 | A Wake in Ybor City (Pioneers of Modern Us Hispanic Literature)
Publication Date: November 1998| Series: Pioneers of Modern Us Hispanic Literature Ybor City, Florida, seems to be a happy, secure place in1958. Three aging sisters - Mina, Clemencia, and Dolores - lookforward to seeing their children, in-laws, and grandchildren come forpleasant visits to the quiet, blue-collar neighborhood that all threewomen call home.But beneath the calm surface, fierce currents surge: Old familyrivalries, sexual intrigues, class envy, political hatreds, evencriminal activity. No one has realized it yet, but this proudCuban-American clan stands on the brink of a terrible ...
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 | The Endless Forest: A Novel
Release Date: January 25, 2011A rich, passionate, multilayered portrayal of family strength and endurance from bestselling author Sara Donati In the spring of 1824, in the remote village of Paradise on the New York frontier, Nathaniel and Elizabeth Bonner celebrate a glorious reunion as their children return from far-off places: Lily and her husband from Italy, and Martha Kirby, the Bonners’ ward, from Manhattan. In the peace that follows a devastating flood, childhood friends Martha and Daniel, Lily’s twin brother, suddenly begin to see each other in a new light. But thei...
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 | The Women of Janowka
Publication Date: March 29, 2012Founded by Germans, people in the Volhynian village of Janowka once lived a peaceful and affluent life. They co-exist on friendly terms with their Ukrainian, Polish, Russian and Jewish neighbours. When the world political climate changes at the end of the 19th century, Tsar Nicholas begins to make things difficult for the Germans. More and more settlers leave the country in the direction of Prussia or North America. Those who remain suffer hell on earth after the outbreak of WW I. 200,000 German Volhynians are exiled to Siberia. The survivors of this exodus ar...
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 | The Torchlight List: Around the World in 200 Books
Publication Date: December 1, 2010A brilliant road map for discovering history, science, civilization, and the human condition, this engaging record recommends must-read books: those so revealing about times and places that they take the reader beyond day-to-day concerns into a magic realm of knowledge and imagination. From Arthur Koestler’s take on the universe and Barbara Tuchman’s view on 14th-century life to F. Scott Fitzgerald’s impressions of American morality and Robert Fisk’s analysis of the West’s history of intervention in the Middle East, this engagin...
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 | Albrecht Durer (The Art for Children Series)
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 | Journeys of Wonder, Volume 1: An Anthology of Genre Fiction
Publication Date: June 20, 2012www.journeysofwonder.com Journeys of Wonder is a new anthology of genre fiction. We’ve assembled three talented writers to bring you five chilling tales that are guaranteed to keep you up at night – or at least make you turn on the lights. Featured in this first volume: The Door: Six people are stuck in a room with no memory of how they got there while a fear of the unknown keeps them from opening the only exit they have. Blackout: A terrifying tale of a young woman whose memory is shattered and a creepy neighbor who is not all that he seems. Infi...
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 | Spider-Man: Spider-Women (Spider-Man (Marvel))
Publication Date: May 13, 2009| Grade Level: 4 and up...
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 | Dreams Come True (Disney Princess) (Super Coloring Time)
Release Date: January 23, 2001| Age Level: 3 and up | Grade Level: P and up...
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 | How Do Dinosaurs Say Merry Christmas?
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 | Drag Racers (Motor Mania)
Publication Date: December 15, 2007| Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up...
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 | About Stepfamilies (Good Answers to Tough Questions)
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 | Being Trustworthy: A Book About Trustworthiness (Way to Be!)
Publication Date: January 1, 2006| Age Level: 5 and up | Grade Level: K and up...
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 | Earth, Sea, Sun, And Sky: Art in Nature
Release Date: June 20, 2011| Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up Art can be a garden; a spiral of broken pebbles or dandelions; a wheat field in a former garbage dump. It can be made of wood carved with a chainsaw or a drawing using dust and earth. It can be transitory--painted on sand only to be erased by waves; or it can be built to last, like sculpture gardens by renowned artists. Filled with beautiful images, this book will help children appreciate the different ways that artists employ nature in their work. It examines an array of examples, including sculpture gardens, mazes, la...
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 | Stanley Easter
Publication Date: January 27, 2006| Age Level: 10 and up | Grade Level: 5 and up There was a time during Donald Davis's college freshman year when he wasn't really sure if he wanted to claim is hometown of Sulpher Springs, North Carolina. But a boy by the name of Stanley Easter changed his mind. ...
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 | The Vikings (Gruesome Truth about)
Publication Date: January 30, 2011| Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up...
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 | Noah's Rocking Boat
Publication Date: May 1, 2003| Age Level: 0 and up Noah's Rocking Boat sets the beloved story of Noah and the great flood in motion. This die-cut board book will delight young children as the giraffes and monkeys and other animals swing back and forth. The moving creatures and bright illustrations will bring joy to preschoolers…stimulating their imaginations and allowing hands-on participation in the story. ...
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 | Librarian (People in My Community)
Publication Date: August 2002| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up...
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 | Gospel in Life Study Guide: Grace Changes Everything
Release Date: February 24, 2010Join author and pastor Timothy Keller in an eight-week video-based study of the gospel and how to live it out in everyday life. In week one you and your group will study the city, your home now, the world that is. Week eight closes with the theme of the eternal city, your heavenly home, the world that is to come. In between you'll learn how the gospel can change your heart, your community, and how you live in this world.The Gospel in Life Participant's Guide is designed to help you and your group engage with and discuss the topics presented on the Gospel in L...
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 | Spurgeon's Sermons on Great Prayers of the Bible (C.H. Spurgeon Sermon Series)
Publication Date: January 31, 1996| Series: C.H. Spurgeon Sermon Series A gallery of people and topics are covered in this popular series. Spurgeon provides the busy pastor with starter material and the Christian reader with devotional meditations. ...
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 | It's So Simple To Live the Christian Life (formerly Hang Loose with Jesus)
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