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A lonely schoolteacher reveals more than she intends when she records the story of her best friend's affair with a pupil in this sly, insightful novel Schoolteacher Barbara Covett has led a solitary existence; aside from her cat, Portia, she has few friends and...

Take a break during your busy day and relax with 75 great crosswords from The New York Times- Seventy-five easy-to-hard crosswords from The New York Times- Edited by crossword legend Will Shortz- Convenient format is perfect for carrying anywhereAuthor: New York TimesISBN-10: 0312370717ISBN-13: 9780312370718Publisher:...

Indulge your crossword cravings with these easy-to-read puzzles! Whether you like to solve your crosswords sitting up in bed in the morning with the scent of fresh coffee wafting through the air, or to enjoy them as you relax in the evening, this new...

Through the Narrow Gate is Karen Armstrong's intimate memoir of life inside a Catholic convent. With refreshing honesty and clarity, the book takes readers on a revelatory adventure that begins with Armstrong's decision in the course of her spiritual training offers a fascinating view...

A New York Times Notable Book of the YearA Publisher's Weekly Best Book of the Year Combining the wit of David Lodge with Poe's delicious sense of the macabre, these are three witty, spooky novellas of satire set in academia--a world where Derrida rules,...

A pair of endearingly eccentric bachelors--in their fifties, and fraternal twins--own and operate a bed & breakfast establishment where people like them, the gentle and bookish and ever so slightly confused, can feel at home. Hector and Virgil think of their B&B as a...

Black Women in Sequence takes readers on a search for women of African descent in comics subculture. From the 1971 appearance of the Skywald Publications character "the Butterfly" - the first Black female superheroine in a comic book - to contemporary comic books, graphic...

North Africa has been a vital crossroads throughout history, serving as a connection between Africa, Asia, and Europe. Paradoxically, however, the region's historical significance has been chronically underestimated. In a book that may lead scholars to reimagine the concept of Western civilization, incorporating the...

A Study Guide for Frank Chin's "The Chickencoop Chinaman", excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Drama for Students.This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Drama for...

A lively, unorthodox look at economics, business, and public policy told in the form of a novel.A love story that embraces the business and economic issues of the day?The Invisible Heart takes a provocative look at business, economics, and regulation through the eyes of...

Now in paperback, Anthropology and the Dance is a lively, controversial examination and discussion of theories of dance by the pioneer of the anthropology of human movement. Drid Williams's definitive text is explicitly intended for graduate students in anthropology faced with the wide spectrum...

A great guide to visiting 39 Conservation Areas in the Toronto region with new full-color maps. Toronto residents and visitors can find it difficult to get far enough away from city noise and hustle to experience the restorative quiet of a natural setting. But...

On October 1, 1920, the city of Santiago, Chile, came to a halt as tens of thousands stopped work and their daily activities to join the funeral procession of José Domingo Gómez Rojas, a 24 year old university student and acclaimed poet. Nicknamed "the...

In his first novel, Saint-Exupéry pays homage to "those elemental divinities--night, day, mountain, sea, and storm," turning an account of a routine mail flight from France to North Africa into an epic rendering of the pioneer days of commercial aviation. The book is also...

They pull and pull again, but will they ever pull that turnip up? Scott Goto breathes new life into this classic Russian folktale with bright colors and bold illustrations, making it accessible for even the earliest reader.Author: Alexei TolstoyISBN-10: 015204843XISBN-13: 9780152048433Publisher: Clarion BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished:...

Austen's hilarious early stories and sketches--complete with her delightfully quirky spelling habits--now collected in one volume, including Lady Susan, the basis for Whit Stillman's feature film Love and Friendship starring Kate Beckinsale and Chlo Sevigny Jane Austen's earliest writing dates from when she was...

A poignant tale of environmental pollution and recovery with beautiful watercolor illustrations. On a bluff at the bend in the river stood a turtle carved of stone. For many years he was the eyes of Manitou, watching over and blessing the Delaware people who...

The literary career of Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) spanned less than twenty years, but no area of intellectual inquiry was left untouched by his iconoclastic genius. The philosopher who announced the death of God in The Gay Science (1882) and went on to challenge the...

According to William Ury, it takes two sides to fight, but a third to stop. Distilling the lessons of two decades of experience in family struggles, labor strikes, and wars, he presents a bold new strategy for stopping fights. He also describes ten practical...

Comedian Louie Anderson grew up in a household held hostage by the unpredictable and violent behavior of an alcoholic father. In letters that are poignant and often angry, yet touched with the humor that characterizes his monologues, Dear Dad chronicles Anderson's hard journey from...

Master the essential building blocks of Spanish-language fluency with facilidad The Ultimate Spanish Verb Review and Practice is your key to acquiring enhanced skills on the road to Spanish fluency. More than just another Spanish verb guide, it provides you with a concise review...

Get remote team members to interact as if they're in the same room Whether you're videoconferencing with team members across the world or e-mailing a colleague sitting ten feet away, the truth is evident: technology has permanently altered the way we communicate. The virtual...

A modern, authoritative anchoring guide for sailors and powerboaters A boat swinging safely at anchor can mark the relaxing conclusion to a great day of boating or the successful completion of an essential emergency measure, while failure to anchor properly can be frustrating, inconvenient,...

From Talking Pots Day, when the aunts all gather to make the biggest pot of soup in town, to gathering round Gran Lee's stove on a cold winter afternoon, to serenades and stories late at night, when the rest of the world is asleep,...

Perfect for fans of The Girl Who Drank the Moon and The Thickety, this spellbinding story follows a young girl named Goldeline on an adventure through a fairy tale forest filled with dark and wondrous magic. A Booklist Top 10 First Novel for Youth...

When Constance Young, the undisputed star of morning television, is found dead at the bottom of her swimming pool, her colleague Eliza Blake is shocked. Determined to discover who wanted Constance out of the way--and why--she enlists the aid of three coworkers: Annabelle Murphy,...

Collins German Dictionary Up-to-date coverage of today's language Offers over 40,000 entries and 70,000 translations Easy-to-use format Contains commonly used phrases and idioms Main irregular verb forms given Includes most common abbreviations, acronyms, and geographic names Pronunciations for English and German shown in the...

Doris Lessing, of all the postwar English novelists, is the foremost creative descendant of that great tradition' which includes George Eliot and D. H. Lawrence. -- New York Times Book ReviewMartha Quest, the embodied heroine of the Children of Violence series, has been acclaimed...

From bestselling historians Joseph and Frances Gies, whose books have been used by George R.R. Martin as source material for Game of Thrones, comes a classic book on innovation and technological change in medieval EuropeIn this account of Europe's rise to world leadership in...

Author: F. J. ChurchISBN-10: 002322410XISBN-13: 9780023224102Publisher: PearsonLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/1956Pages: 96Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.22lbsSize: 8.01h x 5.41w x 0.23d

"Judith Barrett and Norma Wasserman have written a beautiful book on risotto. [It] . . . is not just a recipe book but a piece of man's history."--Arrigo Cipriani "Delectable."--Booklist "For the rice lover . . . this well-crafted book is a unique source."--Chicago...

Mama always said, "Time gon' tell who been doin' what." Pete was the last born of ten children in the family. He learned as he entered middle school, that some labels are assigned according to the choices people continuously make. He realized, labels can...

This volume of VGAR critically analyzes video game art as a means of survival. Though "survival strategy" exists as a defined gaming genre, all video games--as unique, participatory artworks--model both individual and collaborative means of survival through play. Video games offer opportunities to navigate...

Freddie at the building site is the fifth book in a series of five books about Freddie, a fireman, and his friends. In the first book Freddie rescues a cat, in the second book Freddie meets Andy who drives and ambulance, in the third...

The New Left was a broad, heterogeneous, transnational, anti-systemic movement of movements which pursued the radical transformation of power structures during the 1960s and the early 1970s. Its activists opposed all forms of oppression - class, racial, gender and so forth - and strove...

The Orphan is a story of a young man who was cast out of his home and lives in a city park for a period of time. This is followed by being found by a Nun who cared for him for years. He wondered...

Disruption is no longer an exception but a norm. With the onset of COVID in 2020, the level of disruption has only magnified exponentially with most organizations forced to move towards remote working. The disruption has also impacted most small to medium sized organizations...

In the second Success Paths business books series, Ted Clifton gives you a personal view of how to be a successful owner of a small business. First is what you should do to start a business. Next are guidelines on what the owner needs...

Astrid sat at the table, cradling a pint in her hand. Unfortunately, it was only half-full since the rest of it dripped from the bloke's head opposite her.A gang of four lurked behind him.They glared at her as the sounds of sirens shot through...

After returning from the multiverse, Ella Finn's life is back to normal until the police start asking questions about her missing cousins. So Ella goes looking for the family who hates her just as people start seeing monsters everywhere - including a secret monster-hunting...

Technological change has transformed the ways knowledge is developed and shared internationally. Accordingly, in the quarter-century since the WTO was established, and since its Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights came into force, both the knowledge dimension of trade and the functioning...

The April 2022 issue of Stone Soup, the literary magazine 100% written and illustrated by kids age 13 and younger. Stone Soup has been inspiring young readers and celebrating the brilliance of its young creators since 1973; we currently publish eleven issues a year,...

Sweetie Mountain is a beautiful place. The unicorns have a wonderful life there.This fun book will delight young readers and inspire their imagination.Author: Laura ShentonISBN-10: 1913779742ISBN-13: 9781913779740Publisher: Iridescent Toad PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/04/2022Pages: 30Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.18lbsSize: 8.00h x 8.00w x 0.08d

Pleistocene, Holocene, Anthropocene, Chthulucene, Capital-ocene, to name a few, are terms developed (and debated) in an attempt to question the possibilities of a before and after, surviving and perishing. It is intertwined with threads of ontological upsets, interspecies livelihoods, and coalescences of contagions and...

Most of the short stories and personal poems in this collection are arranged alternatively making them ideal for some time-restricted or bedtime reading.Five stories, featuring a fictional Portguese detective - Inspector Raposa - are presented in a single section and the book also includes...

CHI edition of Emergency: This Book Will Save Your Life. A survival guide by Neil Strauss of The Game. Strauss was inspired by the events of 911, the tsunami, the financial crisis and decided to research and write on how we can survive in...

This first set of jewels from the poet's creative treasury is not just Poetry it's a Visetry, Visual Poetry. A collection of captivating poems and visuals, that will take you on a journey. A journey of hope, dreams, love, prayers, questions. This journey of...

When everyone in Kash's family, except him, gets COVID, he goes to stay with his Aunt Toni. She takes him on fun adventures. Read about Kash's adventures at the lake. This picture book contains sight words young children are learning at school.Author: Toni PerryISBN-10:...

We all have one life. Some of us spend it in one country, but I was fortunate to live, study and work in multiple countries. I was forced to deal with circumstances, good and bad. The key to success is how I handled my...

I died and I remember it! I passed through death like a doorway and came back. I received tremendous revelation that changed my life, and I know it can change yours, too. Dying and going to Heaven was a gift that transformed and freed...