| Title | : | Irish Fairy Tales |
| Author | : | |
| ISBN | : | 1853261572 |
| Format | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 |
More classic Irish myth than fairy tale, these stories are a window into Ireland s celtic beginnings....
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| Title | : | Undercover Tai Tai |
| Author | : | |
| ISBN | : | 9812616098 |
| Format | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : |
Amanda Tay thinks she is losing her mind or starring in a surreal film by Stanley Kubrick You would be too if you ve been knocked unconscious on your first date in 27 years only to awaken in a beautifully appointed apartment that looks like a page from Tatler Magazine.Last time she checked, the film student turned book researcher was renting a tiny room in a flat, so what Amanda Tay thinks she is losing her mind or starring in a surreal film by Stanley Kubrick You would be too if you v...
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| Title | : | 1864 |
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| ISBN | : | 1416552286 |
| Format | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 384 |
In a masterful narrative, historian and biographer Charles Bracelen Flood brings to life the drama of Lincoln s final year, in which he oversaw the last campaigns of the Civil War, was reelected as president, and laid out his majestic vision for the nation s future in a reunified South and in the expanding West.In 1864 Lincoln at the Gates of History, the reader is plun In a masterful narrative, historian and biographer Charles Bracelen Flood brings to life the drama of Lincoln s final year, in which he o...
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| Title | : | Mrs. Crump's Cat |
| Author | : | |
| ISBN | : | 0060283025 |
| Format | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 32 |
From Linda Smith and David Roberts comes a funny, heartwarming tale about the wonderful things that can happen when you open your door to friendship....
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| Title | : | Pipaluk And The Whales |
| Author | : | |
| ISBN | : | 0792282175 |
| Format | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 32 |
Based on an actual event, this moving story tells how a young Chukchi girl named Pipaluk saves the lives of thousands of beluga whales trappped in a channel with ice closing in around them in the Russian Arctic When Pipa and her father discover the whales, their entire village comes together in a valiant effort to rescue the creatures Finally, an ice breaker arrives, cut Based on an actual event, this moving story tells how a young Chukchi girl named Pipaluk saves the lives of thousand...
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| Title | : | Murder Your Darlings (Algonquin Round Table #1) |
| Author | : | |
| ISBN | : | 0451231996 |
| Format | : | Mass Market Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 318 |
One morning legendary wit Dorothy Parker discovers someone under Manhattan s famed Algonquin Round Table A little early for a passed out drunk, isn t it But he s not dead drunk, just dead When a charming writer from Mississippi named Billy Faulkner becomes a suspect in the murder, Dorothy decides to dabble in a little detective work, enlisting her literary cohorts It One morning legendary wit Dorothy Parker discovers someone under Manhattan s famed Algonquin Round Table A little early ...
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| Title | : | Tree |
| Author | : | |
| ISBN | : | 155365126X |
| Format | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 192 |
Only God can make a tree, wrote Joyce Kilmer in one of the most celebrated of poems In Tree A Life Story, authors David Suzuki and Wayne Grady extend that celebration in a biography of this extraordinary 8212 and extraordinarily important 8212 organism A story that spans a millennium and includes a cast of millions but focuses on a single tree, a Douglas f Only God can make a tree, wrote Joyce Kilmer in one of the most celebrated of poems In Tree A Life Story, authors Dav...
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| Title | : | Bismarck |
| Author | : | |
| ISBN | : | 0394703871 |
| Format | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 |
A reevaluation of Bismarck s motives and methods, focusing on the chancellor s rise to power in the 1860 s and his removal from office in 1890....
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| Title | : | Avengers Epic Collection |
| Author | : | |
| ISBN | : | 0785188940 |
| Format | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 464 |
Roger Stern s fan favorite run comes to a celestial conclusion For the life of Hercules, the Avengers must storm the very gates of Olympus and take on an entire pantheon of all powerful Greek gods Do our heroes stand a snowball s chance in Tartarus Then Magneto s on trial, and he needs all the help he can get The X Men aren t sure what his scheme is, but they re posit Roger Stern s fan favorite run comes to a celestial conclusion For the life of Hercules, the Avengers must storm the very gates of Olympus ...
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| Title | : | Contamination |
| Author | : | |
| ISBN | : | 0984893156 |
| Format | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 178 |
After another booze binge, journalist Dean Sharp wakes to find the world has changed He is trapped in his home, while outside the city is burning and in the streets people are killing each other in wanton acts of violence.Isolated and alone, Dean must face his own demons as he tries to make sense of events that have an odd familiarity about them Soon he will question if After another booze binge, journalist Dean Sharp wakes to find the world has changed He is trapped in his home, while outside the city is...
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| Title | : | The English Country House Party |
| Author | : | |
| ISBN | : | 0750918497 |
| Format | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 |
During the golden age of English country house entertaining, from the death of Prince Albert in 1861 to the outbreak of World War I, invitations passed back and forth among members of the aristocracy Barstow brings to life the personalities and lifestyles of a vanished age in this carefully researched and illustrated study International royalty and the political figures During the golden age of English country house entertaining, from the death of Prince Albert in 1861 to the outbreak of World War I, invi...
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| Title | : | The Loneliest Vampire in NYC |
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| ISBN | : | |
| Format | : | Kindle Edition |
| Number of Pages | : |
Stanley is just your average everyday vampire trying to make a go of it in old New York He doesn t have much in the way of friends or career prospects and he can t get a girlfriend And as if life in New York City wasn t hard enough, he finds he s the only thing standing between the vampire overlord and the destruction of Manhattan He does get some assistance however fro Stanley is just your average everyday vampire trying to make a go of it in old New York He doesn t have much in the way of friends or car...
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| Title | : | Meine Preise |
| Author | : | |
| ISBN | : | 3518420550 |
| Format | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 139 |
Oft erweisen sich Erstausgaben aus dem Nachlass als d rftig getarnte Beutelschneiderei hier nicht Meine Preise ist eine in jeder Hinsicht gelungene und von Bernhard selbst so konzipierte Zusammenstellung von Prosatexten zu Preisverleihungen, drei Dankesreden und der Erkl rung seines Austritts aus der Darmst dter Akademie f r Sprache und Dichtung So zeugen die Prosa Oft erweisen sich Erstausgaben aus dem Nachlass als d rftig getarnte Beutelschneiderei hier nicht Meine Preise ist eine in jeder Hinsicht gelu...
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| Title | : | A Valentine for Norman Noggs |
| Author | : | |
| ISBN | : | 0060276568 |
| Format | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 32 |
She loves him.She loves him not Wilhemina is the new girl in class As soon as Norman sees her, he knows he d do anything for her But Norman isn t the only one who likes Wilhemina And he s not even the biggest or the toughest guy around Norman decides the only way Wilhemina will notice him is if he makes her a valentine Then the other boys learn his plan and try to st She loves him.She loves him not Wilhemina is the new girl in class As soon as Norman sees her, he knows he d do anything...
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| Title | : | Beyond the Body Farm |
| Author | : | |
| ISBN | : | 0060875291 |
| Format | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 282 |
There is no scientist in the world like Dr Bill Bass A pioneer in forensic anthropology, Bass created the world s first laboratory dedicated to the study of human decomposition three acres of land on a hillside in Tennessee where human bodies are left to the elements His research at the Body Farm has revolutionized forensic science, helping police crack cold cases and There is no scientist in the world like Dr Bill Bass A pioneer in forensic anthropology, Bass created the world s first laboratory dedicate...
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| Title | : | The Rival Queens |
| Author | : | |
| ISBN | : | 0316409650 |
| Format | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 434 |
The riveting true story of mother and daughter queens Catherine de Medici and Marguerite de Valois, whose wildly divergent personalities and turbulent relationship changed the shape of their tempestuous and dangerous century.Set in magnificent Renaissance France, this is the story of two remarkable women, a mother and daughter driven into opposition by a terrible betrayal The riveting true story of mother and daughter queens Catherine de Medici and Marguerite de Valois, whose wildly di...
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| Title | : | Thousand Words |
| Author | : | |
| ISBN | : | 0316209724 |
| Format | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 284 |
Ashleigh s boyfriend, Kaleb, is about to leave for college, and Ashleigh is worried that he ll forget about her while he s away So at a legendary end of summer pool party, Ashleigh s friends suggest she text him a picture of herself sans swimsuit to take with him Before she can talk herself out of it, Ashleigh strides off to the bathroom, snaps a photo in the full Ashleigh s boyfriend, Kaleb, is about to leave for college, and Ashleigh is worried that he ll forget about her while he s away So at a legenda...
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