 | The Dark Skull 418: The World's Most Dangerous Comic Book Novel
Publication Date: July 4, 2012The Dark Skull 418 is the world's most dangerous comic book novel. As all things come to an end, so do the illusions of the world around us. When that happens something manifests in some people, something called the Dark Skull 418 effect—a mysterious force that allows one to see the world for what it really is, even though it isn't. It's a scary thought for some and a deadly threat for others; particularly the powers that be. With the advent of this cultural phenomenon, the idea of a total awakening in the American populace is reaching a critical mass. In...
 |  | Creatures of Oh-Dear-Me-Oh-My
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|  | Wallflower in Bloom: A Novel
Release Date: June 5, 2012From the acclaimed bestselling author of Must Love Dogs comes a winning and witty new novel about a woman who emerges from the shadow of her overbearing family and finds herself “dancing with the stars.” Deirdre Griffin has a great life; it’s just not her own. She’s the around-the-clock personal assistant to her charismatic, high-maintenance, New Age guru brother, Tag. As the family wallflower, her only worth seems to be as gatekeeper to Tag at his New England seaside compound. Then Deirdre’s sometime boyfriend informs her that he is ma...
|  | Song of Redemption (Chronicles of the Kings #2)
Publication Date: May 1, 2005When King Hezekiah discovers that God's Law forbids him to take multiple wives, he must choose one woman to love. He must also choose to trust God's promises when he decides to rebel against his powerful Assyrian overlords. Hezekiah seeks to strengthen his nation's fortifications by building a tunnel in Jerusalem to hide his water supply. The tension mounts as the Assyrians march closer--and Hezekiah's tunnel remains incomplete.With his officials advising him to submit to the Assyrians, Hezekiah's faith is once more severely tested. Chronicles of the King Book 2....
|  | LOVE FINDS YOU IN SUNFLOWER, KS
Publication Date: May 1, 2012| Series: Love Finds You Will Annie find treasure in her field of sunflowers? Annie Jamison is the sister who keeps the peace. So when her mother goes missing, Annie’s the one sent to retrieve her. There’s one problem. It seems the town Willa Jamison (willingly) ran off to—Sunflower, Kansas— doesn’t exist. Sure, it’s on the map, but when Annie drives there, she finds herself in the middle of a field. Of sunflowers. In nearby Bonner Springs, Kansas, Annie finds her errant mother…and Joe Kelly, a handsome veterinarian who ...
|  | The Summer House
Release Date: June 19, 2012For years, Marcia Willett has touched readers with her poignant novels about the intricacies of friendship and family. Now, in The Summer House, she explores the secrets that families keep, and the decisions, made in an instant, that can change our lives. Matt has always felt that there was something missing in his life. His mother kept all his childhood memories in a small inlaid wooden box, along with many photos of Matt as a child. But something about these photos has always puzzled Matt. Why doesn’t he remember those clothes? The toys? And whe...
|  | Gangsta's Blind Revenge Part I
Publication Date: August 16, 2012Cordea Franklin is a young man that witnessed his father's execution when he was merely six years old.He vows to get the killer, but there's one thing that stands in his way: remembering who the killer was. Get to know Cordea, AKA Gangsta, as he searches for the killer while trying to take care of his mother and sister.Life's twists and turns make him a life saver for some, a reaper for others. Join the ride as Cordea grows into a young man and get an insider view of the world so many young black men live in. ...
|  | The Short History of a Prince: A Novel
Release Date: March 16, 1999Walter McCloud is a boy with dreams unlike most. Introduced as a child to the genius of Balanchine and the lyricism of Tchaikovsky, Walter has always aspired to be a dancer. As he grows older, it becomes clear that despite his desire, he lacks the talent, and he faces the painful knowledge that his more gifted friends have already surpassed him.Soon, however, that pain is overshadowed when his older brother, Daniel, finds a strange lump on his neck and Walter realizes that a happy family can change overnight. The year that follows transforms the McClouds, as they ...
|  | The Country Under My Skin: A Memoir of Love and War
Release Date: October 14, 2003An electrifying memoir from the acclaimed Nicaraguan writer (“A wonderfully free and original talent”—Harold Pinter) and central figure in the Sandinista Revolution. Until her early twenties, Gioconda Belli inhabited an upper-class cocoon: sheltered from the poverty in Managua in a world of country clubs and debutante balls; educated abroad; early marriage and motherhood. But in 1970, everything changed. Her growing dissatisfaction with domestic life, and a blossoming awareness of the social inequities in Nicaragua, led her to join the Sandi...
|  | Troilus and Cressida (Folger Shakespeare Library)
Release Date: October 9, 2007| Series: Folger Shakespeare Library FOLGER Shakespeare Library The world's leading center for Shakespeare studies Each edition includes: Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play Scene-by-scene plot summaries A key to famous lines and phrases An introduction to reading Shakespeare's language An essay by a leading Shakespeare scholar providing a modern perspective on the play Illustrations from the Folger Shakespeare Library's vast holdings of rare ...
|  | The Quest for Epic: From Ariosto to Tasso (Toronto Italian Studies)
Publication Date: July 8, 2006| ISBN-10: 0802093736 | ISBN-13: 978-0802093738| Edition: 1 Translated here for the first time into English, Sergio Zatti's The Quest for Epic is a selection of studies on the two major poets of the Italian Renaissance, Ludovico Ariosto and Torquato Tasso, by one of the most important literary critics writing in Italy today.An original and challenging work, The Quest for Epic documents the development of Italian narrative from the chivalric romance at the end of the fifteenth century to the genre of epic in the sixteenth century. Zatti focuses on Ariosto's O...
|  | Tang Song ming shi xin yi (Mandarin Chinese Edition)
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|  | Presenting Gary Paulsen (Twayne's United States Authors Series)
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| | Demetrius Cantemir: The Collection of Notations : Commentary (Soas Musicology Series) (Soas Musicology Series)
Publication Date: December 2000| ISBN-10: 0754602818 | ISBN-13: 978-0754602811Demetrius Cantemir has several reputations, for Romanians he is revered as a major national cultural figure; on the intellectual map of 18th-century Europe he is seen as an important historian; and in Turkey, where he is known as Kantemiroglu, he is recognized for his accomplishments in the field of music, as performer, theorist and, above all, composer. This text examines Cantemir's life and studies his work in these different fields. ...
|  | Literature and Heresy in the Age of Chaucer (Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature)
Publication Date: November 24, 2011| ISBN-10: 0521179831 | ISBN-13: 978-0521179836| Edition: Reissue After the late fourteenth century, English literature was fundamentally shaped by the heresy of John Wyclif and his followers. This 2008 study demonstrates how Geoffrey Chaucer, William Langland, John Clanvowe, Margery Kempe, Thomas Hoccleve and John Lydgate, far from eschewing Wycliffism out of fear of censorship or partisan distaste, viewed Wycliffite ideas as a distinctly new intellectual resource. Andrew Cole offers a complete historical account of the first official condemnation of W...
|  | The New Oxford Book of Victorian Verse
Publication Date: August 20, 1987| ISBN-10: 0192141546 | ISBN-13: 978-0192141545One of the great ages of poetry speaks for itself in this compendious anthology: the variety and power of Victorian verse, the innovation and creativity with which poets both reflected and resisted the attitudes of their era are keenly demonstrated. The New Oxford Book of Victorian Verse brings out in its introduction by Christopher Ricks, and brings home in its selections that the old pleasure of condescending to Victorian poetry is paltry in comparison with the ever-new pleasures of being delighted, moved, ...
|  | Strong on Defense: Survival Rules to Protect you and your Family from Crime
Publication Date: May 1, 1996An invaluable personal manual, illustrated with true stories ofpeople who been involved in criminal violence, is designed to helpreaders develop a survival mindset and quick, immediate reactions inthe case of a criminal attack. Tour. ...
|  | The Little Big Book For Grandmothers
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|  | Fatal Cure
Release Date: February 1, 1995Public health care is one of the most important issues inAmerica today.Now Robin Cook, the bestselling master of medical suspense,confronts this controversial subject with an all-too-possible scenario aspowerful--and terrifying--as his groundbreaking blockbuster,Coma...With its state-of-the-art facility and peaceful Vermontsetting, the Bartlet Community Hospital seemed like a dream come true.Itoffered doctors David and Angela Wilson new career opportunities, a chanceto work within an enlightened system of "Managed care" --and a perfect placeto raise their daught...
|  | Official Kids' Book of Baseball
Publication Date: June 1, 1993A winning combination of practical details & unique facts about the history & heroes of the game of baseball. Includes chapters on the equipment & uniforms; regulation baseball, softball & T-ball; warm-up exercises & the basics of throwing, catching, pitching, hitting & running; the positions; the umpire, manager & coaches, & scouts; the Major Leagues: National & American; major events in baseball history; the box score, league standings, individual performance statistics, & how to keep score; the National Base Hall of Fame & Museum; baseball cards; a baseball d...
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