 | Selected Poems/Poemas Selectos (New Directions Paperbook) Publication Date: October 13, 2009| Series: New Directions Paperbook “Baca writes with unconcealed passion . . . and manifests both an intense lyricism and that transformative vision which perceives the mythical and archetypal significance of life events.”—Denise LevertovChampion of the International Poetry Slam, winner of the Before Columbus American Book Award, the International Hispanic Heritage Award, the Pushcart Prize, and the prestigious International Award, Jimmy Santiago Baca has been writing as a mestizo (part Native American, part Mexican) and an outsider ever...
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 |  | The Elementals Release Date: October 16, 2012From a star YA author Francesca Lia Block—an adult novel about a student, haunted by the disappearance of a friend, who must face the truth The Elementals is on one level an intriguing coming-of-age novel about a young woman, Ariel Silverman, facing the challenges of her first years away at college in Berkeley, California, while her mother battles cancer at home in Los Angeles. But the book takes on deeper, stranger meanings when we realize that Ariel is haunted by the disappearance of her best friend, Jeni, who vanished witho...
 |  | The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Publication Date: January 1, 2005Weave the enchantment of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe into your literature lessons! Author and educator Christin Ditchfields new guide to C.S. Lewis classic novel helps you do just that, placing special emphasis on helping students see parallels between their own lives and the characters and events in the story. Ideas for journals, book reports, debates, puzzles, recipes, and party ideas complete this journey into the fascinating land of Narnia. *Grades 2-5*An invaluable resource for teachers on C.S, Lewis classic novel The Lion, the...
 |  | The Ones That Got Away Publication Date: November 30, 2010These thirteen stories are our own lives, inside out. A boy's summer romance doesn't end in that good kind of heartbreak, but in blood. A girl on a fishing trip makes a friend in the woods who's exactly what she needs, except then that friend follows her back to the city. A father hears a voice through his baby monitor that shouldn't be possible, but now he can't stop listening. A woman finds out that the shipwreck wasn't the disaster, but who she's shipwrecked with. A big brother learns just what he will, and won't, trade for one night of sleep. From priso...
 |  | Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama (10th Edition) Publication Date: November 9, 2006| ISBN-10: 0321428498 | ISBN-13: 978-0321428493| Edition: 10 The most popular introductory anthology of its kind, Kennedy/Gioia’s Literature continues to inspire students with engaging insights on reading and writing about stories, poems, and plays. Poets in their own right, editors X.J. Kennedy and Dana Gioia bring personal warmth and a human perspective to this comprehensive anthology. Organized into three genres—Literature, Tenth Edition, presents readable discussions of the literary devices, illustrated by apt works, supporte...
 |  | All the Best Programs for Kids 2: A Year of Sketches, Plays and Music for All Ages ...
 |  | Social Work Practices: Contemporary Perspectives on Change Publication Date: January 28, 2000| ISBN-10: 0761962727 | ISBN-13: 978-0761962724| Edition: 1 Karen Healy profoundly challenges, in the context of the postmodernity of late capitalism, many of the assumptions upon which the critical tradition in social work has been founded. This is a book which interrogates not only the emancipatory metanarratives of left perspectives from her position within the left, but also questions many of the received ideas about her professional power and identity, and about the kinds of social work practices necessary in order to continue to pursue welfare as a...
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 |  | Miss Lavigne's Little White Lie Release Date: October 2, 2012Praise for Miss Hillary Schools a Scoundrel, a Publishers' Weekly Top 10 Romance, Spring 2012: "With heart and humor, Grace delivers a rich and winning Regency debut." A Scoundrel Drives a Hard Bargain... Spirited and determined to protect her young brother at any cost, Lisette Lavigne is desperate to flee New Orleans. There's only one ship sailing to England, though, and the rakish Captain Daniel Hillary will only allow Lisette's family aboard for a very steep price... But a Lady Always Gets the Upper Hand... Daniel prides himself on running a tight ship, and he...
 |  | Dying Bites (The Bloodhound Files, Book 1) Release Date: June 30, 2009Her job description is the “tracking and apprehension of mentally-fractured killers.” What this really means in FBI profiler Jace Valchek’s brave new world—one in which only one percent of the population is human—is that a woman’s work is never done. And real is getting stranger every day…Jace has been ripped from her reality by David Cassius, the vampire head of the NSA. He knows that she’s the best there in the business, and David needs her help in solving a series of gruesome murders of vampires and werewol...
 |  | The Thin Woman Release Date: May 1, 1992Reluctant to show up at her family reunion carrying so many extra pounds, unmarried, overweight Ellie Simons hires Bentley T. Haskell to pose as her fiance, thus beginning a weekend of romance, jealousy, and murder. Reprint. PW. K....
 |  | Fireside Stories Publication Date: September 1, 2007Drawn from countries and cultures around the world, these wonderful wintry stories express the magnificence of the season. From a group of courageous Russian animals to a legend about a bag of warmth that can keep winter away forever, these cozy stories will keep out the winter chill. ...
 |  | The Blizzard's Robe Release Date: October 1, 1999Far to the north by the great Arctic Sea, where the winter sun barely rises above the horizon, live the People Who Fear the Winter Night. On the long winter nights the People huddle around their hearths, fearing visits from terrible Blizzard, who can destroy anything with its icy winds and snow.Among the People lives a young girl named Teune -- the finest robemaker they have ever known. One night while Blizzard rages outside, the sparks from Teune's fire accidentally set fire to Blizzard's magnificent robe and consume it. But while the People Who Fear the Winte...
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 |  | The Lion King Read-Along Storybook and CD Release Date: June 28, 2011| Age Level: 3 and up With original character voices and movie sound effects from the award-winning film, The Lion King, this thrilling read-along brings all the action to life. Readers can turn the pages at the sound of the chime and follow along with the word-for-word narration on the CD!...
 |  | American Privateer Publication Date: June 10, 2004| Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up Patrick Harrell's life was at a dead end as he helped deliver ale to the local taverns in Gloucester, Massachusetts, in the year 1778.The orphaned fourteen year-old boy was mistreated by Eli Smith, the wagon driver, who claimed to be protecting the youngster, but in reality mocked him and used him as an unpaid servant.Patrick is spotted by Captain Robert Morton, the captain of the American privateer ship Freeport.The captain invites Patrick to join the crew of the Freeport as an apprentice seaman and helmsman.Patric...
 |  | What Has Small Arms and Jagged Teeth?: T-rex (Uncover and Discover: Dinosaurs) ...
 |  | Ant Cities (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2) Release Date: June 3, 1988| Age Level: 5 and up | Grade Level: K and up...
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