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by Dean Pitchford
When his football-star brother slips into a coma, a shy kid in a homemade superhero costume accidentally discovers his own courage by foiling robberies and saving lives, all while desperately hoping to awaken his sibling.
by Mark Ivor Satin
Mark Ivor Satin's 'New Age Politics' imagines a decentralized, holistic society where personal change and ecological wisdom form the basis of a new political future.
by Richard H.F. Lindemann
This catalog unearths every creature, place, and hidden detail from Dr. Seuss's long career, from first editions to Latin translations.
by Terrence Ryan
At a strict 1950s boarding school, an English teacher encourages his students to defy expectations, embrace poetry, and live for the moment, challenging tradition and, for some, their future.
by Chester Carroll Farr
This lab manual helps users learn to cultivate field crops through experiments, from soil analysis to harvest.
by Per Jarle Bekken
This study examines Paul's interpretation of Deuteronomy 30:12-14 in Romans 10, showing how his seemingly unusual reading fits within the Jewish exegetical traditions of his era, similar to methods used by Philo and Baruch.
by Ruth Irene Garrett
by Arthur Zulu
In an empire filled with plots and prejudice, Queen Esther, a resilient black woman, risks her crown and life to stop a genocide against her people in Medo-Persia.
by Henry Fielding
In 18th-century London, the good but naive Amelia faces constant misfortune, betrayal, and the moral lapses of her charming but careless husband, Booth, as they seek a peaceful home life.
by Christopher J. Olson
This book examines how exorcism films, since 'The Exorcist,' consistently show possessed young women needing male salvation, often reflecting and reinforcing societal anxieties about female empowerment and sexuality.
by André Malraux
In the chaos of 1927 Shanghai, revolutionaries like Kyo and Gisors struggle with their beliefs, their humanity, and the harsh reality of a communist uprising about to be betrayed.
by John A Booth
Learn how Costa Rica built a stable democracy despite Central American unrest and outside pressures, through its unique institutions, political involvement, and foreign policy.