 | Drifting Toward Love: Black, Brown, Gay, and Coming of Age on the Streets of New York
Release Date: January 15, 2008Drifting Toward Love tells the stories of Manny, Julius, Carlos, and their friends, young gay men of color desperately searching for life's basic necessities: homes that provide more than shelter and security against more than violence or disease. As these teenagers navigate the rocky waters of adolescence, they wade through pains and passions that are typical of any young person coming of age. But they do so with few resources-material or emotional-in a world where the cards are stacked against their success.Journalist Kai Wright paints vivid, intimate portra...
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Publication Date: June 1, 2008Corrupt lawmen, insatiable businessmen, and an oil boom on Indian land. This is the milieu in which Tom Holm sets his gritty and provocative detective novel. Life is looking easy for J. D. Daugherty, a crusty ex-cop who has set up his own PI firm in Tulsa, Oklahoma, just after World War I. J. D. expects to make a straightforward living off the intrigues of the city’s wealthy socialites, but then Rose Chichester, a privileged young white woman, runs off with Tommy Ruffle, a young Indian who is heir to Osage oil. Hired by Rose’s father to track down the ...
|  | Friends and Neighbours
Publication Date: January 30, 1997A tale of two very contrasting people: Minna liking stylish clothes and homes, and Beth being plain and practical. When Minna announces that she is ready to settle down near to Beth's home, Beth discovers Minna's darker side and that she herself possesses something her friend has always wanted. ...
|  | The Traveler (Fourth Realm Trilogy, Book 1)
Release Date: June 28, 2005| Series: Fourth Realm Trilogy, Book 1 A world that exists in the shadows of our own.A conflict we will never see.One woman stands between those determined to control history and those who will risk their lives for freedom.Maya is hiding in plain sight in London. The twenty-six-year-old has abandoned the dangerous obligations pressed upon her by her father, and chosen instead to live a normal life. But Maya comes from a long line of people who call themselves Harlequins—a fierce group of warriors willing to sacrifice their lives to protect a select few known ...
|  | The Gods of Newport (Signet Novel)
Release Date: October 2, 2007| Series: Signet Novel In the late nineteenth century, Newport, Rhode Island-with itsgiant marble mansions, lavish dinner parties, and vicious social climbing- is a summer playground of the very rich. Into this rarefied world comes infamous railroad mogul and robber baron Sam Driver. He wants his beautiful daughter to have the best Newport has to offer-even if that means breaking all the rules... ...
|  | Banquo's Ghosts
Publication Date: March 31, 2009After learning that an Iranian scientist is in the process of developing nuclear weapons on Iranian soil, all-but-forgotten Spymaster Stewart Banquo initiates a rogue special operation. With the assistance of his most trusted agent, Robert Wallets, Banquo recruits Peter Johnson, a dissolute, morally bankrupt liberal news journalist, to travel to Iran. Johnson poses as a sympathetic reporter writing a piece on the country’s nuclear facilities. His mission: to kill the scientist. Like many elaborate plans, Johnson’s assassination attempt fails. The j...
|  | The Anointed
Publication Date: June 2001The horrors and injustice of the Spanish Inquisitionare well known and often seen as a dark part of the past, fromwhich we have learned and progressed. The Anointed providesan stunning example of personal fortitude in the face ofadversity that echoes many aspects of contemporary life. Halevishows how, despite all odds, it is tolerance, wisdom, compassion,and understanding that undermine the efforts of prejudice, fear,ignorance, and hate. Most importantly, Halevi demonstrates thatGod is bigger than all humans, and that we can never truly judge,lest we be judged. Bib...
|  | The Lore of Ireland: An Encyclopaedia of Myth, Legend and Romance
Publication Date: April 20, 2006Ireland has one of the finest cultural heritages and a standard reference book combining the related subjects of folklore, myth, legend and romance is long overdue. There are 350 substantial entries, in alphabetical order from Abán, a 6th-century saint, to Weather, all with full references to sources, a synopsis of relevant stories, and discussion of their origin, nature and development. These are complimented by a genre-list of material under various headings, such as Mythical Lore, Fianna Cycle, Ulster Cycle, King Cycles, Peoples and Traditions, Religio...
|  | Roi Se Meurt (Collection Folio) (French Edition)
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|  | Huffin' n' Puffin': Living with COPD
Publication Date: November 3, 2004Huffin' 'n Puffin': Living with COPD - provides practical information about living with COPD - the 3rd largest cause of disability and 4th largest killer disease. Written by a COPD patient, this book fills a void of practical information for COPD patients, families and caregivers everywhere. Using stories and poetry in a light-hearted manner, the author explains what COPD is, explores diagnosis, treatment, medications, doctors and caregivers, plus living and coping with the disease on a daily basis. Including a Glossary and COPD Resource Guide, the book beco...
|  | A Surf of Sparrows' Songs
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|  | Show Me a Story: Why Picture Books Matter: Conversations with 21 of the World's Most Celebrated Illustrators
Release Date: May 8, 2012In compelling interviews by the acclaimed Leonard S. Marcus, twenty-one top authors and illustrators reveal their inside stories on the art of creating picture books.Max and Mickey; Miss Nelson; Pack, Quack, and Mrs. Mallard; Pigeon; Sylvester; John Henry; and a very hungry caterpillar — these are just a few of the beloved picture book characters discussed in Show Me a Story. Renowned children’s literature authority Leonard S. Marcus speaks with their creators and others — twenty-one of the world’s most celebrated authors and illustrators̵...
|  | Selections from the Essays of Montaigne (Crofts Classics)
Publication Date: June 1, 2011| ISBN-10: 088295105X | ISBN-13: 978-0882951058This practical, easy-to-use guide provides answers to the most common problems encountered by students in the writing of history research papers. It employs a practical approach beginning with the first task, selecting a topic, and takes the student through how to prepare a bibliography--without becoming bogged down in the nature and philosophy of history. Included are three student exercises designed to improve techniques in locating library resources, using historical criticism, and preparing footnotes. ...
|  | J.D. Robb CD Collection 3: Holiday in Death, Conspiracy in Death, Loyalty in Death (In Death Series)
Publication Date: October 29, 2011| Series: In Death Series Holiday in Death: No one likes to be alone during the holidays. For New York's most posh dating service, Personally Yours, it is the season to bring lonely hearts together. But Lt. Eve Dallas, on the trail of a ritualistic serial killer, has made a disturbing discovery: all of the victims have been traced to Personally Yours. Eve soon enters an elite world of people searching for their one true love - and one killer searching for his next victim. Conspiracy in Death: With the precision of a surgeon, a serial killer preys on the most...
|  | A Valentine Kiss: Cupids Bow\Made In Heaven\Matchmaker
Publication Date: January 1, 2005In a trio of holiday romance tales, an unusual pair of matchmakers unites a smalltown sheriff and an Atlanta businesswoman, a wealthy playboy finds love with a childhood friend, and a gift certificate for a dating service leads a woman to its sexy bachelor owner. Original. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title....
|  | The System: A Story Of Intrigue And Market Domination
Release Date: October 1, 2002Set in the high-stakes world of global business, The System is a fast-paced thriller that takes readers on a roller-coaster ride of cutting-edge business developments, corporate espionage, and ruthless takeovers, where the last man standing may just be the one to get away with murder.Tim Hunt and David Atkinson are on the brink of a business breakthrough that promises to save David's lumbering old-economy behemoth, Quenetics-and put the company way ahead of its competitors by applying Tim's revolutionary (and top-secret) intelligent agent technology. But as rumor...
|  | The Cat Who Had 14 Tales (Cat Who Short Stories)
Release Date: March 1, 1988| Series: Cat Who Short Stories The Cat Who Had 14 Tales A courageous Siamese bags a cunning cat burglar...a country kitty proves a stumbling block in a violent murder...and an intuitive feline's premonition helps solve the case of the missing antiques dealer. ...
|  | Book of Beasts (hyperlinked table of contents)
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|  | Ice Hockey and Curling (Winter Olympic Sports)
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|  | The Bippolo Seed and Other Lost Stories
Release Date: September 27, 2011| Age Level: 6 and up | Grade Level: 1 and up It's the literary equivalent of buried treasure! The audiobook edition features a cast of celebrity narrators who bring these stories to life. Readers include:THE BIPPOLO SEED, narrated by Neil Patrick HarrisTHE RABBIT, THE BEAR, AND THE ZINNIGA-ZANNIGA, narrated by Anjelica HustonGUSTAV, THE GOLDFISH, narrated by Jason LeeTADD AND TODD, narrated by Joan CusackSTEAK, FOR SUPPER, narrated by Edward HerrmannTHE STRANGE SHIRT SPOT, narrated by William H. MacyTHE GREAT HENRY McBRIDE, narrated by Peter DinklageSeus...
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