 | Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Tees Off on Golf
Publication Date: May 10, 2005| Series: Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader Tees Off on Golf is flush with fascinating facts about the origins of this royal and ancient sport. Since 1987, the Bathroom Readers’ Institute has led the movement to stand up for those who sit down and read in the bathroom (and everywhere else for that matter). With more than 11 million books in print, the Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader series is the longest-running, most popular series of its kind in the world.Where else could you learn about the greatest animals on the greens...
 |  | Toward a Latina Feminism of the Americas: Repression and Resistance in Chicana and Mexicana Literature (Chicana Matters)
Publication Date: January 1, 2009| Series: Chicana Matters Weaving strands of Chicana and Mexicana subjectivities, "Toward a Latina Feminism of the Americas" explores political and theoretical agendas, particularly those that undermine the patriarchy, across a diverse range of Latina authors. Within this range, calls for a coalition are clear, but questions surrounding the process of these revolutionary dialogues provide important lines of inquiry. Examining the works of authors such as Sandra Cisneros, Laura Esquivel, Carmen Boullosa, and Helena Maria Viramontes, Anna Sandoval considers res...
|  | Mr. Satisfaction
Release Date: December 27, 2005Extreme Satisfaction by Brenda JacksonSuccessful financial adviser Cathleen McAlister has worked hard to achieve what she considers the perfect life. There isn't much else she could possibly want . . . except the man who got away while she was climbing the ladder of success.Satisfy Me by Delilah DawsonShauna Williams finds out that Max Jackson, her childhood crush, is back in town for their friends' wedding. Shauna's all grown up now, and she has no intention of letting him slip through her fingers again.Ice Princess by Joy KingBeautiful, successful, and deadly...
|  | Winter Morning Walks : 100 Postcards to Jim Harrison (Poetry Series)
Publication Date: January 2001| Series: Carnegie Mellon Poetry Series A collection of poetry by Ted Kooser. ...
|  | Ghost Anthology
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|  | Texas Fury
Release Date: March 13, 1989From the exotic traditions of the Far East to the troubled oil fields of Texas, from the paradise landscapes of Hawaii to the snow-covered mountains of Switzerland . . . the lives, loves, and fates of the Colemans all come together in the name of family and in the name of their unforgettable Texas dynasty. ...
|  | Casa Rossa: A Novel
Release Date: August 20, 2002A mesmerizing story of three generations of a twentieth-century Italian family.Casa Rossa—a farmhouse in Puglia owned by the Strada family—is being sold.And as she packs up the house, Alina Strada pieces together the history of her family’s past, and of the lives of three extraordinary Strada women. Grandmother Renée, a beautiful Tunisian, is wife, muse, and model for Alina’s painter grandfather, but she leaves him and flees to Nazi Germany.Alina’s mother, Alba, marries a melancholic screenwriter and lives la dolce vita in 1950s...
| | Blood Canticle (Vampire Chronicles)
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|  | This Side Of Normal
Publication Date: March 25, 2009Ed Devlin has problems. His parents haven't gotten along since Ed's uncle died. His father drinks too much and his mother has all but given up on her spouse. Ed's best friend has no time for him because he's too busy chasing a girl more likely to end up in jail than at graduation. And on top of all that, Ed is beginning to realize something is wrong with his body.Ed's life is going to change, but not in any way he imagines. It's going to get a whole lot worse before it gets any better. Just like all the rest, he'll find his health problem is beyond his control...
|  | Parasites Like Us
Publication Date: August 18, 2003Hailed as ?remarkable? by the New Yorker, Emporium earned Adam Johnson comparisons to Kurt Vonnegut and T. C. Boyle. Now, in Parasites Like Us, he takes us on an enthralling journey through memory, time, and the cost of mankind?s quest for his own past. Anthropologist Hank Hannah has just illegally exhumed an ancient American burial site and winds up in jail. But the law will soon be the least of his worries. For, buried beside the bones, a timeless menace awaits that will set the modern world back twelve thousand years and send Hannah on a quest to save that...
|  | Realizations: Narrative, Pictorial, and Theatrical Arts in Nineteenth-Century England
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|  | Pasado en Claro
Publication Date: December 1, 1978Estos poemas, escritos en la década de los sesenta, que se suman a la extensa y riquísima producción del mayor poeta mexicano del siglo XX. La obra poética de Paz ya no requiere presentación sino dispuesta y atenta lectura. ...
|  | The Thorn Birds (Modern Classics)
Release Date: September 1, 1998| Series: Modern Classics With over 10 million copies sold worldwide, here is the towering epic about three generations of a remarkable family in the Australian outback that was the basis for one of the most beloved television miniseries of all time. The Boston Globe called it "the kind of book the word 'blockbuster' was made for."The inaugural edition of our Modern Classics series, this is the only hardcover edition of The Thorn Birds currently in print. ...
|  | Great Victorian Collection
Release Date: May 12, 1976On a weeked visit to Carmel, California, Anthony had an extraordinary dream that was to overturn his entire life. He dreamt that a collection of priceless Victoriana appeared on a previously empty parking-lot outside his window of his hotel. This novel won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title....
|  | Two Irish Arthurian Romances (Irish Texts Society, Volume X)
Publication Date: 1908Published by the Irish Texts Society, this volume contains two Irish Arthurian Romances. 1. The Story of the Crop-Eared Dog 2. The Story of Eagle-BoyWritten in the original Gaelic on the verso and translated into English on the recto. Also includes an appendix, a list of the Society's other publications, member listing, etc. ...
|  | Lifesaving: A Memoir
Publication Date: April 1, 2000A new memoir from the author of the popular Writing the Memoir: From Truth to Art. ...
|  | The Mistress (The Chicago Fire Trilogy)
Release Date: July 27, 2010| Series: The Chicago Fire Trilogy Most days Kathleen O'Leary is a penniless maid. But tonight she takes a risk and masquerades as a glamorous heiress, thanks to a borrowed gown and her friends' sense of adventure. To her surprise, the ruse succeeds—even Dylan Kennedy, Chicago's most eligible bachelor, seems enraptured.But like Kathleen, Dylan isn't who he says he is. And before their true identities can be revealed to one another, fire erupts, sending rich and poor alike running for their lives. Now, though virtually strangers, Kathleen and Dylan must rely ...
|  | Artsy-Fartsy (The Aldo Zelnick Comic Novel Series)
Publication Date: October 1, 2010| Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up...
|  | Herb, the Vegetarian Dragon
Publication Date: January 2001| Age Level: 6 and up | Grade Level: 1 and up While the other dragons in the forest of Nogard hunt princesses for dinner, Herb merrily tends to his vegetable garden and leek soup. This hilarious story offers food for thought for all ages! --This text refers to the Hardcover edition....
|  | Adoniram Judson: Danger On The Streets... (Trailblazers)
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