 | An Accident of Hope: The Therapy Tapes of Anne Sexton
Publication Date: February 9, 2012| ISBN-10: 041588747X | ISBN-13: 978-0415887472| Edition: 1 In 1956, Anne Sexton was admitted into a mental hospital for post-partum depression, where she met Dr. Martin Orne, a young psychiatrist who treated her for the next eight years. In that time Sexton would blossom into a world-famous poet, best known for her "confessional" poems dealing with personal subjects not often represented in poetry at that time: mental illness, depression, suicide, sex, abortion, women's bodies, and the ordinary lives of mothers and housewives. Orne audiot...
 |  | My Last Forty Days: A Visionary Journey among the Pueblo Spirits
Release Date: November 22, 1997From her own visionary experiences, noted anthropologist Felicitas Goodman has woven together an adventure story of a special kind—with a ghost as the protagonist. It is a tale of death and dying, yet full of light and joy, a heartwarming celebration of the immortality of the human soul. The story is told by the ghost herself, who is on a quest for a permanent home in the alternate reality of Pueblo-Indian mythology, whose inhabitants include animal spirits such as Old Man Coyote, Grandfather Bear, Sister Snake and Spider Woman. ...
|  | These Tangled Threads (Bells of Lowell Series #3)
Publication Date: October 1, 2003Book 3 of Bells of Lowell. Timid yet alluring Daughtie Winfield finds herself in a precarious position when the new doctor casts his favor upon her. Though flattered by his attention, she is drawn to Liam Donohue, a local Irish artisan. As Daughtie and Liam work together to help runaway slaves, their friendship blossoms. But her work in the mills is threatened when a downturn in profits causes the Associates to decrease wages--resulting in plans for a strike. With the fate of the textile industry in an upheaval, will her hopes for love be thwarted as dissenti...
|  | Food Stamp Bitches
Publication Date: August 2, 2012Jewel, Daphne, Serena, and Jocelyn all depend on government assistance to live. When Jocelyn throws the idea out there that they should start an exotic maid service, they jump on it. The business takes off with a boom and pretty soon, they’re no longer depending on the government for anything. Instead, they all have a new set of problems.Jewel’s fifteen year old son, Jamal, is smoking marijuana. How can she tell him to stop using drugs when she’s addicted to pain pills herself?Daphne’s sixteen year old daughter, Shirrel, may be a le...
|  | Legend of the Painted Horse
Release Date: July 7, 1997As America leaves behind the battles on the Western frontier and turns to a new type of conflict in World War I, young Steven Cartwright leaves the mountains and ranches of Colorado to become a crack fighter pilot over the battlefields of Europe. But Steven returns from war a hardened young man, seeking strength from his old friend Brules who taught him about life, love and survival. ...
|  | Emily and the Dark Angel
Release Date: October 5, 2010New York Times bestselling author Jo Beverley "brings the Regency Period to life." (Joan Hammond)Emily Grantwich lives quietly with her crippled father and eccentric aunt, managing the family's land, until the fateful day she walks down the main street of Melton Mowbray and is showered with Poudre de Violettes, thrown by a lady of loose morals at the handsomest man Emily has ever seen. He is Piers Verderan, known by many as the Dark Angel. His friends lay the blame for his scandalous ways on his troubled past. No decent woman should be seen in his company, but ...
|  | The Standard Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh
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|  | Dancing with Mrs. Dalloway: Stories of the Inspiration Behind Great Works of Literature
Release Date: October 4, 2011The Real Stories Behind Everyone's Favorite Novels-from TheWonderful Wizard of Oz to The Great Gatsby. Every great book begins with an idea, whether it comes to awriter's mind with lightning speed or tugs at the imagination overtime. Dancing with Mrs. Dalloway offers stories of theinspiration behind fifty classic works, from The Sound and the Fury,Jane Eyre, and Frankenstein to Anna Karenina, The Bell Jar,and Winnie-the-Pooh.Gabriel García Márquez was driving to Acapulco with his family whenhe slammed on the brakes, turned the car around, and insist...
|  | Science in the Renaissance (Science of the Past)
Publication Date: March 1999| Age Level: 10 and up...
|  | Alphabet Match Flash Cards
Publication Date: January 1, 2005Alphabet Match Flash Cards can help your child learn letters and beginning sounds. Each card presents a letter, colorful picture, and word on one side. On the reverse side is the letter. The Parent Card suggests many games to help your child learn letters and words. ...
|  | Marven of the Great North Woods
Publication Date: October 1, 2002| Age Level: 6 and up | Grade Level: 1 and up When the influenza epidemic strikes Duluth, Minnesota, in 1918, Marven's parents send their son far away from the danger of the disease. But a logging camp in the great north woods?A true story of a small Jewish boy and a bearish French-Canadian lumberjack . . . and how they became friends under the most unusual circumstances. ...
|  | Prayers on My Pillow: Inspiration for Girls on the Threshold of Change
Release Date: November 17, 1998| Age Level: 9 and up Inspiration for Girls on the Threshold of Change"Before I go to sleep each nightBefore I turn off every lightLet me put away my fearsLet me brush away the tears"The heartfelt prayers in this luminous volume were originally written for the comfort and inspiration of a twelve-year-old girl named Julia. The author of these prayers is Julia's mother, who wrote them because she was troubled that she and her daughter no longer talked as much as they used to. So each night, she left a verse on Julia's pillow. Julia shared them with her ...
|  | Dark Sons (Coretta Scott King Author Honor Books)
Release Date: September 22, 2005| Age Level: 18 and up | Grade Level: 7 and up...
|  | My Dog, My Cat
Publication Date: August 1, 2011| Age Level: 3 and up | Grade Level: P and up In this bright new picture book, the author describes all the differences between her dog and cat, who don't always get along. Her dog barks; her cat meows. Her dog likes steak; her cat likes tuna. Her dog's tongue is wet; her cat's tongue is rough. But the story ends on a delightfully sweet note when the author reveals what her dog and cat have in common — a love of pizza and a love of their owner. The strong lines and fresh colors make this book an appealing read as young readers learn about normal behaviors...
|  | Sam and the Lucky Money
Publication Date: August 1, 1997| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up This year Sam gets to spend his New Year's gift money any way he chooses. Shopping carefully in his favorite Chinatown stores, he is disappointed to find that everything he wants is too expensive. Deciding to forgo a tasty sweet or a new toy for himself, Sam donates his money instead to a barefoot homeless man. Full color. ...
|  | Arthur's Chicken Pox: An Arthur Adventure (Arthur Adventures)
Publication Date: April 1, 1999| Grade Level: P and up...
|  | Ellis Island (Our Nation's Pride Set 2)
Publication Date: January 1, 2011| Age Level: 6 and up | Grade Level: 1 and up...
|  | Eyewitness Wall Charts: Rocks and Minerals (Dk Eyewitness Wall Charts)
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|  | About Christians and the Easter Bunny
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|  | Spelling Practice Book: Grade 2
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