 | The Secret Book of Grazia dei Rossi
Release Date: September 8, 1998The Secret Book of Grazia dei Rossi is a sweeping tale of intrigue and romance set in a time rife with court politics, papal chicanery, religious intolerance, and inviolable social rules. Grazia, private secretary to the world-renowned Isabella d'Este, is the daughter of an eminent Jewish banker, the wife of the pope's Jewish physician, and the lover of a Christian prince. In a "secret book," written as a legacy for her son, she records her struggles to choose between the seductions of the Christian world and a return to the family, traditions, and duties of he...
 |  | Talking With...
Publication Date: February 2, 2011| ISBN-10: 0573630216 | ISBN-13: 978-0573630217Monologues Jane MartinCharacters: 11 female Bare Stage. These extraordinary monologues received a standing ovation at Louisville's Actors Theatre. Idiosyncratic characters amuse, move and frighten, always speaking from the depths of their souls. They include a baton twirler, a fundamentalist snake handler, an ex rodeo rider and an actress willing to go to any length to get a job. 1982 winner of the American Theatre Critics Association Award for Best Regional Play. "A dramatist with an original voice ... [and...
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|  | The Red Gloves Collection
Publication Date: October 10, 2006Compiled in this collector edition are Gideon's Gift, Sarah's Song, Maggie's Miracle, and Hannah's Hope. Readers worldwide have been touched by these heart-warming tales of hope, inspiration, and joyous miracles by bestselling author Karen Kingsbury. ...
|  | The Lawless (The Kent Family Chronicles)
Release Date: March 1, 2005| Series: The Kent Family Chronicles The Kent Family Chronicles continue as Jeremiah Kent becomes an infamous shootist in the Wild West-bringing him closer to a destiny that will end in bloodshed....
|  | 1999: A Novel of the CelticTiger and the Search for Peace (Irish Century Novels)
Release Date: March 3, 2009| Series: Irish Century Novels The Irish Century concludes in this climactic novel; Llywelyn’s masterpiece is completeThe Irish Century series is the story of the Irish people’s epic struggle for independence through the tumultuous course of the twentieth century. Morgan Llywelyn’s magisterial multi-novel chronicle of that story began with 1916, which was followed by 1921, 1949, and 1972. It now concludes with 1999: A Novel of the Celtic Tiger and the Search for Peace. 1999 brings the story from 1972 to the disarmament talks and beginnings of reco...
|  | The South Sea Whaler
Publication Date: May 23, 2010"Don't be cast down, Walter," said Mr Shobbrok. "It is evident that they must have built a raft and left the ship. We must do what we can, while time is allowed us, to build one for ourselves. We must be quick about it, for before long the fire will reach the magazine, and we must take care to be at a safe distance before then." Saying this, he rushed into the cabin, and returned with a couple of axes. One he gave to Walter, and the other he took himself, and they both began cutting away at the taffrail and quarter rail. ...
|  | Titanicus (Warhammer 40,000 Novels)
Release Date: November 24, 2009| Series: Warhammer 40,000 Novels Black Library's best-selling SF author Dan Abnett takes his talents to a whole new level recounting an epic tale of Titans, the massive war machines of Warhammer 40,000. ...
|  | Satyr Drama: Tragedy at Play
Publication Date: December 1, 2005The esteem in which satyr drama was held in antiquity still arouses curiosity and controversy. Twelve new papers, generated in North America by a distinguished cast of scholars, explore questions central to the genre. How did satyr drama relate to comedy and tragedy; how closely was it tied to its tragic trilogy? How did the Athenians react to pro-satyric drama, such as the Alcestis? How far did satyr plays reflect contemporary political life? Fresh conclusions are adduced from the fragments, particularly those of Aeschylus, and there is special study of Eur...
|  | Dreams of a Totalitarian Utopia: Literary Modernism and Politics
Publication Date: July 25, 2011Frank Kermode famously commented that the "correlation between early modernist literature and authoritarian politics" was "more often noticed than explained." Dreams of a Totalitarian Utopia examines in detail the political writings of three of modernism's best known and most criticized fascist sympathisers: T.S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, and Wyndam Lewis. While these authors' political inclinations are well known and much discussed, previous studieshave failed to adequately analyse the surrounding political circumstances that informed the specific utopian aspirations...
|  | Hello Charlie: Letters from a Serial Killer
Publication Date: February 5, 2008The 1991 abduction and murder of thirteen-year-old Heather Dawn Church baffled police for three agonizing years, and became one of the most infamous murders the quiet and scenic city of Colorado Springs had ever seen. It was legendary homicide detective Lou Smit who finally broke the case, sending Robert Charles Browne, a forty-three-year-old Louisiana drifter and career criminal, to prison for life. But the savage saga of Robert Browne did not end there. In 2000, Smit, now retired, joined forces with Charlie Hess, an ex-FBI agent and former CIA operative, t...
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|  | The Beach House
Publication Date: May 1, 2003Jack Mullen is a driven student of the law. His brother Peter is a servant of the rich, parking the cars of the Hamptons' elite-and perhaps satisfying their more intimate needs as well. Then Peter's body is found on the beach. Jack knows the drowning was no accident, but someone's unlimited power and money have bought the cops, the judges, the system. Now Jack is learning a lesson in justice he never got in law school ... and his astonishing plan to beat the billionaires will have you reeling-and cheering-to the very last page. ...
|  | Alcatraz versus the Evil Librarians (Alcatraz, No. 1)
Publication Date: November 1, 2008| Age Level: 8 and up The evil Librarians are coming!A hero with an incredible talent...for breaking things. A life-or-death mission...to rescue a bag of sand. A fearsome threat from a powerful secret network...the evil Librarians.Alcatraz Smedry doesn't seem destined for anything but disaster. On his 13th birthday he receives a bag of sand, which is quickly stolen by the cult of evil Librarians plotting to take over the world. The sand will give the Librarians the edge they need to achieve world domination. Alcatraz must stop them!...by infiltrating the loc...
|  | Anancy and the Haunted House
Publication Date: September 7, 2002| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and upAnancy was the biggest and strongest spider in the whole town. He had traveled far and wide, climbed the highest mountains, and, yes, scared the most famous people. He loved to boast about his adventures, which, according to him, were bigger and better than anyone else's....until the day he swaggers into the haunted house at midnight. Just as his friends warned him, inside Anancy encounters a large rooster that dances on the table. The rooster invites Anancy to show off his talents too, and with all his frien...
|  | Skateboarding (To the Limit)
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|  | Kids' Daily Dilemmas In a Jar
Publication Date: November 15, 2008| Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up...
|  | The Shape of Good Nutrition: The Food Pyramid (Slim Goodbody's Lighten Up!)
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|  | Lady of Palenque: Flower of Bacal, Mesoamerica, A.D. 749 (The Royal Diaries)
Publication Date: April 1, 2004| Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up Anna Kirwan, best-selling author of THE ROYAL DIARIES: VICTORIA, MAY BLOSSOM OF BRITANNIA, offers a riveting look atMayan culture, A.D. 749, through the eyes of Princess Green Jay, Lady of Palenque.A political marriage is arranged between the thirty-three-year-old king of Xukpip and Princess Green Jay, the thirteen-year-old daughter of the king of Lakamha. The two are paired because of similar horoscopes -- and Green Jay possesses skills that will be valuable to her husband-to-be: She can read and write. Author Anna...
|  | When the Fox Went Berry Picking
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