 | Little Havana Blues: A Cuban-American Literature Anthology
Publication Date: January 1, 1996This landmark first anthology of Cuban-American literature is not a symphony of the exile or immigrant genration; rather this is a medley of voices--narrators, essayists and poets--staking their claim on part of the American literary mosaic with Pulitzer Prizes and other awards in hand. An introduction and bibliography by the editors accompany the selections. ...
 |  | The Gatecrasher
Release Date: December 29, 2009The Secret Is Out!Madeleine Wickham is Sophie Kinsella, and The Gatecrasher is just as delicious as her internationally bestselling Shopaholic series. Everything’s coming up roses for Fleur Daxeny, as she goes through more rich men than she does designer hats. Beautiful and utterly irresistible, her success at crashing funerals to find wealthy men is remarkable. Fleur wastes no time in seducing her latest conquest, the handsome and rich widower Richard Favour. His children are caught up in a whirlwind as their father’s new girl...
|  | Chicks Ahoy (Baen Fantasy)
Release Date: December 7, 2010| Series: Baen Fantasy (Book 6) Here they come, and they’re out for blood. For too long, they say, have hot blooded babes in brass bras and chain link bikinis been held up to scorn as the embodiment of male fantasy wish-fulfillment and non-fictionality. You think their swords won’t cut, their clubs won’t crush? You think they look cute?It’s time to take sword-swinging amazons more seriously. Well, maybe not too seriously. After all, the popular Chicks in Chainmail series wasn’t known for stark drama and solemn think-pieces. I...
|  | When Rabbit Howls
Release Date: April 1, 1990"To escape the horror of violent abuse, the two-year-old child "went to sleep" and created the inner world of "the Troops," the 92 voices that shielded her from pain, but that she didn't know existed until adulthood.this is a journey through the fragmented world of the multiple personality—told by the Troop."—Amazon.com. ...
|  | Trouble in Paradise
Release Date: September 21, 1998Robert B. Parker and his legendary Spenser series have long been considered the ne plus ultra of detective fiction. But the critics' praise for Jesse Stone's debut in Night Passage proved there was room for an addition to the Parker literary canon. "A novel as fresh as it is boldParker's sentences flow with as much wit, grace, and assurance as ever, and Stone is a complex and consistently interesting new protagonist. His speedy return will be welcome" (Newsday).Stiles Island is a wealthy and exclusive enclave separated by a bridge from the Massachusetts coast ...
|  | Adagio
Publication Date: November 15, 2006Five years after arriving in Australia, Jason Stuart is finally embarking on the dream that brought him Down Under: going on "walkabout" in the Australian Outback. But Jason is not that fresh-faced and untried boy from Canada anymore. Jason is a man with half a decade of bad memories and worse nightmares. His friends think he's crazy, or possibly just plain stupid, but Jason needs to make his dream real in order to face his past.Everything changes when Jason picks up an unexpected travel companion. Suddenly, it's not his past that Jason needs to confront, i...
|  | Stone's Fall: A Novel
Release Date: May 5, 2009A return to the form that launched Iain Pears onto bestseller lists around the world: a vast historical mystery, marvelous in its ambition and ingenius in its complexity.In his most dazzling novel since the groundbreaking New York Times bestseller An Instance of the Fingerpost, Iain Pears tells the story of John Stone, financier and arms dealer, a man so wealthy that in the years before World War One he was able to manipulate markets, industries, and indeed entire countries and continents.A panoramic novel with a riveting mystery at its heart, Stone’s Fall is...
|  | The Grimm Reader: The Classic Tales of the Brothers Grimm
Publication Date: August 9, 2010Forty of the most famous and celebrated stories from the Brothers Grimm translated and edited by a leading professor of folklore.Even after two hundred years, the tales collected by the Brothers Grimm remain among our most powerful stories. Their scenes of unsparing savagery and jaw-dropping beauty remind us that fairy tales, in all their simplicity, have the power to change us. With some of the most famous stories in world literature, including “Cinderella,” “Little Red Riding Hood,” “Hansel and Gretel,” “Snow ...
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|  | The Birth Of The War-God
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|  | Paradise Lost(MAXNotes Literature Guides)
Publication Date: June 9, 1995| Series: MAXnotes Literature Guides MAXnotes offer a fresh look at masterpieces of literature, presented in a lively and interesting fashion.Written by literary experts who currently teach the subject, MAXnotes will enhance your understanding and enjoyment of the work. MAXnotes are designed to stimulate independent thought about the literary work by raising various issues and thought-provoking ideas and questions.MAXnotes cover the essentials of what one should know about each work, including an overall summary, character lists, an explanation and discussion of...
|  | Sunflowers and Seashells: Verses of Summer
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|  | A Mapmaker's Diary (Secret Weavers Series) (Spanish Edition)
Publication Date: October 1, 2007| ISBN-10: 1893996883 | ISBN-13: 978-1893996885| Edition: Bilingual “Carlota Caulfield has given us a work of great sensuality and rare luminosity, suffused with an intelligence that is both playful and meditative. Her pleasures and discoveries become ours, her tender, often sly observations are crafted for inheritance. But it is Caulfield's devotion to the daily sacred that helps inspire our own.”—Cristina Garcia A Mapmaker’s Diary gathers a selection of poems from both published and unpublished work in a bilingual format by t...
|  | Carousel of Illusions
Publication Date: April 13, 2012Carousel of Illusions covers a topic that is the very foundation of life itself: the concepts and experiences of love. In these pages, love is explored from all angles. The poetry addresses love of self, a loving relationship with God, the love of parent to child, and a more provocative, sensual love. Each poem takes you on a journey through love and relationships. You will experience all that love has to offer--the ups and downs, whimsical colors and sounds, and surprises. If you look for it, you will find it. If you don't look for it, it will still find you....
|  | Russian Verse Theory: Proceedings of the 1987 Conference at Ucla/UCLA Slavic Studies Series Volume 18
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| | Yeats and American Poetry: The Tradition of the Self
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|  | Historic King Arthur: Authenticating the Celtic Hero of Post-Roman Britain
Release Date: March 6, 2007| ISBN-10: 0786430257 | ISBN-13: 978-0786430253Who was King Arthur? How did the story originate? Through careful research of the many primary documents, a picture of the true Arthur can in fact be set down. He reached power shortly after the Romans evacuated Britain at the end of the fifth century and died at the Battle of Camlann. He became king at 15 under the name of Ambrosius Aurelianus and fought against the Saxons on the mainland as Riothamus, thus explaining the regeneration motif so closely tied to the mythical Arthur. This study reveals that the integr...
|  | Breach the Hull (Defending the Future, Book 1)
Publication Date: June 26, 2009HARDCORE NEGOTIATIONS HAVE BEGUNS First in the Defending The Future anthology series. Get Ready for plenty of action-packed military science fiction as the dogs-of-war are let loose on an unsuspecting universe in sixteen hard-hitting stories by: Jack McDevitt, John C. Wright, Mike McPhail, James Danielle Ross, Danielle Ackley-McPhail, James Chambers, Jeffrey Lyman, John G. Hemry ( Jack Campbell ), Bud Sparhawk, Lawrence M. Schoen, Patrick Thomas, Tony Ruggiero, and C.J. Henderson. Winner of the Dream Awards for Best Anthology. ...
|  | Irresistible (Banning Sisters Trilogy)
Publication Date: March 23, 2010| Series: Banning Sisters Trilogy Claire Banning fulfilled every debutante’s dream when she married the heir to a dukedom — only to discover he was a dissolute wastrel. Then a dark and dangerous nobleman abducts her on a journey home, and Claire’s life — and her heart — are changed forever. Hugh Battancourt refuses to be swayed by his prisoner’s beauty. He must intercept a letter full of secrets she intends to turn over to the enemy. But soon their battle of wills sparks an irresistible attraction. Is it possible that ...
|  | Obsession
Publication Date: April 2003Obsession (Mass Market Paperback) by Penelope Neri (Author) ...
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