 | Raintree County (Rediscovered Classics)
Publication Date: September 1, 2007| Series: Rediscovered Classics Throughout a single day in 1892, John Shawnessy recalls the great moments of his life—from the love affairs of his youth in Indiana, to the battles of the Civil War, to the politics of the Gilded Age, to his homecoming as schoolteacher, husband, and father. Shawnessy is the epitome of the place and period in which he lives, a rural land of springlike women, shady gamblers, wandering vagabonds, and soapbox orators. Yet here on the banks of the Shawmucky River, which weaves its primitive course through Raintree C...
 |  | Love Takes Wing (Love Comes Softly Series #7)
Publication Date: February 1, 2004Book 7 of the bestselling Love Comes Softly series.Belinda Davis had trained as a nurse to assist her older brother, Doctor Luke. But as time goes by and she sees those she's grown up with getting married and settling into their own lives, Belinda becomes restless. What had seemed exciting and fresh becomes dull and routine. When she meets an elderly woman who needs nursing care, Belinda jumps at the invitation to go to Boston--a large, "civilized" city with cultural opportunities she's never even dreamed of in her little prairie town. But in spite...
|  | Night Prayers
Publication Date: December 1, 2005Stoker Award winning author P.D. Cacek turns vampire fictioninside out in this wryly witty romp through the seamy underbelly ofLA.Meet Allison Garret, thirtysomething, unlucky in love andlife, waking up after a three day binge:alone again. Only now,she's a vampire without a clue about how to survive.It will take morethan a night full of prayers to help her and her new sidekick, aBible-thumping street corner preacher, when a catty coven ofvengeful vamps target the both of them for destruction.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of t...
|  | ReVamped (Void City, Book 2)
Release Date: March 10, 2009 REVIVED. REFRESHED. AND READY FOR REVENGE.Eric has lost his strip club, his Mustang, and even Marilyn, the elderly love of his (mortal) life. Even his body was obliterated. In short, they almost got him. But when you're a vampire, "almost" is a very important word. With a little magical help from his friends, Eric is restored to corporeal form, but his treasured Mustang gets caught up in the sorcery and winds up with an unlife of its own. Now, along with "Fang the 'Stang," he's out to save Marilyn from one of Void City's most powerful soul-stealing demons. But ...
|  | My Fellow Americans
Publication Date: October 1, 2007The United States in crisis - In the face of increasing terrorist attacks on his own soil, the president of the United States declares martial law and sits for a third term. His country simmers in suspicion and fear. In Chicago, Jason Walker, half Lebanese but thoroughly American, is detained, interrogated and tortured. In exchange for his freedom, he must turn spy for Homeland Security, but it soon becomes impossible to tell who are the good guys . . . ...
|  | Tales From the Woods: (with audio CD)
Release Date: June 6, 2011A collection of original poetry by poet, publisher, and maverick multimillionaire Felix Dennis is a thrilling, impassioned hymn to trees, and includes a spoken word audio CD Beautifully illustrated throughout with color-washed pen and ink illustrations, these 50 evocative poems celebrate trees and their part in the landscape. The poet's eye misses nothing—from the quality of light in early morning to the joyous exuberance of young birds learning to fly; from a hornbeam's delicate shades of green in spring to the "kamikaze" obduracy of o...
|  | Le Jeu de l'amour et du hasar (French Edition)
Publication Date: September 1992SILVIAMais encore une fois, de quoi vous mêlez-vous, pourquoi répondre de mes sentiments ? --This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition....
|  | Best Short Stories
Publication Date: March 23, 2011Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant (1850 – 1893) was a popular 19th-century French writer, considered one of the fathers of the modern short story and arguably the world's best short story writer. Maupassant's stories are characterized by their clever plots, clear style and surprise endings. Many of the stories describe the futility of war and the innocent civilians who, caught in the conflict, emerge changed. But most of his stories deal with love, often focusing on themes of adultery and prostitution. No one was better than Maupassant at telling...
|  | The Other World of Richard Wright: Perspectives on His Haiku (Margaret Walker Alexander Series in African American Studies)
Publication Date: April 11, 2011| Series: Margaret Walker Alexander Series in African American Studies The Other World of Richard Wright: Perspectives on His Haiku reveals Richard Wright's poetic vision toward the human world. Through the minimal form of haiku, Wright (1908-1960) found his poetic connection to nature. This sensibility displays not only the change in him as a writer but also the tenderness in him as a human being.These essays open up a new territory in Wright studies by tracing the development of Wright's aesthetic and its relationship to African and Japanese cultures. The bo...
|  | Jose Donoso y el surrealismo: Tres novelitas burguesas (Pliegos de ensayo) (Spanish Edition)
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|  | The Gulf (Dan Lenson Novels)
Publication Date: September 1990| Series: Dan Lenson Novels Defense policy makers from Britain and the Gulf analyze different aspects of British policy and its repercussions for Gulf security. Seeking to nurture defense and security dialogue, contributors examine both immediate and potential threats to Gulf security and underline the need for the Gulf countries to develop a greater range of consultative mechanisms. This book offers valuable perspectives on some of the more critical issues involved and provides interesting insight on the views held by prominent decision-makers, including Lord...
|  | Dr. No: Library Edition
Publication Date: March 2001James Bond and his beautiful girl Friday, Honey Rider, have been captured by the evil, sadistic Dr No, a sinister recluse with a fascination with pain - other people's pain. Now Dr No holds Bond in his steely grasp, having found him trespassing on his Caribbean island. Intent on protecting his clandestine operations from the British secret service, Dr No sees an opportunity to dispose of an enemy and further his diabolical research. Soon Bond and Rider are fighting to win a murderous game of Dr No's choosing. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable ed...
|  | The Valley of Fear. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Sherlock Holmes Graphic Novel)
Publication Date: May 1, 2011| Series: Sherlock Holmes Graphic Novel Sherlock Holmes is intrigued and disturbed when he receives an ominous coded message: a Mr. Douglas of Birlstone House is in terrible danger. Before Holmes can act, shocking news arrives. Douglas has been found dead - his face blown off by a shotgun. Scotland Yard is stumped. Was this suicide or murder? But Holmes is in no such doubt - for he recognises the calling card of his nemesis, Professor James Moriarty. ...
|  | Dragondrums (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) (Harper Hall Trilogy (Prebound))
Publication Date: June 1, 2003| Age Level: 10 and up | Grade Level: 5 and up...
| | 1,000 Miles in 12 Days: Pro Cyclists on Tour
Publication Date: March 1995| Age Level: 8 and up A dramatic photo essay reveals the basics of bicycle racing and follows contestants through the challenging sprints, time trials, mountain stages, and strategy-filled flat stages of the U.S. Tour DuPont. By the author-illustrator of At the Supermarket....
|  | Football (Starting Sport)
Publication Date: June 14, 2012 ...
|  | Kto zje zielone jajka sadzone?
Publication Date: January 1, 2004Translated by Stanislaw Baranczak, the Polish edition of the classicGreen Eggs and Ham . Includes a free audio CD of the book being read in both Polish and English. Also includes the original English text at the back of the book. ...
|  | Classic Children's Literature for Your Home Library: 550 Years of Delightful Reading (1450-2000)
Publication Date: October 7, 2004Paul Lachlan Peck, M. Ed., the editor of Classic Children’s Literature for Your Home Library: 550 Years of Delightful Reading (1450–2000), is an inveterate bibliophile apart from being an ordained minister and family counselor. Here he has put together a wonderful list of books covering 550 years of children’s literature. More than 130 books are reviewed by more than sixty friends and family members, whose ages range from 7½ to 93 years. This is a terrific guide for building a children’s library in your home. Peck has a M. Ed in educa...
|  | Kittens (Pet Care (Crabtree Paperback))
Publication Date: March 2004| Age Level: 6 and up | Grade Level: 1 and up...
|  | John Pig's Halloween (Picture Puffin Books)
Release Date: August 6, 2001| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: K and up...
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