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The WomanLady Henrietta Maclellan longs for the romantic swirl of a London season. But as a rusticating country maiden, she has always kept her sensuous nature firmly under wraps -- until she meets Simon Darby. Simon makes her want to whisper promises late at night, exchange kisses on a balcony, receive illicit love notes. So Henrietta lets her imagination soar and writes...The LetterA very steamy love letter that becomes shockingly public. Ev...

From the author of the cult classic "The Fuck-Up" comes a vicious new tale of art, drugs, love, and death on the Lower East Side. Orloff Trenchant is a painter who sells books on West 4th Street in Manhattan and is obsessed with mastering his craft. Desperate for cash, Or agrees to take a commission no one else will touch: he has three weeks to carve a headstone for a recently deceased restaurateur -- a Chinese takeout box. As Or attempts to m...

Nylon, plexiglas, epoxy resin, and Elmer's glue, dynamite, rubber tires, and spandex. These are a few among the multitude of industrial products produced using the principles of organic chemistry, principles that are often taught to students without reference to the commercial and practical importance of the subject. The marvelous theoretical principles on which organic chemistry is based are therefore often not fully appreciated by students o...

Originally published as "The Double Minded Men, " this Martha's Vineyard Mystery classic now has a new title and a new look. Reissue.

Don't Miss the Original Series Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan Starring John Krasinski!Tom Clancy reveals the details of Jack Ryan's first days with the CIA in this #1 New York Times bestseller.It's the early 1980s-and historian, teacher, and recent ex-Marine Jack Ryan is now a CIA officer on loan to the British SIS. On his very first day, an extraordinary document crosses his desk. Because of government repression in Poland, the new Pope, John Paul II...

The time of reckoning is close at hand. Events in the New York Times bestselling Star Wars The New Jedi Order series take a decisive turn, as the heroes of the New Republic prepare for their most volatile clash yet with the enemy—from without and within.In the war against the ruthless Yuuzhan Vong, the fall of Coruscant leaves the New Republic divided by internal strife, and on the verge of bowing to conquest. But those who steadfastly refuse ...

On Christmas Eve, 1991, Dara Ireland was kidnapped by three strangers, savagely raped and beaten, and left to die. When local police seemed unable to catch her killers, Dana's father John Ireland--from his Virginia home thousands of miles away--launched his own investigation. Original.

North Point North: New and Selected Poems" showcases the work of an important contemporary American poet, winner of the prestigious Kingsley-Tufts Award for Poetry. The volume opens with twenty-one new poems, some of which have appeared in "The New Yorker, " "American Poetry Review, " the "New Republic, " the "Paris Review, " and the "Kenyon Review, " among other periodicals, and in "The Best American Poems 2001, " edited by Robert Hass and Da...

Based on the 15-year success of a proven, world-renowned program forpreventing and treating childhood obesity, Trim Kidshelps children achieve a healthy weight -- and have fun doing it. Trim Kidsis a unique 12-week plan that gives parents and children a positive, safe initial approach to lifetime weight management. Each week, parents and kids together practice scientifically proven ways to increase daily activity and set (and celebrate!) achie...

From the second-century celestial models of Ptolemy to modern-day research institutes and quantum theory, this classic book offers a breathtaking tour of astronomy and the brilliant, eccentric personalities who have shaped it. From the first time mankind had an inkling of the vast space that surrounds us, those who study the universe have had to struggle against political and religious preconceptions. They have included some of the most charis...

WARNING: LISTENING TO THIS TAPE WILL ONLY MAKE YOU WEEP...Dear Listener, If you are looking for a story about cheerful youngsters spending a jolly time at boarding school, look elsewhere. Violet, Klaus and Sunny Baudelaire are intelligent and resourceful children, and you might expect that they would do very well at school.Don't.For the Baudelaires, school turns out to be another miserable episode in their unlucky lives. Truth be told, within ...

Writers are like other people, except for at least one important difference. Other people have daily thoughts and feelings, notice this sky or that smell, but they don't do much about it. Not writers. Writers react. And writers need a place to record those reactions. That's what a writer's notebook is for. It gives you a place to write down what makes you angry or sad or amazed, to write down what you noticed and don't want to forget . . . .

When she takes a peek through the abandoned home of Hayden St. Clair, the man the "ton" calls the "Murderous Marquess, " Carlotta Anne Fairleigh suddenly and unthinkably finds herself betrothed to the mysterious marquess.

There is no greater or more powerful or more pure human rapport with the elements than that experienced by a surfer dancing with the ocean. In Dancing the Wave, Jean-Etienne Poirier brings alive the world of surfing by offering historical, anthropological, and cultural perspectives on this increasingly popular sport. By recounting tales of his own surfing adventures, he opens the door to this world beyond the summer sun and simple pleasures of...

Building Wireless Community Networks is about getting people online using wireless network technology. The 802.11b standard (also known as WiFi) makes it possible to network towns, schools, neighborhoods, small business, and almost any kind of organization. All that's required is a willingness to cooperate and share resources.The first edition of this book helped thousands of people engage in community networking activities. At the time, it wa...

Die Studie widmet sich der Aufarbeitung der altfranzösischen Urkundensprache im Luxemburger Raum. Sie bietet die erste auf sprachwissenschaftliche Ansprüche ausgerichtete Edition aller altfranzösischen Originalurkunden der Regierungszeiten Gräfin Ermesindes (1226-1247) und Graf Heinrichs V. (1247-1281) von Luxemburg und stellt zudem wichtige Zeugnisse zur Erforschung der mittelalterlichen Lebens- und Schreibkultur zur Verfügung. Darüber hinaus...

For Rebecca Bushnell, English gardening books tell a fascinating tale of the human love for plants and our will to make them do as we wish. These books powerfully evoke the desires of gardeners: they show us gardeners who, like poets, imagine not just...

A 1911 "problem novel " about eugenics, by the author of "The Yellow Wallpaper.

Inhaltsangabe:Einleitung: ¿Brave Mädchen kommen deswegen in den Himmel, weil sie gelernt haben, sich selbst daran zu hindern, ein selbstbestimmtes Leben zu führen. Mädchen, die Spaß haben wollen, sind die bösen Mädchen. Böse Mädchen gehen souverän damit um, dass andere hin und wieder böse auf sie sind, weil sie nicht tun, was man von ihnen erwartet, beispielsweise nachgeben. Oder weil sie tun, was man nicht von ihnen erwartet, beispielsweise ...

A must-read for both experienced and beginning preschool teachers. - Ben Mardell, Project Zero, Harvard Graduate School of Education All teachers of young children should learn how to bring the ideas in this book into their teaching - Diane Levin, Professor of Education, Wheelock College . . . a wonderful tapestry of science content, teaching strategies, and classroom examples all held together with insights about children, the wisdom of teach...