 | The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln: A Book of Quotations (Dover Thrift Editions)
Publication Date: August 8, 2005| Series: Dover Thrift Editions From the most eloquent of American presidents, nearly 400 astute observations on subjects ranging from women to warfare: "Bad promises are better broken than kept"; "Marriage is neither heaven nor hell; it is simply purgatory"; "Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally." ...
 |  | Never Say Never
Publication Date: February 1, 2010Kai Miller floats through life like driftwood tossed by waves. She's never put down roots in any one place--and she doesn't plan to. But when a chaotic hurricane evacuation lands her in Daily, Texas, she begins to think twice about her wayfaring existence. And when she meets hometown-boy Kemp Eldridge, she can almost picture settling down in Daily--until she discovers he may be promised to someone else. Daily has always been a place of refuge for those the wind blows in, but for Kai, it looks like it will be just another place to leave behind. Then again, Da...
|  | The Accused (Chambers of Justice Series #3)
Publication Date: July 1, 2003The Accused confronts attorney Will Chambers with the terrifying temptation to avenge the brutalcrime that shattered his past.Enjoying a Cancún honeymoon with his wife, Fiona, Will isambushed by two unexpected events: a terrorist kidnapping of a U.S.official...and the news that a link has been found to the previously unidentifiedmurderer of Will's first wife.The kidnapping pulls the attorney into the case of Marinecolonel Caleb Marlowe, who stands accused of the murder of civilians during asecret attempt to thwart the kidnapping.Abandoned by the U.S.governm...
|  | Dreamcatcher
Release Date: November 27, 2001Once upon a time, in the haunted city of Derry, four boys stood together and did a brave thing. It was something that changed them in ways they could never begin to understand.DreamcatcherTwenty-five years after saving a Down's-syndrome kid from bullies, Beav, Henry, Pete, and Jonesy -- now men with separate lives and separate problems -- reunite in the woods of Maine for their annual hunting trip. But when a stranger stumbles into their camp, disoriented and mumbling something about lights in the sky, chaos erupts. Soon, the four friends are plunged into a...
|  | Yours for the Asking
Publication Date: December 15, 2009The responsible one. The steady, reliable one. Lauren Roberts has had her fill of it.Running her bed-and-breakfast like clockwork and hosting her younger, glamorous, songbird sister for the holidays only underscores Lauren's choice of order over risk. Kelly's vibrant and impetuous nature doesn't stick to anything--or any one woman--for long. That includes an old girlfriend of Lauren's who was dazzled by Kelly, then dumped, shortly after Lauren stepped aside.Old memories are sharply painful with Kelly under her roof. With the inn full, Lauren's patience and ...
|  | The Upanishads: Breath of the Eternal
Release Date: August 1, 2002 The Wisdom of the Hindu MysticsThe principal texts selected and translated from the original Sanskrit, Upanishad means "sitting near devotedly", which conjures images of the contemplating student listening with rapt attention to the teachings of a spiritual master. These are widely considered to be philosophical and spiritual meditations of the highest order. ...
|  | Dawn of the Bunny Suicides
Publication Date: September 21, 2011| Series: Bunny Suicides The bunnies are back and there's only one thing on their minds. From the author of the bestselling The Book of Bunny Suicides and Return of the Bunny Suicides comes a whole new batch of fluffy little rabbits who just don't want to live anymore. Twice as long as the previous books (over 150 deaths!) and in hardcover for the first time, this volume offers more bunny for your buck than ever before! Whether they re getting stomped, stabbed, or saut ed, impaled by pink flamingos, or done in by heavy metal drummers, this collection of ra...
|  | Slice of Life Worship Dramas Volume 2
Publication Date: May 2007| ISBN-10: 068764335X | ISBN-13: 978-0687643356| Edition: Pap/DVD Slice of life dramas are a tool to capture the imagination of viewers and communicate good news by telling stories that mirror real life. Slice of Life Worship Dramas (Volume 2) contains fifteen short, ready-to-use drama scripts that focus on moments in time and emotions to which people can relate. Themes in volume 2 include God’s power, sin, transformation, temptation, integrity, outreach, patience, missions, trust, grief, and more. The DVD included in this book contains live performances ...
|  | The Best Part About Me Is -You
Publication Date: May 17, 2011This book expresses love, relationships and blessings from Cheryl-Joan Rarama Regala's own diaries.When there is love, there is creativity, bravery, satisfaction and poetry.Love conquors.Love opens the eyes and enlarges the heart.In this book, you will find inspirational poetry and stories that are presented in fun, classy, witty and interesting ways.It encourages you appreciate all that love brings.Love is powerful so therefore this book is a collection of remarkable poetry and stories.Without love, you got nothing.Love lifts us up and keeps us in the light.Lov...
|  | A Chime of Windbells A Year of Japanese Haiku in English Verse
Publication Date: 19691973 Charles E Tuttle slipcased HB., fifth printing. 236 doubled pages with 33 color illustrations. An beautiful seasonal booktranslating Japanese Haiku into English of approx. 20 syllables and 3 phrases. ...
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| | The Silo: A Pastoral Symphony
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|  | Writing and Rebellion: England in 1381 (The New Historicism: Studies in Cultural Poetics)
Publication Date: December 1, 1996| ISBN-10: 0520206975 | ISBN-13: 978-0520206977In this compelling account of the "peasants' revolt" of 1381, in which rebels burned hundreds of official archives and attacked other symbols of authority, Steven Justice demonstrates that the rebellion was not an uncontrolled, inarticulate explosion of peasant resentment but an informed and tactical claim to literacy and rule.Focusing on six brief, enigmatic texts written by the rebels themselves, Justice places the English peasantry within a public discourse from which historians, both medieval and modern,...
|  | The Renaissance Text: Theory, Editing, Textuality
Publication Date: October 20, 2000| ISBN-10: 0719059178 | ISBN-13: 978-0719059179This collection of essays focuses attention on the broad issue of Renaissance textuality, exploring such topics as the position of the reader relative to the text; the impact of editorial strategies and modes of presentation on our understanding of the text; the complexities of extended textual histories; and the relevance of gender to the process of textual retrieval and preservation. The volume is closely informed by recent developments in textual theory that have led to a probing interrogation of traditio...
|  | H.P. Lovecraft and the Modernist Grotesque
Publication Date: December 21, 2008This study serves to bring Lovecraft into a new and more significant literary context, and to highlight the relationships between modernist and grotesque literature.Various authors are mentioned with reference to both modernist and grotesque literary tendencies, and Lovecraft's "modernist grotesque" characteristics are analyzed in their connection to the three concepts that are prominent in both modernism and the grotesque: alienation, subjectivity, and absurdity.Biographical information about Lovecraft is used minimally in this study, which focuses on text...
|  | Charles Darwin: The Beagle Letters
Publication Date: October 13, 2008This fascinating collection of letters written and received by Charles Darwin during the voyage of the HMS Beagle provides a first-hand account of a voyage of discovery that was as much personal as intellectual. Original watercolours by the ship's artist Conrad Martens vividly bring to life Darwin's descriptions. ...
|  | The Average American Male: A Novel
Release Date: March 13, 2007An offensive, in-your-face, brutally honest and completely hilarious look at male inner life and sexual fantasy—sure to be one of the most controversial books of the year. ...
|  | Born in Ice (Born in Trilogy, Book 2)
Release Date: August 1, 1995Nora Roberts, the bestselling author of Hidden Riches and Born In Fire, continues the romantic Irish saga--the story of the Concannon sisters, three modern women bound by the timeless spirit of their land.When the harsh storms of winter descended upon western Ireland, the locals stayed indoors--and visitors stayed away. Brianna Concannon's bed-and-breakfast became a cold and empty place. But that was fine with Brianna. She enjoyed the peace and quiet, even when the icy winds howled at her window. But this year she's expecting an unusual guest--mystery writer Grays...
|  | The Schirmer Inheritance
Release Date: December 2, 2003It wasn’t anyone’s idea ofa glamorous first assignment at a white show law firm. George Cary, former WWII bomber pilot and newly minted lawyer, was given the ignoble task of going through the tons of files on the Schneider Johnson case, just to make sure nothing had been overlooked. But, as luck would have it, George did discover something among the false claims and dead-end leads that made this into more than just another missing-heir-to-a vast-fortune case. And what he found would connect a deserter from Napoloeon’s defeated army to a guerril...
|  | To Ruin a Queen: An Ursula Blanchard Mystery at Queen Elizabeth I's Court
Release Date: November 4, 2008| Series: Ursula Blanchard Mystery at Queen Elizabeth I's CourtHer devotion to her family trumps all. Homesick for England, heartsick at being separated from her young daughter, Ursula Blanchard is struggling to build a new life in France with her husband, Matthew de la Roche. Ursula is devastated when she learns Meg has disappeared from the family that has fostered her since the French civil war forced Ursula to leave her behind. A wanted man in England, Matthew is unable to accompany her as she frantically journeys home. Upon her arrival, Ursula is stunned...
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