 | Sleeping With The Enemy
Release Date: November 1, 2011 Essence® bestselling authors Wahida Clark and Kiki Swinson deliver a double-shot of street lit fiction--two novellas about women betrayed who are out for nothing less than revenge...Enemy in My BedWAHIDA CLARKShe rules the weed scene in Memphis, USA. But Kreesha can't control the dangerous way she's feelin' about Reign--a brother who's married, just out of prison, and one strike away from lockdown-for-life.He's a past master of the game, and Kreesha can't get enough of his body or heart. But when Reign betrays her to the Feds, she'll risk everything to...
 |  | Swansea Girls
Publication Date: March 1, 2002On Saturday nights, the Pier Ballroom in Swansea is the place to be. As the girls and boys gather, we are introduced to Lily, an evacuee unclaimed by her family at the end of the war; to Judy, taught independence by her war widow mother; for Katie, the product of a marriage between a drunken, violent father and a coward, beaten mother; and for the spoiled, willful Helen. It is an evening that fuels jealousies and sows the seeds for friendships, confidences, and romance. ...
|  | Number9Dream
Release Date: February 11, 2003From the author of Cloud Atlas, now a major motion picture starring Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Susan Sarandon, and Hugh Grant, and directed by Lana and Andy Wachowski and Tom TykwerNumber9Dream is the international literary sensation from a writer with astonishingrange and imaginative energy—an intoxicating ride through Tokyo’s dark underworldsand the even more mysterious landscapes of our collective dreams. David Mitchellfollows his eerily precocious, globe-striding first novel, Ghostwritten, with a workthat is in its way even more am...
|  | A Vase of Mistaken Identity (Thea James Mystery Series, Book 1)
Publication Date: April 18, 2006When Thea James discovers a puzzling list inside a vintage vase, she finds four names on the list . . . including her own! Follow this small-town antique dealer as she becomes a relentless detective on the trail of a killer in this page-turner mystery. Guaranteed fiction! (20061102) ...
|  | Offspring (The Sword of the Dragon)
Publication Date: October 17, 2011| Series: The Sword of the Dragon (Book 2) With Ilfedo's beloved wife buried, the Hemmed Land is destined to change, as is he. The sea serpents have again invaded the land and Ilfedo must discover the power behind the sword of the dragon, even as he accepts his people's call to become their Lord Warrior. His daughter grows into a beautiful young woman whose wisdom and love endears her to the people, and sets her on a journey to find a race of unique and powerful creatures. But far to the north an evil long ago stirred, and Letrias's workings soon threaten ev...
|  | Rebels of Babylon
Publication Date: August 1, 2012"Satisfying sixth installment to Parry's humorous, well-written and meticulously researched series of Civil War mysteries." --Publishers Weekly Abel Jones arrives in New Orleans to investigate the death of a young crusader and finds himself facing fantastic rumors of the resurrected dead as the city approaches hysteria and riotFrom opening scene to stunning climax, Parry's novel pays tribute to the great literary traditions of New Orleans, a city that knows how to keep its secrets ...
|  | Remind Me Again Why I Need a Man: A Novel
Release Date: July 1, 2008 Amelia Lockwood doesn't mean to sound greedy. She's got a fabulous career in television, a posh apartment, and four fiercely loyal and wickedly funny friends. The only thing she's missing is a husband. So she swallows her pride, signs up for dating boot camp, and enlists the help of a professional—an acidic New Yorker with a black belt in "tongue fu"—who'll help Amelia apply proven business-marketing principles to finding her dream man. Amelia's first assignment is to track down all the lovers she's ever lost—from the guy who dumped her during ...
|  | The Maculate Muse: Obscene Language in Attic Comedy
Publication Date: February 14, 1991| ISBN-10: 0195066855 | ISBN-13: 978-0195066852| Edition: 2 The pervasive and unrestrained use of obscenity has long been acknowledged as a major feature of fifth-century Attic Comedy; no other Western art form relies so heavily on the sexual and scatological dimensions of language.This acclaimed book, now in a new edition, offers both a comprehensive discussion of the dynamics of Greek obscenity and a detailed commentary on the terminology itself.After contrasting the peculiar characteristics of the Greek notion of obscenity to modern-day ideas, Hend...
|  | A book of French verse
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|  | Betrayal in a Nutshell: The Great Mountains
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|  | I Could Tell You Stories: Sojourns in the Land of Memory
Publication Date: August 2000Memoir has become the signature genre of our age.In this timely gathering, Patricia Hampl, one of our most elegant practitioners, "weaves personal stories and grand ideas into shimmering bolts of prose" (Minneapolis Star Tribune) as she explores the autobiographical writing that has enchanted or bedeviled her. Subjects engaging Hampl's attention include her family's response to her writing, the ethics of writing about family and friends, St. Augustine's Confessions, reflections on reading Walt Whitman during the Vietnam War, and an early experience reviewing Sylv...
|  | The Whole Story: Editors on Fiction
Publication Date: January 1, 1995| ISBN-10: 0930769120 | ISBN-13: 978-0930769123Cultural Writing. Each of the editors of major U.S. literary magazines explains the choice of a particular story, describes the editorial procedures and defines the editorial policies of the literary magazine in which the story originally appeared. Written especially for the collection, each of the essays contains the complete text of an examplary story by a contemporary writer with the editor's comments. The included editors are from the following magazines: The Alaska Quarterly Review, The Antioch Review, C...
|  | Nietzsche and Postmodernism (Postmodern Encounters)
Publication Date: August 16, 1995| Series: Postmodern Encounters The entire Who's Who of postmodern thought--Derrida, Foucault, Baudrillard, Lyotard and others, can trace their philosophical ancestry to Nietzsche's radical relativism. ...
|  | The Arthurian Companion: The Legendary World of Camelot and the Round Table (Pendragon Fiction)
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|  | Date With Destiny
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|  | Suspense: Orient Express, This Gun for Hire, the Ministry of Fear, Our Man in Havna, This Gun for Hire, Our Man in Havana and the Ministry of Fear
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|  | She-Hulk Vol. 2: Superhuman Law
Publication Date: July 19, 2006| Grade Level: 4 and up...
|  | My Daddy Taught Me to Surf
Publication Date: September 25, 2009Ride along as one boy bonds with his father and learns about surfing in this fully illustrated, charming book which teaches surfing basics and terminology, while passing the traditions of surf culture from one generation to the next. With pages on how to paddle out, pop-up and the parts of waves and surfboards, My Daddy Taught Me to Surf is an entertaining introduction to the world of sand, surf, and sunrises for any young surfers and his parents. ...
|  | A Child's Delight
Publication Date: August 1, 2003Any parent dismayed by the rows of Goosebumps books dominating the children's sections of most bookstores, any grandparent concerned about the Nintendo induced glaze over a grandchild's eyes, and any loving adult wishing a child to know good books will celebrate Noel Perrin's latest collection of essays. His earlier guide to neglected adult literature, A Reader's Delight, achieved the status of a classic, and now he has written a companion volume dedicated to children's fiction. Perrin's wit and engaging prose are, as always, in constant evidence, but it is hi...
|  | When I Grow Up (Yoko & Friends School Days)
Release Date: March 31, 2003| Age Level: 5 and up | Grade Level: K and up It's "When I Grow Up" week at Hilltop School and the class wonders what they'd like to be when they get older. A prima ballerina? A chef? A teacher just like Mrs. Jenkins? But when someone's special prop mysteriously disappears, the day proves more exciting than anyone had anticipated. ...
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