 | Back to the Badlands: An American Testament
Publication Date: September 29, 2010Back to the Badlands has something for everyone. This first person narrative provides a commentary about 21st century American life and society. The main character in this story is Mark Denbar. He traces his life, his quest for freedom, and his transition from college life to the workplace. Denbar is an ex-minor league baseball player who has had enough of the business world. He searches for truth and meaning in life and ends up on an Indian Reservation in South Dakota. Big Ten Conference issues, music, relationships, and locations also play a role in this...
 |  | Audacht Morainn (Irish Literature - Prose) (English and Irish Edition)
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|  | The Big Sleep & Farewell, My Lovely (Modern Library)
Release Date: May 2, 1995| Series: Modern Library These two classic novels featuring private eye Philip Marlowe made Raymond Chandler's name synonymous with America's hard-boiled school of crime fiction. The Big Sleep was an instant success when first published in 1939. It centers around a paralyzed California millionaire with two psychopathic daughters; he involves Marlowe in a case of blackmail that turns into murder.Farewell My Lovely, which Chandler regarded as his finest work, came out the following year. It has Marlowe dealing with the Los Angeles gambl...
|  | A Thousand Years of Good Prayers
Publication Date: December 1, 2006Brilliant and original, 'A Thousand Years of Good Prayers' introduces a remarkable first collection of stories about China from an author set to become a major literary talent. In this extraordinary first collection, Yiyun Li brings us a modern China facing up to a complex history of repression and guilt. In 'Immortality', winner of the Paris Review prize, a young man bears a striking resemblance to the dictator, and so finds a strange kind of calling. In 'Extra', first published in the New Yorker, a Chinese woman, alone in middle age, befriends a young boy ...
|  | My Reading List: A Child's Personal Reading Record
Publication Date: May 25, 1995| Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up This workbook encourages children to read and rewards them with stickers. ...
|  | History of the Florentine People, Volume 3: Books IX-XII. Memoirs (I Tatti Renaissance Library)
Publication Date: November 30, 2007| ISBN-10: 0674016823 | ISBN-13: 978-0674016828 Leonardo Bruni (1370-1444), the leading civic humanist of the Italian Renaissance, served as apostolic secretary to four popes (1405-1414) and chancellor of Florence (1427-1444). He was famous in his day as a translator, orator, and historian, and was the best-selling author of the fifteenth century. Bruni's History of the Florentine People in twelve books is generally considered the first modern work of history, and was widely imitated by humanist historians for two centuries after its official publicatio...
|  | Inventing Medieval Landscapes: Senses of Place in Western Europe
Publication Date: June 30, 2002"This fascinating collection of highly readable essays literally opens new vistas on the medieval landscape. Readers who imagine a primordial, unspoiled landscape will be surprised to discover that the medieval landscape was an artifact that medieval men and women managed, created, and imagined in creative ways over and over again."--John J. Contreni, Purdue University"A real contribution to what we know about the relations between nature and culture, intersecting in landscapes. . . . I know of no other single volume that offers such a wide array...
|  | Arthurian Literature XV
Publication Date: June 19, 1997| Series: Arthurian Literature (Book 15) This latest issue of Arthurian Literature continues the tradition of the journal in combining theoretical studies with editions of primary Arthurian texts. There is a special focus on Chrétien de Troyes, with articles considering his identity, providing a new reading of Le Chevalier de la Charrete, and giving an account of a discovery of an important new fragment of the First Continuation. Other essays deal with Glastonbury, at the heart of the English Arthurian legend;the Scottish treatment of the Arthur story in...
|  | FATE IS THE HUNTER
Release Date: July 2, 1986Ernest K. Gann’s classic memoir is an up-close and thrilling account of the treacherous early days of commercial aviation. In his inimitable style, Gann brings you right into the cockpit, recounting both the triumphs and terrors of pilots who flew when flying was anything but routine. ...
|  | Ellora's Cave Presents Bad in Boots: Colt's Choice, Book 2
Publication Date: April 30, 2005AUTHOR'S NOTE: If you purchase the print book with this book cover, thisis an OLD edition. The eBook edition with this cover is no longer available. A NEWLY REVISED eBook edition of COLT'S CHOICE with a brand new cover is now available on AMAZON here: amzn.com/B0094A5KN4Colt is very aware the sexy part owner of his rodeo ranch is way out of his league.But the more he tells himself Elise Hamilton is ‘hands off’, the more he wants to put his hands on. Elise knows her broad-shouldered and lean-hipped cowboy partner has all the makings of Mr....
|  | Survivor: A Novel
Publication Date: February 17, 1999From the author of the underground sensation Fight Club, a mesmerizing, unnerving, and hilarious vision of cult and post-cult life.Tender Branson — last surviving member of the so-called "Creedish Death Cult" — is dictating his incredible life story into the flight recorder of Flight 2039, cruising on autopilot at 39,000 feet somewhere over the Pacific Ocean. He is all alone in the plane, which will shortly reach terminal velocity and crash into the vast Australian outback. Before it does, he will unfold the tale of his journey from an obedien...
|  | Medium Of Murder
Publication Date: April 28, 200818 Brand-new mystery/suspense short stories involving mediums, mass media, and unusual means of murder. While most are set in the present in diverse cities and small towns across America, there are also glimpses of past eras and exotic locations. Contributors include: Kris Neri, Gay Toltl Kinman, Gary Earl Ross, Frank Zafiro and 14 other talented writers. Latest entry in Red Coyote's anthology series (Medley of Murder, Map of Murder). ...
|  | MyPsychLab with Pearson eText -- Standalone Access Card -- for Social Psychology, Fourth Canadian Edition (4th Edition)
Publication Date: February 28, 2009A junior lifesaver finally convinces her older brother that the rules of water safety really can save your life. ...
|  | The Time of the Pharaohs (Half & Half Books: Level 2)
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|  | Small Gifts in God's Hands
Publication Date: September 5, 2000| Age Level: 3 and up "God can do great things with a small gift."Set in Biblical times, Max Lucado brings to life one of the most loved stories from the Bible: the feeding of the multitudes.Children will understand the story told from a young boy's perspective who learns that no gift is too small for Jesus.The beautiful, moving illustrations from Cheri Bladholm compliment the wonderful story. ...
|  | GastonGoes to Texas (GastonSeries)
Release Date: November 27, 2007| Grade Level: 1 and up...
|  | The Pilgrims' First Thanksgiving
Publication Date: January 2, 2011| Age Level: 6 and up | Grade Level: 1 and up...
|  | One Proud Summer
Publication Date: June 1988This is the story of a memorable event in Canadian history - a 100-day strike that brought a town of thousands to the streets. This is a Canadian Children's Book Centre Selection and Winner of the Ruth Schwartz Award for Children's Literature. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition....
|  | God's Children Pray
Publication Date: January 1, 1998| Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up A selection of traditional, familiar, and original prayers for mealtime, morning and evening, and special days such as birthdays, Christmas, and Thanksgiving. ...
|  | SHIMMY SHAKE EARTHQUAKE: Don't forget to dance poems.
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