 | Indian Summers (American Indian Studies)
Publication Date: May 31, 1998| Series: American Indian Studies The first work of fiction published in the MSU Press American Indian Studies Series, Indian Summers concerns issues of identity for Native Americans. Set against the backdrop of a contemporary reservation that has had its own losses to the dominant culture -- a third of its total land mass taken earlier in the century for a New York State water reservoir, its only religious structures Christian churches -- Indian Summers introduces these identity conflicts through the lives and circumstances of its major characters. This is a ti...
 |  | Metalocalypse: Dethklok
Publication Date: July 5, 2011| Series: Metalocalypse From the depths of Mordhaus comes Dethklok, the most brutal black metal band on the planet, cutting a ferocious swath through the world''s economies and playing massive shows that leave their unwaveringly loyal fans literally in pieces - they are five men prophesied to bring about the Metalocalypse! Dethklok is based on the wildly popular Adult Swim series! With stories conjured by series creator Brendon Small and series director/designer Jon Schnepp, this most brutal of all mini-series is scripted by Jeremy Barlow (Star Wars: The Clone W...
|  | American Salvage (Made in Michigan Writers Series)
Publication Date: December 21, 2009| Series: Made in Michigan Writers These short stories approach their subjects from an array of perspectives, but what they share is freshness, surprise, and a compulsion to plumb some absolute extremes of American existence. National Book Award citation American Salvage is rich with local color and peopled with rural characters who love and hate extravagantly. They know how to fix cars and washing machines, how to shoot and clean game, and how to cook up methamphetamine, but they have not figured out how to prosper in the twenty-first century. Through the ...
|  | Path of Power: Book Two of the Divine Gambit Trilogy
Publication Date: July 22, 2006Following the events from Seer's Quest, The Divine Gambit Trilogy Book I the mercenaries Dugan, Vinder, Cadrissa, Clara, Rowan, Gilban, and Hoodwink have gone their separate ways, being loyal to their own causes and money they have spread across the world of Tralodren tm. However, they are drawn back together by forces larger than any of them can imagine and compelled, through various means, to stand up against The Master, who is now set to make a claim for godhood. Should he succeed, not only would Tralodren tm be in danger, but the gods and even the cosmos co...
|  | Month of Sundays
Publication Date: September 18, 2012Conservative accountant Rachel Bauer is recovering from the abrupt end of a long-term relationship when she’s tossed into the dating pool against her will. Expecting to meet friends for drinks, she finds herself in the middle of a blind date with Griffin Sutton, the sexy celebrity chef with a reputation for being easy on the eyes but hard on the heart. Rachel isn’t interested in becoming the latest notch on Griffin’s well-worn bedpost so she rebuffs her advances. Griffin, who hasn’t met a woman she couldn’t seduce, decides the...
|  | The Deer Goddess of Ancient Siberia: A Study in the Ecology of Belief (Studies in the History of Religions)
Publication Date: January 1993| ISBN-10: 9004096280 | ISBN-13: 978-9004096288This study concerns the ecology of belief in prehistoric Siberia. Central to this study is the image of the deer within the iconography of the Early Nomads of South Siberia. By examining the symbolic structures revealed in the art and archaeology of the Early Nomads, the author challenges existing theories regarding Early Nomadic cosmology. The reconstruction of meanings embedded in the deer image carries the investigation back to rock carvings, paintings and monolithic stelea of South Siberia and northern Centr...
|  | Seeds Of Legend: Winds of Change
Publication Date: August 23, 2012In this, the fourth book in the series Seeds Of Legend, Princess Amrie Emrys struggles to find balance in a world torn by winds of change. Carrying her unborn child, she is hidden among the Old Ones, the ancient tribe that first set her Pendragon House on the throne. While she is hiding, awaiting her baby's birth, Amrie is unaware of the changes in her land. The dark goddess, casting the black death across the land, decimates the country and leaves Britain without a ruler. King Cerdic of the Saxon Shore, father to Amrie's child, struggles to hold together his...
|  | El alcalde de Zalamea (Teatro) (Spanish Edition)
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|  | The Werewolf's Kiss
Publication Date: October 1992Drawn to the moonlit bayous of Louisiana, Sylvie Marley discovers a new world and soon must choose between the debutante's life she knows and the life of her werewolf lover, Lucien. Original. ...
|  | A King's Ransom
Release Date: November 29, 2011 Two years out of law school, Nick Rey is already on the fast track at a hot Miami law firm. But his dreams of success are overshadowed when his father, Matthew, is abducted on a business trip to Colombia. The guerillas demand an impossible $3 million ransom, the exact sum Matthew’s kidnap-and-ransom insurance policy covers. The insurance company suspects fraud, however, and refuses to pay. And as Nick soon learns, it isn’t the guerillas who hold the key to his father’s survival. A group of faceless lawyers at a powerful firm has something to hid...
|  | The Dark Knight Rises: Batman versus Bane (I Can Read Book 2)
Release Date: June 5, 2012| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: K and up...
|  | Ice Age 2: Sid and the Mini-Sloths
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|  | Too Many Cooks: A Passover Parable
Publication Date: March 1, 2000| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up Each time Bubbie gets diverted from making charoses for the Passover seder, family members add their own secret ingredient until the charoses is atrocious! ...
|  | Wildlife Gardening
Publication Date: March 30, 2009| Age Level: 6 and up | Grade Level: 1 and up Great for kids who think green! Wildlife Garden is a fun and informative introduction to gardening and garden wildlife. It's full of simple, step-by-step gardening activities that can be explored anywhere, from the city to the suburbs. It's ideal for any family or school that wants to help our environment from the ground up. With the right plants and some dirt and some light, kids can create a habitat for bugs, birds, bees, butterflies, and even bats-and this exciting hands-on guidebook shows them how! ...
|  | The Banyan Deer: A Parable of Courage and Compassion
Publication Date: April 20, 2010A tale both ancient and timely — and a moving story of compassion in the face of personal loss and trials — The Banyan Deer is a parable that highlights courage, triumph, and the meaning of true wisdom. Beautifully illustrated and elegantly told, this emotional tale resonates with all readers, no matter the age. Illustrated sumptuously by Richard Wehrman’s images that are reminiscent of the work of Eric Gill and Rockwell Kent, this book makes an ideal gift. A wonderful keepsake for anyone facing transitions or rites of passage, this is a story ...
|  | More Goops And How Not To Be Them: A Manual Of Manners For Impolite Infants, Depicting The Characteristics Of Many Naughty And Thoughtless Children (1903)
Publication Date: May 22, 2010This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. ...
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|  | Astronauts (Community Helpers)
Publication Date: January 1, 1998| Age Level: 5 and up | Grade Level: K and up...
|  | Calculations for Gcse Chemistry: Revised for the New National Curriculum
Publication Date: December 2002This fully revised edition is in line with the revised National Curriculum requirements, and focuses on Quantitative Chemistry in Science. Written to match all major GCSE specifications, the text covers all types of numerical questions from first principles. An essential tool for maximising performance in GCSE-level Chemistry. For each topic, a concise treatment of the underlying theory is followed by problems grouped into three sections of increasing difficulty. Calculations based on 'round number' molar masses are included to enable students to concentrate on...
|  | Stories of the Prophets in the Holy Qu'ran
Publication Date: October 1, 2008| Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up This inspiring collection of illustrated stories offers an Islamic take on the lives and missions of familiar prophets. Through these Islamic renditions, children are made keenly aware of the importance of certain virtues?steadfastness, patience, and honesty?exhibited by religious role models in the Qur?an, including Abraham, Moses, Noah, and Jesus, and the prophets' willingness to endure hardship as a means to an honest life. ...
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