 | The Honeywood File: An Adventure in Building
Publication Date: August 30, 2005In this first U.S. publication of a richly comicclassic-originally published in England in the 1920s-the pitfalls andvicissitudes of home building are presented in sharp and unforgettabledetail, in the form of letters to and from the architect, a haplessyoung man named James Spinlove. In his valiant attempts to create theHoneywood mansion for Sir Leslie Brash, Spinlove encounters a motleycollection of contractors, surveyors, plumbers and town planners-tosay nothing of intensely litigious lawyers, and Sir Leslie Brashhmself, along with his good lady.The Honeyw...
 |  | The Judge
Publication Date: August 17, 2012Previously published as The Cross Examination of Oliver Finney. When a brilliant billionaire is diagnosed with inoperable brain cancer, he realizes that all his considerable wealth cannot prepare him to meet his Maker. But he has an idea that might: he will stage the ultimate reality show. With his true agenda hidden, he auditions followers from all the world’s major religions, inviting them to the trial of their lives on a remote island, where they must defend their beliefs against spiritual challenges. Oliver Finney, a feisty old judge with his own s...
|  | Bubble Gum and Chalk Dust: Prayers and Poems for Teachers
Publication Date: September 1982Midst the cloud of chalk dust and the myriad colors of bubblegum, Mary Lou Carney poetically distills the musings and prayers of a teacher's years. From kindergarten field trip to a sultry afternoon spent with seniors, analyzing Hawthorne's symbolism, her poems and prayers capture the worries and wonders of everyday life in the classroom. ...
|  | Guilty Pleasures (Anita Blake Vampire Hunter)
Release Date: October 1, 1993| Series: Anita Blake Vampire Hunter Anita Blake (known by the vampires she kills as The Executioner)is hired by the most powerful vampire in town to find out who has beenmurdering vampires....
|  | Hero of Rome
Release Date: March 26, 2012The first in a major new Roman trilogy tells the story of Valerius Verrens as he faces up to 50,000 British warriors with only 3,000 defenders—and a last stand that will live on in history The Roman grip on Britain is weakening. Emperor Nero has turned his face away from this far-flung outpost; the Druids are on the rise, spreading seeds of rebellion among the British tribes; and Roman cruelty and exploitation have angered their British subjects. The warrior queen Boudicca will lead the tribes to war. Standing against the rising tide of B...
|  | After Delores: A Novel
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|  | An Uncertain Age
Publication Date: September 6, 2011Justine’s life is uncertain when she meets Miles Peabody on the Eurostar. She has lost her job, her fiancé, everything except her dream of becoming an artist. Miles Peabody, a retired librarian and beekeeper, has always led a cautious, philosophical life. Now, faced with his mortality, he needs a miracle. Drawn inexplicably to each other, their relationship is tested when Miles invites Justine to join him on a Santiago de Compostela pilgrimage. But before she can answer, Miles goes missing. Desperate to find him, and nudged by the French police,...
|  | The Tale of Genji: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
Release Date: November 26, 2002Written in the eleventh century, this exquisite portrait of courtly life in medieval Japan is widely celebrated as the world’s first novel. Genji, the Shining Prince, is the son of an emperor. He is a passionate character whose tempestuous nature, family circumstances, love affairs, alliances, and shifting political fortunes form the core of this magnificent epic. Royall Tyler’s superior translation is detailed, poetic, and superbly true to the Japanese original while allowing the modern reader to appreciate it as a contemporary treasure. Supplement...
|  | Investigation
Publication Date: June 1, 1999He's called "the monster of the Bastille" and has murdered 27 elderly women, and Chief Inspector Morvan is in charge of the investigation. In Argentina, meanwhile, an untitled manuscript is discovered amongst the papers of a missing poet. This novel seeks to unravel the two cases. ...
|  | Art & Nature: An Illustrated Anthology of Nature Poetry
Publication Date: November 5, 1992Organized around the seasons of the year, the poems in this companion volume to the highly successful Art & Love touch on the grandeur of the world's wild places and on its unexpected, everyday wonders. The works of more than 175 poets, including William Wordsworth, Rabindranath Tagore and Raymond Carver, are matched with one or more works of art from the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. 175 color illustrations. ...
|  | Reading Rilke: Reflections on the Problems of Translation
Publication Date: October 15, 2000The greatly esteemed essayist, novelist, and philosopher reflects on the art of translation and on rainer maria rilke's duino elegies-and gives us his own translation of Rilke's masterwork. ...
|  | Shi ci qu yu ci ji shi (Mandarin Chinese Edition)
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|  | Contemporary Political Satire
Publication Date: June 19, 1987| ISBN-10: 0819163201 | ISBN-13: 978-0819163202While satire involves at least implied norms against which a target can be exposed to ridicule, post-modernism connotes an absence of any such normative basis. The focus of this study is the manner in which contemporary authors have attempted to avoid or accommodate the contradictions involved in attempting satire in the post-modern context. ...
|  | Windmills in Time (Timeswept)
Publication Date: October 1998| Series: Timeswept A beautiful New Yorker is cast back in time and falls into the arms of the most handsome cowboy on the wild Nebraska plain. From the author of "Promises from the Past". ...
|  | New Beginnings
Publication Date: August 2006In 1847, Marjory Turner struggles with the difficult journey west to the Oregon Territory. On the cusp of womanhood, she is ill equipped to deal with the hardships of her father's death and her mother's mysteriously irrational behavior as she is forced to take on the responsibility of her much younger siblings. But the trials strengthen Marjory, and she quickly matures into an independent, patient and compassionate young woman. Then, with her mother's death, she must face even more difficult decisions, and find a new destiny for herself and her family. With the h...
|  | Cat's Blood: A short story of redemption... and vampires.
Publication Date: April 21, 2012UPDATE: Listen to a sample of the book by clicking on the "Audible Audio Edition" link above. Become absorbed in this moody, atmospheric story through the narration of master storyteller Gary Dikeos.A 10,000-word short story about redemption.. and vampires.Vampire Henri Charbonneau has spent many lifetimes searching for the genetic key to the rare women whose blood is addictive to vampires. But when he "rescues" one of these women, and begins his genetic experiments on her, he has no idea that he will be changed forever, and that this frail...
|  | Lethal Legacy: A Novel (Alexandra Cooper)
Release Date: February 10, 2009| Series: Alexandra Cooper In Linda Fairstein’s outstanding new novel, the New York Public Library houses dazzling treasures—and deadly secrets.When Assistant District Attorney Alex Cooper is summoned to Tina Barr’s apartment on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, she finds a neighbor convinced that the young woman was assaulted. But the terrified victim, a conservator of rare books and maps, refuses to cooperate with investigators. Then another woman is found murdered in that same apartment with an extremely valuable book, believed to have bee...
|  | The Brief History of the Dead: A novel
Release Date: February 14, 2006“Remember me when I’m gone”just took on a whole new meaning.The City is inhabited by the recently departed, who reside there only as long as they remain in the memories of the living. Among the current residents of this afterlife are Luka Sims, who prints the only newspaper in the City, with news from the other side; Coleman Kinzler, a vagrant who speaks the cautionary words of God; and Marion and Phillip Byrd, who find themselves falling in love again after decades of marriage.On Earth, Laura Byrd is trapped by extreme weather in an Antarctic...
|  | The Cincinnati Reds (Team Spirit (Norwood))
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|  | Dear Papa
Release Date: June 12, 2007| Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up "The letters are personal and immediate, and the story is full of details that evoke the historical period. . . . The simple words grab your heart."— BOOKLISTIt’s a good thing nine-year-old Isabelle is learning to write letters at school, because she has a lot to write to Papa about after he dies. Her sisters have boyfriends, little Ida hardly remembers Papa, and Ian is mad to be left with a house full of females. As for Mama, she’s tired with a capital T — and what’s worse, she...
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