Wintersmith
by Terry Pratchett (2007-10-02)
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Despite a stern warning from Miss Treason, the eccentric witch from whom 13-year-old Tiffany Aching is learning her craft, the girl has gone and danced with the wrong men. Having inserted herself into a dark reverse Morris dance in which summer and winter achieve their seasonal balance, Tiffany has attracted the amorous attentions of the Wintersmith.
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Posted: Tuesday, June 8, 2010 at 10:11 pm by Sylvhania
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Lives of Extraordinary Women: Rulers, Rebels (and What the Neighbors Thought)
by Kathleen Krull ()
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From Cleopatra to Eleanor Roosevelt, concise profiles provide fun and fascinating facts about notable female role models from around the globe.
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Posted: Wednesday, June 2, 2010 at 10:31 pm by Sylvhania
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Unseen Academicals
by Terry Pratchett (2009-10-06)
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Football, food, fashion and wizards collide in Pratchett's 37th Discworld novel (after 2007's Making Money), an affectionate satire on the foibles of sports and sports fans.
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Posted: Monday, May 31, 2010 at 7:33 am by Sylvhania
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The Poet Slave of Cuba: A Biography of Juan Francisco Manzano
by Margarita Engle (2006-04-04)
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In plain, stirring free verse, Engle dramatizes the boyhood of the nineteenth-century Cuban slave Juan Francisco Manzano, who secretly learned to read and wrote poetry about beauty and courage in his world of unspeakable brutality.
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Posted: Monday, May 10, 2010 at 10:02 pm by Sylvhania
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The Realization of Being
by Eckhart Tolle ()
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Words are useful signposts, Eckhart begins, but our main spiritual teacher is stillness. This powerful energy field is always available to us through meditation.
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Posted: Tuesday, May 4, 2010 at 12:10 pm by Sylvhania
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Boy Meets Boy
by David Levithan (2005-05-10)
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High school sophomore Paul says, "There isn’t really a gay scene or a straight scene in our town. They got all mixed up a while back, which I think is for the best." And, as he observes at the end of the story, "It's a wonderful world."
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Posted: Friday, April 30, 2010 at 2:35 pm by Sylvhania
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Somewhere in Heaven
by Christopher Andersen (2008-07-08)
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The remarkable love story of Dana and Christopher Reeve. That fate could have dealt such a cruel hand to this golden couple seemed unfathomable. That they could endure it all with grace, courage, and humor defied belief.
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Posted: Thursday, April 29, 2010 at 5:48 pm by Sylvhania
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Snuff
by Chuck Palahniuk (2009-04-07)
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Cassie Wright, an aging porn queen, intends to put an exclamation point on her career by having sex with 600 men in one day on film. The story begins with Mr. 600—the pornosaur who introduced Cassie to the business—as he describes the other 599 actors awaiting their moment on screen. The perspective then shifts to Mr. 72...
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Posted: Tuesday, April 27, 2010 at 5:24 pm by Sylvhania
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Great Classic Stories 2
by Jerome K Jerome ()
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The 20 diverse stories collected here show why the short story continues to be one of the most popular of literary genres. Included are works by masters of the field, including F. Scott Fitzgerald, Saki, and O. Henry.
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Posted: Monday, April 26, 2010 at 8:33 pm by Sylvhania
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Tropic of Cancer
by Henry Miller ()
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Millers once controversial story that ended up altering United States censorship laws tells of a young writer and his pals in Paris during the Great Depression. Part memoir, part fictional tale, Millers prose is a complex mix that demands the readers utmost attention.
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Posted: Thursday, April 1, 2010 at 3:47 pm by Sylvhania
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