 | Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World
Publication Date: May 1, 2012 Now a New York Times Bestseller!As a college student he spent 16 days in the Pacific Ocean with five guys and a crate of canned meat. As a father he took his kids on a world tour to eat ice cream with heads of state. He made friends in Uganda, and they liked him so much he became the Ugandan consul. He pursued his wife for three years before she agreed to date him. His grades weren't good enough to get into law school, so he sat on a bench outside the Dean’s office for seven days until they finally let him enroll. Bob Goff has become something of a ...
 |  | The Gift of Fire / On the Head of a Pin: Two Short Novels from Crosstown to Oblivion
Release Date: May 8, 2012New York Times bestselling author Walter Mosley delivers two speculative tales, in one volume, of everyday people exposed to life-altering truths. The Gift of Fire In ancient mythology, the Titan Prometheus was punished by the gods for bringing man the gift of fire—an event that set humankind on its course of knowledge. As punishment for making man as powerful as gods, Prometheus was bound to a rock; every day his immortal body was devoured by a giant eagle. But in The Gift of Fire, those chains cease to be, and the great champion of man walks from that im...
|  | Keeper, The: A Novel (Stoney Ridge Seasons)
Publication Date: January 2, 2012| Series: Stoney Ridge Seasons (Book 1) Julia Lapp has planned on marrying Paul Fisher since she was a girl. Now twenty-one, she looks forward to their wedding with giddy anticipation. When Paul tells her he wants to postpone the wedding--again--she knows who is to blame. Perpetual bachelor and spreader of cold feet, Roman Troyer, the Bee Man.Roamin' Roman travels through the Amish communities of Ohio and Pennsylvania with his hives full of bees, renting them out to farmers in need of pollinators. He relishes his nomadic life, which keeps him from thinking ab...
|  | Believing the Dream (Return to Red River #2)
Publication Date: August 1, 2002For as far back as he can remember, the dream of becoming a writer has burned brightly in Thorliff's heart. But when he arrives at college, things are not as he had imagined. Thorliff longs for the familiarity and nurture of his loved ones back home. The distance has created a rift between Thorliff and his childhood sweetheart. The only bright spot in his life is his job at the town newspaper. Will he be forced to leave one dream behind to pursue the other? ...
|  | Norse Mythology: The Myths and Legends of the Nordic Gods
Publication Date: June 1, 1999| Series: Mythology All the unforgettable characters and myths of this stormy yet fascinating ancient culture are gathered in this comprehensive, lavish guide. ...
|  | O Israel!: The End is the Beginning for Those Left Behind
Publication Date: October 1, 2007A mysterious e-mail from terrorist cells generates an unprecedented attack on Tel Aviv. During the attack, an inexplicable revelation comes to IDF Major Barak Goetz. Israel’s response triggers a riveting sequence of events that will shake the world and shape the destiny of those desperate for answers, and of those who do not care for answers. Was the earth cleansed or was prophecy fulfilled? Follow Barak as he struggles to make sense of it all; to find identity with his Palestinian boyhood friend, Khalid and for the true source of peace between Jew and A...
|  | A Young Wife: A Novel
Release Date: June 19, 2012An epic tale of a mother’s sacrifice, determination, and love spanning three continents When fifteen-year-old Minke van Aisma travels to Amsterdam to care for the dying wife of an older, wealthy man named Sander DeVries, she has no idea what awaits her. Within hours of his wife’s death, Sander proposes marriage, and within days the couple sets sail for the burgeoning oil fields of Argentina. But the future that seemed so bright takes a dark turn the morning their son, Zef, is kidnapped. Dire circumstances dictate that Sander immigrate to New York at onc...
|  | EVE: Templar One
Release Date: January 3, 2012“There will be neither compassion nor mercy;Nor peace, nor solaceFor those who bear witness to these SignsAnd still do not believe."Book of Reclaiming 25:10New Eden: the celestial battleground of a catastrophic war that has claimed countless lives.The immortal starship captains spearheading this epic conflict continue their unstoppable dominance, shaping the universe to their will and ensuring a bloody, everlasting stalemate.But a powerful empire is on the verge of a breakthrough that could end the war and secure their rule over mankind forever. For deep in...
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|  | Norman Conquests (Acting Edition)
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|  | Momma's Baby, Daddy's Maybe: A Novel
Release Date: November 25, 2003A tale of love, lust, and mistrust, Momma's Baby, Daddy's Maybe reveals the secrets that break homes as well as hearts.The Jacobs's siblings have done a good job of masking their secrets behind finely wrought facades, hidden agendas, and questionable paternity...until the day it all starts to unravel. Faced at last with the truth, Kennedy, Simone, and Derrick Jacobs find themselves vulnerable and exposed, determined to salvage the lives they have made for themselves.Passions run high in this debut novel by Jamise L. Dames, and as the Jacobs try desperately ...
|  | Die Neuen Leiden des Jungen W. (German Edition)
Publication Date: October 11, 2008A text edition of the bestselling East German novel, divided into 14 short chapters to facilitate use as a language reader in German classes at the intermediate level and above. Contains questions, extensive annotation, a vocabulary list, and the text of an interview with Plenzdorf. An introduction by the editor discusses Plenzdorf's personality and career, the reception and dramatic versions of his book, the novel's structure, the relation of the book to WERTHER and CATCHER IN THE RYE, and the importance of the ``achievement principle'' as a theme in the st...
|  | Catullus (Phoenix Supplementary Volumes)
Publication Date: February 19, 1997| ISBN-10: 0802006760 | ISBN-13: 978-0802006769| Edition: Revised This work contains a major revision of Douglas Thomson's Catullus: A Critical Edition (1978), with the addition of a full commentary and a wholly new introduction. For the introduction and for each of the poems there is an extensive and current bibliography.In the introduction, apart from sections on the life of Catullus, on the arrangement of the poems, and on their literary background, there is a lengthy discussion of the history of the text, as well as a review of the progress of Catul...
|  | Scones & Bones (A Tea Shop Mystery)
Release Date: March 6, 2012| Series: A Tea Shop Mystery (Book 12) Indigo Tea Shop owner Theodosia Browning is attending the Heritage Society's Pirates and Plunder show when a histroy intern is murdered amidst the gold earrings and doubloons. Even with that on her plate, Theodosia still has to attend Charleston's Food and Wine Festival, where she's hosting a tea and cheese tasting. But as her thoughts keep drifting to the victim, Theodosia knows she'll have to whet her investigative skills to find the killer among a schooner of suspects. ...
|  | If... (Getty Trust Publications : J. Paul Getty Museum)
Publication Date: November 2, 1995| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up...
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|  | Safety in the Water (Safety First)
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|  | Journey to America
Release Date: April 30, 1987| Age Level: 8 and up A Jewish family fleeing Nazi Germany in 1938 endures innumerable separations before they are once again united. ...
|  | Goodbye to Miri's Mess/ Half a Cup of Water (Shlavim Classics 2-in-1)
Publication Date: March 1, 2009 ...
|  | Not My Dog (Sunburst Book)
Publication Date: April 9, 2001| Age Level: 7 and up | Grade Level: 2 and up...
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