 | English Creek
Release Date: May 31, 2005In this prizewinning portrait of a time and place -- Montana in the 1930s -- that at once inspires and fulfills a longing for an explicable past, Ivan Doig has created one of the most captivating families in American fiction, the McCaskills.The witty and haunting narration, a masterpiece of vernacular in the tradition of Twain, follows the events of the Two Medicine country's summer: the tide of sheep moving into the high country, the capering Fourth of July rodeo and community dance, and an end-of-August forest fire high in the Rockies that brings the book, as we...
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 | The Conference of the Birds: A Novel
Publication Date: September 13, 2005The resonant sequel to Meritocracy: A Love Story.It is the late '70s in Manhattan and God is dead. A group of people come together to explore the void left behind. New York mongrels of the spiritual, as brash and defiant as their chaotic, bankrupt city, they embark on what seems like a journey described in the 12th century Persian poem that gives this powerful novel its title.Among them are the shy and sweet-natured Bobby, a gifted cartoonist and the group's mascot; Maisie, the acid-tongued rich girl who is fighting a two-front war against mental instabili...
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 | The Annotated Peter Pan (The Centennial Edition)(The Annotated Books)
Publication Date: October 11, 2011| Series: The Annotated Books "Peter Pan is a great and refining and uplifting benefaction to this sordid and money-mad age."—Mark TwainOne hundred years after J. M. Barrie published the novel Peter and Wendy, Maria Tatar revisits a story that, like Alice in Wonderland, bridges the generations, animating both adults and children with its kinetic energy. The adventures of the Darling children with Peter Pan and Tinkerbell in Neverland are the seminal tale of escape and fantasy. Inspired by Barrie's real-life adventures with the five Llewelyn Davies boy...
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 | The Other Side of Landscape: An Anthology of Contemporary Nordic Poetry
Publication Date: June 30, 2006"The whole object of travel is not to set foot on a foreign land," wrote G.K. Chesterton, "it is at last to set foot on one’s own country as a foreign land." Such is the effect, too, of reading The Other Side of Landscape. Working simultaneously under the influence of foreign poetries and thousand-year-old native traditions, this inspired collection explores the poets’ "Electrical I"—as editors Stochholm and Sumari—that gives the reader a sense of wonder for the familiar, an "electrical eye."The Other Side of Landscape is a collection of sev...
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 | Bal
Publication Date: December 1, 2007| ISBN-10: 968168303X | ISBN-13: 978-9681683030| Edition: 1st. Novela que relata una serie de sucesos cotidianos que tienen lugar en un poblado chiapaneco cercano a Guatamela, Balún-Canán. En medio de la tensión en que coexisten dos mundos opuestos -el del hombre blanco y del indio chontal- se mueven diversos personajes en cuya vida se refleja una lucha dramática y ancestral entre dos razas. ...
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 | There's a Dragon in the Library
Release Date: January 18, 2011| Grade Level: K and up Max loves story time at the library. One day he spots a large speckled egg on a bookshelf. No one believes Max when he says a dragon has emerged and is now growing up in the library. Young readers will learn about book care as they follow the dragon's antics. ...
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 | Kentucky Wildcats (College Basketball Today)
Publication Date: August 1999| Age Level: 9 and up...
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 | Go Fish Card Game: 54 Flash Cards (Brighter Child Flash Cards)
Release Date: March 15, 2006| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up...
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 | Wordsworth: An Inner Life
Publication Date: September 19, 2003This original study is the first fully to acknowledge the impact of early grief on Wordsworth's poetry and to integrate it into a critical account of how his art developed from 1787 to 1813.Looks at the impact of grief on Wordsworth's great poetry. Explains the importance of the poet's great, unfinished epic 'The Recluse' to his work as a whole. Includes 20 illustrations from original notebooks. Contains the first annotated text of 'The White Doe of Rylstone'. ...
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 | Go-Go Gorillas
Release Date: April 20, 2010| Age Level: 2 and up From bicycles to jalopies, Go-Go Gorillas has all the vehicles you need for one wild ride! Aunt Minerva in her rollerblades, Cousin Clementine in her hot air balloon, and little ol’ Granny in her plane all help lead the way as a total of ten gorillas use crafty forms of transportation and answer King Big Daddy’s call to come and hear the news: A baby gorilla is born! With an irresistible refrain and rollicking, read-aloud rhymes, this vividly illustrated adventure is an instant vehicle for fun! ...
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 | Frog Hunt
Publication Date: April 1, 2002| Age Level: 3 and up...
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 | The Life Cycle of a Snake
Publication Date: March 2003| Age Level: 6 and up | Grade Level: 1 and up...
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 | The Ultimate Guide to Grandmas & Grandpas!
Release Date: April 22, 2008| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and upDid you know that when you have a grandma or a grandpa, there are guidelines for how best to take care of them? There are all sorts of special things you need to do to make them feel loved. Now here at last is a manual packed with advice, pointers, and helpful hints. For instance, you need to dance for them, sing to them, draw pictures for them, and even hold their hand when they cross the street! It's also very important that sometimes you take a nap with them (so that they're not the only ones). But most importantly...
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 | Cuentos populares de la madre muerte (Spanish Edition)
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 | THE NEW UNIVERSE AND ORIGINS OF THE STARS
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 | Life During the Great Civilizations - Aztec
Publication Date: October 31, 2003| Age Level: 9 and up...
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 | Kellie Pickler (Dream Big: American Idol Superstars)
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 | James (Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament)
Release Date: November 27, 2008| Series: Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament (Book 16) Designed for the pastor and Bible teacher, the Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament examines the biblical text in its original environment. Notable evangelical scholars carefully attend to grammatical detail, literary context, rhetorical flow, theological nuance, and historical setting in their interpretation. Critical scholarship informs each step, but does not dominate the commentary, allowing readers to concentrate on the biblical author's message as it unfolds. While pr...
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 | Can Man Live Without God
Publication Date: September 1, 2004In this brilliant and compelling defense of the Christian faith, Ravi Zacharias shows how affirming the reality of God's existence matters urgently in our everyday lives. According to Zacharias, how you answer the questions of God's existence will impact your relationship with others, your commitment to integrity, your attitude toward morality, and your perception of truth. ...
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 | Lent and Easter Prayer at Home
Publication Date: January 2002How can we make this Lent and Easter special? Simply by paying attention to the ordinary things all around us. "Instead of looking for prayer opportunities outside the home, I want to help readers use the ordinary things in their homes as prayer starters," Fr. Mark Boyer says. The kitchen chair, the oil we cook with, the glass of wine, the dress we wear-these ordinary things bespeak not only the sacredness of our daily lives, but find their place in the traditions and celebrations of these holy seasons.The three sections of Lent and Easter Prayer at Home cover L...
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