 | Fahrenheit 451: A Novel
Release Date: January 10, 2012Ray Bradbury’s internationally acclaimed novel Fahrenheit 451 is a masterwork of twentieth-century literature set in a bleak, dystopian future. Guy Montag is a fireman. In his world, where television rules and literature is on the brink of extinction, firemen start fires rather than put them out. His job is to destroy the most illegal of commodities, the printed book, along with the houses in which they are hidden. Montag never questions the destruction and ruin his actions produce, returning each day to his bland life and wife, Mildred, who spends all day...
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|  | Guide to Reference Works for the Study of the Spanish Language and Literature and Spanish American Literature
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|  | Sightseeing
Publication Date: December 12, 2005One of the most widely reviewed debuts of the year, Sightseeing is a masterful story collection by an award-winning young author. Set in contemporary Thailand, these are generous, radiant tales of family bonds, youthful romance, generational conflicts and cultural shiftings beneath the glossy surface of a warm, Edenic setting. Written with exceptional acuity, grace and sophistication, the stories present a nation far removed from its exoticized stereotypes. In the prize-winning opening story "Farangs," the son of a beachside motel owner commits the cardinal...
|  | Mine
Publication Date: October 22, 2007What happens when you’ve already given your heart and love finds you again?Three years after Courtney McAllister loses her partner in a car accident, she’s finally trying to move forward. She’s even dated half heartedly over the past year, but no one is able to penetrate her emotional barricades until she meets aggressive real estate broker Rachel Hart. Despite Rachel’s cool facade, Courtney is drawn to her—when she isn’t furious with her. Still, despite an undeniable attraction, Courtney has given her heart once and...
|  | The Gift
Release Date: May 7, 1991The Gift is the last of the novels Nabokov wrote in his native Russian and the crowning achievement of that period in his literary career. It is also his ode to Russian literature, evoking the works of Pushkin, Gogol, and others in the course of its narrative: the story of Fyodor Godunov-Cherdyntsev, an impoverished émigré poet living in Berlin, who dreams of the book he will someday write--a book very much like The Gift itself. ...
|  | Beyond Forgetting: Poetry and Prose About Alzheimer's Disease (Literature and Medicine)
Publication Date: May 30, 2009| Series: Literature and Medicine (Book 16) A literary collection that illumines the darkness of Alzheimer's diseaseAlzheimer's disease is now estimated to affect one in two persons over the age of eighty and is being diagnosed in people as young as fifty. For the many people now trying to cope with a loved one suffering from this tragic disease, this collection will provide solace and valuable insight for family members as well as for those in the medical community who work with anyone afflicted with Alzheimer's disease.Beyond Forgetting is a unique collection ...
|  | Ashes in the Air
Publication Date: October 1, 2011| ISBN-10: 0702238724 | ISBN-13: 978-0702238727Strong and thought-provoking, these poems examine themes such as aging, fatherhood, identity, and migration. From the Tehran of the poet’s childhood through the Australian coast of his teenage years to the nations visited in his adulthood, this dynamic volume gives voice to the story of a young man and his experiences of discovery. Sharing the hopes of a struggling writer as he explores Australia, China, and the Middle East, this compilation offers a broadened perspective on different ways of...
|  | Apuleius: The Metamorphoses, Book 1 (Latin Edition) (Bk. 1)
Publication Date: January 1, 2001| ISBN-10: 0865164843 | ISBN-13: 978-0865164840| Edition: annotated edition An annotated edition of Book 1 of Apuleius' novel Metamorphoses, this text is suitable for a student's first unadapted author, or in combination with other readings at the intermediate level. Book 1 exhibits the spontaneity and ebullience of Apuleius' Latin as well as his ability to engage the reader with a lively story. It is the perfect text to put variety into the Latin curriculum. Special Features * Introduction * Foreword, 'Book One and Apuleius' Metamorphoses,' by Steven Nim...
|  | Barthes and the Empire of Signs (Postmodern Encounters)
Publication Date: August 7, 1997| ISBN-10: 1840462779 | ISBN-13: 978-1840462777Roland Barthes' experience of Japan, a morass of signs where appearance and reality intermingle, led him to move from linguistic semiology to a much broader critical enquiry into the field of mass media and popular culture. Do we inhabit today an 'empire of signs'? ...
|  | The Pleasures of Benthamism: Victorian Literature, Utility, Political Economy
Publication Date: January 18, 2010| ISBN-10: 0199563268This book offers a fresh look at the often-censured but imperfectly understood traditions of Utilitarianism and political economy in their bearing for Victorian literature and culture. It treats writings by Jeremy Bentham, Adam Smith, Thomas Malthus, David Ricardo, James and John Stuart Mill, Charles Dickens, Thomas Carlyle, Anthony Trollope, George Eliot, Elizabeth Gaskell, and Rabindranath Tagore. It sets texts in historical context, examines style as well as ideas, and aims to widen awareness of commonalities across seemingly divide...
|  | Surrender
Release Date: September 1, 1990From the dazzling ballrooms of glittering Londonsociety to magnificent, cursed estate in the distant wilds of Yorkshire, comes the deliciouslywicked story of a thoroughly unconventional courtship—and a thrilling midnight rendezvous that could only lead to love... At four and twenty VictoriaHuntington thought herself quite adept at fendingoff fortune hunters... until she came under siegefrom Lucas Colebrook, the darkly disturbing new Earl of Stonevale. Amidst the brightly plumed birds ofthe town, Lucas was a hawk. And when he held outthe lure of moonlit ri...
|  | It Takes A Thief (Loveswept #312)
Release Date: February 1, 1989Dane Prescott was charming, gallant, a man of mystery and shadows whose smile could make a woman forget her name! Jennifer Chantry was terrified when he caught her with a pilfered diamond bracelet, stunned when he kissed her breathless, and delighted when he helped her escape with her prize! But when her dashing hero turned out to be a professional gambler, she had to resist him. Her father had lost Belle Retour, their beautiful old home, in a poker game -- how could she risk loving another man who might cost her everything? Until now she'd never been tempted to...
|  | That Other Land: The Story of Aipotu, a Creative, Competent, and High-Tech Country Where They Rank Human Growth and Joy of Life above the Acquisition of Wealth.
Publication Date: May 17, 2001What is the good life? Is it to be rich? Or is it to live a rich life?This book is about human values, and how to realize them. A man from Bykrat visits the foreign land of Aipotu (pronounced eyePOtu; it may be read backwards too) and is shown around by his host, Gard. Aipotu is a high-tech, competent, and creative country that ranks human growth and joy of life above material wealth. It has an unconventional form of public administration, new roles for men and women, an unusual urban landscape, data technology designed to respect peoples wishes, and most import...
|  | Tales of the Norse Warrior Gods: The Heroes of Asgard
Publication Date: September 1, 2005| Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up Twenty-nine tales narrate rousing adventures in the lives of a pantheon of immortal figures, among them Odin, chief of all the gods; Loki, deity of mischief; and Gerda, the goddess of light. Beautifully illustrated and adapted for young readers, these stories present mythology at its best. 15 black-and-white illustrations, 3 in color. ...
|  | Chefs and Cooks (Community Helpers (Bridgestone Books))
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|  | The Remarkable Journey of Prince Jen
Release Date: November 18, 2004| Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up When Prince Jen volunteers to search for the legendary court of T?ien-kuo, a mysterious old man chooses six gifts for him to bear in homage: a saddle, a sword, a paint box, a bowl, a kite, and a flute. Puzzled by the gifts but full of high spirits and pride, Jen sets off?but stumbles almost immediately into a series of misfortunes.Only with the help of his faithful servant, Mafoo, and valiant flute-girl, Voyaging Moon, and only after a breathtakingly exciting string of adventures can Jen discover the real meaning of...
|  | Saving Sweetness
Release Date: November 12, 2001| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up...
|  | The Garden Wall: A Story of Love Based on I Corinthians 13
Publication Date: July 1, 2006| Age Level: 6 and up | Grade Level: 1 and up The warm sun falls on Petra's smiling face as she breathes in the delicious smells of roses, daisies, pansies and forget-me-nots.What could be more beautiful than a flower?When she announces to her friend Seth that she wants to grow her own garden, he agrees to help her by building a wall to protect the delicate flowers from harm.But it's not as easy as they think.Sometimes they don't get along, and the work is even harder then they imagined.Should they just give up?Will the flowers ever bloom?Can their friendship la...
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