Fifteen works by the American artist and author provide a journey into a macabre world Author: Gorey, Edward Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0399110038 ISBN-13: 9780399110030..
An illustrated collection of 15 macabre short stories.In this gorgeously detailed volume, American artist and author Edward Gorey accents amphigory (nonsense verse or composition) with his signature cross-hatched pen-and-ink drawings. A mix of poetry and prose, light-hearted and decidedly more morbi..
This new, concise, streamlined textbook addresses all OBRA-mandated responsibilities for nursing assistants working in long-term care facilities. Written by the authors of Mosby’s Textbook for Long-Term Care Assistants, the new book includes only content mandated by OBRA or material that is essentia..
For readers who can’t get enough of the hit Broadway musical Hamilton, Gore Vidal’s stunning novel about Aaron Burr, the man who killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel-and who served as a successful, if often feared, statesman of our fledgling nation.Here is an extraordinary portrait of one of the most..
Burr is the opening volume in Gore Vidal's great fictional chronicle of American history, each of which is being republished in the Modern Library . Burr Author: Vidal, Gore Publisher: Modern Library Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0679602852 ISBN-13: 9780679602859..
In their teens Jim Willard and Bob Ford share a moment of sexual intimacy. Jim will spend later years searching for the recreation of that moment. When the opportunity occurs, it explodes in violence and pain. Author: Vidal, Gore Publisher: Ballantine Books Binding: Paperback Language: English ISBN-..
With only seventy-two hours to find out who attacked his partner, Ballard races through Oakland and San Francisco to track down a stripper, an embezzler, and an ex-con. Reprint. NYT. Author: Gores, Joe Publisher: Ballantine Books Binding: mass_market Language: English ISBN-10: 0345292065 ISBN-13: 9..
In Death in the Fifth Position, dashing P.R. man Peter Sargent is hired by a ballet company on the eve of a major upcoming performance. Handling the press seems to be no problem, but when a rising star in the company is killed during the performance-dropped from thirty feet above the stage, crashing..
In this delightful story, a lost book transforms into whatever the finder needs it to be. An imaginative and original tale with all the elements of the best and most enduring children's book classics!Deep in the woods, a rabbit finds a mysterious object. "What is this " he asks. "It looks like a won..
Energize an introductory ethics course with ETHICS IN THE WORKPLACE 3e, a text that combines a strong foundation in classic and contemporary theory, examples and analysis drawn from the workplace, ethical decision-making models, and a constant focus on self-reflection and moral reasoning. Learning b..
Feminisms and Critical Pedagogy centres around the theoretical effort to construct a feminist pedagogy which will democratize gender relations in the classroom, and practical ways to implement a truly feminist pedagogy. Author: Gore, Jennifer Publisher: Routledge Binding: Paperback Language: English..
This book is Gore Vidal's visual memoir of his remarkable and famously well-lived life. In this collection of photographs, letters, manuscripts, and other selections from Vidal's vast personal archives, readers are now escorted by one of America's wittiest insiders into the Kennedys' Camelot, as wel..
Goren's bridge complete: Completely updated and rev. ed. of the standard work for all bridge players Hardcover by Charles Henry Goren (Author) Author: Goren, Charles Henry Publisher: Doubleday Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0385085303 ISBN-13: 9780385085304..
This may come as a shock, but brilliant writing and clever wordplay do not a published author make. True, you’ll actually have to write if you want to be a writer, but ultimately literary success is about much more than putting pen to paper (or fingers to keys). Before you snap your pencil in half w..
Julian the Apostate was the nephew of Emperor Constantine the Great. Julian ascended to the throne in A.D. 361, at the age of twenty-nine, and was murdered four years later after an unsuccessful attempt to rebuke Christianity and restore the worship of the old gods. Now this historical tapestry is b..
Depicts the reign of Julian the Apostate, a Roman Emperor who unsuccessfully attempted to revive paganism Author: Vidal, Gore Publisher: Modern Library Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0394605152 ISBN-13: 9780394605159..
Depicts the reign of Julian the Apostate, a Roman emperor who unsuccessfully attempted to revive paganism Author: Vidal, Gore Publisher: Random House Inc Binding: Paperback Language: English ISBN-10: 0394721012 ISBN-13: 9780394721019..
The remarkable bestseller about the fourth-century Roman emperor who famously tried to halt the spread of Christianity, Julianis widely regarded as one of Gore Vidal’s finest historical novels.Julian the Apostate, nephew of Constantine the Great, was one of the brightest yet briefest lights in the h..
Bestselling author Gore Vidal joins the ranks of Penguin Classics. To satisfy a public that longs for a savior, Vidal's eponymous hero of KALKI, born and bred in America's Midwest, establishes himself in Nepal, puts out the word that he is the last incarnation of the god Vishnu, and predicts an immi..
Product DescriptionHere is Abraham Lincoln, richly and vividly brought to life as Gore Vidal reads aloud from the pages of his magnificent novel Lincoln -- a great bestseller, a critical triumph, the most compelling work we have yet had from one of our most brilliant writers.Review"Utterly convincin..
A Davis's Notes book. Here's a great pocket-sized reference to use in clinical and beyond! This handy reference provides commonly used but rarely memorized clinical information, such as normal lab vales, common medical abbreviations, dosage calculations, triage questions, and more. MA Notes -- a poc..
The outspoken novelist and critic trains his sometimes controversial sights on present-day fiction, writers of note or notoriety, and fashionable literary attitudes and on historical and political topics of current interest Author: Vidal, Gore Publisher: Random House Binding: Hardcover Language: Eng..