 | Encyclopedia of 20th-Century American Humor:
Publication Date: January 20, 2000Who says you can't have a serious reference work on humor? This new resource offers a broad look at humor with more than 100 well-written and entertaining entries. Scholarly in nature, yet enjoyable to read, the Encyclopedia examines several aspects of humor, such as: styles of humor, subjects of comedy, media methods, academic endeavors, humor in society, historical aspects.This volume celebrates a century of twists and turns in American humor. With entries ranging from the vaudeville days of the early twentieth century to the Internet's influence on modern...
 |  | Civil Disobedience
Publication Date: December 6, 2011| ISBN-10: 1619490927 | ISBN-13: 978-1619490925Sparked by Thoreau s outrage at American slavery and the American-Mexican war, Civil Disobedience is a call for every citizen to value his conscience above his government. Within this 19th century essay, Thoreau explains government of any sort including democracy does not possess more wisdom or justice than its individual citizens, and that it is every citizen s responsibility to avoid acquiescence. More than an essay, Civil Disobedience is a call to action for all citizens to refuse to participate in, or en...
|  | The Reckoning (The Heritage of Lancaster County #3)
Publication Date: August 1, 2000Katherine Mayfield, the new Mistress of Mayfield Manor, always dreamed of a fancy "English" life. But as the seasons pass, she finds herself grieving the loss of her Amish family and dearest friend, Mary Stolzfus. Shunned from the Plain life she once knew, Katherine finds solace in volunteer work with hospice patients--a labor of love she hopes will bring honor to the memory of her birth mother.Unknown to Katherine, her long-lost love, Daniel Fisher, is desperate to locate his "Sweetheart girl," only to be frustrated at nearly every turn. Meanwhile, she deligh...
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|  | My Life at First Try: A Novel
Publication Date: November 28, 2008This semi-autobiographical debut novel chronicles the life of Alex, born in Siberia in 1950, and his dreams of becoming a writer and of meeting Annie, his distant American cousin. As a child, Alex observes a group of foreign tourists do something that non-drunk Soviet adults seldom do: they laugh. Alex yearns to become one of them—a free and happy foreigner. Those aspirations quickly fade as Alex begins to encounter the absurdities and constraints of living in a society where conformity is institutionalized. Hilarious and sometimes sobering, the book...
|  | Octopus Summer
Publication Date: February 22, 2010Callum Littlefield walks a fine line between arrogant overconfidence and self-deprecating insecurity. After being ostracized by his peers and getting thrown out of his New England boarding school, Callum soon finds himself in his Havishamish grandmother's Gold Coast estate, put to work with her "slaves" and his old Macumba practicing Brazilian nanny. Callum reunites with a few old acquaintances, but soon tires of his duties and escapes to his family's empty Manhattan townhouse. In one summer, Callum finds love, adventure, death, and heartbreak all while pre...
|  | Velocidad de la oscuridad, La (Byblos Ciencia Ficcion) (Spanish Edition)
Publication Date: May 1, 2008| Series: Byblos Ciencia Ficcion (Book 1461) A Lou Arrendale, un autista adulto, se le ofrece la posibilidad de probar una nueva «cura» experimental por la que podría dejar de ser quien es o, si lo desea, continuar viviendo como un auténtico extraterrestre. Con ese tratamiento, Lou podría cambiar por completo su forma de entender el mundo... y la esencia de su personalidad... Una historia contada desde la experiencia de una escritora que en la vida real es madre de un autista. / Arrendale narrates most of this book in a poignant earnestne...
|  | Dancing with Mr. Darcy: Stories Inspired by Jane Austen and Chawton House
Release Date: October 19, 2010 An anthology of the winning entries for the Jane Austen Short Story Award Two hundred years ago, Jane Austen— traumatized by her parents’ decision to give up the rectory in Hampshire where she grew up, and unable to write for a decade—accepted her brother Edward’s offer of a permanent home in his Chawton House estate. It was there that she picked up her pen once again . . . and gave the world some of the most beloved and enduring novels ever written.The Jane Austen Short Story Competition celebrates the immortal author and her works, and...
|  | Ake: Years of Childhood
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|  | African Religions & Philosophy (African Writers)
Publication Date: January 1, 1992| ISBN-10: 0435895915 | ISBN-13: 978-0435895914| Edition: 2 Sub African Religions and Philosophy is a systematic study of the attitudes of mind and belief that have evolved in the many societies of Africa. In this second edition, Dr Mbiti has updated his material to include the involvement of women in religion, and the potential unity to be found in what was once thought to be a mass of quite separate religions. Mbiti adds a new dimension to the understanding of the history, thinking, and life throughout the African continent. Religion is approached from ...
|  | Norske barnerim og regler (Norwegian Edition)
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| | Critical Essays on W.B. Yeats (Critical Essays on Modern British Literature)
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|  | A Brief History of Diaries: From Pepys to Blogs (Brief Histories)
Publication Date: November 1, 2011| Series: Brief Histories At a time when journals are staking their territory on the blogosphere, this is a timely consideration of the diary's origins and its long history in literary, political, and scientific realms alike Be they fearless, candid, naïve, or exhibitionistic, personal bloggers now occupy an extraordinary position—projecting their inner most lives to all those with an internet connection. This is merely the most recent mutation of a unique—and often misunderstood—literary form. Tracing the diary's quirky and compelli...
| | The Early Seventeenth Century 1600-1660: Jonson, Donne, and Milton (Oxford History of English Literature (New Version))
Publication Date: July 19, 1990| ISBN-10: 0198122330 | ISBN-13: 978-0198122333| Edition: 2 Part of the complete reissue of "The Oxford History of English Literature", this volume covers the first 60 years of the 17th century. The literature it examines ranges from poetry, prose and heroic verse to religious and scientific treatise. ...
|  | Scare Tactics: Supernatural Fiction by American Women
Publication Date: September 15, 2008| ISBN-10: 0823229858 | ISBN-13: 978-0823229857| Edition: 2 Scare Tactics identifies an important but overlooked tradition of supernatural writing by American women. Jeffrey Weinstock analyzes this tradition as an essentially feminist attempt to imagine alternatives to a world of limited possibilities. In the process, he recovers the lives and works of authors who were important during their lifetimes and in the development of the American literary tradition, but who are not recognized today for their contributions. Between the end of the Civil War and...
|  | Scratching the Beat Surface
Publication Date: June 1982This insider's view of the Beat scene of the fifties and early sixties vividly marks the advancement of a new perception of art as "a living bio-alchemical organism" through essays by a poet and playwright who helped shape the movement. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title....
|  | Love Kills
Publication Date: March 5, 1997As Oscar Wilde lamented, frequently we kill the things we love. The killing may be literal, as in murder, or it may be more figurative, bringing about spiritual death, as when love goes bad. Love Kills gathers together more than two dozen first-rate tales that demonstrate in chilling ways what Charles Bukowski once observed: No one is more dangerous than a jilted lover. Here you'll find characters of every kind - even a few children - struggling with their darkest feelings. In this volume, such giants in the suspense field as Marcia Muller, Lawrence Block, Ruth...
|  | X-Babies Classic - Volume 1 (X-Babies Classics)
Publication Date: October 27, 2010| Grade Level: 4 and up...
|  | Extreme Sports: Climb!
Release Date: September 1, 2002| Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up...
|  | Thrills and Spills: Fast Sports (Shockwave: Social Studies)
Publication Date: September 1, 2007| Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up...
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