 | The Open Door: One Hundred Poems, One Hundred Years of "Poetry" Magazine
Publication Date: September 25, 2012When Harriet Monroe founded Poetry magazine in Chicago in 1912, she began with an image: the Open Door. “May the great poet we are looking for never find it shut, or half-shut, against his ample genius!” For a century, the most important and enduring poets have walked through that door—William Carlos Williams and Wallace Stevens in its first years, Rae Armantrout and Kay Ryan in 2011. And at the same time, Poetry continues to discover the new voices who will be read a century from now.Poetry’s archives are incomparable, and to celeb...
 |  | The Limits of Empire: The Roman Army in the East
Publication Date: January 7, 1993| ISBN-10: 0198149263 | ISBN-13: 978-0198149262| Edition: Rev Sub For more than seven centuries most of the Near East was part of the Roman empire. Yet no work exists which explores the means by which an ancient power originating in the western Mediterranean could control such a vast and distant region. What was the impact of the army presence on the population of the provinces? How did Rome respond to the challenge posed by the desert and its nomadic population? Isaac here offers answers to these questions in the first comprehensive treatment of the Roma...
|  | Good Luck Book (Senate Paperbacks)
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|  | The Pirates! In an Adventure with Communists: A Novel (Vintage)
Release Date: July 8, 2008| Series: Vintage London, 1840: Wagner's latest opera plays to packed houses while disgruntled workers gather in crowded pubs to eat ice cream and plan the downfall of the bourgeoisie. Meanwhile, the Pirate Captain finds himself incarcerated at Scotland Yard, in a case of mistaken identity.Discovering that his doppelgänger is none other than Karl Marx, the Captain and his crew are unwittingly caught up in a sinister plot that involves intellectual giants, enormous beards, and a quest to discover whether ham might really be the opium of the people.Includes, at n...
|  | More than a Skeleton
Publication Date: May 1, 2012A man claiming to be Jesus is in Rome. Is it the beginning of the end? Joshua Ben-Yosef attracts a huge following. He was born in Nazareth to parents name Mary and Joseph and speaks more than a dozen languages—fluently and without accent. His words ripple with wisdom and authority. And the crowds that follow him are enthralled as he heals the sick, gives sight to the blind, casts out demons, and even raises the dead. Is Dr. Merton, the well-known leader and author of end-times books, correct about the return of Christ? It seems everyone is a believer in th...
|  | Satan Burger
Publication Date: December 1, 2001 "All God does is watch us and kill us when we get boring. We must never, ever be boring." --Chuck PalahniukSatan Burger is the international cult hit that has grown such an enormous following over the past 10 years that it not only launched the career of underground author Carlton Mellick III, but inspired an entire literary movement.Absurd philosophies, dark surrealism, and the end of the human race . . .God hates you. All of you. He closed the gates of Heaven and wants you to rot on Earth forever. Not only that, he is repossessing your souls...
|  | The Birdcatcher: Part One: The Formation
Publication Date: December 29, 2000Three men meet in Vietnam and become involved in a psychological struggle in a world of mysticism, black marketing, CIA espionage, revenge, and horrific helicopter battle campaigns.The story begins when FBI agent Alignman investigates an occult movement and its links to drugs and politics. To discover its origin and to capture its leaders, Alignman encounters Jarrett who is a retired CIA agent, voluntarily living in a mental ward. Only Jarrett understands the origin and the personality of the occult movement that first began in Vietnam during the Tet Offens...
|  | Vita Nuova (Italian Edition)
Publication Date: April 8, 2010This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldw...
|  | The Genius Of Irish Poetry: Sprays Of Shamrock
Publication Date: May 14, 2009Clinton Scollard wites of the Erin Isles! ...
|  | An Introduction to Criticism: Literature - Film - Culture
Publication Date: February 21, 2012| ISBN-10: 1405182822 | ISBN-13: 978-1405182829| Edition: 1 An accessible and thorough introduction to literary theory and contemporary critical practice, this book is an essential resource for beginning students of literary criticism.Covers traditional approaches such as formalism and structuralism, as well as more recent developments in criticism such as evolutionary theory, cognitive studies, ethical criticism, and ecocriticismOffers explanations of key works and major ideas in literary criticism and suggests key elements to look for in a liter...
|  | Colonialism and Race in Luso-Hispanic Literature
Publication Date: February 1, 2006 In Colonialism and Race in Luso-Hispanic Literature, Jerome C. Branche examines race naming and race making in the modern period (1415–1948). During this time, racism, a partner to both slavery and colonial exploitation, took myriad discursive forms, ranging from the reflections and treatises of philosophers and scientists to travel writing, novels, poetry, drama, and the grammar of everyday life. Branche’s main premise is that modern race making went hand in hand with European expansion, the colonial enterprise, and the ...
|  | Elie Luzac (1721-1796): Bookseller of the Enlightenment (Library of the Written Word)
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|  | Venice & the East: The Impact of the Islamic World on Venetian Architecture 1100-1500
Publication Date: September 10, 2000An investigation of the influence of oriental travel and trade on mediaeval Venice and its architecture. Deborah Howard argues that many Venetians gained insight into Islamic culture through personal contacts with their Moslem trading partners. ...
|  | Moon Called (Mercy Thompson, Book 1)
Release Date: January 31, 2006Mercy Thompson's life is not exactly normal. Her next-door neighbor is a werewolf. Her former boss is a gremlin. And she's fixing a VW bus for a vampire. But then, Mercy isn't exactly normal herself....
|  | Atlantis Rising (Warriors of Poseidon, Book 1)
Release Date: March 6, 2007Eleven thousand years ago, before the seas swallowed the Atlanteans, Poseidon assigned a few chosen warriors to act as sentinels for humans in the new world. There was only one rule-desiring them was forbidden. But rules were made to be broken... When she calls... Riley Dawson is more than a dedicated Virginia Beach social worker. She's blessed with a mind link that only Atlanteans have been able to access for thousands of years. Being an "empath" may explain her wistful connection to the roiling waves of the ocean, the sanctuary it provides, and the sexual urges t...
|  | Yours, Mine and Howls (Werewolves in Love)
Publication Date: February 7, 2012| Series: Werewolves in Love Sometimes happily ever after is on the wrong side of death’s door. Werewolves in Love, Book 2 Thirteen years ago, Ally Kendall died defending her young cousin from his werewolf stepfather. She hasn’t been the same since. Ally returned from the hereafter with strange new powers, burdened with the secret of why and how she survived. She managed to scrape her life together and raise her cousin, but now he needs a pack to guide him into adulthood. That means pulling up stakes yet again and heading fo...
|  | After the Rapture
Publication Date: January 13, 2010You may be wondering if Jesus will return soon. You might have heard of the Rapture of the Church. Possibly, you even wonder what will happen after Jesus raptures His Church out of this world. This book answers a variety of important questions. What is the Age of Grace? What is the Time of the Gentiles? What will happen to the people on earth after the rapture? What will happen to true believers?Exactly who are the true believers?Let's face it. During the past few decades several ideologies on the rapture have been proposed by well-respected theologians. Non...
|  | DK Readers Pre-Level 1: Star Wars: Blast Off!
Publication Date: October 18, 2010| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up...
|  | Born to Fly
Release Date: March 8, 2011| Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up Ever since she can remember, Bird has loved flying in small propeller airplanes with her mechanic dad. When the local airstrip is turned into a military flight school, Bird is in heaven—and she manages to turn one young airman's interest in her older sister into some personal flight lessons. Then a young Japanese American student named Kenji Fujita joins Bird's class, and the entire school seems to be convinced that he's a spy, a secret agent, or at the very least, that he and his uncle want the Japs to win. But t...
|  | Beach
Publication Date: June 1, 2006| Age Level: 3 and up | Grade Level: P and up Award-winning author Elisha Cooper uses his renowned soft yet lively watercolors to celebrate the cherished act of visiting the beach."Away to the beach! Away to sand and salt water, to rolling dunes and pounding waves."A day at the beach supplies any child with a lifetime of memories. In this new picture book by award-winning author Elisha Cooper, the simple magic of building sand castles, collecting seashells, and running from the waves is brought to life through poetic text and lively illustrations. Together, read...
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