DescriptionAscendant Sun is the direct sequel to the Nebula Award finalist The Last Hawk . Kelric returns to Skolian space, only to find the Empire in control of the Allied forces of Earth, thanks to the upheaval of the Radiance War. With little more than the clothes on his back and with his family imprisoned by the Allieds, Kelric is forced to take work on a merchant vessel. But when that vessel enters Euban space, Kelric finds his worst nightmare realized: he is auctioned as a slave "provider" to the cruel Aristos, who subject slaves to torture and sex to provide their ultimate telepathic emotional drug.
DescriptionUntold Stories, Alan Bennett's first major collection of prose since his best-selling Writing Home, brings together the finest and funniest of his writing over the last 10 years. Two recordings feature selected material from Untold Stories: Part 1: Stories contains the title piece, and Part 2: The Diaries covers Alan Bennett's much-celebrated diaries for 1997-2004. Stories is a poignant family memoir recalling the marriage of Alan's parents, the lives and deaths of his aunts, and the uncovering of a long-held family secret. At times heartrending, and at others extremely funny, Untold Stories is a matchless and unforgettable journey into Alan Bennett's past.
DescriptionSomething weird is going on at My Weird School... Miss Daisy is Crazy! Miss Daisy, who teaches second grade, doesn't know how to add or subtract. Not only that, she doesn't know how to read or write either. She is the dumbest teacher in the history of the world! Mr. Klutz is Nuts! Principal Klutz was hanging upside down from the school flagpole! He kissed a pig on the lips! He painted his bald head orange! And now he wants to bungee jump off the roof of the school, dressed like Santa Claus! Mrs. Roopy is Loopy! The new librarian at A.J.'s weird school starts dressing up as different historical characters, and A.J. and his friends think she's gone completely off the deep end. Ms. Hannah is Bananas! A.J.'s art teacher, Ms. Hannah, insists that garbage can be made into art, but even worse, she's making him be partners with annoying Andrea!
DescriptionIn Your Primal Nature, renowned medical intuitive Caroline Myss explores the natural energy of the earth, its awesome potential for transforming our lives, and our instinctual need to connect with it. Myss brings us face to face with our spiritual…
DescriptionIn this bold and potentially urgent volume, Robert J. Shiller, a respected expert on market volatility, offers an unconventional interpretation of recent U.S. stock market highs and shows that Alan Greenspan's term "irrational exuberance" is a good descri…
DescriptionPerhaps no book in this generation has had a more profound impact on our intellectual and spiritual lives than The Road Less Traveled . With sales of more than 7 million copies in the United States and Canada, and translation into more than 23 langu…
