 | Vampire Hunter D, Vol. 4: Tale of the Dead Town
Publication Date: December 29, 2009When a floating city becomes the target of a rash of vampire attacks, only one man can restore the oasis. "The City," a tiny metropolis of a few hundred sheltered citizens floating serenely on a seemingly random course a few feet above the ground, has long been thought safe from the predation of marauding monsters. It seemed like a paradise. A paradise shattered when an invasion of apparent vampires threatens the small haven. While the Vampire Hunter known only as "D" struggles to exterminate the scourge, a former denizen of the city, the attractive Raleigh...
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 | The infinite man: 21 stories and an afterword
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 | Saturnalia: A Marcus Didius Falco Novel (Marcus Didius Falco Mysteries)
Release Date: April 29, 2008| Series: Marcus Didius Falco Mysteries It’s 76 A.D. during the reign of Vespasian and the Roman festival of Saturnalia is getting underway. The days are short; the nights are for wild parties. But not for “informer” Marcus Didius Falco. His job is to uncover unwelcome truths and deal with sensitive situations, frequently at the behest of the imperial government. So when a general’s famous female conquest escapes from house arrest—leaving a horrendous murder in her wake—Falco is on the case. If finding...
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 | KALILA AND DIMNA: - Fables of Friendship and Betrayal
Publication Date: October 1, 2008| Series: Fables of Friendship and Betrayal "Racy, funny, vigorous, contemporary-I defy anyone not to finish it in one sitting."-Doris LessingThe tales of Kalila and Dimna originated almost two thousand years ago. These charming and humorous stories about animals have found their way in one form or another into the folklore of every major culture and tradition.What links the fables is the core message about managing power, wise leadership, and the value of true friendship. ...
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 | On the Ceiling (Nick Hern Books)
Publication Date: September 1, 2006| Series: Nick Hern Books First play from high-profile actor ...
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 | Paris Spleen (New Directions Paperbook)
Publication Date: January 17, 1970| Series: New Directions Paperbook (Book 294) One of the founding texts of literary modernism.Set in a modern, urban Paris, the prose pieces in this volume constitute a further exploration of the terrain Baudelaire had covered in his verse masterpiece, The Flowers of Evil: the city and its squalor and inequalities, the pressures of time and mortality, and the liberation provided by the sensual delights of intoxication, art, and women. Published posthumously in 1869, Paris Spleen was a landmark publication in the development of the genre of prose poetry&mdash...
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 | Teaching Information Literacy: 35 Practical, Standards-Based Exercises for College Students
Publication Date: June 2003| ISBN-10: 0838908543 | ISBN-13: 978-0838908549please enter product description --This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition....
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 | renovatio urbis: Architecture, Urbanism and Ceremony in the Rome of Julius II (The Classical Tradition in Architecture)
Publication Date: May 24, 2011| ISBN-10: 0415473853 | ISBN-13: 978-0415473859Examining the urban and architectural developments in Rome during the Pontificate of Julius II (1503–13) this book focuses on the political, religious and artistic motives behind the changes. Each chapter focuses on a particular project, from the Palazzo dei Tribunali to the Stanza della Segnatura, and examines their topographical and symbolic contexts in relationship to the broader vision of Julian Rome.This original work explores not just historical sources relating to buildings but also humanist...
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 | A Kwanzaa Keepsake: Imani\Whisper To Me\Harvest The Fruits (Arabesque)
Publication Date: October 1, 2001| Series: Arabesque New Copy...Spine/Front/Back Covers Excellent...Crisp Clean Pages...No Highlighting No Markings No Shelf Wear...None ...
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 | The Emperor of Ocean Park
Release Date: May 27, 2003In his triumphant fictional debut, Stephen Carter combines a large-scale, riveting novel of suspense with the saga of a unique family. The Emperor of Ocean Park is set in twoprivileged worlds: the upper crust African American society of the Eastern seabord—families who summer at Martha’s Vineyard—and the inner circle of an Ivy League law school. Talcott Garland is a successful law professor, devoted father, and husband of a beautiful and ambitious woman, whose future desires may threaten the family he holds so dear.When Talcott’s father,Judge...
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 | Firebird
Publication Date: October 19, 1994| Age Level: 6 and up The story of the Firebird--inspired by Balanchine's version of the classic ballet--follows Prince Ivan as he discovers the Firebird in an enchanted forest and, with the help of the magical half-bird, half-woman, rescues ten princesses from an evil sorcerer. ...
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 | Scuba Diving (Living on the Edge)
Publication Date: January 30, 2008| Age Level: 7 and up | Grade Level: 2 and up...
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 | Teacher's Pets: Striker's Football Facts
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 | The Mystery of Rascal Pratt
Publication Date: December 18, 2010Set on the shores of San Francisco Bay in 1866, this adventure tale tells the story of twelve year old Emma Green who finds her world turned upside down when her father takes his first assignment as a lighthouse keeper at Point Bonita, a remote rock on the California coast. Despite Emma's isolation, she manages to make friends with the son of a powerful rancher and with the granddaughter of an American Indian. When a mysterious shipwreck survivor - a feverish boy who claims improbably to be a pirate - washes into their cove, secrets that have been hidden ac...
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 | The Poisoned Honey Cake: Roman Mysteries Scrolls 2 (THE ROMAN MYSTERY SCROLLS)
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 | DK Readers: Duckling Days (Level 1: Beginning to Read)
Publication Date: May 17, 1999| Age Level: 5 and up | Grade Level: K and up...
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 | Grendel Gander the Sinister Goose
Publication Date: January 24, 2012What happens after a bad egg hatches? Grendel Gander is the comic story about how a self-centered stubborn goose bullies his family, friends and lake. As Grendel himself puts it, "I'm mean & I'm nasty, I'm full of abuse. I'm evil incarnate, a most sinister goose! If you think I am kind then your idea's absurd, I am a low-down stinking fowl-feathered bird!" But like all bullies, Grendel eventually gets his comeuppance when an angry turtle accidentally teaches him the lesson of the Golden Rule. The story, inspired by author Michael Homan's childhood experience...
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 | Fish (Dk Eyewitness Books)
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 | Welcome Back, Puffin!: Wilderness Adventure (Read-and-Discover) (Smithsonian Institution Read & Discover, Level 1) (Wilderness Adventures: Read & Discover Level 1: Guided Reading Level G)
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 | Good Night Farm (Good Night Our World series)
Publication Date: May 1, 2009| Age Level: 2 and up...
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