 | American Eyes (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)
Publication Date: February 1, 1996FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Ten stories reflect the conflict Asian Americans face in balancing an ancient heritage and an unknown future. ...
 |  | Testimony of a Tax Collector
Publication Date: April 1, 2004Inspiration is more caught than taught. And E.K. Bailey has been known for his Inspirational stories from the pulpit that drive home a personal application. In his own words: 'If you grew up in the local church, you probably remember singing the 'Zacchaeus' song as a child. I've always wondered what drove Zacchaeus to climb that tree, what was in his motivation, what compelled him to climb that tree? For it is exceedingly unusual, imaginatively unlikely, and totally uncanny to see a well-dressed, well-educated, well-established, wealthy man at midday, publicly ...
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|  | Beyond the Bedroom Wall (Graywolf Rediscovery)
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|  | The Book of Names: A Novel (Legends of Karac Tor)
Release Date: June 20, 2008| Series: Legends of Karac Tor Teen brothers Hadyn and Ewan Barlow are forced to adjust to a depressing new life when tragedy strikes their home. Then a secret Viking runestone opens the door to a world in peril, and they discover a crisis larger than their own pain. ...
|  | The Long Way Home (Center Point Platinum Fiction (Large Print))
Publication Date: July 1, 2010| Series: Center Point Platinum Fiction (Large Print) “The Long Way Home is Robin Pilcher at his best. I devoured every word of this masterful storyteller.”—Debbie Macomber, #1 New York Times bestselling author In the vein of Maeve Binchy, Rosamunde Pilcher, and Nicholas Sparks, New York Times bestselling author Robin Pilcher returns with his most enchanting novel yet, filled with captivating twists and turns of heart. When Claire Barclay receives news that her beloved stepfather has had a stroke, she’s more than a little shaken. Leo is h...
|  | In Pursuit of Glory
Release Date: October 12, 2006Sail with Oliver Baldwin, recently back from the Barbary Wars, in the US Frigate Chesapeake as she leaves Hampton Roads, VA, on a routine patrol. The patrol turns out to anything but routine as the ship is confronted by the fifty gun HMS Leopard outside the Virginia Capes. The British ship is seeking Royal Navy deserters and, when Commodore James Barron refuses the British captain's orders to produce them, fires into the ill-prepared American frigate with disastrous results. The lop-sided fight, the Chesapeake/Leopard Incident, was one of the major contributors ...
|  | Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (Persephone Classics)
Publication Date: December 31, 2008Miss Pettigrew is about a governess sent by an employment agency to the wrong address, where she encounters a glamorous night-club singer, Miss LaFosse. 'The sheer fun, the light-heartedness' in this wonderful 1938 book 'feels closer to a Fred Astaire film than anything else' comments the Preface-writer Henrietta Twycross-Martin, who found Miss Pettigrew for Persephone Books. The Guardian asked: 'Why has it taken more than half a century for this wonderful flight of humour to be rediscovered?' while the Daily Mail liked the book's message - 'that everyone, ...
|  | What a Book Can Do: The Publication and Reception of Silent Spring (Studies in Print Culture and the History of the Book)
Publication Date: March 1, 2007| Series: Studies in Print Culture and the History of the Book In 1962 the publication of Rachel Carson’s "Silent Spring" sparked widespread public debate on the hazards of pesticide abuse for humans and their environment. With-in a year, the controversy had spread throughout print and broadcast media. Despite its preliminary appearance in a magazine, "Silent Spring" reached the full media system and made its lasting impres-sion in the form of a book. With clarity and precision, Priscilla Coit Murphy explores how a newsmaking book enabled a single voice of...
|  | When Valentines Collide (Kimani Romance)
Publication Date: February 2, 2007| Series: Kimani Romance Second chance for romance When it came to revitalizing relationships, Dr. Chante Valentine and Dr. Michael Valentine knew all the right moves -- except when it came to mending their own volatile vows. Since divorce would jeopardize their respective careers, the love gurus reluctantly agreed to a two-week "sex-therapy" retreat. Getting more from the seminar than they bargained for, Chante suddenly found herself appreciating her husband's strong, lean physique for the first time in years, and Michael couldn't deny his more than platoni...
|  | Run for Your Life (Michael Bennett)
Publication Date: May 1, 2010| Series: Michael Bennett A calculating killer who calls himself The Teacher is taking on New York City, killing the powerful and the arrogant. His message is clear: remember your manners or suffer the consequences! For some, it seems that the rich are finally getting what they deserve. For New York's elite, it is a call to terror. Only one man can tackle such a high-profile case: Detective Mike Bennett. The pressure is enough for anyone, but Mike also has to care for his 10 children-all of whom have come down with virulent flu at once! Discovering a secret patte...
|  | The Adventures of Venus
Publication Date: July 17, 2012| Grade Level: 4 and up A charming all-ages comic from Gilbert Hernandez.A rare foray into all-ages work, “The Adventures of Venus” was Gilbert Hernandez’s contribution to the kids’ anthology Measles which he edited in 1999 and 2000. This super-affordable little hardcover collects all the previously uncollected “Venus” stories from Measles in which Luba’s niece creates and collects comic books, walks through a scary forest, plays soccer, schemes to get the cute boy she likes, laments the snowless-less of a California Ch...
|  | The Amazing Spider-Man: An Origin Story
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|  | Hansel and Gretel (We Both Read - Level 1-2 (Quality))
Publication Date: April 30, 1999| Age Level: 6 and up | Grade Level: 1 and up...
|  | Soccer Beat
Publication Date: July 1, 2003 On the green two teams are prancing. Rockets leaping -- Cheetahs chancing -- Who will win this whirling, twirling, rolling, bouncing soccer game? ...
|  | Easy-Peasy Recipes: Snacks and Treats to Make and Eat
Publication Date: May 29, 2012| Age Level: 6 and up Colorful and straightforward, Easy-Peasy Recipes features delicious, nutritious, and fun snack recipes that young kids can make on their own.No stoves, ovens, or sharp knives are involved in the thoroughly followable step-by-step illustrated instructions.Yummy snacks like Dig This Pineapple Parfait and Captain Taco Salad can be easily assembled in just a few steps.Kids will discover the pleasure of making their own food with healthy, easy-to-find ingredients, plenty of room for experimentation, and absolutely no need for parental supervisio...
|  | Splashy Fins, Flashy Skin, Deep Sea Rhymes To Make You Grin
Publication Date: September 3, 2003| Age Level: 7 and up...
|  | The Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow: The Diary of Sarah Nita, a Navajo Girl, New Mexico, 1864 (Dear America)
Publication Date: September 1, 1999| Age Level: 9 and up...
|  | Zoom-Zoom and Slo-Poke
Release Date: July 29, 2005The story of the tortoise and the hare is an ancient one, going back at least as far as Aesop’s Fables. Zoom-Zoom and Slo-Poke is a charming, thoroughly modern update with its hip-hop overtones and colorful imagery. These two creatures are having fun! One imagines that Aesop would have approved. ...
|  | Plumas para almorzar
Publication Date: April 1, 1996| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up The Spanish-language edition of Feathers for Lunch. ...
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