 | Memory Fever (Camino del Sol)
Publication Date: September 1, 1999| Series: Camino del Sol For poet Ray Gonzalez, growing up in El Paso during the 1960s was a time of loneliness and vulnerability.He encountered discrimination in high school not only for being Latino but also for being a non-athlete in a school where sports were important.Like many young people, he found diversion in music; unlike most, he found solace in the desert.In these vignettes, Gonzalez shares memories of boyhood that tell how he discovered the natural world and his creative spirit.Through 29 storylike essays, he takes readers into the heart of the...
 |  | Julia's Hope (The Wortham Family Series #1)
Publication Date: September 1, 2002Like countless others in 1931, Samuel Wortham lost his job. And he lost his wife's inheritance, their home, and much of his self-respect. Samuel, his wife, Julia, and their two young children hitchhike from Pennsylvania to Illinois in hope of work. Caught on the road by a sudden storm, the Worthams take shelter in an abandoned farmhouse out of desperation.Feeling oddly at home, Julia insists on finding the owner of the property, despite Samuel's objections, and asks for permission to stay. The owner is Emma Graham, a woman in her eighties who longs for home...
|  | Almost Doesn't Count
Release Date: August 2, 2005The author of Loose Ends returns with a novel of a woman who can almost convince herself that love doesn't matter.Mercedes needs men for one thing only-and it has nothing to do with her heart. Growing up with her mother has made her sure of that. Now Mercedes has to travel home to South Georgia, where her mama, Miss Betty, is recovering from surgery. Back to the rickety old house that holds a lot of memories for her. If she could only learn to deal with the bad ones.Because a man has come into her life, a fine, bald-headed, church-going black man-the kind of man M...
|  | Solitary: A Novel (Solitary Tales Series)
Publication Date: August 1, 2010| Series: Solitary Tales Series His Loneliness Will Soon Turn to Fear…. When Chris Buckley moves to Solitary, North Carolina, he faces the reality of his parents’ divorce, a school full of nameless faces—and Jocelyn Evans. Jocelyn is beautiful and mysterious enough to leave Chris speechless. But the more Jocelyn resists him, the more the two are drawn together. Chris soon learns that Jocelyn has secrets as deep as the town itself. Secrets more terrifying than the bullies he faces in the locker room or his mother’s unexplained...
|  | Battle Angel Alita: Last Order, Vol. 7 - Guilty Angel
...
|  | A River Runs Through It
Publication Date: May 15, 1989From its first magnificent sentence, "In our family, there was no clear line between religion and fly fishing", to the last, "I am haunted by waters", A River Runs Through It is an American classic.Based on Norman Maclean's childhood experiences, A River Runs Through It has established itself as one of the most moving stories of our time; it captivates readers with vivid descriptions of life along Montana's Big Blackfoot River and its near magical blend of fly fishing with the troubling affections of the heart.This handsome edition is designed and illustrated by...
|  | Circle's End
Publication Date: May 19, 2010Crop circles: Hundreds of these strange patterns appear in our fields each year, their vast beauty inspiring awe and wonder.A sudden increase in their number throws Matt Lancing, maths student and amateur symbologist, into a world of intrigue. What is creating them? What is their message?Matt deciphers crop circles for a secret military group led by the mysterious Ember, a determined redhead with strange spiritual beliefs. Uncovering what makes the circles is just the beginning of his journey to a terrifying discovery.Warning: This well documented enigma will qu...
|  | The Gift of the Magi and Other Short Stories
Publication Date: February 5, 1992Sixteen captivating stories by one of America's most popular storytellers. Included are such classics as "The Gift of the Magi," "The Last Leaf," "The Ransom of Red Chief," "The Voice of the City," and "The Cop and the Anthem." Publisher's Note. A selection of the Common Core State Standards Initiative. ...
|  | Filth
Publication Date: September 17, 1998With the Christmas season upon him, Detective Sergeant Bruce Robertson of Edinburgh's finest is gearing up socially—kicking things off with a week of sex and drugs in Amsterdam.There are some sizable flies in the ointment, though: a missing wife and child, a nagging cocaine habit, some painful below-the-belt eczema, and a string of demanding extramarital affairs. The last thing Robertson needs is a messy, racially fraught murder, even if it means overtime—and the opportunity to clinch the promotion he craves. Then there's that nutritionally d...
|  | The Cambridge Introduction to Shakespeare's Comedies (Cambridge Introductions to Literature)
Publication Date: May 8, 2008| ISBN-10: 052185668X | ISBN-13: 978-0521856683| Edition: 1 Why did theatre audiences laugh in Shakespeare's day? Why do they still laugh now? What did Shakespeare do with the conventions of comedy that he inherited, so that his plays continue to amuse and move audiences? What do his comedies have to say about love, sex, gender, power, family, community, and class? What place have pain, cruelty, and even death in a comedy? Why all those puns? In a survey that travels from Shakespeare's earliest experiments in farce and courtly love-stories to the great romant...
|  | Coleridge, Schiller and Aesthetic Education
Publication Date: April 20, 2002| ISBN-10: 0333749367 | ISBN-13: 978-0333749364This is the first book of its kind to consider at length Coleridge's relationship to his near contemporary, Friedrich Schiller. Contrary to received opinion, the author shows that Schiller's notion of 'aesthetic education' was indeed valuable to Coleridge at an early stage in his career and that it helped to shape much of his work - from his theory of imagination and his notion of the clerisy to his views on women and his account of historical change. Combining close readings with historical research, this boo...
|  | Commemorative Poems
Publication Date: 1893This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We a...
|  | Natalya Gorbanevskaya: Selected Poems
Publication Date: October 1, 2011| ISBN-10: 1847770851 | ISBN-13: 978-1847770851In 1972, Natalya Gorbanevskaya was arrested for protesting against the detention of dissidents in Moscow’s Red Square. Featuring the work of this widely-recognized Russian poet and civil rights activist, this collection combines a folk-inspired modernism with a clear narrative. Of interest to Russian history buffs and academics of various fields, these poems blatantly reflect the author’s political engagement and argue against oppression. ...
|  | I Wrote This For You
Publication Date: December 20, 2011"I need you to understand something. I wrote this for you. I wrote this for you and only you. Everyone else who reads it, doesn't get it."Started 2007, I Wrote This For You is an acclaimed exploration of hauntingly beautiful words, photography and emotion that's unique to each person that reads it. This book gathers together nearly 200 of the most beautiful entries into four distinct chapters; Sun, Moon, Stars, Rain. Together with several new and exclusive entries that don't appear anywhere else, each chapter of I Wrote This For You focuses on a different f...
|  | Victorian Sensational Fiction: The Daring Work of Charles Reade
Release Date: December 22, 2009| ISBN-10: 023062037X | ISBN-13: 978-0230620377| Edition: 1 Sensation fiction emerged in the 1860s, and immediately generated alarm as many critics viewed the genre as a threat to prevailing Victorian values. Charles Reade, along with Wilkie Collins and Mary Elizabeth Braddon, was among the most well-known sensation novelists. With its explicit critique of power relations in the fields of medicine, criminal justice, and sexual mores, Reade’s work anticipates Michel Foucault’s theories elaborated a century later. Reade’s work also provid...
| | The Last Camel Died at Noon (Amelia Peabody Mysteries)
...
|  | New Excalibur, Vol. 2: Last Days of Camelot (v. 2)
Publication Date: March 28, 2007| Grade Level: 4 and up Dazzler died, but for some reason, it didn't stick. How is that possible? Dazzler and her new teammates attempt to find out what happened, and the answer will shock you! Then, New Excalibur is alerted that a de-powered mutant has been returned home to England. Learn the secret history of Chamber - but can the team find out the truth before he's killed?! Also, King Arthur's mighty kingdom lies in ruins! Death is everywhere. The Black Knight guest-stars in a time-traveling tale for the ages! Collects New Excalibur #8-15. ...
|  | Tales from the Odyssey, Part 1
Release Date: May 4, 2010| Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up...
|  | All About Apolo
Publication Date: August 1, 2002 OLYMPIC SPEED-SKATING SENSATION... TEENAGE HEARTTHROB...AMERICAN HEROGet the inside story on Apolo Anton Ohno in this fully authorized scrapbook, featuring never-before-seen photos from Apolo's own family album! ...
|  | The Book 7 Brainstorms: Prepare yourself for the Deathly Hallows
Publication Date: April 2, 2007There's no need to read a million pages of opinions on the Internet or buy a dozen fan books to get ready for "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows". All you really need to prepare yourself is a set of the first six Harry Potter books and this book! This is a fast-paced yet thoughtful collection of ideas (or 'brainstorms') that quickly reviews the trends, themes and personalities in the first six Harry Potter books. There aren't any long-winded essays by 'experts' here, just a lot of interesting facts and viewpoints that remind you of the things that intrigued ...
|
Data Source by Amazon.com |
留言列表
