| Pilgrim's Progress in Today's English Release Date: June 1, 1971Retold by James H. Thomas. The best allegory ever written is rewritten in modern English, making it clearer and more forceful to the modern reader. (More than 100,000 in print) ...
| | All Clear Release Date: October 25, 2011Winner of the Nebula AwardTraveling back in time, from Oxford circa 2060 into the thick of World War II, was a routine excursion for three British historians eager to study firsthand the heroism and horrors of the Dunkirk evacuation and the London Blitz. But getting marooned in war-torn 1940 England has turned Michael Davies, Merope Ward, and Polly Churchill from temporal tourists into besieged citizens struggling to survive Hitler’s devastating onslaught. And now there’s more to worry about than just getting back home: The impossibility of altering ...
| | The Wrecker (An Isaac Bell Adventure) Release Date: November 17, 2009| Series: An Isaac Bell Adventure In The Chase, Clive Cussler introduced an electrifying new hero, the tall, lean, no-nonsense detective Isaac Bell, who, driven by his sense of justice, travels early-twentieth-century America pursuing thieves and killers . . . and sometimes criminals much worse. It is 1907, a year of financial panic and labor unrest. Train wrecks, fires, and explosions sabotage the Southern Pacific Railroad?s Cascades express line and, desperate, the railroad hires the fabled Van Dorn Detective Agency. Van Dorn sends in his best man, and Bell q...
| | Pygmy Release Date: April 20, 2010A gang of adolescent terrorists, a spelling bee, and a terrible plan masquerading as a science project: This is Operation Havoc. Pygmy is one of a handful of young adults from a totalitarian state sent to the US disguised as exchange students. Living with American families to blend in, they are planning an unspecified act of massive terrorism that will bring this big dumb country and its fat dumb inhabitants to their knees. Palahniuk depicts Midwestern life through the eyes of this indoctrinated little killer in a cunning double-edged satire of American xenop...
| | The Kiss That Counted Publication Date: May 27, 2008CJ Roshe knows she can never relax her vigilance, especially when her grip on her secrets begins to slip. Contact with the good-hearted Karita Hanssen leaves CJ wishing for impossible things--friends, roots, a lover who knows her real name. With a life cheerfully balanced between all the things that she loves, Karita gives freely of her time and affection. She isn't looking for more until something in CJ's eyes suggests that there could be feelings deeper, stronger--and more dangerous--than any she has ever felt. CJ is committed to only tonights with her body an...
| | La realidad y el deseo 1924-1962/ The Reality of the Wish 1924-1962 (Spanish Edition) ...
| | Power Integrity Modeling and Design for Semiconductors and Systems Publication Date: November 19, 2007| ISBN-10: 0136152066 | ISBN-13: 978-0136152064| Edition: 1 The First Comprehensive, Example-Rich Guide to Power Integrity Modeling Professionals such as signal integrity engineers, package designers, and system architects need to thoroughly understand signal and power integrity issues in order to successfully design packages and boards for high speed systems. Now, for the first time, there's a complete guide to power integrity modeling: everything you need to know, from the basics through the state of the art. Using realistic case studies and downl...
| | White Nights (Leisure historical romance) Publication Date: April 1, 2000| Series: Leisure historical romance Eirica Macauley sees the road to better days: the remainder of the Oregon Trail. The trail is hard, even for experienced cattle hands like James Jones, but the mans will and determination lend Eirica strength. Yet, Eirica knows she can never accept the cowboy's love; the shadows that darken her past will hardly disappear in the light of day. But as each night passes and their wagon train draws nearer its destination, James's intentions grow clearer James stays beside her, the beautiful widow knows that when dawn comes, shell...
| | Mind Prey Release Date: November 1, 2011| Series: Prey Lucas Davenport has met his match-a brilliant, wanton killer who knowsmore about mind games than Lucas himself. This man is more depraved andintelligent than anybody Lucas has tracked before-and with a femalepsychiatrist in his trap, he's already one step ahead of Lucas... ...
| | If Tomorrow Comes Release Date: February 18, 1985The international bestseller from the master of suspense. A mafia conspiracy and one women against the world. Tracy Whitey is on top of the world. Young, beautiful, intelligent, she is about to marry into wealth and glamour - until, betrayed by her own innocence, she finds herself in prison, framed by a ruthless mafia gang and abandoned by the man she loves. Beaten and broken, but surviving with her dazzling ingenuity, Tracy emerges from her savage ordeal - determined to avenge those who have destroyed her life. Her thirst for revenge takes her from New Orleans...
| | Gumbo Justice Publication Date: June 5, 2009Gumbo Justice won the 2011 PSWA First Place award for Best Published Fiction in the Novel category.New Orleans prosecutor Ryan Murphy likes her Tequila cold and her cops hot.Battling demons from her past and checking her self-destructive streak take a back seat to her ambition, and she's not above skating the line just a little to get what she wants. If she snags a detective or two in the process, well, that's just a little lagniappe for her trouble. Life should be good. Enter a demented psycho, with a plan to ruin Ryan's life before he ultimately kills he...
| | Beautiful Blackbird (Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Winner) Publication Date: January 1, 2003 ...
| | Sweetgrass Basket Release Date: September 22, 2005| Age Level: 10 and up | Grade Level: 5 and up In prose poetry and alternating voices, Marlene Carvell weaves a heartbreakingly beautiful story based on the real-life experiences of Native American children. Mattie and Sarah are two Mohawk sisters who are sent to an off-reservation school after the death of their mother. Subject to intimidation and corporal punishment, with little hope of contact with their father, the girls are taught menial tasks to prepare them for life as domestics. How Mattie and Sarah protect their culture, memories of their family life,...
| | Here Comes The Grey Wolf (Animals of the Americas) (Spanish Edition) Publication Date: July 1, 2004 ...
| | Henry and Mudge and the Tumbling Trip (Henry and Mudge Ready-to-Read) Release Date: September 5, 2006| Age Level: 5 and up...
| | Rainbow Fish Colors Publication Date: January 1, 2004| Age Level: 2 and up A red starfish, a blue whale, an orange sea horse...Rainbow Fish's undersea world is filled with colorful creatures, and the most colorful of all is Rainbow Fish himself, sharing his glittering silver scales with his friends. bold, simple images, reinforced by facing pages in the appropriate color, make this appealing board book the perfect way to teach colors to very young children. ...
| | Paddington Bear at the Circus Release Date: April 5, 2000| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up The circus has come to town! Paddington Bear and the Browns have front-row seats, and they can't wait to see the show. Inside the circus tent there's a ringmaster with a top hat, a very, very tall clown, a band ... and a funny-looking man hanging from a rope above Paddington's head. Always willing to lend a paw, Paddington rushes off to save the trapeze artist. The circus is turned upside-down, but the show must go on - and it does, thanks to a surprise performance by Paddington Bear.Paddington Bear has charmed readers ...
| | Feelings Release Date: April 19, 2011| Age Level: 1 and up A giggly monkey feels silly while a sweet giraffe feels shy in this bright and boldly illustrated book from Kristen Balouch. Showcasing a humorous cast of animals who demonstrate basic feelings, this ultraportable Chock-a-Block Book™ is chunky, lightweight, and infinitely entertaining. It’s the perfect playful introduction to this early concept! ...
| | Why We Need Water and Fiber (Science of Nutrition) ...
| | The Planets Publication Date: January 2, 2008| Age Level: 5 and up | Grade Level: K and up Since "The Planets" was first published in 1993 and revised in 2005, space exploration has resulted in additional new discoveries which are included in this edition, along with the fact the Pluto was designated a dwarf planet in 2006. ...
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