 | Native Guard
Publication Date: November 6, 2007Winner of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for poetry, Natasha Trethewey’s elegiac Native Guard is a deeply personal volume that brings together two legacies of the Deep South.The title of the collection refers to the Mississippi Native Guards, a black regiment whose role in the Civil War has been largely overlooked by history. As a child in Gulfport, Mississippi, in the 1960s, Trethewey could gaze across the water to the fort on Ship Island where Confederate captives once were guarded by black soldiers serving the Union cause. The racial legacy of the South to...
 |  | Blueprints for Building Better Girls: Fiction
Release Date: September 6, 2011Elissa Schappell’s Use Me introduced us to a writer of extraordinary talent, whose “sharp, beautiful, and off-kilter debut” (Jennifer Egan) garnered critical acclaim and captivated readers. In Blueprints for Building Better Girls, her highly anticipated follow-up, she has crafted another provocative, keenly observed, and wickedly smart work of fiction that maps America’s shifting cultural landscape from the late 1970s to the present day. In these eight darkly funny linked stories, Schappell delves into the lives of an eclectic cast of ar...
|  | Take Three (Above the Line Series #3)
Release Date: March 19, 2010Chase Ryan and Keith Ellison set out to change the world with their films---and they are finally seeing their dreams come true. The dedicated producers are deep in negotiations with America's top young movie star to play the lead in their next inspirational movie. But life takes a sudden turn for Chase, removing him from Jeremiah Productions permanently. In the process, Keith brings on one of the Baxter family members and the moviemaking continues.At the same time, a crisis hits Keith's daughter, Andi, and Keith feels helpless to respond. Devastated by the consequ...
|  | Me, too, Zacchaeus: Conversations with the man in the tree and other Bible personalities
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|  | The Queen of Wolves: The Vampyricon, Book III
Release Date: July 29, 2008| Series: Vampyricon The vampire Aleric’s lost love, Enora, has become the Queen of the Wastelands, and has begun the quest to call the Dark Madonna. To stop her, Aleric must become what he was destined to be—the Messiah of the Damned. --This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition....
|  | Death's Parallel
Publication Date: February 19, 2001Dr. Ben Pritchitt, a prominent Memphis (TN) physician, is assisting elderly and terminally ill patients in dying with dignity. In the doing, he jeopardizes everything he holds dear — his wife, family and home, his reputation and profession. Pritchitt’s daughter, Assistant District Attorney Terry Mercer, is unable to sway her father from his self-destructive course. Terry’s boss, politically ambitious D.A. Jeremy Bates, seeks the imprisonment of Pritchitt. Meanwhile, Pritchitt finds himself the unwilling partner of an obsessed serial killer, S...
|  | The Ballad of Reading Gaol and Other Poems (Dover Thrift Editions)
Publication Date: February 29, 2012| Series: Dover Thrift Editions Twenty-four important works, focusing on Wilde's poetic legacy, offer important clues to themes and subjects that preoccupied this gifted writer in other works. Includes The Ballad of Reading Gaol, a powerful indictment of the degradation and inhumanity of prison life; "The Sphinx," "The Grave of Keats," "The Harlot's House," and 20 others. ...
|  | Allegories of Kingship: Calder
Publication Date: November 1, 1995This study examines issues in politics and political theory in selected works of Pedro Calder¿n de la Barca (1600-1681), the major dramatist of the middle and later decades of the seventeenth century in Spain. By analyzing secular dramas (comedias) and religious plays (autos sacramentales), Stephen Rupp demonstrates Calder¿n's awareness of the ideas and institutions of power in Hapsburg Spain and explores the terms of his intervention in the long debate over the principles of Christian statecraft. Through references to Rivadeneira, Saavedra Fajardo...
|  | The Acharnians: The Knights
Publication Date: August 30, 2011This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfectionssuch as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy t...
|  | Warrior Square (Aurora New Plays)
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|  | Emotional Journey: Poetry on Love and Abuse
Release Date: August 3, 2007Within these pages you will find a poem that relates to you. We have all been hurt at some point and we all have experienced love. Take the journey through my heart and soul...walk with me! ...
| | A collection of clouds: Zen haiku and other poetry
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|  | Betrothed
Release Date: September 1, 1996Baron Guy of Montague came to Lonsdale Castle prepared to fight for what was rightfully his...only to find a woman who made him all but forget his purpose. With her angel's face and womanly curves, Lady Claudia Chiavari was enough to tempt a saint to sin. And when she returned his kisses with innocent fire, Guy knew that he was bewitched. But in a matter of hours, everything changed, as he found himself betrayed, betrothed, and imprisoned, with only Claudia to blame...Five lonely years of exile under her uncle's tyrannical rule had taught Italian-born Claudia C...
| | Monster Trucks (Vehicles on the Move)
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|  | Do You Know about Birds? (Lightning Bolt Books: Meet the Animal Groups)
Publication Date: September 1, 2009| Age Level: 6 and up | Grade Level: 1 and up...
|  | Dinosaur Train: Call of the Wild! (Color Plus Chunky Crayons)
Release Date: January 11, 2011| Age Level: 3 and up | Grade Level: P and up The Jim Henson Company's hit PBS television series Dinosaur Train features Buddy, Tiny, Shiny, Don, and lots of other lovable dinosaur characters. Filled with humor and facts designed to appeal to preschool dinosaur fans, this Chunky Crayon Book has 48 pages to color and includes four big crayons! ...
|  | I'm Not Bad, I'm Just Mad: A Workbook to Help Kids Control Their Anger
Publication Date: June 1, 2008| Age Level: 6 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up Most children learn to stop throwing temper tantrums, talking back, and refusing to go to bed or take a bath at an early age. But some children have trouble with impulsivity and self-control. Left unaddressed, these issues can lead to some very serious problems in adolescence and adulthood. Anger control problems are the number one reason that children are referred for therapy, affecting children as young as three years old. Since anger problems in children may indicate other significant concerns, it pays to address ...
|  | The Healthy Soil Handbook: Earthworms, Compost, Mulch, and More
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| | The Delaware Colony (Thirteen Colonies (Lucent))
Publication Date: September 1992| Age Level: 9 and up...
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