Eliza dreams of being a playwright for the kings theater, where she will be admired for her witty turns of phrase rather than her fathers wealth.Beth is beautiful as the day but poor as a church mouse, so she must marry well, despite her love for her childhood sweeth... Полное описание

Fed up with her wild behavior, sixteen-year-old Lexs parents ship her off to upstateNew York to live with her Uncle Mort for the summer, hoping that a few months of dirty farm work will whip her back into shape. But Uncle Morts true occupation is much dirtier than sh... Полное описание

Years ago, Earth and Titan fought a war and Earth lost. The planet was irradiated and most of the surviving population is sterile. The few survivors play an intricate and unending game called Bluff at the behest of the slug-like aliens who rule the planet. At stake i... Полное описание

What Pinkwater does is magic, and Im grateful for it. Neil Gaiman (about The Neddiad)Is Bushman the gorilla alive? According to the papers, he died a long time ago. Why is he so important to the high school senior and aspiring Great Artist Harold Knishke? Its a hot s... Полное описание

Being in high school is about a lot more than going to high school. Its about discovering new places, new hobbies, and new peopleand opening your eyes to the world. This book is about the stuff they dont teach you in high school, like how to host a film festival, pla... Полное описание

"e;So each night begins. One of us picks up the other and we drive into the Mississippi darkness, headed for a place where everything is different."e; This first nonfiction book by Frederick Barthelme, author of BOB THE GAMBLER, and his brother and colleague ... Полное описание

Give your child a smart start with the revised and updated What Your First Grader Needs to Know What will your child be expected to learn in the first grade? How can you help him or her at home? How can teachers foster active, successful learning in the classroom? Th... Полное описание

The story of the young Merlins coming-of-age continues in this thrilling sequel to Passager. An enjoyable introduction to Arthurian fantasy.--The Horn Book

The deepest coal mine in North America was notoriously unpredictable. One late October evening in 1958, it "e;bumped"e; - its rock floors heaving up and smashing into rock ceilings. A few miners staggered out, most of the 174 on shift did not.Nineteen men wer... Полное описание

Although it is 1914 and the world is changing all around him, Felix LeBlanc feels trapped on his Louisiana farmhouse, where nothing ever happens. When he hears his uncle, Nonc Adolphe, play the fiddle for the first time, he knows theres music in his blood, and hes de... Полное описание

A long ago love story threatens to change the lives of three generations of women in New York Times bestselling author Nancy Thayer's stunning novelnow available for the first time as an eBook! Though Diane Randall's jewelry business is a great success, her marriage ... Полное описание

';Beautifully written and refreshingly different, Until You Find Me gripped my heart from the very first line.'New York Times bestselling author Cora CarmackIn this steamy, electrifying novel, Amber Hart pushes contemporary romance to its wildest limits as a young wo... Полное описание

A New York Times Notable Book ';Casts a searing eye on the labyrinth that is the American foster care system.' NPR's On Point Who are the children of foster care? What, as a country, do we owe them? Cris Beam, a foster mother herself, spent five years immersed in the... Полное описание

Despite her troublesome attraction to magick, Flora has more or less spent her life doing whats been expected of her. Now, at sixteen, she knows that this path has been strewn with secrets. Sure that her true mother, Tiny Doomlong believed to be deadis alive, Flora b... Полное описание

For readers of Richard Paul Evans and Greg Kincaid comes The 13th Gift, a heartwarming Christmas story about how a random act of kindness transformed one of the bleakest moments in a family's history into a time of strength and love.After the unexpected death of her ... Полное описание

PBS's successful animated show Wild Kratts joins the adventures of zoologists Chris and Martin Kratt as they travel to animal habitats around the globe. Along the way, they encounter incredible creatures while combining science education and fun. Boys and girls ages ... Полное описание

Kay Hooper is the brightest new star of suspense fiction. Now the New York Times bestselling author whos built a reputation for keeping her readers pulse in the red zone delivers a thriller that will stun the senses--all six of them. This time a psychic special agent... Полное описание

Charles Todds critically acclaimed novels featuring Scotland Yard Inspector Ian Rutledge have been hailed by The Washington Post Book World as one of the best historical series being written today. The New York Times Book Review calls Todds mysteries meticulously wro... Полное описание

It takes a cat to write the purr-fect mysteryPeople who love cats...have a friend in Rita Mae Brown, declares The New York Times Book Review. And nowhere is it more obvious than in this, her sixth deliciously witty foray into detective fiction written with the paws-o... Полное описание

Considine and Pete Runyon had once been friends, back in the days when both were cowhands. But when Runyon married the woman Considine loved, the two parted ways. Runyon settled down and became a sheriff. Considine took up robbing banks. Now Considine is planning a r... Полное описание

Rye Tyler was twelve when his father was killed in an Indian raid. Taken in by a mysterious stranger with a taste for books and an instinct for survival, Rye is schooled in the hard lessons of life in the West. But after killing a man, he is forced to leave his new h... Полное описание

No one understands the heart of a family better than Luanne Rice. Her luminous novels capture the mystery and miracle of love in all its guises. Now, on the heels of her triumphant New York Times bestseller Cloud Nine, Luanne Rice draws us into the sweeping, unforget... Полное описание

KARYN MONK is an award-winning, USA Today bestselling author of passionate and witty historical romance novels, most notably her recent orphan series that began with THE PRISONER. Now her readers can look forward to EVERY WHISPERED WORD, the fourth book in this charm... Полное описание

BONUS: This edition contains excerpts from Laurie R. King's The God of the Hive and Pirate King.En route to San Francisco to settle her family's estate, Mary Russell, in the company of husband Sherlock Holmes, falls prey to troubling dreamsand even more troubling beh... Полное описание

Hes spoken of only in whispers. His origins are a mystery. Some say that hes descended from the last of the angels. Others say much worse. By all appearances, Rol Cortishane is just another ruthless pirate roaming the lawless seas, raiding warships and slavers. But t... Полное описание

A new, wide-ranging selection of Ralph Waldo Emersons most influential writings, this edition captures the essence of American Transcendentalism and illustrates the breadth of one of Americas greatest philosophers and poets.The writings featured here show Emerson as ... Полное описание

This compelling debut follows one spirited young woman from the confines of Iran to the intoxicating freedom of Americawhere she discovers not only an enticing new country but the roots of her own independence. . . . Tamila Soroush wanted it all. But in the Islamic R... Полное описание

In this outrageously funny, outrageously inventive debut, one of the most outrageously talented new writers to break onto the sci-fi scene in decades asks the most loaded question of allDon't you hate it when this happens?thats what the business card asks Jonny X67, ... Полное описание

Why do men hog the remote? Refuse to stop and ask for directions? Have such a hard time sharing their emotions? Why cant they drop their socks in the laundry basket instead of near it? What does a man mean when he says uh-huh? (No, it doesnt always mean hes not liste... Полное описание

In an astonishing work of scholarship that reads like an adventure thriller, historian Buddy Levy records the last days of the Aztec empire and the two men at the center of an epic clash of cultures. I and my companions suffer from a disease of the heart which can be... Полное описание

At twelve, Lucy Marie McGowan already knows shell be a psychologist when she grows up. And her quirky and conflicted family provides plenty of opportunity for her to practice her calling. Now Lucy, her profoundly gifted twin brother, Milo, her commitment-phobic mothe... Полное описание

New York Times bestselling author Kay Hooper weaves seduction, suspense, and the paranormal into a spellbinding romance centered on an enigmatic womanand the man whose touch threatened to expose her most intimate vulnerabilities.What was a woman like Brooke Kennedy d... Полное описание

Europe is a molehill.Everything here is worn outtiny Europe has not enough to offer.We must set off for the Orient; that is where all the greatest glory is to be achieved. NapoleonNapoleons invasion of Egypt was the first Western attack in modern times on a Middle Ea... Полное описание

In this haunting, richly woven novel of modern life in Japan, the author of the acclaimed debut One for Sorrow explores the ties that bind humanity across the deepest divides. Here is a Murakamiesque jewel box of intertwined narratives in which the lives of several s... Полное описание

BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Laurie R. King's The God of the Hive and Pirate King.For Mary Russell and her husband, Sherlock Holmes, returning to the Sussex coast after seven months abroad was especially sweet. There was even a mystery to solvethe une... Полное описание

In this romantic, funny, and heartwarming classic novel, #1 New York Times bestselling author Tami Hoag poignantly captures one eventful summer in the life of a woman facing the ultimate relationship dilemma.It took only one look for Genna Hastings to make up her min... Полное описание

An Imploding Star System.A Murdered Galactic Spy.A Woman Seeking the Truthand Finding the UnbelievableThe Erasmus System is a sprawling realm of slavery, smugglers, spiesand constant, creeping decrepitude. Here everyone who is not part of the ruling Four Families is ... Полное описание

AN INCREDIBLE DISCOVERY.A MERCILESS FOE.A DEADLY RACE FOR THE TRUTH.Off a remote stretch of the Indonesian coast, archaeologist Nina Wilde has made an astounding discovery: an artifact that will rewrite everything that's known about human history. But before she can ... Полное описание

In March 1941, Virginia Woolf filled her pockets with stones and drowned herself in Englands River Ouse. Her body was found three weeks later. What seemed like a tragic ending at the time was, in fact, just the beginning of a mystery. . . .Six decades after Virginia ... Полное описание

BONUS: This edition contains excerpts from Rita Mae Brown's Hiss of Death and A Nose for Justice.Mary Minor ';Harry' Haristeen's beloved, tart-tongued neighbor Aunt Tally is about to turn the big 1-0-0, and the alumnae association of Tally's alma mater is throwing a ... Полное описание

This study breaks new ground in describing how various linguistic and pragmatic mechanisms affect both the form of the narrative clause and the arrangement of the grammatical elements. The various possible forms that a narrative clause can take are classified in term... Полное описание

In a 24/7 world and a global economy, there is no doubt that relationships impact virtually every economic transaction. In Relationship Economics, Lindon Robison and Bryan Ritchie argue that what needs to be understood is not just whether relationships matter (which,... Полное описание

From the acclaimed author of Conquistador comes this thrilling account of one of history's greatest adventures of discovery. With cinematic immediacy and meticulous attention to historical detail, here is the true story of a legendary sixteenth-century explorer and h... Полное описание

Lainey Carson and Sydney Beaumont were the closest of friendsuntil they reached high school and Sydney's burgeoning popularity made it easy for her to leave the contemplative, ungainly Lainey behind. Eighteen years later, Lainey, who lives at home caring for her moth... Полное описание

A fascinating intertextual study of the classic biblical tragedy of Saul, the first king of Israel, as first narrated in biblical narrative and later reworked in Lamartine's drama Saul: Trag die and Thomas Hardy's novel The Mayor of Casterbridge. Plot and characteriz... Полное описание

Christianity begins with what appears to be an inclusive promise of redemption in Christ without regard to gender. Paul proclaimed that 'In Christ there is no more male and female.' Yet Christianity soon developed a patriarchal social structure, excluding women from ... Полное описание

The Passages of Joy, published in 1982, saw Thom Gunn writing at the height of his powers. The poems combine personal directness with an apparently effortless technical assurance.

Embracing the richness, complexity and possibilities of learning and teaching in design, Design Education takes the vantage point of the 'outsider' and explores what makes design so compulsively fascinating for those who teach and study it. Through more than 40 proje... Полное описание

Into the Hands of the Living God is Lyle Eslinger's second study of Deuteronomistic literature. This book is devoted to studies of key texts (Joshua 1-9; Judges 1-2; 1 Samuel 12; 1 Kings 8; 2 Kings 17) or concepts (the success/failure of the conquest; the exile and t... Полное описание

The fifteen articles in this volume, arising from work in the Chronicles-Ezra-Nehemiah Section of the Society of Biblical Literature, engage with the author's thought and message through analysis of certain critical texts or by identifying and tracing larger themes t... Полное описание

In recent bilateral ecumenical dialogue the aim of the dialogue has been to reach some form of doctrinal consensus. The three major chapters of the book discuss the variety of forms of doctrinal consensus found in ecumenical dialogues among Anglicans, Lutherans and R... Полное описание

In what sense does Matthew's Gospel reflect the colonial situation in which the community found itself after the fall of Jerusalem and the subsequent humiliation of Jews across the Roman Empire? To what extent was Matthew seeking to oppose Rome's claims to authority ... Полное описание

Insights gained from the study of metaphorical language in other fields, particularly New Testament parable research, are here applied to the tree metaphors in Isaiah 1-39. The focus of investigation is the content of the metaphors , the intentions underlying their u... Полное описание

Tablets of poetic mythological texts unearthed during the excavation of Ugarit have been edited and translated to shed new light on the religion and literature of the ancient world.

By critically engaging Eberhard J'ngel's doctrine of theTrinity, this volume makes a broader, constructive contribution to contemporarytrinitarian thought.The argumentcenters on the question - posed by the inconsistencies uncovered in J'ngel'sdoctrine of God - of how... Полное описание

David M. Gunn wrote The Fate of King Saul to inspire a renewed interest in the study of the Old Testament as well as the study of Saul. He explores the study of Saul and researches the narrative aspect of the books of Samuel. Additionally, he also researches the narr... Полное описание

Assesses the multivocal quality of 2 Samuel 14 as a result of the many historical and social processes that formed the Hebrew Bible as a whole.

This is an ideal introduction to modern biblical studies. Readers are introduced to questions of inspiration, canon and authority. This is followed by chapters on historical approaches to the Bible, such as source, form and redaction criticism. Comparisons with other... Полное описание

This second volume in the series provides a detailed and thorough examination and defense of theological realism. Engaging critically with writers such as George Lindbeck and John Millbank, McGrath offers a sparkling and sophisticated affirmation of theological reali... Полное описание

This book explores a variety of biblical texts in order to clarify and better understand the relationship between the individual and the community in ancient Israel. Although much of the argument is focused upon Deuteronomy and the deuteronomistic history, other pent... Полное описание

In We Think What We Eat, Seth Kunin presents both an appreciation and critique of Professor Mary Douglas' classical work on Israelite food rules. He places her arguments into the context of related anthropological approaches and suggests a new interpretation of the f... Полное описание

Elisabeth Behr-Sigel (1907-2005), a convert to Orthodoxy in her early twenties and a central figure of Orthodox theology among Russian migr s in Paris, first began to reflect on the question of women in the priesthood in 1976. Initially supporting the general consens... Полное описание

This book examines the narratives of the two Greek recensions of the Testament of Abraham. The genre, characterization, and plot of each recension are discussed and then compared. Ludlow illustrates that Recension A used comedy and humour to give a sophisticated trea... Полное описание

Beyond the Reformation? sheds fresh light on divisive issues of authority in the Christian Church and puts them in a new historical and ecumenical perspective. Against the background of the perennial tension between the mystical and the institutional dynamics in the ... Полное описание