 | Cath Muighe Tuireadh: the Second Battle of Magh Tuireadh (Irish Literature - Prose) (English and Irish Edition)
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 | Women: A Novel
Release Date: February 27, 2007 Low-life writer and unrepentant alcoholic Henry Chinaski was born to survive. After decades of slacking off at low-paying dead-end jobs, blowing his cash on booze and women, and scrimping by in flea-bitten apartments, Chinaski sees his poetic star rising at last. Now, at fifty, he is reveling in his sudden rock-star life, running three hundred hangovers a year, and maintaining a sex life that would cripple Casanova. With all of Bukowski's trademark humor and gritty, dark honesty, this 1978 follow-up to Post Office and Factotum is an uncompromising account of...
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 | Echoes of Betrayal: Paladin's Legacy
Release Date: February 21, 2012| Series: Paladin's Legacy (Book 3) The action continues fast and furious in this third installment of Elizabeth Moon’s celebrated return to the fantasy world of the paladin Paksenarrion Dorthansdotter. This award-winning author has firsthand military experience and an imagination that knows no bounds. Combine those qualities with an ability to craft flesh-and-blood characters, and the result is the kind of speculative fiction that engages both heart and mind.All is not well in the Eight Kingdoms. In Lyonya, King Kieri is about to celebrate marriage to hi...
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| Tea and Sex and Shakespeare (Gallery Books)
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 | Theatre of Shadows: Samuel Beckett's Drama, 1956-76 : From All That Fall to Footfalls With Commentaries on the Latest Plays (Irish Literary Studies)
Publication Date: December 1988| ISBN-10: 0389207764 | ISBN-13: 978-0389207764Theatre of Shadows both defines and takes as its subject the middle period of Samuel Beckett's dramatic writing. By making a close study of the structure, and of the largely unpublished manuscript drafts, of the plays written from 1956 to 1976, this book offers considerable insight into Beckett's creative process. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title....
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 | The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit (Cliffs Notes)
Publication Date: September 1, 1977| ISBN-10: 0822012863 | ISBN-13: 978-0822012863Join the journey through Middle-earth in the study guide of these two epic fantasies suggestive of life in medieval days, a classical battle between good and evil and the quest for a magical ring. This guide covers all four volumes of this unforgettable fantasy. ...
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 | Texts and Contexts: Writing About Literature with Critical Theory (6th Edition)
Publication Date: June 21, 2010| ISBN-10: 0205716741 | ISBN-13: 978-0205716746| Edition: 6 Texts and Contexts: Writing about Literature presents a user-friendly introduction to contemporary critical theories—from new criticism to cultural studies—as part of the practice of analyzing and writing about literature. Some of the changes to the new edition include enhanced coverage of film and other genres reflecting the growing interest in film as an academic field and engaging students. New sample texts and projects, all classroom-tested, appear at the ...
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 | Straight from the Hip (Lone Star Sisters, Book 3)
Release Date: June 30, 2009| Series: Lone Star Sisters (Book 3) Izzy has always been the fearless Titan sister. But when an oil rig blows up, leaving her barely able to see, her sisters find themselves as concerned by her emotional withdrawal as by the possibility that the explosion was no accident. Are the mind games their long-lost brother Garth has been playing turning physical? Or is someone else out to get them?When her sisters enroll her in a survivor training camp, Izzy is not happy. Nick, her instructor, is determined that she won't be left in the dark. In more ways than one. But if ...
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 | The Making of a Duchess
Release Date: June 1, 2010A very dangerous attraction...Julien Harcourt, duc de Valère, is more than willing to marry the lovely young lady his mother has chosen. Little does he know, she's been sent to prove him a spy and a traitor... And an even more dangerous secret...Sarah Smith's mission is to find out whether the Duc's trips to the Continent are as innocent as he claims, but the way he looks at her is far from innocent... Their risky game of cat and mouse propels them from the ballrooms of London to the prisons of Paris, and into a fragile love that may not survive their decep...
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 | No More Playas
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 | To Know Evil
Publication Date: October 1, 2009The source of evil and the conflict between faith and knowledge are among the themes examined in this complex intellectual puzzle set in a medieval monastery. An Irish monk dies in a Benedictine abbey in northern Italy on the eve of the second millennium. When Brother Thomas of Worms attempts to investigate the murder, his abbot accuses him of inventing trouble to avoid his duty to God and assigns Thomas the chore of copying a Biblical text as penance. Neither copying nor humility comes easily to an intelligent man like Thomas, who struggles with his commitme...
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| The New England Patriots (Inside the NFL)
Publication Date: January 1996| Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up...
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 | Franklin Wants a Badge (A Franklin TV Storybook)
Publication Date: September 1, 2003| Age Level: 3 and up...
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 | Where Hummingbirds Come From Bilingual Chinese English
Publication Date: August 5, 2011This delightful little story tells of a young girl's time with her grandmother as she relates to a legend of Where Hummingbirds Come From.Grandmother explains the magic waters and the beauty of this tiny bird.Where Hummingbirds Come From may well become an all-time children's classic and a perfect book for the young reader.As well as a wonderful study guide for English as a second language students. ...
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 | Jackie Stewart's Principles of Performance Driving
Publication Date: January 1993From Library Journal Stewart's ability behind the wheel of a Formula I racing machine is legendary, so anything he has to say about competition driving is bound to be interesting. Add to that his sense of humor and a reputation for independent thinking and you have essential reading for auto-racing buffs. Neither a "how to drive a race car" manual, nor a recounting of "my greatest races" Stewart's book is about what it takes to succeed as a race driver, about his philosophy, about preparation and discipline as the basis for success. Stewart talks about technique...
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 | Times Square: A New York State Number Book
Release Date: October 31, 2011| Age Level: 6 and up | Grade Level: 1 and up A perfect companion to our E is for Empire: A New York Alphabet, Times Square: A New York Number Book teaches children about numbers, using state landmarks, historical events, and famous faces; from finger lakes to the stitches on a baseball, readers of all ages will know the number they represent and their ties to New York. There are so many number questions to answer about New York State.Where do the two lions - Patience and Fortitude - reside?Can you name the six major Finger Lakes?Can you name the five boroughs o...
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| The Crusades of Richard the Lionheart (Making History)
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 | Israel and the Nations: A Mission Theology of the Old Testament (American Society of Missiology)
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 | On That Christmas Night
Publication Date: December 31, 1969| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up The traditional Christmas story is retold in gorgeous language which recreates the mystery and awe that filled the holy night when Jesus was born.From Mary and Joseph's search for a place to stay for the night to the arrival of the three travelers from the East bearing rich gifts, this lovely book tells the first Christmas story. With beautiful, jewel-toned illustrations, this exquisite book will be treasured by any child who receives it. The perfect Christmas gift! ...
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 | The Cambridge Companion to Jonathan Edwards (Cambridge Companions to Religion)
Publication Date: November 20, 2006| Series: Cambridge Companions to Religion Long recognized as 'America's theologian', Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) is seen as instrumental in the Great Awakening of the 1740s that gripped much of New England and that laid the groundwork for an American Protestant religious identity. This Cambridge Companion offers a general, comprehensive introduction to Jonathan Edwards and examines his life and works from various disciplinary perspectives including history, literature, theology, religious studies, and philosophy. The book consists of seventeen chapters wr...
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