Carole: 1782 books

Her characters stumble into the light, clutching their existential problems. Their stories float up like dark episodes from the subconscious. Twelve stories so intimately linked that the characters seem to walk the same unsolid geography. {Guernica Editions}

On a cold winter's morning the body of a young man is washed up on Brighton beach. For Inspector Jarmine it is the third body to be washed up in three weeks. As the snow covers the city, the homeless are once again ignored. It is only when another body turns up on the freezing shoreline that Jarmine begins to see a pattern. 

This book is a collection of essays and a short story written to honor Christopher Fox of Notre Dame, arguably the most influential figure in Irish Studies for the past quarter century. The essays address topics in which Professor Fox has made his own enduring scholarly contributions, and subjects...

Kudzu? Would you?... Could you?... Should you?... Cook with that wild & crazy vine? You bet! Growing inside this book are delicious & healthy recipes, fascinating history, flabbergasting trivia and more than a smidgen of humor, even poetry who knew kudzu could be so much fun? Soon, you will!One trivia...

When Margo Costain left her established New York publishing firm after her mother’s death to become owner and manager of the prestigious White Swan Inn in the Berkshires, she did not expect gunfire on her very first day home.   An assassination attempt was made on one of her guests,...

Conversations on sustainability, renewable energy, and other pressing issues: “A level of intellectual discussion all too absent in our national discourse.” —Booklist A co-founder of Physicians for Social Responsibility, named one of the most influential women of the twentieth century...

Once upon a time there was a lady sitting at a table trying to create a meaningful book Just then, her muse tapped her on the head (quite hard, I might add) and said, Write a book about magical beings, feelings and whimsical poetry. Mix it all together and see what happens. So the lady did! Hopefully this is just the beginning.

A powerful and challenging examination of what Jews believe today—by a new generation's dynamic and innovative thinkers. At every critical juncture in Jewish history, Jews have understood a dynamic theology to be essential for a vital Jewish community. This important collection sets the next...

A literary mediation on life and death, being and non-being, and the intense mystery and beauty of existence between a mother and child.   “Heartbreakingly perfect” (San Francisco Chronicle), Maso’s moving, dreamlike novel follows a mother and child as they roam through wondrous and increasingly...

From one of our most daring writers comes this intimate and seductive book: a working journal of pregnancy that was both a Lambda Literary Awards finalist and a Village Voice pick for Best Books of 2000. Maso chronicles with great tenderness and awe the months of her pregnancy, from its charmed conception through the auspicious arrival of Rose.

This haunting, often surreal first novel vividly captures the struggles of a young woman, Vanessa Turin, as she attempts to recover her family and her past

Christmas Eve is the perfect time to create family traditions, and we've made it more meaningful by creating Christmas Eve: The Nativity Story in Engravings, Verse, and Song. Christmas Eve brings you the classic nativity story through scriptural verse, beautiful artwork, and music with accompanying...

Venice, Italy: Mimi has taken her grandchildren Avery, Ella, and Evan on a surprise trip to the Grand Canal in Venice… only the surprise is on Mimi! She does not realize that her special mystery writing suitcase containing her crucial-to-creativity mystery writing eyeglasses, monster coffee mug, and...

Looking for ghost stories for a sleepover or a campfire? Your child will enjoy this book that is full of spooky stories that takes place on a golf course. Be prepared to have your hair rise on the back of your neck. A rip-roaring adventure with interactive opportunities for the brave. There are scorecards...