 | Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination That Changed America Forever
Release Date: August 21, 2012| Age Level: 10 and up Lincoln’s Last Days is a gripping account of one of the most dramatic nights in American history—of how one gunshot changed the country forever. Adapted from Bill O’Reilly’s bestselling historical thriller, Killing Lincoln, this book will have young readers—and grown-ups too—hooked on history. In the spring of 1865, President Abraham Lincoln travels through Washington, D.C., after finally winning America’s bloody Civil War. In the midst of celebrations, Lincoln is assassinated at Ford’...
 |  | Drawn to the Light
Publication Date: May 3, 2006This lovely book pairs full-color reproductions of some of Rembrandt's most powerful religious paintings with finely crafted poems reflecting on them, prompting readers in turn to ponder the spiritual themes behind the Dutch master's famous artworks."Drawn to the Light" offers a fresh way of viewing this selection of Rembrandt's familiar masterpieces as well as the religious characters and events that inspired them. The book features eighteen of Rembrandt's paintings, each accompanied by an original poem that mines the religious and artistic expressions of the pa...
|  | Nor Iron Bars a Cage
Publication Date: November 1, 2010Two baby boys are lost in the hostile country of Ganluc--one the firstborn son of a prince and princess (third in line for the Royal Throne of Latoph) and the other a bastard half-breed born to an Itzi slavegirl and fathered by a licentious owner who was executed for treason. Duke Vahn is determined to rescue both boys. Scores of knights and bounty hunters have risked their lives trying to retrieve them, yet none can even find a clue to their whereabouts. When all else fails, a bold plan is proposed to send Vahn's most trusted servant posing as a runaway sla...
|  | The Faithful Men Of God
Publication Date: January 1, 1997These six monologues are accompanied by a worship service which includes a call to worship, scripture readings, a pastoral prayer, and suggested hymns. Monologues include: Noah Abraham Joseph Moses A Wise Man Chuza The script is fascinating and fast-paced from the start: ""I was considered strange at best and at times mentally ill, I suppose."" (Noah) This series will be useful for any season and in a variety of ways: Lenten services, retreats, summer worship series, or high school or adult education classes....
|  | Heine (Jewish Thinkers Series)
Publication Date: September 1988Heinrich Heine is one of Germany's greatest writers of verse and prose. His agile mind and brilliant wit expressed themselves in lyric and satiric verse, travel writing and essays on literature, art, politics, and history. He was a great satirist and thinker—but not a philosopher. One of his most perceptive admirers, Friedrich Nietzsche, said of him, "he possessed that divine malice without which perfection, for me, is unimaginable." Born into a world changed forever by the French Revolution, Heine grew up in a Düsseldorf that formed part of the Napo...
|  | The Milkman Doesn't Only Deliver Milk (Afram Aserewa Series, 3)
Publication Date: April 1998| ISBN-10: 1779090064 | ISBN-13: 978-1779090065| Edition: Rev. and extended ed Poems. ...
|  | L'Univers constell
Publication Date: October 16, 2002| ISBN-10: 3906769615 | ISBN-13: 978-3906769615Les Voix Seminales du Modernisme--Les Voix Temporelles--Les Voix Metamorphiques de l'Espace--Les Voix Epiphaniques. ...
|  | The Longman Anthology of Drama and Theater: A Global Perspective, Compact Edition
Publication Date: December 6, 2001| ISBN-10: 0321088980 | ISBN-13: 978-0321088987| Edition: CompactDivided into three parts, this brief, chronologically-organized, fully-integrated drama anthology offers a global emphasis and extensive critical and historical material of 23 indispensable plays. No other anthology offers such a richly varied selection from the traditional Western canon, Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean. This anthology contains many examples of rituals, ceremonies, and folk customs. The role of the storyteller is examined and chronicled to illustrate th...
|  | Seduced by a Highlander (Children of the Mist)
Publication Date: September 1, 2010| Series: Children of the Mist SINS THAT CAN'T BE FORGIVENTristan MacGregor is famed throughout the Highlands as a silver-tonged seducer and an unrepentant rogue.Bold and charming, he's dallied with many women, yet none as mysterious as the lass he steals a kiss from at king's court.Little does he know this beauty is one of his clan's greatest enemies.PASSION THAT CAN'T BE DENIEDIsobel Fergusson has despised the bloodthirsty MacGregors ever since they murdered her father.She's horrified to learn that the handsome stranger she kissed is of this clan.But Tris...
|  | The Black Stallion Mystery
Release Date: February 18, 1992| Age Level: 10 and up | Grade Level: 5 and up...
|  | Sidewalk Circus
Release Date: May 8, 2007| Age Level: 5 and up | Grade Level: K and up "This delightful book will fascinate children and help them to see their world with new eyes." -- SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL (starred review)Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls! Step right up and witness an astounding assemblage of tightrope walkers, strong men, sword swallowers, and clowns. The Garibaldi Circus is coming soon, but for those with clear eyes, the performers may already be in the ring. So get ready to sharpen your vision and look very closely -- a show like you’ve never seen is about to begin! The creat...
|  | Johnny the Homicidal Maniac Director's Cut HC
Publication Date: April 13, 2010| Series: Johnny the Homicidal Maniac Out of print for a good three years, Jhonen Vasquez's Johnny the Homicidal Maniac Director's Cut hardcover is once again available! The adventures of Johnny have been remastered and tuned to Vasquez's perfection, making this the ultimate presentation of Johnny and his world! ...
|  | Maggie Braves the Waves with Asthma (Bilingual Edition)
Publication Date: April 21, 2012Maggie learns that having Asthma will not keep her from surfing. She will understand how to control and treat her Asthma... This book is ideal for children with Asthma. Bilingual edition includes English and Spanish. ...
|  | Cougars (Our Wild World)
Publication Date: October 1, 2001| Age Level: 7 and up | Grade Level: 2 and up...
|  | La Responsabilidad (Spanish Edition)
Publication Date: July 15, 2011Young students in Nicaragua share how they are responsible at home and in school. Photographed in rural Nicaragua. ...
| | Junior School Atlas
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|  | Egypt (Festivals of the World)
Publication Date: September 1, 2010| Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up...
|  | Manitoba (Hello Canada)
Release Date: September 11, 2002| Age Level: 6 and up | Grade Level: 1 and up...
|  | The Chronicles of Dreams: Side by Side for Sight (Volume 2)
Publication Date: August 3, 2012A tale of a blind teenager and her friend go through life in school with one destiny, the tree ring that holds their fate. ...
|  | The First Christians: The Acts of the Apostles for Children
Publication Date: March 1, 2004| Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up In these remarkable pages, Marigold Hunt retells for children the events reported in The Acts of the Apostles, St. Luke's account of the dangerous early days of the Church. Focusing on the deeds and experiences of Sts. Peter, Paul, Luke, and Barnabas, author Hunt shows children that the Catholic Church, which today seems so ancient and established, was born in turbulent times, when merely professing belief in Christ could get you killed -- and not by rowdies and brigands, but by public officials carrying out their s...
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