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Troubled Hearts, Weary Faces: Poetic Therapy, a Book of Poems Troubled Hearts, Weary Faces: Poetic Therapy, a Book of Poems
by R N Jeanene Sauvey Kranyik

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This book is a collection of life experiences. It will stretch readers thoughts and inspire them to grow. The message is to let people know they are not alone.... (read more)

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Poisons in Mystery Literature Poisons in Mystery Literature
by Alfonso Velasco Martin

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Poisons in Mystery Literature is a scientific journey into the world of toxicology, where the interested reader can consider the effects of drugs and poisons. The book includes detailed descriptions of these toxins' undesirable effects. The author, a... (read more)

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X, Y, Z, T: Dimensions of Science Fiction X, Y, Z, T: Dimensions of Science Fiction
by Damien Broderick

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Damien Broderick has had a major impact as an Australian SF writer since 1964. He is undoubtedly the leading Australian theorist of the SF genre' (Russell Blackford, Van Ikin, Sean McMullen, Strange Constellations). Now, Broderick draws upon his skills... (read more)

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de-Coding Da Vinci: The Facts Behind the Fiction of the Da Vinci Code de-Coding Da Vinci: The Facts Behind the Fiction of the Da Vinci Code
by Amy Welborn

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The best-selling novel The Da Vinci Code has raised intriguing questions for both Christians and non-Christians alike. Readers of the novel are wondering if what the author says is really true: Could everything they've learned about the origins of... (read more)

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Institutional Individualism: Conversion, Exile, and Nostalgia in Puritan New England Institutional Individualism: Conversion, Exile, and Nostalgia in Puritan New England
by Michael Kaufmann

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Exploring the means by which individuals define themselves in relation to their institutional affiliations.... (read more)

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Teaching Literature: A Companion Teaching Literature: A Companion
by Marcus C Braybrooke

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In Teaching Literature scholars explain how they think about their everyday experience in the classroom, using the tools of their ongoing scholarly projects and engaging with current debates in literary studies. Until recently, teaching has played second... (read more)

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Les Miserables: Notes (Cliffs Notes) - Study Notes Les Miserables: Notes (Cliffs Notes) - Study Notes
by Amy L. Marsland

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The original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background. The latest generation of titles in this series also feature glossaries and visual elements that complement the... (read more)

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Hartley Field: Poems Hartley Field: Poems
by Connie Wanek

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The poems in Hartley Field are by turns witty and amusing, lyrical and moving. But always they are clear and -direct. Wanek writes clever, closely observed poems on subjects as diverse as "Butter" and "The Hammer," work which is in the tradition of... (read more)

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The Little Guide to Your Well-Read Life The Little Guide to Your Well-Read Life
by Steve Leveen

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Do not set out to live a well-read life but rather your well-read life. No one can be well-read using someone else's reading list. Unless a book is good for you, you won't connect with it and gain from it. Just as no one can tell you how to lead your... (read more)

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Special Relationships: Anglo-American Affinities and Antagonisms 1854-1936 Special Relationships: Anglo-American Affinities and Antagonisms 1854-1936
by Janet Beer

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In addition, the volume provides discussion on Scottish-American literary relations; the Atlanticist dimension of spiritualism; American interventions in the debate about the Highland clearances and American slavery and British pastoralism.... (read more)

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Historical Romance, 1890-1990 Historical Romance, 1890-1990
by Helen Hughes

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also charts the ways in which the marketing of romance has developed since the beginning of the century, culminating in the explosion of the mass market. "The Historical Romance" unravels the formulaic and mythical nature of historical romance to provide... (read more)

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Books and Persons Books and Persons
by Arnold Bennett

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Enoch Arnold Bennett (May 27, 1867-March 27, 1931). He was born in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, one of six towns in the area known as the Potteries where many of his novels were set.... (read more)

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Once (Harvest Book; Hb 337) Once (Harvest Book; Hb 337)
by Alice Walker

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This first volume of poetry established Walker as a poet of unusual sensitivity and power. All of the poems in this collection were written either in East Africa, where Walker spent the summer of 1965, or during her senior year at Sarah Lawrence College.... (read more)

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The Sandburg Range The Sandburg Range
by Carl Sandburg

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A representative selection from the work of one of America's most distinguished writers.<BR>... (read more)

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A Bibliography of the Work of Carl Van Vechten A Bibliography of the Work of Carl Van Vechten
by Bruce Kellner

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This model bibliography should be included in the collections of all academic libraries and in any others that serve readers interested in the literary and artistic movements of the 1920s and 1930s. Since Van Vechten was particularly interested in the... (read more)

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Poetic Edda the Mythological Poems Poetic Edda the Mythological Poems
by Henry Adams Bellows

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The vibrant Old Norse poems in this 13th-century collection recapture the ancient oral traditions of the Norsemen. These mythological poems include the Voluspo, one of the broadest literary conceptions of the world's creation and ultimate destruction... (read more)

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Radical Religion from Shakespeare to Milton: Figures of Nonconformity in Early Modern England Radical Religion from Shakespeare to Milton: Figures of Nonconformity in Early Modern England
by Kristen Poole

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The image of the puritan as a dour and repressive character has been central to ways of reading sixteenth- and seventeenth-century history and literature. Kristen Poole's original study challenges this perception arguing that radical reformers were most... (read more)

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Chaucer and the City (Chaucer Studies) Chaucer and the City (Chaucer Studies)
by Ardis Butterfield

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Essays exploring Chaucer's identity as a London poet and the urban context for his writings.... (read more)

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The Drama of Love, Life & Death The Drama of Love, Life & Death
by Anthony Holden

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The works of William Shakespeare are timeless, having as much relevance today as they did in the 16th and 17th centuries. Drawing on Shakespeare's own life, and illustrated with stills from classic movies, this important new book explores the timeless... (read more)

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Whitman East & West: New Contexts for Reading Walt Whitman (Iowa Whitman Series) Whitman East & West: New Contexts for Reading Walt Whitman (Iowa Whitman Series)
by Ed Folsom

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In Whitman East and West, fifteen prominent scholars track the surprising ways in which Whitman's poetry and prose continue to be meaningful at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Covering a broad range of issues--from ecology to children's... (read more)

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