 | The Last Man: A Novel (Mitch Rapp)
Release Date: November 13, 2012| Series: Mitch Rapp An invaluable CIA asset has gone missing, and with him, secrets that in the wrong hands could prove disastrous. The only question is: Can Mitch Rapp find him first? Joe Rickman, head of CIA clandestine operations in Afghanistan, has been kidnapped and his four bodyguards executed in cold blood. But Mitch Rapp’s experience and nose for the truth make him wonder if something even more sinister isn’t afoot. Irene Kennedy, director of the CIA, has dispatched him to Afghanistan to find Rickman at all costs. Rapp, however, isn’t...
 |  | A Bitter Feast (Bill Smith/Lydia Chin Novels)
Publication Date: July 15, 1999| Series: Bill Smith/Lydia Chin Novels Joining the company of Sue Grafton, Jonathan Kellerman, and Patricia Cornwell, Shamus Award-winner S.J. Rozan now owns a coveted Anthony Award for Best Novel for her No Colder Place. The Washington Post has called her Bill Smith/Lydia Chin novels...a series to watch for....Booklist deemed Rozan....a major figure in contemporary mystery fiction...Now it's your turn--to discover one of fiction's major voices and to fall in love with a mystery of evocative atmosphere, engaging characters, and exquisite writing. It's Lydia Chi...
|  | The Rembrandt Affair (Gabriel Allon)
Release Date: July 5, 2011| Series: Gabriel Allon When an art restorer is murdered and a portrait by Rembrandt is stolen, Gabriel Allon is pulled into a race across the globe against a group of powerful men who will do anything to keep the truth about the painting hidden... ...
|  | Brambleman
Publication Date: March 15, 2012Down-and-out Atlanta writer Charlie Sherman has no idea what madness awaits him when a mysterious stranger convinces him to finish a dead man’s book about a horrific crime that's gone unpunished for decades.What Charlie inherits is an unwieldy manuscript about the mob-driven expulsion of more than 1,000 blacks from Forsyth County, Georgia in 1912. During the course of his work, Charlie uncovers a terrible secret involving a Forsyth County land grab. Due to its proximity to Atlanta, the stolen farm is now worth $20 million—and a sale is pending.Wh...
|  | Big Machine: A Novel
Release Date: March 9, 2010Ricky Rice is a middling hustler with a lingering junk habit, a bum knee, and a haunted mind. A survivor of a suicide cult, he scrapes by as a porter at a bus depot in Utica, New York, until one day a mysterious letter arrives, summoning him to enlist in a band of paranormal investigators comprised of former addicts and petty criminals, all of whom had at some point in their wasted lives heard what may have been the voice of God.Infused with the wonder of a disquieting dream and laced with Victor LaValle’s fiendish comic sensibility, Big Machine is a mind-rat...
|  | The Day After Midnight
Publication Date: July 21, 2008Dr. Charlie Davids thinks he s said goodbye to Sal and his days as the ER doc on call for the Mob. Now married, Charlie and his wife Patty are looking forward to a quiet life in the rural Berkshire Hills of Western Massachusetts. But Charlie can t seem to put the past behind him and he soon finds himself in another round of trouble. Faced with hostile visits from menacing strangers and repeated attempts on his life, Charlie again struggles with personal and medical ethics while trying to protect those he loves. This time however, the circumstances have changed,...
|  | Ramage's Challenge (The Lord Ramage Novels) (Volume 15)
Publication Date: March 1, 2002| Series: The Lord Ramage Novels (Book 15) Admiralty spies are hunting for British officers and allies trapped on the mainland, among them Ramage's first love, Gianna, the Marchesa di Volterra. Ramage returns to the Tuscan coast, where Bonaparte holds a group of hostages for an unknown fate. ...
|  | Jerry Seinfeld: Much Ado About Nothing
Publication Date: October 1, 1993Jerry Seinfeld is the master of observational humor. Pointing at the small absurdities of daily life, Seinfeld makes his audience laugh with recognition. For many years a stand-up comic, Seinfeld is now the star of his own phenomenally successful television show, Seinfeld. But the road hasn't always been easy; at his first stand-up performance, he froze. This first unauthorized biography follows his rise to stardom. Also included is a behind-the-scenes look at the making of Seinfeld. ...
|  | The Merchant of Venice (Go Shakespeare - Set 1)
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|  | True and False: Heresy and Common Sense for the Actor
Release Date: February 22, 1999Invent nothing, deny nothing, speak up, stand up, stay out of school. With these words, one of our most brilliantly iconoclastic playwrights takes on the art of profession of acting, in a book that is as shocking as it is practical, as witty as it is instructive, and as irreverent as it is inspiring. Acting schools, “interpretation,” “sense memory,” “The Method”—David Mamet takes a jackhammer to the idols of contemporary acting, while revealing the true heroism and nobility of the craft. He shows actors how to undertake...
|  | Fifty-Five T'ang Poems: A Text in the Reading and Understanding of T'ang Poetry (Far Eastern Publications Series)
Publication Date: March 11, 1976| Series: Far Eastern Publications Series Four masters of the shi form of Chinese poetry, who are generally considered to be giants in the entire history of Chinese literature, are represented in this book: three from the eighth century, and one from the ninth. A few works by other well-known poets are also included. The author provides a general background sketch, instruction to the student, a description of the phonological system and the spelling used, as well as an outline of the grammar of T'ang shi, insofar as it is known. ...
|  | Mountains in Berlin (Dichten =, No. 2)
Publication Date: January 1, 1995| Series: Dichten =, No. 2 Poetry. "Poetry as an attempt to dynamite petrified structures, poetry as incessant reflective effort, poetry as childlike utopia. Three irreconcilable impulses, perhaps. But perhaps great works come about only in the meeting of the irreconcilable" -Urs Allemann. ...
|  | An Antique Place
Release Date: July 6, 2006This is a collection of verse that might be called a travelogue or journey through life and history. It includes a variety of poems to provoke thought and to amuse. The reader will find something of interest to most people, something relevant to life. ...
|  | Cultural Atlas of the Renaissance
Publication Date: September 1993Examines the era between 1300 and 1600, generally known as the European Renaissance, concentrating on artistic and literary aspects, as well as the economic, political, and religious changes. ...
|  | Music in Renaissance Ferrara 1400-1505: The Creation of a Musical Center in the Fifteenth Century
Publication Date: May 4, 2009Based on extensive documentary and archival research,Music in Renaissance Ferrarais a study of the rise of music at a vital center of Italian Renaissance culture, focusing on the patrons and musicians whose efforts gave Ferrara a primary role in European music during the fifteenth century. The successive rulers of the Italian city-state, members of the Este dynasty, brought to Ferrara some of the most important composers of the period, including Guillaume Dufay, Johannes Martini, Jacob Obrecht, and Josquin Desprez. Moreover, Ferrara has long been famous as the se...
|  | The Iliad (SparkNotes Literature Guide)
Publication Date: January 10, 2002| Series: SparkNotes Literature Guide "Get your "A" in gear! They're today's most popular study guides-with everything you need to succeed in school. Written by Harvard students for students, since its inception "SparkNotes(TM) has developed a loyal community of dedicated users and become a major education brand. Consumer demand has been so strong that the guides have expanded to over 150 titles. "SparkNotes'(TM) motto is "Smarter, Better, Faster because: - They feature the most current ideas and themes, written by experts.- They're easier to understand, bec...
|  | Dickens Studies Annual: Essays on Victorian Fiction
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|  | Ulysses S. Grant : Memoirs and Selected Letters : Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant / Selected Letters, 1839-1865 (Library of America)
Release Date: October 1, 1990| Series: Library of America (Book 50) Grant wrote his "Personal Memoirs" to secure his family'sfuture. In doing so, the Civil War's greatest general won himself aunique place in American letters. His character, sense of purpose, andsimple compassion are evident throughout this deeply moving account,as well as in the letters to his wife, Julia, included here. ...
|  | Hammett's Moral Vision: The Most Influential In-Depth Analysis of Dashiell Hammett's Novels Red Harvest, The Dain Curse, The Maltese Falcon, The Glass ... Man (The Ace Performer Collection series)
Publication Date: December 1, 2006| Series: The Ace Performer Collection series Previously only available serialized over seven issues of The Armchair Detective magazine, this examination is the single most influential book-length analysis of Dashiell Hammett’s novels. Spanning all sections of his career, the book discusses five novels: The Dain Curse, The Glass Key, The Maltese Falcon, Red Harvest, and The Thin Man. Detailed analysis shows how the author and his work changed over time. Each novel is discussed in its own chapter with comparative criticism, and there is a list of resou...
|  | The Light Princess and Other Fairy Tales (George Macdonald Original Works)
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