 | What a Woman Wants
Release Date: January 9, 2007After a close friend commits suicide, Faith, Monique, and Shannon head to the beach cottage on Hilton Head Island. Determined to heed her advice and make the most of their lives, they make a pact to spend the summer embracing new adventures. They also embrace new men and a new best friend along the way.Filled with profound passion and sensuality, witty dialogue and richly drawn characters, this is a story of women having fun, embracing life, taking charge, and doing the things they want –and discovering in the process that e...
 |  | Those Who Save Us
Publication Date: May 2, 2005For fifty years, Anna Schlemmer has refused to talk about her life in Germany during World War II. Her daughter, Trudy, was only three when she and her mother were liberated by an American soldier and went to live with him in Minnesota. Trudy's sole evidence of the past is an old photograph: a family portrait showing Anna, Trudy, and a Nazi officer, the Obersturmfuhrer of Buchenwald.Driven by the guilt of her heritage, Trudy, now a professor of German history, begins investigating the past and finally unearths the dramatic and heartbreaking truth of her mother's ...
|  | Cornplanter Chronicles
Publication Date: June 14, 2001Cornplanter Chronicles is a story unlike any other story about a Native American nation and its war chief. The Seneca, a member of the Iroquois League of Six Nations, is the only tribe to survive intact to this day on their ancestral land.They are the only tribe in the United States that was never defeated by American armies and forced to accept the white man's terms.They fought on the losing side several times (The French against the British in the French and Indian War, and the British against the United States in the Revolutionary War), but in each case the ...
|  | Ladies In Waiting
Publication Date: August 1, 2002Marlene Covington is the devout wife of a preacher who's been locked up for a crime that may have been committed by their troubled twenty-one-year-old son. Keisha Reed is an L.A. mom struggling to make ends meet, while the faithless father of her two kids serves his prison time. Rosalinda Morales works two jobs to support her ailing mother and pay legal fees for her career-criminal lover. Alexis DuBoise has come a long way from a New Orleans ghetto to the posh Bel Air home she shares with her husband--until he goes to jail for embezzlement. They're four savvy,...
|  | Rattled
Release Date: February 21, 2006Set in the fictional subdivision of Galapagoes Estates,” Rattled is a very funny look at what happens when soccer moms, animal rights activists, dishonest real estate developers and, of course, rattlesnakes get together and fight for ascendancy in the rapidly developing New Jersey suburbs.Heather Peters is anxious to move to the newly minted development. All she wants there is a nice house. Well, a nice house and a nice piece of land. And of course a basement gym, a master bath with radiant heat, Jacuzzi and his-and-her toilets. She ...
|  | Der Badeort Salzloch (German Edition)
Publication Date: December 6, 2011Dieses Werk ist Teil der Buchreihe TREDITION CLASSICS. Der Verlag tredition aus Hamburg veröffentlicht in der Buchreihe TREDITION CLASSICS Werke aus mehr als zwei Jahrtausenden. Diese waren zu einem Großteil vergriffen oder nur noch antiquarisch erhältlich. Mit der Buchreihe TREDITION CLASSICS verfolgt tredition das Ziel, tausende Klassiker der Weltliteratur verschiedener Sprachen wieder als gedruckte Bücher zu verlegen – und das weltweit! Die Buchreihe dient zur Bewahrung der Literatur und Förderung der Kultur. Sie trägt...
|  | The Half-Inch Himalayas (Wesleyan Poetry Series)
Publication Date: April 15, 1987| Series: Wesleyan New Poets The Half-Inch Himalayas is a stellar collection of early work by the poet Agha Shahid Ali (1949-2001). His most recent volumes of poetry are Rooms Are Never Finished and The Country Without a Post Office. He is also the editor of Ravishing Disunities: Real Ghazals in English. ...
|  | Muu, Moo!: Rimas de animales/Animal Nursery Rhymes (Spanish Edition)
Release Date: March 9, 2010| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and upDebajo de un botÓn, ton ton, que encontrÓ MartÍn, tin, tin habÍa un ratÓn, ton, ton, ay, que chiquitÍn, tin, tin! Martin found a mouse, mouse, mouse, 'neath a button on the floor, floor, floor, in a tiny house, house, house, with a tiny door, door, door. This heartwarming bilingual collection of traditional animal nursery rhymes from Spain, Latin America, and the United States will delight readers young and old. From the call of the rooster to the chirp, chirp of the cricket, these sev...
|  | Perceval: The Story of the Grail (Arthurian Studies)
Publication Date: September 14, 2006| Series: Arthurian Studies Chrétien de Troyes' Perceval is the most important single Arthurian romance. It contains the very first mention of the mysterious grail, later to become the Holy Grail and the focal point of the spiritual quest of the knights of Arthur's court. Chrétien left the poem unfinished, but the extraordinary and intriguing theme of the Grail was too good to leave, and other poets continued and eventually completed it. This is the only English translation to include selections from the three continuations and from the work of G...
|  | Love, Tommy: Letters Home, from the Great War to the Present Day
Release Date: September 18, 2012A legacy of an empire and a nation at war, Love Tommy, is a collection of letters housed at the Imperial War Museum sent by British and Commonwealth troops from Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa from the frontline of war to their loved ones at home. Poignant expressions of love, hope and fear sit alongside amusing anecdotes, grumbles about rations and thoughtful reflections, eloquently revealing how despite the passage of time many experiences of the fighting man are shared in countless wars and battles. From the muddy trenches of the Somme to fr...
|  | Wahhabism: A Critical Essay
Publication Date: March 10, 2002| ISBN-10: 188999913X | ISBN-13: 978-1889999135Wahhabism, a peculiar interpretation of Islamic doctrine and practice that first arose in mid-eighteenth century Arabia, is sometimes regarded as simply an extreme or uncompromising form of Sunni Islam. This is incorrect, for at the very outset the movement was stigmatized as aberrant by the leading Sunni scholars of the day, because it rejected many of the traditional beliefs and practices of Sunni Islam and declared permissible warfare against all Muslims that disputed Wahhabi teachings. Nor can Wahhabism be...
|  | Smitten
Release Date: July 25, 2006 Single mom Lizabeth Kane isn't exactly carpenter material -- she's never picked up a hammer in her life. But she desperately needs the construction job that builder Matt Hallahan is offering. And even though he knows trouble is ahead, Matt can't refuse Lizbeth's irresistible smile. Matt Hallahan isn't exactly relationship material -- he has always been too busy working on other people's houses to make a home of his own. And even though she knows better, Lizabeth can't stop thinking about the rugged carpenter. Is the relationship Matt and Lizabeth are building ...
|  | J. D. Robb In Death Collection 5: Origin in Death, Memory in Death, Born in Death, Innocent in Death, Creation in Death
Publication Date: September 4, 2012Origin in Death: New York Police Lieutenant Eve Dallas enters the Wilfred B. Icove Center for Reconstructive and Cosmetic Surgery on a case. A hugely popular vid star has been beaten to a bloody pulp. Before they can leave the building, another case falls into their hands. Dr. Wilfred B. Icove himself has been found dead in his office. Known as “Dr. Perfect,” the saintly Icove devoted his life to his family and his work. His record is too clean for Dallas. As Dallas follows her darkest instincts into the Icoves’ pasts, what she discover...
|  | The Duke's Perfect Wife (Mackenzies Series)
Release Date: April 3, 2012| Series: Mackenzies Series Lady Eleanor Ramsay is the only one who knows the truth about Hart Mackenzie. Once his fiancee, she is the sole woman to whom he could ever pour out his heart. Hart has it all--a dukedom, wealth, power, influence, whatever he desires. Every woman wants him--his seductive skills are legendary. But Hart has sacrificed much to keep his brothers safe, first from their brutal father, and then from the world. He's also suffered loss--his wife, his infant son, and the woman he loved with all his heart though he realized it too late. Now, Eleano...
|  | Mastered By Love (Bastion Club Novels)
Release Date: July 28, 2009| Series: Bastion Club NovelsThe men of the Bastion Club proved their bravery secretly fighting for their country. Now their leader faces that most dangerous mission of all: finding a bride. As the mysterious leader of the Bastion Club known as "Dalziel," Royce Varisey, tenth Duke of Wolverstone, served his country for decades, facing dangers untold. But as the holder of one of England's most august noble titles, he must now take on that gravest duty of all: marriage. Yet the young ladies the grand dames would have him consider are predictably boring. Far mor...
|  | The Longbridge Decision
Publication Date: May 1, 2010The sudden, inexplicable death of a senior partner at Wall Street's oldest and most prestigious law firm sparks an improbable chain reaction that rapidly includes the framing of a murder suspect, a relentless national manhunt, a shocking attempt to gain control of the U.S. Supreme Court and the uncovering of a covert labyrinth of deadly political decisions along the way.Set against a fermenting backdrop of political and moral corruption that starts beneath the lone star of the Texas capitol building and stretches all the way to the office of the President of the ...
|  | Boo!
Release Date: August 10, 2010| Age Level: 3 and up Bold and brilliant illustrations crafted with Joe Fenton’s distinctive style tell the tale of a little ghost who wants to be spooky enough to win his school’s Halloween costume contest. But how can he be terrifying if he can’t make a scary face? Even the youngest of readers can relate to this earnest spirit’s struggles, as well as read along—"Boo!" is the only word used throughout the imaginative and colorful story. ...
|  | Sweet Dreams Lullaby
Release Date: January 26, 2010| Age Level: 2 and up Dream of purple twilight skies,a bedtime kiss from butterflies.caterpillars in cocoonsare tucked in tight beneath the moon.This peaceful and imaginative picture book invites a bunny—tucked snugly in bed—to dream of comforting scenes from nature’s bedtime. Each spread reveals a delightful dreamscape for children to imagine as they drift off to the lulling rhyming text. From the talented author-illustrator of Haiku Baby—which was selected as a CCBC Choices 2009 title—and Have You Ever Tickled a Tiger? comes the p...
|  | Fencing for Fun!
Publication Date: September 1, 2008| Age Level: 7 and up | Grade Level: 2 and up...
|  | Rhymes For Kids : Poems Children Can Enjoy
Publication Date: April 22, 2000Children like poetry that rhymes and is easy to understand. Rhymes For Kids is a fun book that children, parents, and teachers can fall in love with. Watch their eyes light up when they discover... the importance of friendship, in My Friend Mary-Jean. Or the meaning of being kind to others, in "All God's Critters. Or the silliness of what it would be like to have a tail like a monkey or eyes like an eagle, in An Elephant Nose. or what it would be like to be food, in I Wish I Was A Pizza. These fun-to-read, easy-to-understand poems apeal to children of all ages...
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