 | Soledad: A Novel
Release Date: October 29, 2002At eighteen, Soledad couldn't get away fast enough from her contentious family with their endless tragedies and petty fights. Two years later, she's an art student at Cooper Union with a gallery job and a hip East Village walk-up. But when Tía Gorda calls with the news that Soledad's mother has lapsed into an emotional coma, she insists that Soledad's return is the only cure. Fighting the memories of open hydrants, leering men, and slick-skinned teen girls with raunchy mouths and snapping gum, Soledad moves home to West 164th Street. As she tries to tame he...
 |
 | River of Tears
Publication Date: January 1992| ISBN-10: 0888392761 | ISBN-13: 978-0888392763"River of Tears" enters the heart of the two women in the life of an impassioned man who took part in the massacre at Bute Inlet. ...
|
 | Nightfall (Nightingale Series)
Release Date: March 20, 2012| Series: Nightingale Series (Book 1) Uttered by the abusive father of a nine-year-old girl, that phrase ended Jack’s career as a police negotiator and has been haunting him ever since. Now that he is a struggling private detective, those words return with a vengeance when he inherits a mansion — and some terrifying information. Apparently Jack’s soul was sold at birth, and a devil will come to claim it on his thirty-third birthday just weeks away. It’s a hard pill to swallow, given that Jack doesn’t believe in hell (heaven, eith...
|
 | Annihilation: War of the Spide Queen, Book V (War of the Spider Queen)
Release Date: June 1, 2004| Series: War of the Spider Queen (Book 5) The fifth title in the New York Times best-selling saga of civil war and chaos in the darkest part of the Forgotten Realms setting.This latest title expands the civil upheaval among the drow, one of the most popular races in the Forgotten Realms setting. Best-selling author R.A. Salvatore wrote the prologue to Annihilation and continues to consult on the series, lending his expertise as the author who brought drow society to the forefront of the Forgotten Realms setting. ...
|
 | Changing Shape
Publication Date: September 8, 2012Elizabeth Thornton has worked hard to get where she is in life. An only child raised by a single mother in a small Colorado town, she has risen through the ranks and sits at the top of her field.She has a great career with a top company, a townhouse in a prestigious Boston neighborhood, and all the trappings of success- everything she thought she wanted; but for some reason she hasn't found the one thing her soul most yearns for. When her mother is diagnosed with cancer, Elizabeth puts her life on hold to return to Colorado to see to her care.A recent trans...
|
 | The Voice of the Poet : T.S. Eliot
Release Date: March 29, 2005Featuring rare archival recordings of the featured poet reading his own work!Each program in Random House Audio Voices' exclusive THE VOICE OF THE POET series is accompanied by a book containing the text of the poems and a commentary by J.D.McClatchy. ...
|
 | How Grandmother Spider got the sun: A Cherokee tale
Publication Date: 1995HOW GRANDMOTHER SPIDER GOT THE SUN A Cherokee Tale adapted by Lilly Ernesto illustrated by Michael Grejniec 1995 Softcover stapled format 7 x 8 inches 16 pages D.C. Heath and Co. ...
|
 | Escanaba in da Moonlight - Acting Edition
...
|
 | Journey of Praise: An Easy-to-sing, Easy-to-stage Musical for Children
Publication Date: September 26, 2005Kids learn the meaning and importance of praise in this nonseasonal musical from Pam Andrews. Easy-to-sing, easy-to-stage! ...
|
 | Teahouse (Bilingual Series in Modern Chinese Literature)
Publication Date: October 27, 2004| ISBN-10: 9629961253 | ISBN-13: 978-9629961251| Edition: Bilingual Set in an old teahouse in Beijing, the play is typical of Lao She's art that seeks to provide a panoramic view of Chinese history and culture in their transformation from tradition to modernity. Teahouse spans fifty years in modern Chinese history from the collapse of the Qing dynasty and the Republican Revolution to the birth of the People's Republic. The play brings together over sixty characters, representing all walks of life in change. It is noted for its vivid portrayal of characte...
|
 | Canto negro (Spanish Edition)
Publication Date: December 2, 2004Seleccion de 40 decimas y poemas de Nicomedes Santa Cruz pensada para estudiantes, profesores y aficionados que buscan un primer encuentro.En el 2004 se cumplen 150 años de la abolicion de la esclavitud en el Peru. Este libro es una excelente forma de honrar el aniversario. ...
|
 | Post Hoc
Publication Date: October 1, 1990Poetry. "Davidson may be the subtlest adept around: his wryly arresting command of the false-front patterns of what passes for reason is only outdistanced by his very un-Platonic refusal to deny the poem its always long overdue announcements. POST HOC is like an explosion in a logic factory. It's vivid, comic, and disarmingly true to its materials--the world and the words it composes"--Charles Bernstein. ...
|
 | The Libraries, Leadership, and Legacy of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson
Publication Date: September 21, 2010John Adams and Thomas Jefferson realized the value of education, of books, and of libraries in a democracy. What is the role of books and reading in the thoughts and actions of Adams and Jefferson? How did they organize their libraries and how familiar were they with the books in them? How did these books inform their roles as founding fathers? This collection of essays, from some of today's premier historians of Adams and Jefferson celebrates these two founding fathers and the importance of books and libraries in America. ...
|
 | PLAGUE
...
|
 | Double Indemnity
Release Date: May 14, 1989| ISBN-10: 0679723226 | ISBN-13: 978-0679723226| Edition: Reprint Tautly narrated and excruciatingly suspenseful, Double Indemnity gives us an X-ray view of guilt, of duplicity, and of the kind of obsessive, loveless love that devastates everything it touches. First published in 1935, this novel reaffirmed James M. Cain as a virtuoso of the roman noir. ...
|
 | Arsene Lupin contra lui Sherlock Holmes
Publication Date: 2012Monsieur Ganimard, v-ar deranja prea tare daca am cere ajutorul lui Herlock Sholmes? - Intrebarea este, va avea Herlock Sholmes mai mult succes? Sper, pentru ca am cea mai mare admiratie pentru el... totusi... este putin probabil... - Este putin probabil ca el sa reuseasca? - Asa cred. Consider ca un duel intre Herlock Sholmes si Arsene Lupin se poate termina intr-un singur fel. Englezul va fi infrant. -In orice caz, se poate baza pe ajutorul dumneavoastra? - Desigur, madame. Il voi ajuta cu tot ce imi sta in putere. - Ii cunoasteti adresa? - Da, strada Parker, numarul ...
|
 | Puss in Boots (Young Reading Gift Books)
Publication Date: January 1, 2005| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up...
|
 | THE DRAGON TAMERS BOOK : 60+ FUN STORIES FOR BOYS AND GIRLS - ILLUSTRATED FANTASY CLASSICS for 4 - 12 Years Old (Perfect Bedtime Story)
...
|
 | I Believe in You
Publication Date: August 1, 2011| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up "Whether it's sunny or stormy, Whether you're happy or blue, I'm here to say, without a doubt that I believe in you."I Believe in You explores the powerful feeling in every parent's heart as you watch a child take on the big job of growing up. This inspiring and meaningful book puts into words the little moments that reveal just how much you believe in them, no matter what life throws their way.Growing up is a roller coaster ride of emotion and adventure, asking a child to show self-confidence and courage that ...
|
 | Dinosaurs Forever
Release Date: May 1, 2000| Age Level: 4 and up William Wise and Lynn Munsinger love dinosaurs just as much as kids do. In Dinosaurs Forever, this gloriously talented author and artist have created a superbly silly but well-informed collection of twenty-two original poems featuring dozens of dinos and their not-so-lost world.Kids will learn such things as what (and whom) dinos ate, how they did (and didn't) get along with their fellow reptiles, and what they might have looked like while partying hearty at a fancy-dress ball. And with every turn of the page, young readers will experience the w...
|
留言列表
