Like Kafka's The Castle, Invitation to a Beheading embodies a vision of a bizarre and irrational world. In an unnamed dream country, the young man Cincinnatus C. is condemned to death by beheading for "gnostical turpitude." an imaginary crime that defies definition. Cincinnatus spends his last days in an absurd jail, where he is visited by chimerical jailers. an executioner who masquerades as a fellow prisoner, and by his in-laws. who lug their furniture with them into his cell. When Cincinnatus is led out to be executed. he simply wills his executioners out of existence: they disappear, along with the whole world they inhabit.
Burn Marks by Sara Paretsky, ISBN 0440208459
Someone knocking on the door at 3 A.M. is never good news. For V.I. Warshawski, the bad news arrives in the form of her wacky, unwelcome aunt Elena. The fire that has just burned down a sleazy SRO hotel has brought Elena to V.I.'s doorstep. Uncovering an arsonist -- and the secrets hidden behind Elena's boozy smile -- will send V.I. into the seedy world of Chicago's homeless... into the Windy City's backroom deals and bedroom politics, where new schemers and old cronies team up to get V.I. off the case -- by hook, by crook, or by homocide.
Burn Marks by Sara Paretsky, ISBN 0440208459
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The Mouse of Amherst by Elizabeth Spires, ISBN 0374454116
When a mouse named Emmaline takes up residence in poetess Emily Dickinson's bedroom, she wonders what it is that keeps Emily scribbling at her writing table. Emmaline sneaks a look, and finds that it's poetry! Inspired, Emmaline writes her first poem and secretly deposits it on Emily's desk. Illustrations.
The Mouse of Amherst by Elizabeth Spires, ISBN 0374454116
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Essentials Tempo Woven Area Rug
Absolutely Positively Alexander
Three previously published stories about the irrepressible young boy are now presented in one volume. Selections include Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday, and Alexander, Who's Not (Do you hear me? I mean it!) Going to Move. Illustrated with b&w drawings. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.
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Measured Drawings of Eighteenth-Century American Furniture
Oversized for easy reference. Fifty-four plates of Handberg's favorite pieces of period American furniture, based on museum and private special collections, including a mahogany tall case clock, cherry desk, continuous arm Windsor chair, and gate-leg dining table. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.
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Buddha Boy
At first Justin agreed with his high school classmates, the new kid at school is a freak. Michael Martin certainly doesn't look like the other kids: his head is shaved, and he wears strange clothing--most of which is several sizes too big for him. Michael doesn't act like the other kids either: he begs for money in the school cafeteria, prefers to go by the name Jinsen, and, strangest of all, he doesn't seem to care what any of the other kids think of him. However, as Justin gets to know Jinsen,...
Sofas Invitation to a Beheading by Vladimir Nabokov, ISBN 0679725318 Buddha Boy
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Hoot
Middle school student Roy Eberhardt is a new resident to the town of Coconut Grove, Florida. He doesn't have many friends but is intrigued when he notices a barefoot boy running through the woods near his home. Roy eventually befriends this boy and discovers that he is an environmental activist who will use any means necessary to prevent developers from destroying the woodland homes of a colony of burrowing owls. A 2003 Newbery Honor book. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All...
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Ruth Heller's Designs for Coloring
The designs of flowers include large single flowers, as well as all over flower patterns and designs. The high quality paper is suitable for use with crayons, felt-tipped pens, water paints, pencils, or pastels. You may even want to frame or transfer a pattern to a piece of embroidery, needlepoint, pottery, or mosaic. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.
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