Drupal/EntityFieldQuery

https://github.com/timcosgrove/efq_example/blob/master/efq_example.module
http://treehouseagency.com/blog/neil-hastings/2011/09/06/building-energygov-without-views
$query = new EntityFieldQuery();
$query->entityCondition('entity_type', 'node')
->entityCondition('bundle', 'simplenews')
->entityCondition('entity_id', array(13), '=')
->range(0, 1);

$result = $query->execute();
if (isset($result['node'])) {
$news_items_nids = array_keys($result['node']);
$news_items = entity_load('node', $news_items_nids);
}
print_r($news_items);