| Windwalkers Publication Date: August 28, 2012When a nightmarish blizzard drives college students Nick Bookman and Robin Kelley to take shelter in a small-town Minnesota church, they are forced to confront the intimate secret that is tearing their friendship apart. The appearance of another storm refugee, Alicia Morgan, an attractive high school senior and self-described witch, arouses Nick's interest and threatens to strain the old friends' relationship past the shattering point. Then one of the men trapped in the church disappears in the deep of the night, and his young daughter stumbles in from the st...
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| Mission of Honor (Tom Clancy's Op-Center, Book 9) Release Date: June 4, 2002 On the surface it seems a simple case: a group of African militiamen have kidnapped a priest and ordered all Catholic missionaries to leave the nation of Botswana. But the Vatican thinks otherwise. At its urging, Op-Center investigates -- and finds that the real purpose of the crime is a plan by outside forces to destabilize the government and seize the nation's diamond mines. With its military team,Striker, out of commision, Op-Center must reinvent itself -- and head straight into the crossfire of an African war. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailabl...
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| Jake McCarthy, Pasadena Publication Date: May 23, 2004Hired to prosecute a routine wrongful termination lawsuit against the University of Michigan, Jake McCarthy uncovers a plot to rig the National Championship football game to be played at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. An internet gambling syndicate based in Costa Rica uses the promise of millions of dollars and the threat of physical destruction to force the all-star quarterback of the number-one ranked Michigan Wolverines to skim points and assure a favorable point spread. With the help of a seventeen-year-old Costa Rican student, a middle-aged chemistry professor ...
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| Lysistrata (Plays for Performance Series) Publication Date: August 1, 1991| ISBN-10: 092958757X | ISBN-13: 978-0929587578Aristophanes' great anti-war drama glorifies the power of fertility in the face of destruction. Mr. Rudall's new translation recaptures the splendid variety of diction in Aristophanes, so that instead of a heavily poetic presentation the play becomes highly theatrical. ...
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| Three Tragedies (Penguin plays & screenplays) ...
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| Pablo (Cuando los Grandes Eran Pequenos) (Spanish Edition) ...
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| The Great Hangover: 21 Tales of the New Recession from the Pages of Vanity Fair Release Date: March 9, 2010Vanity Fair presents 21 true stories of the new hard times Where did all the billions go?Commissioned by the editors at Vanity Fair magazine, The Great Hangover is an eye-opening collection of essays on the global economic crisis by fifteen of the most respected contemporary business writers in America, including: Bryan Burrough (Barbarians at the Gate) on the atmosphere of uncertainty and fear that preceded the demise of Bear Stearns . . . Michael Lewis (Liar's Poker) on Iceland's bizarre national implosion . . . Mark Bowden (Black Hawk Down) on the ...
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| You...Again: Baby Blessed\Yesterday Once More Release Date: December 27, 2011Baby BlessedGoing home, baby and all?Molly Larabee left her husband, Jordan, after a tragedy destroyed her faith in their marriage. She began a new life as a foreign aid volunteer. But now, four years later, her safety is in jeopardyand Jordan comes to her rescue. She discovers that her feelings for him have never died, and they share a night of passion that results in pregnancy.
Molly wants her husband back. But Jordan, still hurt by her leaving, asks for a divorce. Can a baby reunite them?Yesterday Once MoreGoing back to Kansasand a wedding?T...
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| In Too Deep: Husband Material\The Sheikh's Bargained Bride (Silhouette Desire) Publication Date: July 13, 2010| Series: Silhouette Desire (Book 2025) A fabulous summer two-in-one--twice the scandal all in one unforgettable volume!Husband Material by Brenda JacksonBeware the jilted husband: Matthew Birmingham never played fair...especially when it came to his ex-wife. When she moved across the country, he moved back to their estate--back to their bedroom--determined to win back her love...by any means necessary.The Sheikh's Bargained Bride by Olivia GatesMeet the shocked groom: Sheikh Adham saw marriage as a business venture, his wife a mere convenience...until they por...
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| Heckedy Peg Publication Date: October 21, 1987| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: K and up In this story, seven sweet children are transformed by an evil witch into specific types of food. “The inherent drama of the story, combined with the haunting images the art provides, gives the picture book a timeless quality.”--Booklist ...
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| A Small Fortune Release Date: May 24, 2012An entertaining debut novel that explores the lives of an extended Pakistani family—all with a gently humorous touch and fond but wry eye. Harris, the presumed patriarch of his large extended family in both England and Pakistan, has unexpectedly received a “small fortune” from his divorce settlement with an English woman: £53,000. As a devout Muslim, Harris views this sum as a “burden of riches” that he must unload on someone else as quickly as possible. But deciding which relative to give it to proves to be a burden of its o...
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| Miss Fox's Class Shapes Up Release Date: June 1, 2011| Grade Level: 1 and up Miss Fox's class is back, and this time the students are lethargic and cranky until they learn to eat better, exercise, and get more sleep. "This class is going to get fit!" Miss Fox says. "So we can be ready for Field Day?" asks Frog. "Not just Field Day," says Miss Fox. "For every day!" ...
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| La ovejita saltarina/ Saltarina the Little Lamb (Librosdedo/ Fingerbooks) (Spanish Edition) ...
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| The Whole World's Crazy (Amelia Rules) Release Date: October 4, 2011| Age Level: 7 and up...
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| Savanna Food Chains ...
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| Questions & Answers: Space Publication Date: April 15, 2012 ...
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| Adventures in Ancient China (Good Times Travel Agency) Publication Date: August 1, 2003| Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up...
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| Mary McLeod Bethune: A Life of Resourcefulness (Pull Ahead Books) Publication Date: September 1, 2007| Age Level: 5 and up | Grade Level: K and up...
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| There Ain't Nobody That Can Sing Like Me: The Life of Woody Guthrie Publication Date: September 1, 2002 Nobody living can ever stop me, As I go walking that freedom highway; Nobody living can ever make me turn back; This land was made for you and me.We still sing his songs. We still hum his tunes. And many of us still heed his message. Woody Guthrie, the political hillbilly and hayseed minstrel, has become part of the patchwork dreams and social conscience that compose America. His songs have been passed along from person to person to become modern anthems of hope and survival through challenging times.Behind Woody's music, however, was a life that was a...
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| A Lot of Bottle and Ship: Prose Version ('In the Picture' Fantasies) Publication Date: February 1, 2012 ...
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