 | World's End (Contemporary American Fiction)
Release Date: July 20, 1990| Series: Contemporary American Fiction Haunted by the burden of his family's traitorous past, woozy with pot, cheap wine and sex, and disturbed by a frighteningly real encounter with some family ghosts, Walter van Brunt is about to have a collision with history. It will lead Walter to search for his lost father. And it will send the story into the past of the Hudson River Valley, from the late 1960's back to the anticommunist riots of the 1940's to the late seventeenth century, where the long-hidden secrets of three families--the aristocratic van Warts, the Native...
 |  | Code Red
Publication Date: April 18, 2007Code Red combines a deadly Ebola-like filovirus, art smuggling, and international intrigue, with a host of believable and engaging characters including a beautiful virologist, and the charismatic chairman of a medical aid organization who may not be what he seems.A heady mix of romance, terrorism, and non-stop action."Don't miss Code Red, a medical thriller that will keep you hyperventilating!"—Catherine Coulter"Nancy Fisher is breathing hotly down the neck of Robin Cook."—Stuart Woods"Gives Robin Cook a run for his money."—Orlando Sentinel ...
|  | The Rail Kings (Wells Fargo Trail)
Publication Date: July 1995| Series: Wells Fargo Trail (Book 3) They would pay any price and stop at nothing to win.As an undercover agent for Wells Fargo, Zac Cobb isn't the kind of man who goes out looking for trouble, but trouble seems to have a way of finding him. And he isn't the kind of man to run away from trouble, even if it means putting himself in harm's way.When Zac foils an attempt to kidnap the family of the oldest daughter of General Sydney Roberts, the President of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad, he then must lead the threatened family to safety in Colorado despite the pur...
|  | Fate, Love, and Ecstasy: Wisdom from the Lesser-Known Goddesses of the Greeks
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|  | The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors: Or Christianity Before Christ
Publication Date: July 1, 1999| ISBN-10: 1585090182 | ISBN-13: 978-1585090181| Edition: Revised and Enl Known to be a masterpiece of freethought literature. The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors has been out of print but sought after for many years. A small part of it was reprinted in The Book Your Church Doesn't Want You to Read in 1994, thereby causing renewed interest. Many people are unaware that before Christianity there were 15 other religions that also had a savior who died for their sins, then arose from the dead. Graves gives all the details inside, plus much more found in commo...
|  | Much Ado About Nothing (Oxford School Shakespeare)
Publication Date: December 2, 2004| ISBN-10: 0198321473 | ISBN-13: 978-0198321477| Edition: New Ed Authoritative and accessible editions for schools and colleges, offering: Complete and unabridged text Clear, concise notes, adjacent to text for easy reference Detailed explanations of difficult words and passages Illustrations to enhance understandingThorough, updated notes feature: Social, historical, and literary context Insights into the play, and its characters and themes Lively and focused teaching ideas, including drama activities Suggestions for further reading and resources Guid...
|  | Isla de la simpatia (Spanish Edition)
Publication Date: May 15, 2008Esta nueva edicion de la Isla de la simpatia, nombre que le dio el poeta Juan Ramon Jimenez a la isla de Puerto Rico donde también muere en el 1958, es cuidada por La Editorial, Universidad de Puerto Rico. Este libro es un legado al pais que fue su ultima morada. ...
|  | Duino Elegies (A Bilingual Edition)
Publication Date: June 17, 2006| ISBN-10: 0393328848 | ISBN-13: 978-0393328844| Edition: A Bilingual Edition One of the literary masterpieces of the century, this translation is now presented with facing-page German.We have a marvelous, almost legendary, image of the circumstances in which the composition of this great poem began. Rilke was staying at a castle (Duino) on the sea near Trieste. One morning he walked out on the battlements and climbed down to where the rocks dropped sharply to the sea. From out of the wind, which was blowing with great force, Rilke seemed to hear a voice: W...
|  | Murder in Grub Street (Sir John Fielding Mysteries)
Release Date: August 3, 2010| Series: Sir John Fielding Mysteries The crime appeared as easily solved as it was wicked. A Grub Street printer, his family, and two apprentices brutally murdered in their sleep. A locked building. And at the scene, a raving mad poet brandishing a bloody axe. Surely the culprit had been found, and justice would be swift and severe. But to Sir John Fielding, justice was more than finding a culprit-it was finding the truth. Aided by thirteen-year-old Jeremy Proctor, Fielding decided to investigate further. And the truth behind the Grub Street massacre was more evi...
|  | December Heat: An Inspector Espinosa Mystery (Inspector Espinosa Mysteries)
Publication Date: March 1, 2004| Series: Inspector Espinosa Mysteries A retired policeman spends a typically alcohol-filled evening with his girlfriend, a prostitute. When he wakes up the next morning, his wallet and car key are missing, his girlfriend has been murdered, and he can remember none of the events of the previous night. Inspector Espinosa, veteran detective and friend of the ex-cop, is convinced there's more here than meets the eye, and when other bodies begin turning up, he finds himself not only racing after a killer but falling in love. ...
|  | Alabama Basketball SportsMysteries, Vol. I (Carole Marsh Alabama Books)
Publication Date: September 1990Great for any sports player or fan; especially popular withreluctant boy readers!Each book features choose-your-own-endingbasketball stories using Alabama teams and locations.Free teacher'sguide gives specific suggestions and instructions on how to get maxeducational value from this book....
|  | Drew Brees (Today's Superstars)
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|  | Great Lengths (Lorimer Sports Stories)
Release Date: January 1, 1998| Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up...
|  | Jumping Into the Pool (Herbster Readers: First Day of School: Level 3)
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|  | David Beckham: Gifted and Giving Soccer Star (Sports Stars Who Give Back)
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|  | Danica Patrick: Racing to History (Heroes of Racing)
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|  | Standard Motorcycles (Torque Books: Motorcycles) (Torque: Motorcycles)
Publication Date: February 1, 2008| Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up...
|  | Orcas Around Me: My Alaskan Summer
Publication Date: June 1, 2003| Age Level: 6 and up A young boy describes his summers spent fishing for salmon with his parents and younger brother off the southeastern coast of Alaska. ...
|  | Around the World on Eighty Legs: Animal Poems
Publication Date: March 1, 2011| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up A fun, fresh animal journey!Pack your bags and put on your travelin' shoes! There's an animal adventure waiting for you! Awake with the HOWLER MONKEYS, twist into a pretzel like a QUETZAL, hang with a SLOTH, be will-nilly like a CHINCHILLA. Squawk with an AUK, bump your rump like a CAMEL, be silly with a BILBY, and drift off to sleep in the deep of the OUTBACK. Fun-filled and fact-packed, AROUND THE WORLD ON EIGHTY LEGS is the ticket for an unforgettable adventure! YAKThe yakkity yakkity yakkity yak-Why is it the ya...
|  | Peter Raven Under Fire
Publication Date: July 1, 2007| Age Level: 8 and up A rich, riveting, historical adventure with pirates, spies, and high-seas intrigue! Think MASTER AND COMMANDER meets PIRATES OF THE CARRIBEAN.It is the time of the Napoleonic Wars. Peter Raven is a bright young midshipman in the Royal Navy of Great Britain. Raven, along with the swashbuckling secret agent Commodore Beaumont, uncovers a reckless scheme devised by none other than Napoleon Bonaparte. Eager to add America to his empire, Napoleon has made a wicked pact with a murderous pirate known as Count Vallon: In exchange for the pirate's g...
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