 | Naomi
Release Date: April 10, 2001Na-o-mi. The three syllables of this name, unusual in 1920s Japan, captivate a 28-year-old engineer, who soon becomes infatuated with the girl so named, a teenaged café waitress. Drawn to her Eurasian features and innocent demeanor, Joji is eager to whisk young Naomi away from the seamy underbelly of post—World War I Tokyo and to mold her into his ideal wife. But when the two come together to indulge their shared passion for Western culture, Joji discovers that Naomi is far from being the naïve girl of his fantasies, and his passion descends into ...
 |  | Midnight Alley (Morganville Vampires)
Publication Date: September 21, 2009| Series: Morganville Vampires When Claire Danvers learned that her college town was run by vampires, she did what any intelligent, self-preserving freshman would do: She applied for a transfer and stocked up on garlic. The transfer is no longer an option, but that garlic may come in handy.Now Claire has pledged herself to Amelie, the most powerful vampire in town. The protection her contract secures does little to reassure those closest to Claire. All of a sudden, people are turning up dead, a stalker resurfaces from her past, and an ancient bloodsucker e...
|  | Vampire's Revenge
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|  | Carmilla (Valancourt Classics)
Publication Date: March 9, 2009| Series: Valancourt Classics Following a near fatal carriage collision, the beautiful young Carmilla is taken in by the narrator Laura and her father.The two young women become strangely attracted to each other, but there seems to be more to Carmilla than meets the eye. After her arrival in the village, local peasants begin to die and Laura falls ill and languishes.What is Carmilla's true identity, and can she be to blame?A thrilling Victorian tale of horror and mystery and a major influence on Stoker's Dracula, Carmilla remains one of Sheridan Le Fanu's most ...
|  | The Wild Coast (Caribbean Modern Classics)
Publication Date: May 1, 2009| Series: Caribbean Modern Classics In this coming-of-age novel, a young boy learns firsthand about the contradictions that bedevil the people of Guyana, including the legacy of slavery, the clash of cultural traditions, and the inhospitable terrain. Hector Bradshaw, a sickly child living in Georgetown, finds his life turned upside down when his family decides he would be better off living in the country and sends him away to the remote village of Tarlogie. Once settled there with his kind but old-fashioned guardian, Sister Smart, Hector struggles to make sense o...
|  | 21: The Final Unfinished Voyage of Jack Aubrey (Aubrey-Maturin)
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|  | The Expendables
Release Date: March 1, 1995"Military fiction buffs looking for immersion in authentic renderings of infantry combat will appreciate Scott's latest Vietnam war story."PUBLISHERS WEEKLYFour men who had nothing in common -- except the raw courage that was their greatest weapon during the fierce thirty-five-day conflict of the Ia Drang. This is the story of the men who fought with them -- and the 304 who didn't return. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title....
|  | Rosamunde Pilcher: A New Collection of Three Complete Books: Snow in April; Wild Mountain Thyme; Flowers in the Rain and Other Stories
Release Date: January 21, 1997A New Collection of Three Complete BooksThe best loved and best-selling author of The Shell Seekers, Rosemunde Pilcher writes compelling stories that resonate with life, love, and family drama.Now an all-new collection brings together three of her bestselling works: Snow in April; Wild Mountain Thyme; and Flowers in the Rain and Other Stories.These three titles have combined sales of over two million which makes this dramatically-charged, hardcover volume a sure bet winning fans everywhere.624 pages. ...
|  | Blake's Poetry and Designs (Norton Critical Editions)
Publication Date: November 2007| ISBN-10: 039392498X | ISBN-13: 978-0393924985| Edition: 2nd The Second Edition of this revered Norton Critical Edition is the most comprehensive introduction to Blake’s poetry and thought available.In addition to a broad selection ofthe poems, the volume includes over 100 images(16 in color), emphasizing the centrality ofpictorial representations to Blake’s verse.Biographical context is provided through dozensof excerpts from Blake’s notebook, letters,marginalia, and other writings.“Criticism”offers twenty wide-ranging c...
| | The Mythology of Crime & Criminal Justice 4th edition
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|  | Six Classical Greek Comedies: Birds , Frogs , Women in Power , the Woman from Samos , Cyclops and Alkestis (Methuen Drama)
Publication Date: August 1, 2002| Series: Methuen Drama Six wide ranging classic plays with introduction by the editorThe comedies of the Athenian theatre not only lie at the root of Western drama, they also offer a unique insight into everyday life in ancient Greece. This selection of six wide ranging plays includes the comic fantasies of Aristophanes, which combine the ridiculous with serious satirical comment (Birds, Frogs, Women in Power); Menander's The Woman from Samos, a recognisable forebear of today's situation comedy; Euripides ribald satyr play, Cyclops, the only surviving example...
|  | Medieval Drama
Publication Date: June 15, 2012| ISBN-10: 160384838X | ISBN-13: 978-1603848381This reprint (with updated 'Suggestions for Further Reading') of the Houghton Mifflin edition makes David Bevington's classic anthology of medieval drama available again at an affordable price. ...
|  | Haiku: Japanese Art and Poetry
Publication Date: September 15, 2010The strictest and purest of poetic forms, the Japanese haiku contains in its seventeen sound characters a reference to a season as well as a distinct pause or interruption. Cherry blossoms and swallows might refer to spring; red maple leaves and deer usually imply autumn. These seasonal allusions emphasize the essence of haiku: nature and its ephemeral beauty.The graceful, evocative haiku featured here were composed by the renowned Japanese haiku masters of the past four hundred years, including Matsuo Basho, Taniguchi Buson, and Kobayashi Issa. The decept...
| | The Irish times book of favourite Irish poems
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| | A History of Latin Literature
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|  | Elusive
Release Date: May 3, 2005In Elusive Dawn, we have Robyn Lee, a young widow who lost her first husband to a reckless sport, and a race car driver named Shane Justice who intends to win her hart despite her fears. In On Her Doorstep, we have bestselling author Erin Scott, a guarded and wary woman who has escaped a painful marriage to live contentedly in her isolated mountain retreat -- until publisher Matt Gavin comes looking for an author whose face has haunted him for years. And in Return Engagement, we have actress Tara Collins and producer Devlin Bradley, a fiery pair once engaged for real...
|  | Soukaina
Publication Date: April 20, 2010Twenty-six-year-old Soukaina, a native ofMorocco, has never left her country. Employed at a school,she seeks a worthy man with whom to spend the rest of herlife. Married for eleven years and the father of three, Adamhas lived a life of contradictions. Residing worlds apart,Soukaina and Adam find solace from each other through theirletters.With his wife and children away in thewife's home country, Adam combats his loneliness bycorresponding with Soukaina. As they write letters back andforth, they discover they are soul mates and vow to sharetheir dreams, their ...
|  | Tooth and Nail (Inspector Rebus Novels)
Release Date: November 11, 2008| Series: Inspector Rebus Novels Scottish homicide detective John Rebus has been sent from "North of the Border" to help London police catch a serial killer with a gruesome M.O. Teamed with a London cop he wants to trust but can't, Rebus lets a beautiful psychologist into the case develops a bizarre portrait of a killer who leaves bite marks and tears on each victim's body. Now it's only a question of who is going to get busted first: the cop with the accent who breaks all the rules--or the pyscho painting London with blood......
|  | Water Rat of Wanchai: An Ava Lee Novel
Publication Date: June 30, 2011Ava Lee is a petite young Chinese-Canadian forensic accountant who works for an elderly Hong Kong-based 'Uncle'. In tracking millions of dollars across continents the stakes are often high, sometimes violent and always shady, but Ava Lee's razor-sharp intelligence and unorthodox rules of engagement allow her to succeed where traditional methods have failed. This is a novel full of suspense, with an equally fascinating heroine. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title....
|  | The Haunted Car (Goosebumps Series 2000, No. 21)
Publication Date: September 1999| Age Level: 8 and up Mitchell's parents got a great deal on their sleek new sports car.It's loaded with extras including cruise control, CD player, power windows...and an evil ghost! ...
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