 | The Jungle (Dover Thrift Editions)
Publication Date: November 9, 2001| ISBN-10: 0486419231 | ISBN-13: 978-04864192371906 bestseller shockingly reveals intolerable labor practices and unsanitary working conditions in the Chicago stockyards as it tells the brutally grim story of a Slavic family that emigrates to America full of optimism but soon descends into numbing poverty, moral degradation, and despair. A fiercely realistic American classic that will haunt readers long after they've finished the last page. ...
 |  | Another Country
Release Date: December 1, 1992Set in Greenwich Village, Harlem, and France, among other locales, Another Country is a novel of passions--sexual, racial, political, artistic--that is stunning for its emotional intensity and haunting sensuality, depicting men and women, blacks and whites, stripped of their masks of gender and race by love and hatred at the most elemental and sublime. In a small set of friends, Baldwin imbues the best and worst intentions of liberal America in the early 1970s. ...
|  | The Jungle (Norton Critical Editions)
Publication Date: November 2002| ISBN-10: 039397779X | ISBN-13: 978-0393977790| Edition: 1st The Jungle's influence has been extraordinary for a literary work. Upton Sinclair's 1906 landmark novel is widely credited with awakening the public fury that led to the passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act (1906), a watershed in consumer protection and government legislation.This story of the immigrant experience in the harrowing Chicago stockyards has drawn comment from historians, policymakers, and literary critics, and it is a widely assigned teaching text. The novel is accompanied by an int...
|  | The Theater of Tony Kushner (Studies in Modern Drama)
Publication Date: July 28, 2002| Series: Studies in Modern Drama The Theater of Tony Kushner is a comprehensive portrait of the life and work of one of America's most important contemporary playwrights. ...
|  | Second Chance
Release Date: May 27, 2008 Jane Green has become a nationally bestselling author with legions of fans through her novels about the true-lifedilemmas of real women—their relationships, their careers, their loves, their triumphs and disappointments. In herlatest book, Green tells the story of a group of people who haven’t seen each other since they were best friends atschool. When one of them dies in a terrible tragedy, the reunited friends work through their grief together and find thateach of their lives is impacted in ways they could have never foreseen. Warm, witty, and as wise...
|  | Tribulation House
Publication Date: April 1, 2007IT’S NOT THE END OF THE WORLD—WHICH COULD BE A PROBLEM...Mark Hogan has it all. The job. The family. A position on the board atchurch. All he’s missing is a boat. Not just any boat—a 2008 Bayliner 192.When Reverend Daniel Glory announces that the Rapture is taking place onOctober 17 at 5:51am, Hogan realizes his boat–buying days are numbered. So he does what any man in hissituation would do—he borrows a load of money from the mob.Not that there’s any risk involved: After all, when theRapture comes, Hogan will be ...
|  | Tide of Souls: Tombs of the Dead (Tomes of the Dead (Abaddon Books))
Publication Date: September 25, 2009| Series: Tomes of the Dead (Abaddon Books) Flash floods devastate Britain and an army of the dead rise from the waters to hunt town the survivors. For ex-prostitute Katya, it's a constant fight to stay alive, but also a chance at freedom. Ex-soldier McTarn is sent on a mission to retrieve a scientist from a northern village. When the floods cut them off, McTarn may be Katya's only hope of survival! ...
|  | Whispers: An anthology of fantasy and horror
Publication Date: 1977Anthology of Fantasy and Horror Fiction by Various authors ...
|  | The Last Election
Publication Date: August 7, 20112012 A.D.Washington, D.C. During the run-up to the presidential election, incumbent President Emmanuel Bonsam slowly spirals into insanity and contrives a murderous plot to hold on to power.Aided by his lead “shadow agent” Jorge Delgado, Bonsam sets out to exterminate anyone who threatens his reelection.Lansing, Michigan Governor Samuel Clark chooses U.S. Speaker of the House Kenna Martineau as his vice-presidential running mate.They soon discover that running against Bonsam is a dangerous game, as Bonsam’s obsession with the Mayan Cal...
|  | Rough & Tumble: A Novel
Release Date: September 1, 2009Inspired by his years shedding blood and sweat playing in the National Football League, Rough & Tumble is Mark Bavaro’s novel about the brutal world of the NFL—and a classic sports story of one man’s determination and grit. ...
|  | Pride and Prejudice: Hidden Lusts
Publication Date: July 5, 2011Imagine that Jane Austen had written the opening line of her satirical novel Pride and Prejudice this way: "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a good romp and a good wife — although not necessarily from the same person or from the opposite sex." In Pride and Prejudice: Hidden Lusts Mr. Darcy has never been more devilish and the seemingly chaste Elizabeth never more turned on.The entire cast of characters from Austen's classic is here in this rewrite that goes all the way. This time M...
|  | Hamlet: The Texts of 1603 and 1623: Third Series (Arden Shakespeare)
Release Date: January 15, 2007| ISBN-10: 1904271804 | ISBN-13: 978-1904271802| Edition: Third Edition Ann Thompson is Professor of English Language and Literature and Head of the School of Humanities at King's College London. She has edited The Taming of the Shrew, and her other publications include Shakespeare's Chaucer, Shakespeare, Meaning and Metaphor (with John O. Thompson), and Women Reading Shakespeare, 1660-1900 (with Sasha Roberts). She has also published widely on editing Shakespeare and Shakespeare's language. She is one of the General Editors of the Arden Shakespeare.Neil Tay...
|  | The Poets' Corner: The One-and-Only Poetry Book for the Whole Family
Publication Date: November 15, 2007From listening to his grandmother recite epic poems from memory to curling up in bed while his father read funny verses, award-winning actor John Lithgow grew up with poetry. Ever since, John has been an enthusiastic seeker of poetic experience, whether reading, reciting, or listening to great poems.The wide variety of carefully selected poems in this book provides the perfect introduction to appeal to readers new to poetry, and for poetry lovers to experience beloved verses in a fresh, vivid way. William Blake, Emily Dickinson, Edgar Allan Poe, and Dylan...
|  | The Book History Reader
Publication Date: December 7, 2006| ISBN-10: 0415359481 | ISBN-13: 978-0415359481| Edition: 2 Following on from the widely successful first volume, this second edition has been updated and expanded to create an essential collection of writings examining different aspects of the history of books and print culture.Arranged in thematic sections, bringing together a wide range of contributors, and featuring introductions to each section, this new edition:contains more extracts covering issues of gender, material culture and bibliographical mattershas a brand new section on the future of...
|  | Ancient Israelite Literature in its Cultural Context
Release Date: July 28, 1994| Series: Library of Biblical Interpretation This unique book surveys within the various literary genres the parallels between the Bible and the literature of the ancient Near East. Each section begins with a survey of the available ancient literature, continues with a discussion of the literature, and concludes with a discussion of cases of alleged borrowing. The genres covered are - cosmology - laws - historical literature - wisdom literature - apocalyptic literature - personal archives and epics - covenants and treaties - hymns, prayers, and incantations - proph...
|  | The Blessed and the Damned (Righteous Series #4)
Release Date: October 2, 2012| Series: Righteous Series #4 (Book 4) As the son of the prophet of Blister Creek, a polygamous enclave in Utah,Dr. Jacob Christianson has struggled for years to reconcile his faith with hisskepticism about the fundamentalist practices of his community. Nevertheless,when his family and neighbors were threatened, Jacob stepped up time and againto lead the fight against those who would destroy them. Now Jacob and theresidents of Blister Creek face a dangerous new challenge to their quietexistence. Taylor Kimball Jr. wants to take over as prophet of Blister Creek...
|  | The Sand Dollar Killers
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|  | The Diva Paints the Town (A Domestic Diva Mystery)
Release Date: February 2, 2010| Series: A Domestic Diva Mystery Color this Domestic Diva puzzled-from the national bestselling author.When Sophie's neighbor-a reclusive professor-dies, his final wish is for the Domestic Diva to throw a dinner party in his honor, and he's planned everything down to the letter. But what no one planned for is the corpse of a student that Sophie finds in his house. ...
|  | Turtle Knows Your Name
Publication Date: September 30, 1993Though none of his friends can remember Upsilimana Tumpalerado's name, Granny insists that he learn and use it. "At the heart of this wonderful retelling of a West Indian folktale is the importance of names in black culture. Strong in rhyme and rhythm, this is great for reading aloud and even better for story telling".--Booklist. Full color. ...
|  | Megastars: 2006 National Football League
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