 | Forrest Gump (Vintage)
Release Date: February 21, 2012| Series: Vintage Six foot six, 242 pounds, and possessed of a scant IQ of 70, Forrest Gump is the lovable, surprisingly savvy hero of this classic comic tale. His early life may seem inauspicious, but when the University of Alabama’s football team drafts Forrest and makes him a star, it sets him on an unbelievable path that will transform him from Vietnam hero to world-class Ping-Pong player, from wrestler to entrepreneur. With a voice all his own, Forrest is telling all in a madcap romp through three decades of American history. ...
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 | The Tenth Muse: Victorian Philology and the Genesis of the Poetic Language of Gerard Manley Hopkins
Publication Date: August 28, 1989| ISBN-10: 0809314886 | ISBN-13: 978-0809314881| Edition: 1st With authority and sensitivity Plotkin traces the close relationship between Hopkins’s poetry and the theories of language suggested in his Journals and expounded by Victorian philologists such as Max Müller and George Marsh.Plotkin seeks to determine what changed Hopkins’s perception of language between the writing of such early poems as "The Habit of Perfection" and "Nondum" (1866) and his creation of The Wreck of the Deutschland (1875–76). Did the language of the ode,...
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 | Captive Queen: A Novel of Eleanor of Aquitaine
Release Date: July 13, 2010Having proven herself a gifted and engaging novelist with her portrayals of Queen Elizabeth I in The Lady Elizabeth and Lady Jane Grey in Innocent Traitor, New York Times bestselling author Alison Weir now harks back to the twelfth century with a sensuous and tempestuous tale that brings vividly to life England’s most passionate—and destructive—royal couple: Eleanor of Aquitaine and King Henry II. Nearing her thirtieth birthday, Eleanor has spent the past dozen frustrating years as consort to the pious King Louis VII of France. F...
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 | Practical Water (Wesleyan Poetry Series)
Publication Date: August 1, 2011| Series: Wesleyan Poetry Series Practical Water is, like Brenda Hillman's previous two books, Cascadia and Pieces of Air in the Epic, both an elemental meditation and an ecopoetics; this time her subject is water: Taoist water, baptismal water, water from the muses' fountains, the practical waters of hydrology from which we draw our being--and the stilled water in a glass in a Senate chamber. Not since Allen Ginsberg tried to levitate the Pentagon has American poetry seen the likes of the hallucinatory wit and moral clarity that Hillman brings to Washington i...
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 | Huang he lou Qing chuan ge shi ci shang xi (Mandarin Chinese Edition)
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 | Bel-Air Dead: A Stone Barrington Novel
Release Date: November 29, 2011| Series: Stone Barrington Stone is no stranger to Bel-Air-and to the beautiful and wealthywidow who needs his help to become even wealthier. At stake is the saleof her investment in-and the resulting dissolution of-Hollywood'sworld-famous Centurion Studios. But when Stone arrives in Bel-Air tofinalize the sale, he discovers that one of L.A.'s most rapacious powerbrokers has Centurion in his sights... ...
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 | Aliens For Lunch (Stepping Stone,paper)
Release Date: April 9, 1991| Age Level: 5 and up | Grade Level: K and up...
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 | The Marshmallow Mermaid (Princess Candy)
Publication Date: August 1, 2010| Age Level: 7 and up | Grade Level: 2 and up...
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 | Around the World in Eighty Days
Release Date: October 1, 1995| Age Level: 10 and up | Grade Level: 5 and up For a bet, Phileas Fogg sets out with his servant Passeportout to achieve an incredible journey - from London to Paris, Brindisi, Suez, Bombay, Calcutta, Singapore, Hong Kong, San Francisco, New York and back to London again, all in just eighty days. There are many alarms and surprises along the way - and a last minute setback that makes all the difference between winning and losing. ...
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 | Matthew's Truck: Super Sturdy Picture Books
Release Date: March 3, 2005| Age Level: 1 and up...
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 | Zany Zia's Hats to Where: An All Knight Adventure
Publication Date: January 24, 2011While at the circus, Evan Tanner runs inside Zany Zia's Hats to Where to escape from a bully. The shop is filled with every kind of hat imaginable. Zany Zia, the shop's gypsy owner, invites Evan to put on the knight's helmet. When he does, he is transported to the middle ages. Suddenly, he's a page living in a knight's castle. Throughout several adventures and mishaps, Evan learns that courage isn't about not being afraid, but about facing your fears-or a fire-breathing dragon. Free resources for teachers and parents are available online at www.ZanyZia.com. ...
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 | Baby Touch and Feel: Farm Animals (BABY TOUCH & FEEL)
Publication Date: December 19, 2011| Grade Level: P and up...
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 | Dot & Jabber and the Great Acorn Mystery
Publication Date: September 1, 2001| Age Level: 3 and up | Grade Level: P and up...
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 | Length (Math Counts)
Publication Date: September 1995| Age Level: 5 and up | Grade Level: K and up...
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| Prince Edward Island (Hello Canada)
Publication Date: June 2002| Age Level: 6 and up | Grade Level: 1 and up...
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 | Everyday Life in Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia: Travel into history to discover the lost civilizations of Egypt, Sumer, Assyria and Babylon with 30 ... projects that will bring the past to life
Publication Date: January 4, 2006| Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up Discover the world of the ancient Egyptians, sumeriand, Assyrians and Bablonians. ...
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 | The Cherokee (True Books : American Indians)
Publication Date: August 2000| Age Level: 7 and up...
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 | Marvellous Stories From the Life of Muhammad (Muslim Childrens Library)
Publication Date: September 18, 2012| Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 2 and up This book is a collection of eighteen lively, well-loved stories from the life of the Prophet Muhammad. They highlight the main stations of his life—from orphaned child to Prophet of God and beloved leader of all Muslims. The book includes twenty-three charming illustrations that offer a glimpse of the world in which the stories are set. Mardijah Aldrich Tarantino is of American and French heritage. She has traveled widely and enjoys painting, languages, and writing for children. She lives in Cathedral Ci...
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 | Cool Boy Stuff You Can Draw (Ready, Set, Draw!)
Publication Date: September 1, 2009| Age Level: 7 and up | Grade Level: 2 and up...
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 | Langenscheidt Collins Grosses Schulworterbuch: Deutsch - Englisch
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