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The Reckoning
by Sharon Kay PenmanSequel to Here Be Dragons and Falls the Shadow, this concludes the epic saga on the death throes of independent Wales in the 13th century. Historical fiction.
No, But I Saw the Movie: The Best Short Stories Ever Made Into Film
by David WheelerCollection of 18 short stories that were made into movies, with information about each movie.
Uncommon Genius: How Great Ideas Are Born
by Denise ShekerjianWhere do great ideas come from? 40 winners of the MacArthur Foundation Fellowship provide glimpses into their experiences of the creative process.
The Penguin Complete Father Brown
by G. K. ChestertonAll five books: The Innocence, Wisdom, Incredulity, Secret, and Scandal of Father Brown, each containing short stories of the famous amateur sleuth.
The Bone People
by Keri HulmeIn a tower on the New Zealand sea lives Kerewin Holmes, part Maori, part European an artist estranged from her art, a woman in exile from her family. One night her solitude is disrupted by a visitor - a speechless, mercurial boy named Simon, who tries to steal from her and then repays her with his most precious possession. As Kerewin succumbs to Simon's feral charms, she also falls under the spell of his Maori foster father Joe, who rescued the boy from a shipwreck and now treats him with an unsettling mixture of tenderness and brutality. Out of this unorthodox trinity, Hulme has created what is at once a mystery, a love story, and an ambitious exploration of the zone where Maori and European New Zealand meet, clash, and sometimes merge. <P><P> A Man Booker Prize winner.
Money: A Suicide Note
by Martin AmisA biting, hilarious look at one man's relentless pursuit of pleasure in the fast lane, an audacious and frightening picture of Reagan's America and Thatcher's England.
Dolly and the Singing Bird (Johnson Johnson #1)
by Dorothy DunnettJohnson Johnson and his lovely yacht Dolly are the principal players in the Dolly mysteries. In this book, a romantic rendezvous uncovers not coloratura soprano Valentina Rossi's lover but a corpse.
West of Sunset
by Dirk BogardeHugo Arlington's wife Alice isn't the only person to be haunted by the dangerous games that the celebrated writer played.
Sherlock Holmes vs Dracula or the Adventure of the Sanguinary Count
by Loren D. Estleman John H. WatsonDr. Watson's account of the encounter between the two fictional greats.
The Heart of the Matter
by Graham GreeneScobie, a policeman in a West African colony, is above reproach, but he's forced to borrow money to send his wife on holiday. While she's gone, he falls in love with a pathetic child widow, and inexorably, his conscience and his love of God lead him to disaster.
Brighton Rock
by Graham GreenePinkie, a boy gangster in the pre-war Brighton underworld, is a Catholic dedicated to evil and damnation...
Psychology in Learning and Instruction
by Patricia A. AlexanderTextbook on the psychological aspects of teaching.
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.
When is a Pig a Hog? A Guide to Confoundingly Related English Words
by Bernice RandallWant to know the difference between a saying, proverb, maxim, saw, adage, aphorism, epigram and motto? This and hundreds of other questions are answered in this informative book.
Existential Sexuality: Choosing to Love
by Peter KoestenbaumA comprehensive book about how you can apply the insights of existential psychotherapy and existential philosophy to human loving relationships.
Professionalism in Teaching (2nd edition)
by Beth Hurst Ginny RedingA companion to textbooks in general education. This book is designed to provide new teachers with practical, yet theory-based, approaches to becoming professional, confident, and skilled classroom instructors, with emphasis on the social and communication skills needed to deal appropriately with students, parents, colleagues, administrators, and the public.
Agile Estimating and Planning
by Mike CohnAgile Estimating and Planning is the definitive, practical guide to estimating and planning agile projects. In this book, Agile Alliance cofounder Mike Cohn discusses the philosophy of agile estimating and planning and shows you exactly how to get the job done, with real-world examples and case studies.
Total Recall
by Piers AnthonyObsessed by dreams of Mars that he can't afford to realise, Doug Quaid, a construction worker, settles for the Rekall Incorporated Ego Trip mind-travel package. But when the treatment dislodges some true memories, Quaid suddenly finds he is playing the fantasy for real.
Java Spider
by Geoffrey ArcherA British minister is kidnapped in Indonesia, and authorities claim he's been seized by guerrillas. The government sends one man to rescue him - Nick Randall.
No Place Like Home: A New Beginning with the Dogs of Afghanistan
by Pen FarthingMarley and Me meets Bravo Two Zero, in this sequel to One Dog at a Time: Saving the Strays of Afghanistan. Nowzad was a gentle giant when it came to taking treats. He never, ever snatched. To me it was just further evidence that, deep inside, there was a great dog struggling to find his way out. When Pen Farthing brings stray dogs Nowzad and Tali back from his tour of Afghanistan, little does he know what he has begun. Suddenly he has four dogs to look after—two of whom have never been housetrained. And soon he is inundated with requests from other Marines and soldiers to help bring their rescued dogs home. Whether it's little Helmand, Fubar, or Beardog, Pen does his utmost to give these dogs the chance they deserve. This is the story of one man's courage and persistence as he struggles to give his dogs at home, and those still in Afghanistan, the best possible chance. It will warm—and break—the hearts of dog lovers everywhere.
Thinking Like an Anthropologist
by John OmohundroThis exciting text teases out the common core of the cultural anthropological way of thinking, makes it explicit in a set of eleven questions, and uses those questions to enhance learning. Each question receives treatment in a brief chapter, accompanied by several exercises and classroom demonstrations. The textbook is intended to be accompanied by--and applied to--a reader, a few ethnographies, or a monograph with topical focus such as language, globalization, technology, art, or gender. The eleven questions that organize the text can be applied singly and cumulatively to address the cultures presented in the ethnographies or case studies chosen by each instructor. A comprehensive guide written by John Omohundro assists instructors who adopt this novel approach and suggests numerous examples of ethnographies and readers that would be effective companions for the text.
The Creative Spirit: An Introduction to Theatre
by Stephanie ArnoldIncludes discussion of each playwright's other works, sources, timelines for historical and cultural context, and the production of the plays.
The Business of Changing the World: Twenty Great Leaders on Strategic Corporate Philanthropy
by Marc Benioff Carlye AdlerBusiness leaders share their corporate philanthropy secrets to reveal how any company can start their own program.