 | A Face at the Window
Release Date: February 2, 1998After sending their only daughter off to boarding school, Cookson Selway and his wife, Ellen, travel to London to escape their empty house. But their quiet hotel has guests other than those on the register, and the vacation turns into a journey not only to another city but to another time. As Selway is drawn into a series of mysterious encounters with a young girl who died in a fall from his hotel window sixty years earlier, the characters of her life become more real to him than those of his own. An escapist with an alcoholic history, he secretly relishes the c...
 |  | Voyage of the Gray Wolves
Release Date: December 1, 2004In this exciting World War II thriller, Germany's most skillful U-boat captain takes a radical new submarine on a desperate mission to the shores of England to save his homeland from utter defeat. However, this attempt unleashes a nightmare unlike anything in the annals of war. Original. ...
|  | Ten Unusual Plays for Christian Youth
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|  | The Collected Works of Scott McClanahan Vol. 1
Publication Date: May 28, 2012 "Scott McClanahan is a powerful, exceptional writer, and the overall effect of reading his deceptively simple stories is like getting hit in the head by a champion cage fighter cranked up on meth that was cooked in a trailer without running water in some Kentucky backwoods where people sing murder ballads to their children to put them to sleep." -DONALD RAY POLLOCK, author of The Devil All the Time "He might be one of the great southern storytellers of our time."-VOL. 1 BROOKLYN "When I discovered the stories of Scott McClanahan last year, I was instantly enthr...
|  | Days We Would Rather Know: Poems
Release Date: May 15, 2005Michael Blumenthal's Days We Would Rather Know, originally published by Viking-Penguin and sold out in both its original printings, was one of the most admired, and most influential, books of American poetry of the l980s, and marked the auspicious continuation of one of the decade's most promising debuts. Of Michael Blumenthal's first book, Sympathetic Magic, Howard Nemerov said, "The last first book I remember as having this strangeness and distinction was called Harmonium." That comparison to the work of Wallace Stevens was, if anything, more apt in the case of th...
|  | Conjure
Publication Date: September 8, 2000Conjure is Michael Donaghy's third collection, and his most accomplished to date, displaying the same trademark elegance, sleight of hand and philosophical wit that have established his reputation as a 'poet's poet'. But while these poems time their feints and punches as well as ever, often the poet's guard is deliberately kept down: Conjure's elegies and disappearing acts, love songs and tortuous journeys represent the most challenging, vulnerable and moving work Donaghy has yet written. 'Among the finest American poets of his generation' Robert McPhillips...
| | Patterns in the Dark
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|  | Le futurisme russe (Ecriture) (French Edition)
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|  | Cain His Brother: A William Monk Novel (Mortalis)
Release Date: January 26, 2010| Series: Mortalis In his family life Angus Stonefield had been gentle and loving, in business a man of probity, and in his relationship with his twin brother, Caleb, a virtual saint. Now Angus is missing, and it appears more than possible that Caleb—a creature long since abandoned to depravity—has murdered him. Hired to solve the mystery, William Monk puts himself in Angus’s shoes, searching for clues to the missing man’s fate and his vicious brother’s whereabouts. Slowly Monk inches toward the truth—and also, unwittingly, to...
|  | Sherlock Holmes and the masquerade murders
Publication Date: 1986Sherlock Holmes and his faithful shadow, Dr. Watson, embark on a perilous quest through some of London's most notorious neighborhoods as they investigate the mysterious death of a bank appraiser. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title....
|  | The Last Book In The Universe
Publication Date: March 1, 2002| Age Level: 8 and up This fast-paced action novel is set in a future where the world has been almost destroyed. Like the award-winning novel Freak the Mighty, this is Philbrick at his very best.It's the story of an epileptic teenager nicknamed Spaz, who begins the heroic fight to bring human intelligence back to the planet. In a world where most people are plugged into brain-drain entertainment systems, Spaz is the rare human being who can see life as it really is. When he meets an old man called Ryter, he begins to learn about Earth and its past. With Ryter a...
|  | The Leaping, Sliding, Sprinting, Riding Science Book: 50 Super Sports Science Activities
Publication Date: January 28, 2007| Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up From the swoosh of a thrown football to the force of a tennis ball smashing against the racquet, all sports involve motion and action - and that means all sports involve science. This fully illustrated entry into Lark's much-praised science series encourages kids to look keenly at the wide world of sports to uncover its underlying scientific principles. And the activities feel just like fun and games! Kids will barely realise they're learning hardcore science as they challenge friends to a reverse bike race, see ...
|  | When My Name Was Keoko (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)
Publication Date: April 17, 2012FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. With national pride and occasional fear, a brother and sister face the increasingly oppressive occupation of Korea by Japan during World War II. ...
|  | The Long Journey Of Mother Turtle
Publication Date: December 19, 2008A box turtle wandered in the damp woods of a valley nestled in the foothills of West Virginia. She knew it was nearly time to lay her eggs, and she wanted to find the best spot for her nest. While she was still looking for the right place, she was suddenly transported three hundred miles from home! Her instinct told her she must return home or die trying, but how could such a small, slow creature make such a long journey? This story follows this spunky turtle as she runs into many adventures on her way home. ...
|  | Jamie's Journey: The Savannah
Publication Date: January 9, 2012In this beautifully illustrated story a boy follows his dream, using nothing but imagination and a marvelous morphing mat to brave the ocean, see the savannah, and make friends with an African elephant. The message? Read to awaken your dreams. Imagine, and make it happen. Excerpt: As he hides from the hail in his marvelous dome an elephant suddenly enters his home! He’s only a baby, not even one year. Feeling lost and alone, he’s quaking with fear. ...
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| | Gemstones (Earth)
Publication Date: December 31, 1987 ...
|  | Everyday Life in Ancient Egypt (Clues to the Past (Sea to Sea))
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|  | We Need Veterinarians (Helpers in Our Community)
Publication Date: January 1, 2006| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up...
|  | Imaginario. Diccionario en imagenes (Spanish Edition)
Publication Date: March 24, 2005IMAGINARIO es un práctico diccionario en imágenes con ilustraciones, adivinanzas, juegos y preguntas para que los más pequeños aprendan y reconozcan las 1.000 palabras básicas del castellano. Es el diccionario ideal para las primeras edades, y ha sido especialmente pensado para trabajar tanto en el aula como en casa. ...
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