 | Humor Me: An Anthology of Funny Contemporary Writing (Plus Some Great Old Stuff Too)
Release Date: May 11, 2010 Humor Me is a literary cavalcade of contemporary American funnymen—and funnywomen—of the page. Selected by the renowned humor-ist Ian Frazier and featuring more than fifty pieces of the greatest comic writing of our time, the book includes such masters of the form as Roy Blount, Jr., Bruce Jay Friedman, Veronica Geng, Jack Handey, Garrison Keillor, Steve Martin, and Calvin Trillin, as well as work by newer comic stars like Andy Borowitz, Larry Doyle, Simon Rich, George Saunders, and David Sedaris. The pieces were published in the past thirty years in su...
 |  | The Pirates! In an Adventure with Ahab: A novel
Release Date: October 4, 2005They’re back!!! The Pirate Captain and his irascible crew of scoundrels return in their soggiest saga yet.Fresh from their mishaps with Charles Darwin and the evil Bishop of Oxford, the Pirates set sail in a bouncy new vessel——purchased on credit. In order to repay his debts, the Pirate Captain is determined to capture the enigmatic White Whale, hunted by the notoriously moody Ahab, who has promised a reward.Chaos ensues, featuring the lascivious Cutlass Liz, the world’s most dangerous mosquito, an excerpt from the Pirate Captain’s n...
|  | Levi's Will
Publication Date: October 1, 2009Will flees his Old Order community at the age of 19, leaving behind a pregnant girlfriend and all things Amish.He begins a new life, joining the army and later marrying and having two sons of his own.But his life and his new family are tainted by the hidden sins of his past.Hoping to patch things up with his father, Will takes his new family to meet the old one.Levi's Will is the haunting story of a fallen man seeking to build a bridge across three generations."A beautiful and original story.This is an accomplished work."--Booklist (starred review)&...
|  | Mammoth Book of Best New Horror
Publication Date: October 12, 2006| Series: Mammoth This title presents the year's finest tales of terror. Here is the latest edition of the world's premier annual showcase of horror and dark fantasy fiction. It features some of the very best short stories and novellas by today's masters of the macabre - including Peter Atkins, Cliver Barker, Glen Hirschberg, Joe Hill and Caitlin R. Kiernan. "The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror" also features the most comprehensive yearly overview of horror around the world, lists of useful contact addresses and a fascinating necrology. It is the one book th...
|  | Splinter of the Mind's Eye (Star Wars)
Release Date: March 12, 1986Luke Skywalker expected trouble when he volunteered to follow Princess Leia on her mission to the planet Circarpous. But he discovered that hidden on the planet was the Kaiburr crystal, a mysterious gem that would give the one who possessed it such powers over the Force that he would be all but invincible. In the wrong hands, the crystal could be deadly. So Luke had to find this treasure and find it fast.... ...
|  | The C.H.E.S.T.E.R. Project: The Collector's Edition
Release Date: February 24, 2009In the Pharmaceutical Industry, many new drugs are introduced daily around the world.Some of these drugs are helpful but the majority are not, the one thing you can be assured of is they all have a known side effect.The question is... do all of the companies that make these products disclose all of the "side effects" immediately or do they release the product to the consumer hoping to deal with these side effects at a later date. What if there is only one company that hides the truth from the consumer and what if that one company is one that we all trust? "The ...
|  | Honor Guards
Publication Date: September 2004Against a back-drop of international terror and intrigue, Secret Service agent Cameron Roberts and first daughter Blair Powell return in Honor Guards. When you're the president's daughter and the closest thing the country has to a first lady, your life is never really your own. When you're the woman charged to guard the first daughter, and you also happen to be her lover, every moment of every day is filled with challenges-and a mistake could cost you everything. Unbeknownst to either Blair Powell or Secret Service agent Cameron Roberts, they are at the center...
|  | The Shipkiller: A Novel
Publication Date: June 8, 2012A novel of love and revenge set on the high seas, by New York Times bestselling author Justin Scott (co-author of The Thief, #1 New York Times bestseller), considered one of the best maritime thrillers ever written, back in print after twenty-five years.It was the largest moving object on the face of the earth, but for Carolyn and Peter Hardin it was a towering wall of steel bursting out of a squall at full speed, bearing down on their ketch Siren. In a few dramatic moments, Siren was shattered by the indifferent juggernaut. Struggling for his life, Peter Hardin...
|  | Marius (in French) (French Edition)
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|  | New Selected Muldoon
Publication Date: June 10, 1996A selection of work by the Irish poet, Paul Muldoon, including extracts from "Meeting the British" and "Annals of Chile", which have been published since the last selection appeared in 1986. ...
|  | The English Renaissance, Orientalism, and the Idea of Asia
Release Date: March 30, 2010The English Renaissance, Orientalism, and the Idea of Asia is an important collection of essays that examine the complex significations of “Asia” in the literary and cultural production of early modern England. It posits that the interest in merchant and overseas ventures and fascination with foreign lands influenced the canonical literary works of the period and spurred Orientalism. While such major literary figures as Marlowe, Shakespeare, Bacon, Spenser, and Milton are considered for their contribution to the writing of early modern Engl...
|  | The Argument of the Action: Essays on Greek Poetry and Philosophy
Publication Date: August 15, 2000| ISBN-10: 0226042510 | ISBN-13: 978-0226042510| Edition: 1 This volume brings together Seth Benardete's studies of Hesiod's Theogony, Homer's Iliad, and Greek tragedy, of eleven Platonic dialogues, and Aristotle's Metaphysics. These essays, some never before published, others difficult to find, span four decades of his work and document its impressive range. Benardete's philosophic reading of the poets and his poetic reading of the philosophers share a common ground that makes this collection a whole. The key, suggested by his reflections on Leo Strauss ...
|  | The Calling (Immortals, Book 1)
Publication Date: May 1, 2007Created at the dawn of time to protect humanity, the ancient warriors have been nearly forgotten, though magic lives on--in vampires, werewolves, the Celtic Sidhe, and other beings. But now one of their own has turned rogue, and the world is again in desperate need of the IMMORTALS.He burst into the battle, his leather jacket billowing and his huge silver sword flashing. Amber had no idea why this windswept warrior would rescue her, but there he was--fighting the same demon who'd killed her sister. Though he was a stranger, she immediately sensed he'd come to pro...
|  | Caliente
Publication Date: October 15, 2009This is a collection of stories. When a girl wants hot and spicy, she finds herself a latin lover. In J.M. Jeffries' Partners in Crime, Vincent Mendoza is a CIA agent in charge of his first mission. He must liberate top-secret documents and turns to a jailed cat burglar, Cleo Harris, to help him. To gain her freedom, Cleo must help the steamy agent. Little does Vincent know that the ravishing thief will steal his heart in the process. In Monique Lamont's Instructing Layla, Marcelo Alcindor's former dance partner, Layla Washington, is back in his life after s...
|  | Classic Railway Murders
Publication Date: March 5, 1997How could a murderer escape from a moving train? How was murder committed in full view of other passengers? How did poor Anstruther's body get on the line? How did one notorious villain dupe the police? A city solicitor, a grotesque and pressing old man, a mysterious railway passenger and a country doctor each have a story to tell that will intrigue and baffle crime fiction enthusiasts and railway buffs alike. ...
|  | Scary School
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|  | Portland Trail Blazers (NBA Champions)
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|  | Triple-Threat Trouble (Chip Hilton Sports)
Publication Date: May 2001| Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up...
|  | We Were Heroes: The Journal of Scott Pendleton Collins, a World War II Soldier
Publication Date: March 1, 2012| Age Level: 10 and up Newbery and Coretta Scott King award-winning author Walter Dean Myers's the WWII JOURNAL OF SCOTT PENDLETON COLLINS is now available in paperback, with an exciting repackaging!Following in the footsteps of his father and great-grandfather, both war veterans, Scott Pendleton Collins signs up for the army during the height of World War II. He is shipped out to England only to face weeks of boredom. He and his unit want to be out in the fields, doing something to help the Allied forces. Finally, the comrades find themselves on a boat heading...
|  | Splat the Cat: Funny Valentine
Release Date: November 27, 2012| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up...
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