 | The Love Of The Nightingale ...
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 | Swallow Publication Date: July 2, 2010A new novel from the winner of the Wole Soyinka Prize for African Literature It is the mid-1980s in Lagos, Nigeria, and the government's War against Indiscipline is in full operation. Amid poverty and tight rules and regulations, women especially must sacrifice dignity and safety in order to find work and peace. Tolani Ajao is a secretary working at Federal Community Bank. A succession of unfortunate events leads Tolani's roommate and volatile friend Rose to persuade her to consider drug trafficking as an alternative means of making a living. Tolani's struggle w...
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 | The Language of Light: A Novel Publication Date: November 1, 2003FINALIST FOR THE BELLWETHER PRIZENelly Grace is starting over. With her two young sons, Nelly has fled to the simple stone house built by her great-grandfather in the moneyed horse country of Maryland in order to escape the grief of her husband’s death—and perhaps find a way back to her first love: photography. Easing her transition into this strange, mannered world is Emma Crofton, the grand matriarch of the foxhunting community, and Emma’s son, Dac, a handsome yet distant horse trainer. As Nelly slowly makes her way back to the camera,...
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 | the Caucasus: a Novel Publication Date: June 6, 2011The U.S. National Security Advisor is well aware of potential for substantial trouble in the Caucasus.He assigns his deputy, Greg Riskin, to investigate then report to the National Security Council. The results are chilling.Turkey, Iran and Russia are hell-bent on expanding their empires and the near-term possibility of Iran with a nuclear arsenal is daunting.Control by any strong-arm entity would have the effect of substantially increasing world oil and gas prices and provide intolerable leverage to that entity.Greg reasons that it would be useful to have someo...
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 | Helsreach (Space Marine Battles) Release Date: April 27, 2010Second title for the prestigious Space Marines Battles series featuring the Black Templars and their heroic last stand during the War for Armageddon. ...
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 | Brandstiftung (Fiction, Poetry & Drama) (German Edition) ...
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 | Wind In The Long Grass: A Collection Of Haiku ...
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 | Modernities and Other Writings (French Modernist Library) Publication Date: October 1, 1992| Series: French Modernist Library Blaise Cendrars was the pseudonym of Frederic-Louis Sauser (1887-1961), a Swiss-born poet and novelist. A contemporary of Apollinaire and Max Jacob, and a friend of Chagall and Modigliani, he must be reckoned with as a prophetic voice. Of all the avant-garde writers, he was the one most attuned to our age; hence the title of this collection of his short prose works.Modernities represents the poet at his most intense. The seven essays consider modern artists, many of them his friends and associates, and their altered relation...
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 | Dora Marsden and Early Modernism: Gender, Individualism, Science (Studies in Literature & Science) ...
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 | The Complete Sherlock Holmes: Volume I ...
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 | The Mathematical Recreations of Lewis Carroll: Pillow Problems and a Tangled Tale (Dover Recreational Math) Publication Date: June 1, 1958| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up...
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 | Roscoe And The Pony Parade (Big Apple Barn) Publication Date: February 1, 2008| Age Level: 7 and up | Grade Level: 2 and up...
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 | Junior Scientists: Experiment with Rocks (Science Explorer Junior) ...
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 | The Water Cycle (Natural Cycles) Publication Date: June 1993 ...
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 | Kalahari Bushmen (Threatened Cultures) Publication Date: December 31, 1993 ...
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 | Valentines: A Read-And-Do Book Publication Date: January 1, 2003| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up...
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 | Spending Time With Big Jake (Jay Jay the Jet Plane) Release Date: March 24, 2003| Age Level: 2 and up...
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 | Junie B. Jones Is (almost) a Flower Girl (Junie B. Jones, No. 13) Release Date: May 25, 1999| Age Level: 6 and up | Grade Level: 1 and up Junie B. is a very grown-up little lady. So how come everyone treats her like a baby? It's not fair. But Junie B. knows just how to fix the situation. Her aunt Flo is getting married. What a perfect chance for Junie B. to show everyone how grown-up she is! Too bad she wasn't picked to be the flower girl in the wedding so she could really show off. But surely Junie B. can still find some way to get everyone's attention. ...
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 | Supervision Today! (7th Edition) Publication Date: January 27, 2012| ISBN-10: 0132784033 | ISBN-13: 978-0132784030| Edition: 7Supervision Today has earned a reputation of being the one of the most effective supervision books because it blends traditional and contemporary topics, as well as theories and experiential skills. Offering a three-tier learning system, it focuses on building readers’ knowledge, improving their comprehension and applying concepts directly to skill development. Known for its lively tone and four-color design, it captures the latest in supervision literature and includes cases to invigorat...
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 | Isn't It Obvious? Publication Date: November 5, 2009THIS BOOK DOES FOR RETAILING WHAT GOLDRATT'S INTERNATIONAL BEST-SELLER, "THE GOAL" DID FOR MANUFACTURING.A breakthrough solution is exposed when some unexpected events force Caroline and Paul, a married couple working for their family's retail business, to make a few small changes in the way things are done. A solution that propels the family's regional chain of stores into a very profitable, rapidly growing, international enterprise. If there is a hint of Jonah, from THE GOAL, reappearing in this novel, it is Henry, the soon-to-retire president and majority...
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