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The American Poets in the 21st Century series continues with another anthology focused on female poets. Like the earlier books, this volume includes generous selections of poetry by some of the best poets of our time as well as illuminating poetics statements and incisive essays on their work. This unique organization makes these books invaluable teaching tools.
Broadening the lens through which we look at contemporary poetry, this new volume extends...
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The diagnosis of ALS especially within the context of robustly healthy premorbid pre-diagnosis functioning strikes fear into the heart of not just the one so diagnosed but also family members, friends, colleagues, well-wishers, and acquaintances.
In the ensuing months following diagnosis, the horror, torture, and anguish of experiencing one's body degenerate, the loss of function, the helplessness, the associated indignity of not being able to fully...
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Many people are either uneasy or actually afraid of influencing or trying to persuade others on a range of topics. Public speaking remains one of the most feared activities, even for people who do not describe themselves as shy or quiet.
This book will help readers overcome either the uneasiness or actual fear of influencing or persuading people to purchase, donate, join, vote, commit or perform a desired action or behavior, or to adopt a desired...
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Eleven of his 40 plays survive virtually complete. These plays, provide the only real examples of a genre of comic drama known as Old Comedy, and they are in fact used to define the genre. Also known as the Father of Comedy and the Prince of Ancient Comedy, Aristophanes has been said to recreate the life of ancient Athens more convincingly than any other author.
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Seven teenagers become a group of friends who wouldn't normally hang out together but found common ground and loved each other for it. These "Mysfits" must learn to depend on each other though their teenage years in the 1980s while battling the politics of high-school, race issues, and a mystery that literally threatens their lives. Relationships are built and bonds are formed and broken, while the faith of all is tested throughout the story.
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Christopher Marlowe must discover who murdered the queen's spymaster in this absorbing historical mystery. April, 1590. The queen's spymaster, Sir Francis Walsingham, is dead, leaving a dangerous power vacuum. His former right hand man, Nicholas Faunt, believes he was poisoned and has ordered Kit Marlowe to discover who killed him. To find the answers, Marlowe must consult the leading scientists and thinkers in the country. But as he questions the...
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It's the stuff of a living nightmare... Everybody hates Mondays. This Monday is particularly bad for the residents on Blegevej, in the northern part of Denmark. Just before eight o'clock Monday morning, the entire neighborhood sinks into the ground in a matter of seconds when a giant sinkhole opens up underneath it. Rebekka Franck is visiting a dear friend when she is swallowed up by the hole and ends up trapped inside a limestone mine. Together with...
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Eleven of his 40 plays survive virtually complete. These plays, provide the only real examples of a genre of comic drama known as Old Comedy, and they are in fact used to define the genre. Also known as the Father of Comedy and the Prince of Ancient Comedy, Aristophanes has been said to recreate the life of ancient Athens more convincingly than any other author.
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The past is always present...
On a brisk summer's night, in a state of mundanes, a peculiar train leaves the station, its heading, a hidden borough of magic—and magicks. Hampshire, New York—a borough divided into three counties, each controlled by a magical noble family—Mandrake (County of Merlin), Dimitri (County of Morgana), and Bane (County of The Fates). After a treacherous plot unfolds, Alfred Mandrake, Head of the Mandrake family—who...
73) Eleven Miles
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"Let's play a game, a game called Eleven Miles." How bad could it be? Riding around for only eleven miles? It was a stupid game, and the only thing it would cost was some time and dignity. Ryder thought it was just a game, but he was quickly proved wrong. Diya never doubted from the start. But since no one ever believed her, all she could do was ignore the voices in the dark and the monsters sliding their fingers up her spine. That is until Ryder...
74) Eleven Crows
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Hugh spends his days with death. Cleaning up after the departed or holding on to their memories when no one else is left, he fears with each passing day that his mundane life will end up much the same as those who came before. All of that changes when he unearths a secret that should have remained hidden.
Slowly consumed by what he finds, his ordinary life gets turned upside down. Not all secrets are meant to be revealed, and now Hugh has one of...
75) Eleven Words
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On January 23, 1978, Dave Wallin arrived home from work to find his wife, Terry, brutally murdered. Her body was mutilated. Terry was the second victim of the serial killer who would come to be known as The Vampire Killer of Sacramento, Richard Trenton Chase. This true story begins on the next day when Dave is joined by his friend Randy Fandrich. Randy, in his effort to help Dave, walks through the crime scene with homicide detectives. Then together,...
76) Eleven Years
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Tori Easterling Doby always wanted to be a mother. She couldn't wait to get married and start her new family. But after years of not being able to conceive and failed reproductive treatments, she feared her dreams of motherhood may not come to pass. In her period of hopelessness and sadness, she turned to God for help but agonizes to understand if God is really there. She feels all alone and forgotten, while struggling with her faith, wondering if...
77) Eleven Stories
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Eleven classic short stories by the great French master of the form. Included are: "One Evening," "The Devil," "A Sister's Confession," "The Beggar," "The Drunkard," "The Adopted Son," "An Artifice," "My Uncle Sosthenes," "Father Milon," "The Piece of String," and "Solitude."
78) Eleven Arrows
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2300 BC. The Akkadians have blazed a trail of death and destruction through the Sumerian city-states as they carve out the first empire the world has ever seen. Barbarian raids and bandit attacks plague the outskirts of the burgeoning empire. From the chaos, a tribe emerges and establishes their reputation as Guardians - protectors of innocent traders. When an Akkadian army crosses the mighty Zagros Mountains, to forge a stronghold in the East, only...
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Excerpt: "Two names were used for the only girl at Overlook. In addressing her, the men of the place always said "Miss Warriner." In mentioning her, they often said "Mary Mite." The reason for this distinctive difference was revealed by the sight of Miss Mary Warriner herself, as she sat on a high stool behind a rude desk, under a roughly-boarded shelter, and with rapid fingers clicked the key of a telegraphic instrument. There was a perfect poise...
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Anna Green present eleven short stories of mystery and suspense.
he Only Girl at Overlook, Franklin Fyles
A Thing that Glistened, Frank R. Stockton
A Lion and a Lioness, Joaquin Miller
The Cheated Juliet, Q.
The Mystic Krewe, Maurice Thompson
Strange Adventures of a Million Dollars, Ingersoll Lockwood
A Lost Day, Edgar Fawcett
A Tragedy of High Explosives, Brainard Gardner Smith
The Bushwhacker's Gratitude, Kirke Munroe
The End of All, Nym Crinkle
Shall...
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