 | El Colonialismo Interno En LA Narrativa Chicana: El Barrio, El Anti-Barrio Y El Exterior (Spanish Edition)
Publication Date: February 1, 1994criticism, "internal colonialism" in Chicano lit ...
 |  | Dangerous Secrets (Harbor Intrigue, Book 3) (Steeple Hill Love Inspired Suspense #62)
Publication Date: July 10, 2007FATAL ACCIDENT...OR MURDER?That's what Sylvie Patterson wanted to know when she learned her cousin Ginger was dead. And so did Ridge Matthews, a state homicide detective working with Winfield's police department. Ginger's apartment was ransacked, followed by a string of suspicious break-ins at houses where Ginger had visited. What did Ginger own that was so valuable someone was willing to kill her for it? It would take all of Ridge's skills--and Sylvie's prayers--to keep Sylvie from becoming the next victim. --This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition....
|  | Lights Out
Publication Date: December 10, 2010Downloaded from the internet over three million times, this exciting, action-packed, survival story is finally available in book form.Lights Out chronicles the challenges of Mark “Karate Man” Turner when the lights go out over most of the free world.He must find in himself the ability to unite his family, friends, and neighbors if any of them are to survive the harsh reality that everyday life becomes when the veneer of civilization is stripped away. ...
|  | The Trial: A New Translation Based on the Restored Text
Release Date: May 25, 1999Written in 1914, The Trial is one of the most important novels of the twentieth century: the terrifying tale of Josef K., a respectable bank officer who is suddenly and inexplicably arrested and must defend himself against a charge about which he can get no information. Whether read as an existential tale, a parable, or a prophecy of the excesses of modern bureaucracy wedded to the madness of totalitarianism, Kafka's nightmare has resonated with chilling truth for generations of readers. This new edition is based upon the work of an international team of experts who...
|  | The Empty Space Between Stars (Volume 1)
Publication Date: July 2, 2012While looking for emergency candles during the throes of a New Hampshire blizzard, 15 year-old Zoey Johansen pokes her head into the chill of her father's attic and finds an innocuous storage container. Alone and curious, she begins to open a Pandora's Box spilling the secrets behind her mother's undeniable burden of sadness, her father's addiction to odd tattoos, and-ultimately-the mysterious empty spaces between them all. She's never been able to find home. An only child and the product of long-divorced parents who'd escaped to opposite coasts, Zoey is lost. E...
|  | English Romantics Major Poetry and Critical Theory (College)
Publication Date: June 1982| Series: College This valuable anthology of works by major English Romanticpoets offers readers a collection of representative Romantic literature as well ascritical texts by major spokesmen of the movement in England. The editorplaces emphasis on the major achievements of the poets and critics of the agein order to give readers a sense of the main directions of the Romanticmovement. A major portion of the book is devoted to the works of the writers.Wherever feasible, complete texts of the poetry and criticism have beenincluded. A general introductory essay sets t...
|  | The Temple of Dawn: The Sea of Fertility, 3
Release Date: April 14, 1990Dramatizes the Japanese experience from the eve of World War II through the degradation of the postwar era. ...
|  | The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa
Release Date: December 7, 2004Gathered here is a beguiling selection of folktales from Zimbabwe and Botswana as retold by the best-selling author of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency. This treasury contains most of the stories previously collected in Children of Wax and seven new tales from the Setswana-speaking people of Botswana.A girl discovers that her young husband might actually be a lion in disguise, but not before they have two sons who might actually be cubs . . . When a child made of wax follows his curiosity outside into the heat of daylight and melts, his siblings shape him into...
|  | A Phoenix Too Frequent - Acting Edition
Publication Date: October 1, 1952| ISBN-10: 0822208911 | ISBN-13: 978-0822208914| Edition: Ronald Searle (illustrator) In this version of the famous Matron of Ephesus, we have a fresh retelling of the story of a pious widow and her maid who mourns for the death of her recently deceased husband in the tomb where his bier lies awaiting internment. The maid is not quite so pious, yet both women begin to suffer the pangs of a self-imposed hunger. There are signs that they also are unhappy over the loss of male company, but not until a handsome guard appears does the widow begin regretting he...
|  | The Summons of Death on the Medieval and Renaissance English Stage
Publication Date: December 18, 1987It is the purpose of this study to examine the way in which four centuries of aart managed to grapple together Everything and Nothing into the greatest drama of the English language -- only to lose sight, at the end, of what they were grappling with, and to wrestle helplessly with the scenery as the curtain came down. ...
|  | The Illustrated Library of World Poetry
Release Date: February 14, 1995Arranged by category from friendship and humor to religion and tragedy, this popular collection represents the work of familiar poets including Longfellow, Shelley, Browning, Shakespeare, Whittier, and hundreds more.Black and white woodcut engravings and facsimile manuscripts enhance the charm of this volume. ...
|  | Conversation & Dialogues in Action (Language Teaching Methodology Series)
Publication Date: November 1992| ISBN-10: 0131750356 | ISBN-13: 978-0131750357Offering a variety of exercises and activities that can be used with written and recorded dialogues, this book aims to help teachers to develop their students' conversational abilities. The introduction draws on current discourse analysis to identify skills needing to be taught. ...
|  | Showdown in Mudbug (Ghost-in-Law)
Publication Date: June 29, 2010| Series: Ghost-in-Law Who killed Helena Henry? The shorter list may be who didn’t want her dead. Psychic Raissa Bordeaux thought she’d left her former life behind, but when a child is kidnapped, she risks her secret identity by offering the police help with the case. New Orleans Detective Zach Blanchard doesn’t believe in psychic hooey and is certain Raissa didn’t get her facts about the case from a crystal ball. He suspects her of something besides being the most intriguing and attractive he’s every come across. But when Rai...
|  | Surgeon's Second Chance
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|  | The Feathered Serpent (Retro Reads)
Publication Date: September 1, 2007| Series: Retro Reads Miss Ella Creed is remarkably calm after being knocked unconscious and losing her jewels to a pack of thieves—the gems were just imitations, after all. But panic sets in when she discovers a card tied around her neck that holds a crude drawing of a feathered serpent. Reporter Peter Dewin soon discovers that a wealthy artist, a boxing promoter, and a nouveau riche stockbroker all share her fear. But why? And just who is behind the feathered serpent crimes? ...
|  | Endangered Eagle
Publication Date: March 21, 2012The Summer of 1936 was to be very important for Hitler’s Third Reich. There would be hundreds of thousands of visitors, from all over the world, coming to Berlin for the Olympics. The Nazis were determined to show the “New Germany” in the best possible light. America's Colonel Charles Lindbergh, the “Lone Eagle”, who, in 1927, became the first man to fly solo from New York to Paris, was arriving on July 22nd for a 10 day visit.A few weeks prior to his arrival, a plot was discovered. A major crime ring was being paid a great d...
|  | Malaysian Children's Favourite Stories
Publication Date: December 15, 2004| Age Level: 5 and up | Grade Level: K and up Retold for an international audience, the beautifully illustrated legends in this book will give children in other countries an insight into both the traditional culture and the environment of Malaysia. The country's rich tropical scenery provides the perfect backdrop for these tales, many of which incorporate the indigenous plant and animal life into their story lines. Though the book is aimed at children in the five to twelve age group, readers young and old will find much to love within its pages. ...
|  | Clever Beatrice and the Best Little Pony
Release Date: August 24, 2004Everyone knows that Beatrice of the north woods is clever. But did you know that she's also mighty brave? In this disarming companion to the award-winning Clever Beatrice, our heroine proves that she's a pint-sized force to be reckoned with when she discovers that someone has been sneaking into the barn at night to ride her beloved pony. But who?The village bread maker, who specializes in solving "things not easily explained," claims he can help Beatrice, given enough time. But Beatrice doesn't have time, so starts thinking herself... ...
|  | Willy el so
Publication Date: July 12, 2010| Age Level: 5 and up | Grade Level: K and up A Willy le encanta soñar.Sueña que es una estrella de cine, unpintor, un bailarín de ballet... Sueña con monstruos feroces ysuperhéroes. La tierra de los sueños de Willy es una galería de imágenesmágicas y sorprendentes. Entra y mira. ...
|  | Lights on the Nile
Release Date: September 20, 2011| Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and upKepi is a young girl in ancient Egypt, content to stay home with her family, helping her father, who was wounded in the construction of a pyramid for the cruel pharaoh Khufu. But that was before she and her pet baboon, Babu, were kidnapped and held captive on a boat bound for the capital city, Ineb Hedj. And when Kepi and Babu are separated, she knows she has only one choice: to make her way to the capital on her own, rescue Babu, and find a way to appeal to the pharaoh. Khufu is rich and powerful, but Kepi has he...
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