 | Captain Vorpatril's Alliance (Miles Vorkosigan)
Release Date: November 6, 2012| Series: Miles Vorkosigan Book Fourteen in the best-selling Vorkosigan series.GOOD INTENTIONS, BAD INTELCaptain Ivan Vorpatril sometimes thinks that if not for his family, he might have no troubles at all. But he has the dubious fortune of the hyperactive Miles Vorkosigan as a cousin, which has too-often led to his getting dragged into one of Miles’ schemes, with risk to life and limb—and military career—that Ivan doesn’t consider entirely fair. Although much practice has made Ivan more adept at fending off his mother’s less-th...
 |  | La Sombra del Viento (Vintage Espanol) (Spanish Edition)
Release Date: February 3, 2009| Series: Vintage Espanol Un amanecer de 1945, un muchacho es conducido por su padre a un misterioso lugar oculto en el corazón de la ciudad vieja: el Cementerio de los Libros Olvidados. Allí encuentra La Sombra del Viento, un libro maldito que cambiará el rumbo de su vida y le arrastrará a un laberinto de intrigas y secretos enterrados en el alma oscura de la ciudad. Ambientada en la enigmática Barcelona de principios del siglo XX, este misterio literario mezcla técnicas de relato de intriga, de novela histórica y de comedia d...
|  | The Missing Ingredient (Mystery and the Minister's Wife) (Mystery and the Minister's Wife (Unnumbered))
Publication Date: September 1, 2010| Series: Mystery and the Minister's Wife (Unnumbered) When the Taste Network rolls into Copper Mill to film a popular cooking show, the town is in for big excitement, big personalities -- and one very big mystery! A recipe for disaster. Kate Hanlon is thrilled about reconnecting with her childhood friend, Susannah Applebaum, now the host of Great Chefs of the South. But when the network's producer mysteriously disappears, all clues point to Susannah as somehow being involved. Susannah pleads her innocence, but how well does Kate really know her friend afte...
|  | Ransome's Crossing (The Ransome Trilogy)
Publication Date: June 1, 2010| Series: The Ransome Trilogy Set in the early 1800s, this captivating, romantic second book of the Ransome Trilogy from author Kaye Dacus unfolds with the grace, power, and excitement of an ocean storm.Charlotte Ransome, desperate to reach Jamaica to see her secret fiancé, disguises herself as a midshipman for a convoy led by her brother, Captain William Ransome. Meanwhile, William and his new bride, Julia, face the rough swells of the sea and of marriage as they try to adjust to life together.When yellow fever befalls Charlotte and her identity is discove...
|  | PsyCop Partners
Publication Date: January 14, 2012Two novellas: Among the Living - Criss CrossThe PsyCop series by Jordan Castillo Price features frazzled psychic mediumVictor Bayne and his smokin' hot boyfriend, Jacob Marks.Fifteen years ago, Victor studied at Heliotrope Station, one of the original residential psychic training programs in the U.S. The only thing he learned in that facility was how to be a better liar. Now he's part of an elite PsyCop unit. Solving murders should be a snap when you can talk to the deceased.But since no one's ever given him a lucky break when they were alive,why would...
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|  | His Majesty's Ship (Fighting Sail Series)
Publication Date: April 20, 2009| Series: Fighting Sail Series A powerful ship, a questionable crew, and a mission that must succeed. In the spring of 1795 HMS Vigilant, a 64 gun ship-of-the-line, is about to leave Spithead as senior escort to a small, seemingly innocent, convoy.The crew is a jumble of trained seamen, volunteers, and the sweepings of the press; yet, somehow, the officers have to mold them into an effective fighting unit before the French discover the convoy's true significance. Based on historical fact, His Majesty's Ship will take you into the world of Nelson's Navy, and ca...
|  | The Canterbury Tales - Volume III
Publication Date: March 1, 2004Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, a collection of narratives a frame story, written between 1387 and 1400, tells of a group of thirty people from all layers of society who pass the time along their pilgrimage to Canterbury by telling stories to one another, their interaction mediated (at times) by the affable Host Chaucer himself. Naxos AudioBooks' third volume presents the tales of 5 people, here in unabridged modern verse translation (by Frank Ernest Hill, 1935) an ideal way to appreciate the genuinely funny and droll talent of England's early master storytelle...
|  | Ancient Christian Magic
Publication Date: March 15, 1999| ISBN-10: 0691004587 | ISBN-13: 978-0691004587This thought-provoking collection of magical texts from ancient Egypt shows the exotic rituals, esoteric healing practices, and incantatory and supernatural dimensions that flowered in early Christianity. These remarkable Christian magical texts include curses, spells of protection from "headless powers" and evil spirits, spells invoking thunderous powers, descriptions of fire baptism, and even recipes from a magical "cookbook." Virtually all the texts are by Coptic Christians, and they date from about the 1st...
|  | Hopi Tales of Destruction
Publication Date: December 1, 2002Hopi Tales of Destruction preserves seven powerful tales about ancient Hopi villages that now lie in ruins. These narratives shed considerable light on the Hopis' past, giving insight into cultural values and social motivations beyond the ability of archaeology.The tales concern such villages as Sikyatki, Hisatsongoopavi, and Awat'ovi, which were destroyed by war, fire, earthquake, or internal strife. Though abandoned for centuries, they live in memory, reminders of ancient tragedies and enmities that changed the Hopis forever. Related by storytellers f...
|  | Betrayal in Death
Release Date: March 1, 2001| Series: In Death From #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts, writing as J.D. Robb, comes a new novel in the futuristic series…Detective Eve Dallas investigates a homicide on familiar grounds: her husband’s hotel—and finds herself up against a murderer with a passion for the finer things in life—and death…At the luxurious Roarke Palace Hotel, a maid walks into suite 4602 for the nightly turndown—and steps into her worst nightmare. A killer leaves her dead, strangled by a thin silver wire. He’s Sly Yost, a vir...
|  | The Kissing Tree
Publication Date: December 8, 2011After five long years, Georgiana McLaughlin returns to the only place she s ever considered home---the same place she stole a kiss from Ridge Carson under the kissing tree; But this time he's a man, and reconciling their past is just the beginning. You'll find yourself applauding each new chapter filled with fun, romance, and adventure in this captivating, heartfelt tale of love, friendship, and finding your way back. ...
|  | Hard-Boiled: Working Class Readers and Pulp Magazines
Publication Date: May 15, 2000In the 1920s a distinctively American detective fiction emerged from the pages of pulp magazines. The 'hard-boiled' stories published in "Black Mask", "Dime Detective", "Detective Fiction Weekly", and "Clues" featured a new kind of hero and soon challenged the popularity of the British mysteries that held readers in thrall on both sides of the Atlantic. In "Hard-Boiled" Erin A. Smith examines the culture that produced and supported this form of detective story through the 1940s. Relying on pulp magazine advertising, the memoirs of writers and publishers, Depress...
|  | The Mystery Fancier (Vol. 8 No. 1) January-February 1984
Publication Date: September 4, 2010The Mystery Fancier, Volume 8 Number 1, January-February 1984, contains: "The Murder Cases of Pinklin West," by Robert Sampson, "The Dr. Davie Novels of V. C. Clinton-Baddeley," by Earl F. Bargainnier and "Can We Reach Agreement?" by J. R. Christopher. ...
|  | The Pirate Princess And Other Fairy Tales
Publication Date: October 1, 2005| Age Level: 9 and up Princesses and poor men, rascals and reversals:In seven fairy tales rich in story, beauty, and meaning, Neil Philip and Mark Weber celebrate the incredible work of Rabbi Nahman of Bratslav.Rabbi Nahman of Bratslav said, "If one is to believe what people say, stories are written to put them to sleep. I tell mine to wake them up." In this first-ever collection of his tales for a general audience, a princess becomes a pirate in her quest for her one true love; a poor man hopes to uncover treasure in a faraway city; a young prince suffers fr...
|  | Playing the Field
Publication Date: May 1, 2002| Age Level: 9 and up Thirteen-year old McKay is a talented baseball player, but as equally untalented when it comes to algebra. If he doesn't bring his grade up, his parents threaten to make him quit the team. His best friend Tony thinks the natural solution is for McKay to befriend Serena, a pretty girl in class, who also happens to get straight A's in algebra. Not only will that get McKay the tutor he desperately needs, but it will give Tony the chance to flirt with Serena's two best friends. Unfortunately, if McKay follows Tony's advice on how to "play the ga...
|  | From Anna
Publication Date: October 31, 1973| Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up Anna has always been the clumsy one in the family. Somehow she can never do anything right! She bumps into tables, and she can't read the blackboard at her school. Her perfect brothers and sisters call her "Awkward Anna." When Papa announces that the family is moving from Germany to Canada, Anna's heart sinks. How can she learn English when she can't even read German? Nothing could be worse than this! But when the Soldens arrive in Canada, Anna learns that there is a reason for her clumsiness. And suddenly, wonde...
|  | The Pig Who Ran a Red Light
Publication Date: March 1999| Age Level: 4 and up After her pig George gets a ticket while driving her pick-up truck, Miss Rosemary uses his habit of imitating Gertrude the cow to get him to behave as he should. ...
|  | Tidy Tess, A Pig's Tale
Publication Date: August 3, 2010| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up Mud is gross, and she won't get in it, even with the hot summer sun beating down. But when her favorite swimming hole is destroyed, she realizes the struggle ahead. Can Tidy Tess survive the heat and stay clean, or will she take a chance and get...dirty? ...
|  | Elmer's Day (English-Chinese) (Elmer series)
Publication Date: January 1, 1998| Age Level: 2 and up...
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