 | Chicana Falsa : And Other Stories of Death, Identity, & Oxnard Release Date: June 1, 1998From the white boy who transforms himself into a full-fledged Chicano, to the self-assured woman who effortlessly terrorizes her Anglo boss, to the junior-high friend who berated her "sloppy Spanish" and accused her of being a "Chicana Falsa," the people and places that Michele Serros brings to vivid life in this collection of poems and stories introduce a unique new viewpoint to the American literary landscape. Witty, tender, irreverent, and emotionally honest, her words speak to the painful and hilarious identity crises particular to the coming of age of an adoles...
 |  | Shadows on the Hudson: A Novel (FSG Classics) Release Date: April 29, 2008| Series: FSG Classics "A piercing work of fiction with a strong claim to being Singer’s masterpiece” (Richard Bernstein, The New York Times), Shadows on the Hudson traces the intertwined lives of a group of Jewish refugees in New York City in the late 1940s. At its center is Boris Makaver, a pious, wealthy businessman whose greatest trial is his unstable daughter, Anna. A chain of events disrupts the lives of the close-knit community as each refugee struggles to reconcile the horrific past with the difficult present, as Singer explores both the...
 |  | Moonbird Boy (Bo Bradley Mysteries, Book Four) ...
 |  | The Last Policeman: A Novel Release Date: July 10, 2012What’s the point in solving murders if we’re all going to die soon, anyway? Detective Hank Palace has faced this question ever since asteroid 2011GV1 hovered into view. There’s no chance left. No hope. Just six precious months until impact. The Last Policeman presents a fascinating portrait of a pre-apocalyptic United States. The economy spirals downward while crops rot in the fields. Churches and synagogues are packed. People all over the world are walking off the job—but not Hank Palace. He’s investigating a death by ha...
 |  | Casa Rossa: A Novel Release Date: August 20, 2002A mesmerizing story of three generations of a twentieth-century Italian family.Casa Rossa—a farmhouse in Puglia owned by the Strada family—is being sold.And as she packs up the house, Alina Strada pieces together the history of her family’s past, and of the lives of three extraordinary Strada women. Grandmother Renée, a beautiful Tunisian, is wife, muse, and model for Alina’s painter grandfather, but she leaves him and flees to Nazi Germany.Alina’s mother, Alba, marries a melancholic screenwriter and lives la dolce vita in 1950s...
 |  | Fangs of the Serpent Publication Date: December 10, 2000A midwestern city is terrorized by attacks by a strange snake. It seems impossible to survive the deadly bite of this snake, which actively hunts humans for food!Learn how a teenage boy and a police officer do battle with the deadly snakes, and unravel the mystery of its origin. ...
 |  | Lemon Reef Publication Date: July 17, 2012What would you risk for the memory of your first love?When Jenna Ross learns her high school love Del Soto died on Lemon Reef, she refuses to accept the official Miami medical examiner’s report of death from natural causes.Lemon Reef is a realm of glimmering beauty, where marine life triumphs over industrial waste. Jenna and Del dove on it every day during the summer before their tenth grade year, their love for the reef deepening as their passion for each other grew. It is a site of tenacity and wonder that mirrored their own, until they were outed and ...
 |  | Samuel Beckett's Endgame (Bloom's Modern Critical Interpretations) ...
 |  | Love and Remembrance: The Poetry of Jorge Manrique (Studies in Romance Languages) ...
 |  | Hermanos Publication Date: October 24, 2005Hermanos is a story of cultures in conflict. Set in a small town in California, the novel describes the clash of values when two brothers, Alfredo and Mario Alhambra, show up to surf at what a high school classmate considers his surfing grounds. Mario, a freshman newly enrolled at Mission High School, finds himself alone, without the protection of his older brother, Alfredo, and at the brutality of ugly discrimination. Chris Battleson, longtime surfer, realizes that he is caught in the middle of this clash and, ultimately, finds himself aligned with Alfredo ...
 |  | Carta aos Hebreus em Cordel (Portuguese Edition) Publication Date: August 14, 2009A Literatura de Cordel já foi, no interior da região Nordeste do Brasil, o principal meio de comunicação do povo que se reunia nos salões ou terreiros das casas para contar e ouvir histórias, que servia também para alfabetizar muita gente que muitas vezes sabia de cor vários folhetos. Além disso, a Bíblia tem se tornado cada vez mais popular e estado cada vez mais presente nas mãos do povo. Contudo, muitas traduções são de difícil entendimento, tendo o significado de muitas passagens o...
 |  | The Wild West Wind: Remembering Allen Ginsberg Publication Date: September 2001Cultural Writing. Memoir. Poetry. This memoir of Allen Ginsberg is written by Susan Edwards, a close associate who worked with him for more than two decades at Naropa University. While touching on many facets of a complex man, the memoir focuses on the sometimes outrageous efforts of the famed Beat poet to bring the meditative practices of Tibetan Buddhism to the poet's path. "THE WILD WEST WIND is a shamanic initiation into the raw heart of the twentieth century's greatest, yet unacknowledged, visionary American poet. This personal memoir attests to the poeti...
 |  | Fashioning Gothic Bodies Release Date: August 12, 2004This innovative book explores the role played by clothing in the discourses of the Gothic. It makes an explicit connection between the veils, masks and disguises of Gothic convention, and historically-specific fashion discourses, from the revealing chemise-dress popularized by Queen Marie Antoinette to the subcultural style of contemporary Goths. In so doing it sheds new light on the cultural construction of Gothic bodies. Taking an original interdisciplinary approach, Catherine Spooner offers readings of literary, cinematic and popular cultural texts in the cont...
 |  | Tempting Evil Release Date: May 20, 2008BIG DIE COUNTRYJoanna Sutton can cope with the fierce winter storm bearing down on the small rural community of Centennial Valley, Montana; the popular romance writer has survived much worse in life. Haunted by the loss of her husband and child, Jo has found refuge at her family’s secluded lodge, but her haven soon becomes a hell. During the ferocious blizzard, a local Boy Scout troop is stranded in the wilderness, compelling Jo to spearhead a desperate rescue mission, aided by a newly arrived stranger with an unknown agenda.Meanwhile, Sheriff Tyler McBride he...
 |  | How to Sell to the Government: The 30 Billion Dollar Market ...
 |  | When They Were Brothers (Star Wars: Clone Wars, Vol. 7) Publication Date: December 13, 2005Many on both sides of the Clone Wars have been wounded or killed. But the war has taken its toll on the survivors, too.Consumed by the belief that the Dark Jedi Asajj Ventress still lives, Obi-Wan Kenobi has temporarily forsaken his duties and recruited Anakin Skywalker in his desperate hunt for Ventress.But Anakin believes that Obi-Wan is chasing a ghost - because he himself killed Ventress. And Anakin's doubts about his former Master's quest are not assuaged when, following the trail of the rumors of Ventress' existence, they walk into a trap set by their...
 |  | Baby's Book of Winnie the Pooh: A Disney Treasury of Stories and Songs for Baby Release Date: March 2, 2001| Grade Level: P and up From bouncy songs to simple, silly stories to hush-a-bye lullabies, this treasury will help babies explore the worlds of rhythm, rhyme, and play. ...
 |  | Great American Artists for Kids: Hands-On Art Experiences in the Styles of Great American Masters (Bright Ideas for Learning) Publication Date: July 4, 2008| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up...
 |  | An Awesome Book of Thanks! Release Date: November 18, 2010| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: Pre-K and up Double Tap to Zoom. Inspired by the idea of being thankful for all that you have, An Awesome Book of Thanks! is a beautifully written, fantastically illustrated walk through a world of magical unicorns, robotic dinosaurs, and all of life's simple moments, great and small. Crafted for children ages 0-1000, this timeless story is sure to be an instant classic, at home in the hands of anyone looking for the perfect reminder of just how beautiful life can be. --This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition....
 |  | From the Bellybutton of the Moon: And Other Summer Poems / Del Ombligo de la Luna: Y Otros Poemas de Verano (The Magical Cycle of the Seasons Series) Publication Date: March 10, 2005| Age Level: 6 and up | Grade Level: 1 and up...
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