No, the problem is Roger is in love. With one of his bodyguards. And the romance is not going well. Damnbeast? Sure. Vampiric moths? Okay. Screaming waves of barbarians? No problem. But when you have Nimashet Despreaux and Prince Roger Ramius Sergei Chiang MacClintock at sword's point, that's real danger.
And it's just the beginning.
To get to the distant port that is their only way off the planet, they'll be forced to battle enraged monsters, displaced mercenaries, religious fanatics, and a barbarian horde to shame the Huns. Along the way, they'll have to recreate the Reformation, the Renaissance, and the Industrial Revolution. And do it all in a context their four-armed, horned, grizzly-bear-sized native allies can handle.
It will strain all their experience and knowledge, as the most elite, the most multitalented, and above all, the toughest bodyguards in human space. But the really hard part will be keeping Roger and Nimashet from killing each other.
Giordano Bruno challenged everything in his pursuit of an all-embracing system of thought. This not only brought him patronage from powerful figures of the day but also put him in direct conflict with the Catholic Church. Arrested by the Inquisition and tried as a heretic, Bruno was imprisoned, tortured, and, after eight years, burned at the stake in 1600. The Vatican "regrets" the burning yet refuses to clear him of heresy.
But Bruno's philosophy spread: Galileo, Isaac Newton, Christiaan Huygens, and Gottfried Leibniz all built upon his ideas; his thought experiments predate the work of such twentieth-century luminaries as Karl Popper; his religious thinking inspired such radicals as Baruch Spinoza; and his work on the art of memory had a profound effect on William Shakespeare.
Chronicling a genius whose musings helped bring about the modern world, Michael White pieces together the final years — the capture, trial, and the threat the Catholic Church felt — that made Bruno a martyr of free thought.
She's eighteen months old. Two years ago, she was twenty-five years old.\\n
They made love slowly but it was a hot afternoon and soon their bodies were slick. Laurent Masson was a tall man with no fat on his sinewy frame; dark-haired, dark-skinned, dark dirt beneath his fingernails. When she'd first seen him, Stephanie had thought he looked slightly seedy, which she liked. She, by contrast, had never looked more wholesome, which she also liked. Plump breasts, the curved suggestion of a belly, a dimple in the soft flesh above each buttock. She'd allowed her hair to grow; thick and dark, it fell between her shoulders down half her spine. Summer sun had tanned her normally pale skin, a healthy diet had improved her complexion.\\n
The first-floor bedroom was small; a high ceiling, floorboards worn smooth, two tatty Yemeni rugs, a narrow double bed with a wrought-iron frame. On one wall, there was a mottled full-length mirror. On the opposite wall, there were six sepia photographs of Provence's brutal beauty.\\n
Masson was on his back, Stephanie above him, his body between her thighs. Slowly, she rocked back and forth, trailing her fingertips across his chest and stomach. Neither of them spoke and there was no hint of a breeze to cool them. When she came, she closed her eyes, dropped her head back and bit her fleshy lower lip.\\n
Later, Masson smoked a cigarette, rolling his ash onto a dirty china saucer. Stephanie stood by the window, naked and damp. Her gaze followed the land, falling away from the farmhouse, across the vineyard and the dirt track thatbisected it. The vines shimmered in the heat. Somewhere at the bottom of the valley, screened by emerald trees, there was the road. To the right, Entrecasteaux, to the left, Salernes. Beyond either, the real world.\\n
"Last night, the dogs were barking all down the valley."\\n
Behind her, Masson shifted, the bedsprings creaking. "They kept you awake?"\\n
She nodded. "Some were howling."\\n
"You should have spent the night with me."\\n
"Actually, I liked it. It sounded...sad." She crossed her arms. "Sad but beautiful."\\n
"Will I see you later?"\\n
"If you want to."\\n
"Do you want to?"\\n
"What do you think?"\\n
"I don't know. I never know what you think."\\n
"Lucky you."\\n
Laurent leaves. From the yard, I watch his old Fiat lurch along the track, kicking up clouds of golden dirt. When the dust has settled, Igo inside and make tea. The kitchen is cool and dark; a stone floor, terracotta walls, a heavy oak table flanked by benches. Bees murmur by the small square window over the sink. French windows open onto a terrace. A blanket of greenery laid over wooden beams provides dappled shade. Behind the house, olive trees are organized along terraces that climb the hill.\\n
The farm belongs to a thirty-five-year-old German investment banker who was transferred from Frankfurt to Tokyo eighteen months ago. Initially, I rented it for six months through an agency in Munich. That was just over a year ago; I'm seven weeks into my third rental period. The roof leaks in places, some of the plasterwork is crumbling, the windows and doors are ill-fitting. But I don't mind. In fact, I prefer it this way. It feels more like a home. Then again, how would I know? I've lived in too many places to count but not one of them has been a home.\\n
When the tea is ready, I take it outside. The fragrance of summer is as strong as its color, scents of citrus and lavender envelop me. I love days like this as much as the severed days of mid-December, when fierce winds scrape the harsh landscape, when rain explodes from pewter clouds that seem only just out of reach. Then, the dusty track turns to glycerin, cutting me off from the road. I always enjoy the artificial isolation that follows.\\n
There is a large fireplace in the sitting room and a good supply of logs in the lean-to behind the outhouse. For me, there is a childish comfort in being warm and dry as I listen to the storm outside. I was raised in north Northumberland, close to the border with Scotland. Wild weather was a feature of my childhood. More than a mere memory, it's a part of me.\\n
That's the thing about me, I suppose. I'm a collection of parts that never adds up to a whole. With me, two plus two comes to five. Or three. Or anything except four.\\n
As far as the people around here are concerned, I am Stephanie Schneider, a Swiss with no parents, no siblings, no baggage. I live off a meager inheritance. I spend my days reading, drawing, walking. I came from nowhere and one day I'll return there. That's what's expected by those who gossip about me. Apparently, I've slept with a couple of men in the area — surprising choices, some say — and now I'm seeing Masson, the mechanic from Salernes. Another outsider, he's from Marseille. The local word is, it's a casual relationship.\\n
This happens to be true. It's because I can't cope with commitment. Not yet — it's too early for me — maybe not ever. But I am making progress.\\n
I read my book for ten minutes — The Murdered House by Pierre Magnan — and then lay it to one side. From where I'm sitting, I can see my laptop on the fridge. There's a fine layer of dust on the lid. It must be nearly a month since I last switched it on. In the beginning, it was two or three times a day. Slowly but surely, I'm severing my ties to the old world. With each passing day, I feel increasingly regenerated. But this process has not been without its setbacks...\\nChameleon. Copyright © by Mark Burnell. Reprinted by permission of HarperCollins Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved. Available now wherever books are sold. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/00/24/9780061030024.jpg 2 2 Mass Market Paperback en Avon Chameleon \N
+62514083 The skeptical feminist: Discovering the virgin, mother, and crone 279 1987 Barbara G. Walker. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/93/21/9780062509321.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en Harper & Row The skeptical feminist: Discovering the virgin, mother, and crone \N
+64411028 Girl Reporter Stuck in Jam! (Get Real, No. 3) 224 2000 Intrepid Eleven-year-old Journalist Casey Smith Is So Busy Trying To Get A Story For The Newspaper About A Victim Of Physical Abuse That She Neglects Her Friend Ringo, The School's First Male Cheerleader. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/75/71/9780064407571.jpg 2 2 Paperback en HarperCollins Girl Reporter Stuck in Jam! (Get Real, No. 3) \N
+198611293 The Seven Deadly Sins: Jewish, Christian, and Classical Reflections on Human Psychology 320 1997
\\nAll of us are engaged in a personal, ongoing battle with sin and vice. The seven deadly sins--lust, greed, envy, anger, pride, gluttony, and sloth--are our main antagonists in this struggle. They are primary causes of unhappiness and immorality, and because of their pervasive nature, have been of perennial interest to religious thinkers, philosophers, dramatists, and poets.
\\n Although our anger doesn't make most of us murderers, our lust doesn't make most of us rapists, and our greed and envy don't make most of us outright criminals, they, together with gluttony, arrogance, and sloth, often make us, and those who have to live with us, miserable. One need only read the daily paper to see that these seven sins are alive and well, deadlier than ever, spawning violence and suffering, illness and anxiety, loss of meaning and depression. An arrogant yuppie considers suicide after losing his job on Wall Street, which had been the fragile basis of his false pride. A distinguished senator and a prominent judge destroy their careers and wound their female victims with their lust. Millions of men and women, distraught about their body image, subject themselves to liposuction, breast and hair implants because of their gluttony or vanity. People at the pinnacle of economic power fall into the abyss of prison because they could not control their avarice.
\\n In The Seven Deadly Sins, Solomon Schimmel explains why psychology must incorporate many of the ethical and spiritual values of religion and moral philosophy if it is to effectively address the emotional problems faced by modern men and women, be they believers or agnostics. Drawing on the psychological insights of the Bible, Aristotle, Maimonides, Aquinas, and Shakespeare, among others, he shows how all of us can learn from them about the relationship between virtue and psychological well-being and vice and emotional distress. This insightful and fascinating work guides us to master our passions rather than be enslaved by them so that we can become more humane and build a happier, caring society. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/94/59/9780195119459.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Oxford University Press The Seven Deadly Sins: Jewish, Christian, and Classical Reflections on Human Psychology \N
+911954457 Nuclear war, the facts on our survival 128 1981 Peter Goodwin. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 123-124. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/94/33/9780904069433.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en Ash & Grant Nuclear war, the facts on our survival \N
+66621054 The Justification of Johann Gutenberg: A Novel 272 2002 Blake Morrison. Originally Published: London : Chatto & Windus, 2000. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/08/89/9780066210889.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en William Morrow The Justification of Johann Gutenberg: A Novel \N
+70723362 Coraline 176 2002 Looking For Excitement, Coraline Ventures Through A Mysterious Door Into A World That Is Similar, Yet Disturbingly Different From Her Own, Where She Must Challenge A Gruesome Entity In Order To Save Herself, Her Parents, And The Souls Of Three Others. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/74/42/9780066237442.jpg 2 2 Library Binding en HarperCollins Coraline \N
+375508597 Carl's Christmas 32 1990 A Family's Faithful Dog And The Baby Left In His Charge Share An Adventure-filled Christmas Eve. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/11/48/9780374311148.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) Carl's Christmas \N
+131038052 Sir Henry Pellatt, the king of Casa Loma 257 1982 Carlie Oreskovich. Includes Bibliographical References. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/45/61/9780075484561.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en MaGraw-Hill Ryerson Sir Henry Pellatt, the king of Casa Loma \N
+140102671 Square of Sky 352 1981 Janina David. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/81/00/9780140048100.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Penguin Books Square of Sky \N
+140136495 On the Yankee Station 240 1989 William Boyd. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/34/76/9780140093476.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Penguin Books On the Yankee Station \N
+140183957 Visions of Gerard: A Novel 144 1991 Unique Among Jack Kerouac's Novels, Visions Of Gerard Focuses On The Scenes And Sensations Of Childhood--the Wisdom, Anguish, Intensity, Innocence, Evil, Insight, Suffering, Delight, And Shock--as They Were Revealed In The Short Tragic-happy Life Of His Saintly Brother, Gerard. Set In Kerouac's Hometown Of Lowell, Massachusetts, It Is An Unsettling, Beautiful, And Sad Exploration Of The Meaning And Precariousness Of Existence.--page 4 Of Cover. Jack Kerouac. Originally Published In 1963. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/45/29/9780140144529.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Penguin Books Visions of Gerard: A Novel \N
+1551521369 Millicent and the Wind (Annikin) 32 1988 the Wind Brings Millicent A Hoped-for Friend. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/01/02/9781550370102.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Annick Press Millicent and the Wind (Annikin) \N
+141307021 Dinosaurs! Strange and Wonderful (Picture Puffins) 32 1996 Describes Different Kinds Of Dinosaurs, And How Paleontologists Study Them. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/96/75/9780140559675.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Puffin Dinosaurs! Strange and Wonderful (Picture Puffins) \N
+142003506 Sun and Spoon 144 1998 After The Death Of His Grandmother, Ten-year-old Spoon Tries To Find The Perfect Artifact To Preserve His Memories Of Her. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/09/55/9780141300955.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Puffin Books Sun and Spoon \N
+142437832 Annie Dunne 256 2003
It is 1959 in Wicklow, Ireland, and Annie and her cousin Sarah are living and working together to keep Sarah's small farm running. Suddenly, Annie's young niece and nephew are left in their care.
Unprepared for the chaos that the two children inevitably bring, but nervously excited nonetheless, Annie finds the interruption of her normal life and her last chance at happiness complicated further by the attention being paid to Sarah by a local man with his eye on the farm.
A summer of adventure, pain, delight, and, ultimately, epiphany unfolds for both the children and their caretakers in this poignant and exquisitely told story of innocence, loss, and reconciliation.
"This rousing sequel to the classic Ringworld continues the adventures of Louis Wu and Speaker-to-Animals on that fantastic planet."—School Library Journal An ALA Best Book for Young Adults https://images.isbndb.com/covers/43/05/9780345334305.jpg 2 2 Mass Market Paperback en Del Rey The Ringworld Engineers \N +2251000 NBA: The Official Fan's Guide 160 1995 A vibrantly illustrated and informative guide that offers up-to-the-minute reporting on the 1995-96 season, comprehensive histories of classic team rivalries, profiles of key superstars, team and player stats, and photography.\\n\\n Termed "America's New National Pastime" by USA Weekend, basketball has come a long way since 1891, when a Massachusetts teacher experimented with an overinflated ball and a peach basket. This vibrantly illustrated and informative guide offers fans up-to-the-minute reporting on the 1995-96 season, superstar and team histories, stats, and more. 160 color photos.\\n https://images.isbndb.com/covers/10/06/9780002251006.jpg 1 2 Hardcover en Collins Pub San Francisco NBA: The Official Fan's Guide \N +2253402 Anita and me 328 1996 Meera Syal. Novel. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/34/06/9780002253406.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en Indus Anita and me \N +2554062 Shadow maker: The life of Gwendolyn MacEwen 416 1995 Rosemary Sullivan. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/40/60/9780002554060.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en Harper Collins Shadow maker: The life of Gwendolyn MacEwen \N +345437055 Power Play 292 1995 Anne Mccaffrey ; Elizabeth Ann Scarborough. A Del Rey Book. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/82/61/9780345388261.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en Del Rey Power Play \N +374218986 Phantom Lover \N 1994 Susan Napier. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/70/79/9780373117079.jpg 1 1 Mass Market Paperback en Harlequin Phantom Lover \N +2554119 Labyrinth of Desire: Women, Passion, and Romantic Obsession \N 2001 Rosemary Sullivan. Includes Bibliographical References. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/41/14/9780002554114.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en HarperCollins Publishers Canada, Limited Labyrinth of Desire: Women, Passion, and Romantic Obsession \N +345446976 When Christ and His Saints Slept: A Novel 784 1996 Henry I is dead, and even as the bells toll, his barons confer edgily. Bound by oath, they must now deal with the King's only surviving legitimate issue: the handsome, intelligent, and commanding Maude, Henry's daughter and heir. Just as Maude reaches for the crown, her trusted cousin Stephen moves with treacherous speed to set himself up as king. Bound and determined, Maude sets sail for England—and for war. In this novel, Sharon Kay Penman brings to life a dark period in English history, painting a canvas rich in the color and textures of the era. 746pp.
The year is 1915, and the world is convulsing. Though the Confederacy has defeated its northern enemy twice, this time the United States has allied with the Kaiser. In the South, the freed slaves, fueled by Marxist rhetoric and the bitterness of a racist nation, take up the weapons of the Red rebellion. Despite these advantages, the United States remains pinned between Canada and the Confederate States of America, so the bloody conflict continues and grows. Both presidents—Theodore Roosevelt of the Union and staunch Confederate Woodrow Wilson—are stubbornly determined to lead their nations to victory, at any cost. . .
Maxx Barry is a survivor from the trenches of corporate marketing and has taught the subject at two major Australian universities. This is his first novel.
Johanna Lindsey has many gifts: the extraordinaryability to bring a woman's most cherisheddreams of romance to glorious life on the page;the talent to create characters with such flair andfire that they remain forever in memory andclose to the heart; and the genius to seamlesslyblend passion, wit, and emotion in uniquely richand original stories. Her gifts have madeJohanna one of the most beloved writers of romanticfiction in the world—and have made every one of her more than thirty novels a bestseller.
Has anyone in London ever takenpart in the coming-out season with less enthusiasmthan Sabrina? She is young, lovely, and possesses asparkling wit, yet she knows she is but a simpleorphaned country girl—whose grandfather justhappened to have been a nobleman—and thereforefeels dreadfully out of place. Luckily Ophelia, thedaughter of a family friend, has been chosen to usherSabrina through the perils and pitfalls of this all-important first season.What better guide than thisterribly sophisticated blond beauty who is themost sought-after lady in the city?
Even less keen to be in London isDuncan MacTavish. Having lived twenty-onedeliriously contented years in the Scottish Highlands,he has recently learned he is the sole heir of anEnglish Marquis and is now required to assume hisgrandfather's title and estates. Worse still, a betrothalhas already been arranged without his consentto the ravishing, viper-tongued Ophelia'who hasbeen heard to make scathing statements in public about her Scottish barbarian groom-to-be.
Bad circumstance, however, can sometimes have distinctly pleasurable advantages'especially whenhis unwanted intended's sudden desire to repentbrings thedashing highlander into close proximitywith the enchanting Sabrina. Now this is a womanfor whom Duncan would willingly abandon hisbeloved Scotland: a kindred spirit whose wit delightshim...and whose essence is the exquisite stuff ofdreams. But duty and station forbid Sabrina's andDuncan's desired union. And a ecret dwells in thelady's past, and it threatens their romance. Under such adverse conditions a match that should be,a passion that must be, cannot possibly be—unless true love can somehow, miraculously find a way.
In a weedy lot on the outskirts of Memphis, two boys watch a shiny Lincoln pull up to the curb...Eleven-year-old Mark Sway and his younger brother were sharing a forbidden cigarette when a chance encounter with a suicidal lawyer left Mark knowing a bloody and explosive secret: the whereabouts of the most sought-after dead body in America. Now Mark is caught between a legal system gone mad and a mob killer desperate to cover up his crime. And his only ally is a woman named Reggie Love, who has been a lawyer for all of four years. Prosecutors are willing to break all the rules to make Mark talk. The mob will stop at nothing to keep him quiet. And Reggie will do anything to protect her client — even take a last, desperate gamble that could win Mark his freedom... or cost them both their lives.
Author Biography: C. J. Box, a native of Wyoming, has worked as a ranch hand, a surveyor, a fishing guide, and as a small-town newspaper reporter and editor. Box is the president and CEO of Rocky Mountain International Corporation, a company that coordinates marketing for the state tourism departments of Wyoming, Montana, South Dakota, North Dakota, and Idaho.
In the early months of World War I, on Christmas Eve, men on both sides of the trenches laid down their arms and joined in a spontaneous celebration. Despite orders to continue shooting, the unofficial truce spread across the front lines. Even the participants found what they were doing incredible: Germans placed candlelit Christmas trees on trench parapets, warring soldiers sang carols, and men on both sides shared food parcels from home. They climbed from the trenches to meet in "No Man's Land" where they buried the dead, exchanged gifts, ate and drank together, and even played soccer.
Throughout his narrative, Stanley Weintraub uses the stories of the men who were there, as well as their letters and diaries, to illuminate the fragile truce and bring to life this extraordinary moment in time.
In this acclaimed psychological mystery, Jinx Kingsley, a prominent photographer and millionaire’s daughter, wakes up in an exclusive hospital suffering from amnesia. Not only can she not remember the car accident that caused her memory loss, but she doesn’t remember that her impending wedding has been called off or that her former fiancé and his girlfriend have been brutally murdered in the same way her first husband had been ten years before. Now she must try to piece together her memories in order to determine her innocence. With deft psychological explorations and shocking twists, Walters brings the story to an awe-inspiring conclusion.
Accompanied by Miss Minton, a fierce-looking, no-nonsense governess, Maia, a young orphan, sets off for the wilderness of the Amazon, expecting curtains of orchids, brightly colored macaws, and a loving family. But what she finds is an evil-tempered aunt and uncle and their spoiled daughters. It is only when she is swept up in a mystery involving a young Indian boy, a homesick child actor, and a missing inheritance that Maia lands in the middle of the Amazon adventure she's dreamed of. Readers of every generation will treasure Ibbotson's lush historical adventure that harkens back to the beloved classics of Frances Hodgson Burnett and Louisa May Alcott.
The Orchard is an exquisitely beautiful and poignant memoir of a young woman's single-handed struggle to save her New England farm in the depths of the Great Depression. Recently discovered by the author's daughter, it tells the story of Adele "Kitty" Robertson, young and energetic, but unprepared by her Radcliffe education for the rigors of apple farming in those bitter times. Alone at the end of a country road, with only a Great Dane for company, plagued by debts, broken machinery, and killing frosts, Kitty revives the old orchard after years of neglect. Every day is a struggle, but every day she is also rewarded by the beauty of the world and the unexpected kindness of neighbors and hired workers.
Animated by quiet courage and simple goodness, The Orchard stands as a deeply moving celebration of decency and beauty in the midst of grim prospects and crushing poverty.
"Airport Dog" Saves the Day!\\n
\\nWednesday, Dec. 4 — Naples, FL
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It's a bird, it's a plane, it's ... Jet the airport dog! Southwest Florida International Airport has this energetic Border collie to thank for clearing its runways. Before Jet, there was danger in every takeoff. Large birds roamed the area-midair collisions with planes were inevitable and hazardous. But now those birds know to clear out when they hear Jet coming! This ball of energy help keep everybody safe...\\nRead more about Jet's amazing exploits and other dogs hard at work in this collection of dramatic true stories by ace reporter Christopher Farran.\\nAuthor Biography: Christopher Farran is a journalist who has been fascinated for years by the mysterious bond between animals and humans. This is his first book for young readers.\\n\\n\\n A collection of true stories of animals that work for a living, including Alaskan sled dogs, bomb-sniffing dogs, and canine movie stars.\\n https://images.isbndb.com/covers/10/28/9780064411028.jpg 2 2 Mass Market Paperback en Avon Dogs on the Job!: True Stories of Phenomenal Dogs \N +670819786 The Grave Maurice 384 2002 Martha Grimes. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/04/53/9780670030453.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en Viking Adult The Grave Maurice \N +006446704X Goodnight Moon 37 2016 in A Great Green Room, Tucked Away In Bed, Is A Little Bunny. Goodnight Room, Goodnight Moon. And To All The Familiar Things In The Softly Lit Room—to The Picture Of The Three Little Bears Sitting In Chairs, To The Clocks And His Socks, To The Mittens And The Kittens, To Everything One By One—he Says Goodnight.in This Classic Of Modern Children's Literature, Beloved By Generations Of Readers And Listeners, The Quiet Poetry Of The Words And The Gentle, Lulling Illustrations Combine To Make A Perfect Book For The End Of The Day. Https://images.isbndb.com/covers/01/73/9780064430173.jpg 1 1 Kindle Edition en HarperCollins Goodnight Moon \N +670866601 No Comebacks: Collected Short Stories 255 1982 Frederick Forsyth. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/42/05/9780670514205.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en Viking Adult No Comebacks: Collected Short Stories \N +670887269 The Friendly Dickens 448 1998 The Friendly Dickens Helps You Turn The Pages Of A Masterpiece Like David Copperfield Or An Obscure Novel Like Nicholas Nickleby As Eagerly As You Switch Channels. Norrie Epstein - Whose The Friendly Shakespeare Was Called Spirited, Informative And Provocative By The New York Times - Strips Away The Polite Veneer Of Victorian Society To Reveal Dickens's Life And Times In All Their Squalor And Glory, From His Childhood Days Toiling In A Blacking Factory While His Father Languished In Debtor's Prison, To His First Visit To The United States, Where He Was Hailed As The Greatest Living Writer. The Friendly Dickens Includes An Illuminating Guide To All Of Dickens's Works And Lively Appreciations Of Characters Both Major And Minor, Interviews With Aficionados From Patrick Stewart To Biographer Phyllis Rose, Eye-catching Illustrations, Copious Quotations, A Highly Opinionated Filmography And Informative Sidebars On Almost Every Page.--jacket. On Dickens -- How To Read Dickens -- The First Time: Memories Of Dickens -- Early Life -- John And Elizabeth Dickens -- Childhood And Other Sorrows -- Annus Horribilis -- Interregnum -- Journalism: Biding Time -- Dickens In Love -- Sketches By Boz -- Charles And Catherine -- Novels By The Numbers -- The Pickwick Papers -- I Thought Of Mr. Pickwick -- The Pickwickian Revolution -- Pickwickiana -- Food, Glorious Food (and Drink) -- The Creation Of Charles Dickens -- Oliver Twist -- Twistiana -- Fagin: The Monster Who Haunts Our Dreams -- The Jewish Question -- The Death Of Mary Hogarth -- Nicholas Nickleby -- Adapting Nickleby -- Playing Nicholas -- The Prodigal Father -- The Dickensian Freak Show -- The Old Curiosity Shop -- Who Would Not Weep For Little Nell? -- The Erotic Child -- How Many Children Did Dickens Kill? -- Barnaby Rudge -- Public Executions -- American Notes -- International Copyright -- Martin Chuzzlewit -- Chuzzlewit Lore -- Chuzzlewit's Yankee-doodledom --^ The World According To Gamp -- Seth Pecksniff, Hypocrite Extraordinaire -- Todgers's -- Masterpiece Theatre -- The Illustrated Dickens -- A Christmas Carol -- History Of A Story -- Dickens's Own Christmas -- Caroliana -- Reading Carol -- Middle Years -- Those Carefree, Memless Days -- Dombey And Son -- Fathers And Daughters -- The Great Reformer -- Fallen Women Raised Up -- The Proper And The Improper -- David Copperfield -- A Question Of Character -- Dickensian Names -- Bleak House -- Dickens's London -- Power Walking -- Midlife Yearnings -- Hard Times -- Maria Redux -- Little Dorrit -- Shades Of The Prison House -- Taffycoram -- Dickens's Women -- The Inimitable Dickensian -- Final Years -- The Frozen Heart -- The Marriage Ends -- It Comes Out -- Trophy Wives -- A Double Life -- Bonfire Of The Vanities -- The Readings -- A Tale Of Two Cities -- Great Expectations -- On Great Expectations -- Miss Havisham's Fire -- America Redux -- Our Mutual Friend -- Daddy Dearest --^ The Mystery Of Edwin Drood -- Droodiana -- Droodians Afoot! -- A Modern Critic Reviews Dickens -- Death Comes To The Inimitable -- Life After Dickens -- The Master -- A Select Filmography. Norrie Epstein. A Winokur/boates Book. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 407-410) And Index. Filmography: P. 383-405. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/94/38/9780670839438.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en Viking Adult The Friendly Dickens \N +140443118 Selected Writings (Penguin Classics) 336 1995 The Talks Of Instruction -- The Book Of Divine Consolation -- On The Noble Man -- Selected German Sermons -- Selected Latin Sermons. Meister Eckhart ; Selected And Translated By Oliver Davies. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 267-272). https://images.isbndb.com/covers/34/32/9780140433432.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Penguin Books Selected Writings (Penguin Classics) \N +671004441 Sister Stories: Taking the Journey Together 338 1996 Brenda Peterson. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 287-290). https://images.isbndb.com/covers/29/63/9780670852963.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en Viking Adult Sister Stories: Taking the Journey Together \N +140443355 The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Penguin Classics) 576 1996 The Mysterious New Tenant Of Wildfell Hall Is A Strong-minded Woman Who Keeps Her Own Counsel. Helen 'graham' - Exiled With Her Child To The Desolate Moorland Mansion, Adopting An Assumed Name And Earning Her Living As A Painter - Has Returned To Wildfell Hall In Flight From A Disastrous Marriage. Narrated By Her Neighbour Gilbert Markham, And In The Pages Of Her Own Diary, The Novel Portrays Helen's Eloquent Struggle For Independence At A Time When The Law And Society Defined A Married Woman As Her Husband's Property. Anne Brontë ; Edited With An Introduction And Notes By Stevie Davies. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 535-[536]). https://images.isbndb.com/covers/47/43/9780140434743.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Penguin Classics The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Penguin Classics) \N +140443592 A Tramp Abroad (Penguin Classics) 448 1997 Mark Twain ; With An Introduction By Robert Gray Bruce And Hamlin Hall. This Text ... Is Set From A Copy Of The First American Edition, Published In Early 1880 By The American Publishing Company Of Hartford, Connecticut, ...--p. Xxxiii. Includes Bibliographical References (p. Xxxi-xxxii). https://images.isbndb.com/covers/60/82/9780140436082.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Penguin Classics A Tramp Abroad (Penguin Classics) \N +440902290 The Cleaning Encyclopedia: Your A-to-Z Illustrated Guide to Cleaning Like the Pros 416 1999 the Ultimate Guide To The Art Of Cleaning, This Reference Is Packed With Professional Secrets For Getting Maximum Results Through Minimum Results Through Minimum Effort. Discover How To Save Time, Money, And Elbow Grease On Every Cleaning Problem, As Well As How To Prevent Housework With Surprising Tricks Of The Trade. From Aluminum Siding To Zoom Lenses, This Alphabetical Index Covers Every Job, Big And Small. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/50/19/9780440235019.jpg 2 2 Mass Market Paperback en Dell The Cleaning Encyclopedia: Your A-to-Z Illustrated Guide to Cleaning Like the Pros \N +345381688 The Hunt for Britain's Paedophiles 256 2002 Bob Long has teamed up with DCI Bob McLachlan, Head of the Paedophile Unit, to write a fascinating book which everyone who has children will want to read. Alongside Bob Long's probing analysis as a film-maker and observer, DCI MacLachlan's expert witness describes the subtle work of the police in catching paedophiles. Not only does he show that police methods are highly sophisticated and that paedophiles should beware, but he also he gives guidelines for parents and caregivers to minimize the risks. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/60/31/9780340786031.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en Hodder & Stoughton The Hunt for Britain's Paedophiles \N +465026567 Bastard Out of Carolina 309 1993 Bone, An Illegitimate Child In A Family Of Social Outcasts, Sees Her Mother's Happiness With Her New Husband And Will Not Tell When The Stepfather Begins Abusing Her In The 1950s. Dorothy Allison. A Plume Book. First Plume Printing, March 1993--t.p. Verso. Originally Published: New York : Dutton, 1992. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/95/76/9780452269576.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Plume Bastard Out of Carolina \N +671492055 The Price of Passion 384 2000
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Does it have a name? Vivian asked Walter.
What would be the proper question to ask her husband of nearly twenty years, when he brings home is illegitimate baby as casually as a bag of groceries? Although Walter's frequent infidelities became increasingly obvious to Vivian, she struggled to accept them. After all, she reasoned, they came with the Mercedes, the beautiful house, and the prestige of being Mrs. Carlson, the Texas state representative's better half. Having long since abandoned her attempts at motherhood, Vivian resigned herself to her law studies and a lonely existence asthe perfect political wife in suburban Austin.
But Vivan draws the line at her husband's unexpected arrival. And once one line is drawn, she discovers that she can draw others. Left alone with this tiny, helpless bundle that disgusts and fascinates her, Vivian faces some of the hardest choices of her life. On the brink of a long-forgotten freedom, she begins the painful, empowering process of rebuilding her shattered life—and the reawakening of her sould to the possibilities of love.
An emotionally charged, razor-sharp take on the myriad challenges facing women today, Evelyn Palfrey's witty and suspenseful novel establishes her as a refreshing new voice in contemporary women's fiction.
Once again, New York Times bestselling author Carla Neggers masters the nonstop suspense and pulse-pounding romance that keep her millions of readers up all night.
Vermont newspaper editor Cozie Hawthorne is astounded by the money she makes when her collection of Yankee essays becomes a bestseller. But that doesn't mean she'll let success go to her head: she still drives a rusted Jeep and lives in a house — built in 1790 — that seems more amenable to bats than it does interesting men.
Daniel Foxworth, renegade son of the Texas oil Foxworths, specializes in putting out chemical fires. At least he did until someone sabotaged his helicopter and almost killed him. The prime suspect is Cozie's brother, Seth, and evidence is piling up as fast as attraction is growing between Daniel and Cozie. When she finds out that the sexy Texan is out to prove her brother's guilt, Cozie is determined to find out who's really after Daniel. But as danger mounts, Daniel faces an even greater challenge: winning Cozie's trust...before someone ends up dead.
Pierre’s ‘I don’t care!’ intrigues a hungry lion. ‘A story with a moral air about Pierre, who learned to care.’ https://images.isbndb.com/covers/25/28/9780064432528.jpg 1 1 Paperback en HarperCollins Pierre: A Cautionary Tale in Five Chapters and a Prologue \N
+679452990 Now You See Her 303 1994 Whitney Otto. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/58/31/9780679415831.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en Villard Now You See Her \N
+679640886 Animal Farm 113 1993 A Satire On Totalitarianism In Which Farm Animals Overthrow Their Human Owner And Set Up Their Own Government Https://images.isbndb.com/covers/03/92/9780679420392.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en Everyman's Library Animal Farm \N
+006447111X Chicken Soup with Rice: A Book of Months 32 1991 Each month is gay,
each season nice,
when eating chicken soup with rice. Each month is gay, each season is nice, when eating chicken soup with rice. It's nice in January, April, June, and December--here's the every-month dishfor everyone to remember. Full color. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/25/35/9780064432535.jpg 2 2 Paperback en HarperCollins Chicken Soup with Rice: A Book of Months \N
+140225358 Ecstasies: Deciphering the Witches' Sabbath 352 1992 Lepers, Jews, Muslims -- Jews, Heretics, Witches -- Following The Goddess -- Anomalies -- To Combat In Ecstasy -- Disguised As Animals -- Eurasian Conjectures -- Bones And Skin. Carlo Ginzburg ; Translated By Raymond Rosenthal. Originally Published: New York : Pantheon Books, 1991. Translation Of: Storia Notturna. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/85/88/9780140158588.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Penguin Books Ecstasies: Deciphering the Witches' Sabbath \N
+345402677 Broca's Brain: Reflections on the Romance of Science 416 1986
Carl Sagan, writer and scientist, returns from the frontier to tell us about how the world works. In his delightfully down-to-earth style, he explores and explains a mind-boggling future of intelligent robots, extraterrestrial life and its consquences, and other provocative, fascinating quandries of the future that we want to see today. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/68/97/9780345336897.jpg 2 2 Mass Market Paperback en Ballantine Books Broca's Brain: Reflections on the Romance of Science \N
+672314835 Daughter of Magic 352 1996 It's not surprising that the daughter of a witch and a wizard has some innate magical aptitude, and Daimbert is more that willing to nurture her talent. But he's finding he also has to play dad to the rest of the younger generation of Yurt. Plus, deal with an exoctic eastern princess, an enormous fenris-wolf, and a bogus miracle worker named Cyrus. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/72/00/9780671877200.jpg 1 1 Mass Market Paperback en Baen Daughter of Magic \N
+64471284 Leo the Late Bloomer 32 1999 Leo isn't reading, or writing, or drawing, or even speaking, and his father is concerned. But Leo's mother isn't. She knows her son will do all those things, and more, when he's ready. 'Reassuring for other late bloomers, this book is illustrated with beguiling pictures.'-Saturday Review.
Author Biography: Robert Kraus is the author of Little Louie the Baby Bloomer and Leo the Late Bloomer, illustrated by Jose Aruego, and the author and illustrator of dozens of books for children. He lives in New York City. Leo, a young tiger, finally blooms under the anxious eyes of his parents. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/34/88/9780064433488.jpg 2 2 Paperback en HarperCollins Leo the Late Bloomer \N
+672316420 The Legacy of Gird (Trade Paperback) 864 1996 Moon's The Deed of Paksennarion has been a blockbuster success in Baen's one-volume trade paper edition--and now the trilogy has a companion. The Legacy of Gird tells of Gird, the liberator, who teaches his people that they can fight--and win--against their Mage-born rulers, and Luap, Gird's sworn follower, who dares not lie and cannot tell the truth--nor face the future. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/74/77/9780671877477.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Baen The Legacy of Gird (Trade Paperback) \N
+679808477 The Longest Journey 320 1993 more From Our Friend Forster. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/81/51/9780679748151.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Vintage The Longest Journey \N
+067988792X Let 'em Eat Cake 368 1996 When the heat in Brooklyn climbs to a hundred, there's only one thing worse than being a delivery man for HomeMade Cakes. It's being a delivery woman for Homemade. Because Anna, the feisty heroine of this earthy and irreverent novel, has to put up with things that her male co-workers can't imagine, from a boss who despises women to storekeepers who feel her up when they aren't trying to rip her off for the price of a carton of Chocos.
As realized by Susan Jerden, Anna is a true representative of blue-collar, no-glitz New York, a valiant single mother, whose attempts to keep her head above water—and her dignity intact—are both hilarious and uplifting. Let 'Em Eat Cake is a novel for anyone who has ever worked at a demeaning job and dreamed of dancing on the merchandise, a book as real as a corner bodega and as refreshing as an open hydrant in the middle of a scolding summer.
A best-seller in its day and a potent influence on Sade, Poe, and other purveyors of eighteenth and nineteenth-century Gothic horror, The Mysteries of Udolpho remains one of the most important works in the history of European fiction. After Emily St. Aubuert is imprisoned by her evil guardian, Count Montoni, in his gloomy medieval fortress in the Appenines, terror becomes the order of the day. With its dream-like plot and hallucinatory rendering of its characters' psychological states, The Mysteries of Udolpho is a fascinating challenge to contemporary readers. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/75/91/9780140437591.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Penguin Classics The Mysteries of Udolpho (Penguin Classics) \N
+140444742 Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories (Penguin Classics) 368 1999 Among the first tales by an American writer, the title story and Rip Van Winkle marked the entry of Washington Irving into world literature. Also includes The Devil and Tom Walker, The Spectre Bridegroom, and more, 15 short stories in all. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/76/90/9780140437690.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Penguin Classics Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories (Penguin Classics) \N
+684821427 Domesticity: A Gastronomic Interpretation of Love 326 1994 Bob Shacochis. Includes Index. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/64/28/9780684196428.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en Scribner Domesticity: A Gastronomic Interpretation of Love \N
+500300909 Advertising Spot Illustrations of the Twenties and Thirties: 1,593 Cuts (Dover Pictorial Archive) 112 1989 Lively collection of royalty-free spots for commercial artists dramatizes a host of enterprises: business, communications, education, industry, construction, transportation, legal and healthcare services, sports, travel, entertainment, and much more — all conveniently arranged by category for ease of use.
https://images.isbndb.com/covers/09/83/9780486260983.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Dover Publications Advertising Spot Illustrations of the Twenties and Thirties: 1,593 Cuts (Dover Pictorial Archive) \N
+345405625 The Hobbit 320 1986 tolkien's Famous Saga, The Prelude To The lord Of The Rings, Has All The Ingredients Of Fantasy And Adventure: Dwarves, Elves, Goblins And Trolls, A Fearsome Dragon, A Great Wizard, A Perilous Quest And A Dramatic Climax. At The Centre Is The Unsuspecting Hero Bilbo Baggins, A Home-loving Unambitious Hobbit Who Is Suddenly Thrust Into The Biggest, Indeed The Only Adventure Of His Life. The Radio Dramatisation Of the Hobbit Became A Classic When It Was First Broadcast On Bbc Radio 4 In 1968 And It Continues To Delight Today.
The rules of the game change, however, when Mr. Right appears on the scene. But just as Madison is ready to follow the proddings of her heart, her life turns upside-down, forcing her to learn a whole new set of rules about love, loss, and trust.
Shortly after arriving in England, Nat goes to bed ill and awakens transported back in time four hundred years -- to another London, and another production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. Amid the bustle and excitement of an Elizabethan theatrical production, Nat finds the warm, nurturing father figure missing from his life -- in none other than William Shakespeare himself. Does Nat have to remain trapped in the past forever, or give up the friendship he's so longed for in his own time?
Virginia Woolf was fifty-four on January 25, 1936, some three weeks after this final volume of her diary opens. Its last page was written four days before she drowned herself on March 28, 1941. Edited by Anne Olivier Bell, assisted by Andrew McNeillie; Index; maps. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/04/04/9780156260404.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Mariner Books The Diary of Virginia Woolf, Vol. 5: 1936-41 \N +698116062 Beginnings 254 1978 Thomas C. Hunter. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/68/71/9780690016871.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en Harpercollins Beginnings \N +505522128 Wood-Frame House Construction 272 1990 Completely revised and updated edition of popular U.S. Government manual. Authoritative presentation of construction process plus expert advice on selecting suitable building materials. Topics include site selection, excavation, framing, roofing, plumbing, insulation, flooring, more. Also options like fireplaces, garages, porches. Nearly 200 illustrations enhance easy-to-follow text. Bibliography. Glossary. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/40/11/9780486264011.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Dover Publications Wood-Frame House Construction \N +720718937 The Women's Decameron 330 1986 Julia Voznesenskaya ; Translated By W.b. Linton. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/55/55/9780704325555.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en Quartet Books The Women's Decameron \N +192824058 Keep the Aspidistra Flying 256 1969 Gordon Comstock is a poor young man who works in a grubby London bookstore and spends his evenings shivering in a rented room, trying to write. He is determined to stay free of the “money world” of lucrative jobs, family responsibilities, and the kind of security symbolized by the homely aspidistra plant that sits in every middle-class British window.\\n\\n\\n The story of an aspiring young poet who rejects the middle-class "money world" until he is trapped into marriage.\\n https://images.isbndb.com/covers/89/92/9780156468992.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Mariner Books Keep the Aspidistra Flying \N +192825984 The Origins of Totalitarianism 576 1973 Explores The Roots Of Totalitarianism And Its Culmination In Nazi Germany And Stalinist Russia https://images.isbndb.com/covers/15/32/9780156701532.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich The Origins of Totalitarianism \N +019282662X Solaris 204 1987 A Scientist Examining The Ocean That Covers The Surface Of The Planet Solaris Is Forced To Confront The Incarnation Of A Painful, Hitherto Unconscious Memory, Inexplicably Created By The Ocean. An Undisputed Sf Classic. Stanislaw Lem ; Translated From The French By Joanna Kilmartin And Steve Cox. Originally Published: New York : Walker, 1970. A Harvest Book. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/75/07/9780156837507.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Harvest Books Solaris \N +192829475 Virginia: A Play 84 1985
An evocative play about Virginia Woolf's life and relationships with her husband, Leonard, and her lover, Vita Sackville-West. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/56/09/9780156935609.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Mariner Books Virginia: A Play \N
+192833375 The Oxford Companion to the English Language 1184 1992 language Is The Life Blood Of A Culture, And To Be Interested In Culture Is In Some Sense To Be Interested In Language, In The Shapes And Sounds Of Words, In The History Of Reading, Writing, And Speech, In The Endless Variety Of Dialects And Slangs, In The Incessant Creativity Of The Human Mind As It Reaches Out To Others. It Is Surprising Then That Until Now There Has Been No Major One-volume Reference Devoted To The Most Widely Dispersed And Influential Language Of Our Time: The English Language.
A Language-lover's Dream, the Oxford Companion To The English Language Is A Thousand-page Cornucopia Covering Virtually Every Aspect Of The English Language As Well As Language In General. The Range Of Topics Is Remarkable, Offering A Goldmine Of Information On Writing And Speech (including Entries On Grammar, Literary Terms, Linguistics, Rhetoric, And Style) As Well As On Such Wider Issues As Sexist Language, Bilingual Education, Child Language Acquisition, And The History Of English. There Are Biographies Of Shakespeare, Noah Webster, Noam Chomsky, James Joyce, And Many Others Who Have Influenced The Shape Or Study Of The Language; Extended Articles On Everything From Psycholinguistics To Sign Language To Tragedy; Coverage Of Every Nation In Which A Significant Part Of The Population Speaks English As Well As Virtually Every Regional Dialect And Pidgin (from Gullah And Scouse To Cockney And Tok Pisin). In Addition, The Companion Provides Bibliographies For The Larger Entries, Generous Cross-referencing, Etymologies For Headwords, A Chronology Of English From Roman Times To 1990, And An Index Of People Who Appear In Entries Or Bibliographies. And Like All Oxford Companions, This Volume Is Packed With Delightful Surprises. We Learn, For Instance, That The First Professor Of Rhetoric At Harvard Later Became President (john Quincy Adams); That Slogan Originally Meant War Cry; That The Keyboard Arrangement Qwerty Became Popular Not Because It Was Efficient But The Opposite (it Slows Down The Fingers And Keeps Them From Jamming The Keys); That Mbenzi Is Swahili For Rich Person (i.e., One Who Owns A Mercedes Benz); And That In Scotland, To Dree Yir Ain Weird Means To Follow Your Own Star.
From Scrabble To Websters To Tesol To Gibraltar, The Thirty-five Hundred Entries Here Offer More Information On A Wider Variety Of Topics Than Any Other Reference On The English Language. Featuring The Work Of Nearly A Hundred Scholars From Around The World, This Unique Volume Is The Ideal Shelf-mate To the Oxford Companion To English Literature. It Will Captivate Everyone Who Loves Language. a Language-lover's Dream, This Companion To Our Language Is A Thousand-page Cornucopia Covering Virtually Every Aspect Of The English Language As Well As Language In General. The Range Of Topics Is Remarkable, Offering A Goldmine Of Information On Writing And Speech, Child Language Acquisition, Sexist Language, And Much More. Https://images.isbndb.com/covers/18/35/9780192141835.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Oxford University Press The Oxford Companion to the English Language \N
+192833782 The Highwayman 32 1999 An illustrated version of the well-known poem about the highwayman and his true love, the innkeeper's daughter.\\n\\n An illustrated version of the well-known poem about the highwayman and his true love, the innkeeper's daughter.\\n https://images.isbndb.com/covers/37/03/9780192723703.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Oxford University Press The Highwayman \N
+192835254 German Hero-sagas and Folk-tales (Oxford Myths and Legends) 208 1994 Gudrun -- Dietrich Of Bern -- Walther Of Aquitaine -- Siegfried : The Slaying Of Siefried ; The Vengeance Of Kriemhild -- Karl The Great And The Robber -- The Mousetower -- The Water-sprite And The Bear -- The Seven Proud Sisters -- The Heinzelmännchen -- The Ratcatcher Of Hamelin -- Till Eulenspiegel -- Richmuth Of Cologne -- The Werewolf -- The Knight Of Staufenberg -- The Seven Mice -- Reineke Fox -- Eppelin Of Gailingen -- Big Hermel. Retold By Barbara Leonie Picard. Illustrated By Joan Kiddell-monroe. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/16/39/9780192741639.jpg 2 3 Paperback en Oxford University Press German Hero-sagas and Folk-tales (Oxford Myths and Legends) \N
+140445056 Peer Gynt : A Dramatic Poem 224 1966 This translation is based upon the Norwegian text in the Centenary Edition of Ibsen's collected works. It provides a close account of the quality of Ibsen's play by reproducing as nearly as possible not only the meaning in the literal sense but the verse forms that constitute so much of the substance and dramatic structure of the original. It makes an important contribution to those studying Peer Gynt in English, as until now little of the dramatic quality of the play has found its way into English translations.\\nAbout the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.\\n\\n\\n Ibsen's last work to use poetry as a medium of dramatic expression, Peer Gynt carries the marks of his later, prose plays.\\n https://images.isbndb.com/covers/16/73/9780140441673.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Penguin Classics Peer Gynt : A Dramatic Poem \N
+140445137 L'Assommoir 432 1970 Translated With An Introduction By L. W. Tancock. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/23/11/9780140442311.jpg 1 1 Mass Market Paperback en Penguin Classics L'Assommoir \N
+140445323 Hrafnkel's Saga and Other Icelandic Stories (Penguin Classics) 144 1971 They date from the thirteenth century and fall into two distinct groups. Hrafnkel's Saga, Thorstein the Staff-Struck, and Ale Hood are set in the pastoral society of native Iceland, the homely touch and stark realism giving the incidents a strong feeling of immediacy. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/23/80/9780140442380.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Penguin Classics Hrafnkel's Saga and Other Icelandic Stories (Penguin Classics) \N
+140187723 The Portable Plato (Portable Library) 704 1977 Writing in the fourth century B.C., in an Athens that had suffered a humiliating defeat in the Peloponnesian War, Plato formulated questions that have haunted the moral, religious, and political imagination of the West for more than 2,000 years: what is virtue? How should we love? What constitutes a good society? Is there a soul that outlasts the body and a truth that transcends appearance? What do we know and how do we know it? Plato's inquiries were all the more resonant because he couched them in the form of dramatic and often highly comic dialogues, whose principal personage was the ironic, teasing, and relentlessly searching philosopher Socrates.\\nIn this splendid collection, Scott Buchanan brings together the most important of Plato's dialogues, including Protagoras, The Symposium, with its barbed conjectures about the relation between love and madness, Phaedo and The Republic, his monumental work of political philosophy. Buchanan's learned and engaging introduction allows us to see Plato both as a commentator on his society and as a shaper of the societies that followed, who bequeathed to us a hunger for the ideal as well as a redeeming habit of humane skepticism. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/04/07/9780140150407.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Penguin Classics The Portable Plato (Portable Library) \N
+140188282 The Portable North American Indian Reader (Viking Portable Library) 628 1977 A Collection Of Myths, Tales, Poetry, Speeches, And Passages From Indian Autobiographies And Recent Writings. I. Myths And Tales: Editor's Note ; Penobscot ; Micmac ; Iroquois ; Cherokee ; Winnebago ; Sioux ; Blackfeet ; Navaho [navajo] ; Hopi ; Tlingit ; Nez Perce -- Ii. Poetry And Oratory: Editor's Note ; Poems And Songs: This Newly Created World (winnebago); Emergence Song (pima); War Song (sioux); Two Fragments (dakota And Ojibwa); Song (ojibwa); Magic Formula To Make And Enemy Peaceful (navaho [navajo] -- Spring Song (ojibwa); Offering (zuni); Is This Real? (pawnee) ; Oratory: Powhatan (powhatan); Canassatego (iroquois); Dragging Canoe (cherokee); Pachgantschilias (delaware); Tecumseh (shawnee); Sharitarish (pawnee); Speckled Snake (creek); Senachwine (potawatomi); Seattle (dwamish); Charlot (flathead); Sitting Bull (sioux); Plenty Coups (crow) -- Iii. Culture Contact: Editor's Note ; Explorations: The Discovery And Conquest Of New Spain; The Expedition Of Lewis And Clark ; Captivity Narratives: The Captivity Of Mary Rowlandson; John Tanner's Narrative Of His Captivity ; Acculturation: The Autobiography Of A Winnebago Indian; Mountain Wolf Woman -- Iv. Image And Anti-image: Editor's Note ; The Indian Convert; The Indian Student; The Indian Burying Ground / Philip Freneau ; Tom Quick / Harold W. Thompson ; The Disgraced Scalp Lock / Thomas Bangs Thorpe ; The Confidence-man / Herman Melville ; The Conspiracy Of Pontiac / Francis Parkman ; Little Big Man / Thomas Berger ; Custer's Last Stand / Paul Jenkins ; Earth House Hold / Gary Snyder ; Land Of The Spotted Eagle / Luther Standing Bear ; The Way To Rainy Mountain / N. Scott Momaday ; We Talk, You Listen / Vine Deloria, Jr. ; Surviving; Christmas Comes To Moccasin Flat; In My Lifetime / James Welch ; Seven Arrows / Hyemeyohsts Storm ; Four Songs Of Life; Morning-talking Mother; Through Lifetime / Ray Young Bear ; Kaiser And The War / Simon Ortiz. Edited And With An Introduction By Frederick Turner. Bibliography: P. 626-628. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/07/73/9780140150773.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Penguin Books The Portable North American Indian Reader (Viking Portable Library) \N
+743418263 Everything's Eventual: 14 Dark Tales 464 2002 From the stunningly fertile imagination of perhaps the greatest storyteller of our time, here are fourteen intense, eerie, and compelling stories, including one O. Henry Prize winner, stories from The New Yorker, and "Riding the Bullet" which, when published as an eBook, attracted over half a million online readers.
Part memoir, part cancer survival story, this New York Times bestseller recounts the political adventures and personal struggles of former White House Chief-of-Staff Hamilton Jordan.
On leave from his Highland regiment, Captain Liam Lockhart comes to London on an urgent mission: to repossess the stolen family heirloom that could save his ancestral estate. He never dreamed it would involve surrendering his heart. But the beautiful and scandalous socialite Ellen Farnsworth sets his Highland blood aflame with a will as strong and reckless as his own. Though bound to Liam by a soul-searing passion, duty impels Ellen to commit a terrible betrayal.
Now, driven by passion, pride, and vengeance that know no bounds, this fearsome Highlander will reclaim not only his family's ancient treasure, but the one daring woman he was meant to love for all time.
Farid ud-Din Attar was the predecessor of the great Persian Sufi poet Jalalludin Rumi. They are reputed to have met when Rumi was a boy. Rumi obviously found much inspiration in Attar and uses the same technique of weaving wisdom within entertaining and amusing tales. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/43/46/9780140444346.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Penguin Classics The Conference of the Birds (Penguin Classics) \N
+785271880 Terror End \N 1992 Rick Maclean, André Veniot, Shaun Waters. An M&s Paperback Original. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/59/59/9780771055959.jpg 2 2 Mass Market Paperback en McClelland & Stewart Terror End \N
+140563628 King Arthur's Death (Penguin Classics) 320 1989 Translated And With Introductions By Brian Stone. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 314-315). https://images.isbndb.com/covers/44/52/9780140444452.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Penguin Classics King Arthur's Death (Penguin Classics) \N
+140566724 Seven Viking Romances (Penguin Classics) 304 1986 Translated With An Introduction By Hermann Pálsson And Paul Edwards. Bibliography: P. [21]-23. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/47/42/9780140444742.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Penguin Classics Seven Viking Romances (Penguin Classics) \N
+374246823 Texans at Heart 464 2003 Three novels proving these men are bold enough to be true Texans!\\nDiana Palmer is known for her Long, Tall Texan heroes and the innocent spitfires who are more than a match for them. Here are three stories that show just why she is one of North America's most beloved romance writers . . .\\nSutton's Way:
\\n Amanda was in hiding — and Sutton had secrets of his own. How could they resist one another?\\nEthan:
\\n He was too sophisticated, too big, too . . . everything for Arabella. But she wasn't going to let that stop her!\\nConnal:
\\n He'd loved and lost before, and swore never to risk marriage again. Yet on one impulsive night he became Penelope's husband . . . https://images.isbndb.com/covers/80/73/9780373218073.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Silhouette Texans at Heart \N
+374265666 Night And Day 256 2001 Night / Anne Stuart -- Day / Gayle Wilson. Anne Stuart, Gayle Wilson. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/63/75/9780373226375.jpg 2 2 Mass Market Paperback en Harlequin Night And Day \N
+374272301 Pride Of Jared Mackade (The Mackade Brothers) 249 1995 The Pride Of Jared Mackade By Nora Roberts Released On Oct 25, 1995 Is Available Now For Purchase. Https://images.isbndb.com/covers/00/05/9780373240005.jpg 1 1 Mass Market Paperback en Silhouette Pride Of Jared Mackade (The Mackade Brothers) \N
+374278431 With Flying Colors \N 1987 Lorena Mccourtney. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/25/89/9780373252589.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Harlequin With Flying Colors \N
+374291861 Angel's Cove 253 1999 Following A Frantic Call From His Bartender, Carla, Private Investigator And Beachside Pub Owner Harry Rice Drives To Angel's Cove, But As He Begins To Investigate Carla's Father's Murder, Harry Uncovers A Billion-dollar Deal. Reprint. K. Ab. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/30/28/9780373263028.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Worldwide Library Angel's Cove \N
+786707879 More Joys of Jello 96 1993 Includes Index. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/14/62/9780785301462.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en Pubns Intl Ltd More Joys of Jello \N
+374295980 New York State Of Crime (Worldwide Library Mysteries) \N 1999 From a city famous for its gritty and tough-talking detectives come three stories in one dynamic package. This anthology contains an original short story, "Clean Sweep, " by Paul and two full-length previously published stories--"Murder On Fifth Avenue" and "Libation by Death"--by Jahn and Yeager, respectively. Martin's Press. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/31/72/9780373263172.jpg 2 2 Mass Market Paperback en Worldwide Library New York State Of Crime (Worldwide Library Mysteries) \N
+374311145 All a Man Can Ask 256 2003 Virginia Kantra. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/26/79/9780373272679.jpg 2 2 Mass Market Paperback en Silhouette All a Man Can Ask \N
+312036515 Strange Matters: Undiscovered Ideas at the Frontiers of Space and Time 224 2002 A Tour Of The Wonders Of Modern Physics And Cosmology, Strange Matters Begins With A Wild Romp Through The Cosmos Hosted By Leading Theorists Of The Past. We See How Their Ideas Blossomed From Imagined To Proved As Observers And Experimenters Gradually Provided Verification Of Once-crazy Hypotheses. We Then Hitch A Ride With Today's Physicists To Learn What Twenty-first Century Science Has To Offer In The Way Of Cutting Edge Theories - Ideas That Even Now Eagerly Await Confirmation.--jacket. Strange Matter -- Mirror Matter -- Super Matter -- Dark Matter -- The Best Of All Possible Bubbles -- The Essence Of Quintessence -- Superstrings -- Stretching Your Brane -- Ghosts -- The Two-timing Universe. Tom Siegfried. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 287-290) And Index. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/40/79/9780309084079.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en Joseph Henry Press Strange Matters: Undiscovered Ideas at the Frontiers of Space and Time \N
+374423563 A Bride for McCain (Harlequin Historicals) 304 2000 A Bride For Mccain By Mary Burton Released On Jan 25, 2000 Is Available Now For Purchase. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/10/21/9780373291021.jpg 1 1 Mass Market Paperback en Harlequin A Bride for McCain (Harlequin Historicals) \N
+374437157 The Drifter 304 2002 Damn, Graham Corley Led An Interesting Life And Being Partner To Julia Bennett's Outrageous Finagling To Secure Her Inheritance Made It Downright Fascinating! Maybe Even Enough To Give This Travelin' Man Dreams About Staying Put... https://images.isbndb.com/covers/20/59/9780373292059.jpg 1 1 Mass Market Paperback en Harlequin The Drifter \N
+393315045 Nicaraguan Sketches 142 1989 By Julio Cortázar ; Translated By Kathleen Weaver. Fifteen Essays Written Between 1976 And 1983. Translation Of: Nicaragua Tan Violentamente Dulce. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/76/48/9780393027648.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en W. W. Norton & Company Nicaraguan Sketches \N
+743439740 The Scarpetta Collection Volume II: All That Remains and Cruel & Unusual (Kay Scarpetta) 672 2003 International publishing sensation Patricia Cornwell's legion of readers will welcome this omnibus edition of her third and fourth megabestselling Kay Scarpetta novels, All That Remains and Cruel & Unusual. These two novels, presented here complete and unabridged, helped to confirm Patricia Cornwell's status as queen of the forensic thriller and one of the world's top bestselling authors.All That RemainsA killer is stalking young lovers. Taking their lives and leaving just a tantalizing clue.When the bodies of young couples start turning up in remote woodland areas, Dr. Kay Scarpetta's task as Virginia's Chief Medical Examiner is made more difficult by the effects of the elements. Eight times she must write that the cause of death is undetermined.But when the latest young woman to go missing is the daughter of one of America's most powerful women, Kay also finds herself prey to political pressure and press harassment. The killings must stop. Now.Scarpetta soon discovers that someone is withholding vital evidence, or even faking it. Meanwhile, a cunning sadistic killer is still at large.Cruel & UnusualAt 11:05 one December evening in Richmond, Virginia, convicted murderer Ronnie Joe Waddell is pronounced dead in the electric chair. At the morgue, Dr. Kay Scarpetta has been waiting for Waddell's body. Preparing to perform a postmortem before the subject is dead is a strange feeling for Scarpetta, but she has been here before. And Waddell's death is not the only newsworthy event on this freezing night: the grotesquely wounded body of a young boy is found propped against a garbage Dumpster. To Scarpetta, the two cases seem unrelated, until she recalls that the body of Waddell's victim had been arranged in a strikingly similar position. Was Waddell innocent? Is someone else out there, who may attack again? https://images.isbndb.com/covers/58/13/9780743255813.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en Scribner The Scarpetta Collection Volume II: All That Remains and Cruel & Unusual (Kay Scarpetta) \N
+72374101 The Last-Minute Party Girl : Fashionable, Fearless, and Foolishly Simple Entertaining 288 2003
"[The Last Minute Party Girl is] a lively resource for those who like to entertain with style, but don't have the time (not to mention the pocketbook) to turn a simple soiree into their raison d'etre for a month."
—Glynis Costin, West Coast Bureau Chief, In Style
"Even the most experienced party planners will find The Last Minute Party Girl packed with cool ideas."
—Robert Ell, Talent Executive, Style Network's "You're Invited"
"The Last-Minute Party Girl is a must-have for every helpless hostess—packed with secrets about how to pull off a swank affair and look cool while you're doing it."
—Maile Carpenter, Food editor, Time Out New York
Want to whip up a swanky soiree they'll be dishing about at the water cooler for weeks to come—even when you're low on time, kitchen confidence, or cash? Don't despair! Take your cue from The Last-Minute Party Girl and throw together stunning fetes on the fly with enough time left over for manicure touch-ups before guests arrive!
No matter the style or size of the gathering—from an elegant sit-down dinner for two to a finger-food feast for dozens—everything required to pull off a last-minute party with panache is covered in these pages, including:
Erika Lenkert has spent the last decade sharing her lively perspective on food, wine, travel, and lifestyle trends in publications such as In Style, Bon Appétit, Travel & Leisure, Los Angeles magazine, San Francisco magazine, and Frommer's. A native San Franciscan, Erika now resides in Napa Valley. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/19/29/9780071411929.jpg 1 1 Paperback en McGraw-Hill The Last-Minute Party Girl : Fashionable, Fearless, and Foolishly Simple Entertaining \N +505523981 The Necklace and Other Short Stories 119 1992 Nine memorable classics, characterized by ironic twists of plot, include "Ball of Fat," regarded by many as technically one of the finest short stories ever written, "The Necklace," "A Piece of String," "Mme. Tellier's Establishment," "Mademoiselle Fifi," "Miss Harriet," "A Way to Wealth," "My Uncle Jules" and "The Horla." https://images.isbndb.com/covers/06/47/9780486270647.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Dover Publications The Necklace and Other Short Stories \N +375400559 Red Horse (The Executioner #226) 221 1997 A specter of fire has turned the streets of inner-city Boston into a smoke-choked nightmare of terror. As the city weeps for its dead, Mack Bolan returns to his old hunting ground to challenge a new breed of evil. Suspicions that the firebombings are part of a turf gang war crumble under Bolan's hard probe. No gangbangers can pull off this kind of deliberate, coordinated arson. Whoever is behind the attacks is professional, operating with military precision. Original. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/22/67/9780373642267.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Gold Eagle Red Horse (The Executioner #226) \N +375401067 That Mysterious Texas Brand Man (World's Most Eligible Bachelors) 248 1998 Having Spent Most Of His Life In The Shadows, Marcus Brand Finds Himself Face-to-face With His Past When The Killer From Whom He Comes To Texas To Protect Beautiful Casey Turns Out To Be His Ultimate Nemesis. Original. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/02/17/9780373650217.jpg 2 2 Mass Market Paperback en Harlequin That Mysterious Texas Brand Man (World's Most Eligible Bachelors) \N +375401156 To Love and Protect Her (Silhouette Intrigue: Fortune's Heirs) 249 2001 Secret Agent Griff Fortune Faced His Greatest Challenge Protecting Sweet Willa Simms. But When The Mission Was Over, Could He Dare Say Goodbye To Such Happiness? Https://images.isbndb.com/covers/04/53/9780373650453.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Harlequin Mills & Boon Ltd To Love and Protect Her (Silhouette Intrigue: Fortune's Heirs) \N +375402241 Laurel and the Lawman : Class of '78 (Harlequin Superromance No. 614) 299 1994 Lynn Erickson. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/61/43/9780373706143.jpg 2 2 Mass Market Paperback en Harlequin Laurel and the Lawman : Class of '78 (Harlequin Superromance No. 614) \N +375402543 Miranda'S Outlaw (Silhouette Desire) 192 1998 Miranda's Outlaw By Katherine Garbera Released On Jul 24, 1998 Is Available Now For Purchase. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/16/92/9780373761692.jpg 1 1 Mass Market Paperback en Silhouette Miranda'S Outlaw (Silhouette Desire) \N +375404538 In Camelot's Shadow (The Path to Camelot) 490 2004 Sarah Zettel. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/20/43/9780373802043.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Luna In Camelot's Shadow (The Path to Camelot) \N +802733484 The Six Wives of Henry VIII 656 1991 The tempestuous, bloody, and splendid reign of Henry VIII of England (1509-1547) is one of the most fascinating in all history, not least for his marriage to six extraordinary women. In this accessible work of brilliant scholarship, Alison Weir draws on early biographies, letters, memoirs, account books, and diplomatic reports to bring these women to life. Catherine of Aragon emerges as a staunch though misguided woman of principle; Anne Boleyn, an ambitious adventuress with a penchant for vengeance; Jane Seymour, a strong-minded matriarch in the making; Anne of Cleves, a good-natured and innocent woman naively unaware of the court intrigues that determined her fate; Catherine Howard, an empty-headed wanton; and Catherine Parr, a warm-blooded bluestocking who survived King Henry to marry a fourth time.
It's the Grouchy Ladybug's 20th birthday. To celebrate, we are introducing a new, larger format edition with brighter, more colorful pages created from Eric Carle's original artwork using the latest reproduction technology. The Grouchy Ladybug is bigger and brigher, as irascible but irresistable as ever and will surely delight new generations of readers, as well as her devoted fans of all ages. Happy Birthday, Grouchy Ladybug!
The world's greatest detective follows the clues that lead to the King of Pooka Pooka's missing prize elephant. The character of Big Max, a kind of miniature Sherlock Holmes, is well drawn in both words and pictures. —SLJ. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/00/66/9780064440066.jpg 2 2 Paperback en HarperCollins Big Max (I Can Read Level 2) \N
+64473724 There Is a Carrot in My Ear and Other Noodle Tales 64 1986 in 1957, Harper Published Its First I Can Read Title, Little Bear, Written By Else Holmelund Minarik And Illustrated By Maurice Sendak. Large Type, Simple Vocabulary, Chapter-like Divisions, And Decorative Pictures Made Little Bear Perfect For Emerging Readers They Could Read The Story Comfortably And Not Feel Overwhelmed By The Text. Following Suit Came Such Classics As Peggy Parish's Amelia Bedelia Series, Lillian Hoban's Books About Arthur The Monkey, And Syd Hoff's Popular Danny And The Dinosaur. Many Books In This Series Are Special In The Depth Of Emotion Evoked - Little Bear, The Frog And Toad Books By Arnold Lobel, And Daniel's Duck By Clyde Bulla, To Name A Few - And All Are Enjoyed By Children Of All Ages. Preschool - Grade 1.
Https://images.isbndb.com/covers/10/32/9780064441032.jpg 1 1 Paperback en HarperCollins There Is a Carrot in My Ear and Other Noodle Tales \N
+007004466X Bonjour Tristesse 130 2001
Set against the translucent beauty of France in summer, Bonjour Tristesse is a bittersweet tale narrated by Cécile, a seventeen-year-old girl on the brink of womanhood, whose meddling in her father's love life leads to tragic consequences.
Freed from boarding school, Cécile lives in unchecked enjoyment with her youngish, widowed father — an affectionate rogue, dissolute and promiscuous. Having accepted the constantly changing women in his life, Cécile pursues a sexual conquest of her own with a "tall and almost beautiful" law student. Then, a new woman appears in her father's life. Feeling threatened but empowered, Cécile sets in motion a devastating plan that claims a surprising victim.
Deceptively simple in structure, Bonjour Tristesse is a complex and beautifully composed portrait of casual amorality and a young woman's desperate attempt to understand and control the world around her. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/16/95/9780066211695.jpg 1 1 Paperback en HarpPeren Bonjour Tristesse \N +70116997 The Girl Watchers Club: Lessons from the Battlefields of Life 352 2004 Harry Stein. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/17/25/9780066211725.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en HarperCollins The Girl Watchers Club: Lessons from the Battlefields of Life \N +395325242 The Bushwhacked Piano 224 1984 The Bushwacked Piano makes me think of all foremarks by those of an attenuated tandem bicycle, out of control, the wrong way on a one-way street, against the mainstream of oncoming traffic; no hands, and no brakes! Thomas McGuane can only be imitated. There is no one else around close enough for comparison.
Given his background, President Truman was an unlikely champion of civil rights. Where he grew up—the border state of Missouri—segregation was accepted and largely unquestioned. Both his maternal and paternal grandparents had owned slaves, and his mother, victimized by Yankee forces, railed against Abraham Lincoln for the remainder of her ninety-four years. When Truman assumed the presidency on April 12, 1945, Michael R. Gardner points out, Washington, DC, in many ways resembled Cape Town, South Africa, under apartheid rule circa 1985.
Truman’s background notwithstanding, Gardner shows that it was Harry Truman—not Franklin D. Roosevelt, Dwight D. Eisenhower, or John F. Kennedy—who energized the modern civil rights movement, a movement that basically had stalled since Abraham Lincoln had freed the slaves. Gardner recounts Truman’s public and private actions regarding black Americans. He analyzes speeches, private conversations with colleagues, the executive orders that shattered federal segregation policies, and the appointments of like-minded civil rights activists to important positions. Among those appointments was the first black federal judge in the continental United States.
One of Gardner’s essential and provocative points is that the Frederick Moore Vinson Supreme Court—a court significantly shaped by Truman—provided the legal basis for the nationwide integration that Truman could not get through the Congress. Challenging the myth that the civil rights movement began with Brown v. Board of Education under ChiefJustice Earl Warren, Gardner contends that the life-altering civil rights rulings by the Vinson Court provided the necessary legal framework for the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision.
Gardner characterizes Truman’s evolution from a man who grew up in a racist household into a president willing to put his political career at mortal risk by actively supporting the interests of black Americans.
Repairman Jack has been tearing up the urban adventure scene ever since he was introduced in the New York Times bestseller The Tomb. As his fans know, Repairman Jack doesn't deal with electronic appliances; he's a situation fixer, no matter how weird or deadly a situation may be. Repairman Jack has no last name, no Social Security number, and no qualms when it comes to getting the job done-even if it means putting himself in serious danger.
After fifteen years of separation, Jack is contacted by his long-lost sister, Kate, to help her track down the source of her girlfriend Jeanette's sudden trance-like behavior. Referred by a mysterious stranger who gives only Jack's name and phone number, Kate is shocked to find out that the repairman she seeks is none other than her little brother-and not altogether happy to find out what little Jackie has been doing with himself for all these years. With Jack leading the way, Kate finds out that Jeannette's behavior can be traced back to the experimental therapy she underwent for a brain tumor: now Jeannette's brain and those of several other subjects are infected by a mutated virus. Like any good virus, it wants to multiply-and if Jack can't stop the virus in its path, there will be deadly results.
Meanwhile, Jack is traveling on the 9 train when suddenly a passenger goes berserk and starts shooting at random-leaving Jack no choice but to throw himself into the spotlight by putting the shooter down. Worse for Jack, one of his fellow passengers is a reporter for the local tabloid, The Light, who sees Jack's heroism as his ticket to journalistic stardom. The reporter promises to make Jack a celebrity hero, a household name-which could mean the end of Repairman Jack as we know him.
Siddhartha is perhaps the most important and compelling moral allegory our troubled century has produced. Integrating Eastern and Western spiritual traditions with psychoanalysis and philosophy, this strangely simple tale, written with a deep and moving empathy for humanity, has touched the lives of millions since its original publication in 1922.
Translated by Joachim Neugroschel Introduction by Ralph Freedman https://images.isbndb.com/covers/12/33/9780141181233.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Penguin Classics Siddhartha: An Indian Tale (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics) \N +764504320 The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People(Miniature Edition) (RP Minis) 95 2000 The priceless wisdom and insight found in the bestselling The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (more than 10 million sold!) is distilled in this palm-size Running Press Miniature Edition™. It's ful https://images.isbndb.com/covers/83/37/9780762408337.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en Da Capo Lifelong Books The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People(Miniature Edition) (RP Minis) \N +039952715X Health and Healing 296 1998 In light of the health care crisis and the proliferation of HMOs, Dr. Weil has written a new introduction to this groundbreaking study of conventional and alternative medicine. Health and Healing presents the spectrum of alternative healing practices - holistic medicine, homeopathy, osteopathy, chiropractic, Chinese medicine - and outlines how they differ from conventional medicine.\\n\\n\\n "...a revised edition with a new preface by the author, discussing the nature of healing and health, wholeness as a balance, Chinese medicine, psychic healing, and much more."\\n https://images.isbndb.com/covers/15/32/9780395911532.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Mariner Books Health and Healing \N +399528261 The Ugliest House in the World: Stories 240 1998 davies's Worldly Stories, Reflecting His Welsh And Chinese Heritage, Delight In Odd--and Memorable--juxtapositions And Counterpoints. Elegant And Original, They Travel With An Offhand Grace (elle) From Coventry To Kuala Lumpur, From The Past To The Present, And From Hilarity To Tragedy. With Its Humanism And Pointed Wit, This Collection Signals The Debut Of A Major Talent --chang-rae Lee.
Sequel to A Crown of Swords, this epic volume continues one the most extraordinary work of American fantasy ever published—The Wheel of Time.
A quick review for the new exams from the number-oneauthority on A+ certification\\nThis affordable, portable study tool will get you “on the road” to becoming A+ certified. Completely updated for the new exams, Mike Meyers’ A+ Certification Passport,Third Edition, focuses on only what you need to know to pass the tests, and the unique travel theme helps them remember key concepts. The all-new CD-ROM includes four complete practice exams, a new collection of Mike’s favorite shareware and freeware PC tools and utilities, and an electronic book.\\nMike Meyers, A+, Network+, MCP, is the industry’s leading authority on A+ certification. He is the president and founder of Total Seminars, LLC, a major provider of PCand network repair seminars for thousands of organizations including, IBM, Lucent Technologies, GE, the FBI, the FAA, and the United Nations. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/36/33/9780072193633.jpg 1 1 Paperback en McGraw-Hill Osborne Media Mike Meyers' A+ Certification Passport \N
+894864556 A Fine Dark Line 304 2003 Joe R. Lansdale. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/72/92/9780892967292.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en Mysterious Press A Fine Dark Line \N
+789457091 Of Aged Angels 288 2001 The DarkMatter books are set in a world of paranormal conspiratorial horror. Fans of horror will find these books edgy, unique, and engaging, and the series design emphasizes the contemporary nature of the books.\\n Escorting a mystic computer hacker to the Hoffman Institute plunges Jeane, Fitz, and Ngan into a desperate life-or-death struggle to recover the legendary, long-lost Holy Grail. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/87/68/9780786918768.jpg 2 2 Mass Market Paperback en Wizards of the Coast Of Aged Angels \N
+671792350 Petals on the Wind 448 1990 for Carrie, Chris And Cathy The Attic Was A Dark Horror That Would Not Leave Their Minds.of Course Mother Had To Pretend They Didn't Exist And Grandmother Was Convinced They Had The Devil In Them.but That Wasn't Their Fault. Was It?cathy Knew What To Do. She Knew It Was Time To Show Her Mother And Grandmother That The Pain And Terror Of The Attic Could Not Be Forgotten...show Them. Show Them — Once And For All.
https://images.isbndb.com/covers/94/79/9780671729479.jpg 1 1 Mass Market Paperback en Pocket Books Petals on the Wind \N
+849942187 Passport's Guide to the Best of Scotland 522 1996 Featuring a thorough introduction and history of the area, plus an easy-to-follow gazetteer for each region, Passport's Guide to the Best of Scotland provides detailed information on hotels and restaurants in all price ranges, sightseeing opportunities, and more. Maps. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/87/45/9780844248745.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Passport Books Passport's Guide to the Best of Scotland \N
+895261391 Blood Junction 288 2002 Caroline Carver. Originally Published: London : Orion, C2001. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/77/04/9780892967704.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en Mysterious Press Blood Junction \N
+068480140X Cezanne Pinto 288 1997 From a Newbery Honor author comes a rich historical novel, at once a fictionalized slave narrative and a riveting adventure story. Near the end of his life, Cezanne Pinto recalls his daring childhood escape from slavery and the varied landscapes of his hard-won freedom. An ALA Best Book for Young Adults.\\n\\n In his old age Cezanne Pinto recalls his youth as a slave on a Virginia plantation and his escape to a new life in the North.\\n https://images.isbndb.com/covers/93/35/9780679889335.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Yearling Cezanne Pinto \N
+1551520915 Some Late Adventure of the Feelings 75 2000 By Mark Sinnett. A Misfit Book Edited By Michael Holmes --t.p. Verso. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/41/08/9781550224108.jpg 2 2 Paperback en ECW Press Some Late Adventure of the Feelings \N
+1555534074 Off the Wall: Graffiti for the Soul 280 1999 It's everywhere. It's amusing, annoying, political, provocative and sexist, unsightly, insensitive and often funny. But despite its occasional nuisance value, it is often—as the song says—"the words of the prophets written on the subway wall." Taken directly off the walls of our subways, alleys, washrooms, buildings and bridges, Off the Wall is a brilliant collection culled from the author's long and fascinating search over many years.\\nPerhaps nowhere else can, or does, the general public more accurately or unselfconsciously express itself than through graffiti. Often appearing magically overnight, what we really think is painted or scratched, in the heat of the moment or after careful thought. Conversations between strangers materialize in impersonal washrooms and vapid political statements are emblazoned across walls for all to see—and consider.\\nOff the Wall: Graffiti for the Soul, is a fun and voyeuristic look at others' thoughts. A great collection of inane, amusing and unique humor, this diverting book will make an unusual gift and a popular conversation starters.\\nHere's a sampling of the gems you'll find in Off the Wall:\\n
"Yes, I am a terrorist, and I'm proud of it." Ramzi Yousef.\\n"In the past, we were fighting terrorists with an organisational structure and some attainable goal like land or the release of political prisoners. But Ramzi Yousef is the new breed, who are more difficult and hazardous. They want nothing less than the overthrow of the West, and since that's not going to happen, they just want to punish - the more casualties the better." Oliver 'Buck' Revell, former Deputy Director of the FBI.\\n"He's a cold-blooded terrorist. He doesn't care who he kills. He may be the most dangerous man in the world." Superintendent Samuel Pagdilao of the Philippines National Police describing Yousef.\\n"One man said to me 'remember there will only be those who believe and those who will die. There will only be the dead and the believers'." Benazir Bhutto, former Prime Minister of Pakistan.\\n
"If Russia can be destroyed, the United States can also be beheaded." Osama bin Laden.\\n"In my personal view [Osama bin Laden] is very much interested in obtaining weapons of mass destruction and he has the money to pay for them. It's certainly a credible threat." Peter Probst, Pentagon terrorism expert.\\n
"We don't consider it a crime if we tried to have nuclear, chemical, biological weapons. If I have indeed acquired these weapons, then I thank God for enabling me to do so." Osama bin Laden.\\n "Terrorism is changing. We expect biological attacks in the future." Marvin Cetron, author of the Pentagon's secret Terror 2000 investigation.\\n\\n\\n The New Jackals is a true-life investigative thriller that provides unsettling insight into what may well be tomorrow's headlines. Reeve concludes that Yousef and bin Laden are the first of a new breed of terrorists, men dedicated to mass killing and willing to die for their cause.\\n https://images.isbndb.com/covers/40/73/9781555534073.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en Northeastern The New Jackals: Ramzi Yousef, Osama bin Laden, and the Future of Terrorism (Vol 1) \N +684801752 Super Fast, Out of Control! (Marvin Redpost, No. 7) 79 2000 Afraid Of His New Mountain Bike, Third-grader Marvin Finds Himself In A Desperate Situation When He Accepts A Challenge To Ride Down Suicide Hill. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/00/10/9780679890010.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Random House Books for Young Readers Super Fast, Out of Control! (Marvin Redpost, No. 7) \N +1557664951 Snow Falling on Cedars: The Shooting Script (Newmarket Shooting Script) 160 1999 Including a facsimile of the complete shooting script--Academy Award-nominated director Scott Hicks (Shine) shares his vision transforming the bestselling novel into a seamless and profound masterpiece of a movie.
With Selections from Kierkegaard, Turgener, Dostoevsky, Nietzsche, Hesse, Heidegger, Marcel, Jaspers, Kafka, Gide, Sartre, Merleau-Ponty, de Beauvoir, Rieocer, Berdygev, Buber, Tillich, Pinter, Beckett, Mailer, Laing, Bellon Bach, Weiss, and Muller. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/71/13/9780075537113.jpg 2 2 Paperback en The Modern Library / Mcgraw-Hill Existentialism (Modern Library College Editions) \N +131970127 Fundamental Photoshop 4 856 1997 Adele Droblas Greenberg, Seth Greenberg. Includes Index. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/27/73/9780078822773.jpg 2 2 Paperback en McGraw-Hill Osborne Media Fundamental Photoshop 4 \N +849942195 Freedom Betrayed: How America led a Global Democratic Revolution, Won the Cold War and Walked Away 250 1996 In this call to embrace the worldwide democratic revolution, this book argues that global democracy should be the centerpiece of U.S. strategy. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/99/22/9780844739922.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en Aei Press Freedom Betrayed: How America led a Global Democratic Revolution, Won the Cold War and Walked Away \N +312975732 Shadow of the Hegemon (The Shadow Series) 365 2001 Bean And Other Members Of Ender's Dragon Army Return To Earth After Their Victory In The Formic War. All But Bean Are Soon Mysteriously Kidnapped; Bean Turns To Ender's Brother Peter For Help. Pt. 1. Volunteers. Petra -- Bean -- Message In A Bottle -- Custody -- Ambition -- Pt. 2. Alliances. Code -- Going Public -- Bean Van -- Communing With The Dead -- Brothers In Arms -- Pt. 3. Maneuvers. Bangkok -- Islamabad -- Warnings -- Hyderabad -- Murder -- Pt. 4. Decisions. Treachery -- On A Bridge -- Satyagraha -- Rescue -- Hegemon. Orson Scott Card. A Tom Doherty Associates Book. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/65/17/9780312876517.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en Tor Books Shadow of the Hegemon (The Shadow Series) \N +132924439 Secret Smile (French, Nicci) 320 2004 - Nicci French's Previous Novel, Land Of The Living, Was Published In Warner Hardcover In 5/03 And Has Over 80,000 Copies In Print. Film Rights Were Sold To Courtenay Valenti Of Warner Bros.- The Red Room (mysterious Press, 2001) Has 290,000 Hardcover And Paperback Copies In Print Combined, While Beneath The Skin (mysterious Press, 2001), With Film Rights Sold To Casey Silver And His Gone Fishin' Productions, Has 400,000 Copies In Combined Print.- Killing Me Softly (mysterious Press, 1999) Was A National Bestseller With Close To 340,000 Hardcover And Paperback Copies In Print Combined.
Private detective and retired colonel Art Hardin usually stays away from the flashy kind of PI work, preferring to pay his bills by checking up on false disability claims, routine surveillance, and the like. So when the senior partner of one of the premier legal firms in Grand Rapids approaches Hardin about a job protecting his niece from her soon-to-be ex-husband for a couple of days, Hardin isn't exactly eager to take on the job-especially since the niece herself is under house arrest pending a murder investigation of her former boss, and the sudden disappearance of eleven million dollars. However, Hardin finds that the fee offered is too great to pass up. Of course, after a hatchet attack, a house burnt down, and a few violent encounters with some crooked cops, Hardin can hardly wait for the case to be over...
Welcome to Louisiana! & Welcome to Homegrown! Let Justin Wilson introduce you to the bounty of Louisiana and the food of friendship and family. In Justin Wilson's Homegrown Louisiana Cookin' Justin serves up all the recipes from his "Homegrown" television series in addition to hundreds more for:
* Appetizers
* Salads and Dressings Gumbos and Soups
* Sauces and Gravies Rice, Pasta, and Stuffings
* Seafood Poultry and Eggs
* Meats
* Game Vegetables
* Breads
* Desserts Beverages
* Preserves
So, come to Louisiana and enjoy some good cookin' and eatin' —I garontee!
James H. Jones is associate professor of history at the University of Houston. He lives in Houston, Texas. He received his Ph.D. in history from Indiana University and has held a Kennedy Fellowship in Bioethics at Harvard University, served as a senior research fellow at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics at Georgetown University, and recently held senior fellowships from both the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Rockefeller Foundation. He published the first edition of Bad Blood in 1981 to critical acclaim. It was a Main Selection of the History Book Club and a New York Times Best Books of 1981 and has inspired a play, a PBS Nova special, and a motion picture. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/67/65/9780029166765.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Free Press Bad Blood: The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment, New and Expanded Edition \N
+312281927 A Midnight Carol: A Novel of How Charles Dickens Saved Christmas 198 1999 1843, London. Though the approaching Christmas looks bleak at the home of the Dickens family, Charles and his pregnant wife Catherine try to maintain good cheer for their four young children. Debts are mounting, food is scarce, and Charles' books—according to his miserly publisher—are no longer selling.\\nThen Charles has an idea, which comes to him in the ghostly form of Oliver Cromwell, the long-dead, spirit-crushing Lord Protector of England. A Christmas Carol will be Dickens' most brilliant work yet, both for its mass appeal and underlying political message. But many sinister forces oppose this success of this literary gem. And it is only through faith, kindness, and the innate goodness of mankind that A Christmas Carol will become a timeless classic—and that the young writer Charles Dickens will truly save Christmas of England... https://images.isbndb.com/covers/52/38/9780312245238.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en St Martins Pr A Midnight Carol: A Novel of How Charles Dickens Saved Christmas \N
+29344301 A Conspiracy So Immense: The World of Joe McCarthy 597 1983 Describes The Internal And External Forces That Launched Joseph Mccarthy On His Political Career And Carried Him To National Prominence. 1. Beginnings 1 -- 2. G.i. Judge 21 -- 3. Gunning For The Senate 36 -- 4. The Pepsi-cola Kid 53 -- 5. Rock Bottom 72 -- 6. The Red Bogey In America, 1917-1950 85 -- 7. Wheeling 103 -- 8. Battle Of The Billygoats 115 -- 9. Stand Or Fall 130 -- 10. The Lattimore Connection 139 -- 11. Declaration Of Conscience 158 -- 12. The Fourth Estate 179 -- 13. An Infamy So Black ... 191 -- 14. Slimy Creatures 203 -- 15. Tydings's Revenge 214 -- 16. Ike 226 -- 17. Gearing For Battle 247 -- 18. Voices Within The Voice 265 -- 19. Of Diplomats And Greek Ships 286 -- 20. Friends And Enemies 301 -- 21. A Discouraging Summer 315 -- 22. The Monmouth Hearings 330 -- 23. White House Blues 345 -- 24. Who Promoted Peress? 355 -- 25. The Chicken Luncheon 372 -- 26. The Fault, Dear Brutus 390 -- 27. Setting The Ground Rules 405 -- 28. The Hearings Begin 416 -- 29. Executive Privilege 435 -- 30. The Eleven Memoranda 446 -- 31. So Reckless, So Cruel 457 -- 32. Censure 472 -- 33. Final Years David M. Oshinsky. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 565-579. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/49/07/9780029234907.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en Free Press A Conspiracy So Immense: The World of Joe McCarthy \N
+29345707 Psychiatric Slavery 159 1977 Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Justifying The Unjustifiable -- 2. The Case Of Kenneth Donaldson -- 3. The Brief For Donaldson -- 4. The Brief For O'connor -- 5. The Brief For The American Psychiatric Association -- 6. The Supreme Court's Decision In O'connor V. Donaldson -- 7. Interpretations Of The Supreme Court's Donaldson Decision -- 8. A Right To Treatment Or A Right To Treat? -- 9. Chattel Slavery And Psychiatric Slavery -- Notes -- Index. Thomas Szasz. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/60/09/9780029316009.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en Free Pr Psychiatric Slavery \N
+30037166 Solitude a Return to the Self 216 1988 The Significance Of Human Relationships -- The Capacity To Be Alone -- The Uses Of Solitude -- Enforced Solitude -- The Hunger Of Imagination -- The Significance Of The Individual -- Solitude And Temperament -- Separation, Isolation, And The Growth Of Imagination -- Bereavement, Depression And Repair -- The Search For Coherence -- The Third Period -- The Desire And Pursuit Of The Whole. Anthony Storr. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 203-211. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/62/07/9780029316207.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en Free Press Solitude a Return to the Self \N
+30225140 The Morning After: American Successes and Excesses 1981-1986 430 1986 A Collection Of Essays Originally Written For Newsweek Magazine Containing Insights On The Foreign Affairs, Home Front Skirmishes, And The Heroes, Villains, And Goats Of The Reagan Years. 1. Broadening Incidents: The Last Virgin In America ; Autopsy On The Sixties ; The Democracy Of Angling ; Bruuuuuce ; Realism Creeps Into Academia ; Ah, Idealism ; Aids And The Community ; Sex As Tabasco Sauce ; Herpes And Full Disclosure ; Norman Mailer, Economist ; This Crime Wave Wants You! ; ... And The Home Of The Brave Play Ball. ; Let Us Now Praise Anger ; Washington's Little Miracles ; Well, I Don't Love You, E.t.^ ; Technology That Cares ; Government As Black Hole ; The Genius Of Winchester, Kansas ; Looters In A Queue ; The Indignation Industry ; Teenagers And Birth Control ; At First Blush ; The Shocking Bourgeoisie ; Art And The Conscientious Janitor ; Miami Wildex-cel-lent! ; Miss Manners's Ignoble Savages ; Light At The End Of The Day ; Baltimore Sunrise ; Don't Beep In My Outfield ; Academic Thought Police ; Chicago's Favorite Sons ; Baseball : We Do This Every Day. ; Detroit's Craftsman ; The Rain Forest In The Lobby ; Neurobiology And Us ; When Homicide Is Noble ; The Twinkie Defense ; Metaphysics In Pittsburgh ; Einstein Revealed As Brilliant Youth ; Chicago Ain't Ready For Reform ; Eeeek! Heterosexism! ; Baseball Is A Worrying Thing ; Movies As Child Abuse ; The Nobles Use Of Cinema ; Literary Voyeurism ; Summ Contra Super Bowl ; Sport And Civility ; Exploring The Racer's Edge ; Intrusion By Telephone ; Wilde In Leadville ; Making Distinctions And Moccasins ; Ike Ward,^ 1862-1982 ; 1981 : That Depends ; 1982 : Oh; Well ... ; 1983 : Such, Such Were The Joys ; 1984 : God Help Us, Everyone! ; 1985 : A Tolerably Adequate Year --^ 2.^ Skirmishes On The Home Front: In Defense Of The Mother Tongue ; Academic License ; A Doctrine Of High Priests ; The Perils Of Urban Planning ; A Word For The Wilderness ; Bearbaiting And Boxing ; Violence As A Communicable Disease ; Ideology Masquerading As Medicine ; The Value Of Punishment ; Punishment And Official Straighteners ; Beyond Civil Rights ; Compassion That Dehumanizes ; First Amendment Follies ; Abortion And Fetal Pain ; Abortion : The Court's Intellectual Scandal ; Noticing The Difference Between Boys And Girls ; The Decline Of Liberalism : A Case Study ; Against Prefabricated Prayer ; Unconstitutional Silence ; The Aclu And Sobriety ; The Aclu's Second Thoughts On Freedom ; Tactile Government ; Phillip Becker : A Boy ; A Trip Toward Death ; Reagan's Expansion Of Civil Rights ; The Short Life And Long Dying Of Infant Doe ; Reagan's Two Carnegieisms ; Grading The President ; A Need For Simple Arithmetic ; America The Undertaxed ; The Shocking Of David Stockman ;^ Will's Doctrine Of Double Meaning ; The Grandfathered Society ; The Economy Of Leadership ; The Senate : Not Suited For Prime Time ; The Architecture Of Democracy ; Martin Luther, Founding Father ; Democracy's Foot Soldiers ; A Devil Of A Town ; In Defense Of Nonvoting ; Gary Hart : Jay Gatsby In Politics ; The Art Of Invective ; Jesse Jackson, Political Pilgrim ; Ronald Reagan's Paradoxes ; A Lovely Disregard Of Logic ; Mondale : Bullied And Buried ; The Great 49-state Non-mandate ; Reagan's Small Republican Renaissance ; A Roman Candle Called Iaccoca ; Mario Cuomo Takes Batting Practice ; Arf --^ 3.^ The World So Much With Us: Defeat In Berlin ; Victory In Cuba ; Vietnam : Choosing Defeat ; Grenada And The Price Of Power ; The Perils Of Legalism ; Why Arms Control Is Harmful ; Nuclear Morality ; Giving Peace A Bad Name ; A License To Lie ; Henry Kissinger's Craft ; The Un-american Jane Kirkpatrick ; Dissipating An Asset ; A Third World Kleptocracy ; The President Tunes The Atmosphere ; Mitterand Kills Socialism ; The Last 19th-century War? ; Taking Sides In The Falklands ; Woodrow Wilson's Ghost ; South Africa : Dismounting From A Tiger ; Right-mindedness About South Africa ; Why Study Hitler? ; Hitler's Inkwell ; Sophistries About Poland ; Revel : The Essential Pessimist ; Reagan's Dim Candle ; Pepsi Marxism ; Demoralization By Agreement ; Iron Curtain, Rubber Words ; Raoul Wallenberg : Lost In A Gauze Of Lies ; Raoul Wallenberg And The Price Of Neutrality ; Death On Waterloo Bridge ; The Boot In Afghanistan's Face ; Brezhnev's Successes ; Ivan X, Jogger,^ Maybe ; George Bush's Surmise ; Miss Manners's Diplomatic Message ; Fresh Starts And Other Fictions ; Trotsky Assassinated, Yet Again ; No-fault Murder ; The Cold War As A Misunderstanding ; Lenin's Children ; America's Therapeutic Impulses ; The 20th Century Has Not Happened. 4. Midday: Well, Actually, You Can't Have It All ; H. Rap Brown, Radical At Last ; Conservatism And Character ; Billy Graham, An Embarrassing Export ; The Moral Limits To Peace ; Whittaker Chambers's Winding Staircase ; The Take-for-granted Quotient ; The Madison Legacy ; The Splendid Legacy Of Fdr ; The Unsentimental Man From Missouri ; The Least Artistic Great Artist ; Miss Manners : Between Anarchism And Stalinism ; The Black Sun ; Keeping Faith With Mengele's Victims ; Mesmerized By The Moment ; The Real Utility Of Education ; Journalism And Passions ; Conservatism And Cheerfulness ; Murray Kempton, Craftsman ; Raymond Aron, Anti-ideologue ; Philosophy And Fierceness ; Jack Swigert's Example ; The Finest Public Servant I Have Known ; In Praise Of Mortality ; Baseball, Before Nigh Descends ; Huck At A Hundred. George F. Will. Includes Index. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/43/09/9780029344309.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en The Free Press The Morning After: American Successes and Excesses 1981-1986 \N
+30445760 Process and Reality (Gifford Lectures Delivered in the University of Edinburgh During the Session 1927-28) 413 1979
Based on the Gifford Lectures which Whitehead delivered at the University of Edinburgh in 1927-8. Process and Reality presents a system of speculative philosophy which is based on a categorical scheme of investigation designed to explain how concrete aspects of human experience can provide a foundation for our understanding of reality. It also investigates how reality can be defined as a process of becoming. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/57/02/9780029345702.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Free Press Process and Reality (Gifford Lectures Delivered in the University of Edinburgh During the Session 1927-28) \N
+30557364 The Breast 78 1972 After He Is Transformed Into A 155-pound Female Breast, College Professor David Kepesh Struggles To Rationalize His Condition By Proving He Is Insane. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/71/60/9780030037160.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en Holt, Rinehart and Winston The Breast \N
+30613728 En contacto: Lecturas intermedias 291 1998 EN CONTACTO is a complete intermediate Spanish program designed to put the English-speaking learner in touch with contemporary Hispanic culture through its language and literature. The GRAM-TICA EN ACCI+N volume is a review grammar that stresses communication while the LECTURAS INTERMEDIAS volume emphasizes the acquisition of reading skills and text comprehension. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/51/47/9780030225147.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Heinle En contacto: Lecturas intermedias t
+30686784 Gifts of deceit: Sun Myung Moon, Tongsun Park, and the Korean scandal 402 1980 Part One -- His Excellency -- The Lord Of The Second Advent -- The Charmer -- The Origins Of The Influence Campaign -- Tongsun And His Congressmen -- Minions And Master -- Part Two -- Washington Looks The Other Way -- Three Who Stood In The Way: Ranard, Habib, Fraser -- Koreagate -- Inviting Tongsun Back -- Kim Don Jo: The Still-untold Story -- Dueling With The Moonies -- The Menace. Robert Boettcher With Gordon L. Freedman. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/57/67/9780030445767.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en Holt, Rinehart and Winston Gifts of deceit: Sun Myung Moon, Tongsun Park, and the Korean scandal \N
+30867444 The Aztecs of Central Mexico: An Imperial Society (Case Studies in Cultural Anthropology) 195 1982 Mexico And Mexica -- Economic Organization -- Social Structure And Dynamics -- Daily Life -- Imperial Politics And Beliefs -- Intellectual And Artistic Achievements -- The Consequences Of Conquest -- Glossary. By Frances F. Berdan. Bibliography: P. 189-195. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/73/61/9780030557361.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Wadsworth Publishing The Aztecs of Central Mexico: An Imperial Society (Case Studies in Cultural Anthropology) \N
+44421931 The Radish Day Jubilee (A Fraggle Rock Book Starring Jim Henson's Muppets) 44 1983 The Fraggles' Plans For Celebrating Radish Day Are Superseded By Plans To Rescue Mokey From The Gorgs, Who Are Holding Her Prisoner While She Writes A Ballad In Their Honor. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/67/88/9780030686788.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en Holt, Rinehart, and Winston The Radish Day Jubilee (A Fraggle Rock Book Starring Jim Henson's Muppets) \N
+60004339 In the Clearing \N 1972 The Last Collection Of New Poems To Appear During Frost's Life Time Includes The Gift Outright, Recited At The Inauguration Of John F. Kennedy. Frontispiece. But God's Own Descent -- Pod Of The Milkweed -- Away! -- A Cabin In The Clearing -- Closed For Good -- America Is Hard To See -- One More Brevity -- Escapist- Never -- For John F. Kennedy His Inauguration -- Cluster Of Faith. Accidentally On Purpose -- A Never Naught Song -- Version -- A Concept Self-conceived -- Forgive, O Lord -- Kitty Hawk -- Auspex -- The Draft Horse -- Ends -- Peril Of Hope -- Questioning Faces -- Does No One At All Ever Feel This Way In The Least? -- The Bad Island- Easter -- Our Doom To Bloom -- The Objection To Being Stepped On -- A-wishing Well -- How Hard It Is To Keep From Being King When It's In You And In The Situation -- Lines Written In Dejection On The Eve Of Great Success -- The Milky Way Is A Cowpath -- Some Science Fiction -- Quandary -- A Reflex -- In A Glass Of Cider -- From Iron -- Four-room Shack Aspiring High -- But Outer Space -- On Being Chosen Poet Of Vermont -- We Vainly Wrestle With The Blind Belief -- It Takes All Sorts Of In And Outdoor Schooling -- In Winter In The Woods Alone. By Robert Frost. Poems. Holt Paperback https://images.isbndb.com/covers/74/46/9780030867446.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Henry Holt & Company In the Clearing \N
+60005777 Soldier 498 1973 [by] Anthony B. Herbert, With James T. Wooten. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/45/60/9780030914560.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en Holt, Rinehart and Winston Soldier \N
+60006870 Inventing the future 247 1990 David Suzuki. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/19/31/9780044421931.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Allen & Unwin Inventing the future \N
+60013486 Raising Blaze: A Mother and Son's Long, Strange Journey into Autism 316 2003
When you have a child that doesn't fit in, what do you do? Debra Ginsberg knew that her son, Blaze, was unique from the moment he was born in 1987. What she didn't know was that Blaze's differences would be regarded by the outside world not as gifts, but as impediments to social and academic success. Blaze never crawled. He just got up and walked when he turned one. He called his mother 'Zsa Zsa' until he was three. By kindergarten, he loved the music of Miles Davis and Ella Fitzgerald. He fears butterflies and is fascinated by garbage trucks. With the same honesty that made Waiting a success, Raising Blaze: Bringing Up an Extraordinary Son in an Ordinary World chronicles Debra's experience in raising a child who has defied definition by the host of professionals who have sought to label his differences. Ginsberg introduces us to a remarkable child and her own unusual childhood. She writes about a family which shows us the redemptive power of faith, humour and love.
In nine luminous stories of love and loss, loneliness and hope, Judith Hermann's stunning debut collection paints a vivid and poignant picture of a generation ready and anxious to turn their back on the past, to risk uncertainty in search of a fresh, if fragile, equilibrium. An international bestseller and translated into twelve languages, Summerhouse, Later heralds the arrival of one of Germanys most arresting new literary talents.
A restless man hopes to find permanence in the purchase of a summerhouse outside Berlin. A young girl, trapped in a paralyzing web of family stories and secrets, finally manages to break free. A granddaughter struggles to lay her grandmother's ghosts to rest. A successful and simplistic artist becomes inexplicably obsessed with an elusive and strangely sinister young girl.
Against the backdrop of contemporary Berlin, possibly Europe's most vibrant and exhilarating city, Hermann's characters are as kaleidoscopic and extraordinary as their metropolis, united mostly in a furious and dogged pursuit of the elusive specter of "living in the moment." They're people who, in one way or another, constantly challenge the madness of the modern world and whose dreams of transcending the ordinary for that "narrow strip of sky over the rooftops" are deeply felt and perfectly rendered.
No one breaks out of the brutal convict labor camp at Five Shadows—but Corey Bowen is ready to die trying. They framed him to put him in there, and beat him bloody and nearly dead after his last escape attempt. He'll have help this time—from a lady with murder on her mind and a debt to pay back. Because freedom isn't enough for primed dynamite like Bowen. And he won't leave the corrupt desert hell behind him until a few scores are settled...permanently.
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Volume 41 in the American Indian Literature and Critical Studies Series https://images.isbndb.com/covers/37/37/9780806133737.jpg 2 2 Paperback en University of Oklahoma Press Nightland \N +006013514X Married to the Viscount (Swanlea Spinsters, Book 5) 384 2014 Abigail Mercer was breathless with anticipation at being reunited with Spencer Law, whom she met once and later married by proxy. But now the dashing Viscount Ravenswood denies all knowledge of their union! Far too many witnesses have made it impossible for the secretive Spencer to reject his bride without causing a scandal. So he has proposed a marriage in-name-only until they can locate his mysteriously absent younger brother—who is responsible for everything!—and untangle this messy affair.Abigail is incensed, irate . . . and irresistibly attracted to this handsome, infuriating man who hides his smoldering passion behind a proper exterior. So the lady will agree to his terms on one condition: Spencer must seal their bargain with a kiss. But he finds that one deep, lingering, unforgettable kiss isn't nearly enough. And keeping his hands off his pretty wife is going to be much harder than he thought . . . https://images.isbndb.com/covers/21/46/9780060092146.jpg 2 2 Mass Market Paperback en Avon Married to the Viscount (Swanlea Spinsters, Book 5) \N +60142278 So Little Time #9: Dating Game 128 2003 The Twins Have A Lot To Do To Find Dates For Mom, Dad, Manuelo, And Themselves. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/31/36/9780060093136.jpg 2 2 Mass Market Paperback en HarperEntertainment So Little Time #9: Dating Game \N +60142529 Bell, Book, and Scandal (Jane Jeffry Mysteries, No. 14) 224 2003 Jill Churchill. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/79/74/9780060097974.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en William Morrow Bell, Book, and Scandal (Jane Jeffry Mysteries, No. 14) \N +60157291 I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can 281 1979 The Story Of Barbara Gordon, A Successful Television Producer. On The Advice Of Her Therapist She Went Off Valium Cold Turkey And Suffered A Valium-induced Breakdown And The Loss Of Her Job And Her Husband. Barbara Gordon. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/49/92/9780060114992.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en Harper & Row I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can \N +60158301 The Palace Guard 326 1974 A ... Behind-the-scenes Account Of The Nixon Administration And The Men Who Ran It And The Country Before Watergate Brought Them Down. Part I: The Age Of Nixon -- Part Ii: False Starts, Broken Promises -- Part Iii: The Knights Of The Woeful Countenance -- Part Iv: To Be Thus Is Nothing... [by] Dan Rather And Gary Paul Gates. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/51/40/9780060135140.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en Harper & Row The Palace Guard \N +60158735 Still Cove Journal 223 1981 Gladys Taber ; Edited And With An Introd. By Constance Taber Colby ; Drawings By Georgia Dearborn. Based On A Series Of Weekly Articles By Gladys Taber That Appeared As 'still Cove Sketches' In The Cape Cod Oracle In 1978, 1979, And 1980. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/22/78/9780060142278.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en Harpercollins Still Cove Journal \N +60256656 Booktalk: Occasional Writing on Literature and Children 183 1986 The Role Of Literature In Children's Lives -- Axes For Frozen Seas -- The Reader In The Book -- The Child's Changing Story -- Letter From England -- American Writing And British Readers -- Alive And Flourishing -- A Personal View Of Teenage Literature -- Ways Of Telling -- From Writer To Reader: An Author Reads Himself -- Teaching Children's Literature -- Whose Book Is It Anyway? -- Tell Me: Are Children Critics? Aidan Chambers. A Charlotte Zolotow Book. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 175-[179] https://images.isbndb.com/covers/24/90/9780060212490.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en Harpercollins Childrens Books Booktalk: Occasional Writing on Literature and Children \N +60158891 The Confederate Nation, 1861-1865 (New American Nation Series) 384 1979 We have for years needed a serious, scholarly, readable work on the Confederate nation that rounds up modem scholarship and offers a fresh and detached view of the whole subject. This work fills that order admirably ... [Thomas] sensibly and deftly integrates the course of Southern military fortunes with the concerns that shaped them and were shaped by them. In doing so he also manages to convey a sense of how the war itself deteriorated from something spirited and gallant to something base and mean and modern on both sides. ... rounds up modern scholarship and offers a fresh and detached view of the whole subject.--New Republic https://images.isbndb.com/covers/25/20/9780060142520.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc. The Confederate Nation, 1861-1865 (New American Nation Series) \N +60159367 A Harvest of Bittersweet 196 1987 Patricia Penton Leimbach ; Illustrations By Jack Homesley. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/72/96/9780060157296.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en Harper & Row A Harvest of Bittersweet \N +60163100 Charles Patteson's Kentucky Cooking 224 1988 Charles Patteson With Craig Emerson ; Illustrations By Shirley Felts. Includes Index. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/83/09/9780060158309.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en HarperCollins Charles Patteson's Kentucky Cooking \N +60164662 Greater Nowheres: A Journey Through the Australian Bush 313 1990 Introduction -- North To Broome -- Crocodile Country: The Kimberley Northwest -- The Desert Road South -- To The Top Of Australia -- The Gulf Of Carpenteria -- The Gang From Wollogorang -- Dave's Epilogue -- Jack's Epilogue. Dave Finkelstein And Jack London. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/87/36/9780060158736.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en Bookthrift Co Greater Nowheres: A Journey Through the Australian Bush \N +60166541 Farewell, Summer: A Novel 132 1988 Elizabeth Lane, A Scholar And Writer, Returns To A Small Ohio Town To Work On A Book, Finds Herself Haunted By A Childhood Memory. A Woman Returns To The Small Ohio Town Where She Grew Up Only To Be Haunted By The Memory Of Her Childhood Love For An Older Cousin. Helen Hooven Santmyer ; Illustrations By Deborah Healy. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/88/97/9780060158897.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en Harpercollins Farewell, Summer: A Novel \N +60166673 Jennifer Fever Older Men Younger Women 279 1988 Barbara Gordon. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. [269]-270. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/93/68/9780060159368.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en Harper Row Jennifer Fever Older Men Younger Women \N +60167785 365 Easy Italian Recipes. a John Boswell Associates Book (365 Ways Series) 249 1991 Rick Marzullo O'connell. Includes Index. A John Boswell Associates Book. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/31/05/9780060163105.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en Harpercollins 365 Easy Italian Recipes. a John Boswell Associates Book (365 Ways Series) \N +60168404 Glory Days: 365 Inspired Moments in African-American History 432 1995 With 450 years of triumph against terrible odds and a rich heritage born of civilizations thousands of years old, here is African-American history as it is rarely seen: through the lens of its victories. In 365 thought-provoking daily entries, Glory Days takes the life and breadth of African-American history to entertain and enlighten, inform and inspire. For personal enjoyment and for reference, for parents and for educators, this is history that reaches out across a world of experience and ethnicity to inspire further inquiry, from the arrival of African explorer Estavanico in 1539 to the rise of Myrlie Evers as head of the NAACP in 1995; from the reign of the first Egyptian queen, Hatsepshut, in 1500 B.C. to the 1992 election of Nelson Mandela as president of South Africa. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/26/26/9780060172626.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en Harpercollins Glory Days: 365 Inspired Moments in African-American History \N +60169028 28 Barbary Lane: A "Tales of the City" Omnibus 768 1990
"These novels are as difficult to put down as a dish of pistachios. The reader starts playing the old childhood game of 'Just one more chapter and I'll turn out the lights,' only to look up and discover it's after midnight."\\nArmistead Maupin's uproarious and moving Tales of the City novels—the first three of which are collected in the is omnibus edition—have earned a unique niche in American literature, not only as matchless entertainment, but as indelible documents of cultural change in the seventies and eighties.\\nWhen originally serialized in the San Francisco Chronicle, Tales of the City (1978), More Tales of the City (1980) and Futher Tales of the City (1982) afforded a mainstream audience of millions its first exposure to straight and gay characters experiencing on equal terms the follies of urban life.\\nAmong the cast of this groundbreaking saga are the lovelorn residents of 28 Barbary Lane: the bewildered but aspiring Mary Ann Singleton, the libidinous Brain Hawkins; Mona Ramsey, still in a sixties trance, Michael "Mouse" Tolliver, forever in bright-eyed pursuit of Mr. Right; and their marijuana-growing landlady, the indefatigable Mrs. Madrigal.\\nHurdling barriers both social and sexual, Maupin leads them through heartbreak and triumph, through mail-biting terrors and gleeful coincidences. The result is a glittering and addictive comedy of manners that continues to beguile new generations of readers.\\n With a foreword by the author. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/46/69/9780060164669.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en Harper 28 Barbary Lane: A "Tales of the City" Omnibus \N +60171049 A Medieval Home Companion: Housekeeping in the Fourteenth Century 139 1991 A window into the daily life of a medieval household, originally written as instructions for a young wife from her husband-with more than fifty medieval woodcuts and printed in two colors throughout. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/65/40/9780060166540.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en HarperCollins A Medieval Home Companion: Housekeeping in the Fourteenth Century \N +60171146 Cleopatra's Sister: A Novel 281 1993 A Paleontologist And A Magazine Journalist Are Forced To Land In The Imaginary Country Of Callimbia, While The British Passengers Of Capricorn Flight 500 Are At The Mercy Of A Capricious New Ruler In This Violencetorn Country. Penelope Lively. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/66/70/9780060166670.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en Harpercollins Cleopatra's Sister: A Novel \N +60171189 La Storia: Five Centuries of the Italian American Experience 508 1992 Some Five And A Half Million Fellow Italians Followed Cristoforo Colombo Of Genoa Across The Atlantic, Most Of Them Within The Past Century. La Storia (the Word Means History As Well As Story) Is The First Comprehensive Account Of The Italian American Immigration, Combining Historical Research With The Gripping Personal Narratives Of The Immigrants Themselves And Their Descendants - First-person Stories Of The Adventurers, Missionaries, Artisans, Laborers, And. Peasants Of Both Sexes Who Settled Throughout The United States, Surviving Hardship To Become An Integral And Valued Part Of Our National Fabric. Their Story Begins In The Old Country, Where Desperate Poverty, Especially In The South, Forced Entire Families To Uproot Themselves. After A Difficult Passage, The Immigrants Faced New Challenges In America, Most Notably The Fierce Discrimination That Unfairly Branded Them A Criminal Race And To An Extent Continues To The. Present Day, Alongside The Far Wider Acceptance A True Assessment Of Their Characteristics And Achievements Has Brought Them. Above All, This Is A Story Of People - People In All Their Warmth And Variety, From Those Who Remain Unsung Outside The Affection And Respect Of Their Immediate Families To The Talented And Celebrated - From Verrazzano, Da Ponte, La Guardia, Sinatra, Dimaggio, Puzo, Iacocca, And Cuomo To De Niro, Scorsese, Madonna, And Many More - Who Have Touched. The Lives Of Millions Of Fellow Americans. The Song Of The Emigrants -- Pt. 1. Italians Among The Colonizers. Ch. 1. The Colonial Period. Ch. 2. Young America -- Pt. 2. The Land They Left. Ch. 3. Italy Before And After Unification. Ch. 4. Saints And Legends To Live By. Ch. 5. Italian Unity And The Southern Exodus -- Pt. 3. Emigration Fever. Ch. 6. To Leave Or Not To Leave. Ch. 7. Parting. Ch. 8. Arrival -- Pt. 4. The Land The Came To. Ch. 9. Security In Tight Little Islands -- The Early Days. Ch. 10. Beyond The Biggest City. Ch. 11. Mixing The Old And The New -- Pt. 5. New Roots Across The Nation. Ch. 12. Life In The South And West. Ch. 13. New Orleans -- Wops, Crime, And Lynchings. Ch. 14. Identity -- Character And Assimilation -- Pt. 6. Crime And Prejudice. Ch. 15. Crime Remembered -- Pt. 7. Work, Politics, And Divertimenti. Ch. 16. Before The Unions, 1900-1920. Ch. 17. The Road To Sacco And Vanzetti. Ch. 18. Divertimenti -- The Early Period -- Pt. 8. Assimilation. Ch. 19. Changing Images Of Italian Americans. Ch. 20. The Postwar Years -- Organized Crime And Cultural Anger. Ch. 21. The Writers Between Two Cultures: 1890-1960. Ch. 22. Scoring In The Sports World Of America. Ch. 23. Hollywood -- And Show Business -- Pt. 9. Old Wine In New Bottles, 1940-1990. Ch. 24. Politics And Business. Ch. 25. Hollywood -- The Later Period. Ch. 26. The Writers: 1960-1990. Ch. 27. At Home And Uneasy In America. Jerre Mangione & Ben Morreale. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/77/83/9780060167783.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en HarperCollins Publishers La Storia: Five Centuries of the Italian American Experience \N +60171723 365 Great Cookies and Brownies (365 Ways) 256 1993 Joanne Lamb Hayes, Bonnie Tandy Leblang. A John Boswell Associates Book. Includes Index. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/84/07/9780060168407.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en HarperCollins 365 Great Cookies and Brownies (365 Ways) \N +60172622 The Christmas Cookbook (Little Kitchen Collection) 60 1992 Marilyn Bright. Includes Index. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/90/22/9780060169022.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en HarperCollins The Christmas Cookbook (Little Kitchen Collection) \N +60172703 A Mind of My Own: My Life With Robert Maxwell 536 1994 In A Mind of My Own, Elisabeth Maxwell relates with candor her idyllic childhood and adolescence before the outbreak of World War II, the heady days of her courtship with the dashing Captain Maxwell in wartime Paris and all the passion of their love affair. She describes in detail his Jewish origins in a humble Czechoslovakian shtetl, the exploits of his war career in the British army, his rapid rise to fame and power in England and all the vicissitudes of his subsequent career. She depicts her role as the wife of a public figure as his global influence grew and the tragedies they endured together: her husband's own brush with death at the age of thirty-three, the death of a young daughter a few months later and that of their eldest son, Michael, after a seven-year-long coma. She speaks unflinchingly of the stresses she had to endure alone - Maxwell's early affair, his mounting oppression of the entire family, his ultimate estrangement from her and the aftermath of the collapse of his business empire. As harrowing as Elisabeth Maxwell's story is, it is also uplifting. She describes how she shook off the yoke of her husband's domination and her own self-doubt to attain a doctorate from Oxford University at the age of fifty; how she became an internationally recognized Holocaust scholar and how - in short - she nurtured a mind of her own. Her story will give courage to any woman who has ever suffered at the hands of a domineering man. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/10/49/9780060171049.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en Harpercollins A Mind of My Own: My Life With Robert Maxwell \N +60173416 The Hubble Wars: Astrophysics Meets Astropolitics in the Two-Billion-Dollar Struggle over the Hubble Space Telescope 386 1994 The Hubble Space Telescope Is The Largest, Most Complex, And Most Powerful Observatory Ever Deployed In Space, Designed To Allow Astronomers To Look Far Back Into Our Own Cosmic Past With Unprecedented Clarity. Yet From The Day It Was Launched In 1990 - And Soon Discovered To Be Semi-blind - Hubble Has Been At The Center Of A Cosmic-size Controversy Over Who Was Responsible For Its Notorious Failure To Function And What Could Be Done About It. In 1987, Eric J. Chaisson, An Accomplished Young Astrophysicist, Signed On As A Senior Scientist With The Hubble Project. Drawing On The Journals Of His Five-year Tenure, He Now Re-creates The Day-to-day Struggle Over (and Often With) The Infamously Flawed Two-billion-dollar Recalcitrant Beast In The Sky. It's A Hilarious And Frightening Story About A Three-way War Between Science, Government, And Industry (with The Military Launching Guerrilla Attacks From The Sidelines). Chaisson Probes The Politics And Economics Of Astronomy And Brings To Life The Human Personalities - Inside Nasa, The International Scientific Community, And Private Industry - Who Do Battle In The Hubble Wars. Writing Lucidly About The Technology Of The Telescope Itself, Chaisson Lets Us Feel What It's Like To Be At The Controls Of The Most Complex And Expensive Gadget Ever Built By Humans, And Relates The Unending Tasks Devised To Deal With The Bird's Eccentricities. Despite Its Imperfect Vision, Hubble Is Able To See Some Stars, And Chaisson Also Explains With A Scientist's Keen Passion The Many Wondrous Discoveries That Hubble Has Made Possible. In December 1993, Nasa Launched A Much-heralded Mission To Fix Hubble, And Shortly Thereafter Declared That It Would Now See Better Than Originally Expected. Chaisson Tests These Claims Against The Evidence Of The Images Produces, And Assesses What Hubble Means To The Goals Of Future Space Exploration. With Over One Hundred Black-and-white And Full-color Photographs, This Is An Illuminating Account Of The Perils - And Possibilities - At The Heart Of One Of The Most Ambitious Scientific Enterprises In History, And A Provocative Inquiry Into The Place Of Science In Space.--jacket. Prologue Launch Of Space Telescope -- 1. Deployment And Early Operations -- 2. Jitters, In Space And On The Ground -- 3. Hubble's First Light -- 4. Babel Revisited -- 5. Rocky Road To The Imaging Campaign -- 6. Inaugural Science Observations -- 7. More Early Science Results -- Epilogue: Miracle On Orbit -- Afterword: The Fix. Eric J. Chaisson. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [369]-370) And Index. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/11/48/9780060171148.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en Harpercollins The Hubble Wars: Astrophysics Meets Astropolitics in the Two-Billion-Dollar Struggle over the Hubble Space Telescope \N +60173963 A Different Kind of Listening: My Psychoanalysis and Its Shadow 215 1995 Kim Chernin. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/11/86/9780060171186.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en Harpercollins A Different Kind of Listening: My Psychoanalysis and Its Shadow \N +60174862 Wit and Wisdom of Benjamin Franklin: A Treasury of More Than 900 Quotations and Anecdotes 236 1995 A brilliant resource to the wise and witty sayings of the "first American," along with numerous entertaining anecdotes about Benjamin Franklin's adventures and misadventures, from his childhood in his brother's Boston printing establishment and his subsequent move to Philadelphia as a youth to his stint as Colonial postmaster general, his work with Thomas Jefferson on the Declaration of Independence, and his years as ambassador to the court of Louis XVI in France. This book is for speechmakers, students of history, and lovers of Americana. The Wit & Wisdom of Benjamin Franklin contains quotations organized by subject; lists of his inventions and innovations, such as newspaper editorials, the Franklin stove, bifocals, daylight saving time, and electroshock treatment; and his insights into the personalities of his contemporaries. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/17/28/9780060171728.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en Harpercollins Wit and Wisdom of Benjamin Franklin: A Treasury of More Than 900 Quotations and Anecdotes \N +60175028 Caesar's Bicycle (Timeline Wars) 304 1997 The alien Closers are waging a war of annihilation and extermination on a million alternate Earths. To stop them, orbiting Hyper Athens recruits Crux Ops fighters from every human era. \\nPrivate eye Mark Strang has battled the Closers in every century, with weapons old and new, from laser beam to crossbow. But now the Timelines are mysteriously closing, and he must storm the Roman Forum with knife in hand, risking the most hideous death of all - crucifixion! https://images.isbndb.com/covers/66/11/9780061056611.jpg 2 2 Mass Market Paperback en Harper Voyager Caesar's Bicycle (Timeline Wars) \N +60175281 The Path to Power 656 1995 In The Downing Street Wars, Margaret Thatcher Gave Her Own Account Of Her Prime Ministership From 1979 To 1990. That Book Justly Became A Bestseller All Over The World. Now, In The Path To Power, She Writes For The First Time About Her Personal Life, About The Formation Of Her Character And Values, And About The Training And Experiences Which Led To The 1979 Election Victory. Part 1. A Provincial Childhood : Grantham (1925-43) ; Gowns-woman : Oxford (1943-47) ; House Bound : Marriage, Family, Law And Politics (1947-59) ; The Outer Circle : Backbencher And Junior Minister (1959-64) ; A World Of Shadows : Opposition (1964-70) ; Teacher's Pest : The Department Of Education (1970-74) ; No End Of A Lesson : The Heath Government (1970-74) ; Seizing The Moment : The October 1974 General Election And The Campaign For The Tory Leadership ; A Bumpy Ride : Leader Of The Opposition (1975-77) ; Détente Or Defeat? : Foreign Policy And Visits (1975-79) ; Apprenticeship For Power : Leader Of The Opposition (1977-79) ; Just One Chance : 1979 General Election Campaign -- Part 2. Beginning Again. Bruges Or Brussels? : Policy Towards Europe ; New World Disorder : Foreign Policy And Defence ; Virtue's Rewards : Policies To Strengthen The Family, Curb Welfare Dependency And Reduce Crime ; Promoting The Free-enterprise Revolution : Economic Policy -- Epilogue -- Appendix I: The Hague Speech, 15 May 1992 -- Appendix Ii: Political Chronology, 1955-79 -- Appendix Iii: Shadow Cabinet, 1975-79. Margaret Thatcher. Includes Index. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/27/01/9780060172701.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en HarperCollins The Path to Power \N +312282664 Winter and Night: A Bill Smith/Lydia Chin Novel 304 2002 S.j. Rozan. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/55/59/9780312245559.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en Minotaur Books Winter and Night: A Bill Smith/Lydia Chin Novel \N +60175621 Natural Woman, Natural Menopause 272 1997 Accessible As Well As Authoritative, Natural Woman, Natural Menopause Features The Stories Of Other Women Who, Like Christine Conrad, Found That They Didn't Have To Accept Less Than A Completely Safe Alternative. More Important, In Natural Woman, Natural Menopause Marcus Laux And Christine Conrad Offer Readers Their Complete Plan For Long-lasting Health And Renewed Vitality. Following Their Natural Woman Plan, Which Features The Right Combination Of Plant-derived. Hormones, Nutritional Supplements, A Plant-rich Diet, And An Exercise Program To Eliminate And Even Reverse The Effects Of Bone Loss, Women Will Find That Not Only Will They Be More Energetic And Radiant Than They Thought Possible But They Will Be Adding Years Of Good Health To Their Lives. Who Is This Book For? -- A Personal Note From Christine Conrad -- A Personal Note From Dr. Laux -- 1. Another Way -- 2. Estrogen: The Misunderstood Hormone -- 3. The Power Of Plant Hormones -- 4. Hrt: The Road To The Present Dilemma -- 5. The Risk/benefit Factor -- 6. More Than An Alternative -- 7. The Naturals: What Are My Choices? -- 8. Talking To Your Doctor About The Naturals -- 9. Following The Natural Woman Plan -- 10. How To Use The Naturals -- 11. Hormone Balancing Through Food -- 12. The Natural Woman Eating Plan -- 13. Supplements: For Hormonal And Overall Health -- 14. Taking Care Of Your Bones -- 15. An Ideal Way To Exercise -- 16. A Way Of Life -- App. A. Doctor Referral Listings And Support Organizations -- App. B. Compounding Pharmacies -- App. C. Testing And Hormone Product Resources -- App. D. Traditional Herbal Remedies -- App. E. Recommended Organic Products And Resources -- App. F. Recommended Cookbooks -- App. G. List Of Menopausal Symptoms. Marcus Laux And Christine Conrad. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [233]-240) And Index. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/34/18/9780060173418.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en Harper Natural Woman, Natural Menopause \N +140179178 With Justice for None: Destroying an American Myth 370 1990 Gerry Spence. Reprint. Originally Published: New York, Ny : Times Books, 1989. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 340-353) And Index. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/32/57/9780140133257.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Penguin Books With Justice for None: Destroying an American Myth \N +60175818 The Angel on the Roof: The Stories of Russell Banks 506 2000 Djinn -- Defenseman -- The Caul -- The Fisherman -- Firewood -- Quality Time -- The Lie -- Indisposed -- The Child Screams And Looks Back At You -- Sarah Cole: A Type Of Love Story -- Assisted Living -- The Neighbor -- The Rise Of The Middle Class -- The Burden -- Mistake -- Plains Of Abraham -- Theory Of Flight -- Comfort -- Success Story -- Cow-cow -- With Ché In New Hampshire -- Dis Bwoy, Him Gwan -- The Fish -- The Moor -- Searching For Survisors -- Black Man And White Woman In Dark Green Rowboat -- Xmas -- The Guinea Pig Lady -- Queen For A Day -- The Visit -- Lobster Night. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/39/68/9780060173968.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en Harper The Angel on the Roof: The Stories of Russell Banks \N +60175931 Second Coming: The Strange Odyssey of Michael Jordan - From Courtside to Home Plate and Back Again 304 1995 What were the unreported factors behind Michael Jordan's retirement from the NBA in 1993? Did he ever truly have a shot at making a major league roster? Why did he return to basketball eighteen months later, and how did his teammates feel about it? Which Bulls players want to continue playing with "His Airness," and which want out? Who among the NBA's cast of hard-nosed coaches, blue-chip rookies, trash-talking superstars, and buttoned-down league officials really wields the most power? In Second Coming, Sam Smith, author of the phenomenal bestseller The Jordan Rules, delivers answers to these questions and more. By turns startling, humorous, and provocative, this "story-behind-the-comeback story" evokes the true nature of life under the NBA big top with the Chicago Bulls in the center ring and Michael Jordan as ringmaster. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/50/23/9780060175023.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en Harpercollins Second Coming: The Strange Odyssey of Michael Jordan - From Courtside to Home Plate and Back Again \N +60176598 Manifest Your Destiny: Nine Spiritual Principles for Getting Everything You Want, The 192 1997 Dr. Wayne Dyer Is An Extraordinary Sensor Of What People Want -- And He Moves With The Ever-changing Times. He Lasered In On The Heart Of The Spiritual With Real Magic And Embraced Individual Sacredness With Your Sacred Self. Now, In This Enlightening New Work, He Takes These Concepts One Step Further -- To An Even More Personal Level -- To Focus On Meditation And Manifesting What You Want. Manifest Your Destiny Teaches The Process Of Meditation As A Way To Streamline Your Thoughts, Desires, Goals, And, Ultimately, Your Life. All Of Us Struggle With Built-in Societal Barriers To Our Inner Potential. For Instance, When We Fall Into A Dream State (either In Real Sleep Or In A Daydream), We Conceive Of Goals And Desires That Are More Spectacular Than Those We Entertain When Awake -- Yet We Always Wake Up Thinking, I Can't Do That. It Is This Conditioned Limitation That Dyer Now Shows Everyone How To Overcome. Through The Art Of Meditation, And His Own Remarkable Nine Spiritual Principles Of Manifesting, Which Are Covered In-depth In This Invaluable Guide. Dyer Illuminates The Path To Achieving Our Truest And Greatest Goals -- And Experiencing All Of Life's Wondrous Rewards. Https://images.isbndb.com/covers/52/83/9780060175283.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en Harper Manifest Your Destiny: Nine Spiritual Principles for Getting Everything You Want, The \N +60177586 Eating the Honey of Words: New and Selected Poems 288 1999 Robert Bly. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/56/27/9780060175627.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en Harper Eating the Honey of Words: New and Selected Poems \N +60182261 The First Eagle (A Leaphorn and Chee Novel) 288 1998 Pi Joe Leaphorn Of Arizona Investigates The Murder Of An Indian Policeman For Which An Eagle Poacher Has Been Arrested. Leaphorn Thinks Someone Else Did It. By The Author Of The Fallen Man. Tony Hillerman. Https://images.isbndb.com/covers/58/18/9780060175818.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en Harper The First Eagle (A Leaphorn and Chee Novel) \N +60182571 Chez Panisse Café Cookbook 267 1999 we Hung The Walls With Old French Movie Posters Advertising The Films Of Marcel Pagnol, Films That Had Already Provided Us With Both A Name And An Ideal: To Create A Community Of Friends, Lovers, And Relatives That Span Generations And Is In Tune With The Seasons, The Land, And Human Appetites. so Writes Alice Waters Of The Opening Of Berkeley's Chez Panisse CafÉ On April Fool's Day, 1980. Located Above The More Formal Chez Panisse Restaurant, The CafÉ Is A Bustling Neighborhood Bistro Where Guests Needn't Reserve Far In Advance And Can Choose From The Ever-changing À La Carte Menu. It's The Place Where Alice Waters's Inventive Chefs Cook In A More Impromptu And Earthy Vein, Drawing On The Healthful, Low-tech Traditions Of The Cuisines Of Such Mediterranean Regions As Catalonia, Campania, And Provence, While Improvising And Experimenting With The Best Products Of Chez Panisse's Own Regional Network Of Small Farms And Producers.in The chez Panisse CafÉ Cookbook, The Follow-up To The Award-winning chez Panisse Vegetables, Alice Waters And Her Team Of Talented Cooks Offer More Than 140 of The CafÉ's Best-recipes—some That Have Been On The Menu Since The Day CafÉ Opened And Others Freshly Reinvented With The Honesty And Ingenuity That Have Made Chez Panisse So Famous. In Addition To Irresistible Recipes, The chez Panisse CafÉ Cookbook Is Filled With Chapter-opening Essays On The Relationships Alice Has Cultivated With The Farmers, Foragers And Purveyors—most Of Them Within An Hour's Drive Of Berkeley—who Make It Possible For Chez Panisse To Boast That Nearly All Food Is Locally Grown, Certifiably Organic, And Sustainably Grown And Harvested.alice Encourages Her Chefs And Cookbook Readers Alike To Decide What To Cook Only After Visiting The Farmer's Market Or Produce Stand. Then We Can All Fully Appreciate The Advantages Of Eating According To Season—fresh Spring Lamb In Late March, Ripe Tomato Salads In Late Summer, Comice Pear Crisps In Autumn.this Book Begins With A Chapter Of Inspired Vegetable Recipes, From A Vivid Salad Of Avocados And Beets To Elegant Morel Mushroom Toasts To Straightforward Side Dishes Of Spicy Broccoli Raab And Garlicky Kale. The Chapter On Eggs And Cheese Includes Two Of The CafÉ's Most Famous Dishes, A Garden Lettuce Salad With Baked Goat Cheese And The Crostata Di Perrella, The CafÉ's Version Of A Calzone. Later Chapters Focus On Fish And Shellfish, Beef, Pork, Lamb, And Poultry, Each Offering Its Share Of Delightful Dishes. You'll Find Recipes For Curing Your Own Pancetta, For Simple Grills And Succulent Braises, And For The Definitive Simple Roast Chicken—as Well As Sumptuous Truffed Chicken Breasts. Finally The Pastry Cooks Of Chez Panisse Serve Forth A Chapter Of Uncomplicated Sweets, Including Apricot Bread Pudding, Chocolate Almond Cookies, And Wood Oven-baked Figs With Raspberries.gorgeously Designed And Illustrated Throughout With Colored Block Prints By David Lance Goines, Who Has Eaten At The CafÉ Since The Day It Opened, chez Panisse CafÉ Cookbook Is Destined To Become An Indispensable Classic. Fans Of Alice Waters's Restaurant And CafÉ Will Be Thrilled To Discover The Recipes That Keep Them Coming Back For More. Loyal Readers Of Her Earlier Cookbooks Will Delight In This Latest Collection Of Time-tested, Deceptively Simple Recipes. And Anyone Who Loves Pure, Vibrant, Delicious Fare Made From The Finest Ingredients Will Be Honored To Add These New Recipes To His Or Her Repertoire.
\\n— Charles Solomon, Los Angeles Times Book Review
Celebrate Little House, available once again with the classic Garth Williams artwork gracing the covers and black–and–white interiors.
Nobody wants to raise a brat...but the surest way to do so is by doing too much for and giving too much to your kids.\\nParents often inadvertently confuse love with overindulgence. They don't want their children to suffer a moment of frustration or be deprived of any desire. But in truth, a balance of frustration tolerance and gratification is necessary to become a resilient and responsible adult.\\nOf course, every child is difficult on occasion, but true brats are constantly selfish, demanding, and incapable of listening. Their parents must regularly plead, cajole, and bargain with them to exert some control. So what makes a child become a brat in the first place? And what can a parent do—or not do—to keep their children from becoming brats?\\nSince being a mother is her most important role, renowned actress Marilu Henner has often turned to Dr. Ruth Sharon, a highly respected psychoanalyst, for advice on raising her own children. Together, in I Refuse to Raise a Brat, they have created a practical and accessible guidebook based on Dr. Sharon's fundamental observation: Adults with the greatest emotional difficulties were generally overgratified, overprotected, and overindulged as children.\\nConsequently, parents need to allow their children to work through their frustrations at an early age and not consistently indulge them. I Refuse to Raise a Brat will show parents how to:\\n
Everyone knows your wedding day is the most important day of your life. But did you know it could also be the wackiest? Part family reunion, part ceremony, part dinner party, part get-down-and boogie dance party, weddings have a tendency to spin out of control-especially when You start considering all the important questions: Do I invite all of my relatives or just the ones I know? What does a wed" ding budget look like-and how do I stay on one? Where do I find a Dj who won't play the macarena? Why is my groom acting like such a grouch?
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In The Best Friend's Guide to Planning a Wedding, Lara Webb Carrigan, like that indispensable girl Friend, helps you navigate the complicated process of organizing a wedding with smarts, grace, and, above all, good humor. After having survived he hundreds of brides-to-be and newlyweds, collecting the kind of useful suggestions that no one thinks to share — until after the wedding. Filled with voices of real women, plus insider tips from wedding consultants, caterers, and other pros, this essential resource offers practical, step-by-step strategies, checklists, and real-life advice from brides who have been there before. It also debunks wedding myths from "All bridesmaids have to wear the same dress" to "Seating charts are optional" and "The more makeup you wear, the better you'll look."
Like your best girlfriend, The Best Friend's Guide to Planning a Wedding helps you keep track of all the details (and your wits) while reminding you that what matters most isn't a perfect wedding but a wonderful marriage.
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Winner in 2001 of Canada's two most prestigious literary awards -- the Governor General's Award and the Giller Prize -- Richard B.
In this remarkably assured debut collection, doctors, scientists, explorers, and collectors face the emotional battles of love, loss, and obsession in exotic locations.
In this stunningly original collection, A. M. Homes writes with terrifying compassion about the things that matter most. Homes's distinctive narrative illuminates our dreams and desires, our memories and losses, and demonstrates how extraordinary the ordinary can be. With uncanny emotional accuracy, wit, and empathy, Homes takes us places we recognize but would rather not go alone.
Now together for the first time, Johanna Lindsey's two classic Christmas tales, long beloved by her fans, available with a beautiful keepsake Christmas ornament!
The Present: The love story that began the Mallory dynasty. Miracles have been known to happen in this season of peace and giving and love, as this dramatic story of a mysterious exotic gypsy that became the bride of a duke shows.
Home for the Holidays: A treasured gift of love, tenderness, and ecstasy unbound. An enchanting story of a young impoverished gentlewoman and the mysterious gentleman whose heart is melted by her beauty.
A Middle Eastern potentate and his entourage are descending on Martha's Vineyard — and chaos is in the salt air. Ex-Boston-cop Jeff J.W. Jackson would rather be fishing with his lady Zee, but the island's overtaxed police force needs his help to control the madness their visitor's arrival has stirred up — especially since the great man will not leave before ceremoniously reclaiming an emerald necklace stolen from his nation a century ago. But when both the jewels and Zee vanish, J.W. is quickly transformed from rent-a-cop to frantic investigator. Because an ill tide has carried desperate men to this idyllic island with murder on their minds. And Jackson suddenly stands to lose everything that he dearly loves. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/29/00/9780060542900.jpg 2 2 Mass Market Paperback en Avon Vineyard Deceit: A Martha's Vineyard Mystery \N +60568062 Tagged for Murder: A Molly Doyle Mystery 320 2004 the Second Page-turning Instalment In The Acclaimed Mystery Series Featuring Striking, Sarcastic Antique Dealer Molly Doyle, Set In Picturesque Carmel, California.molly Doyle Crossed A Continent To Escape Trouble, But It's Becoming Increasingly Dangerous To Be In The Antique Business In Her Small Adopted Corner Of California. The Murder Of A Friend And Fellow Antiques Dealer Has Shaken Molly To The Core. And Matters Aren't Helped Any By The Arrival Of Her Deceitful, Long-estranged Sister-who Sticks Around Only Long Enough To Dump Molly's Twelve-year-old Niece Before Vanishing To Parts Unknown. Actually, Young Emma Is A Bright Spot In These Dark Days, Since She's Clever, Endearing, And Shows A Natural Aptitude For Antiques Work.but The Very Unnatural Death Of Yet Another Dealer-a Rather Shady One This Time With Possible Ties To Molly's Family-has The Intrepid Ms. Doyle Acting As Sleuth Once Again.before A Killer Decides She's The Next Item To Be Taken Out Of Circulation Permanently.
Why is the Torah central to the Jewish faith? How did the Talmud originate? What do Jewish holidays celebrate? What goes on a synagogue worship service? How to kosher dietary laws work? Why is the land of Israel so important for Jews? These are just a few of the questions Rabbi Wayne Dosick answers in this masterly overview of Jewish faith and tradition, now available in a handsome paperback edition. Writing in short, accessible chapers that cover Jewish beliefs, people, literature, holidays, worship, and living, he captures the essence of Judaism, honoring and explicating the diversity of Jewish thought and observance, from Reform and Conservation to Orthodox. With a timeline of Jewish history and thought-provoking essys on the Jewish idea of God, good and evil, the messiah, believing in the Bible, prayer, right and wrong, the Holocaust, and Israel, Living Judaism is the definitive introduction to one of the world's great religions. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/17/97/9780060621797.jpg 1 1 Paperback en HarperOne Living Judaism: The Complete Guide to Jewish Belief, Tradition, and Practice \N
+006066567X Spiritual Classics: Selected Readings on the Twelve Spiritual Disciplines 400 2000 1. Meditation -- 2. Prayer -- 3. Fasting -- 4. Study -- 5 Simplicity -- 6. Solitude -- 7. Submission -- 8. Service -- 9. Confession -- 10. Worship -- 11. Guidance -- 12. Celebration. Introduction -- Meditation: A Godly Meditation / Thomas More. Meditation ; How To Meditate ; Contemplation : The Prayer Of Loving Attention ; How To Contemplate / Joyce Huggett. The Gift Of Contemplation / Thomas Merton. The Soul Describes The Seven Stages / Marguerite Porete -- Prayer: Is Praying Difficult? ; Superabundance Of The Heart / André Louf. Experiments In Prayer / Agnes Sanford. Starting To Pray ; How And Why Short Prayer Pierces Heaven / Author Of The Cloud Of Unknowning. Concerning The Our Father / Simone Weil -- Fasting: A Fasting On Criticalness / Catherine Marshall. Fasting, A Source Of Trial / John Henry Newman. Cleansing Of The Heart / Augustine Of Hippo. Prayer And Fasting, Public Or Private? / William Law -- Study: The Cause Of Spiritual Stupidity / George Macdonald. The Secret Of Leadership / Lilias Trotter. Three New Testament Serendipities / J.b. Phillips. Is There Not A Shorter Way? / Phoebe Palmer -- Simplicity: The Blessedness Of Possessing Nothing / A.w. Tozer. Do Not Be Anxious About Your Life / Martin Luther. The Lord Opened Unto Me / George Fox. All For Nothing, Nothing For All / Clare Of Assisi -- Solitude: The Silent Beach, The Bowl Of Stars / Anne Morrow Lindbergh. Solitude And Silence / Thomas À Kempis. The Meaning Of Silence / John Main. The Power Of Listening, The Power Of Silence / Paul Tournier -- Submission: In My Great Task-master's Eye / John Milton. The Shepherd In Search Of Lost Obedience / Thomas R. Kelly. Wait And Wait Again / Richard Of St. Victor. God's Instrument / Alan Paton -- Service: Give All For All / Hadewijch Of Antwerp. When Our Work Becomes A Spiritual Work Working In The World / Meister Eckhart. Hospitality To The Poor / Dorothy Day. God Of My Daily Routine / Karl Rahner -- Confession: Letter To Christian Laypeople / Hildegard Of Bingen. Sinfulness In Society / Dorothy L. Sayers. Why Do Men Stupefy Themselves? / Leo Tolstoy. Reconcile Your Past / Adolfo Quezada -- Workship: We Are Called To Workship / Evelyn Underhill. O For A Thousand Tongues To Sing / Charles Wesley. God's Grandeur ; Pied Beauty / Gerard Manley Hopkins. The Glory Of God ; The Chief End Of Prayer / Andrew Murray -- Guidance: On Love And Non-violence / Martin Luther King Jr.. Christ Guides Us To Seeing / John Ruusbroec. Rules For The Discernment Of Spirits / Ignatius Loyola. Enjoying The Floods And Other Disasters / G.k. Chesterton -- Celebration: A Christmas Carol / Christina Rossetti. Sarah's Laughter / Frederick Buechner. At The Wedding Of Odette Bacot And Jean Teilhard D'eyry (14 June 1928) / Pierre Teilhard De Chardin. Religious Joy ; Christ, A Quickening Spirit / John Henry Newman -- Readings For The Fifth Week: The Firstfruits Of The Spirit / John Wesley. Comparatively Small Faults And Virtues / Hannah More. What It Means To Be A Creature / Frederick William Faber. The Traffic Of The Temple / Amy Carmichael. Edited By Richard J. Foster & Emilie Griffin. A Renovaré Resource For Spiritual Renewal. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. Https://images.isbndb.com/covers/87/27/9780060628727.jpg 2 2 Paperback en HarperOne Spiritual Classics: Selected Readings on the Twelve Spiritual Disciplines \N
+60698683 Merton: A Biography 342 1980 Poets, American -- 20th Century -- Biography. Named Person: Merton, Thomas, 1915-1968. Named Corp: Trappists -- United States -- Biography. Oh Sun! Oh Joli! -- The Smell Of The Midi -- A Very Nice School -- Damp And Fetid Mists -- That Center Who Is Everywhere -- Our Lady Of Cobre -- The Court Of The Queen Of Heaven -- Among The Shining Vineyards -- The Prison Of Selfhood -- The Mount Of Purgatory -- His Solitude Is His Being -- The World And The Cloister -- The Ascent To Truth -- Like Other Men -- Once My Merry Friend -- Uncle Louie -- To Choose The World -- The Lonely One -- Monsieur Wind, What's He Say? -- A Native Of Casa -- The Shadow And The Disguise. Monica Furlong. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/07/99/9780060630799.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en Harper & Row Merton: A Biography \N
+60699744 When Boundaries Betray Us: Beyond Illusions of What Is Ethical in Therapy and Life 272 1995 Carter Heyward. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 253-256). https://images.isbndb.com/covers/89/62/9780060638962.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Harper San Francisco When Boundaries Betray Us: Beyond Illusions of What Is Ethical in Therapy and Life \N
+873646509 The Sierra Club Guide to the Natural Areas of California 320 1983 The Sierra Club Guide to the Natural Areas of California\\nThis invaluable sourcebook for the first time makes available detailed information about more than 200 natural areas in California, including federal and state parks and the public domain, where one can go to enjoy quiet, uncrowded, natural beauty. While 95% of the travelers nationwide crowd into 5% of the available parks and recreation areas, literally scores of little-known wilderness sites in California await the outdoor enthusiast. Sites are listed alphabetically within 9 geographic zones, each entry offering a wealth of detail, including:
\\n— Location: directions from the closest town or highway, and adjacent wilderness areas
\\n— Physical descriptions: acreage, outstanding natural features, points of special interest, typical weather patterns
\\n— Wildlife: birds, mammals, reptiles, and amphibians
\\n— Flora: major plant species
\\n— Recreation: camping, hiking, fishing, swimming, skiing and ski touring, horse riding, bicycling, hunting, boating, rafting, kayaking, and canoeing
\\n— Resources: park headquarters and ranger districts, including addresses and phone numbers, guidebooks, visitor centers
\\n— Easy reference: symbols tell at a glance the recreational opportunities for each site\\nCalifornia boasts of 1,340 miles of coastline, rugged mountain ranges including the Sierra Nevada and the Coast Range, vast deserts, 30,000 miles of rivers and streams, and a staggering 40 million acres of forest land. Based on original research and on-site surveys, this unique guide opens the state's outdoor resources to all who yearn to discover them.\\n"AuthorsJohn and Jane Perry want to take you away from fresh-air junk food, those well-publicized state parks and trails seemingly bush-deep with tourists and campers." https://images.isbndb.com/covers/33/30/9780871563330.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Sierra Club Books The Sierra Club Guide to the Natural Areas of California \N
+60731656 A Live Coal In The Sea 336 1997 Madeleine L'engle's First Adult Novel In Four Years -- Now In Paperback! With 23,000 Copies Sold Since May 1996, This Haunting Domestic Drama (publishers Weekly) Examines The Powers Of Faith And Mercy In One Family's Confrontation With A Legacy Of Evil. Best Known For A Wrinkle In Time -- The Children's Classic That Has Sold More Than 2 Million Copies Since 1962 -- Madeleine L'engle Is As Adept At Exploring Faith And Human Experience As She Is At Spinning Fascinating, Fantastic Tales. Now This Masterful Storyteller Blends Her Two Passions And Offers An Engrossing New Story To Delight Her Devoted Audience. When Dr. Camilla Dickinson's Teenage Granddaughter Confronts Her With The Disquieting Question Of Whether Camilla Is, In Fact, Her Grandmother, Long-kept Secrets Rise To The Surface To Test The Faith, Love And Loyalty Of The Xanthakos Family. This Skillful, Gripping Tale Shuttles Between Past And Troubled Present, Providing Clues To A Multigenerational Mystery -- Clues That Begin To Focus On Camilla's Son, The Deeply Troubled Tv Idol Artaxias, And On Camilla's Mother, The Irresistibly Beautiful And Adulterous Rose. Though Riveting And Psychologically Complex, A Live Coal In The Sea Is Infused With The Warmth Of Love And Mercy (booklist), Showcasing The Keen Eye And Deep Compassion That Have Made L'engle One Of This Century's Premier Writers On Faith And Its Place In Human Experience. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/28/69/9780060652869.jpg 1 1 Paperback en HarperOne A Live Coal In The Sea \N
+60733993 HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) 2368 1993 How many of us can say that we really understand the Bible? Its stories take place in distant lands and remote times that we know about only dimly. The customs of its people are often strange to us, their language foreign. And yet, we know that this Bible provides spiritual nurture and direction to millions of people today, although these millions belong to many different religious persuasions. The HarperCollins Study Bible is the key of discovery for unlocking the ancient past and the enduring legacy of the Bible. This up-to-date study Bible offers the full text of the New Revised Standard Version coupled with fascinating and informative notes by sixty-one leading experts on the books of the Bible. A comprehensive reference Bible for the general reader, The HarperCollins Study Bible contains all of the Old Testament, New Testament, and the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical books. A convenient, accessible resource, it provides a library of information in one easy-to-use volume. Sponsored by the Society of Biblical Literature - the premier international organization of biblical experts - The HarperCollins Study Bible is an excellent resource for discovering the majesty of the Bible. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/52/66/9780060655266.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en HarperOne HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) \N
+61091154 Sooner or Later (Deliverance Company #2) 368 1996 No One In The Tiny Town Of Boothill, Texas, Knows The Real Shaun Murphy--and That's The Way He Likes It. But He Can't Hide From The Pretty Young Postmistress, Letty Madden. Letty's Brother Is Missing, And Murphy Can Help Her Find Him. But When Letty Comes To Him For Help, He Makes Her A Very Indecent Proposal. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/34/57/9780061083457.jpg 1 1 Mass Market Paperback en Harper/Avon Sooner or Later (Deliverance Company #2) \N
+006074068X Graces: Prayers for Everyday Meals and Special Occasions 208 1994
Saying grace at mealtime is a time-honored tradition for many families and a newfound source of spiritual connection for others. Whether you're a master at giving the blessing or fairly new to this sacred art, Graces will bring inspiration to your meals and special gatherings.
Seeing the need for such inspiration at her family's table, June Cotner compiled a notebook of poems, prayers, and songs that she solicited from friends, strangers, family members, and ministers. She has turned her family's well-worn notebook into this elegantly packaged edition, which will complement your finest table settings.
Arranged by thirteen themes, this beautiful gift book contains poems, prayers, songs, invocations, and salutations by figures as diverse as Leunig and Browning, Emerson and Starhawk, Kahlil Gibran and Schweitzer. Whether you need a Sanskirt Salutation to the Dawn, a Gaelic Blessings, or ancient Chinese Prayer, Graces offers fitting words for every occasion.
Having a collection of original, traditional, and multicultural blessings makes it easy to share wisdom and insight with family and friends before meals or at special gatherings. The graces compiled here have been used by people of all religions beliefs, and special attention was given to how easily the words can be spoken by both adults and children.
Life if full of occasions when it seems appropriate to say grace. Graces contains 133 prayers, poems, and blessings that span the centuries and draw from many traditions. Bring spiritual focus to your meals by bringing Graces to your table.
A devotional prayer book focusing on one year with the Psalms, the most sensitive and honest words written about daily stress and daily blessings. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/56/78/9780060665678.jpg 1 1 Paperback en HarperOne Praying with the Psalms: A Year of Daily Prayers and Reflections on the Words of David \N +60906545 Road Angels: Searching For Home On America's Coast of Dreams 321 2001 What propels a man to leave his home? For writer Kent Nerburn it is not just a single event but rather "the accretion of little things"—fear of a future without real change, fear of his dreams of a better life disappearing with each winter snowfall. Worried that his passion and spirit for life might dim if he does not set off one more time to literally test the waters of the West, Nerburn abandons the cold, stark, and frozen landscape of northern Minnesota to drive down the coastal roads and highways from Washington state to southern California.\\nRiding shotgun, we encounter "Road Angels," regular and irregular folks along the way who show us both the good and bad in the world and beg us to rethink important questions about how the landscape of our homes effects every aspect of our being. In the end, Nerburn helps us uncover some unexpected and profound answers about the myths and dreams that shape our lives. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/86/83/9780060698683.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en HarperSanFrancisco Road Angels: Searching For Home On America's Coast of Dreams \N +60907444 A Long Way from Tipperary: What a Former Monk Discovered in His Search for the Truth 240 2000 The Former Monk And Controversial Biblical Scholar Tells How His Work As A Pioneering Historical Jesus Expert Has Led Him From The Traditional Catholicism Of His Youth To A More Complex, Sophisticated Faith.--jacket. The Most Exciting Game Around -- Only Through A Glass Darkly -- And Above All Else Obedience -- The Holy Is Not Just God -- A Villa On Ibiza -- Calling It Story Is Not Enough -- The Limits Of A Talking Head -- Mine Eyes Decline The Glory. John Dominic Crossan. Includes Index. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/97/41/9780060699741.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en HarperOne A Long Way from Tipperary: What a Former Monk Discovered in His Search for the Truth \N +822953285 Beneath The Silent Sea 414 1997 The Chinese have launched their most lethal submarine in a clandestine attack on both the U.S. and the Soviet Union--just as peace talks between these two nations have begun. Now, to stop the Maoist fanatics, two world powers about to come together in peace must join forces in war. As they race toward a showdown in the perilous ocean depths, the ultimate thermonuclear endgame is about to be played for the highest stakes of all. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/77/03/9780821757703.jpg 2 2 Mass Market Paperback en Zebra Beneath The Silent Sea \N +60908173 A Dose of Murder (Pauline Sokol Mysteries) 320 2004 this Completely Delightful And Funny Debut Of A Promising New Mass Market Mystery Series Features A Sassy 30–something Ex–nurse Turned Medical Insurance Fraud Investigator.nurse Pauline Sokol Has Overdosed On Sneezing, Coughing, And Chasing Around Little Munchkins With Tongue Depressors. To Salvage Her Sanity, Pauline Must Find A New Line Of Work䠮d Fast! Unfortunately, There's No Time To Find Her True Calling Since Rent Is Due, So She Follows A Hot Job Tip. Soon She Is Interviewing With The Smarmy Head Of A Medical Insurance Fraud Investigation Firm. Hired On The Spot, With No Qualifications Except For Her Ability To Impress The Boss With Her Inspiring Legs, She Is Thrown In Headfirst With No Clue About The Biz. Pauline Soon Realizes That She Can Use Her Nursing Skills To Solve Her First Case, And With The Help Of Hunky And Mysterious Fellow Investigator Jagger, She Learns The Ropes––and The Fact That This Job Is More Dangerous Than She Ever Imagined! But With The Help Of Goldie (the 6 Foot Tall Transvestite With A Heart Of Gold), Jagger, And Her Completely Whacky, But Totally Loveable Polish Family, Pauline Discovers The Tricks Of The Trade. And As She Hits Just About Every Bump In The Road Along The Way, Laughs And Chaos Ensue Even As The Investigation Leads Straight To Murder!
Beautiful and serene Venice is a city almost devoid of crime. But that is little comfort to Maestro Helmut Wellauer, a world-renowned conductor whose intermission refreshment comes one night with a little something extra in it-cyanide. For Guido Brunetti, vice-commissario of police and detective genius, finding a suspect isn't a problem; narrowing the large and unconventional group of enemies down to one is. As the suave and pithy Brunetti pieces together clues, a shocking picture of depravity and revenge emerges, leaving him torn between what is and what should be right — and questioning what the law can do, and what needs to be done.
The highly original satire about Oedipa Maas, a woman who finds herself enmeshed in a worldwide conspiracy, meets some extremely interesting characters, and attains a not inconsiderable amount of self knowledge. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/30/76/9780060913076.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Harper Perennial Modern Classics The Crying of Lot 49 (Perennial Fiction Library) \N +60916044 Since Yesterday: The 1930's in America, September 3, 1929 to September 3, 1939 400 1986 "Vividly and with great skills he marshals the men, the mountebanks, the measures, and the events of ten years of American life and causes them to march before us in orderly panathenaic procession."—Saturday Review https://images.isbndb.com/covers/32/29/9780060913229.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Harper Perennial Since Yesterday: The 1930's in America, September 3, 1929 to September 3, 1939 \N +60919655 Why Johnny Can't Read: And What You Can Do about It 240 1986 Thoroughly Revised To Encompass The Latest Research And Statistics, This Critical Study Addresses The Question Of Literacy Among American School Children. Letter To Johnny's Mother -- What Is Phonics? -- Why Johnny Can't Spell -- Cow And Consequences -- Phonics Vs. No Phonics -- Two Years Wasted -- Oh, Oh! Come, Come! Look, Look! -- How Not To Teach Reading -- Eyewitness Report -- Word Guessing -- Its Cause And Cure -- Letter To Johnny's Teacher -- Exercises. Rudolf Flesch. With A New Foreword, From Reader's Digest, Why Our Children Aren't Reading. Perenniel Library. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/34/03/9780060913403.jpg 2 2 Paperback en William Morrow Paperbacks Why Johnny Can't Read: And What You Can Do about It \N +60921110 An American Childhood 272 1989 a Book That Instantly Captured The Hearts Of Readers Across The Country, an American Childhood Is Pulitzer Prize-winning Author Annie Dillard's Poignant, Vivid Memoir Of Growing Up In Pittsburgh In The 1950s.
A fully revised and updated edition of the essential guide for men and women moving through the turmoil of divorce.
This New York Times bestselling novel by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Annie Dillard is a mesmerizing evocation of life in the Pacific Northwest during the last decades of the 19th century.
In her boldest and most darkly humorous novel yet, award-winning, critically acclaimed and bestselling novelist Louise Erdrich tells the intimate and powerful stories of five Great Plains women whose lives are connected through one man.
Stranded in a North Dakota blizzard, Jack Mauser's former wives huddle for warmth and pass the endless night by remembering the stories of how each came to love, marry and ultimately move beyond Jack. At times painful, at times heartbreaking and often times comic, their tales become the adhesive that holds them together in their love for Jack and in their lives as women.
Erdrich, with her characteristic powers of observation and luminescent prose, brings these women's unforgettable stories to life with astonishing candor and warmth. Filled with keen perceptions about the apparatus for survival, the force of passion and the necessity of hope, Tales of Burning Love is a tour de force from one of the most formidable American writers at work today.
What a facile, hokey shaggy dog story Louise Erdrich has churned out in her sixth work of fiction! Tales of Burning Love, despite its over-the-top title, begins promisingly -- with a revisitation of the flashback opening of Erdrich's remarkable first book, Love Medicine. Again June Kashpaw walks to her death in a freak snowstorm the day before Easter, but this time her story is recalled by hapless Jack Mauser, the man who'd married her in a bar just hours before, and who, after June's death, goes on to marry four more women. Jack's wives, their relationships with him and with each other, form the foundation on which the novel's story is built. But this is spongy ground, destabilized by Erdrich's seemingly wholesale rejection of her gifts for enduring characterizations and clarified lyricism. Instead, we're offered characters that remain flat and prose that is more so, and Erdrich's familiar wild leaps of imagination and black humor are exaggerated into hopelessly earnest, bathetic melodrama.
Another snowstorm, this one following Jack's absurdist funeral (he's assumed incinerated after his house burns down, the ashy remains of a side of beef identified as what's left of his body), traps Jack's four latest ex-wives and a mysterious stranger for an all-night storytelling and stale-candy-eating session in a stranded car. A cartoonish brawl of old rivalries among the women prompts the gimmicky tales of burning love, a rash of stories so lurid and silly that they seem to keep the characters awake out of sheer embarrassment for the author.
Everyone survives, of course, including Jack, who never was dead at all, although there are a few other successful cremations sprinkled throughout the book, as well as assorted weepy psychological epiphanies and miracles. Yet the biggest miracle is that any of these women ever fall for a character as unappealing as Jack. His airless personality is summed up beautifully by his priceless reaction to the news that two of his ex-wives have formed a couple and are jointly raising the baby son born to his fourth spouse: "So his son would grow up around a double set of gorgeous breasts -- once precious to Jack, now breasts that lived proudly, on their own terms, with other breasts." At least we can be reassured that Erdrich still offers flashes of humor -- whether she knows it or not. -- Salon https://images.isbndb.com/covers/83/60/9780060928360.jpg 2 2 Paperback en HarperCollins Tales of Burning Love \N +60932155 Slowness: A Novel 176 1997 Milan Kundera's lightest novel, a divertimento, an opera buffa, Slowness is also the first of this author's fictional works to have been written in French.\\nDisconcerted and enchanted, the reader follows the narrator of Slowness through a midsummer's night in which two tales of seduction, separated by more than two hundred years, interweave and oscillate between the sublime and the comic. Underlying this libertine fantasy is a profound meditation on contemporary life: about the secret bond between slowness and memory, about the connection between our era's desire to forget and the way we have given ourselves over to the demon of speed. And about "dancers" possessed by the passion to be seen, for whom life is merely a perpetual show emptied of every intimacy and every joy. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/84/14/9780060928414.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Harper Perennial Slowness: A Novel \N +60932309 The Circle of Simplicity: Return to the Good Life 288 1998
For a growing number of people, simplicity has been a path to experience the joy in life, to cherish its richness and vitality.It strips away the burdens of our daily lives so that we are left with exhilaration, spirit and fullness. These people are finding that less — less work, less rushing, less debt — is more — more time with family and friends, more time with community, more time with nature, and more time to develop a meaningful and compelling spirituality.
In The Circle of Simplicity: Return to the Good Life, author Cecile Andrews helps you discover and create the good life for yourself. She is renowned for her workshops on voluntary simplicity and her seminars on creating simplicity circles, where people explore their own life stories and share information and knowledge, helping one another develop lives of simplicity and satisfaction. The circles do not only give people the tools to change, but they also fill unmet needs for community and intimacy and the desire to search for truth in the company of kindred spirits. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/87/28/9780060928728.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Harper Perennial The Circle of Simplicity: Return to the Good Life \N +60933178 From Dawn to Decadence: 1500 to the Present: 500 Years of Western Cultural Life 912 2001 Highly Regarded Here And Abroad For Some Thirty Works Of Cultural History And Criticism, Master Historian Jacques Barzun Has Now Set Down In One Continuous Narrative The Sum Of His Discoveries And Conclusions About The Whole Of Western Culture Since 1500. In This Account, Barzun Describes What Western Man Wrought From The Renaisance And Reformation Down To The Present In The Double Light Of Its Own Time And Our Pressing Concerns. He Introduces Characters And Incidents With His Unusual Literary Style And Grace, Bringing To The Fore Those That Have 'puritans As Democrats, ' 'the Monarch's Revolution, ' 'the Artist Prophet And Jester'--show The Recurrent Role Of Great Themes Throughout The Eras. The Triumphs And Defeats Of Five Hundred Years Form An Inspiring Saga That Modifies The Current Impression Of One Long Tale Of Oppression By White European Males. Women And Their Deeds Are Prominent, And Freedom (even In Sexual Matters) Is Not An Invention Of The Last Decades. And When Barzun Rates The Present Not As A Culmination But A Decline, He Is In No Way A Prophet Of Doom. Instead, He Shows Decadence As The Creative Novelty That Will Burst Forth, Tomorrow Or The Next Day. Only After A Lifetime Of Separate Studies Covering A Broad Territory Could A Writer Create With Such Ease The Synthesis Displayed In This Magnificent Volume--amazon.com. Part I. From Luther's Ninety-five Theses To Boyle's Invisible College -- Part Ii. From The Bog And Sand Of Versailles To The Tennis Court -- Part Iii. From Faust, Part I, To The Nude Descending A Staircase No. 2 -- Part Iv. From The Great Illusion To Western Civ Has Got To Go. Jacques Barzun. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [803]-828) And Indexes. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/88/34/9780060928834.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Harper Perennial From Dawn to Decadence: 1500 to the Present: 500 Years of Western Cultural Life \N +60933887 3 Days to Vitality: Cleanse Your Body, Clear Your Mind, Claim Your Spirit 276 1998 Seeking a fresh start? Feel better fast with this total body-cleansing experience and jump-start your life in just three days!\\n
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"Pamela Serure is definitely clicking. On-trend for the new millenium."\\n\\n\\n "...teaches how to cleanse the body physically & mentally, providing menus, recipies, and an outline for the three day program."\\n https://images.isbndb.com/covers/88/65/9780060928865.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Harper Perennial 3 Days to Vitality: Cleanse Your Body, Clear Your Mind, Claim Your Spirit \N +60934417 Already Dead: A California Gothic 448 1998
\\n— Faith Popcorn, author of Clicking and The Popcorn Report
A contemporary noir, Already Dead is the tangled story of Nelson Fairchild Jr., disenfranchised scion to a northern California land fortune. A relentless failure, Nelson has botched nearly every scheme he's attempted to pull off. Now his future lies in a potentially profitable marijuana patch hidden in the lush old-growth redwoods on the family land.
Nelson has some serious problems. His marriage has fallen apart, and he may lose his land, cash and crop in the divorce. What's more, in need of some quick cash, he had foolishly agreed to smuggle $90,000 worth of cocaine through customs for Harry Lally, a major player in a drug syndicate. Chickening out just before bringing the drugs through, he flushed the powder. Now Lally wants him dead, and two goons are hot on his trail. Desperate, terrified and alone, for Nelson, there may be only one way out.
This is Denis Johnson's biggest and most complex book to date, and it perfectly showcases his signature themes of fate, redemption and the unraveling of the fabric of today's society. Already Dead, with its masterful narrative of overlapping and entwined stories, will further fuel the acclaim that surrounds one of today's most fascinating writers.
Leonard English, a sad and intense young man recovering from a suicide attempt, moves to the Cape Cod resort of Provincetown to work as a disk jockey cum private detective. On his first day there, he encounters a beautiful young woman and falls desperately in love with her — only to find out she prefers those of her own sex to men. English's first assignment, a search for an elusive artist, proves equally frustrating. As winter lengthens and Leonard's anguish mounts, his desperate quests — for the artist, for love, for redemption — take on an increasingly apocalyptic coloring.
Celia and Fernando, a long-married couple suddenly alone after their only daughter marries, embark on a cruise to the Caribbean islands to revitalize their sagging marriage. With the complicity of another passenger, the mysterious Julieta, Celia and Fernando lose themselves and their inhibitions as they turn to others to fulfill their fantasies of passion and destruction. Through a series of adventures on board the ship and on different islands, Celia and Fernando bring themselves to the brink of ecstasy and self-annihilation. As visitors on exotic soils, made delirious by the heat and their own heady lusts, the aging lovers mix fantasy and reality until their wild adventure burns itself out, nearly taking them with it.
Juxtaposed with the animal passions conjured by the married couple is a series of lyrical love letters to "Angela" from "Abel," two lovers with a secret of their own, explored but not explained until the very end, when their fate mirrors that of Celia and Fernando.
In elegant prose, The Last Night I Spent with You confronts the mysteries of death and desire with dark humor and remarkable subtlety.
About the Author:
James Runcie is an award-winning filmmaker. He has scripted three films for BBC Television, reviewed books for the Daily Telegraph, and has written for the Observer, the Evening Standard, and Country Living. He lives with his wife and children in St. Albans, England.
As a result of her own experience with many kind of loss, Stephanie Ericsson offers an intimate, profoundly touching guide for those in grief, legitimizing the complex and often taboo emotions we all feel when loss transforms our lives. In Companion Through the Darkness, Stephanie Ericsson defines grief as "the constant reawakening that things are now different." Using a very simple format — which combines excerpts from her own diary writings with brief essays — she vividly speaks the language of loss and captures the contradictory, wrenching, and chaotic emotions of grief. The book can be opened at any point to chapters no more than a few pages long on such themes as:
Abandonment: The sudden state I am forced into. I no longer belong to you. I no longer belong to anyone.
Rage: The state I use to survive seemingly moments of intolerable pain.
Humor: The backside of agony.
Pity: The look on people's faces when they haven't a clue what to say to me.
Transition: The moments, strung out over months, when I know I am no longer the woman I was, but not quite the woman I am becoming.
The result is compelling, intimate, and heartbreakingly truthful — a book that promises to be enormously sought-after support and touchstone for all those making their own journey through grief. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/97/45/9780060969745.jpg 2 2 Paperback en William Morrow Paperbacks Companion Through The Darkness: Inner Dialogues on Grief \N +60975229 Children of Alcoholism: A Survivor's Manual 208 1986 If one or both of your parents were alcoholics ... you are still suffering, and you care not alone.\\nAt least 22 million American adults were raised by an alcoholic parent, and nearly all of them live with scars — both psychological and physical -as a consequence. Coming from homes filled with loneliness and terror, children of alcoholics grow up unable to lead lives free from inexplicable guilt, deep insecurity, lack of self-esteem, and intense sadness. Now there is help.\\nChidren of Alcoholism exposes "the terrible family secret" and draws on interviews with over 200 survivors to share the realities of family alcoholism, such as the frequent occurrence of child abuse, the ruined family holidays, the "crazy" fantasylike atmosphere of the alcoholic home. Childern of Alcoholism also discusses in detail how survivors can:\\n
A sleeper hit when first published in 1986, Jeannette Haien's exquisite, beloved first novel is a deceptively simple story that has the power and resonance of myth. The story begins on a rainy morning as Father Declan de Loughry stands fishing in an Irish salmon stream, pondering the recent deathbed confession of one of his parishioners. Kevin Dennehy and his wife, Enda, have been sweetly living a lie for some 50 years, a lie the full extent of which Father Declan learns only when Enda finally confides "the all of it." Her tale of suffering mesmerizes the priest, who recognizes that it is also a tale of sin and scandal, a transgression he cannot ignore. The resolution of his dilemma is a triumph of strength and empathy that, as Benedict Kiely has said, makes The All of It "a book to remember".
A bestselling author and professor brings the historical figure of Merlin to life—the Merlin who prophesied his own death and was a counselor to kings as well as a scientist, humanist, and man of mystery.
In the aftermath of World War II, Martha Quest finds herself completely disillusioned. She is losing faith with the communist movement in Africa, and her marriage to one of the movement's leaders is disintegrating. Determined to resist the erosion of her personality, she engages in the first satisfactory love affair and breaks free, if only momentarily, from her suffocating unhappiness.
Landlocked is the fourth novel of Doris Lessing's classic Children of Violence sequence of novels, each a masterpiece in its own right, and collectively an incisive, all encompassing vision of our world in the twentiethcentury.
Bestselling author Jean Carper reveals the astonishing new discoveries that have caused brain researchers to completely revise their ideas about the brain's marvelous capabilities for change through "nutritional neuroscience." In this amazing book you will learn how you can mold your brain to optimize memory, intelligence mental achievement, and mood by eating the right foods and taking specific brain-boosting supplements: from common vitamin E to alpha-lipoic acid, ginkgo biloba, and coenzyme Q10. Here, too, is astounding information on raising your children's IQ before they are born; which vitamins can boost intelligence and memory; how high blood pressure can shrink your brain; what foods to eat to sharpen memory and rejuvenate brain cells, and much more. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/44/03/9780060984403.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Harper Quill Your Miracle Brain: Maximize Your Brainpower, Boost Your Memory, Lift Your Mood, Improve Your IQ and Creativity, Prevent and Reverse Mental Aging \N +440221471 Electric Storm: Magic School Bus Chapter Book #14 96 2003 Hi, I'm Keesha -- one of the kids in Ms. Frizzle's class. When Ms. Frizzle announced that we'd be studying the weather, I thought it would be pretty boring. Boy, was I wrong! Ms. Frizzle promised to take us on a field trip that would give us a real jolt of excitement -- little did we know what we had in mind. Before we knew it, we'd become a bolt of lightning and we were off on an electrifying adventure! https://images.isbndb.com/covers/43/43/9780439314343.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Scholastic Paperbacks Electric Storm: Magic School Bus Chapter Book #14 \N +61010995 The Diet-Free Solution: For Safe, Healthy, and Permanent Weight Loss 416 1998
You‘ve tried everything : the pills, the shakes, the diets, even the surgery, and it‘s been a losing battle. But permanent weight loss isn‘t impossible. Not anymore ...
Now dietary expert Laurel Mellin offers a scientifically proven, agony–free, breakthrough program for weight loss that doesn‘t require deprivation or superhuman willpower. The Diet–Free Solution presents a practical six–step plan that succeeds where other diets fail because it identifies the psychological, physical, and lifestyle causes of weight problems : the powerful mind and body drives that lead to overeating and inactivity and offers the cure for each. You can change your body, and ultimately your whole life with:
The Nurturing Cure: How to become aware of your feelings and meet your own needs
The Limits Cure: How to control your actions and set appropriate, realistic expectations
The Body Pride Cure: How to turn off negative stereotypes about fat
The Good Health Cure: How to become aware of body health and stay healthy
The Eating Cure: How to eat regular meals and maintain a healthy diet
The Activity Cure: How to maintain an exercise program and find personal time
Until you understand the whole truth about your weight problem, you can‘t solve it. Whether you‘re trying to lose those last five pounds, end a compulsive eating problem, or shed more weight than you ever thought you‘d carry, let The Diet–Free Solution work for you now and for the rest of your life!
The ability to self–nurture and set effective limits is the root of human maturity, and the foundation for emotional, behavioural, and spiritual balance. Fortunately, the skills to self–nurture and set effective limits can be fine–tuned and readers will learn them via a wealth of practical examples, colourful case histories, and scientific findings that are both fascinating and easy to understand. These skills are effective for a wide range of psychological and addictive problems––from alcoholism and other addictions to overeating, overworking, overspending, and perfectionism. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/72/44/9780060987244.jpg 1 1 Paperback en William Morrow Paperbacks The Diet-Free Solution: For Safe, Healthy, and Permanent Weight Loss \N +62517244 The Third Millennium: Living in the Posthistoric World 224 1996
‘A keen, poetic description of the emerging spiritual awareness.'
JAMES F REDFIELD, author of 'The Celestine Prophecy'
A timeless and visionary blueprint for conscious living and quantum change as we approach the next century.
'Mag https://images.isbndb.com/covers/40/80/9780062514080.jpg 1 1 Paperback en HarperOne The Third Millennium: Living in the Posthistoric World \N +006101351X Ally McBeal: The Official Guide 208 1999
New York Times bestselling author Barbara Delinsky delights with a compelling story of chance, fate, and perfect timing, first published in 1998.
Russ Ettinger doesn't know why the delicate young woman he found gasping for breath at the side of the road disappeared so abruptly—or even what her name is. What he does know is he must find her again somehow. There has to be a deeper purpose behind his Samaritan act, because never has anyone so powerfully and immediately filled him with such an overwhelming desire to cherish and protect.
But Dana Madison is tired of being protected. What she wants is to be respected and loved as the strong, vital, independent woman she has worked so hard to become. And so she flees from a chance first meeting with a considerate stranger, a man who could possibly play a very important role in her future ... and maybe find a permanent place in her heart. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/09/96/9780061010996.jpg 1 1 Mass Market Paperback en HarperTorch Moment to Moment \N +61031038 The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea 300 2000 October 1991. It Was The Perfect Storm--a Tempest That May Happen Only Once In A Century--a Nor'easter Created By So Rare A Combination Of Factors That It Could Not Possibly Have Been Worse. Creating Waves Ten Stories High And Winds Of 120 Miles An Hour, The Storm Whipped The Sea To Inconceivable Levels Few People On Earth Have Ever Witnessed. Few, Except The Six-man Crew Of The Andrea Gail, A Commercial Fishing Boat Tragically Headed Towards Its Hellish Center. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/35/15/9780061013515.jpg 1 1 Mass Market Paperback en HarperTorch The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea \N +61031097 Under the Lake 368 1999 still Waters situated On A Peaceful Lake In The Prettiest Part Of The North Georgia Mountains, Sutherland Seems Like A Nice Town, Warm And Quiet. The Kind Of Place Where Families Know Their Neighbors And Children Can Grow Up Safe. run Deep but This Picture-perfect Hamlet Harbors A Dark Evil — Whispered Rumors Of Greed, Incest, And Savagery. Buried Deep Within The Lake's Waters Are Hideous Secrets, Unspeakable Horrors That Can Turn Hair White And Drive A Person Mad. Wicked Lies That Can Kill.and Deadlynow, One Unknowing Outsider Has The Power To Reveal The Terrifying Truth...if He Lives.
Get Ready To Expand Your Mind...
Acclaimed editor and anthologist David G. Hartwell is back with the sixth annual collection of the year's most impressive, thought-provoking, and just plain great science fiction.
Year's Best SF 6 includes contributions from the greatest stars of the field as well as remarkable newcomers — galaxies and into unexplored territory deep within your own soul.
Here are stories from:
and many more... https://images.isbndb.com/covers/05/51/9780061020551.jpg 2 2 Mass Market Paperback en Harper Voyager Year's Best SF 6 (Year's Best SF (Science Fiction)) \N +61043974 Moving Pictures 368 2002 Discworld's pesky alchemists are up to their old tricks again. This time, they've discovered how to get gold from silver - the silver screen that is. Hearing the siren call of Holy Wood is one Victor Tugelbend, a would-be wizard turned extra. He can't sing, he can't dance, but he can handle a sword (sort of), and now he wants to be a star. So does Theda Withel, an ambitious ingénue from a little town (where else?) you've probably never heard of.But the click click of moving pictures isn't just stirring up dreams inside Discworld. Holy Wood's magic is drifting out into the boundaries of the universes, where raw realities, the could-have-beens, the might-bes, the never-weres, the wild ideas are beginning to ferment into a really stinky brew. It's up to Victor and Gaspode the Wonder Dog (a star if ever one was born!) to rein in the chaos and bring order back to a starstruck Discworld. And they're definitely not ready for their close-up! https://images.isbndb.com/covers/06/36/9780061020636.jpg 1 1 Mass Market Paperback en HarTorch Moving Pictures \N +61051489 Equal Rites 213 2000 Terry Pratchett. An Imprint Of Harpercollins Publishers. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/06/98/9780061020698.jpg 2 2 Mass Market Paperback en HarperTorch Equal Rites \N +61052779 U.S.S. Seawolf 496 2001 armed With Stolen U.s. Military Technology, The Chinese Are Producing A Frightening New Breed Of Weaponry,led By The Icbm Submarine Xia Iii — A Vessel That Just Might Be Able To Launch A Nuclear Warhead Across The Pacific Ocean And Take Out An American West Coast City.national Security Adviser Admiral Arnold Morgan Can't Let That Happen, And He Dispatches The Most Stealthy Hunter-killer Submarine In The U.s. Fleet, The 9,000-ton Ultrasecret seawolf, Deep Into The Dark, Forbidden Waters Of The South China Sea. But Then The Unthinkable Happens: seawolf, Collides With A Chinese Destroyer And Falls Into Enemy Hands. A Team Of Cunning Navy Seals — The Biggest Special Forces Assault Group Assembled Since Vietnam — Is Sent In To Free The Captive seawolf, Crew And Bring Them Home. The American Eagle Confronts The Chinese Dragon With The Balance Of World Power On The Line. Failure Is Not An Option...
There are human bones buried in an open field, the remains of a lost teenaged boy whose disappearance devastated a community more than thirty-five years ago ... and scarred a guilt-ridden friend forever.
A long-hidden horror has been unearthed, dragging a tormented policeman back into a past he could never truly forget no matter how desperately he tried. A heinous crime that occurred too close to home still has its grip on Chief Inspector Alan Banks — and it's leading him into a dark place where evil still dwells. Because the secrets that doomed young Graham Marshall back in 1965 remain alive and lethal — and disturbing them could cost Banks much more than he ever imagined.
Theirs was a Passion as Fierce as the Land that Claimed Them
Black-eyed Damian de la Sola was like no man Katherine Maxwell had ever known. Powerful and seductive, the aristocratic Spaniard unleashed a passion the Boston beauty vowed to resist.
De la Sola's blood ran hot for the bewitching widow of his most trusted American ally.Consumed by love and honor-bound to protect her, he relentlessly pursued her into the California wilderness.
Together, they followed their destinies. From a magnificent hacienda to a glittering cave carved deep in the mountainside, they searched for a golden treasure—and discovered a priceless love.
A Magnificent Novel of Love and Adventure in the Untamed American West
After turning a film student's directorial debut into a hit movie, New York mobster and movie fanatic Vinnie Callabrese takes off for the bright lights of Hollywood, where he begins a new life as Michael Vincent, Producer. A natural born wheeler-dealer, he lands not only a major studio deal, but also a gorgeous actress girlfriend.
It isn't long before Michael Vincent is one of the most successful producers in town, given his knack for bringing in films under budget — not too difficult when you're willing to lie, seduce, intimidate, and even kill to get what you want. But some of the people from his past have long memories and a far reach, and now it's Michael's turn to watch his back. Because even in the land of make-believe certain enemies — and their bullets — are very real.
https://images.isbndb.com/covers/15/68/9780061091568.jpg 1 1 Mass Market Paperback en HarperTorch L.A. Times \N +61093106 Strange Brew (Callahan Garrity Mysteries) 336 2005 The winds of change are blowing, bringing gentrification to Callahan Garrity's funky Atlanta neighborhood. Though it probably won't harm her House Mouse housecleaning service, not everyone welcomes the rebirth. And when the body of a murdered microbrewer is discovered in the aftermath of a furious Halloween gale, suspicion falls on the aging "flower child" shopkeeper whom the victim put out of business.\\nA former cop, Callahan isn't as quick to condemn a colorful local character as some law officers still on the force. But her investigative zeal is stirring up secrets that are forcing her to reassess old friendships and a one-time love — and is brewing up more lethal trouble than Callahan and her "mice" can safely swallow. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/17/35/9780061091735.jpg 2 2 Mass Market Paperback en Avon Strange Brew (Callahan Garrity Mysteries) \N +61094153 Inventing Memory: A Novel of Mothers and Daughters 384 1998 Spanning a hundred years, Inventing Memory brilliantly interweaves the lives of four generations of unforgettable women, from the turn of the last century to the early years of the twenty-first century. Propelled out of 1905 Russia by a pogrom in which she loses her first child, her twin brother, and her father, Sarah Solomon arrives in an America of bowler hats, Irish cops, elevated subway cars, Jewish and Italian anarchists, and labor ferment. Establishing herself as an artist, Sarah lives with and loves two very different men: a landsman, Lev Levitsky, and Sim Coppley, a proper New York WASP who is in love with all things Jewish, including her. While Sarah and Lev embark on an artistic life together that will take them west to a newly established Hollywood, their wild, flapper daughter and avant-garde writer, Salome, cavorts in 1929 Paris with the likes of Henry Miller, Anais Nin, and Gertrude Stein, until she learns a shocking secret that compels her to search for her WASP roots. Salome's daughter, Sally, destined to become one of the 1960's most famous folksingers, is struck like lightning by fame, and with it the ravages of a counterculture that wreaked havoc upon the lives of so many young artists. We meet Sally - and all of these women - through her daughter, Sara. Born in 1978, trained as an historian and in the process of researching her family history at the prestigious Council on Jewish History in New York, Sara finds herself drawn into the tumultuous lives of her ancestors via a sepia-tone photograph of her great-grandmother Sarah, for whom she was named. A single mother with a young daughter, Sara absorbs all she can of the strength of her great-grandmother and grandmother, and tries to make peace with the ghost of her own neglectful mother; she comes to understand the paradoxical, subjective nature of memory, and the way we invent, reinvent, and assimilate our ancestors. With Inventing Memory, Erica Jong has written the saga of four generations o https://images.isbndb.com/covers/18/03/9780061091803.jpg 2 2 Mass Market Paperback en HarperCollins Inventing Memory: A Novel of Mothers and Daughters \N +61095052 The Mysterious West 464 1995
Edited by Tony Hillerman, the Southwest's foremost suspense writer, this first-ever collection of mystery stories set in the West contains 20 original entries by such luminary mystery writers as Marcia Muller, Susan Dunlap, and Robert Campbell.
Everything Claire Raphael has she's earned. On her own. The hard way. She built her part-time business up from nothing and made it successful through her imagination, creativity, and hard work. She has two great children and Dennis, a husband she loves completely.
Then, one evening, when Claire returns from a difficult business trip, Dennis hands her divorce papers along with a court order to vacate their house. Claire is devastated. She had no idea her marriage was on the brink of disaster, that Dennis had been planning this ambush for weeks, if not months, or that her hectic but happy life was about to come crashing down around her.
Claire doesn't know where to turn or whom to trust. But in a few short weeks she learns what so many women have had to discover—that when the going gets tough, a woman's as tough as she needs to be. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/50/54/9780061095054.jpg 1 1 Mass Market Paperback en Avon A Woman's Place \N +61311596 Society of the Mind: A Cyberthriller 672 1997 Society of the Mind is the story of Dr. Laura Aldridge, a young Harvard psychology professor who is offered a seven-figure sum for a week of unspecified consultation by enigmatic inventor and computer genius Joseph Gray. Unknown to all but Gray's immediate staff, his prized invention and alter-ego - a massive, artificially intelligent neurocomputer - lies buried deep underground; its "mind" has grown troubled and its wide-ranging errors cause for grave concern. When Laura meets Gray on his south Pacific island, she is shocked - but intrigued - when she learns exactly what her job entails: to psychoanalyze and "cure" Gray's aberrant mainframe, which has become all too human in its operation, before its malfunctions lead to global catastrophe. But what Gray has built is not only a thinking entity; it feels as well. A conscious, brilliant, neurotic, and lonely mind that looks out at the world through cameras, interacting with it by way of the faltering steps of inquisitive, childlike robots, the neurocomputer shares its world with Laura when she immerses herself in Gray's virtual-reality workstations. And the closer Laura gets to the crux of the neurocomputer's psychological problems, the more engaging and "talkative" it becomes - until it begins to have trouble keeping its inventor's potentially devastating secrets. Utterly riveting, Society of the Mind raises questions that are chillingly real: As computer scientists succeed in replicating the human mind, what happens when they mistakenly - or perhaps intentionally - replicate its psychotic tendencies as well? And if the virus of human madness can be caught by computers, can the contagion pass from computers back to man? https://images.isbndb.com/covers/61/50/9780061096150.jpg 1 1 Mass Market Paperback en Harpercollins Society of the Mind: A Cyberthriller \N +61814342 Anger Kills: Seventeen Strategies for Controlling the Hostility That Can Harm Your Health 368 1998 In Anger Kills, Dr. Redford Williams reveals ground-breaking research that confirms that hostility not only is a serious barrier to happiness, but can lead to heart disease and other life-threatening illnesses.\\nDr. Williams and his wife, Virginia, team up to present the latest research in the field and offer seventeen practical strategies that can help readers translate scientific theory into meaningful action. Begin by taking the Hostility Questionnaire, which will help you assess the degree to which hostility, cynicism, and aggression rule your life. Then start a Hostility Log and follow the Hostility Roadmap to keep track of those incidents or people that really push your buttons. With these insights, you can then move on to sample any or all of the seventeen different strategies to reduce the wrath that sabotages your health and can drain your life of joy and pleasure.\\nIn writing Anger Kills, the authors draw not only on the latest research, but on their own experiences as a couple for more than twenty-nine years and on the experiences of couples who have used the Williamses' methods successfully in various workshops the authors have led. The result is a combination of solid science with empathic explorations of the nature of human relationships and caring. This is science with a heart.\\nAuthor Biography: Redford Williams, M.D., is director of behavioral research at Duke University Medical Center, professor of psychiatry, and associate professor of medicine. He interned at Yale University School of Medicine and did two years of research at the National Institutes of Health. He is the author of The Trusting Heart as well as dozens ofscientific papers. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/75/39/9780061097539.jpg 2 2 Mass Market Paperback en HarperTorch Anger Kills: Seventeen Strategies for Controlling the Hostility That Can Harm Your Health \N +62502328 Found Money 480 2000
A young woman finds $200,000 in cash in a cardboard box delivered to her door. A man inherits a fortune from a father who died penniless. Amy Parkens and Ryan Duffy have never met, but they are about to, as each discovers that found money can be a godsend––or a nightmare.
Amy Parkens is a struggling single mother forced to abandon a career in astronomy for a practical computer job. She feels condemned to long hours, low pay, and no time to spend with her daughter. Then an unmarked package arrives. There's no card, no note, no return address. Someone has simply sent her a small fortune. Amy has no idea who––or why. She only knows her dead–end life has changed forever.
Though she longs to keep the cash, Amy fears a mistake, a setup, or even a possible connection to her mother's mysterious suicide twenty years earlier. She has to find the source. But when she tries to look her gift horse in the mouth, someone snatches the money away––quickly, violently.
Ryan Duffy is a decent, responsible man, a small–town physician from the plains of southeastern Colorado. Like Amy, Ryan has recently found unexpected wealth. His father's estate is worth more than Ryan could ever have imagined––millions more. Truth is, Dad was a hardworking electrician for forty–years. But in his attic, he hid a fortune. The Duffy family has been guarding this secret. Was it extortion, burglary, or some other shocking crime? And now that Ryan has the money, what should he do?
Painful as it is, Ryan is drawn to his father's dark past. Amy, on the same desperate quest for answers, soon crosses Ryan's path. Their search takes them through a labyrinth of deception and blackmail, leading to a man of unfathomable power.
Yet the past is not what it appears. Heinous crimes touched their families years ago. Amy and Ryan must solve a treacherous puzzle to learn why the true victims never came forward, why the real wrongdoers went unpunished, and why certain people would kill to keep their secrets.
Jack Kornfield and Christina Feldman serve up a delicious banquet of wise tales from the world's greatest spiritual traditions in the pages of this delightful collection. A feast filled with timeless moral and spiritual lessons, these lively tales and https://images.isbndb.com/covers/44/24/9780062514424.jpg 2 2 Paperback en HarperOne Soul Food: Stories to Nourish the Spirit and the Heart \N +62548735 The Enneagram of Parenting: The 9 Types of Children and How to Raise Them Successfully 180 1997
Elizabeth Wagele, coauthor of The Enneagram Made Easy and Are You My Type, Am I Yours?, offers the first practical guidebook for parents — packed with her delightful cartoons — on how the Enneagram can help to understand and work with children's personality traits and behavioral patterns more effectively and creatively. Using her expertise in making the Enneagram accessible through simple text and zany, informative cartoons, Wagele shows parents how to be flexible and compassionate, willing and eager to recognize the unique potential of every child and to respond to and nurture each child appropriately. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/45/54/9780062514554.jpg 2 2 Paperback en HarperOne The Enneagram of Parenting: The 9 Types of Children and How to Raise Them Successfully \N +62585088 The Speed Trap: How to Avoid the Frenzy of the Fast Lane 224 1999 between Work, Play, Family, And Friends, Most Of Us Feel Like We're Speeding Along At 100 Miles An Hour. Our Lives Are Full, Yet We Don't Feel Fulfilled. One Solution Is To Slam On The Brakes And Adopt A Radically Simpler Lifestyle. But, As Psychologist Joe Bailey Demonstrates In This Essential Guide, You Don't Have To Give Up Everything To Slow Down Your Life. In Over Thirty-five Captivating, Instructive Stories, Bailey Shows Just How Easy It Is To Transform Your Way Of Thinking-and Wave Good-bye To Aggravating Bosses, Rocky Relationships, Stress-induced Illnesses, And Other Symptoms Of Life In The Fast Lane. You'll Discover How To:
Welcome to The Dance, the wise and practical book that expands on Oriah Mountain Dreamer′s new moving prose poem. In this compelling book the acclaimed author of The Invitation challenges readers to live with passion, energy, and honesty. The key, says Oriah, is to savour the everyday world of family, friends, love, and work with clear minds and open hearts. When we are physically and emotionally stressed and our spirits are depleted, we must realise that happiness has not vanished but is buried beneath the clutter of our harried lives. With rare courage and honesty, Oriah unveils the challenge of her inspiring poem through compelling stories from her own experience, offering us tools to become fully the person we already are -- not ways to change."To dance -- to live in a way that is consistent with our longing" -- is to discover a gift that we can give ourselves again and again over a lifetime. To dance, alone or with others, is to be who we truly are as we fulfill our soul′s desires. To do this, we must learn how to let go and slow down, returning to the sacred emptiness where we encounter our true self. Practical, inspiring, and profoundly illuminating, The Dance is an invitation to discover a place of connection, serenity, and joy that is uniquely our own."
The Benedictine tradition and practice of divine reading made accessible for everyone.
Arthur Rasby is ten years old and having the worst summer of his life. His parents don't listen to him, so he writes everything down — everything that's real — in his journal. But when he goes to stay with his Great-Aunt Elda and Great-Uncle Wrisby on their farm, his world is turned upside down. For the first time Arthur wonders what's real and what's not.
His aunt and uncle do things Arthur's parents would never do — like climbing out windows to sit in trees, singing to their pet pig, and speaking French to a pet chicken. Life on the farm happens much too fast to write down — sometimes wonderful, sometimes terrible. Arthur begins to understand there is more than one way of seeing and doing and loving. And he realizes there's a whole world just waiting to be discovered.
"How about a story? Spin us a yarn."
Instantly, Phoebe Winterbottom came to mind. "I could tell you an extensively strange story," I warned.
"Oh, good!" Gram said. "Delicious!"
And that is how I happened to tell them about Phoebe, her disappearing mother, and the lunatic.
As Sal entertains her grandparents with Phoebe's outrageous story, her own story begins to unfold—the story of a thirteen-year-old girl whose only wish is to be reunited with her missing mother.
In her own award-winning style, Sharon Creech intricately weaves together two tales, one funny, one bittersweet, to create a heartwarming, compelling, and utterly moving story of love, loss, and the complexity of human emotion.
The Little House books have captivated generations of readers with their story of the little pioneer girl Laura Ingalls growing up on the American frontier. Now the Little House story continues with The Rocky Ridge Years, books that tell the story of Laura and Almanzo Wilder's daughter, Rose.
The first four books in the Series, Little House on Rocky Ridge, Little Farm In The Ozarks, In The Land Of The Big Red Apple, and On The Other Side Of the Hill, describe the Wilders' covered-wagon journey to Missouri and their first three years in their new farmhouse,Little Town In The Ozarks continues their story, as hard times on the farm force Rose and her family to move to the town of Mansfield. Life in town is so different from living on Rocky Ridge Farm that Rose wonders if she will ever learn to like the hustle and bustle of town life.
Little Town In The Ozarks continues the story that Laura Ingalls Wilder began more than sixty years ago — a story whose wonder and adventure have charmed millions of readers. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/58/05/9780064405805.jpg 1 1 Paperback en HarperCollins Little Town in the Ozarks (Little House Sequel) \N +64410935 Devil's Race (Trophy Chapter Book: Chiller) 160 1995 "When you're dead, you're dead," his uncle tells him, but John Proud fears otherwise. The sixteen-year-old's namesake, his great-great-great-great-grandfather, who died back in 1854, was found guilty of being a demon and hanged. Now his malevolent spirit is back, wreaking havoc and looking for a healthy new body to take over.\\n\\n Sixteen-year-old John Proud is tormented by the ghost of an evil ancestor, with his own name and his own face, who was hanged in 1854 for being a demon.\\n https://images.isbndb.com/covers/58/67/9780064405867.jpg 2 2 Paperback en HarperCollins Devil's Race (Trophy Chapter Book: Chiller) \N +823013588 A Noble Rogue (Zebra Regency Romance) 224 1998 After years at an exclusive boarding academy, lovely Sara Brandon-Howe returns to the majestic manor she and her half-brother, Philip, have inherited. But Philip's gambling debts have left Carvington Hall in a shambles. When Hugh Devlin, one of London's infamous gamesters, visits, Philip begs Sara to play "housekeeper". Then Hugh steals a kiss--and Sara's heart. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/99/43/9780821759943.jpg 1 1 Mass Market Paperback en Zebra A Noble Rogue (Zebra Regency Romance) \N +64430170 The Miserable Mill (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 4) 208 2000
I hope, for your sake, that you have not chosen to read this book because you are in the mood for a pleasant experience. If this is the case, I advise you to put this book down instantaneously, because of all the books describing the unhappy lives of the Baudelaire orphans, The Miserable Mill might be the unhappiest yet. Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire are sent to Paltryville to work in a lumber mill, and they find disaster and misfortune lurking behind every log. The pages of this book, I′m sorry to inform you, contain such unpleasantries as a giant pincher machine, a bad casserole, a man with a cloud of smoke where his head should be, a hypnotist, a terrible accident resulting in injury, and coupons. I have promised to write down the entire history of these three poor children, but you haven′t, so if you prefer stories that are more heartwarming, please feel free to make another selection.
With all due respect,
Lemony Snicket
Ages 10+
Molly wakes up one morning and discovers that her parents have vanished. Social Services turns her over to the care of a great-uncle, a mysterious man Molly has never met or even heard of before. Now she's started having dreams about the Skeleton Man from a spooky old Mohawk tale her father used to tell her...dreams that are trying to tell her something...dreams that might save her, if only she can understand them.
Jimmy and Kevin could really use a guide to life.
Their activities almost land them in juvenile detention until Duke employs them in his Harlem barbershop. Duke has rules for everything. But is he offering good advice or just more aggravation?
In the groundbreaking tradition of the award-winning Monster and Bad Boy: A Memoir, Walter Dean Myers fashions a complex, layered novel about the rules for success. Handbook for Boys is the book that he wishes he could have read while growing up. It is also the book young people need to read today.
Ages 10+
Because the moon revolves around Earth, it seems to grow and shrink. Children can read about the phenomena of the moon’s phases and with an experiment using an orange, a pencil, and a flashlight, they can see why the moon looks different at different times of the month. ‘A welcome addition to science collections for young children.’ —SLJ.
Sleepyheads will wish they had Sammie the dog to hurry them along in their morning routines. Read along as Sammie builds colorful time lines to keep track of passing time — from a goodmorning snuggle to an off-to-school hug.
Dear Mike,Arrived at the old villa 3 days ago. It's all blue shy, white walls and heat here - you'll see. Jade's's already heading for trouble and I can't suss Sarah out. Hope you and your mates are having a blast on your trek, especially without me dragging you down. I bet deep down you're glad I bailed out. Ill see you before this postcard even finds you.Miss you!Kelly XOXWhen Kelly opts out of a summer of roughing it with her intimidating, intense boyfriend, Mike, she doesn't realize she's opted into a summer that will change everything, especially herself. Kelly's summer vacation at a Greek farmhouse is disrupted by the arrival of her boyfriend, with whom she has recently had a terrible fight. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/30/26/9780064473026.jpg 1 1 Mass Market Paperback en HarperTeen Grecian Holiday: Or, How I Turned Down the Best Possible Thing Only to Have the Time of My Life \N +66237599 The Jugurthine War / The Conspiracy of Catiline (Penguin Classics) 240 1964 The Author, Who Had Various Public Offices In Rome And Later A Governorship In Africa, Supported The Political Group Known As The Populares. He Was A Friend Of Caesar And An Opponent Of Cicero. His History Of The War Against Jugurtha, King Of Numidia, And His Account Of Catiline's Conspirace In 63 B.c. Are His Only Complete Works To Survive; They Were Written In The Years After Caesar's Assassination. This Translation Fully Preserves The Dramatic And Vivid Qualities Of The Original Latin. [back Cover]. Translated, With An Introd. By S. A. Handford. Includes Index. Includes Bibliographical References (page 236) And Index. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/13/21/9780140441321.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Penguin Classics The Jugurthine War / The Conspiracy of Catiline (Penguin Classics) \N +66238749 Blue Avenger Cracks the Code 368 2002 What do an amorous Shih Tzu, a computer game, and the complete works of Shakespeare have in common?\\nMaybe nothing. Or maybe everything. It's a mystery...some would say a code. A code that only an adept code-cracker like Blue Avenger (aka David Schumacher), secret champion of the underdog, modest seeker of truth, and fearless innovator of the unknown, would even think about trying to decipher. And it couldn't come at a better time. Having accomplished several seemingly impossible missions, Blue is now a superhero without a cause, directionless and nearly girlfriendless. When he is offered a chance to visit Venice, it seems the forces of nature have aligned, and like all good and noble superheroes, Blue must choose to accept his mission.\\n\\n\\n In his new identity as Blue Avenger, sixteen-year-old David visits Venice, Italy, and continues to pursue various crusades, including trying to solve the mystery of who really wrote Shakespeare's works.\\n https://images.isbndb.com/covers/37/29/9780064473729.jpg 1 1 Paperback en HarperTeen Blue Avenger Cracks the Code \N +66620430 Studying Smart Rev 128 1990 "This brilliant book should be required reading for every student going off to college. . . . Forget about buying the new college student a personal computer, and give them this book instead."—Paul Bracken, School of Management, Yale University\\n\\n\\n "This brilliant books should be required reading for every student going off to college..." Paul Bracken, School of Management, Yale University\\n https://images.isbndb.com/covers/73/36/9780064637336.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Harper Paperbacks Studying Smart Rev \N +70030952 The Portrait of Mrs. Charbuque: A Novel 320 2002 Jeffrey Ford. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/12/68/9780066211268.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en William Morrow The Portrait of Mrs. Charbuque: A Novel \N +440222303 Quidditch Through the Ages 64 2015 A Description Of Beasts, Believed By Muggles To Be Mythical, Like The Quintaped, The Puffskein, And The Knarl. Https://images.isbndb.com/covers/16/17/9780439321617.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en Scholastic Quidditch Through the Ages \N +70456518 Sleepyhead 320 2002 It's Rare For A Young Woman To Die From A Stroke And When Three Such Deaths Occur In Short Order It Starts To Look Like An Epidemic. Then A Sharp Pathologist Notices Traces Of Benzodiazepine In One Of The Victim's Blood Samples And Just Traceable Damage To The Ligaments In Her Neck, And Their Cause Of Death Is Changed From 'natural' To Murder. The Police Aren't Making Much Progress In Their Hunt For The Killer Until He Appears To Make A Mistake: Alison Willetts Is Found Alive And D.i. Tom Thorne Believes The Murderer Has Made A Mistake, Which Ought To Allow Them To Get On His Tracks. But It Was The Others Who Were His Mistakes: He Doesn't Want To Take Life, He Just Wants To Put People Into A State Where They Cannot Move, Cannot Talk, Cannot Do Anything But Think. When Thorne, Helped By The Neurologist Looking After Alison, Starts To Realise What He Is Up Against He Knows The Case Is Not Going To Be Solved By Normal Methods - Before He Can Find Out Who Did It He Has To Understand Why He's Doing It. Mark Billingham. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/29/99/9780066212999.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en William Morrow Sleepyhead \N +70522545 One Man's Castle: Clarence Darrow in Defense of the American Dream 352 2004 In this buried chapter of American history, a nearly forgotten case of famed attorney Clarence Darrow comes hauntingly to the surface. In 1925 the NAACP approached Darrow to defend Ossian Sweet — a highly respected black doctor who, after integrating an all-white neighborhood in Detroit, found himself the victim of a community attack. When Sweet and his family fought back, they were caught in a melee in which a white man was fatally shot.\\nThe trial that ensued, one of the most urgent and compelling in the nation's history, would test the basic tenets of the American Dream — the right of a man to defend his own home.\\nTautly researched and harrowingly reported, One Man's Castle is an "important slice of American legal history and the history of the civil rights" (Kirkus Reviews). https://images.isbndb.com/covers/41/53/9780066214153.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en Amistad One Man's Castle: Clarence Darrow in Defense of the American Dream \N +70522626 Knocked Out by My Nunga-Nungas: Further, Further Confessions of Georgia Nicolson 192 2002 As I Was Going Out Of My Bedroom Door I Remembered My Nungas. Perhaps I Should Take Some Precautions To Keep Them Under Strict Control. Maybe Bits Of Sellotape On The Ends Of Them To Keep Them From Doing Anything Alarming? I'd Like To Trust Them, But They Are Very Unreliable. The Irrepressible Heroine Of The Michael L. Printz Honor Book Angus, Thongs And Full-frontal Snogging Is Back, And Funnier Than Ever! Georgia Has Finally Landed Robbie The Sex God, But He's Never Around, And Georgia's Ex, Dave The Laugh, Is Starting To Look Quite Dreamy. Strangely, So Does Just About Every Other Guy Georgia Meets, Even The New French Teacher. In This Third Installment Of Georgia's Hilarious Confessions, Georgia's Red Bottomosity Is Out Of Control! Whatever Will Happen Next? https://images.isbndb.com/covers/65/68/9780066236568.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en Harper Collins Knocked Out by My Nunga-Nungas: Further, Further Confessions of Georgia Nicolson \N +71354999 Freaky Green Eyes 352 2003 Fifteen-year-old Frankie Relates The Events Of The Year Leading Up To Her Mother's Mysterious Disappearance And Her Own Struggle To Discover And Accept The Truth About Her Parents' Relationship. Joyce Carol Oates. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/75/96/9780066237596.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en HarperTempest Freaky Green Eyes \N +71375228 The Kite Rider 288 2002 In Thirteenth-century China, After Trying To Save His Widowed Mother From A Horrendous Second Marriage, Twelve-year-old Haoyou Has Life-changing Adventures When He Takes To The Sky As A Circus Kite Rider And Ends Up Meeting The Great Mongol Ruler Kublai Khan. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/87/46/9780066238746.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en HarperCollins The Kite Rider \N +71379444 Money For Life: Build the Wealth You Need to Live Your Dream 288 2000 Sheard Redefines The Concept Of Retirement As An Issue Of Financial Independence That Can Be Achieved At Any Age. He Spells Out Clearly, As No Book Has Before, Exactly How To Set Up And Reach Personal Financial And Lifestyle Goals Through Savvy Investing. Designed For Boomers Now In Their Peak Earning Years, The Book Cuts Through The Complicated Formulas And Actuarial Tables To Show Readers How To Figure Out Exactly How To Plan For And Achieve Financial Independence. Eschewing The Traditional Approach To Retirement At 65, The Book Acknowledges That Boomers Are In A Hurry. They Want To Get On With Their Lives, Change Careers, Take Sabbaticals -- In Short, To Pursue Their Dreams. By Abandoning The Age Criteria And Formulating A New Approach To Retirement, Sheard Makes This Possible. Using The Techniques He Made Famous While With The Motley Fools, Sheard Develops A Framework That Treats Individuals As Self-sustaining Foundations, Living Off A Well-invested Nest Egg. He Clearly Shows The Reader What Steps To Take In Order To Make Financial Independence Possible. Mr. Sheard Gained A Broad Following At The Motley Fool. His Audience Will Undoubtedly Be Interested In Money For Life. He Is Now An Investor Columnist With The Microsoft Network. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/04/35/9780066620435.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en HarperBusiness Money For Life: Build the Wealth You Need to Live Your Dream \N +71380396 Longaberger: An American Success Story 234 2001 Dave Longaberger With Robert L. Shook. Includes Index. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/10/50/9780066621050.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en Harper Collins Longaberger: An American Success Story \N +440222346 Huggly and the Books (SeeSaw Book Club) 8 2001 Huggly And His Friends Learn That Books Are For Reading. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/85/31/9780439328531.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Scholastic Huggly and the Books (SeeSaw Book Club) \N +007212606X Consciousness in Four Dimensions: Biological Relativity and the Origins of Thought 399 2001 In a book that will profoundly alter the modern discourse on mind and influence the practice of neuromedicine, neurobiologist/neuropsychiatrist, Richard M. Pico unveils a revolutionary new approach to understanding consciousness that pinpoints its origins in the brain. Called “Biological Relativity,” the approach combines the laws of physics—especially Einstein’s laws of relativity—to the latest breakthroughs in neuroscience, molecular biology, and computational theory to create a coherent four-dimensional model for explaining the origins of life and the emergence of complex biological systems—from the living cell to the thinking brain. In a fascinating, ambitious narrative that draws upon a lifetime of experimental and clinical work, Dr. Pico tells a riveting story that begins in the imponderably distant past, with the first proto-cell that endured long enough to become its own frame of reference—both structurally and temporally—and culminates with the most complex biological referent system known to science, the human brain. He then elaborates his groundbreaking theory through discussions of such things as the origins of language, music, and mathematics. He explains why he believes consciousness is uniquely human, and explores the causes and potential treatments for a variety of thought disorders. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/49/98/9780071354998.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en McGraw-Hill Consciousness in Four Dimensions: Biological Relativity and the Origins of Thought \N +71383832 American Cinema/American Culture 400 1993 Developed To Accompany The Annenberg-funded Telecourse American Cinema, And Written Under The Aegis Of The New York Center For Visual History, This Text Offers A Fascinating Look At The Interplay Between The Movie Industry And Mass Culture In America. Ideal For Film Appreciation And Film And Culture Courses Found In Cinema Studies, English, History, American Studies, Or Other Departments, American Cinema/american Culture First Examines The Industry, Its Narrative Conventions, And Its Cinematographic Style. Following This Introduction, Students Are Exposed To The Sweep Of Film History In The U.s. Using Five Genres As The Bases For Discussion And Focusing On The Point At Which Each Had The Greatest Affect On The Industry, Film Aesthetics, And American Culture. Finally, The Book Concludes With A Look At Hollywood Post World War Ii, Giving Separate Chapter Coverage To The Effects Of The Cold War, Television, The Counterculture Of The Sixties, Directors From The Film School Generation, And The Trends Of The Eighties And Nineties. Ch. 1. Emergence Of The Cinema As An Institution -- Ch. 2. Classical Hollywood Cinema: Narration -- Ch. 3. Classical Hollywood Cinema: Style -- Ch. 4. Studio System -- Ch. 5. Star System -- Ch. 6. Silent Film Melodrama -- Ch. 7. American Comedy -- Ch. 8. War Film -- Ch. 9. Film Noir: Somewhere In The Night -- Ch. 10. Making Of The West -- Ch. 11. Hollywood And The Cold War -- Ch. 12. Hollywood In The Age Of Television -- Ch. 13. 1960s: The Counterculture Strikes Back -- Ch. 14. Film School Generation -- Ch. 15. Into The 1990s: Bringing It All Back Home. John Belton. Includes Bibliographical References, Filmographies, And Index. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/46/61/9780070044661.jpg 2 2 Paperback en McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages American Cinema/American Culture \N +71401946 Around the world in 78 days 199 1985 Nicholas Coleridge. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/69/93/9780070116993.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en McGraw-Hill Around the world in 78 days \N +71411925 Get More Money on Your Next Job: 25 Proven Strategies for Getting More Money, Better Benefits, and Greater Job Security 182 1997 Discloses Tips And Strategies To Get The Best Possible Deal From A New Employeer, Including A Higher Salary, Better Benefits, Stock Options, And Signing Bonuses https://images.isbndb.com/covers/14/61/9780070431461.jpg 2 2 Paperback en McGraw-Hill Get More Money on Your Next Job: 25 Proven Strategies for Getting More Money, Better Benefits, and Greater Job Security \N +72118458 Cry of the Panther: Quest of a Species 400 1985 After Vietnam, with shrapnel in his back and the jungle in his brain, James McMullen got into his car and headed as far south as he could go--the Everglades--the one place in America most like Nam.\\nIn the glades he became one of the "jungle vets," those who sought refuge by disappearing into America's hills and swamps. In Vietnam, McMullen had tracked and been tracked by other men. In the glades, he began to track the Florida panther. And as the "gentle embrace of the untamed" claimed him, he traded one obsession for another.\\nSaving the panther from extinction became his mission, and with it the realization that the cat was the symbol of his own self-spirit and his own endangered species. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/65/18/9780070456518.jpg 1 1 Paperback en McGraw-Hill Book Co Cry of the Panther: Quest of a Species \N +72121424 Great Power Diplomacy: 1814-1914 502 1991
This survey of the foreign relations of the great powers is essentially a straightforward diplomatic history: an attempt to describe how statesmen conducted foreign policy, how they dealt with crisis situations, and how they succeeded or failed to resolve them. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/25/41/9780070522541.jpg 1 1 Paperback en McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages Great Power Diplomacy: 1814-1914 \N +72123834 Schaum's Outline of Elementary Algebra 389 1992 This study guide makes algebra much easier to understand. It proves ideal for newcomers and also for those who want a quick,yet thorough review. Comprehension is accelerated and reinforced,and the applications of algebra made clear,through numerous problems with step-by-step solutions. Additional practice problems with answers let students measure their progress as they hone their skills. \\nMaster elementary algebra with Schaum'sthe high-performance study guide. It will help you cut study time,hone problem-solving skills,and achieve your personal best on exams!\\nStudents love Schaum's Outlines because they produce results. Each year,hundreds of thousands of students improve their test scores and final grades with these indispensable study guides. Get the edge on your classmates. Use Schaum's!\\nIf you don't have a lot of time but want to excel in class,use this book to:\\n
Now covers Red Hat Linux!
Written by Evi Nemeth, Garth Snyder, Scott Seebass, and Trent R. Hein with Adam Boggs, Rob Braun, Ned McClain, Dan Crawl, Lynda McGinley, and Todd Miller
"This is not a nice, neat book for a nice, clean world. It's a nasty book for a nasty world. This is a book for the rest of us."
—Eric Allman and Marshall Kirk McKusick
"I am pleased to welcome Linux to the UNIX System Administration Handbook!"
—Linus Torvalds, Transmeta
"This book is most welcome!"
—Dennis Ritchie, AT&T Bell Laboratories
This new edition of the world's most comprehensive guide to UNIX system administration is an ideal tutorial for those new to administration and an invaluable reference for experienced professionals. The third edition has been expanded to include "direct from the frontlines" coverage of Red Hat Linux. UNIX System Administration Handbook describes every aspect of system administration—from basic topics to UNIX esoterica—and provides explicit coverage of four popular UNIX systems:
This book stresses a practical approach to system administration. It's packed with war stories and pragmatic advice, not just theory and watered-down restatements of the manuals. Difficult subjects such as sendmail, kernel building, and DNS configuration are tackled head-on. Examples are provided for all four versions of UNIX and are drawn from real-life systems—warts and all.
"This book is where I turn first when I have system administration questions. It is truly a wonderful resource and always within reach of my terminal."
—W. Richard Stevens, author of numerous books on UNIX and TCP/IP
"This is a comprehensive guide to the care and feeding of UNIX systems. The authors present the facts along with seasoned advice and numerous real-world examples. Their perspective on the variations among systems is valuable for anyone who runs a heterogeneous computing facility."
—Pat Parseghian, Transmeta
"We noticed your book on the staff recommendations shelf at our local bookstore: 'Very clear, a masterful interpretation of the subject.' We were most impressed, until we noticed that the same staff member had also recommended Aunt Bea's Mayberry Cookbook."ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
—Shannon Bloomstran, history teacher
Embellished with fifty-five vintage photographs and eleven maps drawn for this book, O Albany! is a historical love letter from Kennedy to his native city.
https://images.isbndb.com/covers/41/61/9780140074161.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Penguin Books O Albany!: Improbable City of Political Wizards, Fearless Ethnics, Spectacular, Aristocrats, Splendid Nobodies, and Underrated Scoundrels \N +140131965 Reasons to Live (Contemporary American Fiction) 144 1986 By Amy Hempel. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/66/69/9780140086669.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Penguin Books Reasons to Live (Contemporary American Fiction) \N +140133259 Good Apprentice 528 1987 Young Edward Baltram's Prank Of Giving His Friend Mark Wilsden A Drug-infused Sandwich And His Stepbrother Stuart's Decision To Forsake A Promising Academic Career For Social Work Bring Consternation To Their Parents And Elders https://images.isbndb.com/covers/69/97/9780140086997.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Penguin Books Good Apprentice \N +140139397 Brit-Think, Ameri-Think: A Transatlantic Survival Guide 144 1987 hen it comes to understanding the great cultural ocean that divides Brits and Yanks, it's not just our vocabulary but also our attitudes that differ. This irreverent guide surveys a whole gamut of British-American divergences, from sex to food, from pets to religion, from sports to money, and from war to-most divergent of all-humor. Entertaining and invaluable, Brit-Think, Ameri-Think has been updated to reflect changes in political, cultural, and social trends, and includes new chapters on cultural icons Oprah Winfrey and Bridget Jones, and on Brit-cool vs. Ameri-cool. \\n\\n An irreverent and indispensable guide to understanding the great cultural ocean that divides Britain and America.\\n https://images.isbndb.com/covers/36/74/9780140093674.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Penguin Books Brit-Think, Ameri-Think: A Transatlantic Survival Guide \N +140144528 France Today: A New and Revised Edition of France in the 1980's 656 1988 A new preface looks at the France of 1995, in the light of the election of President Jacques Chirac. The rest of the book examines the profound changes in French society since the war, from the Fourth Republic via de Gaulle to the Socialists' years in power. In the course of preparing this ambitious and wide-ranging book, Ardagh talked with many of the new leaders of France. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/09/83/9780140100983.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Penguin Books France Today: A New and Revised Edition of France in the 1980's \N +140145427 Rotten Reviews 93 1987 Edited By Bill Henderson ; Introduction By Anthony Brandt ; Illustrations By Mary Kornblum. Reprint. Originally Published: Yonkers, N.y. : Pushcart Press, 1986. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/19/59/9780140101959.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Penguin Books Rotten Reviews \N +014014739X The Untouchable Juli 255 1987 James Aldridge. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/26/73/9780140102673.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Penguin Books The Untouchable Juli \N +140150315 The Beachmasters (King Penguin) 192 1988 The natives of Kristi attempt to become independent from the rest of their Pacific island group, but their revolution is shortlived. And it has cost them a great many lives. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/94/67/9780140109467.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Penguin Books The Beachmasters (King Penguin) \N +3499158124 Die Klavierspielerin. Roman. (German Edition) 283 1997 Elfriede Jelinek. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/81/24/9783499158124.jpg 2 2 Paperback de Rowohlt Tb. Die Klavierspielerin. Roman. (German Edition) \N +140158391 Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life (Penguin Fiction) 176 1991 Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life is a collection of seven hilariously creepy Roald Dahl stories published in various magazines and collections in the '40s and '50s, and gathered here ...The Flaming Corsage, the sixth in Kennedy's ambitious Albany Cycle of novels (which includes Legs, Billy Phelan's Greatest Game, and the Pulitzer Prize-winning Ironweed), is set in turn-of-the-century Albany, New York, where lower class Irish immigrants carved out space among the long-established British. Edward Dougherty, some kind of new being with no known habitat, is the son of an Irish foundry worker, but is given an education by Lyman Fitzgibbon, a wealthy landowner whom Edward's father had once saved from an angry rural mob.
Edward, who feels like an alien in both worlds, uses his education to make himself into a writer, first as a reporter, then as a novelist and successful playwright, chronicling his own life and that of laboring Irish immigrants. When he falls in love with Lyman's granddaughter Katrina Taylor, a luminous death-obsessed modern woman who devours the poetry of Baudelaire, both families disapprove. The Doughertys think it traitorous to marry the daughter of a man who had busted Irish unions, while the Taylors believe that Edward, for all his refinement and education, is far below Katrina's station.
Also working against the couple is Edward's alter-ego, a whoremongering reporter named Maginn who revels in telling his old friend Edward that he will always be a mudhole mick from the North End. After Edward's social and artistic successes, Maginn jealously conspires to pull him back into the mud. Katrina and Edward marry nevertheless and struggle against the grain of their doomed union.
This is an old story, yet one that really sings, thanks to Kennedy's passionately poetic prose, his precise and judicious use of historical detail, and his steeping the story with the weight of the grim history of the Irish. The characters are sharply drawn and the philosophical questions raised are complex and intriguing. The Flaming Corsage is a powerful, compact and timeless novel by an accomplished artist writing at his best. -- Salon https://images.isbndb.com/covers/27/06/9780140242706.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Penguin Books The Flaming Corsage \N +014027944X The Aeneid (Penguin Classics) 361 1956 Presents Virgil's Epic Poem In Which Aeneas, The Future Founder Of Rome, Embarks From The Ruins Of Troy On A Treacherous Journey Toward A New Home, And Includes An Introduction, Further Reading List, And Several Other Reference Tools. Virgil ; Translated Into English Prose With An Introduction By W.f. Jackson Knight. Includes Bibliographical References (page 362). https://images.isbndb.com/covers/05/15/9780140440515.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Penguin Classics The Aeneid (Penguin Classics) \N +307118967 The Desert Is No Lady: Southwestern Landscapes in Women's Writing and Art 293 1987 Edited By Vera Norwood And Janice Monk. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 235-272. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/68/86/9780300036886.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en Yale University Press The Desert Is No Lady: Southwestern Landscapes in Women's Writing and Art \N +014028351X Whores of Lost Atlantis: A Novel 304 1995 Flamboyant, Emotional, Would-be Star Julian Young Can Wait No More For His Starring Vehicle, So He Devises One In An Epic Eight-hour Session And Sets Out To Stage It, Casting Himself As The Female Lead (in Drag, Of Course) And Assembling A Supporting Cast That Includes Some Of The Most Unforgettable Eccentrics Ever To Answer A Cattle Call. Now The Real Drama Begins... Will The Sinister Kiko Steal Julian's Play, Whore Of Lost Atlantis - Or, Failing That, Will She Sabotage His Career? Will The Hunky Buster Ever Learn His Lines? Will Julian End Up Falling In Love With His Stage Manager - Who Happens To Be A Former Gangster's Moll And A Woman? Will He Ever Get The Hair Off His Legs? The Answers - Not To Mention The Cataclysmic Destruction, Temples Falling, Hermaphrodites, Evil Emperors, And Two Bitchy Courtesans, Among Other Spectacles - Can Be Found Only In This Gender-bending Roman A Clef By The Author And Star Of The Plays And Films Psycho Beach Party And Die Mommie Die.--book Jacket. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/39/18/9780140243918.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Penguin Books Whores of Lost Atlantis: A Novel \N +015216281X Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats 56 1982 These Playful Verses By A Celebrated Poet Have Delighted Readers And Cat Lovers Around The World Ever Since They Were Gathered For Publication In 1939. As Valerie Eliot Has Pointed Out, There Are A Number Of References To Cats In T.s. Eliot's Work, But It Was To His Godchildren, Particularly Tom Faber And Alison Tandy, In The 1930s, That He First Revealed Himself As Old Possum And For Whom He Composed His Poems. Naming Of Cats -- Old Gumbie Cat -- Growltiger's Last Stand -- Rum Tum Tugger -- Song Of The Jellicles -- Mungojerrie And Rumpelteazer -- Old Deuteronomy -- Pekes And The Pollicles -- Mr. Mistoffelees -- Macavity: Mystery Cat -- Gus: Theatre Cat -- Bustopher Jones: Cat About Town -- Skimbleshanks: Railway Cat -- Ad-dressing Of Cats -- Cat Morgan Introduces Himself. By T.s. Eliot ; Drawings By Edward Gorey. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/65/68/9780151686568.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en Harcourt, Brace & Co. Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats \N +312286449 All About the Dixie Chicks 192 1999 Just two short years ago, The Dixie Chicks were practically unheard-of outside of Texas, but today, they're the hottest act in country music. The explosive popularity of their album Wide Open Spaces has rocketed the Chicks to the top of the charts, and in the last year alone, they have won three Grammys (Best Country Album, Best New Artist and Best Country performance by a duo or group with vocal), two Country Music Association awards and an American Music Award. Their new album is expected to do even better. Now, veteran country music writer Ace Collins has captured their whole inspiring story, from their early days playing to loyal fans in Dallas, right up to their current success and thrilling future! https://images.isbndb.com/covers/70/58/9780312247058.jpg 1 1 Paperback en St. Martin's Griffin All About the Dixie Chicks \N +140309268 Felicia's Journey: A Novel 240 1996
Full of hope, seventeen-year old Felicia crosses the Irish sea to the English Midlands in search of her lover Johnny to tell him she is pregnant. Unable to find him, alone and desperate, she is found instead by Mr. Hilditch, an obese catering manger, collector and befriender of homeless girls, who is also searching — in a way Felicia could never have imagined...
Penguin is pleased to reintroduce readers to "born storyteller" (The Washington Post) and New York Times bestselling author Lois Battle and her delightful holiday tale of Josie Taternall and her South Carolina bed and breakfast. After her best friend's narrow brush with death, Josie decides that life is too short to let old grievances stand in the way of family togetherness. This year, she resolves, her three grown daughters-the girls she raised so carefully yet with such mixed results-will come home for Christmas. With her uncanny ear for Southern sensibility and her sharp-eyed wit, Battle gives us the perfect upstairs/downstairs comedy and a portrait of a family in all its tender, touching, and flawed glory that readers young and old will cherish.
Author Bio: Pam Johnson-Bennett is a feline behaviorist and author of four award-winning books. She writes a monthly column for Cats magazine, is the cat expert on ivillage.com, and is a frequent guest on national television and radio. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/85/36/9780140298536.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Penguin Books Hiss and Tell: True Stories from the Files of a Cat Shrink \N
+140441581 Our Mutual Friend (English Library) 912 1971 Edited With An Introduction By Stephen Gill. Edited With An Introduction By Stephen Gill. Bibliography: P. 35. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/06/08/9780140430608.jpg 1 1 Mass Market Paperback en Penguin Classics Our Mutual Friend (English Library) \N
+141001771 The Stanislavski System: The Professional Training of an Actor; Second Revised Edition (Penguin Handbooks) 112 1984 This clearly written guide to the Stanislavski method has long been a favorite among students and teachers of acting. Now, in light of books and articles recently published in the Soviet Union, Sonia Moore has made revisions that include a new section on the subtext of a role. She provides detailed explanations of all the methods that actors in training have found indispensable for more than twenty years. Designed to create better actors, this guide will put individuals in touch with themselves and increase personal sensitivity as well. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/66/07/9780140466607.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Penguin Books The Stanislavski System: The Professional Training of an Actor; Second Revised Edition (Penguin Handbooks) \N
+140430636 Second Opinions: Eight Clinical Dramas of Decision Making on the Front Lines of Medicine 256 2001
Anxious about the prognosis, lost in a blur of technical jargon, and fatigued from worry or pain, people who are ill are easily overwhelmed by treatment choices. Told through eight gripping clinical dramas, Second Opinions reveals the forces at play in making critical medical decisions. Dr. Jerome Groopman illuminates the world of medicine where knowledge is imperfect, no therapy is without risks, and no outcome is fully predictable. He portrays moments of astute diagnosis and misguided perception, of lifesaving triumphs and shattering failures.These real-life lessons prepare us to navigate the uncertain terrain of illness, and enable us to balance intuition and information, and thereby make the best possible decisions about our health and future.
Author Biography: Jan Karon is the author of the best-selling Mitford series, including At Home in Mitford and A New Song, and the children's book Jeremy: The Tale of an Honest Bunny.
In the vast wilderness of Tasmania's plateau, the Tasmanian tiger - the thylacine - long thought extinct, has been spotted, sparking the imagination of the locals and drawing the dubious interests of outsiders. One of the latter is M, whose objective is to find the creature for a multinational biotech company. In The Hunter, author Julia Leigh tracks M's fateful course, from his base camp with a young family whose ranks were decimated by the wilderness, to the forests where M immerses himself in the tiger's world - reading footprints in the mud, covering his scent with animal dung. What begins as a business proposition takes on mythic aspects as M's quest becomes ever more obsessive, a search not for ultimate profit but for the essence of life that technology has all but crushed.
Olivia Dunne, a studious minister's daughter who dreams of being an archaeologist, never thought that the drama of World War II would affect her quiet life in Denver. An exhilarating flirtation reshapes her life, though, and she finds herself banished to a rural Colorado outpost, married to a man she hardly knows. Overwhelmed by loneliness, Olivia tentatively tries to establish a new life, finding much-needed friendship and solace in two Japanese American sisters who are living at a nearby internment camp. When Olivia unwittingly becomes an accomplice to a crime and is faced with betrayal, she finally confronts her own desires. Beautifully written and filled with memorable characters, Creel's novel is a powerful exploration of the nature of trust and love.
"Highly satisfying." (Susan Vreeland, author of Girl in Hyacinth Blue)
Can Fluffy the three-headed dog be explained by advances in molecular biology? Could the discovery of cosmic "gravity-shielding effects" unlock the secret to the Nimbus 2000 broomstick's ability to fly? Is the griffin really none other than the dinosaur Protoceratops? Roger Highfield, author of the critically acclaimed The Physics of Christmas, explores the fascinating links between magic and science to reveal that much of what strikes us as supremely strange in the Potter books can actually be explained by the conjurings of the scientific mind. This is the perfect guide for parents who want to teach their children science through their favorite adventures as well as for the millions of adult fans of the series intrigued by its marvels and mysteries.
Marvelously funny, bittersweet, and beautifully evocative, the original publication of A Short History of a Small Place announced the arrival of one of our great Southern voices. Although T. R. Pearson's Neely, North Carolina, doesn't appear on any map of the state, it has already earned a secure place on the literary landscape of the South. In this introduction to Neely, the young narrator, Louis Benfield, recounts the tragic last days of Miss Myra Angelique Pettigrew, a local spinster and former town belle who, after years of total seclusion, returns flamboyantly to public view-with her pet monkey, Mr. Britches. Here is a teeming human comedy inhabited by some of the most eccentric and endearing characters ever encountered in literature.
Booker Prize—winning novelist Penelope Lively's latest masterpiece opens with a snapshot: Kath, before her death, at an unknown gathering, holding hands with a man who is not her husband. The photograph is in an envelope marked “DON'T OPEN— DESTROY.” But Kath's husband does not heed the warning, embarking on a journey of discovery that reveals a tight web of secrets—within marriages, between sisters, and at the heart of an affair. Kath, with her mesmerizing looks and casual ways, moves like a ghost through the memories of everyone who knew her— and a portrait emerges of a woman whose life cannot be understood without plumbing the emotional depths of the people she touched.
Propelled by the author's signature mastery of narrative and psychology, The Photograph is Lively at her very best, the dazzling climax to all she has written before.
A stunning celebration of every month of the year.
In the tradition of his best-selling alphabet book, Animalia, author and illustrator Graeme Base takes young readers on an exhilarating journey of discovery with an ingenious fusion of counting book, puzzle book, storybook, and art book. From the plains of Africa and the jungles of the Amazon to the woodlands of North America and the deserts of outback Australia, the animals come together to drink from the water hole. But their water supply is diminishing. What's going on? Each sumptuous landscape illustration conceals hidden animal pictures for readers to find as they count the animals that visit the water hole and try to solve the mystery: will the animals come back or is their water source gone forever?
After eighteen years of marriage, an art historian wakes up one morning to find his wife standing in the bedroom doorway with her bags packed, leaving him with no explanation. Alone in his Copenhagen apartment, he tries to make sense of his enigmatic marriage and life. Memories of driving a cab, quiet walks in the snow, and intense sojourns in Paris and New York pass through his mind in fleeting images. The more he thinks of his wife, however, the more mysterious she becomes to him. Slowly he realizes that two people can live together for years without ever really knowing each other, and that the most important encounters in one's life are dictated by chance, not design.
\tExploring with great subtlety the secret, unpredictable connections between men and women, Silence in October is a psychological novel of immense acuity and masterful storytelling.
Mr. Artur Sammler, Holocaust survivor, intellectual, and occasional lecturer at Columbia University in 1960s New York City, is a “registrar of madness,” a refined and civilized being caught among people crazy with the promises of the future (moon landings, endless possibilities). His Cyclopean gaze reflects on the degradations of city life while looking deep into the sufferings of the human soul. “Sorry for all and sore at heart,” he observes how greater luxury and leisure have only led to more human suffering. To Mr. Sammler—who by the end of this ferociously unsentimental novel has found the compassionate consciousness necessary to bridge the gap between himself and his fellow beings—a good life is one in which a person does what is “required of him.” To know and to meet the “terms of the contract” was as true a life as one could live. At its heart, this novel is quintessential Bellow: moral, urbane, sublimely humane.
Poor Henry. It’s not enough that his mother has sent him away from home to learn magic. It’s not enough that everyone at his new school calls him Thornmallow because he’s “prickly on the outside, squishy within.” It’s not enough that the only talent he shows at Wizard’s Hall is an ability to make messes of even the simplest spells. Now, when Wizard’s Hall is threatened by a cruel sorcerer’s fearsome beast, it is up to Henry—er, Thornmallow—to figure out how to save not only his new friends but also the entire school for wizards.
The Magic Bed-Knob and Bonfires and Broomsticks in one volume. These are the exploits of the three Wilson children; Miss Price, the apprentice witch; and the flying bed. A tale of a witch-in-training and trouble of the most unforgettable kind. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/45/67/9780152024567.jpg 2 2 Paperback en HMH Books for Young Readers Bed-Knob and Broomstick (A Combined Edition of: "The Magic Bed-Knob" and "Bonfires and Broomsticks") \N +155063332 Pinky Pye 272 2000
Eleanor Estes's Newbery Award-winning Ginger Pye and its sequel Pinky Pye are back in print!
In Pinky Pye, the Pye family adds another member. A furious black kitten abandoned on their doorstep endears itself to the whole family-even Ginger-and foreshadows another addition to the Pye family that will change their lives forever.
About the Author:
Eleanor Estes (1906-1988) launched her writing career with the publication of The Moffats in 1941. She was awarded the Newbery Medal for Ginger Pye. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/56/56/9780152025656.jpg 1 1 Paperback en HMH Books for Young Readers Pinky Pye \N +155068695 Beware, Princess Elizabeth 214 2002 Imprisonment. Betrayal. Lost love. Murder. What more must a princess endure?\\nElizabeth Tudor's teenage and young adult years during the turbulent reigns of Edward and then Mary Tudor are hardly those of a fairy-tale princess. Her mother has been beheaded by Elizabeth's own father, Henry VIII; her jealous half sister, Mary, has her locked away in the Tower of London; and her only love interest betrays her in his own quest for the throne.\\nTold in the voice of the young Elizabeth and ending when she is crowned queen, this second novel in the exciting series explores the relationship between two sisters who became mortal enemies. Carolyn Meyer has written an intriguing historical tale that reveals the deep-seated rivalry between a determined girl who became one of England's most powerful monarchs and the sister who tried everything to stop her. 5-1/2 X 8-1/4.\\nAuthor Biography: Carolyn Meyer is the celebrated author of more than forty books for young people, many of which have received awards and honors. She lives with her husband in Albuquerque, New Mexico.\\n\\n\\n After the death of her father, King Henry VIII, in 1547, thirteen-year-old Elizabeth must endure the political intrigues and dangers of the reigns of her half-brother Edward and her half-sister Mary before finally becoming Queen of England eleven years later.\\n https://images.isbndb.com/covers/55/62/9780152045562.jpg 2 2 Paperback en HMH Books for Young Readers Beware, Princess Elizabeth \N +155075519 Sisters 32 2003 celebrate Sisterhood!
Uprooted once again, the little people journey down a drain, live briefly in a teakettle, and are swept away in a flood. “As irresistible as its predecessors.”—Booklist
Brightly colored fish introduce young children to counting and basic addition in this fun and simple concept book. “A visual treat from start to finish.”—Booklist
Wasserstein, who won a Pulitzer Prize and a Tony Award for The Heidi Chronicles, writes of three Jewish middle-aged sisters-Sara, Gorgeous, and Pfeni-who come together in London to celebrate Sara’s birthday. Winner of the Outer Critics Circle Award. Photographs.
The Alaskan frontier is revealed at its most inspiring and unforgiving, through the eyes of its awestruck visitors. An enraptured John Muir first glimpses Glacier Bay; Jon Krakauer marvels at the sight of a grizzly’s footprints in the snow; Erma Bombeck comments on the “cruise from hell,” and more. Map.
Reflections on literature and science fiction; three stories; and the beginning chapters of a novel. Edited and with a Preface by Walter Hooper. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/76/70/9780156027670.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Harvest Books Of Other Worlds: Essays and Stories \N +192815482 Gun, with Occasional Music (Harvest Book) 269 2003
From the celebrated author of Motherless Brooklyn,
a wry, satiric parable of a hardboiled man out of time
Gumshoe Conrad Metcalf has problems-not the least of which are the rabbit in his waiting room and the trigger-happy kangaroo on his tail.
Near-future Oakland is an ominous place where evolved animals function as members of society, the police monitor citizens by their karma levels, and mind-numbing drugs such as Forgettol and Acceptol are all the rage. In this brave new world, Metcalf has been shadowing the wife of an affluent doctor,
perhaps falling a little in love with her at the same time. But when the doctor turns up dead, our amiable investigator finds himself caught in the crossfire in a futuristic world that is both funny-and not so funny.
"Marvelous . . . Stylish, intelligent, darkly humorous, and highly readable entertainment."-SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER
"Lethem has talent to burn."-THE VILLAGE VOICE LITERARY SUPPLEMENT AUTHOR OF THE FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE
Jonathan Lethem is the author of six novels, including National Book Critics Circle Award-winning Motherless Brooklyn and The Fortress of Solitude. He lives in New York City.
In the bitter winter of 1847, from an Ireland torn by famine and injustice, the Star of the Sea sets sail for NewYork. On board are hundreds of refugees, some optimistic, many more desperate. Among them are a maid with a devastating secret, the bankrupt Lord Merridith, his wife and children, and a killer stalking the decks, hungry for the vengeance that will bring absolution.
This journey will see many lives end, others begin anew. Passionate loves are tenderly recalled, shirked responsibilities regretted too late, and profound relationships shockingly revealed. In this spellbinding tale of tragedy and mercy, love and healing, the farther the ship sails toward the Promised Land, the more her passengers seem moored to a past that will never let them go.
As urgently contemporary as it is historical, this exciting and compassionate novel builds with the pace of a thriller to a stunning conclusion.
"How ironic," Joyce Carol Oates writes in her introduction to this marvelous collection, "that in our age of rapid mass-production and the easy proliferation of consumer products, the richness and diversity of the American literary imagination should be so misrepresented in most anthologies." Why, she asks, when writers such as Samuel Clemens, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Eudora Welty, Flannery O'Connor, Saul Bellow, and John Updike have among them written hundreds of short stories, do anthologists settle on the same two or three titles by each author again and again? "Isn't the implicit promise of an anthology that it will, or aspires to, present something different, unexpected?"
In The Oxford Book of American Short Stories, Joyce Carol Oates offers a sweeping survey of American short fiction, in a collection of fifty-six tales that combines classic works with many "different, unexpected" gems, and that invites readers to explore a wealth of important pieces by women and minority writers. Some selections simply can't be improved on, Oates admits, and she happily includes such time-honored works as Irving's "Rip Van Winkle," Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart," and Hemingway's "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place." But alongside these classics, Oates introduces such little-known stories as Mark Twain's "Cannibalism in the Cars," a story that reveals a darker side to his humor ("That morning we had Morgan of Alabama for breakfast. He was one of the finest men I ever sat down to...a perfect gentleman, and singularly juicy"). From Melville come the juxtaposed tales "The Paradise of Bachelors and the Tartarus of Maids," of which Oates says, "Only Melville could have fashioned out of 'real' events...such harrowing and dreamlike allegorical fiction." From Flannery O'Connor we find "A Late Encounter With the Enemy," and from John Cheever, "The Death of Justina," one of Cheever's own favorites, though rarely anthologized. The reader will also delight in the range of authors found here, from Charles W. Chesnutt, Jean Toomer, and Sarah Orne Jewett, to William Carlos Williams, Kate Chopin, and Zora Neale Hurston. Contemporary artists abound, including Bharati Mukherjee and Amy Tan, Alice Adams and David Leavitt, Bobbie Ann Mason and Tim O'Brien, Louise Erdrich and John Edgar Wideman. Oates provides fascinating introductions to each writer, blending biographical information with her own trenchant observations about their work, plus a long introductory essay, in which she offers the fruit of years of reflection on a genre in which she herself is a master.
This then is a book of surprises, a fascinating portrait of American short fiction, as filtered through the sensibility of a major modern writer.
For many of us, the great scientific discoveries of the modern age—the Big Bang, evolution, quantum physics, relativity— point to an existence that is bleak, devoid of meaning, pointless. But in The Sacred Depths of Nature, eminent biologist Ursula Goodenough shows us that the scientific world view need not be a source of despair. Indeed, it can be a wellspring of solace and hope.
This eloquent volume reconciles the modern scientific understanding of reality with our timeless spiritual yearnings for reverence and continuity. Looking at topics such as evolution, emotions, sexuality, and death, Goodenough writes with rich, uncluttered detail about the workings of nature in general and of living creatures in particular. Her luminous clarity makes it possible for even non-scientists to appreciate that the origins of life and the universe are no less meaningful because of our increasingly scientific understanding of them. At the end of each chapter, Goodenough's spiritual reflections respond to the complexity of nature with vibrant emotional intensity and a sense of reverent wonder.
A beautifully written celebration of molecular biology with meditations on the spiritual and religious meaning that can be found at the heart of science, this volume makes an important contribution to the ongoing dialog between science and religion. This book will engage anyone who was ever mesmerized—or terrified—by the mysteries of existence.
Let two seasoned professionals take you on a hands-on tour of the hottest multimedia/Web publishing tool on the market. Whether you're a raw beginner or an experienced programmer, you'll find the informaiton and exercises you need to start authoring your own interactive Web sites, CD-ROMs, and other profesional-level applications.\\n
What's Inside:
About the Authors:\\n
Jason Roberts is the prsiden of Panmedia, a Sausalito, California-based new media company founded in 1992. He has written several books on technical topics, as well as articles for the San Francisco Chronicle, the Village VoiceMultimedia Reader.\\n
Phil Gross is the founder of Mel Co., a San Francisco Bay Area consulting firm that offers programming and instructional design support. He has written books and training materials on such topics as UNIX, assembly language, and OS/2, and he authored the Macromedia Press/Peachpit Press bestseller Director 7 and Lingo Authorized. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/44/54/9780201354454.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Peachpit Pr Director 7 Demystified: The Official Guide to Macromedia Director, Lingo and Shockwave \N +205158056 Walkers of the Wind (First Americans Saga) 448 1990
Mesmerizing, dramatic, unsurpasses in scope and suthenticity, this is the fourth exciting volume of the magnificent new series THE FIRST AMERICANS, which began with Beyond the Sea of Ice and continued with Corridor of Storms and Forbidden Land. Following the trek of the woolly mammoth, the great hunter Torka leads a brave band of survivors across the Arctic tundra. But his leadership is threatened from within by a deadly rivalry between the handsome twins Umak and Manaravak for the love of a beautiful, sensual girl, and from without by a mysterious creature called the wanawut, whose howling awakens primitive and terrifying fears. Now, as a firestorm races across the frost-brittle land, Torka and his faithful woman, Lonit, must begin a dangerous odyssey to the home of the wind—a dark and forbidding region from which no human has ever returned. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/57/96/9780553285796.jpg 1 1 Mass Market Paperback en Bantam Walkers of the Wind (First Americans Saga) \N
+020517566X Flash 4! Creative Web Animation 352 1999 Macromedia Flash 4 is the first simple-to-use multimedia tool for creating vector-based animations with built-in interactivity. It's three programs in one: a drawing tool, an animation package, and an authoring program. Flash 4 is ideal for artists and designers who want to enliven the Web with animation and sound. You don't have to be a programmer - Flash 4 lets you create lively interactive sites without having to master JavaScript, Java, or HTML.
Flash 4! Creative Web Animation introduces you to the art of creating Web animations incorporating resolution-independent graphics, antialiased text, and streaming sound. Follow step-by-step tutorials to master Flash 4, from basic drawing to authoring complex interactions. Learn to:
"Few have set themselves to the formidable task of reconstructing and analyzing a whole human environment; fewer still have succeeded. Bloch dared to do this and was successful; therein lies the enduring achievement of Feudal Society."—Charles Garside, Yale Review https://images.isbndb.com/covers/97/92/9780226059792.jpg 1 1 Paperback en University of Chicago Press Feudal Society, Volume 2: Social Classes and Political Organization \N +233990550 The Chicago Manual of Style 984 2003 Provides Information On Manuscript Preparation, Punctuation, Spelling, Quotations, Captions, Tables, Abbreviations, References, Bibliographies, Notes, And Indexes, With Sections On Journals And Electronic Media. Ch. 1. The Parts Of A Published Work -- Ch. 2. Manuscript Preparation And Manuscript Editing -- Ch. 3. Proofs -- Ch. 4. Rights And Permissions -- Ch. 5. Grammar And Usage -- Ch. 6. Punctuation -- Ch. 7. Spelling, Distinctive Treatment Of Words, And Compounds -- Ch. 8. Names And Terms -- Ch. 9. Numbers -- Ch. 10. Foreign Languages -- Ch. 11. Quotations And Dialogue -- Ch. 12. Illustrations And Captions -- Ch. 13. Tables -- Ch. 14. Mathematics In Type -- Ch. 15. Abbreviations -- Ch. 16. Documentation I: Basic Patterns -- Ch. 17. Documentation Ii: Specific Content -- Ch. 18. Indexes -- App. A: Design And Production- Basic Procedures And Key Terms -- App. B: The Publishing Process For Books And Journals. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [863]-879) And Index. Also Available Online. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/40/34/9780226104034.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en University Of Chicago Press The Chicago Manual of Style \N +233994254 Intimate Matters: A History of Sexuality in America 466 1998 the First Full Length Study Of The History Of Sexuality In America, intimate Matters Offers Trenchant Insights Into The Sexual Behavior Of Americans, From Colonial Times To Today. D'emilio And Freedman Give Us A Deeper Understanding Of How Sexuality Has Dramatically Influenced Politics And Culture Throughout Our History.the Book John D'emilio Co-wrote With Estelle B. Freedman, intimate Matters, Was Cited By Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy When, Writing For A Majority Of Court On July 26, He And His Colleagues Struck Down A Texas Law Criminalizing Sodomy. The Decision Was Widely Hailed As A Victory For Gay Rights—and It Derived In Part, According To Kennedy's Written Comments, From The Information He Gleaned From D'emilio's Book, Which Traces The History Of American Perspectives On Sexual Relationships From The Nation's Founding Through The Present Day. The Justice Mentioned intimate Matters Specifically In The Court's Decision.—julia Keller, chicago Tribunefascinating. . . . [d'emilio And Freedman] Marshall Their Material To Chart A Gradual But Decisive Shift In The Way Americans Have Understood Sex And Its Meaning In Their Lives. —barbara Ehrenreich, new York Times Book Review[with] Comprehensiveness And Care . . . D'emilio And Freedman Have Surveyed The Sexual Patters For An Entire Nation Across Four Centuries. —martin Bauml Duberman, nationintimate Matters Is Comprehensive, Meticulous And Intelligent. —jonathan Yardley, washington Post Book Worldthis Book Is Remarkable. . . . [intimate Matters] Is Bound To Become The Definitive Survey Of American Sexual History For Years To Come. —roy Porter, journal Of The History Of The Behavioral Sciences
Craig Packer takes us into Africa for a journey of fifty-two days in the fall of 1991. But this is more than a tour of magnificent animals in an exotic, faraway place. A field biologist since 1972, Packer began his work studying primates at Gombe and then the lions of the Serengeti and the Ngorongoro Crater with his wife and colleague Anne Pusey. Here, he introduces us to the real world of fieldwork—initiating assistants to lion research in the Serengeti, helping a doctoral student collect data, collaborating with Jane Goodall on primate research.
As in the works of George Schaller and Cynthia Moss, Packer transports us to life in the field. He is addicted to this land—to the beauty of a male lion striding across the Serengeti plains, to the calls of a baboon troop through the rain forests of Gombe—and to understanding the animals that inhabit it. Through his vivid narration, we feel the dust and the bumps of the Arusha Road, smell the rosemary in the air at lunchtime on a Serengeti verandah, and hear the lyrics of the Grateful Dead playing off bootlegged tapes.
Into Africa also explores the social lives of the animals and the threats to their survival. Packer grapples with questions he has passionately tried to answer for more than two decades. Why do female lions raise their young in crèches? Why do male baboons move from troop to troop while male chimps band together? How can humans and animals continue to coexist in a world of diminishing resources? Immediate demands—logistical nightmares, political upheavals, physical exhaustion—yield to the larger inescapable issues of the interdependence of the land, the animals, andthe people who inhabit it. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/43/01/9780226644301.jpg 1 1 Paperback en University of Chicago Press Into Africa \N
+275948501 Fresh Water 286 1998
With the eye of a professional scientist and the passion of a dedicated amateur, E. C. Pielou conducts a guided tour of fresh water on its course through the natural world. As the world's supply of clean, fresh water continues to dwindle, it becomes increasingly important to understand the close connection between water and all forms of life. Pielou's fascination with fresh water gives us a natural history that is remarkable and surprising.
[A] keen and detailed look at the life and history of fresh water. . . . Dip into Fresh Water. It will both stimulate and satisfy as only good natural history can.—Toronto Globe and Mail
Pielou's ease with her subject and her no-nonsense style of writing will satisfy and inspire the poet as well as the naturalist.—Denize Springer, Express Books
[Pielou's] writing is didactic and definitive, in places even charming, and is buttressed by clear illustrations. . . . A welcome addition to the genre of literature designed to bridge the gap between scientists . . . and the intelligent and concerned lay library.—Daniel Hillel, Nature
A wonderful natural history of one of life's necessities, a refreshing break from the grand theory and special pleading of many a science book. . . . Read it.—Fred Pearce, New Scientist
An East German writer, awaiting a call from the hospital where her brother is undergoing brain surgery, instead receives news of a massive nuclear accident at Chernobyl, one thousand miles away. In the space of a single day, in a potent, lyrical stream of thought, the narrator confronts both mortality and life and above all, the import of each moment lived-open, as Wolf reveals, to infinite analysis.
Debate has swirled for years around that most significant of literary problems, the authorship of Shakespeare's works. Now Edward de Vere, the 17th Earl of Oxford, a recognized poet and playwright, has eclipsed Bacon, Marlowe, and all the other candidates for authorship honors.
Shakespeare’s Sonnets are universally loved and much-quoted throughout the world, while debates still rage as to the identity of the Dark Lady and how autobiographical the sonnets really are. First published in 1997 to much critical acclaim, the Sonnets has been a consistent best-seller in the Arden Shakespeare series. Katherine Duncan Jones tackles the controversies and mysteries surrounding these beautiful poems head on, and explores the issues of sexuality to be found in them, making this a truly modern edition for today’s readers and students.This revised edition has been updated and corrected in the light of new scholarship and critical thinking since its first publication.
Readers adored his tales as a Yorkshire animal doctor in All Creatures Great and Small and All Things Bright and Beautiful— now James Herriot treats us to another delightful volume of memoirs rich with his own brand of humor and wisdom.
In the midst of World War Two, James is training for the Royal Air Force, while going home to Yorkshire whenever possible to see his very pregnant wife, Helen. Musing on past adventures through the dales, visiting with old friends, and introducing scores of new and amusing characters— animal and human alike— Herriot enthralls us once again with his uncanny ability to spin a most engaging and heartfelt yarn.
An updated printing of John O'Beirne Ranelagh's history, covering events to September
1998. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/94/49/9780521469449.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Cambridge University Press A Short History of Ireland \N
+312154542 Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream: The Most Revealing Portrait of a President and Presidential Power Ever Written 448 1991
Doris Kearns Goodwin's classic life of Lyndon Johnson, who presided over the Great Society, the Vietnam War, and other defining moments the tumultuous 1960s, is a monument in political biography. From the moment the author, then a young woman from Harvard, first encountered President Johnson at a White House dance in the spring of 1967, she became fascinated by the man—his character, his enormous energy and drive, and his manner of wielding these gifts in an endless pursuit of power. As a member of his White House staff, she soon became his personal confidante, and in the years before his death he revealed himself to her as he did to no other.
Widely praised and enormously popular, Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream is a work of biography like few others. With uncanny insight and a richly engrossing style, the author renders LBJ in all his vibrant, conflicted humanity. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/02/75/9780312060275.jpg 2 2 Paperback en St. Martin's Griffin Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream: The Most Revealing Portrait of a President and Presidential Power Ever Written \N +312154836 American Public Policy: An Introduction 492 1993 AMERICAN PUBLIC POLICY engages students' interest with its unique emphasis on specific, substantive issues of public policy. Perfect for one- or two-semester introductory courses, the text combines history and description of public policy with debate over alternatives in each chapter, presenting the material clearly and succinctly and encouraging rigorous analysis of existing policies. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/19/06/9780312061906.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en St. Martin's Press American Public Policy: An Introduction \N +312156219 The Vanderbilt Women: Dynasty of Wealth, Glamour, and Tragedy 449 1991 Lucius Beebe said that "The nearest thing to a royal family that has ever appeared on the American scene was the Vanderbilts ... their vendettas, their armies of servitors, partisans and sycophants, their love affairs, scandals, and shortcomings, all were the stuff of an imperial routine."Stasz reveals new facts and insights into the fascinating lives of three generations of Vanderbilt women who dominated New York society from the middle of the eighteenth century through the twentieth. Of special interest are the discovery of unpublished letters and a pseudonymous lesbian novel that shed light on the complex character of the most currently famous Vanderbilt woman, Gloria Vanderbilt. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/48/60/9780312064860.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en St Martins Pr The Vanderbilt Women: Dynasty of Wealth, Glamour, and Tragedy \N +312166052 Bread Machine Magic: 139 Exciting New Recipes Created Especially for Use in All Types of Bread Machines 191 1992 Linda Rehberg, Lois Conway ; Illustrations By Lois Simmons. Includes Index. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/91/48/9780312069148.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Griffin Bread Machine Magic: 139 Exciting New Recipes Created Especially for Use in All Types of Bread Machines \N +312167814 One More Saturday Night: Reflections With the Grateful Dead, Dead Family, and Dead Heads 275 1992 By Sandy Troy. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/75/94/9780312077594.jpg 2 2 Paperback en St Martins Pr One More Saturday Night: Reflections With the Grateful Dead, Dead Family, and Dead Heads \N +8807015226 Alzaia (I narratori) (Italian Edition) 123 1997 Erri De Luca. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/52/29/9788807015229.jpg 2 2 Paperback it Feltrinelli Alzaia (I narratori) (Italian Edition) \N +031216842X Charles Dickens Great Expectations (Case Studies in Contemporary Criticism) 641 1995 Adopted At More Than 1,000 Colleges And Universities, Bedford/st. Martin's Innovative Case Studies In Contemporary Criticism Series Has Introduced More Than A Quarter Of A Million Students To Literary Theory And Earned Enthusiastic Praise Nationwide. Along With An Authoritative Text Of A Major Literary Work, Each Volume Presents Critical Essays, Selected Or Prepared Especially For Students, That Approach The Work From Several Contemporary Critical Perspectives, Such As Gender Criticism And Cultural Studies. Each Essay Is Accompanied By An Introduction (with Bibliography) To The History, Principles, And Practice Of Its Critical Perspective. Every Volume Also Surveys The Biographical, Historical, And Critical Contexts Of The Literary Work And Concludes With A Glossary Of Critical Terms. New Editions Reprint Cultural Documents That Contextualize The Literary Works And Feature Essays That Show How Critical Perspectives Can Be Combined. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/08/22/9780312080822.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Bedford/St. Martin's Charles Dickens Great Expectations (Case Studies in Contemporary Criticism) \N +312169922 Blood and Orchids 503 1983 Set In Hawaii In 1930, This Novel Concerns The Trial Of Four Young Native Boys Unjustly Accused Of The Rape Of An American Socialite. The Verdict Sets In Motion A Whirlwind Of Violent Passion Leading To A Vigilante-style Beating And Even Murder. Norman Katkov. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/39/53/9780312083953.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en St Martins Pr Blood and Orchids \N +312176880 Writing Science Fiction & Fantasy 276 1993 Do you dream of -\\nCrossing the galaxies?\\nLiving in the far future?\\nEntertaining millions with your imagination?\\nThis book can help make those dreams come true!\\nWriting Science Fiction and Fantasy brings you expert advice on how to craft and market tales of the fantastic. Award-winning writers such as John Barnes, James Patrick Kelly, Norman Spinrad, Connie Willis, and Jane Yolen reveal some of their secrets of crafting believable stories, while Grand Masters Isaac Asimov and Robert A. Heinlein provide timeless advice for beginners and veterans alike. The editors also provide valuable insights into the process by which stories get published and they offer helpful hints on getting your story out of the slush pile and into print. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/92/69/9780312089269.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Griffin Writing Science Fiction & Fantasy \N +312192398 The Blood of the Covenant: A Novel of the Vampiric 310 1995 The Book of the Common Dread was Brent Monahan's blockbuster tale of a vampire loose among the stacks of Princeton University's Firestone Library. Blood of the Covenant resumes with the vampire DeVilbiss dead and Simon Penn and Frederika Vanderveen on the run, scrolls in tow. However, an ancient vampire has been sent in pursuit, the last of his kind: a wily, brutal monster who once tutored Vlad Tepes in the art of massacre.... ...but is it too late even for him to keep the vampires' existence a secret?\\n\\n Continuing where The Book of Common Dread left off, this work resumes with the vampire DeVilbiss dead and Simon and Frederika on the run, scrolls in tow. However, an ancient vampire has been sent in pursuit, the last of his kind--a brutal monster that once tutored Vlad Tepes in the art of massacre. But is it too late to keep the vampires' existence secret?\\n https://images.isbndb.com/covers/43/65/9780312134365.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en St Martins Pr The Blood of the Covenant: A Novel of the Vampiric \N +1558683003 The Mural Project: Photography by Ansel Adams 112 1989 Photography By Ansel Adams ; Selected And With An Introduction By Peter Wright & John Armor ; [edited By Cynthia Anderson]. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/16/26/9781558241626.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en Day Dream Calendars The Mural Project: Photography by Ansel Adams \N +312179421 The Godson: A True-Life Account of 20 Years Inside the Mob 258 1993 The Godson is the vivid, colorful, and sometimes violent account of the rise, fall, and redemption of a young Boston gangster - Willie Fopiano. All the kids on the North End of Boston dreamed of being hoodlums and mobsters - their heroes were the Brinks bandits and the wiseguys with their fancy suits and Cadillacs. But only Willie Fopiano, the smartest and the wildest, became an apprentice to the wiseguys and a trusted aide of Meyer Lansky. Crime was his life and The Godson is his incredible story. At the age of ten he was beating convicted killers at craps and winning their respect. When other kids were struggling with their homework, Willie Fopiano was running his own crew of master thieves and playing Monopoly with real money. By his early twenties he had survived the wrath of vicious cops, done time in prison, made friends with Albert DeSalvo - the man who confessed to being the Boston Strangler - and been dragged into the bloodiest gang war the country has ever seen. More than once he nearly became a victim himself in run-ins with a killing machine named Joe Barboza. Bank scores and jewelry heists, planned like commando raids, made Willie a young millionaire, and his glamorous life of crime took him to the glittering city splendor of mob citadels in Las Vegas and Miami Beach. Along the way, Willie met the mysterious men who ran the Pizza Connection heroine ring and learned the mob's darkest secrets. The Godson will reveal why the mob felt betrayed by Joseph Kennedy and why John F. Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe died. It is the ultimate account of the inner workings of the Boston Mob and Meyer Lansky, as told in his own words by the only surviving insider. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/74/86/9780312097486.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en St Martins Pr The Godson: A True-Life Account of 20 Years Inside the Mob \N +312180632 Tunkashila: From the Birth of Turtle Island to the Blood of Wounded Knee 265 1993 Tunkashila, which means grandfather in Lakota, is the epic tale of Native America as told through Indian eyes. The Southwest storyteller, Gerald Hausman, using mythological works like Ovid's Metamorphoses, and Biblical epics like Genesis as his inspiration, has constructed a sweeping narrative that tells the saga of Native American heritage - from creation, to the formation of Turtle Island, or earth, to the battle at Wounded Knee, where the tale ends. Retelling over eighty Indian stories that have been handed down to us from antiquity, Hausman has assembled a great pageant of mythological characters into a circle of highly anecdotal myths: the myths of creation; the myths of love, loss, and leaving; the myths of power; the myths of war; and the myths of two worlds, one white and one red. Tunkashila's creation begins with our original parents, Sun Father and Mother Earth; their rebellious twins - known as the Monster Slayers; the holy people of earth, air, water, and fire; and a spectacular carnival of animal and insect people, who act in a cosmology of co-creation. From these central figures, their children and sacred relations, come the stories themselves, all based on oral tale: we read of the Abalone Girl who fell in love with a whale; of the story of Mountain Singing, where a mortal pursues a goddess and discovers the consequences; of Tall Man, who followed Red Shell down to the underworld only to see her shade disappear; of Blue Elk, the mute boy, who was given the gift of voice through the antlers of an elk; and of an all-male clan of the River Crows that was destroyed by a white man's plague. Mythologizing actual events, Hausman finally chronicles the decline of Turtle Island, guiding the reader on a haunting journey through the ruined, wraith-like terrain of late nineteenth-century Native America. Tunkashila is a noble work that can be read from start to finish, but also can be dipped into, for each story is complete in its own right. The singular be https://images.isbndb.com/covers/92/82/9780312099282.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en St. Martin's Press Tunkashila: From the Birth of Turtle Island to the Blood of Wounded Knee \N +312181876 Winter Eyes (Stonewall Inn Editions) 256 1993 A haunting and remarkable novel, Winter Eyes is a tale of family secrets, silence, relevation-and the hope for healing and change. A spell-binding achievement, Winter Eyes richly fulfills the promise Booklist saw when it hailed Dancing on Tisha B'av as the debut of "a bright new talent in American fiction."\\n\\n\\n The author of Dancing on Tisha B'av--winner of the 1991 Lambda Literary Award--now offers a haunting, remarkable novel about secrets, silence, and revelations--a tale of the terror of the past that controls and divides an immigrant family, most notably from their American-born son.\\n https://images.isbndb.com/covers/57/61/9780312105761.jpg 2 2 Paperback en St. Martin's Griffin Winter Eyes (Stonewall Inn Editions) \N +312181965 Oroonoko; or, The Royal Slave (Bedford Cultural Editions) 473 1999 Aphra Behn's Oroonoko, The Story Of An African Prince's Enslavement By British Colonists And His Journey From West Africa To The Caribbean, Is The First Literary Work In English To Portray The Global Interactions Of That Interlocking Structure That Came To Be Known As The Triangular Trade. This Edition Features A Generous Selection Of Thematically Organized Historical Materials That Illuminate The Three Corners Of The Atlantic Triangle: West Africa, The Caribbean, And Europe. Excerpts From Contemporary Literary Works By Ben Jonson, John Dryden, Richard Steele, And Daniel Defoe Enrich Our Understanding Of The Literary Contexts For Behn's Portrayal Of Blackness In Oroonoko, And Selections From Later Dramatizations Of Oroonoko Demonstrate The Evolution Of British Attitudes Toward Racial Difference In The Century Following The Publication Of Behn's Work.--jacket. Pt. 1. Oroonoko, Or, The Royal Slave: The Complete Text -- Pt. 2. Oroonoko, Or, The Royal Slave: Cultural Contexts. Aphra Behn ; Edited By Catherine Gallagher With Simon Stern. Includes Works Or Excerpts From Works Contemporary With The Main Text. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 464-472). https://images.isbndb.com/covers/81/37/9780312108137.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Bedford/St. Martin's Oroonoko; or, The Royal Slave (Bedford Cultural Editions) \N +312183429 The Films of Stephen King 96 1994 This book gives the reader insight of Stephen Kings films. It speaks on how they were inspired and of the plot. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/27/45/9780312112745.jpg 2 2 Paperback en St Martins Pr The Films of Stephen King \N +517881721 A Place Called Home (Seduction Romance) 336 2001 A rugged cowboy and a gorgeous lawyer find themselves on opposite sides of the fence in a battle for land-and for love... https://images.isbndb.com/covers/18/02/9780515131802.jpg 1 1 Mass Market Paperback en Jove A Place Called Home (Seduction Romance) \N +312185995 Writing from the Body 162 1994 A book about spirit, creativity, and the inner life of the writer\\nCertain writing books go beyond questions of craft and art to explore the deepest sources of the creative impulse. Writing from the Body is not a "head book"; it is a heart book, a shoulder book, a hand book, a back book, and a soul book that liberates writers from the shackles of self-consciousness and doubt.\\nDeveloped from John Lee's popular workshops that have helped thousands of writers, this book offers meditative techniques, physical exercises, and candid counseling—all designed to combat the fears, self-imposed standards, and suppressed feelings that block creative potential. Inspirational qutoes from poems and prose develop John Lee's central message: in order to write from the truth of our total experience, we most return to our bodies.\\nAs Lee notes, "The call to write is a call that's received in the body first. If we are to answer this call, we have to feel every part of our lives. In this book you'll learn the grammar of the gut, the syntax of the sinews, the launage of the legs. For everyone who is tired of living life in the little closet between the ears, get ready."\\nAny writer, artist, teacher, or psychologist interested in the creative process will find this book invaluable, a lasting source of hope and power.\\n\\n\\n Developed from John Lee's popular workshops that combine meditative exercises, physical action, and emotional release work, Writing From the Body combats the fears, self-imposed standards, and suppressed feelings that block writers' creative potential. It frees those feelings and teaches writers how to use them productively.\\n https://images.isbndb.com/covers/53/64/9780312115364.jpg 1 1 Paperback en St. Martin's Griffin Writing from the Body \N +312187459 Voodoo Dreams 448 1995
New Orleans in the mid-nineteenth century: a potent mix of whites, Creoles, free blacks, and African slaves, a city pulsing with crowds, commerce, and an undercurrent of secret power. The source of this power is the voodoo religion, and its queen is Marie Laveau, the notorious voodooienne, worshipped and feared by blacks and whites alike. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/93/17/9780312119317.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Picador Paper Voodoo Dreams \N
+312263821 A Daughter's Geography 77 1983 Ntozake Shange. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/34/24/9780312183424.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en St. Martin's Press A Daughter's Geography \N
+312195230 The Healing Runes 139 1995
\\nSince the beginning of recorded history, the oracular tradition has been associated with healing and with the Divine. For Ralph H. Blum, the journey toward spiritual and emotional healing began with the 1982 publication of The Book of Runes. Since then, millions of people have welcomed the inspiration, guidance and comfort found in his interpretation of an ancient Western Oracle-- the Runes.\\nAt this time in history, a recognition of the relationship between physical health and emotional well-being is crucial. Created specifically to support traditional forms of therapy, healing and recovery, as well as all Twelve Step programs, The Healing Runes offers a new interpretation of this sacred oracle for all those whose lives stand in need of healing.\\nWhen you are feeling alone or afraid; when you are sick physically or emotionally; or when your best friend is away and you need sound advice-- put your hand in the bag and pick a Rune. And when you are full of joy and praise and gratitude-- pick a Rune. The Healing Runes provides comfort for the heart, ease for the body, peace for the mind and nourishment for the soul.
\\n\\n\\n\\n Blum and Loughan have set out to fill a gigantic void in the healing field, and they have created healing interpretations for all the Runes. By using the classic Rune symbols and following the age-old Rune reading methods, they created a tool with 25 aspects for the emotional, psychological, and physical healing of people in times of crisis. Author media.\\n https://images.isbndb.com/covers/50/72/9780312135072.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en St. Martin's Press The Healing Runes \N
+312199430 The Off Season: A Victorian Sequel 304 1995 A Horror Novel On A Town Where Ghosts Walk Among The Living And Time Operates Differently For Everyone. Some Of The Residents Live In 1995, Some In 1973 And Others In 1893. In One Building, The Front Door Leads To A Different Year Than When You Use The Side Door. By The Author Of Street. Jack Cady. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/57/44/9780312135744.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en St Martins Pr The Off Season: A Victorian Sequel \N
+312203322 Falconer's Judgement 208 1996 In 1264, As Pope Alexander Lies On His Deathbed, A Power Struggle Develops Within The Hierarchy Of The English Catholic Church, A Conflict That Soon Turns Lethal, And It Is Up To Regent Master William Falconer To Find A Killer. By The Author Of Falconer's Crusade. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/97/11/9780312139711.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en St Martins Pr Falconer's Judgement \N
+312203802 Puppy Preschool: Raising Your Puppy Right---Right from the Start! 260 1996 No home with a puppy should be without Puppy Preschool.\\nCongratulations! You have (or are thinking seriously of raising) a cute new puppy. He's warm, cuddly, great to hold and pet— and simply a lot of fun.\\nBut watch out! Your adorable ball of fur can be a doggone handful. Given half the chance, he may take it upon himself to eat your furniture, terrorize the kids, dig up the garden, jump on your friends, and eliminate at the most inappropriate times.\\nLet's face it, sometimes what you get raising a puppy can be a "dog's breakfast"— a mixed bag of happiness and hassle. In order to make it through puppyhood with your sanity still in tact, you need to enroll your pup in Puppy Preschool.\\nHere, in Puppy Preschool, John Ross and Barbara McKinney, the country's foremost dog-training experts, reveal the benefits of early training in this definitive guide devoted exclusively to the trials and triumphs of puppy rearing. Puppy Preschool rewrites the rules on puppy training. While previous training books begin their programs when the puppy has already reached four months of age, Puppy Preschool begins educating and disciplining at just eight weeks old, the time when most puppies are brought into their new homes. Using surefire, revolutionary techniques, Ross and McKinney provide a much-needed head start on good behavior. They offer essential training rules that will be useful throughout your puppy's formative education, including information on:\\n* The right breed for your family or your lifestyle\\n* The ten best breeds for the home\\n* Early leash and collar procedures\\n* Housebreaking\\n* Preventing unwanted chewing\\n* Health and grooming tips\\n* Emergency care\\n* Essential puppy-training equipment and safe, fun toys\\n* A breakdown of puppy development from birth to eighteen months\\n* The best ways for small children to interact with puppies\\ndn0\\nBased on the same training philosophy presented in their classic book, Dog Talk, of raising your dog from a "canine point of view," Ross and McKinney give easy-to-follow training techniques that will make puppy rearing a great experience for everyone involved.\\n\\n\\n John Ross, the host of a Kal-Can cable TV infomercial on puppy training, and Barbara McKinney, the new editor of Dog Care, the largest dog magazine in the U.S., provide sure-fire, easy-to-follow training techniques that will help dog owners rear puppies properly and teach them good behavior right from the start.\\n https://images.isbndb.com/covers/02/98/9780312140298.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en St. Martin's Press Puppy Preschool: Raising Your Puppy Right---Right from the Start! \N
+312203888 Mask For A Diva (Stonewall Inn Mysteries) 304 1996 Stan Kraychik, Boston hair-dresser extraordinaire, has been hired as the wig master's assistant for the upcoming season of a local opera company. For the main event, Italian opera diva and aging soprano Marcella Ostinata will perform the lead. As the company heads unsteadily towards opening night, murder threatens the entire festival and Stan finds himself playing a crucial role in a deadly grand opera, performed without music, and with real weapons and killers. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/12/02/9780312141202.jpg 2 2 Paperback en St. Martin's Griffin Mask For A Diva (Stonewall Inn Mysteries) \N
+312204663 Makers of the Western Tradition: Portraits from History: Volume Two 351 1997 Includes historical profiles of Louis XIV, Peter the Great, Voltaire, Napoleon, Charles Darwin, Otto von Bismarck, Cecil Rhodes, Lenin, Freud, Hitler, Einstein, Stalin, Simone de Beauvoir, & Margaret Thatcher. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/25/13/9780312142513.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Bedford/St. Martin's Makers of the Western Tradition: Portraits from History: Volume Two \N
+312209401 How to Argue and Win Every Time 320 1992 How To Argue And Win Every Time Is A Book That Teaches You How To Argue In Everyday Life - At Home, In The Bedroom, With The Boss, With Teachers, And With Your Kids. But It Is Also A Book With Sweeping Implications For American Society, For At Its Heart, It Proposes A New Philosophy - That Winning Is Not What You Think It Is And That Your Enemy's Loss May Be Your Loss As Well. Gerry Spence, The Noted Trial Lawyer, Says We Were Born To Make The Winning Argument As We Were Born To Walk. But Argument Is An Art As Well As A Technique To Be Learned. The Winning Argument Starts With A Mindset, One That Gives You Permission To Argue Freely When Argument Has Been The Forbidden Fruit Of Your Childhood. Spence Teaches You How To Get Beyond The Fear And To Use This Fear As Your Ally. He Shows You That When Your Argument Emerges From Your Own Authority, The Argument Will Not Only Be The Winning Argument, It Will Be Unique Among All Arguments. My Argument For This Book -- Getting Started -- Pt. I. Readying Ourselves To Win. Why Argue?: Opening The Doors, Freeing The Psyche -- When To Argue: Winning Without Arguing -- Understanding Power: The Pistol That Fires In Both Directions -- The Incredible Power Of Credibility: Standing Naked -- The Power Of Listening: Hearing The Person Behind The Noise -- The Power Of Prejudice: Examining The Garment, Bleaching The Stain -- The Power Of Words: Gilding The Soliloquy -- Pt. Ii. Delivering The Winning Argument. Structuring The Winning Argument: Building The House The Wolf Can't Blow Down ; Opening Them Up: Bridging The Gap To Be Heard -- How To Deliver The Winning Argument: Releasing The Sound And The Fury -- The Magical Argument: Arguing Out The Heart Zone -- The Unbeatable Power Argument: Delivering The Knockout -- Pt. Iii. Arguments In Love And War. Arguing In The Love Relationship: Love And War -- Arguing With Kids: Also Love And War -- Arguing At The Workplace: Engaging The Corporate Cyclops, Surviving The Governmental Leviathan -- Arguing For Justice: Understanding The Responsibility Of Being. Gerry Spence. Includes Index. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/47/77/9780312144777.jpg 2 2 Paperback en St. Martin's Griffin How to Argue and Win Every Time \N
+312221096 Forbidden Knowledge: From Prometheus To Pornography 384 1996 Forbidden Knowledge Boldly Traces The Tragic Arc Of Western Literature And Culture As It Explores The Notion Of Forbidden Knowledge, From The Sexual Innocence Of Adam And Eve To The Awe-inspiring Discoveries Of Modern Scientists Who Have Created The Atomic Bomb And Recombinant Dna. The Result Is A Dire Portrait Of Human Presumption And Of A Culture That Has Abandoned All Limits In The Quest For Knowledge And Experience. The Harrowing Imagery That Shattuck Presents Is Matched Only By His Faith That We Can Understand Our Grievous Loss Of Innocence By Reexamining Our Greatest Myths And Stories Of The Last Two Thousand Years. In Lively, Lucid Prose Shattuck Explores Our Uncertain Fate Through Such Myths As That Of Prometheus And A Wide Range Of Literary Works, Including Milton's Paradise Lost, The Writings Of The Marquis De Sade, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Melville's Billy Budd, And The Poetry Of Emily Dickinson. Parents And Teachers Should Be Aware That Chapter Vii Does Not Make Appropriate Reading For Children And Minors. In This Seminal Work, Shattuck Breaks New Ground In Opening Up A Crucial Subject Never Before Accorded This Full-scale Treatment. Forbidden Knowledge Impels Us To A Renewed Effort To Think Judiciously About Morality And The Sacred During A Decade Of Radical Skepticism. Forbidden Knowledge Represents The Capstone Of Roger Shattuck's Career As One Of America's Most Original And Gifted Thinkers. The Far Side Of Curiosity -- Milton In The Garden Of Eden -- Faust And Frankenstein -- The Pleasures Of Abstinence : Mme De Lafayette And Emily Dickinson -- Guilt, Justice, And Empathy In Melville And Camus -- Taking Stock -- Knowledge Exploding : Science And Technology -- The Divine Marquis -- The Sphinx And The Unicorn -- Appendix I : Six Categories Of Forbidden Knowledge -- Appendix Ii : The Occult -- Appendix Iii : The Sphinx / By Francis Bacon. Roger Shattuck. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [349]-358) And Index. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/60/23/9780312146023.jpg 1 1 Paperback en St. Martin's Press Forbidden Knowledge: From Prometheus To Pornography \N
+312242433 Guerrilla Cooking: The Survival Manual for People Who Don't Like to Cook or Don't Have Time to Cook 196 1996 A Collection Of Timesaving Recipes For Simple, Inexpensive Dishes, Focusing On Weekday Dinners, And Including Appetizers, Desserts, And Specialties, As Well As Advice And Recipes For Entertaining. Mel Walsh. A Wyatt Book For St. Martin's Press. Includes Index. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/61/08/9780312146108.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en St. Martin's Press Guerrilla Cooking: The Survival Manual for People Who Don't Like to Cook or Don't Have Time to Cook \N
+312242700 Julie Hasler's Cross Stitch Projects: 65 Quick & Easy Designs Perfect for Home, Children, and Special Occasions 96 1997 Julie Hasler's Cross Stitch Projects brings together more than 65 inspired cross stitch projects, including trinket boxes with astrological themes, special occasion greeting cards, dinosaur shoe bags, table linens, motif cushions, and more. Julie Hasler's Cross Stitch Projects offers a wide choice of style and color, with subjects ranging from alphabets and teddy bears to flowers and sun-and-moon motifs. Full-color illustrations and simple instructions complement the elegant projects, making this book ideal for craftspeople at all levels of experience who want to create one-of-a-kind items for the home, for children, or for gifts. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/97/34/9780312149734.jpg 2 2 Paperback en St Martins Pr Julie Hasler's Cross Stitch Projects: 65 Quick & Easy Designs Perfect for Home, Children, and Special Occasions \N
+345379748 India: The speeches and reminiscences of Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India 221 1975 American Ed. Published Under Title: Indira Gandhi, Speeches And Writings. Includes Index. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/38/77/9780340193877.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en Hodder and Stoughton India: The speeches and reminiscences of Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India \N
+312245238 The Set-Up 341 1997 On a routine visit to an international bank in Switzerland, Charles Black, the just-retired Chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve Board, finds himself in jail - suddenly, inexplicably, imprisoned by the Swiss police. He is accused of committing massive frauds in the financial markets, allegedly netting him over $450 millon. The case against him seems ironclad - almost too perfect. It is nearly certain that he will be convicted and will spend thirty years doing hard labor in a Swiss prison. He has been framed - set up. Charlie's wife, Sally, in her efforts to find diplomatic support and effective legal defense for him, is frustrated at every turn. No one in Switzerland or the United States seems able - or even willing - to help. But neither Charlie nor Sally will give up; they will not agree to a proposal of a lesser prison term in exchange for his pleading guilty. Then, one evening, a mysterious stranger offers Sally a deal. Gradually, and in colorful detail, we learn why and how Charlie was framed and what he and Sally must do to uncover and expose the financial conspiracy that has set him up. And what they learn launches them, at virtually a moment's notice, on an exciting but dangerous journey, one they hope will lead to Charlie's freedom and clear his name.\\n\\n The exciting new novel from the bestselling author of The Crash of '79 and The Panic of '89. When just-retired chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve Charles Black finds himself framed for financial fraud while on a trip to Switzerland, the case against him seems ironclad. His wife is approached by someone who claims to be able to get Charlie off. The price: $3 million. But is this just another part of the frame-up? 352 pp. National ads.\\n https://images.isbndb.com/covers/11/02/9780312151102.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en St Martins Pr The Set-Up \N
+312245556 The Far Pavilions 960 1997
When The Far Pavilions was first published nineteen years ago, it moved the critic Edmund Fuller to write this: Were Miss Kaye to produce no other book, The Far Pavilions might stand as a lasting accomplishment in a single work comparable to Margaret Mitchell's achievement in Gond With the Wind.
From its beginning in the foothills of the towering Himalayas, M.M. Kaye's masterwork is a vast, rich and vibrant tapestry of love and war that ranks with the greatest panoramic sagas of modern fiction.
The Far Pavilions is itself a Himalayan achievement, a book we hate to see come to an end. it is a passionate, triumphant story that excites us, fills us with joy, move us to tears, satisfies us deeply, and helps us remember just what it is we want most from a novel. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/12/56/9780312151256.jpg 1 1 Paperback en St. Martin's Griffin The Far Pavilions \N
+031224567X Pretty In Pink: The Golden Age of Teenage Movies 230 1997 Jon Bernstein, film critic for Spin magazine critiques his favorite teen movies from the golden age of the '80s. The Brat Pack and their contemporaries have grown up, but celluloid has them flickering forever, angst-ridden, haunted, guileless, cocky, stripped to their briefs, and all dressed up "pretty in pink." 25 photos, 8-page color insert. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/19/42/9780312151942.jpg 2 2 Paperback en St. Martin's Griffin Pretty In Pink: The Golden Age of Teenage Movies \N
+312246498 The Smell of Apples 208 1997 Winner of the Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction from the Los Angeles Times\\nWinner of the M-Net Award\\nWinner of The Eugene Marais Award\\nWinner of the CNA Literary Award\\nWinner of the Betty Trask Award\\nA Booker Prize Nominee\\nSet in the bitter twilight of apartheid in South Africa in the 1970s, The Smell of Apples is a haunting story narrated by eleven-year-old Marnus Erasmus, who records the social turmoil and racial oppression that are destroying his own land. Using his family as a microcosm of the corroding society at large, Marnus tells a troubling tale of a childhood corrupted, of unexpected sexual defilements, and of an innocence gone astray. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/20/93/9780312152093.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Picador The Smell of Apples \N
+312247052 Delta Style: Eve Wasn't a Size 6 and Neither Am I 224 1998 Meet Delta Burke -- beloved star of Designing Women, accomplished actress, founding partner of Delta Burke Design, a sassy, glamorous acress for whom learning to live as a "real-size" woman has presented all kinds of opportunities. A beauty-pageant winner, Delta had a much publicized weight gain during Designing Women and was the subject of press speculation and gossip. But as she started to come to terms with the fact that her body would always be full figured, she found her fans loved her all the more, and the outpouring of support began to compensate for the emotional strain. With wit, honesty, and directness, she discusses the pain she felt, her agonizing efforts to achieve a size 6 body, and her own journey to self-acceptance, which led her to found Delta Burke Design, a clothing company for the real-size woman. \\nFilled with inspirational, motivational advice, humorous anecdotes, and style tips from this nationally adored celebrity, Delta Style shows how positive thinking can transform your state of mind and give you the confidence to live up to your own -- and only your own -- expectations.\\n Beautiful Delta is a perfect role model for the millions of women who find coping with a real-size body requires strategy and acceptance, as well as for those captivated by her screen presence and smart, upbeat approach to life. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/45/47/9780312154547.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en St Martins Pr Delta Style: Eve Wasn't a Size 6 and Neither Am I \N
+031225234X Brandenburg: A Novel 392 1997 In Berlin a political activist is gunned down in the street. In Paraguay a smuggler is killed in a hit-and-run. And then an elderly German businessman puts a gun in his mouth in his luxurious South American mansion. Joseph Volkmann, a member of an elite European security force, finds himself drawn into the mystery of the brutal deaths, investigating a link between the seemingly random cases that cost the journalist who connected them his life. For Volkmann a painful journey lies ahead, leading him from barren Mexican ranches to Italian ports and abandoned German monasteries, a journey that will force him to confront his own ghosts and a people he has long mistrusted. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/48/37/9780312154837.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en St. Martin's Press Brandenburg: A Novel \N
+312253095 Pagan Kennedy's Living: A Handbook for Maturing Hipsters 122 1997 Take a veteran of tofu burgers and stained futons, the publisher of a zine, the high patroness of thrift-store shopping, turn her into a Doris Day of aging hipsters, and the result? Pagan Kennedy. Kennedy provides anxious X'ers with a state-ofthe-art social planner. Slackers, retro types, college students, downtown poets, and uptown temps: look no further. Here are the rules of the social game for those already in the know. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/62/13/9780312156213.jpg 2 2 Paperback en St Martins Pr Pagan Kennedy's Living: A Handbook for Maturing Hipsters \N
+312331037 Cocktails for Three 304 2001 At The First Of Every Month, When The Office Has Reached Its Pinnacle Of Hysteria, Maggie, Roxanne, And Candice Meet At London's Swankiest Bar For An Evening Of Cocktails And Gossip.--jacket. Madeleine Wickham. Originally Published: Great Britain : Transworld Publishers, C2000. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/19/22/9780312281922.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en Thomas Dunne Books Cocktails for Three \N
+312253788 The Chieftains: The Authorized Biography 331 1997 Since their humble beginnings in the folk clubs and bars of Ireland in the early '60s, The Chieftains have built a worldwide reputation and following based on their brilliant musicianship, their rediscovery and reinvention of traditional Irish music, and their own original music and Oscar-winning soundtracks. Based on exclusive interviews with all the band's members, their families and friends, this is the intimate and comprehensive history of one of the most acclaimed Irish bands of all time. photos. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/60/52/9780312166052.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en St Martins Pr The Chieftains: The Authorized Biography \N
+312254202 Beyond Acceptance 264 1997
\\n"Mom, Dad, I'm gay." When a parent hears these words, the initial shock is often followed by feelings ranging from anger and denial to fear and guilt. It's also the beginning of a difficult journey that, with understanding and emotional support, can lead to acceptance and beyond.\\nNow fully revised and updated, Beyond Acceptance is a ground-breaking book that provides parents the comfort and knowledge they need to accept the gay children and build stronger family relationships. Based on the experiences of other parents, this book lets them know they are not alone and helps them through the emotional stages leading to reconciliation with their children.
\\n\\n\\n\\n Beyond Acceptance is a ground-breaking book that provides parents the comfort and knowledge needed to accept their gay children and build stronger relationships. Based on the experiences of other parents, this book lets them know they re not alone and help them through the emotional stages, providing accurate, documented answers to the questions that surface after the initil shock.\\n https://images.isbndb.com/covers/78/13/9780312167813.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Griffin Beyond Acceptance \N
+031225430X The First Elizabeth 448 1997 Carolly Erickson. Includes Bibliographical References (p.421-428). https://images.isbndb.com/covers/84/21/9780312168421.jpg 2 2 Paperback en St. Martin's Griffin The First Elizabeth \N
+312261462 The Rune Cards: Ancient Wisdom For the New Millennium 224 1997 The RuneCards set includes: 25 richly evocative RuneCards, specially designed carrying box, and a beautifully illustrated new hardcover book.\\nThis new package is meant to serve both as a companion to The Book of Runes, and as an introduction for those who have yet to experience the Runes. The RuneCards are accompanied by a completely revised text-only the interpretations remain the same. Ralph H. Blum has created a series of fascinating techniques for use with the RuneCards-and with the Rune stones as well-techniques to guide you on your journal toward wholeness.\\nThese include: Runes and dreaming, runes and healing, runes and the Native American medicine wheel, and creating an oracular individual. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/99/23/9780312169923.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en St. Martin's Press The Rune Cards: Ancient Wisdom For the New Millennium \N
+312261683 Hidden Hand: Middle East Fears of Conspiracy 404 1998 a Noted Middle East Specialist Looks At Conspiracy Theories And The Way They Control Life And Politics In The Region.
One Thousand White Women is the story of May Dodd and a colorful assembly of pioneer women who, under the auspices of the U.S. government, travel to the western prairies in 1875 to intermarry among the Cheyenne Indians. The covert and controversial "Brides for Indians" program, launched by the administration of Ulysses S. Grant, is intended to help assimilate the Indians into the white man's world. Toward that end May and her friends embark upon the adventure of their lifetime. Jim Fergus has so vividly depicted the American West that it is as if these diaries are a capsule in time.
https://images.isbndb.com/covers/94/32/9780312199432.jpg 1 1 Paperback en St. Martin's Griffin One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd (One Thousand White Women Series, 1) \N +312288239 Name Dropping 327 2000 The Story Of Preschool Teacher Nancy Stern, Who Is In A Bit Of A Personal And Professional Rut. But What Really Puts A Dent In Her Self-esteem Is The Realization That Another Woman Named Nancy Stern Has Just Moved Into Her Building. A Nancy Stern Who Lives In The Penthouse...a Nancy Stern Who Is Blond And Leggy, And Has A Stable Of Boyfriends...a Nancy Stern Who Interviews Celebrities For Glossy Magazines...a Nancy Stern Who's Chummy With Harrison Ford. Nancy's Turmoil Deepens As She Keeps Getting The Other, More Glamorous Nancy's Mail, Phone Calls, And Party Invitations By Mistake. It's All Too Much To Bear--until A Man Calls One Night, Intending To Ask The Other Nancy Out On A Blind Date. In A Moment Of Madness, Nursery School Nancy Accepts, And What Follows Is A Raucous Tale Of Mix-ups, Mistaken Identity, And Murder--from Publisher Description. Jane Heller. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/23/42/9780312252342.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en St Martins Pr Name Dropping \N +312288298 Andrea Bocelli: A Celebration 224 1999 Andrea Bocelli: A Celebration reveals the entire story behind the man with a voice that The Washington Post describes as radiant ... with a soulful purity that is absolutely mesmerizing. This detailed biography chronicles the singer's childhood in the Tuscan countryside, his early ambitions and passion for singing, the disease and accident that caused his blindness at age twelve, the uncompromising philosophy of his strong and loving family, the Italian musical legacy that has shaped him, and the spiritual beliefs that sustain him. It is the story of one unique celebrity's step-by-step transformation from lawyer to piano lounge singer to the greatest crossover artist of all time. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/30/97/9780312253097.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en Thomas Dunne Books Andrea Bocelli: A Celebration \N +312288549 The Casebook of Constance & Charlie Volume 2 416 2000 V. 1. The Hamlet Trap ; Smart House ; Seven Kinds Of Death -- V. 2. The Dark Door ; Sweet, Sweet Poison ; Torch Song ; Christ's Tears ; An Imperfect Gift. Kate Wilhelm. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/37/83/9780312253783.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Minotaur Books The Casebook of Constance & Charlie Volume 2 \N +312288573 The Snow Falcon 341 2000 A Noteworthy Literary Debut Set In The Majestic Snow-covered Spruce Forests Of The Pacific Northwest. When A Gyrfalcon Is Wounded By A Hunter, She Is Rescued And Taken To A Nearby Farmhouse Where She Forever Changes The Lives Of Her Savior And Those He Comes To Love. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/42/09/9780312254209.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Griffin The Snow Falcon \N +031228988X Twice Blessed 222 2000 Joan Leonard's Twice Blessed offers everything you need to know about having a second child-preparing yourself, your marriage, and your firstborn for a new family of four.Just when you thought you were finally adjusting to being a parent-your stretch marks have faded and you've packed away your nursing bras and maternity clothes-you decide to have a second child. And although by now you may feel like a parenting expert, the second time around brings its own set of questions, quandaries, and chaos, from tighter finances to new routines.Drawing on the expertise of pediatricians, gynecologists, and family therapists, as well as the anecdotes of mothers everywhere (tips from the trenches), this book includes both the psychological and physiological aspects of a second birth. It covers how to prepare yourself for a different pregnancy and birth, your marriage for another dramatic change, and your child for a new brother or sister. With warmth, inspiration, and humor, it looks carefully at the brand new family of four and what to expect as it evolves during the first weeks, first months, and first year. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/43/08/9780312254308.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Golden Press Twice Blessed \N +312290969 The Exact Location of the Soul: New and Selected Essays 400 2001 A Collection Of Essays In Which Richard Selzer Discusses A Variety Of Topics Related To The Body, The Human Spirit, And The Mysteries Of Life, Death, And Healing. Introduction : The Making Of A Doctor/writer -- The Exact Location Of The Soul -- Down From Troy, Part I -- Down From Troy, Part Ii -- The Surgeon As Priest -- Lessons From The Art -- Fairy Tale -- Phantom Vision -- Brain Death : A Hesitation -- A Mask On The Face Of Death -- A Question Of Mercy -- Liver -- Bone -- Skin -- The Knife -- The Corpse -- Bald! -- Writer's Block -- Of Nazareth And New Haven -- Textbook -- Letter To A Young Surgeon I -- Letter To A Young Surgeon Ii -- Letter To A Young Surgeon Iv -- How To Build A Slaughterhouse -- Diary Of An Infidel : Notes From A Monastery -- Rounds -- An Absence Of Windows. Richard Selzer. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/14/67/9780312261467.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en Picador The Exact Location of the Soul: New and Selected Essays \N +312291620 Greed and Stuff 288 2001 Marty Burns Is Back On Television, Playing A P.i. And Trying To Make Rehashed Hawaii Five-o Scripts Sound Convincing. While He's Waiting To Find Out If His Show Is Going To Be Renewed (it's Not Doing Well With The Eighteen To Thirty-year-olds), Marty Stumbles Across An Enigma Involving The Classic Noir Film The Devil On Sunday, A Shady Remake, And A Very Real Corpse.--jacket. Jay Russell. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/16/89/9780312261689.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en Minotaur Books Greed and Stuff \N +312291639 Joe College 306 2000 Tom Perrotta. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/18/49/9780312261849.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en St Martins Pr Joe College \N +312300662 Digital Fortress: A Thriller 384 2000 brilliant, Beautiful Susan Fletcher discovers The Nsa Is Being Held Hostage By A Code So Complex That It would Cripple U.s. Intelligence If Released. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/31/26/9780312263126.jpg 2 2 Paperback en St. Martin's Griffin Digital Fortress: A Thriller \N +312301898 Run Like an Antelope P 228 2001 one Journalist's Wild Summer On The Road With The World's Most Popular Cult Rock Band, Phish.despite Their Enormous Success And Their Status As America's Biggest Cult Rock And Roll Band, Phish Remains An Enigma. Each Of Their Albums Has Sold More Than 500,000 Copies, And Their Concerts Sell Out Instantly, But The Band Makes A Virtue Of Ignoring The Mainstream, And The Fans Rather Prefer It That Way. In run Like An Antelope: On The Road With Phish, sean Gibbon Deftly And Hilariously Chronicles This Unique Musical Subculture.inspired By The Offbeat Road Stories Of Hunter S. Thompson And Bill Bryson, Among Others, Gibbon Resolved To Follow Phish And Their Kite's Tail Of Hundreds Of Thousands Of Followers On Their 1999 Summer Tour. What He Discovered Is A New Kind Of American Tribe: A Mixture Of Aging, Resigned Deadheads, Wealthy College Kids, And Dedicated Phishheads, All Bound Together By Their Belief In The Band, Passion For The Music, And Energetic Spirit, Which Transform Phish Into An Experience. His Ensuing Adventures Among The Phish Fans Constitute A Memorable, Insightful, Uproarious Odyssey Into This New Frontier Of American Pop Tribalism. Whether He's Being Kidnapped By A Group Of Ebullient Georgia Tech Coeds, Or Being Serenaded By Devoted Fans On The Institution Of Phish, Gibbon Navigates The Wild, Fascinating Phish Experience With Verve And A Keen Eye, Brilliantly Communicating Both The Enormous Energy Of The Band's Music And The Distinct Character Of Their Fans.
In less that one hundred years, the British made themselves the masters of India. They ruled for another hundred, leaving behind the independent nations of India and Pakistan when they finally withdrew in 1947. Both nations would owe much to the British Raj: under its rule, Indians learned to see themselves as Indians; its benefits included railways, roads, canals, schools, universities, hospitals, universal language and common law.
None of this, however, was planned. After a series of emergencies in the eighteenth century transformed a business partnership-the East India Company-into the most formidable war machine in Asia, conquest gathered its own momentum. Fortunes grew, but, alongside them, Britons grew troubled by the despotism that had been created in their name. The result was the formation of a government that balanced firmness with benevolence, and had as its goal the advancement of India.
But the Raj, outwardly so monolithic and magnificent, always rested precariously on the goodwill of Indians. In this remarkable exploration of British rule in India, Lawrence James chronicles the astonishing heroism that created it, the mixture of compromise and firmness that characterized it, and the twists and turns of the independence struggle that ended it.
The first book of the series about ancient Rome and Detective Decius Metellus, playboy sleuth.
For a decade, Michael Ignatieff has provided eyewitness accounts and penetrating analyses from the world's battle zones. In Virtual War, he offers an analysis of the conflict in Kosovo and what it means for the future of warfare. He describes the latest phase in modern combat: war fought by remote control. In "real" war, nations are mobilized, soldiers fight and die, victories are won. In virtual war, however, there is often no formal declaration of hostilities, the combatants are strike pilots and computer programmers, the nation enlists as a TV audience, and instead of defeat and victory there is only an uncertain endgame.
Kosovo was such a virtual war, a war in which U.S. and NATO forces did the fighting but only Kosovars and Serbs did the dying. Ignatieff examines the conflict through the eyes of key players—politicians, diplomats, and generals—and through the experience of the victims, the refugees and civilians who suffered. As unrest continues in the Balkans, East Timor, and other places around the world, Ignatieff raises the troubling possibility that virtual wars, so much easier to fight, could become the way superpowers impose their will in the century ahead.
Winner of the Grand Prix de l'Academie Franç:aise and the Prix Internet du Livre, this taut tour-de-force of a novel created a sensation in France, where it has sold nearly half a million copies. Fear and Trembling tells the story of Amelie, a young Western woman who spends a year working at a Japanese corporation. She soon learns that at theYumimoto Corporation hierarchy means everything. Keep to your place and you survive; break ranks and you will be broken. The determined but hapless Amelie makes mistake after mistake, not least of which is deigning to sympathize with her immediate superior, the beautiful, efficient, and ice-cold Miss Mori. A perverse process of ritual humiliation follows. But even as Amelie's life at theYumimoto Corporation spirals inexorably and hilariously downward, what she learns about herself and her colleagues in this brilliant novel will alternately delight and outrage readers. Not since Marguerite Duras has a novelist so indelibly marked the differences between East and West, and with such seductive honesty.
About the Author:
Amelie Nothomb was born in Kobe, Japan and now lives in Paris. Her previous works include The Stranger Next Door and Loving Sabotage.
The #1 New York Times Bestseller!
“Diabolically funny.” –The New York Times
“A National Phenomenon.” -Newsweek
Wanted: One young woman to take care of four-year-old boy. Must be cheerful, enthusiastic and selfless—bordering on masochistic. Must relish sixteen-hour shifts with a deliberately nap-deprived preschooler. Must love getting thrown up on, literally and figuratively, by everyone in his family. Must enjoy the delicious anticipation of ridiculously erratic pay. Mostly, must love being treated like fungus found growing out of employers Hermès bag. Those who take it personally need not apply.
Who wouldn’t want this job? Struggling to graduate from NYU and afford her microscopic studio apartment, Nanny takes a position caring for the only son of the wealthy X family. She rapidly learns the insane amount of juggling involved to ensure that a Park Avenue wife who doesn’t work, cook, clean, or raise her own child has a smooth day.
When the Xs marriage begins to disintegrate, Nanny ends up involved way beyond the bounds of human decency or good taste. Her tenure with the X family becomes a nearly impossible mission to maintain the mental health of their four-year-old, her own integrity and, most importantly, her sense of humor. Over nine tense months, Mrs. X and Nanny perform the age-old dance of decorum and power as they test the limits of modern-day servitude.
“[Nanny is] Mary Poppins channeling Dorothy Parker.” -Time
“Impossible to put down.” –Vogue
“McLaughlin and Kraus... [have a] carefully calibrated sense of compassion and delicious sense of the absurd.” -Entertainment Weekly
Books like Simplify Your Life and Don't Sweat the Small Stuff have encouraged millions of readers to slow down and enjoy life more. Now, Jessica Teich and Brandel France de Bravo help new parents- who barely have time to return a phone call or wash a sock- learn to do less, listen more, and spend focused, fruitful time with their children. Practical and fun to read, Trees Make the Best Mobiles urges parents to treat every task-even diapering and feeding-as a chance to connect with their child, and gives calming advice about hot-button issues from pacifier use to temper tantrums. Parents will be relieved to discover that they don't have to buy lots of stuff-a tree outside a baby's window can serve as a mobile-or shuttle kids from one activity to another. In fact, in today's hectic, high-speed world, children need less stimulation and more unhurried interaction with the people who matter most. The authors call their approach present parenting, because they believe being present in the moment, without resentment or distraction, is the greatest present any parent can give. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/32/59/9780312303259.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Griffin Trees Make the Best Mobiles: Simple Ways to Raise Your Child in a Complex World \N +031286034X You Don't Need Meat 384 2003
You Don't Need Meat was first published in the United Kingdom, where it quickly became a runaway #1 bestseller. Written with a charming mixture of science, humor, and ethics, You Don't Need Meat investigates some of the same shocking conditions that made Fast Food Nation and Dominion such important and ground-breaking works. This completely revised and updated edition will give you all the facts you need about the meat you eat—both from a humane perspective and as a guide for choosing food that is safe for you and your family.
Praise for Peter Cox and You Don't Need Meat
"Explosive...If you've ever thought twice about the contents of the burger you're eating or felt unease when the latest meat-related disease hogs the headlines-then you should buy this book" — Birmingham Post [UK]
"With passion, perspective, wit, and clarity, Peter Cox challenges us to reevaluate the role—and the true costs—of traditional, meat-centered diets." — Michael Klaper, M.D., Director, Institute of Nutrition Education and Research, Manhattan Beach, California
"A must for anyone who is hovering morally about whether to give up meat." — Fitness [UK] https://images.isbndb.com/covers/33/89/9780312303389.jpg 2 2 Paperback en St. Martin's Griffin You Don't Need Meat \N +312860722 Barbados Heat 320 2003 Congressman Shapply, A Former Music Insider Who Now Leads The Crusade Against Offensive Lyrics In Rap Songs, Is Attacked And Murdered In From Of His Washington D.c. Home. His Son Nick Is Arrested And Charged With Murder. For Veteran Music Journalist Mick Sever, Covering This Case Is Personal. Sever, Best Friend Of The Accused Killer, Believes His Friend's Claims Of Innocence. With The Help Of An Old Flame, Mick Must Penetrate The Bizarre Shapply Family - The Icy Matriarch Alicia, The Disturbed Daughter Amber And The Religious Brother-in-law - To Find The Truth. The Investigation Will Take Mick From The Halls Of The Capital To The Beaches Of Barbados. Threatened By Unknown Assailants And Dangers At Every Turn, Mick Becomes The Hunted As Killer Turns The Tables In A Stunning Climax. Don Bruns. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/49/28/9780312304928.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en Minotaur Books Barbados Heat \N +312860986 Will Shortz's Favorite Crossword Puzzles from the Pages of The New York Times 96 2002
For the first time ever, Will Shortz personally selects 75 of his favorite puzzles from his tenure as editor of The New York Times crossword puzzles. Special commentary will appear along with each puzzle and give clever insight into the puzzle-solving world that Will Shortz dominates. Getting to know the background on these puzzles will add a new dimension for the growing number of crossword buffs. Also included is a special introduction written by Shortz that explains why these puzzles qualify as his favorites among the thousands of puzzles he has edited in his career. Since Will Shortz has become crossword editor of the Times, the puzzles have featured increased wordplay, and a hip, contemporary attitude towards crosswording. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/61/37/9780312306137.jpg 2 2 Paperback en St. Martin's Griffin Will Shortz's Favorite Crossword Puzzles from the Pages of The New York Times \N +312861745 A Chocolate a Day: Keeps the Doctor Away 144 2003 Chocolate Is Irresistible! What Is It About Chocolate That Makes Us Go Starry Eyed And Blissful, Forgetting Everything Else Around Us? What Is It About Giving Or Receiving A Gift Of Little, Sweet, Bite-sized Pieces Of Heaven That Invokes Such Feelings Of Happiness? For Any Chocoholic The First Taste Of This Exquisite Food Can Delight In A Way That Nothing Else Can. When You Eventually Float Back Down From Chocolate Heaven, The Expectation Of The Next Bite Can Keep Your Taste Buds Tingling In Anticipation. But All Along, We’ve Also Had The Nagging Feelings Of Guilt Associated With Eating “junk Food.” Until Now. According To Dr. John Ashton And Suzy Ashton, Two Respected Food Researchers, We Can Almost Consider Chocolate A Health Food! Chock Full Of Antioxidants, And An Excellent Source Of Vitamins And Minerals, Chocolate Doesn’t Deserve Its Bad Reputation. Within A Well-balanced Diet, Regular Consumption Of Moderate Amounts Of Chocolate Can Actually Be Good For Us! This Humorous, Light-hearted Book, Is The Perfect Gift For Any Chocolate Lover, Proving Dreams Really Can Come True. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/75/78/9780312307578.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en Thomas Dunne Books A Chocolate a Day: Keeps the Doctor Away \N +312861818 What to Do Until the Psychiatrist Comes 303 1995 For people who find themselves overwhelmed by emotions and don't know where to turn, Phillips provides an effective plan for working through problems on their own, using the Bible as their guide. He shows how, with God's help, you can learn how to face your feelings, begin to overcome anger and bitterness, deal with the issues that cause worry, and more. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/23/12/9781565072312.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Harvest House Pub What to Do Until the Psychiatrist Comes \N +312862113 The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break: A Novel 313 2002 in This Debut Novel, Steven Sherrill Follows The Minotaur—a Mythological Creature With The Body Of A Man And The Head Of A Bull—through Two Weeks Of His Life As A Cook At A Steakhouse In The Contemporary American South. Once A Devourer Of Virgins And Lads, Time And Circumstances Have Diminished His Power Considerably. Through The Minotaur's Experiences, Sherrill Spotlights The Alienation And Loneliness That Are Part Of Our Society. During The Two-week Period We Follow The Minotaur, We Meet Memorable Characters Along The Way From His Co-workers At The Restaurant To His Neighbors At The Trailer Park. Sherrill Also Manages To Make Mundane Doings&151;kitchen Work, Car Repair, Personal Grooming—interesting And Even Exciting At Times. By The End Of The Novel, The Reader Is Pulling For The Minotaur To Find The Brief Moment Of Happiness That He Has Sought For So Many Centuries.
New York City, 1894. To Gramercy Park, bordered by elegant town houses, cloistered behind its high iron fence, comes Mario Alfieri, the world's greatest tenor. Poised for his premier at the Metropolitan Opera, the summit of society, the handsome Alfieri needs a refuge from the clamor of New York's elite . . . and from the eager women who rule it. He finds it, he thinks, at Gramercy Park, in the elegant mansion of the recently deceased Henry Ogden Slade. The house is available . . . but not quite empty. Clara Adler, Slade's former ward, lives there still, friendless and alone. Who is this bewitching orphan? Why did Slade take her into his home, only to leave her penniless at his death? And what tragedies and terrors have left Clara little more than a pale and frightened ghost, haunting the deserted mansion? Mystified, then enchanted, Alfieri is soon involved in an intrigue that spans two decades and pits him against a vicious enemy who swears to destroy both him and the woman he loves . . . and whose weapon is a scandal that has already come close to killing Clara Adler.
In Twilight at Mac's Place, the quiet death of an aged spy triggers a desperate race to control his memoirs, which threaten to reveal Cold War secrets many would prefer stayed secrets. When the spy's estranged son receives the then dizzying sum of $100,000 for all rights to the work, he is properly dizzied. He is also smart enough to seek the help of veteran Cold Warriors McCorkle and Padillo, owners of a D.C. bar called Mac's Place that is both a capital landmark and a nest of intrigue.
In Zen: The Path of Paradox, Osho suggests Zen as a possible bridge between East and West, and between the scientific and the spiritual. Without science, Osho said, the East has lost much; without meditation, the West has lost much. I am trying to bring together East and West, because together they will create the whole. Osho encourages the reader to throw off the accumulated knowing of a lifetime—to let go of physical, mental, and emotional tensions, to relax into the flow of an extraordinary discourse and become receptive to the present moment and the potential within. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/04/92/9780312320492.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Griffin Zen: The Path of Paradox \N +312875843 Something Borrowed 336 2004 After A Night Of Indiscriminate Partying, Rachel Sleeps With A Close Friend's Fiancé And Is Consumed With Guilt, Until The Intensity Of Her Feelings Forces Her To Make A Difficult Choice. Emily Giffin. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/11/85/9780312321185.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en St. Martin's Press Something Borrowed \N +312876505 The Sistahood of Shopaholics 352 2003 Follows The Lives Of Four African American Women Through Men Problems, Family Issues, And Addictions To The Finer Things Of Life. Shameless / Leslie Esdaile -- Please, Baby, Please / Monica Jackson -- It Takes Two / Reon Laudat -- Promises / Niqui Stanhope. Leslie Esdaile ... [et Al.]. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/18/88/9780312321888.jpg 2 2 Paperback en St. Martin's Griffin The Sistahood of Shopaholics \N +312876513 The Angel with One Hundred Wings: A Tale from the Arabian Nights 272 2004 The story opens in the City of Peace, as Baghdad was once called. It is a fabulously wealthy city, receiving tribute from an empire that stretches from modern day Afghanistan to Spain. Abulhassan Ibn Thaher is an old pharmacist and alchemist who is an intimate friend of the Sultan. When the young prince of Persia falls in love with Schemselnihar, the Sultan's beloved mistress, they beg Abulhassan to help them elope. Even though it could mean death for all of them, Abulhassan relents and agrees to help. As rumor and gossip spread, different factions at court try to use the impending scandal for their own ends, and the story climaxes with the lovers' flight into the desert. With engaging characters and rich imagery drawn from alchemy, the Koran, and the early Islamic mystics, The Angel with A Hundred Wings is a literary masterpiece that captures all the magic and romance of the Middle East once upon a time. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/59/92/9780312325992.jpg 1 1 Paperback en St. Martin's Griffin The Angel with One Hundred Wings: A Tale from the Arabian Nights \N +312876947 The Living Great Lakes: Searching for the Heart of the Inland Seas 320 2004
If fresh water is to be treasured, the Great Lakes are the mother lode. No bodies of water can compare to them. One of them, Superior, is the largest lake on earth, and the five lakes together contain a fifth of the world's supply of standing fresh water. Their ten thousand miles of shoreline bound eight states and a Canadian province and are longer than the entire Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the United States. Their surface area of 95,000 square miles is greater than New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island combined. People who have never visited them — who have never seen a squall roar across Superior or the horizon stretch unbroken across Michigan or Huron — have no idea how big they are. They are so vast that they dominate much of the geography, climate, and history of North America. In one way or another, they affect the lives of tens of millions of people.
The Living Great Lakes is the most complete book ever written about the history, nature, and science of these remarkable lakes at the heart of North America. From the geological forces that formed them to the industrial atrocities that nearly destroyed them, to the greatest environmental success stories of our time, the lakes are portrayed in all their complexity. The book, however, is much more than just history. It is also the story of the lakes as told by biologists, fishermen, sailors, and others whom the author grew to know while traveling with them on boats and hiking with them on beaches and islands.
The book is also the story of a personal journey. It is the narrative of a six-week voyage through the lakes and beyond as a crewmember on a tallmasted schooner, and a memoir of a lifetime spent on and near the lakes. Through storms and fog, on remote shores and city waterfronts, the author explores the five Great Lakes in all seasons and moods and discovers that they and their connecting waters — including the Erie Canal, the Hudson River, and the East Coast from New York to Maine — offer a surprising and bountiful view of America. The result is a meditation on nature and our place in the world, a discussion and cautionary tale about the future of water resources, and a celebration of a place that is both fragile and robust, diverse, rich in history and wildlife, often misunderstood, and worthy of our attention.
First published in 1967, Death Kit—Susan Sontag's second novel—is a classic of modern fiction. Blending realism and dream, it offers a passionate exploration of the recesses of the American conscience.
Bringing together the hilarious, revealing, and lucidly intelligent writing of one of England’s best known literary figures, Writing Home includes the journalism, book and theater reviews, and diaries of Alan Bennett, as well as “The Lady in the Van,” his unforgettable account of Miss Shepherd, a London eccentric who lived in a van in Bennett’s garden for more than twenty years. This revised and updated edition includes new material from the author, including more recent diaries and his introduction to his Oscar-nominated screenplay for The Madness of King George. A chronicle of one of the most important literary careers of the twentieth century, Writing Home is a classic history of a life in letters.
The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the Shadow.
Rand Al'Thor is the Dragon Reborn— able to touch the One Power, but unable to control it. Rand knows only that he must face the Dark One in a battle to the death. Ahead of him lies the next great test for...
The Dragon Reborn
"Large and splendid. The saga reaches a new level of emotional impact."—Chicago Sun-Times
"Jordan writes with the stark vision of light and darkness, and sometimes childlike sense of wonder, that permeates J.R.R. Tolkien's works. His style is undeniably his own."—The Pittsburgh Press
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Book One: The Eye of the WorldBook Two: The Great HuntBook Three: The Dragon RebornBook Four: The Shadow RisingBook Five: The Fires of HeavenBook Six: Lord of ChaosBook Seven: A Crown of SwordsBook Eight: The Path of DaggersBook Nine: Winter's HeartBook Ten: Crossroads of Twilight
The two novels combined in this omnibus (Caldé of the Long Sun and Exodus from the Long Sun) comprise the second half of Gene Wolfe's long novel, The Book of the Long Sun.
Devil's Backbone\\n
Terry C. Johnston\\n \\nThe Modoc Indians and American officials had been flirting with war in the Oregon Territory for some time. When Modoc chief Keintpoos murdered a Civil War hero during negotiations, the U.S. Army launched a deadly offensive against the rebel tribe. Besieged in the natural stronghold of the Lava Beds near Tule Lake, the Modocs waged bloody war for seven long months.\\nSergeant Seamus Donegan, on the trail of his uncle, Ian O'Rourke, arrived at Tule Lake just as the conflict erupted. Soon Donegan and the brooding O'Rourke found themselves embroiled in what would be the costliest war in frontier history...\\n \\n https://images.isbndb.com/covers/57/41/9780312925741.jpg 1 1 Mass Market Paperback en St. Martin's Paperbacks Devil's Backbone: The Modoc War, 1872-3 (The Plainsmen, Book 5) (The Plainsmen Series) \N +314633960 Da Nang Diary: A Forward Air Controller's Year of Combat over Vietnam 352 1991 THEY FLEW LOW, SLOW, AND INTO THE FACE OF ENEMY FIRE...\\nIn Vietnam, an elite group of air force pilots fought a secret air war in Cessna 0-2 and OV-10 Bronco prop planes-flying as low as they could get. The eyes and ears of the fast-moving jets who rained death and destruction down on enemy positions, the forward air controller made an art form out of an air strike-knowing the targets, knowing where friendly troops were, and reacting with split-second, life and death decisions as a battle unfolded. For Tom Yarborough, the risk was constant, intense, electrifying. A member of the super secret Prairie Fire unit, Yarborough became one of the most frequently shot-up pilots flying out of Da Nang-engaging in a series of dangerous secret missions in Laos. This is Yarborough's adrenaline-pumping chronicle of heroism, danger, and brotherhood in Vietnam. From the rescuing of downed pilots to taking out enemy positions, to the most harrowing day-long missions, here is the dedication, courage, and skill of the fliers who took the war into the enemy's backyard...\\nAuthor Biography: Tom Yarborough served in the Air Force for thirty years in a variety of flying and staff assignments. A command pilot, he logged 5,000 hours of flying time, with over 1,500 of them in combat. During his two Vietnam tours as a forward air controller, he earned thirty combat decorations, including the Silver Star, Distinguished Flying Cross, Purple Heart, Air Medal, and the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry. Now a business executive, he lives in West Springfield, Virginia, where he maintains ties to the academic community as an adjunct history professor at Northern Virginia Community College.\\n\\n\\n The Forward Air Controller (FAC), flying low and slow, was a key player in virtually every battle of the Vietnam War. This true story of the Prairie Fire FACs describes the impossible rescues and harrowing day-long missions these courageous fliers experienced as they took the war into the enemy's backyard. Photographs. Martin's. (War History)\\n https://images.isbndb.com/covers/61/68/9780312926168.jpg 1 1 Paperback en St Martins Pr Da Nang Diary: A Forward Air Controller's Year of Combat over Vietnam \N +316051675 Cellar of Horror: The Story of Gary Heidnik 288 1992 Serial killer Gary Heidnik's name will live on in infamy, and his home, 3520 North Marshall Street in Philadelphia, is a house tainted with the memory of unbelievable horrors. What police found there was an incredible nightmare made real. Four young women had been held captive—some for four months—half-naked and chained. They had been tortured, starved, and repeatedly raped. But more grotesque discoveries lay in the kitchen: human limbs frozen, a torso burned to cinders, an empty pot suspiciously scorched...\\nThis is not a story for the faint-hearted. Cellar of Horror is a shocking true account of the self-proclaimed minister with a long history of mental illness, who preyed upon the susceptible and the retarded in a bizarre plan to create his own "baby factory." It is a macabre web spun around money, power, and religion, tangled with courtroom drama and lawyers' tactics, sure to send a chill into your very soul. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/92/99/9780312929299.jpg 1 1 Mass Market Paperback en St. Martin's Paperbacks Cellar of Horror: The Story of Gary Heidnik \N +316056200 The Chisholm Trail (Trail Drive) 366 1993 Armed with only a Colt rifle, a Bowie knife, and courage as big as the West, Ten Chisholm—the bold, illegitimate son of frontier scout and plains ambassador Jesse Chisholm and a Cherokee woman—arrives in the heart of Comanche country with a price on his head. His only crime: loving the beautiful daughter of a powerful New Orleans gambler who has promised her to a wealthy man she hates.\\nNow that Ten has returned to the harsh Texas brakes with a team of battle-toughened cowboys and ex-soldiers—and a vow to return to Priscilla and make her his wife—he must round up wild longhorns, ward off angry Comanches, and survive treacherous outlaw attacks as he crosses the Red River and sets off on a brazen quest to open a new trail to Kansas on the savage frontier.\\n\\n\\n The third book in St. Martin's exciting new Western series The Trail Drive--a sweeping, historically accurate epic set against the backdrop of the great cattle drives of the Old West. The illegitimate son of Jesse Chisholm and a young Cherokee woman, Ten Chisholm leaves New Orleans with a price on his head. Vowing to return for the one he loves, Ten rides into the harsh Texas brakes to round up longhorn cattle for a treacherous thousand-mile drive. Original.\\n https://images.isbndb.com/covers/95/34/9780312929534.jpg 2 2 Paperback en St. Martin's Paperbacks The Chisholm Trail (Trail Drive) \N +316096520 Death of an Angel 336 1994 The True Story Of A Vicious Triple-murder That Broke The Heart Of A Town. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/27/78/9780312952778.jpg 2 2 Mass Market Paperback en St. Martin's Paperbacks Death of an Angel \N +316101737 Hot Blood: The Money, the Brach Heiress, the Horse Murders 368 1997 helen Branch Left Behind A Huge Fortune—and A Mystery That Would Haunt The Nation For Years To Come.a Coal-miner's Daughter, She Was A Beautiful Hat-check Girl Who Snagged A Millionaire . . . Only To Become An Eccentric, Pet-loving Widow Who, One Day, Disappeared Without A Trace. was She A Victim Of The Galloping Gigolo?richard Bailey Was An Admitted Swindler Who Spent Years Persuading Rich Women To Invest In Bum Horses…even Though He Claims Not To Have Harmed Helen Branch. Other Suspects Included A Champion Rider And An Olympic Hopeful—each With Dangerous Connections To Wealthy Horsemen, And Both With Cold-blooded Schemes To Achieve Their Mission. one Man Is Dead-set On Finding Out.when Assistant U.s. Attorney Steve Miller Launched An Investigation Into Helen Branch's Death, He Went From The Polo Grounds Of Palm Beach To The Lavish Horse Farms Of Connecticut To Kentucky's Thoroughbred Stables In Search Of Answers. What He Learned Would Cast A Dark Shadow On One Of America's Favorite Pastimes. . . . a Gripping Tale Of Sordid Doings In The Super-rich World Of Show Horses.—kirkus Reviews a Virtual Who's-who Of The Nation's Equestrian Industry.—u.s. Attorney James Burns, In vanity Fair https://images.isbndb.com/covers/72/61/9780312957261.jpg 2 2 Paperback en St Martins Press Hot Blood: The Money, the Brach Heiress, the Horse Murders \N +316102334 Supermarket Sorceress: Spells, Charms, & Enchantments That You Can Make From Supermarket Ingredients 131 1996 No cauldrons, no warts, no flying brooms...\\nExperienced psychic, witch and high priestess, Lexa Rosean offers spells for every occasion in this amusing, magically effective and easy-to-follow guide. Taken from history and legend, all the ingredients needed, such as baking soda, tin foil, honey, tea and more, are simple, inexpensive and as close as your grocer's shelves.\\nWith The Supermarket Sorceress, you'll discover how:\\n-Apples, snow peas, avocados and cherries can help you look magnificent\\n-Eggs banish negativity (including feelings for a lost love)\\n-Kitty litter works wonders on your enemies\\n-You can guarantee your lover's fidelity\\n-Turmeric, a turkey wishbone, a feather duster and a bunch of ripe bananas will help your fear of flying\\n-Mothballs protect against sexual harassment https://images.isbndb.com/covers/76/81/9780312957681.jpg 1 1 Mass Market Paperback en St. Martin's Paperbacks Supermarket Sorceress: Spells, Charms, & Enchantments That You Can Make From Supermarket Ingredients \N +316105600 Done Wrong (Marti MacAlister Mysteries) 224 1996 Returning To Chicago To Learn The Truth About Her Husband's Murder, Policewoman Marti Macalister Tries To Discover The Link Between Her Husband's Murder And The Death Of An Undercover Cop Who Fell When A Drug Bust Went Wrong. Reprint. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/79/40/9780312957940.jpg 2 2 Mass Market Paperback en St. Martin's Paperbacks Done Wrong (Marti MacAlister Mysteries) \N +316111163 Need 372 1996 Happily Married Psychiatrist Pam Thompson Finds Her Comfortable Life With Her Graphic Artist Husband, Dennis, Beginning To Unravel When She Takes On Joan Dwyer, An Attractive, Forty-something Woman Abandoned By Her Husband, As A Patient. Reprint. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/92/27/9780312959227.jpg 1 1 Mass Market Paperback en St. Martin's Paperbacks Need \N +316153826 Shoot the Moon (Shoot Moon) 384 1998 All his life he has stayed in the comfort zone: never taking any chances, never breaking any rules. Now, Michael Goodman, bookkeeper, father, and widower, is about to change his ways. It starts in a Fort Lauderdale parking lot, when Michael changes a flat tire on his pink rental car. Suddenly, the mild-mannered accountant, desperately trying to find a job and pay his daughter's mounting medical bills, is in possession of a load of pure, undiluted heroin. With a white-hot bag of powder and scarcely a clue, Michael leads the cops, the DEA, and one very sexy woman on a wild-goose chase through the deadly world of New York City drug dealing. It's a wild ride that might make Michael rich and might even land him in love -- as long as it doesn't kill him. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/44/67/9780312964467.jpg 2 2 Mass Market Paperback en St. Martin's Paperbacks Shoot the Moon (Shoot Moon) \N +1590581016 Jumping in Sunset 432 2003 After Her Divorce, Pamela Retreats To A Rustic Lakeside Cabin Hoping To Regather Her Wits And Emotions, And Discovers The Compassion Of God And The Healing Power Of Love. Dawn Ringling. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/22/71/9781590522271.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Multnomah Jumping in Sunset \N +553377957 Ride the River: The Sacketts: A Novel 186 2010 filled With Exciting Tales Of The Frontier, The Chronicle Of The Sackett Family Is Perhaps The Crowning Achievement Of One Of Our Greatest Storytellers. In Ride The River Louis L'amour Spins The Tale Of A Young Woman Who Has To Protect Her Family Fortune From A Murderous Thief-and Teaches Him What It Means To Be A Sackett... Sixteen-year-old Echo Sackett Had Never Been Far From Her Tennessee Home-until She Made The Long Trek To Philadelphia To Collect An Inheritance. Echo Could Take Care Of Herself As Well As Any Sackett Man, But James White, A Sharp City Lawyer, Figured That Cheating The Money From The Young Country Girl Would Be Like Taking Candy From A Baby. If He Couldn't Hoodwink Echo Out Of The Cash, He'd Just Steal It From Her Outright. And If She Put Up A Fight? There Were Plenty Of Accidents That Could Happen To A Country Girl On Her First Trip To The Big City... https://images.isbndb.com/covers/68/31/9780553276831.jpg 1 1 Mass Market Paperback en Bantam Ride the River: The Sacketts: A Novel \N +316111864 Curly Smoke: An Anneke Haagen Mystery (Anneke Haagen Mysteries) 213 1996 Fortysomething and divorced, Anneke has just lost her Ann Arbor, Michigan, home and all its contents - including her extensive collection of Art Deco objects - to a fire. She finds temporary refuge in Mackinac Court, an intriguing grouping of mismatched houses filled with equally unlikely tenants. In the midst of a winter snowstorm, Anneke gets to know her neighbors in the court, and hears their arguments for and against selling the houses to an office-park developer. But rancor turns lethal when one of the residents is later found lying dead in the snow, and Anneke starts to question the earlier, presumably natural death of an influential old woman who had lived in the court. With occasional help - and a lot of moral support - from her police lieutenant lover, former Pittsburgh Steeler Karl Genesko, Anneke sorts out the jealousies and rivalries in the small group - and arrives at a dangerous solution.\\n\\n A wintry scene provides the backdrop for murder--in the second case for amateur sleuth Anneke Haagen. Having lost her home and possessions to fire, Anneke finds temporary refuge in Mackinac Court, an intriguing collection of mismatched houses filled with equally unlikely tenants. When one of them is murdered, Anneke sorts out a curious web of rivalries and jealousies that leads to a dangerous solution.\\n https://images.isbndb.com/covers/94/32/9780312959432.jpg 2 2 Mass Market Paperback en St. Martin's Paperbacks Curly Smoke: An Anneke Haagen Mystery (Anneke Haagen Mysteries) \N +316114073 Bright Captivity (Book One of the Georgia Trilogy) 613 1996 Eugenia Price has long shared with her millions of devoted readers her fascination with St. Simons Island and the families who built their lives in that beautiful corner of Georgia. Bright Captivity opens in the last days of the War of 1812, when the British invade the southern United States, and a young officer of the British Royal Marines takes one very special prisoner...\\nAnne Couper knew that one day love would come for her-love for one man, endless and abiding. But she never expected that the very first time she looked into the eyes of Lieutenant John Fraser on her eighteenth birthday she would see there the certainty that this man, her enemy, loved her as deeply as she loved him. The lush plantation of Dungeness would become her prison, the man she loved would be her jailer, and together they would learn that while love offers joy, it also brings harsh choices.\\n\\n\\n Her stunning novels of life and love in the American South--from her St. Simon's Trilogy to her acclaimed Savannah Quartet--have made bestselling novelist Price one of today's most celebrated storytellers. Now she creates a world rich with warmth and drama--and a love to be cherished during the War of 1812. (Historical Fiction)\\n https://images.isbndb.com/covers/96/85/9780312959685.jpg 2 2 Mass Market Paperback en St. Martin's Paperbacks Bright Captivity (Book One of the Georgia Trilogy) \N +316115568 Chocolate Kisses 310 1997 Love and kisses, chocolate and romance--it's a mixed assortment for those who can't resist the twin delights of passion and chocolate. Stories include "Miss Delwin's Delights" by Raine Cantrell, "Rocky Road" by Margaret Brownley, "Sweet Creations" by Sue Rich, and "The Taste of Remembrance" by Alexis Harrington. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/11/14/9780312961114.jpg 2 2 Mass Market Paperback en St. Martin's Paperbacks Chocolate Kisses \N +316115584 Here We Go Again: My Life in Television 272 1997 A Warm And Intimate Look Into The Life And Work Of One Of Television's Most Beloved Stars Offers Betty White's Own Revealing Stories About Her Marriages, Friendships, The Golden Girls, And Much More. Reprint. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/17/70/9780312961770.jpg 2 2 Paperback en St Martins Pr Here We Go Again: My Life in Television \N +316117048 Agatha Raisin and the Murderous Marriage (Agatha Raisin Mysteries, No. 5) 224 1997 after Her First Husband, Jimmy Raisin, Stops Her Wedding And She Is Left Jilted At The Altar, He Is Found Strangled To Death, And Agatha Raisin Must Prove Her Innocence Along With That Of Her Intended In This Mystery Filled With Murder And Mayhem.
Now in paperback, this critically acclaimed book features photographs, poems, and interviews with nine children who reveal the hardships and hopes of today's Mexican-American migrant farm workers and their families.
The classic multimillion copy bestseller
Delve into the magical, unforgettable world of James Herriot, the world's most beloved veterinarian, and his menagerie of heartwarming, funny, and tragic animal patients.For over thirty years, generations of readers have thrilled to Herriot's marvelous tales, deep love of life, and extraordinary storytelling abilities. For decades, Herriot roamed the remote, beautiful Yorkshire Dales, treating every patient that came his way from smallest to largest, and observing animals and humans alike with his keen, loving eye.
In All Creatures Great and Small, we meet the young Herriot as he takes up his calling and discovers that the realities of veterinary practice in rural Yorkshire are very different from the sterile setting of veterinary school. From caring for his patients in the depths of winter on the remotest homesteads to dealing with uncooperative owners and critically ill animals, Herriot discovers the wondrous variety and never-ending challenges of veterinary practice as his humor, compassion, and love of the animal world shine forth.
The victim was shot through the heart—but no bullet was ever found.In a case full of baffling twists, a gunshot wound to the heart leads to a brilliant investigator to one conclusion: a bullet designed to disappear...
The skin was peeled from the victim's handsA beautiful woman almost gets away with murder because her victim cannot be identified. Then a forensic scientist leads police to the peeled skin from two boiled hands—and the fingerprints that will crack the case.
The murder weapon was smashed to smithereensA man was killed by a blow from a bottle. Now, determined investigator carefully puts the pieces of glass back together to catch a kiler—and to carry out a crime of his own...
What the corpse revealedOnce detectives solved crimes with shoe leather and a gun. Now they use DNA samples, blood splatters, microbes and psychological profilings. This extraordinary book, through details drawn from some of the most baffling cases of the last fifty years, shows how a new generation fo real-life crime busters is catching stalkers, poisoners, mass murderers, and assassins—through the astounding art of forensic science.
No bargain as enticing as...When Emma Fitzgerald storms the manor home of the new Viscount Wakefield, she feels more than justified fury. Having just inadvertently witnessed his lordship in scandalous dishabille with his London mistress, her blood pounds with outrage...and with a thrill she has never felt. She has come to demand better treatment for his tenants, to seek some compassion, a shred of decency from this dastardly rake whose reputation for sin and debauchery precedes him. Now, the erotic image of his powerful flesh only heightens her determination to make this wicked rogue accountable for his actions...
One sealed with a kiss...Certainly no woman has ever dared to take John Clayton to task as though he is a naughty schoolboy, and no woman, especially one as enticing as Emma, ever has refused to be baited by his bold, assessing gaze. Instead she seems to look beneath his skin to see more than a scandalous rake. But this prim and proper Vicar's daughter leaves him speechless when she proposes a bargain worthy of his own insolence. In return for his kindness to others, she offers herself. Vowing to regain the upper hand, John brazenly sets out to introduce Emma into the art of love-heedless of the consequences to his own heart... https://images.isbndb.com/covers/46/01/9780312984601.jpg 1 1 Mass Market Paperback en St. Martin's Paperbacks Complete Abandon \N +316610895 Fahrenheit 451 (Folio Science Fiction) (French Edition) 213 2000
Internationally acclaimed with more than 5 million copies in print, Fahrenheit 451 is Ray Bradbury′s classic novel of censorship and defiance, as resonant today as it was when it was first published nearly 50 years ago.
Guy Montag was a fireman whose job it was to start fires...
The system was simple. Everyone understood it. Books were for burning...along with the houses in which they were hidden.
Guy Montag enjoyed his job. He had been a fireman for ten years, and he had never questioned the pleasure of the midnight runs nor the joy of watching pages consumed by flames...never questioned anything until he met a seventeen-year-old girl who told him of a past when people were not afraid.
Then he met a professor who told him of a future in which people could think...and Guy Montag suddenly realized what he had to do! https://images.isbndb.com/covers/57/31/9782070415731.jpg 1 1 Paperback fr Gallimard Education Fahrenheit 451 (Folio Science Fiction) (French Edition) \N +316808946 Family Outing 272 1998 Chastity Bono Weaves Her Own Dramatic Story Into Those Of Other Gays And Lesbians To Illustrate The Phases, Pitfalls, And Rewards Of Coming Out ... We [also] Hear Parents Talk About Their Difficult -- But Ultimately Successful And Satisfying -- Journey Through Their Part Of The Coming-out Experience--jacket. Feeling Different : When We Were Young -- Recognizing Ourselves : Personal Best -- Exploring : Birds Do It, Bees Do It -- Parents : The Time Bomb -- Taking Control : Navigating The Reactions -- Unearthing Homophobia : Beneath The Surface -- The Ongoing Process : Three Steps Forward, One Step Back -- The Final Frontier -- When Parents Come Out : The Struggle Begins -- The First Stage : You Are Still Who You Always Were -- Learning To Accept : Weeding The Garden -- From Acceptance To Empowerment : So This Is Your Journey. Chastity Bono With Billie Fitzpatrick. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/23/39/9780316102339.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en Little, Brown and Company Family Outing \N +316691178 Deadly Promise (Francesca Cahill Romance Novels) 400 2003 with Her Beloved Francesca Cahill Novels, New York Times Bestselling Author Brenda Joyce Has Created A Truly Memorable Series That Brings Turn-of-the-century New York City Vividly To Life. Readers Enter A World Where Danger, Passion And Intrigue Mingle On Every Gas-lit Street-and Where Promises Come At A Most Frightening Price...deadly Promiseit Is March Of 1902, And Francesca Cahill-fifth Avenue Heiress, Undaunted Political Activist And Intrepid Amateur Sleuth-has Just Learned Of A Grave New Danger Haunting The Streets Of New York. A Beautiful Teenage Girl Named Emily O'hare Is Missing And Francesca Fears That The Girl Has Been Abducted. Only One Person Can Help Her Learn The Child's Fate-but Police Commissioner Rick Bragg May Not Want To Get Involved Because Francesca Has Just Stunned Rick By Accepting A Proposal Of Marriage...from None Other Than His Own Rival.francesca Still Questions Her Decision To Marry The Powerful And Notorious Calder Hart. But Rick Bragg Is Wed To Another...and His Dazzling Wife Has Just Returned After Four Years Abroad To Reclaim Their Marriage. Francesca Remains Torn Between The Two Very Different Men-but She Desperately Tries To Set Aside The Affairs Of Her Heart When She Discovers That Emily Isn't The First Girl To Vanish In Recent Weeks. And When Francesca Discovers A Trail Of Deception And Lies, When Someone Very Close To Her Investigation Is Murdered, Francesca Realizes That The Evil Force Behind The Girls' Abductions May Try To Find A Way To Silence Her Too-if She Dares To Uncover The Truth... https://images.isbndb.com/covers/98/73/9780312989873.jpg 2 2 Mass Market Paperback en St. Martin's Paperbacks Deadly Promise (Francesca Cahill Romance Novels) \N +316706310 The Law of Business Organizations, Second Edition 701 1982 John E. Moye. Includes Index. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/39/65/9780314633965.jpg 2 2 Board book en West Pub. Co The Law of Business Organizations, Second Edition \N +316735027 It Ain't No Sin To Be Glad You're Alive: The Promise of Bruce Springsteen 288 2001
Bruce Springsteen, The Boos, is an authentic American hero. Eric Alterman investigates the man, his music and his audience.
Arthur's friend Buster is searching for a crime to solve. When the quarters Arthur has collected for Mrs. MacGrady's charity drive mysteriously disappear, Buster is committed to cracking the case. Will Buster be able to prove Arthur's innocence so that he can attend the class picnic? For beginning readers, this suspenseful adventure will surely be a hit.
Narcotics officer Cal Moore's orders were to look into the city's latest drug killing. Instead, he ends up in a motel room with a fatal bullet wound to the head and a suicide note stuffed in his back pocket. Working the case, LAPD detective Harry Bosch is reminded of the primal police rule he learned long ago: Don't look for the facts, but the glue that holds them together. Soon Harry's making some very dangerous connections, starting with a dead cop and leading to a bloody string of murders that wind from Hollywood Boulevard to the back alleys south of the border. Now this battle-scarred veteran will find himself in the center of a complex and deadly game-one in which he may be the next and likeliest victim.
Dracula, Prince of Many Faces reveals the extraordinary life and times of the infamous Vlad Dracula of Romania (1431 - 1476), nicknamed the Impaler. Dreaded by his enemies, emulated by later rulers like Ivan the Terrible, honored by his countrymen even today, Vlad Dracula was surely one of the most intriguing figures to have stalked the corridors of European and Asian capitals in the fifteenth century. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/65/65/9780316286565.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Back Bay Books Dracula, Prince of Many Faces: His Life and His Times \N +330482645 Victory Over Japan: A Book of Stories (Back Bay Books) 277 1985 This collection of 14 short stories won the American Book Award for fiction when it was published and confirmed the author's reputation as one of the preeminent literary talents of her generation. She enjoys both critical acclaim and great popularity with readers.\\n"The stories are wonderful to tell aloud...Gilchrist once again demonstrates not only her willingness to take risks, but her generosity as a writer as well." (The New York Times)\\n"To say that Ellen Gilchrist can write is to say that Placido Domingo can sing. All you need to do is listen....No kidding! VICTORY OVER JAPAN is an absolute knockout!" (Washington Post)\\n\\n\\n Winner of the 1984 American Book Award for Fiction, thislightful, if eccentric, selection of short stories. "The stories are wonderful to tell aloud . . . Miss Gilchrist once again demonstrates not only her willingness to take risks, but her generosity as a writer as well."--The New York Times Book Review.\\n https://images.isbndb.com/covers/30/70/9780316313070.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Back Bay Books Victory Over Japan: A Book of Stories (Back Bay Books) \N +330483323 Scoundrel Time 155 1976 In 1952, Hellman Joined The Ranks Of Intellectuals And Artists Called Before Congress To Testify About Political Subversion. Terrified Yet Defiant, Hellman Refused To Incriminate Herself Or Others, And Managed To Avoid Trial. Nonetheless The Experience Brought Devastating Controversy And Loss. Her Retelling Of The Time Features A Remarkable Cast Of Characters, Including Her Lover, Novelist Dashiell Hammett, A Slew Of Famous Friends And Colleagues, And A Pack Of Scoundrels--ruthless, Ambitious Politicians And The People Who Complied With Their Demands. By Lillian Hellman ; Foreword By Kathy Bates ; Introduction By Garry Wills. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/51/55/9780316355155.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en Little Brown Scoundrel Time \N +330491490 Pentimento 297 1973 A Memoir That The Author Refers To As A Book Of Portraits. Bethe -- Willy -- Julia -- Theatre -- Arthur W. A. Cowan -- Turtle -- Penimento. A Duplicate Copy Of This Title Was Part Of The Julio Mario Santo Domingo Collection, But Was Not Retained. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/52/09/9780316355209.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en Little Brown & Co Pentimento \N +333750322 Flight 714 (The Adventures of Tintin) 62 1975 The classic graphic novel. On their way to Sydney, Tintin and Captain Haddock run into an old friend, a pilot who offers them a ride on a private jet. But when the plane gets hijacked, Tintin and the Captain find themselves prisoners on a deserted volcanic island! https://images.isbndb.com/covers/83/78/9780316358378.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Flight 714 (The Adventures of Tintin) \N +333908198 Prisoners of the Sun (The Adventures of Tintin) 62 1975 The classic graphic novel. Tintin discovers that one of the last Incan descendants has kidnapped his missing friend, Professor Calculus. Tintin and Captain Haddock follow the kidnapper to Peru—can they save Calculus? https://images.isbndb.com/covers/84/39/9780316358439.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Prisoners of the Sun (The Adventures of Tintin) \N +345379829 Highlanders: A History of the Gaels 384 1997 a History Of The Isles And Glens Of The Highlands Of Scotland. Starting From A Journey North To The Author's Home In The Western Isles, This Book Is A Tour Of The Past, Great And Sad, Of The Gaels Of Scotland, And Through The Realities Of The Present. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/99/17/9780340639917.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Sceptre Highlanders: A History of the Gaels \N +345380274 Mussolini 608 2002 R.j.b. Bosworth. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [520]-563) And Index. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/14/44/9780340731444.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en Bloomsbury USA Mussolini \N +340193875 The Dark Side of Camelot 528 1998 This monumental work of investigative journalism reveals the Kennedy White House as never before. With its meticulously documented & compulsively readable portrait of John F. Kennedy as a man whose reckless personal behavior imperiled his presidency, The Dark Side of Camelot sparked a firestorm of controversy upon its initial publication - becoming a runaway bestseller & one of the year's most talked-about books. Now in paperback, this watershed work will continue to provoke public discussion as the debate intensifies over what constitutes proper personal & political behavior on the part of our nation's leaders. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/06/78/9780316360678.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Back Bay Books The Dark Side of Camelot \N +758206283 Smoothies: Blended Drinks and Health Juices 64 2001 Whether you're looking for a health-boost for your body or a little comfort for your soul, this wonderful collection of blended drinks will offer inspiration and temptation to all. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/81/90/9780754808190.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en Anness Smoothies: Blended Drinks and Health Juices \N +340639911 Captain Saturday: A Novel 464 2002 Will Baggett, TV weatherman, is probably the biggest celebrity in Raleigh, North Carolina, and he sure does like that "Yo, Will, what's the weather?" people call out, echoing his station's promotion campaign. With a nice house, a son in medical school, and a wife who's become one of the top brokers stoking the heedless real estate rush in north Raleigh, Will has the perfect life. But overnight a nasty conglomerate buys his station and throws him out, he's arrested for running a red light, he badly injures his knee, and he begins to see both that his marriage is in danger of crumbling, and that his son doesn't like him much. Then the past he thought he didn't have comes calling, in the person of his cousin Wingfoot Baggett, who collects a bewildered Will for some R&R back home, on the banks of the Cape Fear River. How Will comes to terms with his history, sorts out his legal dilemmas, reinvents himself, gets to know his son, and maybe, just maybe, reconciles with his wife, is the subject of Bob Inman's graceful, comic, and poignant novel. In a larger sense, this is also a novel about how the New South, with its booming economy and newly minted cities, is stamping out the Old South, losing in the process a sense of tradition and identity. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/50/26/9780316415026.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en Little, Brown Captain Saturday: A Novel \N +340731443 Sonny Liston Was a Friend of Mine: Stories 320 2000 Twelve powerful and darkly funny new stories from Thom Jones, author of Pugilist At Rest.
Jones' typical character is in combat -- against the Viet Cong, the ocean, diabolical colleagues, depression, diabetes. (The author himself is famously the veteran of 150 amateur bouts.) His best stories sit at the most bizarre reaches of his universe -- "Mouses," for example, in which a short, humpbacked engineer reacts to getting fired by playing Josef Mengele with the small rodents that infest his apartment, injecting them with testosterone made from minced mouse testicles and marching them on ingeniously electrified treadmills, while he slides into stinking poverty.
The first six stories include a couple of lackadaisical ones about Vietnam; a spine-chilling study of a middle-aged all-but-matricidal mama's boy, "40, Still at Home"; and "Tarantula," a viciously comic morality tale about a hubristic schoolmaster. But it's in the latter half that Jones really delivers. The final story (practically a novella), "You Cheated, You Lied," is a highly sexed love story set in Illinois, Waikiki and a couple of mental institutions. The main characters are William, the epileptic narrator, and irresistible, irrepressible, but "seriously depressed, highly disturbed" Molly Bloom (sic). When Molly tells William, "The whole world is a neurology ward," she could be stating the author's core belief. In his world, mental institutions are as commonplace as diners (the skewed but curiously uplifting Christmas tale "A Midnight Clear" is set entirely in a state hospital), and every character seems to suffer from some disorder or other -- often diabetes, which Jones suffers from himself.
There is a marked similarity in the voices here. Frankie Dell, a high school senior with a night job at the local movie house in "I Love You, Sophie Western," has a crush on Susannah York in Tony Richardson's film of Fielding's Tom Jones (cute, Thom); but what he gets is a ghastly tryst with the pedophiliac projectionist. "Wesley yanked his head down hard. 'You can forget that shit, Susannah York has got to be pushin' sixty by now,'" he growls at the kid. Anson, the demented engineer in "Mouses," observes, "Apparently, 'Don't shit where you eat' isn't in the rodent codebook. Hygiene is not a big concern with them." What these characters share isn't so much scatological diction (though Jones' mouth is filthy) as a tongue-in-cheek cynicism. (The exception is the book's sole female narrator, in the tour de force "Daddy's Girl.") Their disgust manifests itself on the physical plane as "a shower of yellow flakes" from the scalp or a two-fisted combination of Tylenol and bourbon or enough Pepto-Bismol to blacken the tongue.
Spending time with Jones' battle-worn eccentrics and disenfranchised misfits leaves you feeling bruised but also elated. "Been down so long," they seem to be saying, "it's hilarious." -- Salon https://images.isbndb.com/covers/24/01/9780316472401.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Back Bay Books Sonny Liston Was a Friend of Mine: Stories \N +340786035 Cold Snap: Stories 228 1996 In ten new stories, Thom Jones introduces us to hard-luck fighters steeling themselves for battles they've already lost, doctors who fall in love with their illnesses, and a strung-out advertising writer who uses the hand of the devil to do the work of god. At the end of the day, the only ones still standing have gone head-to-head with the world's brutality - and remain ready, hopelessly potent yet irreversible doomed, to battle all over again. Thom Jones has a wicked appetite for existential calamity and an unflagging humor in its presence; his writing is mesmerizing, sometimes fevered, and impossible to put down. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/25/79/9780316472579.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Back Bay Books Cold Snap: Stories \N +340829915 Witnesses from the Grave: The Stories Bones Tell 333 1991 Called the "Sherlock Holmes of bones," Clyde Snow is a forensic anthropologist who solves murders with a tape measure and calipers. He has participated in some of the most sensational investigations of recent years, and WITNESSES FROM THE GRAVE is his engaging, engrossing story.\\nIt was Clyde Snow who traveled to Brazil to examine the skeletal remains of the infamous and elusive Nazi doctor Josef Mengele. Snow also discovered intriguing new evidence about what lies beneath the battleground of Custer's Last Stand at Little Bighorn. He identified the victims of Illinois serial killer John Wayne Gacy, and he was the driving force in the tireless search for "the disappeared" from Argentina's "dirty war" of the 1970s.\\nMore than an expertly spun scientific and political thriller, WITNESSES FROM THE GRAVE is a book of vital importance to anyone concerned with the issues of human rights, criminal justice, and the accuracy of our historical memory.\\n"Fascinating . . . The human subjects of these studies cry out to the reader from every chapter." — The New York Times Book Review https://images.isbndb.com/covers/39/96/9780316473996.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en Little Brown & Co Witnesses from the Grave: The Stories Bones Tell \N +345274563 The Year 1000: What Life Was Like at the Turn of the First Millennium, An Englishman's World 240 2000
As the Shadow of the Millennium Descended Across England and Christendom, it Seemed as if the World was About to End. Actually, it was Only the Beginning... Welcome to the Year 1000. This is What Life was Like. How clothes were fastened in a world without buttons, p.10 The rudiments of medieval brain surgery, p.124 The first millennium's Bill Gates, p.192 How dolphins forecasted weather, p.140 The recipe for a medieval form of Viagra, p.126 Body parts a married woman had to forfeit if she committed adultery, p.171 The fundamental rules of warfare, p.154 How fried and crushed black snails could improve your health, p.127 And much more... https://images.isbndb.com/covers/15/75/9780316511575.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Back Bay Books The Year 1000: What Life Was Like at the Turn of the First Millennium, An Englishman's World \N
+345275810 Real War 1914-1918 508 1963 Captain B. H. Liddell Hart is the foremost authority on World War I. In The Real War, the author has fused exhaustive research and creative brilliance with brevity and precision. Thus we have in one volume the war transformed into literature - an understandable, kaleidoscopic masterwork of military history. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/50/53/9780316525053.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Little, Brown and Company Real War 1914-1918 \N
+345278658 For the Love of Pete: A Novel 197 1993 When Her Grandmother Moves Into A Nursing Home, Twelve-year-old Phoebe Sets Out In The Old Family Car With Three Of Gram's Servants, On A Search For The Father Who Abandoned Her At Birth. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/62/70/9780316546270.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en Little Brown & Co For the Love of Pete: A Novel \N
+345295366 Crazy Sexy Cool 1 1996 From the editors of US magazine and Rolling Stone Press comes a collection of playful, provocative photographs that reveal pop culture idols at their most expressive, vulnerable, sensual, and amusing. A whimsical Drew Barrymore playing dress-up; a brooding Keanu Reeves on a wind-swept beach; a sultry Brad Pitt frolicking in the crowds; the cast of Friends showing more of themselves than ever before--these images include works by some of today's most innovative photographers. 100 photos, 50 in color. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/35/37/9780316553537.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Little Brown & Co Crazy Sexy Cool \N
+373632231 Dying to Please 320 2002 Loyal. Beautiful. Professional. Impeccably Organized. Potentially Lethal. Sarah Stevens Is A Woman With Many Distinctive Qualities. Linda Howard. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/27/02/9780345452702.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en Ballantine Books Dying to Please \N
+345329015 Virus X: Tracking the New Killer Plagues--Out of the Present & Into the Future 448 1997 Dr. Frank Ryan takes us into the "hot zones" of today's most dangerous outbreaks, then into the research laboratories and hospitals, where he spotlights the scientists and doctors who are risking their lives to contain them. In telling this global story, he uncovers a frightening pattern - and concludes that new, deadlier diseases are even now waiting to emerge. Why do such plagues arise? Where do new viruses come from? Could there be - will there be - a Virus X, an incurable virus, as lethal as Ebola, spread as easily as the common cold? Dr. Ryan has posed these questions to leading experts around the world, and here, combined with his own research as a renowned authority on diseases, he presents a radical theory about the origins of these deadly microbes. Virus X asks provocative questions about human impact on an already delicate ecosystem and exposes our increasing vulnerability in a world out of balance. Yet in exploring the steps that can be taken to head off a potential doomsday, Virus X also provides a rousing call to action.\\n\\n "...is a tightly woven account of the outbreak of plagues in different corners of the world--AIDS, Hantavirus, Ebola, malaria, the 'flesh-eating disease,' cholera... Virus-X-reads like a thriller."\\n https://images.isbndb.com/covers/38/37/9780316763837.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en Little, Brown and Company Virus X: Tracking the New Killer Plagues--Out of the Present & Into the Future \N
+345300203 The Year 1000: What Life Was Like at the Turn of the First Millennium : An Englishman's World 230 1999 The Year 1000 is a vivid and surprising portrait of life in England a thousand years ago. A world that already knew brain surgeons and property developers and, yes, even the occasional gossip columnist. Uncovering such wonderfully unexpected details, authors Robert Lacey and Danny Danziger bring this distant world closer than it has ever been before. How did people survive without sugar? How did monks communicate if they were not allowed to speak? Why was July called the hungry month? The Year 1000 answers these questions and reveals such secrets as the recipe for a medieval form of Viagra and a hallucinogenic treat called crazy bread.
In the spirit of modern investigative journalism, Lacey and Danziger interviewed the top historians and archaeologists in the field. Their research led them to an ancient and little-known document of the period, the Julius Work Calendar, a sharply observed guide that takes us back in time to a charming and very human world of kings and revelers, saints and slave laborers, lingering paganism and profound Christian faith. This exuberant and informative book concludes as the shadow of the millennium descends across England and Christendom. While prophets of doom predict the end of the world, A.D. 1000 sees the arrival of such bewildering concepts as infinity and zero, along with the abacus-the medieval calculating machine. These are portents of the future, and The Year 1000 finishes by examining the human and social ingredients that were to make for success and achievement in the next thousand years.
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+345314018 The Pilot's Wife (Oprah's Book Club) 304 1999 Until now, Kathryn Lyons's life has been peaceful if unextraordinary: a satisfying job teaching high school in the New England mill town of her childhood; a picture-perfect home by the ocean; a precocious, independent-minded fifteen-year-old daughter; and a happy marriage whose occasional dull passages she attributes to the unavoidable deadening of time. As a pilot's wife, Kathryn has learned to expect both intense exhilaration and long periods alone — but nothing has prepared her for the late-night knock that lets her know her husband has died in a crash. As Kathryn struggles with her grief, she descends into a maelstrom of publicity stirred up by the modern hunger for the details of tragedy. Even before the plane is located in waters off the Irish coast, the relentless scrutiny of her husband's life begins to bring a bizarre personal mystery into focus. Could there be any truth to the increasingly disturbing rumors that he had a secret life? https://images.isbndb.com/covers/19/55/9780316601955.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Back Bay Books The Pilot's Wife (Oprah's Book Club) \N
+345314603 Zom-B and Cirque du Freak Series 24 Books Collection Set by Darren Shan 240 2019 Darren, the vampire's assistant, gets a taste of the city when he leaves the Cirque Du Freak with Evra the snake-boy and Mr. Crepsley. When corpses are discovered—corpses drained of blood— Darren and Evra are compelled to hunt down whatever foul creature is committing such horrendous acts. Meanwhile, beneath the streets, evil stalks Darren and Evra, and all clues point to Mr. Crepsley. Can they escape, or are they doomed to perish in the tunnels of blood?\\n\\n Darren, Evra, and Mr. Crepsley leave the Cirque Du Freak and get a taste of the city, but when corpses drained of blood are discovered, Darren and Evra must confront a dangerous creature of the night.\\n https://images.isbndb.com/covers/60/80/9780316606080.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Simon & Schuster Children's UK/HarperCollinsChildrensBooks Zom-B and Cirque du Freak Series 24 Books Collection Set by Darren Shan \N
+345321065 The Power of the Dog : A Novel 304 2001 First published in 1967, Thomas Savage's western novel about two brothers and the competition between them when one marries now includes an afterword by Annie Proulx. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/08/96/9780316610896.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Back Bay Books The Power of the Dog : A Novel \N
+345321588 Exiting Nirvana: A Daughter's Life with Autism 240 2001 [redaktory-sostaviteli, B.a. Zilʹbert, O.b. Krasnova]. K 100-letii͡u Saratovskoĭ Konservatorii. Knizhnoe Izdanie--colophon. [редакторы-составители, Б.А. Зильберт, О.Б. Краснова]. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/11/78/9780316691178.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en Little, Brown Exiting Nirvana: A Daughter's Life with Autism \N
+345322401 Define "Normal" 144 2000 When She Agrees To Meet With Jasmine As A Peer Counselor At Their Middle School, Antonia Never Dreams That This Girl With The Black Lipstick And Pierced Eyebrow Will End Up Helping Her Deal With The Serious Problems She Faces At Home And Become A Good Friend. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/63/15/9780316706315.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en Little, Brown Young Readers Define "Normal" \N
+345323343 The True and Outstanding Adventures of the Hunt Sisters: A Novel 336 2004 Unemployed Actress Olivia Hunt Leaves Hollywood To Return Home At The Request Of Her Younger Sister, Madeleine, And Finds Herself Struggling To Help Her Sister, Keep Her Parents Under Control, And Reconnect With An Old Boyfriend. Elisabeth Robinson. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/50/25/9780316735025.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en Little, Brown and Company The True and Outstanding Adventures of the Hunt Sisters: A Novel \N
+034532434X The Late George Apley 368 2004 By John P. Marquand. Originally Published In Hardcover By Little, Brown And Company, January 1937--t.p. Verso. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/56/74/9780316735674.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Back Bay Books The Late George Apley \N
+375754881 Hazmat 96 2002 By J.d. Mcclatchy. Poems. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/46/71/9780375414671.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en Knopf Hazmat \N
+345326342 They Don't Get It, Do They?: Communication in the Workplace-Closing the Gap Between Women and Men 200 1995 Every day, every woman who heads for the office faces the reality of the communication gap. It exists whenever a man's comment makes a woman defensive, and whenever a woman unconsciously casts herself in a subordinate role to a male colleague. Many men haven't learned to define women in terms of their achievement, pigeonholing them instead as wife, daughter, mother, secretary. Women have their own set of myths: it pays to be a good, quiet little worker; so don't make waves. Inadequate communication and fear of challenging the status quo hold women back. Kathleen Reardon's mission is to explain what women - and men - can do about it. They Don't Get It, Do They? is incisive and practical, based on the experiences of hundreds of working women and filled with telling real-life examples. It is an essential handbook on the different perceptions, objectives, statements, and body language that open up the chasm between the sexes at work. Women don't have to become men, but they must learn how to respond to the hidden subtext of professional interactions to advance their careers - and claim their rightful place in America's businesses.\\n\\n Based on hundreds of interviews and filled with illuminating real-life examples, this important book shows how the gender communication gap holds women back in the workplace, and offers dynamic, practical prescriptions for change.\\n https://images.isbndb.com/covers/64/11/9780316736411.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en Little Brown & Co They Don't Get It, Do They?: Communication in the Workplace-Closing the Gap Between Women and Men \N
+345334302 The Family Nutrition Book: Everything You Need to Know About Feeding Your Children - From Birth through Adolescence 432 1999
In the wise and accessible tone that has made them America's most popular childcare experts, the authors address all of parents' concerns about their children's nutritional needs, from birth through adolescence. 40 line drawings.
The easiest-to-use and most comprehensive field guide to North American birds-from the country's preeminent writers on birds and nature Drawing on more than twenty years' experience as bird and wildlife experts, Donald and Lillian Stokes have produced field guides that are factually, visually, and organizationally superior to any other books you can buy. You'll find:
• All the identification information on a single page-color photographs, range map, and detailed description. No more fumbling to match photos with text!
• For fast reference-a compact alphabetical index inside the front and back covers.
• More than 900 high-resolution color identification photographs.
• An illustrated Quick Guide to the most common backyard and feeder birds.
• Convenient colored tabs keyed to each bird group.
• Concise and comprehensive text, with information on habitat; plumage variation; feeding, nesting, and mating behavior; bird feeder proclivity; and-for the first time in any guide-population trends and conservation status.
The best-seller that helps you say: "I just said 'no' and I don't feel guilty!" Are you letting your kids get away with murder? Are you allowing your mother-in-law to impose her will on you? Are you embarrassed by praise or crushed by criticism? Are you having trouble coping with people? Learn the answers in When I Say No, I Feel Guilty, the best-seller with revolutionary new techniques for getting your own way. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/39/09/9780553263909.jpg 1 1 Mass Market Paperback en Bantam When I Say No, I Feel Guilty \N
+345365453 Brief History of Time 208 1988 Final Cut Pro, the professional video editing tool from Apple, is the wildly popular digital editing software that combines editing, compositing, and effects programs all in one product. Exciting features such as interactive editing tools, built-in special effects, compatibility with Adobe After Effects filters, and full support for all QuickTime formats make Final Cut Pro the most accessible video editing tool on the market.Final Cut Pro 3 for Macintosh: Visual QuickPro Guide introduces video producers to the comprehensive set of tools available in Final Cut Pro. Step-by-step instructions lead readers through the basics and quickly into more advanced projects in video editing. All the important features of Apple's newest application are covered in detail--the easy-to-use interface, plug-and-play capability, integration with QuickTime software, as well as a host of other features and tools that enhance workflow and productivity. This edition ships with a free DVCreators Powerstart Demo CD created especially for VQP readers. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/58/36/9780321115836.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en Bantam Books Brief History of Time \N
+345366204 Macromedia Dreamweaver MX Advanced for Windows and Macintosh: Visual Quickpro Guide 490 2002 You don't have to write SQL or other database code to build interactivity into your site-you just need Dreamweaver MX, Macromedia's powerful new Web design tool, access to an application server, and a copy of Macromedia Dreamweaver MX Advanced for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickPro Guide. This valuable reference picks up where the Visual QuickStart Guide leaves off with advanced step-by-step tutorials on dynamic page serving, site management, and basic dynamic page building-and that's just in the first half of the book! The book's second half includes clear, concise instructions on how to create complex page designs, build cascading menus and toolbars, use Dreamweaver's accessibility features, and set up a page with head tags to attract search engines. Throughout this task-based reference, the authors illustrate key features with real-world examples of how and when features should be put to use. Combining tons of illustrations and example Web pages with concise, easy-to-follow how-tos, authors Towers, Hadjitarkhani, and Magee make it easy for anyone to create a dynamic Web site using Dreamweaver-including you! https://images.isbndb.com/covers/94/65/9780321159465.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Peachpit Press Macromedia Dreamweaver MX Advanced for Windows and Macintosh: Visual Quickpro Guide \N
+345367693 Messages to Ground Zero: Children Respond to September 11, 2001 176 2002 This inspiring book brings together letters, poems, and artwork by children from New York City and across the country in response to the September 11th tragedy. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/51/40/9780325005140.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Heinemann Publishing Messages to Ground Zero: Children Respond to September 11, 2001 \N
+345369793 U2: A Conspiracy of Hope 368 1994 Dave Bowler And Bryan Dray. Discography: P. 329-[334]. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 335-341) And Index. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/96/74/9780330339674.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Pan Macmillan U2: A Conspiracy of Hope \N
+345371976 On the Spine of Italy: A Year in the Abbruzzi 199 2000 The author and his wife became the first outsiders to live for a year as part of this small Italian community. They became embroiled in the politics of village life, learning about modern Italy, the relationships with Church and State, emigration effects, and how an old way of life is under constant threat from encroaching towns. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/24/66/9780330372466.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Pan Macmillan On the Spine of Italy: A Year in the Abbruzzi \N
+345373677 The Guy Next Door (UK Edition) 590 2002 Mel, A Young Gossip Columnist Living In New York City, Is Bored With Her Life--especially With The Lack Of Romance--until The Elderly Woman Next Door Is Nearly Murdered, And Mel Sets Out To Find The Criminal Responsible By Investigating Her Neighbors. Https://images.isbndb.com/covers/18/99/9780330411899.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Pan MacMillan The Guy Next Door (UK Edition) \N
+034537472X The Night Bell 240 2001 Megan Weiler. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/26/46/9780330482646.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en Pan Macmillan The Night Bell \N
+345377079 Golden Deeds 272 2001 Golden Deeds Tells The Story Of The Middle-aged Patrick Mercer, Lying Unconscious In A Hospital Bed; Of The Teenaged Laura Pearses Disappearance And The Grieving Of Her Bereft Parents; And The Story Of Colette, A Young Woman Seeking A New Life In A Strange City. Chidgey Delineates The Connections Which Bind People Together Across Continents And Generations. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/33/22/9780330483322.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Pan Macmillan Golden Deeds \N
+345381769 The Adventure of English 500 Ad-2000 368 2003 In This Book Melvyn Bragg Shows Us The Remarkable Story Of The English Language; From Its Beginnings As A Minor Guttural Germanic Dialect To Its Position Today As A Truly Established Global Language. Along The Way Its Colorful Story Takes In A Host Of Characters And Locations, From The Early Tribes, Alfred The Great's Stubborn Resistance To The Danes, And Through Its Early Literary Masterpieces Such As Beowulf And The Bawdy Geoffrey Chaucer; Henry Viii's Battles With The Church Over Bootleg Bibles; A 'coarse' Playwright Named William Shakespeare; The Songs Of The Creole Slaves And The Worlds Of Davy Crockett; Street Slang And Dr. Johnson's Dictionary; The Role Of English In India And Its Adoption In The United States Of America Which Returned The Language With Full Interest.--book Jacket. 1. The Common Tongue -- 2. The Great Escape -- 3. Conquest -- 4. Holding On -- 5. The Speech Of Kings -- 6. Chaucer -- 7. God's English -- 8. English And The Language Of The State -- 9. William Tyndale's Bible -- 10. A Renaissance Of Words -- 11. Preparing The Ground -- 12. Shakespeare's English -- 13. 'my America' -- 14. Wild West Words -- 15. Sold Down The River -- 16. Mastering The Language -- 17. The Proper Way To Talk -- 18. Steam, Streets And Slang -- 19. Indian Takeover -- 20. The West Indies -- 21. Advance Australia -- 22. Warts And All -- 23. All Over The World -- 24. And Now ...? Melvyn Bragg. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 318-327) And Index. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/99/12/9780340829912.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en Hodder & Stoughton The Adventure of English 500 Ad-2000 \N
+345381904 Her Majesty's Wizard (A Wizard in Rhyme) 342 1986 Matt Read The Forbidden Runes And Found Himself In A World Where Reciting Verses Worked Magic. He Got Himself Locked In A Dungeon, Created A Fire-breathing Dragon, And Eventually Discovered A Beautiful Princess He Swore To Save. Little Did He Guess How Hard That Would Be.... https://images.isbndb.com/covers/45/64/9780345274564.jpg 2 2 Mass Market Paperback en Del Rey Her Majesty's Wizard (A Wizard in Rhyme) \N
+345382226 The Rolling Stones \N 1978 Though It Doesn' T Seem Likely For Twins To Have The Same Middle Name, It' S Clear That Castor And Pollux Stone Both Have Trouble In That Spot On Their Birth Certificates. But Anyone Who' S Met Their Grandmother Hazel Will Know They Came By It Honestly.join The Stone Twins For A Laugh-filled Ride As They Connive, Cajole, And Bamboozle Their Way Across The Solar System In The Company Of The Most High-spirited And Hilarious Family In All Of Science Fiction. This Light-hearted Tale Has Some Of Heinlein' S Sassiest Dialogue. Oddly Enough, It' S Also A True Example Of Family Values For When You' Re A Stone, Your Family Is Your Highest Priority. Https://images.isbndb.com/covers/58/13/9780345275813.jpg 2 2 Mass Market Paperback en Del Rey The Rolling Stones \N
+345384784 Smith of Wootton Major & Farmer Giles of Ham 156 1969 A Meditation On The Gift Of Fantasy, And A Tale Of Conflict Between A Dragon And A Farmer. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/86/54/9780345278654.jpg 2 2 Mass Market Paperback en Ballantine Books Smith of Wootton Major & Farmer Giles of Ham \N
+345387813 Dibs in Search of Self \N 1980 The classic of child therapy. Dibs will not talk. He will not play. He has locked himself in a very special prison. And he is alone. This is the true story of how he learned to reach out for the sunshine, for life . . . how he came to the breathless discovery of himself that brought him back to the world of other children.
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+345388267 The Outside Man: A Novel 320 1982
The outside man is society lawyer Adam Shaw. A northerner in a southern town jealous of its secrets, he finds the dead body of his best friend's wealthy wife — and his friend is missing.
In a world where wealthy people will stop at nothing to maintain a genteel image, Shaw must gamble his career, his marriage, and his very life in a passionate quest for the real murderer — and learn the shocking truth about his own past and future . . . .
"A classic detective story." — The New York Times Book Review
"Rich, complex, beautifully written." — The New Republic
"Richard North Patterson seems destined for celebrity status, alongside Scott Turow and John Grisham, as an acknowledged master." — Los Angeles Times Book Review https://images.isbndb.com/covers/02/01/9780345300201.jpg 1 1 Mass Market Paperback en Ballantine Books The Outside Man: A Novel \N
+345388410 Unconquered: A Novel 448 1984
A breathless novel of sensual daring and fiery adventure, UNCONQUERED introduces the brilliant outspoken Miranda, who would give up nothing for a man, and whose spirited ways and breathtaking sensuality would sweep her into perilous escapades of brutality and erotic discovery... https://images.isbndb.com/covers/40/17/9780345314017.jpg 2 2 Mass Market Paperback en Ballantine Books Unconquered: A Novel \N
+345389980 Five Years to Freedom: The True Story of a Vietnam POW 465 1984 When Green Beret Lieutenant James N. Rowe was captured in 1963 in Vietnam, his life became more than a matter of staying alive.
In a Vietcong POW camp, Rowe endured beri-beri, dysentery, and tropical fungus diseases. He suffered grueling psychological and physical torment. He experienced the loneliness and frustration of watching his friends die. And he struggled every day to maintain faith in himself as a soldier and in his country as it appeared to be turning against him.
His survival is testimony to the disciplined human spirit.
His story is gripping. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/46/04/9780345314604.jpg 2 2 Mass Market Paperback en Presidio Press Five Years to Freedom: The True Story of a Vietnam POW \N
+345390105 Garfield Treasury 128 1984 Garfield in 100% color. What could please Garfield fans more than this special collection of the best of Garfield's Sunday comic excursions? Whether he's taking a bath, avoiding a vitamin, or using Jon's leg for a scratching post, he's the same lovable feline he always was.\\n\\n\\n Strips collected from the Sunday comics feature the wickedly wacky cat Garfield.\\n https://images.isbndb.com/covers/10/60/9780345321060.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Ballantine Books Garfield Treasury \N
+345402855 You Have Been Here Before: A Psychologist Looks At Past Lives 242 1986 ...to help you overcome
\\n— fears and anxieties
\\n— sexual problems
\\n— overeating
\\n— insomnia
\\n— headaches
\\n— allergies
\\n— and other common problems
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\\n.......Reincarnation Therapy.
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\\nIn a deep hypnotic trance, a man tortured by insomnia recalls a life as a marshal in a western town. A sexually frigid woman remembers a tragic life as a slave girl. A man suffering from an inexplicable fear of heights recalls a violent death from a fall during the Middle Ages.
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\\nDiscover the roots of your present-day problems. They might be deep in your past, in another life. Here is the fascinating approach to problem-solving that is changing peoples' belief in reincarnation, life after death, and immortality with challenging evidence that... https://images.isbndb.com/covers/82/28/9780345338228.jpg 2 2 Mass Market Paperback en Ballantine Books You Have Been Here Before: A Psychologist Looks At Past Lives \N
+345391527 Panzer Battles : A Study of the Employment of Armor in the Second World War 480 1985 When Sam Donaldson interviewed General Norman Schwarzkopf in his quarters in the Gulf, PANZER BATTLES was one of the books on his desk. A model military history, this is one of the few close looks we will ever have of the tactics, the planning, and the operations of tank warfare from a participant.
\\nIt was the decisive victories of the German Panzer divisions in North Africa in World War II that taught the Allies the importance of an integrated combat team consisting of tanks, infantry, and artillery. PANZER BATTLES is a vivid account of the major campaigns of that war, especially the legendary desert battles fought by Rommel, who found the desert to be the perfect terrain in which to wage almost purely theoretical armored warfare with large-scale tank formations.
\\nHere is an unparalleled look at what the American military learned from the experience of fighting in WWII — experience that was put to use in the Gulf War.
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+345391780 The Songs of Distant Earth 336 1987 Thalassa was a paradise above the earth. Its beauty and vast resources seduce its inhabitants into a feeling of perfection. But then the Magellan arrives, carrying with it one million refugees from the last mad days of earth. Paradise looks indeed lost....\\n\\n\\n Finally in paperback! His first novel since 2010! Clarke is at his brilliant best in this tale of life on a paradisiacal world, of the clash of two cultures and of mankind's first contact with truly alien intelligence.\\n https://images.isbndb.com/covers/24/01/9780345322401.jpg 2 2 Mass Market Paperback en Del Rey The Songs of Distant Earth \N
+345391926 And the Devil Will Drag You Under \N 1984 Asmodeus Mogart was not a bad fellow, as demons go. Having gotten in trouble back in the home office, he had been assigned to duty on Earth. There he toiled, doing the kinds of things demons do and turning into something of a drunk.
\\nThen a rogue asteroid threatened to crash into Earth and destroy all life on the planet — demons included! There had to be a better way.
\\nMac Walters and Jill McCullough, holding a private wake for their world in a Reno bar, were more than startled when a strange-looking little drunk told them they could save the world.
\\nAll they had to do was enter five alternate universes and steal a demon-guarded jewel in each. Clearly, the man was crazy.
\\nBut they had nothing better to do than go along with the gag. Then they each found themselves, naked and alone, on a hostile alien world!
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+345393058 The Breaking of Northwall: (#1) 288 1984 To the Pelbar, the sentence seemed a living death - exile to distant Northwall for a year, facing barbarian tribes, isolated from the security and order of Pelbarigan society.
But the rebellious Jestak embraced his punishment - for only with the lore of Northwall and the battle-craft and bravery of the wild tribes could he free the woman he loved from the slaveholding Emeri. This he swore to do - even if he had to destroy utterly the power of the Emeri . . .
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+345394429 Garfield Rolls On (Garfield (Numbered Paperback)) 128 1985 You just can't keep a good cat down. And with Garfield you'd need muscles to do it, anyway. This is the frisky feline's tenth collection and is full of the antics and acrobatics you know and love him for. As a bonus it also features an inteview with Jim Davis about how he became a cartoonist!
https://images.isbndb.com/covers/63/48/9780345326348.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Ballantine Books Garfield Rolls On (Garfield (Numbered Paperback)) \N
+345395956 Thai Horse: A Novel 416 1989 "It's enough to make Ludlum seem humdrum."
\\nATLANTA JOURNAL & CONSTITUTION Christian Hatcher, the licensed killer they call the Shadow Warrior, is out of jail and looking for the betrayer that got him there. With his body wasted and his spirit nearly crushed, Hatcher returns to Hong Kong and Bangkok—deadly stops on the heroine pipeline—and comes closer to a solution that he fears to discover . . . .
\\n"Diehl knows how to tell a story, and his novel moves."
\\nTHE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW\\n\\n\\n When his best friend vanished, Christian Hatcher, the Shadow Warrior, had no choice. He had to follow the heroin pipeline . . . from Hong Kong to Bangkok, to the deepest darkness of Vietnam. The sensational new national bestseller by the author of Chameleon and Sharkey's Machine.\\n https://images.isbndb.com/covers/74/51/9780345327451.jpg 2 2 Mass Market Paperback en Ballantine Books Thai Horse: A Novel \N
+345396685 Seven Arrows 374 1973 A heartbreaking story of victory, defeat, and of a spiritual search in a profane world, this is the story of Night Bear and his people. It is the tale of the land they cherish and the lives they hold sacred, lived until the enemy can no longer be stopped, and the dead have few left to weep for them.
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+345396723 The Case of the Empty Tin 250 1985 A spanking-new tin can, secretly placed among the rows of Mrs. Florence Gentrie's preserves, contains not a speck of food — but it does carry one very damning clue to a murder that took place right next door. Such an unsavory discovery in such an unlikely place can't help but pique the curiosity of a dedicated mystery hunter like Perry Mason.\\nBut the real mystery about this murder is who — and where — is the victim? Upstairs neighbor Elston A. Karr heard the telltale sounds of foul play, but his foul temperament (and his own dark secrets) make him most uncooperative. It takes a second murder to clear up the mystery of the missing body — and to make Perry Mason the next prime candidate to disappear....\\nThe Original Courtroom Novels\\nCriminal lawyer and all-time #1 mystery author Erle Stanley Gardner wrote close to 150 novels that have sold 300 million copies worldwide. Today, the great Gardner tradition continues with many of his classics back in print, as well as brand-new additions to the ever-popular series starring the incomparable Perry Mason. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/19/84/9780345331984.jpg 2 2 Mass Market Paperback en Fawcett The Case of the Empty Tin \N
+345402278 The Black Unicorn (Landover) 307 1988 A year had passed since Ben Holiday bought the Magic Kingdon from the wizard, Meeks. But unbeknownst to him, he has been the victim of a trap by Meeks, who has succeeded in stealing the Paladin and appropriating his face. Suddenly none of Ben's friends know him, but all of his enemies do. He must win it all back again—only this time on his own!\\n\\n\\n A year had passed since Ben Holiday bought the Magic Kingdom from the Wizard Meeks, only to find his road to the crown filled with pitfalls and hazards. Then one night, Ben woke to find Meeks had cast a spell to assume Ben's appearance. Ben soon found himself an outcast, unrecognized by any friend.\\n https://images.isbndb.com/covers/52/89/9780345335289.jpg 2 2 Mass Market Paperback en Del Rey The Black Unicorn (Landover) \N
+345406222 Return of Nathan Brazil (Book 4 of the Well of Souls) 289 1980 The Dreel was a hive-mind, composed of trillions upon trillions of virus-sized units, which infected intelligent beings like a disease and took over the mind of an occupied being, utterly. It had occupied planets throughout the galaxy, making their entire population its mind-slaves, and was on its way to conquering the entire galaxy-until a cop on the frontier planet of Parkatin discovered the truth. Those whose minds were still free fought back, using a weapon so powerful that it wrought havoc with the control of the Well World, the ancient planet-sized supercomputer that a vanished super-race called the Markovians built to recreate the entire universe, and maintain it in its present form. If the Well World's control of time and space could not be restored, the universe could vanish like a blown-out candle flame. Only a Markovian could go to the Well World and repair the damage, but only one Markovian was still known to survive. He had last been seen in human form, going by the name of Nathan Brazil. No one knew where he was now, what name he was using, or even if he still appeared human. Finding him, somewhere in the immensity of the galaxy, seemed an impossible task. So the task fell to someone who had done the impossible over and over: Mavra Chang, one of the few beings ever to escape from the Well World. And on that occasion, she had brought back with her a computer named Obie, who just might be the second most powerful computer in the universe, after the Well World itself. With those two on his trail, Nathan Brazil could run-but could he hide?
\\n https://images.isbndb.com/covers/10/51/9780345341051.jpg 1 1 Mass Market Paperback en Ballantine Del Rey Return of Nathan Brazil (Book 4 of the Well of Souls) \N
+345416376 Finite and Infinite Games: A Vision of Life as Play and Possibility 180 1987 an Extraordinary Book That Will Dramatically Change The Way You Experience Life.
finite Games Are The Familiar Contests Of Everyday Life, The Games We Play In Business And Politics, In The Bedroom And On The Battlefied — Games With Winners And Losers, A Beginning And An End. Infinite Games Are More Mysterious — And Ultimately More Rewarding. They Are Unscripted And Unpredictable; They Are The Source Of True Freedom.
in This Elegant And Compelling Work, James Carse Explores What These Games Mean, And What They Can Mean To You. He Offers Stunning New Insights Into The Nature Of Property And Power, Of Culture And Community, Of Sexuality And Self-discovery, Opening The Door To A World Of Infinite Delight And Possibility.
"an Extraordinary Little Book . . . A Wise And Intimate Companion, An Elegant Reminder Of The Real."
— Brain/mind Bulletin https://images.isbndb.com/covers/18/46/9780345341846.jpg 2 2 Mass Market Paperback en Ballantine Finite and Infinite Games: A Vision of Life as Play and Possibility \N
+345417976 A Book of Bees \N 1989 From the author of the widely acclaimed A Country Year comes another elegant and appealing book about the world of the beekeeper and what he or she must do in each of the four seasons. 28 illustrations. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/26/14/9780345342614.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Ballantine Books A Book of Bees \N
+345418689 Crewel Lye (Xanth) 320 1987 Jordan was a ghost in Castle Roogna now. Although once he had been the most valorus of knights—that is, until he was betrayed by two wily magicians and the woman he loves. Now, if he only can remember how he was killed, he'll be able to reassemble his body. And he is getting impatient.... https://images.isbndb.com/covers/59/98/9780345345998.jpg 1 1 Mass Market Paperback en Del Rey Crewel Lye (Xanth) \N
+345419995 Walking Across Egypt 240 1988 "An unpretentious, finely-crafted novel that will linger with the readers like the last strains of a favorite hymn. It is more enjoyable than a pitcher full of sweet tea and one of Mattie's home-cooked dinners."
\\nTHE ATLANTA JOURNAL & CONSTITUTION She had as much business keeping a stray dog as she had walking across Egypt—which not so incidentally is the title of her favorite hymn. She's Mattie Rigsbee, an independent, strong-minded senior citizen, who at 78, might be slowing down just a bit. When young, delinquent Wesley Benfield drops in on her life, he is even less likely a companion than the stray dog. But, of course, the dog never tasted her mouth-watering pound cake....Wise witty, down-home and real, WALKING ACROSS EGYPT is a book for everyone.\\n\\n\\n She is Mattie Rigsbee, an independent, strong-minded senior citizen who might just be slowing a bit. When young delinquent Wesley Benfield drops into her life, he is an even less likely companion than her stray dog. But once Mattie starts taking in strays, there is no stopping her.\\n https://images.isbndb.com/covers/64/90/9780345346490.jpg 1 1 Mass Market Paperback en Ballantine Books Walking Across Egypt \N
+345420055 Intimate Partners: Patterns in Love and Marriage 460 1988 the Compelling National Bestseller That Pushes Beneath The Surface Of Marriage To Explore The Depths Of True Intimacy.
"anyone Involved In, Embarking On, Or Yearning For, An Intimate Relationship Should Buy, Borrow Or Steal Intimate Partners." New Woman
Sparhawk, Pandion Knight, and Queen's Champion have returned to Elenia after ten years of exile, only to find young Queen Ehlanda trapped in a block of ensorcelled crystal. As Sparhawk sets out to find a cure for Ehlana, he discovers that only he can defeat the evil plots that threaten her rule....
Finally the knight Sparhawk had come to possess Bhellion, the legendary jewel of magic. With it, he frees Queen Ehalana from the crystalline cocoon that preserves her life, but Bhellion carries dangers of its own. And now Sparkhawk is being stalked by a dark lurking menace that is only the beginning of his troubles....
Here, for the first time, is the private and most intimate correspondence of one of America's most influential and incisive journalists—Hunter S. Thompson. In letters to a Who's Who of luminaries from Norman Mailer to Charles Kuralt, Tom Wolfe to Lyndon Johnson, William Styron to Joan Baez—not to mention his mother, the NRA, and a chain of newspaper editors—Thompson vividly catches the tenor of the times in 1960s America and channels it all through his own razor-sharp perspective. Passionate in their admiration, merciless in their scorn, and never anything less than fascinating, the dispatches of The Proud Highway offer an unprecedented and penetrating gaze into the evolution of the most outrageous raconteur/provocateur ever to assault a typewriter.
In his introduction to the The Proud Highway -- the first in what apparently will be several volumes of Hunter Thompson's letters -- editor Douglas Brinkley informs us that, from the time he was a boy, Thompson made carbon copies of his letters, hoping they would be published someday as a testament to his life and times. And if that doesn't suggest someone in need of an editor, I don't know what does. This first volume of The Fear and Loathing Letters covers the years from 1955 to 1967 -- that's roughly from the time Thompson joined the Air Force until just after the publication of his book Hell's Angels and before the beginning of his Rolling Stone tenure.
These letters show that the mind-set that burst fully formed upon the world in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas was present in Thompson from a very early age. The talent for violent invective and hipster put-on, the snarlingly self-righteous threats, the taste for all manner of chemical debauchery, is owned up to again and again in letters to friends and lovers, editors and Air Force superiors, creditors, landlords and any poor bastard who had the bad luck to run afoul of him. What hasn't been seen before is the young writer's ambition, the worship he lauded upon certain authors or books (F. Scott Fitzgerald, Nelson Algren, the William Styron of Lie Down in Darkness -- This man is a Writer, proclaims Thompson -- but not of Set This House on Fire). He desperately desired to join their company, and he had confidence that he would.
Thompson is a writer who needs rage. He's best when he finds a target worthy of the venom he can incubate. That's why he was always the most murderous and accurate of all Nixon haters. And why the only work in the last few years that matched his glory days was his Rolling Stone obit for Nixon. In the midst of the sentimental lies that accompanied Tricky's demise (and by the way, did anyone actually see the body?), Thompson's poison felt like a drink of clear water. That rage is best seen here in the letters written after JFK's assassination, with Thompson's mourning translating itself into disgust and fear of what lay ahead. It's less impressive when it's being snottily leveled at a woman friend who had the temerity to suggest Thompson read Jack Kerouac.
It's hard to reject the young romantic who -- writing about women, his own ambitions, his beloved Doberman -- makes himself unexpectedly felt here. It's also hard to deny the tediousness of this collection. There are plenty of reminders, though, of why this drug-addled coyote has been taken to readers', and not a few writers', hearts. Too many people in this gutless world, he writes to one editor, have come under the impression that writers are a race of finks, queers and candy asses to be bilked, cheated and mocked as a form of commercial sport. It should be noted, therefore ... that some writers possess .44 Magnums and can puncture beer cans with ... that weapon at a distance of 150 yards. Sometimes, as Blanche DuBois said, there's God so suddenly. -- Salon https://images.isbndb.com/covers/79/68/9780345377968.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Ballantine Books The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967 (The Fear and Loathing Letters, Vol. 1) \N
+345427491 Ghost King (The Stones of Power) 304 1995 Chaos and terror stalked the realm. The king had been slain by traitors, and the sword of power had been lost beyond the Circle of Mist. Armies of Saxons, Angles, Jutes, and Brigantes cut a gory swath across the land, led by puppets of the ruthless Witch Queen—whose minions included dark, bloodthirsty creatures and a savage, undead warrior.
\\nAll hope lay with young Thuro—in whose veins flowed the blood of kings. He would have to defeat the Witch Queen's monsters and travel to the land of the Mist, there to seek a ghostly army. And the only one who could prepare Thuro to achieve his birthright was the mountain warrior Culain, the one man who knew the queen's deadly secret . . .
\\nThe legend of the mystic Stones of Power begins with a tale of blood and glory, of love and betrayal, as a boy must come of age amidst the seemingly impossible quest to become the High King. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/90/23/9780345379023.jpg 2 2 Mass Market Paperback en Del Rey Ghost King (The Stones of Power) \N
+345427998 Mostly Harmless (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) 288 1993
Adams is back with the amazing, unprecedented, logic-defying fifth novel in the Hitchhiker trilogy. Random, the daughter of Arthur Dent, has grown up on a remote world at the edge of the universe. Now she sets out on a transgalactic quest to find the planet of her ancestors. Unabridged. 5 CDs.
Some of the best and most original prose in America today is being written by literary journalists. Memoirs and personal essays, profiles, science and nature reportage, travel writing — literary journalists are working in all of these forms with artful styles and fresh approaches. In Literary Journalism, editors Norman Sims and Mark Kramer have collected the finest examples of literary journalism from both the masters of the genre who have been working for decades and the new voices freshly arrived on the national scene.
The fifteen essays gathered here include:
— John McPhee's account of the battle between army engineers and the lower Mississippi River
— Susan Orlean's brilliant portrait of the private, imaginative world of a ten-year-old boy
— Tracy Kidder's moving description of life in a nursing home
— Ted Conover's wild journey in an African truck convoy while investigating the spread of AIDS
— Richard Preston's bright piece about two shy Russian mathematicians who live in Manhattan and search for order in a random universe
— Joseph Mitchell's classic essay on the rivermen of Edgewater, New Jersey
— And nine more fascinating pieces of the nation's best new writing
In the last decade this unique form of writing has grown exuberantly — and now, in Literary Journalism, we celebrate fifteen of our most dazzling writers as they work with great vitality and astonishing variety.
In the second book in #1 New York Times bestselling author Sandra Brown’s beloved Texas! trilogy, readers meet another son of the troubled Tyler clan—Chase Tyler, a man hardened by life and desperately trying to outrun the sorrows of his past.
Chase Tyler has been the object of Marcie Johns’s desire since grade school. But when it came time to settle down, the handsome, laconic cowboy chose another woman to be his bride. Life was good for Chase—until things took an abrupt and tragic turn. Ravaged by grief, Chase has become a lost and embittered soul, a man without purpose, compassion, or hope.
Then fate intercedes, reuniting Chase and Marcie, who was an unwitting player in Chase’s unfathomable family tragedy. Guilt weighs heavily on Marcie, but she’s also convinced that only the strength of her love can pull Chase back from the abyss. She’s willing to risk everything on a daring plan to rescue his business, save his life, and bring them together at last. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/99/09/9780553289909.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Bantam Texas! Chase: A Novel (Texas! Tyler Family Saga) \N +345435338 King Javan's Year (Heirs of Saint Chamber) 496 1993 The young King Alroy was dying, and so the power-hungry former Regents began their plotting anew. They conspired to immure the rightful successor, the Deryni-sympathizing Prince Javan, in the monastery where he had taken holy vows. The younger, more malleable Rhys Michael would then be the next king, with their blessing. But Javan turned out to be a far more formidable opponent than the Regents could ever have imagined. Already the Deryni-like powers bequeathed to the Haldane kings were stirring in him. Javan was determined to claim his rightful crown and to restore justice to a kingdom in which Deryni were murdered, or used for their powers while their families' lives were held as hostage. To wrest back control of Gwynedd, the Regents would stop at nothing. They tortured Javan's supporters, made secret deals with Gwynedd's enemies abroad, and even used the unsuspecting Rhys Michael as a pawn in their evil game. The former Regents committed the full force of every political alliance they had cemented during the princes' minority, plus the might of the fanatical new Custodes religious order, to keep Javan from ever becoming a true ruler. To prevail against the Regents, to rule his kingdom justly, and even to live, Javan would have to be strong. He would have to be clever. And he would have to be very lucky indeed.\\n\\n First time in paperback, the long-awaited sequel to The Harrowing of Gwynedd, continuing the adventures of The Heirs of Saint Camber. The young King Alroy is dying, and power-hungry former Regents begin their plotting once again--this time against Prince Javan. But Javan proves to be a formidable opponent.\\n https://images.isbndb.com/covers/47/82/9780345384782.jpg 2 2 Mass Market Paperback en Del Rey King Javan's Year (Heirs of Saint Chamber) \N +517573288 God Calling: Devotionals for Restoring Faith and Serenity 208 1978 Two women-The Listeners-gathered together in a prayerful search for guidance and succor, listening for the Word of God. What they received was this tender bounty of spiritual treasures; what they heard were words of council, comfort, consolation, encouragement, healing, and joy.
God Calling is the fruit of the Listeners' spiritual journey, an extraordinary volume of daily devotional wisdom that has long served as an inspiration to countless thousands. Open its pages. Day by day, month by month, year by year, readers will discover the freshness and beauty of its message. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/02/60/9780515090260.jpg 1 1 Mass Market Paperback en Berkley God Calling: Devotionals for Restoring Faith and Serenity \N
+345436822 Power Play (Petaybee, Book 3) 352 1996 Petaybee was growing up. Day by day, the sentient planet--like any child--was learning to recognize and understand the meaning of outside stimuli, to respond to those stimuli, to communicate its own needs and desires...even to use human speech.
Yanaba Maddock had appointed herself defender of her adopted planet, and she had even succeeded in proving its sentience to all the nonbelievers. But despite all her efforts, few outsiders truly cared for the feelings and intelligence of what they perceived to be a giant hunk of rock--or a mere oddity to be gawked at.
Then Yana was kidnapped. The price of her freedom--the planet itself.
But the only one who could speak for Petaybee was Petaybee--and no one knew what a living planet could do once it found its voice...
"FAST PACED AND LEAN, this book shares a trait with all Scott books, in that he never allows himself to become so fascinated by the soldier's hardware that he forgets the men who wield it."
—Southern Book Trade After the American Embassy in Burma is bombed, retired Special Forces colonel Joshua Hawkins is recalled to active duty by order of the president. A secret government mission will require the intimate knowledge of the exotic country that only Hawkins can provide. He has a special bond with the Shan, the proud and independent mountain tribe of northern Burma, having trained as a warrior with his friend Stephen, the son of a Shan warlord, becoming a Horseman of the Shan hill people, and earning the coveted warriors' silver bracelet, forged in honor, that he still wears.
Now Hawkins is called again to serve his country, to save his Shan friend, and to help the brave people he has never forgotten in their fight against a corrupt government and a ruthless heroin syndicate. It's a big job, but Hawkins and his men are up to it—and not above using frontier justice to teach the despots a thing or two, the old-fashioned way. . . .
"GRITTY. . . ENGROSSING. . .A fast-paced military thriller. . . [that] combines today's headlines with a believable story . . . Highly recommended."
—Military and BRAVO/Veterans Outlook Magazines
From the Paperback edition.\\n\\n\\n For the first time, three exciting New York Times bestselling adventures of Han Solo and his hirsute companion Chewbacca are offered in one volume. The collection presents the popular Star Wars characters in Han Solo at Stars' End, Han Solo's Revenge, and Han Solo and the Lost Legacy.\\n https://images.isbndb.com/covers/44/22/9780345394422.jpg 1 1 Paperback en LucasBooks Star Wars: The Han Solo Adventures (Classic Star Wars) \N +034544678X CareerSmarts: Jobs with a Future 496 1997 If You're Looking For Work, Changing Careers, Or Contemplating Your Future In These Volatile Times, Careersmarts: Jobs With A Future Offers The Most Complete, Most Current, And Most Useful Guidance To Careers Today. The Vital, Up-to-the-minute Information Includes The Industries That Are Healthy Today And The Ones That Will Stay That Way; Working Conditions And Expected Growth For Every Job; Practical Career Paths Based On Your Skills, Education, And Personal Goals; And Suggested Resources To Help Tailor Your Search.--book Jacket. Pt. 1. About The Jobs And Your Career Future -- Introduction: How To Find A Sensible Career Direction -- Ch. 1. Which Jobs -- And Why -- Ch. 2. Two Paths To Success And Satisfaction: Employing Both Halves Of Your Career Brain -- Ch. 3. Establishing Your Personal Preferences And Professional Competencies: A Self-appraisal -- Pt. 2. The Job Descriptions And Industry Analyses -- Health Care -- The Technologies -- Business And Professional Services -- Public Service. Martin Yate. Includes Index. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/59/55/9780345395955.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Ballantine Books CareerSmarts: Jobs with a Future \N +345447174 Time and Chance: A Novel (Ballantine Reader's Circle) 544 2003
In When Christ and His Saints Slept, acclaimed historical novelist Sharon Kay Penman portrayed all the deceit, danger, and drama of Henry II’s ascension to the throne. Now, in Time and Chance, she continues the ever-more-captivating tale.
It was medieval England’s immortal marriage—Eleanor of Aquitaine and Henry II, bound by passion and ambition, certain to leave a legacy of greatness. But while lust would divide them, it was friendship—and ultimately faith—that brought bloodshed into their midst. It began with Thomas Becket, Henry’s closest confidant, and his elevation to be Archbishop of Canterbury. It ended with a perceived betrayal that made a royal murder seem inevitable. Along the way were enough scheming, seductions, and scandals to topple any kingdom but their own. . . .
Only Sharon Kay Penman can re-create this truly tumultuous time—and capture the couple who loved power as much as each other . . . and a man who loved God most of all.
A collection of the most fascinating essays, articles, and interpretations of bestselling author Anne Rice's complete works, by a variety of journalists and scholars. It includes a history of vampire literature, a professional dominatrix's examination of Rice's erotica, and a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the film version of Interview with the Vampire. From the adventures of the Vampire Lestat to those of the Mayfair Witches, from the evocative historical epic Cry to Heaven to the uninhibited erotica of Exit to Eden and the Sleeping Beauty trilogy, The Anne Rice Reader presents a captivating range of perspectives on the imagination of a writer who has enthralled her generation. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/26/77/9780345402677.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Ballantine Books Anne Rice Reader \N
+345451821 Messengers of the Wind: Native American Women Tell Their Life Stories 336 1996 "Messengers of the Wind goes beyond the autobiographies of everyday women. These are women who have long been an invisible part of American culture. Their stories are haunting, frightening, encouraging, and courageous. . . . Katz is a faithful guide."
\\n--The Minnesota Daily In Messengers of the Wind, Native American women, old and young, from a variety of tribal groups, speak with eloquence and passion about their experience on the land and in urban areas; about their work as artists, activists, and healers; as grandmothers, mothers, and daughters; as modern women with a link to the past. And as each woman, renowned and obscure, tells her remarkable personal story, it is clear that each has tapped into the power that comes from within and has reached back into a history that brings with it courage and hope.
\\n" 'Giving energy to Mother Earth' -- Yes. That is our duty as women, as Natives, and as human beings. Messengers of the Wind is a way of doing just that. It is not a dance, feet patting our mother, but it is an offering, the voices of the women sent to comfort her. Thank-you, Jane Katz, for your offering. It is a special and much-needed gift."
\\n--Paula Gunn Allen Author of Voice of the Turtle
\\n"COMPELLING. . . INTIMATE."
\\n--The Cleveland Plain Dealer
\\n"A RICH COLLECTION OF PERSONAL STORIES. . .REWARDING. . . These are powerful women with important stories to tell."
\\n--Kirkus Reviews\\n\\n In this acclaimed, one-of-a-kind collection, Native American women young and old, from different tribal groups all across the country, speak with eloquence and passion about their lives. Grandmothers, mothers, and daughters tell their storie, communicating the visions derived from their ancestors, which guide them as they forge new paths in a changing world.\\n https://images.isbndb.com/covers/28/51/9780345402851.jpg 1 1 Paperback en One World Messengers of the Wind: Native American Women Tell Their Life Stories \N
+374102112 Sweet Thing (Cheek) 256 2010 jessica Taylor Is An La Girl Through And Through: Ambitious, Stylish, And A Big Fan Of Old Hollywood Movies. What She Wants More Than Anything Is To Become An Ace Reporter. Her Editor, Dashiell Cooper, Holds That Key, But What He Wants Most Of All Is Her. Jessica Is Starry-eyed But Not As Easily Pinned Down As The Cynical Cooper Would Like. He Uses A Whole Repertoire Of Charmer's Tricks To Try And Seduce Her, But She Challenges Him At Every Turn, Finding Her Pleasure Playing X-rated Games With Sultry-looking Guys Who Resemble James Dean. What Transpires Is A Game Of Kinky Cat And Mouse Set In The Hush-hush World Of La Gossip Columns And Glamorous Parties. Can Jessica Get What She Wants Without Giving In To Cooper's Erotic Obsessions? Https://images.isbndb.com/covers/90/03/9780352339003.jpg 2 2 Kindle Edition en Virgin Digital Sweet Thing (Cheek) \N
+345452704 First to Fight (Starfist, Book 1) 384 1997 "Marines, we have just become a low-tech deep recon patrol . . ."\\nStranded in a hellish alien desert, stripped of their strategic systems, quick reaction force, and supporting arms, and carrying only a day's water ration, Marine Staff Sergeant Charlie Bass and his seven-man team faced a grim future seventy-five light-years from home. The only thing between his Marines and safety was eighty-five miles of uncharted, waterless terrain and two thousand bloodthirsty savages with state-of-the-art weapons in their hands and murder on their minds.\\nBut the enemy didn't reckon on the warrior cunning of Marines' Marine Charlie Bass and the courage of the few good men who would follow him anywhere--even to death. . .\\n"HARD TO PUT DOWN . . . Any book written by Cragg and Sherman is bound to be addictive, and this is the first in what promises to be a great adventure series. FIRST TO FIGHT is rousing, rugged, and just plain fun."
\\n--Ralph Peters, New York Times bestselling author of Red Army\\n\\n\\n Sherman and Cragg’s gritty military sci-fi series, Starfist, is now a must-have addition to your eBook library. For a limited time only, take advantage of this exciting opportunity -- buy School of Fire and get First to Fight for free!\\n https://images.isbndb.com/covers/62/24/9780345406224.jpg 2 2 Mass Market Paperback en Del Rey First to Fight (Starfist, Book 1) \N
+345453905 The Dean's List 396 1997 The Academic Life, Starring Professor Leland Edwards, A Man In His Fifties Who Lives With His Mother. While Infighting With The Other Profs, Edwards Pines For His Divorced Wife, Grieves For His Dead Son And Battles A Sexual Harassment Suit. A Character Study By The Author Of Rookery Blues. Jon Hassler. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/63/77/9780345416377.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en Ballantine Books The Dean's List t
+345455118 A Prayer for Owen Meany: A Novel (Ballantine Reader's Circle) 656 1997 John Irving. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/79/78/9780345417978.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Ballantine Books A Prayer for Owen Meany: A Novel (Ballantine Reader's Circle) \N
+345455371 Reunion: A Pip and Flinx novel (Adventures of Pip & Flinx) 342 2002 The wait is over! At last, New York Times bestselling author Alan Dean Foster returns to his acclaimed Humanx universe, where a young human orphan called Flinx seeks to unlock the dangerous secrets of his past and the uncertain prospects of his future with the aid of the formidable minidrag known as Pip.
"[Casey] is an astute observer of the ruses as well as the private confrontations that govern our behavior."
—The Washington Post Book World
In The Half-life of Happiness, National Book Award winner John Casey brings us a family portrait rendered with masterful precision—and unwavering compassion. On a spring afternoon in Virginia, progressive attorney Mike Reardon strolls downtown Charlottesville feeling terrific. He surveys the elements in his appealing life: filmmaker wife Joss, his clever and canny daughters, the bohemian characters that share his seven-acre haven on the Rivanna River.
But Mike's blissful certainty is to be short-lived. A friend's suicide and Joss's affair with a mercurial woman turn Mike's world upside-down. Then Mike discovers the erotic quicksilver of the political campaign and so begins a farcical run for office that consumes all their lives. Here too—through Casey's brilliant rendering of Mike's sensitive, perceptive daughters—is the story of two children who grow up painfully aware of their parents' strengths and weaknesses. Superbly plotted, buoyed with humor and hope, The Half-life of Happiness embraces the accidents and choices that shape our lives and the lives of those we love.
"Riveting and beautifully written." —San Francisco Chronicle-Examiner
"A major novelist at the top of his form, Casey captures not only the texture of individual lives, but the shape and momentum of all lives that begin with the best intentions, then stray off course. . . . A wise and forgiving book as well as an entertaining one."
—Chicago Tribune
There's a school of writing that seems to take as one of its tenets the idea that men who are excessively proud, clueless, insecure and ultimately emotionally helpless are really very interesting people, if we just get to know them a bit. To be fair, The Half-Life of Happiness isn't quite as Richard Ford-y as all that. John Casey -- whose Spartina won the 1989 National Book Award -- has peopled his new novel with carefully wrought characters, men and women (and children) alike, and almost every one has his or her little nasty streaks and curiously likable qualities. It's just that, ultimately, he wants us to feel the most sympathy for his main character, Mike Reardon (family man, lawyer, principled liberal). He might have succeeded if his narrative hadn't gotten bogged down with excess emotional and physical details.
Mike overexplains and overanalyzes everything, which annoys his two small daughters, Edith (from whose point of view part of the story is told) and Nora, and eventually helps alienate him from his wife, Joss, a maker of experimental films and a champion wisecracker. Mike's life suddenly plunges into turmoil: His closest friend commits suicide, his wife falls madly in love with another friend's girlfriend, and he decides, in one of his less-rational moments, to run for a congressional seat, a move that ends up causing embarrassment and distress for himself and his family. (His reasoning for running for office is never really clear, other than that, in his desperation, he has to race toward something.)
When Mike's friends and family gang up on him, accusing him (sometimes with jaunty bonhomie and sometimes with brutal coldness) of overdissecting everything, you feel a stab of sympathy for him -- he is, after all, just being the only kind of guy he knows how to be. But we lose patience with him before long because the whole novel is an overdissection, a tea tray piled too high with annoyingly witty dinner-party banter, dull descriptions of political machinations and tedious analysis of feelings. Shortly after learning of his wife's infidelity, Mike wanders unwittingly into a lesbian bar and, over a drink, gazes in befuddlement at a soap opera on TV: "On the screen, another man and a woman spoke to each other inconclusively, and the program was over. It occurred to him that he was caught in the daily episodes of a soap opera that Joss wrote, that Joss and Bonnie ... wrote. As in the soap opera he'd just seen, there was an underlying situation that everybody talked about without getting anywhere, without clarifying or resolving anything, without doing anything to move out of their semi-erotic miasma."
Casey knows how to make us feel something for his characters, but they're pinpricks of feeling scattered sparsely throughout a very long book -- neither the characters' emotional struggles nor the story is epic enough to engage us at such length. He has a gift for capturing and outlining fleeting, deeply confusing emotions with precision and clarity, but by the end of nearly 400 pages, it seems as if he's merely done a good job at pinning down so many butterflies' wings -- as if it were true that he who ends with the most wings, wins. -- Salon https://images.isbndb.com/covers/60/80/9780375706080.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Vintage The Half-life of Happiness \N
+345460731 Roads Not Taken: Tales of Alternate History 322 1998 Alternate History: The What-If? fiction that has finally come into its own! Shedding light on the past by exploring what could have happened, this bold genre tantalizes your imagination and challenges your perceptions with thrilling reinventions of humanity's most climactic events. Enter worlds that are at once fanciful and familiar, where fact and fiction meld in a provocative landscape of infinite possibilities. . . .\\n"An Ink from the New Moon" by A. A. Attanasio
\\n"We Could Do Worse" by Gregory Benford
\\n"The West Is Red" by Greg Costikyan
\\n"The Forest of Time" by Michael F. Flynn
\\n"Southpaw" by Bruce McAllister
\\n"Over There" by Mike Resnick
\\n"An Outpost of the Empire" by Robert Silverberg
\\n"Aristotle and the Gun" by L. Sprague de Camp
\\n"Must and Shall" by Harry Turtledove
\\n"How I Lost the Second World War and Helped Turn Back the German Invasion" by Gene Wolfe\\nWith these dazzling stories, discover just how different things might have been! https://images.isbndb.com/covers/19/44/9780345421944.jpg 2 2 Mass Market Paperback en Del Rey Roads Not Taken: Tales of Alternate History \N
+345462157 Dragonholder 128 1999 Todd J. Mccaffrey. A Del Rey Book--t.p. Verso. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/21/70/9780345422170.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en Del Rey Dragonholder \N
+034910509X Brave Dames and Wimpettes: What Women Are Really Doing on Page and Screen (Library of Contemporary Thought) 159 1999 In this look at the role of women on page and screen, Susan Isaacs argues that assertive, ethical women characters are losing ground to wounded, shallow sisters who are driven by what she calls the articles of wimpette philosophy. ("Article Six: A wimpette betrays other women, including her friends.") Although female roles today include lawyers like Ally McBeal and CEOs like Ronnie of Veronica's Closet, they are wimpettes nonetheless. A brave dame, on the other hand, is a dignified, three-dimensional hero who may care about men, home, and hearth, but also cares - and acts - passionately about something in the world beyond. Brave dames' stories range from mundane (Mary Richards in The Mary Tyler Moore Show) to romantic (Katharine Hepburn in Adam's Rib) to fantastic (Lucy Lawless in Xena: Warrior Princess), but whatever they do, they care about justice and carry themselves with self-respect and decency. For a Really Brave Dame, think Frances McDormand as the tenacious, pregnant police chief in Fargo. Isaacs's unmistakable love of fiction and film shines through even her most scathing wimpette assessments. In the end, she urges us to become "smarter consumers of art." https://images.isbndb.com/covers/28/11/9780345422811.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Ballantine Books Brave Dames and Wimpettes: What Women Are Really Doing on Page and Screen (Library of Contemporary Thought) \N
+349109931 The Magic Circle: A Novel 560 1999
When her cousin is slain by an unknown assassin, Ariel Behn becomes the sole heir to a family legacy: a sinister cache of manuscripts that thrusts her into the deadly center of international intrigue—and an age-old enigma that spans the centuries. Whoever assembles and interprets the cryptic clues of this ancient mystery will possess the power to control the fate of the world.
What strange powers lie hidden within the manuscripts? Splashed against a lavish backdrop that sweeps from the rise of the Roman Empire to the fall of the Berlin Wall, THE MAGIC CIRCLE finds one woman standing at the center of it all: Ariel Behn. As she races across continents to reveal the dark secrets buried in her family's past, she begins to unlock the chilling truth of the coming millennium. . . .
Now in its fifth hit season, Babylon 5—TV's hottest interstellar science fiction phenomenon—has spawned its own series of definitive episode guides! Catch up on all the action, show by show, from the very beginning with the Babylon 5: Season by Season guidebooks.
Filled with stunning revelations and explosive plot twists and turns, Babylon 5: No Surrender, No Retreat sums up the spellbinding fourth season. Culminating in some of the most dramatic events in television history, Captain Sheridan is pronounced missing and presumed dead on Z'ha'dum, while Delenn feverishly rallies support for an all-out offensive against the invading Shadow forces. Internal strife on Centauri erupts in a shocking and violent betrayal. Garibaldi resigns as Security Chief and turns to treachery, plotting against his comrades. And Earth launches a war against Babylon 5.
From "The Hour of the Wolf" through the shattering finale of "The Deconstruction of Falling Stars," B5 expert Jane Killick's episode-by-episode summaries and analyses capture all the action and intrigue of Babylon 5 circa 2261—"the year everything changed."
Veteran viewers or first-time fans, relive the adventure—or find out what you've been missing—with the complete companion volumes to Babylon 5! https://images.isbndb.com/covers/45/01/9780345424501.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Del Rey Babylon 5: No Surrender, No Retreat \N +373025858 The River Where Blood Is Born (Ballantine Reader's Circle) 432 1998
This astonishing novel takes us on a journey along the river of one family's history, carving a course across two centuries and three continents, from ancient Africa into today's America. Here, through the lives of Mother Africa's many daughters, we come to understand the real meaning of roots: the captive Proud Mary, who has been savagely punished for refusing to relinquish her child to slavery; Earlene, who witnesses her father's murder at the hands of the Ku Klux Klan; Big Momma, a modern-day matriarch who can make a woman of a girl; proud and sassy Cinnamon Brown, whose wild abandon hides a bitter loss; and smart, ambitious Alma, who is torn between the love of a man and the song of her soul.
In The River Where Blood Is Born, the seen and unseen worlds are seamlessly joined—the spirit realms where the great river goddess and ancestor mothers watch over the lives of their descendants, both the living and those not yet born. Stringing beads of destiny, they work to lead one daughter back to her source. But what must Alma sacrifice to honor the River Mother's call?
MAKE WAY FOR GARFIELD!
The tubby tabby is back, and he's livin' larger than ever! So whether he's enveloping Pooky in his Herculean hug, arguing with the talking scale, or munching on his masterpiece, the Leaning Tower of Pizza, GARFIELD's motto is always the same: Bigger IS better! https://images.isbndb.com/covers/23/91/9780345432391.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Ballantine Books Garfield: Life to the Fullest: His 34th Book \N
+373117590 Newton's Cannon (The Age of Unreason, Book 1) 384 1999 A dazzling quest whose outcome will raise humanity to unparalleled heights of glory--or ring down a curtain of endless night . . .\\n1681: When Sir Isaac Newton turns his restless mind to the ancient art of alchemy, he unleashes Philosopher's Mercury, a primal source of matter and a key to manipulating the four elements of Earth, Air, Fire, and Water. Now, as France and England battle for its control, Louis XIV calls for a new weapon--a mysterious device known only as Newton's Cannon.\\nHalf a world away, a young apprentice named Benjamin Franklin stumbles across a dangerous secret. Pursued by a deadly enemy--half scientist, half sorcerer--Ben makes his fugitive way to England. Only Newton himself can help him now. But who will help Sir Isaac? For he was not the first to unleash the Philosopher's Mercury. Others were there before him. Creatures as scornful of science as they are of mankind. And burning to be rid of both . . . https://images.isbndb.com/covers/37/87/9780345433787.jpg 2 2 Mass Market Paperback en Del Rey Newton's Cannon (The Age of Unreason, Book 1) \N
+373120826 Pegasus in Space 384 2000 In A Triumphant Career Spanning More Than Thirty Years, Anne Mccaffrey Has Won The Acclaim Of Critics, The Devotion Of Millions Of Fans, And Awards Too Numerous To Mention. Her Bestselling Dragonriders Of Pern Rm Series Is Counted Among The Masterpieces Of Modern Science Fiction, A Work Whose Popularity Continues To Grow As New Generations Of Readers Discover The Literary Magic Only Anne Mccaffrey Can Provide. Now That Magic Is Back, Displayed As Breathtakingly As Ever In The Exciting And Long-awaited Addition Of Mccaffrey's Classic Pegasus Series -- And The Perfect Link To Her Bestselling Rowan Saga ... For An Overpopulated Earth Whose Resources Are Strained To The Breaking Point, There Is Only One Place To Look For Relief: Straight Up. With The Successful Completion Of The Padrugoi Space Station, Humanity Has At Last Achieved Its First Large-scale Permanent Presence In Space. Additional Bases Are Feverishly Being Built On The Moon And On Mars, Stepping Stones To The Greatest Adventure In All History: The Colonization Of Alien Worlds. Already Long-range Telescopes Have Identified A Number Of A Habitable Planets Orbiting The Stars Of Distant Galaxies. Now It's Just A Question Of Getting There. But There Are Those Who, For Selfish Motives Of Their Own, Want Padrugoi And The Other Outposts To Fail. People Who Will Stop At Nothing To Maintain Their Power Or To Revenge Its Loss. Standing In Their Way Are The Talented, Men And Women Gifted With Extraordinary Mental Powers That Have Made Them As Feared As They Are Respected -- And Utterly Indispensable To The Colonization Effort. There Is Peter Reidinger, A Teenage Paraplegic Who Happens To Be The Strongest Telekinetic Ever, His Mindcapable Of Teleporting Objects And People Thousands Of Miles In The Blink Of An Eye. Yet All His Power Cannot Repair His Damaged Spine Or Allow Him To Feel The Gentle Touch Of A Loved One ... Rhyssa Owen, The Powerful Telepath And Mother Hen To Peter And The Rest Of Her Children--and A Fierce, Unrelenting Fighter Against The Prejudice That Would Deny The Talented The Right To Lead Happy And Productive Lives ... And Amariyah, An Orphan Girl Who Loves Two Things In The World Above All Others: Gardening And Peter Reidinger. And Woe To Anyone Who Harms Either One Of Them -- For The Young Girl's Talent May Prove To Be The Most Amazing Of All. Now, As Sabotage And Attempted Murder Strike The Station, It's Up To The Talented To Save The Day. Only Who's Going To Save The Talented? Anne Mccaffrey. A Del Rey Book--t.p. Verso https://images.isbndb.com/covers/46/61/9780345434661.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en Del Rey Pegasus in Space \N
+374130264 Norah (Orchard Valley Trilogy #3) (Harlequin Romance #3244) 188 1992 Debbie Macomber. Orchard Valley--cover. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/24/40/9780373032440.jpg 2 2 Mass Market Paperback en Harlequin Norah (Orchard Valley Trilogy #3) (Harlequin Romance #3244) \N
+373122632 Windchill Summer: A Novel (Ballantine Reader's Circle) 432 2001 “A CAPTIVATING READ . . . WINDCHILL SUMMER HAS ALL THE ELEMENTS. . . . A LITTLE MYSTERY, SOME HUMOR,
\\n[AND] A DASH OF CHARM.”
\\n–The Denver Post
\\n
\\n“WONDERFULLY SATISFYING AND APPEALING . . . It’s the summer of 1969 in a place called Sweet Valley, Arkansas. Cherry and Baby [are] soon to be college seniors at the dinky university just a few miles away. . . . It all looks like a pleasant, predictable American life, but a long second look reveals that things aren’t exactly what they seem to be. . . . [Mailer] loves her characters, and we fall in love with them, too.”
\\n–The Washington Post Book World
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\\n“IN GENTLY ROLLING SOUTHERN CADENCES, MAILER CAPTURES THE HORMONAL UPS AND DOWNS OF YOUNG WOMEN TEETERING ON THE VERGE OF ADULTHOOD.”
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\\n“THIS WINSOME COMING-OF-AGE NOVEL OFFERS MUCH TO MANY. Cherry, the narrator, is my kind of woman: good-looking, straight-talking, and able to describe what it’s like to get amorous when you’re wearing ten thousand petticoats. Most important, she’s willing to decide for herself what’s true.”
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+373152736 Meeting Luciano (Ballantine Reader's Circle) 272 2000
To Hanako Shimoda, recently divorced, Luciano Pavarotti is a god. To her daughter, Emily, this fixation on Pavarotti is a harmless fantasy, the byproduct of loneliness. Meeting Luciano is the story of what happens when Hanako acts on her fantasy and invites opera star Pavarotti to dinner in their Westchester County home.Emily, with no real career plan, has gone back after college to work at her old summer job - waiting tables at the local Japanese steakhouse. Even worse than wearing a fake kimono and obi is that she's living at home with her mother. At first, her mom seems pretty much her old self - still reliving her Japanese childhood; still affecting the airs of a European sophisticate; still brewing espresso, cooking Italian, and singing arias from Rigoletto while she cleans; still idolizing Luciano Pavarotti.But when Hanako hires Alex, a handsome Greek, to renovate the kitchen, Emily begins to worry. And when Alex, who seems to be getting very cozy with her mother, spills the secret that the renovation is in preparation for a visit from Pavarotti, Emily is thrown into a wonderfully familiar quandary: how to deal with a parent who might be losing it. First-time novelist Anna Esaki-Smith has a wry, understated approach to the themes of assimilation, growing up, striking out on shaky ground, finding yourself - and loving your mother. Like a reflecting pool in a Japanese garden, Meeting Luciano gradually reveals the beauty of its subtle design. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/68/25/9780345436825.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Ballantine Books Meeting Luciano (Ballantine Reader's Circle) \N
+373163789 The Bartered Bride (The Bride Trilogy) 336 2002 Mary Jo Putney. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/70/51/9780345437051.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en Ballantine Books The Bartered Bride (The Bride Trilogy) \N
+373218079 Catching Heaven: A Novel (Ballantine Reader's Circle) 400 2001 The complex bond and unspoken resentments between sisters . . . the aching search for home and connection and community . . . the ever-changing landscape of family and those who define it . . . Sands Hall weaves these powerful elements into a novel ripe with discovery and wonder.
The Other End of the Leash shares a revolutionary, new perspective on our relationship with dogs, focusing on our behavior in comparison with that of dogs. An applied animal behaviorist and dog trainer with more than twenty years experience, Dr. Patricia McConnell looks at humans as just another interesting species, and muses about why we behave the way we do around our dogs, how dogs might interpret our behavior, and how to interact with our dogs in ways that bring out the best in our four-legged friends.
After all, although humans and dogs share a remarkable relationship that is unique in the animal world, we are still two entirely different species, each shaped by our individual evolutionary heritage. Quite simply, humans are primates and dogs are canids (like wolves, coyotes, and foxes). Since we each speak a different native tongue, a lot gets lost in the translation.
The Other End of the Leash demonstrates how even the slightest changes in your voice and the way you stand can help your dog understand what you want. Once you start to think about your own behavior from the perspective of your dog, you’ll understand why much of what appears to be doggy-disobedience is simply a case of miscommunication. Inside you will learn
• How to use your voice so that your dog is more likely to do what you ask.
• Why “getting dominance” over your dog is a bad idea.
• Why “rough and tumble primate play” can lead to trouble–and how to play with your dog in ways that are fun and keep him out of trouble.
• How dogs and humans share personality types–and why most dogs want to live with benevolent leaders rather than “alphawannabees!”
In her own insightful, compelling style, Patricia McConnell combines wonderful true stories about people and dogs with a new, accessible scientific perspective on how they should behave around each other. This is a book that strives to help you make the most of life with your dog, and to prevent problems that might arise in that most rewarding of relationships.
With a gift for creating lush, evocative settings that instantly transport the reader to intoxicating places, Candice Proctor now turns her remarkable talents to the dazzling splendor of old New Orleans, where the air is fragrant with mock orange and sweet olive–and danger wafts on the gentle southern breeze. . . .
Widow Emmanuelle de Beauvais devotes herself tirelessly to the sick and injured of a grand city now occupied by the enemy. Then a night of unspeakable terror puts Emmanuelle at the center of a murder investigation and under the watchful eye of Yankee provost marshal Zachary Cooper. Although she despises the uniform and the war it represents, she finds the man who wears it impossible to resist.
Zach Cooper has never been bewitched by a woman. Even as Emmanuelle veils every truth with layers of lies, he finds himself undeniably drawn to her. Torn between passion and duty, Zach must uncover the dark secrets surrounding a series of murders that threaten to ensnare Emmanuelle in their menacing web. . . .
Then tragedy strikes: Sripathi's daughter and her husband have been killed in a car accident. Their seven-year-old child, Nandana, is about to become Sripathi's reluctant ward. Yet Nandana has never met her grandfather, has never been to India, and hasn't spoken a word since the tragedy. When Sripathi brings Nandana to India, life suddenly changes for everyone in the family, and the worn threads of Sripathi's world begin to unravel. Small, silent Nandana may be the one person who can bring harmony into the house and hope back into her grandfather's life.
Steeped in the colors, customs, and sensuality of India, The Hero's Walk presents a family in all its messy, glorious contradictions. With insight, humor, and compassion, The Hero's Walk shows the potential for heroism in ordinary lives.
Author Biography: Born and educated in India, Anita Rau Badami has published short stories in numerous literary magazines and journals and is the author of Tamarind Mem, a novel. She is the recipient of the Marian Engel Award, and The Hero's Walk was a finalist for the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize.
Anita Rau Badami lives in Vancouver with her husband and son.
When SUGAR BUSTERS! hit the shelves almost five years ago, it quickly became a diet and lifestyle phenomenon, soaring to the number one spot on the New York Times bestseller list and embraced by millions of people across the country. Those satisfied individuals on the SUGAR BUSTERS! plan discovered that by simply choosing the correct carbohydrates and lowering their sugar intake, they could shed the pounds they failed to lose with other diets. Now the weight-loss program that swept the nation has been completely revised and updated–incorporating all the newest nutritional findings, health statistics, and scientific studies, including the latest on glycemic levels.
Based on sound dietary principles, SUGAR BUSTERS! remains a highly effective program that shows you how to reduce the sugar in your life (without feeling deprived) through easy-to-follow recipes and meal plans. In this new edition, you will discover
• A discussion on prevention, still the best medicine
• Amazing testimonials from men and women who are still losing weight and feeling fit the SUGAR BUSTERS! way
• Frequently asked questions–direct from the SUGAR BUSTERS! Web site– along with helpful answers
• A special section on childhood obesity–how to measure it and what to do about it
• Hard facts on soft drinks
• The latest on diabetes–and how SUGAR BUSTERS! can help prevent it
• A Body Mass Index (BMI) chart and Calculation Formula to determine if you are obese or merely overweight
• An expanded discussion of our ancestor’s diet, which was whole-grain, high-fiber, and low-glycemic–just like SUGAR BUSTERS!
• Essential facts on women, weight loss, and nutrition
• New tips, updated charts, new recipes, and practical exercise suggestions
• Handy information on how SUGAR BUSTERS! compares with other diet plans, from Atkins to Ornish
So arm yourself with the facts and get the figure you’ve always wanted. When it comes to optimal wellness on the SUGAR BUSTERS! program, it’s survival of the fittest–a way of life in which everybody wins!
“Frightening, sensual . . . A psychological, mythological sojourn . . . Anne Rice will live on through the ages of literature. . . . To read her is to become giddy as if spinning through the mind of time.”
\\n–San Francisco Chronicle\\nQUEEN OF THE DAMNED
\\nAkasha, the queen of the damned, has risen from a six-thousand-year sleep to let loose the powers of the night. She has a marvelously devious plan to “save” mankind–in this vivid novel of the erotic, electrifying world of the undead.\\n
“With The Queen of the Damned, Anne Rice has created universes within universes, traveling back in time as far as ancient, pre-pyramidic Egypt and journeying from the frozen mountain peaks of Nepal to the crowded, sweating streets of southern Florida.”
\\n–Los Angeles Times https://images.isbndb.com/covers/63/42/9780345456342.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Ballantine Books The Vampire Chronicles Collection, Volume 1(Cover may vary) \N
+373706146 Grail Prince 510 2003 In The Wake Of King Arthur's Death, Galahad, The Young Son Of Lancelot, Embarks On A Perilous Quest To Find The Holy Grail, A Journey In Which The Entire Future Of Britain Is At Stake. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/64/89/9780345456489.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Del Rey Grail Prince \N
+373761694 Crimson Skies 320 2002 welcome To The World Of Crimson Skies. The United States Is A Land Torn Apart By Epidemic And War. With Chaos On The Ground, America’s Highways Have Been Forced Into The Skies, A Lawless New Frontier Where The Flying Ace—hero, Pirate, Villain—is King. Here Are The Exciting, Danger-packed Adventures Of Three Such Daredevils.
the Case Of The Phantom Prototype. A Hefty Payday Convinced Dogfight Genius Paladin Blake To Fly A Top-secret Aircraft Into The Mojave Desert. But On This Job, Blake Must Not Only Save Himself, But Thousands Of Others Slated For Death By An Unseen Foe.
“genghis” Kahn & The Manchurian Gambit. Why Is The Notorious Leader Of The Red Skull Legion Pirate Gang Rescuing A Lady In Distress, Returning Gold, And Duking It Out In Blazing Air Battles From Manhattan To Manchuria With No Plunder In Sight? Wonders Never Cease.
bayou Blues. Ever Since Flying Ace Nathan Zachary Made A Pirate Ship Out Of A Stolen Zeppelin, The Gentleman Air-pirate And His “fortune Hunters” Gang Have Roamed The Globe In Search Of Money, Fame, And Adventure. But A Double-dealing Cajun Sky-thief, A Crooked Businessman, And A Pair Of Star-crossed Lovers May Just Trump This Ace In A High-stakes, High-altitude Con Game.
swashbuckling Adventures Of Your Favorite Flying Aces, In All Their Guts And Glory, Against A Backdrop Of Blazing
crimson Skies Crimson Skies, Xbox, And The Xbox Logos Are Either Registered Trademarks Or Trademarks Of Microsoft Corporation In The United States And/or Other Countries. Used Under License. Copyright© 2001 Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
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+373802048 A Man Rides Through (Mordant's Need, Book 2) 661 2003 in the Mirror Of Her Dreams, The Dazzling First Volume Of Mordant’s Need, new York Times Bestselling Author Stephen R. Donaldson Introduced Us To The Richly Imagined World Of Mordant, Where Mirrors Are Magical Portals Into Places Of Beauty And Terror. Now, With a Man Rides Through, Donaldson Brings The Story Of Terisa Morgan To An Unforgettable Conclusion. . . .
aided By The Powerful Magic Of Vagel, The Evil Arch-imager, The Merciless Armies Are Marching Against The Kingdom Of Mordant. In Its Hour Of Greatest Need, Two Unlikely Champions Emerge. One Is Geraden, Whose Inability To Master The Simplest Skills Of Imagery Has Made Him A Laughingstock. The Other Is Terisa Morgan, Transferred To Mordant From A Manhattan Apartment By Geraden’s Faulty Magic. Together, Geraden And Terisa Discover Undreamed-of Talents Within Themselves—talents That Make Them More Than A Match For Any Imager . . . Including Vagel Himself.
unfortunately, Those Talents Also Mark Them For Death. Branded As Traitors, They Are Forced To Flee The Castle For Their Lives. Now, All But Defenseless In A War-torn Countryside Ravaged By The Vilest Horrors Imagery Can Spawn, Geraden And Terisa Must Put Aside Past Failures And Find The Courage To Embrace Their Powers—and Their Love—before Vagel Can Spring His Final Trap.
Forged from the Ruins\\nA planet ravaged by the apocalyptic blast of 2001 gave birth to a new world of savagery — and a new breed of hero. In a land where violence rules with absolute authority, Ryan Cawdor and his wayfarer survivalists roam the strange, nascent twenty-second century, living by their own creed of honor as they continue their search for a sanctuary they can call home.\\nEternal Quest\\nIn what was once the nuclear testing ground of the predark world, the Marshall Islands are now the kingdom of the grotesque Lord Baron Kinnison. Here in this world of slavery and brutality the companions have fought a fierce war for survival, on land and sea — yet the crafty baron still conspires to destroy these interlopers. Activating a twentieth-century hot air balloon left untouched by the blast, they escape to the neighboring pirate-ruled Forbidden Island, with the baron's sec men in hot pursuit — and become trapped in a war for total supremacy of this water world.\\nNot even Deathlands can deny the human will to survive. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/56/59/9780373625659.jpg 2 2 Mass Market Paperback en Gold Eagle Shadow Fortress (Deathlands) \N +374525404 Scorched Earth (Destroyer Series, No. 105) 349 1996 A single superheated zap from an invisible object in space literally vaporizes the Biobubble habitat scientists. More sizzling attacks are followed by eyewitness sightings of giant Cyrillic letters in the sky. As the White House and Pentagon hastily cover up in reflective tinfoil to ward off the deadly rays, ZRemo and Chiun are dispatched to Russia to stop these stealth attacks before World War III really scorches the planet. Original. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/22/06/9780373632206.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Gold Eagle Scorched Earth (Destroyer Series, No. 105) \N +380709546 The Coming Anarchy: Shattering the Dreams of the Post Cold War 224 2001 Robert D. Kaplan. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/75/99/9780375707599.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Vintage The Coming Anarchy: Shattering the Dreams of the Post Cold War \N +374525757 Bamboo Dragon (Destroyer #108) (The Destroyer) 349 1997 When a group of scientists is attacked deep in the Malaysian jungle, only one makes it out alive. And his tale of the vicious beast that killed his colleagues is bizarre, to say the least. As a special mission, Remo is sent to search for the tropical monster--and finds himself closing in on something big, dangerous and undreamed-of deep in the rainforest's heart. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/22/37/9780373632237.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Gold Eagle Bamboo Dragon (Destroyer #108) (The Destroyer) \N +374526001 Iceblood (Outlanders, 7) 352 1998 Kane and his companions race to find a piece of the Chintamanti Stone, which they believe to have power over the collective mind of the evil Archons. Their journey sees them foiled by a Russian mystic named Zakat in Manhattan, and there is another dangerous encounter waiting for them in the Kun Lun mountains of China. One man's quest for power unleashes a cataclysm in America's wastelands. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/82/08/9780373638208.jpg 2 2 Mass Market Paperback en Gold Eagle Iceblood (Outlanders, 7) \N +1590590465 Boys Will Be Boys: Breaking the Link Between Masculinity and Violence 386 2019 this Well-researched, Straightforward, Realistic Examination Of The Problem Of Male Violence Exposes The Ways In Which Americans Encourage Violence In Their Sons. Miedzian ...
In the 1960's and 1970's, American professor Norton Dodge forayed on his own in the Soviet Union, bought the work of underground "unofficial" artists, and brought it out himself or arranged to have it shipped illegally to the United States. John McPhee investigates Dodge's clandestine activities in the service of dissident Soviet art, his motives for his work, and the fates of several of the artists whose lives he touched. The Ransom of Russian Art is a suspenseful, chilling, and fascinating report on a covert operation like no other.
Highly regarded throughout her prestigious literary career, and today seen as an undeniable master of her art, Elizabeth Bishop remains one of America's most influential and widely acclaimed poets. This is the definitive collection of her work. The Complete Poems includes the books North & South, A Cold Spring, Questions of Travel, and Geography III, as well as previously uncollected poems, translations, and juvenilia. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/81/72/9780374518172.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Farrar, Straus and Giroux The Complete Poems: 1927-1979 \N +375701206 Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories 235 1984 Who better to investigate the literary spirit world than that supreme connoisseur of the unexpected, Roald Dahl? Of the many permutations of the macabre or bizarre, Dahl was always especially fascinated by the classic ghost story. As he realtes in the erudite introduction to this volume, he read some 749 supernatural tales at the British Museum Library before selecting the 14 that comprise this anthology. "Spookiness is, after all, the real purpose of the ghost story," Dahl writes. "It should give you the creeps and disturb your thoughts." For this superbly disquieting collection, Dahl offers favorite tales by such masterful storytellers as E. F. Benson, J. Sheridan Le Fanu, Rosemary Timperley, and Edith Wharton.\\n\\n\\n A collection of frightening and spoooky stories by such authors as Robert Aickman, L.P. Hartley, E.F. Benson, Rosemary Timperley, and F. Marion Crawford. "This is the best book of its kind in years."--- Washington Post Book World.\\n https://images.isbndb.com/covers/86/84/9780374518684.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Farrar, Straus and Giroux Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories \N +375701915 The Land of Ulro 304 2000 This major prose work, originally published in English in 1985, is both a moving spiritual self-portrait and an unflinching inquiry into the genesis of our modern afflictions. A man who was raised a Catholic in rural Lithuania, lived through the Nazi occupation of Poland, and emerged, first in Europe and then in America, as one of our most important men of letters, speaks here of the inherited dilemmas of our civilization in a voice recognizable for its honesty and passion. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/93/77/9780374519377.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Farrar, Straus and Giroux The Land of Ulro \N +375702008 Oriental Tales 160 1986 This collection includes: How Wand-fo was Saved, Marko's Smile, The Milk of Death, The Last Love of Princess Genji, The Man Who Loved the Nereids, Our Lady of the Swallows, Aphrodissia; the Widow, Kali Beheaded, The End of Marko Kraljevic, The Sadness of Cornelius Berg, and a Postscript by the Author.
This volume brings together all of Berryman’s poetry, except for his epic The Dream Songs, ranging from his earliest unpublished poem (1934) to those written in the last months of his life (1972). A definitive edition of one of America’s most distinguished poets.
Shosha is a hauntingly lyrical love story set in Jewish Warsaw on the eve of its annihilation. Aaron Greidinger, an aspiring Yiddish writer and the son of a distinguished Hasidic rabbi, struggles to be true to his art when faced with the chance at riches and a passport to America. But as he and the rest of the Writers' Club wait in horror for Nazi Germany to invade Poland, Aaron rediscovers Shosha, his childhood love-still living on Krochmalna Street, still mysteriously childlike herself-who has been waiting for him all these years.
Written while Federico García Lorca was a student at Columbia University in 1929-30, Poet in New York is one of the most important books Lorca produced, and certainly one of the most important books ever published about New York City. Indeed, it is a book that changed the direction of poetry in both Spain and the Americas, a pathbreaking and defining work of modern literature.
In honor of the poet's centenary, the celebrated Lorca scholar Christopher Maurer has revised this strange, timeless, and vital book of verse, using much previously unavailable or untranslated material: Lorca's own manuscript of the entire book; witty and insightful letters from the poet to his family describing his feelings about America and his temporary home there (a dorm room in Columbia's John Jay Hall); the annotated photographs which accompany those letters; and a prose poem missing from previous editions. Complementing these new addtions are extensive notes and letters, revised versions of all the poems, and an interpretive lectures by Lorca himself.
An excellent introduction to the work of one of the key figures of modern poetry, this bilingual edition of Poet in New York is also a thrilling exposition of the American city in the 20th century.
No book before this one has rendered the story of cigarettes — mankind's most common self-destructive instrument and its most profitable consumer product — with such sweep and enlivening detail.
Here for the first time, in a story full of the complexities and contradictions of human nature, all the strands of the historical process — financial, social, psychological, medical, political, and legal — are woven together in a riveting narrative. The key characters are the top corporate executives, public health investigators, and antismoking activists who have clashed ever more stridently as Americans debate whether smoking should be closely regulated as a major health menace.
We see tobacco spread rapidly from its aboriginal sources in the New World 500 years ago, as it becomes increasingly viewed by some as sinful and some as alluring, and by government as a windfall source of tax revenue. With the arrival of the cigarette in the late-nineteenth century, smoking changes from a luxury and occasional pastime to an everyday — to some, indispensable — habit, aided markedly by the exuberance of the tobacco huskers.
This free-enterprise success saga grows shadowed, from the middle of this century, as science begins to understand the cigarette's toxicity. Ironically the more detailed and persuasive the findings by medical investigators, the more cigarette makers prosper by seeming to modify their product with filters and reduced dosages of tar and nicotine.
We see the tobacco manufacturers come under intensifying assault as a rogue industry for knowingly and callously plying their hazardous wares while insisting that the health charges against them (a) remain unproven, and (b) are universally understood, so smokers indulge at their own risk.
Among the eye-opening disclosures here: outrageous pseudo-scientific claims made for cigarettes throughout the '30s and '40s, and the story of how the tobacco industry and the National Cancer Institute spent millions to develop a "safer" cigarette that was never brought to market.
Dealing with an emotional subject that has generated more heat than light, this book is a dispassionate tour de force that examines the nature of the companies' culpability, the complicity of society as a whole, and the shaky moral ground claimed by smokers who are now demanding recompense
Warnings, bulletins and cautionary tales about the dangers of cigarette smoking have combined scare tactics and semi-friendly advice for years. But in Ashes to Ashes -- Richard Kluger's incisive, funny and altogether magisterial new book about America's love affair with nicotine -- we've finally got a book that chronicles the chilling rise of Big Tobacco, and puts our deadliest little habit into perspective as a phenomenon that colors virtually every facet of American business, culture and identity.
Ashes to Ashes weighs in at a whopping 832 pages, but Kluger -- previously the author of The Paper, an equally detailed study of the celebrated New York Herald Tribune -- doesn't waste a word. We follow tobacco's history in America from its cultivation by English settlers in Virginia (unlike many products, it thrived in the porous clay soil and the quasi-tropical climate of the American South) to its status as a cash crop that rescued the southern states from the economic ravages of the Civil War. Just as notably, Kluger has a firm grasp on the myriad roles that cigarettes have played in our culture: as boredom killer; talisman for Bogie and Bette in the movies; the soldier's best friend.
With a novelist's vivid characterizations and firm tone, Kluger's book examines the emergence f the major players of the cigarette industry. Yet the bulk of Ashes to Ashes is an exacting look at the rise of Philip Morris. The company has dramatically expanded its market share, most notably in 1954 when Marlboro (originally created as a woman's brand) was re-introduced. Thanks largely to Marlboro's success, Philip Morris went on to dominate the industry. Later, in the 1980s, it acquired companies whose products -- from beer to frozen vegetables -- would insulate it from the growing negative attention paid to the company's core business.
To Kluger's credit, his journalism is shot through with humanity and more than a little compassion for smokers themselves. He uses sobering statistics and information (much of it never before published) rather than noisy emotion to reveal both the dangers of smoking and the wildly duplicitous positions the big tobacco makers have taken over the years. There's no good advice, the old saw goes, like a good scare. If Ashes to Ashes doesn't get you to quit, maybe nothing will. -- Salon https://images.isbndb.com/covers/03/61/9780375700361.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Vintage Ashes to Ashes: America's Hundred-Year Cigarette War, the Public Health, and the Unabashed Triumph of Philip Morris \N +375824944 Julius Knipl, Real Estate Photographer: The Beauty Supply District (Pantheon Graphic Library) 120 2003 join Julius Knipl, Real Estate Photographer, On A Leisurely Stroll Past The Institute For Soup-nut Research And The Municipal Birthmark Registry. Savor The Smell Of A Phone Booth, Circa 1961. Sign Up For A Guided Tour Of The Oldest Continually Vacant Storefront In America. Attend A Championship Grave-digging Competition, Or, Should You Feel You've Wasted Yet Another Day, You Can Check In For Help At A Local Misspent Youth Center.in "the Beauty Supply District," A New Twenty-four-page Story, Knipl Attends An Evening Concert And Unwittingly Enters The World Of Wholesale Empathizers And Chiaroscuro Brokers Who Make The Decisions Critical To The Production Of Aesthetic Pleasure In All Its Forms — From The Shape Of An Olive Jar To The Score Of A String Quartet.
Booker Prize Finalist
"Wickedly funny." —The New York Times
Imagine an England where all the pubs are quaint, where the Windsors behave themselves (mostly), where the cliffs of Dover are actually white, and where Robin Hood and his merry men really are merry. This is precisely what visionary tycoon, Sir Jack Pitman, seeks to accomplish on the Isle of Wight, a "destination" where tourists can find replicas of Big Ben (half size), Princess Di's grave, and even Harrod's (conveniently located inside the tower of London).
Martha Cochrane, hired as one of Sir Jack's resident "no-people," ably assists him in realizing his dream. But when this land of make-believe gradually gets horribly and hilariously out of hand, Martha develops her own vision of the perfect England. Julian Barnes delights us with a novel that is at once a philosophical inquiry, a burst of mischief, and a moving elegy about authenticity and nationality.
About the Author
Daniel Clowes was born in Chicago in 1961. He is the creator of the comic book Eightball, twenty-one issues of which have been published to date. His work has appeared in Esquire, The New Yorker, Vogue, Time and Thora Birch and directed by Terry Zwigoff ("Crumb"), will be released in 2001 by MGM. He lives in California.
Perhaps the most readable and accessible of the great works of scientific imagination, The Origin of Species sold out on the day it was published in 1859. Theologians quickly labeled Charles Darwin the most dangerous man in England, and, as the Saturday Review noted, the uproar over the book quickly "passed beyond the bounds of the study and lecture-room into the drawing-room and the public street." Yet, after reading it, Darwin's friend and colleague T. H. Huxley had a different reaction: "How extremely stupid not to have thought of that."
Based largely on Darwin's experience as a naturalist while on a five-year voyage aboard H.M.S. Beagle, The Origin of Species set forth a theory of evolution and natural selection that challenged contemporary beliefs about divine providence and the immutability of species. A landmark contribution to philosophical and scientific thought, this edition also includes an introductory historical sketch and a glossary Darwin later added to the original text.
Charles Darwin grew up considered, by his own account, "a very ordinary boy, rather below the common standard of intellect." A quirk of fate kept him from the career his father had deemed appropriate—that of a country parson—when a botanist recommended Darwin for an appointment as a naturalist aboard H.M.S. Beagle from 1831 to 1836. Darwin is also the author of the five-volume work Zoology of the Voyage of the Beagle (1839) and The Descent of Man (1871). https://images.isbndb.com/covers/14/62/9780375751462.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Modern Library The Origin of Species (Modern Library (Paperback)) \N +380726289 Little Saint (Modern Library (Paperback)) 300 2001 in The Early 1970s, Hannah Green And Her Husband Came Upon A Small Village Called Conques, Curled Like A Conch Shell In The Mountains Of South-central France. Entranced, She Returned To This Numinous Place Again And Again, Drawn To The Story Of The Little Saint Whose Spirit Fills The Lives Of The People There. Housed In The Village's Yellow Stone Basilica Sits The Gold Reliquary Of Sainte Foy, Who Was Beheaded In The Fourth Century For Refusing To Deny Her Faith Before A Roman Consul. Little Saint, A Book Written In Ecstasy, Is At Once A Moving And Passionate Tribute To Sainte Foy, A Lyrical Evocation Of Daily Life In Conques, And A Vivid Chronicle Of The Author's Intensely Felt Spiritual Journey.
Through Fanny Price, the heroine of Mansfield Park, Jane Austen views the social mores of her day and contemplates human nature itself. A shy and sweet-tempered girl adopted by wealthy relations, Fanny is an outsider looking in on an unfamiliar, and often inhospitable, world. But Fanny eventually wins the affection of her benefactors, endearing herself to the Bertram family and the reader alike.
In her Introduction, Carol Shields writes, [Mansfield Park's] overriding theme is difficult to isolate, since the novel is about everything it touches upon: nurturing, steadfastness, belonging and not belonging, about fine gradations of moral persuasion, about human noise and silence, and about action and stillness.
With an encyclopedic knowledge of opera and a delightful dash of irreverence, Sir Denis Forman throws open the world of opera—its structure, composers, conductors, and artists—in this hugely informative guide. A Night at the Opera dissects the eighty-three most popular operas recorded on compact disc, from Cilea's Adriana Lecouvreur to Mozart's Die Zauberflöte. For each opera, Sir Denis details the plot and cast of characters, awarding stars to parts that are "worth looking out for," "really good," or, occasionally, "stunning." He goes on to tell the history of each opera and its early reception. Finally, each work is graded from alpha to gamma (although the Ring cycle gets an "X"), and Sir Denis has no qualms about voicing his opinion: the first act of Fidelio is "a bit of a mess," while the last scene of Don Giovanni "towers above the comic finales of Figaro and Così and whether or not [it] is Mozart's greatest opera, it is certainly his most powerful finale."
The guide also presents brief biographies of the great composers, conductors, and singers. A glossary of musical terms is included, as well as Operatica, or the essential elements of opera, from the proper place and style of the audience's applause (and boos) to the use of surtitles.
A Night at the Opera is for connoisseurs and neophytes alike. It will entertain and inform, delight and (perhaps) infuriate, providing a subject for lively debate and ready reference for years to come.
A hillarious exploration of the bizarre events which occur when blacks literally 'disappear' from society.
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+380723743 Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire 456 2001 The winner of Britain's prestigious Whitbread Prize and a bestseller there for months, this wonderfully readable biography offers a rich, rollicking picture of late-eighteenth-century British aristocracy and the intimate story of a woman who for a time was its undisputed leader.\\nLady Georgiana Spencer was the great-great-great-great-aunt of Diana, Princess of Wales, and was nearly as famous in her day. In 1774, at the age of seventeen, Georgiana achieved immediate celebrity by marrying one of England's richest and most influential aristocrats, the Duke of Devonshire. Launched into a world of wealth and power, she quickly became the queen of fashionable society, adored by the Prince of Wales, a dear friend of Marie-Antoinette, and leader of the most important salon of her time. Not content with the role of society hostess, she used her connections to enter politics, eventually becoming more influential than most of the men who held office.\\nHer good works and social exploits made her loved by the multitudes, but Georgiana's public success, like Diana's, concealed a personal life that was fraught with suffering. The Duke of Devonshire was unimpressed by his wife's legendary charms, preferring instead those of her closest friend, a woman with whom Georgiana herself was rumored to be on intimate terms. For over twenty years, the three lived together in a jealous and uneasy ménage à trois, during which time both women bore the Duke's children—as well as those of other men.\\nForeman's descriptions of Georgiana's uncontrollable gambling, all- night drinking, drug taking, and love affairs with the leading politicians of the day give us fascinating insight into the lives of the British aristocracy in the era of the madness of King George III, the American and French revolutions, and the defeat of Napoleon.\\nA gifted young historian whom critics are already likening to Antonia Fraser, Amanda Foreman draws on a wealth of fresh research and writes colorfully and penetratingly about the fascinating Georgiana, whose struggle against her own weaknesses, whose great beauty and flamboyance, and whose determination to play a part in the affairs of the world make her a vibrant, astonishingly contemporary figure. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/38/31/9780375753831.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Modern Library Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire \N
+380724758 Women in Love (Modern Library 100 Best Novels) 576 2000 Explores The Complex Relationship Between Two Couples In A Novel Set In A Small, Midland Colliery Town. Biographical Note -- Introduction By Joyce Carol Oates -- Foreward By D.h. Lawrence -- Women In Love -- Notes -- Commentary -- Reading Group Guide. D.h. Lawrence ; Introduction By Joyce Carol Oates ; Foreword By The Author ; Notes By Jack Stewart. Includes Reading Group Guide. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/48/83/9780375754883.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Modern Library Women in Love (Modern Library 100 Best Novels) \N
+380724774 The Brendan Voyage: Sailing to America in a Leather Boat to Prove the Legend of the Irish Sailor Saints (Modern Library Exploration) 304 2000 Tim Severin. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/52/48/9780375755248.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Modern Library The Brendan Voyage: Sailing to America in a Leather Boat to Prove the Legend of the Irish Sailor Saints (Modern Library Exploration) \N
+380724987 Pipe Dream: A Novel (Strivers Row) 352 2001 The lawyer turned on the tape recorder, handed his client a cigarette, and lit it for him. Black drew hard, squinting as the smoke rushed into his lungs.
Where do you want to start?the lawyer said, lighting a cigarette of his own.
I guess thereâs only one place to start; at Broad and Erie.Johnny Podres, a politician whose record against corruption had been propelling him straight to the mayorâs office, is found murdered in a North Philly crack house.Enter Samuel Jackson, a.k.a. Black, a drug addict who knows better, a man embittered by the fact that he canât seem to escape from his addiction to crack cocaine or, for that matter, from himself. Though he was once a family man with a wife and son, Blackâs only concern these days is getting his next high, that is, until he stumbles across a friend and fellow addict, Leroy, and both become prime suspects in the Podres murder. Black and Leroy hook up with two female pipers: Clarisse, a registered nurse who is slowly losing to crack any semblance of a respectable life, and Pookie, who already has lost it. Soon the hunt is on for all four as they try to stay one step ahead of a police department under tremendous pressure to solve the case-because if a killer isnât found soon, this could blow up into one of the biggest scandals in Philadelphia history.Solomon Jones weaves a suspenseful story against the backdrop of corruption in the Philadelphia police department and centers it on a group of drug addicts who, in the process of fleeing the law, come to terms with their own addiction, leading to some devastating consequences. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/66/03/9780375756603.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Villard Pipe Dream: A Novel (Strivers Row) \N
+380725347 Perfection Salad: Women and Cooking at the Turn of the Century (Modern Library Food) 304 2001 Perfection Salad Presents An Entertaining And Erudite Social History Of Women And Cooking At The Turn Of The Twentieth Century. With Sly Humor And Lucid Insight, Laura Shapiro Uncovers Our Ancestors' Widespread Obsession With Food, And In Doing So, Tells Us Why We Think As We Do About Food Today.--jacket. Toasted Marshmallows Stuffed With Raisins -- Drudgery Divine -- And The Kitchen Becomes The Workshop Of The Skies -- Better Ways, Lighter Burdens, More Wholesome Results -- Perfection Salad -- The Mother Of Level Measurements -- Whoever Knew A Dyspeptic To Be A Christian? -- Foes In Our Own Household -- An Absolutely New Product -- A Leaf Or Two Of Lettuce. Laura Shapiro ; Introduction By Michael Stern. Originally Published: New York : Farrar, Straus, And Giroux, 1986. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [255]-267) And Index. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/66/58/9780375756658.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Modern Library Perfection Salad: Women and Cooking at the Turn of the Century (Modern Library Food) \N
+038072572X Little Women (Modern Library Classics) 528 2001 Timeless in its evocation of idealized family life and robustly enduring, Little Women is recognized as one of the best-loved classic children's stories of all time. Originally written as a "girls" story, its appeal transcends the boundaries of time and age, making it as popular with adults as it is with young readers. For this is a beguiling story of happiness and hope, of the joys of companionship, domestic harmony and infinite mother love, all seen through the life of the March family. But which of the four March sisters to love best? For every reader must have their favorite. Independent, tomboyish Jo; delicate, loving Beth; pretty, kind Meg, or precocious and beautiful Amy, the baby of the family? Little Women was an instant success when first published in 1868, and followed only a year later by the sequel, Little Wives.
Louisa May Alcott was born in Pennsylvania in 1832, the second of four daughters of the philosopher Bronson Alcott. She was educated at home and went on to become a schoolteacher in Boston. Her first book Flower Fables (which she wrote when she was sixteen) was published when she was twenty-two, but she interrupted her career as a writer to nurse soldiers at a Washington hospital during the civil war. Her most enduring book, Little Women, was published in 1868 and was an instant success. Other books include Little Men and Jo's Boys. Louisa May Alcott died in 1988 at the age of fifty-six.
The handsome volumes in The Collectors Library present great works of world literature in a handy hardback format. Printed on high-quality paper and bound in real cloth, each complete and unabridged volume has a specially commissioned afterword, brief biography of the author and a further-reading list. This easily accessible series offers readers the perfect opportunity to discover, or rediscover, some of the world's most endearing literary works.
The volumes in The Collector's Library are sumptuously produced, enduring editions to own, to collect and to treasure.
"A fast-moving, eerie...tale set on Halloween night. Eight costumed boys running to meet their friend Pipkin at the haunted house outside town encounter instead the huge and cadaverous Mr. Moundshroud. As Pipkin scrambles to join them, he is swept away by a dark Something, and Moundshroud leads the boys on the tail of a kite through time and space to search the past for their friend and the meaning of Halloween. After witnessing a funeral procession in ancient Egypt, cavemen discovering fire, Druid rites, the persecution of witches in the Dark Ages, and the gargoyles of Notre Dame, they catch up with the elusive Pipkin in the catacombs of Mexico, where each boy gives one year from the end of his life to save Pipkin's. Enhanced by appropriately haunting black-and-white drawings."—Booklist
When young Pipkin becomes ill and is whisked away into the mysterious darkness of the Halloween tree, his friends must race through space and time to save him. With a peculiar old man named Moundshroud to guide them, the kids encounter the many earlier manifestations of the holiday known as Halloween. The voice talent for this production matches well with the predominant characters of young boys, and Jerry Robbins plays Moundshroud with a good eccentric and maniacal tone. While there are sound effects, they are mostly limited to ambient vocals in the background and wind, never utilizing the more calm-fracturing accoutrements like slamming doors or dishes breaking. A wealth of music complements the story and gives the listener a sense of plot progression, although some of the singing feels a bit overdone. (Sept.)
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/30/17/9780375803017.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Yearling The Halloween Tree \N +380754967 Elmo's Mother Goose (Sesame Street) (Big Bird's Favorites Board Books) 12 2000 Elmo and his Sesame Street friends re-tell classic Mother Goose rhymes, with their own unique Sesame Street spin. Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake...could that be Cookie Monster dressed up as baker's man? https://images.isbndb.com/covers/54/17/9780375805417.jpg 2 2 Board book en Random House Books for Young Readers Elmo's Mother Goose (Sesame Street) (Big Bird's Favorites Board Books) \N +380755343 Elmo's World: Puppies! (Sesame Street) (Sesame Street(R) Elmos World(TM)) 12 2012 do You Know How A Puppy Talks? Elmo Does! Woof! Woof! Come Along As Elmo Learns Some Things Puppies Need To Stay Happy And Healthy. Large Flaps Reveal A World Of Tail-wagging, Playful Puppy Fun! https://images.isbndb.com/covers/57/52/9780375805752.jpg 2 2 Kindle Edition en Sesame Workshop Elmo's World: Puppies! (Sesame Street) (Sesame Street(R) Elmos World(TM)) \N +380777622 Fresh Ways with Salads: As Side Dishes or Main Courses (Sunset) 96 1987 In an age fascinated by both fitness and good food, salad has naturally come into its own. No longer a quiet plate of greens, salad today has become an adventure that greets your palate with everything from radicchio curls to cactus pads. Even its appearance has changed--instead of simply being tossed together, salads are often as carefully composed as a work of art. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/60/88/9780376026088.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Sunset Pub Co Fresh Ways with Salads: As Side Dishes or Main Courses (Sunset) \N +380777827 Breads: Step-by-Step Techniques 128 1984 By The Editors Of Sunset Books And Sunset Magazine. At Head Of Title: Sunset. Includes Index. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/74/81/9780376027481.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Lane Publishing Breads: Step-by-Step Techniques \N +395683939 Thursdays Child 275 1970 Proud Of Her Unusual History, A Nameless Orphan Faces With Spirit The Unbearable Conditions Of An Early Twentieth-century English Orphanage. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/09/62/9780394920962.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en Random House Books for Young Readers Thursdays Child \N +380758881 The Berenstain Bears and the Papa's Day Surprise 32 2003“Father’s Day is nothing but a greeting card holiday,” is what Papa says. If that’s the way Papa feels, then his family just won’t celebrate this year. But, as the big day rolls around, and there’s no card, no gift, and no breakfast in bed, Papa’s spirits sink lower and lower. That’s when the cubs spring on him their wonderful Papa’s Day surprise!
No one.\\n\\n\\n Wife and mother Bonnie Wheeler seems to have it all--a good husband, a home and a daughter. Then she receives a disturbing call from her husband's ex-wife Joan, warning Bonnie of potential danger. When Bonnie discovers Joan lying in a pool of blood, soon it becomes terrifyingly clear that someone is out to destroy both Bonnie and her innocent child.\\n https://images.isbndb.com/covers/15/36/9780380711536.jpg 2 2 Mass Market Paperback en Avon Don't Cry Now \N
+380790688 A Beautiful Place to Die (Martha's Vineyard Mysteries (Avon Books)) 224 1991 During his career as a Boston cop, Jeff "J.W." Jackson saw enough of the evil that men do to last a lifetime. So he retired to the serenity of Martha's Vineyard to spend his days fishing for blues and wooing a sexy nurse named Zee. But when a local's boat mysteriously explodes off the coast, killing an amiable young drifter, Jackson finds himself reluctantly drawn back into the investigative trade. For there is a serpent loose in paradise — and it's contaminating Jackson's lovely, peaceful island with its poisonous venom of drugs and death. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/15/50/9780380711550.jpg 2 2 Mass Market Paperback en Avon A Beautiful Place to Die (Martha's Vineyard Mysteries (Avon Books)) \N
+380791285 Meet Me for Coffee 47 1998 This lively tribute to java and friendship features fun quotes about the beloved bean, stories about coffee's origins, recipes for treats to enjoy with a cup, and confessions of well-known coffee drinkers, including Ernest Hemingway and Benjamin Franklin. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/66/17/9781565076617.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en Harvest House Pub Meet Me for Coffee \N
+1880029979 The Woman with the Alabaster Jar: Mary Magdalen and the Holy Grail 240 1993 Margaret Starbird ; Foreword By Terrance A. Sweeney. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 191-194) And Index. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/10/38/9781879181038.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Bear & Company The Woman with the Alabaster Jar: Mary Magdalen and the Holy Grail \N
+380791676 Lucy's Child: The Discovery of a Human Ancestor 16 1990 Lucy's Child is a thrilling real-life adventure, an unforgettable journey into the exhilarating heart of scientific discovery-and a shocking expose of the jealousies, dirty politics, and underhanded power-plays that would deny humankind its legitimate right to the breathtaking secrets of its past.\\n\\n A fascinating tale of adventure and discovery unfolds with this account of Donald Johanson's famous fossil find--the earliest hominid skeleton. Johanson takes readers to Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania on the dusty archaelogical dig, and to the heart of the controversy surrounding his tremendous find.\\n https://images.isbndb.com/covers/23/42/9780380712342.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Harper Perennial Lucy's Child: The Discovery of a Human Ancestor \N
+385489587 A Stranger in the Kingdom 432 1990 Murder wasn't the only crime this town would never forget.
\\nKingdom County, Vermont, is tucked between the Green Mountains and the White Mountains not far from the Canadian border- a small town of proud people with ling memories. When the preacher, Walt Andrews, came to town, he was an outsider, a stranger. He was also a black man.
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\\nIt was the summer James Kinneson turned thirteen. Son of the newspaper owner and younger brother of the town's fiery defense lawyer, James witnessed the shattering events that would tear the town apart - a brutal murder and the trial of a man, not so much for what he might have done, but for what he was. A Stranger in the Kingdom is a powerful drama of passion, prejudice, and innocence suddenly lost—and perhaps found again.
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+380792168 The Body in the Kelp: A Faith Fairchild Mystery 304 2001 the Old Maid's Puzzleit Seems As If Nothing Is Going To Liven Up Faith Fairchild's Deathly Dull Vacation On Maine's Sanpere Island — Until She Buys A Beautiful Handmade Quilt At An Estate Auction. Lovingly Constructed By Wealthy, Deceased, And Detested Matilda Prescott, Faith's Purchase Turns Out To Be Quite A Bargain Indeed — Especially When She Discovers It To Be A Map To The Old Woman's Hidden Treasure. But Instead Of Pointing The Transplanted New York Caterer-turned-minister's Wife Toward The Fabled Prescott Gold, Matilda's Artfully Crafted Clues Lead Faith To A Kelp-covered Corpse Floating In A Nearby Tidal Pool. Once Again, The Resourceful Amateur Sleuth Has Become Entangled In A Dangerous Puzzle, Ensnared In Twisted, Lethal Threads Of Familial Greed And Cold-blooded Homicide. And Faith Won't Be Satisfied Until She Has The Whole Murderous Matter Sewn Up. another Fast-paced Novel In The Faith Fairchild Series--a Gripping Tale Of Murder On A Quiet Maine Island. While Searching For Buried Treasure, Faith Discovers A Kelp-covered Corpse Floating In A Nearby Tidal Pool, And The Amateur Sleuth's Vacation Becomes Anything But Boring. A Vicarious Vacation More Exciting Than Most Real Ones!--houston Post. Martin's. Https://images.isbndb.com/covers/32/95/9780380713295.jpg 1 1 Mass Market Paperback en Avon The Body in the Kelp: A Faith Fairchild Mystery \N
+380793261 Gift of a Letter: Giving the Gift of Ourselves-- Add Richness and Grace to Your Life Through the Art of Letter-writing 132 1991
This enchanting book is dedicated to one of the most intimate and touching of human experiences — the letter. With charm, grace, and enthusiasm, Alexandra Stoddard describes the art and the pleasure of writing letters and the surprising joy it can bring to writer and recipient alike. A letter that takes only a few minutes to write may be treasured for years. Its contents are a true expression of heart, mind, and spirit. Brimming with anecdotes and ways to bring letters into your life, Gift of a Letter inspires and satisfies.
Here is Les Brown's personal formula for success and happiness — positively charged thoughts, guidance, examples, plus an Action Planner to help you focus your thoughts on specific goals...and achieve them all. The answers are all here in this astonishing book — with one simple, powerful message: We may not always be able to control what is put in our path, but we can always control what we are...and what we will become.
Matthew Scudder Crime Novel #13. "When Lawrence Block is in his Matthew Scudder mode, crime fiction can sidle up so close to literature that often there's no degree of difference" (The Philadelphia Inquirer).
How many times have you thought about starting a diet or quitting smoking without doing anything about it? Or lapsed back into bad habits after hitting a rough spot on the road to recovery?
To uncover the secret to successful personal change, three acclaimed psychologists studied more than 1,000 people who were able to positively and permanently alter their lives without psychotherapy. They discovered that change does not depend on luck or willpower. It is a process that can be successfully managed by anyone who understands how it works. Once you determine which stage of change you’re in, you can:
This groundbreaking book offers simple self-assessments, informative case histories, and concrete examples to help clarify each stage and process. Whether your goal is to start saving money, to stop drinking, or to end other self-defeating or addictive behaviors, this revolutionary program will help you implement positive personal change . . . for life.
The National Cancer Institute Found this program more than twice as effective as standard programs in helping smokers quit for 18 months.
\\nFrom the acclaimed, bestselling author of Mother Earth Father Sky comes an extraordinary new novel of courage and human conflict in a prehistoric wilderness of ice and snow.\\n\\nEighty centuries before our time -- in the frozen interior of a place that would someday be called Alaska -- a clubfooted babe was left in the snow to die...until he was rescued by a young woman ravaged by her enemies and sworn to vengeance.\\nTwenty years later, the child, called Chakliux, has grown to manhood and occupies an honored place as his tribe's treasured storyteller, while his adoptive mother K'os has grown cunning and cold. But in the neighboring village of the Near River People -- where he has been sent to make peace by wedding the shaman's daughter -- a shocking double murder occurs that sets Chakliux on a remarkable journey. Driven by the ancient songs of sea and sky, earth and animals, the storyteller traverses a harsh, unknown, yet enthralling landscape in search of the strange truth about the offenses for which his people have suffered...and about the hateful, ambitious woman who raised him, who may be his most dangerous enemy of all. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/60/35/9780380726035.jpg 1 1 Mass Market Paperback en Avon Song of the River (Storyteller Trilogy, Book 1) \N +380805693 Darkness, Take My Hand: A Novel (Patrick Kenzie/Angela Gennaro Novels) 400 1997 A Man Is Murdered In Boston By Crucifixion, Recalling A Similar Murder 20 Years Earlier For Which A Killer Is Serving Time In Prison. So It Can't Be Him, Or Can It? As Bodies Pile Up Pis Angela Dimassi Gennaro And Patrick Kenzie Go To Work. By The Author Of A Drink Before The War. -- https://images.isbndb.com/covers/62/88/9780380726288.jpg 1 1 Mass Market Paperback en HarperTorch Darkness, Take My Hand: A Novel (Patrick Kenzie/Angela Gennaro Novels) \N +380807858 Return to Sodom and Gomorrah 416 1995
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Did a volcano part the Red Sea? Have scientists found Eve? Was the pharaoh of the Oppression a woman? Did the Jordan River really cease flowing the day Jericho fell?
A brilliant author, scientist, and adventurer who has been called "the real Indiana Jones," Dr. Charles Pellegrino takes us on a remarkable journey from the Nile to the Tigris-Euphrates rivers — crossing time, legend, and ancient lands to explore the unsolved mysteries of the Old Testament. Return to Sodom and Gomorrah is an epic saga of discovery that interweaves science, history, and suspense —the first book ever to bring archaeologists, scientists and theologians together to examine the same evidence. In this enthralling revelatory adventure, Pellegrino introduces us to dedicated pioneers like Benjamin Mazar, Leonard Woolley, and T. E. Lawrence, who retraced the steps of Moses to demystify the Exodus and the Flood. In the process, he enables us to view ancient relics in an extraordinary new light — as both fascinating windows on the past and vivid signposts to the future.
The fans know what they want.In letter after letter they've asked for Paul's next book. And the terrain couldn't be more perfect: the decision to produce a "little you"; the nerve-racking drive to the delivery room; the art of hypnotizing your newborn to sleep; your baby's graduation from smiles to first laugh, the intricacies of going from a house of two to a house of three.... Paul Reiser takes on babyhood with the charm, tenderness, and uniquely insightful humor that made his first book a hardcover and paperback phenomenon. With a combined total of more than 2.5 million copies in print, Couplehood spent 66 weeks on The New York Times best-seller lists.
On sale to coincide with the birth of America's favorite TV couple's first child, the arrival of Babyhood is heralded by a national signing tour and media appearances by the proud father himself.
Ray Bradbury is a painter who uses words rather than brushes—for he created lasting visual images that, once observed, are impossible to forget. Sinister mushrooms growing in a dank cellar. A family's first glimpse at Martians. A wonderful white vanilla ice-cream summer suit that changes everyone who wears it. A great artist drawing in the sand on the beach. A clunky contraption made out of household implements to help some kids play a game called Invasion. The most marvelous Christmas display a little boy ever saw. All those images and many more are inside this book, a new trade edition of thirty-one of Bradbury's most arresting tales—timeless short fiction that ranges from the farthest reaches of space to the innermost stirrings of the heart. Ray Bradbury is known worldwide as one of the century's great men of imagination. Here are thirty-one reasons why.Ray Bradbury is a painter who uses words rather than brushes—for he created lasting visual images that, once observed, are impossible to forget. Sinister mushrooms growing in a dank cellar. A familys first glimpse at Martians. A wonderful white vanilla ice-cream summer suit that changes everyone who wears it. A great artist drawing in the sand on the beach. A clunky contraption made out of household implements to help some kids play a game called Invasion. The most marvelous Christmas display a little boy ever saw. All those images and many more are inside this book, a new trade edition of thirty-one of Bradburys most arresting tales—timeless short fiction that ranges from the farthest reaches of space to the innermost stirrings of the heart. Ray Bradbury is known worldwide as one of the centurys great men of imagination. Here are thirty-one reasons why. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/08/65/9780380730865.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Avon A Medicine for Melancholy and Other Stories \N +385304447 Law of Survival 409 2001 A human-idomeni hybrid with a very bad reputation, former Captain Jani Kilian is out of hiding and officially a civilian. But peace is not an option. Suddenly an important player in the Commonwealth's delicate dealings with the alien idomeni, Jani has inadvertently incurred the wrath of top powers in politics, finance, diplomacy, and crime. Her war is not yet over, just moving to a higher plane. There's no truth to the timeworn adage that old soldiers never die; they do...and sometimes badly. Jani Kilian's come back to a new world that's not brave but definitely in peril. And "kill or be killed" is her only real choice...because now only one law remains. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/78/57/9780380807857.jpg 1 1 Mass Market Paperback en Eos Law of Survival \N +380809281 Brown's Requiem 248 2001 Fritz Brown's L.A.—and his life—are masses of contradictions, like stirring chorales sung for the dead. A less-than-spotless former cop with a drinking problem—a private eye-cum-repo man with a taste for great music—he has been known to wallow in the grime beneath the Hollywood glitter. But Fritz Brown's life is about to change, thanks to the appearance of a racist psycho who flashes too much cash for a golf caddie and who walked away clean from a multiple murder rap. Reopening this cas could be Fritz's redemption; his welcome back to a moral world and his path to a pure and perfect love. But to get there, he must make it through a grim, lightless place where evil has no national borders; where lies beget lies and death begets death; where there's little tolerance for Bach or Beethoven and deadly arson is a lesser mortal sin; and where a p.i.'s unhealthy interest in the past can turn beautiful music into funeral dirge.\\n\\n\\n In the tradition of Chandler and Wambaugh, the author of The Black Dahlia brilliantly evokes the dark underside of Los Angeles. When P.I. Fritz Brown undertakes an investigation into blood money changing hands at a golf course, he plunges into a nightmare of arson, corruption and porn. Reissue.\\n https://images.isbndb.com/covers/17/70/9780380731770.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Perennial Brown's Requiem \N +038081367X Shadowfires 436 1987 Unable To Convince Anyone Of The Truth, Rachael Must Face The Living Corpse Of Her Violent Ex-husband, Eric https://images.isbndb.com/covers/21/64/9780380752164.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Avon Books Shadowfires \N +038081384X And Eternity (Book Seven of Incarnations of Immortality) 384 1991
The Ultimate Human Experience\\nThe interaction between mankind and spiritual beings — of Divine Encounters — as recorded inscriptures and ancient texts provides a powerful drama that spans Heaven and Earth, involving worship and devotion, eternity and mortality, love and sex, jealousy and murder. But how much of these are based on real happenings and how much is based on myth?\\nWith a visionary's ardor and a scientist's attention to detail, Zecharia Sitchin, author ofThe Earth Chronicles, gives a stunning account of human interaction with celestial travelers. He also provides further proof that prophetic dreams,visions, UFO encounters, and other extraordinary phenomena are indeed the hallmark of intervention by intergalactic emissaries who reach out from other realms to enlighten, guide, punish, and comfort us in times of need. Sitchin's research and theories, illustrated with maps and charts, chronicle a magnificent and inspiring journey through history, from the dawn of time to the approach of the millennium.\\n\\n\\n This absorbing history of man's encounters with higher beings finds its basis in the interpretations of legends, Bible stories and myths that Zecharia Sitchin re-interprets through his research and theories. The author offers insights into man's early encounters with beings from the Twelfth Planet and their interference in human destiny. Original.\\n https://images.isbndb.com/covers/07/61/9780380780761.jpg 2 2 Mass Market Paperback en Avon Divine Encounters: A Guide to Visions, Angels and Other Emissaries \N +385000197 Three Weddings and a Kiss 389 1995 A Quartet Of Wedding Stories By Four Popular Romance Novelists Including Kathleen Woodiwiss, Lisa Kleypas, Catherine Anderson, And Loretta Chase. Fancy Free / Catherine Anderson -- The Mad Earl's Bride / Loretta Chase -- Promises / Lisa Kleypas -- The Kiss / Kathleen E. Woodiwiss. Kathleen E. Woodiwiss [and Others]. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/12/25/9780380781225.jpg 2 2 Mass Market Paperback en Avon Three Weddings and a Kiss \N +385003587 Stsranger In My Arms 360 1998
"Lady Hawksworth, your husband is not dead."
With those words, Lara′s life turned upside down. Hunter, Earl of Hawksworth, had been lost at sea. Or so she′d been told. Their unhappy marriage--with its cold caresses and passionless kisses--was over. But now a powerful, virile man stood before her, telling secrets only a husband could know, and vowing she would once again be his wife in every way. While Lara couldn′t deny that this man with smoldering dark eyes resembled Hunter, he was attentive and loving in ways he never was before. Soon she desperately wanted to believe, with every beat of her heart, that this stranger was truly her husband. But had this rake reformed--or was Lara being seduced by a cunning stranger?
"More than just a fine writer...she′s a genuine phenomenon."
-- Heart to Heart
"A character-rich love story with a delightful twist!"
-- bestselling author Jill Barnett
Delia Carson was only sixteen when she fled her hometown—running thousands of miles away from the deadly Texas tempest of lies and shadows that tore apart her family...and her aching love for smalltown bad boy Marsh North.
But she never could escape.
A New York judge with a reputation for toughness, Delia has tried to forget, but cannot. And now a family crisis is calling her home—back to the mystery, back to the shadows...back to North, the "bad boy" turned respected, prize-winnning journalist. But some things never change. Dark secrets long denied must finally be revealed. And a youthful passion interrupted but never destroyed must be rapturously reborn as adult love if Delia is to be truly free.
The internationally acclaimed author of The Martian Chronicles, The Illustrated Man, and Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury is a magician at the height of his powers, displaying his sorcerer's skill with twenty-one remarkable stories that run the gamut from total reality to light fantastic, from high noon to long after midnight. A true master tells all, revealing the strange secret of growing young and mad; opening a Witch Door that links two intolerant centuries; joining an ancient couple in their wild assassination games; celebrating life and dreams in the unique voice that has favored him across six decades and has enchanted millions of readers the world over. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/95/97/9780380789597.jpg 1 1 Mass Market Paperback en Avon Quicker Than the Eye \N
+385145535 Greatest Baby Name Book Ever, The 676 1998 CHOOSE THE PERFECT NAME FOR YOUR BABY\\nCongratulations!\\nYou are making a choice for your child that will last a lifetime. THE GREATEST BABY NAME BOOK EVER will help you with that delightful but often difficult decision by offering the most complete, up-to-date alphabetical listings available. To help make your choice easier, you'll find additional information, including:\\nHistory and meaning of thousands of names\\nPopular variations and nicknames\\nHundreds of newly discovered, highly original names\\nTraditional and unusual names\\nNames with historical or religious significanceCHOOSE THE PERFECT NAME FOR YOUR BABY\\nCongratulations!
\\nYou are making a choice for your child that will last a lifetime. THE GREATEST BABY NAME BOOK EVER will help you with that delightful but often difficult decision by offering the most complete, up-to-date alphabetical listings available. To help make your choice easier, youll find additional information, including:\\nHistory and meaning of thousands of names
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\\nHundreds of newly discovered, highly original names
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\\nNames with historical or religious significance https://images.isbndb.com/covers/98/25/9780380789825.jpg 1 1 Mass Market Paperback en Avon Greatest Baby Name Book Ever, The \N
+385187157 The Shaman's Bones (Shaman Mysteries) 352 1998 a Women Of The Tohono O'otam Tribe Has Been Savagely — And Ritually — Murdered In Wyoming, Outside The Jurisdictions Of Granite Creek, Colorado, Police Chief Scott Parris And Ute Tribal Policeman Charlie Moon. But A Brutal, Unprovoked Assault By The Suspected Killer On One Of Parris's Detectives — And The Dark, Unsettling Visions Of Charlie's Shaman Aunt, Daisy Perika — Are Pulling Two Dedicated Lawmen And An Aging Native American Mystic Into The Hunt.daisy's Dreams Of Raining Blood Tell Her That More Will Die. Despite The Healthy Skepticism Of His Good Friend Moon, Parris Is Inclined To Heed The Shaman's Dire Warnings. But The Trail Of A Murderer Is Leading Them All To Perilous And Unexpected Places, Where Secrets Of Past Betrayals And Treacherous Tribal Politics Are Buried, And Where The Pursuit Of A Stolen Power Has Turned Some Men Greedy And Hungry. . .and Deadly.
Prim and proper Juliet Rose Astor Lowell doesn't want her body guarded by anyone while she's in New Orleans for the grand opening of Daddy's new hotel—especially not by consummate macho cop Beau Dupree. He's just too big, too pushy, too virile, too...everything! His shameless, hungry-eyed gaze shakes her carefully cultivated decorum like no one ever has, but Juliet is a Lowell—and there's no way she's going to lose control!
The lady is downright delectable, but Beau has more important things to do than babysit a beautiful Yankee rich girl. So he decides to get himself pulled off of the assignment by driving the oh-so-proper socialite beyond the bounds of her good-girl restraints.
But who would have thought that real passion sizzled beneath Juliet's polish? When she lets her hair down, she just might prove to be more than enough woman to handle Beau—but will he be able to handle her?
Popular antiques expert George Grotz reveals how to make real money in the antiques trade—must reading for every collector, auction-goer, and flea-market fanatic. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/51/57/9780385195157.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Main Street Books / Doubleday Double Your Money in Antiques in 60 Days: Turn Your Collecting Hobby into a Profitable Weekend Sideline or Full-Time Business \N
+385264631 The Runaway Princess: Princesses, Book 1 (The Princess Series) 384 2018 Masquerade
\\nEnglish orphan Miss Evangeline Scoffield has spent her life contenting herself with dreams. But with an unforseen inheritance, she can afford one perfect summer—a summer she will spend the rest of her life remembering. She buys herself expensive clothes, travels abroad, and presents herself as a lady of mystery.\\nMarriage
\\nBut she quickly discovers her mistake, for a darkly handsome man appears at her bedroom door, claiming to be a Crown Prince—and her fiance.\\nOr the Ever After of Her Dreams?
\\nOne look into her eyes, and the prince recognizes her. She is his betrothed, the runaway Princess of Serephinia. All her denials cannot change that, or alter the passion that burgeons between them. To fullfil their destinies, the prince will do anything—abduct her, coerce her, or, best of all seduce his reluctant bride into his royal world of peril, promise and passion. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/29/20/9780380802920.jpg 3 3 Mass Market Paperback en Avon The Runaway Princess: Princesses, Book 1 (The Princess Series) \N
+385267746 Highland Hawk (Highland Brides) 384 2000
He was playing a dangerous masquerade...Griff Knighton′s found the perfect way to avoid being trapped into marriage with one of the Earl of Swanlea′s daughters: he′ll swap identities with his man of affairs during their next visit to Swan Park, and be free to pursue his own desires! After all, he′s not about to marry some homely spinster just to claim his rightful title. But Griff didn′t reckon on the brazen, voluptuous Rosalind, who could tempt even a saint into sinning, and Griff is no saint. She was determined to unmask him...
The Arthurian saga is one of the most enduring legends of Western civilization. In her sweeping and magnificent multi-volume work The Hallowed Isle, acclaimed author Diana L. Paxson brilliantly reinvents the classic myth from the unique perspectives of four distinct tribal cultures that shaped Britain in the violent days of the sixth century.
Minister's wife Faith Fairchild is excited about catering her church's restoration campaign kickoff at historic Ballou House. But when a beautiful young woman dies moments after finishing dessert, Faith is suddenly in serious trouble. Not only is her business in jeopardy — but Aleford's wagging tongues are suggesting that Faith herself laced the goodie with cyanide, having discovered her husband Tom's perhaps overly pastoral interest in the victim. Faith's world feels steeped in poison and never before have her amateur sleuthing skills been more crucial — especially when another body is found in the moonlight carrying an unmistakable warning: you're next!
Nobody understands why Angeline is so smart. She could read the first time she picked up a book, she can play the piano without ever having had a lesson, and she even knows what the weather is going to be. But being smart is causing Angeline nothing but trouble. The mean kids in school call her a freak, her teacher finds her troublesome, and even her own father doesn't know what to do with an eight-year-old girl who seems to be a genius. Angeline doesn't want to be either a genius or a freak. She just wants the chance to be herself and be happy. But it's only when she makes friends with a boy the kids call Goon and the teacher they call Mr. Bone that Angeline gets that chance.
There are sneaking,
creeping, crumpling noises coming from inside the walls.
Lucy is sure there are wolves living in the walls of their house — and, as everybody says, if the wolves come out of the walls, it's all over. Her family doesn't believe her. Then one day, the wolves come out.
But it's not all over. Instead, Lucy's battle with the wolves is only just beginning.
Written as a letter from a Zimbabwean mother to her daughter, a student at Harvard, J. Nozipo Maraire evokes the moving story of a mother reaching out to her daughter to share the lessons life has taught her and bring the two closer than ever before. Interweaving history and memories, disappointments and dreams, Zenzele tells the tales of Zimbabwe's struggle for independence and the men and women who shaped it: Zenzele's father, an outspoken activist lawyer; her aunt, a schoolteacher by day and secret guerrilla fighter by night; and her cousin, a maid and a spy.
Rich with insight, history, and philosophy, Zenzele is a powerful and compelling story that is both revolutionary and revelatory—the story of one life that poignantly speaks of all lives.
A grief-stricken librarian decides to have sex with every man who enters her library. A half-mad, unbearably beautiful heiress follows a strange man home, seeking total sexual abandon: He only wants to watch game shows. A woman falls in love with a hunchback; when his deformity turns out to be a prosthesis, she leaves him. A wife whose husband has just returned from the war struggles with the heartrending question: Can she still love a man who has no lips?
Aimee Bender's stories portray a world twisted on its axis, a place of unconvention that resembles nothing so much as real life, in all its grotesque, beautiful glory. From the first line of each tale she lets us know she is telling a story, but the moral is never quite what we expect. Bender's prose is glorious: musical and colloquial, inimitable and heartrending.
Here are stories of men and women whose lives are shaped—and sometimes twisted—by the power of extraordinary desires, erotic and otherwise. The Girl in the Flammable Skirt is the debut of a major American writer.
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He was the foremost American of his day, yet today he is little more than a mythic caricature in the public imagination. Benjamin Franklin, perhaps the pivotal figure in colonial and revolutionary America, comes vividly to life in this masterly biography.
Wit, diplomat, scientist, philosopher, businessman, inventor, and bon vivant, Benjamin Franklin was in every respect America’s first Renaissance man. From penniless runaway to highly successful printer, from ardently loyal subject of Britain to architect of an alliance with France that ensured America’s independence, Franklin went from obscurity to become one of the world’s most admired figures, whose circle included the likes of Voltaire, Hume, Burke, and Kant. Drawing on previously unpublished letters and a host of other sources, acclaimed historian H. W. Brands has written a thoroughly engaging biography of the eighteenth-century genius. A much needed reminder of Franklin’s greatness and humanity, The First American is a work of meticulous scholarship that provides a magnificent tour of a legendary historical figure, a vital era in American life, and the countless arenas in which the protean Franklin left his legacy.
Alice is about to enter a whole new Wonderland. It's Quantumland—a kind of intellectual amusement park, smaller than an atom, where each attraction demonstrates a different aspect of quantum theory. There she'll meet an Emperor who thinks his new clothes into existence,
dance with the Three Quark Brothers at the Particle MASSquerade,
travel back in time (running into herself), and experience all kinds of quantum effects. Readers will learn about the Uncertainty Principle, wave functions, the Pauli Principle, and other elusive concepts.
The randomized control clinical trial has become the gold standard scientific method for the evaluation of pharmaceuticals, biologics, devices, procedures and diagnostic tests. This trial design has been successfully used in both therapeutic and disease prevention trials. It is superior to alternative designs by eliminating several sources of bias which exist in those designs. This role has evolved over the past three decades in a number of disease areas including cardiology, opthalmology, cancer and AIDS. While the specifics of using the randomized control design for a specific intervention and disease may differ, the basic fundamentals still apply in developing the study protocol and operational procedures. These fundamentals still apply in developing the study protocol and operational procedures. These fundamentals include identifying the specific questions to be tested and appropriate outcome measures, determining an adequate sample size, specifying the randomization procedure, detailing the intervention with visit schedules for subject evaluation, establishing an interim data and safety monitoring plan, detailing the final analysis plan and determining the organizational structure.
This text is structured to address the fundamentals as the protocol for a clinical trial is being developed. A chapter is devoted to each of the critical areas of a protocol to aid the clinical trial researcher. The fundamentals described in this text are based on sound scientific methodology, statistical principles and years of accumulated experience by the three authors. Collectively, the authors have been active researchers in a broad area of clinical trials including cardiology, cancer, opthalmology, diabetes, osteoporosis, AIDS, women's health and screening tests. In these studies, the authors have served as members of the steering committee responsible for developing the protocol and as members of data and safety monitoring committees. The fundamentals were proposed in the first edition published in 1981 and have not changed substantially in the later editions. However, the number of examples illustrating the fundamentals has greatly expanded base on the collective experience of the authors.
This text is intended for the clinical researcher who is interested in designing a clinical trial and developing a protocol. It is also of value to researchers and practitioners who must critically evaluate the literature of published clinical trials and assess the merits of each trial and the implications for the care and treatment of patients. The test uses numerous examples of published clinical trials from a variety of medical disciples to meaningfully illustrate the fundamentals. Technical design issues such as sample size are considered but the technical details have been suppressed as much as possible through the use of graphs and tables. While the technical material has been kept to a minimum, the statistician may still find the principles and fundamentals presented in this text useful both in a consulting and teaching capacity.
The text assumes that the readers have only a modest formal statistical background. A basic introductory statistics course is helpful in maximizing the benefit of the text. However, a researcher or practitioner with no statistical background would still find most, if not all the chapters understandable and useful. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/58/62/9780387985862.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Springer Fundamentals of Clinical Trials \N
+393301575 The Poems of Emily Bronte 224 1992 Edited By Barbara Lloyd-evans. Includes Index. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/97/75/9780389209775.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en Rowman & Littlefield Publishers The Poems of Emily Bronte \N
+393305066 Totem and Taboo (The Standard Edition) (Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud) 248 1990 By Sigmund Freud ; Authorized Translation By James Strachey. Includes Index. Translation Of: Totem Und Tabu. Bibliography: P. 162-167. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/14/33/9780393001433.jpg 2 2 Paperback en W. W. Norton & Company Totem and Taboo (The Standard Edition) (Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud) \N
+393307980 Letters to a Young Poet 123 1981 Introduction / Franz Xaver Kappus -- The Letters -- Chronicle, 1903-1908. Rainer Maria Rilke ; Translation By M.d. Herter Norton. Translation Of: Briefe An Einen Jungen Dichter. Letters Written To F. X. Kappus During The Years 1903-1908. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/15/87/9780393001587.jpg 1 1 Paperback en W. W. Norton & Company Letters to a Young Poet \N
+393308189 Stoic Philosophy of Seneca: Essays and Letters 261 1968 A Selection Of Essays And Letters By The 1st Century Roman Philosopher. Introduction / Moses Hadas -- On Providence -- On The Shortness Of Life -- On Tranquility Of Mind -- Consolation To Helva -- On Clemency -- Letters -- Friendship -- Moderation -- Crowds -- Old Age -- Holidays -- Travel -- Maxims -- God In Man -- Slaves -- How Many Causes? -- Suicide -- Sole Good -- Scioio's Villa -- Subjects Of Philosophy -- Philosophy And Progress -- Happy Life -- Immortality -- Reason And The True Good. Translated And With An Introd. By Moses Hadas. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/45/95/9780393004595.jpg 1 1 Paperback en W. W. Norton & Company Stoic Philosophy of Seneca: Essays and Letters \N
+393308200 The Menaechmus Twins and Two Other Plays: The Norton Library, N602 (Norton Library (Paperback)) 255 1971 This collection, translated by Lionel Casson, includes three plays by the classic Latin writer Plautus: The Menaechmus, Pseudolus, and The Rope. The plays in this book are arranged alphabetically by their title. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/60/25/9780393006025.jpg 2 2 Paperback en W. W. Norton & Company The Menaechmus Twins and Two Other Plays: The Norton Library, N602 (Norton Library (Paperback)) \N
+393309274 I Knew a Phoenix: Sketches for an Autobiography 222 1979 By May Sarton. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/91/63/9780393009163.jpg 2 2 Paperback en W. W. Norton & Company I Knew a Phoenix: Sketches for an Autobiography \N
+393310809 Heart of the Country 532 1986 Greg Matthews. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/28/96/9780393022896.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en W W Norton & Co Inc Heart of the Country \N
+394489780 The Surgeon's Mate (Aubrey/Maturin) 382 1992
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\\nThe 7th installment in the Aubrey/Maturin Series.
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\\nJack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin are ordered home by dispatch vessel to bring the news of their latest vitory to the government. But Maturin is a marked man for the havoc he has wrought in the Fren intelligence network in the New World, and the attentions of two privateers soon become menacing. the chase that follows is as thrilling and unexpected as anything O'Brian has written.\\n\\n Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin are ordered home by dispatch vessel to bring the news of their latest victory to the government. But Maturin is a marked man for the havoc he has wrought in the French intelligence network in the New World, and the attentions of two privateers soon become menacing. The chase that follows is as thrilling and unexpected as anything O'Brian has written.\\n https://images.isbndb.com/covers/82/04/9780393308204.jpg 2 2 Paperback en W. W. Norton & Company The Surgeon's Mate (Aubrey/Maturin) \N
+393315134 Ceo: Building a Four Hundred Million Dollar Company from the Ground Up 303 1991 The Model / Fredda Herz Brown -- The Therapeutic Relationship / Fredda Herz Brown -- General Practice Principles / Fredda Herz Brown -- Stage I: Defining And Working On The Foreground / Fredda Herz Brown -- State 2: Reweaving The Tapestry / Fredda Herz Brown -- Stage 3: The Client As Weaver / Fredda Herz Brown -- Single Young Adults / Natalie Schwartzberg -- The Transition To Couplehood / Gail S. Lederer & Jane Lewis -- Families With Young Children / Kathy Berliner -- Families With Adolescents / Pamela Young -- Families Launching Young Adults / Judith Stern Peck -- Families In Later Life / Demaris A. Jacob -- Families In The Divorce And Post-divorce Process / Judth Stern Peck & Fredda Herz Brown -- Alcohol In The Family System / Gail S. Lederer -- Families With A Medically Ill Member / Jane S. Jacobs -- Families Facing Terminal Illness / Elliott J. Rosen -- Families With Affective Disorders / David A. Moltz. Edited By Fredda Herz Brown. A Norton Professional Book--prelim. P.2. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/96/35/9780393029635.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en W W Norton & Co Inc Ceo: Building a Four Hundred Million Dollar Company from the Ground Up \N
+393316017 Ahead of Her Time: Abby Kelley & the Politics of Antislavery 436 1991 Biography Of Abby Kelly, Who In Precivil War America Fought To Eliminate Slavery And Racism. The Education Of Abby Kelley -- A Wider World -- Women Find Their Voices -- The Call -- A Public-speaking Woman -- War To The Knife's Point -- The Notorious Abby Kelley -- A New Hampshire Fanatic -- Along The Psychic Highway -- Antislavery Politics -- The Path Of True Love And Other Matters -- Lord, What A Tongue She's Got -- Conflicting Claims -- Bloody Feet, Sisters! -- General Agent -- The Irrepressible Conflict -- Nothing Is Done While Anything Remains To Be Done -- A Lonely Rocket In A Dark Sky. By Dorothy Sterling. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/02/66/9780393030266.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en W W Norton & Co Ahead of Her Time: Abby Kelley & the Politics of Antislavery \N
+393316297 Cowboys Are My Weakness: Stories 171 1992 Presents Twelve Stories Featuring Smart Philosophical Women In Love And Wild Cowboys In Search Of Adventure. How To Talk To A Hunter -- Selway -- Highwater -- For Bo -- What Shock Heard -- Dall -- Jackson Is Only One Of My Dogs -- A Blizzard Under A Blue Sky -- Sometimes You Talk About Idaho -- Symphony -- In My Next Life. Pam Houston. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/07/78/9780393030778.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en W W Norton & Co Inc Cowboys Are My Weakness: Stories \N
+393316459 Shadow Play: A Novel 399 1993 Charles Baxter. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/43/70/9780393034370.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en W W Norton & Co Inc Shadow Play: A Novel \N
+393316491 The Norton/Grove Dictionary of Women Composers 608 1995 Edited By Julie Anne Sadie & Rhian Samuel. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Https://images.isbndb.com/covers/48/75/9780393034875.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en W. W. Norton & Company The Norton/Grove Dictionary of Women Composers \N
+393318486 How Great Generals Win 320 1993 Bevin Alexander. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/53/15/9780393035315.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en W W Norton & Co Inc How Great Generals Win \N
+393320030 Hula \N 1994 The Younger Of Two Sisters Narrates The Events Of The Summers Of 1964 And 1965 During Which Their Mother Finally Summons Up The Will To Leave Their Increasingly Violent Father. For Two Young Girls In The Early 1960s, The Family Backyard Is Both Playground And Prison. Steamy, Verdant, Cloistered-the Yard's Secret Places Tantalize The Imagination, But Also Reveal Disturbing Glimpses Of A War-haunted Father And Dreamy, Distant Mother. Lisa Shea. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/58/96/9780393035896.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en Norton Hula \N
+393321576 The Canary Trainer: From the Memoirs of John H. Watson 224 1993 Located by a computer in the bowels of a major university where it had collected dust for over half a century, this missing manuscript by the biographer of Sherlock Holmes reveals for the first time a hitherto unknown episode in the life of the Great Detective. Holmes, master sleuth, was also an accomplished violinist. Following his discharge from therapy with Sigmund Freud (see The Seven-Per-Cent Solution), we now learn that he journeyed to Paris and there found employment as a pit musician at the Paris Opera. The year is 1891, Paris is the capital of the western world, and its opera house is full of surprises. First and by no means least is the sudden reappearance of the great love of Holmes's life, an accomplished singer from Hoboken, New Jersey. Second is the series of seemingly bizarre accidents - each more sinister than the last - allegedly arranged by the "Opera Ghost," an opponent who goes by many names and is more than equal to Holmes. Alone in a strange and spectacular city, with none of his normal resources, Holmes is commissioned to protect a vulnerable young soprano, whose beautiful voice obsesses a creature no one believes is real, but whose jealousy is lethal. In this dazzling, long-awaited sequel to The Seven-Per-Cent Solution, the detective pits wits against a musical maniac, and we are treated to an adventure unlike any other in the archives of Sherlock Holmes. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/60/84/9780393036084.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en W W Norton & Co Inc The Canary Trainer: From the Memoirs of John H. Watson \N
+393321746 Stalking the Shark: Pressure and Passion on the Pro Golf Tour 100 1996 The Great White Shark, Greg Norman, can create more drama with a single shot than most golfers can in a career. Playing all out - "Attack life" and "No fear" are his mottoes - he has captured the fascinated gaze of golf people everywhere, from the fans who flock to the course in "Sharkwear" and send television ratings soaring whenever he is in contention, to his fellow pros who - whether they admit it or not - measure their swings, their victories, and their endorsements against his. All this for a golfer whose hair's-breadth losses in major tournaments are as well known as, and even more talked about than, his two British Open championships and his remarkable record of wins around the world. Taking Norman as its focus, this book sets out to discover what really separates the great golfer from the also-rans. It shows us Norman and his peers - Nick Price, Davis Love III, Peter Jacobsen, John Daly, and rising star Brad Faxon, among many others - as they compete in the daily grind of the professional tour and the white-hot tension of major tournaments. It puts us fully into the world of the Tour, with all the sights and sounds that the television cameras and microphones never catch: the by-play in a pro-am, the elaborate pecking order of star players and journeymen, the scalpers' scene at the Masters, the pros' ribbing on the driving range and the practice putting green, the off-duty talk in the traveling caddy kitchen, and much more.\\n\\n Greg Norman, also known as the Great White Shark, has captured the undivided attention of golf fans everywhere with his larger-than-life personality and a list of near-misses that remain more talked about than his remarkable record of wins. Stalking the Shark takes a behind-the-scenes look at this extraordinary golfer and his peers as they compete in the daily grind of the professional tour and the high-pressure major tournaments. 1 16-pp. color photo insert. 224 pp. Size C. 30,000 print.\\n https://images.isbndb.com/covers/79/51/9780393037951.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en W W Norton & Co Inc Stalking the Shark: Pressure and Passion on the Pro Golf Tour \N
+393322742 Poetry in Motion: 100 Poems from the Subways and Buses 157 1996 One Hundred Poems From The Poetry Placards In New York City's Subway And Buses. Amid Ads For Mace And Cockroach Exterminators, A Happy Glimmer In 16 Lines Or Less. From Sappho, To W. H. Auden, To Chu Chen Po. Giovanni -- From Romeo And Juliet / William Shakespeare -- Along The Hard Crest Of The Snowdrift / Anna Akhmatova -- To My Dear And Loving Husband / Anne Bradstreet -- From Marriage / Gregory Corso -- Song Of Solomon 2:8-13 / The King James Bible -- Tw. Introduction / Molly Peacock -- Preface / Alan F. Kiepper -- Let There Be New Flowering / Lucille Clifton -- From Crossing Brooklyn Ferry / Walt Whitman -- Hope Is The Thing With Feathers / Emily Dickinson -- When You Are Old / William Butler Yeats -- Hermandad/brotherhood / Octavio Paz -- Travel / Edna St. Vincent Millay -- Sir, You Are Tough / Joseph Brodsky -- Magic Words / Anonymous Inuit Poet -- From The Inferno, Canto I / Dante Alighieri -- From What Are Years? / Marianne Moore -- From The Love Song Of J. Alfred Prufrock / T.s. Eliot -- Speech To The Young, Speech To The Progress-toward (among Them Nora And Henry Iii) / Gwendolyn Brooks -- If There Is A Scheme / Charles Reznikoff -- The Armful / Robert Frost -- From To Autumn / John Keats -- Blackberry Eating / Galway Kinnell -- To A Poor Old Woman / William Carlos Williams -- Delta / Adrienne Rich -- Variacion/variations / Federico Garcia Lorca -- Please Give This Seat To An Elderly Or Disabled Person / Nina Cassian --^ From The Love Poems Of Marichiko / Kenneth Rexroth -- From The Mind Is An Ancient And Famous Capital / Delmore Schwartz -- Luck / Langston Hughes -- Let No Charitable Hope / Elinor Wylie -- From Coal / Audre Lorde -- To My Love, Combing Her Hair / Yehuda Amichai -- Mother Of The Groom / Seamus Heaney -- From Riding The A / May Swenson -- Encounter / Czeslaw Milosz -- From I Am Vertical / Sylvia Plath -- Western Wind / Anonymous -- Adolescence -- I / Rita Dove -- From Antigone / Sophocles -- Casabianca / Elizabeth Bishop -- A Man Said To The Universe / Stephen Crane -- Summer / Walter Dean Myers -- From Recuerdo / Edna St. Vincent Millay -- From The Passionate Man's Pilgrimage / Walter Ralegh -- Komu To Yu Mo/you Say, I Will Come / Otomo No Sakanoe -- From Riding On A Railroad Train / Ogden Nash -- Love Is A Place / E.e. Cummings -- Unfortunate Coincidence / Dorothy Parker -- From 'back On Times Square, Dreaming Of Times Square' / Allen Ginsberg -- For Friendship / Robert Creeley --^ Aspects Of Eve / Linda Pastan -- Sandinista Avioncitos / Lawrence Ferlinghetti -- Thank You, My Dear / Sappho -- Transit / Richard Wilbur -- I Stop Writing The Poem / Tess Gallagher -- From Thirteen Ways Of Looking At A Blackbird / Wallace Stevens -- First Memory / Louise Gluck -- Hedgehog / Chu Chen Po -- Suspended / Denise Levertov -- Listen To The Mustn'ts / Shel Silverstein -- The Question / Karla Kuskin -- The Bagel / David Ignatow -- Reflective / A.r. Ammons -- My Heart Leaps Up / William Wordsworth -- Heat / H.d. (hilda Doolittle) -- From Ode To The Cat / Pablo Neruda -- First Grade / William Stafford -- From Manhattan / Lorenz Hart -- The Talker / Mona Van Duyn -- Jamesian / Thom Gunn -- From Grasmere / Amy Clampitt -- Revival / Steve Crow -- From Yes / Muriel Rukeyser -- From Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night / Dylan Thomas -- Precautions / Eugenio Montale -- A Renewal / James Merrill -- Those Winter Sundays / Robert Hayden --^ The Moon's The North Wind's Cooky (what The Little Girl Said) / Vachel Lindsay -- An Obsessive Combination Of Ontological Inscape, Trickery And Love / Anne Sexton -- I Am Singing The Cold Rain / Lance Henson -- The Panther / Rainer Maria Rilke -- Cartography / Louise Bogan -- Days / Philip Larkin -- From Lullaby / W.h. Auden -- Wall / Gabriela Mistral -- As Much As You Can / C.p. Cavafy -- Birth / Louise Erdrich -- Take Hands / Laura Riding Jackson -- From The Round / Stanley Kunitz -- You Called Me Corazon / Sandra Cisneros -- My Heart / Frank O'hara -- Autumn Leaves / Marilyn Chin -- Window / Carl Sandburg -- The Sloth / Theodore Roethke -- Four In The Morning / Wislawa Szymborska -- On Imagine Les Anges/i Imagine Angels / Guillaume Apollinaire -- Star / Derek Walcott -- Happiness / Stephen Dunn -- Winter Poem / Nikki. Edited By Molly Peacock, Elise Paschen, Neil Neches. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 133-139) And Index. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/97/71/9780393039771.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en W W Norton & Co Inc Poetry in Motion: 100 Poems from the Subways and Buses \N
+039332298X The Players: A Novel of the Young Shakespeare 252 1997 This graceful historical novel traces Shakespeare's momentous path of creative and emotional self-discovery focusing on his apprentice years and concluding before the great plays that would earn him his fame. It begins with the glover's son roaming the fields of Stratford, hungry for knowledge and restless to escape the boundaries of his small town and loveless marriage. Leaving his family for the turbulence and excitement of London, Will becomes a struggling actor whose charmed, reckless circle of literary and theatrical friends includes John Heminges, Ben Jonson, and Christopher Marlowe - men who will in time create an unforgettable period of theater. All the while, however, Shakespeare continues to challenge himself as a writer; soon he is selling his plays and earning acclaim in the world of the London theater and aristocracy. Yet perhaps his finest and most heartfelt writing of the period can be found in the sonnets written for the Earl of Southampton, the beautiful young lord whose affection and aloofness stir the poet's soul. The Earl becomes Shakespeare's patron, friend, romantic rival, and eventually, his lover. With the Earl and the bewitching Italian musician Emilia Bassano, Shakespeare plunges deep into a tempestuous love triangle that will threaten both his desire to write and his sense of himself. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/06/09/9780393040609.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en W W Norton & Co Inc The Players: A Novel of the Young Shakespeare \N
+393323560 A Trail Through Leaves: The Journal as a Path to Place 192 1997 The Author, An Artist And Naturalist, Shares Her Ideas About Journal Keeping, Stressing The Importance Of Using Illustrations, And Includes Samples From Her Own Journals And Observances Of Nature. Going To The Source -- Wet, Dry, Rough, Polished -- Feeling It In Your Bones -- The Power Of The Ordinary -- The Flow Of Attention -- Seeing Order, Seeing Chaos -- Unmeasureable Phenomena -- The World As Events -- Turning The Years' Pages. Hannah Hinchman. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/10/19/9780393041019.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en W W Norton & Co Inc A Trail Through Leaves: The Journal as a Path to Place \N
+393324036 In Pursuit of a Vanishing Star: A Novel 192 2002 Dying Screenwriter Philip Nilson Writes About A Critical Moment In The Career Of Greta Garbo. She Was In Constantinople In 1924, Just Before She Became A Huge Star. The Story Revives In Nilson The Memory Of A Lost Love, An Image That Has Haunted Him Ever Since. Gustaf Sobin. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/20/47/9780393042047.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en W W Norton & Co Inc In Pursuit of a Vanishing Star: A Novel \N
+393324133 Jacob's Ladder: 525 1998 Donald Mccaig. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/62/98/9780393046298.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. Jacob's Ladder: \N
+393324303 Letters to a Fiction Writer 291 1999 Here Is A Collection Of Inspiring Letters From Some Of Our Most Renowned And Respected Fiction Writers On The Craft Of Writing And The Writing Life.--book Jacket. Speaking For Myself / Lee K. Abbott -- Dear Writer / Richard Bausch -- Full Of It / Charles Baxter -- Letter To A Young Fiction Writer / Ann Beattie -- Dear Dan Chaon / Ray Bradbury -- Letter To A Writer / David Bradley -- Your Are Not Here Long / Rosellen Brown -- Re, Envy / Janet Burroway -- Dear Mr. Hallstrom / Raymond Carver -- Letter To John Cheever / Malcolm Cowley. Dear Franz K / Nicholas Delbanco -- Letter To A Young Writer / Andre Dubus -- That Way He Could Work It / Pam Durban -- Letter To Walker Percy / Shelby Foote -- Letter To Joanna Higgins / John Gardner -- You Are Adam And You Are Eve / George Garrett -- Letter To Gail Greiner / Shelby Hearon -- Letter To A Younger Writer Met At A Conference / Janette Turner Hospital -- Ars Longa, Vita Brevis / Lewis Lapham -- But Before You Start / Stanley W. Lindberg -- To A Young Writer / Joyce Carol Oates -- Letter To A Young Writer / Reynolds Price -- Dear Laurie / Megan Staffel -- Letter To A Young Fiction Writer / Melanie Rae Thon. Two Communications To Nicholas Delbanco, Summer 1962 / John Updike -- Letter To A Young Writer / James Welch -- To Jerry / Tobias Wolff -- Supporting Your Habit / Hilma Wolitzer -- Letter To Flannery O'connor / Caroline Gordon -- To John Hawkes / Flannery O'connor -- Letter To Joanna Scott / John Hawkes -- Dear Meg / Joanna Scott. Edited By Frederick Busch. Includes Bibliographical References. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/73/56/9780393047356.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en W W Norton & Co Inc Letters to a Fiction Writer \N
+393324397 Sacred Monkey River: A Canoe Trip with the Gods 320 2000 At the border of Mexico and Guatemala lies one of the most fascinating and least known parts of the world, the cradle of ancient Mesoamerican civilizations. There the Usumacinta River and its highland tributaries form a tantalizing geographic unity that once undergirded the great achievements of the Maya. The man-made vehicle of the region's culture and spirituality was the canoe, the medium for the "Watery Path" connecting the sacred world with the earthly face of the cosmos.\\nChristopher Shaw has traveled these rivers by canoe, penetrating to the heart of an ancient and awe-inspiring landscape, and--despite near-death in a rapid, the Zapatista uprising in Chiapas, and the murderous activities of druglords along the river--brings back to us a beautifully told and important tale.\\n Shaw brings together the thrill of adventure travel with profound historical knowledge, the acute eye of a naturalist, breath-taking prose, and an intuitive gift for the larger resonances to be found in earthly realities. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/83/77/9780393048377.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en W W Norton & Co Inc Sacred Monkey River: A Canoe Trip with the Gods \N
+393324427 Blue at the Mizzen (Aubrey / Maturin) 262 1999 Now That The Napoleonic Wars Are Over, Frigate Captain Jack Aubrey Faces Desertion, Near Sinking, And Brawls With British Sailors--all Before He Reaches His Next Destination, Chile--where He Will Help The Fledgling Country Break Free Of Spain And Takes On Some Notable Passengers. Tour. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/84/45/9780393048445.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en W. W. Norton & Company Blue at the Mizzen (Aubrey / Maturin) \N
+393324931 Rides of the Midway: A Novel 320 2001 Noel Weatherspoon Is Many Things: An Unwitting Clairvoyant, An Extreme Asthma Sufferer, A Ghost-seeing Insomniac, An Endearing Dopehead, A Wanna-be Erotic Photographer, A Would-be Baseball Star, A Regretful Vandal, A Lamentable Virgin, And A Suspected, Somnabulant Mercy-killer. Spinning In Ten Directions At Once By His Passions And Missteps, He Finds Himself Haunted By Ghosts Both Real And Imagined.--jacket. Lee Durkee. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/97/18/9780393049718.jpg 2 3 Hardcover en W W Norton & Co Inc Rides of the Midway: A Novel \N
+395925002 Switcharound (Just the Tates!) 128 1985 forced To Spend A Summer With Their Father And His New Family, Caroline, Age Eleven, And J.p., Age Thirteen, Are Given Unpleasant Responsibilities For Which They Are Determined To Get Revenge.
When Asquith introduced his bill for Home Rule for Ireland in 1912, he sparked a decade of turbulence and violence for Ireland and her people.\\nMichael Collins played a crucial role in rekindling Ireland's aspirations for freedom. A leading figure in the nation's bitter and bloody resistance to British Rule, he played a key part in reshaping Ireland's history as we know it today. Ulick O'Connor includes valuable new information about the secret war against England and provides a fresh and highly dramatic account of Ireland's fight for freedom. Using important material from the archives of General Richard Mulcahy, Collins's chief of staff, as well as personal interviews with Mulcahy, Eamon de Valera, and many other leading figures Michael Collins and the Troubles is a vivid and often horrifying account of a crucial time, the consequences of which are still felt today. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/64/52/9780393316452.jpg 2 2 Paperback en W. W. Norton & Company Michael Collins and the Troubles: The Struggle for Irish Freedom 1912-1922 \N +394531892 How the Mind Works 672 1999 In This Book A Cognitive Scientist Explains How The Brain Evolved To Store And Use Information, Allowing Our Ancestors To Control Their Environment, And Why We Think And Act As We Do. He Explains What The Mind Is, How It Evolved, And How It Allows Us To See, Think, Feel, Laugh, Interact, Enjoy The Arts, And Ponder The Mysteries Of Life. This Work Explains Many Of The Imponderables Of Everyday Life. Why Does A Face Look More Attractive With Makeup? How Do Magic-eye 3-d Stereograms Work? Why Do We Feel That A Run Of Heads Makes The Coin More Likely To Land Tails? Why Is The Thought Of Eating Worms Disgusting? Why Do Men Challenge Each Other To Duels And Murder Their Ex-wives? Why Are Children Bratty? Why Do Fools Fall In Love? Why Are We Soothed By Paintings And Music? And Why Do Puzzles Like The Self, Free Will, And Consciousness Leave Us Dizzy? The Arguments In The Book Are As Bold As Its Title. The Author Rehabilitates Unfashionable Ideas, Such As That The Mind Is A Computer And That Human Nature Was Shaped By Natural Selection. And He Challenges Fashionable Ones, Such As That Passionate Emotions Are Irrational, That Parents Socialize Their Children, That Creativity Springs From The Unconscious, That Nature Is Good And Modern Society Corrupting, And That Art And Religion Are Expressions Of Our Higher Spiritual Yearnings. Standard Equipment -- Thinking Machines -- Revenge Of The Nerds -- The Mind's Eye -- Good Ideas -- Hotheads -- Family Values -- The Meaning Of Life. Steven Pinker. First Published As A Norton Paperback 1999 -- T.p. Verso. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 589-625) And Index. Los Angeles Times Book Prize In Science And Technology, 1998. William James Book Prize, American Psychology Association, 1999. Good Book Guide Award: Best Science Book Of 1998. Lighterary Lights, Boston Public Library, 1998. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/84/87/9780393318487.jpg 2 2 Paperback en W. W. Norton & Company How the Mind Works \N +394848365 How Old Was Lolita 275 1987 Alan Saperstein. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/37/25/9780394563725.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en Random House How Old Was Lolita \N +394882563 S 288 1988 New Englander Sarah Worth Goes West To Join A Hindu Commune In Arizona. There She Mingles With The Other Sannyasins (pilgrims) In The Difficult Attempt To Subdue Ego And Achieve Salvation And Release From Illusion. John Updike. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/83/55/9780394568355.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en Alfred A. Knopf S \N +394882695 Geek Love 347 1989 Olympia, An Albino Hunchback Dwarf, Tells Of A Carnival Family Who Breeds And Trains Their Children For Their Freak Show. Katherine Dunn. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/90/24/9780394569024.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en Knopf Geek Love \N +394537238 On Becoming a Novelist 172 1999
one Of The Greatest Creative Writing Teachers We've Ever Had. —frederick Buschon Becoming A Novelist Contains The Wisdom Accumulated During John Gardner's Distinguished Twenty-year Career As A Fiction Writer And Creative Writing Teacher. With Elegance, Humor, And Sophistication, Gardner Describes The Life Of A Working Novelist; Warns What Needs To Be Guarded Against, Both From Within The Writer And From Without; And Predicts What The Writer Can Reasonably Expect And What, In General, He Or She Cannot. For A Certain Kind Of Person, Gardner Writes, Nothing Is More Joyful Or Satisfying Than The Life Of A Novelist. But No Other Vocation, He Is Quick To Add, Is So Fraught With Professional And Spiritual Difficulties. Whether Discussing The Supposed Value Of Writer's Workshops, Explaining The Role Of The Novelist's Agent And Editor, Or Railing Against The Seductive Fruits Of Literary Elitism, on Becoming A Novelist Is An Indispensable, Life-affirming Handbook For Anyone Authentically Called To The Profession. A Miraculously Detailed Account Of The Creative Process.—anne Tyler, baltimore Sun ...answers Exactly The Questions That A Dedicated Writing Student Would Be Most Likely To Ask ...--anne Tyler Https://images.isbndb.com/covers/00/39/9780393320039.jpg 1 1 Paperback en W. W. Norton & Company On Becoming a Novelist \N +394537785 Karl Marx: A Life 462 2001 In this stunning book, the first comprehensive biography of Marx since the end of the Cold War, Francis Wheen gives us not a socialist ogre but a fascinating, ultimately humane man, while still examining the criticisms of his detractors. A study in contradictions, Karl Marx was at once a reserved scholar, a fiery agitator, and a gregarious socialite, while his intellect and ideology were once described as "Rousseau, Voltaire, and Hegel fused into one person." He lived both at the center and on the fringes of his age, and his oratory and writing continue to change the contemporary world. In his entertaining, offbeat style, Wheen offers an eminently readable biography of one of history's most unforgettable figures. "Wheen's portrait of Marx's life is artfully shaped and makes delectable reading."—New York Times "A magnificent portrait of Marx.... Bravo!"—A. N. Wilson "[E]xpertly researched, admirably objective, eminently humane, and plenty entertaining."—Boston Book Review https://images.isbndb.com/covers/15/79/9780393321579.jpg 1 1 Paperback en W. W. Norton & Company Karl Marx: A Life \N +039454255X Basil Street Blues: A Memoir 306 2001 "A wonderful offbeat memoir.... Holroyd has written perhaps his best book yet."—Ben Macintyre, New York Times Book Review\\nRenowned biographer Michael Holroyd had always assumed that his own family was perfectly English, or at least perfectly ordinary. But an investigation into the Holroyd past—guided by old photograph albums, crumbling documents, and his parents' wildly divergent accounts of their lives—gradually yields clues to a constellation of startling events and eccentric characters: a slow decline from English nobility on one side, a dramatic Scandinavian ancestry on the other. Fires, suicides, bankruptcies, divorces, unconsummated longings, and the rumor of an Indian tea fortune permeate this wry, candid memoir, "part multiple biography, part autobiography, but principally an oblique investigation of the biographer's art" (New York Times Book Review). "[A] perfect example of a memoir that entrances me."—Katherine A. Powers, Boston Sunday Globe "[O]ne of the few [biographers] who can convey what makes ordinary as well as extraordinary mortals live in our minds."—Los Angeles Times https://images.isbndb.com/covers/17/46/9780393321746.jpg 2 2 Paperback en W. W. Norton & Company Basil Street Blues: A Memoir \N +394543319 Shadow Play: A Novel (Norton Paperback) 414 2001 in His Quiet Cosmic Wonderment, Baxter Is The Equal Of John Updike And Anne Tyler At Their Largest And Best.—gq
This powerful, unsettling book gives us a rare glimpse behind the closed doors of global financial institutions by the winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Economics.\\nWhen it was first published, this national bestseller quickly became a touchstone in the globalization debate. Renowned economist and Nobel Prize winner Joseph E. Stiglitz had a ringside seat for most of the major economic events of the last decade, including stints as chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers and chief economist at the World Bank. Particularly concerned with the plight of the developing nations, he became increasingly disillusioned as he saw the International Monetary Fund and other major institutions put the interests of Wall Street and the financial community ahead of the poorer nations. Those seeking to understand why globalization has engendered the hostility of protesters in Seattle and Genoa will find the reasons here. While this book includes no simple formula on how to make globalization work, Stiglitz provides a reform agenda that will provoke debate for years to come. Rarely do we get such an insider's analysis of the major institutions of globalization as in this penetrating book. With a new foreword for this paperback edition. Those seeking to understand why globalization has engendered the hostility of protesters in Seattle and Genoa will find the reasons here. While this book includes no simple formula on how to make globalization work, Stiglitz provides a reform agenda that will provoke debate for years to come. Rarely do we get such an insider's analysis of the major institutions of globalization as in this penetrating book. With a new foreword for this paperback edition. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/43/96/9780393324396.jpg 1 1 Paperback en W. W. Norton & Company Globalization and Its Discontents (Norton Paperback) \N +394558480 Nexus: Small Worlds and the Groundbreaking Science of Networks 240 2003 As Chaos explained the science of disorder, Nexus reveals the new science of connection and the odd logic of six degrees of separation.\\n"If you ever wanted to know how many links connect you and the Pope, or why when the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank sneezes the global economy catches cold, read this book," writes John L. Casti (Santa Fe Institute). This "cogent and engaging" (Nature) work presents the fundamental principles of the emerging field of "small-worlds" theory—the idea that a hidden pattern is the key to how networks interact and exchange information, whether that network is the information highway or the firing of neurons in the brain. Mathematicians, physicists, computer scientists, and social scientists are working to decipher this complex organizational system, for it may yield a blueprint of dynamic interactions within our physical as well as social worlds.\\nHighlighting groundbreaking research behind network theory, "Mark Buchanan's graceful, lucid, nontechnical and entertaining prose" (Mark Granovetter) documents the mounting support among various disciplines for the small-worlds idea and demonstrates its practical applications to diverse problems—from the volatile global economy or the Human Genome Project to the spread of infectious disease or ecological damage. Nexus is an exciting introduction to the hidden geometry that weaves our lives so inextricably together. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/44/26/9780393324426.jpg 2 2 Paperback en W. W. Norton & Company Nexus: Small Worlds and the Groundbreaking Science of Networks \N +932194397 Teachers: Straight Talk from the Trenches 281 1989 The Views Of 22,000 Teachers Surveyed By The Carnegie Foundation For The Advancement Of Teaching. Susan Dichter. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/30/79/9780929923079.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en Lowell House Teachers: Straight Talk from the Trenches \N +394570251 The House of Mirth (Norton Critical Editions) 374 1990 Lily Bart, An Orphaned Child Of A New York Merchant, Calmly Prepares A Campaign To Marry For The Power And Luxury Money Brings. This Norton Critical Edition Of Edith Wharton's Quintessential Novel Of The Gilded Age Reprints The Scribner's Magazine Text Of 1905, Including The Eight Original Illustrations. The Text Has Been Introduced And Thoroughly Annotated By The Editor For Student Readers. Backgrounds And Contexts Includes Selections From Edith Wharton's Letters; Articles From The Period About Etiquette, Vocations For Women, Factory Life, And Working Girls' Clubs; Excerpts From The Work Of Contemporary Social Thinkers Including Thorstein Veblen, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, And Olive Schreiner; And A Consideration Of Anti-semitism At The Turn Of The Century By Historian John Higham. Also Included Are Charles Dana Gibson's Precautionary Piece Marrying For Money (including Four Gibson Drawings) And A Tableau Vivant Of The Dying Gladiator. Criticism Reprints Six Central Contemporary Reviews Of The Novel And Six Biographical And Interpretive Modern Essays By Millicent Bell, Louis Auchincloss, Cynthia Griffin Wolff, R.w.b. Lewis, Elaine Showalter, And Elizabeth Ammons.--publisher's Website. The Text Of The House Of Mirth / Edith Wharton -- Backgrounds And Contexts. Selected Letters /edith Wharton -- Conspicuous Leisure And Conspicuous Consumption / Thorstein Veblen -- The Duties Of A House-guest / Mrs. Burton Kingsland -- Vocations For The Trained Woman: Millinery / C. Lothrop Higgins -- The Experience Of A Lady As A Factory Girl / Mrs. John Van Vorst And Marie Van Vorst -- Working Girls' Clubs / Mary Cadwalader Jones -- Marrying For Money / Charles Dana Gibson -- Women And Economies / Charlotte Perkins Gilman -- Sex-parasitism / Olive Sehreiner -- The Waste Of Women In America / Lorine Pruette, Ph. D. -- Ideological Anti-semitism In The Gilded Age / John Higham -- Tableau Vivant Of The Dying Gladiator -- Criticism. Contemporary Reviews -- Mrs. Wharton's Latest Novel / The Independent -- Mrs. Wharton's The House Of Mirth / E.e. Hale, Jr. -- Review Of The House Of Mirth / Mary Moss -- Excerpt From Two Studies In Luxury / Mary K. Ford -- Review Of The House Of Mirth / The Nation -- Review Of The House Of Mirth / The Saturday Review -- Modern Critical Views. Wharton As Businesswoman: Publishing The House Of Mirth / Millicent Bell --the House Of Mirth And Old And New New York / Louis Auchincloss -- Lily Bart And The Beautiful Death / Cynthia Griffin Wolff -- The House Of Mirth Biographically / R.w.b. Lewis -- Edith Wharton's Hard-working Lily: The House Of Mirth And The Marriage Market / Elizabeth Ammons -- The Death Of The Lady (novelist): Wharton's House Of Mirth / Elaine Showalter -- Edith Wharton: A Chronology / Elizabeth Ammons. Edith Wharton ; Authoritative Text, Backgrounds, And Contexts Criticism Edited By Elizabeth Ammons. Bibliography: P. 374. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/90/17/9780393959017.jpg 1 1 Paperback en W. W. Norton & Company The House of Mirth (Norton Critical Editions) \N +394571169 Frankenstein 339 1995 [in This Text], Contemporary Perspective Is Provided In Two Supporting Sections. Contexts Includes Related Writings By Mary Shelley, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Lord Byron, And John William Polidori. Nineteenth-century Responses Gathers Six Reactions To Frankenstein's Publication From The Years 1818 To 1886, Including Those By Percy Bysshe Shelley And Hugh Reginald Haweis. Criticism Is A Collection Of Twelve Seminal Essays That Provide A Variety Of Perspectives On Frankenstein By Christopher Small, George Levine ... Marilyn Butler, And Lawrence Lipking. Text Of Frankenstein -- Contexts: Introduction To Frankenstein, Third Edition (1831) / Mary Shelley; Mont Blanc (1816) / Percy Bysshe Shelley -- Nineteenth-century Responses: On Frankenstein (1817) / Percy Bysshe Shelley; From The Quarterly Review (january 1818) / [john Croker] -- Modern Criticism: [percy] Shelley And Frankenstein / Christopher Small; Frankenstein And The Tradition Of Realism / George Levine. Mary Shelley ; Edited By J. Paul Hunter. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 335-336). https://images.isbndb.com/covers/45/85/9780393964585.jpg 2 2 Paperback en W. W. Norton & Company Frankenstein \N +394574028 ATLAS SHRUGGED (Highbridge Classics) \N 1995 who Is John Galt? Is The Immortal Question Posed At The Beginning Of Ayn Rand's Masterpiece. The Answer Is The Astonishing Story Of A Man Who Said He Would Stop The Motor Of The World—and Did. As Passionate As It Is Profound, atlas Shrugged Is One Of The Most Influential Novels Of Our Time. In It, Rand Dramatizes The Main Tenets Of Objectivism, Her Philosophy Of Rational Selfishness. She Explores The Ramifications Of Her Radical Thinking In A World That Penalizes Human Intelligence And Integrity. Part Mystery, Part Thriller, Part Philosphical Inquiry, Part Volatile Love Affair, atlas Shrugged Is The Book That Confirmed Ayn Rand As One Of The Most Popular Novelist And Most Respected Thinkers Of The 20th Century.
People depend on her. They need her to slaughter the hogs and nurse the dying. People are weak, and there is so much to do. She is just a teenager when her little brother dies in her arms. That same year she marries Hank and moves down into the valley where fire and visions visit themselves on her and where con men and drunks come calling.
Julie and Hank discover that the modern world is complex, grinding ever on without pause or concern for their hard work. To survive, they must find out whether love can keep chaos and madness at bay.
With Julie, Robert Morgan has brought to life one of the most memorable women in modern American literature with the same skill that led the Boston Book Review to say that he writes with an authority usually associated with the great novelists of the last century.
In this novel, Morgan returns to the vivid world of the Appalachian high country to follow Julie and Hank in their new life on Gap Creek and their efforts to make sense of the world in the last years of the nineteenth century. Scratching out a life for themselves, always at risk of losing it all, Julie and Hank don't know what to fear most--the floods or the flesh-and-blood grifters who insinuate themselves into their new lives.
Their struggles with nature, with work, with the changing century, and with the disappointments and triumphs of marriage make this a powerful follow-up to Morgan's acclaimed novel, The Truest Pleasure.
The story of the mythical hero Theseus, slayer of monsters, abductor of princesses and king of Athens. He emerges from these pages as a clearly defined personality; brave, aggressive and quick. The core of the story is Theseus' Cretan adventure. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/10/47/9780394751047.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Vintage Books The King Must Die: A Novel \N +395444861 The History of Sexuality, Vol. 2: The Use of Pleasure 304 1990 Michel Foucault ; Translated From The French By Robert Hurley. Reprint. Originally Published: New York : Pantheon Books, 1985. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/12/21/9780394751221.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Vintage The History of Sexuality, Vol. 2: The Use of Pleasure \N +395465168 Platitudes 183 1988 Trey Ellis. A Vintage Original--t.p. Verso. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/43/90/9780394754390.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Vintage Contemporaries Platitudes \N +395488877 The Peopling of British North America: An Introduction 192 1988 This Book Focuses On The Beginnings Of The Peopling Of America, From 1500 To The Advent Of The Industrial Revolution, Taking Into Account Such Aspects As Settlement, Social Patterns, And Groups And Races. Bernard Bailyn. Originally Published: New York : Knopf, 1986. (the Curti Lectures ; 1985). Includes Bibliographical References (p. 135-167) And Index. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/77/97/9780394757797.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Vintage The Peopling of British North America: An Introduction \N +395502209 Oscar Wilde 736 1988 The biography sensitive to the tragic pattern of the story of a great subject: Oscar Wilde - psychologically and sexually complicated, enormously quotable, central to a alluring cultural world and someone whose life assumed an unbearably dramatic shape.
Anastasia Krupnik has exactly one week to work on her school assignment called "My Chosen Career." Determined to be a bookstore owner, she must first develop poise and self-confidence. So Anastasia takes the plunge and spends her life savings on a modeling course at Studio Charmante. She has one week to interview a bookstore owner, write a report, and complete her modeling course. Luckily her new friend Henry is with her most of the way. Is Anastasia destined to be a successful bookstore owner or a glamorous model? Only Anastasia has the answers!
Author Biography: Lisa Earle McLeod is a working mother, a motivational speaker, and a 15-year marriage veteran who's done the laundry, worked for a jerk, overdrawn her checking account, and lived to tell about it. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/71/59/9780399527159.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Perigee Trade Forget Perfect \N
+425165299 A Goddess is a Girl's Best Friend 328 2002 In this fun and informative guide, readers will discover how to achieve their dreams and aspirations with the wisdom of the goddesses. By providing mythology, history, rituals, prayers, and exercises, the author reveals how anyone can tap into the power of the Goddess to improve all areas of her life. Readers will find practical and spiritual solutions to show them how to:\\n• Free themselves from bad relationships
\\n • Increase their income
\\n • Welcome change
\\n • Find compassion
\\n • Connect to their healing power
\\n • Pursue the career of their dreams https://images.isbndb.com/covers/82/62/9780399528262.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Perigee Trade A Goddess is a Girl's Best Friend \N
+042516618X Zebra 405 1979 Clark Howard. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/05/01/9780399900501.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en Richard Marek Pubs Zebra \N
+425166767 The Bourne Identity 523 1980 Jason Bourne, A Deep-cover Cia Agent, Loses His Memory In An Accident Which Was Originally Intended To Kill Him. In Re-tracing His Steps, He Confounds Agency Officials To The Extent That They Are Not Sure That He Is The Same Man They Sent Into The Field. The Cia Orders Him Killed, As Does His Original Enemy, The Most Dangerous Assassin In The World. By Robert Ludlum. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/07/09/9780399900709.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en Richard Marek The Bourne Identity \N
+042517039X Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to Mill on Utilitarianism (Routledge Philosophy Guidebooks) 246 1997
Mill was one of the most important British philosophers of the nineteenth century; his Utilitarianism is a pivotal work in ethical thought. This book, written specifically for students coming to Mill - and perhaps philosophy - for the first time, will be an ideal guide.
Mill on Utilitarianism introduces and assesses:
* Mill's life and the background of Utilitarianism
* the ideas and text of Utilitarianism
* the continuing importance of Mill's work to philosophy This is the first book dedicated to Utilitarianism itself. Concisely written and engaging, it is perfect reading for those studying Mill or moral philosophy. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/97/89/9780415109789.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Routledge Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to Mill on Utilitarianism (Routledge Philosophy Guidebooks) \N
+425173518 Colloquial Hindi: The Complete Course for Beginners (Colloquial Series) 352 1996 Specially written by an experienced teacher for self-study or class use, the course offers a step-by-step approach to written and spoken Hindi. No prior knowledge of the language is required. This new edition features extended advice and information on Hindi scripts, in particular Devangari. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/08/77/9780415110877.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Routledge Colloquial Hindi: The Complete Course for Beginners (Colloquial Series) \N
+425174026 The Spanish Language Today 254 1999 The Spanish Language Today Describes The Varied And Changing Spanish Language In The World Today. The Spanish Language Today Contains Numerous Extracts From Contemporary Texts, A Glossary Of Technical Linguistic Terms And Selected Translations. It Is Suitable For Those Engaged With The Modern Spanish Language, From Beginning Students With No Prior Linguistic Knowledge To Researchers.--jacket. Pt. I. Spanish As A World Language -- 1. The Extent And Status Of Spanish In The World -- 2. The Standardization Of Spanish -- Pt. Ii. Spanish: Variation And Change -- 3. The Phonology, Phonetics And Orthography Of Spanish -- 4. Spanish Lexis -- 5. Spanish Morpho-syntax -- Pt. Iii. The Spanish Language In Use -- 6. Tu, Vd. And Forms Of Address -- 7. Discourse And Genre -- 8. Conversation, Pragmatics And Politeness -- Pt. Iv. Spanish In Contact -- 9. Spanish In Contact. Miranda Stewart. Includes Bibliographical References (p [220]-228) And Index. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/25/88/9780415142588.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en Routledge The Spanish Language Today \N
+425174271 Wholeness and the Implicate Order 284 2002 david Bohm Was One Of The Foremost Scientific Thinkers And Philosophers Of Our Time. Although Deeply Influenced By Einstein, He Was Also, More Unusually For A Scientist, Inspired By Mysticism. Indeed, In The 1970s And 1980s He Made Contact With Both J. Krishnamurti And The Dalai Lama Whose Teachings Helped Shape His Work. In Both Science And Philosophy, Bohm's Main Concern Was With Understanding The Nature Of Reality In General And Of Consciousness In Particular. In This Classic Work He Develops A Theory Of Quantum Physics Which Treats The Totality Of Existence As An Unbroken Whole. Writing Clearly And Without Technical Jargon, He Makes Complex Ideas Accessible To Anyone Interested In The Nature Of Reality. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/97/95/9780415289795.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Routledge Wholeness and the Implicate Order \N
+425175146 Reel To Real: Race, Sex, and Class at the Movies 256 1996 Although It May Not Be The Goal Of Filmmaker, Most Of Us Learn Something When We Watch Movies. They Make Us Think. They Make Us Feel. Occasionally They Have The Power To Transform Lives. In Reel To Real, Bell Hooks Talks Back To Films She Has Watched As A Way To Engage The Pedagogy Of Cinema - How Film Teaches Its Audience. Bell Hooks Comes To Film Not As A Film Critic But As A Cultural Critic, Fascinated By The Issues Movies Raise - The Way Cinema Depicts Race, Sex, And Class. Reel To Real Brings Together Hooks's Classic Essays (on Paris Is Burning Or Spike Lee's She's Gotta Have It) With Her Newer Work On Such Films As Girl 6, Pulp Fiction, Crooklyn, And Waiting To Exhale, And Her Thoughts On The World Of Independent Cinema. Her Conversations With Filmmakers Charles Burnett, Julie Dash, And Arthur Jaffa Are Linked With Critical Essays To Show How Cinema Can Function Subversively, Even As It Maintains The Status Quo. Introduction: Making Movie Magic. -- Good Girls Look The Other Way. -- Transgression And Transformation: Leaving Las Vegas. -- Exotica: Breaking Down To Break Through. -- Crooklyn: The Denial Of Death. -- Cool Cynicism: Pulp Fiction. -- Mock Feminism: Waiting To Exhale. -- Kids: Transgressive Subjects -- Reactionary Film. -- Artistic Integrity: Race And Accountability. -- Neo-colonial Fantasies Of Conquest: Hoop Dreams. -- Doing It For Daddy: Black Masculinity In The Mainstream. -- Thinking Through Class: Paying Attention To The Attendant. -- Back To The Avant-garde: The Progressive Vision. -- What's Passion Got To Do With It?: An Interview With Marie-france Alderman. -- The Cultural Mix: An Interview With Wayne Wang. -- Confession -- Filming Family: An Interview With Camille Billops. -- A Guiding Light: An Interview With Charles Burnett. -- Critical Contestations: A Conversation With A.j. (arthur Jaffa) -- The Oppositional Gaze: Black Female Spectators. -- Is Paris Burning? -- Whose Pussy Is This?: A Feminist Comment. Bell Hooks. Includes Index. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/82/44/9780415918244.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Routledge Reel To Real: Race, Sex, and Class at the Movies \N
+425179672 Seal Team Seven 1 1994 As twin torpedoes from a renegade Iranian sub streak into the hull of their escort ship, the crew of the Yuduki Maru looks on in horror...\\nTheir cargo includes two tons of weapons-grade plutonium. And now, with enough nuke fuel to arm a superpower, an alliance of fanatics threatens to poison a continent.\\nIn a daring mission of high-seas heroism, Lt. Blake Murdock leads his seven-man unit from Team Seven's Red Squad into bulkhead-to-bulkhead battle - with high-tech buccaneers who've got nothing left to lose...\\n\\n\\n A renegade Iranian submarine hijacks a Japanese freighter carrying enough nuke fuel to arm a superpower. Lieutenant Balke Murdoch and his seven-man unit from Team Seven's Red Squad are sent on a daring mission of high-seas heroism to stop the high-tech pirates before they can carry out their threat to poison a continent. Original.\\n https://images.isbndb.com/covers/34/07/9780425143407.jpg 1 1 Mass Market Paperback en Berkley Seal Team Seven \N
+425181200 Angel of Death 341 1996
Jack Higgins presents this explosive story of international terrorism ripped from today's headlines...
They call themselves "January 30," after the date of a British massacre in Belfast. They are allied with no one, killing American diplomats and KGB agents, Arabs and Israelis, IRA gunmen and Loyalist soldiers. But they are definitely the enemies of peace - and they are plotting an assassination that will shatter the uneasy truce that reigns in Ireland.
Former IRA enforcer Sean Dillon must hunt down January 30 before they kill again. Before they spark another war. Before Dillon himself falls prey to the ultimate assassin - the Angel of Death...
Tom Brown, Jr., began to learn tracking and hunting at the age of eight. He has founded a renowned survival school and is also the author of the bestselling wilderness guides bearing his name.
A madman brutally murders two men-both with ties to an ugly secret shared by Lieutenant Eve Dallas' new husband, Roarke.
Dirk Pitt rides a tidal wave of intrigue in this classic Cussler.
On an isolated Greek island, a World War I fighter plane attacks a modern U.S. Air Force base—a mysterious saboteur preys on an American scientific expedition—and Dirk Pitt plays a deadly game of hunter and hunted with the elusive head of an international smuggling ring. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/73/94/9780425197394.jpg 2 2 Mass Market Paperback en G.P. Putnam's Sons The Mediterranean Caper (Dirk Pitt Adventure) \N +425198138 Blending Families: A Guide for Parents, Stepparents, Grandparents and Everyone Building a Successful New Family 240 1999 Today more Americans are part of a second-marriage family than a first. Inevitably, these newly blended "stepfamilies" will be confronted by their own special problems and needs. This insightful problem-solving guide offers solid solutions—and includes real-life stories from families who've been through the adjustment process. Written by an award-winning author who specializes in health and family care, the book covers a wide range of issues—emotional, financial, disciplinary, and interpersonal. Naturally, there is no "one-size-fits-all" solution for second-marriage families. Each is unique, with its own composition, personalities, and problems. But with patience and understanding, this new family can work, live, and eventually love—together. Includes special sections on:\\n• Family communication\\n• Former spouses\\n• Grandparents and step-grandparents\\n• Juggling households\\n• Commuting children\\n• Discipline\\n• School issues\\n• Family customs and rituals\\n• Religious differences\\n• Reducing stress\\n• Adult time\\n• Money issues\\n• Holiday planning\\n• Vacations\\n• Curfews and other rules https://images.isbndb.com/covers/67/72/9780425166772.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Berkley Blending Families: A Guide for Parents, Stepparents, Grandparents and Everyone Building a Successful New Family \N +436236958 Murder on Astor Place: A Gaslight Mystery 288 1999
The first Gaslight mystery-newly repackaged.
After a routine delivery, midwife Sarah Brandt visits her patient in a rooming house-and discovers that another boarder, a young girl, has been killed. At the request of Sergeant Frank Malloy, she searches the girl's room, and discovers that the victim is from one of the most prominent families in New York- and the sister of an old friend. The powerful family, fearful of scandal, refuses to permit an investigation. But with Malloy's help, Sarah begins a dangerous quest to bring the killer to justice-before death claims another victim.
The Treatment\\nDiscovered in the Amazon jungles -- and developed in secret -- an experimental treatment has been administered to the subjects. The results are miraculous. Until the patients start dying…\\n
The Protocol\\nDr. Susan Keane is passionately dedicated to her work, and deeply alarmed by the tragic events unfolding in the cancer ward. Protocol is breaking down -- and so are her patients. But when Susan begins to investigate the origins of the unauthorized "treatment," her darkest suspicions fall upon her own coworkers -- the doctors she has come to know and love. Even worse, the surviving patients are now carriers of this lethal infection. If it becomes airborne, at least five million people will be at risk. And Susan cannot hope to contain the epidemic…\\n
Because one of her patients is missing https://images.isbndb.com/covers/40/29/9780425174029.jpg 1 1 Mass Market Paperback en Berkley The Protocol \N +439112109 Certain Prey 368 2000 of All The Criminals That Lucas Davenport Has Hunted, None Has Been As Frighteningly Intelligent As The Woman Who's Hunting Him...
For more than a century, the small town of Haddan, Massachusetts, has been divided, as if a line drawn down the center of Main Street, separating those born and bred in the village from those who attend the prestigious Haddan School. But one October night the two worlds are thrust together due to an inexplicable death, and the town’s divided history is revealed in all its complexity. The lives of everyone involved are unraveled: from Carlin Leander, the fifteen-year-old girl who is as loyal as she is proud, to Betsy Chase, a woman running from her own destiny; from August Pierce, a boy who unexpectedly finds courage in his darkest hour, to Abel Grey, the police officer who refuses to let unspeakable actions—both past and present—slide by without notice. Entertainment Weekly has declared that Alice Hoffman’s worlds are “replete with miracles” and The Boston Globe has praised her “iridescent prose, taut narrative suspense, and alluring atmosphere.”
“An inventive, romantic, and insightful storyteller, Hoffman touches everyone and everything with her magic wand, illuminating the power of emotion and exquisite mysteries of life.” — Booklist
Hidden in the Nevada desert is America's most advanced aerospace-weapons testing facility. Dreamland is the place where the nation's top minds come to develop artillery and aircraft that push beyond the cutting edge. And where the Air Force's top guns come to test them — on the front lines of a new era in warfare....
The fiasco of a spy's infiltration has the Pentagon looking for an excuse to close Dreamland down. To clean up the mess — and save Dreamland from the congressional chopping block — Lt. Colonel Tecumseh "Dog" Bastian is sent in. He's just the guy to shake things up...and does so when a situation erupts in Somalia. Into a hotter-than-hot war zone, he sends his own daughter — the pilot of a Megafortress bomber — with a high-tech, unmanned flight system that could make or break the future of Dreamland....
Performed by J.K. Simmons https://images.isbndb.com/covers/12/01/9780425181201.jpg 1 1 Mass Market Paperback en Berkley Dale Brown's Dreamland \N +439372992 The Thunder Keeper (Wind River Reservation Mystery) 256 2001 Father John O'malley And Denver Lawyer Vicky Holden Try To Find Out What Is Happening On The Wind River Reservation That Would Cause Someone To Kill Two People To Keep It A Secret. Margaret Coel. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/18/81/9780425181881.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en Berkley Hardcover The Thunder Keeper (Wind River Reservation Mystery) \N +439379695 Brothers of Cain (Civil War Mysteries) 336 2001 In 1862, while troops prepare to capture Richmond, undercover agent Bronwen Llyr begins her own battle: to free her brother from prison. But as time escapes her, so does hope. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/18/98/9780425181898.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en Berkley Hardcover Brothers of Cain (Civil War Mysteries) \N +439395631 No Promises in the Wind (DIGEST) 184 2002 From the Newbery Award winning author of Across Five Aprils and Up a Road Slowly comes a tale of a brave young man’s struggle to find his own strength during the Great Depression… No Promises in the Wind In 1932, Americans’ dreams were simple: a job, food to eat, a place to sleep, and shoes without holes. But for millions of people these simple needs were nothing more than dreams. When he was just fifteen years old, Josh had to make his own way through a country of angry and frightened people. This is the story of his struggle to find a life for himself during these turbulent times. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/28/02/9780425182802.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Berkley No Promises in the Wind (DIGEST) \N +439401860 Submarine: A Guided Tour Inside a Nuclear Warship (Tom Clancy's Military Reference) 368 2002 only The Author Of the Hunt For Red October Could Capture The Reality Of Life Aboard A Nuclear Submarine. Only A Writer Of Mr. Clancy's Magnitude Could Obtain Security Clearance For Information, Diagrams, And Photographs Never Before Available To The library. Now, Every Civilian Can Enter This Top Secret World...the Weapons, The Procedures, The People Themselves...the Startling Facts Behind The Fiction That Made Tom Clancy A #1 Bestselling Author.
These unabridged essays range across the full span of history. Geoffrey Parker describes ramifications that might have included a divided Reformation movement, a strengthened Catholic leadership, and no European settlements in the Americas. And Caleb Carr argues that we could have been spared the horrific last six months of World War II in Europe if Eisenhower had seized his chance to destroy the Nazis in the fall of 1944.
This all-star list of award-winning and bestselling authors includes Lance Morrow, Andrew Roberts, Cecelia Holland, Theodore F. Cook and others.
Set in the steamy, stormy landscape of South Carolina, Sullivan's Island tells the unforgettable story of one woman's courageous journey toward truth.
Born and raised on idyllic Sullivan's Island, Susan Hayes navigated through her turbulent childhood with humor, spunk, and characteristic Southern sass. But years later, she is a conflicted woman with an unfaithful husband, a sometimes resentful teenage daughter, and a heart that aches with painful, poignant memories. And as Susan faces her uncertain future, she realizes that she must go back to her past. To the beachfront house where her sister welcomes her with open arms. To the only place she can truly call home.
Young, innocent and strikingly beautiful Crystal Wyatt was an outcast, envied and resented by all but her devoted father, with whom she shared a deep love for their remote California ranch. When her father dies, Crystal is alone and unprotected. Devastating events shake the once peaceful valley. With nothing but her dreams, her beauty, and her awe-inspiring voice, Crystal escapes to embark on the career that will ultimately make her a star. But stardom itself is shadowed by danger and violence and haunted by a memory that must be resolved before Crystal can find happiness and peace.
Returning from her late shift as a barmaid at a casino in Lake Tahoe, Misty Patterson struck her violently jealous husband in self-defense. She admits that—but did she kill him? She says she can't remember. Like so many times before, Misty blacked out and the rest of the evening is a blank. Now her husband has disappeared, leaving behind a trail of blood, and she's the number-one murder suspect with no one to turn to for help.
San Francisco attorney Nina Reilly is also on the run—from a bad marriage and a worse career setback. Relocated to Lake Tahoe, Nina is resolved to recover her spirit, give her young son a secure home, and build up a small solo practice. But, when Misty Patterson walks in the door, a blond Barbie doll of a cocktail waitress accused of murder, it triggers a harrowing series of events that will change both women's lives forever.
Common sense says Misty is lying. To win this case Nina will have to trust her own instincts, diving headlong into the dark convolutions of the human mind. This murder case—teeming with sinister secrets, unspoken betrayals, and jolting revelations—is going to change everything Nina Reilly believes about the law. It's going to rock everything Misty believes about herself. And if they can learn to trust each other, it's going to give both women their one and only chance to reclaim their shattered lives.
In a spellbinding novel that doesn't let go from the first page until the shocking unforgettable conclusion, Perri O'Shaughnessy delivers an electrifying legal thriller about two women risking all they have for the truth that could cost them their lives—or set them both free.
Joan Johnston transports us to rugged present-day Texas—a place of wide-open prairies and unbridled ambitions—where two ranching families, the Blackthornes and the Creeds, are locked in a bitter century-old feud. Here, Johnston brings to life a breathtaking love story—between the Blackthornes' oldest son and the Creeds' beautiful daughter—a magnificent novel of passion, vengeance, and star-crossed love.
Trace Blackthorne was taught from the cradle to take what he wanted. And he wanted Callie Creed. Eleven years ago, the feud between their families had torn them apart. But now Trace has come home, a ruthless hard-eyed stranger, making her an offer she couldn't refuse: marry him and save her struggling family from financial ruin. But the secrets of the past return to haunt them. And Callie is once again compelled to make an impossible choice—between the family who desperately needs her and the only man she has ever loved.
In her 39th best-selling novel, Danielle Steel brings to life the story of three women, old roommates from college, who come together after twenty years, one summer at The Ranch.
They had been inseparable in college, Mary Stuart, Tanya, and Zoe. But in the more than twenty years that followed, the three had moved on with their lives, settled in different cities, and found successful careers and new roles as mothers and wives. By chance, each would find herself alone for a few weeks one summer, wrestling with the present and the past. At a sprawling ranch in the foothills of Wyoming's Grand Teton Range, the three women come together and find courage, healing, and truth, and reach out to each other once again.
Despite the honesty they once shared, now pretense between them runs high. Mary Stuart Walker, married for twenty-two years to a Manhattan lawyer, kept herself busy with volunteer work, and now masks the loneliness that consumes her life. A year has past, and Mary Stuart still hasn't gotten over the guilt, or the fear that her husband will never forgive her for their son's death... Tanya Thomas, an award winning singer and rock star, enjoys all the trappings of fame and success—a mansion in Bel Air, legions of fans, and a broken heart. All the Grammy awards in the world can't make up for the children she wanted but never had, the men who have taken advantage of her, and just gone along for the ride, and still are... Dr. Zoe Phillips has her hands full as a single mother to an adopted two-year-old, and as a doctor at an AIDS clinic in San Francisco. Predictably, as they all know, she is as liberal as she ever was, and marriage was never a dream she coveted or shared with them. Tending to her patients is a full-time job that leaves Zoe little time for herself—until unexpected news forces her to reevaluate both her future, and her current life.
But despite the changes in their lives, their friendship is still a bond they all treasure and share. For each of the women, a few weeks at the ranch will bring healing and release, as old hurts are buried, ancient secrets revealed, and love replaced or renewed. In The Ranch, bestselling novelist Danielle Steel brings reality to the meaning of friendship, with dramas whose truths we all share.
For the Dawes family, what happened to Charlotte was the beginning of the end. Once factory owners and major employers in this New England mill town, the family has been plunged into debt and disgrace. The mill site has been leased to unscrupulous businessmen who are carelessly destroying the environment. And worse: Ted, accused of attacking two other girls, jumped bail and vanished. Charlotte is now in her mid-20s, an architect with a promising future. She's bright, beautiful -- and endlessly alone.
A brief trip to her hometown provides her with a flash of inspiration, an urban renewal project designed to restore the mill site and return her family's respect within the town. She and Roger, the young construction executive whom she befriends in Boston, who takes an enormous interest in the project, begin to make it reality. But after months of preparation, the plans suddenly grind to a halt -- and when Charlotte finally discovers who is at the center of the problem, old secrets rise to the surface again, demanding to be untangled. It's a terrifying process, but one that might open the way for Charlotte to truly let someone into her life.
Combining Belva Plain's signature storytelling with an electrifying narrative that sweeps the reader along to its startling conclusion, Secrecy tells a tale of injustice, of wild hearts and stubborn minds and of a young woman's struggle to make sense of her family.
Attorney Bartholomew Crane doesn't belong in the small town of Murdoch. And the town of Murdoch doesn't want him there. Even Crane's client, a teacher accused of killing two girls, his own students, doesn't seem to care if Crane gets him off or not. But Bartholomew Crane has come to Murdoch to try his first murder case — and he intends to win at all costs.
That is, until the case takes an unexpected turn. For as Crane begins to piece together a defense for his client, he finds himself being drawn into a bizarre legend at the heart of the town's history — a legend that is slowly coming alive before his eyes.
Unnerved by visions he sees on Murdoch's dark streets, by the ringing of a telephone down the deserted hallway of his hotel, Crane is beginning to suspect that what is happening to him is happening for a reason. And that the two lost girls of Murdoch may be intricately tied to the town's shameful history ... and to a dark episode in his own long-forgotten past.
In her 53rd bestselling novel, Danielle Steel explores how a single shattering moment can change lives forever. The Kiss is at once a moving testament to the fragility of life and a breathtaking story about the power of love to heal, to free, to transform, and to make broken spirits whole.
On a warm June evening, a red double-decker bus, full of pasengers, speeds down a London street. A few blocks away, a man and a woman climb into a limousine, reveling in a magical evening of dancing and champagne. As their driver pulls into an intersection, the couple shares their first, searching kiss. For a moment, etched in time, all stands still—until, in a flash of metal and glass, their limousine is struck at full speed, crushed under the bus's tremendous weight. And a long journey begins—toward healing, toward hope, toward dreams of an infinite future...
Isabelle Forrester is the exquisite wife of a prominent Parisian banker who has long since shut her out of his heart. For lonely years, Isabelle has lived a life of isolation, pouring her passions into caring for her desperately ill son, Teddy, and into making their Paris home as happy as possible for her teenage daughter, Sophie. Isabelle allows herself one secret pleasure: a long-distance friendship by telephone with an American man, a Washington power broker who travels in the highest circles of politics and who, like Isabelle, is trapped in an empty marriage. To Bill Robinson, Isabelle is a godsend, a woman of extraordinary beauty and intellectual curiosity—a kindred spirit who touches him across the miles with her warmth and gentle empathy. Their relationship is a gift, a lifeline that sustains them both through the heartache of marriages they cannot leave and will not betray. Agreeing to meet for a few precious, innocent days in London, Isabelle and Bill find their friendship changing. Then, amidst the sudden crash of steel against steel, they are thrust onto a new path, a path fraught with pain but also with possibility.
Now, inside the cool, sterile wards of a London hospital, Isabelle and Bill cling to life, their bodies shattered almost beyond repair. In the days and weeks that follow, they slowly, painfully traverse a road to recovery littered with challenges of the body, spirit, and heart. Together, they must find the strength not only to embrace life again but to face what they have left behind. For Isabell, a loveless marriage turns into a brutal power struggle. For Bill, a time of healing exposes wounds that cut deeper than steel and realities that will test him to his core. For both, a tangle of changing relationships and the tragedy of another loss conspire to separate them once again. And this time they could lose each other forever.
In a novel that is as compelling as it is compassionate, Danielle Steel weaves a story of courage in the face of unimaginable loss. With the grace of a master storyteller, she explores the strength it takes to conquer our greatest fears, showing us how the toughest choices can yield the most unexpected rewards...and how the longest, most winding journeys can begin with a single kiss.
Special Agent Antonio Burns has come to Colorado for a family reunion of sorts. He and his father plan to confront Antonio’s brother, Roberto, whose life is teetering on the wrong side of the law. For thirty years a father and his sons have shared an addiction to dangerous, extreme climbing in the world’s most beautiful places. This just might be their last dance together. On their first night in the valley, violence has erupted around the Burns men, as a bitter dispute between local activists and developers leaves a young man dead. When Roberto stands accused, Antonio knows he must find the real killer to clear his brother’s name.
Now, with a beautiful renegade environmentalist by his side, Antonio embarks on a perilous journey through the jagged peaks—where he will come face-to-face with a woman’s secrets, a man’s evil, and an amazing undiscovered treasure deep within
a hidden labyrinth of caves.
In an instant they were gone...\\nFour years apart, two boys vanished without a trace in a picturesque community in Maine. For Sheriff Virgil Milche, the disappearances are a black mark on a fine career. For the mother of one of the victims, the mystery is a dark journey through grief, hope, and madness.\\nAudrey Bock is certain her son is still alive. She believes that in the silence of his absence she can hear him crying out to her. And now she suspects that somewhere in her own past lies the key to her son's disappearance. To find her son, Audrey must confront the maze of her memory. To unravel an agonizing case, Virgil must uncover the bizarre darkness lurking within his well-lit world. But as both move closer to the truth, they will face the most forbidding barrier of all: Someone out there knows exactly what happened to two little boys—and who must die next. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/12/25/9780440241225.jpg 2 2 Mass Market Paperback en Dell Night Terror \N
+3518114506 Eurotaoismus: Zur Kritik der politischen Kinetik (Edition Suhrkamp) (German Edition) 346 1989 Peter Sloterdijk. Includes Bibliographical References. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/45/06/9783518114506.jpg 2 2 Perfect Paperback de Suhrkamp Eurotaoismus: Zur Kritik der politischen Kinetik (Edition Suhrkamp) (German Edition) \N
+441002668 Taken: A Novel 368 2002 Three people know the truth.
Three families will be changed forever.In the last days of World War II, a strange phenomenon saves a doomed Air Force pilot named Russell Keys--and plunges him into torment. In a place called Roswell, New Mexico, a man named Owen Crawford is drawn to a bizarre crash site in the desert, and into a government cover-up. And in a remote Texas town, a lonely woman named Sally Clarke finds a stranger hiding in her barn, and reaches out to touch himâ¦This epic novel, based on the gripping ten-part SCI FI Channel® miniseries from DreamWorks Television, spans sixty years of American history...as the lives of three people are changed in an instant--and the consequences are played out over three generations of harrowing encounters and unexplained events. While the government lies, and a nation doubts, three families know they have been touched, know that something has been taken from them...something that will change their lives forever. This epic novel, based on the gripping ten-part Sci Fi Channel miniseries from DreamWorks Television, spans sixty years of American history...--p. [4] of cover. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/12/63/9780440241263.jpg 1 1 Mass Market Paperback en Dell Taken: A Novel \N
+441002986 The Last Kashmiri Rose (Joe Sandilands Murder Mysteries) 320 2003 conjuring Up The Last Golden Days Of The Raj And The Turbulent Early Ones Of Indian Rule, This Suspenseful And Atmospheric First Novel—the Winner Of The Crime Writer Association’s Debut Dagger Competition—draws The Governor Of Bengal, Local Police Authorities, And Visiting Scotland Yard Detective Joe Sandilands Into An Increasingly Baffling And Bizarre Case Of Serial Murder. It Is 1922, In Panikhat. In March Of Each Of The Past Five Years The Wife Of An Officer In The Bengal Greys Has Met With A Violent And Terrifying Death. One Died In A Fire, Another By A Cobra Bite, The Third From A Fall, And The Fourth Victim Drowned. Of Course, They All Might Have Been Accidents, While The Death Of Captain Somersham’s Pretty Young Wife, Who Was Found With Her Wrists Cut, Could Be Ruled A Suicide. One Link Between The Five Cases, However, Points To Foul, Disturbing Play. On The Anniversary Of The Deaths Small Red Roses Mysteriously Appear On The Women’s Graves. With Only A Few Days To Go Before The End Of March And With Faith In The New Western Science Of Psychological Profiling, Joe Sandilands Finds Himself Running A Race Against Time And A Serial Killer Who Alone Knows The Recipient Of The Next Kashmiri Rose. “the Atmosphere Of The Dying Days Of The Raj Is Colorfully Captured.”—sunday Telegraph “introduces An Intelligent Author And An Interesting Investigator.”—morning Star
William has just received the best present of his life. It's an old, real-looking stone and wooden model of a castle, with a drawbridge, moat, and a about the castle. And sure enough, when he picks up the tiny silver knight, it comes alive in his hand!
finger-high knight to guard the gates. It's the mysterious castle his housekeeper has told him about, and even though William is sad she's leaving, now the castle is his!
William can't wait to play with it—he's certain there's something magical Sir Simon tells William a mighty story of wild sorcery, wizards, and magic. And suddenly William is off on a fantastic quest to another land and another time—where a fiery dragon and an evil wizard are waiting to do battle . . . .
The ultimate sourcebook from America's leading alternative health expert.
Yes, you can feel better, look better, and extend the best years of your life through proper nutrition and exercise. And there is no better guide to optimum health than this classic reference and sourcebook.
Compiled by Gary Null, Ph.D., America's leading health and fitness expert, a TV regular and host of his own nationally syndicated radio program, this invaluable resource offers a comprehensive overview of protein, carbohydrates, lipids, vitamins and minerals with the facts about their role in maintaining and restoring health.
Learn what's in the food you eat and what it can do for—and to—you. Discover the pros and cons of supplements, which to take, how to take them and safe and effective dosages for each. Find out:
The best way to lower high blood pressure and lose weight How to know if you're getting enough—or too much—protein The role of sugar in cardiovascular disease The best foods—and supplements—to meet changing nutritional needs Why exercise is more important than diet for weight control, and which exercise is best of all The vitamin that slows down the aging process Why you may be inviting heart disease when you eliminate all cholesterol-containing foods from your diet
Gary Null cuts through the myths and hype and presents the facts: everything you need to know about living well every day of your life. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/61/26/9780440506126.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Dell The Complete Guide to Health and Nutrition: A Sourcebook for a Healthier Life \N
+445209674 The Ultimate Dragon 313 1995 A Collection Of Dragon Stories Includes Works By Ursula K. Le Guin, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Tanith Lee, Harlan Ellison And Robert Silverberg, And Mike Resnick https://images.isbndb.com/covers/63/00/9780440506300.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Dell The Ultimate Dragon \N
+446670030 Hidden Empire: The Saga of Seven Suns - Book 1 464 2002 Having Colonized The Worlds Of The Spiral Arm, The Three Branches Of Humanity, The Earth-based Terran Hanseatic League, The Telepathic Green Priests Of Theroc, And The Fiercely Rebellious, Starship-dwelling Roamers Consider Themselves Lords Of Creation.--jacket. Kevin J. Anderson. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/86/27/9780446528627.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en Aspect Hidden Empire: The Saga of Seven Suns - Book 1 \N
+446306142 The Portable Pilgrim: Seven Steps to Spiritual Enlightenment 224 1998 Discover the infinite within you...and claim the unlimited gifts of the soul\\nIntangible, invisible, mysterious, the soul is our connection with something greater than our physical being. Yet, as we focus on career or relationships, we often forget to look within. \\nThe Portable Pilgrim can help, guiding you on your own personal voyage of discovery. Noted psychotherapist Dr. Susanna McMahon has used the wisdom of Eastern and Western religions, the works of great philosophers, and experiences drawn from her clinical practice to create an exhilarating road map to personal transformation. \\nHer seven simple but exquisitely profound lessons show us how to explore the territory of the soul. One easy step at a time, we begin to discover an immense force of love and goodness within each of us. The result is a miraculous connection to the infinite and an existence that is deeply meaningful and without end. \\nDiscover:\\nA path to the soul without religious bias Seven lessons to work through at your own pace A "teaching story" at the end of each lesson Practical exercises that let you see the soul at work in your daily life Positive moral growth you can see and feel https://images.isbndb.com/covers/82/98/9780440508298.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Dell The Portable Pilgrim: Seven Steps to Spiritual Enlightenment \N
+446306185 Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew 222 1999
"Birthdays may be difficult for me."
"I want you to take the initiative in opening conversations about my birth family."
"When I act out my fears in obnoxious ways, please hang in there with me."
"I am afraid you will abandon me."
The voices of adopted children are poignant, questioning. And they tell a familiar story of loss, fear, and hope. This extraordinary book, written by a woman who was adopted herself, gives voice to children's unspoken concerns, and shows adoptive parents how to free their kids from feelings of fear, abandonment, and shame.
With warmth and candor, Sherrie Eldridge reveals the twenty complex emotional issues you must understand to nurture the child you love—that he must grieve his loss now if he is to receive love fully in the future—that she needs honest information about her birth family no matter how painful the details may be—and that although he may choose to search for his birth family, he will always rely on you to be his parents.
Filled with powerful insights from children, parents, and experts in the field, plus practical strategies and case histories that will ring true for every adoptive family, Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew is an invaluable guide to the complex emotions that take up residence within the heart of the adopted child—and within the adoptive home.
Abandoned as an infant by his father, the evil warlord Swartt Sixclaw, Veil is raised by the kindhearted Bryony. Despite concerns from everyone at Redwall, Bryony is convinced that Veil's goodness will prevail. But when he commits a crime that is unforgivable, he is banished from the abbey forever. Then Swartt and his hordes of searats and vermin attack Redwall, and Veil has to decide: Should he join Swartt in battle against the only creature who has ever loved him? Or should he turn his back on his true father? https://images.isbndb.com/covers/41/64/9780441004164.jpg 1 1 Mass Market Paperback en Ace Books Outcast of Redwall \N +446513857 Pearls of Lutra (Redwall) 351 1998
The Tears of All Oceans are missing. Six magnificent rose-colored pearls, which inspire passion and greed in all who see them, have been stolen and passed from hand to hand, leaving a cryptic trail of death and deception in their wake. And now Ublaz Mad Eyes, the evil emperor of a tropical isle, is determined to let no one stand in the way of his desperate attempt to claim the pearls as his own. At Redwall Abbey, a young hedgehog maid, Tansy, is equally determined to find the pearls first, with the help of her friends. And she must succeed, for the life of one she holds dear is in great danger. . . .
The half-elven Dain, now recognized as the long-lost heir to the kingdom of Nether, prepares to fight for his throne. Suddenly his love, Princess Pheresa, is struck down by poison meant for him.
Now, Dain and his hated rival, Prince Gavril, must undertake a perilous quest to find the one thing that can save her—the Chalice of Eternal Life, the powerful relic that Dain's own father lost his life trying to hide from mortal hands.
It will be a journey shadowed by treachery and death—as Dain confronts old enemies, and finds an important new ally in the rebel leader Alexieka...
The new novel from the author of Amanda Rose, To Love a Man, and Dark Torment is a contemporary love story in which a mild-mannered author of romantic thrillers becomes unwittingly embroiled in a hair-raising adventure with a handsome stranger that surpasses anything in her fiction.
Tells the story of 501 Holly in Little Rock and the seven families that have called it home from the 1920s to the present, recounting personal drama and fond memories against the background of America's social and cultural history. Includes b&w photos. For general readers. No index. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
A magical story of love...and miracles After twenty years, Leo Pizzola has come back to the Tuscan village of Santo Fico, still single and still looking for a way to get rich. The town is as poor as it was when Leo left, yet some things have changed. Of Leo's childhood companions, only little Guido, whom everyone calls Topo, embraces him. His best friend is long dead. The woman he once adored refuses to talk to him. And, worst of all, the kindly old town priest seems to have lost his faith. Perhaps what Santo Fico needs is a miracle-even if Leo and Topo have to manufacture one themselves. Now, as one botched scheme after another unravels, something completely unexpected happens, and wonders indeed begin to transform this Italian town, including the greatest miracle of all... Published around the world, this debut novel sparkles with the Italian spirit and emotions that will dance off the page and into your heart.
A self-help classic just meant to be a Running Press Miniature Edition™! This motivational work teaches the way to prosperity and spiritual well being through positive thinking and personal growth. Ge
When Frank, an Irish dwarf, writes a personal memoir, he moves from dark isolation into the public eye. This luminous journey is marked by memories of his lonely childhood, secrets of his doomed young mother, and his passion for a woman who is as unreachable as the stars.
In this remarkable guide, the author identifies today's hidden, influential trends and reveals how they'll shape the events of the coming century.
Get ready for a whole new world—a world of blur in which traditional boundaries between product and service, capital and people, buyer and seller, and real and virtual no longer apply. Stan Davis and Christopher Meyer have a front row seat to these tectonic changes and, in this groundbreaking book, they not only define the phenomenon but show businesses large and small how to thrive.
https://images.isbndb.com/covers/53/38/9780446675338.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Grand Central Publishing Blur: The Speed of Change in the Connected Economy \N +449006832 Parable of the Talents (Earthseed) 424 2000 Octavia E. Butler returns to a dystopic near future in the long-awaited sequel her acclaimed genre-straddling novel Parable of the Sower. Set in 2032, Parable of the Talents finds African-American hyper-empath Lauren Oya Olamina at the head of the self-sufficient community of Acorn. The creator and prophet of the new religious doctrine known as Earthseed, whose basic belief is "God Is Change," Lauren strives to provide understanding to her determined band of survivors in a perpetually shifting world of mistrust, slavery, anarchy, and government-sanctioned witch-hunts. But when a new government, calling itself Christian America, comes to power, with the fanatical Reverend Andrew Steele Jarrett as its president, Acorn is destroyed by religious terrorists, and its children are sent to be raised in fundamentalist Christian homes.
Forget the made-up medical dramas on television; this is the real thing—gripping, powerful, and memorable.—"Kirkus Reviews." An emergency medical doctor offers an insider's look into the true drama, action, and heartache of a physician's life in the Emergency Room.
He Played A Boy's Game. He Lived A Man's Life. As a lonely child, Jim Morris took one thing with him wherever his family moved-his ability to hit and throw a baseball. For Jim, the passion of becoming a major-league ballplayer was his anchor and inspiration...until injuries and life got in the way. A decade after Jim walked away from the minors and began a life of fatherhood and mortgage payments, he made a promise to the hardscrabble high-school team he coached: If they could win their local championship, he would try out again for the big leagues. They did-and he did. Now, in this wondrous, heart-tugging book, Jim Morris tells the story of his remarkable life and his amazing journey to the Big Show at the age of thirty-five...and how he finally fulfilled his childhood dream.
Many people seem to have it all together outwardly, but inside they are a wreck. Their past has broken, crushed, and wounded them inwardly. They can be healed. God has a plan, and Isaiah 61 reveals that the Lord came to heal the brokenhearted. He wants to heal victims of abuse and emotional wounding. Joyce Meyer is a victim of the physical, mental, emotional, and sexual abuse she suffered as a child. Yet today she has a nationwide ministry of emotional healing to others like herself. In Beauty for Ashes she outlines major truths that brought healing in her life and describes how other victims of abuse can also experience God's healing in their lives. You will learn:
• How to Deal with the Emotional Pain of Abuse
• How to Understand Your Responsibility to God for Overcoming Abuse
• Why Victims of Abuse Often Suffer from Other Addictive Behaviors
• How to Grab Hold of God's Unconditional Love
• The Importance of God's Timing in Working Through Painful Memories. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/25/95/9780446692595.jpg 1 1 Paperback en FaithWords Beauty for Ashes: Receiving Emotional Healing \N
+449208346 The Celestine Prophecy: A Pocket Guide to the Nine Insights 68 1996 Now the essence of the Celestine Prophecy can be with you always. In this special pocket edition based on one of the most beloved spiritual guides ever published, author James Redfield defines and concisely explains each of the Nine Insights of The Celestine Prophecy. A little book that you can carry everywhere and study at your convenience, it is a perfect way to keep in touch with our changing world and your unfolding adventure. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/20/68/9780446912068.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en Grand Central Publishing The Celestine Prophecy: A Pocket Guide to the Nine Insights \N
+449210820 Mystery of the Wax Queen (Dana Girls Mystery Stories, 4) 176 1972 The Dana Sisters Spend Their Spring Vacation Solving A Mystery Involving A Phony Automobile Raffle, A Wax Bust Of Queen Victoria, A Stolen Diamond, And A Sculptress. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/08/49/9780448090849.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en Grosset & Dunlap Mystery of the Wax Queen (Dana Girls Mystery Stories, 4) \N
+449211479 The Secret of the Old Clock (Nancy Drew, Book 1) 192 1930 Nancy Is Called In To Help Find A Missing Will. True To Her Reputation As A Good Detective, Nancy Tracks Down Every Possible Lead In Her Quest. Carolyn Keene. Originally Published: 1930. Sequel: The Hidden Staircase. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/50/11/9780448095011.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en Grosset & Dunlap The Secret of the Old Clock (Nancy Drew, Book 1) \N
+449212963 The Message in the Hollow Oak (Nancy Drew, Book 12) 181 1935 Nancy Drew tackles a mystery professional detectives failed to solve by finding a valuable, centuries-old message in a hollow oak tree in Illinois. 4 illustrations.\\n\\n Nancy Drew tackles a mystery professional detectives failed to solve--finding a valuable centuries-old message in a hollow oak tree in Illinois.\\n https://images.isbndb.com/covers/51/27/9780448095127.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en Grosset & Dunlap The Message in the Hollow Oak (Nancy Drew, Book 12) \N
+449213315 The Clue in the Crumbling Wall (Nancy Drew No. 22) 192 1973 'Hurry, Nancy!' Hannah Gruen called anxiously. The Drews' housekeeper held the front door open as jagged lightning cut the sky. Nancy raced madly toward the door, her reddish-blond hair flying in the wind. While trying to locate a missing dancer who is about to gain a large inheritance, Nancy Drew finds a clue leading to the solution of yet another mystery. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/52/26/9780448095226.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en Grosset & Dunlap The Clue in the Crumbling Wall (Nancy Drew No. 22) \N
+449214362 The Clue of the Whistling Bagpipes (Nancy Drew) 192 1964 Warnings not to go to Scotland can't stop Nancy Drew from setting out on a thrill-packed mystery adventure. Undaunted by the vicious threats, the attractive young detective - with her father and her two close friends - goes to visit her great-grandmother at an imposing estate in the Scottish Highlands, and to solve the mystery of a missing family heirloom.And there is another mystery to be solved: the fate of flocks of stolen sheep.Baffling clues challenge Nancy's powers of deduction: a note written in the ancient Gaelic language, a deserted houseboat on Loch Lomond, a sinister red-bearded stranger in Edinburgh, eerie whistling noises in the Highlands. Startling discoveries in an old castle and in the ruins of a prehistoric fortress, on a rugged mountain slope and in a secluded glen, lead Nancy closer to finding solutions to both mysteries.Wearing a time-honored tartan, Nancy climbs the mountain of Ben Nevis in the dark of night and plays a tune of historic heroism on the bagpipes -all part of her daring plan to trap the sheep thieves and to recover the valuable heirloom. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/54/17/9780448095417.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en Grosset & Dunlap The Clue of the Whistling Bagpipes (Nancy Drew) \N
+449214982 How Tough Was a Tyrannosaurus? (Reading Railroad) 32 1989 Here is another science-based All Aboard Book, filled with fun, fascinating facts about the dinosaurs. By answering such questions as: What was the world like when the dinosaur lived? And How were smaller dinosaurs able to attack bigger ones? This books recreates the exciting prehistoric world of dinosaurs in the question-and-answer format children love. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/11/64/9780448191164.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Grosset & Dunlap How Tough Was a Tyrannosaurus? (Reading Railroad) \N
+449217191 Elves And Shoemaker (A Pudgy Pal Board Book) 1 1993 A Poor Shoemaker Becomes Successful With The Help Of Two Elves Who Finish His Shoes During The Night. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/17/75/9780448401775.jpg 1 1 Board book en Grosset & Dunlap Elves And Shoemaker (A Pudgy Pal Board Book) \N
+3518365797 Das Glasperlenspiel (German Edition) 615 1981 Herausgegeben Von Hermann Hesse. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/57/93/9783518365793.jpg 2 2 Paperback de Suhrkamp Verlag Das Glasperlenspiel (German Edition) \N
+449219372 Second Foundation 279 1991
Isaac Asimov's Foundation novels are one of the great masterworks of science fiction. As unsurpassed blend of nonstop action, daring ideas, and extensive world-building, they chronicle the struggle of a courageous group of men and women dedicated to preserving humanity's light in a galaxy plunged into a nightmare of ignorance and violence thirty thousand years long.
After years of struggle, the Foundation lies in ruins—destroyed by the mutant mind power of the Mule. But it is rumored that there is a Second Foundation hidden somewhere at the end of the Galaxy, established to preserve the knowledge of mankind through the long centuries of barbarism. The Mule failed to find it the first time—but now he is certain he knows where it lies.
The fate of the Foundation rests on young Arcadia Darell, only fourteen years old and burdened with a terrible secret. As its scientists gird for a final showdown with the Mule, the survivors of the First Foundation begin their desperate search. They too want the Second Foundation destroyed…before it destroys them. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/33/64/9780553293364.jpg 1 1 Mass Market Paperback en Spectra Second Foundation \N
+449219623 Kate Skates (Penguin Young Readers, Level 2) 32 1995 the All Aboard Reading Series Features Stories That Capture Beginning Readers' Imagination While Developing Their Vocabulary And Reading Comprehension. The Picture Readers, Appropriate For Preschoolers, Combine A Very Simple Text With Rebuses. Flash Cards Bound In The Book Help Make The Transition From The Rebus To The Printed Word. As The Levels Progress, The Stories Get Longer, And The Print Size Gets Smaller, Preparing Readers For Longer Books With Chapters. All The Books Are Illustrated In Full Color, And Engage A Child's Curiosity With A Range Of Topics From Science To Sports, History, And Fantasy. Preschool - Grade 1.
It's a busy week for Max and Ruby: there's shopping to do, tea parties to throw, and cakes to bake for Grandma's birthday. From Monday to Sunday and every day in between, the fun never stops when you're hanging out with these two funny bunny siblings.
L.A. turns out to be a little less "angelic" than the down-to-earth English girl anticipated. For one, there's the new nine-to-five: the unbelievably glamorous, frenzied chore of coddling (doing PR for) the stars—not to mention the bevy of gorgeous, stick-thin models who suddenly appear in Alice's orbit and the suntan/convertible lifestyle that taunts her pasty-white self (starting with her thighs). And just when she thinks her new life couldn't get any more surreal, Alice acquires that most American of accessories: her very own stalker.
While the B-list actresses grumble how unfair it is that Alice gets a stalker and they don't, Alice tries to figure out who the mystery man leaving her poems and flowers could be. Is it Charlie, the slick but twisted talent agent? Or Paddy, the hot Irish director who has eyes for any breathing woman? Or maybe it's Tommy, the unbelievably beautiful and totally wasted movie star? Because if truth be told, Alice doesn't think it's all that strange, this stalker business. In fact, she's pretty sure it's downright romantic . . .
Author Biography: https://images.isbndb.com/covers/99/48/9780451209948.jpg 1 1 Mass Market Paperback en Berkley Fear of Flying \N
+684857421 A RETURN TO MODESTY: Discovering the Lost Virtue 304 1999 A fresh young voice offers women a surprising proposal for taking control of their lives: a resurrection of the rich and nuanced tradition of modesty. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/31/62/9780684843162.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en Free Press A RETURN TO MODESTY: Discovering the Lost Virtue \N
+451191439 Tales of the South Pacific 384 1984 "truly One Of The Most Remarkable Books To Come Out Of The War. Mr. Michener Is A Born Story-teller."
the New York Times Winner Of The 1948 Pulitzer Prize For Fiction Enter The Exotic World Of The South Pacific, Meet The Men And Women Caught Up In The Drama Of A Big War. The Young Marine Who Falls Madly In Love With A Beautiful Tonkinese Girl. Nurse Nellie And Her French Planter, Emile De Becque. The Soldiers, Sailors, And Nurses Playing At War And Waiting For Love In A Tropic Paradise.
Connie Ramos, a woman in her mid-thirties, has been declared insane. But Connie is overwhelmingly sane, merely tuned to the future, and able to communicate with the year 2137. As her doctors persuade her to agree to an operation, Connie struggles to force herself to listen to the future and its lessons for today.... https://images.isbndb.com/covers/08/26/9780449210826.jpg 1 1 Mass Market Paperback en Fawcett Woman on the Edge of Time \N
+451193261 The Source 1088 1986 In the grand storytelling style that is his signature, James Michener sweeps us back through time to the very beginnings of the Jewish faith, thousands of years ago. Through the predecessors of four modern men and women, we experience the entire colorful history of the Jews, including the life of the early Hebrews and their persecutions, the impact of Christianity, the Crusades, and the Spanish Inquisition, all the way to the founding of present-day Israel and the Middle-East conflict.
\\n"A sweeping chronology filled with excitement."
\\nTHE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER\\n\\n\\n A novel in which the story of the Holy Land is dramatized in terms of modern and historical characters.\\n https://images.isbndb.com/covers/14/72/9780449211472.jpg 1 1 Mass Market Paperback en Fawcett The Source \N
+451194055 Secret for a Nightingale 396 1987 As a young girl in India, beautiful, high-spirited Susanna Pleydell had first became aware of her special gifts to soothe the sick. But she had sacrificed that calling when she married the dashing and sophisticated Aubrey St. Clare. When they return home to London, however, Aubrey has changed. Susanna discovers she has married a man with a weakness for opium and the occult. And even more menacing, Aubrey has met the sinister Dr. Damien Adar, whose hold over him is fierce and frightening....
\\n\\n\\n After her great success with The Road to Paradise Island, Victoria Holt returns with a startling new novel of romantic suspense, a passionate depiction of 19th-century drug addiction and desire.\\n https://images.isbndb.com/covers/29/67/9780449212967.jpg 1 1 Mass Market Paperback en Ivy Books Secret for a Nightingale \N
+451198972 Anxiety & Panic Attacks: Their Cause and Cure 272 1987 Now, at last, there's a simple, easy-to-follow method for reducing the anxiety and panic attacks that feel like they are taking over your life. Developed by a renowned stress management consultant who has been there himself, you will discover the simple five-step prgram that will help you, conquer fear, reduce or eliminate anxiety, end stress-related illness, and change bad habits, and more-all without drugs or expensive therapy. You don't have to suffer anymore-join the countless number of people who have been helped by Robert Handly's LIFE-PLUS PLAN-starting right now!
Readable and timely, this is an important self-help book in our stressful times.
Booklist The self-help bestseller featured on Phil Donahue offers sufferers new solutions for the most common mental health problem in the U.S. today. Like one in nine Americans, the author suffered from anxiety and panic attacts until he developed a five-step regimen which includes changing the self-image, positive thinking and goal setting. It has benefited thousands. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/33/15/9780449213315.jpg 1 1 Mass Market Paperback en Fawcett Anxiety & Panic Attacks: Their Cause and Cure \N
+451199936 Glittering Images: A Novel (Starbridge) 448 1988
It is the 1930s, and Charles Ashworth is dispatched by the Archbishop of Canterbury to learn the truth about the flamboyant Bishop of Starbridge, Adam Alexander Jardine, and his mousy wife. Do Jardine's outspoken denouncements of the Anglican Church's strict divorce laws have a personal motive? When he meets the cool and beautiful Lyle Christie, Mrs. Jardine's companion, Ashworth believes they do. But as he struggles to understand the strange relationships in the household, Ashworth ceases to be an innocent, objective observer. Slowly, he too is drawn into the secret drama that is being played out in the shadow of the cathedral, a drama that he could never have foreseen.
The first in Susan Howatch's acclaimed novels centering on the glorious Cathedral of Starbridge, Glittering Images is a masterful depiction of spiritual hubris, the seductions of power, and the moral dilemmas of England between the wars.
NATIONAL BESTSELLER MARGARET TRUMAN Bestselling author of MURDER AT THE PENTAGON
MURDER ON THE POTOMAC
"A first-rate mystery writer."
—Los Angeles Times Book Review First time in paperback!
"Harry's daughter knows her milieu; better still, she knows how to portray it convincingly."
—The San Diego Union Law professor Mac has unflagging passion for two things in his life: his wife Annabel and the majestic Potomac River. When Mac discovers a weed-shrouded body in the latter, the former gets edgy. Lovely Annabel, owner of a flourishing Georgetown art gallery, must not only endure her husband's obsession with another killing, but she must believe Mac when he says that a stunning female former student is one of the only people who can help him.
They discover that the corpse was once the confidante' of a wealthy Washingtonian, which leads to the Scarlet Sin Society, a theatrical group that—perilously—reenacts historical murders. And soon, the only thing that matters more to Mac than solving this serpentine case is preventing Annabel's untimely death (.
"Truman 'knows the forks' in the nation's capital and how to pitchfork her readers into a web of murder and detection."
—The Christian Science Monitor
"Margaret Truman has settled firmly into a career of writing murder mysteries, all evoking brilliantly the Washington she knows so well."
—The Houston Post
"DAZZLING."
—Time
"[THEROUX'S] WORK IS DISTINGUISHED BY A SPLENDID EYE FOR DETAIL AND THE TELLING GESTURE; a storyteller's sense of pacing and gift for granting closure to the most subtle progression of events; and the graceful use of language. . . . We are delighted, along with Theroux, by the politeness of the Turks, amazed by the mountainous highlands in Syria, touched by the gesture of an Albanian waitress who will not let him pay for his modest meal. . . . The Pillars of Hercules [is] engrossing and enlightening from start (a damning account of tourists annoying the apes of Gibraltar) to finish (an utterly captivating visit with Paul Bowles in Tangier, worth the price of the book all by itself)."
—Chicago Tribune
"ENTERTAINING READING . . . WHEN YOU READ THEROUX, YOU'RE TRULY ON A TRIP."
—The Boston Sunday Globe
"HIS PICARESQUE NARRATIVE IS STUDDED WITH SCENES THAT STICK IN THE MIND. He looks at strangers with a novelist's eye, and his portraits are pleasantly tinged with malice."
—The Washington Post Book World
"THEROUX AT HIS BEST . . . An armchair trip with Theroux is sometimes dark, but always a delight."
—Playboy
"AS SATISFYING AS A GLASS OF COOL WINE ON A DUSTY CALABRIAN AFTERNOON . . . With his effortless writing style, observant eye, and take-no-prisoners approach, Theroux is in top form chronicling this 18-month circuit of the Mediterranean."
—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
They meet by chance on Copacabana Beach: Tristao Raposo, a poor black teen from the Rio slums, surviving day to day on street smarts and the hustle, and Isabel Leme, an upper-class white girl, treated like a pampered slave by her absent though very powerful father. Convinced that fate brought them together, betrayed by families who threaten to tear them apart, Tristao and Isabel flee to the farthest reaches of Brazil's wild west — unaware of the astonishing destiny that awaits them . . .
Spanning twenty-two years, from the mid-sixties to the late eighties, BRAZIL surprises and embraces the reader with its celebration of passion, loyalty, and New World innocence.
"A tour de force . . . Spectacular." — Time
"Updike's novel, as tender as it is erotic, becomes a magnificently wrought love story . . . . Beautifully written." — Detroit Free Press
From the genius of Thomas Harris, the #1 New York Times bestselling author who introduced the world to Hannibal Lecter, comes his terrifying and prophetic debut of an American who plans an act of terrorism at the Super Bowl—as the whole world watches. But in a mob of 80,000 people, how can they find him to stop him?
The clock is ticking…
Tom Kedrick earned his stripes during the Civil War, fought Apaches, and even soldiered overseas. But in the high desert country of New Mexico, the battle-hardened Kedrick is entangled in a different kind of war, fueled by greed and deception. Hired by Alton Burwick to drive a pack of renegades and outlaws off the government land recently set aside for an Indian reservation, Kedrick begins to notice that things are not as they seem. As his suspicions grow, he realizes that he may be fighting on the wrong side of a land swindle. Disillusioned and outraged, Kedrick must take action against the very people who hired him–or be forced to witness the bloody massacre of innocent men and women. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/99/31/9780553279931.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Bantam Showdown at Yellow Butte: A Novel \N +451527143 The Resort 400 2004 Bram Stoker award-winner Bentley Little cordially invites you to The Resort. Welcome to The Reata, an exclusive spa isolated in the Arizona desert. Please ignore the strange employees and that unspeakable thing in the pool. And when guests start disappearing, pretend it isn't happening. Enjoy your stay, and relax. Oh...and lock yourself in after dark.
Owen Deathstalker never wanted to be head of his clan. But when his father is murdered and he himself is outlawed by the order of the Empress, Owen must face the fact that destiny has other plans for him...
Set in the time before King Arthur, this novel by Marion Zimmer Bradley brings the mesmerizing world of Avalon brilliantly to life with epic grandeur-telling the story of three remarkable women who alter the fortunes of Roman Britain as they fight to reclaim the magic and traditions of a once glorious past...
Colonel Shropana was willing to destroy the Jorenians just to capture Dr. Cherijo Torin for the Allied League of Worlds—so she felt little remorse for selling him out to brutal Hsktskt slave traders. But just as Cherijo made her escape, the man she once loved stabbed her in the back—and handed her over to the same slavers.
Alone, hated, and feared by her fellow slaves, Cherijo needs all her training to save those in need—a difficult task amidst the endless brutality of their captors, but a far better fate than being the League's guinea pig. As she struggles despreately to help those she can, Cherijo reminds herself that good doctors don't let personal vendettas stand in the way of duty. But then, most doctors aren't Cherijo Torin...
https://images.isbndb.com/covers/81/48/9780451458148.jpg 2 2 Mass Market Paperback en Roc Endurance (A Stardoc Novel) \N +452275830 Homefall: Book Four of the Last Legion 352 2001 The time of the Human Confederation is coming to an end. The rule of the empire weakens daily as its forces stretch themselves beyond their limits to maintain peace and order. For the legionnaires far out in the Cumbre System, cut off from their homeworld, where survival takes precedence over politics. And when a revolution strikes up arms against them, they find they may be the last legion ever to fight in the Confederation's name. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/84/14/9780451458414.jpg 2 2 Mass Market Paperback en Roc Homefall: Book Four of the Last Legion \N +452276381 Conquistador 608 2004 a New Alternate History Of America From The Author Of the Peshawar Lancers, The Bestselling Novel The chicago Sun-times Called A Pleasure To Read And Harry Turtledove Hailed As First-rate Adventure All The Way. 1945: An Ex-marine Has Discovered A Portal That Permits Him To Travel Between The America He Knows-and A Virgin America Untouched By European Influence. 21st Century: The Two Realities Collide...
Filled with action, adventure, mystery, and historical detail, the Sackett saga is an unforgettable achievement by one of America's greatest storytellers. In JUBAL SACKETT, the second generation of this great American family pursues a destiny in the wilderness of a sprawling new land.
Kindred spirits on a restless quest...
Jubal Sackett's urge to explore drove him westward, and when a Natchez priest asks him to undertake a nearly impossible quest, Sackett ventures into the endless grassy plains the Indians call the Far Seeing Lands. He seeks a Natchez exploration party and its leader, Itchakomi. It is she who will rule her people when their aging chief dies, but first she must vanquish her rival, the arrogant warrior Kapata. Sackett's quest will bring him danger from an implacable enemy...and show him a life-and a woman-worth dying for. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/73/95/9780553277395.jpg 1 1 Mass Market Paperback en Bantam Jubal Sackett: The Sacketts: A Novel \N
+452281903 Ramona (Signet Classics) 432 2002 ""If I could write a story that would do for the Indian a thousandth part of what Uncle Tom's Cabin did for the Negro," wrote Helen Hunt Jackson, "I would be thankful the rest of my life." Jackson surpassed this ambition with the publication of Ramona, her popular 1884 romantic bestseller. A beautiful half-Native American, half-Scottish orphan raised by a harsh Mexican ranchera, Ramona enters into a forbidden love affair with a heroic Mission Indian named Alessandro. The pair's adventures after they elope paint a vivid portrait of California history and the woeful fate of Native Americans and Mexicans whose lands were taken and rights were stripped as Anglo-American settlers overran southern California." Set from the first American edition of 1884, this Modern Library Paperback Classic includes Jose Marti's 1888 prologue (translated from the Spanish by Esther Allen).\\n\\n Ramona is Jackson's popular story of undying love in the turmoil faced by American Indians in Old California. Read for its vivid settings and exotic, passionate characters, it is at once a love story and an indictment of the wrongs done to the Indians.\\n https://images.isbndb.com/covers/84/21/9780451528421.jpg 1 1 Mass Market Paperback en Signet Ramona (Signet Classics) \N
+452282616 Common Sense, The Rights of Man and Other Essential Writings of Thomas Paine (Signet Classics) 416 2003 Common Sense -- The Crisis (selections) -- The Rights Of Man (selections). With An Introduction By Sidney Hook ; And A New Foreword By Jack Fruchtman Jr. Contains The Complete Text Of Common Sense And Rights Of Man, And Selections From The Crisis, The Age Of Reson, And Agrarian Justice. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 379-381). https://images.isbndb.com/covers/88/96/9780451528896.jpg 1 1 Mass Market Paperback en Signet Common Sense, The Rights of Man and Other Essential Writings of Thomas Paine (Signet Classics) \N
+452282675 Villette (Signet Classics) 592 2004
villette! villette! Have You Read It? Exclaimed George Eliot When Charlotte Brontë's Final Novel Appeared In 1853. It Is A Still More Wonderful Book Than jane Eyre. There Is Something Almost Preternatural In Its Power.
The success secrets of the ancients-the most inspiring book on wealth, thrift, and financial planning ever written
Millions of readers have been helped by the famous "Babylonian parables", hailed as the greatest of all inspirational works on the subject of thrift, financial planning, and personal wealth. A modern day classic, The Richest Man in Babylon offers an understanding of-and solution to-a lifetime's worth of personal financial problems. This is the book that holds the secrets to acquiring money, keeping money, and making money earn more money.
The Unfilmed Original Screenplay of an American classic.
This is a landmark volume of the epic, original film script written by Lorraine Hansberry, adapted from her stage play. But movie audiences did not know that nearly a third of her powerful screenplay had been cut. This edition restores all of these deletions and delivers the screenplay that is true to Hansberry's vision.
Author Biography: Keith Hopkins is a professor of ancient history at King's College, Cambridge, and a fellow of the British Academy.
Time magazine crowned Girl With a Pearl Earring "a portrait of radiance...a jewel." In her New York Times bestselling follow-up, Tracy Chevalier once again paints a distant age with a rich and provocative palette of characters. Told through a variety of shifting perspectives- wives and husbands, friends and lovers, masters and their servants, and a gravedigger's son-Falling Angels follows the fortunes of two families in the emerging years of the twentieth century. Graced with the luminous imagery that distinguished Girl With a Pearl Earring, Falling Angels is another dazzling tour de force from this "master of voices" (The New York Times Book Review).
this Incredibly Effective, Laugh-out-loud Book Teaches The Secrets To Meeting The Right Man, And The Simple Steps To Making Him Yours. dating Expert Lisa Daily Confides The Secrets Of The Dream Girls -- Including How To Spot The Bad Boys And Jerks Before They Break Your Heart, The Five Common Mistakes That Women Make That Push Men Away, And The Big One, Why Men Fall In Love And Propose. this Fun-to-read, Step-by-step Guide Teaches The Easy Methods Any Woman Can Use To Make Men Fall Madly In Love With Her.
you Will Learn:
- How You May Be Sabotaging Your Current Relationship Right Now.
- The Secret To Getting A Man To Call You.
- How To Make A Man Think About You All The Time.
- The Real Reasons Men Fall In Love And Propose, And How To Make Them Work For You.
- How To Be A Woman Men Just Can't Live Without.
Beth is a spirited woman with mental retardation, who spends nearly every day riding the buses in Philadelphia. The drivers, a lively group, are her mentors; her fellow passengers are her community. When Beth asks her sister Rachel to accompany her on the buses for one year, they take a transcendent journey together that changes Rachel's life in incredible ways and leads her to accept her sister at long last-teaching her to slow down and enjoy the ride.
Full of life lessons from which any reader will profit, Riding the Bus with My Sister is "a heartwarming, life-affirming journey through both the present and the past...[that] might just change your life" (Boston Herald).
By the time you finish reading this book, you will have your compass and charts in hand, you will have gained insights into today’s financial, economic, and political realities, and you will know the mistakes most savers and investors commonly make. Most important, you will learn how to construct a detailed financial plan that works.
Longer life expectancies, uncertainties surrounding Social Security, and the continuing shifts in tax legislation have forced Americans to become more active in building wealth to assure their own financial security. In the extensively revised Second Edition of Independently Wealthy: How to Build Financial Security in the New Economic Era, economist and financial expert Dr. Robert Goodman returns to bring you up to date on the political and economic events that have led to today’s investment environment. He then discusses the steps you must take to achieve financial freedom in the years ahead.
It does not matter whether you are young, middle-aged, or older, he writes, your task is "doable." The important thing is to start now. For young workers, he demonstrates the power of compounding. For those who are at midlife, with competing pressures on their incomes, he provides helpful ways to automate the savings and investment process. For those who are older and who may be discouraged because they have not yet begun to save, he advises, "It is better to start late than not at all."
Independently Wealthy, Second Edition offers the tools, techniques, and advice that you need to begin saving or investing for the future–even in an ever-changing market. This practical guide to today’s investment terrain also includes an updated version of Dr. Goodman’s ten basic investment rules to follow as you work your way toward financial independence.
https://images.isbndb.com/covers/12/81/9780471061281.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en Wiley Independently Wealthy: How to Build Financial Security in the New Economic Era \N
+486260984 User-Centered Application Design with Visual Basic 325 1995 Demonstrates how the nature of this extremely innovative and successful ``visual'' programming language encourages programmers to think of an application from the end-user perspective and how this change of focus can have tremendous beneficial effects on the development of software applications. The principles of event-driven programming, rapid prototyping, graphical front ends, external libraries, components and controls are among the topics discussed.\\n\\n This book discusses a revolutionary end-user centered approach to programming using Visual BASIC. The author describes proven strategies and techniques for exploiting the unique properties of this extremely popular visual programming language to build software from the "outside in"--in other words, from the end-user's point of view.\\n https://images.isbndb.com/covers/52/29/9780471115229.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Wiley User-Centered Application Design with Visual Basic \N
+486264017 The Data Warehouse Challenge: Taming Data Chaos 579 1996 The technology for compiling data has evolved to the point where most organizations now amass information faster than they can use it. The bad news is that most of that data is disparate, scattered across different databases and platforms. The time has come to tame the data chaos, and this invaluable resource shows you how. Michael H. Brackett schools you in a variety of techniques for creating a cohesive data structure that everyone in your organization can use. Step-by-step, he guides you through the entire process of planning, building, and programming a data warehouse tailored to your organization's needs. You learn how to prepare and evaluate existing data for a data warehouse, cross reference data so it's easy to find in all corporate locations, prepare data for client/server systems, improve the consistency and quality of existing and future data, and manage a data warehouse. The Data Warehouse Challenge is an indispensable tool for database administrators and developers, systems programmers and analysts, and all those involved with helping their organizations rise to the challenge of taming data chaos.\\n\\n Now, readers have to pull all data together in a single format that is compatible across the many different databases and software platforms used throughout the company. How? This resource shows them how, using a variety of techniques that will help them to create a cohesive data structure that everyone can use. A true lifesaver for database administrators and developers.\\n https://images.isbndb.com/covers/74/44/9780471127444.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Wiley The Data Warehouse Challenge: Taming Data Chaos \N
+486266850 Home Buyers Bible P 256 1996 buying A Home From The Ground Up—tells You Absolutely Everything You Need To Know About Every Aspect Of Buying Any Type Of Home . . . Step-by-step And In Plain English
From Property Inspections To Mortgages, From Land Surveys To Titles And Deeds, There Are As Many Different Steps Involved In Buying A Home As There Are Snares To Entrap The Uninformed Buyer. Whether You Are Purchasing A Single-family House, A Co-op, A Condo, Or A Building Lot, You Need A Good Working Knowledge Of How Every Step In The Process Works And What To Look Out For Along The Way. The Complete Home Buyer's Bible Gives You That Know-how—step-by-step And In Plain English. While Other Home Buyer's Guides Are Limited To One Or Another Aspect Of Buying A Home, This Comprehensive Handbook Tells You Absolutely Everything You Need To Know About How To Buy A New Home, Including:
* How To Decide On The Style And Size Of A Home That's Right For You
* How To Determine Your Price Range
* How Mortgages Work, What Type Is Best For You, And Where To Find One
* What An Appraisal Is And How It Can Affect Your Purchase
* Where To Look For A House, How To Choose A Location, And How To Work With A Realtor
* How To Inspect A Resale Or Model Home And The Building Lot
* How To Qualify The Purchase Price
* What To Do Before, During, And After The Closing To Stay In Control Of The Process
* Titles And Deeds—what They Are And How They Affect Your Ownership
* Land Surveys And Topographical Maps And How They Affect The Property
* Zoning Laws And How They Affect Your Purchase
* Wells And Septic Systems—how They Function, And What To Look Out For
* Homeowner's Insurance And Home Warranties
* How To Check For Environmental Dangers Such As Radon Gas And Electromagnetic Radiation, And What To Do About Them
* And Much More
The Complete Home Buyer's Bible Also Supplies You With A Gold Mine Of Charts, Sample Forms, Tables, Checklists, And Graphics That Give You A Tremendous Head Start On The Home-buying Process And Help You To Stay In Control Throughout From Beginning To End. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/11/13/9780471131113.jpg 2 2 Paperback en John Wiley & Sons Home Buyers Bible P \N
+486273776 Puzzles of Finance: Six Practical Problems and Their Remarkable Solutions 208 2000 Financial Professional Mark Kritzman Simplifies Six Of Today's Most Perplexing Financial Riddles. Along The Way, He Presents A Finance Primer. Kritzman Explores The Relationship Of Such Seemingly Disparate Fields As Botany And Thermodynamics To Options. An Easy-to-understand Primer On Financial Concepts And Quantitative Methods Combined With A Technical Glossary Ensures That No Concept Is Misunderstood.--jacket. Siegel's Paradox -- Likelihood Of Loss -- Time Diversification -- Why The Expected Return Is Not To Be Expected -- Half Stocks All The Time Or All Stocks Half The Time -- The Irrelevance Of Expected Return For Option Valuation -- Primer: Financial Concepts And Quantitative Methods. Mark Kritzman. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/65/72/9780471246572.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en Wiley Puzzles of Finance: Six Practical Problems and Their Remarkable Solutions \N
+486296024 Rapid Math Tricks & Tips: 30 Days to Number Power 240 1992 Demonstrates a slew of time-saving tips and tricks for performing common math calculations. Contains sample problems for each trick, leading the reader through step-by-step. Features two mid-terms and a final exam to test your progress plus hundreds of exercise problems ranging from simple to more sophisticated. Also includes sections on &'grave;Mathematical Curiosities'' and &'grave;Parlor Tricks'' for math lovers. Master common math problems without a calculator! Award-winning math teacher Ed Julius covers more than 60 powerful math tips and techniques in his entertaining 30-day program. For example, multiply any two-digit number by 11 simply by splitting apart the two digits, adding them, and placing the sum in the middle (45 x 11 = 495 because 4 + 5 = 9). https://images.isbndb.com/covers/56/34/9780471575634.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Wiley Rapid Math Tricks & Tips: 30 Days to Number Power \N
+486275450 Straight Talk on Investing: What You Need to Know 239 2002 as Chairman And Ceo Of One Of The Most Respected Mutual Fund Companies In The World-the Vanguard Group-jack Brennan Has Made A Career Out Of Helping People Invest For Long-term Success. Now, In Straight Talk On Investing, Brennan Draws On Two Decades Of Investment Experience To Explain In A Simple, Straightforward Way How To Invest With Confidence Through Both Bull And Bear Markets.investing Successfully Is Easier Than Most People Think, Says Brennan. Starting With A Clear Explanation Of The Financial Facts Of Life, Brennan Explains How To Know Who To Trust (and Who Not To), How To Outline A Financial Game Plan, And How To Develop Good-and Often Painless-saving Habits.brennan Presents The Tools And Techniques You Need-without Getting Bogged Down In Complicated Financial Jargon-to Construct A Sensible Mutual Fund Portfolio And Manage It With Focus And Discipline. You'll Learn How To:* Reduce Risk By Making Good Use Of Balance And Diversification* Know What To Look For-and What To Avoid-when Picking Funds* Profit From The Gift Of Time* Control Your Costs* Stay On Track By Giving Your Portfolio An Occasional Tune-uprounding Out This Straightforward Discussion On Investing Is A Comprehensive Look At How Information Overload, Market Events, Investment Fads, And Psychological Factors Can Derail Novice And Expert Investors Alike. Straight Talk On Investing Will Help You Avoid The Pitfalls And Stay On Course Toward Your Financial Objectives Whether The Market Is Soaring, Slumping, Or Moving Sideways.based On Brennan's Experience In The Investment Business And The Success Stories Of Thousands Of Real Investors Over The Years, Straight Talk On Investing Is About Practical Advice And Meaningful Guidance. Setting Up A Sound Investment Program And Managing It Effectively Are Well Within Your Reach. With Straight Talk On Investing, You'll Learn From An Investment Leader The Best Ways To Approach Investing So That You Can Get Through Any Market Successfully.
Bill and Mary Toohey are average middle income people from a small Iowa town. Bill has been employed for 23 years as a Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor and Mary has worked for 20 years as an Office Manager for a small psychological firm. They started saving and investing in 1991 when their net worth was $63,000. Eight years later their net worth was $467,000. In other words, their assets increased by an average of more than $50,000 per year during that period while their income (not counting dividends and capital gains) averaged about $65,000 per year. But it wasn't always easy. They have three children, Colleen (24), Tim (22), and Meghann (14). Tim has been severely disabled since birth and despite the challenges of helping Tim cope with his chronic illnesses, the Toohey family has been able to achieve financial freedom on a modest income. They were able to build a sizable nest egg in eight years while encountering some of life's biggest expenses during the period. They helped to pay for their daughter's college education and wedding, paid cash for a new car, and made several expensive home improvements. Despite those major expenses the Tooheys still managed to save 46% of their gross income and were listed among the "Best Personal Finance Managers in America" in the December 1994 issues of Money magazine. The Tooheys' story, in an article written by Bill, appeared in the April 1997 issue of Money magazine. Mary co-authored an article published in the February 1998 issue of McCall's magazine. In May, 1997 Bill was invited to speak at Money magazine's Elgin Project seminar series. Money magazine "adopted" Elgin, Illinois and brought in speakers with expertise in personal finance.Former President Bush kicked off the event.
How did they do it? How do they think? How do they live? Is it possible to save so much and still have a decent life? Can my family do this? Get the answers to all these questions and more in a book written specifically for families with children who don't earn big bucks. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/22/80/9780471352280.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en Wiley The Average Family's Guide to Financial Freedom How You can Save a Small Fortune on a Modest Income \N
+486287475 Building and Managing the Meta Data Repository: A Full Lifecycle Guide 416 2000 This is the first book to tackle the subject of meta data in data warehousing, and the results are spectacular . . . David Marco has written about the subject in a way that is approachable, practical, and immediately useful. Building and Managing the Meta Data Repository: A Full Lifecycle Guide is an excellent resource for any IT professional. -Steve Murchie Group Product Manager, Microsoft CorporationMeta data repositories can provide your company with tremendous value if they are used properly and if you understand what they can, and can't, do. Written by David Marco, the industry's leading authority on meta data and well-known columnist for DM Review, this book offers all the guidance you'll need for developing, deploying, and managing a meta data repository to gain a competitive advantage. After illustrating the fundamental concepts, Marco shows you how to use meta data to increase your company's revenue and decrease expenses. You'll find a comprehensive look at the major trends affecting the meta data industry, as well as steps on how to build a repository that is flexible enough to adapt to future changes. This vendor-neutral guide alsoincludes complete coverage of meta data sources, standards, and architecture, and it explores the full gamut of practical implementation issues.Taking you step-by-step through the process of implementing a meta data repository, Marco shows you how to:
- Evaluate meta data tools Build the meta data project plan
- Design a custom meta data architecture
- Staff a repository team
- Implement data quality through meta data
- Create a physical meta data model
- Evaluate meta data delivery requirementsThe CD-ROM includes:
- A sample implementation project plan
- A function and feature checklist of meta data tool requirements
- Several physical meta datamodels to support specific business functionsVisit our Web site at www.wiley.com/compbooks/Visit the companion Web site at www.wiley.com/compbooks/marco https://images.isbndb.com/covers/52/36/9780471355236.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Wiley Building and Managing the Meta Data Repository: A Full Lifecycle Guide \N
+486288005 Empire: A Tale of Obsession, Betrayal, and the Battle for an American Icon 352 2001
It is the most famous skyscraper in the world-a towering edifice whose silhouette defines New York's skyline. Each year, millions of visitors from all over the world flock to its upper reaches to take in its dramatic views. Yet few are aware of the triumphs and tragedies that have played out in its storied corridors. Ever since it was erected during the Great Depression, the Empire State Building has been coveted by ambitious, self-made men who have gone to great lengths to call it their own. It has carried some of them to prominence, others to the precipice of financial ruin. For a few, the building has exacted an even higher toll-costing them friends, family, and even their freedom.
EMPIRE is a gripping account of a frenzied decade-long contest for control of America's premier skyscraper. MITCHELL PACELLE, an award-winning writer for The Wall Street Journal, takes us behind the scenes in a bizarre drama of greed, rivalry, duplicity, and betrayal. Taking advantage of extensive access to key players, he traces the saga from the boardroom where an intricate ownership web was spun to the time-warped world of a Japanese tycoon; from castles in Britain to jail cells in New York and France.
Pacelle brings vividly to life a colorful and intriguing cast of characters at the center of the contest, including:
* Hideki Yokoi, a reviled Japanese billionaire who gathered storybook buildings as if they were trophies-and whose obsession with owning the Empire State Building would tear his family asunder
* Kiiko Nakahara, Yokoi's daughter, and her husband, Jean-Paul Renoir, whose own quest for the building would lead them on a ruinous legal odyssey on two continents
* Harry and Leona Helmsley, the building's link to a fading era of Manhattan real estate kingpins, whose iron grip on the building would come under spirited attack from many quarters
* Donald Trump, who would maneuver to gain a slim stake in the skyscraper, then play it for all it was worth
Brilliantly written, with twists and turns that surprise like fiction, EMPIRE offers a rare glimpse into the era of old-world real estate tycoons, and explores the culture clash that erupted when the new guard rose to challenge them. What unfolds is one of the most captivating business tales of our time.
Could the sudden death of Sir Charles Baskerville have been caused by the gigantic ghostly hound which is said to have haunted his family for generations? Arch-rationalist Sherlock Holmes characteristically dismisses the theory as nonsense. Claiming to be immersed in another case, he sends Watson to Devon to protect the Baskerville heir and to observe the suspects at close hand. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/21/45/9780486282145.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Dover Publications The Hound of the Baskervilles (Dover Thrift Editions) \N
+515090174 Selected Canterbury Tales 144 1994 Delightful collection includes the General Prologue plus three of the most popular tales: "The Knight's Tale," "The Miller's Prologue and Tale," and "The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale." Recast in modern English verse that captures the lively spirit of the originals. A selection of the Common Core State Standards Initiative. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/24/11/9780486282411.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Dover Publications Selected Canterbury Tales \N
+515090263 The Birth of Tragedy (Dover Thrift Editions) 96 1995 Philosopher's classic study declares that Greek tragedy achieved greatness through a fusion of elements of Apollonian restraint and control with Dionysian components of passion and the irrational. A work of profound imaginative insight, which left the scholarship of a generation toiling in the rear. - British classicist F. M. Cornford. Nietzsche's first and last great books sound the themes that remain at the heart of present day philosophical and cultural debates and dilemmas. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/51/53/9780486285153.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Dover Publications The Birth of Tragedy (Dover Thrift Editions) \N
+515102474 Richard III (Dover Thrift Editions) 112 1995 final Play In Shakespeare's Dramatization Of The Strife Between The Houses Of York And Lancaster. Richard Is Stunning Archvillain Who Seduces, Betrays, And Murders His Way To The Throne. Explanatory Footnotes. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/74/78/9780486287478.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Dover Publications Richard III (Dover Thrift Editions) \N
+515103454 Indian Why Stories (Dover Children's Classics) 96 1995 Delightful fables, collected by a devotee of Indian lore, recounts many of the legends told to him by tribal members, among them intriguing explanations of "Why the Chipmunk's Back is Striped," "How the Otter Skin Became Great Medicine," "How the Man Found His Mate," and "Why Blackfeet Never Kill Mice." 32 illustrations.
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+515116475 Robinson Crusoe 80 1996 classic Adventure Story Of A Man Marooned On An Uninhabited Island For 24 Years: His Struggle To Survive, The Dramatic Encounter With The Native Friday, And Their Eventual Escape. 6 New Illustrations. Abridged. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/81/61/9780486288161.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Dover Publications Robinson Crusoe \N
+520027264 Irish Tales of Terror: (Reissue) 317 1994 Introduction by Ray Bradbury. 22 bewitching stories of Irish magic and mystery. An exceptional anthology of folklore and fright. Features an all-star cast: James Joyce, H.P. Lovecraft, W.B. Yeats, Daniel Defoe, Ray Bradbury, Oscar Wilde, et al. Covers the dark and supernatural from the 12th century to the present day. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/24/57/9780517122457.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en Random House Value Publishing Irish Tales of Terror: (Reissue) \N
+515117617 Nordic Gods and Heroes 304 1996 Rich selection of age-old legends concerning the gods and goddesses who dwell in Asgard, their problems with the mischievous Loki, the exploits of Odin and Thor, the story of Sigurd, the winning of Brynhild, the twilight of the gods and more. Enhanced with over 40 atmospheric illustrations by Willy Pogany.
\\n\\n\\n A collection of Norse myths and legends featuring such gods as Odin, Thor, Frey, and Freya.\\n https://images.isbndb.com/covers/91/20/9780486289120.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Dover Publications Nordic Gods and Heroes \N
+515118249 The Archaeology of Weapons: Arms and Armour from Prehistory to the Age of Chivalry (Dover Military History, Weapons, Armor) 400 1996 tremendously Detailed And Thorough Account Of Premodern Weapons Of War — From The Prehistoric Bronze And Iron Ages And The Breakup Of The Roman Empire, To The Viking Era And The Age Of Chivalry.
One of the world's greatest novels-in a brand new package
A vivid, timeless depiction of the clash between the older Russian aristocracy and the youthful radicalism that foreshadowed the revolution. This controversial classic offers modern readers much to reflect upon amidst today's tumultuous, changing world. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/07/30/9780486400730.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Dover Publications Fathers and Sons (Dover Thrift Editions) \N +515124702 Knock Knock Jokes (Dover Children's Activity Books) 64 1998 Knock, Knock. Who's there? Isadore. Isadore who? Isadore open or shut? This and 59 other knock-knock gems, incorporating key words that double as preposterous puns, are ready to provide jokesters with all the ammunition they need to regale friends and relatives. Accompanied by 60 engaging illustrations. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/40/28/9780486404028.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Dover Publications Knock Knock Jokes (Dover Children's Activity Books) \N +515125245 Washington Square (Dover Thrift Editions) 176 1998 james Is The Acknowledged Master Of The Psychological Novel, Which Profoundly Influenced The 20th-century Literary World. The Power Of His Prose And The Skill With Which He Marshals Seemingly Insignificant Details To Accomplish His Purpose Sustains The Listener's Interest And Compels Continued Contemplation.
Aidan Meehan studied Celtic art in Ireland and Scotland and has spent the last two decades playing a leading role in the renaissance of this authentic tradition. He has given workshops, demonstrations, and lectures in America and Europe, and is the author of the best-selling Celtic Design series, published by Thames and Hudson. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/06/76/9780500280676.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Thames & Hudson Celtic Borders \N +517189674 Standing Stones : Carnac, Stonehenge and the World of Megaliths (New Horizons) 176 1999 Jean-pierre Mohen. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 166) And Index. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/09/09/9780500300909.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Gardners Books Standing Stones : Carnac, Stonehenge and the World of Megaliths (New Horizons) \N +517202646 Sweeter Savage Love 400 2006 from The Best-selling Author Of desperado Comes The Tale Of Psychologist Harriet Ginoza, Who Is Cast Back In Time To The Old South, Encountering The Object Of Her Fantasies And The Realization That She Will Have To Seduce Him. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/21/22/9780505522122.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Love Spell Sweeter Savage Love \N +517250527 Love, Cherish Me 576 1999 A raven-haired beauty finds love with El Lobo, a fierce bounty hunter, across the American Old West in this historical romance from the author of "The Princess Goes West". https://images.isbndb.com/covers/30/20/9780505523020.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Leisure Books Love, Cherish Me \N +517336359 Cooking Up Trouble 391 2000 In A Play On The Fairy Tale Rumpelstilskin, Heather Learns That While She Can Hardly Boil Water, She Certainly Can Raise The Temperature Of The Wealthy Rancher Who Has Hired Her To Be His New Cook. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/39/83/9780505523983.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Love Spell Cooking Up Trouble \N +517701715 The Judge (A Paul Madriani Novel) 512 1996 when Judge Armando Acosta Is Charged With Soliciting A Prostitute, Attorney Paul Madriani Is Less Than Sympathetic. Nevertheless, Madriani Is Forced To Defend His Old Nemesis.and When The Policewoman Who Snared Acosta Is Brutally Murdered, Madriani Wonders If The Judge Is Also The Executioner.the Most Explosive Thriller Yet By new York Times Bestselling Author Steve Martini — the Judge. an Explosive New Thriller From The Mega-bestselling Author Of Undue Influence. Judge Armando The Coconut Acosta Is Arrested On Charges Of Soliciting Prostitution, And Few, Including Attorney Paul Madriani, Who Has A Long History Of Enmity With The Judge, Are Sympathetic. But When Acosta's Defense Attorney Is Forced Off The Case, Paul Must Step In And Defend The Judge. Https://images.isbndb.com/covers/96/40/9780515119640.jpg 2 2 Mass Market Paperback en Berkley The Judge (A Paul Madriani Novel) \N +520055209 Pennsylvania Dutch Cooking: A Mennonite Community Cookbook 512 2000 Over 1,100 mouth-watering recipes are in this fabulous collection of favorites contributed by Mennonite families from all over the United States and Canada. All the recipes have been brought up-to-date for directions and measurements so whether it's oyster chowder or apple fritters, or the many main dishes and desserts that make Mennonite cooking so delicious, all of them can be enjoyed by the modern cook. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/21/32/9780517162132.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en Gramercy Pennsylvania Dutch Cooking: A Mennonite Community Cookbook \N +517536838 No More Lies 406 2003 The head of a psychology clinic fears she's going crazy when she begins to hear other people's thoughts-but while her new talent drags her into a mire of intrigue, it also brings her closer to the man of her dreams.
A Regency romance to win readers' hearts from the #1 New York Tiems bestselling author.
The third novel in Catherine Coulter's popular Legacy trilogy.
Anita Blake is a vampire hunter. But when someone else sets his sights on her prey, she must save them both from the inferno.
Whereas many books look at how women's bodies are represented in different religions and cultures around the world, this work explores the site of a woman's voice and identity, her head. The female head threatens to disrupt the classic gender distinctions that link men to speech, identity, and mind while relegating women to silence, anonymity, and flesh. The contributors to this collection argue that the objectification of women as sexual and reproductive bodies results in their symbolic beheading. Decapitation occurs symbolically in myths as well as in actual practices such as veiling, head covering, and cosmetic highlighting, which by sexualizing a woman's face turns it into an extension of her body.
The essays explore how similar treatments of the female head find their unique articulation in diverse religious traditions and cultures: in Hindu myths of beheading, in Buddhist and Tantric practices and poetry about the hair of female nuns, in the resistance to veiling by early Christian women at Corinth, in contemporary veiling practices in a Turkish village, in the eroticization of the female mouth in ancient Judaism, and in Greek and Roman cosmetic practices.
Together these essays show how the depiction of the female head is critical for an understanding of gender and its influence on other fundamental religious and cultural issues.
In this handsome and engaging book, Clive Coates, one of the world's leading authorities on wine, gives us the most up-to-date, comprehensive, and detailed study of the wines of France ever written. Coates's vast knowledge of his subject together with his natural gift as a storyteller make An Encyclopedia of the Wines and Domaines of France as informative as it is entertaining. He discusses every appellation and explains its character, distinguishes the best growers, and uses a star system to identify the finest estates. With more than forty specially commissioned maps that show the main appellations and wine villages of France in detail and a format that invites browsing as well as in-depth study, this book will be essential reading for anyone, professional or amateur, interested in wine.
Coates gives ample reasons for his belief that France produces the finest wines in the world, in a volume and variety no other country can match. He shows how, despite savage competition from other countries, France holds its own. It not only creates great wines, he says, it also produces affordable wines. The outcome of thirty-five years of traveling around the French vineyards, this book displays a continuing love and respect for French wines and the vignerons of this remarkable country. In discussing each region and its wines in detail, Coates leaves no stone unturned. His encyclopedic knowledge is evident, bringing the places and the people where these great wines are created to life.
Among German crimes of the Second World War, the Nazi massacre of 642 men, women, and children at Oradour-sur-Glane on June 10, 1944, is one of the most notorious. On that Saturday afternoon, four days after the Allied landings in Normandy, SS troops encircled the town in the rolling farm country of the Limousin. Soldiers marched the men to nearby barns, lined them up, and shot them. They then locked the women and children in the church, shot them, and set the building and the rest of the town on fire. Residents who had been away for the day returned to a blackened scene of horror, carnage, and devastation.
In 1946 the French State expropriated and preserved the entire ruins of Oradour. The forty acres of crumbling houses, farms and shops became France's village martyr, set up as a monument to French suffering under the German occupation. Today, the village is a tourist destination, complete with maps and guidebooks.
In this first full-scale study of the destruction of Oradour and its remembrance over the half century since the war, Sarah Farmer investigates the prominence of the massacre in French understanding of the national experience under German domination. Through interviews with survivors and village officials, as well as extensive archival research, she pieces together a fascinating history of both a shattering event and its memorial afterlife.
Complemented by haunting photographs of the site, Farmer's eloquent dissection of France's national memory addresses the personal and private ways in which, through remembrance, people try to come to terms with enormous loss. Martyred Village will have implications for the study of the history and sociology of memory, testimonies about remembrances of war and the Holocaust, and postmodern concerns with the presentation of the past.
Unique and accessible overview of modern chemistry, including contributions from several Nobel Prize winners.
The Poems\\nShakespeare’s greatest achievement in nondramatic verse was his collection of 154 magnificent sonnets that portray a tumultuous world of love, rivalry, and conflict among a poet, an aristocratic young man, a rival poet, and a mysterious “dark lady.” More profound than other Elizabethan sonnet sequences and never surpassed as archetypes of the form, these poems explore almost every imaginable emotional complexity related to love and friendship. Some poems are dark, bitter, and self-hating, others express idealism with unmatchable eloquence–and all are of quintessential beauty, part of the world’s great literary heritage.\\nIn addition to his sonnets, Shakespeare published two long poems early in his career: Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece. Immediately popular in Shakespeare’s time, they display a richness that can also reward us with insights into the powerful imagery of his plays.\\nRounding out this volume are two minor poems, “A Lover’s Complaint” and “The Phoenix and Turtle,” thought to be part of Shakespeare’s early writings. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/30/96/9780553213096.jpg 1 1 Mass Market Paperback en Bantam Classics The Poems (Bantam Classics) \N +553276085 Sister Carrie 409 1982 the Driving Forces Of Our Culture—restless Idealism, Glamorous Material Seductions, And Spiritual Innocence—are Revealed In Dreiser's Transformation Of The Conventional Fallen Woman Story Into A Genuinely Original Work Of Imaginative Fiction.
Choice! The key is Choice. You have options. You need not spend your life wallowing in failure, ignorance, grief, poverty, shame, and self-pity. But, hold on! If this is true then why have so many among us apparently elected to live in that manner? The answer is obvious. Those who live in unhappy failure have never exercised their options for a better way of life because they have never been aware that they had any Choices !
Young Josiah Paddock, on the run from his past in St. Louis, didn't have much hope of survival. Winter was coming to the Rockies, and if the cold cutting through his city clothes didn't kill him, grizzlies or Indians would. Then his luck tumed. He stumbled across the trail of Ol' Scratch, a solitary mountain man eager enough for company to take the brash youngster under his wing. Pure chance brought Paddock to the old trapper's camp, but it was skill with a gun and a knife that kept them both alive as they rode deep into the majestic land of Blackfeet and Crow, bible-spouting pioneers and sensual woman where only the best and braves survived . . . and only the luckiest rode back again. Carry The Wind is a gripping historical saga set in the Grand Tetons during a time when the horizon never ended and a nation was being born. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/57/20/9780553255720.jpg 1 1 Mass Market Paperback en Bantam Books Carry the Wind \N +553290231 Killoe: A Novel 176 1982 dan Killoe—over Six Feet Of Tough, Raw, Lightning Fast Man. he Had A Trail Heard And A Mass Of Settlers To Get Across Unknown Territory To A New Land. then He Gave Shelter To A Stranger Being Hunted By Felipe Soto, Scar-faced Leader Of The Renegade Comancheros. this Time Killoe Was Borrowing More Trouble Than He Wanted To Handle. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/74/27/9780553257427.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Bantam Killoe: A Novel \N +055329024X Hellfire: A Novel 384 1986 The old mill has been silent for a hundred years, its dread secrets locked from view. Still, the people of Westover, Massachusetts, remember . . . and whisper of that terrible day when horrifying flames claimed eleven innocent young lives. The day the mill's doors slammed shut--forever.\\nBut now, the last of the once-powerful Sturgess family is about to unlock those doors again . . . and unleash an elemental fury. For behind the padlocks, deep within the dark, abandoned building, a terrible vengeance waits. A vengeance conceived in HELLFIRE. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/86/46/9780553258646.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Bantam Hellfire: A Novel \N +553296981 Brain Child: A Novel 384 1985
Alex Lonsdale was one of the most popular kids in La Paloma, California. Until the horrifying car accident. Until a brilliant doctor's medical miracle brought him back from the brink of death. Now, Alex seems the same. but in his eyes there is a blankness. In his hear there is coldness. If his parents, his friends, his girlfriend could see inside his brain, inside his dreams, they would be terrified. One hundred years ago in La Paloma, a terrible deed was done. A cry for vengeance pierced the night. That evil still lives. That vengeance still waits. Waits for Alex Lonsdale. Waits for the...Brainchild. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/55/21/9780553265521.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Bantam Brain Child: A Novel \N +553297996 Here's My Heart (Sweet Dreams Series #126) \N 1987 Kim Sommers Is Thrilled When Her Sister, Vicki, Asks Kim To Be One Of Her Bridesmaids. The Only Drawback Is That Rick Stone Will Also Be In The Wedding Party.--p. [4] Of Cover. Stefanie Curtis. Rl 6, Il Age 11 And Up.--t.p. Verso. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/56/68/9780553265668.jpg 2 2 Mass Market Paperback en Bantam Books for Young Readers Here's My Heart (Sweet Dreams Series #126) \N +055329802X How to Raise Your Self-Esteem: The Proven Action-Oriented Approach to Greater Self-Respect and Self-Confidence 176 1988 of All The Judgments You Make In Life, None Is As important As The One You Make About Yourself. The difference Between Low Self-esteem And High self-esteem Is The Difference Between Passivity And action, Between Failure And Success. Now, One Of america's Foremost Psychologists And A Pioneer In self-esteem Development Offers A Step-by-step Guide To strengthening Your Sense Of Self-worth. Here Are simple, Straightforward And effective Techniques That Will Dramatically Improve the Way You Think And Feel About Yourself. You'll learn:how To Break Free Of Negative self-concepts And Self-defeating Behavior.how to Dissolve Internal Barriers To Success In Work and Love.how To Overcome Anxiety, depression, Guilt And Anger.how To Conquer The fear Of Intimacy And Success.how To Find — And Keep — The Courage To Love Yourself. and Much More.
Ray Bradbury brings wonders alive. A peerless American storyteller, his oeuvre has been celebrated for decades—from The Martian Chronicles and Fahrenheit 451 to Dandelion Wine and Something Wicked This Way Comes.
The Illustrated Man is classic Bradbury —a collection of tales that breathe and move, animated by sharp, intaken breath and flexing muscle. Here are eighteen startling visions of humankind's destiny, unfolding across a canvas of decorated skin—visions as keen as the tattooist's needle and as colorful as the inks that indelibly stain the body.
The images, ideas, sounds and scents that abound in this phantasmagoric sideshow are provocative and powerful: the mournful cries of celestial travelers cast out cruelly into a vast, empty space of stars and blackness ... the sight of gray dust settling over a forgotten outpost on a road that leads nowhere ... the pungent odor of Jupiter on a returning father's clothing. Here living cities take their vengeance, technology awakens the most primal natural instincts, Martian invasions are foiled by the good life and the glad hand, and dreams are carried aloft in junkyard rockets.
Ray Bradbury's The Illustrated Man is a kaleidoscopic blending of magic, imagination, and truth, widely believed to be one of the Grandmaster's premier accomplishments: as exhilarating as interplanetary travel, as maddening as a walk in a million-year rain, and as comforting as simple, familiar rituals on the last night of the world.
He was a riot of rockets and fountains and people, in such intricate detail and color that you could hear the voices murmuring, small and muted, from the crowds that inhabited his body.
Ray Bradbury brings wonders alive. A peerless American storyteller, his oeuvre has been celebrated for decades—from The Martian Chronicles and Fahrenheit 451 to Dandelion Wine and Something Wicked This Way Comes.
THE ILLUSTRATED MAN is classic Bradbury—a collection of tales that breathe and move, animated by sharp, intaken breath and flexing muscle. Here are eighteen startling visions of humankind's destiny, unfolding across a canvas of decorated skin—visions as keen as the tattooist's needle and as colorful as the inks that indelibly stain the body.
The images, ideas, sounds and scents that abound in this phantasmagoric sideshow are provocative and powerful: the mournful cries of celestial travelers cast out cruelly into a vast, empty space of stars and blackness...the sight of gray dust settling over a forgotten outpost on a road that leads nowhere...the pungent odor of Jupiter on a returning father's clothing. Here living cities take their vengeance, technology awakens the most primal natural instincts, Martian invasions are foiled by the good life and the glad hand, and dreams are carried aloft in junkyard rockets. Ray Bradbury's THE ILLUSTRATEDMAN is a kaleidoscopic blending of magic, imagination, and truth, widely believed to be one of the Grandmaster's premier accomplishments: as exhilarating as interplanetary travel, as maddening as a walk in a million-year rain, and as comforting as simple, familiar rituals on the last night of the world. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/44/93/9780553274493.jpg 2 2 Mass Market Paperback en Spectra The Illustrated Man \N
+553371878 Under the Influence: A Guide to the Myths and Realities of Alcoholism 256 1984 Ten of millions Americans suffer from alcoholism, yet most people still wrongly believe that alcoholism is a psychological or moral problem, and that it can be cured by psychotherapy or sheer will power. Based on groundbreaking scientific research, Under The Influence examine the physical factors that set alcoholics and non-alcoholics apart, and suggests a bold, stigma-free way of understanding and treating the alcoholic.
How to tell if someone you know is an alcoholic.
The progressive stages of alcoholism.
How to get an alcoholic into treatment -- and how to choose a treatment program.
Why frequently prescribed drugs can be dangerous -- even fatal -- for alcoholics.
How to ensure a lasting recovery. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/48/75/9780553274875.jpg 2 2 Mass Market Paperback en Bantam Under the Influence: A Guide to the Myths and Realities of Alcoholism \N
+055337320X JEALOUS LIES (Sweet Valley High) 10 1986 It's pledge season for Pi Beta Alpha, and everyone in the exclusive Sweet Valley High sorority expects Sandra Bacon to nominate her best friend, Jean West. But Sandra's tired of always hearing about Jean's perfect figure, terrific grades, and fantastic cheerleading. The sorority is the only thing Sandra has that Jean doesn't, and even though Jean is her best friend, Sandra wants to keep Pi Beta Alpha for herself.\\nWhen Sandra unwillingly becomes Jean's pledge sponsor, she's determined to do everything she can to insure Jean doesn't make it through the pledge period. But how far can Sandra go and still remain friends with Jean? https://images.isbndb.com/covers/55/82/9780553275582.jpg 2 2 Mass Market Paperback en Sweet Valley JEALOUS LIES (Sweet Valley High) \N
+553373935 The Lives of a Cell 184 1979 Lewis Thomas. All Of The Essays Originally Appearedin The New England Journal Of Medicine, 1971-73. Published By Arrangement With The Viking Press. Bibliography : P175-180. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/58/03/9780553275803.jpg 2 2 Mass Market Paperback en Bantam The Lives of a Cell \N
+553374184 Platoon Leader 10 1986 A Career Army Officer Describes His Experiences In Vietnam, And Explains What The War Taught Him About Leadership And Human Nature Https://images.isbndb.com/covers/58/27/9780553275827.jpg 1 1 Mass Market Paperback en Bantam Platoon Leader \N
+553379690 The Key-Lock Man: A Novel 192 1985 he Had Led The Posse For Miles Through The Desert, But Now Matt Keelock Was Growing Desperate. He Was Worried About Kristina. His Trip To The Town Of Freedom For Supplies Had Ended In A Shootout. If Caught He Would Hang. Even Though Kris Could Handle A Horse And Rifle As Well As Most Men, The Possibility Of Oskar Neerland’s Finding Her Made Matt’s Blood Run Cold. He Knew The Violent And Obsessive Neerland, Publicly Embarrassed When Matt Had Stepped In And Stolen Kris Away, Would Try To Kill Them Both If Given Half A Chance. Matt Tried To Convince Himself That Neerland Had Returned To The East. But Matt Was Wrong. Miles Away In The Town Of Freedom, Oskar Neerland Was Accepting A New Job. In His First Duty As Marshal, He Would Lead The Posse That Was Tracking Down Matt Keelock. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/09/82/9780553280982.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Bantam The Key-Lock Man: A Novel \N
+553571885 Never Let Go (Sweet Valley High Sr. Year(TM)) 192 2000 Jeremy's never been one for drama. But that's all his life has been about lately. Jessica, Jade, Jade, Jessica, neither, both, neither. . . . It's time for him to make a choice.Unfortunately, when he does, the REAL drama is going to start. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/34/05/9780553493405.jpg 1 1 Mass Market Paperback en Sweet Valley Never Let Go (Sweet Valley High Sr. Year(TM)) \N
+553572059 Shadows: A Novel 400 1993 they Call It The Academy. A Secluded, Cliff-top Mansion Overlooking The Rugged Pacific Coast. A School For Children Gifted — Or Cursed — With Extraordinary Minds. Children Soon To Come Under The Influence Of An Intelligence Even More Brilliant Than Their Own — And Unspeakably Evil. For Within This Mind A Dark Plan Is Taking Form. A Plan So Horrifying, No One Will Believe It. No One But The Children. And For Them It Is Already Too Late. Too Late, Unless One Young Student Can Resist The Seductive Invitation That Will Lead... Into The shadows.
James Dodson always felt closest to his father while they were on the links. So it seemed only appropriate when his father learned he had two months to live that they would set off on the golf journey of their dreams to play the most famous courses in the world.
Final Rounds takes us to the historic courses of Royal Lytham and Royal Birkdale, to the windswept undulations of Carnoustie, where Hogan played peerlessly in '53, and the legendary St. Andrews, whose hallowed course reveals something of the eternal secret of the game's mysterious allure over pros and hackers alike.
Throughout their poignant journey, the Dodsons humorously reminisce and reaffirm their love for each other, as the younger Dodson finds out what it means to have his father also be his best friend. Final Rounds is a book never to be forgotten, a book about fathers and sons, long-held secrets, and the lessons a middle-aged man can still learn from his dad about life, love, and family.
Final Rounds is a tribute to a very special game and the fathers and sons who make it so. —>
In today's world, with its relentless emphasis on success and productivity, we have lost the necessary rhythm of life, the balance between work and rest. Constantly striving, we feel exhausted and deprived in the midst of great abundance. We long for time with friends and family, we long for a moment to ourselves.
Millennia ago, the tradition of Sabbath created an oasis of sacred time within a life of unceasing labor. Now, in a book that can heal our harried lives, Wayne Muller, author of the spiritual classic How, Then, Shall We Live?, shows us how to create a special time of rest, delight, and renewal—a refuge for our souls.
We need not even schedule an entire day each week. Sabbath time can be a Sabbath afternoon, a Sabbath hour, a Sabbath walk. With wonderful stories, poems, and suggestions for practice, Muller teaches us how we can use this time of sacred rest to refresh our bodies and minds, restore our creativity, and regain our birthright of inner happiness. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/01/18/9780553380118.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Bantam Sabbath: Finding Rest, Renewal, and Delight in Our Busy Lives \N +553566903 Fifty Acres and a Poodle: A Story of Love, Livestock, and Finding Myself on a Farm 288 2002
Jeanne Marie Laskas had a dream of fleeing her otherwise happy urban life for fresh air and open space — a dream she would discover was about something more than that. But she never expected her fantasy to come true — until a summer afternoon’s drive in the country.
That’s when she and her boyfriend, Alex — owner of Marley the poodle — stumble upon the place she thought existed only in her dreams. This pretty-as-a-picture-postcard farm with an Amish barn, a chestnut grove, and breathtaking vistas is real ... and for sale. And it’s where she knows her future begins.
But buying a postcard — fifty acres of scenery — and living on it are two entirely different matters. With wit and wisdom, Laskas chronicles the heartwarming and heartbreaking stories of the colorful two- and four-legged creatures she encounters on Sweetwater Farm.
Against a backdrop of brambles, a satellite dish, and sheep, she tells a tender, touching, and hilarious tale about life, love, and the unexpected complications of having your dream come true.
If you crossed Mitford, North Carolina, with Peyton Place, you might come up with Runnymede, Maryland, the most beguiling of Southern towns. In Loose Lips, Rita Mae Brown revisits Runnymede and the beloved characters introduced in Six of One and Bingo, serving up an exuberant portrayal of small-town sins and Southern mores, set against a backdrop of homefront life during World War II.
"I'm afraid life is passing me by," Louise told her sister.
"No, it's not," Juts said. "Life can't pass us by. We are life."
In the picturesque town of Runnymede, everyone knows everyone else's business, and the madcap antics of the battling Hunsenmeir sisters, Julia (Juts) and Louise, have kept the whole town agog ever since they were children. Now, in the fateful year of 1941, with America headed for war, the sisters are inching toward forty...and Juts is unwise enough to mention that unspeakable reality to her sister.
The result is a huge brawl that litters Cadwalder's soda fountain with four hundred dollars' worth of broken glass. To pay the debt, the sisters choose a surprisingly new direction. Suddenly they are joint owners of The Curl 'n' Twirl beauty salon, where discriminating ladies meet to be primped, permed, and pampered while dishing the town's latest dirt.
As Juts and Louise become Runnymede's most unlikely new career women, each faces her share of obstacles. Restless Juts can't shake her longing for a baby, while holier-than-thou Louise is fit to be tied over her teenage daughter's headlong rush toward scandal. As usual, the sisters rarely see eye to eye, and there are plenty of opinions to go around. Even the common bond of patriotic duty brings wildly unexpected results when the twosome joins the Civil Air Patrol, watching the night sky for German Stukas. But loose lips can sink even the closest relationships, and Juts and Louise are about to discover that some things are best left unsaid.
Spanning a decade in the lives of Louise, Juts, and their nearest and dearest, including the incomparable Celeste Chalfonte, Loose Lips is an unforgettable tale of love and loss and the way life can always throw you a curveball. By turns poignant and hilarious, it is deepened by Rita Mae Brown's unerring insight into the human heart.
Mars, the bloody planet, is a world shrouded in mystery. As the source of endless fascination, Mars offers us the most promise for finding evidence of life.
Half Navajo American Jamie Waterman is a geologist whose dream comes true when he is selected for the first landing team on Mars. He endures the rigors of training, the personality conflicts and political intrigues, as well as the dangers of travelling over 100 million kilometers in space.
Once the international crew lands on Mars, they discover they must battle not only the alien land they have invaded but earthbound bureaucrats as well. As they head toward a chasm that is ten times larger than the Grand Canyon, the twenty-five astronauts come face-to-face with the most shocking discovery of all.
The doctor's diagnosis for April Lancaster is not good. April has a brain tumor which cannot be operated on. She's only 18, and her future is uncertain. But when she meets Mark Gianni, a 21-year-old with a passion for car racing, things change.
Mark is handsome and charming—and has cystic fibrosis. Despite herself, April falls completely in love with him. April says yes when Mark asks her to marry him. But a racing accident aggravates Mark's CF, and April must make a decision that will change the course of her life forever. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/08/54/9780553570854.jpg 2 2 Mass Market Paperback en Laurel Leaf Till Death Do Us Part \N +553578278 Starry, Starry Night: Three Holiday Stories 272 2000 the Star That Led The Three Wise Men Could Be The Same Star Wished Upon By Those Longing For A Wish To Come True. In The Opening Novella, "christmas Child," 15-year-old Melanie Feels Cheated When Her Baby Sister, Born At Christmastime, Lives Only A Few Days. But The Brief Life Of Her Sister Shows Melanie The Lasting Value Of Love. Brenda Struggles Between Noble Intentions And Real Desires When She Becomes The Last Chance For Happiness For A Dying Boy In "last Dance." The Final Story, "kathy's Life," Describes A Girl Who Appears To Have It All. Kathy Is Beautiful, Intelligent, And Has The Perfect Job As A Live-in Caregiver For A Couple's Baby Boy. But Not Everything Is As Perfect As It Seems: Should Kathy Give Up The One Person She Loves Most In The World?
Terror stalks the streets of Bayou Breaux, Louisiana. A suspected murderer is free on a technicality, and the cop accused of planting evidence against him is ordered off the case. But Detective Nick Fourcade refuses to walk away. He’s stepped over the line before. This case threatens to push him over the edge.
He’s not the only one. Deputy Annie Broussard found the woman’s mutilated body. She still hears the phantom echoes of dying screams. She wants justice. But pursuing the investigation will mean forming an alliance with a man she doesn’t trust and making enemies of the men she works with. It will mean being drawn into the confidence of a killer. For Annie Broussard, finding justice will mean risking everything—including her life.
The search for the truth has begun—one that will lead down a twisted trail through the steamy bayous of Louisiana, and deep into the darkest reaches of the human heart.
"The story begins with my father, actually, and the fact that I'm the one who's answerable for his death. It was not my first crime, as you will see, but it is the one my mother couldn't forgive."
In her astonishing New York Times bestseller, acclaimed author Elizabeth George reveals the even darker truth behind this startling confession. Playing for the Ashes is a rich tale of passion, murder and love in which Inspector Thomas Lynley and Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers once again find themselves embroiled in a case where nothing—and no one—is really what it seems. Intense, suspenseful and brilliantly written, Playing for the Ashes will make readers "search out the sleuthing pair's first six adventures...a treasure," as Cosmopolitan predicted in their review.
From bestselling author Phillip Margolin, a fast-paced legal thriller packed with page-turning suspense.
Peter Hale is a young attorney struggling to make his own mark in his father's venerable law firm when he is presented with the opportunity of a lifetime. During the trial of a multimillion-dollar case, Peter's father, the lead counsel, suffers a heart attack and asks Peter to move for a mistrial until he's feeling better. Peter decides this is his only chance to prove to his father that he is the terrific lawyer he knows himself to be, and he chooses to carry on with the case against his father's wishes. In his zeal to prove himself, Peter neglects his client and ends up losing everything—the case, his job, and his father.
Unemployed and disinherited, Peter takes the only job he is offered—that of a public defender in a small Oregon town. He hopes that if he can make good there, he can reinstate himself in his father's good graces. But his ambition again gets the best of him when he takes on a death-penalty case, representing a mentally retarded man accused of the brutal hatchet murder of a college coed. He's in way over his head, and it's only when Peter realizes that his greed and his ego may end up killing his client that he begins to understand what it really takes to be a good lawyer—and to become a man.
The Chicago Tribune said "It takes a really crafty storyteller to put people on the edge of their seats and keep them there. But Phillip Margolin does just that." In The Burning Man, with its intricate plotting, legal intrigue, and many twists and surprises, Phillip Margolin has done it again. This is sure to be his biggest bestseller yet.
Penetrating the murkiest corners of glittering New Orleans society, Benjamin January brought murderers to justice in A Free Man of Color, Fever Season, and Graveyard Dust. Now, in Barbara Hambly's haunting new novel, he risks his life in a violent plantation world darker than anything in the city....
When slave owner Simon Fourchet asks Benjamin January to investigate sabotage, arson, and murder on his plantation, January is reluctant to do any favors for the savage man who owned him until he was seven. But he knows too well that plantation justice means that if the true culprit is not found, every slave on Mon Triomphe will suffer.
Abandoning his Parisian French for the African patois of a field hand, cutting cane until his bones ache and his musician's hands bleed, Benjamin must use all his intelligence and cunning to find the killer ... or find himself sold down the river.
Bingtown is a hub of exotic trade and home to a merchant nobility famed for its liveships—rare vessels carved from wizardwood, which ripens magically into sentient awareness. The fortunes of one of Bingtown's oldest families rest on the newly awakened liveship Vivacia.
For Althea Vestrit, the ship is her rightful legacy unjustly denied her—a legacy she will risk anything to reclaim. For Althea's young nephew Wintrow, wrenched from his religious studies and forced to serve aboard ship, Vivacia is a life sentence.
But the fate of the Vestrit family—and the ship—may ultimately lie in the hands of an outsider. The ruthless pirate Kennit seeks a way to seize power over all the denizens of the Pirate Isles...and the first step of his plan requires him to capture his own liveship and bend it to his will....
For everyone who loves Jane Austen...a marvelously entertaining new series that turns the incomparable author into an extraordinary sleuth!
On a visit to the estate of her friend, the young and beautiful Isobel Payne, Countess of Scargrave, Jane bears witness to a tragedy. Isobel's husband—a gentleman of mature years—is felled by a mysterious and agonizing ailment. The Earl's death seems a cruel blow of fate for the newly married Isobel. Yet the bereaved widow soon finds that it's only the beginning of her misfortune...as she receives a sinister missive accusing her and the Earl's nephew of adultery—and murder. Desperately afraid that the letter will expose her to the worst sort of scandal, Isobel begs Jane for help. And Jane finds herself embroiled in a perilous investigation that will soon have her following a trail of clues that leads all the way to Newgate Prison and the House of Lords—a trail that may well place Jane's own person in the gravest jeopardy.
The third book in the Mary Russell-Sherlock Holmes series.
It is 1923. Mary Russell Holmes and her husband, the retired Sherlock Holmes, are enjoying the summer together on their Sussex estate when they are visited by an old friend, Miss Dorothy Ruskin, an archeologist just returned from Palestine. She leaves in their protection an ancient manuscript which seems to hint at the possibility that Mary Magdalene was an apostle—an artifact certain to stir up a storm of biblical proportions in the Christian establishment. When Ruskin is suddenly killed in a tragic accident, Russell and Holmes find themselves on the trail of a fiendishly clever murderer. Brimming with political intrigue, theological arcana, and brilliant Holmesian deductions.
Fans will find all of King's accustomed literacy and empathy on display. But, like Amanda Cross, she seems bent this time on crossing the line from the detective story to the discursive essay. Even Holmes is muffled.
https://images.isbndb.com/covers/78/08/9780553577808.jpg 1 1 Mass Market Paperback en Bantam A Letter of Mary (A Mary Russell Novel) \N +553585851 Shooting at Midnight 400 2000 greg Rucka Has Earned A Devoted Following For His Edgy Atticus Kodiak Thrillers, finder, keeper, and Smoker. Now, In An Electrifying New Suspense Novel, Rucka Puts Us In The Heart And Brain Of Kodiak's Friend And Lover, Bridgett Logan, A Young Woman Living Life On Her Own Terms—and Living It On The Edge. shooting At Midnight.it Began With A Promise Made To A Friend, Made When They Were Both Teenagers. Now, Years Later, The Friend Wants To Collect. All Bridgett Logan Has To Do Is Keep Her Word And The Vow She Made: Commit A Murder. Now Two Men Are Desperately Trying To Find Bridgett.one To Save Her. The Other—to Kill Her.
One man's sport is another man's murder....
Private eye Trade Ellis, part cowgirl, part Apache, has her hands full running her Arizona ranch. But when Victoria Carpenter, the famous romance writer, shows up with gruesome stories about repressed childhood memories, all going back over thirty years, Trade jumps at the chance to take the case.
Victoria's flashbacks include her father's so-called Sporting Club and its not-so-innocent picnics, where the wives talked, the children played...and the husbands made a brutal sport of hate and death. She's convinced that her father and his hunting buddies were racist killers. But how do you investigate decades-old crimes? Especially with no bodies, no police reports, and the only accuser a woman who makes up stories for a living. When the threatening phone calls begin and a cross is set ablaze on Trade's ranch, it soon appears there will be at least two more bodies they won't have to dig out of the past-Victoria's and Trade's.
The Years of Rice and Salt\\nIt is the fourteenth century and one of the most apocalyptic events in human history is set to occur–the coming of the Black Death. History teaches us that a third of Europe’s population was destroyed. But what if? What if the plague killed 99 percent of the population instead? How would the world have changed? This is a look at the history that could have been–a history that stretches across centuries, a history that sees dynasties and nations rise and crumble, a history that spans horrible famine and magnificent innovation. These are the years of rice and salt.\\nThis is a universe where the first ship to reach the New World travels across the Pacific Ocean from China and colonization spreads from west to east. This is a universe where the Industrial Revolution is triggered by the world’s greatest scientific minds–in India. This is a universe where Buddhism and Islam are the most influential and practiced religions and Christianity is merely a historical footnote.\\nThrough the eyes of soldiers and kings, explorers and philosophers, slaves and scholars, Robinson renders an immensely rich tapestry. Rewriting history and probing the most profound questions as only he can, Robinson shines his extraordinary light on the place of religion, culture, power, and even love on such an Earth. From the steppes of Asia to the shores of the Western Hemisphere, from the age of Akbar to the present and beyond, here is the stunning story of the creation of a new world. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/00/75/9780553580075.jpg 1 1 Mass Market Paperback en Spectra The Years of Rice and Salt: A Novel \N +055380250X Death Train to Boston (Fremont Jones Mysteries (Paperback)) 272 2000 autumn 1908 Finds Caroline Fremont Jones And Her Partner In Love And Work, Michael Kossoff, Traveling Incognito, Riding The Rails From San Francisco To Boston. The Railroad Hired The Sleuthing Couple To Investigate A Series Of Accidents. But Before They Can Solve The Mystery, They Become Victims Of The Worst Mishap Yet When Their Train Blows Up Near Salt Lake City. Was It A Callous Act Of Vandalism-or Something Even More Sinister? Michael Isn't About To Let His Injuries Slow Down His Search For Answers...or For Fremont, Who Has Not Been Seen Since The Accident-dead Or Alive.fortunately, The Badly Injured Fremont Was Rescued From The Train's Wreckage. But Her Unlikely Savior, The Leader Of A Breakaway Mormon Sect, Has Hidden Her Away In His Remote Wilderness Community. It Seems That Melancthon Pratt Has Big Plans For Fremont...not The Least Of Which Is For Her To Become His Sixth Wife. Now Fremont's Only Hope Is That Her Genius For Artifice Will Help Her Devise An Escape. That Is, Unless Michael, Shadowed By An Old Nemesis And A Mysterious Stranger, Can Find Her Before A Heartless Killer Claims Both Their Lives.
Censured by some critics for its brutality but heralded by others as a modern-day classic, Sympathy for the Devil is a terrifying, intoxicating journey through the violence, madness, and insane beauty of battle. It traces the story of a hardened Green Beret named Hanson, a college student who goes to war with a book of Yeats's poetry in his pocket and discovers the savagery within himself.
In this extraordinary novel, we follow Hanson through two tours of duty and a bitter attempt to live as a civilian in between. At one with the lush and dangerous world around him in Vietnam, Hanson is doomed to survive the landscape of devastation he encounters. Sympathy for the Devil contains some of the most vivid, finely etched prose ever written about the actual process of war—from firing a weapon for the first time in battle to the moment a young man knows that he has entered a living hell and found a home....
Devlin of Duncaer is the Chosen One, champion of the Kingdom of Jorsk. A simple metalsmith and farmer turned warrior, he has become the most unlikely of heroes to the conquerors of his own people, the Caerfolk. Yet there is a growing faction of Jorskians who believe that if he were truly anointed as Chosen One by the Gods, then the immortals would have given him the Sword of Light as proof of his calling.
Missing for generations, the sword is more myth than reality. But Devlin knows where to find it. Lost in battle after the Jorskians’ brutal massacre of Caerfolk, it has remained in Duncaer, a souvenir of one of the land’s darkest days.
Feeling more than ever a pawn of fate—and a plaything of the Gods who drive him—Devlin must return to the land of his birth, back to the people who have denounced him. For he is bound by an oath he has no choice but to obey...a promise he may have to die to keep. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/47/69/9780553584769.jpg 2 2 Mass Market Paperback en Spectra Devlin's Honor (Sword of Change, Book 2) \N
+563487380 Runaway Hearts 352 2001 with Sparkling Wit And Originality, Katie Rose Spins A Winning Tale About A Very Modern Young Lady Who Goes Undercover In 1895 New York In Search Of A Missing Thoroughbred — But Discovers Sizzling Passion Instead....
amateur Chemist Mary Lou Finch Once Blew Up Her Own Laboratory — But That Was Nothing Compared To Her Explosive First Meeting With Pierce Thorndike. Mary Lou Fibbed Outrageously To Win The Position Of Governess To Thorndike's Son. In Reality, She Is Hoping To Do A Little Detective Work And Find The Prize Racehorse That Was Stolen From Thorndike's Stable. For Mary Lou's Father Has Bet Every Dime He Has On Damien's Curse — And If The Horse Is Not Found Before The Saratoga Races, Her Family Will Be Ruined.
mary Lou Had Planned A Strictly Scientific Investigation ... Until Pierce's Sexy Blue Eyes Sent A Seductive Tingling From Her Head To Her Toes. Now, As High Stakes, Pounding Hooves, And Irresistible Kisses Sweep Mary Lou Away, The Novice Sleuth Races Toward An Unknown Finish — One That Puts Her In Danger Of Losing Her Heart, Her Innocence, And Maybe Even Her Life....
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+056353740X Them Bones: A Mystery from the Mississippi Delta (Sarah Booth Delaney) 336 1999
If only I hadn't kidnapped the dog...but the ransom paid the mortgage....Now I seem to be a private eye....I shouldn't have listened to that ghost....
Meet Sarah Booth Delaney...an unconventional Southern belle whose knack for uncovering the truth is about to make her the hottest detective in Zinnia, Mississippi...if it doesn't make her the deadest.
No self-respecting lady would allow herself to end up in Sarah Booth's situation. Unwed, unemployed, and over thirty, she's flat broke and about to lose the family plantation. Not to mention being haunted by the ghost of her great-great-grandmother's nanny, who never misses an opportunity to remind her of her sorry state—or to suggest a plan of action, like ransoming her friend's prize pooch to raise some cash.
But soon Sarah Booth's walk on the criminal side leads her deeper into unladylike territory, and she's hired to solve a murder. Did gorgeous, landed Hamilton Garrett V really kill his mother twenty years ago? And if so, what is Sarah Booth doing falling for this possible murderer? When she asks one too many questions and a new corpse turns up, she is suddenly a suspect herself...and Sarah Booth finds that digging up the bones of the past could leave her rolling over in her grave.
He strikes without warning.
He kills without mercy.
He's only just begun.
As part of an elite K-9 search and rescue team, Sarah Patrick and her golden retriever, Monty, have a gift for finding what no one else can. But their latest assignment is not like the others. This time Sarah is being forced to take part in a deadly mission ... by a man who knows enough about her past to ensure her cooperation.
Billionaire John Logan's top-secret venture has been sabotaged, its facilities destroyed, and its handpicked staff massacred. The sole survivor is being held for ransom. Logan knows that the only way to save the man — and the secrets he holds — is to find him as soon as possible.
Sarah is furious when she is strong-armed into joining Logan on his search. And once she takes the perilous assignment, not even Logan's promises that she and Monty will be safe may be enough to protect them. Because a killer is devising a sadistic vengeance ... and he may soon find use for Sarah.
A Common Lady For years she had thought he was dead. Yet when Addis de Valence strode into Moira Falkner's cottage, there was no mistaking the sharp planes of his face, and the scar she herself had helped to heal. The young squire who had once been her hero was now her lord, a hardened man who returned to claim the son she had raised as her own. But Moira couldn't deny that Addis roused a passion she never thought to feel—and a perilous hope for a future that could never be....
An Uncommon Love Addis returned from the Crusades to find his lands usurped by his stepbrother, and his country on the brink of rebellion. Determined to reclaim his birthright, Addis could not afford to be distracted by a woman—even one as tempting as Moira. Yet the only living part of his contented past lay in Moira—and his desire for her was more dangerous than his deadly battles with the king's men. By law, Moira belonged to him...but possessing her heart might be far more difficult. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/22/15/9780553582215.jpg 2 2 Mass Market Paperback en Bantam By Possession (Medievals) \N +570047927 Don't Look Back (Lavinia Lake and Tobias March) 416 2003
In this most entrancing tale of mystery and romance by the New York Times bestselling author AMANDA QUICK, lovers and partners-in-crime investigators Lavinia Lake and Tobias March continue their exciting newfound relationship, with its delicious mix of risky business, rising passion, and now'murder.
As if a head for business and a nose for trouble aren't enough to distinguish fiercely independent Lavinia Lake from the other women of London's fashionable Claremont Lane, there is one more feature to set her apart. Lavinia is also well versed in the practice of mesmerism, an extraordinary gift that far surpasses mere charm and physical appeal. Nobody knows this better than the usually coolheaded Tobias March, who seems to have fallen hopelessly under her spell. Fortunately for all, however, Lavinia uses her powers for good. And ever since a tragedy involving one of her subjects, she has even retired them in favor of her work with Lake and March, a joint venture...
A charity dog show has Jessica hitting the road with her faithful one-eyed Dalmatian, Lou, and her tailless Westie, Max, for the palatial summer estates of Long Island's fabled East End. When she arrives, the posh seaside community is crawling with stars eager to take best in show for their beloved pooches. But it's murder most tacky when a celebrity photographer is felled by a giant ice sculpture at a $500-a-plate fund-raiser.
Unable to resis the scent of the hunt, Jess is soon investigating a casting director's dream of potential suspects. But if Jess isn't careful, she just might become the next victim of a killer determined to prove she's barking up the wrong tree.
The original American full dramatization as broadcast on National Public Radio. In the ancient world of Middle-earth-a place of elves and dwarves, orcs and wizards, the darkest evil and the brightest good-a hobbit named Frodo Baggins embarks on a perilous quest: to carry the One Ring, ruler of all the Rings of Power, into the shadowy land of Mordor and destroy it in the fires where it was forged.
After receiving a call from the newly appointed chief of the New Mexico State Police, ex-Santa Fe chief of detectives Kevin Kerney is thrown into an investigation of a small-town cop-killing no one has been able to solve. His only lead: a homeless schizophrenic's ramblings about rape and an uncharted place called Serpent Gate.
Meanwhile, back in Santa Fe, priceless art is stolen from the governor's offices and a beautiful young blonde is murdered in a millionaire's mansion. Kerney follows a trail of clues to Mexico, where he faces off against an old nemesis with powerful government connections. Unwilling to back down, Kerney must use all of his tenacity, raw courage, and knowledge of the criminal mind in a bloody showdown that may cost him his life.
Perfectly pristine ingredients, combined sensibly and cooked properly, are the unmistakable hallmarks of the best Italian food. Chef Mario Batali, known to fans far and wide as "Molto Mario" from his appearances on television's Food Network and as chef of New York's much-loved Pó restaurant, has elevated these simple principles to fine art, creating innovative new fare that pays tribute to traditional Italian home cooking in a distinctly modern way. Now, for the first time, more than 200 of his irresistible recipes for fresh pastas, sprightly salads, grilled dishes, savory ragus, and many others are gathered in Simple Italian Food, a celebration of the flavors and spirit of Italy.
Mario draws inspiration for his distinctive dishes from the two "villages" that have left their stamps on his cuisine: Borgo Capanne, the tiny hillside village in Northern Italy where he lived and cooked for several years, and New York's Greenwich Village, where he has ready access to bountiful produce and outstanding artisan-made products; his full-flavored, smartly presented fare combines the best of both worlds. Chapters covering antipasti, pasta and risotto, fish, meat and poultry, contorni (side dishes), and cheese and sweets offer classic dishes such as Baked Lasagne with Asparagus and Pesto and pork loin cooked in caramelized onions and milk alongside Batali's own enticing improvisations—Penne with Spicy Goat Cheese and Hazelnut Pesto or Tuna Carpaccio with Cucumbers, Sweet Potatoes, and Saffron Vinaigrette. And because his recipes succeed on the strength of their ingredients rather than on virtuoso techniques, home cooks can easily duplicate the clear, clean flavors and lively presentations that are Mario's signature. Thirty-two pages of color photographs showcase Chef Batali's colorful and approachable recipes.
Traditionalists as well as those who thrill to the new will want to make dozens of these crowd-pleasing dishes a permanent part of their repertoire and embrace Mario Batali'sphilosophy of Simple Italian Food.
No one knows the self-denial—and the failure rate—of dieting better than Suzanne Somers. The Three's Company and Step-by-Step star struggled with her weight for twenty years. But now, after years of experimentation and consultation with more than one hundred nutritionists and dietitians, Suzanne has developed a weight-loss plan that truly succeeds.
With over a hundred recipes for great-tasting creative and traditional dishes, Eat Great, Lose Weight will help you free yourself from food cravings, get off the diet roller coaster, and learn to love food again. You won't believe how easy it is to look and feel your best!
About the Author:\\nDeepak Chopra has written twenty-five books, which have been translated into thirty-five languages. He is also the author of more than one hundred audio- and videotape series, including five critically acclaimed programs on public television. In 1999 Time magazine selected Dr. Chopra as one of the Top 100 Icons and Heroes of the Century, describing him as "the poet-prophet of alternative medicine." Dr. Chopra currently serves as CEO and founder of The Chopra Center for Well Being in La Jolla, California. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/52/37/9780609805237.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Harmony How to Know God: The Soul's Journey into the Mystery of Mysteries \N +664258131 Kick Me: Adventures in Adolescence 288 2002 Written in side-splitting and often cringe-inducing detail, Paul Feig takes you in a time machine to a world of bombardment by dodge balls, ill-fated prom dates, hellish school bus rides, and other aspects of public school life that will keep you laughing in recognition and occasionally sighing in relief that you aren't him. Kick Me is a nostalgic trip for the inner geek in all of us.\\nAuthor Biography: Paul Feig is a movie and television writer, director, and producer. He is a two-time Emmy nominee and lives in Los Angeles. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/94/33/9780609809433.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Three Rivers Press Kick Me: Adventures in Adolescence \N +668022019 The Tenacity of the Cockroach: Conversations with Entertainment's Most Enduring Outsiders 416 2002 Presents A Selection Of Interviews With Some Of The Entertainment World's Most Important Directors, Creators, Writers, Actors, And Musicians Who Discuss Their Unique Careers. Introduction -- 1. (henry Rollins ; Harlan Ellison ; George Carlin ; John Krickfalusi ; Jello Biafra) -- 2. (ralph Bakshi ; Tom Lehrer ; Berkeley Breathed ; Mr. Show, Part I) -- 3. (andy Partridge (xtc) ; Aimee Mann ; Lloyd Kaufman ; Martha Plimpton ; Steve Albini ; George Romero ; Penelope Spheeris ; Mr. Show, Part Ii) -- 4. (ian Mackaye (fugazi) ; Tom Waits ; Grant Hart (hüsker Dü) ; Gene Simmons (kiss) ; Merle Haggard ; John Waters ; Rick Nielsen (cheap Trick) ; Dr. Demento) -- 5. (chuck Jones ; William H. Macy ; Douglas Adams ; Ray Bradbury ; Conan O'brien ; Elmore Leonard ; Robert Altman ; Ron Jeremy ; Mr. Show, Part Iii) -- 6. (alice Cooper ; Stan Freberg ; Andrew W.k. ; Tim Quirk (too Much Joy) ; Elvira) -- 7. (mark Hosler (negativland) ; Mr. T ; Teller (penn & Teller) ; Penn Jillette (penn & Teller) ; Krs-one ; Mark Mothersbaugh (devo) ; Alan Moore ; David Cross (mr. Show, Part Iv). 8. (lemmy Kilmister (motörhead) ; Bob Barker ; Andy Richter ; Vanilla Ice ; David Lee Roth ; Weird Al Yankovic) -- 9. (roger Corman ; Rick James ; Joan Jett ; Pam Grier ; Peter Frampton ; Ronnie Spector ; Russ Meyer ; Mr. Show, Part V) -- 10. (quentin Crisp ; Joss Whedon ; Michael Mckean ; Billy Barty ; James Ellroy ; The Unknown Comic ; Robert Forster). Editor, Stephen Thompson. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/99/14/9780609809914.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Three Rivers Press The Tenacity of the Cockroach: Conversations with Entertainment's Most Enduring Outsiders \N +669415804 Silverthorn (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) (Riftwar Saga) 352 1993 for Use In Schools And Libraries Only. A Poisoned Bolt Has Struck Down The Princess Anita On The Day Her Wedding To Prince Arutha Of Krondor.to Save His Beloved, Arutha Sets Out In Search Of The Mystic Herb Called Silverthorn That Only Grows In The Dark A https://images.isbndb.com/covers/34/57/9780613293457.jpg 2 2 School & Library Binding en Turtleback Books Silverthorn (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) (Riftwar Saga) \N +670030457 The Best American Essays 2000 (The Best American Series) 320 2000 Best-selling author Alan Lightman selects the year’s finest nonfiction as this acclaimed series celebrates its fifteenth year. He has chosen a diverse, very personal collection that celebrates the essay as an independent genre unlike any other. This year’s pieces embrace stylistic freedom and strong opinions and afford the reader a fascinating view of the writer’s mind as it struggles with truth, memory, and experience. Featured writers include Jamaica Kincaid, Edward Hoagland, Cynthia Ozick, Mary Gordon, Edwidge Danticat, and others.
The Cam Jansen books are perfect for young readers who are making the transition to chapter books, and Cam is a spunky young heroine whom readers have loved for over two decades. Now the first ten books in the series have updated covers that bring new life to these perennial best-sellers. Old fans and new readers will love Cam's cool, modern look!
Writing with all the passion of Love Story and power of The Class, Erich Segal sweeps us into the lives of the Harvard Medical School's class of 1962. His stunning novel reveals the making of doctors—what makes them tick, scheme, hurt . . . and love. From the crucible of med school's merciless training through the demanding hours of internship and residency to the triumphs—and sometimes tragedies—beyond, Doctors brings to vivid life the men and women who seek to heal but who must first walk through fire. At the novel's heart is the unforgettable relationship of Barney Livingston and Laura Castellano, childhood friends who separately find unsettling celebrity and unsatisfying love—until their friendship ripens into passion. Yet even their devotion to each other, even their medical gifts may not be enough to save the one life they treasure above all others. Doctors —heartbreaking, witty, inspiring, and utterly, grippingly real—is a vibrant portrait that culminates in a murder, a trial . . . and a miracle.
Jackie Collins' most outrageous, erotically charged New York Times bestseller is a sexy, shaterring roller-coaster thrill ride!
From chic New York and the exclusive Hamptons to the hungry heart of L.A., this high-suspense tale pulses with deadly obsessions and relentless desiresin the seemingly perfect world of a gorgeous film actress. She could have any man — but the one she can't resist is a mysterious lover with a shadowed past. As their jolting affair skyrockets with electric passion, shocking secrets break through their hidden traps — in a brilliantly twisting story that sparks with the explosive Jackie Collins touch.
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+671042718 Get a Life! 321 1999 William Shatner, With Chris Kreski. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/13/13/9780671021313.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en Atria Books Get a Life! \N
+671577980 The Dinosaur Encyclopedia 192 1984 Explore the fascinating prehistoric world of the dinosaur with this fully illustrated guide to over 130 dinosaurs -everything's dinosaur lover wants and needs, in a handy, take-along pocket-size for home and school use! Discusses the discovery and classification of dinosaurs and examines individual species. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/04/66/9780671510466.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Simon Pulse The Dinosaur Encyclopedia \N
+3499150476 Heilig Abend zusammen. Ein garstiges Allerlei. \N 1982 Hsrg. Von Uwe Wandrey. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/04/70/9783499150470.jpg 1 1 Paperback de Rowohlt Tb. Heilig Abend zusammen. Ein garstiges Allerlei. \N
+671036521 Star Trek, the Next Generation Sketchbook: The Movies, Generations & First Contact 352 1998 Pass the torch. Bring together the best of what has come before and the grandeur of the present to create an undreamed-of future, a radically different look. Create a new ship. Give life to mankind's greatest nightmare, made flesh and metal.
\\n\\nWhen the decision was made to take the hugely successful television series Star Trek: The Next Generation into the realm of motion pictures, the crew, special-effects artists, and costume and makeup designers knew that they had a wondrous opportunity and several unique challenges ahead. Could they translate this new crew to the big screen, while retaining the magic that made the series one of the most successful syndicated shows ever? Could they create even more "strange new worlds" and vistas for them to explore, on a scale that would inspire awe in its legion of fans? And, most crucially, in its maiden voyage could they meld the two "generations" of Star Trek? Could they find a way, visually, to pass the baton from The Original Series to the crew of The Next Generation?
\\n\\nStar Trek: The Next Generation Sketchbook -- The Movies explores the hectic, frantic and creative works of the movie artists ... first, as they valiantly endeavor to meet and overcome the challenges presented by Star Trek Generations, and then as they embark on the massive undertaking of The Next Generation crew's first solo flight, Star Trek, First Contact. The inception of the nexus, the destruction of a starship, the horrific face of the Borg, and the design of the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-E all began with a single creative spark.
\\n\\nJohn Eaves, just one of the hundreds of craftspeople who worked their movie magic on Generations and First Contact, joins writer J.M. Dillard to take us on an odyssey into the mind's eye of some of the most visionary artists in the world of motion pictures. Through hundreds of never-before-seen sketches, model photographs and fashion designs, you'll see where it all began, and learn firsthand what it takes to transform the unenvisioned word into glorious reality.
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+671038281 Spiral (John Francis Cuddy Mystery) 368 1999 still Reeling From An Unfathomable Tragedy, Boston P.i. John Francis Cuddy Agrees To Help A Former Vietnam-era Comrade Who Is Searching For His Granddaughter's Killer. The Thirteen-year-old Was Found Dead In Colonel Nicolas Helides' Heavily Guarded Mansion On The Intracoastal Waterway. Used By Her Own Father To Revive His Rock Band, Called Spiral, Veronica Helides Had Been Molded Into A Sexually Provocative Rock Starlet. By The Time Someone Drowned Her, Murder Was Merely The Last Crime Committed Against Her.now Cuddy Is Picking Apart A Cast Of Players In The Life Of Colonel Helides And The Girl Everyone Called Very. From Helides' Depressive Son To Former Groupies, From A Mysterious Spiritual Adviser To The Woman Who Married The Colonel For His Money, Cuddy Is Seeing The Worst Of Human Nature At A Time When His Own Heart Is Broken In Two. As If That Were Not Enough, The Killing Of Veronica Helides May Not Have Been The Isolated Act It First Appeared.
They're calling it the Storm of the Century, and it's coming hard. The residents of Little Tall Island have seen their share of nasty Maine Nor'easters, but this one is different. Not only is it packing hurricane-force winds and up to five feet of snow, it's bringing something worse. Something even the islanders have never seen before. Something no one wants to see.
Just as the first flakes begin to fall, Martha Clarendon, one of Little Tall Island's oldest residents, suffers an unspeakably violent death. While her blood dries, Andre Linoge, the man responsible sits calmly in Martha's easy chair holding his cane topped with a silver wolf's head...waiting.
Linoge knows the townsfolk will come to arrest him. He will let them. For he has come to the island for one reason. And when he meets Constable Mike Anderson, his beautiful wife and child, and the rest of Little Tall's tight-knit community, this stranger will make one simple proposition to them all:
If you give me what I want, I'll go away. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/26/47/9780671032647.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Gallery Books Storm of the Century: An Original Screenplay \N
+671720317 Wasted: The Preppie Murder 303 1989 The Report Of Two Priviledged Young People, The Social Milieu That Brought Them Together, The Terrible Tragedy That Resulted, And The Trial. Linda Wolfe. Includes Index. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/18/49/9780671641849.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en Simon & Schuster Wasted: The Preppie Murder \N
+671720325 Anything for Billy 311 1988 Recreates The Colorful Life Of The Legendary Outlaw Billy The Kid, A Gunslinger Neither As Ferocious Nor As Purposeful As Legend Has Him To Be. Larry Mcmurtry. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/26/86/9780671642686.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en Simon and Schuster Anything for Billy \N
+671445154 Portraits of Guilt 384 2001 Inside the investigations of the deadly crimes that have shocked our nation-the Polly Klaas kidnapping, Susan Smith's drownings of her own children, the Oklahoma City bombing-one woman is the investigative world's secret weapon. You've seen her work: it was her composite sketch that revealed the face of the Unabomber, her hand that put a profile on Oklahoma City's John Doe II, her dead ringers that led to resolutions of those and other cases. Now Jeanne Boylan, the gifted forensic artist, whose beauty and compassion make her one of the most fascinating crusaders in the war against crime, tells her own riveting and deeply personal story.In thousands of cases, Jeanne Boylan has pieced together portraits of cime suspects from the pained and fragmented descriptions drawn out from crime victims and eyewitnesses; time after time, her uncannily accurate renderings have helped close the most baffling of cases. She has worked with investigators worldwide and the nation's top FBI task force commanders, but Boylan herself connects with victims and grieving families in a way law enforcement officers cannot: over weeks and months she immerses herself in their lives, shares their frustrations and hopes; from this bond of trust, lost memories inevitably resurface. Through her sketches, Boylan is able to arm police with telling details of a fugitive's face, as well as aspects of the case often overlooked during conventional investigations. It is that combination of empathy and artistry that has placed her squarely outside the box-and inside the most shattering cases of our time.But her compassion-and her compulsion for justice-have come at a price. Jeanne Boylan knows about loss and heartache: with searing honesty she portrays the effects on her marriage and her personal life of this career that calls her, at all hours, to step behind the scenes, to join the highest-profile manhunts, to find the faces of the most violent criminals, and at the same time, to help pick up the pieces of lives devastated by shocking violence.And, in a moving disclosure, Jeanne Boylan reveals that she, too, knows firsthand the price of crime. For the first time, in Portraits of Guilt, the woman who has formed the faces of the nation's most wanted killers uses her talents to bring about the resolution of a surprisingly personal twenty-year-old case. This remarkable memoir includes Boylan's own never-before-published drawings of two attackers who remain at large. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/48/63/9780671034863.jpg 1 1 Mass Market Paperback en Pocket Star Portraits of Guilt \N
+671448315 Body Bags: A Body of Evidence Thriller #1 272 1999 When Jenna Blake starts her freshman year at Somerset University, she's not only living on her own for the first time, she's moving closer to the father she never really knew. It's an exciting time, filled with new faces and new challenges, not to mention parties and guys and...corpses? \\nJenna feels torn about her future. She'd like to be a doctor like her mother, but she can't stand the sight of blood. Her father, a criminology professor, thinks he has the answer and sends her to interview for a job with the medical examiner -- an interview that takes place in the middle of an autopsy.\\n When a congressional aide goes violently insane and then drops dead, the pathology team at Somerset Medical Center discovers that his brain was ravaged with disease -- and loaded with insect larvae. As Jenna starts her new job, she is drawn into a web of terrifying disease, dangerous politics, and intriguing mystery. And when one of her professors ends up dead, she starts making connections even the police haven't seen...connections which will bring her face to face with a pair of killers: one medical, and one all too human. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/49/24/9780671034924.jpg 2 2 Mass Market Paperback en Simon Pulse Body Bags: A Body of Evidence Thriller #1 \N
+671449036 Trouble in Paradise (Dawson's Creek) 192 1999 To promote tourism, Capeside has a new slogan, "Fall in Love in Capeside," and a new weekend romance festival, including a kissing marathon. Pacey can't wait, but Andie's not interested. Then there's the contest for best romantic video that Dawson's dying to win, if only he could decide who should be his female lead.\\nJen's visiting cousin Courtney might just be right for the role. She's not acting mean anymore. She's actually...nice. Way too nice, think Joey and Jen. And their instincts are right, because when Courtney starts scheming, watch out Capeside!\\nJoey, Dawson, Pacey, Jen.\\nFour teens ready to take on the world.\\nThey're learning about life, and learning how to love. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/52/73/9780671035273.jpg 2 2 Mass Market Paperback en Simon Spotlight Entertainment Trouble in Paradise (Dawson's Creek) \N
+671450581 Hawke's Cove 288 2000 The year is 1944. After the stillbirth of her first child, Evangeline Worth returns to her grandmother's farm in Hawke's Cove. with her husband, John, across the Atlantic on the war front, the coastal town provides sanctuary for Vangie. All of that changes one day when a handsome stranger appears on her doorstep, searching for work.\\nJoe Green looks able enough, and though she wonders why he isn't in the service, Vangie takes him in on instinct. As a rich friendship develops between them, the Army informs Vangie that John is MIA. At the same time, rumors in town circulate about a downed Hellcat plane and its missing pilot. Smoothing away their loneliness, Vangie and Joe feel their relationship deepening into a forbidden love. Then John is suddenly found alive, and the lovers separate—but cannot bear to sever their bond.\\nFifty years later, Vangie's son Charlie, a reporter, is assigned to unlock the puzzle of a dredged-up Hellcat. He heads to Hawke's Cove to investigate, and meets respected local Joe Green and his daughter Maggie. As a romantic relationship blossoms between Charlie and Maggie, Vangie and Joe realize that they must open up the past—and the secrets of their hearts. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/57/30/9780671035730.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en Atria Hawke's Cove \N
+671455508 Hindenburg,1937 224 1999 Young adult readers with a yen for romance and a love of history will love to set sail with Hindenburg, 1937, the story of a young German orphan and her desperate escape aboard the famous airship. With intimate romantic fiction intertwined with compelling, recognizable facts, it's an ideal introduction to the arts of the historical romance -- and a great read. All the young readers who went down with the Titanic will sigh and cry with the Hindenburg as well. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/60/10/9780671036010.jpg 2 2 Mass Market Paperback en Simon Pulse Hindenburg,1937 \N
+671463640 Star Trek: Strange New Worlds III 320 2000 Back by popular demand - again! Our third anthology featuring original Star Trek®, Star Trek: The Next Generation®, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine®, and Star Trek: Voyager® stories written by Star Trek fans, for Star Trek fans!Each Strange New Worlds competition draws a greater response than the last. The final selections gathered here were chosen from an overwhelming number of entries by virtue of their originality and style. With wit, compassion, and an affection for all things Star Trek, these brand-new authors take us where Star Trek has never gone before.Their tales rocket across the length and breadth of Federation time and space, from when Captain Kirk explored the galaxy on the first Starship EnterpriseÂ, through Captain Picard's U.S.S. Enterprise 1701-D and Captain Sisko's Deep Space NineÂ, to Captain Janeway's Starship VoyagerÂ, with many more fascinating stops along the way. Find out what happens in the Star Trek universe when fans - like you - take the helm! https://images.isbndb.com/covers/65/22/9780671036522.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Gallery Books Star Trek: Strange New Worlds III \N
+671720376 Festival of Lights: The Story of Hanukkah 23 1987 Describes The Origin And Significance Of The Festival Of Lights. Includes A Holiday Game, Song, And Instructions For The Traditional Candle-lighting Ceremony. Retold By Maida Silverman ; Illustrated By Carolyn S. Ewing. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/37/68/9780671643768.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Little Simon Festival of Lights: The Story of Hanukkah \N
+671469207 Mackerel By Moonlight 256 1999 Orphaned as a young boy and haunted by fragmentary memories of his father, Terry Mullally, the hero of Mackerel by Moonlight, nonetheless has schooled himself to success. He makes a splash as an assistant U.S. attorney in Brooklyn but leaves under a cloud of suspicion after some dicey operations in which laws are broken and money changes hands. Once he has escaped to Boston, to the safety of a white-shoe law firm, Mullally is again bitten by the political bug. Backed by a discontented police union and handled by two young politicos - a labor organizer and a gossip columnist - he charms and schemes his way to being elected district attorney, where the same combination of luck, smarts, and inattention to the niceties of the moral code brings success and makes him a star. The twenty daily car rides that go with holding office are eased by thoughts of Emma Gallaudette, sweet and saline, brash, brainy, and unfortunately quite married. No matter. Like many of the obstacles in Terry's path, this proves to be a short-term problem. Mullally's past, in the person of a Brooklyn cop, catches up with him at an inconvenient time - when he seems to have a United States Senate seat in his grasp. His career, his love interest, and his life are all in danger, so with no hesitation he does what any businessman would do, just to preserve his options, his flexibility - you understand. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/87/48/9780671038748.jpg 2 2 Mass Market Paperback en Pocket Mackerel By Moonlight \N
+091336729X Xavier's Fantastic Discovery (Cabbage Patch Kids) 42 1984 Xavier Roberts Follows A Bunny Bee Through A Waterfall And, After Finding Himself In A Magical Land Where Children Grow In Cabbage Patches, Helps To Save Two Of The Children From Kidnappers. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/32/54/9780910313254.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en Parker Brothers Xavier's Fantastic Discovery (Cabbage Patch Kids) \N
+671473646 'Salem's Lot 656 1999
The Toddler’s Busy Book is a must-read for anyone raising or teaching toddlers! This book contains over 365 activities (one for each day of the year) for kids ages 18 months to 3 years, using items found around the home. It shows parents and day-care providers how to prevent boredom during the longest stretches of indoor weather; stimulate a child’s natural curiosity with entertaining math, language, and motor-skills activities; encourage a child’s physical, mental, and emotional growth; celebrate holidays and other occasions with special projects and activities; and keep toddlers occupied during long car trips or while running errands. The Toddler's Busy Book is written with warmth and sprinkled with humor and insight. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/77/44/9780671317744.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Da Capo Press The Toddler's Busy Book: 365 Creative Games and Activities to Keep Your 1 1/2- to 3-Year-Old Busy \N +671510991 The Paladin 383 2002 Swordmaster Shoka bids farewell to court intrigue after the death of the old Emperor. Taizu, who is determined to become a swordwoman, seeks out Shoka and begs his help to exact revenge upon the evil tyrant Lord Ghita. Soon, Shoka and Taizu become the stuff of legends. A fantasy epic by the author of the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning novels Cyteen and Downbelow Station. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/83/76/9780671318376.jpg 2 2 Mass Market Paperback en Baen The Paladin \N +671519069 The Legend That Was Earth 512 2001 "They've eased our problems. They've raised our standards of living. Their science has shown us that everything we thought we knew about the universe was wrong. And now the alien Hyadeans' high-tech gifts and their flair for social order promise to make a paradise of planet Earth." "To us, the Hyadeans seem a model of efficiency and clear thinking. But in Hyadean eyes, Earth's culture wallows in imagination and dreams, artforms and concepts which would never have occurred to a citizen of their world. To some of the aliens, this demonstrates Earth's backwardness: others are increasingly fascinated by us." "But when a political assassination plunges his life into chaos, wealthy socialite and "fixer" Roland Cade discovers the dark underbelly of the alien presence. Our government obeys them. Our economy serves their wealthy masters. And the CounterAction "terrorists" on the news are truly fighting for freedom for Terrans and Hyadeans alike - and one of them is his ex-wife." "Soon Cade is caught up in a terrifying adventure that will take him around the globe, and a conflict that will threaten to destroy the world as it turns American against American - and Hyadean against Hyadean."--BOOK JACKET. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/84/06/9780671318406.jpg 1 1 Mass Market Paperback en Baen The Legend That Was Earth \N +671525360 Warlock: Storm over Warlock, Ordeal in Otherwhere, Forerunner Foray (Forerunner #1 - #3) 544 2002 On The Planet Warlock, Riss Lantee Is Trained In The Secrets Of The Wyvern And Is The One Man Who Can Solve The Mystery Of A Gem Of Unknown Power. Storm Over Warlock -- Ordeal In Otherwhere -- Forerunner Foray. Andre Norton. Warlock Has Been Previously Published In Parts As Storm Over Warlock, Ordeal In Otherwhere, And Forerunner Foray. This Is The First Unitary Edition.--jacket. A Baen Books Original Omnibus--t.p. Verso. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/84/99/9780671318499.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en Baen Books Warlock: Storm over Warlock, Ordeal in Otherwhere, Forerunner Foray (Forerunner #1 - #3) \N +671526103 The Veil of Years 352 2001 The young apprentice mage, Pierette, discovers that the pages in the history books are fading away. Like stars going behind a passing cloud, the events that define the sunny world she loves are winking out one by one, and the shadows of ancient headless Gauls—souls of the dead whose heads once adorned the pillars of the city of Provence—are seen by night...\\nIs the Black Time coming, when evil will reign supreme? The answer lies in the long ago, when Provence was a Roman camp, and Pierette must brave the otherworld to journey there. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/99/77/9780671319977.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en Baen The Veil of Years \N +671527886 Amateur 252 1981 Charlie Heller Is An Ace Cryptographer For The Company. He's A Quiet Man With A Quiet Job In A Back Office. But When Terrorists Shoot His Fiancě In Cold Blood And Heller Learns That The Agency Has Decided Not To Pursue The Terrorists Responsible, His Life Takes An Abrupt Turn. He Was Not A Blackmailer, But He Will Force The Cia's Hand. He Was Not An Assassin, But He Will Penetrate The Iron Curtain With The Intent To Kill. Driven By An Obsessive Need For Revenge, Targeted For Elimination By The Cia Itself, His Chances Of Success Are One In A Million. In A World Of Professional Killers, Charlie Heller Is The Amateur. By Robert Littell. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/87/31/9780671418731.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en Simon & Schuster Amateur \N +671527940 Songs of the Doomed: More Notes on the Death of the American Dream Gonzo Papers, Vol. 3 315 1990 The Noted Journalist And Political And Social Commentator Recalls Significant Moments In His Life And In The Country's Life. By Hunter S. Thompson. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/01/85/9780671420185.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en Summit Books Songs of the Doomed: More Notes on the Death of the American Dream Gonzo Papers, Vol. 3 \N +671529633 Simon & Schuster's Guide to Birds (Fireside Book) 511 1981 With more than 500 full-color photographs and illustrations, Simon & Schuster's Guide to Birds is a stunning, thorough, easy-to-use reference to 424 species of birds from around the world. General information about the evolution, physiology, and traits of these unique animals provides a fascinating introduction to the encyclopedic listing of individual species. Each entry includes the classification, physical characteristics, habitat, and current distribution of the bird, along with insights into its life and habits. Photographs and black-and-white drawings ensure accurate identification in the field.\\nConcise and informative, this is the ideal guide for the backyard bird watcher as well as the expert ornithologist. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/23/56/9780671422356.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster's Guide to Birds (Fireside Book) \N +067153288X Real Men Don't Eat Quiche 92 1982 By Bruce Feirstein ; Illustrated By Lee Lorenz. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/83/18/9780671448318.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Pocket Books Real Men Don't Eat Quiche \N +671534017 Opposites 16 1982
Serious silliness for all ages. Artist Sandra Boynton is back and better than ever with completely redrawn versions of her multi-million selling board books. These whimsical and hilarious books, featuring nontraditional texts and her famous animal characters, have been printed on thick board pages, and are sure to educate and entertain children of all ages. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/90/32/9780671449032.jpg 1 1 Board book en Little Simon Opposites \N +679442499 A Guide for the Perplexed 342 1992 Two Women Slowly Discover They Are Connected By A Strange Web Of History When They Are Stranded By A Wildcat Airport Strike In Mariposa. By Jonathan Levi. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/89/32/9780679408932.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en Random House, Inc. A Guide for the Perplexed \N +671534815 Vital Lies,Simple Truths 287 1985 Vital Lies, Simple Truths Is A Penetrating Analysis Of The Ways In Which We Deceive Ourselves. Daniel Goleman Draws On Evidence Of All Kinds - From Brain Function To Social Dynamics - To Reveal How We Must Distort Our Most Intimate Relationships And Our Day-to-day Lives By Burying Painful Insights And Memories. This Self-deception Is Our Means Of Psychological Self-preservation, The Currency Of Survival In Which Society Transacts. But Although Self-deception Is Sometimes Benighn, It Can Also Be Dangerous And Life-diminishing. This Important Book Both Illuminates And Raises Challenging Questions About A Subject Central To Our Psychological Existence. Pain And Attention -- The Machinery Of Mind -- Secrets From The Self -- Cognition Creates Character -- The Collective Self -- The Construction Of Social Reality. Daniel Goleman. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 253-268. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/05/88/9780671450588.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en Simon & Schuster Vital Lies,Simple Truths \N +671535722 HAUNTED VALLY LC P (Linda Craig Adventures) 191 1982 Sixteen-year-old Linda And Her Palomino Filly Search For The Ghost That Has Recently Started Haunting A Dude Ranch In Nevada Near Death Valley. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/55/07/9780671455507.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Simon & Schuster HAUNTED VALLY LC P (Linda Craig Adventures) \N +671536214 The Last Romantic: A Biography of Queen Marie of Roumania 510 1985 Hannah Pakula. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. [473]-486. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/36/49/9780671463649.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en Simon & Schuster The Last Romantic: A Biography of Queen Marie of Roumania \N +671540025 A Caribbean Mystery \N 1982 As Miss Marple Sat Basking In The Caribbean Sunshine, She Felt Mildly Discontented With Life. True, The Warmth Eased Her Rheumatism, But Here In Paradise Nothing Ever Happened. Eventually, Her Interest Was Aroused By An Old Soldier's Yarn About Strange Coincidence. Infuriatingly, Just As He Was About To Show Her An Astonishing Photograph, The Major's Attention Wandered. He Never Did Finish The Story... June Whitfield Stars As The Sharp-witted Spinster Sleuth In A Bbc Full-cast Radio Drama. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/92/07/9780671469207.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Pocket A Caribbean Mystery \N +671541501 Sweetheart Contract (Silhouette Intimate Moments) 250 1983 Pat Wallace. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/36/48/9780671473648.jpg 2 2 Mass Market Paperback en Silhouette Books Sweetheart Contract (Silhouette Intimate Moments) \N +671551345 Love Me Again (Silhouette Desire, #99) 186 1983 Ann Major. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/38/53/9780671473853.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Silhouette Books Love Me Again (Silhouette Desire, #99) \N +671551353 Nuclear War: What's in it for You? \N 1983 From Cover: Here Is Everything You Wanted To Know About Nuclear War . . . But Were Just Too Scared To Ask. Part 1, The Bomb In Your Backyard. From Toyland To Never-never Land: The Story Of The First Atomic Bomb -- Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Nuclear Weapons: How They Work And What They Can Do -- Throwing The Bomb: The Evolution Of Nuclear Weapon Delivery Systems -- See How They Run: The Soviet-american Arms Race -- Naked To Mine Enemies: Defense Against Nuclear Attack -- Part 2, The Bomb That's Coming To Dinner. It's Them Or Us: A Short History Of A One-sided Nuclear War -- On The Brink: The Story Of The Cuban Missile Crisis -- Four Simple, Easy-to-use Scenarios For Killing 500 Million People -- Part 3, More Than You'll Ever Want To Know: The Consequences Of Nuclear War. The Good News Is You Will Be Killed Instantly: The Immediate Effects Of Nuclear War -- The Bad News Is You Might Survive: The Aftermath Of A Nuclear Exchange -- Part 4, Defusing The Bomb. Blankets And Big Sticks: Alternative Approaches To Security -- You Try That And You'll Be Sorry: Deterrence Through Intimidation -- I'm O.k., You're O.k.: Negotiating Limits On Nuclear Arms -- Know The Opposition: A Scouting Report On The Russians -- Part 5, You Ain't Heard Nothing Yet. Space Invaders And Star Wars: Military Technologies Now On The Drawing Boards -- Have The Europeans Gone Crazy?: Nuclear War - What's In It For The Europeans -- Guess Who's Got The Bomb Now?: The Problem Of Nuclear Weapons Proliferation -- Epilogue. On A Clear Day You Can See The End Of The World: Finding Our Way Out Of The Current Dilemma. Ground Zero. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/50/93/9780671475093.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Pocket Nuclear War: What's in it for You? \N +671556789 The Fire from Within 296 1984 Castenada Tells Of His Instruction By Don Juan Matus, A Mexican Indian Sorcerer. The New Seers -- Petty Tyrants -- The Eagle's Emanations -- The Glow Of Awareness -- The First Attention -- Inorganic Beings -- The Assemblage Point -- The Position Of The Assemblage Point -- The Shift Below -- Great Bands Of Emanations -- Stalking, Intent, And The Dreaming Position -- The Nagual Julian -- The Earth's Boost -- The Rolling Force -- The Death Defiers -- The Mold Of Man -- The Journey Of The Dreaming Body -- Breaking The Barrier Of Perception -- Epilogue. By Carlos Castaneda. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/20/52/9780671492052.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en Simon & Schuster The Fire from Within \N +067156756X A to Z 14 1984 Serious silliness for all ages. Artist Sandra Boynton is back and better than ever with completely redrawn versions of her multi-million selling board books. These whimsical and hilarious books, featuring nontraditional texts and her famous animal characters, have been printed on thick board pages, and are sure to educate and entertain children of all ages.\\n\\n\\n A variety of humorous animal characters introduce the letters of the alphabet.\\n https://images.isbndb.com/covers/31/72/9780671493172.jpg 1 1 Board book en Little Simon A to Z \N +671567659 The new Jewish wedding 268 1985 Anita Diamant. Includes Index. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/52/75/9780671495275.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Summit Books The new Jewish wedding \N +671568310 Tuxedo Park 352 1986 After A Curious Courtship, An Innocent Orphan Marries Willard, A Man With Money, Taste, And Experience. When He Abandons Her And Their Two Daughters, Sadie Raises Her Girls And Waits For Him To Return. Laura Furman. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/75/45/9780671497545.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en Summit Books Tuxedo Park \N +671568442 The Last Farmer: An American Memoir 270 1988 A Memoir Of Reconciliation Between A Man And His Father As The Son Comes To Terms With His Father's Farm In Saginaw Valley, Michigan. By Howard Kohn. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/80/30/9780671498030.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en Summit Books The Last Farmer: An American Memoir \N +761112561 Saving Money with the Tightwad Twins: More Than 1,000 Practical Tips for Women on a Budget 150 2003 While other books give advice about money markets and outwitting the stock market, Saving Money with the Tightwad Twins gives advice to the struggling woman on a really, really tight budget. She is the forgotten woman of "little time and no dime." She may be single, married, a career woman or a stay-at-home mom, but whoever she is, she is looking for easy ways to organize her life and save money.\\nIn this no-nonsense book by identical twin sisters Ann Fox Chodakowski and Susan Fox Wood, the Tightwad Twins, women will learn how to reduce or eliminate bills and manage and organize their homes. This "common cents"knowledge will revolutionize the way women look at money; for instance nearly everything can be recycled:\\n
THE SEMINAL WORK ON FOREIGN POLICY AND THE ART OF DIPLOMACY\\nMoving from a sweeping overview of history to blow-by-blow accounts of his negotiations with world leaders, Henry Kissinger describes how the art of diplomacy has created the world in which we live, and how America's approach to foreign affairs has always differed vastly from that of other nations.\\n Brilliant, controversial, and profoundly incisive, Diplomacy stands as the culmination of a lifetime of diplomatic service and scholarship. It is vital reading for anyone concerned with the forces that have shaped our world today and will impact upon it tomorrow.\\n\\n\\n In a brilliant, controversial, and profoundly incisive book, former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger explains the art of diplomacy and reveals why Americans have historically repudiated both the style and substance of diplomacy as it is practiced throughout the world. 30 pages of photos. QBPC Alternate.\\n https://images.isbndb.com/covers/09/92/9780671510992.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Simon & Schuster Diplomacy (Touchstone Book) \N +067158104X The Super-Duper Sleepover Party (Full House Michelle) 85 1995 Dad Says Having A Sleepover Party Isn't As Easy As It Looks, But Michelle Doesn't Understand What The Big Deal Is--until She Tries To Plan One Herself! https://images.isbndb.com/covers/90/63/9780671519063.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Simon Spotlight The Super-Duper Sleepover Party (Full House Michelle) \N +671622269 100 Top Psychics in America: Their Stories Specialties & How to Contact Them 320 1996 Who are the most successful psychics in America, how did they get to where they are, and how do you get in touch with them? This unique and intriguing volume answers all those questions and more as it profiles truly amazing psychics specializing in crime, business, celebrity readings, and much more. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/40/11/9780671534011.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Pocket 100 Top Psychics in America: Their Stories Specialties & How to Contact Them \N +671600419 The Third Pandemic 416 1997 the Disease Starts Out Like A Cold - And Soon Turns Deadly. It Is Caused By A Highly Communicable, Wildly Aggressive Bacteria That Is Immune To All Know Antibiotics. In One Year, It Will Kill Sixty Percent Of The Global Population. It Is Just A Theory - A Brilliant, Highly Credible, Frightening Bit Of Epidemiological Research By Dr. Elaine Wilkes, A Scientist In A Secluded California Laboratory. Then A Bizarre Confluence Of Events Makes It Real. A Rat Bites A Man In A Dump In Iquitos, Peru. A Wild Parrot Is Transported To The Island Of Sao Tome, Off The West Coast Of Equatorial Africa. And A Syphilitic Whore Goes In Search Of Her Lost Lover. Unaware That The Plague She Predicted Has Already Begun Its Deadly March, Elaine Wilkes Has Fled To Seattle With The Formula For The Drug That Can Cure It - A Gold Mine Her Employers Planned To Withhold From The World In A Grisly Game Of Supply And Demand. She Convinces Phil Paris, An Obsessive Cop With His Own Vicious Enemies, To Help Her Reach The Proper Authorities. But As The Fatal Epidemic Crashes Across Africa, Asia, Europe, And Onto America's Shores, Communications Crumble, The Dead Pile Up, And The Law Of The Streets Takes Over. And In The Center Of The Madness, A Psychopathic Genius Readies The Final, Stunning Blow...
This ground-breaking best-seller reveals for the first time how the mighty and mysterious Federal Reserve operates — and how it manipulated and transformed both the American economy and the world's during the last eight crucial years. Based on extensive interviews with all the major players, Secrets of the Temple takes us inside the government institution that is in some ways more secretive than the CIA and more powerful than the President or Congress.
• RECOGNIZE the keys to the English language, the basic units from which all words are made• FOLLOW clear examples of how the key explains a word's origin and meaning -- or how it combines with other keys to create new words
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Why enroll in an expensive course when everything you need to increase your vocabulary is at your fingertips? With this tested step-by-step method, you can instantly understand and retain thousands of words -- even words you have never seen before. By examining the building blocks of all words, a basic skill you already use every day without realizing it, you can unlock the meaning behind any word.
A strong vocabulary is essential for academic and career success, greater self-confidence in speaking and writing, and improved reading comprehension. Master the secrets of increased word power with Instant Vocabulary! https://images.isbndb.com/covers/72/75/9780671677275.jpg 1 1 Mass Market Paperback en Pocket Books Instant Vocabulary \N +671739751 Dedicated to That Boy I Love (A Linda Story) 169 1990 Just when Linda thinks her boyfriend has finally got it together, everything goes wrong. Lennie drops out of school, her parents think he is a bad influence, and Linda learns he has been gambling. Linda knows what Lennie should do, but knowing the right thing doesn't always help when you're in love. Just when Linda thinks her boyfriend has finally got it together, everything goes wrong. Lennie drops out of school, her parents think he is a bad influence, and Linda learns he has been gambling. Linda knows what Lennie should do, but knowing the right thing doesn't always help when you're in love. Original. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/24/46/9780671682446.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Archway Paperback Dedicated to That Boy I Love (A Linda Story) \N +671745158 Your Pregnancy Companion: Month-by-Month Guide to All You Need to Know Before, During, and After 256 1991 from Choosing An Obstetrician Or A Certified Nurse-midwife, To Essential Techniques For Successful Feeding, 'your Pregnancy Companion' Is The Most Complete And Up-to-date Guide To This Very Special Time You Can Find.
• Explain Each Step And How You Can Apply It To Your Particular Issues • Offer Specific Exercises And Activities To Use Both In Group Settings And On Your Own • Provide A Directory Of The Wide Range Of Twelve Step Programs -- Including Al-anon, Codependents Anonymous, Codependents Of Sex Addicts, Adult Children Of Alcoholics, And MoreThe Uniquely Warm And Compassionate Voice Of Melody Beattie Will Inspire You To Turn Your Life Around -- One Step At A Time. Https://images.isbndb.com/covers/22/78/9780671762278.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Touchstone Codependents' Guide to the Twelve Steps \N +671868403 Mad Monks on the Road/a 47,000-Hour Dashboard Adventure-From Paradise, California, to Royal, Arkansas, and Up the New Jersey Turnpike 298 1993 What do you get when you throw two postmodern pilgrims, two cats and a Macintosh into a twenty-six-foot motor-home? A high-octane, high-camp asphalt odyssey through the offbeat corners of America! The Monks are Jim Crotty and Michael Lane, who quit the work-a-day world in 1986 and hit the road in search of enlightenment, adventure, and a well-stocked K Mart. Along the way they created the world's only mobile magazine, appropriately called Monk. Now, in their first book, they tell the amazing and hilarious story of life on the run - encounters with extraterrestrial canines and Peruvian princesses, plus warmhearted tales of hermits, cowgirls, waffles, and more. Experience the On The Road of the nineties! https://images.isbndb.com/covers/79/76/9780671767976.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Fireside Mad Monks on the Road/a 47,000-Hour Dashboard Adventure-From Paradise, California, to Royal, Arkansas, and Up the New Jersey Turnpike \N +671869205 Viper Quarry: A Dan Thompson Mystery 245 1994 In his suspenseful debut novel, Feldmeyer introduces a charmingly humorous new mystery series starring the eminently likeable Reverend Dan Thompson, and his Methodist parish in the black hills of Kentucky. The small town of Baird is shaken by the arson deaths of a sweet old couple, and Thompson investigates.\\n\\n In his suspenseful debut novel, Feldmeyer introduces a charmingly humorous new mystery series starring the eminently likeable Reverend Dan Thompson, and his Methodist parish in the black hills of Kentucky. The small town of Baird is shaken by the arson deaths of a sweet old couple, and Thompson investigates. Original.\\n https://images.isbndb.com/covers/98/26/9780671769826.jpg 1 1 Mass Market Paperback en Pocket Viper Quarry: A Dan Thompson Mystery \N +823026906 Carolina Rose (Zebra Splendor Historical Romances) 320 1999 Charlie Whitney isn't like the other ladies of 1850 South Carolina. She wears trousers, speaks her mind, and has burning ambitions as a journalist. She desperately wants to make a success of her late father's newspaper. Unfortunately, the job belongs to Adam Chase, a big city editor from Richmond who doesn't like being in Edgemont any more than Charlie wants him there--even if he has sparked powerful feelings in her. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/18/16/9780821761816.jpg 1 1 Mass Market Paperback en Zebra Carolina Rose (Zebra Splendor Historical Romances) \N +671871579 Section 31: Shadow (Star Trek Voyager) 272 2001 They are the self-appointed protectors of the Federation. Amoral, shrouded in secrecy, answerable to no one, Section 31 is the mysterious covert operations division of Starfleet, a rogue shadow group committed to safeguarding the Federation at any cost.\\nSomeone or something is trying to kill Seven of Nine. As the crew races against time to save millions of refugees from an imminent stellar cataclysm, the former Borg becomes the target of several seemingly random but potentially lethal "accidents." The investigation reveals a truth more terrifying than anyone ever imagined, as Captain Kathryn Janeway and the crew of the Starship Voyager fight for their lives against the most unexpected enemy of all. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/47/83/9780671774783.jpg 1 1 Mass Market Paperback en Star Trek Section 31: Shadow (Star Trek Voyager) \N +671875353 The Sweeter the Juice: A Family Memoir in Black and White 272 1994 Growing up in Connecticut in the 1940s and 1950s, the daughter of a prominent black Baptist minister, Shirlee Taylor Haizlip enjoyed a position of privilege and security in her identity that for many years she took for granted. For her mother, Margaret, and the rest of the Morris family, fair skin had been a double-edged legacy, a contrast to the Reverend Taylor's dark, proud, and successful clan. Light enough to pass, Margaret's father and surviving siblings, descendants of an Irish immigrant and a mulatto slave, had disappeared into the white world, abandoning her and cutting themselves off from their tangled roots. Shirlee grew to adulthood moving easily between the black world and the white, but with an unfulfilled dream of discovering what had become of her mother's family. As Margaret approached eighty, her daughter determined to realize that dream. What she unearthed in dusty archives, letters, journals, and other records, is a tale of journeys - physical, emotional, racial, and social - that continues even today. Across the boundaries of race and time, the story spans six generations of both sides of Shirlee's family, ranging form Ireland, North Carolina, Virginia, and Washington, D.C., to Connecticut, New York, Ohio, the Virgin Islands, and finally California. There, with the help of a private detective, Shirlee tracked down her mother's only surviving sibling and reunited two sisters - one who called herself white and the other who called herself blackafter seventy-six years. She also uncovered a history of desertion, redemption, and betrayal set in motions by the charged, complicated meaning that color has carried in our society. The different choices the members of her multihued family made, and the different lives each of them led as a result, raise questions of identity and allegiance common to us all. Haizlip's timely and provocative memoir tells the story of her seach for her mother's family, which passed for white, setting it against her father's successful black family. Tracking the origins of both families, she finally reunites two sisters--one white, the other black--after 76 years. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/23/50/9780671792350.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en Simon & Schuster The Sweeter the Juice: A Family Memoir in Black and White \N +671876015 Streets of Laredo 589 1993 Captain Call, A Bounty Hunter Hired To Catch Bandit Joey Garza, Assembles A Group Of Unlikely Assistants And Travels To Crowtown, Texas https://images.isbndb.com/covers/28/17/9780671792817.jpg 2 2 Hardcover en Simon & Schuster Streets of Laredo \N +671876422 Giving The Love That Heals 384 1998 Harville Hendrix has illuminated the paths to healthy, loving relationships in his New York Times bestsellers Getting the Love You Want and Keeping the Love You Find. Now, with his coauthor and wife, Helen Hunt, he brings us to a new understanding of the most profound love of all — by helping parents nurture their own development as they encourage emotional wholeness in their children.\\nThis groundbreaking book offers a unique opportunity for personal transformation: by resolving issues that originated in our own childhood, we can achieve a conscious, and thus healthier, relationship with our children, regardless of their age. Harville Hendrix and Helen Hunt help us explore:\\n
Throughout history, humans have dreamed of knowing the reason for the existence of the universe. In The Mind of God, physicist Paul Davies explores whether modern science can provide the key that will unlock this last secret. In his quest for an ultimate explanation, Davies reexamines the great questions that have preoccupied humankind for millennia, and in the process explores, among other topics, the origin and evolution of the cosmos, the nature of life and consciousness, and the claim that our universe is a kind of gigantic computer. Charting the ways in which the theories of such scientists as Newton, Einstein, and more recently Stephen Hawking and Richard Feynman have altered our conception of the physical universe. Davies puts these scientists' discoveries into context with the writings of philosophers such as Plato. Descartes, Hume, and Kant. His startling conclusion is that the universe is "no minor byproduct of mindless, purposeless forces. We are truly meant to be here." By the means of science, we can truly see into the mind of God.
"I'm the best!" "No, I'm the best!" Who is the best detective of all?Nancy Drew's special detective notebook is gone! And, boy, is she in trouble. Inside were three passes - for her, Bess, and George - to the most spectacular movie of all time, Star Quest 2. Sure, Nancy's friends will forgive her...maybe in a million years. Even worse, Jason Hutchings is looking for the notebook - just to prove how easy it is to be a detective. One thing's for sure: these days, it's not easy being Nancy Drew!
https://images.isbndb.com/covers/95/25/9780671879525.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Aladdin The Best Detective (Nancy Drew Notebooks #8) \N
+673166244 Gates: How Microsoft's Mogul Reinvented an Industry--and Made Himself the Richest Man in America 560 1994 Manes And Andrews Reveal The Guiding Genius Behind Information Technology And Software Such As Windows Which Have Become Such Universal Standards, Including A Bracing, Comprehensive Review Of The Industry And Its Goals, And How Bill Gates Lead His Company Now And Into The Future. Think Smart! -- Logging In -- Open For Business -- Programming Unlimited -- Hardcore! -- Up And Running -- Thieves In Our Midst! -- New Mexican Standoff -- Farewell To The Desert -- We Sell Promises -- Playing Chess -- Dos Capital -- The Reality Distortion Field -- A Competitive Person -- Natural Monopoly -- The Smart Guys -- The Software Factory -- Growing Panes -- Actually In Hell -- Slow Burn -- Shark Frenzy -- We Damn Well Can! -- Storming The Gates -- In Every Home -- We Were Packages -- Look And Feel -- You Can Make It Happen! -- How The Sunshine Works -- A Date With Bill -- Homefront -- An Infinite Amount Of Money. Stephen Manes And Paul Andrews. A Touchstone Book. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [520]-522) And Index. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/07/43/9780671880743.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Touchstone Gates: How Microsoft's Mogul Reinvented an Industry--and Made Himself the Richest Man in America \N
+673980472 The Star Trek The Next Generation Companion 352 1995 On September 8, 1987 - More Than Twenty Years After The Original Star Trek Series First Aired - Millions Of Star Trek Fans Across The Country Sat Down In Front Of Their Television Sets For The Debut Of An All-new Series Of Star Trek Adventures. No Expense Had Been Spared In Bringing This New Show To Life - Original Series Creator Gene Roddenberry Had Even Agreed To Act As Producer. Yet Even The Most Faithful Of Star Trek Fans Had Their Doubts - Could The Magic Of The Original Series Be Duplicated? The Answer To That Proved To Be A Resounding Yes. Led By Captain Jean-luc Picard (brilliantly Portrayed By Noted Shakespearean Actor Patrick Stewart), The U.s.s. Enterprise Blazed A Trail Of Understanding Across An Unfamiliar Galaxy. In Show After Show, Star Trek: The Next Generation Brought To Vivid Life A Future Where Cooperation And Mutual Understanding Proved The Key To Solving Humanity's Problems - And Enabled Galactic Civilization To Flourish. By Larry Nemecek. Includes Index. Includes Index. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/34/09/9780671883409.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Star Trek The Star Trek The Next Generation Companion \N
+674008642 Black Betty 368 1995 La's Black Investigator Easy Rawlins, Financially In The Hole, Must Accept $2,000 From The Oily White Private Eye Saul Lynx To Track Down One Elizabeth Eady, Aka Black Betty. From Her Native Houston To Her Position As A Housekeeper For A Wealthy Beverly Hills Family Betty's Beauty And Sensuality Have Left A Trail Of Chaos. Walter Mosley. First Pocket Books Printing August 1995 -- T.p. Verso. Includes An Excerpt From: Rl's Dream. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/42/77/9780671884277.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Pocket Books Black Betty \N
+679721819 Erotic Poems (Everyman's Library Pocket Poets Series) 288 1994
These poems, selected from most of the cultures and histories of world literature, provide magnificent witness to the fact that love is as much an act of the imagination as it is of the body. From fourth-century Li Ch'ung's "Parody of a Lover" to John Betmeman's "Late-Flowering Lust," they re-create, through the revelations of language, that experience of the erotic. Other poets include Theodore Roethke, Robert Graves, Octavio Paz, Joseph Brodsky, Sylvia Plath, Frederico Garcia Lorca, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and many others. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/32/24/9780679433224.jpg 1 1 Hardcover en Everyman's Library Erotic Poems (Everyman's Library Pocket Poets Series) \N +674008693 Can You Trust a Tomato in January? 240 1994 here Is The Great American Ritual Of Supermarket Shopping In All Its Muzak-drenched, Fluorescent-lit, Coupon-clipped Glory. In This Fascinating Expedition Through The World Of Polished Linoleum-tiled Aisles, Find Out Why Peanut Butter Doesn't Stick To The Roof Of Your Mouth Anymore, Discover The Lost Connection Between Graham Crackers And Sex, And Learn What's Really In The Mysterious Stuff They Call Cool Whip. join Author Vince Staten On His Humorous And Revealing Journey Through The Secret Life Of Our Favorite Supermarket Items, As He Uncovers The Hidden Histories And Fascinating Folklore Behind The Foods We Take For Granted. The Results Are Truly Amazing And Reveal The Answers To Such Questions As: Which Has More Lemon In It, Lemon Pledge Or Country Time Lemonade? What Is Spam-- And Why Is It So Darn Popular? What Happened To The Vanilla In Nabisco Nilla Wafers? Who Thought Of Putting American Cheese In An Aerosol Can, And Is It Really Cheese, Anyway? https://images.isbndb.com/covers/57/86/9780671885786.jpg 2 2 Paperback en Atria Books Can You Trust a Tomato in January? \N +679408932 City Politics: Private Power and Public Policy 494 1994 Ch. 1. Politics Of American Cities: An Introduction -- Influence Of Privatism -- Expanding Powers Of American City Governments -- Complex Task Of Governance -- Choices Cities Make -- Guide For Reading This Book -- Pt. 1. Contested Terrain: Political Conflict In The Cities -- Ch. 2. Private City And Local Democracy: The Political Legacy Of The Nineteenth Century -- National Development And Local Politics -- Urbanization Of America -- Competition For Urban Growth -- Breakdown Of Community: Industrialization -- Breakdown Of Community: Transportation -- Breakdown Of Community: Immigration -- Municipal Government And The Expansion Of City Services -- Fight For Control Of Urban Government -- Political Isolation Of The Cities -- Ch. 3. Party Machines And Political Entrepreneurs -- Machines And Machine-style Politics -- Origins Of Machine Politics -- James Pendergast: A Political Entrepreneur In Action -- Did Machines Centralize Power And Get The Job Done? -- Were Machines Vehicles Of Upward Mobility? -- Did Machines Help The Immigrants Assimilate? -- Social Reform Alternative -- Machine Politics In Contemporary Cities -- Ch. 4. Democracy Versus Efficiency: The Reform Legacy -- Reform Impulse -- Reform Environment -- Campaigns Against Machine Rule -- Efficiency And Economy In Municipal Affairs -- Business Model -- Commission And Manager Governments -- Class Bias Of Municipal Reform -- Did Reform Kill The Machines? -- Reform Legacy: Representation And Local Democracy -- Pt. 2. National Policy And The Cities -- Ch. 5. National Politics And The Cities -- Changing Political Balance -- Political Isolation Of The City -- New Urban Consciousness -- Urban Wing Of The Democratic Party -- Depression And The Cities -- Cities In The Intergovernmental System -- Cities In National Politics -- Ch. 6. National Effort To Save The Cities -- Save The Cities Agenda -- Search For Urban Policy -- Struggle Over Public Housing -- Urban Renewal And Its Problems -- Renewal Steamroller -- Redevelopment And Race -- Public Housing: Urban Renewal's Stepchild -- Legacy -- Ch. 7. Social Programs And The Urban Crisis -- New Agenda -- Making Of The Urban Crisis -- Origins Of The Racial Crisis In American Cities -- Civil Rights Crusades -- Federal Role Under Two Democratic Presidents -- Conflicts Engendered By Federal Activism -- Backlash Against Federal Activism -- Pt. 3. Suburbs, Sunbelt, And The Eclipse Of The Central Cities -- Ch. 8. Suburbanization And The Roots Of The Urban Crisis -- U.s. Pattern Of Urban Development -- Stages Of Suburban Development -- Entrepreneurial Shaping Of Suburbia -- National Policies To Promote The Suburbs: Housing -- National Policies To Promote The Suburbs: Transportation -- Suburban Walls -- Ch. 9. Politics Of Metropolitan Fragmentation -- Suburbs Against Cities -- Motive To Separate From The Cities -- Economic Effects Of Suburban Autonomy -- Zoning For Exclusion -- National Challenge To Exclusionary Zoning -- New Jersey's Challenge To Exclusionary Zoning -- Suburbanization Of African Americans -- Yonkers: Segregated Housing In The Suburbs -- Costs Of Suburbanization -- Ch. 10. Rise Of The Sunbelt Cities -- Concept Of The Sunbelt -- Rise Of The Sunbelt -- Changing Political Balance -- Why The Sunbelt Boomed -- Regional Conflict: Sunbelt Versus Frostbelt -- Politics In Sunbelt Cities: Growth Mania -- Challenge To The Growth Regimes: The Growth Control Movement -- Challenge To The Growth Regimes: The Neighborhood Movement -- Conclusion: The Future Of Sunbelt Urban Politics -- Ch. 11. Struggle Over Urban Policy: 1968-1992 -- Political Support For Urban Programs -- Republican Agenda: The New Federalism -- Impact Of The New Federalism -- Housing And Community Development Act -- Amendments To The Community Development Act -- Eroding Support For Urban Programs -- Urban Policy In The Reagan Administration -- Federal Retreat -- Reducing The Capacity Of State And Local Governments -- Urban Enterprise Zones -- Waning Political Influence Of Cities -- Pt. 4. Return Of The Private City -- Ch. 12. Urban Fiscal Crisis -- Fiscal Crises Of The 1990s -- City Expenditures -- City Revenues -- Municipal Bonds -- Ratings Game -- Tale Of Two Cities: New York And Chicago -- Political Sources Of Urban Fiscal Stress -- Ch. 13. Urban Economic Development: Who Wins And Who Loses? -- Urban Renaissance -- Rationale For The Politics Of Growth -- Changing Economic Functions Of Cities -- Corporate Center Strategy: The Baltimore Example -- Why Cities Seek Tourists -- Sports Politics: The Franchise Relocation Game -- Divided Cities -- Ch. 14. New Urban Immigration, Concentrated Poverty, And The New Urban Leadership -- Divided Cities And Political Leadership -- New Wave Of Immigration -- Concentrated Poverty -- New Generation Of Leadership -- Populist Alternative: Chicago's Harold Washington -- Public Policy And The Urban Crisis -- Ch. 15. Is There A Remedy To The Politics Of Secession? -- Separation And Segregation -- Three Myths -- Policies That Unite Rather Than Divide. Dennis R. Judd, Todd Swanstrom. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 405-477) And Index. https://images.isbndb.com/covers/96/25/9780673469625.jpg 1 1 Paperback en Harpercollins College Div City Politics: Private Power and Public Policy \N +674011635 Tiger Woods 144 1997 He's the next great golfer, a rookie whose power driving and accurate putting have already made him one of golf's most recognized performers, bringing new life to a traditionally quiet sport. His youth and multicultural heritage are drawing new faces to the spectator galleries and inspiring young people to dream of becoming the next Tiger Woods. Who "is" Tiger Woods? Where did he come from and where is he going? Learn all about the hottest player on the course! https://images.isbndb.com/covers/73/77/9780671887377.jpg 2 2 Mass Market Paperback en Simon Spotlight Entertainment Tiger Woods \N +674160827 Giant Steps : Author Of Awaken The Giant And Unlimited Power 416 1994
Winner of the Minnesota Book Award for Fiction
Winner of the Barnes & Noble Discover Award for Fiction
Member of the National Writer's Voice Project
Finalist Los Angeles Times Book Award
In A Place Where the Sea Remembers, Sandra Benitez invites us into a mesmerizing world filled with, love and betrayal, tragedy and hope. This rich and bewitching story is a bittersweet portrait of the people in Santiago, a Mexican village by the sea. Chayo, the flower seller, and her husband Candelario, the salad maker, are finally blessed with the child they thought they would never have. Their cause for happiness, however, triggers a chain of events that impact the lives of everyone in their world.
The hopes, triumphs, failures, and shortcomings of the novel's enchanting array of characters create a graceful picture of life that is both a universal portrait and an insider's look at life in Latin America.