 | Yo!
Publication Date: January 1, 1997ALA Notable Book. Yolanda Garcia has managed to put herself at the center of many lives. Each part of this novel is told from the viewpoint of one of those first tangled in her web and now frozen in the spotlight her literary fame has generated. While everybody from her three sisters to her third husband attempts to sort out Yo's character, motivations, and behavior, Yo herself never speaks on her own behalf, even though, in her native Spanish, her nickname means "I." "A literary dance . . .lively and engaging."--Los Angeles Times Book Review. A QUALITY PAPER...
 |  | A Very Murdering Battle (Captain Rawson)
Publication Date: November 18, 2011| Series: Captain Rawson 1709. Europe is in the grip of the coldest winter for a century. Ports freeze. Cattle die. People starve. Mutiny and desertions rattle the French army leaving Louis X1V to search for peace on almost any terms.Captain Daniel Rawson acts as an interpreter at the negotiations in The Hague, feeling acute frustration when the talks collapse. While the resumption of war looms close at hand again, Daniel is given a personal mission by Marlborough himself which takes him deep behind enemy lines. If he survives, the Battle of Malplaquet, the...
|  | Hard Trail To Follow (Texas Rangers, No 7)
Release Date: December 30, 2008Former Texas Ranger Andy Pickard, called "Badger Boy" when he lived with Comanches as a child, is following the plow on West Texas land until he learns that his friend, Sheriff Tom Blessing, has been killed during a jailbreak. The escaped bank robbers are led by a man calling himself Cordell. Andy gets reinstated as a Ranger so he can catch Cordell and get justice for Tom Blessing.Cordell is something of an enigma to Andy, especially since the pursuit slowly reveals that he is very likely not the killer of Tom Blessing. Even so, Cordell and his cohorts mu...
|  | The Theater of Nature
Publication Date: August 4, 1997The Theater of Nature is histoire totale of the last work of the political philosopher Jean Bodin, his Universae naturae theatrum (1596). Through Bodin's work, Ann Blair explores the fascinating and previously little known world of late Renaissance natural philosophy. A study of the text, of its context (through comparisons with different genres of natural philosophy and works entitled "Theater"), and of its reception in the seventeenth century highlights above all the religious motivations, encyclopedic ambitions, and bookish methods characterizing much of la...
|  | Marriage of Mercy (Harlequin Historical)
Publication Date: May 22, 2012| Series: Harlequin Historical (Book 1092) MARRYING THE WRONG GROOM... From riches to rags, Grace has had to swallow her pride and get a job as a baker. But everything changes when she's the beneficiary of a surprise inheritance. Her benefactor's deal comes with a catch: give up her life of toil and live in luxury only if she marries his illegitimate son, a prisoner of war. It's an offer she can't afford to refuse. But her husband-to-be is dying, and he begs her to take one of his men instead-to marry purely out of mercy.... A marriage of convenie...
|  | Vengeance Is Mine...
Publication Date: December 11, 2001This is the second in a series of author Cliff Chandler¡¯s books. Vic Morgan and Jess Norman are at it again, but a tragedy prevents them from working together this time. Honey, Vic¡¯s new wife, is murdered on their honeymoon, and Vic becomes a victim soon after. The sinister powers are at it again, and the two detectives must find a new way to take command of their situation. The queston is will Vengeance be the answer... You won¡¯t be able to put this book down. ...
|  | Chicken Big
Publication Date: August 18, 2010| Grade Level: P and up On a teeny little farm, in an itty-bitty coop, a very small hen laid a big, giant egg. And out of this egg came one big, humongous . . . something. "It's big!" clucked the little rooster. "It's enormous!" clucked the small chicken. "It's anelephant!" peeped the smallest chicken. "Run for your lives!" they cried. No matter how they try, these clueless chickens can't make sense of the gigantic new member of their familyuntil he saves the day. With wacky, laugh-out-loud humor and silliness to spare, this BIG twist on the classic Chicken L...
|  | Official Countdown to the London Olympic Games 2012 (London 2012)
Publication Date: March 1, 2011 ...
|  | Old MacDonald Had a Farm (Kate Toms Series)
Publication Date: February 9, 2010| Age Level: 0 and up...
|  | Babbott and Babboo
Publication Date: September 15, 2009Babbott and Babboo love to laugh! These two fun-loving monkeys swing from tree to tree and try to stay out of trouble. What happens when a snake's tail is mistaken for a nice, big banana? Come find out as author Michael A. Crain offers an exciting jungle story. Come laugh with Babbott and Babboo. This is an eLIVE book, meaning each printed copy contains a special code redeemable for the free download of the audio version of the book. ...
|  | New Beginnings #13 (Vet Volunteers)
Release Date: February 16, 2012| Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up...
|  | Why Are You Fighting, Davy?
Publication Date: April 1, 2002| Age Level: 4 and up...
|  | Brian's Hunt
Release Date: March 13, 2012| Age Level: 10 and up | Grade Level: 5 and up Millions of readers of Hatchet, The River, Brian’s Winter, and Brian’s Return know that Brian Robeson is at home in the Canadian wilderness. He has stood up to the challenge of surviving alone in the woods. He prefers being on his own in the natural world to civilization. When Brian finds a dog one night, a dog that is wounded and whimpering, he senses danger. The dog is badly hurt, and as Brian cares for it, he worries about his Cree friends who live north of his camp. His instincts tell him to head nor...
|  | Children's Edition of Touching Incidents and Remarkable Answers to Prayer
Publication Date: May 3, 2003| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up S.B. Solomon wrote Children's Edition of Touching Incidents and Remarkable Answers to Prayer for her children in 1895. She felt there was a need for stories with high moral character for children. She wanted her stories to reflect the lessons the children were learning in Sunday School. This little book is a nostalgic look back at Victorian values as expressed for children. Some of the stories found in this collection are: "God Heals a Blind Girl", "Does This Railroad Lead to Heaven?", "The Dying Girl's Prayer for Her...
|  | Chase: A Police Story (Police Work (Random House))
Release Date: May 28, 2002| Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up...
|  | Winter's Night Pop-Up Advent Calendar
Publication Date: September 21, 2011| Grade Level: P and up...
|  | Glow-in-the-Dark Tattoos Halloween (Dover Tattoos)
Publication Date: August 8, 2008| Age Level: 6 and up | Grade Level: 1 and up...
|  | Foxe's Book of Martyrs
Publication Date: August 12, 2010Foxe's Book of Martyrs has been an invaluable addition to the libraries of faithful Christians for almost five centuries. Chronicling the suffering and brutal deaths of those who have sacrificed their lives for the sake of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, John Foxe captured the God-given, Spirit-inspired courage of these noble souls. Though sometimes difficult to read because of the inhumane cruelty depicted in its pages, the images which truly endure are those of the victorious faithfulness, by the grace of God, of these heroes of the faith.Why read this book? Th...
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|  | Total Quality in Managing Human Resources
Publication Date: May 1, 1995| ISBN-10: 1884015247 | ISBN-13: 978-1884015243Human resource management is a particularly challenging role, both domestically and globally. This challenge can be viewed either as an opportunity or as a threat. As an opportunity, the principles and practices of total quality presented in this book can help human resource professionals or anyone who manages people, transform institutionalized mediocrity into organizational excellence.The focus of this book is on managing the difference TQ makes in human resources. Whereas the traditional nature and scope of re...
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