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A package, in which each book provides the history of a famous opera and its composer, as well as the complete libretto in its original language and an English translation with annotated commentary. Inside the front and back cover of each book are 2 EMI music CDs containing a top performance of the opera.

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A collection of more than 500 drawings illustrating all aspects of 75 small homes of various styles, from a New England farmhouse to a sophisticated steel frame, to a Santa Fe ranch. Each design includes detailed floor plans, section elevations and perspectives, as well as a description of materials used.

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In the bestselling tradition of "The Big Book of Personality Tests" and "The Big Book of Personality Tests for Women, " this entertaining and enlightening collection of 100 "write-in" quizzes is designed to help women find out where they stand with current and potential loved ones and how to make those relationships better. How well do you relate to others? Do you follow your heart? What kind of friend are you? Are you truly close to the peop...

Little Wolf Ranch is home to two families trying to find their way in a new, confusing world. Both have lost their footing, one to the Indian Wars and one to the Civil War. Together, they must confront their past before they can claim their future, their loves and their dreams. This is the third in the "T'on Ma" series.

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T'on Ma is set in Texas during the 1850s, when Lana Cooper meets Two Hawks, a young Kiowa warrior, who gives her the name T'on Ma, Kiowa for Water Woman. Lt. Liam O'Connell is a West Point graduate assigned to Ft. Worth. On a scouting mission, he meets the Cooper family. One look at Lana and he knows that he must pursue her. Through adventure, captivity, betrayal, marriage, and death, these three lives intertwine as Lana tries to find her way ...

Tempest Landry, an everyman African American, is "accidentally" killed by a cop. He is denied access to heaven because of what he considers a few minor transgressions. Through the street-smart Landry, Mosley poses the provocative question: Is sin for blacks the same as it is for whites?

One of two new titles in the bestselling "Get Ready for School" series reinforces basic age-appropriate knowledge in the subjects of math and science through engaging activities "Get Ready for Kindergarten: Math and Science" introduces age-appropriate science concepts through a series of fun activities and experiments. The skills covered include completing patterns, matching pairs, matching words or numbers to pictures, connecting the dots, so...

The story of Ky Sy(n Joshua tracks two diverse ways of life: Kiowa and white. In 1851, Lana Cooper, a white woman, makes a choice to live with her Kiowa husband, Two Hawks, thus keeping her family from knowing she's alive. While the western frontier brews in hostilities between indigenous tribes and bluecoats, back east, the country is divided by Civil War. When the war ends, Lana's first husband Liam O'Connell finds himself on the losing side...

The wit and wisdom of the Twittersphere captured in a hilarious, occasionally poignant, and often useful collection of hand-picked tweets.New York Times technology columnist David Pogue has tapped into the brilliance of his half-million followers on Twitter by posting a different, thought-provoking question every night. The questions ranged from the earnest ('What?s your greatest regret?') to the creative ('Make up a concept for a doomed TV sh...

Much of First Light is autobiographical, a young boy growing into urban manhood, it's a book of family, of strangers, of learning to tell time by the people that populated E. Ethelbert Miller's life. He has populated his work with mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters and lovers who fight daily to be able to do simple things like drink clean water and sleep without gunshots interrupting their dreams. He takes instruction from Pablo Neruda, Marga...

Mosley has crafted a deeply personal and political proposal, offering a commonsense approach to the challenge of finding world peace in a post-9/11 world. He explores what the terrorist attacks meant to him and challenges African Americans to use their unique position to help create a new kind of peace between the U.S. and the rest of the world.

The author's strong voice resounds throughout this collection from the title poem to the final pages as he examines failed relationships and broken promises, exploring themes of despair, depression, and desire with an uncommon honesty and tenacity.

-- A unique guide to searching for Black family historyBlack Genealogy is a valuable reference and an indispensable companion guide that will appeal to both the amateur genealogist and the historian in search of knowledge about Black family ancestry and themselves. Blockson clues the researcher to places, documents, and techniques used to uncover genealogical history. Though many Black family records are lost or incomplete, Blockson shows read...