 | An Object of Beauty: A Novel
Release Date: November 15, 2011Lacey Yeager is young, captivating, and ambitious enough to take the NYC art world by storm. Groomed at Sotheby's and hungry to keep climbing the social and career ladders put before her, Lacey charms men and women, old and young, rich and even richer with her magnetic charisma and liveliness. Her ascension to the highest tiers of the city parallel the soaring heights--and, at times, the dark lows--of the art world and the country from the late 1990s through today. ...
 |  | The Last Vampire
Publication Date: May 1, 1994Suspecting the detective she killed in self-defense is stalkingher, a vampire becomes a high-school student to befriend thedetective's son, with whom she falls in love. By the author of BuryMe Deep....
|  | Diamond Life: A Novel
Release Date: February 7, 2012BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR . . . Set in the highest ranks of the music industry’s fame machine, Diamond Life is an intoxicating story of love, sex, ambition, money, betrayal, and the surprising realities of making it big. Alex Maxwell’s career as a journalist and celebrity ghost writer is taking off, despite the slightly embarrassing authorship of hip-hop super-groupie Cleo Wright’s memoir. And while Alex’s star is on the rise, it pales in comparison to her husband Birdie’s multiplatinum debut and world tour. Slowly but surely, ev...
|  | A World of Their Own Making: Myth, Ritual and the Quest for Family Values
Publication Date: July 1996| ISBN-10: 0465054145 | ISBN-13: 978-0465054145| Edition: 1st An account of America's most cherished family rituals cites the traditions associated with important events and holidays, noting the negative impact of commercialism and chronicling a shift from celebratory practices to high-cost social expectations. ...
|  | Cuadernario (Spanish Edition)
Publication Date: January 3, 2007Luis Alejandro Contreras (Caracas, Venezuela, 1955). La mayor parte de su obra, una decena de libros, permanece inédita. Fue asistente de la Dirección de Literatura del Consejo Nacional de la Cultura (CONAC) y Jefe de la Unidad de Educación del Museo Alejandro Otero. Textos suyos fueron publicados en la revista Papel Abierto y en la antología de los talleres literarios del Centro de Estudios Latinoamericanos Rómulo Gallegos (CELARG, 2000). Colaborador de las revistas digitales Letralia, El Meollo y Remolinos. Igualmente, tuvo a su car...
|  | A Treasury of Irish Verse
Publication Date: April 25, 2002Ireland is a country rich and deep in Literary heritage. But it is in poetry that the full breath and depth of that heritage has been best explored.""""A Treasury of Irish Verse' captures all that is best in Irish poetry. It features poems of passion, despair, hope and beauty by a wide range of Irish poets - James Clarence Mangan, W.B. Yeats, Louis MacNeice, Patrick Kavanagh, Seamus Heaney, Paul Durcan and many others. On every page, words and carefully chosen full-color illustrations complement each other and capture the unique character of the Irish. This a ...
|  | Shi mei yu qian xin xi: Zhongguo gu dian shi ge qian xin xi xi tong (Mandarin Chinese Edition)
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| | Provenance Research in Book History
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|  | The Mardu Aborigines: Living the Dream in Australia's Desert
Publication Date: May 1, 2002| ISBN-10: 0534440878 | ISBN-13: 978-0534440879| Edition: 2 Characterized by a simple technology and a complex socioreligious system, the Mardudjara have survived with much of their traditional culture intact. The Mardu culture challenges common assumptions about the relation between technology and progress. This edition describes changes as the Mardu adapt to social, economic, and political realities. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title....
|  | Aristotles Metaphysics
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|  | As Luck Would Have It
Publication Date: September 2, 2012Sydney is an average middle aged housewife who encounters some misfortune in her life. Her misfortune happens to be someone else's fate.What is supposed to be a therapy trip turns into a trip of lust and sexapades.They say "What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas." What if that's not what you want. What if what happened in Vegas is just what's missing back home? ...
|  | Polish Folk Legends
Publication Date: March 5, 2010The oldest written history of Poland contains the legend of the cruel ruler, Popiel. This collection of sleeping knights, robber barons, saints and miracles reflect the nations culture, traditions and dreams. ...
|  | Prisoner of Cage Farm (Open Spaces)
Publication Date: October 30, 2003| Series: Open Spaces A heartland novel set in post-war rural Alberta, The Prisoner of Cage Farm evokes Canadian prairie classics like Martha Ostensos Wild Geese and F. P. Groves Settlers of the Marsh. The McFaddens are a well-to-do country family who occupy Thorncliffe Heights in rural Alberta. Across the road, the Cage Farm can barely keep its household together. Still, Lewis McFadden, war veteran and incurable romantic, is hopelessly infatuated with the beautiful and mysterious Isabel Cage. Enter Emiline Thomas who answers a newspaper ad to be Isabels tut...
|  | The Kingmaker
Publication Date: August 1, 2003Listen, Drummond, your client betrayed this country in ways too horrible to contemplate....In the history of espionage, there's never been one like him. But Major Sean Drummond never says die. Especially when an old flame begs him to defend her brigadier general husband in the biggest treason case in U.S. history. And even when Drummond is up against the fiercest prosecutor in the Army and fighting two murder charges. With an unconventional and beautiful co-counsel, Drummond plunges into an investigation that will unearth a damning array of secrets and cover-u...
|  | Darkness Creeping: Twenty Twisted Tales
Release Date: February 15, 2007| Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up Imagine being trapped forever in someone else’s nightmare, with no means of escape. Or caught on one of the most terrifying roller coasters of all time, when suddenly the tracks ahead just disappear. Enter the world of Darkness Creeping, where hollow-eyed skulls arrive in the mail and nothing is as it seems. Boston Globe–Horn Book Award winner and beloved author Neal Shusterman walks on the dark side with this classic collection of masterfully creepy stories so horrifying, you may have to read them twice ...
|  | How to Be a Super Villain: A colorful and fun children's picture book; entertaining bedtime story
Publication Date: July 20, 2011 BOOK DESCRIPTION:Every kid dreams of being a superhero, but according to the "Supreme Master of Awesomeness", it's the super villain that rocks.This fun, witty, humorous story will point you in the right, or you can say, BAD, direction. For all you hopeful apprentices, this entertaining guide will guarantee loads of fun and laughter.REVIEWS..."I'll admit, I'm a little biased on this one. I also write children's books, and was curious how Rachel would pull off a children's book that dealt with super villains. I was pleasantly surprised by the lig...
|  | Este No Es Mi Osito: Tiene Manitas De Lana (Toca, Toca!) (Spanish Edition)
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|  | Hey World, Here I Am! (Harper Trophy Book)
Release Date: April 25, 1990| Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up...
|  | Ruby's Wish
Publication Date: September 2002| Grade Level: P and up Ruby is unlike most little girls in old China. Instead of aspiring to get married, Ruby is determined to attend university when she grows up, just like the boys in her family. Based upon the inspirational story of the author's grandmother and accompanied by richly detailed illustrations, Ruby's Wish is an engaging portrait of a young girl who strives for more and a family who rewards her hard work and courage. ...
|  | Wonderful Earth: An Interactive Book for Hours of Fun Learning
Publication Date: April 16, 2010| Age Level: 5 and up | Grade Level: K and up We have a wonderful Earth! The Creation story is shown in this colorful book through interactive elements such as lift the flap, turn the wheel, look in the mirror, and more. Kids will have hours of fun as they explore Creation and learn how they can take of our wonderful planet. ...
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