 | Drowning Ruth
Release Date: September 27, 2000| Series: Oprah's Book Club Deftly written and emotionally powerful, Drowning Ruth is a stunning portrait of the ties that bind sisters together and the forces that tear them apart, of the dangers of keeping secrets and the explosive repercussions when they are exposed. A mesmerizing and achingly beautiful debut.Winter, 1919. Amanda Starkey spends her days nursing soldiers wounded in the Great War. Finding herself suddenly overwhelmed, she flees Milwaukee and retreats to her family's farm on Nagawaukee Lake, seeking comfort with her younger sister, Mathilda, a...
 |  | A Working Class Vampire is Something to Be: Book 1: Coming Into Blood (Bk. 1)
Publication Date: November 2001A young worker overdoses on halloween and drowns before his time. Death rejects him. He wakes up a vampire. Now he and his friends have to deal with it. Come to Seattle in the Autumn of '67, it's interesting. ...
|  | Shade: A Novel
Release Date: October 7, 2004Nina Hardy has been murdered. She dies in the garden of the house where she grew up, killed by George, her childhood friend. But her body is never found, and she remains a silent shade, watching-and retelling-the events of her life, and afterlife.Nina's half-brother, Gregory, makes a pilgrimage home for her funeral, after some thirty years away. There he finds Janie, George's sister and the fourth member of their childhood gang. Together they struggle to make sense of Nina's death and the people they all became. With Nina's shade as witness, they retrace a story ...
|  | The Late Lord Byron (Neversink)
Release Date: July 19, 2011| Series: Neversink “The best biography of Lord Byron ever written,” according to Poet Laureate W. S. Merwin, is now back in print after decades.Of the hundreds of books on Byron and his work, not one has been devoted to the immediate aftermath of his life; and yet it is these first twenty posthumous years that yield the most unexpected and exciting discoveries about the character of the poet and the behavior of those who once surrounded him—wife, sister, friends, enemies. With the burning of his memoirs almost as soon as news of hi...
|  | Vampires, Burial, and Death: Folklore and Reality
Publication Date: September 10, 1988In this engrossing book, Paul Barber surveys centuries of folklore about vampires and offers the first scientific explanation for the origins of the vampire legends. From the tale of a sixteenth-century shoemaker from Breslau whose ghost terrorized everyone in the city, to the testimony of a doctor who presided over the exhumation and dissection of a graveyard full of Serbian vampires, his book is fascinating reading. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title....
|  | The Mammoth Book of Threesomes and Moresomes
Publication Date: October 5, 2010Too much of a good thing? Impossible! When it comes to erotica, three is definitely not a crowd—nor is four . . . or more. This collection continues in the successful Erotica category with stories of lovers in large numbers. ...
|  | The Essential Aeneid
Publication Date: May 30, 2011The Aeneid written by the legendary classical Roman poet Virgil is a Latin epic poem that tells the story of Aeneas, a Trojan, and is widely considered to be one of the top 100 greatest pieces of literature of all time. This great classic will surely attract a whole new generation of readers. For many, The Aeneid is required reading for various courses and curriculums. And for others who simply enjoy reading timeless pieces of classic literature, this gem by Virgil is highly recommended. Published by Classic Books America and beautifully produced, The Aeneid wou...
|  | 500 Years of Book Design
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|  | On Writing:A Memoir of the Craft
Release Date: October 3, 2000 "If you don't have the time to read, you don't have the time or the tools to write."In 1999, Stephen King began to write about his craft -- and his life. By midyear, a widely reported accident jeopardized the survival of both. And in his months of recovery, the link between writing and living became more crucial than ever.Rarely has a book on writing been so clear, so useful, and so revealing. On Writing begins with a mesmerizing account of King's childhood and his uncannily early focus on writing to tell a story. A series of vivid memories from adolescence,...
|  | Autobiography of Mark Twain: Volume 1, Reader's Edition (Mark Twain Papers)
Publication Date: March 26, 2012| Series: Mark Twain Papers The year 2010 marked the 100th anniversary of Mark Twain's death. In celebration of this important milestone and in honor of the cherished tradition of publishing Mark Twain's works, UC Press published Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 1, the first of a projected three-volume edition of the complete, uncensored autobiography. The book became an immediate bestseller and was hailed as the capstone of the life's work of America's favorite author.This Reader's Edition, a portable paperback in larger type, republishes the text of the h...
|  | In Defense of Sanity: The Best Essays of G.K. Chesterton
Publication Date: October 18, 2011G.K. Chesterton was a master essayist. But reading his essays is not just an exercise in studying a literary form at its finest, it is an encounter with timeless truths that jump off the page as fresh and powerful as the day they were written.The only problem with Chesterton's essays is that there are too many of them. Over five thousand! For most GKC readers it is not even possible to know where to start or how to begin to approach them.So three of the world's leading authorities on Chesterton - Dale Ahlquist, Joseph Pearce, Aidan Mackey - have joined toget...
|  | The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Publication Date: April 1, 2012A stellar reading of the horror classic One of Stevenson's best-selling works, the story follows a London lawyer investigating strange occurrences between his old friend, Dr Henry Jekyll, and the misanthropic Mr Hyde. The tale's popularity was such that "Jekyll and Hyde" is common shorthand for split personality and the duality of human nature Stevenson's tale explores. Unabridged. ...
|  | Nine Sons: Collected Mysteries
Publication Date: February 22, 2002GREAT STORIES BY AN EDGAR WINNERWendy Hornsby does not write cozies, or tales about cat sleuths, or sanitized murder. Her tales explore the depths of the human psyche, and her family-crimes are decidedly uncozy. In the title story, which won the Mystery Writers of America Edgar for Best Short Story, a heart-wrenching mystery surrounds a family living on the Northern Plains during the Depression. "Ghost Caper" is probably the purest example of noir fiction by a modern mystery writer – and it is not for those of delicate constitution. "High Heels in the ...
|  | THE IMMORTAL SHERLOCK HOLMES - vinyl lp. EXACTLY AS HEARD ON CBS, SEPTEMBER 25, 1938
Publication Date: 1974this is really an oldie, 1974.one full hour with the worlds greatest detective ...
|  | Death at La Fenice: A Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery
Release Date: July 27, 2004 There is little violent crime in Venice, a serenely beautiful floating city of mystery and magic, history and decay. But the evil that does occasionally rear its head is the jurisdiction of Guido Brunetti, the suave, urbane vice-commissario of police and a genius at detection. Now all of his admirable abilities must come into play in the deadly affair of Maestro Helmut Wellauer, a world-renowned conductor who died painfully from cyanide poisoning during an intermission at La Fenice. But as the investigation unfolds, a chilling picture slowly begins to take shape...
|  | Dark Life: Book 1
Publication Date: February 1, 2011| Age Level: 8 and up...
|  | Fablehaven: Rise of the Evening Star
Publication Date: May 1, 2007| Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up...
|  | Who Will Be My Friends? (I Can Read Level 1)
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|  | Sidney & Norman: A Tale of Two Pigs
Publication Date: May 22, 2012| Age Level: 5 and up Two very different pigs learn an important lesson about God's perfect love. A stirring story and lovely illustrations create a multi-layered tale that is both charming and thought-provoking. Sidney & Norman uses the simple context of two pigs living next door to each other to communicate a profound truth about how we judge each other and often judge ourselves. On the surface, Sidney & Norman appears to be a picture book that will entertain kids. But this story has deeply moved adult audiences as well and can help us reconsider how...
|  | The Mirror of the Sea
Release Date: January 14, 2008ReadHowYouWant publishes a wide variety of best selling books in Large and Super Large fonts in partnership with leading publishers. EasyRead books are available in 11pt and 13pt. type. EasyRead Large books are available in 16pt, 16pt Bold, and 18pt Bold type. EasyRead Super Large books are available in 20pt. Bold and 24pt. Bold Type. You choose the format that is right for you.In his autobiographical novel, “The mirror of the Sea”, Conrad muses on his twenty years' sea-faring career. While philosophizing on the sea, the author records his personal ane...
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