 | The Holy Tortilla and a Pot of Beans
Publication Date: May 1, 2008As a helping of “down-home magical realism,” this collection of 16 short stories explores the human spirit inherent in the bilingual, bicultural world of the Texas-Mexico border. With a fresh sense of humor and human understanding, these stories skillfully bridge the gap between miracles and tragedies, prejudice and transcendence, and oppression and liberation. From the comical exploration of the hypocrisy expressed at funerals to the spiritual mission of a magical tortilla, the collection draws upon a wide range of emotions but comes together in a sin...
 |  | Fast Animal
Publication Date: February 7, 2012“Crisply comic,disarmingly frank, and aurally bold …”—Publishers WeeklyThis collection by African American poet Tim Seibles explores a range of poetic form, including lyric, ode, narrative, and mystical. Like a "fast animal," the poet's voice can swiftly change direction and tone as he crisscrosses between present and past.“Built like one single sustained song, Fast Animal is alive with music, ardor, and wit that flow in utterances that are uniquely [Seibles'] and his alone."—Laure-Anne Bosselaar, author of The Hour BetweenFro...
|  | A Jesuit Off-Broadway: Behind the Scenes with Faith, Doubt, Forgiveness, and More
Publication Date: March 4, 2011Many of us have questions about the Bible: Can we believe the Bible? What wasJesus’ mission? What is sin? Does hell exist? Is anyone beyond God’sforgiveness? In A Jesuit Off-Brodway, James Martin, SJ, answers thesequestions about the Bible, and other big questions about life, as he serves as atheological advisor to the cast of The Last Days of Judas Iscariot. Grab a front-row seat to Fr. Martin's six months with the LAByrinth TheaterCompany and see first-hand what it's like to share the faith with a largelysecular group of peop...
|  | Once Burned (Night Prince, Book 1)
Release Date: June 26, 2012After a tragic accident scarred her body and destroyed her dreams, Leila never imagined that the worst was still to come: terrifying powers that let her channel electricity and learn a person's darkest secrets through a single touch. Leila is doomed to a life of solitude...until creatures of the night kidnap her, forcing her to reach out with a telepathic distress call to the world's most infamous vampire...Vlad Tepesh inspired the greatest vampire legend of all--but whatever you do, don't call him Dracula. Vlad's ability to control fire makes him one of the most f...
|  | Blessed Is the Fruit (Caribbean Series)
Publication Date: November 16, 1998| Series: Caribbean Series A novel which describes the relationship between two 33-year-old West Indian women: Lilla, white mistress of a rotting, once-grand colonial mansion, and her servant Vel. Lilla has been abandoned by her husband, and Vel is pregnant. The pair tell readers the story of their lives. ...
|  | House of Secrets (Love Inspired Suspense)
Publication Date: April 5, 2011| Series: Love Inspired Suspense Sheriff Ray Taylor always had a soft spot for the former minister's widow, June Eaton…until he found her standing over the current minister's dead body. She claims she's innocent—and after a string of attacks against Ray and June, he's inclined to believe her. So who is the real killer, and what is he after? Ray knows that the parsonage has to be the key. The old house is hiding a dark secret, something the pastor's murderer is convinced June knows. Something that murderer will do anything to keep buried. --This text r...
|  | Heart of Darkness
Release Date: January 14, 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 ...
|  | Andre Masson: The Mythology of Desire; Masterworks from 1925 to 1945
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|  | The Lower Depths and Other Plays
Publication Date: September 10, 1959A brief profile of the Russian writer prefaces the texts ofthree plays characterized by their realistic portrayal of Russian life. ...
|  | Sophocles: Philoctetes (Companions to Greek and Roman Tragedy)
Publication Date: August 30, 2005| ISBN-10: 0715633848 | ISBN-13: 978-0715633847Philoctetes is an extraordinarily timely and timeless play. Dramatising the efforts of those who had wronged him to bring the play’s hero, Philoctetes, to join the Greek forces in their war against Troy, it traces the moral and emotional development of the young Neoptolemos as he struggles between the values of honesty and deceit, honour and expedience. Hanna Roisman’s accessible companion makes Sophocles’ great play enjoyable and meaningful to modern readers who want to know more about the wor...
|  | The Great Taos Bank Robbery: And Other True Stories of the Southwest
Release Date: October 2, 2001In this extraordinary collection, Tony Hillerman presents the Southwest as only he can, choosing remarkable true tales from his personal archives of local lore. As you read these stories, you will be amazed, astounded, and oftentimes confounded by the power of ingenuity, serendipity, and the strange, comical coincidence of life and how it proves, once again, that truth is ultimately stranger than fiction.From the amusing title story of the holdup that didn't happen, to the riveting account of scientists tracking Black Death through the arroyos, to the ironic acco...
|  | Simple Graces: Poems for Meditation and Prayer
Publication Date: September 15, 2008For centuries, poems have been written describing God's simple graces. Saint Alphonsus Liguori, the founder of the Redemptorist Order, was a great poet who conveyed God's love through meaningful and poignant verse. Some of the most prolific and well-known poets of the past 150 years are included in this compilation and continue the tradition of using poems for prayer, meditation, and loving God.The selected poems in this body of work are divided into themes common to all human experiences, including love, forgiveness, commitment, faith, and hope. The chapt...
|  | Where Troy Once Stood: The Mystery of Homer's Iliad & Odyssey Revealed
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| | Beowulf und die kleineren Denkmaler der altenglischen Heldensage Waldere und Finnsburg: Mit Text u. Ubers., Einl. u. Kommentar sowie e. ... Bibliothek : Reihe 4, Texte) (German Edition)
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|  | Of Essays and Reading in Early Modern Britain (Palgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and Cultures of Print)
Release Date: December 12, 2006| ISBN-10: 1403999058 | ISBN-13: 978-1403999054Of Essays and Reading in Early Modern Britain traces the co-evolution of the essay and the mode of literacy it enabled. Focusing on the interactive processes of reading captured by the form, Of Essays offers a new approach to early modern textuality. It shows how the genre served to record, test and disseminate the readerly skills required by a developing print culture, and how the essay was adopted as a mechanism of natural science, the public sphere, and the novel. ...
|  | Tales of a Sixth-Grade Muppet Book 3: The Good, the Bad, and the Fuzzy
Publication Date: September 11, 2012| Grade Level: 3 and up...
Changing into a Muppet has really turned Danvers Blickensderfer's life upside down . . . literally! That's him dangling above a toilet at the hands of Beebus Spracklin ...
--> |  | Peter And The Wolf (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)
Publication Date: September 1, 1986| Age Level: 5 and up | Grade Level: K and up FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Retells the orchestral fairy tale of the boy who, ignoring his grandfather's warnings, proceeds to capture a wolf. ...
|  | Ballpark Mysteries #5: The All-Star Joker (A Stepping Stone Book(TM))
Release Date: June 12, 2012| Age Level: 6 and up | Grade Level: 1 and up...
|  | Carl Edwards (Nascar Champions)
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|  | Junior Tennis: A Complete Coaching Manual For The Young Tennis Player
Release Date: March 30, 2002Junior Tennis is a complete guide for beginners, and for coaches and parents who want to teach the game's fundamentals to kids, ages 6 through 16. Beautifully and instructively illustrated, this manual was written and prepared in association with England's renowned Lawn Tennis Association. Students of tennis will learn: basic rules and etiquette; how to hit effective, consistent ground strokes; the essential skills of serve/volley and chip-and-charge; cross-court volleying; how to select the best equipment; and much more. Sequenced photography, sidebar tips, instr...
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