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Stories, Theories and Things

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Brooke-Rose, Christine / Brooke-Rose, Christine / Christine, Brooke-Rose, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, The novelist and critic Christine Brooke-Rose reflects on her own fictional craft and turns her well-developed analytic abilities on other writers fictional and critical, from Hawthorne and Pound to Bloom and Derrida, in an attempt to investigate those difficult border zones between the "invented" and the "real." The result is an extended meditation, in a highly personal idiom, on the creative act and its relation to modern theoretical writing and thinking. Like her fiction, Professor Brooke-Rose's criticism is self-consciously experimental, trying out and discarding ideas, adopting others. Her linguistic prowess, her uncommon role as a recognized writer of fiction and theory, and the relevance of her work to the feminist and other modern movements, all contribute to the interest of this unusual sequence of essays. Christine Brooke-Rose, formerly a professor at the Universite de Paris, and now retired, lives in France. She is the author of several works of literary criticism and a number of novels, including Amalgamemnon and Xorander.

Green Households: Domestic Consumers, the Environment and

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Noorman, Klaas J. / Uiterkamp, Ton S., PUBLISHER: Earthscan Publications, Households are one of the main sources of waste and of other environmental impacts. Yet most attention to date has focused on the effects of business and industry, rather than on domestic consumption of goods, energy and resources and their resulting outputs.Green Households? is the first book to concentrate on this vital but neglected sector. Drawing on empirical research largely from The Netherlands, it takes households as consumer units and examines the entire household metabolism. This includes the way domestic demand can influence where and how goods and services are produced, resource flows through households, and the differential environmental impacts of different lifestyles.It shows both what would constitute sustainable domestic consumption and how far there is to go to achieve this in industrialised and affluent Western society. Those involved in planning and policy as it affects households and urban development, as well as students and researchers in social science and environmental studies will find it an invaluable source of information.

'Til Death (Rebel Ridge)

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Sala, Sharon, PUBLISHER: Harlequin MIRA, He left in handcuffs. Now it's time to set himself free. Nearly twenty years after he was wrongly convicted of setting the fire that killed his father, Lincoln Fox returns to Rebel Ridge, Kentucky. There, deep in the Appalachians, the truth of that terrible night lies buried-and he's sworn to uncover it. His plans take an unexpected turn when, in the midst of a blizzard, he rescues Meg Walker from her wrecked car. Suddenly Linc discovers another reason to clear his name. Meg, his high school sweetheart, had always believed in his innocence, and if he wants a future with her, he has to show the world proof that she was right. As the community chooses sides, those who once let a teenage boy take the fall for their crime are forced to raise the stakes. They kidnap Meg, leaving her to the mercy of the mountain. And a second rescue may be more than even Linc can manage....

Guerrilla Nation: My Wars In and Out of Vietnam

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Maclear, Michael, PUBLISHER: Dundurn Group Ltd, In September , Michael Maclear, the first Western television journalist allowed inside North Vietnam, was in Hanoi for CBC-TV when Ho Chi Minh died. He recounted in gripping detail how an entire population had been trained for generations in guerrilla combat. His reporting was highly controversial and led to interference by the RCMP and the U.S. Pentagon. Later Maclear was taken blindfolded to a Hanoi prison for captive U.S. pilots, some of whom condemned the war. President Richard Nixon described the journalist as "duped." At odds with a nervous CBC, Maclear was dismissed as foreign correspondent and then resigned from the network. Recently, Maclear returned to Vietnam and interviewed surviving key figures from the war. In this book he includes startling new information on guerrilla tactics and delivers an impassioned argument for the necessity of journalistic impartiality and integrity that those who care about such things can't afford to miss.

School Mathematics in the s

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Howson / Wilson, Leslie / Wilson, Robb, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, Countries throughout the world are faced with the problem of adjusting school mathematics curricula in an attempt to match rapid changes in society, technology and educational systems. The ICMI Study is intended to help those who wish to form a vision of what school mathematics might be in the 's and to work towards the fulfilment of goals. In doing this it will be guided by the experiences of the past thirty years, which have taught us that what is desirable might not be attainable, and that goals must be set which acknowledge the existence of constraints. The Study seeks to identify key issues and basic questions within mathematics education, to propose and comment upon alternative strategies, and to provide a stimulus for more detailed, less general discussions, within more limited geographical and social contexts. The text is based upon an international symposium held in Kuwait in February, and attended by selected mathematics educators drawn from all parts of the world.

Prove It! Catholic Teen Bible-NABRE

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Welborn, Amy, PUBLISHER: Our Sunday Visitor (IN), Sometimes the answers aren't enough. Sometimes you want to know why they're the answers. Any Bible can answer questions. This is the one that explains why those answers are the answers. In twenty-five very compelling tabs spread throughout the Bible text, Prove It The Catholic Teen Bible gives the why to the biggest questions of all. To the questions you've been asking your parents, your teachers, your friends yourself: What's life all about and where do I fit in? What's my life all about, and where do God, family, friends, and all the rest fit in? How do I know God even exists, and what do the life and death of Jesus have to do with me right here, right now? If God loves us all, why should I bother taking my Catholicism seriously? If all religions are pretty much the same, why be a Catholic at all?

How Far Is Heaven?

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Howard, T. J., PUBLISHER: PublishAmerica, Jody Howard is having a difficult time coming to grips with the fact that he didnat reach his childhood dream of being a major leaguer. Jodyas late father, Joe, had major league talent, possessing a throwing arm that was almost legendary in the area. Joe had once been offered a contract by his beloved Chicago Cubs, but was forced to turn it down because his young wife, Ruth, was seriously ill, from complications after giving birth to Jody. Although Jody showed much promise during his earlier playing days, he let fear and guilt curtail his lofty aspirations. After confiding in his widowed mother of his feelings, Ruth Howard prays for help for her son. Through divine intervention, Jody is then apparently given his fatheras arm to pursue a major league career. Jody, his girlfriend Beth, and those close to him embark on the pursuit of the cherished dream, ultimately jeopardizing other dreams Jody didnat even realize he had.

DB2 for Windows NT - Fast [With Contains IBM, DB2 Product

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Whitehorn, Mark / Whitehorn, Mary, PUBLISHER: Springer, This book is specifically written for those who want to use DB2 for Windows NT fast. It assumes some prior knowledge of RDBMS and the fundamentals of relational theory. It will prove invaluable to users of PC products like Access, Paradox, xBASE, and Ap proach who want to upsize to DB2 and to Database Administrators who want to transfer to DB2 from another platform or another RDBMS. The authors explain all you need to know in order to start using DB2 for NT quickly. The reader is shown, step by step, how to create and maintain a database. Subjects covered include: Installing DB2; Installing on the Client; Creating and Managing User s; Schemas; Creating Databases and Tables; Backup and Recovery; Scheduling Tasks; Triggers; Performance and Tweaking; Where to look if something goes wrong; Java; User definable data types and functions; Extenders. The authors have written a highly readable and informative guide to this revolutionary new product.

Study Bible-NLT

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Tyndale House Publishers, PUBLISHER: Tyndale House Publishers, Introducing the $lt;i>NLT Study Bible.$lt;/i> The product of over forty Bible scholars and seven years' work, it is the most comprehensive study Bible ever created. The notes focus on bringing out the full meaning of the text, allowing the reader to understand the Bible more deeply than ever. Features include study notes (over words), maps, charts, illustrations, a word-study system, and much more. $lt;br>$lt;b>Feature details:$lt;/b> Ten section introductions provide an overview of the literature and history of each section of the Bible, showing how the books are related to each other and to the rest of Scripture. Theme articles and person profiles (406 total) highlight recurring ideas and describe the lives of those who inhabit the pages of scripture. Also includes 100 Greek and 100 Hebrew word studies, 100 quotations from modern and ancient writers, and words of Christ in red. Another unique feature is that further reading is recommended at the end of each book and section introduction.

Summer in the City: New York Baseball

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Ziegel, Vic / Guglberger, Claus, PUBLISHER: ABRAMS, Between , when Jackie Robinson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers, and , when the Dodgers and the New York Giants played their last season in the East, New York baseball teams appeared in ten World Series. In seven of those years, either the Giants or the Dodgers vied for the championship with the lordly Yankees. These were truly the glory years of New York baseball, when the city breathlessly followed the game in the tabloids rather than on the tube. And the "New York Daily News, the nation's largest newspaper, had the best photographers, the best equipment, and the best field position to record the action, bringing the art of baseball photography to its highest pitch. Accompanied by an evocative text by veteran sportswriter Vic Ziegel, the dramatic photographs (complete with their colorful original captions), featuring such superstars as Robinson, Joe DiMaggio, Yogi Berra, Roy Campanella, Mickey Mantle, and Willie Mays, allow the reader to follow year by year the course of baseball's most exciting decade in the world's greatest city.

Roboz: A Painter's Paradox

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Taylor, John Russell, PUBLISHER: David Messum, Zsuszi Roboz the person is a unique mixture of British and exotic; Zsuzsi Roboz the artist is a unique mixture of Classical and Romantic. Though she was born and raised in Hungary, a dramatic series of events brought her to Britain in her teens, and all her subsequent life has been spent there. Her art is in once sense intensely Romantic, concerned with the mysterious and magical life of the imagination. But it is all founded on a finely disciplined grasp of classic draughtsmanship, acquired from the best sources: she was one of Annigoni's favourite pupils. This book tells her story, its agonies and ecstasies, and traces the roots of her passionate art. Along the way she has known and portrayed many extraordinary men and women, especially those - the musicians, the dancers, the actors, the painters, the girls of the Windmill - who have been one way and another connected with the arts. Her portrait drawings range from Spanish gypsies and Croatian peasants to aristocratic grandees and the great beaut

The Greatest Hard Rock Guitar: 25 of the Best Guitar Songs

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Alfred Publishing, PUBLISHER: Alfred Publishing Company, The greatest rock songs are now at every guitaristas fingertips Each book in the Greatest Rock Guitar series features some of the best songs of its decade or genre, all in full guitar TAB arrangements. The Greatest Hard Rock Guitar features twenty-five of the best songs in hard rock. The variety of favorites spans classic to modern hard rock artists including Creamas aSunshine of Your Love, a aCowboys from Hell, a from Pantera and Motley Crueas aDr. Feelgood.a Pick up your copy and learn your favorites now Titles: Ainat Talkina aBout Love * Bad Company * In-a-Gadda-Da-Vidda * Cowboys from Hell * Donat Stop Believina * Dr. Feel Good * Feel Like Makina Love * Feeling Way too Damn Good * Free Will * Girls, Girls, Girls * Jamieas Cryina * Photograph * Jump * Old Time Rock & Roll * Owner of a Lonely Heart * Remedy * Summertime Blues * Slow Ride * Sunshine of Your Love * Those Shoes * Tom Sawyer * Unchained * Walk * Whipping Post * White Room.

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CD AAD Starlite Disco 1: Some to Watch Over Me Laura One for My Baby These Foolish Things That Old Feeling I Should Care It All Depends on You You Go to My Head Nevertheless (I'm in Love with You) Blue Skies There's No You Frank Sinatra It Never Entered My Mind Disco 2: Come Fly with Me Moonlight in Vermont I Get a Kick out of You All the Way I've Got You Under My Skin When Your Lover Has Gone On the Road to Mandalay April in Paris The Lady Is a Tramp Bewitched Monique Where or When You Make Me Feel So Young Disco 3: Three Coins in the Fountain They Can't Take That Away from Me My Funny Valentine (Love Is) The Tender Trap From Here to Eternity Sunday You're Sensational Learnin' the Blues Mood Indigo I Love You A Foggy Day All of Me This Love of Mine Just One of Those Things

Trickster in the Land of Dreams

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Papanikolas, Zeese, PUBLISHER: University of Nebraska Press, Zeese Papanikolas forges seemingly disparate events and movements in western history--including some of its strangest and most exotic strains--into a coherent whole by examining them against the laughter and wisdom of Shoshonean trickster tales. Seen against these tales, the West becomes both a canvas for the projection of utopian dreams and the site of their shattered remains. Papanikolas undertakes a dramatic retelling of Shoshoni creation stories and examines, along with other topics, the mythologies embedded in the "Dream Mine" of Mormon folklore, the heroic images of cowboys and Wobblies, the MX missile, the dark side of Oz, and the Las Vegas of tourists, dam builders, and gamblers. Among those whose visions are played out against the mirage-haunted background of the West are Cabeza de Vaca, Winston Churchill, Big Bill Haywood, and Native American wise man, Antelope Jake. It is a testament to the power of Papanikolas's conception that he can weave the themes and topics of each chapter into a book that is both eloquent and intellectually stimulating.

Bad Seed

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Saulnier, Beth, PUBLISHER: Mysterious Press, Journalist Alex Bernier has her hands full investigating a breaking story for the Gabriel Monitor. A legion of activists has besieged Benson University to protest research on genetically engineered food. The debate threatens to rip the town in half, as people in favor of using bioengineering face off against those who oppose the technology at any cost. When Kate Barnett, a charismatic plant science professor and avid proponent of genetic engineering, is found beaten to death in her lab, the activists are the number one suspects. But is it really such an open-and-shut case? What about Barnett's colleagues, envious of her fame and grant money? Her troubled son, who has been in and out of jail? Or the grad student who accused Barnett of stealing her ideas? As Alex searches for the truth, she discovers that her best friend, hard-drinking science reporter Jake Madison, is out of commission after an overdose everyone assumes was self-inflicted -- everyone except Alex.

High Risk

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Arend, Vivian, PUBLISHER: Berkley, LIFELINE: an elite search-and-rescue squad based out of Banff, Alberta. Specializing in high-risk rescue missions, this team goes wherever the job takes them... Rebecca James was once revered for her devil-may-care attitude and backcountry survival skills. But ever since she lost her partner in a fatal accident, patches of her memory have been missing. And until she can recall those final, tragic moments before the accident, she can't move on. Since Marcus Landers was permanently injured during a mission, all his energies have been focused on his Lifeline team. When Becki--whom he had an intense affair with seven years ago--arrives in Banff, he's inspired to reignite the spark they once had. Their mutual ardor slowly awakens Becki's dormant, haunting memories. New truths surface until Becki must at last confront her greatest fear. Remembering the past might mean a future without the man she loves...

Wild Safari in 3-D

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Sammon, Rick / Sammon, Susan, PUBLISHER: Random House Disney, This exciting series invites boys and girls to explore the world of nature through state-of-the-art three-dimensional photography. Each volume includes a pair of sturdy cardboard 3-D glasses that create lifelike images. Parents and teachers appreciate that the books were originally developed for the Nature Company and the information in them is scientifically accurate. In Wild Safari, writer-photographers Rick and Susan Sammon take us on safari through the Serengeti, where we meet a cheetah face to face, and saunter past lions, giraffes, and baboons. The easy-to-read text is packed with fun facts that budding young naturalists want to know, while 3-D images keep the books exciting and fun. They make ideal take-alongs for car trips, and savvy parents will also want to keep a few extra copies on hand for those birthday parties that always seem to crop up when there's no time to shop.

She Tempts the Duke

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Heath, Lorraine, PUBLISHER: Avon Books, Three young heirs, imprisoned by an unscrupulous uncle, escaped--to the sea, to the streets, to faraway battle--awaiting the day when they would return to reclaim their birthright. Sebastian Easton always vowed he would avenge his stolen youth and title. Now back in London, the rightful Duke of Keswick--returning from battle a wounded, hardened, changed man--cannot forget the brave girl who once rescued him and his brothers from certain death. Lady Mary Wynne-Jones paid dearly for helping the imprisoned young Lords of Pembrook, and she remembers well the promise she made to Sebastian all those years ago: to meet him once more in the abbey ruins where they shared a bold, forbidden kiss. While Mary is now betrothed to another, a friendship forged with dark secrets cannot be ignored. Unexpected passion soon burns dangerously between them, tempting Sebastian to abandon his quest for retribution and fight for a love that could once again set him free.

The Virago Book of the Joy of Shopping

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Foulston, Jill, PUBLISHER: Virago Press (UK), Jane Austen found her sister Cassandra a locket. Joan Didion bought nail enamel and a toaster on impulse. Karyn Bosnak charged $ on credit cards, and Elizabeth Wurtzel got caught shoplifting. George Eliot, for some reason, hated shopping. Jane Eyre cringes at Mr Rochester's pre-wedding excess, while Undine Spragg's spending drives her husband to despair. The Girl with a Pearl Earring turns up her nose at some stale meat, Tom Ripley lusts after Venetian leather, and Mrs. Dalloway chooses flowers on Bond Street. As people began to shop more, novelists imagined them doing it. The darker side of shopping is here in the letters, diaries, and memoirs of those who remember blackmarkets and rations. There are even records from the England's central criminal court of audacious and desperate five-finger discounts, and a recent account of brawling at IKEA. "The Virago Book of Shopping" revels in the lists, the etiquette, and the thrills of finding just the right thing.

Warning Whispers

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Korins, Paul, PUBLISHER: Black Rose Writing, Haunting whispers are back And so, another mind-blowing journey for thirteen-year-old Jake Mactaggart. It all begins with those whispers, this time concerning a new kid on the block, Conor Graves. He's a mysterious boy, with a blank face and dead eyes, who is unaware of the dark secret looming like a heavy cloud, about to weep. And when the rains do come, lies are washed away, leaving hard truth-bitter pills for Jake to swallow. There is something else gnawing at Jake, also difficult to accept, and the very thought of it fills him with dread: The real possibility of losing his starting position in center field. To Conor Graves Then, on one afternoon at the ball field, sun blazing, Conor and Jake are awed by a strange occurrence, and everything changes. But Jake shudders when he thinks about what's now in store for them, in this coming-of-age novel for boys and girls alike.

Don't Call Me Urban!: The Time of Grime

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Wheatley, Simon, PUBLISHER: Northumbria University Press, A photographic analysis of the grime music genre--the biggest movement in British music since punk and the UK's answer to hip-hop--this documentary primarily defines grime as an era during the past decade in which the deprived youths living in London's decaying council estates began to behave in an increasingly wild manner. The book journeys through Lambeth Walk--the location of one of the most famous street markets that has now become a glamorized representation of ghetto and grime in music videos. Giving an identity to a culture that remains a mystery to many, this chronicle contains interviews and personal recollections with key figures in the grime culture, including rappers Dizzee Rascal, Wiley, and Jammer, and hip-hop DJ and producer P. Money. Through their contributions, this book captures the harsh elements of the street--from raw violence to hard drugs--along with the more intimate and tender moments of the lives of those that call South London home. Acquista Ora

The Spiritual Emerson: Essential Writings

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Emerson, Ralph Waldo / Robinson, David M., PUBLISHER: Beacon Press (MA), The first collection of Emerson's spiritual writings, published for the 200th anniversary of the writer's birth Matthew Arnold once described Ralph Waldo Emerson as "the friend and aider of all those who would live in the spirit." Arnold's comment captured the impact that Emerson had as a teacher of a new form of spirituality in the nineteenth century. Emerson proposed a new religious vision that made the spiritual life freshly accessible to people. In our current era, Emerson continues to speak with a compelling voice. Known best in the twenty-first century as a literary innovator and early architect of American intellectual culture, Emerson's writings still offer spiritual sustenance to the thoughtful reader. The Spiritual Emerson brings together the essays and lectures that best articulate Emerson's spiritual vision, and promise the greatest relevance to today's reader. Compiled and introduced by David M. Robinson, one of the leading authorities on Emerson, The Spiritual Emerson will be both a portrait of Emerson as a spiritual teacher and a sourcebook for all those who find his ideas and convictions useful in their own efforts to live in the spirit. "This collection brings together for the first time Emerson's most important writings on spiritual themes, along with a discerning and eminently readable introduction by one of the foremost authorities on Emerson's religious thought." --Lawrence Buell, Harvard University, author of LITERARY TRANSCENDENTALISM and EMERSON "Simply the best selection ever made from the spiritual writings of America's most influential sage. Combining familiar essays with the oft-neglected, from both the early and the laterEmerson, Robinson reveals the paradoxes that shaped one soul then and continue to shape many today. For all who still care for the soul, essential reading." --John Buehrens, author of UNDERSTANDING THE BIBLE "THE SPIRITUAL EMERSON is a superb and timely collection, one that will help to elucidate and consolidate our understanding of Emerson's spirituality on the occasion of his 200th birthday celebration. Accessibly framed and introduced by David Robinson, our premier scholar of the religious context and character of Emersonian Transcendentalism, this elegantly appointed volume will help open the way to a fuller understanding of the heart of Emerson's thought. Drawn together chronologically from every period of Emerson's long and productive career, the essays contained here provide a sound basis for a better understanding of the life-long evolution of his religious and moral philosophy." --Alan Hodder, Hampshire College "David Robinson is our leading interpreter of the later Emerson's pragmatic turn toward an 'ever greater conviction that ethical action is] not a by-product of religious belief, but the very core of religion itself.' Robinson has for years been calling attention to Emerson as a religious figure, not just a

The Velveteen Rabbit [With Rabbit-Shaped, Gold-Tone Charm

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Williams, Margery / Nicholson, William, PUBLISHER: HarperFestival, Nursery magic is very strange and wonderful, and only those playthings that are old and wise and experienced like the Skin Horse understand all about it. "What is REAL?" asked the Rabbit one day. "Does it mean having things that buzz inside you and a stick-out handle?" "Real isn't how you are made," said the Skin Horse. 'It's a thing that happens to you. When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real. It doesn't happen all at once. You become. It takes a long time. Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby. But these things don't matter at all, because once you are Real you can't be ugly, except to people who don't understand."

Funny Bones: Comedy Games and Activities for Kids

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bany-Winters, Lisa, PUBLISHER: Chicago Review Press, Kids love to be funny Every classroom or neighborhood has a kid whose greatest ambition is to make people laugh--and all kids love to laugh at the jokes and antics of their friends. Funny Bones is designed to bring out the humor in every kid. For those who already have a comic streak, it provides wonderful new material for routines and scenes. For shyer children, it boosts self-confidence and a sense of fun. The first few chapters tackle the idea of comedy and what makes it funny, introducing famous comedians like Charlie Chaplin and Lily Tomlin and a variety of ways for young comics to create a trademark style. Later chapters offer hilarious improv games and valuable tips--for instance, don't ask questions in improv routines, but instead make statements that other actors can build on. The book concludes with comedic scenes for young people and suggestions for comedic play that kids can perform.

Zero's Neighbour: Sam Beckett

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Cixous, Helene / Milesi, Laurent, PUBLISHER: Polity Press, "Zero's Neighbour" is Helene Cixous's tribute to the minimalist genius of the artist in exile who courted nothingness in his writing like nobody else: Samuel Beckett. In this unabashedly personal odyssey through a sizeable range of his novels, plays and poems, Cixous celebrates Beckett's linguistic flair and the poignant, powerful thrust of his stylistic terseness, and passionately declares her love for his unrivalled expression of the meaningless 'precious little' of life, its unfathomable banality ending in chaos and death. Poised between a critical essay and a textual performance across two languages adapting Beckett's own literary vein, this book will appeal to scholars, critics and creative writers as well as students of the 'grey self-Sam'. Its allusive intertextual insights will also prove to be of critical relevance to readers of Dante and Proust, among other literary figures, as much as to those appreciative of Cixous's own inimitable genius for dissecting the quintessence of the life and works of a 'neighbourly' artist.

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