 | One Big Self
Publication Date: April 1, 2007“Wright has found a way to wed fragments of an iconic America to a luminously strange idiom, eerie as a tin whistle, which she uses to evoke the haunted quality of our carnal existence.”—The New Yorker Inspired by numerous visits inside Louisiana state prisons—where MacArthur Fellow C.D. Wright served as a “factotum” for a portrait photographer—One Big Self bears witness to incarcerated men and women and speaks to the psychic toll of protracted time passed in constricted space. It is a riveting mosaic of distinct...
 |  | Joshua: A Parable for Today
Release Date: April 1, 1995The Beloved Classic, Now a Major Motion PictureWhen Joshua moves to a small cabin on the edge of town, the local people are mystified by his presence. A quiet and simple man, Joshua appears to seek nothing for himself. He supports himself by working as a carpenter. He charges very little for his services, yet his craftsmanship is exquisite. The statue of Moses that he carves for the local synagogue prompts amazement as well as consternation.What are the townsfolk to make of this enigmatic stranger? Some people report having seen him carry a huge cherry log on h...
|  | Arms of Love
Publication Date: April 3, 2012| Series: Arms of Love The year is 1777. America is in turmoil. And Amish life is far different than today. Pennsylvania in the late 18th century, once called William Penn’s Woods, was an assortment of different faiths living together for the first time in American history. Included in this tapestry was a small and struggling population called Amish.Surrounding this peaceful people were unavoidable threats: both Patriots and the British were pillaging land and goods for the sake of the war, young Amishmen were leaving the faith to take up ar...
|  | Walking with Thomas Merton: Discovering His Poetry, Essays, and Journals
Publication Date: March 1, 2001Discovering the Unknown MertonMerton as poet is one of the least known and most under-appreciated aspects of his life. In preparation for giving a retreat, the award-winning author re-examined Merton's spiritual classics, journals, essays, letters, and especially his poetry--and found himself on a journey parallel to Merton's toward a deeper contemplative life.Walking with Thomas Merton--· shows the deep relationship between poetry and prayer.· is inviting spiritual reading.· will inspire journal keepers, poets, retreatants and devotees of Merton...
|  | Eternal Feminines (Mason Welch Gross Lectureship Series)
Publication Date: October 1, 1990| Series: Mason Welch Gross Lectureship Series Three Theological Allegories in Dante's Paradiso ...
|  | Demon Rock
Publication Date: March 23, 2012"Human rights are for humans. . . " Welcome to Demon Rock - prison for the supernatural. A new government has issued that all supernatural beings need be detained at Demon Rock, located on an island away from the general public and away from the rule of law. Prisoner 207, a Shape-shifter arrives at the island and soon discovers that there is more to Demon Rock than what is on the surface as he plans his escape but when 207 enrages the Master vampire, it is not escape that he need worry about, but rather survival. Demon Rock is a fast paced thrill ride and idea...
|  | Prince of Egypt
Publication Date: November 15, 1998With remarkably realistic characterizations and unprecedenteddigital special effects, THE PRINCE OF EGYPT establishes anew standard inanimated feature films. It is the first movie since The Ten Commandments(1956) to retell the story of Moses from the Book of Exodus, history'searliest narrative of deliverance from slavery that has been a source offaith and inspired dreams of freedom throughout the world. It represents adaring effort on the part of the founders of DreamWorks SKG - StevenSpielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg, and david Geffen - to pioneer cinematicani...
|  | The Handmaid's Tale
Release Date: March 16, 1998In the world of the near future, who will control women's bodies?Offred is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead. She may leave the home of the Commander and his wife once a day to walk to food markets whose signs are now pictures instead of words because women are no longer allowed to read. She must lie on her back once a month and pray that the Commander makes her pregnant, because in an age of declining births, Offred and the other Handmaids are only valued if their ovaries are viable.Offred can remember the days before, when she lived and made love with her hus...
|  | Movement Awareness and Creativity
Publication Date: January 2002| ISBN-10: 1852730846 | ISBN-13: 978-1852730840This title explores the entire gamut of the body's potential for creative movement. Dancers, actors, teachers and therapists should find it inspiring; parents and teachers should discover new worlds of the imagination. The authors believe that the motion of the body is as important an instrument of creativity as literature, art, drama or music. ...
|  | Beacons Beyond: Chatham
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| | The Zigzag Way: New Writing from America, the Pacific, and Asia (Manoa, 10 : 1)
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|  | Visions in Death
Release Date: January 25, 2005| Series: In Death On one of the city's hottest nights, New York Police Lieutenant Eve Dallas is sent to Central Park-and into a hellish new investigation. The victim is found on the rocks, just above the still, dark water of the lake. Around her neck is a single red ribbon. Her hands are posed, as if in prayer. But it is the eyes-removed with such precision, as if done with the careful hands of a surgeon-that have Dallas most alarmed. As more bodies turn up, each with the same defining scars, Eve is frantic for answers. Against her instincts, she accepts help f...
|  | The Shadow of Morray Hill
Publication Date: November 5, 2011Dane Toswanio, the son of a deceased millionaire, buys up an old mansion in a small town, unaware of the mansion’s hidden past and reputation for being haunted.Here he finds the love of his dreams and a secret that ties them both to an old mansion, and the question lies, does love extend time after time? But love doesn’t always come easy, and Dane finds himself on a roller coaster ride with his heart. And always behind any possible happiness is a hidden malice that tries to rip them apart. And thus shadows linger over Morray Hill. ...
|  | Wild Laws
Publication Date: March 15, 2010In a frantic chase unsanctioned by both his chief and by Japanese authorities, Denver homicide detective Bryson Coventry hunts the streets of Tokyo for a unstoppable killer whose wake of terror has cut across three continents and is now entering Japan. As Coventry desperately tries to stop the next kill before it happens, he and a young Tokyo woman find themselves pulled deeper and deeper into a deadly world. ...
|  | Mr. Timothy : A Novel (P.S.)
Release Date: October 26, 2004It's the Christmas season, and Mr. Timothy Cratchit, not the pious child the world thought he was, has just buried his father. He's also struggling to bury his past as a cripple and shed his financial ties to his benevolent "Uncle" Ebenezer by losing himself in the thick of London's underbelly. He boards at a brothel in exchange for teaching the mistress how to read and spends his nights dredging the Thames for dead bodies and the treasures in their pockets. Timothy's life takes a sharp turn when he discovers the bodies of two dead girls, each seared with the sa...
|  | A Field Guide to Aliens: Intergalactic Worrywarts, Bubblonauts, Sliver-Slurpers, and Other Extraterrestria
Publication Date: April 1, 2010| Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4th and up "A Field Guide to Aliens" is the first truly comprehensive guide to Earth's extraterrestrial visitors and includes profiles of more than twenty-five previously undocumented aliens. With this essential field guide, you'll: learn about each alien's origin, diet and distinguishing features; check out their cool tech gadgets (from lasersaws to slime grenades); get the most up-to-date information on alien sightings; see the undeniable evidence of aliens on our planet (from a giant club found in the countryside ...
|  | X-Men: Firestar
Publication Date: May 31, 2006| Grade Level: P and up...
|  | Wonder Woman: I Am Wonder Woman (Wonder Woman (Harperfestival))
Release Date: March 16, 2004| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up...
|  | Hansel & Gretel (Fairy Tales)
Publication Date: July 1, 2001| Age Level: 5 and up...
|  | Fly Guy #5: Fly High, Fly Guy!
Publication Date: May 1, 2008| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up...
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