 | Man's Search for Meaning
Release Date: June 1, 2006Psychiatrist Viktor Frankl's memoir has riveted generations of readers with its descriptions of life in Nazi death camps and its lessons for spiritual survival. Between 1942 and 1945 Frankl labored in four different camps, including Auschwitz, while his parents, brother, and pregnant wife perished. Based on his own experience and the experiences of those he treated in his practice, Frankl argues that we cannot avoid suffering but we can choose how to cope with it, find meaning in it, and move forward with renewed purpose. Frankl's theory—known as logot...
 |  | There Is Confusion (Northeastern Library of Black Literature)
Publication Date: November 7, 1989| ISBN-10: 1555530664 | ISBN-13: 978-1555530662Jessie Redmon Fauset's first novel shows a prescient awareness of the black middle class's quest for social equality in the early twentieth century and of the limited vocational choices confronting both black and white American women in that era.Set in Philadelphia some 60 years ago, There Is Confusion traces the lives of Joanna Mitchell and Peter Bye, whose families must come to terms with an inheritance of prejudice and discrimination as they struggle for legitimacy and respect. ...
|  | Celebrating the Golden Years
Publication Date: August 199896 pages ...
|  | Dark Shadows: The Salem Branch
Release Date: April 10, 2012| Series: Dark Shadows This next chapter in the Dark Shadows saga is back in a new edition, with the full measure of eroticism, spellbinding suspense, and gripping storytelling that made the original television series a timeless hit. The roots of the Collins family’s power and wealth go deep.... Barnabas Collins is ready to embark on a new life and marriage with his savior, the virtuous Dr. Julia Hoffman. But when Antoinette, a beautiful sixties flower child with a shocking resemblance to the immortal witch Angelique, rebuilds the Old House, his ...
|  | When Delilah Smiles
Publication Date: July 17, 2012Kate Moore and Adam Bennett had it all: successful careers, a comfortable lifestyle, and a deep love for each other. After living together for twelve years, Adam finally decides it's time to make their relationship official; he wants Kate to be his wife. When he presents a ring and the long-awaited proposal, Kate's unexpected announcement sends Adam reeling, and the ring goes back into his pocket. Can love hold this middle-aged couple together when a surprise pregnancy demands serious choices?Adam Bennett, a 51-year-old successful attorney, is forced to face hi...
|  | Siddhartha: Eine indische Dichtung (German Edition)
Publication Date: March 18, 2010Das Buch handelt von einem jungen Brahmanen namens Siddhartha und seinem Freund Govinda. Der von allen verehrte und bewunderte Siddhartha widmet sein Leben der Suche nach dem Atman, dem All-Einen, das in jedem Menschen ist. ...
|  | A Mapmaker's Dream: The Meditations of Fra Mauro, Cartographer to the Court of Venice: A Novel
Release Date: December 18, 2007In sixteenth-century Venice, in an island monastery, a cloistered monk experiences the adventure of a lifetime—all within the confines of his cell. Part historical fiction, part philosophical mystery,A Mapmaker's Dreamtells the story of Fra Mauro and his struggle to realize his life's work: to make a perfect map—one that represents the full breadth of Creation. News of Mauro's projects attracts explorers, pilgrims, travelers, and merchants, all eager to contribute their accounts of faraway people and places. As he listens to the tales of the stran...
|  | Laughter On The Stairs (Beverley Nichols Trilogy Book 2)
Publication Date: August 15, 1998| Series: Merry Hall Trilogy In this, the second volume of the Merry Hall trilogy, Nichols is less concerned with his garden and more with his house, but the story does include the memorable characters Our Rose, the ditzy floral designer, and the cantankerous gardener Oldfield. ...
|  | Jean Racine
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|  | Journeys
Publication Date: May 1, 1997Journeys is a form of intellectual travelogue that charts the poet's attempts to capture the sounds and sights of his native Pakistan and foreign lands through the lens of a Pakistani rooted in his soil. He attempts to revisit and revive many of the rhythms and rhymes of his native Punjabi poetry in his English verse. This book is a celebration of Shuja Nawaz's deep and emotional links to his land. ...
|  | Antologia de la poesia espanola del siglo XX, 1890-1939 (COLECCION LITERATURA ESPANOLA) (Literatura Espanola/ Spanish Literature) (Spanish Edition)
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| | An Introduction to the French Poets
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|  | Shakespeare's Heroines, or Characteristics of Women (Broadview Edition)
Publication Date: September 26, 2005| Series: Broadview Edition First published in 1832, Shakespeare's Heroines is a unique hybrid of Shakespeare criticism, women's rights activism, and conduct literature. Jameson's collection of readings of female characters includes praise for unexpected role models as varied as Portia, Cleopatra, and Lady Macbeth; her interpretations of these and other characters portray intellect, passion, political ambition, and eroticism as acceptable aspects of women's behaviour. This inventive work of literary criticism addresses the problems of women's education and...
|  | Modernism on File: Writers, Artists, and the FBI 1920-1950
Release Date: February 5, 2008| ISBN-10: 0230601359 | ISBN-13: 978-0230601352Modernism on File: Writers, Artists, and the FBI, 1920-1950 brings together important new scholarship focused on J. Edgar Hoover’s FBI and its institutional presence in shaping and directing American print, film, and art culture. From Harlem to Hollywood, Hoover and his bureau workers were bent on decontaminating America’s creativity and this collection looks at the writers and artists who were tagged, tracked, and in some cases, trapped by the FBI. Contributors detail the threatening aspects of po...
|  | Io E Te (Italian Edition)
Publication Date: October 27, 2010Una cantina. Una bugia innocente. L'idea strampalata di una settimana bianca nelle viscere del proprio palazzo. E l'arrivo improvviso di una sconosciuta. Con una manciata di ingredienti Ammaniti costruisce un racconto di fulminea precisione sul piú semplice e imperscrutabile dei misteri: come diventare grandi. --This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition....
|  | Deception: A Tale of Pride and Prejudice
Publication Date: March 5, 2010Pride and Prejudice variation. After the ball at Netherfield Fitzwilliam Darcy left Hertfordshire scared ofhis rapidly developing feelings for Elizabeth Bennet. What if another man had appeared in her life, both wealthy and attractive, certain of his affection for her and wishing to marry her? What if in Kent Darcy had met Elizabeth who was practically engaged to another man? How would he have dealt with an unexpected rival and would he face the challenge? ...
|  | The Haunting of Gothia/Rebecca
Publication Date: January 15, 2011Rebecca was a writer but she used the name Gothia as she wrote paranormal romances. She finds her dream house but soon it turns out to be a nightmare as she finds three ghost. Ghost who were tied to her by blood and spirit. The evil spirit controlled a young woman and wanted to control Gothia but with the help of two of the ghost an old murder is solved and two kind spirits are put to rest while Gothia/Rebecca finds love ...
|  | Where Are the Children?
Release Date: August 16, 2011Neeve Kearny may be the only person in New York worried about the disappearance of Ethel Lambston. Ethel, a bestselling author famous for her juicy exposÉs, is one of the best customers at Neeve’s exclusive Madison Avenue boutique. But Ethel’s ex-husband, her parasitical nephew, and the fashion moguls skewered in her latest article all have reason to be glad she’s no longer around.When Ethel Lambston is found with her throat cut, Neeve’s memories of her mother’s long-unsolved murder loom up once again. Now, as an innocent witn...
|  | Fiona's Luck
Publication Date: February 1, 2009| Age Level: 6 and up | Grade Level: 1 and up All the luck in Ireland is locked away, sealed with a spell by the greedy leprechaun king. Fiona, a woman of middling importance but uncommon wit, sets out to bring luck back to Ireland by besting the Leprechaun King in a test of cleverness. ...
|  | Don't Touch That! (Easy-to-Read Spooky Tales)
Release Date: October 14, 2008| Age Level: 5 and up | Grade Level: K and up...
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