 | Have Another Ginger Biscuit
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 | | A tide of terror : an anthology of rare horror stories.
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|  | Beantown Cubans
Release Date: July 28, 2009From the acclaimed author of Miami Manhunt and Boston Boys Club, comes a witty, new, warmhearted novel of friendship, familia, and finding a place to call home--even in a city where it's almost impossible to get an authentic Cuban sandwich. . .Carlos Martin is twenty-seven years old and ready for a change. Cuban-born and Miami-raised, the cute but slightly awkward high school teacher figures that Boston is about as far from the crazy South Beach social scene as he could get--and a way to escape the bittersweet reminders of his recently departed mother. Life in "Bea...
|  | The Kid Who Batted 1.000
Release Date: April 30, 2002The Des Moines Majestyks are deep in the cellar...so deep that it seems nothing short of divine intervention could even get them up to the ground floor.They do have one star, Juan-Tanamera "Bueno" Aires, an ex-basketball phenom who performs miracles at the plate and magic in the field. Unfortunately, team owner Holden Canfield, who’s struck it rich with an Internet start-up, spent the entire team budget on acquiring "Bueno," leaving the rest of the roster painfully devoid of talent.Manager Zuke Johansen has just about given up hope when an unexpected thing ...
|  | Billy Goat's Curse
Publication Date: August 27, 2008The Chicago Cubs haven't been to a World Series since 1945. Some say it's because of the "Billy Goat Curse." And, the only way to break the curse is to have a descendant of Andy Frain apologize to Murphy the Goat. The problem is Murphy has been dead for a very long time. However, in the spirit of fair play, Murphy "the goat," armed with the gift of speech, is sent to Earth to make amends in lifting the curse. In exchange for ending the curse, Murphy wants an apology for being thrown out of Wrigley Field during the 1945 Series. In need of Earthly assistance, M...
|  | Redeye
Publication Date: January 4, 1995A New York Times Notable Book. Hang on to your ten gallon hats--Clyde Edgerton has taken his eye for detail, his ear for humor, and his nose for the odor of religious hypocrisy to the Wild West. In REDEYE, he leads us back to turn-of-the-century Colorado, where a motley crew of innocents and scoundrels, visionaries and vultures, tells us How the West Was Made Safe for Free Enterprise. "A Hollywood pitchman might call REDEYE Eudora Welty meets Mark Twain. An admirer of good fiction might say that Clyde Edgerton has combined structure, character, and style to c...
|  | A Midsummer Night's Dream (Shakespeare on Stage)
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|  | The Anger of Achilles: The Iliad (Penguin Classics)
Release Date: April 28, 2009| Series: Penguin Classics Robert Graves's dynamic retelling of Homer's powerful epic poem This edition of Homer 's Iliad , retold with authority and grace by the incomparable Robert Graves, takes a revered classic back to its roots as popular entertainment. War is raging between the Greeks and the Trojans. Achilles, the great warrior champion of the Greek army, is angrily sulking in his tent and refusing to fight, after an argument with his leader, Agamemnon. But when the Trojan warrior Hector kills Achilles' beloved friend Patroclus, Achilles plunges back into b...
|  | James Clarence Mangan: A Biography (Works of James Clarence Mangan)
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|  | The New Oxford Book of Victorian Verse
Publication Date: August 20, 1987| ISBN-10: 0192141546 | ISBN-13: 978-0192141545One of the great ages of poetry speaks for itself in this compendious anthology: the variety and power of Victorian verse, the innovation and creativity with which poets both reflected and resisted the attitudes of their era are keenly demonstrated. The New Oxford Book of Victorian Verse brings out in its introduction by Christopher Ricks, and brings home in its selections that the old pleasure of condescending to Victorian poetry is paltry in comparison with the ever-new pleasures of being delighted, moved, ...
|  | The Death of Picasso: New and Selected Writing
Publication Date: February 8, 2005The Death of Picasso is a collection of 27 essays and stories written and compiled by the award-winning eclectic, provocative, and masterful writer, Guy Davenport. This is a stunning and readable selection of the pieces he feels best represent his career. The result is exciting and invigorating, truly a testament to one of the finest prose masters at work today. ...
|  | Piracy and Diplomacy in Seventeenth-Century North Africa: The Journal of Thomas Baker, English Consul in Tripoli, 1677-1685
Publication Date: July 1, 1989Consul Baker's detailed journal, published here for the first time, describes the exploits and operation of the Barbary corsairs; the diplomatic and naval activities of the English, French, and Dutch in the Mediterranean; and the political, economic, and social life of Tripoli. Comprehensive introduction and appendixes. ...
|  | Montana Mavericks Weddings
Publication Date: March 1, 1998Abby Turner has never forgotten her first love, but is marrying another. Felicity Evans is expecting but is the dad ready to settle down. Sierra Conroy''s heart was broken when Dylan left town but now he''s back. Who will catch the bouquet first?' ...
|  | Back In Your Arms: Love Changes Everything\Love Lessons\A Taste Of Romance (Arabesque)
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|  | RX for Mass Murder
Publication Date: December 5, 2000RX For Mass Murder by Dr. Tom Bleakley layers mysteryupon mystery, intertwining some of today's most compelling issues,posing disturbing questions that affect all of our lives.Can we trust the drugs we take?Does the drug industry control our medical profession?Do we have a clear understanding of the origins of homosexuality and AIDS?RX For Mass Murder is fiction based upon fact.Could it happen?Might it have already happened?RX For Mass Murder tells the story; only the reader can decide. ...
|  | The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Graphic Revolve)
Publication Date: September 1, 2008| Age Level: 10 and up | Grade Level: 5 and up...
|  | NASCAR Behind the Scenes (Blazers: World of NASCAR)
Publication Date: January 1, 2008| Age Level: 10 and up | Grade Level: 5 and up...
|  | There's a Bear in My Shoe (Punoetry)
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|  | Come on into My Tropical Garden: Poems for Children
Publication Date: April 1990A collection of poems which evoke the Caribbean, its people, and its landscapes. ...
|  | El Gran Libro del Lobo Feroz / The BigBook of the Bad Wolf (Spanish Edition)
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