a young prostitute whose body is found in a bayou. Thrust into the world of drug lords and arms smu...
|  | Tomie's Mother Goose Flies Again
Release Date: August 25, 2005| Age Level: 1 and up Generations of toddlers first met Mother Goose in Tomie's oversized classic, Tomie dePaola's Mother Goose, followed by his board book, Tomie's Little Mother Goose.Now that well-loved character soars again in a second board book, featuring a new assortment of rhymes and illustrations from the classic, including favorites such as Jack Sprat, Little Jack Horner and Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater. Hop aboard, everyone!...
|  | The Monkey King (Karadi Tales)
Publication Date: January 1999| Age Level: 6 and up...
|  | Nabulela: A South African Folk Tale
Publication Date: April 1997| Age Level: 5 and up After playing a terrible trick on Nandi, the chief's daughter, the girls of the village are given the task of defeating Nabulela, a white-skinned, people-eating beast that has been terrorizing their African home, in a retelling of a North Nguni folktale. ...
|  | Babe Ruth (Heroes of America (Abdo))
Publication Date: January 1, 2005| Age Level: 10 and up | Grade Level: 5 and up...
|  | Nascar Sprint Cup (Pro Sport Championships)
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|  | DK Readers: In the Park
Publication Date: October 4, 2004| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up...
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