 | Yekl and the Imported Bridegroom and Other Stories of Yiddish New York
Publication Date: June 1, 1970Yekl (1896), the first novel upon which the much acclaimed film Hester Street was based, was probably the first novel in English that had a New York East Side immigrant as its hero. Reviewing it, William Dean Howells hailed Cahan as "a new star of realism." ...
 |  | Klail City
Publication Date: January 1, 1987This English version of Klail City y sus alrededores, the pivotal novel in the Klail City series, won the prestigious prize in Latin American fiction, Casa de las Américas, for the best Spanish American novel in 1976. ...
|  | Recent Tragic Events - Acting Edition
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|  | O.a. Debora
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|  | Face of Danger (Love Inspired Suspense)
Publication Date: March 1, 2011| Series: Love Inspired Suspense Giving murder victims a face is forensic artist Paige Bryant's specialty. She can always put the pieces together. But her work turns dangerous when Texas Ranger Cade Jarvis brings her a special project related to the notorious Lions of Texas. Identifying the victim could help with the ongoing search for the murderer of Cade's boss…yet it also draws deadly attention to Paige. As she contends with attack after attack with only Cade's protection, the two of them draw closer together, learn to open their hearts…and struggl...
|  | Gods and Kings (Chronicles of the Kings #1)
Publication Date: February 1, 2005Gods and Kings is the story of King Hezekiah, heir to the throne of King David. When his evil father plots to sacrifice him, Hezekiah’s mother, Abijah, searches frantically for a way to save him. But only two men can help her, and neither of them seems trustworthy. In a time and place engulfed by violence, treachery, and infidelity to Yahweh, Abijah and her son must discover the one true Source of strength if they are to save themselves and their country. Book 1 of Chronicles of the Kings. ...
|  | Breath of Rapture
Publication Date: July 31, 2000When her sister died, Susans life changed dramatically. Forced to leave home, tempted by forbidden love, faced with growing opposition to her faith, Susan must make difficult decisions as the world around her dissolves into chaos.If you enjoyed the Left Behind series, you will find yourself caught up in this dramatic story that takes you right into the End Times.Familiar settings suddenly become frightening, as food shortages, gas rationing, campus unrest, and the rise of the occult intrude into the mainstream life. The frightening progression of events that sw...
|  | Then Comes Seduction (Huxtable)
Release Date: March 24, 2009| Series: Huxtable New York Times bestselling author Mary Balogh sweeps us back in time to an age of scandal and glittering society—and brings to life an extraordinary family: the daring, passionate Huxtables. Katherine, the youngest sister—and society’s most ravishing innocent—is about to turn the tables on the irresistible rakehell sworn to seduce her, body and soul....In a night of drunken revelry, Jasper Finley, Baron Montford, gambles his reputation as London’s most notorious lover on one woman. His challenge? To seduce the exqui...
|  | Food Plants of Coastal First Peoples (Royal British Columbia Museum Handbook)
Publication Date: June 2003| ISBN-10: 0774805331 | ISBN-13: 978-0774805339As long as people have lived in North America, wild plants have been an important source of food. For Native people in western Canada, the nutritional and cultural contribution made by these plants was immense: in all, some 200 species of wild plants provided food. The different ways in which these were used resulted in an almost limitless selection of dishes derived from wild plants. ...
|  | Life Scripts for the Church: Characters
Publication Date: June 13, 2006Guess Who's Coming to Church?Gus and Gladys Glum are the couple you love to hate. But watch out-because you'll find a special place in your heart for these two.Dan and Jan got lost somewhere in the eighties. Their wardrobes, hairstyles, and mannerisms are just as mystifying as their theology.Bridget and Brandon are the over-the-top talk show hosts who have a difficult time deciding what they're more excited about-the guests on their show or their own close-ups!Rachel and Roger are larger than life. But despite their best intentions, everything they touch turns ...
|  | Walking Between Slums and Skyscrapers: Illusions of Open Space in Hong Kong, Tokyo, and Shanghai
Publication Date: April 6, 2004| ISBN-10: 9622096360 | ISBN-13: 978-9622096363The book is concerned with the effects of globalization on living space (i.e. the space of everyday life), focusing specifically on East Asian metropolises, such as Hong Kong, Tokyo, and Shanghai. ...
|  | New Songs from a Jade Terrace: An Anthology of Early Chinese Love Poetry (Penguin Classics)
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|  | Bambi (Fiction, Poetry & Drama) (German Edition)
Publication Date: December 7, 1995| Series: Fiction, Poetry & Drama Fine watercolor paintings illustrate the famous story of Bambi, a deer born in a woodland thicket, who discovers the wonders and dangers of life in the wild as he grows into a prince of the forest. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title....
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|  | Contra el viento del norte (Love Virtually) (Spanish Edition)
Publication Date: November 15, 2010Leo Leike receives a message from an unknown woman named Emmi. Even though it was sent to him by mistake, Leo, an educated and courteous man, answers. Attracted by his response, she writes to him again, and once their dialogue begins, it is only a questio ...
|  | Books Can Be Deceiving (A Library Lover's Mystery)
Release Date: July 5, 2011| Series: A Library Lover's Mystery (Book 1) Lindsey is getting into her groove as the director of the Briar Creek Public Library when a New York editor visits town, creating quite a buzz. Lindsey's friend Beth wants to sell the editor her children's book, but Beth's boyfriend, a famous author, gets in the way. When they go to confront him, he's found murdered-and Beth is the prime suspect. Lindsey has to act fast before they throw the book at the wrong person. ...
|  | A Killer's Christmas in Wales: A Penny Brannigan Mystery (Penny Brannigan Mysteries)
Release Date: October 25, 2011| Series: Penny Brannigan Mysteries (Book 3) As the townsfolk of the Welsh valley town of Llanelen settle in for the snowiest winter in twenty-five years, an American stranger arrives. Harry Saunders charms the ladies, one of them in particular: Evelyn Lloyd, the town’s former postmistress, who was left comfortably off after the death of her husband. After Mrs. Lloyd invests a good deal of money with him, Harry goes missing, as does her money. His body is soon discovered outside the walls of Conwy Castle, and Mrs. Lloyd is implicated in the murder.Alt...
|  | Andrew M. Greeley: The Mysteries of Grace
Publication Date: April 29, 2002Andrew M. Greeley's Blackie Ryan stories are reviewed and explicated in this study of the author's novels featuring the delightful and leprechaun like detective. The book surveys detective fiction in which the unique, irrestible, and sometimes irrepressible Blackie Ryan, who is sometimes, but not always, a persona for the author, appears. A composite portrait of Blackie is drawn for the reader. The themesboth sociological and religiousthat occur in the fiction are highlighted and explored, as are the various literary devices that the author employs to create h...
|  | Monkology: The Ivan Monk Stories
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| | ELEMENTARY MY DEAR WATSON: SHERLOCK HOLMES CENTENARY: HIS LIFE AND TIMES
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