 | The Norton Anthology of American Literature (Shorter Seventh Edition)(Vol. 1 & 2)
Publication Date: August 7, 2007| ISBN-10: 0393930580 | ISBN-13: 978-0393930580| Edition: Shorter Seventh Edition Firmly grounded in the core strengths that havemade it the best-selling undergraduate survey in the field, The Norton Anthology of AmericanLiterature has been revitalized in this SeventhEdition through the collaboration between threenew period editors and five seasoned ones.Under Nina Baym's direction, the editors haveconsidered afresh each selection and the entireapparatus to make the Shorter Edition an evenbetter teaching tool for the one-semester andbrief two-semester cour...
 |  | House of Mercy
Publication Date: August 7, 2012When Beth’s world falls apart, can she ever be whole again? Beth has a gift of healing—which is why she wants to become a vet and help her family run their fifth-generation cattle ranch. Her father’s dream of helping men in trouble and giving them a second chance is her dream too. But it only takes one foolish decision for Beth to destroy it all. Beth scrambles to redeem her mistake, pleading with God for help, even as a mystery complicates her life. The repercussions grow more unbearable—a lawsuit, a death, a divided family, and th...
|  | Mrs. Jeepers' Batty Vacation (Super Special, No.22)
Publication Date: June 1997The story of Mrs. Jeeper's batty relatives in the Transylvanian Alps is accompanied by puzzles, activities, and a bat that can be worn on the wrist. Original." --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title....
|  | Sistah for Sale: A Novel
Release Date: March 4, 2008After her father was killed and her mother was deported, Sienna grew up in Miami's prostitution scene in the care of her father's business partner, Chatman. Beautiful and ambitious, Sienna determines that the best route to the life she wants is to become the most coveted of Chatman's call girls. When Sienna learns that her mother has been murdered and that Chatman had a role in the murder, she turns to her friend Ryan for comfort, beginning a secret relationship with the boy Chatman is grooming to take over his business. Eager to gain her independence from the man ...
|  | Of Steel and Butterflies
Release Date: February 8, 2007Of Steel and Butterflies portrays survival and softness resulting in the soaring of Elizabeth's newly awakened spirit.An artist, working through the adversity of childhood's fears and guilt, numerous moves and sensual romantic experiences disrupt her life causing more despair than fulfillment.Aware and accepting responsibility for mistakes, her life takes a new turn. Finding that the answers she seeks come only from within, she discovers the love that had so warily eluded her. It is a poignant message of change, gently woven into a tapestry offering hope to thos...
|  | Beowulf and Judith
Publication Date: August 28, 1997| ISBN-10: 0761808256 | ISBN-13: 978-0761808251The two great epic-theme poems Beowulfand Judith, paired in the Beowulf Manuscript preserved in the British Museum, are here presented in a translation with a unique fidelity that restores the true Anglo-Saxon rhythmical line of five subtypes of four beat stress adhering scrupulously to the alliterative strictures of Anglo-Saxon verse and exploiting its epithetical style. This is a ground breaking piece of work in that it recreates the indispensable stylistic and esthetic effects of the original while attaini...
|  | Helen Steiner Rice: A Collection of Faith, Hope, and Love (Inspirational Book Bargains)
Publication Date: August 1, 2012| Series: Inspirational Book Bargains Beloved poet Helen Steiner Rice's beautiful verse has been treasured for decades. And her work will continue to inspire you as you experience the heavenly Father's faithfulness in this encouraging collection. You’ll be moved to share Helen Steiner Rice's uplifting verse again and again with A Collection of Faith, Hope, and Love. ...
|  | Using Critical Theory: How to Read and Write About Literature
Publication Date: September 9, 2011| ISBN-10: 0415616174 | ISBN-13: 978-0415616171| Edition: 2 Explaining both why theory is important and how to use it, Lois Tyson introduces beginning students of literature to this often daunting area in a friendly and approachable style. The new edition of this textbook is clearly structured with chapters based on major theories that students are expected to cover in their studies. Key features include: coverage of major theories including psychoanalysis, Marxism, feminism, lesbian/gay/queer theories, postcolonial theory, African American theory, an...
|  | Books Make Me Happy: My First Reading Log
Publication Date: November 26, 2009Instill a lifelong love of reading in children. Created by Judy Pelikan, Books Make Me Happy is the perfect gift for a beginning reader, an interactive journal that encourages reading. It begins where classroom reading logs end—title, author, illustrator—and offers prompts that knit the bond between story and reader more deeply, such as "My favorite part of the book was..." and "I will recommend this book to a friend because..." There are fill-ins where kids can list their favorite books, draw scenes from a story, and write about the pleasures...
|  | Reading Shakespeare's Sonnets: A New Commentary
Publication Date: April 1, 2012"Shakespeare's Sonnets" are as important and vital today as they were when first published four hundred years ago. Perhaps no collection of verse before or since has so captured the imagination of readers and lovers; certainly no poem has come under such intense critical scrutiny, and presented the reader with such a bewildering number of alternative interpretations. In this illuminating and often irreverent guide, Don Paterson offers a fresh and direct approach to the Sonnets, asking what they can still mean to the twenty-first century reader. In a series of f...
|  | Derrida and the End of History (Postmodern Encounters)
Publication Date: August 16, 1995| Series: Postmodern Encounters Derrida's critique of Fukuyama's claim that history "as we know it" has ended is highlighted as one of his most valuable contributions to the postmodern cultural debate. This book places Derrida's rejection of Fukuyama's claim within the context of a wider tradition of 'endist' thought. ...
|  | Dickens Studies Annual: Essays on Victorian Fiction
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|  | Beatific Souls: Jack Kerouac's On the Road
Publication Date: October 28, 2007Jack Kerouac's novel On the Road was a touchstone for a generation and the centrepiece of the Beat movement in literature and art. This new book examines Kerouac's life and career, and accompanies a major exhibition at The New York Public Library to celebrate the 50th anniversary of On the Road's publication in 1957. Kerouac's achievement as both a literary and cultural figure is traced, including his innovations in narrative techniques and in character development. His counterculture vision is explored, showing his image as a seer and sage who wanted to sav...
|  | Vanish in Plain Sight (The Brotherhood of the Raven)
Publication Date: May 24, 2011| Series: The Brotherhood of the Raven Since she was a little girl, Marisa Angelo has been haunted by the image of her mother walking away, suitcase in hand, to return to her Amish roots.Marisa and her "Englischer" father never saw or heard from her again. Now Marisa has received a shocking call from police. Her mother's bloodstained suitcase was found hidden inside the wall of a Pennsylvania Dutch farmhouse.Desperate for answers, Marisa heads to Lancaster County. But no one—not the police or Marisa's tight-lipped Amish relatives—can explain what happe...
|  | Sins of the Soul (Hqn)
Publication Date: September 1, 2010| Series: Hqn Alastor Krayl's world shattered when he learned that his father was the Underworld god of chaos and evil. All that saved him from self-destruction were his newfound brothers and the bond they shared as soul reapers. So when one of his brothers is murdered, vengeance becomes Alastor's obsession. And the enigmatic Naphré Kurata, a witness—or is she the killer?—has the answers he seeks.A reluctant Underworld enforcer, Naphré trusts no one, especially not a seductive soul reaper who makes her burn with lust. Torn between duty...
|  | Texas Justice
Publication Date: February 2, 2009Mara Levine is determined to save her nineteen-year-old son Ariel from being convicted of murder. She battles an ambitious prosecutor, an experienced detective and her former husband whose efforts to protect Ariel backfire. As Mara seeks the actual killer, she never admits to herself that he could be her son. Ariel Levine, a teen with no history of violence, seems an unlikely murder suspect, until his writings reveal his violent fantasies. Is he the victim of mistaken identity his mother claims or the manipulative murdereer the prosecutor presents to the jur...
|  | Are You Afraid Of The Dark?
Release Date: September 14, 2004All around the globe, people are being reported dead or missing. At first these seem to be random incidents, but the police soon discover that all four of the victims are connected to Kingsley International Group, the largest think tank in the world. Now someone is intent on murdering Kelly Harris and Diane Stevens, young widows of two of the victims. Forced together for protection, the two women embark on a terrifying game of cat and mouse against the unknown forces out to destroy them. Taut with suspense and vivid characterization, the long-awaited Are You A...
|  | Escape: Dark Mystery Tales
Publication Date: December 7, 2010From the quiet English countryside to the gritty streets of Boston's Chinatown, there is a silent commonality among these eerie tales - Polisar's fascination with the darkness of the human psyche. Whether it's murder in a jazz club or deadly assassins, Polisar's intricate storytelling and startling characters will take you on an unforgettable journey from fear and terror to escape. ...
|  | The Berenstain Bears and the Ghost of the Forest
Release Date: November 8, 1988| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up Illus. in full color. When prankster Papa Bear plays ghost at the Bear Scouts' sleep-out in the Great Spooky Forest, he winds up scaring himself. ...
|  | Martin Gardner's Table Magic
Publication Date: July 7, 1998| Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up...
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