You may find some interesting lines that you will never forget.The poems are a challenging weird distraction.They have a clear, tight tone, which conjures up imagery that can lend itself to all sorts of meanings.If you dont require even the slightly obvious, you may enjoy these works.

Princess Makena takes a journey through her imagination to find out if a princess has to wear a dress and just what kind of princess she could be.Makena is a young girl who dreams of being a princess one day. She is curious as to whether or not a princess has to wear a dress. Does a Princess Have to Wear a Dress? takes a journey through the imagination of princess Makena in an effort to allow all girls know that God created them a unique masterpiece. Too m...

Although linguistics is often a technical and increasingly abstruse discipline, many linguists retain a concern for the way in which linguistics can shed light on literature and literary problems. In their introductory chapter, the editors of this collection of essays, by linguists on either side of the Atlantic, enunciate a bold stance that defines the theoretical relationship between linguistics and literature, delimits what should be considered a linguistic analysis of literature, and e...

It's bad publicity for the city when the businesswoman of the year is murdered execution style. Officials want the case solved fast.Reinstated after a suspension for a fast trigger, Beaudry teams up with a new recruit. She's smart, full of Irish wit and has a smile warm enough to melt titanium. As the April weather heats up so does the chemistry between the partners. Beaudry's no rulebook tactics gets them in the cross-hairs of a hit squad as the body count multiplies and the case ...

Exposing the carceral webs and weaponized data that shape Chicago’s police warsChicago is a city with extreme concentrations of racialized poverty and inequity, one that relies on an extensive network of repressive agencies to police the poor and suppress struggles for social justice. Imperial Policing examines the role of local law enforcement, federal immigration authorities, and national security agencies in upholding the city’s highly unequal social or...

The coming of age of a technology first developed in the 1950s.All the money spent by the United States space program is not spent looking at the stars. NASA is composed of a vast and varied network of scientists across the academic spectrum involved in research and development programs that have wide application on planet Earth. Several of the leaders in the field of remote sensing and archaeology were recently brought together for a NASA-funded workshop in Biloxi...

In The Book of Marvels, award-winning poet Lorna Crozier offers a delightful series of prose meditations on household objects: everything from doorknobs, washing machines, rakes, and zippers to the kitchen sink. Operating as a kind of a literary detective, Crozier brings her rapt attention to the everyday things she explores, uncovering the mystery that lies at their essence. She offers tantalizing glimpses of the household's inhabitants, too, probing hearts, brains, noses, and na...

In this chilling holiday thriller from the world’s most popular storyteller, Alex Cross must spend Christmas Eve risking everything to solve a mystery and stop a hostage situation from spiraling out of control.It's Christmas Eve and Detective Alex Cross has been called out to catch someone who's robbing his church's poor box. That mission behind him, Alex returns home to celebrate with Bree, Nana, and his children. The tree decorating is barely underway before his ...

Playfulness, spare elegance, and wit epitomize the poetry of Billy Collins.With his distinct voice and accessible language, America’s two-term Poet Laureate has opened the door to poetry for countless people for whom it might otherwise remain closed.Like the present book’s title, Collins’s poems are filled with mischief, humor, and irony, “Poetry speaks to all people, it is said, but here I would like to address / only those in my own time zone”–but also with quiet observation, int...

In this extraordinarily original and profound work, Noam Chomsky discusses themes in the study of language and mind since the end of the sixteenth century in order to explain the motivations and methods that underlie his work in linguistics, the science of mind, and even politics. This edition includes a new and specially written introduction by James McGilvray, contextualising the work for the twenty-first century. It has been made more accessible to a larger audience; all the French and ...

From the creator of the #1 New York Times bestselling detective series comes an explosive investigation as Michael Bennett faces off with the Son of Sam, the Werewolf of Wisteria, and the Mad Bomber when all three killers throw New York City into chaos.When a rash of horrifying crimes tears through the city, the city calls on Detective Michael Bennett, pulling him away from a seaside retreat with his ten adopted children. Not only does it tear apart their ...

A book of fifty lucid, urgent poems from internationally acclaimed, award-winning, bestselling author Margaret Atwood.In The Door, Margaret Atwood investigates the mysterious writing of poetry itself as well as the passage of time and our shared sense of mortality. The Door ranges in tone from lyric to ironic to meditative to prophetic, and touches on subjects both personal and political. Brave and compassionate, this collection of reflective poet...