 | War of the Worlds The Invasion From Mars (L.A. Theatre Works Audio Theatre Collection)
Publication Date: July 23, 2007Join actors from Star Trek and Star Trek: The Next Generation as they recreate this classic radio thriller. The breathless pace and convincing details make it clear why the 1938 broadcast of an ""eyewitness report"" of an invasion from Mars caused a nationwide panic. Originally directed by Orson Welles and performed by his Mercury Theatre of the Air, The War of the Worlds is an adaptation of H. G. Wells' novel of the same name. The War of the Worlds is truly the mother of all space invasions, offering a rare combination of chills, thrills and great literature. ...
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 | True Devotion (Uncommon Heroes, Book 1)
Publication Date: October 19, 2005Kelly Jacobs has already paid the ultimate price of loving a warrior; she has the folded flag and the grateful thanks of a nation to prove it. Navy SEAL Joe “Bear” Baker can't ask her to accept that risk again—even though he loves her. But the man responsible for her husband's death is back; closer than either of them realize. Kelly is in danger, and Joe may not get there in time. Uncommon Heroes: Welcome to a world where friendships go deep, loyalties stand strong, and uncommon heroes perform the toughest jobs in the world. Dee Henderso...
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 | Cotton Mather's Verse in English
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 | Pearl in the Mist (Landry Saga)
Release Date: October 1, 1994| Series: Landry Saga (Book 2) Fate whisked Ruby from a simple life in the Louisiana Bayou. But her new riches bring more treachery than happiness...Even after a year as a Dumas, Ruby still wonders at the splendor of the family's New Orleans mansion, and rejoices in the love of the father she had never known. But true happiness in her new home is as elusive as d swamp mist. Ruby must carefully avoid a venomous enemy: her stepmother, Daphne, who cringes and sneers at her backwater upbringing. And Ruby's every effort to befriend her twin sister, Gisselle -- espec...
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 | Herland
Publication Date: May 16, 2010Herland is a utopian novel from 1915, written by feminist Charlotte Perkins Gilman. The book describes an isolated society composed entirely of women who reproduce via parthenogenesis (asexual reproduction). The result is an ideal social order, free of war, conflict and domination. ...
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 | Tenacious: A Kydd Sea Adventure (Kydd Sea Adventures)
Publication Date: October 1, 2007| Series: Kydd Sea Adventures Lieutenant Thomas Kydd takes his place on the quarterdeck as commander of the ship Tenacious in this riveting sailing adventure. Part of a small squadron commanded by Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson, Kydd scours the Mediterranean in search of Napoleon and his army. Kydd’s ambition leads him to volunteer for shore service with the British army in the capture of Minorca and later to the Battle of the Nile as the British take on the French in a brutal struggle for naval supremacy. Ultimately the currents of war force Kydd to face ...
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 | Two to Go: A Novel
Publication Date: September 1, 2003Med students Phil and Frank have big plans for their future.Part-time jobs at Ron Todd's World of Chickens seemed like the perfect way to earn a few bucks on the way.But Phil's stuck out in front in the chicken suit trying to lure in reluctant customers and Frank's suffering from the fast-food grind in back frying burgers.Now that both of them are falling for Ron's wife and daughter, Frank's dream of being a surgeon and Phil's secret desire to be a film-maker are put on the back burner. Suddenly, Phil becomes a reluctant and altogether unexpected oracle on ...
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 | Because of the Lockwoods
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 | The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes, Volume 1: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes & the Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (non-slipcased edition)
Publication Date: November 5, 2007| Series: The Annotated Books Classic short stories of Sherlock Holmes now available in a separate, attractively priced individual volume.The publication of Leslie S. Klinger's brilliant new annotations of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic Holmes short stories in 2004 created a Holmes sensation. Available again in an attractively-priced edition identical to the first, except this edition has no outer slipcase (Volume Two is available separately).Inside, readers will find all the short stories from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and The Memoirs of Sherlock ...
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| New Norwegian Plays (Norvik Press Series B)
Publication Date: December 31, 1990| Series: Norvik Press Series B Garton and Sehmsdorf provide an introduction to contemporary Norwegian theater, a list of English translations of the 4 dramatists' works, and a select bibliography...The plays at hand are meant to reflect the diversity of contemporary Norwegian dramatic writing - A fine selection, ably translated""-Scandinavian Studies. ""Attractively presented...It must be welcomed as the first anthology of contemporary Norwegian drama in English translation""-Scandinavian-Canadian Studies. ...
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 | The Book of Hours: Prayers to a Lowly God (European Poetry Classics)
Publication Date: January 2, 2002| Series: European Poetry Classics A bilingual edition of a seminal work by the greatest German poet of the twentieth century. ...
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 | Sensation and Modernity in the 1860s (Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture)
Publication Date: December 14, 2009| Series: Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture (Book 70) This is a study of high and low culture in the years before the Reform Act of 1867, which vastly increased the number of voters in Victorian Britain. As many commentators worried about the political consequences of this 'Leap in the Dark', authors and artists began to re-evaluate their own role in a democratic society that was also becoming more urban and more anonymous. While some fantasized about ways of capturing and holding the attention of the masses, others preferred to...
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 | Ibsen's Foreign Contagion: Henrik Ibsen, Arthur Wing Pinero and Modernism on The London Stage,1890 - 1900
Publication Date: December 15, 2011| ISBN-10: 1936320320 | ISBN-13: 978-1936320325..Matos's important book provides a well-researched, well-written ,and fascinating discussion of the notion of contagion from Ibsen and into Pinero and Jones. Professor Gregory Tague, St Francis College, editor of Origins of English Literary Modernism,1870-1914 The Independent Theatre's production of Ghosts at the Royalty Theatre, London in 1891 precipitated one of the most famous theatrical quarrels in European theater history. Although many have commented on the extremity of the response from the conserva...
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 | Four Texts on Socrates: Plato's "Euthyphro," "Apology of Socrates," "Crito," and Aristophanes' "Clouds"
Release Date: August 27, 1998| ISBN-10: 0801485746 | ISBN-13: 978-0801485749| Edition: Rev Sub Widely adopted for classroom use, this book offers translations of four major works of ancient Greek literature which treat the life and thought of Socrates, focusing particularly on his trial and defense (three dialogues by Plato: Euthyphro, Apology of Socrates, and Crito) and on the charges against Socrates (Aristophanes' comedy Clouds).This is the only collection of the three Platonic dialogues that also includes Clouds, a work that is fundamental for understanding the thought of Socrates in...
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 | Legends II: Dragon, Sword, and King
Release Date: October 26, 2004| Series: Legends II Fantasy fans, rejoice! Seven years after writer and editor Robert Silverberg made publishing history with Legends, his acclaimed anthology of original short novels by some of the greatest writers in fantasy fiction, the long-awaited second volume is here. Legends II picks up where its illustrious predecessor left off. All of the bestselling writers represented in Legends II return to the special universe of the imagination that its author has made famous throughout the world. Whether set before or after events already recounted elsewhere, wh...
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| Fugitive, 8 CDs [Complete & Unabridged Audio Work]
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 | Inspecting Jews: American Jewish Detective Stories
Publication Date: November 20, 2003Laurence Roth argues that the detective story, located at the intersection of narrative and popular culture in modern America, examines the need for order in a disorderly society, and thus offers a window into the negotiation of Jewish identity. He analyzes stories about American Jewish detectives—including Harry Kemelman’s Rabbi Small, Faye Kellerman’s Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus, Stuart Kaminsky’s Abe Lieberman, and Rochelle Krich’s Jessica Drake—not only as a genre of literature, but also as a reflection of contemporary ac...
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 | Fairy Realm: Enter the Realm: Three Adventures
Release Date: May 8, 2007| Age Level: 7 and up | Grade Level: 2 and up...
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 | The Little Mermaid
Publication Date: September 1, 2007| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up Sea Princess Ondina longs for life on land in this new cultural adaptation of the popular children's story, The Little Mermaid. This much-loved fairytale has been illustrated and updated specifically for children of color and will be enjoyed by children ages 4-9 and their parents. ...
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| Favorite Fairy Tales (Dover Juvenile Classics)
Publication Date: November 2001| Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up...
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