 | The Ambition: A Novel
Release Date: April 25, 2011A corrupt judge in a mob murder case. A disillusioned pastor, hungry for power. A cynical reporter, sniffing for a scandal. A gambling addict whose secret tape threatens the lives of everyone who hears it. New York Times bestselling author Lee Strobel weaves these edgy characters into an intricate thriller set in a gleaming, suburban megachurch, a big-city newspaper struggling for survival, and the shadowy corridors of political intrigue. The unexpected climax is as gripping as the contract killing that punctuates the opening scene. ...
 |  | Indiana (Ghost Stories of)
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|  | Oracles: A Novel
Publication Date: April 15, 2004In this futuristic novel, the natural wilderness is disappearing due to human incursion and urbanization. Small pockets of nature remain and are used for tourist visits and historical interpretations. Television broadcasts pictures, sounds, and smells, and space travel is commonplace.The Yantuck Indians must find a way to preserve the natural environment that survives on their eastern United States reservation and yet participate in a global economy. This dilemma creates factions within the tribe: the Yantucks who believe in a more traditional way of life and ...
|  | The Lime Twig
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|  | The Mage in Black (Sabina Kane, Book 2)
Publication Date: April 1, 2010Sabina Kane doesn't have the best track record when it comes to family. After all, her own grandmother, the leader of the vampire race, just tried to kill her. When she arrives in New York to meet the mage side of her family, the reunion takes the fun out of dysfunctional. On top of that, the Hekate Council wants to use her as a pawn in the brewing war against the vampires. Her mission will take her into the bowels of New York's Black Light district, entangles her in mage politics, and challenges her beliefs about the race she was raised to distrust. And Sabina...
|  | Final Justice ~ The assassins of JFK return to terrorize again
Publication Date: December 23, 2009| ISBN-10: 1935125419 | ISBN-13: 978-1935125419The genesis of FINAL JUSTICE is the assassination of John F. Kennedy and the escalation of the Vietnam war. But FINAL JUSTICE is a contemporary tale, a meticulously researched weaving of history into a totally modern story. - - The assassins of JFK return to terrorize an incoming administration and only one woman, with a unique and secret tie to the slain president can stop them! With the explosive climax, the reader is left gasping: Has America at last, achieved its final justice? - - Who killed JFK? Ameri...
|  | Acting the Giddy Goat
Publication Date: November 19, 2002No longer amused by the peculiarities of the customers and the kinds of beer that can be brewed at Pilchak's U-Brew Palace, Brewmaster Bill (as he refers to himself) expands his journal to write a book about the people he knows. The resulting novel, however, is far more than a transcription of the lives of Brewmaster's friends. With the assurance of a more seasoned writer, Brewmaster Bill (and his puppeteer, Mike Tanner) create a wonderful novel that juggles characters, comedy, ideas, satire, and social criticism. When on the last pages the juggling stops, ...
|  | False Colors: An M/M Romance
Publication Date: April 14, 20091762, The Georgian Age of Sail: For his first command, John Cavendish is given a ship—the HMS Meteor—and a crew, both in need of repair and discipline. He’s determined to make a success of their first mission, and hopes the well-liked lieutenant Alfred Donwell will stand by his side as he leads his new crew into battle: stopping the slave trade off the coast of Algiers.Alfie knows their mission is futile, and that their superiors back in England will use the demise of this crew as impetus for war with the Ottoman Empire. But the darker secret h...
|  | Mean Time
Publication Date: June 1, 2004Winner of the Forward Poetry Prize and the Whitbread Poetry Award 1993In her fourth collection, Mean Time', Carol Ann Duffy dramatizes scenes from childhood, adolescence and adulthood, finding moments of grace or consolation in memory, love and language amid the complexities of life. These are powerful poems of loss, betrayal and desire.Carol Ann Duffy was born in Glasgow in 1955. Her awards include first prize in the 1983 National Poetry Competition; three Scottish Arts Council Book Awards; Eric Gregory, Somerset Maugham and Dylan Thomas Awards in Britain and a...
|  | Passing the Time in Ballymenone
Release Date: November 22, 1995"This is an extraordinary book." —Progress in Human Geography"... fresh and fascinating." —Come-All-Ye"... an extraordinarily rich and rewarding book.... it is about the effort of one man to find for himself and us the life's breath of the people of Ballymenone.... It is certainly a remarkable tour de force." —Emmet Larkin, New York Times Book ReviewThe life and art, the folklore, history, and common work of a rural community in Northern Ireland—through the eyes and pen of gifted folklorist Henry Glassie. It is a classic in the fulle...
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|  | The Anti-Aesthetic: Essays on Postmodern Culture
Publication Date: April 1, 2002| ISBN-10: 1565847423 | ISBN-13: 978-1565847422A handsome new edition of the seminal collection of late-twentieth-century cultural criticism. Named a Best Book of the Year by the Village Voice and considered a bible of contemporary cultural criticism, The Anti-Aesthetic is reissued now in a handsome new paperback edition. For the past twenty years, Hal Foster has pushed the boundaries of cultural criticism, establishing a vantage point from which the seemingly disparate agendas of artists, patrons, and critics have a telling coherence. In The Anti-Aesthetic...
|  | Mendelssohn and Victorian England (Music in Nineteenth-Century Britain)
Publication Date: August 28, 2009| Series: Music in Nineteenth-Century Britain This valuable book considers the reception of the composer, pianist, organist and conductor Felix Mendelssohn in nineteenth-century England, and his influence on English musical culture. Despite the composer's immense popularity in the nation during his lifetime and in the decades following his death, this is the first book to deal exclusively with the subject of Mendelssohn in England. Mendelssohn's highly successful ten trips to Britain, between 1829 and 1847, are documented and discussed in detail, as are his r...
|  | The Sinner Who Seduced Me: A Regency Rogues Novel
Release Date: July 26, 2011| Series: Regency Rogues A dedicated Young Corinthian agent, James Marlowe accepts the riskiest of missions—to go undercover as a traitor and infiltrate a deadly French crime organization. He is prepared for all matters of intrigue—everything but a surprise encounter with the only woman he has ever loved. Five years ago, the exquisitely stunning Clarissa Collins spurned James’s love and broke his heart. Now the accomplished painter is in peril up to her lovely neck, and only he can protect her.Lady Clarissa is being blackmailed by malicious men...
|  | Death's Witness
Release Date: March 1, 2013When Tom Perini, a legendary Heisman Trophy winner turned criminal lawyer, is found brutally murdered in Central Park, his widow, Julie Perini, suspects a wider conspiracy. Not only was her husband part of the defense team for a congressman on trial for bribery, her intuition also tells her that the FBI is not too eager to find the killer. Relying on her skills as a journalist, Julie begins her own investigation and soon discovers her late husband's secret underworld associations; ties that now threaten her and her toddler's lives. Desperate, Julie turns to Vincent...
|  | Artists in Crime: Inspector Roderick Alleyn #6
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|  | The Complete Sherlock Holmes (Collector's Library Editions)
Publication Date: September 2005| Series: Collector's Library Editions Part of the "Golden Days of Radio" series of classic recordings, this dramatization of 16 Sherlock Holmes stories were first recorded by the BBC in the 1950s. Readers include John Gielgud and Ralph Richardson, and Orson Welles makes a special appearance as Holmes's arch enemy Moriarty. ...
|  | Sonic the Hedgehog: Legacy Vol. 1 (Sonic Legacy)
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| | Cherokee Animal Tales
Publication Date: June 2003| Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up From the rich lore of the Cherokee come tales alive with wisdom, wonder, and humor. These stories for young readers rekindle a magical time when animals talked, danced, and played tricks on one another. The stories are introduced by a brief informative history of the Cherokee. --This text refers to the Paperback edition....
|  | Let's Go Canoeing and Kayaking (Adventures Outdoors)
Publication Date: January 1, 2007| Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up...
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