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250 Poems: A Portable Anthology (2nd edition)
by Jack Ridl Peter Schakel250 Poems offers a wide and well-balanced selection of chronologically arranged poems, supported by succinct, practical editorial features.
26 Below (Alaskan Cyber Hunters #1)
by Kimberley Woodhouse"A thrill ride. . . as current as today's front-page news!"--Colleen Coble, USA Today best-selling authorIn her new role as Emergency Operations Center director for Fairbanks, Alaska, Darcie Phillips prevents disasters. But none of her training can prepare her for the terror that's coming. As a cybersecurity specialist, Jason Myers is determined to ferret out any threats to the town he now calls home--and that includes his reckless brother and his ecoterrorist friends.When an old woman's wild prediction--widespread destruction as soon as the Fairbanks temperature falls to 26 below--hits national headlines, neither Darcie nor Jason sees a real risk to anything but tourism.Then the bodies start dropping.Darcie is relying on her experience and intelligence to stop a killer; Jason is relying on God to guide the way. They'll have to work together to find the truth and prevent their Alaskan town from becoming a city of nightmares. The first in a thrilling new suspense series from best-selling author Kimberley Woodhouse, 26 Below will delight fans of Lynnette Eason, Irene Hannon, and Lynn Blackburn.
26 Fairmount Avenue
by Tomie DepaolaTomie's family starts building their new house at 26 Fairmount Avenue in 1938, just as a hurricane hits town, starting off a busy, crazy year. Tomie has many adventures all his own, including eating chocolate with his Nana Upstairs, only to find out -- the hard way -- that they have eaten chocolate laxative. He tries to skip kindergarten when he finds out he won't learn to read until first grade. "I'll be back next year", he says. When Tomie goes to see Snow White, he creates another sensation. Tomie dePaola's childhood memories are hilarious, and his charming illustrations are sure to please.<P><P> Newbery Medal Honor book
26 Kisses
by Anna MichelsKasie West meets Morgan Matson in this hilarious and heartwarming debut about a girl's summer mission to get over her ex-boyfriend by kissing her way through the alphabet.Getting dumped by her boyfriend is not how Veda planned on starting her summer. When Mark makes it clear that it's over between them, Veda is heartbroken and humiliated--but, more importantly, she's inspired. So she sets out on the love quest of a lifetime: use the summer to forget about Mark, to move on, and move up. All she has to do is kiss twenty-six boys with twenty-six different names--one for each letter of the alphabet. From the top of the Ferris wheel at her hometown carnival to the sandy dunes of Lake Michigan, Veda takes every opportunity she can to add kisses (and boys) to her list, and soon the break-up doesn't sting quite as much. But just when Veda thinks she has the whole kissing thing figured out, she meets someone who turns her world upside down.
26 PERSONAS PARA SALVAR AL MUNDO (EBOOK)
by Jorge LanataLa idea de salvar el mundo es tan ingenua como poderosa. A lo largo de este viaje no hubo quien no cayera seducido por ella. Nosotros mismos, para empezar. Salvarlo de qué? De quiénes? De sí mismo? De nosotros? Creo que en los meses y meses que duró el viaje de 26 personas para salvar al mundo, pudimos encontrarnos con algunos de los tipos más inteligentes de estos tiempos; todos, en algún momento, eran niños apasionados y graves, indignados y curiosos, y ninguno estaba resignado. El mundo está, otra vez, pensándose a sí mismo: la revolución tecnológica produjo ese sacudón. Marx fue declarado obsoleto por cuatro chicos en un garaje de Silicon Valley. Y las ciencias humanas aún no se dan por enteradas. Asistimos a la crisis de un nacimiento; de nosotros dependerá el futuro de ese niño. Este libro contiene algunas respuestas de quienes intentan pensar su tiempo. Tal vez sirva para acercarnos a ver lo que somos y lo que queremos ser. Jorge Lanata Entrevistas a: Eduardo Galeano - Mario Vargas Llosa - Zygmunt Bauman - Martin Amis - Lucy Hawking - Juan Carr - Carter Emmart - Jeffrey A. Hoffman - Matthieu Ricard - Manuel Lozano - Robert Gupta - Zachary Dellinger - Steve López - Jimmy Wales - Juan José Millás - Andrea Fassina - Emmanuel Jal - Nicholas Negroponte - Miguel Brechner Frey - Abel Albino - Rosario Quispe - Boris Izaguirre - Nigel Townson - Sofía de Roa - Fabio Gándara - Howard Gardner - Étienne Klein
2612 Cherryhill Lane: A Novel
by Glenn Vo2612 Cherryhill Lane is the heart-wrenching story of Jonathan McCalister, a man who has it all until tragedy strikes; he loses faith in God and in life until he crosses paths with a girl named Samantha Reid who restores his faith and helps him find true purpose in life.
2666
by Roberto Bolaño Natasha WimmerComposed in the last years of Roberto Bolaño's life, "2666" was greeted across Europe and Latin America as his highest achievement, surpassing even his previous work in its strangeness, beauty, and scope. Its throng of unforgettable characters includes academics and convicts, an American sportswriter, an elusive German novelist, and a teenage student and her widowed, mentally unstable father. Their lives intersect in the urban sprawl of Santa Teresa--a fictional Juárez--on the U.S.-Mexico border, where hundreds of young factory workers, in the novel as in life, have disappeared.
2666
by Roberto BolañoPublicada meses después de la muerte de Bolaño, 2666 ha sido unánimemente aclamada por la crítica internacional y por los lectores, y es considerada una obra sin igual en la literatura contemporánea. Incluye apuntes manuscritos de Roberto Bolaño para la escritura de 2666. <p><p>Mejor libro en español de los últimos 25 años según Babelia. La ciudad mexicana de Santa Teresa -trasunto de Ciudad Juárez- atrae como un imán a los protagonistas. Cuatro críticos literarios europeos viajan hasta Sonora tras las huellas del escritor desaparecido Benno von Archimboldi, cuya vida se refiere en la parte final de la novela. Allí conocerán a Amalfitano, el profesor universitario chileno que, junto con su hija, se establece en la ciudad, a la que también llegará el periodista estadounidense Oscar Fate para retransmitir un combate de boxeo. <p>Pero el corazón del relato se encuentra en «La parte de los crímenes» donde, con la precisión de un bisturí, Bolaño narra los asesinatos de mujeres cometidos en Santa Teresa y las infructuosas investigaciones de la policía. En el epicentro del Mal, nada puede parar el horror. Con una fuerza arrolladora, en 2666 Bolaño crea una obra magistral que rompe con todas las tendencias literarias conocidas y abre el camino a seguir por la narrativa del siglo XXI. Violencia e historia se entretejen con temas recurrentes en la obra del autor: la literatura, la búsqueda y la crónica de la realidad. 2666 fue galardonada con los premios Ciudad de Barcelona, Salambó, National Critics Circle Award y Altazor, calificada como uno de los mejores libros de 2008 por The New York Times y elegida por 81 críticos y escritores de España y Latinoamérica como uno de losmejores libros en lengua castellana de los últimos 25 años.
2666: A Novel
by Roberto BolañoA NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER THE POSTHUMOUS MASTERWORK FROM "ONE OF THE GREATEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL MODERN WRITERS" (JAMES WOOD, THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW) Composed in the last years of Roberto Bolaño's life, 2666 was greeted across Europe and Latin America as his highest achievement, surpassing even his previous work in its strangeness, beauty, and scope. Its throng of unforgettable characters includes academics and convicts, an American sportswriter, an elusive German novelist, and a teenage student and her widowed, mentally unstable father. Their lives intersect in the urban sprawl of SantaTeresa—a fictional Juárez—on the U.S.-Mexico border, where hundreds of young factory workers, in the novel as in life, have disappeared.
27 Magic Words
by Sharelle Byars MoranvilleAlthough ten-year-old Kobi’s parents sailed into a storm at sea five years ago, she knows they are alive. If she says "Avanti!" she can see them. Now that her life is being turned upside down again, she will need the magic words her mother left behind more than ever. Instead of living with wealthy Grandmamma in Paris, Kobi and her sister will temporarily stay in Des Moines, Iowa. There, the girls will, as Uncle Wim puts it, "live like normal kids for a change." To fit in at her new school Kobi tells lies that soon catch up with her. In a heart-wrenching climax, she must confront not only the untruths she has told others but the stories she has made herself believe. Only then will she be able to grieve for her parents and move on with her life.
27 Rue de Fleurus (My Life with Gertrude)
by Ted Sod5f / Musical/ Unit Set Unlike most of the stage works about Gertrude and Alice, 27 Rue de Fleurus is told from Alice's point of view. Gertrude grows tired of Alice's lack of panache for telling her perspective of their story and attempts to hijack the play as only the author of such lines as "sugar is not a vegetable" can. But Alice has secrets to share with the audience that silence the famously verbose Gertrude. This celebrated couple confronts each other about love, marriage, jealousy, genius and a few other delicious topics while Pablo Picasso, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Mabel Dodge, Sylvia Beach and even Jean Harlow drop by for a visit. "27 Rue de Fleurus gets its sweetness from a genuine love of its subject, the "marriage" of Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas. The music is well handled by John Bell; and the all-female cast sings excellently." - Village Voice "What we have here is a love story, fraught with jealousy and passion like others, but most of all, it celebrates the incredible bond between two women who decided to share their lives, even during a time when it was relatively unheard of. That alone makes 27 Rue de Fleurus worth an evening of your time." - GO Magazine "Ms. Rosenblat, who, seated, resembles portraits of Stein, plays Gertrude as a commanding bully. And Ms. Stern's Alice is a bright, attractive creature. ("Everyone is entitled to a bit of fantasy," she says.) They're strong, plausible performances." - NY Times "Credit Ted Sod and Lisa Koch, writers of 27 Rue de Fleurus, with the provocative notion of fashioning a revisionist musical from Alice B. Toklas' corrective version of her life with literary giant Gertrude Stein. Name-dropping opening number "Salon (Let's Talk)" sets the smart tone for the musical's mise en scene -- the Parisian apartment at 27 Rue de Fleurus wh
27 Wagons Full of Cotton and Other Plays
by Tennessee WilliamsThe thirteen one-act plays collected in this volume include some of Tennessee Williams's finest and most powerful work. They are full of the perception of life as it is, and the passion for life as it ought to be, which have made The Glass Menagerie and A Streetcar Named Desire classics of the American theater. Only one of these plays (The Purification) is written in verse, but in all of them the approach to character is by way of poetic revelation. Whether Williams is writing of derelict roomers in a New Orleans boarding house (The Lady of Larkspur Lotion) or the memories of a venerable traveling salesman (The Last of My Solid Gold Watches) or of delinquent children (This Property is Condemned), his insight into human nature is that of the poet. He can compress the basic meaning of life--its pathos or its tragedy, its bravery or the quality of its love--into one small scene or a few moments of dialogue. Mr. Williams's views on the role of the little theater in American culture are contained in a stimulating essay, "Something wild...," which serves as an introduction to this collection.
27: Series 5 Book 3 (Beast Quest)
by Adam BladeTom is on a quest to free the Mistress of the Beasts from an evil curse. But when he arrives in a mountain town devastated by terrible rockfalls, he realises the destruction has been wreaked by a Beast as powerful as the mountain itself... Don't miss KRABB, MASTER OF THE SEA - HAWKITE, ARROW OF THE AIR - KOLDO THE ARCTIC WARRIOR - TREMA THE EARTH LORD - AMICTUS THE BUG QUEEN
28 Barbary Lane: "Tales of the City" Books 1-3
by Armistead MaupinArmistead Maupin's uproarious and moving Tales of the City novels--the first three of which are collected in this omnibus volume--have earned a unique niche in American literature and are considered indelible documents of cultural change from the seventies through the first two decades of the new millennium."These novels are as difficult to put down as a dish of pistachios. The reader starts playing the old childhood game of 'Just one more chapter and I'll turn out the lights,' only to look up and discover it's after midnight."--Los Angeles Times Book Review Originally serialized in the San Francisco Chronicle, Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City (1978), More Tales of the City (1980), and Further Tales of the City (1982) afforded a mainstream audience of millions its first exposure to straight and gay characters experiencing on equal terms the follies of urban life. Among the cast of this groundbreaking saga are the lovelorn residents of 28 Barbary Lane: the bewildered but aspiring Mary Ann Singleton, the libidinous Brian Hawkins; Mona Ramsey, still in a sixties trance, Michael "Mouse" Tolliver, forever in bright-eyed pursuit of Mr. Right; and their marijuana-growing landlady, the indefatigable Mrs. Madrigal. Hurdling barriers both social and sexual, Maupin leads them through heartbreak and triumph, through nail-biting terrors and gleeful coincidences. The result is a glittering and addictive comedy of manners that continues to beguile new generations of readers.
28 Dates (Crazy Love #3)
by Stacey LynnIn the age of apps and social media, how many dates does it take to find “the one”? The author of Knocked Up and Fake Wife swipes right on love with a captivating friends-to-lovers tale. Caitlin Pappas is a lifelong commitment-phobe. The closest thing she’s had to a relationship in the last few years was a friends-with-benefits thing that fizzled out because the guy wanted more. So when she and her best friend design a new app that promises to find “the one” in 28 Dates, Caitlin is the perfect guinea pig. Little does she know that she may have already met her match. . . . Jonas Reeves has tried his best to move on after Caitlin didn’t want take things to the next level. Now they really are just friends . . . without benefits. Caitlin’s even a regular at his bar, The Dirty Martini. But when he learns that Caitlin plans to beta-test a new dating app on his home turf, Jonas senses a golden opportunity to win her heart. Even if he has to slide into her DMs to do it. . . . The steamy standalone novels in Stacey Lynn’s Crazy Love series can be read together or separately: FAKE WIFE • KNOCKED UP • 28 DATES And don’t miss her passionate Fireside series: HIS TO LOVE • HIS TO PROTECT • HIS TO CHERISH • HIS TO SEDUCE This standalone ebook includes an excerpt from another Loveswept title.
28 Days Later Omnibus (28 Days Later #1)
by Michael Alan Nelson Declan Shalvey Alejandro AragonCollects the complete 28 Days Later, issues 1-24! There is no escape from the horrific world of 28 DAYS LATER, the graphic novel series that plunges readers back into the fray of a world overrun with the Infected! <P><P> <i>Advisory: Bookshare has learned that this book offers only partial accessibility. We have kept it in the collection because it is useful for some of our members. Benetech is actively working on projects to improve accessibility issues such as these.</i>
28 Days Later Vol. 1: London Calling (28 Days Later #1)
by Michael Alan Nelson Declan Shalvey Alejandro AragonCollects issues #1-4. The film that changed horror forever continues here! Connecting the movie 28 Days Later to its sequel 28 Weeks Later, this original graphic novel continuation focuses on Selena, one of the three survivors of the first film, as she embarks on an epic journey to return to Great Britain. Joining a team of American war journalists hell bent on venturing into the heart of Infected territory, they must learn the cold, hard truth of what it takes to survive in the U.K. after the Infection has spread. <P><P> <i>Advisory: Bookshare has learned that this book offers only partial accessibility. We have kept it in the collection because it is useful for some of our members. Benetech is actively working on projects to improve accessibility issues such as these.</i>
28 Days Later Vol. 2: Bend in the Road (28 Days Later #2)
by Michael Alan Nelson Declan Shalvey Alejandro AragonCollects issues #5-8. Finally Available! They are trapped among the Infected. They have no supplies. Most of their crew has been killed. Selena, Clint and Derrick must get to London, but will they make it? Selena knows how to survive, but that was when she was trying to get out of London. Now she's going back in. The saga continues in this epic, fan-favorite series!
28 Days Later Vol. 3: Hotzone (28 Days Later #3)
by Michael Alan Nelson Declan Shalvey Alejandro AragonCollects issues #9-12. Selena, Derrick and Clint have set their sights on London. Selena has survived one war with The Infected, but can she make it through a second time? They've got a machete that's hacked its share of infected and a gun with only nine bullets. Ammo, and time, is running out ... The saga continues in this epic, fan-favorite horror series!
28 Days Later Vol. 4: Gangwar (28 Days Later #4)
by Michael Alan Nelson Declan Shalvey Alejandro AragonCollects issues #13-16. The film that changed horror forever continues here in volume 4 of the series that connects the movie 28 Days Later to its sequel 28 Weeks Later and focuses on fan-favorite character Selena! With the Infected still on the loose, just getting back into Great Britain was horrific. But to survive, Clint, Selena and Derrick must make sacrifices they never thought possible. And those sacrifices cannot be ignored!
28 Days Later Vol. 5: Ghost Town (28 Days Later #5)
by Michael Alan Nelson Declan Shalvey Alejandro AragonCollects issues #17-20. After everything that has happened, Selena has London in her sights. But what is waiting for her there? Is there a part of her past lurking in the shadows, capable of destroying all she has worked for? The series that connects 28 Days Later to 28 Weeks Later continues here!
28 Days Later Vol. 6: Homecoming (28 Days Later #6)
by Michael Alan Nelson Declan Shalvey Alejandro AragonCollects issues #21-24. This is it, people - the grand finale revealing Selena's secret is finally here! As Selena and Clint reach London, they will learn the real reason why Selena decided to come back to Great Britain. And the American occupation isn't the only thing preventing her from accomplishing her secret goal... The series that connects 28 Days Later to 28 Weeks Later concludes here in this final volume!
28 Days: A Novel of Resistance in the Warsaw Ghetto
by David SafierInspired by true events, David Safier's 28 Days: A Novel of Resistance in the Warsaw Ghetto is a harrowing historical YA that chronicles the brutality of the Holocaust.Warsaw, 1942. Sixteen-year old Mira smuggles food into the Ghetto to keep herself and her family alive. When she discovers that the entire Ghetto is to be "liquidated"—killed or "resettled" to concentration camps—she desperately tries to find a way to save her family. She meets a group of young people who are planning the unthinkable: an uprising against the occupying forces. Mira joins the resistance fighters who, with minimal supplies and weapons, end up holding out for twenty-eight days, longer than anyone had thought possible.
28 Great Inaugural Addresses: From Washington to Reagan
by John Grafton James DaleyMany of the U.S. presidents' inaugural addresses have provided windows into the presidency and the state of the nation. The voices of sixteen presidents are preserved in this collection of great inaugural addresses -- from George Washington's somber comments in 1789 and Abraham Lincoln's noteworthy addresses attempting to bind the nation together, to John F. Kennedy's stirring "Ask not what your country can do for you" and Ronald Reagan's 1981 speech stating his political mission.Compelling, powerful and often inspiring, these seminal remarks also include the words of John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, Andrew Jackson, Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Lyndon Baines Johnson, and Richard Nixon.Ideal for political studies, this valuable reference will appeal to everyone interested in American history.
28 Questions: A love story for our times and for all time
by Indyana SchneiderThey say it takes 28 Questions to fall in love. Then what?A queer When Harry Met Sally for the Sally Rooney Generation&‘Reader, imagine yielding to someone with a power so strong she has the ability to slice time. Before. Her. After.&’ When first-year music student Amalia stumbles into her Oxford college bar, she has no idea that everything is about to change. Seated across from her is Alex, a velvety-voiced fellow Australian with eyes the colour of her native sky. They strike up a friendship that is immediate - its intensity both thrilling and terrifying. As the days and weeks go by, they spend more and more time together: philosophising, hypothesising, questioning everything. There is nothing they cannot talk about, except the one thing that matters most. Dare they risk a romantic entanglement if it threatens this most perfect of friendships? Set across four years and five cities, and suffused with music, literature, art, dance, sex, and the exquisite pain and pleasure of first love, 28 Questions is a passionate and unforgettable first novel about love in all its guises, growing up, and figuring out who you are along the way.