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Weirdos from Another Planet!: A Calvin and Hobbes Collection

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Watterson, Bill, PUBLISHER: Andrews McMeel Publishing, "Flashes of innovative genius abound. Exploring the world of Calvin and Hobbes is great therapy. The antics of the precocious boy and his suave stuffed tiger pal can pull anyone out of the doldrums." --"Amarillo News Globe" In "Calvin and Hobbes" book "Weirdos From Another Planet," this power-packed extravaganza of creative energy and imagination feature the childhood fun and fantasy that was a Watterson trademark. "Weirdos From Another Planet," is out of this world

Voltaire in Exile

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Davidson, Ian, PUBLISHER: Grove Press, In , Voltaire-playwright, poet, philosopher and one of the most feted figures in Europe-was forced by Louis XV and his powerful mistress Madame Pompadour into exile, where he remained for the last twenty-five years of his life. During his years in Geneva, on the outskirts of France, Voltaire carved out a new world in isolation, becoming a successful entrepreneur, writing his masterpiece Candide, and lavishing gifts upon those around him. But it was as a figure cast out by the establishment that Voltaire began to develop his astonishingly modern ideas of human rights and social equality, borne out in his campaigns against a series of miscarriages of justice. In Voltaire in Exile, Ian Davidson recreates this period in the life of one of the giants of the Enlightenment. By painstakingly translating the rich correspondence between Voltaire and his family, members of the Court at Versailles, and the French intellectual elite, Davidson allows us to discover Voltaire the artist, the campaigner, the aesthete, the lover, the humorist. The result is a wonderfully vivid portrait of this extraordinarily funny, iconoclastic, complex, and, above all, ferociously intelligent individual.

Life Alignment: Walking in Step with God

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: James, William N., PUBLISHER: Wasteland Press, Life on earth exists by the laws of nature. A few minutes under water can mean death to humans. A fish on land cannot survive for long. The law of gravity has taken the lives of many. The lack of common sense has meant the demise of some. Just as the tires of a car wear out too soon when the wheels are out of alignment, even so a life lived out of alignment with God's principles will face early burnout. We are created in the image of God. We must know what these principles are and not ignore them. Authentic Christianity is to know, understand and practice the principles that God has given to us in His Word; the Bible. This book is a careful look at nine of these principles Psalm "BLESSED IS EVERY ONE WHO FEARS THE LORD, WHO WALKS IN HIS WAYS."

Canada's Maple Leaf: The Story of Our Flag

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Owens, Ann-Maureen / Yealland, Jane / Owens, Annmaureen, PUBLISHER: Kids Can Press, The only children's book of its kind, "Canada's Maple Leaf" is a colorful history of Canada's unique flag. Kids will learn about the first flags that flew over Canada, the country's loyalty to the British flag and the great flag debate that led to our current flag. They'll see colorful images of provincial and territorial flags (including Nunavut's) and read fascinating stories about flags from around the world. This illustrated history includes flag etiquette, flag-raising procedures and how to send messages with international flag codes. Kids can also make and fly their own Canadian flag by tracing the maple leaf in the book

Not a Tame Lion: The Spiritual Legacy of C.S. Lewis

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Glaspey, Terry W. / Grant, George, PUBLISHER: GCB Publishing Group, C.S. Lewis in his time was a teacher, a scholar, a public speaker, a writer, a friend, a man of simple tastes; above all, he was a man surrendered to God. His legacy is a rich one: in his books we find a winsome and creative personality who was unswerving in his commitment to orthodoxy, and whose tremendous intellect was wedded not only to his reason but to a powerful imagination (for it was in his flights of literary fantasy that his deepest perceptions of God were birthed). This book is a finely crafted introduction to the character and works of a man who was a true "defender of the faith" -- both in his creation of Aslan and the Land of Narnia and in his non-fiction apologia.

Elegies in Blue: Poems

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Saenz, Benjamin Alire, PUBLISHER: Cinco Puntos Press, Benjamin Saenz writes, "In the desert, we live in a desert of translation." That is exactly what he sets out to do, in this, his third book of poems--translate experience into words. He writes of history and learning and death. He writes of loss and knowledge and the difficulties of coming to terms with the harsh and untamable landscape of the border. Ultimately, his elegies are "stones that praise the lives" of those who have given him words. In the tradition of Latin American literature, Saenz believes that poetry should be part of the public discourse and not shunted aside as irrelevant to our country's larger issues. Here he maps out personal, political and spiritual histories. He speaks about political and literary heroes, anti-heroes and everyday people, and he remembers his growing up Chicano in the Catholic world of the U.S./Mexico Border. From these elements, he creates a philosophy of speaking publicly as poet.

The Stone War

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Robins, Madeleine E., PUBLISHER: Tor Books, John Tietjen loves New York City like life itself. But while hes out of town at a conference, confused reports come out of the city. Millions of refugees are streaming out, each bearing contradictory tales of fire, earthquake, explosions, collapse. Making his perilous way back, he gathers a few survivors and establishes a shelter. But the full nature of the catastrophe is still unclear.

Ali, Child of the Desert

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: London, Jonathan / Lewin, Ted, PUBLISHER: HarperCollins Publishers, Captures the dramatic beauty and danger of the Sahara Seated atop his camel, Ali felt the desert roll beneath him. Three days' ride ahead lay the Moroccan market town of Rissani, at the edge of the Great Sahara, where Ali and his father would sell their camels. But suddenly, out of nowhere, the wind came howling, and the whirling sand swallowed the sun, the camel herd, and his father. Stranded on the vast Sahara, Ali must summon all his courage to first find food and shelter, then his father. In the process, he learns the true nature of the desert and its people.

Short Stories from El Barrio Libre

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Acuna, Dorothy Chapman / Acu a., Dorothy Chapman, PUBLISHER: PublishAmerica, Augustine L. AcuAa (Augie) grew up in El Barrio Libre in Tucson, Arizona. His childhood in the Old Pueblo shaped him into the man who contributed to Tucsonas recreation and sports community. The short stories in this book are ones he wrote hoping one day to incorporate into a book that he dreamed of writing. The aChristmas Eve Talesa section of the book consists of stories he told on Christmas evening with his relatives as we welcomed in Christmas morning. I have written a biography of Augie, and if you look closely, you can see how his childhood and his accomplishments intertwine.

Animal Farm

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Orwell, George / Crwell, George / Symons, Julian, PUBLISHER: Everyman's Library, (Book Jacket Status: Jacketed) "Animal Farm" is the most famous by far of all twentieth-century political allegories. Its account of a group of barnyard animals who revolt against their vicious human master, only to submit to a tyranny erected by their own kind, can fairly be said to have become a universal drama. Orwell is one of the very few modern satirists comparable to Jonathan Swift in power, artistry, and moral authority; in animal farm his spare prose and the logic of his dark comedy brilliantly highlight his stark message. Taking as his starting point the betrayed promise of the Russian Revolution, Orwell lays out a vision that, in its bitter wisdom, gives us the clearest understanding we possess of the possible consequences of our social and political acts.

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A wretched abomination, part mummified flesh and part tormented spirit, Avarkus, The Red Death drifts upon the celestial ether between the realms of the living and the dead. With an insatiable thirst for the avarice in men's souls, he seeks out those corrupted by greed to claim as his own. In his hand he holds a mask of gold, which represents the face of his life's true desires, and on his back a rich and gruesome embroidered cloak imprisons the faces of those preeminent souls he has taken for Death's designs. But perhaps most horrific of all, from the odious sack of innards that spill out of his vacuous abdomen, vengeful spirits become a celestial torch and pitchfork wielding mob to exact a wicked justice for their host. Having once lived a life of greed, now Death commands Avarkus to serve in the Court of the Dead and carry out his master plan - to rise, conquer and rule! Spedizione in tutta Italia ? 10 Ritiro a mano in Milano

A Pilates' Primer: Pilates' Return to Life Through

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Pilates, Joseph H. / Miller, William J., PUBLISHER: Presentation Dynamics, This Millenium Edition includes the only two published works of Joseph Pilates. Newly copyrighted, edited and revised, this book makes available in one volume all of his early Twentieth Century philosophies, principles, and theories about health and fitness, as well as the exercises, poses, and instructions fundamental to his exciting fitness program. You will also learn every single one of his original 34 mat exercises taught to his own students. Living testimony to the validity of his own teachings, Joseph Pilates shares in these writings his fundamental tenets of posture, body mechanics, correct breathing, spinal flexibility, physical education, and his law of natural exercises.

Wittgenstein: The Way Out of the Fly-Bottle

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Schroeder, Severin, PUBLISHER: Polity Press, This is a lucid and highly readable account of Wittgenstein's philosophy, set against the background of his extraordinary life and character. Woven together with a biographical narrative, this book is ideal for students seeking a clear and concise introduction to the work of this seminal 20th century philosopher.

The Making of a Made Man: A True Story, My Story, the Whole

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Shabazz Born Allah, Born Allah, PUBLISHER: Outskirts Press, Shabazz Born Allah (The Bazz), has faced many unfortunate life experiences. Fortunately he found ways to turn those adversities, into talents that help as well as entertain others. In his first book (The Trials of a Made Man) was published by Outskirts Press. The book chronicled two of his most pivotal and life altering years. In which time, The Bazz would find his voice, purpose and peace of mind

A Word or Two

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Andreae, Christopher, PUBLISHER: PublishAmerica, A walrus sort of book. Remember Lewis Carrollas verse? aaThe time has come, a the Walrus said, / aTo talk of many things: / Of shoes a and ships a and sealing-wax a / Of cabbages a and kings...aa In this book of miscellaneous essays, to , the author makes wry, funny, touching, familiar, and unexpected observations of all sorts of things that have occurred during his time spent living variously in city, country, and suburbia. (His time living on Mars goes discreetly unmentioned.) His odd mix of unpretentiously contentious themes ranges from a brusque bookseller who turns out to be affable, to a suicidal sheep who opts for life after all, to an eccentric schoolmaster who wags his finger while quoting T. S. Eliot, to the questionable state of Queen Elizabethas fingernails. Discombobulating but rarely disastrous encounters abound a with precocious six-year-olds, mischievous mice, platefuls of inedible seashells, and a quiet American in Edinburgh looking for a girl heas never met. A good bedtime, or anytime, read written by an adept wordsmith.

Nightmare Syndrome

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Marshall, William Leonard, PUBLISHER: Mysterious Press, Award-winning author William Marshall returns with the 15th novel in his suspenseful and hilarious series of Hong Kong police novels. During the final weeks of British Imperial rule in Hong Kong, Detective Chief Inspector Harry Feiffer comes up against one of the strangest cases of his career: a series of murders of top industrialists carried out by someone -- or something -- so terrifying that each victim used the last of his strength to tear out his own eyes. Conversely, Detective Senior Inspector O'Yee thinks he must be seeing things after being confronted by six hideous, slumbering gnomes, armed to the teeth, who seem to have sleepwalked their way into the upper hand at the Yellowthread Street police station.

George Kelly

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Fransella, Fay, PUBLISHER: Sage Publications (CA), George Kelly's personal construct theory, first published in , is as radical today as it was then. Describing how each one of us goes about our daily life trying to make sense of the events around us, it maintains that we are in charge of what we do in the world, that we do not merely react to events. This book reveals that George Kelly was a man of enormous intellect, of many talents and of great complexity. Fay Fransella outlines how his views have influenced the theory and practice of psychotherapy, and illustrates how his training in physics and mathematics influenced his theory and led to the development of one of his methods of measurement - the repertory grid. The book also describes Kelly's phil

Hands Off My Toy! (Spongebob Squarepants (8x8))

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Lewman, David, PUBLISHER: Simon Spotlight/Nickelodeon, SpongeBob is so protective of his new Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy Bubble Blower that he doesn't even want to take it out of the packaging. But when his best friend, Patrick, asks if he can look after it one night, SpongeBob can't refuse. SpongeBob tries to trust his friend, but his curiosity gets the better of him, and chaos soon follows

Into the Light: From an Abusive Past to a Healing Future

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: McCann, Richard, PUBLISHER: Ebury Press, In his first book, McCann told the harrowing story of how he and his sisters were left motherless when the Yorkshire Ripper killed his first victim. Here, he comes to terms with the loss of his childhood by talking to others, learning how to accept what has happened and move on.

Me from the Inside: My Life, My Lust, My Love.

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Jahbu, PUBLISHER: PublishAmerica, For years, many have enjoyed Jahbuas poetry through various anthologies and scrapbooks, readings, and open-mic venues. The warm receptions have inspired him to author this book about his personal lifeathe struggles, the triumphs, and the glory. me from the inside is Jahbuas testimony to the benevolence of lifeas breath. The poems bound within these covers are snapshots of Jahbuas experiences, feelings, and innermost thoughts. Vividly they reflect the ups and downs of an emotionally charged soul. Profoundly influenced by his upbringing and relationships throughout his life, Jabhu felt compelled to write his story in song, hoping his highs and lows would be inspiration for others. The poems announce Jahbuas undying pursuit of spiritual bliss, an expression of which he believes will allow him the opportunity to be free. As so many others, he has devoted his life researching for reason. A student of mathematics and philosophy, Jahbu was unsatisfied with their limitations and sought out to find a different muse. Jahbu feels that his pursuit of freedom is not in vain, regardless of the afflictions he must endure. He believes the answers are out there, for which he will travel to the depths of insanity to find.

The Speckled People

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hamilton, Hugo, PUBLISHER: Harper Perennial, "We wear Aran Sweaters and Lederhosen. We are forbidden from speaking English. We are trapped in a language war. We are the Speckled People." In one of the most original memoirs to emerge in years, Hugo Hamilton tells the haunting story of his German-Irish childhood in s Dublin. His Gaelic-speaking, Irish nationalist father rules the home with tyranny, while his German-speaking mother rescues her children with cakes and stories of her own struggle against Nazi Germany. Out on the streets of Dublin is another country, where they are taunted as Nazis and subjected to a mock Nuremberg trial. Through the eyes of a child, this rare and shockingly honest book gradually makes sense of family, language, and identity, unlocking at last the secrets that his parents kept in the wardrobe.

Grass Roots

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Woods, Stuart, PUBLISHER: Avon Books, Will Lee has returned to his roots to kick off his campaign for the Senate. A prominent lawyer, he has come back to his hometown of Delano, Georgia, to plan his strategies, and to argue an explosively controversial case that could seriously damage his fledgling political career. For Delano is a town with a dark secret -- a smoldering hotbed of racial hatred and moral outrage, held in the thrall of a sinister group called The Elect. Its violent, evil forces will stop at nothing to keep the candidate out of office. But Will Lee isn't about to back down, even though it may cost him his career -- and his life.

A Wizard in Mind: The First Chronicle of Magnus D'Armand,

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Stasheff, Christopher, PUBLISHER: Tor Books, Magnus D'Armand, the renegade son of Rod Gallowglass, Warlock of Gramarye, has set out to prove himself twice the hero and liberator his father ever was. However, Magnus has inherited not only his father's awesome psychic gifts, but his uncanny knack for getting into trouble as well. Bored and in search of excitement, Magnus D'Armand has asked his sentient starship to find him a world in need of revolution. But on the lost colony world of Petrach, he finds far more than he's bargained for. Not only have a brace of warring princes plunged the planet into a dark age of bloodshed and betrayal, but a mysterious rival from Magnus's past is plotting his destruction. Even the Rogue Wizard will need a miracle to get himself out of this one

The Life and Times of the Apostle Paul

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Ball, Charles F., PUBLISHER: Tyndale House Publishers, The world's famous and compelling missionary story has never been more fun to read. Author Charles Ferguson Ball paints a colorful, true-to-life picture of the apostle Paul, his ministry, and his times based on the details we know from Scripture and historians. "The Life and Times of the Apostle Paul" is an excellent companion book for studying the life Paul and his missionary journeys. Added details about the region and customs and events of that time make this book a worthwhile supplement to Bible texts.

Lord of the Rings Brooch Elven Leaf Brooch (silver plated)

A reproduction of the leaf brooch worn by the members of the Fellowship of the Ring from the movie trilogy The Lord of the Rings is now available in silver plated metal with rich green enameling. This inspiring and beautiful piece symbolizes the spirit and bond of those entrusted to save Middle-Earth.

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