 | A Trav Release Date: May 15, 2007A través de cien montañas es un relato asombroso y conmovedor de migración, pérdida y hallazgo; de cómo dos mujeres -- una nacida en México y la otra en los Estados Unidos -- encuentran que sus vidas coinciden de la manera más improbable. Luego de una tragedia que la separa de su madre, Juana García abandona su pueblo en México para encontrar a su padre que había dejado casa y familia dos años antes para buscar trabajo en los Estados Unidos. Sin dinero y necesitada de que alguien la ayudara a cruzar la front...
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 |  | The Siege of Trencher's Farm - Straw Dogs Release Date: August 16, 2011The original novel on which Sam Peckinpah's controversial movie Straw Dogs was based, and the inspiration behind a brand-new movie by Rod Lurie, starring Alexander Skarsgård and Kate Bosworth - due for release in September 2011.American professor George Magruder, his wife Louise and their daughter rent an old, isolated house known as Trencher's Farm in Cornwall, so George can finish writing his book. When George accidentally runs over a convicted child killer on the loose from a mental asylum, he confronts the brutal locals and sets in train a series of viol...
 |  | Star Wars, Episode II - Attack of the Clones Release Date: April 1, 2003There is a great disturbance in the Force. . . . From the sleek ships of the glimmering Coruscant skyscape to the lush gardens of pastoral Naboo, dissent is roiling. The Republic is failing, even under the leadership of Supreme Chancellor Palpatine, elected ten years earlier to save the crumbling government. Separatists threaten war, and the Senate is hopelessly divided, unable to determine whether to raise an army for battle or keep the fragile peace. It is a stalemate that once broken, could lead to galactic chaos.Mischievous and resolved, courageous to the point...
 |  | Snow Angel Publication Date: March 11, 2012Angel rescued his boyfriend, Kurt, from a hellish existence, but at the cost of exiling himself from his hometown of Blackford, Indiana.Fifteen-years-old and on the run, Angel must make his way until he can someday be reunited with Kurt.Along the way he faces loneliness, hardships, and a brutal blizzard, but makes new friends and finds acceptance he didn’t expect. Kurt’s life is back to normal, but the love of his life is gone.Kurt is determined not to let Angel’s sacrifice be in vain, but how can he wait three long years for the return of...
 |  | Love's Labour's Lost (Arden Shakespeare: Third Series) Release Date: June 25, 1998| ISBN-10: 1904271103 | ISBN-13: 978-1904271109| Edition: 3rd H. R. Woudhuysen is Professor of English at University College London. His publications include Samuel Johnson on Shakespeare, The Penguin Book of Renaissance Verse, and Sir Philip Sidney and the Circulation of Manuscripts, 1558-1640. To begin the introduction, the editor discusses the link between Love’s Labour’s Lost and the writings of Sir Philip Sidney, the simple plot and its inconclusive ending, the relationship in the play between words and the things which they signify, and the pl...
 |  | Cincinnatus: Turned a Roman Defeat into Victory in the Battle of Mt. Algidus Publication Date: September 16, 2008Experience two of the best epic plays ever written as Festus Ogunbitan brings to you an engrossing anthology. Cincinnatus presents two plays that tell of bravery. Witness how Cincinnatus turns from being a farmer into a legend in Roman history; and how Odysseus returns from the Battle of Troy with more power in this fascinating portrayal of Greco-Roman History and Drama. Enjoy the two sets of plays in epic lyric style that competes with Shakespearian standard. ...
 |  | Unzeitgemaesses Denken bei Sophokles (Hermes - Einzelschriften) (German Edition) Publication Date: December 1, 2001| ISBN-10: 3515079637 | ISBN-13: 978-3515079631Die sieben erhaltenen Dramen des Tragikers Sophokles entstanden in der zweiten Halfte des 5. Jahrhunderts v. Chr. Athen war damals von der Dynamik eines umfassenden geistigen Wandels gepragt. Die radikale Demokratie durchdrang alle Lebensbereiche und wurde vielfach als Bedrohung uberkommener Werte, insbesondere im Bereich der Familie empfunden. In der Arbeit wird versucht zu zeigen, wie Sophokles die grossen Gestalten seiner Tragodien (Aias, Herakles, Antigone, Elektra, Odipus und Philoktet) zu Vertretern ei...
 |  | Civic Discourse: Mutliculturalism, Cultural Diversity, and Global Communication, Volume 1 Publication Date: December 30, 1998| ISBN-10: 1567504108 | ISBN-13: 978-1567504101Links the role of civic discourse and communication to their connections to civil society, both domestically and on a global basis. ...
 |  | Beyond the Wall: Exploring George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire, From A Game of Thrones to A Dance with Dragons Publication Date: June 19, 2012Foreword by New York Times bestselling author R.A. SalvatoreGo beyond the Wall and across the narrow sea with this collection about George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire, from A Game of Thrones to A Dance with Dragons.The epic game of thrones chronicled in George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series has captured the imaginations of millions of readers. In Beyond the Wall, bestselling authors and acclaimed critics offer up thought-provoking essays and compelling insights:Daniel Abraham reveals the unique challenges of adapting the origin...
 |  | First Family Release Date: April 21, 2009Following the instant #1 New York Times bestseller Simple Genius, Sean King and Michelle Maxwell return in David Baldacci's most heart-pounding thriller to date . . . FIRST FAMILYIt began with what seemed like an ordinary children's birthday party. Friends and family gathered to celebrate. There were balloons and cake, games and gifts.This party, however, was far from ordinary. It was held at Camp David, the presidential retreat. And it ended with a daring kidnapping . . . which immediately turned into a national security nightmare.Sean King and Michelle Maxwell w...
 |  | Brain Food: 100+ Games That Make Kids Think, Grades 4-12 Publication Date: January 16, 2008| Grade Level: 4 and up Be the one to make a difference in your students' thinking! With more than 100 games to choose from, Brain Food is your one-stop source for exploring the fun in learning. This compilation is filled with new, as well as traditional, brain games, and most need little more than paper and pencil to get you started. Each game is classroom tested and tailored to encourage cooperation and teamwork, as well as deductive logic.The book includesword games,math games,logic games,memory games, andmuch more!One exciting aspect of this book is ...
 |  | Angelina's Baby Sister (Angelina Ballerina) Release Date: September 14, 2006| Age Level: 3 and up | Grade Level: P and up...
 |  | Stars Near & Far - Pbk (Troll First-Start Science) Publication Date: November 12, 1996| Age Level: 5 and up | Grade Level: K and up...
 |  | Whose Shadow Is This?: A Look at Animal Shapes - Round, Long, and Pointy (Whose Is It?) Publication Date: September 1, 2004| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up...
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 |  | Understanding Your Jewish Neighbour (Thinking about Religion) Publication Date: February 1, 2001| Age Level: 11 and up...
 |  | I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly Publication Date: May 30, 1980| Grade Level: P and up A cumulative folk song in which the solution proves worse than the predicament when an old lady swallows a fly. ...
 |  | Dusty the Christmas Star Publication Date: July 5, 2012Dusty the Christmas Star is a super duper rhyming Christmas story about a little star that has no starlight and what he does to find his light.Dusty is short and sweet, touching and delightful and brings the message of good deeds to the world.The illustrators are children which makes this story even more charming.Ages 3 - 8 ...
 |  | St. Patrick's Day Countdown Release Date: January 19, 2006| Age Level: 3 and up | Grade Level: P and up Count along with the forest friends in this shimmery board book! Five bright green holographic shamrock tabs and fun rhyming text make this a St. Patrick’s Day treat!...
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