 | My Dearest Friend: Letters of Abigail and John Adams
Publication Date: October 31, 2007 Listen to a ten-minute interview with Margaret Hogan Host: Chris Gondek | Producer: Heron & CraneRead Margaret Hogan's HUP blog posting: "The Romance of John and Abigail Adams" Watch the video of The Massachusetts Historical Society's November 2007 event at which Deval and Diane Patrick, Edward and Victoria Kennedy, and Michael and Kitty Dukakis read selected letters from My Dearest FriendVisit the Adams Family Papers: An Electronic ArchiveWatch the March 2008 HBO miniseries--"John Adams"--based on David McCullough's Pulitzer Prize-winning biograp...
 |  | The Irish Signorina
Publication Date: May 1986Julia O'Faolain's subtle, seductively plotted novel weaves together Ireland and Italy, romantic love and mystery... The invitation to visit the Cavalcantis at their family villa in Tuscany arrived quite unexpectedly. But in the wake of History finals, and still shaken by her mother's death, Anne decides to go. More then sun or a holiday, she needs to satisfy a lingering curiosity. For no lover of her own has yet been able to rival her mother's glowing descriptions of Cosimo - her ex-lover and a friend of the charming and formidable Cavalcantis. 'A stylish and entert...
|  | The Ramayana: A Shortened Modern Prose Version of the Indian Epic (Penguin Classics)
Release Date: August 29, 2006| ISBN-10: 0143039679 | ISBN-13: 978-0143039679A sweeping tale of abduction, battle, and courtship played out in a universe of deities and demons, The Ramayana is familiar to virtually every Indian. Although the Sanskrit original was composed by Valmiki around the fourth century BC, poets have produced countless versions in different languages. Here, drawing on the work of an eleventh-century poet called Kamban, Narayan employs the skills of a master novelist to re-create the excitement he found in the original. A luminous saga made accessible to new generati...
|  | The House on Malcolm Street
Publication Date: September 1, 2010It is the autumn of 1920 and Leah Breckenridge is desperate to find a way to provide for her young daughter. After losing her husband and infant son in an accident, she is angry at God and fearful about the future. Finding refuge in a boardinghouse run by her late husband's aunt, Leah's heart begins the slow process of mending. Is it the people who surround her--or perhaps this very house--that reach into her heart with healing? Delightful, realistic characters and skilled writing make The House on Malcolm Street a treasure. Leisha Kelly's fans and new read...
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|  | The Portrait of A Lady (Signet Classics)
Release Date: July 3, 2007| Series: Signet Classics Spirited, beautiful young American Isabel Archer journeys to Europe to, in modern terms, "find herself." But what she finds there may prove to be her undoing, especially when an infinitely sophisticated lady plots against her. ...
|  | Murder's Immortal Mask (Ancient Rome Mysteries)
Publication Date: June 1, 2009| Series: Ancient Rome Mysteries When two prostitutes are found with their bodies ripped open and their right eyes gouged out, it is widely feared that a notorious killer, the Nefandus, has returned to the streets of Rome. Rumored to be an former imperial officer, he once waged bloody murder amongst Rome’s prostitutes but vanished before his identity could be discovered. Has he reappeared, or is someone working in his guise? Desperate to retain order, the Empress Helena turns to her most trusted agent, Claudia, to discover the truth behind the Nefandus bef...
|  | Baudelaire, Man of His Time
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|  | Hell's Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga (Modern Library)
Release Date: December 7, 1999| Series: Modern Library "California, Labor Day weekend . . . early, with ocean fog still in the streets, outlaw motorcyclists wearing chains, shades and greasy Levis roll out from damp garages, all-night diners and cast-off one-night pads in Frisco, Hollywood, Berdoo and East Oakland, heading for the Monterey peninsula, north of Big Sur. . . The Menace is loose again." Thus begins Hunter S. Thompson's vivid account of his experiences with California's most no-torious motorcycle gang, the Hell's Angels. In the mid-1960s, Thompson...
|  | Nunca fui primera dama (Spanish Edition)
Publication Date: October 1, 2008Celia Sanchez, Albis Torres y Nadia Guerra, los tres personajes femeninos en que se centra la novela, no solo pertenecen a esa estirpe de protagonistas que se instalan para siempre en la memoria del lector, sino que, ademas, trenzan con sus peripecias existenciales la historia, con minuscula, de la vida cubana desde el triunfo de la Revolucion hasta hoy. La historica, pero casi olvidada figura de Celia Snachez, emblematica encarnacion de la lucha revolucionaria; Albis Torres, malograda escritora, personaje esencial de la bohemia artistica de la posrevolucion,...
|  | Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy: Inferno: Italian Text with Verse Translation and Inferno: Notes and Commentary- 2 Volume Set: Dante Alighieri's ... Text & Commentary(Two Vol. Set) (v. 1)
Release Date: April 22, 1997| ISBN-10: 0253332141 | ISBN-13: 978-0253332141NOTE: SOLD AS SET ONLY"Musa's commentary is thorough and clear... recommended." —Library Journal"Among currently available parallel-text editions, this one certainly has the most elaborate and helpful annotation..." —ChoiceThe publication of the first two volumes of the six-volume ÂDivine Comedy brings readers Mark Musa's vivid verse translation of the ÂInferno. Musa has revised his earlier version, long cited as the most accessible and reliable of the English translations. The ...
|  | One Good Knight (Tales of the Five Hundred Kingdoms, Book 2)
Publication Date: May 1, 2010Another story sparkling with wit and humor from New York Times bestselling author Mercedes Lackey.Traditionally, marauding dragons are soothed only by a virgin sacrifice. And so practical-minded Princess Andromeda -- with the encouragement of her mother's court -- reluctantly volunteers to do her duty, asking only for a sword to defend herself. Well, her offer is accepted, but the weapon isn't forthcoming, and so Andromeda faces the dragon alone.Until a Champion arrives to save her -- sort of. Sir George doesn't quite defeat the dragon, but as Andromeda finishes ...
|  | Secrets Of The Heart
Publication Date: January 1, 2006Love is best kept a secret.She never expected to love again . . .On the eve of her wedding to Michael Trent, the Earl of Westhampton, Rachel Aincourt tried to elope with another man -- only to be unceremoniously returned to her fiance by her strong-willed father. Burdened by guilt and shame, Rachel felt she'd gotten what she deserved: a loveless marriage to a cold, enigmatic husband. She was wrong.But fate had other plansBehind Michael's proper demeanor lay a man who thrived on danger and intrigue -- and now he'd been drawn into one of Bow Street's toughest c...
|  | Olympig!
Release Date: July 5, 2012| Age Level: 5 and up | Grade Level: K and up Just in time for the Olympics, a spirited, sporty romp about losing gracefullyBoomer the Pig has been training hard for the Animal Olympics, so when he loses his first race, he shrugs it off and cheerfully moves on. One event after another, Boomer keeps losing, and the frustration begins to get to him. But even after coming in last in every sport, there's no getting this Olympig down. It's just great practice for the Winter Games!Cool comic book styling combines with classic picture book heart in this encouraging and hil...
|  | One Wild Ride: Life Of Skateboarding Superstar Tony Hawk
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|  | Snow Poems/Star Poems (Dingles Leveled Readers Poerty)
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|  | New Kid in Town
Release Date: August 1, 2002| Age Level: 6 and up | Grade Level: 1 and up...
|  | Red Zone
Release Date: October 27, 2003A deliciously wicked tale of contemporary professional sports.In Bump and Run, Jack Molloy, known as the "Jammer," in-herited half of the legendary New York Hawks from his father, and through many bawdy, outrageous, twisting and twisted tribulations, maneuvered them to a Super Bowl cham-pionship. Molloy thinks he's a pretty smart guy. But sometimes smart guys outsmart themselves.Molloy is taking a break abroad, letting his people manage things back home, when his siblings, "the devil twins," call to tell him they've sold their half to legendary businessman B...
|  | Three Scoops and a Fig
Publication Date: August 1, 2010| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up Scrumptious smells awaken Sofia and her little cat Figaro. Downstairs, Sofia s parents and older brother have already begun preparations for another menu of culinary delights at their Italian restaurant, The Fig Tree. And today is extra-special because Nonno and Nonna are coming to visit.Sofia is determined to help in the bustling kitchen. She wants to help make something delicious for her beloved grandparents. But Mama mia! With Figaro s help, Sofia sends Papa s delicious tomato sauce flying from the food processo...
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