Ardis Cameron

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Massachusetts

English

A Biography of Peyton Place

In this lively account of the writing, publication, and legacy of the 1956 bestselling novel, "Peyton Place," Ardis Cameron tells how the story of a patricide in a small New England village became a cultural phenomenon.

Unbuttoning America

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New Jersey

Phrases Borrowed from the Classics and the Stories Behind Them

Are you known to strike like a thunderbolt when things don't go your way?
Are you fortunate enough to have the Midas touch?
Have you ever been struck by Cupid's arrow?

Classically derived expressions are commonly used in our everyday language, yet many of us have little knowledge of the Greek and Roman influences that inspired them. With Opening Pandora's Box you'll discover the fascinating stories behind familiar phrases like Achilles' Heel, a Nemesis, To Fly too Close to the Sun, and more. For example, did you know that...


 * The lifesaving operation known as the Caesarean section is so named because Julius Caesar was delivered by being cut out of his mother's womb?
 * The original labyrinth was built on the orders of King Minos of Crete after Aphrodite cursed his wife to fall in love with a bull and produce a monstrous baby? The king locked the baby in a maze so complicated and tangled that, once in, he would never emerge.
 * The word cereal is derived from the Italian corn goddess Ceres?

Pry open the lid of the English language to find the secrets behind classical phrases we use every day.

Opening Pandora's Box

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Oklahoma

Diamond Revelation 

Zena Sutherland

Mary H. Arbuthnot

Dianne L. Monson

Huge Hardcover (6 to 8 lbs)

California

Uitvoerig gedocumenteerd handboek over de Angelsaksische jeugdliteratuur. Na inleidende hoofdstukken worden genres kinderboeken behandeld en tevens het werken met kinderen en boeken.

Children and Books

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David Almond

New York

David Almond, recipient of the prestigious Hans Christian Andersen Award, a Printz Honor forSkellig, and the Printz Award for Kit's Wilderness, has crafted an enchanting modern take on the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. Written in lyrical prose, this novel for fans of epic romances and mythology retellings explores themes of love, loss, fate, and destiny set against the dramatic and diverse backdrop of Northern England. Claire and Ella and their friends are bound by ties so strong they seem unbreakable. Then the strange and handsome Orpheus strolls onto the beach, and he sings them all into an astonishing new understanding of themselves. Ella is caught the hardest, fastest, deepest—and Claire is left with the pain of looking on. Raw, emotional, lyrical, funny, and true, A Song for Ella Grey is a tale of the joys, troubles, and desires of modern teens. It takes place in the ordinary streets of Tyneside and on the beautiful beaches of Northumberland. It's a story of first love, a love song that draws on ancient mythical forces. A love that leads Ella, Orpheus, and Claire to the gates of Death and beyond. "Almond's . . . prose seeps into your blood like word venom until you can't imagine reading anything else."--The Times (London) "David Almond's books are strange, unsettling wild things--unfettered by the normal constraints of children's literature, beyond classification."--The Guardian A Financial Times YA Fiction Best Book of the Year

A Song for Ella Grey

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Colorado

How 26 Letters Shaped the Western World

Praise for Alpha Beta
"This book comes at the perfect moment as we rediscover the importance in early reading of cracking the alphabetic code. The story of how that code came into being is a fascinating one, and Man is the ideal writer to tell it." Times Educational Supplement

"A richly absorbing exploration, from B.C. to PCs, of the evolution of the most fundamental characters of our cultural history, the alphabet we so much take for granted. John Man writes with a compellingly restless curiosity and immediacy. The ever surprising, exotically detailed narrative in his informative book makes it as undryly enjoyable as a successful archaelogical dig of one of Alan Moorehead s colorful histories of African exploration." David Grambs, author of The Describer s Dictionary and The Endangered English Dictionary

"Text that is crisp, taut, and as clear as a bell.... A fascinating story with many a beguiling subplot along the way." New Scientist

"Letter perfect the best histories and mysteries of our ABC s!" Jeff McQuain, author of Never Enough Words and Power Language

Alpha Beta

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Oregon

Book and Charm Keepsake

Four sisters--Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy--face hardships, illness, and poverty growing up in the late 1800s.

Little Women

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Wisconsin

A Novel

Manhattan Beach opens in Brooklyn during the Great Depression. Anna Kerrigan, nearly twelve years old, accompanies her father to the house of Dexter Styles, a man who, she gleans, is crucial to the survival of her father and her family. Years later, her father has disappeared and the country is at war. Anna works at the Brooklyn Naval Yard, where women are allowed to hold jobs that had always belonged to men. She becomes the first female diver, the most dangerous and exclusive of occupations, repairing the ships that will help America win the war. She is the sole provider for her mother, a farm girl who had a brief and glamorous career with the Ziegfeld Follies, and her lovely, severely disabled sister. At a nightclub, she chances to meet Dexter Styles again, and she begins to understand the complexity of her father's life, the reasons he might have vanished"--

Manhattan Beach

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Texas

Church Choir Mysteries 

The Unsuitable Suitor 

The Book We Teach

Out in the Open by Jesús Carrasco (2017, Hardcover)

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Publisher	‎Riverhead Books; Translation edition (July 4, 2017)
Language	‎English
Hardcover	‎240 pages
ISBN-10	‎159463436X
ISBN-13	‎978-1594634369
Item Weight	‎11.4 ounces
Dimensions	‎5.38 x 0.86 x 8.25 inches
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Georgia

"A harrowing, humane, and very beautiful book." --Garth Greenwell, author of What Belongs to You 

A searing dystopian vision of a young boy's flight through an unnamed, savaged country, searching for sanctuary and redemption--a debut novel from one of Europe's bestselling literary stars.
     
A young boy has fled his home. He's pursued by dangerous forces. What lies before him is an infinite, arid plain, one he must cross in order to escape those from whom he's fleeing. One night on the road, he meets an old goatherd, a man who lives simply but righteously, and from that moment on, their paths intertwine.

Out in the Open tells the story of this journey through a drought-stricken country ruled by violence. A world where names and dates don't matter, where morals have drained away with the water. In this landscape the boy--not yet a lost cause--has the chance to choose hope and bravery, or to live forever mired in the cycle of violence in which he was raised. Carrasco has masterfully created a high stakes world, a dystopian tale of life and death, right and wrong, terror and salvation.

Out in the Open

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A Celebration of Creative Punctuation

In this celebration of creative punctuation, Keeley surveys the havoc wreaked by quotation marks on signs, menus, placards, and posters that leave reality upended by supposed facts.

The Book of &quot;Unnecessary&quot; Quotation Marks

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Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Reading & Language Arts

Up One Hill and down Another

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Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Alabama

Bookish Print 

Grant Barrett

Never used! Brand new! Free bookish gifts with every purchase! (While supplies last)

Kentucky

The Indispensable Guide to Excellent Writing and Speaking

Learn to communicate exactly what you mean with this writing and speaking guide.

From conjugating verbs to mastering punctuation to polishing your speaking skills, Perfect English Grammar makes it easier than ever to improve your grasp of grammar. Language learners of all levels can turn to this easy-to-navigate grammar guide again and again for quick and authoritative information for improving everyday communication.
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 * Never Be Wrong: Catchy examples help you remember core grammar rules
 * Sharpen Your Style: Composition guidelines let you express yourself fully
 * Look It Up: Seamless navigation makes it easy to find answers quickly
 * Geek Out: Explore the tricky questions with Grant Barrett's help



Perfect English Grammar helps you clearly say what you want to say--and the best way to say it.

Perfect English Grammar

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Charles Lipson

How to Prepare Citations, Avoid Plagiarism, and Achieve Real Academic Success

Doing Honest Work in College stands on three principles: do the work you say you do, give others credit, and present your research fairly. These are straightforward concepts, but the abundance of questionable online sources and temptation of a quick copy-paste can cause confusion as to what’s considered citing and what’s considered cheating. This guide starts out by clearly defining plagiarism and other forms of academic dishonesty and then gives students the tools they need to avoid those pitfalls. This edition addresses the acceptable use of mobile devices on tests, the proper approach to sources such as podcasts or social media posts, and the limitations of citation management software.

Doing Honest Work in College, Third Edition

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"What was so important about the Dred Scott decision? Why aren't all Shakespearean comedies necessarily thigh-slappers? What happened inside Plato's cave? What's the difference between a fade-out and a dissolve? Fission and fusion? Shi'ites and Sunnis? The apostles and the disciples? Is postmodernism dead or just having a bad hair day? And for extra credit, how do you tell deduction from induction?" "An Incomplete Education answers these and thousands of other questions with incomparable wit, style, clarity and brevity. American Studies, Art History, Economics, Film, Literature, Music, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Religion, Science, and World History: Here's the bottom line on each of these major disciplines, distilled to its essence and served up with consummate flair." "In this new edition you'll find up-to-the-minute analyses of the geopolitical situation in Eastern Europe, Indochina, and the Horn of Africa; the latest breakthroughs in cloning and gene splicing; brand-new takes on the economy, from disinflation to global competition; a look at the recent upheavals surrounding abortion rights, free speech, and the death penalty; and much, much more."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

An Incomplete Education, Revised Edition

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Three Books in One 

The Phrase Finder

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Joseph in Egypt

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Treasure Island 

Mark Twain

The Celebrated Jumping Frog, and Other Stories

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Choice Words, Phrases, Sentences and Paragraphs for Every Situation

Provides lists of words, phrases, sentences, and paragraphs that help letter writers know what to say and how to say it when writing such letters as cover letters, fundraising letters, invitations, and refusals.

How to Say It

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Pennsylvania

Finalist for the 2014 Man Booker Prize

"J is a snarling, effervescent, and ambitious philosophical work of fiction that poses unsettling questions about our sense of history, and our self-satisfied orthodoxies. Jacobson's triumph is to craft a novel that is poignant as well as troubling from the debris." --Independent (UK)
 
Man Booker Prize-winner Howard Jacobson's brilliant and profound new novel, J, "invites comparison with George Orwell's 1984 and Aldous Huxley's Brave New World" (Sunday Times, London). Set in a world where collective memory has vanished and the past is a dangerous country, not to be talked about or visited, J is a boldly inventive love story, both tender and terrifying.
     Kevern Cohen doesn't know why his father always drew two fingers across his lips when he said a word starting with a J. It wasn't then, and isn't now, the time or place to be asking questions. When the extravagantly beautiful Ailinn Solomons arrives in his village by a sea that laps no other shore, Kevern is instantly drawn to her. Although mistrustful by nature, the two become linked as if they were meant for each other. Together, they form a refuge from the commonplace brutality that is the legacy of a historic catastrophe shrouded in suspicion, denial, and apology, simply referred to as WHAT HAPPENED, IF IT HAPPENED. To Ailinn's guardian, Esme Nussbaum, Ailinn and Kevern are fragile shoots of hopefulness. As this unusual pair's actions draw them into ever-increasing danger, Esme is determined to keep them together--whatever the cost.
     In this stunning, evocative, and terribly heartbreaking work, where one couple's love affair could have shattering consequences for the human race, Howard Jacobson gathers his prodigious gifts for the crowning achievement of a remarkable career.

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Unbuttoning America

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Opening Pandora's Box

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Diamond Revelation

Zena Sutherland; Mary H. Arbuthnot; Dianne L. Monson

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A Song for Ella Grey

John Man

Alpha Beta

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Little Women

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Manhattan Beach

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The Unsuitable Suitor

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The Book We Teach

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The Book of &quot;Unnecessary&quot; Quotation Marks

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Up One Hill and down Another

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Bookish Print

Grant Barrett

Perfect English Grammar

Charles Lipson

Doing Honest Work in College, Third Edition

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An Incomplete Education, Revised Edition

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University of Minnesota pamphlets on American writers University of Minnesota pamphlets on American writers

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The Phrase Finder

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Joseph in Egypt

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