 | Alibis: Essays on Elsewhere
Release Date: September 27, 2011A Boston Globe Best Nonfiction Book of 2011 Celebrated as one of the most poignant stylists of his generation, André Aciman has written a luminous series of linked essays about time, place, identity, and art that show him at his very finest. From beautiful and moving pieces about the memory evoked by the scent of lavender; to meditations on cities like Barcelona, Rome, Paris, and New York; to his sheer ability to unearth life secrets from an ordinary street corner, Alibis reminds the reader that Aciman is a master of the personal essay...
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 | The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare (Headline Review Classics)
Publication Date: November 1, 2007| Series: Headline Review Classics The Supreme Anarchists Council is dedicated to overthrowing the world order. To keep their identities a secret, each of the members has been named after a day of the week. Gabriel Syme, an eccentric poet, is recruited by Scotland Yard to infiltrate the group. He tracks down the six other men and manages to win a place on the council. But after a bizarre twist of events, Syme quickly realizes that appearances are never what they seem in the dangerous world of the political underground. ...
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 | Heaven's Fall
Publication Date: November 22, 2006At the dawn of creation, forty-one Immortals were formed to spread the seeds of knowledge amongst humanity, but an innocent act of curiosity by Archangel Michael leads to Lucifer's permanent imprisonment on Earth.Lucifer condemns humanity to perpetual darkness and the Immortals to death as he lays a curse upon Heaven.Ten thousand years after the event, a girl who is a direct descendant of the original Immortals emerges to avert Lucifer's curse, but Archangel Gabriel views her not as a solution, but a dangerous problem, which must be destroyed... ...
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 | High Rollers
Release Date: February 1, 2009Crime Does Pay! Scarface has nothing on Cameron Quinn, a ruthless upstart out to make a name for himself in this tale of crime and destiny from critically acclaimed mystery novelist Gary Phillips (HIGH HAND, BANGERS)! Phillips shines a harsh light on the action and drama of the L.A. underworld with this inner-city spin on THE SOPRANOS! Snitch on your friend. Stay out of jail. And buy this book! A potent mix of AMERICAN GANGSTER and THE WIRE. ...
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 | Open Range
Publication Date: August 1, 2003Boss Spearman knows that times are changing on the open range for free-grazing cattlemen who don’t own land. But more and more settlers are staking claim to the land, and when a local rancher kills one of Boss’s crew, he knows he must make a stand. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition....
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 | The Reduced History of Cats: The Story of Man's Feline Companion Squeezed into 101 Caterwauling Episodes
Publication Date: May 28, 2008| Series: Reduced History This is the somewhat furry story of the aloof but endearing feline companion as it has (perhaps wisely) never been told before. If it catches mice, rides with witches on broomsticks, is worshipped by Ancient Egyptians, has nine lives to use up, scratches the furniture, or licks its bottom in public places, they will appear in this side-splitting collection. It's enough to make a cat laugh! ...
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 | Three Famous Short Novels: Spotted Horses / Old Man / The Bear
Release Date: February 12, 1958Three different ways to approach Faulkner, each of them representative of his work as a whole. Includes "Spotted Horses," "Old Man," and his famous "The Bear." ...
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 | The Mammoth Book of Threesomes and Moresomes
Publication Date: October 5, 2010Too much of a good thing? Impossible! When it comes to erotica, three is definitely not a crowd—nor is four . . . or more. This collection continues in the successful Erotica category with stories of lovers in large numbers. ...
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 | Diamantes de Mi Alma (Spanish Edition)
Release Date: September 12, 2011Las palabras envuelven mi universo. Son el rayo áurico que ejercita los sentidos. Que hace fluir el pensamiento y muestra hialino lo desconocido. Las palabras lo elucidan todo, son mi máxima idolatría. ¡Oh palabras! Eximia herencia; superconductoras de sapiencia. A nada le soy fiel más que a ellas, pues es seguro que si no existieran: el sol no caldeara tus pestañas y tampoco, mí yo viviera. ¡Oh palabras! diosas de la tierra, seno de la memoria de los héroes, fuente de paz, sabiduría y guerra; seno donde vive l...
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 | Cristofero Colombo oder die Entdeckung der Neuen Welt: Geschichtsdrama in drei Teilen. Von Friedrich R
Release Date: October 31, 2001This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1845 edition by Johann David Sauerländer, Frankfurt am Main. ...
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 | The odes of Confucius, (Wisdom of the East series)
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 | Daniel Defoe and Diplomacy
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 | Playing With Matches (Signet Romance Anthology)
Release Date: April 1, 2003| Series: Signet Romance Anthology Sometimes an imperfect match can lead to an everlasting love..."Dragon for Dinner" by Katherine Greyle Ruth Chen will do anything to rebel, but when true passion is ignited, will she defer to the expectations of her family...or choose the man who has stolen her heart?"Love.com" by Karen Harbaugh Amy Miyazaki is thrilled that her mother-the Blind Date Empress of San Francisco-had no hand in her meeting Kyle Nakagawa. Until she learns that Kyle's father was just as responsible..."The Spice Bazaar" by Sabeeha Johnson What will ...
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| The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Great Illustrated Classics
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 | Scholastic Reader Level 3: Batman #8: The Story Of Batman (Scholastic Readers)
Publication Date: March 1, 2006| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up...
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 | School Rules! Mad Libs Junior
Release Date: May 24, 2004| Age Level: 5 and up | Grade Level: K and up...
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 | My First Oxford Book of Nonsense Poems
Publication Date: November 1, 2006| Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up A vibrant and varied selection of some of the finest nonsense verse ever written.From The Jumblies to the Jabberwocky by way of The Sugar Plum Tree and passing through The Land of Rumplydoodle, this is a fun-filled topsy-turvy upside-down and inside-out jaunt through a nonsense world of rhyme.This treasury of nonsense rhyme includes many of the childhood classics, by poets such as Edward Lear, Spike Milligan and Lewis Carroll as well as many from contemporary favorites. With full color illustrations, this is the ...
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 | Viking adventure
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 | Call It Courage
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 | The Jungle Book (Penguin Readers, Level 2)
Publication Date: January 22, 2001| Age Level: 6 and up | Grade Level: 1 and up A family of wolves takes a little boy into their home in the jungle. The child learns and plays with the other cubs. But can he really live in the jungle? And will the dangerous tiger, Shere Khan, catch him?Rudyard Kipling's much-loved tale of jungle animals with real personalities is popular with readers of all ages. ...
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