 | Sweetest Thing, The
Publication Date: June 1, 2011The Singleton family's fortunes seem unaffected by the Great Depression, and Perri--along with the other girls at Atlanta's elite Washington Seminary--lives a carefree life of tea dances with college boys, matinees at the cinema, and debut parties. But when tragedies strike, Perri is confronted with a world far different from the one she has always known.At the insistence of her parents, Mary "Dobbs" Dillard, the daughter of an itinerant preacher, is sent from inner-city Chicago to live with her aunt and attend Washington Seminary, bringing confrontation and rad...
 |  | The Night Before Christmas - N Da Hood
Publication Date: February 23, 2011While the idea of Christmas is intertwined with tinsel, glitter and merriment, the reality for many is one of loneliness, depression and financial challenges. A time of year that should be celebrated as a joyous occasion often becomes stressful for many. Santa doesn't always come down the chimney and in many cases doesn't show up at all.This short, easy to read story provides a lighthearted look at the Christmas experience in the Black Community, through the eyes of a lower, middle-class Black family. It can however, be related to by many that experience th...
|  | Pirates of the Levant: A Novel (Captain Altriste)
Release Date: July 26, 2011| Series: Captain Altriste The sixth novel in the adventures of Captain Alatriste, set in a time when the only thing needed to summon hell on earth (or sea) was a Spaniard and his sword.Accompanied by his faithful foster son, Íñigo, Captain Alatriste accepts a job as a mercenary aboard a Spanish galleon. The ship sets sail from Naples on a journey that will take them to some of the most remote-and wretched- outposts of the empire: Morocco, Algeria, and finally to Malta for a stunning and bloody battle on the high seas that will challenge even the battle...
|  | Fifth Wheel (Cassidy James Mysteries)
Publication Date: November 1998| Series: Cassidy James Mysteries A sadistic serial killer is abducting young women and leaving their mutilated bodies along Oregon's coastal highway. Kings Harbor policewoman Martha Harper believes the clues lead to a local college, but her superiors don't see it that way. Desperate For help, she turns to her best friend, Cassidy James.Posing as a teaching assistant in the Theater Department, the undercover investigator soon finds herself surrounded by a east of intriguing characters, including the alluring Professor Lauren Monroe - whose talents, Cassidy will...
|  | Entangled
Publication Date: October 10, 2011Hayden Crissman is a very responsible girl and has done all the right things to get accepted into a prestigious university in Erie, Pennsylvania, with the help of her English teacher Abbey Spencer, whom she idolizes. When their paths cross again after graduation, Hayden sees another side of her favorite teacher and witnesses a deeply personal, more vulnerable woman.What ensues will test both women s sense of propriety, logic, and love. ...
|  | Fortune is a Woman
Release Date: January 1, 1992The three met in the aftermath of San Francisco's devastating 1906 earthquake--the Mandarin Lai Tsin, a runaway American heiress, and a young Englishwoman. Against all odds they made their dreams come true, building one of the world's largest trading companies and most luxurious hotels... They had only each other--and bloody secrets to bury even as they rose to dizzying heights, wary of love yet vulnerable to passion in its most dangerous forms... The Mandarin would pass his multi-billion-dollar empire only to the women in the Lai Tsin dynasty--along with one las...
|  | Posthumous Keats: A Personal Biography
Publication Date: May 17, 2008An acclaimed American poet reflects onthe life and legacy of JohnKeats.Posthumous Keats is the result ofStanley Plumly's twenty years of reflection onthe enduring afterlife of one of England'sgreatest Romanticists. John Keats's famousepitaph—"Here lies One Whose Name was writ inWater"—helped cement his reputation as thearchetype of the genius cut off before his time. Keats, dead of tuberculosis at twenty-five, sawhis mortality as fatal to his poetry, andtherein, Plumly argues, lies his tragedy: Keatsthought he had failed in his mission "to beamong ...
|  | Fairy Queen (Everyman)
Publication Date: November 15, 1996| Series: Everyman This study edition, published to commemorate the quatercentenary of the six-book 1596 edition, contains a full, modernized selection from modern England's longest epic poem, as well as a commentary upon it. ...
|  | Literature and the Immigrant Community: The Case of Arthur Landfors
Publication Date: April 1, 1990Alan Swanson discusses Swedish-American literature in terms of its relevance to its intended audience and the audience of today.He focuses on the function of literature generally and the function of Swedish-American literature in particular before presenting the work of Arthur Landfors (the best-known Swedish-American poet). ...
|  | The Art of Writing: Teachings of the Chinese Masters
Release Date: June 25, 1996The ancient Chinese regarded the written word as a transformative force able to move heaven and earth and unite the reader with the source of all things, the Tao. The power of writing, especially poetry, is celebrated here in short texts that present both practical instruction and spiritual insight: • Lu Ji's essay in verse, "The Art of Writing," reveals the inner process every writer must go through in preparing for the creative act. • Sikong Tu's "Twenty-four Styles of Poetry" teaches that poets must p...
|  | Not-Knowing: The Essays and Interviews
Publication Date: January 28, 2008The wildly varied essays in Not-Knowing combine to form a posthumous manifesto of one of America’s masters of literary experiment. Here are Barthelme’s thoughts on writing (his own and others); his observations on art, architecture, film, and city life; interviews, including two previously unpublished; and meditations on everything from Superman III to the art of rendering “Melancholy Baby” on jazz banjolele. This is a rich and eclectic selection of work by the man Robert Coover has called “one of the great citizens of contemporar...
|  | Guide to Scripts Used in English Writings up to 1500 (Spoken Word)
Publication Date: March 15, 2011| ISBN-10: 0712309039 | ISBN-13: 978-0712309035| Edition: Revised edition Despite a resurgence of interest in the history of the English language, this work is the only book available to introduce readers to the scripts used in Old and Middle English writing. The best way to understand changes in scripts across time is through visual examples, and this highly illustrated book reveals precisely how Middle English is different from Old English and how these gradual changes have developed. Images from important literary texts such as Caedmon’s R...
|  | Cracking the AP English Literature & Composition Exam, 2013 Edition (College Test Preparation)
Release Date: September 4, 2012| ISBN-10: 030794512X | ISBN-13: 978-0307945129If you need to know it, it’s in this book! Cracking the AP English Language & Composition Exam, 2013 Edition includes: • 2 full-length practice tests with detailed explanations • In-depth, engaging review of important literary movements • Comprehensive glossary of key AP English Literature terms • Practical, targeted advice for writing high-scoring essays • Useful tech...
|  | Araminta Spookie 5: Ghostsitters
Release Date: August 25, 2009| Age Level: 7 and up | Grade Level: 2 and up...
|  | Disney's Easy to Read Stories: A Collection of 6 Favorite Tales
Release Date: January 1, 1900| Age Level: 6 and up | Grade Level: K and up Tales inspired by "Toy Story, The Lion King, The Little Mermaid, Mulan", and"Lady and the Tramp" feature favorite characters from popular Disney animatedfilms. Full color. ...
|  | Dragonology: Field Guide to Dragons (Ologies)
Release Date: October 9, 2007 ...
|  | Storm Boy
Release Date: October 1, 1998| Age Level: 5 and up | Grade Level: K and up An American Indian prince is flung from his canoe during a storm. Washed ashore in the mysterious world of the Killer Whale people, the boy finds himself in an unfamiliar village, being welcomed by a strange and giant tribe. • 50,000 copies in print!• American Book Award Winner• A PBS "Storytime" Selection• Best Children's Book of the Pacific Northwest• Washington State Governer's Award Winner ...
|  | Sport Diving (Superwheels & Thrill Sports)
Publication Date: March 1991 ...
|  | Tons of Trucks
Release Date: July 3, 2012Big trucks, small trucks, dump trucks, tow trucks, and all kinds of other trucks canbe found in this playful touch-and-move book. A backhoe scoops and digs, a cementtruck spins, a tar truck oozes sticky tar, and tabs pull up and out to reveal surprises.The trucks eventually slow down for a rest, where little hands can lift the flaps to seeanimals snuggling up for sleepy-time—under a rising moon. Filled with vibrant artand adorable characters, this book gives a child everything he’s looking for when hepresses his face against the fence at a construction s...
|  | Moose's Big Idea (Moose and Hildy)
Publication Date: April 2010| Age Level: 6 and up | Grade Level: 1st and up...
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