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The Lovers and Other Stories
by Pearl S. BuckStories include Answer to Life, The Two Women, Miranda, The Kiss, The Man Called Dead, Next Saturday and Forever, and The Lovers.
Inventing America: A History of the United States, Volume 1 (2nd Edition)
by Pauline Maier Merritt Roe Smith Alexander Keyssar Daniel J. KevlesA textbook that includes study plans, outline quizzes, research projects and progress reports
Franklin Has a Sleepover
by Paulette Bourgeois Brenda ClarkFranklin invites his friend Bear to sleep over at his place. For very young children.
I Loved You All
by Paula SharpA novel about American family life and the politics of abortion rights
P. S. Longer Letter Later
by Paula Danziger Ann M. MartinElizabeth and Tara*Starr are best friends, but Tara*Starr moves away, and the 2 girls must continue their friendship thru letters. Can they stay best friends despite the distance?
Snail Mail No More
by Paula Danziger Ann M. MartinSequel to PS Longer Letter Later, Elizabeth and Tara are still totally different. But they continue to correspond regularly through email now.
The Doom Stone
by Paul ZindelJackson is always psyched to visit his aunt Sarah when she's working on an anthropological dig. This time she's in England, at Stonehenge, and Jackson can't wait to see the massive and mysterious stone formations in person. But then he witnesses a vicious attack on a young man, and another on his beloved aunt Sarah. A savage beast no one has ever seen before is on the prowl. Now it's up to Jackson and his new friend, Alma, a gravedigger's daughter, to stop the beast. All the clues lead back to Stonehenge, where he and Alma must risk their lives to solve the mystery of the monster stalking the countryside-before it's too late. "Even reluctant readers won't be able to put this one down. "-Booklist
When a Darkness Falls
by Paul ZindelFor Jack and Marjorie Krenner and their two small children, life in their new home among the rich and famous is a dream come true. Until slowly they wake to the fear that walks the night. And soon they know that nothing, not the iron gates nor the alarms nor the watchdogs, can protect them from a killer who is closer to home than they dare imagine.
Dvorak in Love
by Josef Skvorecky Paul WilsonFictionalized account of Dvorak's utterly requited love affair with America, when he came to live in the US in 1892, the anthem of which is his most famous piece, "From the New World."
Pacific Diaspora: Island Peoples in the United States and Across the Pacific
by Paul Spickard Joanne L. Romdilla Debbie Hippolite WrightThe Samoas, Tonga, and Hawai'i receive the greatest focus in this collection of essays, but the overall range is quite broad. Native writers cover various topics, such as history, cultural mores, adapting to changes in language and cultures as they move, the ongoing questions and dynamics of personal identity as emigration from the homeland occurs, questions about the future of indigenous cultures, and more. Includes a detailed bilbliography.
The Raj Quartet
by Paul ScottScott's epic saga set in the last years of the British Raj in India: The Jewel in the Crown, The Day of the Scorpion, The Towers of Silence, and A Division of the Spoils. Historical fiction.
Charmed: The Brewing Storm
by Paul RuditisPiper stared at the gun the demon was holding on her, wondering if she could blow it up without letting the demon take her power and use it against her. She ultimately decided that a bullet would do less damage than an explosion. "Look, witch," the demon said. "I don't care about you. Just let me have the Earthshaker and you can go on your merry way." "I think we both know that's not going to happen," Piper replied, shifting her body so she was in front of Muriel. If she had to, she could try to freeze time if the gun was fired. Maybe if she just tried to freeze the bullet and not the demon she wouldn't have her power reflected back. Of course, the idea of freezing a bullet heading at her at the speed of, well, a speeding bullet, was no easy task. Then again, i(j was better than the other option: death.
Charmed: The Warren Witches
by Diana G. Gallagher Paul Ruditis Laura J. Burns Micol Ostow Greg Elliot Erica Pass Cameron Dokey8 short stories based on the hit TV series Charmed.
Make It Ahead French Cooking
by Paul MayerThe author has taken a look at more traditional recipes and divided their preparation into several parts so that the busy homemaker can prepare them, if not in their entirety, at least to some point at which the dish can be set aside, and continued again closer to dinner time, without harming the final outcome of the recipe. In many cases, all parts of the dish can be completed entirely in advance.
Writing for the Media: Film, Television, Video and Radio
by Paul Max Rubenstein Martin J. MaloneyThe business of writing fiction and non-fiction scripts, forms and formats, the story structure, writing dialogue, and information on selling your script. This is the second edition of the book.
World's Greatest Collection of Church Jokes
by Paul M. MillerDoes God have a sense of humor? He must have - He made us, didn't He? 500 stories and jokes about preachers, deacons, pew sitters, Sunday school teachers and kids.
Four Hundred Billion Stars
by Paul J. McauleyHumanity arrives at a planet which sets its machinery to working. The dead cities now glow at night. Is this an archaeological riddle, or the key to an interstellar war?
Mastering Witchcraft: A Practical Guide for Witches, Warlocks, and Covens
by Paul HusonThis book presents the first steps to becoming a witch or warlock; it answers all the basic questions about spells, magical recipes, rituals, divination, covens, curses, apparatus, how to develop one's powers, etc. From reciting the Lord's Prayer backwards, through all the rituals and magical practices, the author carefully explains the details of witchcraft, including the four great rules of magic, how to observe natural "Power Tides," how to use herbs and incenses, how to cast an evil eye, how to form a coven, etc.
How Many Zen Buddhists Does It Take to Screw in a Light Bulb?
by Matt Freedman Paul HoffmanExamples of the humor craze of the 1980s - the light bulb joke!
Lovesick Blues: The Life of Hank Williams
by Paul HemphillBiography of the quintessential country music singer and songwriter
Graven Images
by Paul FleischmanPaul Fleischman spins three engrossing stories about the unexpected ways an artist's creations reveal truths - tales whose intriguing plots and many moods will entertain readers and inspire future writers.<P><P> Can wood, copper, or marble communicate? They can if they are the graven images in Newbery Medalist Paul Fleischman's trio of eerie, beguiling short stories. If you whisper a secret into a wooden statue's ear, will anyone find out? Can a wobbly weathervane bearing the image of Saint Crispin, the patron saint of shoemakers, steer a love-struck apprentice toward the girl of his dreams? And if a ghost hires a sculptor to carve a likeness of him holding a drink to a baby's lips, what ghastly crime might lie behind his request?<P> Newbery Medal Honor book
El elegido
by Paul FerankaUn ser maravilloso ha nacido para guiarnos hacia el amor, la justicia y la bondad