 | Family Tree
Release Date: October 30, 2007For as long as she can remember, Dana Clarke has longed for the stability of home and family. Now she has married a man she adores, whose heritage can be traced back to the Mayflower, and she is about to give birth to their first child. But what should be the happiest day of her life becomes the day her world falls apart. Her daughter is born beautiful and healthy, and in addition, unmistakably African-American in appearance. Dana’s determination to discover the truth about her baby’s heritage becomes a shocking, poignant journey. A superbly crafted ...
 |  | The Brother/Sister Plays
Publication Date: March 31, 2010“McCraney’s richly drawn characters and colloquial poetry . . . manages to sound both epic and rooted in a specific place. Listen closely, and you might hear that thrilling sound that is one of the main reasons we go to the theater, that beautiful music of a new voice.”—The New York Times“Taut, expressive drama, The Brothers Size realizes the potential of theater to elevate the ordinary. . . . McCraney’s writing can be arresting.”—Time Out New YorkThis is the first collection by Tarell Alvin McCraney, a major new...
|  | Plugged: A Novel
Release Date: September 1, 2011The long-awaited crime caper so outlandish, so maniacal, so wickedly funny, it could have only come from the mind that brought you Artemis Fowl.Daniel McEvoy has a problem. Well, really, he has several, but for this Irish ex-pat bouncer at a seedy, small-time casino the fact that his girlfriend was just murdered in the parking lot is uppermost in his mind.That is until lots of people around him start dying, and not of natural causes. Suddenly Daniel's got half the New Jersey mob, dirty cops and his man-crazy upstairs neighbor after him and he still doesn't know...
|  | Maggie's Miracle (The Red Gloves Collection #2)
Publication Date: October 14, 2003New York Times bestselling author Karen Kingsbury offers a heartwarming tale of a woman who no longer believes in love--and the man who helps her learn that miracles really do happen. ...
|  | Damascus Road: The Corescu Chronicles Book Two
Publication Date: January 25, 2012How far would you go to protect the innocent? Giving up your life to save a stranger is one thing, but subject yourself to constant torture in an effort to save some people you've never met?This is the kind of man you'd find in Tony Agricola; survivor of "Book One:The Judging". Tony will sacrifice his very blood so the town can sleep safe at night. Would you? BACK COVER: Tony Agricola is on a mission: pursue and attempt to redeem the newly-turned and quite ravenous vampire, Paul Black. But how do you subdue a creature a hundred times stronger than you or sav...
|  | Harbingers: A Repairman Jack Novel (Repairman Jack Novels)
Release Date: August 28, 2007| Series: Repairman Jack Novels (Book 10) It starts off so simply: Jack, still feeling down after the tragic events of Infernal, is hanging in Julio's when a regular named Timmy asks him for help. His teenage niece has been missing since this morning; the police say it's too early to worry, but Timmy knows something bad has happened. Jack says he'll put the word out on the street. This innocent request triggers a chain of seemingly coincidental events that lead Jack into the darkest days of his life. As has become evident in the series, Jack has been singled...
|  | Clive Barker's A-Z of Horror: Compiled by Stephen Jones
Publication Date: April 1997Embark on a highly illustrated guided tour into the realms of horror led by Clive Barker.From his bestselling books, including his most recent. "Sacrament", to his hit movies such as the "Hellraiser" and "Candyman" series, Clive Barker has again and again proven himself a master of horror, a man whose brand of dark imaginings makes him uniquely qualified to host this exploration of his genre. Covering everything from "American Psycho" to "Zombie", here is the ultimate guide to the world of horror. Lavishly illustrated with hundreds of photos, this is a must-have f...
|  | The Caine Mutiny: A Novel
Publication Date: April 15, 1992The Novel that Inspired the Now-Classic Film The Caine Mutiny and the Hit Broadway Play The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial Herman Wouk's boldly dramatic, brilliantly entertaining novel of life-and mutiny-on a Navy warship in the Pacific theater was immediately embraced, upon its original publication in 1951, as one of the first serious works of American fiction to grapple with the moral complexities and the human consequences of World War II. In the intervening half century, The Caine Mutiny has become a perennial favorite of readers young and old, has sold millio...
|  | Still Sheisty, Part 2 (Triple Crown Publications Presents)
Publication Date: December 15, 2004| Series: Triple Crown Publications Presents Some things change. And then again, some things don't. You can never take the hood out of the homegirl. In this sequel to T.N. Baker's Sheisty, we find Epiphany, Keisha and Shana still trickin' for dough, still running off at the mouth and still being Sheisty. However, as they will soon see, what goes around will come around, and you can't stay in drama forever. It will all come to a head, one way or another. Will death really come knocking on Epiphany's door? Does Keisha give up her good girl image for good? Wil...
|  | Trapped in the Cracks (Volume 1)
Publication Date: April 19, 2012As you are taken on a chilling journey of struggle, street-life and revenge, peer into characters' lives, psyches, and dreams, stemming from the harsh realities of striving through poverty, which almost inevitably leads to degradation and crime. You will close this book having treated yourself to one of the most original and creative works of fiction ever written.Prose are seamlessly woven and rhymed with the highest eloquence, without failing to convey the grit and realness that millions of readers of street fiction have come to expect, love and respect. ...
| | Les Femmes Savantes
Publication Date: December 1996| ISBN-10: 0781803985 | ISBN-13: 978-0781803984Will the witty and intelligent Henriette succeed in marrying her true love, Clitandre? Or must she bend to the will of her mother, Philaminte, who has chosen a pedantic poet to be her spouse? Who are these 'learned ladies', led by Philaminte herself, who prefer spending their time in discussions of art and philosophy rather than in doing housework? In this second-to-last play of his illustrious career, Moliere satirises 'foolish' intellectualism, social climbing, and pretentious learning. Although Les Femmes Sa...
|  | Chocolate Notes (Volume 1)
Publication Date: September 23, 2012Chocolate Notes is a collection of poems that was created to flow like a relationship. In the beginning there is attraction, which leads to courting, then the joy of falling in love from there its sex and then there's the dreadful breakup. ...
|  | National Geographic Investigates: Medical Mysteries: Science Researches Conditions From Bizarre to Deadly (National Geographic Investigates Science)
Release Date: August 12, 2008| Age Level: 10 and up | Grade Level: 5 and up...
|  | That Scandalous Evening
Release Date: September 1, 1998 A Disastrous Season A simple statue began the scandal. A Lady Concealed An innocent English miss conceived of it, her hands gliding across the clay, delineating each smoothly defined muscle and sinew, creating a sculpture of the man she worshipped. When the likeness was exposed, along with Miss Jane Higgenbothem's secret tendre for Lord Blackburn, the ton's gleeful contempt sent the lady back to the country in disgrace. A Gentleman Revealed Now, a decade later, she's back in London, as a chaperone to her beautiful niece. But to Blackburn, Jane's unwi...
|  | Rogue Robots! Wall - E Pictureback
Release Date: May 13, 2008| Age Level: 3 and up | Grade Level: P and up WALL•E, A ROBOT from Earth, goes on an amazing adventure across the galaxy in search of his one true love—a hi-tech robot named Eve. Along the way, he makes friends with zany robots of all shapes and sizes in this fullcolor storybook based on Disney•Pixar’s new sci-fi animated feature film, WALL•E! ...
|  | The Shade (Orca Currents)
Release Date: April 1, 2008| Grade Level: 5 and up Safira doesn't believe in ghosts, but the girl in her cabin at camp was not a living person, so what was she? Her friend Trinity is convinced Safira's seen a ghost and sets out to discover who the ghost girl is. Safira is too busy dealing with her family to help solve the mystery. Safira has never gotten along with her sister, Mya, and now that Mya's pending marriage dominates the family there seems to be no hope for friendship between them. But when Trinity discovers the death of a girl named Myra, Safira starts to wonder if the ghost-girl ...
|  | Boys of Wartime: Will at the Battle of Gettysburg
Release Date: February 16, 2012| Age Level: 10 and up | Grade Level: 5 and up...
|  | Everybody Brings Noodles (Carolrhoda Picture Books)
Publication Date: September 1, 2005| Age Level: 6 and up | Grade Level: 1 and up...
|  | The Wild Salmon Odyssey
Publication Date: November 10, 2010The life of wild salmon is fraught with danger, both natural and man-made. This true-life story follows two salmon, Humphrey and Sally, from the time they emerge from the protective river gravel as fry, through the myriad dangers of their lives.They must find food, while trying not to become food themselves. We marvel as they face each obstacle and dodge predators along their epic migration route. Humphrey and Sally travel thousands of miles searching for food, growing into large, strong, beautiful adult salmon. We cheer their return to their home river, as...
|  | DINOSAUR
Publication Date: April 1, 2009| Grade Level: P and up This cutting-edge, deluxe novelty book offers a thrilling journey back to a time when prehistoric beasts roamed the earth. A weathered and worn paleontologist's journal guides readers through the fascinating lives and habits of these larger-than-life creatures. Each vibrantly illustrated, tactile spread will astound readers as they learn fascinating facts about the most dynamic dinosaurs, along with some of the lesser-known, but equally compelling species. Featuring a dramatic, sculpturally embossed cover designed to look and feel like r...
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