 | Pontoon: A Novel of Lake Wobegon (Lake Wobegon Novels)
Release Date: August 26, 2008| Series: Lake Wobegon Novels Garrison Keillor makes his long- awaited return to Lake Wobegon with this New York Times bestseller The first new Lake Wobegon novel in seven years is a cause for celebration. And Pontoon is nothing less than a spectacular return to form?replete with a bowling ball-urn, a hot-air balloon, giant duck decoys, a flying Elvis, and, most importantly, Wally?s pontoon boat. As the wedding of the decade approaches (accompanied by wheels of imported cheese and giant shrimp shish kebabs), the good-loving people of Lake Wobegon do what they do ...
 |  | Oltre il Sogno - La poetica della Responsabilit
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|  | Now and Forever
Release Date: May 1, 1985Although Jessica and Ian Clarke have been married seven years, they insist the thrill and excitement haven't dimmed. At Jessica's urging, Ian has quit his advertising job to become a struggling writer, and she supports him with her successful San Francisco boutique. Ian's financial dependence on Jessica upsets him more than he admits, and in a moment of bored malaise, Ian's first casual indiscretion will create a nightmare that threatens everything Jessica and Ian have ...
|  | Collected John Carter of Mars, The (Thuvia, Maid of Mars; The Chessmen of Mars; The Master Mind of Mars; A Fighting Man of Mars)
Release Date: February 7, 2012| Series: Collected John Carter of Mars (Book 2) Book Two of the John Carter of Mars collections, this edition contains the original text from the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh of Edgar Rice Burrough's world-famous novels. Originally published between 1916 and 1930, Thuvia, Maid of Mars; The Chessmen of Mars; The Master Mind of Mars; and A Fighting Man of Mars are science fiction classics which introduce new characters and adventures to the dangerous martian landscape. ...
|  | Les mis
Publication Date: August 30, 2010This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy ...
|  | The Seven Dawns of the Aumakua: The Ancestral Spirit Tradition of Hawaii
Release Date: March 3, 2004| ISBN-10: 0892811447 | ISBN-13: 978-0892811441An extensive examination of Hawaiian spiritual tradition and its emphasis on ancestral spirits by a descendant of an ancient lineage of Hawaiian priests• Describes the time-honored intergenerational bond between a people and a land that embodies the heart of indigenous spirituality• A powerful and authentic portrait of a culture on the cusp of extinctionIn Hawaiian spiritual tradition, the sacred bond formed between the land and its people is perpetuated in every new generation by the voices of the ance...
|  | Almost All the Music: Casi Toda La Musica
Publication Date: April 1, 2007Devoted to musical themes, this new facing-page English and Spanish translated collection from one of the 20th-century's major Spanish poets makes evident the author's encyclopedic musical knowledge, as well as his deep empathy for the forgotten and downtrodden. Wary of empty abstractions and political ideologies, concern for the the concrete personal and social experience of ordinary people shines throughout these works, which are complemented by a fine lyricism that endows these poems with literary excellence....
|  | The High Book of the Grail: A translation of the thirteenth century romance of Perlesvaus
Publication Date: May 17, 2007The High Book of the Grail (Perlesvaus) is one of the most fascinating of medieval Arthurian romances, standing apart from the main tradition represented by the great romance cycles on which Malory based his work. Written in the first half ofthe thirteenth century, it represents a totally different view of the legend of the Holy Grail from that found in Wolfram von Eschenbach or the French Quest of the Holy Grail, though all derive from Chrétien's Perceval; the unknown author adds a much greater religious emphasis, and a desire to glorify crusading chivalry...
| ![Selected Letters of Robert Penn Warren: The "Southern Review" Years, 1935-1942 (Southern Literary Studies)](https://imageproxy.pixnet.cc/imgproxy?url=https://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51JRWWVVW7L._SL500_SS500_.jpg&width=150 "Selected Letters of Robert Penn Warren: The "Southern Review" Years, 1935-1942 (Southern Literary Studies)") | Selected Letters of Robert Penn Warren: The "Southern Review" Years, 1935-1942 (Southern Literary Studies)
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|  | Blood Ties: A Bishop/Special Crimes Unit Novel (Bishop/Special Crimes Unit: Blood Trilogy)
Release Date: August 31, 2010| Series: Bishop/Special Crimes Unit: Blood Trilogy NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERNew York Times bestselling author Kay Hooper takes us to the outer reaches of fear in Blood Ties, as the Special Crimes Unit is targeted by a monster intent on destroying both Noah Bishop and his people. A series of grisly murders has left a trail of blood across three states, bringing the Special Crimes Unit to a small Tennessee town. There, two more brutal killings lure Noah Bishop and the SCU into what may be the ultimate trap, and lead Special Agent Hollis Templeton into a...
|  | The Good Soldier (Vintage Classics)
Release Date: April 5, 2010| Series: Vintage Classics "One of the finest novels of our century." —Graham Greene The Good Soldier is a brilliant and heart-rending evocation of destructive passion. When John Dowell and his wife befriend Edward and Leonora Ashburnham they appear to be the perfect couple. He is a distinguished soldier and she is beautiful and intelligent. However, what lies beneath the surface of their marriage is far more sinister and their influence leads John into a tragic drama that threatens to destroy everything he cares about. ...
|  | The Tower of Babel
Publication Date: January 1, 1994Fiction. An established writer from an Eastern college returning to his former San Francisco haunts becomes entangled in a labyrinthine series of events that culminate in the sudden violent death of a respected poet. Described by Lewis Ellingham and Kevin Killian as "a satiric look at the private world of poetry gone public in the wake of the Six Gallery HOWL reading of October, 1955," THE TOWER OF BABEL includes finely detailed sketches of the San Francisco poetry world and gay life as they existed then. ...
|  | The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Case of Identity
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|  | Pegasus Descending: A Dave Robicheaux Novel
Release Date: August 28, 2007| Series: Dave Robicheaux WHEN A NICE YOUNG WOMAN named Trish Klein blows into Louisiana passing hundred-dollar bills in local casinos, Detective Dave Robicheaux senses a storm bearing down on his new life of contentment. Twenty-five years ago, lost in a drunken haze in Florida, Robicheaux was too far gone to save his friend and fellow ’Nam vet Dallas Klein, murdered in cold blood for gambling debts. Now, the arrival of Dallas’s daughter opens a door locked long ago, and extracting her motives points Robicheaux to the suicide of a local "good girl" pu...
|  | X-Men: The Dark Phoenix Saga
Publication Date: April 5, 2006| Grade Level: 4 and up Gathered together by Professor Charles Xavier to protect a world that fears and hates them, the X-Men had fought many battles, been on adventures that spanned galaxies, grappled enemies of limitless might, but none of this could prepare them for the most shocking struggle they would ever face. One of their own members, Jean Grey, has gained power beyond all comprehension, and that power has corrupted her absolutely! Now they must decide if the life of the woman they cherish is worth the existence of the entire universe! Collects X-Men #1...
|  | The Oklahoma City Thunder (Team Spirit (Norwood))
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|  | The Sterkarm Handshake
Publication Date: October 2000| Age Level: 10 and up The Sterkarms have plundered the border between Scotland and England for generations. Suddenly intruders, calling themselves Elves, want the Sterkarms to stop their violent ways.The Elves, time travelers from the 21st century, have found a way back to the 16th century and plan to do their own plundering of the land's rich natural resources. Their only mistake is foolishly underestimating the Sterkarms themselves.For Andrea Mitchell, an anthropologist working among the Sterkarms, none of this matters. In love with Per -- a young Sterkarm wa...
|  | Todas las familias felices/ Happy Families (Narrativa (Punto de Lectura)) (Spanish Edition)
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|  | Lions (Animal Predators)
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