 | Ideology and Jewish Identity in Israeli and American Literature (S U N Y Series in Modern Jewish Literature and Culture)
Publication Date: September 2001| Series: S U N Y Series in Modern Jewish Literature and Culture Israeli and American critics debate what constitutes Jewish identity in modern Jewish literature. --This text refers to the Paperback edition....
 |  | Rumors
Publication Date: February 16, 2010Farce / 5m, 5f / Int. At a large, tastefully appointed Sneden's Landing townhouse, the Deputy Mayor of New York has just shot himself. Though only a flesh wound, four couples are about to experience a severe attack of Farce. Gathering for their tenth wedding anniversary, the host lies bleeding in the other room and his wife is nowhere in sight. His lawyer, Ken and wife Chris must get "the story" straight before the other guests arrive. As the confusions and mis-communications mount, the evening spins off into classic farcical hilarity. "Light, frothy and fu...
|  | A Collection of Love Gifts - Helen Steiner Rice
Publication Date: September 1, 1995This special gift book full of love and sentiments will be a treasured gift for Mrs. Rice's devotees and embraced by those first-time readers who will immediately realize a kinship with the poet. ...
|  | Heart of Gold
Publication Date: February 14, 2012The truest treasure is found deep in the heart. Back in her beloved Virginia, Shannon Adair loved nursing injured soldiers back to health. But in Grand Coeur, Idaho—the rough-and-tumble place where her father has been called to lead the church—she's not sure where she fits in. Then a critically ill woman arrives, and Shannon knows her place at last: to care for this dear woman and ease her pain. Matthew Dubois is the fastest and most reliable stagecoach driver on Wells Fargo's payroll. But his widowed sister is dying and he's about to inherit ...
|  | Blood Harvest Moon
Publication Date: December 1, 2010A sacrifice must be made.... Only a few days from the Blood Harvest Moon a coven of witches must have a sacrifice in order to maintain their immortality. A prophesy to fulfill... Shaelyn, a beautiful Irish witch believes a prophesy that will bring her love and destiny. Little did she realize what it would cost her.A destiny of greatness... Derek Panthera, a sexy but mild mannered college student has no idea how an unexpected car accident will change is his life forever. It not only leads him straight to a coven of witches who need a blood sacrifice, but will...
|  | Tales of War
Publication Date: December 1, 2006Most of what Lord Dunsany wrote was that sort of horrorish fantasy that he's well known for -- but this, well, it's at once entirely different and of a cloth of the rest of his work. These aresketches he wrote while serving on the front in the First World War -- recall the trenches, the horrors of that war, and we think you'll see our point. The First World War was a bloody, bloody conflict, and if it were fiction, it'd be horror.This book isn't fiction. It's Dunsany. It's horror. ...
|  | Monster
Release Date: August 2, 2012The supernatural, unmissable new novel by the ALA Best Horror award nominee. In nineteenth-century Germany, one young man counts down the days until he can marry his beloved . . . until she is found brutally murdered, and the young man is accused of the crime. Broken on the wheel and left for dead, he awakens on a lab table, transformed into an abomination. Friedrich must go far to take his revenge --only to find his tormentor, Victor Frankenstein, in league with the Marquis de Sade, creating something much more sinister deep in the mountains. Paranormal and gripp...
|  | Allegiance (Star Wars)
Release Date: December 26, 2007| Series: Star Wars Never before has the incendiary mix of action, politics, and intrigue that has become Timothy Zahn’s trademark, been mmore evident that in this new Star Wars epic. On the heels of the stunning events chronicled in Star Wars: A New Hope, the newly minted heroes of the Rebellion–fledgling Jedi Luke Skywalker, smuggler turned reluctant freedom-fighter Han Solo, and Princess Leia Organa, a bold leader with a world to avenge–must face the harsh realities of the cataclysmic conflict into which they have so bravely plunged. Fro...
|  | Kings of Vice
Release Date: September 13, 2011Twenty years ago, Marcus “Crush” Casey was the leader of the Vicetown Kings, the most powerful crime syndicate in New York City. Then he was betrayed by his second-in-command and sent to prison.Now he’s back on the streets and he has a lot more on his mind than just getting even.He needs to take back everything he lost: Find the friend who betrayed him and killed his only son, keep the cops at bay, and resist the one woman he knows he can’t have. His time on the inside gave him a conscience and he also wants to help clean up the crime-i...
|  | Recursion
Publication Date: June 27, 2000Government conspiracy is running rampant, and the one-time mecca of public health and welfare, the CDC, has become a pawn in a game of biological terror. Dr. Erin Iverson finds himself in a battle against a terrifying new virus in the worst possible site; Las Vegas, NV. The search for a vaccine leads him on a trail of betrayal and conspiracy that threatens the fate of the world. ...
|  | The Divine Comedy: Volume 1: Inferno (Penguin Classics)
Release Date: December 31, 2002| Series: Penguin ClassicsThis vigorous translation of Inferno preserves Dante's simple, natural style, and captures the swift movement of the original Italian verse. Mark Musa's blank verse rendition of the poet's journey through the circles of Hell re-creates for the modern reader the rich meanings that Dante's poem had for his contemporaries. Musa's introduction and commentaries on each of the cantos brilliantly illuminate the text. @HolyHaha I have to climb a mountain now? You got to be kidding me. Is this a joke? Who the hell came up with story? VIIIRRRG...
|  | Canvas of the Soul: Mystic Poems from the Heartland of Arabia
Publication Date: June 16, 2012From the heartland of Islam arise poems of fiery love and peace, composed by a modern-day female poet descended from a long line of Meccan (from Mecca) scholars. Reflecting the pulsing, indivisible bridge of the works of great Sufi mystics and poets to modern times, these spiritual pieces recall the beloved works of Rabi‘ah Al ‘Adawiyyah, Rumi and Hafiz. Drawing on a rich religious legacy and led by the Sufi tradition seeking Unity, the poems cover aspects related to spirituality and present-day challenges. The inspiring combination of the tradition...
|  | The Best Philosophers I Know Can't Read or Write
Publication Date: April 28, 2004Rooted in the Caribbean landscape and language, this collection of poetry comes from one of the region's most gifted poets. It celebrates life, love, friendship, and the wisdom of ordinary people. Pollard challenges readers to reflect on their responsibilities, to remember their history, and to cherish their heritage. ...
| | Arthurian literature in the Middle Ages: a collaborative history.
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|  | Cicero: Vol. XXII, Letters to Atticus 1-89 (Loeb Classical Library No. 7)
Publication Date: April 30, 1999| ISBN-10: 0674995716 | ISBN-13: 978-0674995710In letters to his dear friend Atticus, Cicero reveals himself as to no other of his correspondents except, perhaps, his brother. These letters, in this four-volume series, also provide a vivid picture of a momentous period in Roman history--years marked by the rise of Julius Caesar and the downfall of the Republic.When the correspondence begins in November 68 BCE the 38-year-old Cicero is a notable figure in Rome: a brilliant lawyer and orator, who has achieved primacy at the Roman bar and a political career t...
|  | Little Boy Lost: Sacrificed
Publication Date: July 2, 2012Little Boy Lost #6 Reunited with his father but missing the one man he loves more than any other, Jamie Mayfield attempts to put his life back together amid rehab, seizures, and the gutting loneliness of Brian's rejection. As he tries to cope, Jamie finds that relying on his friends isn't nearly as difficult as he'd imagined, and soon he can once again stand on his own two feet. While recovering from his addiction, Jamie starts a new phase of his life at college, working to become the man Brian needs him to be. Only one question remains: Can Jamie earn Brian's f...
| | Bad Boys Down Under
Release Date: August 1, 2005Sexy, macho Cameron Crane knows he needs marketing guru Jennifer Talbot to take his Australian surf and boogie board business into the lucrative American market. No worries, mate. He'll just seduce the little Shella. But the minute Cameron lays eyes on Jenn, cornering the market on pleasuring her becomes his number one goal...one he's ready to fully commit to...Handling the advertising campaign for Crane surf and boogie boards is ad exec Lise Atwater's dream job. But turning their Australian surfer boy into a product spokesman is going to take a lot of work. Hunky...
|  | Historia de un pecado (Spanish Edition)
Publication Date: August 30, 2012Nella y Agnes vuelven a la casa de la infancia de Nella de la que esta huyo con 18 anos. La madre de Nella murio cinco anos atras y las chicas ahora vuelven para ordenar los papeles de la madre y preparar la venta de la casa. Un dia encuentran los diarios de la antigua sirvienta de la casa y ninera de Nella, y cuando empiezan a leer se abre delante de ellos todo un mundo de secretos de la familia de los que Nella no sabia nada o bien solo intuia algo. / Nella and Agnes return to the childhood home of Nella from whom she fled when she was 18. Nella's mother di...
|  | Beyond! HC (Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars)
Publication Date: February 28, 2007| Grade Level: 4 and up An indescribably powerful being gathers nine of Marvel's most mismatched super-beings for purposes beyond their comprehension. Can Spider-Man, Gravity, Venom, Henry Pym, the Wasp, Medusa, Kraven, Firebird and the Hood keep from killing each other before they must face the dangers of their destination, the deadly artifical planet known as Battleworld? Collects Beyond! #1-6. ...
|  | The Adventures of Mouse Deer: Tales of Indonesia and Malaysia (or Indonesian and Malaysian Folktales)
Publication Date: January 1, 2005| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up TEACHERS AND LIBRARIANS -- A READER'S THEATER SCRIPT OF THIS BOOK IS AVAILABLE IN AARON'S BOOK "FOLKTALES ON STAGE," OR FREE ON AARON'S WEB SITE. "I'm quick and smart as I can be. Try and try, but you can't catch me!" Mouse Deer sings his song as he walks through the forest looking for tasty fruits and roots and shoots. Though he is small, he is not afraid. He knows that many big animals want to eat him -- but first they have to catch him! In these delight...
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