 | Shana Mine
Publication Date: April 23, 2012After recovering from the unwanted end of a three-year long relationship, Shana Morgan is ready to move on with her life. Her plan to jump back into the dating scene is derailed when her best friend asks her to deliver a “Dear John” message. She reluctantly agrees. Her immediate and powerful attraction to the recipient—a handsome Native American hunk—stuns her. It also leaves her fearing that her inability to resist him will damage her lifelong friendship. Nine years younger, Taylor Raymond falls hard after viewing a picture of the ...
 |  | French's Musical Library: The Rocky Horror Show
Publication Date: October 19, 2010Rock Musical Characters: 7 males, 3 females Scenery: InteriorThat sweet transvestite and his motley crew did the time warp on Broadway in a 25th anniversary revival. Complete with sass from the audience, cascading toilet paper and an array of other audience participation props, this deliberately kitschy rock 'n' roll sci fi gothic is more fun than ever. "A socko wacko weirdo rock concert."-WNBC TV. "A musical that deals with mutating identity and time warps becomes one of the most mutated, time warped phenomena in show business."-N.Y. Times. "Campy trash."-T...
|  | Castles in the Sand (The Beach House Series, Book 2)
Publication Date: July 1, 2006In Castles in theSand, the follow up to the first book in The Beach House series, authorSally John explores themes of forgiveness and redemption.When Susan and Drake Starr discover that their 20-year-olddaughter Kenzie is pregnant, their lives are turnedupside down. The news sends Drake, a pastor of a huge SanDiego church, reeling--and he sends Kenziepacking. Susan finds herself caught in the middle. Does loving Drake meancutting ties with her only child? What will this path mean for her daughter?For herself?When Susan seeks the refuge of a beach house, a secret...
|  | The Guardian
Publication Date: April 1, 2005Julie Barenson's young husband left her two unexpected gifts before he died - a Great Dane puppy named Singer and the promise that he would always be watching over her. Now four years have passed. Still living in the small town of Swansboro, North Carolina, twenty-nine-year-old Julie is emotionally ready to make a commitment to someone again. But who? Should it be Richard Franklin, the handsome, sophisticated engineer who treats her like a queen? Or Mike Harris, the down-to-earth nice guy who was her husband's best friend? Choosing one of them should bring her ...
|  | Rose of Winslow Street, The
Publication Date: January 1, 2012Romance and Drama to Capture the Heart in This Emotional TaleThe last thing Libby Sawyer and her father expected upon their return from their summer home was to find strangers inhabiting a house that had been in their family for decades. Widower Michael Dobrescu brought his family from Romania to the town of Colden, Massachusetts with a singular purpose: to claim the house willed to him long ago. Since neither party has any intention of giving up their claim, a fierce legal battle ensues between the two families.When important documents go missing from the ho...
|  | Informed Consent: A Novel
Publication Date: August 1, 2007Dr. Jeremy Cramer is a young doctor on the verge of a cutting-edge medical discovery. But his research is derailed when Cramer's son is infected with a rare fatal disease. Now as he races against time to save his child's life, Cramer will make a decision that could shatter his career. Informed Consent is a pulse-pounding medical thriller that complements the current popularity of hospital dramas. With non-stop suspense, snappy dialogue, and witty humor, author Sandra Glahn takes a look at some of today's hot-button issues through this provocative story. ...
|  | Hrotsvit of Gandersheim: A Florilegium of her Works (Library of Medieval Women)
Publication Date: February 18, 2000| Series: Library of Medieval Women Hrotsvit of Gandersheim (c.935 - c.975), almost certainly of noble Saxon parentage, was a canoness of the Saxon imperial abbey of Gandersheim, living and working there during its time of greatest material prosperity and cultural and intellectual pre-eminence. Her importance cannot be overestimated: she is the first poet of Saxony; the first known dramatist of Christianity (indeed the first known woman dramatist of any time); and a woman displaying erudition and wit in an essentially patriarchal age, a female author in a l...
|  | La Mujer Habitada/ the Inhabited Woman (Seix Barral Biblioteca Breve) (Spanish Edition)
Publication Date: January 15, 2007| Series: Seix Barral Biblioteca Breve La mujer habitada sumerge al lector en un mundo m...
|  | The Wicker Man: A Novel
Release Date: September 26, 2006The emergence of a rabid cult following the film version of The Wicker Man prompted the publication of the novel on which it was based. And a good thing, too. As fine as the film is, the book has its own special charm. --This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition....
|  | Horses in the Backyard
Publication Date: June 17, 2011HORSES IN THE BACKYARD by JOHN SEPICHInternationally recognized for his scholarly NOTES ON BLOOD MERIDIAN, John Sepich brings readers to a quite different side of his writings in HORSES IN THE BACKYARD, a remarkable collection of dozens of short stories from Sepich’s decade and a half of caring for horses at a boarding stable in rural central Illinois.Early reviewers of HORSES IN THE BACKYARD all agree that it is a fun, unique read.Each story can stand alone, but like a book of poems on a central theme, the compilation enriches the individual focus of ea...
|  | Odds on Favorite
Publication Date: June 13, 2012When Nottingham Downs is forced into bankruptcy, Ben Miller steps in to save the day. "Respected horseman, trainer of stake horses, breeder, farm owner, family man." Everyone said if there was anyone who could save the day it would be Ben. He had no idea what lie ahead.... Odds on Favorite is the much-anticipated continuation to Favored to Win. Book Two of the Winning Odds Series welcomes you back to Nottingham Downs. The people are the same; the ones you loved, the ones you laughed and cried with, the horses. But things have changed. The barns are in disrepair...
|  | Jacques the Fatalist (Oxford World's Classics)
Publication Date: August 31, 2009| Series: Oxford World's Classics Jacques the Fatalist is a provocative exploration of the problems of human existence, destiny, and free will. In the introduction to this brilliant translation, David Coward explains the philosophical basis of Diderot's fascination with fate and examines the experimental and influential literary techniques that make Jacques the Fatalist a classic of the Enlightenment.About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume...
|  | Sartor Resartus (Oxford World's Classics)
Publication Date: August 1, 2008| Series: Oxford World's Classics Sartor Resartus ("The Tailor Retailored") is ostensibly an introduction to a strange history of clothing by the German Professor of Things in General, Diogenes Teufelsdrockh; its deeper concerns are social injustice, the right way of living in the world, and the large questions of faith and understanding.This is the first edition to present the novel as it originally appeared, with indications of the changes Carlyle made to later editions.About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broad...
|  | Spiritual Verses (Penguin Classics)
Release Date: August 28, 2007| Series: Penguin Classics The spiritual masterpiece of the Persian Sufi tradition-in a brilliant new translation The longest single -authored "mystical" poem ever written, the Masnavi-ye Ma'navi, or "spiritual couplets," is the masterpiece of the Persian Sufi tradition. Its author, Jalaloddin Rumi, was a poet and mystic of the highest attainment, but he was first and foremost a spiritual teacher, and his Masnavi is a ladder to the spiritual world, leading the reader to the ultimate goal of the Sufi path-union with God. Alan Williams's translation into blank vers...
|  | Laws in Conflict (Burren Mysteries)
Publication Date: September 1, 2012| Series: Burren Mysteries “Harrison, like Peter Tremayne in his Sister Fidelma series, provides a superior brand of historical mystery” Booklist February, 1512. Mara, Brehon of the Burren, judge and lawgiver, has been invited to the magnificent city state of Galway, which is ruled by English laws and a royal charter originally granted by Richard III. Mara wonders whether she can use her legal knowledge to save the life of a man from the Burren who has been caught stealing a meat pie, but events soon take an even more dramatic turn when th...
|  | Smoky Mountain Mysteries
Publication Date: June 2002Smoky Mountain Mysteries is a collection of stories aboutthe magnificent mountains and unique people of Southern Appalachia.Both are crown jewels of the Master Designer of the Universe - and cauldrons of mysteries.Most of the stories are true, the others an intriguing mixture of fact and folklore.Here are some of the stories:Why are the mountains always smoky?How did the Melungeons get to America first?A ghost frolics in Sevierville, Tennessee!Ghosts dance on Hazel Creek in North Carolina!Who wrote on Judaculla Rock?Unsolved riddle - lights on Brown Mountain.And ma...
|  | Asterix and the Banquet (Asterix (Orion Hardcover))
Publication Date: September 1, 2004| Age Level: 10 and up | Grade Level: 5 and up...
|  | The Story of Karate: From Buddhism to Bruce Lee (Lerner's Sports Legacy Series)
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|  | Formula 1 (Fast Lane: Open-Wheel Racing)
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|  | Chocolate: Riches from the Rainforest
Publication Date: March 1, 2002| Grade Level: 1 and up Few children (and few adults) know the fascinating history of chocolate. Found in tropical rainforests, the seeds of the cacao tree played an important role in the rituals of the Maya and the Aztecs. Then Cortes took them across the Atlantic, where chocolate become a fad with the smart sets of Spain and all of Europe. Finally chocolate traveled back to the Americas to become a treat for everyone. Kids will be thrilled to learn how the Aztecs served sacrificial victims a special drink, made of chocolate - mixed with blood. And they'll lea...
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