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Traces James's development of the modern novel, following a thread that leads from Romanticism and Literary Naturalism to French Impressionist theories of art, and culminates in a distinctly Jaemsian rendering of aestheticism.

Unforgettable and deeply arresting, Let Me Go is a haunting memoir of World War II that "won't let you go until you've finished reading the last page" (The Washington Post Book World). In 1941, in Berlin, Helga Schneider's mother abandoned her along with her father and younger brother. Let Me Go recounts Helga's final meeting with her ailing mother in a Vienna nursing home some sixty years after World War II, in which Helga confronts a nightma...

Develop a better understanding on the timely topic of hydrogen and its place in the world's future energy mix along with fossil fuels and renewable resources

⢠The book reveals everything nobody else will tell you about the engineering profession. ⢠It will give them a head start in using experienced strategies while dealing with technicians, draftsman, marketing, purchasing and manufacturing personnel, and project managers. ⢠It enlightens the reader about the different aspects of an engineering career.

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Dulio and Nelson analyze the Bush and Kerry campaigns and use them as the springboard for a broader exploration of the current U.S. campaign system and its strengths and weaknesses. The book addresses four key issues: Whos in charge of modern campaigns? How effective are the key players? What role does money play? And are campaigns being conducted in an ethical manner?

The most exciting achievement to date from the acclaimed author of Sleepers and Gangster, Paradise City is a riveting thriller of two cops and two countries, a stunning crime novel about the roots of revenge, honor, and evil.As a fifteen-year-old, Giancarlo Lo Manto learned about injustice the hard way. His father was gunned down by the Camorra, the murderous clan run by Don Nicola Rossi. When his mother moved him from New York back to his fam...

This third book in the four-book Children's Book Corner set provides a complete program for those starting a read-aloud program at home, in their classroom or school, or their public library. This volume focuses on read-alouds for children in grades 3 and 4. It provides book lists, book selection ideas, as well as pre-reading, while-reading, and post-reading questions and activities. Parent Pull-Out Pages with helpful tips are provided for dup...

In this warm and inviting guide to creating a more human style of living, Foster guides readers on the simple path toward finding God by learning to listen, to give, to understand, to show compassion, and to accept what they already have.

Legendary St. Louis promoter Sam Muchnick and the magical television wrestling show broadcast from the opulent Chase Hotel from 1959 to 1983 are captured in this informative, amusing, and sometimes poignant story of one of wrestling's greatest eras. The high-class establishment of the Chase Hotel and the rough-and-tumble world of professional wrestling made strange bedfellows, but they worked together to produce an addicting spectacle under th...

From the 2006 Newbery Medal winner comes "Criss Cross, " a remarkable novel about finding first love...or at least searching for it.

An American photographer in the war-torn Balkans struggles to rebuild his shattered life after the kidnapping of his son

Few in popular music have had as varied a career and as lasting an impact as Bob Dylan. His songs have entered the cultural consciousness in a way that some have called revolutionary. In this bold and comprehensive new study--the definitive guide to Dylan's work--author Larry David Smith explores the convergence of biography, artistic philosophy, and musical style in Bob Dylan's oeuvre. Making the case that "Bob Dylan" is actually a persona ca...

Provides elementary school teachers with a new problem for every day of the school year-- ideal for improving math skills while giving students a starting activity for each day.

The murder of an old foe at the dress rehearsal of an amateur production of "Sweeney Todd" marks Hannah Ives as a prime suspect. Original.

Betsy was going to be the best shepherd in Bray Valley history.Any wolf who tries to eat Betsy's sheep had better watch out. But Zimmo is no ordinary wolf—he's a hungry wolf, with a Plan!In her first picture book, Newbery Honor author Gail Carson Levine puts her own spin on a traditional tale, while Scott Nash brings a comic sensibility to this hilarious story.

In his latest mission, submarine Commander Jeffrey Fuller and the crew of the "Challenger" go head-to-head against their most dangerous adversary yet: their own allies.

FILL IN THE BLANK: MY LIFE WOULD BE MEANINGFUL IF__________________.People have all kinds of ways to fill in that blank. Some want more money. Some moreinfluence. Others more pleasure. The point is we want MORE. But is that enough? Doesdevouring everything the world has to offer lead to satisfaction?In the Bible, the book of Ecclesiastes describes someone who tried to answer thatquestion. Whether it was sex, drugs, money, power, food, relation...

A bestseller when it was published in 1970 at the height of the Mexican-American civil rights movement, Chicano unfolds the fates and fortunes of the Sandoval family, who flee the chaos and poverty of the Mexican Revolution and begin life anew in the United States. Patriarch Hector Sandoval works the fields and struggles to provide for his family even as he faces discrimination and injustice. Of his children, only Pete Sandoval is able to crea...

The push for students to excel at school and get into the best colleges has never been more intense. In this invaluable new book, the" bestselling co-author of "Raising Cain addresses America's performance-driven obsession with the accomplishments of its kids-and provides a deeply humane response."How was school?" These three words contain a world of desire on the part of parents to know what their children are learning and experiencing in sch...