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Debarge, Bunny: - Etterlene Bunny'' DeBarge is best known as the lone female sibling of Motown's legendary R&B family music sensation, DeBarge. The eldest of the ten DeBarge children, Bunny's unique high and soulful soprano vocal style and love of writing began at a tender young age. She was the
Collected for the first time, the New York stories of John O'Hara, among the greatest short story writers in English, or in any other language (Brendan Gill, Here at The New Yorker ) Collected for the first time, here are the New York stories of one of the twentieth century's definitive chroniclers
Nearly 300 mathematical brain-teasers from the fields of arithmetic, algebra, plane and solid geometry, trigonometry, number theory, and general recreational mathematics. From simple to complex; all challenge the reader to devise solutions more elegant than the ones provided. Offers hours of brain-b
A new, sexy standalone from #1 New York Times Bestseller , Vi Keeland. The first time I met Merrick Crawford was during my job interview. Well, technically, I'd met him twenty minutes earlier when he'd barged into a fitting room a few doors down from my appointment. I yelled. He yelled. After an arg
Exiled from her old life as the daughter of a vizier, Zaria still grieves the lost friends of her childhood. She's grown accustomed to her new role as a servant, though-up until the day she stumbles on the fabled lost cave of treasures. The wealth inside is enough to transform anyone's life, but Zar
The Year: 2085. Humanity has spread throughout the solar system. A stable lunar colony is agitating for independence. Lunar tourism is on the rise... Against this background, professional Close Protection specialist Scotty Griffin, fresh off a disastrous assignment, is offered the opportunity of a l
A debut short story collection in the tradition of writers like Kelly Link, Aimee Bender, and George Saunders--strange, imaginative, and refreshingly original--now back in print as part of Ecco's Art of the Story Series, and with a new introduction from the author Kevin Wilson's characters inhabit a
Elizabeth Pagel-Hogan has written several fiction books with Capstone, Heinemann Literacy Project, and KPS Storybook Development. She also writes for Highlights for Children , Muse , and Spider . She is the regional advisor for SCBWI Pennsylvania: West and won an SCBWI Merit Award in 2020. She lives
Michaels, J. Ramsey: - J. Ramsey Michaels is emeritus professor of religious studies at Missouri State University, Springfield, Missouri and adjunct professor of new Testament at Bangor Theological Seminary, Portland, Maine.
The greatest unsolved mystery of the 20th century--until now.Fact: During the night of February 1, 1959, in the remote reaches of Siberia, nine Russian hikers slash open their tent from the inside and flee into a blizzard in subpolar temperatures.Fact: By morning all are dead, several having suffere
Norman Kemmer purchased this copy of Gaboon Trahan's Cajun Rules in the late 1960s as he first entered the sport of Dog Fighting. We were told by Floyd B. that Trahan wrote this set of rules in 1954. All of my life men have said, We are going by the Cajun Rules, but truly few of them knew what they
A vibrant account of Ballroom Marfa’s groundbreaking first two decades of art and music
A New York Times Notable Book A New York Times bestseller, DeLillo's haunting new novel, Zero K --his most persuasive since his astonishing 1997 masterpiece, Underworld ( The New York Times ), is a meditation on death and an embrace of life. Jeffrey Lockhart's father, Ross, is a billionaire in his s
Awesome Battles for Kids: The War on Terror is an immersive exploration of one of the most pivotal periods in recent history. From the heart-wrenching events of September 11, 2001, to the global pursuit of justice, this book offers a compelling narrative that is both informative and inspiring.Throug
Iris Johansen is the New York Times bestselling author of many novels, including Killer Dreams, On the Run, Countdown, Firestorm, Fatal Tide, Dead Aim, and No One to Trust. She lives near Atlanta, Georgia.
Stephanie Barron is the author of eight previous Jane Austen mysteries. She lives in Colorado, where she is at work on the next Jane Austen mystery.
Harnessing Stims and Behaviors in Autism Using Rapid Prompting Method demonstrates how to redirect behaviors and stims in an RPM session so that the learning objectives can be achieved. Included are examples of lesson plans that can be helpful to educators of Autism. Behaviors may not always be a de
Do you know anything about her, Richard? Nothing except that she lives in London, is obviously well off and very impulsive. . . . She bought the house as if it were-a bun. She bought it straight off without seeing it. She must be mad! The arrival of novelist Kate Hardy at the lovely Dower House in O
Intended for upper division college students, seminarians, and pastors, The Community of Jesus delivers a biblical, historic, systematic, and missional theology of the church. Today the word church provokes wide-ranging reactions and generates discussion on a variety of issues among Christians and n
In a tale filled with imagination, wit, courage, and a healthy shot of blarney, a lass must save her family by telling a good story. Visually and verbally inventive in its details and its broader storytelling, this one is a shiny shamrock.--Publishers Weekly. Full color. Someone has stolen the witch
La Magie chez Les Chaldeens, of which this present volume is an enlarged English edition, was issued in the autumn of 1874. It was preceded by Les Premieres Civilisations and closely followed in 1875 by La Divination et la Science des Présages. All these works possess the same characteristic feature
No other monarch has had the impact on English literature of King James VI of Scotland, and later James I of England. His version of the bible is still widely available, and praised for its poetic imagery. In this earlier book (first published in 1597), James took on the task of proving witches were
From Nancy Tillman, bestselling author of On the Night You Were Born, comes this funny tale to teach children about the importance of saying sorry.
An action-packed South Asian epic fantasy featuring necromancers, jinn, and one seriously fearless heroine... Meet Kavithri. Outcast. Underdog. Survivor. Kavi is a Taemu. Her people, once feared berserkers and the spearhead of a continent-spanning invasion, are the dregs of Raayan society. Their spi
On March 27, 1980 St. Helens suddenly began to erupt steam and ash. These eruptions continued sporadically for the next seven weeks and Dr. Easterbrook made frequent flights to the mountain to observe the eruptive activity. On May 18, 1980, he flew to St Helens at 5:30 a.m. and flew in tight circles
Fighting alongside the Corellian rebels, Han and Leia are locked in a war against their son Jacen, who grows more powerful and more dangerous each day. However, Jacens plans to take over the galaxy spin out of control, in the seventh installment of the epic Legacy of the Force series, featuring the
One of the first major studies of sociology, this book explores the clash between small-scale neighborhood-based communities and the large-scale competitive market society. It considers all aspects of life - political, economic, legal, family, religion and culture. Discusses construction of selfhood
We're living in a sensitive age, Cuke, and I'm not altogether sure you're fully attuned to it. So says Irish-American politician Frank Skeffington--a cynical, corrupt 1950s mayor, and also an old-school gentleman who looks after the constituents of his New England city and enjoys their unwavering lo
Actor and bestselling author Alda faces tough questions as he looks back on paths his life has taken--from the turbulence of the 1960s through the ache of September 11th and beyond. An insightful and funny look at some of the impossible questions Alan Alda has asked himself over the years: What do I
It takes a survivor to know a madman. When the police need to crawl inside the mind of a monster, they call Caroline. As a child, Caroline was abducted along with her twin sister. For over a year, their captor forced them to play his sick games, using their hunger to test the lengths they'd go to su
