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Grant works as a bouncer. He's always treated Kristy, his boss, with loyalty and respect. One night, that means he has to throw out her verbally abusive soon-to-be ex-husband. In trying to console her afterwards, he quickly learns that their bond may be deeper than just professional employment. How...

Nicomachean Ethics (sometimes spelled "Nichomachean"), or Ta Ethika, is a work by Aristotle on virtue and moral character which plays a prominent role in defining Aristotelian ethics. It consists of ten books based on notes from his lectures at the Lyceum and were either edited by or dedicated to Aristotle's...

In this book of criticism, Howells has discussed different Italian poets. He has reflected on the themes of their poetry and concluded that through the ages, Italian poetry has focused on themes of patriotism and love of the land. He has discussed particular poems in great detail and has given engrossing commentary upon them.

This si the second novel in theTtotten Trilogy series about chasing the American Dream. Follows girls and boys growing up to become more or less successful in variouis types of business, education and war settings. Check out the TottenTrilogy website for more background. Also each volume includes a number...

Two families are cast as the heros of this epic three-novel chase for the American Dream. You may decide as other readers are finding out, that this is almost too true. but it is all fiction.

Winner of the 2004 Michigan Literary Fiction Award for novel A haunting story of the power of death, the pain of loss, and the possibility of hope. "Gripping, damning, and transfixing." ---Entertainment Weekly " . . . possesses a time-bending gravity. . . . [A]...

OCTOBER, 1962: The discovery of soviet missiles in Cuba has sparked a confrontation with global implications. Soviet Union Premier Nikita Khruschev and United States President John F. Kennedy face off in a perilous chess game of heightened military readiness, hard-line policy, and round-the-clock...

This book is characterized by narrative vitality and emotional range.  In Wetherell’s stories a suburban retiree’s assumptions about the ethos of Long Island life are challenged and dismissed by a younger generation, a young English woman achieves miracles by dancing with wounded soldiers during...

Mark is tired of Vicky and wants to break up with her. She's constantly getting drunk and starting fights in college bars, and he's the one that must pick up the pieces and drive her home. Usually, that also entails interacting with her mother. Mark always had a repressed to desire for Vicky's mom....

When a very large and dangerous storm hits, Ben finds himself in his neighbor's dark home. Sherri has concocted a silly scheme to get him over. She's had a few glances of wine, and with her husband and her two sons out of time, she decides she needs company to ride the storm and the resulting power...

Randy has always had an intense attraction to Dr. Laura Lehrer, his 40ish college writing professor. To his embarrassment, she learns of this when she finds his flash drive and a series of illicit pictures saved onto it. Randy had cut and pasted her face onto the sexy models. When she confronts him...

Ron's friends Emily and Rachel are strange. They constantly crank call him and play pranks on him. He plays along with it because it's usually a welcome distraction from his collegiate studies. One night, he gets a weird phone call from them. Unlike before, there's no giggling involved. Ron's afraid...