 | A Celtic Miscellany
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 |  | Death by the Light of the Moon (Claire Malloy Mysteries, No. 7)
Release Date: March 1, 1995"Outstanding...A fun-to-read mixture of homicide and humor."THE PITTSBURGH PRESSIn this, the seventh adventure in the Claire Malloy series, Claire discovers a lot about her late, unlamented husband. The viperish family matriarch, Miss Justicia, gives a preview of her latest will at the decaying family estate in Louisiana. From snobbish Cousin Maxie and timid, tippling Pauline to beautiful Ellie and her porky dad, the Malloys appear a poisonous lot--and appeareances in this case are not deceiving. When Miss Jusiticia and her wheelchair end up in the bayou,...
|  | The Confusions of Young T
Release Date: September 1, 2001Like his contemporary and rival Sigmund Freud, Robert Musil boldly explored the dark, irrational undercurrents of humanity. The Confusions of Young Törless, published in 1906 while he was a student, uncovers the bullying, snobbery, and vicious homoerotic violence at an elite boys academy. Unsparingly honest in its depiction of the author's tangled feelings about his mother, other women, and male bonding, it also vividly illustrates the crisis of a whole society, where the breakdown of traditional values and the cult of pitiless masculine strength were soon...
|  | Second Nature
Publication Date: November 1, 2009Lesbian Fiction: Shape-Shifter Romance. Novelist Jorie Price doesn't believe in the existence of shape-shifting creatures or true love. She leads a solitary life, and the paranormal romances she writes are pure fiction for her.Griffin Westmore knows better - at least about one of these two things. She doesn't believe in love either, but she's one of the not-so-fictional shape-shifters. She's also a Saru - an elite soldier, investigator, and if need be an assassin with the mission to protect the shape-shifters' secret existence at any cost.When Jorie gets too...
|  | Early Modern Japanese Literature: An Anthology, 1600-1900 (Translations from the Asian Classics)
Publication Date: September 1, 2004| ISBN-10: 0231109911 | ISBN-13: 978-0231109918This is the first anthology ever devoted to early modern Japanese literature, spanning the period from 1600 to 1900, known variously as the Edo or the Tokugawa, one of the most creative epochs of Japanese culture. This anthology, which will be of vital interest to anyone involved in this era, includes not only fiction, poetry, and drama, but also essays, treatises, literary criticism, comic poetry, adaptations from Chinese, folk stories and other non-canonical works. Many of these texts have never been tran...
|  | The Poetry of Home
Publication Date: November 30, 1998Writers have long borne witness to the pleasures of home. In this lively anthology, interior designer Charlotte Moss shares the best of these insights as writers such as Colette, Nancy Mitford, and Edith Wharton touch on topics of architecture, decoration, gardens, and hospitality. Ideal for an afternoon's browsing and perfect as a gift, it will delight anyone who has ever felt a passion for homes and all they represent. ...
|  | Gustavo Adolfo Becquer (Obras selectas series)
Publication Date: April 1, 2004| Series: Obras selectas series The classic works of literature contained in each of these volumes represent each author's best and most famous writings. A wonderful introduction to world literature, this finely crafted and affordable series offers the works of these world-renowned authors to a wider audience.Includes Cartas literarias a una mujer, Desde mi celda, Leyendas, and Rimas. ...
|  | The Queen of America Goes to Washington City: Essays on Sex and Citizenship (Series Q)
Publication Date: April 17, 1997| ISBN-10: 0822319241 | ISBN-13: 978-0822319245In The Queen of America Goes to Washington City, Lauren Berlant focuses on the need to revitalize public life and political agency in the United States. Delivering a devastating critique of contemporary discourses of American citizenship, she addresses the triumph of the idea of private life over that of public life borne in the right-wing agenda of the Reagan revolution. By beaming light onto the idealized images and narratives about sex and citizenship that now dominate the U.S. public sphere, Berlant argues...
|  | Someone's Been Sleeping in My Bed (Faerie Tale Romance)
Publication Date: July 2001| Series: Faerie Tale Romance Barely escaping a stagecoach robbery and losing herself in the Wyoming mountains, Maddalyn Kelly stumbles onto the rude cabin of the Barrett brothers and soon becomes the ladylove to one of them....
|  | A Princess of Thule
Release Date: May 30, 2001This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1881 edition by Macmillan and Co., London. ...
|  | Exodus Publisher: Bantam
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|  | That's How I Roll: A Novel
Release Date: March 20, 2012Around here, even dying can be hard. Horribly hard. Only death itself comes easy. By easy, I mean frequent. Death happens so often that people regard it pretty much the same as the never-ending rain. When life itself is hard, you have to be hard to live. Even a bitch will cull one of her own pups if she doesn't think he's going to be tough enough--she knows she's only got but so much milk, and there's none to waste.Survival isn't some skill we learned--it's in all our genes. Nobody needed to be told to step aside when they saw the Beast coming. ...
|  | Lost in Space
Publication Date: August 26, 1998Still wandering the cosmos, the crew of Jupiter 2 stumbles upon an artifact from an ancient warrior civilization. Though there's no sign of the warriors themselves, the fight hasn't quite gone out of their technology. This disastrous encounter forces the Robinsons to abandon Jupiter 2 and camp out on an alien world. All seems lost until Don West comes up with a plan that just might get them their ship back. ...
|  | Ultimate Fantastic Four Vol. 1: The Fantastic
Publication Date: July 18, 2007| Grade Level: P and up...
|  | ODYSSEY, THE CASSETTE PACKAGE (Odds Bodkin Musical Story Collection)
Publication Date: June 1, 1995| Age Level: 9 and up...
|  | Naked Bear Folktales of Iroquois
Publication Date: February 1992| Age Level: 8 and up A collection of sixteen traditional tales told by the Iroquois Indians, some featuring talking animals and some presenting terrifying flesh-eating creatures such as the Naked Bear, the Stone Coat, and the Whirlwinds. ...
|  | Walt Disney World Swimming Pools 2012: A Planet Explorers Travel Guide for Kids
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|  | El Conejito Knuffle: Un Cuento Aleccionador (Knuffle Bunny Series) (Spanish Edition)
Release Date: August 7, 2007| Age Level: 2 and up...
|  | The Unofficial Narnia Cookbook: From Turkish Delight to Gooseberry Fool-Over 150 Recipes Inspired by The Chronicles of Narnia
Release Date: November 1, 2012| Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up From the author of the New York Times bestselling and wildly popular The Unofficial Harry Potter Cookbook comes a new culinary and literary children's treat! Featuring all the delicious delicacies of The Chronicles of Narnia and many more besides, author Dinah Bucholz takes readers on a mouth-watering journey—from the Lamppost to the Castle at Cair Paravel. Included are recipes for:• Turkish Delight• Rich Plum Cake• Treacle Tart • Christmas Biscuits and many more!...
| | What's in Your Hot Dog? (What's in Your Fast Food?)
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