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Ecstatic essays from the new standard bearer for experimental belles lettres "The future is women, for real this time. I'm sorry, but it's time you got used to it." "'Well, we've been kept from ourselves too long, don't you think?' an old woman says to a friend / two women in the park at dusk." -From Break Every Rule In this groundbreaking work of ecstatic criticism, Carole Maso shows why she has risen, over the past fifteen years, as one of the brightest stars in the literary firmament. Ever refusing to be marginalized or categorized by genre, Maso is an incisive, compassionate writer who deems herself "daughter" of William Carlos Williams, a pioneer in combining poetry and fiction with criticism, journalism, and the visual arts. [More..] | |
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The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Subjects: Fiction / Literary; Fiction / Historical; Fiction / Literary; [More..] | |
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When Zenda visits her cousins on the planet Crystallin, she is dazzled by this sparkling world of jewels. It's amazing to spend time on a world so unlike her own. The brilliant jems and dazzling people around her almost make Zenda forget about her own special gift for working with plants. But Zenda's talents are called upon when a shocking event helps her remember that all that glitters is not gold. [More..] | |
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Five-year-old Heidi, an orphan, has been sent to live with her grandfather in the Swiss Alps. All of his neighbors fear him, but Heidi knows he is kind at heart, and the two learn to live happily together. Heidi loves her life, but soon her aunt takes her away and forces Heidi to work for strangers in town as a companion to their handicapped daughter, Clara. Heidi befriends Clara and begins to learn to read and write, but she is also homesick for her grandfather and best friend, a goat-herd. Will she ever make it back to her beloved mountain home?Johanna Spyri's classic tale has been adapted into an easy-reading Stepping Stones format, while keeping all the love, friendship, and adventure of the original book. [More..] | |
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Here is a workbook designed for classroom use that can also serve as a self-teacher. It contains hundreds of questions and exercises that help students put the rules of English grammar and writing style into practice. Eighty-five exercises include identifying nouns, comparison of adverbs and adjectives, identifying a sentence's subjects and predicates, correcting sentence fragments, making the subject and verb agree, writing and developing paragraphs, using footnotes and bibliographies, and much more. [More..] | |
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British airman Dym Ingleford is convinced that the young German prisoner, Max Eckermann, is his brother Anthony who was kidnapped years before. Raised in the Nazi ideology, Tony has by chance tumbled into British hands. Dym has brought him back, at least temporarily, to the family he neither remembers nor will acknowledge as his own. As Tony keeps attempting to escape, his stubborn anger is whittled away by the patient kindness he finds at the White Priory. Then, just as he is resigning himself to stay with this English family, a new chance suddenly opens for him to return home-to Germany! [More..] | |
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Almost 15-year-old Carolyn, the “baby” of the Pierce family, is experiencing the growing-up difficulties and frustrations typical of the youngest child. Melinda is energetically engaged in the town life of Amarillo, the twins are happily married, and Katie, home from school, spends all day sighing listlessly around the house. Carolyn feels a bit neglected—after all, she has problems and worries, too! In her attempts to find her own place in the adult world, Carolyn tries to assist Katie’s floundering romance, secretly befriends the daughter of an unfriendly homesteader, and discovers that words, her words, can make a difference in others’ lives—particularly in the life of young Jim Foster. The Texas Panhandle is a good land for [More..] | |
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Define a healthy relationship. Is it filled with trust, respect, honesty, communication? There must be a balance in the "power and control." A relationship takes two. It is a partnership. The responsibility, financial or otherwise, should never rest on the shoulders of one. It should be a shared responsibility. What happens when there is an imbalance in this power and control, when the one person who has accepted this responsibility abuses it? You find yourself in an unhealthy relationship where domestic violence could occur frequently and severely. The Plus Factor is an autobiographical account of my journey from tragedy to triumph. It is a survivor's story that describes in vivid detail what happens when love becomes violent. Domestic vio [More..] | |
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Book 1 of the Twilight tales: Raina Lightfoot had always known that she was different, yet she was going to learn that even in her Gifted reality, there was far more hidden from Humanity than even she had realized. A drunken Beltane casting calls four creatures instead of one, each Element choosing a champion...and two of them are spell-bent to have their way. Alas, nothing is as simple as it seems in a world where Magic inundates all Creation and Intent is the only requirement to Call it. Where Love is a physical Power and Hate can be sharper than any sacred blade. Something is killing the First Children, those that mortals call Vampire and Shape Shifter, but are known among their own as Lang and Utameer. They must put aside [More..] | |
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The world has problems! And no one knows that better than God. (He sees everything, remember?) He decides it's time for that ultimate wake-up call. Only this go-round, the Big Man is giving his Daughter a shot. Her name is Ilona. She's 18, lives in the East Village, listens to alternative music, dates, drinks, and has no problem telling the Pope and the President that they better get their act together...pronto! But like every Savior, Ilona has a deadline. She needs to get her message (the 11th commandment: "Be Kind") across now. And what better way than through the media. She becomes a sensation, promoting her word on various talk shows, and from her vantage point on the cover of every magazine. Ilona is the new "It" girl, [More..] | |
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