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Aaron's Rodby D. H. LawrenceISBN 1595406182 (1-59540-618-2)
Softcover, 1st World Library
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American Godsby Neil GaimanISBN 1594970998 (1-59497-099-8)
Hardcover, Public Square Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'American Gods'Book summary:Nota: En los titulos y nombres de autores, los marcos ortograficos han sido omitidos para facilitar las busquedas de Internet.
La vida en la cárcel es dura. Pero siempre queda un rayo de esperanza si sabes que, a la salida, te espera una mujer que te ama, un amigo que te quiere, un trabajo que adoras. . .Todo eso es lo que quiere Sombra, que está a punto de salir de la cárcel. . .Pero un día le comunican que su mujer y su mejor amigo han muerto en un accidente de coche. Entonces, contratado por un extraño anciano experto en timos y estafas que responde al nombre de Wednesday, Sombra empieza un interminable viaje a lo largo y ancho de América, perseguido por el espíritu de su esposa, en el que descubre el límite entre lo humano y los divino, y que las reglas que rigen el mundo de los hombres no son las mismas con las que lose dioses conducen el mundo.
Neil Gaiman vuelve con American Gods a dar lo major de sí mismo y crea una historia en la que dioses y héroes se dan la mano, en la que el destino de la misma alma de Norteamérica está en juego. Con American Gods, Neil Gaiman se ha consagrado como uno autores de terror más importantes del panorama internacional, se ha colocado en los primeros puestos de las listas de los más vendidos de todo el mundo y ha ganado el premio Hugo a Mejor Novela de Ciencia Ficción y el premio Stoker a Mejor Novela de Terror.
Amazon.com's Best of 2001 American Gods is Neil Gaiman's best and most ambitious novel yet, a scary, strange, and hallucinogenic road-trip story wrapped around a deep examination of the American spirit. Gaiman tackles everything from the onslaught of the information age to the meaning of death, but he doesn't sacrifice the razor-sharp plotting and narrative style he's been delivering since his Sandman days.
Shadow gets out of prison early when his wife is killed in a car crash. At a loss, he takes up with a mysterious character called Wednesday, who is much more than he appears. In fact, Wednesday is an old god, once known as Odin the All-father, who is roaming America rounding up his forgotten fellows in preparation for an epic battle against the upstart deities of the Internet, credit cards, television, and all that is wired. Shadow agrees to help Wednesday, and they whirl through a psycho-spiritual storm that becomes all too real in its manifestations. For instance, Shadow's dead wife Laura keeps showing up, and not just as a ghost--the difficulty of their continuing relationship is by turns grim and darkly funny, just like the rest of the book.
Armed only with some coin tricks and a sense of purpose, Shadow travels through, around, and underneath the visible surface of things, digging up all the powerful myths Americans brought with them in their journeys to this land as well as the ones that were already here. Shadow's road story is the heart of the novel, and it's here that Gaiman offers up the details that make this such a cinematic book--the distinctly American foods and diversions, the bizarre roadside attractions, the decrepit gods reduced to shell games and prostitution. "This is a bad land for Gods," says Shadow.
More than a tourist in America, but not a native, Neil Gaiman offers an outside-in and inside-out perspective on the soul and spirituality of the country--our obsessions with money and power, our jumbled religious heritage and its societal outcomes, and the millennial decisions we face about what's real and what's not. --Therese Littleton --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. [via]
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And They Were Not Ashamed: Strengthening Marriage Through Sexual Fulfillmentby Laura M. BrothersonISBN 1587830345 (1-58783-034-5)
Softcover, Elton Wolf Pub
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At Home in Mitfordby Jan KaronISBN 1589190629 (1-58919-062-9)
Softcover, David C Cook
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› Find signed collectible books: 'At Home in Mitford'Book summary:A Light in the Window is the second installment in this enormously popular series about a small-town rector, Father Tim, and the heartwarming cast of characters surrounding him. This time Father Tim, a lifelong bachelor, finds his heart distracted by his free-spirited neighbor Cynthia, but his stomach and the rectory cash box are distracted by Edith, a wealthy widow who is wooing the rector with love potion casseroles. At every turn, including when a brooding Irish cousin decides to move in, Father Tim must decide whether he will practice what he preaches.
Fans of the series say they long to buy real estate in Mitford, just so they can live next door to these funny and endearing characters and feel the embrace of such a loving community. But what author Jan Karon probably knows, and many readers are starting to figure out, is that the integrity and solid Christian values that these characters possess can be found in just about every neighborhood, and with inspiration like this book, anyone can build their own Mitford community. --Gail Hudson [via]
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The Best Thing I Ever Did for My Marriageby Nancy Cobb, Connie GrigsbyISBN 1590521994 (1-59052-199-4)
Softcover, Multnomah Pub
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Black Roseby Nora RobertsISBN 1594130833 (1-59413-083-3)
Softcover, Thorndike Press
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Number-one bestselling author Nora Roberts presents the second novel of her In the Garden trilogy, as three women must discover the secrets from the past contained within their historic home . . .
At forty-five, Rosalind Harper is a woman whose experiences have made her strong enough to bend without breaking - and weather any storm. A widow with three grown sons, she survived a disastrous second marriage, and built her In the Garden nursery from the ground up. Through the years, In the Garden has become more than just a thriving business - it is a symbol of hope and independence to Roz, and to the two women she shares it with. Newlywed Stella and new mother Hayley are the sisters of her heart, and together, the three of them are the future of In the Garden. But now that future is under attack, and Roz knows they can't fight this battle alone. Hired to investigate Roz's Harper ancestors, Dr. Mitchell Carnagie finds himself just as intrigued with Roz herself. And as they begin to unravel the puzzle of the Harper Bride's identity, Roz is shocked to find herself falling for the fascinating genealogist. Now it is a desperate race to discover the truth before the unpredictable apparition lashes out at the one woman who can help her rest in peace . . .
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- Nora Roberts is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than one hundred novels, including eighteen books in the #1 New York Times bestselling In Death series, written under the pen name J. D. Robb.
- Roberts' work has been optioned and made into films, excerpted in national magazines and translated in over twenty-five different countries.
- Book One of the In The Garden trilogy, Blue Dahlia, will be available January 2005.
- Book Three of the In The Garden trilogy, Red Lily, will be available January 2006.
- Nora Roberts now lives in Keedysville, Maryland.
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Blissful Marriage: A Practical Islamic Guideby Ekram Beshir, Mohamed Rida BeshirISBN 159008019X (1-59008-019-X)
Softcover, Amana Pubns
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Blue Dahliaby Nora RobertsISBN 1594130612 (1-59413-061-2)
Softcover, Thorndike Press
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A New York Times Bestseller
#1 bestselling author Nora Roberts presents the first novel of her In the Garden trilogy.
A Harper has always lived at Harper House, the centuries-old mansion just outside of Memphis. And for as long as anyone alive remembers, the ghostly Harper Bride has walked the halls, singing lullabies at night . . . Trying to escape the ghosts of the past, young widow Stella Rothchild, along with her two energetic little boys, has moved back to her roots in southern Tennessee - and into her new life at Harper House and In the Garden nursery. She isn't intimidated by the house - nor its mistress, local legend Roz Harper. Despite a reputation for being difficult, Roz has been nothing but kind to Stella, offering her a comfortable new place to live and a challenging new job as manager of the flourishing nursery. As Stella settles comfortably into her new life she discovers a fierce attraction with ruggedly handsome landscaper Logan Kitridge. But someone isn't happy about the budding romance . . . the Harper Bride. As the women dig into the history of Harper House, they discover that grief and rage have kept the Bride's spirit alive long past her death. And now, she will do anything to destroy the passion that Logan and Stella share . . .
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About the author:
- Nora Roberts is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than one hundred novels, including eighteen books in the #1 New York Times bestselling In Death series, written under the pen name J. D. Robb.
- Roberts' work has been optioned and made into films, excerpted in national magazines and translated in over twenty-five different countries.
- Book Two of the In The Garden trilogy, Black Rose, will be available July 2005.
- Book Three of the In The Garden trilogy, Red Lily, will be available January 2006.
- Nora Roberts now lives in Keedysville, Maryland.
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Blueprints for a Solid Marriage: Build, Remodel, Repairby Steve StephensISBN 1589973585 (1-58997-358-5)
Hardcover, Tyndale House Pub
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Christian Family Guide to Married Loveby Stephen Clark, Sybil ClarkISBN 159257078X (1-59257-078-X)
Softcover, Alpha Books
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Count of Monte Cristoby Alexandre DumasISBN 1593080883 (1-59308-088-3)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Count of Monte Cristo'Book summary:[via]The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexandre Dumas, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:Dashing young Edmond Dantès has everything. He is engaged to a beautiful woman, is about to become the captain of a ship, and is well liked by almost everyone. But his perfect life is shattered when he is framed by a jealous rival and thrown into a dark prison cell for 14 years.
The greatest tale of betrayal, adventure, and revenge ever written, The Count of Monte Cristo continues to dazzle readers with its thrilling and memorable scenes, including Dantèss miraculous escape from prison, his amazing discovery of a vast hidden treasure, and his transformation into the mysterious and wealthy Count of Monte Cristoa man whose astonishing thirst for vengeance is as cruel as it is just.Luc Sante is the author of Low Life, Evidence, and The Factory of Facts. He teaches writing and the history of photography at Bard College.
Covenant Hearts: Marriage And the Joy of Human Loveby Bruce C. HafenISBN 1590385365 (1-59038-536-5)
Hardcover, Deseret Book Co
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D'Aulaires' Book of Animalsby Ingri D'Aulaire, Edgar Parin D'AulaireISBN 1590172264 (1-59017-226-4)
Hardcover, Random House Distribution childrens
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› Find signed collectible books: 'D'Aulaires' Book of Animals'Book summary:THE CELEBRATED HUSBAND-AND-WIFE TEAM OF INGRI AND EDGAR PARIN DAULAIRE
prepared this exceptionally beautiful volume for their own son Ola, and it is as fresh and enchanting today as it was when it rst sprung from their imaginations.
DAulaires Book of Animals introduces young children to the creatures of every continent. Here more than fty animals lithographed in full color form one side of a book that can be read page by page or unfolded to form a continuous panorama; the flipside of the panorama reveals the nighttime world of the animals in the very same settings. Each tableau presents the subjects in their native environmentsfrom the tropical to the arcticand is rendered with the exemplary richness of color and delightful understanding of the childrens world that distinguish the dAulaires much-loved retellings of the Norse and Greek myths and their wildly playful Book of Trolls. Young children, meeting animals from all over the world for the rst time, will be delighted not only with the animals themselves but with the simple and engaging text which provides information about the way they act, the world they live in, andbest of allthe sounds they make. DAulaires Book of Animals is not only a perfect picture book for preschoolers, but a work of art that can be enjoyed by all. [via]More editions of D'Aulaires' Book of Animals:
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Daily Disciples: Bible Study Guideby Ellyn Sanna, Jeffrey A. Leever, David WardellISBN 1586600621 (1-58660-062-1)
Softcover, Barbour Pub Inc
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Damsels in Distress: Biblical Solutions for Problems Women Faceby Martha PeaceISBN 1596380381 (1-59638-038-1)
Hardcover, P&R Pub
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Daniel Derondaby George Eliot, Earl L. DachslagerISBN 1593082908 (1-59308-290-8)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Daniel Deronda'Book summary:[via]Daniel Deronda, by George Eliot, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:George Eliots last, most ambitious novel, Daniel Deronda aroused scandal when it first appeared in 1876. What begins as a passionate love story takes a surprising turn into the hidden world of the early Zionist movement in Victorian England.
The story opens memorably at a roulette table, where we first meet the young and idealistic Daniel Deronda and the enchanting Gwendolen Harlethwhom many critics consider to be George Eliots finest creation. Although the two are immediately drawn to one another, Gwendolenoutwardly alluring and vivacious, inwardly complex and unsettledis forced by circumstance into an oppressive marriage with the harsh aristocratic Henleigh Grandcourt.
Deeply unhappy, she turns for friendship to Daniel, only to discover his involvement with Mirah Lapidoth, a talented young Jewish woman. Torn between his devotion to Gwendolen and his passion for Mirah and the plight of her people, Daniel is forced to look at his own mysterious past and find out who he really isand who he wants to become.Earl L. Dachslager is Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Houston and an adjunct professor in the Universitys Distant Education Program. He received his Ph.D. in English from the University of Maryland. He reviews books regularly for the Houston Chronicle.
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Don't Make a Black Woman Take Off Her Earrings: Madea's Uninhibited Commentaries On Love and Lifeby Tyler PerryISBN 1594482403 (1-59448-240-3)
Softcover, Riverhead Books
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In 2005, Tyler Perry took Hollywood by storm. The movie he wrote, produced, and starred in, Diary of a Mad Black Woman, opened number one at the box office and went on to gross more than $50 million. In its first week on sale, the DVD sold 2.4 million copies. At the same time, Perry was starring nightly across the country in a soldout stage show he'd also written, produced, and scored-Madea Goes to Jail-even as another one of his productions, Meet the Browns, was touring nationally. Every week in 2005, 35,000 people saw a Tyler Perry production. His second feature film, Madea's Family Reunion, opens in theaters in February 2006. Now, this triple-threat actor/playwright/director, has written his first book, and it features his most beloved, most irreverent creation: sixty-eight-year-old grandmother Madea Simmons.
Madea is at the center of all of Tyler Perry's work, and she's always unfailingly outspoken, dead-on, and hilarious. But in Don't Make a Black Woman Take Off Her Earrings, Madea shares more than she ever has before- about herself, and about what she thinks of everyone around her. The topics inimitably covered by Madea (a term of endearment for "Mother Dear") include love and marriage, child-rearing, etiquette and neighborliness, beauty tips, health tips, financial tips, the Bible and the church, and, of course, gun care. She's brazen, feisty, and never at a loss for words, but at the heart of everything she says- and at the heart of all of Perry's work-is a resounding message of faith and forgiveness.
Shockingly hilarious, surprisingly moving, and as rousing and inspiring as a great gospel show, Madea's words of wisdom, memories, and straight-up in-your-face advice will be cherished by Perry's numerous fans- and it all comes just in time for Mother's Day. Tyler Perry is about to take the publishing world by storm.More editions of Don't Make a Black Woman Take Off Her Earrings: Madea's Uninhibited Commentaries On Love and Life:
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The Dream Giver For Couplesby Bruce Wilkinson, Darlene Marie WilkinsonISBN 1590524608 (1-59052-460-8)
Hardcover, Multnomah Pub
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Enchanted Aprilby Elizabeth Von Arnim, Cathleen SchineISBN 1590172256 (1-59017-225-6)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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The Enchanted April 1922by Elizabeth Von ArnimISBN 1594621500 (1-59462-150-0)
Softcover, Standard Pubns Inc
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Evangelical Feminism and Biblical Truth: An Analysis of More Than 100 Disputed Questionsby Wayne GrudemISBN 1601420315 (1-60142-031-5)
Softcover, Multnomah Pub
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Family Transformed: Religion, Values, And Society in American Lifeby Steven M. Tipton, John WitteISBN 1589010663 (1-58901-066-3)
Softcover, Georgetown Univ Pr
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For Men Only: A Straighforward Guide to the Inner Lives of Womenby Shaunti Feldhahn, Jeff FeldhahnISBN 1590525728 (1-59052-572-8)
Hardcover, Multnomah Pub
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Women: Complicated and impossible to understand? Do you love and want to please the woman in your life, but just cant seem to figure her out? That was before For Men Only. Now at your fingertips is the tool that will unlock the secret to her mysterious ways. Through hundreds of interviews and the results of a scientific national survey of women, this book demonstrates that women are actually not random and that they really can be systematized and mapped. In fact, much to mens delight, this book shows that women are actually quite easy to understand and pleaseas long as you know what it is they need. This simple map will guide you to loving your wife or girlfriend in the way she needs to be loved.
The bestselling author of For Women Onlyteams with her husband to offer men the key to unlocking the mysterious ways of women. Through Shaunti and Jeff Feldhahn s national scientific survey and hundreds of interviews, For Men Only reveals what you can do today to improve your relationship. And believe it or not, as Jeff assures men, Its not splitting the atom.
And for every guy who rarely reads a manual: Quick-Start Guide Included!
When we featured Shauntis book For Women Only on FamilyLife Today, the phone rang off the hook! When Shaunti and Jeff come back on our broadcast, Im buying some more phones. This is fresh and relevantgood stuff for every marriage. Read it!
-Dennis Rainey, President, FamilyLife
Story Behind the Book
As I was writing For Women Only to help women understand the inner lives of men, over and over I heard that men wished there was a way to understand their wives, but they felt it was probably impossible. I heard from them, You are writing this little slim volume about men, but if it was about understanding women, it would have to be the size of an encyclopedia! Women are random and complicated! These men were surprised and encouraged when I assured them that women are neither random nor complicated, and we can be understood. Men just want to love their wives well, and For Men Only will help them do that.
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For Women Only Discussion Guideby Shaunti Feldhahn, Lisa A. RiceISBN 1590525469 (1-59052-546-9)
Softcover, Multnomah Pub
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For Women Only Discussion Guide: A Companion to the Bestseller About the Inner Lives of Menby Shaunti Feldhahn, Lisa A. RiceISBN 1590527682 (1-59052-768-2)
Softcover, Multnomah Pub
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For Young Women Onlyby Shaunti Christine Feldhahn, Lisa A. RiceISBN 1590526503 (1-59052-650-3)
Hardcover, Multnomah Pub
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The Frog Prince Continued: Teachers Guideby Jon Scieszka, Steve Johnson, Patrick G. LawlorISBN 1591122309 (1-59112-230-9)
Softcover, Live Oak Media
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The Gentleman's Gardenby Catherine JinksISBN 1741141435 (1-74114-143-5)
Softcover, Allen & Unwin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Gentleman's Garden'Book summary:Set in colonial Australia, this romantic novel explores love, hardship, and the strength of the human spirit. Dorothea Brande leaves the quiet harmony of her English home to accompany her soldier husband to rough-and-tumble Sydney in 1814. To soften the harshness of their life there, she begins cultivating an English garden with the help of her convict manservant, Daniel. Together, in the creation of this garden, Dorothea and Daniel find a new strength and a special kind of refuge, both in the garden and with each other. Dorothea begins to adapt to her unforgiving new environment, but her husband is steadily destroyed by it. Written in the spirit of the works of Jane Austen and George Eliot, the novel is set against a vivid backdrop of the political events of the time while the public and personal gossip of the day weave in and out of the storyline.[via]More editions of The Gentleman's Garden:
God's Gift to Womenby Eric LudyISBN 1590522729 (1-59052-272-9)
Softcover, Multnomah Pub
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Good Earthby Pearl S. BuckISBN 1587249057 (1-58724-905-7)
Softcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Good Earth'Book summary:The story begins on the wedding day of farmer Wang Lung and follows his simple, often one-sided view of the Chinese culture, times, and his connection with the land. The land is a recurring theme throughout the novel, seemingly nurtured by the apparent protagonists, rejected and ruined by the antagonists. The author uses the House of Hwang, a nearby house of nobles, to contrast and predict their rise and fall. As the House of Hwang meets its slow and desperate end, Wang Lung rises.
However, as the weather turns disastrous for farming, Wang Lung's family has to flee to the city to scrape out a meager living. Upon returning home, the family fares better. Wang Lung eventually becomes a prosperous man, his rise contrasting with the downfall of the Hwang family, who lose their connection to the land. At the end of the novel, when Wang Lung is an old man, he overhears his sons plotting to sell some of the land, thus showing the end of the cycle of wealth and downfall. [via]
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The Gospel Mystery of Santificationby Walter MarshallISBN 1589600630 (1-58960-063-0)
Hardcover, Sovereign Grace Pub
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A Great Mystery: Fourteen Wedding Sermonsby Peter J. LeithartISBN 1591280370 (1-59128-037-0)
Hardcover, Canon Press
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Guynd: A Scottish Journalby Belinda RathboneISBN 1593720157 (1-59372-015-7)
Hardcover, Quantuck Lane Pr & the Mill rd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Guynd: A Scottish Journal'Book summary:This memoir offers an American woman's uniquely privileged view into the pastoral Scotland of today. By turns funny, heartwarming, and occasionally sad, it is the author's account of her marriage to a Scottish landowner and of the years they spent together at "The Guynd," his large ancestral estate. We follow her steep learning curve in dealing with a grand and crumbling mansion still recovering from the effects of two World Wars, as well as an overgrown landscape, a derelict garden, troublesome tenants, local aristocracy, Scottish rituals, and a husband for whom change is anathema.
A son and heir draws the author into an intimate relationship with every tier of the local society, while a visiting American friend heightens the strain of the ever-present culture gap. Alternating between enchantment and despair, Rathbone digs into family and local history in an effort to understand her surroundings and free her husband from the grip of the past.
Like a letter home from a strange land, this book offers a view of Scotland not found in the guide books. The tale of the journey through the wrought iron gates and up the long tree-lined drive into the living past is both wry and poignant, both oddball and deeply reflective of the ties that bind us. [via]More editions of Guynd: A Scottish Journal:
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Hard Timesby Charles Dickens, Karen OddenISBN 1593081561 (1-59308-156-1)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hard Times'Book summary:Hard Times is regarded as one of Dickens' darker novels. It introduces the character of Thomas Gradgrind. Like many of Dickens' characters, Gradgrind's name tells the reader much of what they need to know. As schoolmaster Gradgrind says, "Now, what I want is, Facts. Teach these boys and girls nothing but Facts. Facts alone are wanted in life. Plant nothing else, and root out everything else. You can only form the minds of reasoning animals upon Facts: nothing else will ever be of any service to them. This is the principle on which I bring up my own children, and this is the principle on which I bring up these children. Stick to Facts, sir!" Gradgrind's factual upbringing dooms his children, Tom and Louisa, in different ways. The book is set in "Coketown," an industrial city. Because of its treatment of the role of factory work, as well as education, in society, Hard Times was thought to be a "socialist" work at the time of its publication. It was also written during a time when Dickens was experiencing trouble in his own marriage, and it features a number of unhappy couples and much family discord. Less popular at its publication than many of other Dickens' works, Hard Times remains one of the most-taught of Dickens' major books, possibly because of the group, it is the shortest. [via]
I'm Proud of You: My Friendship With Fred Rogersby Tim MadiganISBN 1592402275 (1-59240-227-5)
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Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrellby Susanna ClarkeISBN 1596911530 (1-59691-153-0)
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The Joy Luck Clubby Amy TanISBN 1587248832 (1-58724-883-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Joy Luck Club'Book summary:Four mothers, four daughters, four families whose histories shift with the four winds depending on who's "saying" the stories. In 1949 four Chinese women, recent immigrants to San Francisco, begin meeting to eat dim sum, play mahjong, and talk. United in shared unspeakable loss and hope, they call themselves the Joy Luck Club. Rather than sink into tragedy, they choose to gather to raise their spirits and money. "To despair was to wish back for something already lost. Or to prolong what was already unbearable." Forty years later the stories and history continue.
With wit and sensitivity, Amy Tan examines the sometimes painful, often tender, and always deep connection between mothers and daughters. As each woman reveals her secrets, trying to unravel the truth about her life, the strings become more tangled, more entwined. Mothers boast or despair over daughters, and daughters roll their eyes even as they feel the inextricable tightening of their matriarchal ties. Tan is an astute storyteller, enticing readers to immerse themselves into these lives of complexity and mystery. [via]
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The Lady and the Unicornby Tracy ChevalierISBN 1587246147 (1-58724-614-7)
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Les Liaisons Dangereusesby Choderlos De Laclos, Alfred MacAdam, Ernest Christopher DowsonISBN 1593082401 (1-59308-240-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Les Liaisons Dangereuses'Book summary:[via]Les Liaisons Dangereuses, by Peirre Choderlos de Laclos, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:Love . . . sex . . . seduction. Of the three, only the last matters. Love is a meaningless word, and sex an ephemeral pleasure, but seduction is an amusing game in which victory means power and the ability to humiliate ones enemies and revel with ones friends. So it is for the Vicomte de Valmont and the Marquise de Merteuil, two supremely bored aristocrats during the final years before the French Revolution. Together they concoct a wildly wicked wager: If Valmont can successfully seduce the virtuous wife of a government official, Madame de Tourvel, then Madame Merteuil will sleep with him again. But Madame Merteuil also wants Valmont to conquer the young and innocent former convent schoolgirl, Cécile Volanges. Can he do both?
When Les Liaisons Dangereuses was first published in 1782, it both scandalized and titillated the aristocracy it was aimed against, who publicly denounced it and privately devoured it. Today we still recognize its relevance, for what could be more contemporary than its appalling image of everyday evil small, selfish, manipulative, and mean.Alfred Mac Adam, Professor at Barnard CollegeColumbia University, teaches Latin American and comparative literature. He is a translator of Latin American fiction and writes extensively on art.More editions of Les Liaisons Dangereuses:
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The List: 7 Ways to Tell If He's Going to Marry You--in 30 Days or Less!by Mary Corbett, Sheila Corbett Kihne, Sheila CorbettISBN 1593374003 (1-59337-400-3)
Softcover, Adams Media Corp
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Love Meby Garrison KeillorISBN 159413037X (1-59413-037-X)
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Madame De Treymesby Edith WhartonISBN 159818377X (1-59818-377-X)
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Main Streetby Sinclair Lewis, Brooke AllenISBN 1593080360 (1-59308-036-0)
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A Man and Her Weddingby Steven BrantnerISBN 1586190016 (1-58619-001-6)
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Marriage Most Scandalousby Johanna LindseyISBN 1594131287 (1-59413-128-7)
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The Married Guy's Guide to Great Sex: Building a Passionate, Intimate, and Fun Love Lifeby Joyce Penner, Clifford L. PennerISBN 1589971531 (1-58997-153-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Married Guy's Guide to Great Sex: Building a Passionate, Intimate, and Fun Love Life'Book summary:The Married Guy's Guide to Great Sex tells men what they really want to know. In this updated repackage of their 1997 Gold Medallion-winning book, Men and Sex, noted sex therapists Clifford and Joyce Penner describe what makes sex meaningful to a woman, while giving men great counsel on how to build desire, get past sexual problems, and discover what brings both partners incredible pleasure and intimacy. This candid, guilt-free book offers an intriguing new perspective that will help husbands get closer to their wives and get the love they want. [via]
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The Mayor of Casterbridgeby Thomas HardyISBN 1593083092 (1-59308-309-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Mayor of Casterbridge'Book summary:Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - One evening of late summer, before the nineteenth century had reached one-third of its span, a young man and woman, the latter carrying a child, were appro- aching the large village of Weydon-Priors, in Upper Wessex, on foot. They were plainly but not ill clad, though the thick hoar of dust which had accumulated on their shoes and garments from an obviously long journey lent a disadvantageous shabbiness to their appearance just now. The man was of fine figure, swarthy, and stern in aspect; and he showed in profile a facial angle so slightly inclined as to be almost perpendicular. He wore a short jacket of brown corduroy, newer than the remainder of his suit, which was a fustian waistcoat with white horn buttons, breeches of the same, tanned leggings, and a straw hat overlaid with black glazed canvas. At his back he carried by a looped strap a rush basket, from which protruded at one end the crutch of a hay-knife, a wimble for hay-bonds being also visible in the aperture. His measured, springless walk was the walk of the skilled countryman as distinct from the desultory shamble of the general labourer; while in the turn and plant of each foot there was, further, a dogged and cynical indifference personal to himself, showing its presence even in the regularly interchanging fustian folds, now in the left leg, now in the right, as he paced along. [via]
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Men Are Clams Women Are Crowbars: Understand Your Differences and Make Them Workby D. ClarkISBN 158660726X (1-58660-726-X)
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The Merchant of Veniceby William Shakespeare, Cedric WattsISBN 1840224312 (1-84022-431-2)
Softcover, Wordsworth Editions Ltd
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Much Ado About Nothingby William Shakespeare, David Trimboli, Nick NicholasISBN 158715501X (1-58715-501-X)
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The Odysseyby Homer, Robert Squillace, George Herbert PalmerISBN 1593080093 (1-59308-009-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Odyssey'Book summary:[via]The Odyssey, by Homer, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:New introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars Biographies of the authors Chronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events Footnotes and endnotes Selective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work Comments by other famous authors Study questions to challenge the reader's viewpoints and expectations Bibliographies for further reading Indices & Glossaries, when appropriateAll editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. Barnes & Noble Classics pulls together a constellation of influencesbiographical, historical, and literaryto enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works.Long before The Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, and Harry Potter, the ancient Greek poet Homer established the standard for tales of epic quests and heroic journeys with The Odyssey. Crowded with characters, both human and non-human, and bursting with action, The Odyssey details the adventures of Odysseus, king of Ithaca and hero of the Trojan War, as he struggles to return to his home and his waiting, ever-faithful wife, Penelope.
Along the way he encounters the seductive Circe, who changes men into swine; the gorgeous water-nymph, Calypso, who keeps him a prisoner of love for seven years; the terrible, one-eyed, man-eating giant Cyclops; and a host of other ogres, wizards, sirens, and gods. But when he finally reaches Ithaca after ten years of travel, his trials have only begun. There he must battle the scheming noblemen who, thinking him dead, have demanded that Penelope choose one of them to be her new husbandand Ithacas new king.
Often called the second work of Western literature (The Iliad, also by Homer, being the first), The Odyssey is not only a rousing adventure drama, but also a profound meditation on courage, loyalty, family, fate, and undying love. More than three thousand years old, it was the first story to delineate carefully and exhaustively a single character arc a narrative structure that serves as the foundation and heart of the modern novel. Robert Squillaces revision of George Herbert Palmers classic prose translation captures the drama and vitality of adventure, while remaining true to the original Homeric language.
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The Odyssey of Homerby Homer, Alexander PopeISBN 158715675X (1-58715-675-X)
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The One I Love: Watashi No Sukinahitoby Clamp, Nanase Ohkawa, Mick Nekoi, Ray YoshimotoISBN 1591827647 (1-59182-764-7)
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Our Song: Meditations on Love and MarriageISBN 1586400118 (1-58640-011-8)
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Perfect Madness: Motherhood in the Age of Anxietyby Judith WarnerISBN 1594481709 (1-59448-170-9)
Softcover, Riverhead Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Perfect Madness: Motherhood in the Age of Anxiety'Book summary:The old adage is especially true for Perfect Madness: don't judge this eminently readable book by its stern and academic-looking cover. Judith Warner's missive on the "Mommy Mystique" can be read in a weekend, if readers have the time. Of course--according to the book--many would-be readers will have to carve out the hours in between an endless sea of child-enriching activities, a soul-sucking swirl that leads many mothers into a well of despair. Warner's book seeks to answer the question, "Why are today's young mothers so stressed out?" Whether shuttling kids to "enriching" after-school activities or worrying about the quality of available child care, the women of Perfect Madness describe a life far out of balance. Warner spends most of the book explaining how things got to this point, and what can be done to restore some sanity to the parenting process.
Warner draws her research from a group of 20- to 40-year-old, upper-middle-class, college-educated women living in the East Coast corridor. In other words, mirror images of Warner herself. Her limited scope has caused controversy and criticism, as have some of her more sweeping statements. (For example, Warner blames second-wave feminism--rather than corporate culture--for the many limitations women still experience as they try to balance the work-family dynamic.) Other favorite targets include the mainstream media, detached fathers, and controlling, "hyperactive" mothers who create impossible standards for themselves, their children, and the community of other parents around them. Warner begins and ends the book with a compelling argument for the need for more societal support of mothers--quality-of-life government "entitlements" such as those found in France. It's these big-picture issues that will provide the solution, she says, even if most mothers don't want to discuss them because they consider the topic "tacky, strident-sounding, not the point." In these sections on governmental policy, and also when she steps back, encouraging women to be kinder to each other, the author's warmth comes across easily on the page. Pilloried by some readers and supported by others, Warner should at least be applauded for opening up the Pandora's Box of American motherhood for a new generation. And if readers are of two minds about the issues raised Perfect Madness, as Warner sometimes seems to be herself, it's a fitting reaction to a topic with few easy answers. --Jennifer Buckendorff END [via]
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The Pocket Idiot's Guide to Being a Groomby Mark Rung, Jennifer Lata RungISBN 1592574513 (1-59257-451-3)
Softcover, Alpha Books
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The Politically Incorrect Wife: With Study Guideby Nancy Cobb, Connie GrigsbyISBN 1590521102 (1-59052-110-2)
Softcover, Multnomah Pub
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Pressure Proof Your Marriageby Dennis Rainey, Barbara Rainey, Robert G. DeMossISBN 1590522117 (1-59052-211-7)
Hardcover, WaterBrook Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Pressure Proof Your Marriage'Book summary:The husband gets pulled one way and the wife another, their harried lives barely intersecting. Sadly, this is an accurate description of many marriages today. Endless pressure has made couples overloaded, overcommitted, and unhealthy. Now, FamilyLife's Dennis and Barbara Rainey examine the sources of their stress and list practical, biblical strategies for dealing with it. Couples can be smarter in their choices about handling life. The Raineys show them how to see pressure not as a source of distress and isolation, but as an opportunity to build oneness with each other and with the Lord.
Is Pressure Tearing Your Marriage Apart?
Medical bills, car problems, headstrong children...it may seem like theres a conspiracy against the two of you.
But you can ward off the number one killer of marriagespressurebefore its too late. In this valuable book, youll measure your pressure level and discover six courageous choices that will lead you on Gods path to easing the stress.
Let Dennis and Barbara Rainey guide you to a pressure-proof partnership, walking arm in arm through the best days of your married life. [via]More editions of Pressure Proof Your Marriage:
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The Redemption of Love: Rescuing Marriage And Sexuality from the Economics of a Fallen Worldby Carrie A. MilesISBN 1587431505 (1-58743-150-5)
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Using Genesis, Jesus, Paul, and the Song of Songs, Carrie Miles outlines a consistent description of biblical love throughout Scripture, asserting that it is the only effective solution in today's battle to save marriage and family. This book is a valuable tool for clergy and laypeople. [via]More editions of The Redemption of Love: Rescuing Marriage And Sexuality from the Economics of a Fallen World:
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Romeo and Julietby William Shakespeare, John CrowtherISBN 1586638459 (1-58663-845-9)
Softcover, Spark Pub Group
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Saintsby Orson Scott CardISBN 1596060867 (1-59606-086-7)
Hardcover, Subterranean
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Sane Sex Life and Sane Sex Livingby H. W. LongISBN 1596059087 (1-59605-908-7)
Softcover, Cosimo Inc
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The Scarlet Letterby Nathaniel HawthorneISBN 1591940729 (1-59194-072-9)
Softcover, Townsend Press
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Shakespeare's The Merchant Of Veniceby Harold Bloom, William Aldis WrightISBN 1594480915 (1-59448-091-5)
Softcover, Riverhead Books
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Sleep With Meby Joanna BriscoeISBN 1596910127 (1-59691-012-7)
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So Much of Life Ahead: A Novelby Dean HughesISBN 1590384725 (1-59038-472-5)
Hardcover, Bookcraft
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Something Rich and Strangeby Patricia A. McKillipISBN 1596871261 (1-59687-126-1)
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Summerby Edith WhartonISBN 1596058889 (1-59605-888-9)
Softcover, Cosimo Inc
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The Summer I Daredby Barbara DelinskyISBN 1594130787 (1-59413-078-7)
Softcover, Thorndike Press
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Tess of the D'urbervillesby Thomas Hardy, David GalefISBN 1593082282 (1-59308-228-2)
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Using richly poetic language to frame a shattering narrative of love, seduction, betrayal, and murder, Hardy tells the story of Tess Durbeyfield, a beautiful young woman living with her impoverished family in Wessex, the southwestern English county immortalized by Hardy. After the family learns of their connection to the wealthy dUrbervilles, they send Tess to claim a portion of their fortune. She meets and is seduced by the dissolute Alec dUrberville and secretly bears a child, Sorrow, who dies in infancy. A very different man, Angel Clare, seems to offer Tess love and salvation, but he rejects heron their wedding nightafter learning of her past. Emotionally bereft, financially impoverished, and victimized by the self-righteous rigidity of English social morality, Tess escapes from her vise of passion through a horrible, desperate act.
With its compassionate portrait of a young rural woman, powerful criticism of social convention, and disarming consideration of the role of destiny in human life, Tess of the DUrbervilles is one of the most moving and memorable of Hardys novels.David Galef has published nine books: the novels Flesh and Turning Japanese; two children's books, The Little Red Bicycle and Tracks; two translations of Japanese proverbs, Even Monkeys Fall from Trees and Even a Stone Buddha Can Talk; a work of literary criticism, The Supporting Cast; an edited anthology of essays called Second Thoughts: A Focus on Rereading; and, most recently, the short-story collection Laugh Track. In addition, he has written more than seventy short stories for magazines ranging from the British Punch to the Czech Prague Revue, the Canadian Prism International, and the American Shenandoah. His essays and reviews have appeared in the New York Times, Newsday, the Village Voice, Twentieth Century Literature, The Columbia History of the British Novel, and many other places. He is a professor of English at the University of Mississippi, where he also administers the M.F.A. program in creative writing.
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A Time to Embraceby Karen KingsburyISBN 1595540652 (1-59554-065-2)
Softcover, Thomas Nelson Inc
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After twenty-one years, John and Abby Reynolds are back together and feeling like newlyweds. Together they are convinced they can handle the issues of their past, the questions from their children, and even the high-school politics that drain the joy from John's coaching career. But then disaster strikes...the type of tragedy John and Abby never expected.
The squeal of brakes and the crunch of metal changes everything. Suddenly devastation tears at the heart of their family, and the depth of their existence. In the process, their children falter in their faith and guilt colors everything about the future. Fumbling for forgiveness and hoping for a miracle, John and Abby must remember what is important and cling to that above all else.
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To You And Your Children: Examining The Biblical Doctrine Of Covenant Successionby Benjamin K. WiknerISBN 1591280281 (1-59128-028-1)
Hardcover, Canon Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'To You And Your Children: Examining The Biblical Doctrine Of Covenant Succession'Book summary:Scripture promises that God's people "shall not labor in vain, nor bring forth children for trouble; for they shall be the descendants of the blessed of the Lord, and their offspring with them" (Is. 65:22-23) and that Christ "will turn...the hearts of the children to their fathers" (Mal.4:6).
Yet Christian parents today face a disturbing exodus of their children from the Church to the world. Why is this? What is the place of children within the faith? What do the promises mean? Recognizing that this subject is fraught with difficulty and grief, the twelve contributors to this volume seek to address the hard questions and lay a biblical foundation of hope for our children.
Contributors: Timothy Bayly, Joel Beltz, Randy Booth, David Hagopian, Douglas Jones, Dr. Nelson D. Kloosterman, Dr. Charles Alan McIlhenny, Dr. Robert S. Rayburn, G. Mark Sumpter, Tom Trouwborst, Benjamin K. Wikner, Douglas Wilson [via]More editions of To You And Your Children: Examining The Biblical Doctrine Of Covenant Succession:
Unveiledby Francine RiversISBN 1594151490 (1-59415-149-0)
Softcover, Walker Large Print
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Ursula-ursule Mirouetby Honore De Balzac, Wormeley Katharine PrescottISBN 1595690530 (1-59569-053-0)
Softcover, Mondial
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ursula-ursule Mirouet'Book summary:"Ursula" (original French title "Ursule Mirouet," 1842) forms one part of "Scenes from Provincial Life," a series of novels-whose other major work is "Eugenie Grandet"-examining manners and morals in the French provinces. --- Among all the novels of Honore de Balzac (1799-1850), none depicts so penetratingly the small-mindedness, avarice, and envy of the provincial lower middle classes. In "Ursula", no limitations based on morality or decency will hold these people back in their effort to acquire wealth and influence. --- Along with Stendhal, Balzac is the most important French novelist of the first half of the nineteenth century, and a founder of the realistic novel in Europe. His principal work is the unfinished cycle "The Human Comedy" (French: "La Comedie Humaine," which includes "Scenes from Provincial Life"), in which he attempted, in more than 80 volumes, to depict the society of his time in its entirety. [via]
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Villetteby Laura EngelISBN 1593083165 (1-59308-316-5)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Villette'Book summary:[via]Villette, by Charlotte Bronte, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:Charlotte Brontës last and most autobiographical novel, Villette explores the inner life of a lonely young Englishwoman, Lucy Snowe, who leaves an unhappy existence in England to become a teacher in the capital of a fictional European country. Drawn to the schools headmaster, Lucy must face the pain of unrequited love and the question of her place in society.
For Villette, Brontë drew upon her own experiences ten years earlier, when she studied in Brussels and developed an unreciprocated passion for her married teacher. The novel also reflects her devastating sense of loss and isolation after the deaths of her beloved brother and sisters, and her confusion and conflicts over the fame she achieved for having written Jane Eyre. But despite Brontës heartsick inspiration for the novel, and the grief that haunts its heroine, Villette is a story of triumph, in which Lucy Snowe comes to understand and appreciate her own strength and value.
Celebrated by George Eliot and Virginia Woolf for its strikingly modern psychological depth and examination of womens roles, Villette is now recognized as Charlotte Brontës masterpiece, surpassing even Jane Eyre.Laura Engel is Assistant Professor in the English Department at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, where she specializes in eighteenth-century British literature and drama.
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The Voyage Outby Virginia Woolf, Pagan HarlemanISBN 1593082290 (1-59308-229-0)
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What Every Man Wants In A Woman / What Every Woman Wants In A Manby John Hagee, Diana HageeISBN 1591855578 (1-59185-557-8)
Hardcover, Strang Communications Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'What Every Man Wants In A Woman / What Every Woman Wants In A Man'Book summary:Good communication is essential in a good marriage. In this unique book, best-selling author and pastor John Hagee and his wife, Diana, present a husbands and wifes point of view on communicating more effectively. Designed as two books in one, Johns What Every Man Wants in a Woman and Dianas What Every Woman Wants in a Man will bless couples married for years, young and newly married couples, and even singles, who are seeking to gain a better understanding of their partner or improve their marriage in some way. Written in a easy-to-read conversational style, this book, which features anecdotes and jokes, as well as the latest statistics on marriages, will appeal to both men and women equally. "Remember this: your marriage can be a better marriage, or it can be a bitter marriage. The choice is entirely up to you. Do not allow your past to control your future. You will never conquer, or change, what you refuse to confront." - John Hagee "What women want in a man may not be what God wants them to have. What women want in a man is not as easily received as we may think. We have much to do with what we want from others." - Diana Hagee [via]
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When Dreams Come Trueby Eric Ludy, Leslie LudyISBN 1590523539 (1-59052-353-9)
Softcover, Multnomah Pub
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Wildflowersby Robin Jones GunnISBN 1590522397 (1-59052-239-7)
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The Wings of the Doveby Henry James, Bruce L. R. SmithISBN 1593082967 (1-59308-296-7)
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First published in 1902, this rich and intriguing novel has lost none of its fascination and relevance a century later.Bruce L. R. Smith is a Fellow of the Heyman Center for the Humanities of Columbia University. He has served as Professor of Public Law and Government at Columbia, Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, and as an official in the U. S. State Department. He is the author or editor of sixteen scholarly books, and lectures widely on public affairs and literary topics.
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