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Br'er Rabbit - Br'er Rabbit is a fictional character, the hero of the Uncle Remus stories derived from African American folktales of the Southern United States.
BR standard class 9F 92220 Evening Star - British Railways BR standard class 9F number 92220, named Evening Star, is a preserved British railway locomotive. She was the last steam locomotive to be built by British Railways, in 1960.
Br'oZ - Br'oZ is a short-lived Brazilian vocal group and boy band, formed in the second season of the reality show Popstars, broadcasted by SBT in 2003. They released two albums during their career as a band, and spawned two huge hits in ...
Does Anybody Have a Problem with That?: Politically Incorrect's Greatest Hits by Bill Maher, ISBN 0345412818 : WITH BILL MAHER, ITS NEVER POLITICS AS USUAL!
Conservatives know what they want and they never forget it. Except for the time Reagan went to the Vietnam Memorial and shouted, Gorbachev, tear down this wall!
Heidi Fleiss and Dr. Kevorkian [are] two visionaries of American social life, the queen and king of coming and going.
The Packwood diaries must be pretty racy, because most of the people who read them apparently cannot wait to get to the bottom of the next page. Which, of course, was Packwoods problem, too.
"Politically Incorrect is almost single-handedly reviving political satire. . . . [It] has pulled off the rare trick of being irreverent without being irrelevant."
The New York Times
"A funny collection of jibes, jokes and tidbits from his hilarious late-night show.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - cd #3 by J. K. Rowling, ISBN 0807282324 : Read by Jim Dale
Running time: 11 hrs., 48 mins. 10 CDs.
For twelve long years, the dread fortress of Azkaban held an infamous prisoner named Sirius Black. Convicted of killing thirteen people with a single curse, he was said to be the heir apparent to the Dark Lord, Voldemort.
Now he has escaped, leaving only two clues as to where he might be headed: Harry Potter's defeat of You-Know-Who was Black's downfall as well. And the Azkban guards heard Black muttering in his sleep, "He's at Hogwarts...he's at Hogwarts."
Harry Potter isn't safe, not even within the walls of his magical school, surrounded by his friends. Because on top of it all, there may well be a traitor in their midst.
The Crossing by Cormac McCarthy, ISBN 0679760849 : In The Crossing, Cormac McCarthy fulfills the promise of All the Pretty Horses and at the same time give us a work that is darker and more visionary, a novel with the unstoppable momentum of a classic western and the elegaic power of a lost American myth.
In the late 1930s, sixteen-year-old Billy Parham captures a she-wolf that has been marauding his family's ranch. But instead of killing it, he decides to take it back to the mountains of Mexico. With that crossing, he begins an arduous and often dreamlike journey into a country where men meet ghosts and violence strikes as suddenly as heat-lightning--a world where there is no order "save that which death has put there."
An essential novel by any measure, The Crossing is luminous and appalling, a book that touches, stops, and starts the heart and mind at once.
Montessori by Paula Polk Lillard, ISBN 0805209204 : Montessori: A Modern Approach has been called the single best book for anyone -- educator, childcare professional, and especially parent -- seeking answers to the questions: What is the Montessori method? Are its revolutionary ideas about early childhood education relevant to today's world? And most important, especially for today's dual-career couples. Is a Montessori education right for my child?
Paula Polk Lillard writes both as a trained educators and as a concerned parent -- she has many years as a public school teacher, but it was her enthusiasm for the education her own child experienced in a Montessori school that led her to become a leading voice in the Montessori movement in this country.
Her book offers the clearest and most concise statement of the Montessori method of child development and education available today.
Architecture: Form, Space, & Order [With CDROM] : A new edition of the classic visual reference to the principles of architecture
For more than 30 years, the beautifully illustrated Architecture: Form, Space & Order has been the classic introduction to the basic vocabulary of architectural design. This Third Edition now includes a companion CD-ROM featuring interactive digital models created by Professor Ching, along with new considerations of environmental factors, building codes, and contemporary examples of form, space, and order.
Francis D.K. Ching (Seattle, WA) is the bestselling author of numerous books on architecture and design, including A Global History of Architecture (0-471-26892-5), Architectural Graphics (0-471-20906-6), Interior Design Illustrated (0-471-47376-6), and Building Construction Illustrated (0-471-35898-3). He is a registered architect and a professor at the University of Washington in Seattle, where he teaches architecture and design drawing.
Dragon Bones by Lisa See, ISBN 0345440315 : In a magnificent land where myth mixes treacherously with truth, one woman is in charge of telling them apart. Liu Hulan is the Inspector in China’s Ministry of Public Security whose tough style rousts wrongdoers and rubs her superiors the wrong way. Now her latest case finds her trapped between her country’s distant past and her own recent history.
The case starts at a rally for a controversial cult that ends suddenly in bloodshed, and leads to the apparent murder of an American archaeologist, which officials want to keep quiet. And haunting Hulan’s investigation is the possible theft of ancient dragon bones that might alter the history of civilization itself.
Getting to the bottom of ever-spiraling events, Hulan unearths more scandals, confronts more murderers, and revives tragic memories that shake her tormented marriage to its core. In the end, she solves a mystery as big, unruly, and complex as China itself.
Ninja by Eric Van Lustbader, ISBN 0449209164 : "Totally absorbing...as gripping a tale of hatred and revenge as you will read...It is superb."
NEWS RECORD
This is the story of Nicholas Linnear, half-Caucasian, half-Oriental, a man caught between East and West, between the sexual passions of a woman he can't forget and the one he can't control and between a past he can't escape and a destiny he can't avoid.
A sprawling erotic thriller that swings from postwar Japan to present-day New York in a relentless saga of violence and terror elaborately designed for the most savage vengeance of all...
ABC, 123 : Super Color Plus Poster
Skip around the trees, look on every branch, and leave no leaf unturned! There are all kinds of letter and number learning activities waiting to be uncovered in the Hundred-Acre Wood. And the learning doesn’t end there. The included colorful poster resembles an alphabet quilt that will reinforce children’s letter and word recognition skills.
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen, ISBN 0375756736 : Published in 1811, Sense and Sensibility has delighted generations of readers with its masterfully crafted portrait of two sisters, Elinor and Marianne Dashwood. Forced to leave their home after their father's death, Elinor and Marianne must rely on making good marriages as their means of support. But unscrupulous cads, meddlesome matriarchs, and various guileless and artful women impinge on their chances for love and happiness. The novelist Elizabeth Bowen wrote, "The technique of [Jane Austen's novels] is beyond praise....Her mastery of the art she chose, or that chose her, is complete."
This Modern Library Paperback Classics edition contains a new Introduction by Pulitzer Prize finalist David Gates, in addition to new explanatory notes.
Indigo Slam by Robert Crais, ISBN 0345435648 : Life in the California sun suits Elvis Cole—until the day a fifteen-year-old girl and her two younger siblings walk into his office. Then everything changes.
Three years ago, a Seattle family ran for their lives in a hail of bullets. Hired by three kids to find their missing father, Elvis now must pick up the cold pieces of a drama that began that night. What he finds is a sordid tale of high crimes and illicit drugs. As clues to a man’s secret life emerge from the shadows, Elvis knows he’s not just up against ruthless mobsters and some very angry Feds. He’s facing a storm of desperation and conspiracy—bearing down on three children whose only crime was their survival. . . .
W.A.C. Lighting Line Voltage Surface Mount Flexible Spotlight for MO 048 Series : Shown here in Black WAC2867: Ships Via Small Parcel Ground Illuminate paintings and drawings and bring your interiors to life with this lovely light source. This MO series 048 line voltage surface mount flexible spotlight has a flexible stem, for easy aiming, that makes it a fun and convenient way to light your interiors. Great for use in retail stores and window displays, exhibits and craft shows, you can't go wrong with the MO series 048 low voltage surface mount flexible spotlight. Features: MO Series 048 Line Voltage Surface Mount Flexible Spotlight Available in Black, Brushed Nickel or White finish Flexible stem Available as monopoint or on all three track systems Optional barn doors available Socket easily adjustable for use with PAR16 to PAR38, G, BR, A and more Accomodates A, BR, G, PAR16, PAR20, PAR30 or PAR38 bulb, 150 watt maximum Overall dimensions: 4.5'' H x 2'' W x 48'' D NOTE: Track Lighting is not universal. W.A.C. Lighting products can only be used with W.A.C. Lighting products or warranty is void.
Crystal Line by Anne McCaffrey, ISBN 0345384911 : "A treat for long-time McCaffrey fans, a good read and a satisfying look at one of the most haunting facets of the crystal singers' profession."
LOCUS
When Killashandra Ree joined the mysterious Heptite Guild, she knew that she would be forever changed. Crystal singing brought ecstasy and pain, near-eternal life...and gradual loss of memory. What she hadn't counted on was the loneliness she felt when her heart still remembered what her mind had forgotten. Fortunately, someone still cared enough to try to salvage what was left of Killashandra's mind. But she would have to learn to open herself--to another person, and to all her unpleasant memories.
The New Love and Sex After 60 by Robert N. Butler, ISBN 0345442113 : LIFE CAN BE RICH AND FULL--AT ANY AGE
You may be getting older but love and sex are still a vital part of your life. Here is the book that speaks to your concerns about sex beyond the middle years. Two leading experts have completely updated and revised the classic guide on the subject to address the needs of our changing world in the new millennium.
Gods and Heroes of Ancient Greece by Gustav Schwab, ISBN 0375714464 : From fire-stealing Prometheus to scene-stealing Helen of Troy, from Jason and his golden fleece to Oedipus and his mother, this collection of classic tales from Greek mythology demonstrates the inexhaustible vitality of a timeless cultural legacy.
Here are Icarus flying too close to the sun, mighty Hercules, Achilles and that darn heel, the Trojans and their wooden horse, brave Perseus and beautiful Andromeda, wandering Odysseus and steadfast Penelope. Their stories and the stories of the powerful gods and goddesses who punish and reward, who fall in love with and are enraged by the humans they have created, are set forth simply but movingly, in language that retains the power and drama of the original works by Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, and Homer. In Gustav Schwab’s masterful retelling, they are made accessible to readers of all ages.
The Painted Veil by W. Somerset Maugham, ISBN 1400034213 : Set in England and Hong Kong in the 1920s, The Painted Veil is the story of the beautiful but love-starved Kitty Fane. When her husband discovers her adulterous affair, he forces her to accompany him to the heart of a cholera epidemic. Stripped of the British society of her youth and the small but effective society she fought so hard to attain in Hong Kong, she is compelled by her awakening conscience to reassess her life and learn how to love.
The Painted Veil is a beautifully written affirmation of the human capacity to grow, to change, and to forgive.
The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman, ISBN 0449208281 : "Mrs. Pollifax is an enchantress."
THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
Mrs. Virgil (Emily) Pollifax of New Brunswick, New Jersey, was a widow with grown children. She was tired of attending her Garden Club meetings. She wanted to do something good for her country. So, naturally, she became a CIA agent. This time, the assignment sounds as tasty as a taco. A quick trip to Mexico City is on her agenda. Unfortunately, something goes wrong, and our dear Mrs. Pollifax finds herself embroilied in quite a hot Cold War--and her country's enemies find themsleves entangled with one unbelievably feisty lady.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time : Christopher John Francis Boone knows all the countries of the world and their capitals and every prime number up to 7,057. He relates well to animals but has no understanding of human emotions. He cannot stand to be touched. And he detests the color yellow.
This improbable story of Christopher’s quest to investigate the suspicious death of a neighborhood dog makes for one of the most captivating, unusual, and widely heralded novels in recent years.
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