Arts and Photography books

Time in the Garden is a collection of new and selected poems that best describe my life as I see it in this span of time on the planet. How I cultivated my Garden and what I've done with it frames my life experience. Many of the poems you find here previously appeared in chapbooks, privately printed...

In Welcome to the Nerd Farm!: A Doonesbury Book life comes full circle as another Doonesbury Gen Nexer heads for college. With Zipper way-too-deeply embedded at Walden (America's number-one safety school) Alex boldly opts for MIT, the nerdfarm, where 30-hour study binges are de rigueur. Daily 911 ca...

Be Afraid. . .It's a beautiful house--a perfect place to live. To dream. To start a life together. It's the perfect place for so many things, he thinks as he puts on the gloves and reaches for her, enjoying her screams. But today, it's a perfect place to die.Be Very Afraid. . .Steerfo...

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Excerpt from Miss. Leonora When Last Seen: And Fifteen Other StoriesAll of the stories in miss leonora when last seen and 15 other stories have appeared in maga zines. Of the six stories in the volume that have hitherto been uncollected, reservations, miss leonora when last seen, A strange story and...

Excerpt from Life of Nathaniel T. Otis, Jr., Who Died August 14, 1849, Aged 19 Years: Being Part of an Introductory Lecture, Delivered Before the Medical Class of the University of Buffalo, at the Opening of the Session of 1849-'50Even at this early age he discovered a special inoli nation to the na...

Littlefoot, the eighteenth book from one of this country's most acclaimed poets, is an extended meditation on mortality, on the narrator's search of the skies for a road map and for last instructions on "the other side of my own death." Following the course of one year, the poet's seventieth, we wit...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preservin...

Police Lieutenant Alan Crane is back for the second installment in The Light Bringer trilogy. In The Fallen, our main character continues on his epic, supernatural journey chasing an answer to the question that has plagued him for too many years―Why do people die? Readers will follow Crane into anot...

It's a constant struggle, familiar to everyone--a habit that they hate but just can't seem to beat. And for most people, it's the "acceptable" sins that put up the biggest fight. Gossip. Complaining. Holding a grudge. Overindulging. Lord, Help Me Break This Habit is for anyone who has ever wrestled ...

Like the male heroes of epic poetry, Helen of Troy has been immortalized, but not for deeds of strength and honor; she is remembered as the beautiful woman who disgraced herself and betrayed her family and state. Norman Austin here surveys interpretations of Helen in Greek literature from the Homeri...

Reading Victorian Deafness is the first book to address the crucial role that deaf people, and their unique language of signs, played in Victorian culture. Drawing on a range of works, from fiction by Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins, to poetry by deaf poets and life writing by deaf memoirists Har...

Like many God-inspired poets of India’s Bhakti or devotional past (Mirabai and Chandidas come easily to mind), Janavi Held--writer, photographer, cineaste, observer of small miracles—chronicles the arrhythmia of a heart in love with Divinity. Letters to My Oldest Friend is a revelation. In elegant, ...

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfectionssuch as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact,or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally importa...

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally impor...

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfectionssuch as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact,or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally importa...

Excerpt from The Frost Family in England and America: With Special Reference to Edmund Frost and Some of His DescendantsFor the past several years Thomas G. Frost, Ph.D., LL.D., of New York, and Edward L. Frost, M.D., of Buffalo, have, as opportunity offered, interested themselves in the Frost Genea...

An exploration of 365 days of shared experiences between two friends on opposite sides of the country, inspired by their blog, 3191 Miles Apart.Maria Alexandra Vettese and Stephanie Congdon Barnes share a love of art and design, handmade pleasures, and a well-lived domestic life. Almost a decade ago...

Ally, a black lab golden retriever mix, was taken from an animal shelter the day before she was to be euthanized to become a service dog for Maureen, a totally blind quadriplegic.The book tells, through beautiful illustrations and text, what a typical day is like for Ally. Told in the first person, ...

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Trapped in a world where magic is powerful and dreams are real, Cole continues his quest in book three of a “fanciful, action-packed adventure” series (Publishers Weekly, starred review), from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Fablehaven and Beyonders series.Cole Randolph ventures to a...

In Cultivating the Divine, Stone takes us on a journey of spiritual discovery with his spiritual teacher and medium, during her life in the Earth and after her death. Learning to receive visions and communications from the higher worlds, he discovers a door into the dream world revealing a world bey...

This books offers a unique insight into the lives of eight community college students, and describes the teaching style of a professor who endeavors to bring their stories to life in the psychology classes he teaches. Each student wrote a journal over the course of a semester, with the intent of bec...

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