 | A Land Remembered
Publication Date: September 1, 1996| Series: A Land Remembered In this best-selling novel, Patrick Smith tells the story of three generations of the MacIveys, a Florida family who battle the hardships of the frontier to rise from a dirt-poor Cracker life to the wealth and standing of real estate tycoons. The story opens in 1858, when Tobias MacIvey arrives in the Florida wilderness to start a new life with his wife and infant son, and ends two generations later with Solomon MacIvey, who realizes that the land has been exploited far beyond human need. The sweeping story that emerges is a rich...
 |  | The Reavers
Release Date: April 7, 2009After twelve gloriously scandalous Flashman novels, the incomparable George MacDonald Fraser gives us a totally hilarious tale of derring-do from a different era. It's the turn of the seventeenth century (sort of) in the wild Borderlands of Scotland. The irresistible Lady Godiva Dacre and her "chocolate-box pretty" companion Mistress Kylie Delishe find themselves caught between the dashing Bonny Gilderoy (think Johnny Depp on a horse in a tunic) and Archie Noble (Steve McQueen in Elizabethan garb). A casket of jewels, an accidental murder, and an estate a...
|  | Blue Heaven: A Novel
Publication Date: August 1, 2012The year is 1902. A young stock-handler named Fenton Pardee has just survived the train wreck that almost destroyed William F. Cody’s Wild West show. Surveying the train’s smoldering ruins—and what is left of Cody’s company of stunt-riders, trick-shooters, and stage actors—Fenton realizes that turning the West into a circus to thrill the world is no longer thrilling for him. Salvaging a saddle horse and three pack mules, he heads back into the West, seeking the reality of the Montana Rockies. Blue Heaven marks the return of F...
|  | St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves (Vintage Contemporaries)
Release Date: August 14, 2007| Series: Vintage Contemporaries A San Francisco Chronicle, Los Angeles Times, and Chicago Tribune Best Book of the YearIn these ten glittering stories, debut author Karen Russell takes us to the ghostly and magical swamps of the Florida Everglades. Here wolf-like girls are reformed by nuns, a family makes their living wrestling alligators in a theme park, and little girls sail away on crab shells. Filled with stunning inventiveness and heart, St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves introduces a radiant new writer. ...
|  | Analyzing Casual Conversation
Publication Date: December 1996| ISBN-10: 0304337285 | ISBN-13: 978-0304337286This book develops a systematic model for the analyses and description of casual conversation in English. Working through examples of casual conversations, the authors argue that despite its sometimes aimless appearance and apparently unstructured content, casual conversation is a highly structured semantic activity and plays a critical role in the social construction of reality. Drawing on insights from sociological, linguistic and critical semiotic perspectives on interaction, the book aims to equip readers w...
|  | 23 Crow's Perch (Jason Strange)
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|  | New Jersey Nets (Inside the NBA)
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|  | The Olympic Experience in Your School Grades K-3 (United States Olympic Committee Curriculum Series)
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|  | The Children's Literature Dictionary: Definitions, Resources, and Learning Activities
Publication Date: January 30, 2002You've built a vibrant collection of children s literature, now put those resources to work and put young readers on the path to a lifelong love of reading. A core reference for school and public libraries and a terrific resource for educators, parents, students, and book reviewers of YA and youth titles, this dictionary provides child-friendly definitions of 325 terms and gives vivid examples for each from contemporary and classic literature. Definitions also include suggested activities to aid student learning.Whether you are a librarian helping a student ...
|  | Bob-Along: Numbers: Bath Books that Float (Bob-Along Books)
Publication Date: August 1, 2012| Grade Level: PK and up...
|  | The Berenstain Bear Scouts and the Sci-fi Pizza(Berenstain Bear Scouts)
Publication Date: September 1996When the evil Weasel McGreed cooks up a flying secret weapon that would silence them once and for all, the Bear Scouts are challenged to out-race a monstrous pizza or become trapped in a gooey mess....
|  | Joy In Simplicity : An Artistic & Poetic Journey into Amish Country, featuring Original Art by Nancy Noel
Publication Date: May 1, 1998A visual and poetic journey into Amish country through the eyes of artist Nancy Noel.This hardcover collector's book features Noel's paintings, drawings, and poetry, as well as writings of history's most distinguished poets and philosophers.Printed in exquisite color, the book celebrates childhood, the joy of country life and the virtue of simplicity. ...
|  | 175 Easy-to-Do Halloween Crafts: Creative Uses for Recyclables
Publication Date: September 1, 1995| Age Level: 5 and up | Grade Level: K and up Boys and girls can make October 31 the spookiest and most festive ever with this craft book filled with Halloween fun. Easy-to-follow directions and full-color photographs show young craft makers how to create frightfully funny decorations, pumpkins, gifts, masks, costumes, and so much more. All of the crafts are made of recyclable materials and everyday items found around the house. ...
| | Baby's First Classics III
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|  | Language Fundamentals, Grade 4
Publication Date: December 15, 2006| Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up Language Fundamentals, Grade 3 will give third-graders the grade-appropriate practice they need for a broad spectrum of language skills -- grammar, sentences, mechanics, and more. You'll love the test-format review pages and the sentence-editing exercises where students apply the skills to writing. Skills practiced include the following: * Grammar Skills: common, proper, & possessive nouns; comparative and superlative adjectives; subject and object pronouns; subject-verb agreement * Sentence Skills: declarative,...
|  | Spanish For Landscaping (Quickstudy: Academic)
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|  | Economics Gcse Study Guide Pb (Longman Gcse Study Guide)
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|  | Topaz Heat: The Jewel Trilogy (Volume 3)
Publication Date: June 17, 2012From the moment Derrick meets Sarah he knows there is no one else for him. Derek is a poor tough street kid made into a billionaire's protégé and groomed for wealth and success. Sarah sees only an unshaven tough kid covered with tattoos. She shuts down every advance. A decade later, will Sarah finally set aside her prejudices and open her heart to true love? Or will dark shadows from their long forgotten past tear them apart forever? ...
|  | Fate (Indigo)
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|  | BCP Standard Prayer Book Black French Morocco CP223
Publication Date: September 1, 2006The Book of Common Prayer is the historic prayer book of the Church of England, in use since the sixteenth century. In its revised 1662 form, it has become one of the classic texts of the English language, its prayers and expressions making English what it is today.This book uses Cambridge's 2004 setting of the Prayer Book, with a modern digital typeface that gives a very clear and readable printing image. The format and page layout match Cambridge's previous editions of the Book of Common Prayer page for page. All the 1662 services are included, including ...
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