Author: Yoshiko Uchida
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry
Keywords: thing, cloth, mkm
Number of Pages: 132
Published: 1983-08-01
List price: $16.00
ISBN-10: 0689502907
ISBN-13: 9780689502903

At first dismayed at having to spend the last month of her summer vacation helping out in the household of recently widowed Mrs. Hata, Rinko discovers there are pleasant surprises for her, but then bad things start to happen. Sequel to "A Jar of Dreams."

Author: Stanley Fish
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: thing, speech, free
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 1994-12-15
List price: $34.99
ISBN-10: 0195093836
ISBN-13: 9780195093834

In an era when much of what passes for debate is merely moral posturing--traditional family values versus the cultural elite, free speech versus censorship--or reflexive name-calling--the terms "liberal" and "politically correct," are used with as much dismissive scorn by the right as "reactionary" and "fascist" are by the left--Stanley Fish would seem an unlikely lightning rod for controversy. A renowned scholar of Milton, head of the English Department of Duke University, Fish has emerged as a brilliantly original critic of the culture at large, praised and pilloried as a vigorous debunker o

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Publisher: Lothian Publishing Company
Keywords: thing, lost
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 2002-03
List price: $9.95
ISBN-10: 0734403887
ISBN-13: 9780734403889

The main humour and intrigue of this remarkable author/artists book lies in the contrast between the casual ’What I did on my holidays’ narrative and the bizarre, surreal and funny scenes.

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Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Keywords: thing, important
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 2001-10-01
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0740719106
ISBN-13: 9780740719103

In their own handwriting, some of the world’s most influential voices and leaders share their intimate and inspiring thoughts on love, life, success, faith, friendship, family, and more. The entries are captivating, heartening, and full of courage and common sense. This addition to Lorne Adrain’s successful The Most Important Thing I Know series represents an all-inclusive volume that is sure to inpire everyone who reads it. Contributors such as Walter Cronkite, Ted Turner, Barbara Bush, and Iyanla Vanzant share their wisdom in a personal yet time-less format that’s alread

Author: Wanda Gag
Publisher: University of Minnesota Pre
Keywords: thing, funny
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 2003-10-01
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 0816642419
ISBN-13: 9780816642410

The Funny Thing is Gág’s follow-up to her well-loved first book, Millions of Cats. It tells the story of a curious dragon-like "aminal" that eats children’s dolls. A kindly old man named Bobo cannot stand by and allow the Funny Thing to steal dolls from children. He entices it to eat "jum-jills," a concoction he makes up from seven nut cakes, five seed puddings, two cabbage salads, and fifteen little cheeses, all rolled into little balls. A happy ending is assured when the Funny Thing discovers he loves jum-jills and is convinced that they will make his tail grow longer and his bl

Author: Richard Todd
Publisher: Riverhead Hardcover
Keywords: itself, thing
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2008-08-14
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 1594488517
ISBN-13: 9781594488511

A deeply personal literary memoir that explores what it means to live an authentic life in an increasingly detached and self-conscious world.Incited by the feeling that the essence of the modern world is buried beneath the distractions of hype and melodrama, cultural critic Richard Todd began a personal search for authenticity, that elusive quality we often seek but seldom find. In The Thing Itself, Todd attempts to discover for himself a new way of thinking by asking the simple question: What is true in ourselves and the world around us? With an exquisite eye for detail and an inquisitive spi

Author: David Lavery
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Keywords: ours, thing
Number of Pages: 225
Published: 2002-10-15
List price: $27.00
ISBN-10: 0231127812
ISBN-13: 9780231127813

In a first-season episode of The Sopranos, Tony Soprano is once again in conflict with his uncle Carrado "Junior" Soprano. Tony is in no mood for conciliation, but neither is Junior, who warns his nephew not to return unless he is armed: "Come heavy," he insists, "or not at all." As a work of popular culture, a ground-breaking television series, and a cultural phenomenon, The Sopranos always "comes heavy," not just with weaponry but with significance. The cultures of the United States, Great Britain and Canada, Australia, and even Italy (where it premiered in the spring of 2001) have come un