 | Drop City
Release Date: January 27, 2004It is 1970, and a down-at-the-heels California commune devoted to peace, free love, and the simple life has decided to relocate to the last frontier—the unforgiving landscape of interior Alaska—in the ultimate expression of going back to the land. Armed with the spirit of adventure and naïve optimism, the inhabitants of “Drop City” arrive in the wilderness of Alaska only to find their utopia already populated by other young homesteaders. When the two communities collide, unexpected friendships and dangerous enmities are born as every...
 |  | Cry of Angels: The Wrath of War
Publication Date: March 7, 2012The most powerful, chilling and stimulating story ever written about Afghanistan in the form of a novel -Farid Younos, California State University-East Bay & Afghan-American Television Anchor Twenty-six-year-old Laalla Qassim is a beautiful woman, but lately she wanders through her days with a lifeless expression. With the playground outside her window devoid of children and the dusty streets abandoned, Laalla has nothing more to do than help her mother bake bread and worry when the Taliban warriors will come to claim her as a bride. It is just another day in K...
|  | The Life and Times of Benjamin Wiggins, M.D.
Publication Date: March 27, 2012Ben Wiggins returns in THE LIFE AND TIMES OF BENJAMIN WIGGINS, M.D., the prequel to MEDICAL GRAIL. This time the irascible octogenarian pits his wits and spunk against a group of private doctors and administrators who seize an opportunity to use tax funds to purchase a CT scanner for their tiny hospital. Outraged by their brazen attempt to rip-off the community, Ben ignores their threats of lawsuits and libelous assaults while fighting them in the press and in Town Hall. Evelyn Cooper, his companion and confidant, and Peter Henry, a lifelong friend, join him i...
|  | Seen the Glory: A Novel of the Battle of Gettysburg
Release Date: June 29, 2010• A classic in the making: Seen the Gloryre-creates the Civil War experience as vividly as the classic novel The Killer Angels . The soldiers of the storied 20th Massachusetts regiment, the sullen Southerners they march past, the hopeful freedmen and worried slaves, the terrified residents of Gettysburg, the battle-hardened Confederate soldiers are all rendered with brilliant realism and historical accuracy. • Brilliant characters: Raised by their abolitionist father on Martha’s Vineyard, eighteen-year-old Luke and sixteen-year-old Thomas Chandler...
|  | Cyrano de Bergerac: by Edmund Rostand translated by Anthony Burgess
Release Date: February 1, 2000(Applause Books). This acclaimed adaptation for the stage has garnered such reviews as: "Emotional depth Rostand himself would surely have envied...Burgess' extravagant verse keeps its contours, yet trips off the tongue almost as though it were contemporary speech." London Times . Performance rights available from Applause. ...
|  | Asian Gothic: Essays on Literature, Film and Anime
Publication Date: January 21, 2008| ISBN-10: 0786433353 | ISBN-13: 978-0786433353The essays in this collection acknowledge the rich Gothic tradition in Asian narratives that deal with themes of the fantastic, the macabre, and the spectral. Through close analyses of Asian works using the theoretical framework outlined by Gothic criticism, these essays seek to expand the notion of the Gothic to include several popular Asian works. Broadly divided into essays on postcolonial Asian Gothic, Asian-American Gothic, and the Gothic writings of specific Asian nations, this volume covers a wide var...
|  | A Russian Journal (Modern Classics (Penguin))
Publication Date: July 1, 2005| ISBN-10: 014118633X | ISBN-13: 978-0141186337Just after the iron curtain fell on Eastern Europe John Steinbeck and acclaimed war photographer, Robert Capa ventured into the Soviet Union to report for the "New York Herald Tribune". This rare opportunity took the famous travelers not only to Moscow and Stalingrad - now Volgograd - but through the countryside of the Ukraine and the Caucasus. A "Russian Journal" is the distillation of their journey and remains a remarkable memoir and unique historical document. Steinbeck and Capa recorded the grim realities of...
|  | Annie's Song
Release Date: January 1, 1996The GiftAnnie Trimble lives in a solitary world that no one enters or understands. As delicate and beautiful as the tender blossoms of the Oregon spring, she is shunned by a town that misinterprets her affliction. But cruelty cannot destroy the love Annie holds in her heart. Alex Montgomery is horrified to learn his wild younger brother forced himself on a helpless "idiot girl." Tormented by guilt, Alex agrees to marry her and raise the babe she carries as his own. But he never dreams he will grow to cherish his lovely, mute, misjudged Annie--her childlike innoce...
|  | A Busy Day (Toy Story 3)
Release Date: June 15, 2010| Age Level: 3 and up...
|  | Paul and Sebastian (Children's Books from Around the World)
Publication Date: November 1988| Age Level: 4 and up...
| | If You Give a Pig a Pumpkin: Book and Doll
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|  | Never Give a Fish an Umbrella
Publication Date: January 31, 1997| Age Level: 3 and up...
|  | The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes (Beatrix Potter Bookmark Board Books)
Publication Date: April 2001| Age Level: 2 and up...
|  | Daffodil, Crocodile
Release Date: April 17, 2007| Age Level: 4 and up Triplet Daffodil does not want to be as sweet as a flower, and she is sick and tired of constantly being mistaken for her sisters. With a papier-mâché crocodile head and a "Raaa raaa raaa chomp chomp chomp," Daffodil embarks on a day of getting dirty, biting trees, and playing with her food. One thing is for sure - everyone knows the crocodile is DAFFODIL, not Rose or Violet. But what is Daffodil to do when her crocodile head falls apart? Will she go back to being a pretty, clean little flower of a girl? Bright illustrations e...
|  | Red & Yellow's Noisy Night (The Olive Branch)
Publication Date: April 3, 2012| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up...
|  | The Shaman's Apprentice: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest
Publication Date: April 1, 2001| Age Level: 6 and up | Grade Level: 1 and up...
|  | Drawing With Letters and Numbers
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|  | Modern French Grammar Workbook (Modern Grammar Workbooks)
Publication Date: January 11, 2005| ISBN-10: 0415331633 | ISBN-13: 978-0415331630| Edition: 2 Modern French Grammar Workbook, second edition, is an innovative book of exercises and language tasks for all learners of French. The book is divided into two sections:* section 1 provides exercises based on essential grammatical structures* section 2 practises everyday functions (e.g. making introductions, apologizing, expressing needs).A comprehensive answer key at the back of the book enables you to check your progress. Taking into account feedback from the first edition, this second edition ...
|  | Inside the Mind of Unchurched Harry and Mary
Release Date: July 12, 1993Who Are Unchurched Harry and Mary? He or she could be the neighbor who is perfectly happy without God. Or the coworker who scoffs at Christianity. Or the supervisor who uses Jesus' name only as profanity. Or the family member who can't understand why religion is so important. Inside the Mind of Unchurched Harry and Mary isn't a book of theory. It's an action plan to help you relate the message of Christ to the people you work around, live with, and call your friends. Using personal experiences, humor, compelling stories, biblical illustrations, and the latest resea...
|  | An Inner Journey to Easter: A Lenten Devotional
Publication Date: January 1, 2011We know Lent is coming. Just after New Year's Day when the holiday activities are dying down, we briefly recognize that Lent and Easter are just around the corner. Normally, the next time we acknowledge that fact is a week before Easter as we re all running about trying to make Easter dinner arrangements and wardrobe selections.Lent is a time of reflection and preparation but, unfortunately, too often we allow our busy lives to take control so that it seems we are teleported straight from New Year s Day through Lent.An Inner Journey to Easter is a wonderful w...
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