 | Dry Tears: The Story of a Lost Childhood
Publication Date: November 1, 1984| Series: Galaxy Book (Book 772) This is the true story of Nechama Tec, whose family found refuge with Polish Christians during the Holocaust. Dry Tears is a dramatic tale of how an eleven-year-old child learned to "pass in the forbidding Christian world and a quietly moving coming-of-age story. This book is unique celebration of the best human qualities that surface under the worst conditions. ...
 |  | Seascape:Play in Two Acts
Publication Date: January 1998| ISBN-10: 0822210045 | ISBN-13: 978-0822210047| Edition: Not Stated On the heels of the success of Edward Albee's The Collected Plays of Edward Albee, Overlook brings back--in a stand-alone volume--one of Albee's most cherished plays, a fantastic story of what it means to be alive--winner of the 1975 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. On a deserted stretch of beach, a middle-aged couple relaxes after a picnic lunch and converse idly about home, family, and their life together. She sketches; he naps. Then, suddenly, they are joined by two sea creatures, a pair of liz...
|  | Swimming to Elba: A Novel
Release Date: June 14, 2012A sensually charged novel about two girls growing up fast in a failing industrial town on the coast of ItalyAnna and Francesca are on the brink of everything: high school, adulthood, and the edge of ambition in their provincial town. It’s summer in Piombino, Italy, and in their skimpy bathing suits, flaunting their newly acquired curves, the girls suddenly have everyone in their thrall. This power opens their imagination to a destiny beyond Piombino; the resort town of Elba is just a ferry ride away and yet they’ve never dared to go. Maybe the future is...
|  | The Night Angel (Heirs of Acadia #4)
Publication Date: April 1, 2006Heirs of Acadia Book 4 - A new family business partner catches Serafina's eye and then mysteriously disappears. He is rumored dead, but could he be the mysterious "night angel" freeing slaves with gold? ...
|  | Selected Poetry of William Wordsworth (Modern Library Classics)
Release Date: February 12, 2002| Series: Modern Library Classics Selected Poetry of William Wordsworth represents Wordsworth’s prolific output, from the poems first published in Lyrical Ballads in 1798 that changed the face of English poetry to the late “Yarrow Revisited.” Wordsworth’s poetry is celebrated for its deep feeling, its use of ordinary speech, the love of nature it expresses, and its representation of commonplace things and events. As Matthew Arnold notes, “[Wordsworth’s poetry] is great because of the extraordinary power with which [he] feels ...
|  | Thalidomide Kid
Publication Date: February 12, 2007Fate dealt to Daryl from the bottom of the deck. During pregnancy, his mother took a common prescription drug that doomed him to a life without arms.But streetwise Daryl's a fighter - self-styled Thalidomide Kid superhero at heart - and he's sworn to play his rogue cards against all the odds. Kate Rigby's gritty novel follows him through a bittersweet journey of fear and determination, failure and conquest, blind prejudice . and forbidden love.For the first time in a work of fiction, Rigby lifts a corner of the veil to reveal the cruel and uncomfortable fac...
|  | Heart of Darkness
Release Date: January 28, 2008ReadHowYouWant publishes a wide variety of best selling books in Large and Super Large fonts in partnership with leading publishers. EasyRead books are available in 11pt and 13pt. type. EasyRead Large books are available in 16pt, 16pt Bold, and 18pt Bold type. EasyRead Super Large books are available in 20pt. Bold and 24pt. Bold Type. You choose the format that is right for you.It is an unusual, symbolic novella that presents the story of Charlie Marlow who recounts his adventures on the ship. Adorned with vigorous descriptive and eloquent style, its motifs are ...
|  | Mission Into Light
Publication Date: January 21, 2001What starts out as a phone call and job offer to Arizonan Mike Green quickly evolves into a mystifying adventure into the unknown. Mike is recruited into a San Deigo-based Defense Department research team called the "Joint Reconnaissance Study Group." The group includes ten women and men, all well-trained and dedicated. The "JRSG" and its friends gather intelligence information on unusual phenomena: UFOs, crop circles, dolphin intelligence, deep-memory DNA theories, near-death experiences, "Earth changes" involving "pole shifts," and Native American culture ...
|  | Jane Slayre
Release Date: April 13, 2010" READER, I BURIED HIM . " A timeless tale of love, devotion . . . and the undead. Jane Slayre, our plucky demon-slaying heroine, a courageous orphan who spurns the detestable vampyre kin who raised her, sets out on the advice of her ghostly uncle to hone her skills as the fearless slayer she's meant to be. When she takes a job as a governess at a country estate, she falls head-over-heels for her new master, Mr. Rochester, only to discover he's hiding a violent werewolf in the attic--in the form of his first wife. Can a menagerie of blood...
|  | Poems (The Hyperion Library of World Literature)
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|  | Arnold Lobel (Twayne's United States Authors Series)
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|  | The Renaissance and the New World (History of Everyday Things)
Publication Date: September 1998| Age Level: 9 and up...
|  | Stella Adler on America's Master Playwrights: Eugene O'Neill, Clifford Odets, Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller, Edward Albee, et al.
Release Date: August 14, 2012“Don’t use your conscious past. Use your creative imagination to create a past that belongs to your character. I don’t want you to be stuck with your own life. It’s too little.” “You must get beneath the words before you can say them. The text must be in you. It is your job to fill, not to empty the words. They can only be used if they come out of what you need to say.” —Stella Adler From one the most celebrated and influential acting teachers of her time, of all time, whose generati...
|  | Firework
Publication Date: June 1, 2010Praise for Eugene Marten's Waste:"When a poet pal had put a copy of Waste into my hands, I right away went nuts. . . . Here, said I, in wild proclamation, is one for history and a half."— Gordon LishFirework is the story of a man who, though ill-equipped to help himself, attempts to help someone else, and the beautifully rendered, perhaps necessary catastrophe that results. Unequaled in intensity and often blackly humorous, it is also an exhilarating expression of the all-too-human impulse to become more than what we seem to be.Eugene Marten is the author o...
|  | Writing Romances: A Handbook by the Romance Writers of America
Publication Date: March 1997As a writer, what discoveries are you seeking? A more thorough understanding of romance and its readers? A peek at the publishing business, and how an agent can be your bridge into it? Specific writing guidance? If so, your search is over. You've found a collection of instructive articles by those who live by affairs of the heart: the Romance Writers of America. The 25 essays in this guide each highlight a specific - and vital - area of writing or publishing your romance fiction. ...
|  | Sherlock Holmes and the Boulevard Assassin (Adventures of Sherlock Holmes)
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|  | Marvel Adventures Spider-Man Vol. 6: The Black Costume (v. 6)
Publication Date: May 23, 2007| Grade Level: P and up All-new, all-ages, all-action fun featuring the Tinkerer, Green Goblin, the Hobgoblin, the Sandman and Venom! Plus: Don't miss the senses-shattering debut of Spidey's new "smart stealth" black costume! Collects Marvel Adventures Spider-Man #21-24. ...
|  | Are There French Fries in Heaven?
Release Date: July 13, 2012Are There French Fries in Heaven is a children's picture book about six year old Kia who loves French fries. Join her as she searches for the answer to this delicious question, eventually discovering that grandmas holds the key. The response makes Kia salivate and teaches her a lesson about overeating. ...
|  | On The Wings of Heroes
Release Date: October 16, 2008| Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up Davy Bowman?s dad looks forward to Halloween more than a kid, and Davy?s brother, Bill, flies B-17s. Davy adores these two heroes and tries his best to follow their lead, especially now. World War II has invaded Davy?s homefront boyhood. Bill has joined up, breaking their dad?s heart. It?s an intense, confusing time, and one that will spur Davy to grow up in a hurry. This is one of Richard Peck?s finest novels?a tender, unforgettable portrait of the World War II home front and a family?s enduring love. ...
|  | The Star-Spangled Secret
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