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Baddest Bad Boys
By Shannon Mckenna, E. C. Sheedy, Cate Noble. 2008
These are the sexy bad boys no woman in her right mind would mess with. Except that they're wickedly irresistible,…
and will do anything to protect the woman they love--even if it means risking everything. . . Anytime, Anywhere Shannon McKenna For years, Robin MacNamara has been secretly in love with her big brother's friend Jon Amendola, but the sexy cop has never seen her as anything but a kid. Until Robin follows him to an isolated cabin to prove she's all grown up. Unfortunately, Jon's last case isn't quite closed--and someone wants payback. . . After The Lovin' E.C. Sheedy In need of a place to hide, Tommi Smith finds herself on the doorstep of a high school classmate's remote fishing lodge. Though Mac Fleming never trusted this knockout's reputation for breaking hearts, nothing's going to stop him from seducing her into his bed now. Until Tommi's past comes back to haunt them. . . Deal With The Devil Cate Noble All Ellie McMann DeLuca wants is one night with the only man she's ever truly loved--Max DeLuca, dubbed the Devil by the Italian paparazzi. Max agrees on one condition: they extend it to seven nights of sensual pleasure on a private island. But after a whole week of fulfilling each other's deepest desires, how will they go back to the way things were?Once Upon a Castle
By Nora Roberts, Jill Gregory, Marianne Willman, Ruth Ryan Langan. 1998
Four enchanting, new tales of castles, spells, and happily-ever-afters. . . "Spellbound" by Nora Roberts A bewitchingly beautiful lady casts…
a thousand-year love spell on the man of her dreams--and unleashes a nightmare that only true love can conquer. "Castle Doom" by Jill Gregory A Gypsy's prophecy spells love when an unlikely pair join to fight the unltimate evil--and find themselves in their own battle of hearts. "Falcon?s Lair" by Ruth Ryan Langan A young American travels to England to free her father's friend from a fatal curse. . . and discovers a helping hand from a charming, handsome spirit. "Dragonspell" by Marianne Willman With the help of a meddling sorceress, a brave young princess sets out to save her kingdom--and wins the heart of a dashing warrior along the way. .Poetics (Dover Thrift Editions Ser.)
By Aristotle. 1978
Among the most influential books in Western civilization, Aristotle's Poetics is really a treatise on fine art. In it are…
mentioned not only epic and dithyrambic poetry, but tragedy, comedy, and flute and lyre playing. Aristotle's conception of tragedy, i.e. the depiction of a heroic action that arouses pity and fear in the spectators and brings about a catharsis of those emotions, has helped perpetuate the Greek ideal of drama to the present day. Similarly, his dictums concerning unity of time and place, the necessity for a play to have a beginning, middle, and end, the idea of the tragic flaw and other concepts have had enormous influence down through the ages.Throughout the work, Aristotle reveals not only a great intellect analyzing the nature of poetry, music, and drama, but also a down-to-earth understanding of the practical problems facing the poet and playwright. Now, in this inexpensive edition of the Poetics, readers can enjoy the seminal insights of one of the greatest minds in human history as he sets about laying the foundations of critical thought about the arts.Tráfico de animales
By Andr s Estrada, Enrique Alvarado, Alejandro Melgoza. 2017
Una investigación del comercio ilegal de animales en México. La venta ilegal de animales exóticos y en peligro de extinción…
de México genera ganancias multimillonarias. En este negocio criminal están implicadas autoridades al igual que grandes y complejas redes internacionales de tráfico, desde cazadores locales hasta coleccionistas y dueños de sofisticados restaurantes que ofrecen dentro de sus menús platillos de algunas de estas especies. En esta investigación periodística se abordan tanto las causas como los catastróficos resultados de este delito. Entre éstos se encuentran la devastación de ecosistemas, sin contar el profundo daño económico y social para las comunidades humanas que circundan estos hábitats, pues a menudo grupos delictivos están detrás de estas actividades.Interior Places
By Lisa Knopp. 2008
“We must include Knopp among those whom Barry Lopez calls our ‘local geniuses of the American landscape,’” Fran Shaw remarks…
in the journal Parabola. And, indeed, in this new book, Lisa Knopp’s singular genius burrows deep into that landscape in showing us what it is to know, feel, and inhabit unique yet quintessentially American places. A collection of essays embracing nonfiction from memoir and biography to travel writing and natural history, Interior Places offers a curiously detailed group photograph of the Midwest’s interior landscape. Here is an essay about the origin, history, and influence of corn. Here we find an exploration of a childhood meeting with Frederick Leopold, youngest brother of the great naturalist Aldo. Here also are a chronicle of the 146-year alliance between Burlington, Iowa, and the Burlington Route (later the CB&O, the BN, and finally, the BNSF) and a pilgrimage to Amelia Earhart’s Kansas hometown. Whether writing about the lives of two of P. T. Barnum’s giants or the “secret” nuclear weapons plant in southeastern Iowa, about hunger in Lincoln, Nebraska, or bird banding on the Platte River, Knopp captures the inner character of the Midwest as Nature dictates it, people live it, and history reveals it.The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume 3
By C. S. Lewis. 2007
This collection, carefully chosen and arranged by Walter Hooper, is the most extensive ever published. Included here are the letters…
Lewis wrote to such luminaries as J.R.R. Tolkien, Owen Barfield, Arthur C. Clarke, Sheldon Vanauken, and Dom Bede Griffiths. To some particular friends, such as Dorothy L. Sayers, Lewis wrote fifty letters alone. The letters deal with all of Lewis's interests--theology, literary criticism, poetry, fantasy, children's stories--as well as his relationships with family members and friends. The third and final volume begins with Lewis, already a household name from his BBC radio broadcasts and popular spiritual books, on the cusp of publishing his most famous and enduring book, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, which would ensure his immortality in the literary world. It covers his relationship with and marriage to Joy Davidman Gresham, subject of the film Shadowlands, and includes letters right up to his death on November 22, 1963, the day John F. Kennedy was assassinated. This volume also includes both a special section of newly found letters from earlier time periods covered in volumes one and two and mini-biographies of Lewis's regular correspondents.Ovid's Erotic Poems
By Sarah Ruden, Ovid, Len Krisak. 2014
The most sophisticated and daring poetic ironist of the early Roman Empire, Publius Ovidius Naso, is perhaps best known for…
his oft-imitated Metamorphoses. But the Roman poet also wrote lively and lewd verse on the subjects of love, sex, marriage, and adultery--a playful parody of the earnest erotic poetry traditions established by his literary ancestors. The Amores, Ovid's first completed book of poetry, explores the conventional mode of erotic elegy with some subversive and silly twists: the poetic narrator sets up a lyrical altar to an unattainable woman only to knock it down by poking fun at her imperfections. Ars Amatoria takes the form of didactic verse in which a purportedly mature and experienced narrator instructs men and women alike on how to best play their hands at the long con of love.Ovid's Erotic Poems offers a modern English translation of the Amores and Ars Amatoria that retains the irreverent wit and verve of the original. Award-winning poet Len Krisak captures the music of Ovid's richly textured Latin meters through rhyming couplets that render the verse as playful and agile as it was meant to be. Sophisticated, satirical, and wildly self-referential, Ovid's Erotic Poems is not just a wickedly funny send-up of romantic and sexual mores but also a sharp critique of literary technique and poetic convention.Civil Rights on Long Island
By African American Museum of Nassau County, Christopher Claude Verga. 2016
Long Island has been in the corridors of almost all major turning points of American history, but Long Island has…
been overlooked as a battleground of the civil rights movement. Since early colonization by the English settlers in the 17th century, the shadow of slavery has bequeathed a racial caste system that has directly or indirectly been enforced. During World War II, every member of society was asked to participate in ending tyranny within European and Asian borders. Homeward-bound black soldiers expected a societal change in race relations; instead they found the same racial barriers they experienced prior to the war. They were refused homes in developments such as Levittown, denied mortgages, and had their children face limited educational opportunities. Collective efforts from organizations such as Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) employed civil disobedience as a tactic to fracture racial barriers.The Perversity of Things: Hugo Gernsback on Media, Tinkering, and Scientifiction
By Grant Wythoff, Hugo Gernsback. 2016
In 1905, a young Jewish immigrant from Luxembourg founded an electrical supply shop in New York. This inventor, writer, and…
publisher Hugo Gernsback would later become famous for launching the first science fiction magazine, Amazing Stories, in 1926. But while science fiction’s annual Hugo Awards were named in his honor, there has been surprisingly little understanding of how the genre began among a community of tinkerers all drawn to Gernsback’s vision of comprehending the future of media through making. In The Perversity of Things, Grant Wythoff makes available texts by Hugo Gernsback that were foundational both for science fiction and the emergence of media studies.Wythoff argues that Gernsback developed a means of describing and assessing the cultural impact of emerging media long before media studies became an academic discipline. From editorials and blueprints to media histories, critical essays, and short fiction, Wythoff has collected a wide range of Gernsback’s writings that have been out of print since their magazine debut in the early 1900s. These articles cover such topics as television; the regulation of wireless/radio; war and technology; speculative futures; media-archaeological curiosities like the dynamophone and hypnobioscope; and more. All together, this collection shows how Gernsback’s publications evolved from an electrical parts catalog to a full-fledged literary genre.The Perversity of Things aims to reverse the widespread misunderstanding of Gernsback within the history of science fiction criticism. Through painstaking research and extensive annotations and commentary, Wythoff reintroduces us to Gernsback and the origins of science fiction.Baldwin for Our Times: Writings from James Baldwin for an Age of Sorrow and Struggle
By Rich Blint, James Baldwin. 2016
In his unforgettable, incandescent essays and poetry, James Baldwin diagnosed the racial injustices of the twentieth century and illuminated the…
struggles and triumphs of African Americans. Now, in our current age of persistent racial injustice and the renewed spirit of activism represented by the Black Lives Matter movement, Baldwin's insights are more urgent than ever. Baldwin for Our Times features incisive essay selections from Notes of a Native Son and searing poetry from Jimmy's Blues--writing to turn to for wisdom and strength as we seek to understand and confront the injustices of our times.Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations
By Mark Twain, Caroline Harnsberger. 1835
"It is better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt.""When in…
doubt, tell the truth.""Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."One of America's greatest storytellers, Samuel Clemens had something witty and wise to say on just about every topic. Gathered from his classic novels, diary entries, newspaper articles, and correspondence, this collection of wry quips and quotes reflects his keen observations on animals, critics, doctors, laughter, politics, youth, and other topics. Arranged alphabetically -- "Abroad to Ax," for example, along with "Madness to Mystery" and "Uncle to Utah" -- the subjects are also conveniently indexed and cross-referenced by topic.Beach: Stories by the Sand and Sea
By Mittie Hellmich, Gideon Bosker, Lena Len Ek. 2000
J. D. Salinger's A Perfect Day for Bananafish, John Cheever's Goodbye, My Brother, Doris Lessing's Through the Tunnel: These and…
dozens of other beloved stories share the beach as their setting. In fact, it is remarkable how many of the finest writers have set stories and novels in whole or in part at the beach -- and how often they use this locale to explore the great themes of love, loss, death, family, and redemption. Beach brings together, for the first time, the very best of this literary tradition, including stories, novel excerpts, and narrative nonfiction.The Richard Peabody Reader
By Michael Dirda, Richard Peabody, Lucinda Ebersole. 2015
Filling an important gap in the literary world, The Richard Peabody Reader is a wide-ranging selection of this great writer's…
poetry and prose. As a publisher, Peabody's steadfast dedication to that which is new, challenging, innovative, and dynamic has won him a wide reputation among writers whose work he has championed. This volume demonstrates those same values, embodied in nearly four decades of fiercely smart, sophisticated, and often very funny writing. From his first collection of poems, I'm in Love with the Morton Salt Girl, to his most recent collection of short stories, Blue Suburban Skies, Peabody has established and developed a thoroughly unique voice, both warm and piercing, to deliver content that ranges from the hilarious, as in the short story "Flea Wars," to the bittersweet, as in the poem "The Other Man is Always French," to the elegiac, as in the poem in "Civil War Pieta," to the absurd, as in the rollicking farce of the short story, "Bad Day at Ikea." Peabody's aesthetic is all-embracing--strands of punk, beat, experimental, feminist, and political protest literary influences blend with the purely romantic to create a body of work that is both profound and pleasing.Famous Poems from Bygone Days
By Martin Gardner. 1995
Over 80 poems from the 19th and early 20th centuries, from Hugh Antoine d'Arcy's "The Face on the Barroom Floor"…
to Phila Henrietta Chase's "Nobody's Child," rich in rhythm and rhyme, filled with feelings and stories about love and war, ships and the sea, farms and family, life and death, heaven and hell. Introduction. Brief biographies of each poet. Alphabetical indexes of titles and first lines.Two important dialogues offer crucial insights into mystical and aesthetic aspects of Platonic doctrine. Symposium attempts to find the ultimate…
manifestation of the love that controls the world, leading to mystic union with eternal and supercosmic beauty. Phaedrus discusses the psychology of love, resulting in the concept of the familiar Platonic "forms" as objects of transcendental emotion.The Correspondence of Erasmus: Letters 842-992 (1518-1519) (Collected Works of Erasmus #6)
By Desiderius Erasmus, P. G. Bietenholz, R.A.B. Mynors, D.F.S. Thomson. 1982
This volume covers a number of significant events and issues in Erasmus' life and in the history of his times.…
He travels on horseback from Louvain to Basel to assist his publisher and friend Johann Froben during the crucial phases in the production of his revised New Testament, the edition that he feels will be his lasting contribution to the scholarly foundations of the Christian faith. Once it is in the hands of the public he feels he will be able to face the approach of old age more calmly. On the return journey to Louvain he falls gravely ill from what is diagnosed as bubonic plague, but recovers in a month and convalesces in the home of another publisher-friend, Dirk Martens. International politics continue to capture his attention. Requests for funds in support of a papal crusade against the Turks arouse the flames of German national sentiment. With the death of Maximilian I, friends of Erasmus such as Richard Pace, Ulrich von Hutten, and Guillaume Budé are involved in diplomatic negotiations concerning the imperial succession. When Prince Ferdinand arrives from Spain and requires a tutor, the question of Erasmus' own return to active court duties is raised. After the appearance of Luther's Ninety-five Theses on indulgences, purgatory, and papal authority, the question arises among conservatives whether Erasmus' work too is a threat to the traditional ways of the church and society. For the time being, Erasmus is prepared to commend Luther and defend the latter's right to be critical of the church. Erasmus' overriding conviction at this point is that he and Luther are both part of the great intellectual and spiritual renewal that is taking place in so many parts of Europe. As Luther's appearance lends a new kind of spiritual and patriotic vigour to German humanism, the cult of Erasmus–Erasmus the fellow German–becomes an integral part of that new enthusiasm, with Saxony and its elector, Frederick the Wise, at its center. Volume 6 of the Collected Works of Erasmus series.The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Short Stories (Dover Thrift Editions)
By Bret Harte. 1995
In 1870 the young San Francisco-based writer and editor Bret Harte 1836-1902 first compiled a single-volume edition…
of his rousing stories of life in the Wild West Entitled The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Sketches the book propelled him almost overnight from local celebrity to American literary lion Four of the most famous of those tales are included in this collection the title story The Outcasts of Poker Flat Tennessee s Partner and M liss Additional selections include A Prot g e of Jack Hamlin and An Ing nue of the Sierras both written later in Harte s life and featuring lively casts of colorful characters in settings ranging from a stagecoach to a Sacramento River steamer They display the author s enthralling storytelling style at full strength - crisply observant rich in ironic humor and offering an engaging mix of sentiment and wit Harte s style exercised a deep influence on the American short story genre and set a future course for writers of Western fiction including Owen Wister and Zane GreyAnything but Zombies: A Short Story Anthology
By Jeff Strand, Tonia Brown, Gerald Rice, Lee Moan, Faye Mccray, Jake Bible, Rebecca Besser, Montilee Stormer, Jimmy Pudge, Armand Rosamilia, Tim Curran. 2015
For decades we've had vampires, werewolves, Jason, Freddy, and Michael. And now zombies have gone all Hollywood.Out of a need…
to figure out what is the next classic monster, publisher and lifelong horror enthusiast Gerald Dean Rice has assembled this fresh and downright disturbing collection of short stories featuring some of the most clever and imaginative horror writers of the day including Tim Curran, Jeff Strand, Armand Rosamilia, Rebecca Besser, MontiLee Stormer, Lee Moan, Tonia Brown, Jake Bible, Faye McCray, and Jimmy Pudge. Inside, the diverse cast of contributors introduces new breeds of monsters such as sentient sex dolls, anti-zombie terrorists, suicidal cultists, the woman who can smell sin, and more. These monsters come alive within the pages, and they are blow-your-mind frightening. They are just what the horror world needs. They are Anything but Zombies!Other Aliens (Conjunctions #67)
By Peter Straub, Howard Norman, John Edgar Wideman, Elizabeth Hand, Rick Moody, Bradford Morrow, Joanna Scott, John Ashbery, Robert Kelly, William H. Gass, Karen Russell, David Shields, Mei-Mei Berssenbrugge, Peter Gizzi, Norman Manea, Brian Evenson, Ann Lauterbach, Martine Bellen, Mary Caponegro. 2016
New writings on our fear of—and fascination with—the “other” from Joyce Carol Oates, Peter Straub, Kelly Link, Jeffrey Ford, and…
more.Alien is a powerful and flexible word. Aliens are “other.” Aliens are the stuff of science fiction and fantasy. Aliens are traditional literary figures that cause us to see ourselves anew. Indeed, when we witness our “normal” lives through these strangers’ eyes, we become the unfamiliar ones.Conjunctions: 67, Other Aliens collects works of speculative and literary science fiction: innovative short stories, poetry, interviews, letters, and essays that explore the vast precincts of unfamiliarity, keen difference, weirdness, and not belonging.This provocative issue includes contributions from an all-star lineup, including Leena Krohn, Jeffrey Ford, Julia Elliott, John Crowley, Laura Sims, Valerie Martin, Lavie Tidhar, Samuel R. Delany, Matthew Baker, Paul Park, James Tiptree Jr., Michael Parrish Lee, Peter Straub, Kelly Link, Madeline Bourque Kearin, Jean Muno, Jonathan Thirkield, John Clute and John Crowley, Joyce Carol Oates, S. P. Tenhoff, Brian Evenson, Jessica Reed, E. G. Willy, and James Morrow.