 | The Skin of Our Teeth: A Play (Perennial Classics)
Release Date: April 15, 2003| Series: Perennial ClassicsA timeless statement about human foibles . . . and human endurance, this beautiful new edition features Wilder's unpublished production notes, diary entries, and other illuminating documentary material, all of which is included in a new Afterword by Tappan Wilder. Time magazine called The Skin of Our Teeth "a sort of Hellzapoppin' with brains," as it broke from established theatrical conventions and walked off with the 1943 Pulitzer Prize for Best Drama. Combining farce, burlesque, and satire (among other styles), Thornton Wilder de...
 |  | Chancers: A Novel (Volume 36 in The American Indian Literature and Critical Studies Series)
Publication Date: September 15, 2001| Series: American Indian Literature and Critical Studies Series (Book 36) Centered on the volatile issue of the repatriation of Native American skeletal remains, Chancers follows a group of student Solar Dancers who set out to resurrect native remains housed in the Phoebe Hearst Museum of Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley.Possessed by the demonic wiindigoo, a mythic monster, the Solar Dancers, in a gruesome ritual, sacrifice faculty and administrators associated with the collection and storage of native remains. The Dancers replace st...
|  | The Scar of David
Release Date: December 11, 2006The Scar of David is historic fiction about a Palestinian family from the village of Ein Hod, which was emptied of its inhabitants by the newly formed State of Israel in 1948. It is told in the first person by Amal, who is born into that family in a UN-administered refugee camp in Jenin, where her family would eventually die waiting, or fighting, to return to their beloved Palestine. Set in lap of one of the 20 th century's most intractable political conflicts, this novel weaves through history, friendship, love, frayed identity, terrorism, exhaustion of the sp...
|  | Marrying Miss Marshal (Love Inspired Historical)
Publication Date: August 2, 2011| Series: Love Inspired Historical A Woman in a Mans JobFilling the shoes of her late husband as town marshal hasn't been easy for Danna Carpenter. She's not only fighting criminals, she's also fighting to earn the respect of the townspeople. So crossing paths with tenderfoot detective Chas O'Grady is the last thing she needs. He's hunting a band of cattle rustlers and isn't used to the rugged Wyoming landscape. Teaming up is their only option, but when circumstances place them in a compromising situation, the town forces a more permane...
|  | The Blue Cow (Sugar Creek Gang Original Series)
Release Date: August 1, 1998| Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up...
|  | The Dark One (Roswell High No. 9)
Publication Date: July 1, 2000| Series: Roswell High (Book 9) True love never dies.Isabel has run away from home, and Max knows her life is in danger. He has to find her and save her, but time is ticking away.Alex is back on Earth, and he's a changed man. He looks better, feels better, and is ready to live life to the fullest -- without Isabel Evans. Little does he know he's the only person that can help the ailing Isabel. Will Alex be able to put aside his pride and save the life of his former love? ...
|  | Marriage to Death
Publication Date: July 5, 1994The link between weddings and death - as found in dramas ranging from "Romeo and Juliet" to Lorca's "Blood Wedding" - plays a central role in the action of many Greek tragedies. Female characters such as Cassandra, Antigone and Helen enact and refer to significant parts of wedding and funeral rites, but often in a twisted fashion. This study considers how and why the fusion of the two ceremonies comes to theatrical life in the tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides. By focusing on the dramatization of important rituals conducted by women in ancient Athe...
|  | The Collected Poems: with parallel Greek text (Oxford World's Classics)
Publication Date: December 3, 2007| Series: Oxford World's Classics "A Greek gentleman in a straw hat, standing absolutely motionless at a slight angle to the universe." E. M. Forster's famous description of C. P. Cavafy--the most widely known and best loved modern Greek poet--perfectly captures the unique perspective Cavafy brought to bear on history and geography, sexuality and language.Cavafy wrote about people on the periphery, whose religious, ethnic and cultural identities are blurred, and he was one of the pioneers in expressing a specifically homosexual sensibility. His poems present...
|  | Between Sound and Silence: Poems of Chang Soo Ko
Publication Date: January 5, 2004| ISBN-10: 1565911555 | ISBN-13: 978-1565911550| Edition: Bilingual Between Sound and Silence, a dual-language volume of poems by Chang Soo Ko, includes predominantly his poems in English which have been published in American literary journals. With both Korean and American readers in mind, Professor David McCann, who teaches Korean literature at Harvard University, has written the preface. Chang Soo Ko made his debut as a poet in Korea in the 1960s and in America in the 1980s. He has received 'The Korean Literature Translation Award' from The Korea Times...
|  | A Dash Through Leaves: Haiku - In a Letterpress Edition on Deluxe Papers - Collector's Item
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|  | Malory: The Knight Who Became King Arthur's Chronicler
Release Date: June 26, 2007 Virtually all modern versions of the legend of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table are derived from a single book: Sir Thomas Malory's Morte d'Arthur (1469), one of the world's most renowned literary works. Yet the author, a fifteenth-century knight, has remained an enigma for centuries. Existing historical records imply that Malory was a criminal—accused of rape, ambush, rustling, and attacks on abbeys—and was imprisoned for most of his life. Using evidence from new historical research and deductions from the only known manuscript copy of...
|  | James Joyce, Sexuality and Social Purity
Publication Date: August 18, 2003| ISBN-10: 0521827515 | ISBN-13: 978-0521827515Katherine Mullin offers a detailed account of Joyce's lifelong battle against censorship.She reveals how Joyce responded to Edwardian ideologies of social purity by accentuating the "contentious" or "offensive" elements in such works as Ulysses, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, and Dubliners. This important book, based on prodigious archival research, will change the way Joyce is read and offers crucial insights into the sexual politics of Modernism. ...
|  | Trunk Music (Harry Bosch, No. 5)
Publication Date: September 1, 2008Back on the job after an involuntary leave of absence, LAPD homicide detective Harry Bosch is ready for a challenge. But his first case is a little more than he bargained for.It starts with the body of a Hollywood producer in the trunk of a Rolls-Royce, shot twice in the head at close range - what looks like "trunk music," a Mafia hit. But the LAPD's organized crime unit is curiously uninterested, and when Harry follows a trail of gambling debts to Las Vegas, the case suddenly becomes more complex - and much more personal.A rekindled romance with an old...
|  | The Devil's Dust: A Charlie McKelvey Mystery
Release Date: June 4, 2012| Series: A Charlie McKelvey Mystery (Book 3) Retired Toronto detective Charlie McKelvey runs from a cancer diagnosis and the violent memories of the big city and retreats to his hometown. A small declining mining centre, Ste. Bernadette offers McKelvey a chance to resolve old family issues, including his father’s involvement in a deadly wildcat strike in the late 1950s. When the local police force enlists his help in tracing an upswing in youth violence and vandalism, McKelvey stumbles into the hornet’s nest of a crystal meth industry. The timing couldn...
|  | Cat Who Went Bananas
Release Date: December 29, 2004| Series: Cat Who... The good people of Pickax are agog with anticipation. Not only is the new bookstore, The Pirate's Chest, about to open, but the Theatre Club is set to perform Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest. The play does not continue past opening night, however, for a member of the cast is killed in a car accident...or was it an accident? Koko seems to suspect otherwise, and Qwill and his clever cats have their work cut out for them. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title....
|  | Shadow of the Minotaur (Legendeer Trilogy)
Publication Date: February 1, 2000| Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up...
|  | The Fabrics of Fairytale: Stories Spun from Far and Wide
Publication Date: September 2000| Age Level: 6 and up Tales of disguise and deception, romance and revenge, all involving special items of clothing, are interlaced with Rachel Griffin's melange of texture and materials. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title....
|  | Maisy's Pop-up Playhouse
Release Date: September 4, 1995| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up...
|  | Foxes (New Naturebooks)
Publication Date: August 1, 2007| Age Level: 7 and up | Grade Level: 2 and up...
|  | Baby Bunny and Baby Duck Pack
Release Date: December 22, 2009| Age Level: 1 and up An assortment of packs, each containing a board book and a cloth book. Each book features animals, toys and everyday objects that are familiar to babies and toddlers. Bold colors and strong images visually stimulating. Touch and feel fabrics help develop sensory awareness, chunky board books fun to hold. ...
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