 | Auspicious Dreams
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 |  | Under the Lemon Trees
Release Date: March 17, 2009A beautifully written debut novel of a young Indian woman struggling between embracing her heritage and fitting in as an American In Oak Grove, California, 1976, there are as many Sikh temples as Christian churches, the city council has prints announcements in both English and Punjabi and the large Indian immigrant community is gracefully coexists with the old farming families. But for 15-year-old Jeeto, figuring out where she fits best—and what she must do to find that fit—isn’t so easy. Jeeto soon realizes that the women around her do far mo...
|  | Characters of Lust
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|  | Lord Jim
Publication Date: November 7, 2007Lord Jim is a story written by author Joseph Conrad which focuses on the courage, flaws, character and thoughts of life. Jim, who is a young British seaman, becomes the first mate of a ship which is full of pilgrims travelling to Mecca. During an accident, Jim along with captain and crew, abandon the ship and passengers. Ditched by the other crew members after the ship is dicovered and passengers are rescued, Jim is left to face the music alone in a court of inquiry. Lord Jim is highly recommened for those who enjoy the stories of the sea as well as the writ...
|  | For Whom The Bell Tolls (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)
Publication Date: July 1, 1995FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. An American learns the true value of life while fighting with a guerilla band during the Spanish Civil War. ...
|  | Susan Glaspell: Her Life and Times
Publication Date: April 28, 2005| ISBN-10: 0195115066 | ISBN-13: 978-0195115062"Venturesome feminist," historian Nancy Cott's term, perfectly describes Susan Glaspell (1876-1948), America's first important modern female playwright, winner of the 1931 Pulitzer Prize for drama, and one of the most respected novelists and short story writers of her time. In her life she explored uncharted regions and in her writing she created intrepid female characters who did the same. Born in Davenport, Iowa, just as America entered its second century, Glaspell took her cue from her pioneering grandparen...
|  | Tartuffe (Absolute Classics)
Publication Date: April 1, 2003| Series: Absolute Classics The religious fraud Tartuffe has wormed his way into the affections and household of the rich merchant Orgon, with pantomime piety and counterfeit zeal. So comprehensively has he hoodwinked Orgon that he looks set to succeed in driving away the son, marrying the daughter, seducing the wife and imprisoning Orgon. ...
|  | Minstrels Playing: Music in Early English Religious Drama II (Vol 2)
Publication Date: October 25, 2001Richard Rastall's two books on music in early English religious drama complement each other. Heaven Singing provides an overview of the evidence for music in the plays, and defines the place, nature and cultural contexts of music in the drama; Minstrels Playing is a discussion of the evidence for every play in that repertory, and is therefore concerned with the place and nature of musical performance in each play individually. Following his general discussion of music in the anonymous religious plays of 15th- and 16th-century England in The Heaven Singing (1...
|  | The Secret Notebooks of Sherlock Holmes
Publication Date: September 14, 2012In Sherlock Holmes's London, reputations are fragile and scandal can be ruinous. In order to protect the names of the good (and not-so-good), Dr. Watson comes to the decision that his accounts of some of his friend s most brilliant cases must never see the light of day. Concealing the manuscripts in an old dispatch box deep in the vaults of a Charing Cross bank, Dr. Watson preserves the honor of others and in doing so proves himself a true gentleman as well as a good friend. But then a hundred years pass, and the mysteries outlast the memories of those the...
|  | Embers of the Ancient Flame: Latin Love Poetry Selections from Catullus, Horace, And Ovid
Publication Date: July 1, 2005| ISBN-10: 0865166099 | ISBN-13: 978-0865166097| Edition: 2 Embers of the Ancient Flame is a user-friendly introduction to the Latin love poetry of Catullus, Horace, and Ovid. Each poet has his distinctive voice: Catullus reels wildly between tender passion and jealous obsession, between adoring -- even slavish -- love and venomous hate. Horace seems less immediate, more voyeuristic, distancing himself by adopting a philosophically minded persona, or by coolly observing the passions of others. And Ovid, coy and striking -- though precious -- dazzles with ref...
|  | The Soul is Here for Its Own Joy: Sacred Poems from Many Cultures
Release Date: July 9, 1999Robert Bly's ground-breaking anthology of spiritual poems, the result of over a decade of personal research, celebrates the ongoing role of the divine in literature. For as long as people have lived together in communities and built enduring cultures, they have sung and written about their relationship with the God or gods they believed in. In the words of the Irish writer Sean O'Faolain, "all good writing in the end is the writer's argument with God."The Soul Is Here For Its Own Joy gathers poems from a wide range of cultures and traditions and divides them into te...
|  | Wyndham Lewis: Collected Poems and Plays (Fyfield Books)
Publication Date: November 20, 2003| Series: Fyfield Books At the beginning of his career Wyndham Lewis (1882-1957) wrote vigorous poetry, and plays which in their form and vehement characterisation resemble the later work of Samuel Beckett. This volume includes major works: "One-Way Song," and "Enemy of the Stars" in its two very different versions, as well as other writings that can now be seen as central to the formation of Lewis's work. The plays and poems crackle with ferocious energy, concentrated and brilliant, as Lewis creates a literary equivalent to the visual revolutions of Cubism...
|  | The Collected Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Volume 9 : Aids to Reflection
Publication Date: October 4, 1993| Series: Bollingen Series (Book 75) Coleridge's Aids to Reflection was written at a time when new movements in thought were starting to unsettle belief. It was read with admiration by early Victorians such as John Sterling, F. D. Maurice, and Thomas Arnold, contributing to the formation of the Broad Church Movement, and with respect by members of the High Church Movement, including John Henry Newman. Coleridge had intended simply to produce a selection from the writings of the seventeenth-century Archbishop Robert Leighton with comments of his own, but as he...
|  | Catullus (Hermes Books)
Publication Date: May 27, 1992| Series: Hermes Books One of the most popular of the Roman poets, Catullus is known for the accessibility of his witty and erotic love poems. In this book Charles Martin, himself a poet, offers a deeper reading of Catullus, revealing the art and intelligence behind the seemingly spontaneous verse. Martin considers Catullus' life, habits of composition, and the circumstances in which he worked. He places him among the modernists of his age, who created a new ironic and subjective poetics, and he shows the affinity between Catullus and the modernists of our own a...
|  | Shattered (Bitter Creek)
Release Date: December 29, 2009| Series: Bitter Creek Nine years ago Kate Grayhawk Pendelton walked into Wyatt Shaw's life—and out of it the next morning. Now Wyatt's back—and has the power to shatter Kate's future with the man she loves.By reputation, Wyatt Shaw is a brutal killer who always gets what he wants. And he wants Kate and her twin eight-year-old sons. Texas Ranger Jack McKinley is hot on Wyatt Shaw's trail. The presumed heir to the D'Amato crime syndicate is threatening to steal the woman he loves.Holly McKinley is fighting to keep Jack from leaving her for another wo...
|  | Dinosaur Cat
Publication Date: July 2006Mystery bookstore owner Penelope Warren and her intrepid feline co-sleuth, Mycroft are on the case, after the discovery of a baby Seismosaurus Rex fossil in Empty Creek, Arizona, leads to the murder of a young scientist. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title....
|  | Stella, the Fire Farting Dragon
Publication Date: April 10, 2011Stella's nerves threaten her chances of winning the contest, but she marshals her nerves and does her best. A lesson of perseverance wrapped in a humorous bite makes the most reluctant readers gobble up this story. They'll giggle themselves silly as Stella Dragon performs her flying act and farts fire. Suggested age range for readers: 4-11 ...
|  | Ungifted
Release Date: August 21, 2012| Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 5 and upThe word gifted has never been applied to a kid like Donovan Curtis. It's usually more like Don't try this at home. So when the troublemaker pulls a major prank at his middle school, he thinks he's finally gone too far. But thanks to a mix-up by one of the administrators, instead of getting in trouble, Donovan is sent to the Academy of Scholastic Distinction (ASD), a special program for gifted and talented students. It wasn't exactly what Donovan had intended, but there couldn't be a more perfect hideout for someon...
|  | BMX (Extreme)
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|  | Ultimate Sports: Short Stories by Outstanding Writers for Young Adults
Publication Date: October 10, 2008A knockout collection of 16 original stories featuring young adults playing basketball and football, running track and cross-country, and training for the triathlon. Challenges abound in water sports, racquetball and tennis, boxing and wrestling, and the "ultimate" sport of the future.From the Paperback edition. --This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition....
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