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Antiques dealer Abby Timberlake Washburn is thrilled when the Mrs. Amelia Shadbark—doyenne of Charleston society—invites her to broker a pricey collection of Lalique glass sculpture. These treasures will certainly boost business at the Den of Antiquity, and maybe hoist Abby into the upper crust—which would please her class-conscious mom, Mozella, no end. Alas, Abby's fragile dream is soon shattered when Mrs. Shadbark meets a foul, untimely end...

Dublin's Chief Superintendent Peter McGarr investigates the murder of Kevin Coyle, one of the foremost experts on James Joyce. Coyle is stabbed during Bloomsday, the annual citywide celebration of Joyce--and on "Murderer's Ground, " made famous by Joyce in his magnum opus "Ulysses." McGarr soon uncovers truths about the victim's dark past and a list of suspects as varied as the characters in a great novel. (August)

Matthew Scudder, ex-cop and recovering alcoholic, has finally gtten his life together. Suddenly, trouble arrives in the form of and old enemy, psychotic James Leo Motley, who is brutally murdering anyone close to Scudder--with Scudder's name on the list!

Eine Geschichte zwischen Orient und Okzident. Im Jahr 1378, als die türkische Armee vorrückt, soll in einem kleinen Dorf Albaniens eine Brücke über die >Bösen Wasser< gebaut werden. Zwischen Gegnern und Befürwortern entbrennt ein erbitterter Kampf, der ein Menschenopfer fordert. Eine alte Frau nennt die Brücke das Rückgrat des Teufels. Eine prophetische Metapher, denn als erstes ziehen die Soldaten des osmanischen Reiches über die Brücke nach ...

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The number of extremists and extremist groups in the United States has increased dramatically in the last 20 years. This encyclopedia, the only one of its kind, provides the most up-to-date information on 275 of the most influential and significant homegrown extremists and extremist groups that have operated in the U.S. since 1950, as well as entries on important extremist events, terms, and concepts. More than 75% of the coverage deals with t...

The problem of subsistence has received little attention in East African archaeology. Various models of human subsistence strategies have been constructed and a linear chronology from a hunting-gathering economy to pastoralism and agriculture has been the dominant conceptual framework for the research in the last few decades. In this monograph it is argued that this overarch model masks the subtle and perhaps overlapping true nature of a mosai...

Offers a new interpretation of Cormac McCarthy's fiction in the context of modernist aesthetics.

Special educators are facing new challenges at the beginning of the 21st century as public education is being reformed by a vision focusing on measurable student outcomes. This work covers disability studies, school violence, and university-school collaboration.

Special educators are facing new challenges at the beginning of the 21st century as public education is being reformed by a vision focusing on measurable student outcomes. The future course of the field will be shaped by the policy and programmatic responses to several issues, including demographic changes in student populations, a lack of certified special education teachers, criticism in the public media for the rising costs of services, and...

Love. Violence. Destiny. These powerful themes ricochet through Lorenzo Carcaterra's new novel like bullets from a machine gun. In Gangster, he surpasses even his bestselling Sleepers to create a brutal and brilliant American saga of murder, forgiveness, and redemption.Born in the midst of tragedy and violence and raised in the shadow of a shocking secret, young Angelo Vestieri chooses to flee both his past and his father to seek a second fami...

From the depths of catastrophe, a glimmer of hope After the capture of Coruscant, the mighty heart of the New Republic, a stunned galaxy fears that nothing can stop the Yuuzhan Vong. Still, that crushing defeat produces one small miracle: Jacen Solo is alive. Yet he can scarcely imagine himself in stranger circumstances. The young Jedi Knight is in the care of Vergere, a fascinating creature of mystery and power, her intentions hard to fathom,...

Anthony St. John, the Earl of Greyley, is saddled with five unruly orphans. And the only person who can deal with them is governess Anna Thraxton--the only woman Anthony can't abide. She's too outspoken, too opinionated--and far too beautiful. Anna knew the job would be tough, but the children aren't the problem--it's the arrogant Anthony, who Anna is determined to transform into the perfect man. (August)

For the first time in print is the best of the original columns from Karo's Web site and e-zine that celebrates the controlled anarchy of college life with humor and honesty. Contains previously unpublished material and brand new introductions to each section by the author.

Do you have what it takes to be a Grrl Genius? Of course you do! You are a smart, funny, beautiful Grrl Genius -- just because you say you are. In "The Grrl Genius Guide to Life, " stand-up comic and Grrl Genius Club founder Cathryn Michon explains why she is a genius and demonstrates how you can become one, too, by following her easy twelve-step program.The first step in the program is the most important: Admit that you are a Grrl Genius. Ack...

Memoir of the Hawk creates a world populated by hundreds of characters, believable and strange, tugged at the edges by the unexpected. In the privacy of their homes, who can save them from themselves? In the forests and hills and on the beautiful lakes, what could possibly be wrong? Even in the sweet hometown, with its kindly police, menace lurks in a thousand disguises. Mystery and magic surround this metropolis of the imagination. Once again...

Move over pasta and pizza, here come panini, bruschetta and crostini--the world of sandwiches, Italian style! This book include recipes for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, antipasti, party foods, and delicious desserts and indulgences for any time of the day. Color photos.

Based on previously unused French and German sources, this challenging and controversial new analysis of the war on the Western front from 1914 to 1918 reveals how and why the Germans won the major battles with one-half to one-third fewer casualties than the Allies, and how American troops in 1918 saved the Allies from defeat and a negotiated peace with the Germans.

The Rabbinic compilations in the canon of Rabbinic Judaism, from the Mishnah through the Bavli, ca. 200-600 C.E., are comprised by two classifications of writing, (1) documentary and (2) non-documentary. Documentary writing conforms to a protocol paramount in, and particular to, a given text, non-documentary writing ignores the distinctive preferences of the compilation in which it appears.

The Rabbinic compilations in the canon of Rabbinic Judaism, from the Mishnah through the Bavli, ca. 200-600 C.E., are comprised by two classifications of writing, (1) documentary and (2) non-documentary. Documentary writing conforms to a protocol paramount in, and particular to, a given text, non-documentary writing ignores the distinctive preferences of the compilation in which it appears.