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Umberto Eco The Prague Cementery

Nineteenth-century Europe--from Turin to Prague to Paris--abounds with the ghastly and the mysterious. Jesuits plot against Freemasons. Italian republicans strangle priests with their own intestines. French criminals plan bombings by day and celebrate Black Masses at night. Every nation has its own secret service, perpetrating forgeries, plots, and massacres. Conspiracies rule history. From the unification of Italy to the Paris Commune to the Dreyfus Affair to The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, Europe is in tumult and everyone needs a scapegoat. But what if, behind all of these conspiracies, both real and imagined, lay one lone man?

Al primo sguardo

Danielle Steel Running a successful fashion empire in Paris and New York that hides the pain of a failed marriage, Timmie O endures a sequence of meaningless relationships before a surprise bout of appendicitis places her under the care of alluring but ma (cod. I_)

Attack of the Living Mask

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Gareth Stevens Publishing / Hirschfeld, Robert, PUBLISHER: Gareth Stevens Publishing, Almost everyone is familiar with the Choose Your Own Adventure "RM" format: as readers go through the story, they make choices that control the plot and outcome of each book. This innovative and interesting approach is all the more exciting now that it's applied to spooky and scary stories. Each book contains enough thrills and chills to appeal to every reader and provide hours of enthusiastic and challenging reading.

Still in Love with You: The Story of Hank & Audrey Williams

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Williams, Lycrecia / Vinicur, Dale, PUBLISHER: Thomas Nelson Publishers, Hank Williams was country music's greatest star and songwriter. This is the story of Hank and his wife, Audrey, his rise to fame, their stormy marriage, and the alcoholism that destroyed them both. Illustrated and indexed.

Sunset at Blandings

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Wodehouse, P. G., PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus, With the sun finally setting on that wondrous earthy paradise that is Blandings, Vicky Underwood finds herself forcibly parted from her beloved, Jeff Bennison. Her Uncle Galahad turns his not inconsiderable talents to reuniting the love-birds. Wodehouse's final chronicle of Blandings is unfinished, but three Wodehouse admirers have supplied a treasure trove of notes and plot details, providing fascinating insights into the mind of the author.

The Night Season

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bowdring, Paul, PUBLISHER: Killick Press, The Night Season is the story of Will, a disillusioned English professor experiencing an emotional and spirtual crisis. It is winter during the mid-s. Will has left his job, having almost ruined his love for literature by teaching it for a living, his marriage has disintegrated and he has left his home and young daughter.

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Frankenstein Thrift Study Edition

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft / Dover Thrift Study Edition, PUBLISHER: Dover Publications, Includes the unabridged text of Shelley's classic novel plus a complete study guide that helps readers gain a thorough understanding of the work's content and context. The comprehensive guide includes chapter-by-chapter summaries, explanations and discussions of the plot, question-and-answer sections, author biography, analytical paper topics, list of characters, bibliography, and more.

Il profumo del tÈ e dell' amore

Fiona Neill A richly comic and insightful novel about the underbelly of marriage and friendship. It's early and the credit crunch is starting to bite. Sam and Laura Diamond - and their friends - are circling forty and all feeling a lot less certain a (cod. I_)

Captain Underpants and the Perilous Plot of Professor

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Pilkey, Dav, PUBLISHER: Scholastic, Professor Pippy P. Poopypants may be the greatest scientific genius the world has ever known. Unfortunately, he has such a silly name that nobody takes him seriously Needless to say, George and Harold poo-poo Poopypants' pride -- practically pulverizing it -- and Poopypants is preparing to pounce This looks like a job for Captain Underpants...

Kane and Abel

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Archer, Jeffrey, PUBLISHER: St. Martin's Press, William Lowell Kane and Abel Rosnovski, one the son of a Boston millionaire, the other a penniless polish immigrant-born on the same day near the turn of the century on opposite sides of the world-are brought together by fate and the quest of a dream. Two men - ambitious, powerful, ruthless - are locked in a relentless struggle to build an empire, fueled by their all-consuming hatred. Over sixty years and three generations, through war, marriage, fortune, and disaster, Kane and Abel battle for the success and triumph that only one man can have...

They Called Her Mrs. Doc

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Oke, Janette, PUBLISHER: G. K. Hall & Company, Cassandra Wilson's marriage takes her to a small uncultured town on the western frontier. She soon realizes her husband, Sam, has no plans for returning. Cassandra is faced with the decision to stay or return home alone.

Crossing to Safety

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Stegner, Wallace Earle, PUBLISHER: Thorndike Press, Called a "magnificently crafted story... brimming with wisdom" by Howard Frank Mosher in "The Washington Post Book World," "Crossing to Safety" has, since its publication in , established itself as one of the greatest and most cherished American novels of the twentieth century. Tracing the lives, loves, and aspirations of two couples who move between Vermont and Wisconsin, it is a work of quiet majesty, deep compassion, and powerful insight into the alchemy of friendship and marriage.

One Quarter of Humanity: Malthusian Mythology and Chinese

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Lee, James Z. / Wang, Feng / Feng, Wang, PUBLISHER: Harvard University Press, This book presents evidence about historical and contemporary Chinese population behavior that overturns much of the received wisdom about the differences between China and the West first voiced by Malthus. Malthus described a China in which early and universal marriage ensured high fertility and therefore high mortality. He contrasted this with Western Europe, where marriage occurred late and was far from universal, resulting in lower fertility and higher demographic responsiveness to economic circumstances. The result in China was thought to be mass misery as part of the population teetered on the brink of a Malthusian precipice, whereas in the West conditions were less severe. In reality, James Lee and Wang Feng argue, there has been effective regulation of population growth in China through a variety of practices that depressed marital fertility to levels far below European standards, and through the widespread practices of infanticide and abortion. Moreover, in China, population behavior has long been primarily a consequence of collective intervention. This collective culture underlies four distinctive features of the Chinese demographic pattern--high rates of female infanticide, low rates of male marriage, low rates of marital fertility, and high rates of adoption--that Lee and Wang trace from to today. These and other distinctive features of the Chinese demographic and social system, they argue, led to a different demographic transition in China from the one that took place in the West.

Unquenchable Love

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Kopp, David / Kopp, Heather, PUBLISHER: Harvest House Publishers, A new and compelling perspective on marriage, this book offers 12 weeks of daily meditations for husbands and wives wanting to strengthen their bond of love. Based on the stories in the popular Love Stories God Told.

Classical Themes from the Movies

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Leon / Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation, PUBLISHER: Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation, 31 themes that brought movies to life, including: Also Sprach Zarathustra * Ave Maria * Canon in D * Love Duet (from "La Boheme") * Overture to the Marriage of Figaro * and more.

Men of Letters, Writing Lives

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Broughton, Trev Lynn, PUBLISHER: Routledge, Trev Lynn Broughton takes an in-depth look at the developments within Victorian auto/biography, and asks what we can learn about the conditions and limits of male literary authority. Providing a feminist analysis of the effects of this literary production on culture, Broughton looks at the increase in professions with a vested interest in the written Life; the speeding up of the Life-and-Letters industry during this period; the institutionalization of Life-writing; and the consequent spread of a network of mainly male practitioners and commentators. This study focuses on two case studies from the period : the theories and achievements of Sir Leslie Stephen and the debate surrounding James Anthony Froude's account of the marriage of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle.

The Devil and Miss Prym

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Coelho, Paulo, PUBLISHER: HarperCollins Publishers, A stranger arrives at the remote village of Viscos, carrying with him a backpack containing a notebook and eleven gold bars. He comes searching for the answer to a question that torments him: Are human beings, in essence, good or evil? In welcoming the mysterious foreigner, the whole village becomes an accomplice to his sophisticated plot, which will forever mark their lives. A novel of temptation by the internationally bestselling author Paulo Coelho, "The Devil and Miss Prym" is a thought-provoking parable of a community devoured by greed, cowardice, and fear--as it struggles with the choice between good and evil.

A Lawman's Christmas: A Lawman's ChristmasDaring Moves

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Miller, Linda Lael, PUBLISHER: Harlequin Books, The sudden death of the town marshal leaves Blue River, Texas, without a lawman...and twenty-five-year-old Dara Rose Nolan without a husband. As winter approaches and her meager seamstress income dwindles, she has three options. Yet she won't give up her two young daughters, refuses to join the fallen women of the Bitter Gulch Saloon and can't fathom condemning herself to another loveless marriage. Unfortunately she must decide--soon--because there's a new marshal in town, and she's living under his roof. With the heart of a cowboy, Clay McKettrick plans to start a ranch and finally settle down. He isn't interested in uprooting Dara Rose and her children, but he "is" interested in giving her protection, friendship--and passion. And when they say "I do" to a marriage of convenience, the temporary lawman's Christmas wish is to make Dara Rose his permanent wife....

Finding the Dream: The Dream Trilogy #3

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Roberts, Nora, PUBLISHER: Berkley Publishing Group, Laura Templeton found out the hard way that nothing in life is guaranteed. The daughter of a wealthy hotelier, she had always known comfort, privilege, and security. But by the age of thirty, her storybook marriage had been destroyed by her husband's infidelity. Laura's divorce left her both emotionally and financially devastated--but determined to rebuild her life "without "the Templeton fortune. Laura had always defined herself as a wife, a daughter, or a mother. Now, she must finally discover Laura the "woman."..

Barrio Bushido

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Sierra, Benjamin Bac, PUBLISHER: El Leon Literary Arts, Fiction. Latino/Latina Studies. Set in the barrio of an unnamed California city in the early s, BARRIO BUSHIDO narrates the story and fate of three adolescent Latinos who join forces to rob organized crime gangsters. Lobo (wolf) hunts, scheming for street stardom, manipulating his homeboys for his Machiavellian goals. Unlike Lobo, Toro (bull), an ex-Marine, does not plot; he charges full-force at the red cape of life. Santo, the saint of the gang, venerates homeboy, not Christian, ideals. A genuine cholo, he never admits that paranoia and pressure take him to the brink of madness.

Exploring the Story: A Reference Companion

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Barr, Adam T., PUBLISHER: Zondervan, Exploring the Story helps you understand and grasp the significance of each chapter in the The Story, an innovative Bible that presents Scripture as a continuous narrative in chronological order. The big picture of God's redemptive plan comes into focus as you learn about the following elements: Timeline---shows how the events of The Story relate to the rest of history Plot Points---briefly describes the key narrative themes of a passage Cast of Characters---introduces the people featured in the text Chapter Overview---summarizes the corresponding chapter in The Story Discussion Questions---gives ideas for individual or group reflection Section Commentary---presents theological issues, important archaeological discoveries, or launch points for further discussion Small group leaders, pastors, and lay students of the Bible will gain a deeper understanding of God's life-changing redemptive plan by reading this book alongside The Story.

The Berlin Conspiracy

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Gabbay, Tom, PUBLISHER: HarperCollins Publishers, Jack Teller is through with the CIA--until the Berlin station is contacted by a Colonel in the East German Stasi just days before President John F. Kennedy's scheduled visit to the Wall. The Stasi officer has an important message--and he will speak to no one but Jack. The informant claims a treacherous plot is brewing to assassinate the American president in Germany--a conspiracy originating at the highest levels of the U.S. government. Only Jack Teller believes the threat is real, and it has left him alienated and alone in a divided city that holds too many dark secrets. And if he forgets the two essential truths of the espionage game--that lies are currency and nothing is what it seems--he won't live to prevent a global catastrophe.

Bluest Eye, The, a Novel (Maxnotes Literature Guides)

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Morrison, Toni / Hubert, Christopher / English Literature Study Guides, PUBLISHER: Research & Education Association, MAXnotes offer a fresh look at masterpieces of literature, presented in a lively and interesting fashion. Written by literary experts who currently teach the subject, MAXnotes will enhance your understanding and enjoyment of the work. MAXnotes are designed to stimulate independent thought about the literary work by raising various issues and thought-provoking ideas and questions. MAXnotes cover the essentials of what one should know about each work, including an overall summary, character lists, an explanation and discussion of the plot, the work's historical context, illustrations to convey the mood of the work, and a biography of the author. Each chapter is individually summarized and analyzed, and has study questions and answers.

Aquarius (Super Horoscopes )

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Beim, Margarete, PUBLISHER: Berkley Publishing Group, The most complete horoscopes guides available on the market. Every day, people depend on their horoscopes for a glimpse at what's to come-and Berkley's popular "Super Horoscopes" offer the predictions that they're searching for. With special sections on the history and uses of astrology, these completely updated books show exactly what the future holds. Includes: - Detailed yearly and daily forecasts - Rising signs - Lucky numbers - The cusp-born - Signs of the Zodiac - Character analysis - Love, romance, and marriage compatibility guide - Moon tables - Planting and fishing guides - Influence of the moon and planets - November and December daily forecasts repeated Acquista Ora

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