 | Hostiles and Friendlies: Selected Short Writings of Mari Sandoz (Landmark Edition)
Publication Date: January 1, 1959| Series: Landmark Edition Here in one volume are Mari Sandoz's reminiscences of life in the Sandhills country; a study of the two Sitting Bulls (the Hunkpapa and the Oglala) and other Indian pieces; a novelette, Bone Joe and the Smokin' Woman; and nine short stories, mostly with a rural setting, including The Vine," her first to be published. Introduced by an autogiographical sketch of the author's early years and linked by a commentary derived from her letters, articles, and interviews, the separate pieces coalesce into an illuminating picture both of ...
 |  | Laura for Dessert
Release Date: September 1, 1995With Laura is about to become dessert in a vampire feast,Teacher Vic attempts to make it to the dungeon on time, armed withgarlic gum and Lincolnview's sixth-grade class....
|  | The Splendor of Silence: A Novel
Release Date: September 18, 2007When Sam Hawthorne, a twenty-five-year-old U.S. Army captain, arrives at the princely state of Rudrakot in May of 1942, it is on a personal quest to find his missing brother. But Sam's mission is soon threatened by the unlikeliest of sources -- he falls hopelessly in love with Mila, daughter of the local political agent. And Mila, unexpectedly attracted to Sam, finds herself torn between loyalty to her family and the man she loves. A sweeping and poignant story of forbidden love, The Splendor of Silence opens twenty-one years later with Olivia, Sam's daughte...
|  | Capitol Hell
Publication Date: September 4, 2012''Too good not to share.'' -- The Hill ''Readers will be particularly fascinated by the authors' antics and the senator's peccadilloes.'' -- Minneapolis Star Tribune ''Hilarious and insightful.'' -- Austin Daily Herald ''Wickedly funny...eye-opening...saucy novel about the crazy co-workers, high-maintenance politicians, and over-the-top entourages that can only be found inside the beltway…a taste of humor from Capitol Hill.' -- Yahoo! Finance ''This off-beat and hilarious novel lets readers see behind the political person and into the life of a risin...
|  | Flaming Iguanas: An Illustrated All-Girl Road Novel Thing
Release Date: November 17, 1998Tomato Rodriguez hops on her motorcycle and embarks on the ultimate sea-to-shining-sea all-girl adventure -- a story in that combines all the best parts of Alice in Wonderland and Easy Rider as Tomato crosses the country in search of the meaning of life, love, and the perfect post office.Flaming Iguanas is a hilarious novel that combines text, line drawings, rubber stamp art, and a serious dose of attitude. The result is a wild and wonderful ride unlike any you you've ever taken before. ...
|  | The Afflicted Girls
Publication Date: October 31, 2009Winner 2010 IPPY SILVER MEDAL for Historical Fiction (Independent Publisher Book Awards) A Walt Disney Studios Fellowship Finalist Something terrible happened in Salem in 1692 . . . but it isn't what you think! THE AFFLICTED GIRLS A Novel of Salem by author-researcher Suzy Witten presents a startling new theory of the Salem Village witch-hunts which is certain to put this 300 year old unsettled mystery to rest . . . by expertly guiding readers through The Historical Record to revelation. Part parable, part star-crossed romance, and part supernatural venture,...
|  | Virgil's Homeric Lens (Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies)
Publication Date: July 27, 2011| ISBN-10: 0415890403 | ISBN-13: 978-0415890403Virgil’s Homeric Lens reevaluates the traditional view of the Aeneid’s relationship to Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey. Almost since the death of Virgil, there has been an assumption that the Aeneid breaks into two discrete halves: Virgil’s Odyssey, and Virgil’s Iliad. Although modified in various ways over the centuries, this neat dichotomy has generally diminished the complexity and resonance of the connection between the two canonical epic poets. This work offers an alternate app...
|  | Understanding American History through Children's Literature: Instructional Units and Activities for Grades K-8
Publication Date: May 17, 1994| ISBN-10: 089774795X | ISBN-13: 978-0897747950| Edition: annotated edition Students connect with Americans of the past through quality works of fiction, nonfiction, biography, folktale, and legend. American history ceases to be remote and unfamiliar and becomes the story of real individuals--colonists, pioneers, Native Americans, immigrants--with diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds. This book is an excellent support for a literature-based history or social studies curriculum. This book closely integrates American history and children's literature by com...
|  | Double Reading: Postmodernism After Deconstruction
Publication Date: November 1993A Choice "Outstanding Academic Books 1995" Deconstruction, it seems, is dead. Its death, according to Jeffrey T. Nealon, is commonly attributed either to suicide--a direct result of its own decline into a formalism it was supposed to remedy--or to murder at the hands of the New Historicists. Looking beyond its presumed demise, Nealon sees its insights as continuing to figure importantly in postmodernist critical debates. ...
|  | York Notes Companions: Victorian Literature
Publication Date: July 18, 2010| Series: York Notes Companions An accessible and wide-ranging introduction to the era, this companion explores influential dramatic works by Ibsen, Shaw and Wilde; the poetry of mourning; novelistic genres, including social problem novels and sensation fiction; and the literature of the fin de siècle’s aesthetes and decadents. Cultural and historical debates – focussing on empire, national identity, science and evolution, print culture and gender – supply essential context alongside discussion of relevant critical theory. ...
|  | Atherton #2: Rivers of Fire - Audio
Publication Date: June 1, 2008| Age Level: 8 and up...
|  | The Mystery at the Dog Show (The Boxcar Children Mysteries #35)
Release Date: January 1, 1993| Grade Level: 2 and up...
|  | Little Miss Late (Mr. Men and Little Miss)
Release Date: July 31, 2008| Age Level: 3 and up | Grade Level: P and up...
|  | North Star to Freedom
Release Date: January 1, 1997| Age Level: 10 and up For thousands of slaves--whose exact number will never be known--the North Star marked the way to freedom on the Underground Railroad. The stories of the brave "passengers" on the escape route whose extraordinary fortitude broke their own chains, and of the "conductors" who risked their lives to help others, are a testament to the human spirit.In this fascinating and thorough account, Gena K. Gorrell movingly describes the history of the Underground Railroad, from the origins of slavery through the Civil War and beyond.
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| | Treats from a Tree (Science Emergent Readers)
Publication Date: January 1998 ...
|  | Polly and the North Star
Publication Date: October 1, 2003| Age Level: 5 and up | Grade Level: K and up Polly's father has gone to the North Pole. Every night she looks out of the window and follows the Great Bear to the North Star, so she can say goodnight to him. Then she reads to Sirius, her wolfdog, about the animals and places her father is trying to protect. And when she goes to sleep her dreams take Polly to the Arctic. But on the night her father is due to return, there is a storm and he fails to arrive. When Polly closes her eyes she is in the midst of a blizzard in the Arctic with Sirius. The polar bears a...
|  | Let's Visit Vietnam
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| | The Middle Ages (Living history)
Publication Date: August 31, 1986 ...
|  | Butch Cassidy (Legends of the West (Chelsea House))
Publication Date: 1998| Age Level: 8 and up...
|  | Guitar for Kids Method and Songbook: Hal Leonard Guitar Method (Hal Leonard Guitar Method (Songbooks))
Release Date: February 1, 2010| Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up...
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