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The Cry Of The Wolf

The Cry Of The Wolf

Melvin Burgess

It was a mistake for Ben to tell the Hunter that there were still wolves in Surrey.
An Angel For May

An Angel For May

Melvin Burgess

Tam is unhappy at home and often takes refuge in the ruins of Thowt It Farm.
Junk

Junk

Melvin Burgess

The love story of two runaway teenagers, Gemma and Tar, and their struggles with heroin addiction.
Burning Issy

Burning Issy

Melvin Burgess

'Are you frightened of dying, Issy?
Doing It

Doing It

Melvin Burgess

Jonathon is afraid of what his mates will think of the girl he likes. And Ben is having extra lessons from his sexy teacher. Three seventeen-year-old boys discover sex for the first time: but do they really know what they’re doing?
Bloodsong

Bloodsong

Melvin Burgess

Packed with political intrigue and violence, love, lust and family feuds, Bloodsong is perfect for fans of Game of Thrones.
Bloodtide

Bloodtide

Melvin Burgess

'Love. Hate. So what? This is family. This is business.' London is in ruins. The once-glorious city is now a gated wasteland cut off from the rest of the country and in the hands of two warring families – the Volsons and the Connors.
Hunger

Hunger

Melvin Burgess

'A grizzly, fast-paced novella ... a great addition to this entertaining canon.' - The List ‘Realistic, gritty, occasionally gut-churning, Hunger is a proper bit of old-school horror.’ – Sunday Sport
Sara's Face

Sara's Face

Melvin Burgess

Fame, beauty, and face transplants Sara wants to be famous, and when legendary rock star Jonathon Heat offers to take her under his wing and pay for her cosmetic surgery, it's like a dream come true.
The House of the Burgesses

The House of the Burgesses

Michael Burgess

A facsimile reprint of the Second Edition (1994) of this genealogical guide to 25,000 descendants of William Burgess of Richmond (later King George) County, Virginia, and his only known son, Edward Burgess of Stafford (later King George) ...
The Baby And Fly Pie

The Baby And Fly Pie

Melvin Burgess

'We're the rubbish kids, losers and orphans. Everyday we go out on to the Tip to sort rubbish for Mother Shelly.' For Sham, Fly Pie and his sister Jane, this is the grim reality of their lives.
Thornton Burgess Five-Minute Bedtime Tales: From Old Mother ...

Thornton Burgess Five-Minute Bedtime Tales: From Old Mother ...

Thornton Waldo Burgess

From Old Mother West Wind's Library Thornton Waldo Burgess, Harrison Cady ... Please visit the product page for Thornton Burgess Five-Minute Bedtime Tales at www.doverpublications.com to see a detailed account ofthe environmental ...
Thornton Burgess Smiling Pool Stories

Thornton Burgess Smiling Pool Stories

Thornton W. Burgess

Bibliographical Note This Dover edition, first published in 2013, contains the following three stories by Thornton W. Burgess: Grandfather Frog Gets a Ride, Baby Possum's Queer Voyage, and A Great Joke on Jimmy Skunk, all originally ...
Thornton Burgess Bedtime Stories: Includes Downloadable MP3s

Thornton Burgess Bedtime Stories: Includes Downloadable MP3s

Thornton W. Burgess

Bibliographical Note Thornton Burgess Bedtime Stories is an unabridged republication of the work originally published as Bedtime Stories: The Fascinating Adventures of Animals Large and Small by Grosset & Dunlap, Publishers, New York, ...
American Zionism from Herzl to the Holocaust

American Zionism from Herzl to the Holocaust

Melvin I. Urofsky

It caught on in Europe but was moribund in the United States until World War I. Melvin I. Urofsky shows how the Zionist movement was Americanized by Louis D. Brandeis and other reformers.
The Burgess Animal Book for Children

The Burgess Animal Book for Children

Thornton W. Burgess

Abundantly illustrated, simply written classic by a master storyteller acquaints youngsters with the habits and characteristics of four-footed animals.
The Death and Afterlife of Achilles

The Death and Afterlife of Achilles

Jonathan S. Burgess

With his keen, original analysis of hitherto untapped literary, iconographical, and archaeological sources, Burgess adds greatly to our understanding of this archetypal mythic hero.
The Burgess Bird Book for Children

The Burgess Bird Book for Children

Thornton W. Burgess

Downy the Woodpecker, Spooky the Screech Owl, and other winged creatures tell Peter Cottontail about their migration patterns, calls, nesting habits, and more in this blend of fact and fiction. 32 black-and-white illustrations.
The French Review

The French Review

James Frederick Mason

New York University Charles Affron Yokbn, Melvin B. Claude Tillier. (Twayne World Author Series.) Boston: Twayne, 1976. Pp. 143. This is a straightforward work of literary rehabilitation. Melvin Yoken makes no bones about it: Tillier is an  ...
The Burgess Boys

The Burgess Boys

Elizabeth Strout

{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 Arial;}} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\lang2057\fs18 \fs20 Haunted by the freak accident that killed their father when they were children, Jim and Bob Burgess escaped from their Maine hometown ...
Lethal judgments: assisted suicide and American law

Lethal judgments: assisted suicide and American law

Melvin I. Urofsky

In this concise and gracefully written overview of one of the most complex and contentious areas of American law, noted constitutional scholar Melvin Urofsky discusses the tangled legal, historical, ethical, and medical issues related to ...
The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research

The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research

Brent Holcomb

BOOK REVIEWS Henry Rice (1717-1818) The Pioneer Tennessee Gristmlller, and his Twelve Children by Melvin Weaver Little. 312 pages, soft cover, indexed. Price $12.95 postpaid from Melvin Weaver Little, 924 20th St., South, Arlington, ...
Guy Burgess: The Spy Who Knew Everyone

Guy Burgess: The Spy Who Knew Everyone

Stewart Purvis

Cambridge spy Guy Burgess was a supreme networker, with a contacts book that included everyone from statesmen to socialites, high-ranking government officials to the famous actors and literary figures of the day.
The Adventures of Chatterer the Red Squirrel

The Adventures of Chatterer the Red Squirrel

Thornton W. Burgess

" In this delightfully told tale, Burgess chronicles the escapades of Chatterer the Red Squirrel, who's known throughout the Green Forest as a mischief maker.
The Association Oath Rolls of the British Plantations (New ...

The Association Oath Rolls of the British Plantations (New ...

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California Ranchos: Patented Private Land Grants Listed by County, by Burgess McK. Shumway, ed. by Michael and Mary Burgess. 1993. 144 p. Second Printing. " Landings of United States Marines on Foreign Shores, 1800-1934: A Brief ...
P Is for Pirate: Inspirational ABCs for Educators

P Is for Pirate: Inspirational ABCs for Educators

Dave Burgess

In P is for pirate, husband and wife team Dave and Shelley Burgess encourage and inspire educators to make their clasrooms fun and exciting places to learn" -- page 4 cover.
P Is for Pirate: Inspirational ABCs for Educators

P Is for Pirate: Inspirational ABCs for Educators

Dave Burgess

In P is for pirate, husband and wife team Dave and Shelley Burgess encourage and inspire educators to make their clasrooms fun and exciting places to learn" -- page 4 cover.
Islam, the West, and Tolerance: Conceiving Coexistence

Islam, the West, and Tolerance: Conceiving Coexistence

A. Tyler

Guy Burgess and Heidi Burgess, Conflict Research Consortium, University of Colorado, Boulder. Posted July 2003, available at http://www.beyondintractability. org/ essay/coexistence/. Walzer, 2 and xi–xii. John Christian Laursen, “ Orientation: ...
The Adventures of Old Man Coyote

The Adventures of Old Man Coyote

Thornton W. Burgess

Thornton W. Burgess. just a little way ahead of him. She sat down facing him and began to laugh at him. She laughed and laughed fit to kill herself. It made Bowser very angry. Oh, very angry indeed. No one likes to be laughed at, you know, ...
The Artist in Repose: A MOCCA Comic about Itself

The Artist in Repose: A MOCCA Comic about Itself

Patricia L. Burgess

This minicomic, made by Patricia Burgess in time for the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art fest, is a story about Patricia's unemployment depression, art anxiety and self-worth.

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