 | When the Ground Turns in Its Sleep
Release Date: December 2, 2008The award-winning debut novel that ?brings to mind the atmosphere and tension of Gabriel García Márquez.?( Katharine Weber, author of The Little Women)Nítido Amán knows he was born in Guatemala, but he doesn?t know why his family left. Raised in the States by his immigrant parents, they never talked about it. When Nítido loses his father to Alzheimer?s disease, his despondent mother grows increasingly silent and Nítido realizes that his links to the past are disappearing. Seeking answers, Nítido travels to Guatemala against his...
 |  | Love the One You're With
Release Date: April 21, 2009A novel for anyone who has ever wondered: how can I truly love the one I'm with, when I can't forget the one who got away? Ellen and Andy Graham have the perfect marriage. There is no question how deep their devotion is, and how naturally they bring out the best in each other. But one fateful afternoon, Ellen runs into Leo. The one who brought out the worst in her. The one who left her heartbroken nearly a decade ago. The one she could never quite forget. When his reappearance ignites long-dormant emotions, Ellen begins to question whether the life she's livi...
|  | A Doll's House (Dover Thrift Editions)
Publication Date: February 21, 1992| Series: Dover Thrift Editions One of the best-known, most frequently performed of modern plays, displaying Ibsen's genius for realistic prose drama. A classic expression of women's rights, the play builds to a climax in which the central character, Nora, rejects a smothering marriage and life in "a doll's house." A selection of the Common Core State Standards Initiative. ...
|  | Seven Whole Days To Praise Our God: An arrangement of George Herbert's poems for Christian Meditation
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|  | A Man of Sorrows
Publication Date: August 5, 2001A Man of Sorrows is the story of Matthew Harrison, M.D., a young medical resident with a gift: the power to heal people by touching them. Matthews gift of healing is unwelcomed by his colleagues as he begins a residency at a University hospital. Even his best friend, Chief Resident Kevin Hargrove, is angrily suspicious of Matthews abilitieswhich just might transform him as well. Forced to resign, Matthew faces the loss of his career, his family, and his future. As he leaves the stone walls of the establishment, he begins a rocky journey through the clashing wo...
|  | Artist's Dream
Publication Date: October 1, 2005Cassie Parker has grown used to denying her sexuality. Her father, the fire-and-brimstone Reverend Parker, has made that a neccessity. Raised in a web of secrets, sadness, and under the heavy hand of her father's righteous wrath and intolerance, Cassie turns to her art to fill the hole in her heart and erase the memory of a mother who abandoned her in childhood.Then Luke Winston enters her life. Strong, mysterious, and beautiful, Luke sparks Cassie's desire, and takes her heart to places she's never known. Soon Cassie can no longer deny her attraction to wome...
|  | Spring Fever
Release Date: October 21, 2004The Gold Bat (1904) --This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition....
|  | A Midsummer Night's Dream (Naxos AudioBooks)
Publication Date: November 1, 1997A blend of comedy, magic, mystery, mischief and a satisfying set of contrasts make this one of Shakespeare's most popular plays. ...
|  | Art & Nature: An Illustrated Anthology of Nature Poetry
Publication Date: November 5, 1992Organized around the seasons of the year, the poems in this companion volume to the highly successful Art & Love touch on the grandeur of the world's wild places and on its unexpected, everyday wonders. The works of more than 175 poets, including William Wordsworth, Rabindranath Tagore and Raymond Carver, are matched with one or more works of art from the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. 175 color illustrations. ...
|  | A Rain of Words: A Bilingual Anthology of Women's Poetry in Francophone Africa (CARAF Books: Caribbean and African Literature translated from the French)
Publication Date: January 30, 2009| Series: CARAF Books: Caribbean and African Literature translated from the French Although the past two decades have seen a wide recognition of the notable fiction written in French by African women, little attention has been given to their equally significant poetry. A Rain of Words is the first comprehensive attempt to survey the poetic production of these women, collecting work by forty-seven poets from a dozen francophone African countries. Some are established writers; others are only beginning to publish their work. Almost none of the poems here have ...
|  | Manoa Stream
Publication Date: January 17, 2007This collection of poems, written in both pidgin and standard English, centers on the local Japanese experience in Hawaii. Novelist Juliet Kono describes the collection as having"a new, energetic voice, full of insight and wisdom...The images in the poems are lively, yet beautiful in their rendering, the book an example of how craft and tenaciousness have been intertwined to create such lovely poems."Juliet S. Kono.Author of Hilo Rains and Tsunami Years. ...
|  | H.P. Lovecraft's Favorite Weird Tales: The Roots of Modern Horror
Release Date: November 1, 2005In 1929-30, H.P. Lovecraft made some lists of both literary and popular stories "having the greatest amount of truly cosmic horror and macabre convincingness." These lists of his favorite weird tales make for a truly landmark Lovecraftian anthology. We present Lovecraft's own favorites horrorstories, including some well-known classics, alongside of a number of excellent rare tales by forgotten authors. Many of these stories are classics, inspiring several generations since of the world's best horror authors. Contributors include Edgar Allan Poe, Ambrose Bierce, ...
|  | Captivated: Ecstasy/ Bound and Determined/ Dark Desires/ A Lady's Pleasure
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|  | The Forgotten Locket (Hourglass Door Trilogy, vol. 3)
Publication Date: June 9, 2011| Series: Hourglass Door Trilogy (Book 3) The future is uncertain. The battle to control the past has begun. The final book in the riveting Hourglass Door trilogy begins when Abby steps through the black door, and she doesn't dare look back. Though it means leaving Dante wounded, bleeding, and possibly blind she knows it is the only way to save her family and stop Zo from manipulating the river of time and throwing the future into chaos. In the end, Abby must face a final confrontation that will take her to the very origins of the hourglass door. ...
|  | Black Noir: Mystery, Crime, and Suspense Fiction by African-American Writers
Publication Date: March 3, 2009Some of the best-known and most influential pieces of crime fiction have been from African American writers. Be it Walter Mosley’s great detective Easy Rawlins, or the mean streets of Harlem at the hands of Chester Himes, the stories and characters in this anthology have shaped the mystery genre with their own unique viewpoints and styles.Contributors to the collection include Robert Greer, Chester Himes, Walter Mosley, Cary Phillips, Frankie Bailey, and Richard Wright. ...
|  | Virals (Tory Brennan 1 Adult Cover)
Publication Date: May 1, 2011 ...
|  | The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Classic Starts)
Publication Date: March 28, 2006| Age Level: 7 and up | Grade Level: 2 and up “We said there was no home like a raft. Other places do seem so cramped up and smothery…but you feel mighty free and easy and comfortable on a raft.” Sail down the Mississippi with Huck Finn and the runaway slave, Jim. Twain’s beloved tale, with its folksy language, creates an indelible image of antebellum America with its sleepy river towns, con men, family feuds, and a variety of colorful characters. ...
|  | In the Court of the Jade Emperor
Publication Date: October 199315 traditional stories from old China, retold by Rosalind Kerven. Discover the secrets of the Heavenly Peach garden and the Palace of Boundless Cold; laugh at the outrageous adventures of super-hero Monkey in these magical and mysterious stories. But journey to the realms of the Dragon Kings only if you dare . . .In the Court of the Jade Emperor is one of eleven books that make up Extended Reading Level B, for children in Year 6/Primary 7. This phase of Cambridge Reading aims to develop children's knowledge about language, its vocabulary, forms, structures and s...
|  | Curve Ball (Lorimer Sports Stories)
Release Date: January 1, 1993| Age Level: 6 and up | Grade Level: 1 and up...
|  | Dallas Cowboys (NFL Today) (NFL Today (Creative Education Hardcover))
Publication Date: August 31, 2001| Age Level: 9 and up...
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