 | Landsman: A Novel
Publication Date: June 4, 2007A stirring, evocative, and unforgettable epic novel of the Civil War in the tradition of Cold Mountain and Widow of the South.In the summer of 1853, in Lafayette City, Louisiana, eleven-year-old EliasAbrams loses his mother to yellow fever. Grief-stricken and alone, he becomes embroiled in the street life of New Orleans. After Elias is falsely accused of a crime and in order to escape arrest a decade later, he enlists as a private in the Third Louisiana Regiment, where three thousand other Jews will ultimately fight for the Confederacy.The chaos of life at t...
 |  | Granja de Cuerpos, La (Spanish Edition)
Publication Date: July 1, 2009Los habitantes de Black Mountain apenas conocen el miedo. No hay nada que temer hasta que, un dia, aparece el cadaver de una muchacha y se instala en los habitantes del pueblo un dolor mas parecido a la incredulidad que al terror. La doctora Scarpetta, forense famosa por haber resuelto casos similares, acude a Black Mountain y estudia los primeros indicios, aparentemente claros. Sin embargo, poco a poco el caso adquiere dimensiones que acabaran implicandola personalmente y llevandola al unico lugar donde encontrar informacion precisa: la granja de cuerpos./In ru...
|  | Seeing It Through
Publication Date: June 4, 2010"Cancer is a harsh, ugly disease with serious consequences.People should know this I decide.All everyone hears about is so much money is being donated, raised and given for research and finding a cure.This is achieved by using beautiful, colorful, fun advertising to entice us.I believe that if people knew more about cancer treatment and patients talked about the ugly details of it all I think there would be better understanding, real knowledge, and an urgency and compassion on everyone’s part.I think the gory details of it all, is precisely what people ne...
|  | Cyclizen: A Novel
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|  | Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town (The New Canadian Library)
Release Date: September 7, 2010| ISBN-10: 0771093977 | ISBN-13: 978-0771093975| Edition: Reprint Affectionately combining both the idyllic and ironic, Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town is Stephen Leacock’s most beloved book. Set in fictional Mariposa, an Ontario town on the shore of Lake Wissanotti, these sketches present a remarkable range of characters: some irritating, some exasperating, some foolhardy, but all endearing. Painted with the skilful brushstrokes of a great comic artist, the delightful inhabitants of Mariposa represent the people of small towns everywhere.As fresh,...
|  | Antologia poetica (Literatura Hispanoamericana) (Spanish Edition)
Publication Date: October 15, 2008| Series: Literatura Hispanoamericana Creador visceral, obsesivo, subterraneo, de voz estrangulada y perturbadora densidad, CESAR VALLEJO (1892-1938) forma, junto con Pablo Neruda y Vicente Huidobro, la triada indiscutible de grandes poetas hispanoamericanos de la primera mitad del siglo xx. Acompanada de un iluminador prologo a cargo de Jose Miguel Oviedo, responsable asimismo de su seleccion, esta ANTOLOGIA POETICA -que recoge integro el desgarrado poemario sobre nuestra guerra civil Espana, aparta de mi este caliz- ofrece una muestra inmejorable de la obr...
|  | Humor and Information Literacy: Practical Techniques for Library Instruction
Release Date: August 30, 2011| ISBN-10: 1598845322 | ISBN-13: 978-1598845327How can humor be applied by academic librarians to better teach information literacy? And why is humor such an effective teaching tool? This book provides a cross-disciplinary review of the literature regarding use of humor in tertiary education settings, and specifically in library science; explains its effectiveness for capturing and maintaining student attention when covering necessary subjects; and presents the invaluable personal experiences of instruction librarians across North America who regularly use hu...
|  | Breach of Trust
Release Date: April 5, 2005When Joseph Antonelli attends a Harvard reunion, it brings back memories of a tragedy that still shadows him and his friends. Years ago, a young woman fell to her death from a hotel window. Now the case is being reopened-and so is the sordid past of the star witness, the Vice President of the United States. ...
|  | Golden Books Treasury of Elves and Fairies
Release Date: December 21, 1998| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up Specs:9 7/8" x 12 3/4", 80 pages, $12.95, First published in 1951. Fantastical illustrations by well-known and talented Golden illustrator Garth Williams bring to life this timeless collection of twenty poems and stories about everything from "the wee-folk" and mermaids to magic kerchiefs and flying bears....
|  | A Home for Melanie (Thoroughbred Series #31)
Release Date: October 7, 1998| Age Level: 8 and up Is Melanie leaving the only place that's ever felt like home?Melanie Graham expected Whitebrook Farm to be the most boring place in America. And she thought her cousin, Christina Reese, would be a snob.But after an entire summer at Whitebrook, Melanie has changed her mind. Whitebrook isn't dull--it's amazing! There are so many beautiful horses, especially Trib, her favorite pony. Plus, Christina is totally cool--she's the first true friend Melanie has ever had. Now Melanie can't imagine living anywhere else.There's just one problem: Me...
|  | If I Should Die Before I Wake (Young Adult Fiction)
Publication Date: January 1, 2004| Age Level: 11 and up | Grade Level: 6 and up...
|  | Voyage into Space (Half and Half, Level 2)
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|  | Disney Princess: Tea Time! Boxed Set
Release Date: July 29, 2005| Age Level: 1 and up | Grade Level: P and up...
|  | The Railway Children
Publication Date: April 26, 2011| Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up Edith Nesbit's children's books came as a breath of fresh air compared to the stuffy and didactic preachy children's literature of her contemporaries, and seems surprisingly modern even to this day. She had great stories and her characters seemed like real flesh-and-blood children who one could identify with. THE RAILWAY CHILDREN is about a group of kids who have an interest in trains. Their father is falsely accused of a crime, and the train station porter is their only hope to get him freed, but will he succeed s...
|  | Doing Local Theology: A Guide for Artisians of a New Humanity (Faith and Cultures Series)
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|  | The Great Omission: Fulfilling Christ's Commission Completely
Publication Date: August 1, 2001In this powerful call for the inclusion of indigenous believers in the Great Commission, Steve Saint shows how current missions strategies have unwittingly harmed the indigenous church and kept millions of believers from fulfilling their roles in God's Kingdom -- and millions of others from hearing the Good News. ...
|  | Saint John's Bible: Gospels and Acts
Publication Date: February 23, 2005The first in a seven-volume series of full-color, page-by-page reproductions from The Saint John's Bible, Gospels and Acts has more than 25 illuminations, including full-page opening illuminations for each of the four gospels. Some of the prominent illuminations include the Genealogy of Jesus, the Birth of Christ, the Raising of Lazarus, the Crucfixion, Christ Our Light, the Last Supper, the Road to Emmaus, and Pentecost.The Word of God, hand-illuminated through ancient methods by a contemporary master, brings the reader to an epiphany of the sacred. Those ...
|  | Day by Day with John Calvin
Publication Date: October 2002Start your day with the truths that have shaped lives for centuries. Along with Martin Luther, John Calvin, the great scholar and Christian leader, was one of the central figures in the Protestant Reformation. A year's worth of daily devotional readings taken from Calvin's commentaries and from Calvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion, Of Prayer, and On the Christian Life have been compiled here for inspiration and meditation. Each of the 365 selections includes a Bible passage and a devotional reading on that passage. Be encouraged as Calvin's profound ins...
|  | Growing in Grace (Life Messages of Great Christians Series)
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|  | Basic Keyboarding/Typewriting Drills
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