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| 11th hour by Patterson, James, 1947- |
Lindsay Boxer is pregnant at last! But her work doesn't slow for a second. When millionaire Chaz Smith is mercilessly gunned down, she discovers that the murder weapon is linked to the deaths of four of San Francisco's most untouchable criminals. And it was taken from her own department's evidence locker. Anyone could be the killer--even her closest friends. |
May 20, 2013 |
| 23 hours a vengeful vampire tale by Wellington, David. |
When vampire hunter Laura Caxton is locked up in a maximum-security prison, the cop-turned-con finds herself surrounded by murderers and death-row inmates. But soon she learns that an even greater threat--Justinia Malvern, the world's oldest living vampire--has taken up residence, and her strength grows by the moment as she raids the inmate population like an open bar. The crafty old vampire knows just how to pull Caxton's strings, and she's issued an ultimatum that Laura can't refuse. |
May 20, 2013 |
| 32 fangs a final vampire tale by Wellington, David. |
"Laura Caxton's battles against the ancient vampire Justinia Malvern have cost her nearly everything--her badge, her freedom, her firends, and family ... maybe even her humanity. |
May 20, 2013 |
| 48 days to the work you love by Miller, Dan, 1937- |
Helps people working in jobs they hate make successful career decisions by creating a compass from their natural skills and abilities, personality traits, values, dreams, and passions, directing them to a more fulfilling vocation. |
May 20, 2013 |
| 50 people every Christian should know learning from spiritual giants of the faith by Wiersbe, Warren W. |
Christians in the twenty-first century need encouragement and inspiration to lead lives that honor God. When faith is weak or the pressures of the world seem overwhelming, remembering the great men and women of the past can inspire us to renewed strength and purpose. Our spiritual struggles are not new, and the stories of those who have gone before us can help lead the way to our own victories. 50 People Every Christian Should Know gives a glimpse into the lives of such people as Charles H. Spur |
May 20, 2013 |
| A family for summer by Richer, Lois. |
"He never expected to be a father ... then suddenly he was raising twins! Jared Hornby has his hands full caring for his orphaned niece and nephew--and could sure use some help on the home front. Nurse Ashley Ross's motherly touch is just what they need. Having grown up in the foster care system, she understands the longing for a family. Although she told herself she would never get close to another man, helping Jared with the children forges a bond between them. Can he convince her to stand by |
May 20, 2013 |
| A fire within by Morgan, Kathleen, 1950- |
Darach MacNaghten travels to Kilchurn to free his imprisoned older brother, but when he realizes that his plan will not succeed, he kidnaps Caitlin Campbell, a young sixteenth-century Scottish woman, to hold as hostage until his demands are met. |
May 20, 2013 |
| A primer on school budgeting by Kratz, Robert N. |
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May 20, 2013 |
| A visual dictionary of a colonial community by Kalman, Bobbie. |
This colorful dictionary is a treasure trove of illustrated information about early life in colonial America. Topics include: colonial houses, a plantation and its outbuildings, wood and metalworkers and their tools, shops and shopkeepers, transportation, the apothecary, milliner, wigmaker, and many more. |
May 20, 2013 |
| A visual dictionary of Native communities by Kalman, Bobbie. |
How did the plains nations benefit from the buffalo? How did they use other animals to make warm clothing for winter? This illustrated dictionary introduces the way of life of the early Native peoples who lived on the Great Plains. Themes include: homes, food, clothing, transportation, and hunting techniques. |
May 20, 2013 |
| Acceptable loss a William Monk novel by Perry, Anne. |
When a murdered body is discovered in the Thames, clues lead to a heinous child-pornography case that police superintendent William Monk thought he had left behind, in an investigation that threatens his friend Oliver Rathbone and forces Monk to consider painful sacrifices. |
May 20, 2013 |
| Another life a Burke novel by Vachss, Andrew H. |
When the two-year-old son of a Saudi prince is kidnapped, Burke, the ultimate man-for-hire, is forced into a journey that will change the lives of the urban survivalist and his outlaw family forever. |
May 20, 2013 |
| Antarctica by Robinson, Kim Stanley. |
Eco-terrorists battle capitalists, seeking to open Antarctica to commercial exploitation. The time is the 21st century, the world is an ecological disaster, and the treaty banning mineral exploration of Antarctica has expired. |
May 20, 2013 |
| Atlantis and other places stories of alternate history by Turtledove, Harry. |
A one-of-a-kind story collection from the New York Times bestselling "maven of alternate history" (San Diego Union-Tribune).A famous naturalist seeks a near-extinct species of bird found only on the rarest of lands in "Audubon in Atlantis." A young American on a European holiday finds himself storming an enchanted German castle in "The Catcher in the Rhine." The philosopher Sokrates plays a key role in the Athenian victory over the Spartans in "The Daimon ... |
May 20, 2013 |
| Baltimore, or, The steadfast tin soldier and the vampire by Mignola, Michael. |
Infected by a demonic vampire while fighting in the Ardennes forest during World War I, Lord Henry Baltimore summons three friends and prepares himself for a final showdown with the Red King. |
May 20, 2013 |
| Barefoot brides by Jones, Annie, 1957- |
"Kidnapped as a baby, Moxie Weatherby grew up without her two older sisters. Now the women are reunited in Santa Sofia, Florida, where family, friends, and faith are more important than ever"--Publisher. |
May 20, 2013 |
| Big sky dynasty by Daniels, B. J. |
Dalton Corbett's secret past had finally caught up with him and taken residence above Whitehorse's knit shop-owned by Georgia Michaels. Although Georgia had no reason to mistrust the woman she'd just rented to, Dalton knew how dangerous and deadly she was ... just as he knew that Georgia was the type of girl his mother hoped he'd marry. Unwilling to see Geogia hurt, he devoted himself to ensuring her safety-and the more time he spent with her, the more he realized that she was the woman for him. |
May 20, 2013 |
| Bipolar disorder for dummies by Fink, Candida. |
Get an accurate diagnosis and get on with enjoying and living your life! Bipolar Disorder affects many more people than just the millions who suffer from the disease. Like depression and other serious illnesses, bipolar disorder also affects spouses, partners, family members, friends, and coworkers. Bipolar Disorder For Dummies explains the brain chemistry behind the disease and covers the latest medications and therapies. You'll get reassuring, sound advice and self-help techniques that you and |
May 20, 2013 |
| Blackjack a Cross novel by Vachss, Andrew H. |
Tracking a murderer who has been committing grisly killings throughout the world, Cross and his mercenary teammates are hired by shadowy government operatives to bring in the elusive hunter alive, a goal that is aided by the discovery of a pattern in the killer's targets. |
May 20, 2013 |
| Blindness by Saramago, JoseÌ. |
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May 20, 2013 |
| Blood on the Moon the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln. by Steers, Edward. |
Winner of the 2001 The Lincoln Group of New York's Award of Achievement A History Book Club Selection The assassination of Abraham Lincoln is usually told as a tale of a lone deranged actor who struck from a twisted lust for revenge. This is not only too simple an explanation; Blood on the Moon reveals that it is completely wrong. John Wilkes Booth was neither mad nor alone in his act of murder. He received the help of many, not the least of whom was Dr. Samuel Alexander Mudd, the Charles County |
May 20, 2013 |
| Blossom a novel by Vachss, Andrew H. |
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May 20, 2013 |
| Blue ribbon blues by Spinelli, Jerry. |
When Tooter Pepperday and her family move to her aunt's farm, she decides to show everyone and win a blue ribbon at the county fair. |
May 20, 2013 |
| Boots and bullets by Daniels, B. J. |
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May 20, 2013 |
| Bounty hunter guardian by Burke, Diane. |
"Everyone believes Amanda Stowe killed her husband--except for a mysterious woman who promises her evidence will clear Amanda's name. Amanda has to meet her ... even if it means jumping bail and praying she'll reach Alaska before law enforcement closes in. If Chance Walker has learned anything as a bounty hunter, it's that only the guilty run. When he captures Amanda, he's ready to bring her to justice. But attacks against Amanda make Chance reconsider. What if his target really is innocent? Wil |
May 20, 2013 |
| Budget savvy diva's guide to slashing your grocery bill by 50% or more secret tricks & clever tips for eating great & saving money by Lundberg, Sara. |
SHOP SMART. SAVE BIG. EAT GREAT! Do you want to score the hottest bargains and best deals? It's easier than you think! In this helpful pocket guide, Sara Lundberg, author of the super-saver website BudgetSavvyDiva.com, reveals her cleverest, most effective and down-right sneakiest strategies for saving money while filling the cart with all your favorite foods. Thanks to the advice in this book, you'll quickly be navigating the grocery aisles like a pro: tips for maximizing coupons; tricks for fi |
May 20, 2013 |
| By heresies distressed by Weber, David, 1952- |
The Kingdom of Charis and the Kingdom of Chisholm have joined together, pledged to stand against the tyranny of a corrupt Church. The youthful Queen Sharleyan of Chisholm has wed King Cayleb of Charis, forging a single dynasty, a single empire, dedicated to the defense of human freedom. Yet there are things Sharleyan still does not know. Secrets Cayleb has not been permitted to share, even with her--and these secrets may threaten all they have achieved between them ... and her own life. |
May 20, 2013 |
| By schism rent asunder by Weber, David, 1952- |
Despite the implacable hostility of the Church of God Awaiting, Charis still stands, still free, still tolerant, still an island of innovation in a world in which the Church has worked for centuries to keep humanity locked at a medieval level of existence. But the powerful men who run the Church aren't going to take their defeat lying down. Charis may control the world's seas, but it barely has an army worthy of the name. And as King Cayleb knows, far too much of the kingdom's recent good fortun |
May 20, 2013 |
| Casinos, copperheads, pioneers and politicians journeys into Orange County history by Dillard, Arthur L., 1938- |
A Greek Revival gem of a courthouse from 1850. And who knew there was a cave under Paoli Indiana? There's a lot that's interesting about Orange County... Visitors travel to Orange County to see one of the most impressive historic courthouses in the Midwest. Underneath that very landmaker, and the rest of Paoli, is what is reputed to be the most beautiful limestone cave in Indiana. The courthouse and cave are only two of the Orange County wonders author Arthur Dillard unveils for the reader in th |
May 20, 2013 |
| Cat on the edge [Joe Grey Series, Book 1] by Murphy, Shirley Rousseau. |
It's been quite a week for Joe Grey. First the large, powerful feline discovers that, through some strange, inexplicable phenomenon, he now has the ability to understand human language. Then he discovers he can speak it as well! It's a nightmare for a cat who'd prefer to sleep the day away carefree, but Joe can handle it. That is, until he has the misfortune to witness a murder in the alley behind Jolly's Deli--and worse, to be seen witnessing it. With all of his nine lives suddenly at risk, Joe |
May 20, 2013 |
| Cat raise the dead a Joe Grey mystery by Murphy, Shirley Rousseau. |
Joe Grey can't believe his human housemate Clyde would even consider volunteering him for the Animal Therapy program at the local nursing home, just when Joe was on the verge of solving the string of burglaries that has Molena Point residents shaking in their collective boots. But it turns out it's Dulcie, Joe's pretty little cat-friend, who came up with the idea of subjecting Joe to the cooing attentions of a bunch of doddering old coots. Dulcie believes there's more going on at the old folks' |
May 20, 2013 |
| Cat under fire a Joe Grey mystery by Murphy, Shirley Rousseau. |
A big, powerful, gray feline, Joe Grey is perfectly content with his remarkable ability to understand and communicate with humans--especially now that he has company. A mysterious accident similar to the one that enabled him to speak and read has transformed his friend Dulcie as well. The trouble is, the cute tabby female not only hears human words, she believes them. Now she's convinced the man who was jailed for murdering a famous local artist and burning down her studio is innocent--simply be |
May 20, 2013 |
| CISSP by Stewart, James M. |
Fully updated Sybex Study Guide for the industry-leading security certification: CISSPSecurity professionals consider the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) to be the most desired certification to achieve. More than 200,000 have taken the exam, and there are more than 70,000 CISSPs worldwide. This highly respected guide is updated to cover changes made to the CISSP Body of Knowledge in 2012. It also provides additional advice on how to pass each section of the exam. With |
May 20, 2013 |
| CISSP for dummies by Miller, Lawrence C. |
A fully updated guide to CISSP certification CISSP certification is the most prestigious and highly valued of the security certifications. This is the book you need to approach the exam with confidence and become CISSP certified! The CISSP Body of Knowledge underwent many changes in 2012, and this book covers them all. With a down-to-earth approach, it provides all the information covered in the exam plus numerous self-assessment tools, Quick Assessment and Prep tests to give you practice, a sam |
May 20, 2013 |
| City of lost souls by Clare, Cassandra. |
In this fifth chapter of Cassandra Clare's Mortal Instruments series, the Shadowhunters are left in shock after a member of their group betrays them. |
May 20, 2013 |
| Classified Christmas by Daniels, B. J. |
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May 20, 2013 |
| Coalescent by Baxter, Stephen. |
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May 20, 2013 |
| Coulda been a cowboy by Novak, Brenda. |
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May 20, 2013 |
| Counter-clock world by Dick, Philip K. |
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May 20, 2013 |
| Crucible of gold by Novik, Naomi. |
"Naomi Novik's beloved series returns, with Capt. Will Laurence and his fighting dragon Temeraire once again taking to the air against the broadsides of Napoleon's forces and the friendly--and sometimes not-so-friendly--fire of British soldiers and politicians who continue to suspect them of divided loyalties, if not outright treason. For Laurence and Temeraire, put out to pasture in Australia, it seems their part in the war has come to an end just when they are needed most. Newly allied with th |
May 20, 2013 |
| Dance with the devil by Kenyon, Sherrilyn, 1965- |
Zarek is a feral Dark-Hunter. For 900 years, he has been exiled to Alaska. When the gods send Astrid, sister to the three fates, to judge whether he's worth saving, Zarek feels fear for the first time in centuries. He'll have to let Astrid into his heart and soul to win this battle. |
May 20, 2013 |
| Daniel X. Armageddon by Patterson, James, 1947- |
Daniel faces dastardly Number Two, who has slowly been amassing an underground army of aliens to help him enslave Earth's population in preparation for the arrival of Number One, the most powerful alien in the universe and Daniel's arch-nemesis. |
May 20, 2013 |
| Dark tide by Haynes, Elizabeth, 1971- |
Leaving her sales job behind to start a new life aboard a houseboat in Kent, Genevieve finds her dreams shattered by the discovery of a body that is linked to her own secret past as a dancer at a private members' club, forcing her to recall the moment when things started to go horribly wrong. |
May 16, 2013 |
| Darkspell by Kerr, Katharine. |
Lord Rhodry, exiled from the dragon court of Aberwyn, has yet to discover his true parentage, and his swordmaster-lover, Jill, has barely glimpsed her awesome powers. As the two struggle to recover the Great Stone, the mystic jewel that guides the conscience of the kingship of Deverry, malevolent dark masters are weaving terrifying spells against them--and displacing messengers of death. |
May 20, 2013 |
| Dead and gone by Vachss, Andrew H. |
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May 20, 2013 |
| Death of a bore a Hamish Macbeth mystery by Beaton, M. C. |
Writer John Heppel, loathed for his boring writing and personality, is found dead at his cottage. While many are unsure why anyone would kill the bore, gumshoe Hamish Macbeth finds a possible motive after reading the victim's latest manuscript. |
May 20, 2013 |
| Death of a chimney sweep by Beaton, M. C. |
Chimney Sweep Pete Ray can always find work in Lochdubh, until Police Constable Hamish Macbeth finds a dead body stuffed inside the chimney. Now the entire town thinks he's a suspect, except Hamish. Turns out he's right; Pete is the next victim, and Hamish must discover who's doing dirty deedsIn the isolated villages in the north of Scotland, the villagers rely on the services of the chimney sweep, Pete Ray, and his old-fashioned brushes ... |
May 20, 2013 |
| Death of a dreamer a Hamish McBeth mystery by Beaton, M. C. |
Surprised that a newcomer to the Scottish Highlands has remained steadfast to her new home in spite of an inhospitable winter, constable Hamish Macbeth learns that the woman has deluded herself into believing that she is engaged to a local artist. |
May 20, 2013 |
| Death of a maid by Beaton, M. C. |
Mrs. Gillespie is famous for being the best maid in the northwest of Sutherland. But to Hamish Macbeth, she is a malicious gossip who bangs around the furniture and clanks pots. When Hamish wins Mrs. Gillespie's services in a church raffle, he spends most of the day trying to avoid her. He doesn't understand how she managed to gain such a fine reputation. Then she is found dead, struck down violently by a metal bucket of water. Knowing Mrs. Gillespie's penchant for gossip, Hamish is sure she del |
May 20, 2013 |
| Death of a valentine by Beaton, M. C. |
The Highlands are celebrating police sergeant Hamish Macbeth's engagement to fellow constable Josie McSween. However, Hamish himself is miserable and is lamenting his looming wedding date. Consequently, Macbeth recounts the events that led up to his betrothal, including a woman who was murdered with a booby-trapped Valentine's Day gift. |
May 20, 2013 |
| Death of a village by Beaton, M. C. |
The aromas of wild thyme and Highland heather waft through Lochdubh, home to M. C. Beaton's eccentric policeman, Hamish Macbeth. Yet what the irascible constable smells in his latest case is the acrid scent of fear as an entire town is entrapped in something dark and deadly. Leaving his comfortable home base in Lochdubh for more primitive digs up the coast, he himself becomes the victim of foul play. When an elderly woman is seemingly frightened to death by an inexplicable apparition, Hamish mus |
May 20, 2013 |
| Death of a witch by Beaton, M. C. |
Returning from a foreign holiday, Hamish Macbeth is worried because he senses a dark cloud of evil hanging over the Highland village of Lochdubh . He learns that a newcomer, Catriona Beldame, is regarded as a witch and various men have been seen visiting her. Hamish himself is charmed by her until he finds out she has been supplying dangerous potions. At first the villagers won't listen to him, saying that the loveless Hamish has turned against all women. He threatens to kill her. So when she is |
May 20, 2013 |
| Dirty laundry by Carrington, Tori. |
Sofie Metropolis is the newest P.I. on the mean streets of Astoria, Queens. She's known for her trademark frappes and her itchy trigger finger. Uncle Tolly was acting odd right before he disappeared. The proof? The brand-new Mercedes Tolly just bought. And the business's books, which show that Uncle Tolly was laundering more than just clothes. Which is where the mob comes in, in the darkly handsome figure of Tony DiPiazza. Tony's very taken with Sofie. Too bad she won't back off the money-launde |
May 20, 2013 |
| Do you take this rebel? by Woods, Sherryl. |
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May 20, 2013 |
| Doc a novel by Russell, Mary Doria, 1950- |
After the burned body of a mixed-blood boy, Johnnie Sanders, is discovered in 1878 Dodge City, Kansas, part-time policeman Wyatt Earp enlists the help of his professional-gambler friend Doc Holliday. |
May 20, 2013 |
| Double deception by Reed, Terri. |
When Kate Wheeler discovers the double life of her late husband, she flees into the custody of Brody McClain, a sheriff, who agrees to help her find the truth and keep her safe. |
May 20, 2013 |
| Down here by Vachss, Andrew H. |
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May 20, 2013 |
| Down in the zero by Vachss, Andrew H. |
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May 20, 2013 |
| Dr. Edenharter's dream how science improved the humane care of the mentally ill in Indiana 1896-2012 by King, Lucy J., 1932- |
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May 20, 2013 |
| Drawing blood by Brite, Poppy Z. |
Five-year-old Trevor McGee wakes one morning to find that his father, cartoonist Bobby McGee, has murdered his mother and younger brother, then hanged himself. Twenty years later, Trevor, now a cartoonist himself, returns to Missing Mile, N.C. (a fictional town also featured in Lost Souls ), and the now-haunted house of his youth for answers. |
May 20, 2013 |
| Economics in one lesson by Hazlitt, Henry, 1894-1993. |
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May 20, 2013 |
| Edge of Dawn by Adrian, Lara. |
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May 20, 2013 |
| Eleventh hour CISSP study guide by Conrad, Eric, 1967- |
The Eleventh Hour CISSP Study Guide is keyed to the latest CISSP exam. This book is streamlined to include only core certification information and is presented for ease of last-minute studying. Main objectives of the exam are covered concisely with key concepts highlighted. The only guide you need for last-minute studying Answers the toughest questions and highlights core topics Can be paired with any other study guide so you are completely prepared. |
May 20, 2013 |
| Embassytown by MieÌville, China. |
Avice Benner Cho, a human colonist on a distant planet populated by the Ariekei, sentient beings famed for their unique language, returns to Embassytown after many years of deep space exploration to find she has become a living simile in the Ariekei language even though she cannot speak it, and she is torn by competing loyalties when hostilities erupt between humans and aliens. |
May 20, 2013 |
| Everybody pays stories by Vachss, Andrew H. |
A hit man defies the confines of a life sentence to avenge his sister's batterer. An immaculately dressed man hires a street gang to extract his daughter from a Central American prison, for reasons as mysterious as they are deadly. A two-bit graffiti artist with a taste for Nazi-ganda finds himself face-to-face with three punks out to make a mark of their own -- literally -- with a tattoo needle. From neo-noir master Andrew Vachss comes Everybody pays, 38 white-knuckle rides into a netherworld o |
May 20, 2013 |
| Exotic indulgence by Arend, Vivian. |
There's something magical about Bandicoot Cove. It's where Kylie Sullivan's dream of managing a luxury, five-star resort is about to come true. And it's where people tend to fall in love. Kylie should know. She's fallen hard for three very different men. |
May 20, 2013 |
| Exultant by Baxter, Stephen. |
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May 20, 2013 |
| False allegations by Vachss, Andrew H. |
PI Burke is hired by a lawyer specializing in debunking false claims of child abuse. He is to investigate a charge by a woman that as a child she was molested by a clergyman. Burke discovers the woman was indeed molested, and when she suddenly withdraws the charge he smells a rat. |
May 20, 2013 |
| Fifty degrees below by Robinson, Kim Stanley. |
Set in our nation's capital, here is a chillingly realistic tale of people caught in the collision of science, technology, and the consequences of global warming--which could trigger another phenomenon: abrupt climate change, resulting in temperatures ... When the storm got bad, scientist Frank Vanderwal was at work, formalizing his return to the National Science Foundation for another year. He'd left the building just in time to help sandbag at Arlington Cemetery. Now that the torrent was over, |
May 20, 2013 |
| Firstborn by Clarke, Arthur C. (Arthur Charles), 1917-2008. |
Failing to eliminate life on Earth after their first attack, the Firstborn send a Q-bomb weapon to finish the job. Two cryogenically frozen females and a group of scientists studying the Eye, an artifact of the Firstborn, may be the only hope of finding a way to counter the onslaught. |
May 20, 2013 |
| Flesh circus by Saintcrow, Lilith. |
"The Cirque De Charnu has come to town. When circus performers start dying grotesquely, Jill Kismet has to find out why, or the entire city will become a carnival of horror. She also has to play the resident hellbreed power against the Cirque to keep them in line, and find out why ordinary people are needing exorcisms. And then there's the murdered voodoo practitioners, and the zombies. Jill Kismet is about to find out that some games are for keeps."--P.[4] of cover. |
May 20, 2013 |
| Flow my tears, the policeman said by Dick, Philip K. |
"Grappling with many of the themes Philip K. Dick is best known for--identity, altered reality, drug use, and dystopias--Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said is both a rollicking chase story and a meditation on reality. Jason Taverner--talk show host and man-about-town--wakes one day to find that no one knows who he is. In a society where lack of identification is a crime, Taverner must evade the secret police while trying to unravel the mystery of why no one remembers him"-- |
May 20, 2013 |
| Fluke [or, I know why the winged whale sings] by Moore, Christopher, 1957- |
Marine biologist Nate Quinn is in love with the majestic ocean-dwelling behemoths who have been singing their haunting song for twenty million years. But why do the humpback whales sing? That's the question that has Nate and his crew filming, charting, and recording every whale that crosses their path. Until one day when a whale lifts its tail to display a message spelled out in foot-high letters: Bite Me ... No one has ever seen such a thing; not Nate's longtime partner, not world-renowned phot |
May 20, 2013 |
| Footsteps of the hawk by Vachss, Andrew H. |
PI Burke, New York's avenging angel, is asked by a policewoman to clear the name of her boyfriend, jailed for murder. She claims he was framed by a psychopathic policeman who is also out to get Burke. To Burke, it all sounds "treacherous bad," but he takes the case anyway. |
May 20, 2013 |
| Forty signs of rain by Robinson, Kim Stanley. |
A riveting new trilogy of cutting-edge science, international politics, and the real-life ramifications of global warming as they are played out in our nation's capital--and in the daily lives of those at the center of the action. Hauntingly realistic, here is a novel of the near future that is inspired by scientific facts already making headlines. When the Arctic ice pack was first measured in the 1950s, it averaged thirty feet thick in midwinter. By the end of the century it was down to fiftee |
May 20, 2013 |
| Foul play by Carrington, Tori. |
Sofie Metropolis has just landed her first high-profile case. Reni Venezuela, up-and-coming South American pitcher who has just been signed by the New York Mets, wife insists something's wrong with her husband and hires Sofie to find out what. |
May 20, 2013 |
| Friday by Heinlein, Robert A. (Robert Anson), 1907-1988. |
Friday is a secret courier operating over a near-future Earth in which America has become Balkanized into dozens of independent states. She finds herself on shuttlecock assignment, surviving one scrape after another. |
May 20, 2013 |
| Frozen in time an epic story of survival, and a modern quest for lost heroes of World War II by Zuckoff, Mitchell. |
In Nov. 1942 a U.S. cargo plane crashed into the Greenland ice cap, the B-17 sent on the search-and-rescue mission got caught in a storm and also crashed, miraculously all nine men aboard survived. A second rescue operation was launched, but the plane, the Grumman Duck, flew into a storm and vanished. The survivors of the B-17 spent 148 days fighting to stay alive while waiting for rescue by famed explorer Bernt Balchen. Then in 2012 the U.S. Coast Guard and North South Polar mount an expedition |
May 20, 2013 |
| Fugitives & refugees a walk in Portland, Oregon by Palahniuk, Chuck. |
The author takes readers on a walking tour of Portland, Oregon, revealing the city's quirky, cheap, and wild side as he visits unusual museums, offbeat annual festivals, scenes of ghostly hauntings, and strange local customs. |
May 20, 2013 |
| Funerals to die for the craziest, creepiest, and most bizarre funeral traditions and practices ever by Benjamin, Kathy. |
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May 20, 2013 |
| Fyre by Sage, Angie, author. |
Septimus must battle the remnants of the Dark Domaine, which will remain until the power of the evil Two-Faced Ring is destroyed forever. To accomplish that, the ancient Alchemie Fyre must be relit -- a task that sends Septimus to the very origins of Magyk and Physik, testing both his skills, and his loyalties to ExtraOrdinary Wizard, Marcia Overstrand, and Alchemist Marcellus Pye. |
May 16, 2013 |
| G.A. Aiken bundle by Aiken, G. A. |
Only for those I love would I traipse into the merciless Northlands to risk life, limb, and my exquisite beauty. But do they appreciate it? Do they say, "Gwenvael the Handsome, you are the best among us--the most loved of all dragons?" No! For centuries my family has refused to acknowledge my magnificence as well as my innate humility. Yet for them, and because I am so chivalrous, I will brave the worst this land has to offer. |
May 20, 2013 |
| Galileo's dream by Robinson, Kim Stanley. |
From the summit of their distant future, a charismatic renegade named Ganymede travels to the past to bring Galileo forward in an attempt to alter history and ensure the ascendancy of science over religion. Yet between his brief and jarring visitations to this future, Galileo must struggle against the ignorance and superstition of his own time. |
May 20, 2013 |
| Glorious ruin how suffering sets you free by Tchividjian, Tullian. |
In this world, one thing is certain: Everybody hurts. Suffering may take the form of tragedy, heartbreak, or addiction. Or it could be something more mundane (but no less real), like resentment, loneliness, or disappointment. |
May 20, 2013 |
| Glory days Indiana legends of Indiana high school basketball by Denny, Dick, 1930- |
Basketball talent in Indiana is probably no better than that found in any other state, yet the richness of tradition is unequalled anywhere else in the country. Author Dick Denny explores the Indiana basketball culture through this wonderful presentation of interviews and stories with Indiana?s greatest male high school basketball stars. These legends include Carl Erskine, Monte Towe, and George McGinnis. Each former Indiana basketballer provides warm recounts of his athletic career, his contrib |
May 20, 2013 |
| Haiku by Vachss, Andrew H. |
Late one night, Michael--an addicted gambler who has lost everything, including himself--spots a woman in a white Rolls-Royce throwing something into the river. Convinced that the woman is a perfect blackmail target, he attempts to recruit a band of homeless outcasts to search for her. But news that a building is slated for demolition turns this halfhearted effort into a serious mission to find the ultimate problem-solver: money, and with it a new home for a precious collection of hardboiled pap |
May 20, 2013 |
| Hard candy by Vachss, Andrew H. |
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May 20, 2013 |
| Haunted a novel of stories by Palahniuk, Chuck. |
Twenty-three stories chronicle the experiences of people who have answered an ad for an artist's retreat, believing that they will find a peaceful refuge, only to find themselves isolated and trapped in a cavernous old theater. |
May 20, 2013 |
| Headed for trouble by Brockmann, Suzanne. |
This mass market original collection is filled with never-before-released short stories and novellas featuring the beloved characters from Suzanne Brockmann's wildly successful Troubleshooters series. Packed with pulse-pounding tales about everyone's favorite special ops team, this suspenseful collection is a must for fans of the New York Times bestselling series, and is also the perfect introduction for newcomers. Tough-as-nails Troubleshooters operative Sam Starrett learns the agony of loving |
May 20, 2013 |
| Her only protector by Mondello, Lisa. |
A perilous journey to South America is the only way to retrieve the child. With her missing brother's daughter back in her arms, Sonny Montgomery finally feels safe. Until a handsome, cold-eyed bounty hunter stops her moments before boarding a plane to the U.S. Gil Waite is after her brother. All he cares about is "finding the fugitive" and collecting his money. Sonny won't betray her family. Yet she has no choice but to go with Gil--a man whose rugged exterior hides the heart of a hero. |
May 20, 2013 |
| Hero on a bicycle by Hughes, Shirley, 1927- |
In her first novel, beloved author Shirley Hughes presents a World War II adventure proving that in extraordinary circumstances, people are capable of extraordinary things. Italy, 1944: Florence is occupied by Nazi forces. The Italian resistance movement has not given up hope, though--and neither have thirteen-year-old Paolo and his sister, Costanza. As their mother is pressured into harboring escaping POWs, Paolo and Costanza each find a part to play in opposing the German forces. Both are desp |
May 20, 2013 |
| His last bow by Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930. |
A body on the London Underground; the strange disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax; a parcel containing some coarse salt and two freshly severed human ears. In the course of these investigations, Holmes himself is struck down by a virulent Eastern disease, and we are reintroduced to his remarkable brother Mycroft- 'all other men are specialists, but his specialism is onmiscience'. |
May 16, 2013 |
| Hoosier beer tapping into Indiana brewing history by Ostrander, Bob. |
The first complete history of brewing in Indiana, where the beer history is as old as the state itself. This city-by-city guide gives readers an opportunity to savor the flavor while sharing the hidden aspects. Join the authors on a pub crawl through this state's proud beer history. |
May 20, 2013 |
| How I lost you by Gurtler, Janet. |
"There are a few things Grace Anderson knows for sure. One is that nothing will ever come between her and her best friend, Kya Kessler. But in the summer before senior year, life throws out challenges they never expected"-- |
May 20, 2013 |
| How to drive a dragon crazy by Aiken, G. A. |
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May 20, 2013 |
| Hunter's prayer by Saintcrow, Lilith. |
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May 20, 2013 |
| I hunt killers by Lyga, Barry. |
Jazz is a likable teenager. A charmer. But he's also the son of a (now incarcerated) infamous serial killer, and "Dear Old Dad" (as Jazz calls him) has taught Jazz everything he knows. But what Jazz doesn't know is whether or not he is destined to follow in his father's footsteps. He knows he has urges, but he also knows (hopes) that he has a conscience, that he isn't like his father, that he can follow his own path ... |
May 20, 2013 |
| I, Michael Bennett by Patterson, James, 1947- |
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May 20, 2013 |
| Iced a novel by Moning, Karen Marie. |
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May 20, 2013 |
| If he had been with me a novel by Nowlin, Laura. |
A love story spanning the history of two teenagers' lives and all the moments when if one little thing had been different, their futures would have been together instead of apart. |
May 20, 2013 |
| In a doctor's arms by Mondello, Lisa. |
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May 20, 2013 |
| Island of the sequined love nun by Moore, Christopher, 1957- |
A fantasy on a commercial pilot whose life is saved by a ghost and who has to return the favor. Pilot Tucker Case is ordered to fly to a Pacific island and save its inhabitants from human sacrifice. The victims' organs are sold to Japan. |
May 20, 2013 |
| Jane Austen goes to Hollywood by McDonald, Abby. |
Hallie and Grace Weston couldn't be more different. Older sister Hallie thinks all the world's a stage--her stage, to be exact--while even-tempered Grace tries to keep her dramatic sister in check. When their father dies, leaving everything to his snooty new wife, the sisters face a new challenge: uprooted from their home and friends, they're forced to move into a relative's guesthouse--in shiny, status-obsessed Beverly Hills. Plunged into a strange and glamorous new world, the penniless Weston |
May 20, 2013 |
| Just a geek unflinchingly honest tales of the search for life, love, and fulfillment beyond the Starship Enterprise by Wheaton, Wil. |
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May 20, 2013 |
| Kiss the girls by Patterson, James, 1947- |
In Los Angeles, a reporter investigating a series of murders is killed. In Chapel Hill, North Carolina, a beautiful medical intern suddenly disappears. Washington D.C.'s Alex Cross is back to solve the most baffling and terrifying murder case ever. Two clear pattern killers are collaborating, cooperating, competing--and they are working coast to coast. |
May 20, 2013 |
| Laddertop. Volume 1 by Card, Orson Scott. |
Twenty-five years ago, the Givers visited the Earth and gave the human race the most advanced technology ever created: the Ladders. Each of the massive towers stretches 36,000 miles into the sky and power the entire planet. Not long after, however, the Givers mysteriously disappeared, leaving only a few trained children behind to keep the Ladders operational. These elite technicians compete fiercely to enter the Laddertop Academy, and for best friends Robbi and Azure, it's a dangerous game. |
May 20, 2013 |
| LeBron James by Gagne, Tammy. |
Profiles the former NBA Rookie of the Year who won a gold medal at the Beijing Olympics. |
May 20, 2013 |
| Lilith's brood by Butler, Octavia E. |
All of humanity must share the world with uncanny, unimaginable alien creatures after war destroys Earth, in an omnibus edition containing three class science fiction novels--Dawn, Adulthood Rites, and Imago. The acclaimed trilogy that comprises Lilith's Brood is multiple Hugo and Nebula award-winner Octavia E. Butler at her best. Lilith Lyapo is in the Andes, mourning the death of her family, when war destroys Earth. Centuries later, she is resurrected, by miraculously powerful unearthly beings |
May 20, 2013 |
| Liquor a novel by Brite, Poppy Z. |
Desperate to make a quick buck, down-and-out cooks Rickey and G-Man come up with the idea to create a theme restaurant in which every dish is loaded with an alcoholic punch. |
May 20, 2013 |
| Lolita by Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899-1977. |
When it was published in 1955, Lolita immediately became a cause celebre because of the freedom and sophistication with which it handled the unusual erotic predilections of its protagonist. But Vladimir Nabokov's wise, ironic, elegant masterpiece owes its stature as one of the twentieth century's novels of record not to the controversy its material aroused but to its author's use of that material to tell a love story almost shocking in its beauty and tenderness. Awe and exhilaration--along with |
May 20, 2013 |
| Lost souls by Brite, Poppy Z. |
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May 20, 2013 |
| Love finds you in Liberty, Indiana by Dobson, Melanie B. |
In a divided town during a dangerous era, who can be trusted? Liberty, Indiana, is home to a stop on the Underground Railroad operated by Quaker abolitionists. When Anna's secret work is threatened, can she turn to handsome newspaper editor Daniel, to ensure the safety of the runaways? |
May 20, 2013 |
| Lucky man a memoir by Fox, Michael J., 1961- |
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May 20, 2013 |
| Manifold origin by Baxter, Stephen. |
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May 20, 2013 |
| Manifold- Space by Baxter, Stephen. |
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May 20, 2013 |
| Manifold- time by Baxter, Stephen. |
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May 20, 2013 |
| Marsupials by Sturm, Jeanne. |
Filled with colorful illustrations learn what makes marcupials different from other mammals, how they take care of their offspring, and where they live. |
May 20, 2013 |
| Mask market by Vachss, Andrew H. |
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May 20, 2013 |
| Maya's notebook by Allende, Isabel. |
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May 20, 2013 |
| Mercy kill by Allston, Aaron. |
The intrepid spies, pilots, and sharpshooters of Wraith Squadron are back in an all-new Star Wars adventure, which transpires just after the events of the Fate of the Jedi series! Three decades have passed since Wraith Squadron carried out its last mission. Taking on the most dangerous and daring operations, the rogues and misfits of the elite X-Wing unit became legends of the Rebellion and the Second Galactic Civil War, before breaking up and going their separate ways. Now their singular skills |
May 20, 2013 |
| Merry Christmas, Alex Cross by Patterson, James, 1947- |
It's Christmas Eve and Detective Alex Cross has been called out to catch someone who's robbing his church's poor box. That mission behind him, Alex returns home to celebrate with Bree, Nana, and his children. The tree decorating is barely underway before his phone rings again--a horrific hostage situation is quickly spiraling out of control. Away from his own family on the most precious of days, Alex calls upon every ounce of his training, creativity, and daring to save another family. Alex risk |
May 20, 2013 |
| Middle school. Get me out of here! by Patterson, James, 1947- |
After surviving sixth grade, Rafe expects seventh grade to be a fun zone because he has been accepted to art school in the big city, but when he discovers it is more competitive than he expected, he sets out to turn his boring life into the inspiration for a work of art. |
May 20, 2013 |
| Missionary daddy by Goodnight, Linda. |
To: Ashley ... From: Samantha ... Re: Sis, I've seen him again! Remember the handsome missionary I met during the modeling shoot? Well, his name's Eric Pellegrino--he's the new assistant director at the adoption agency here in Chestnut Grove! He's trying to find homes for the world's orphans, including two he's crazy about. International adoption isn't easy, especially with Tiny Blessings rocked by scandal--something we Harcourts unfortunately know all about. Eric wants a house full of kids, onl |
May 20, 2013 |
| Mistaken bride by Ryan, Renee. |
When William Black's mail-order bride fails to appear at the Boston docks, he's relieved when beautiful, vibrant Bridget Murphy steps in. However, she has a surprise in store. She will be a temporary nanny to his young twins...but she will not marry without love. Faith Glen, Massachusetts, is worlds away from the poverty Bridget knew in Ireland. And William Black couldn't be more different from her faithless ex-fiance. Yet that integrity Bridget so admires binds William to a promise that could k |
May 20, 2013 |
| Mom & me & mom by Angelou, Maya. |
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May 20, 2013 |
| Money makeover the secret to budgeting, saving and investing for financial success by Dubecki, Nina. |
You don't have to earn megabucks or have a degree in economics to make the most of your money. With the help of Money Makeover, you'll discover how easy it is to take stock of your finances and create the life of your dreams, without having to give up red wine or wade through finance mumbo-jumbo!. Inside this book you'll find practical information (without the boring bits) and inspiring real-life stories that will empower you to create your own financial plan. You'll discover: simple strategies |
May 20, 2013 |
| Monster High by Harrison, Lisi. |
Frankie Stein was created in a laboratory, and when she enters Mount Hood High School camouflaged as a "normie," all she wants is to fit in, but it takes the help of another new student who believes that everyone should be treated equally before Frankie even has a chance. |
May 20, 2013 |
| Mother's Day miracle &, Blessed baby by Richer, Lois. |
Mother's Day miracle: "When a handsome single dad and his four children move next door, is it God's answer to Clarissa Cartwright's prayers for a family? Proud, stubborn Wade Featherhawk is determined to manage...alone. Unless Clarissa's faith can open his eyes and his heart. Blessed baby: "The moment she held her precious little niece, Briony Green stopped trying to convince herself she wasn't mommy mat |
May 20, 2013 |
| My life after now by Verdi, Jessica. |
When she loses a leading role and her leading man to another girl, sixteen-year-old Lucy, a member of the high school drama club, does something completely out of character that has life-altering consequences. |
May 20, 2013 |
| Never been bit by Dare, Lydia. |
The glittering world of high society is the playground for the rich, titled, and reluctantly undead... Alec MacQuarrie's after-life has become an endless search for pleasure in an effort to overcome his heartbreak and despair. Wandering through the seedy world of London's demimonde, he's changed into a dark and fearsome creature even he doesn't recognize until he stumbles into a magical lass he knew once upon a time and sees a glimpse of the life he could have had. But the ton is no match for on |
May 20, 2013 |
| Nevermore a Maximum Ride novel by Patterson, James, 1947- |
"In the beginning, there was Maximum Ride. A girl. A fighter. A leader. A superhuman with a mission to save the world. She's gone to the ends of the earth seeking her destiny. And now the end isn't near-- It's here. One last chance-- for Max, Fang, and Dylan-- before it all ends."--Container. |
May 20, 2013 |
| Night play by Kenyon, Sherrilyn, 1965- |
Bride McTierney has had it with men. They're cheap, self-centered, and never love her for who she is. But though she prides herself on being independent, deep down she still yearns for a knight in shining armor. She just never expected her knight in shining armor to have a shiny coat of fur. Her boyfriend is a Were-Hunter wolf who is wooing her to be his mate. |
May 20, 2013 |
| Occupied city by Peace, David. |
On January 26, 1948, a man identifying himself as a public health official arrives at a bank in Tokyo. He explains that there has been an outbreak of dysentery in the neighborhood, and he has been assigned by Occupation authorities to treat everyone who might have been exposed to the disease. Soon after drinking the medicine he administers, twelve employees are dead, four are unconscious, and the "official" has fled. Twelve voices tell the story of the murder from different perspectives. Each vo |
May 20, 2013 |
| Only child by Vachss, Andrew H. |
Returning to New York after years on the run, Burke is forced to step out of the shadows to investigate the murder of his own teenage daughter, and heads for Long Island, where he comes face to face with a depraved killer. |
May 20, 2013 |
| Origami boxes by Temko, Florence. |
Origami is the ideal craft for anyone who likes to create with their hands. The projects in this book can help you express your creativity by folding wonderful containers out of single sheets of paper, perfect for gift-giving or display around the house. Origami Boxesfeatures designs for 24 boxes that range from traditional to unique, including a Row of Boxes, Round Bowl, and Triangle Gift Box created by origami expert Florence Temko.Each box is explained with easy to follow diagrams and illustr |
May 20, 2013 |
| Out of the dark by Weber, David, 1952- |
In mere moments, the Shongairi slaughtered half of the human race and conquered the planet. With an uncertain future, Master Sergeant Stephen Buchevsky is organizing the resistance in the Balkans. Much to his delight, another band of freedom fighters emerges from the East, offering both Buchevsky and all of humanity some hope. |
May 20, 2013 |
| Overwinter a werewolf tale by Wellington, David. |
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May 20, 2013 |
| Pain management by Vachss, Andrew H. |
Burke has gone "missing-and-presumed" from his native New York City, following a failed assassination attempt. The shadowy man-for-hire is scratching out an existence in the Pacific Northwest, waiting to see if it is safe to return. Without his underground network of contacts and connections, cut off from his own people, Burke is forced to abandon his trademark complex scams. Instead, he returns to what he refers to as "violence for money." When Gem, the professional border-crosser who calls her |
May 20, 2013 |
| Practical demonkeeping by Moore, Christopher, 1957- |
"Roads" scholar Travis O'Hearn is one hundred years old but looks twenty. His traveling companion is a green demon with a nasty habit of eating people. When they arrive at a resort town in California, all hell breaks loose. |
May 20, 2013 |
| Prime a novel by Brite, Poppy Z. |
Two years after the opening of Liquor, New Orleans chefs Rickey and G-man are immersed in their restaurant, until a bad review hints that their "silent" backer has ulterior motives, and they realize it may be time to end their dependence on him. When Rickey is offered a plum consulting job at a Dallas restaurant, it seems the perfect way to beef up their bank account. But taking the gig will mean a reunion with an older chef with whom Rickey shared an unsettling encounter back in culinary school |
May 20, 2013 |
| Private #1 suspect by Patterson, James, 1947- |
When a former lover is found murdered in Jack's bed, he is instantly the number one suspect. While the police are investigating Jack, the mob strong arms him into recovering $30 million in stolen pharmaceuticals, and the beautiful manager of a luxury hotel chain persuades him to quietly investigate a spree of murders occurring on their properties. Fighting for his life on both sides of the law, Jack realizes that he may not be able to save himself this time. Contains more action, more intrigue, |
May 20, 2013 |
| Pygmy by Palahniuk, Chuck. |
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May 20, 2013 |
| Recipe and craft guide to China by Mattern, Joanne, 1963- |
Provides recipes for several popular Chinese dishes and includes instructions on creating crafts using household items. |
May 20, 2013 |
| Recipe and craft guide to France by LaRoche, Amelia. |
Provides recipes for several popular French dishes and includes instructions on creating crafts using household items. |
May 20, 2013 |
| Recipe and craft guide to India by Ejaz, Khadija. |
Provides recipes for several popular Indian dishes and includes instructions on creating colorful and traditional Indian crafts. |
May 20, 2013 |
| Recipe and craft guide to Italy by Harms, Julia. |
Provides instructions for recipes and craft that teach about the culture of Italy. |
May 20, 2013 |
| Recipe and craft guide to Japan by Mofford, Juliet Haines. |
Provides recipes for several popular Japanese dishes and includes instructions on creating traditional Japanese crafts using household items. |
May 20, 2013 |
| Red Riding Nineteen Eighty by Peace, David. |
Nineteen Eighty is set against an evolving backdrop of power, corruption and lies. The nightmare continues during the winter of 1980 when the Ripper murders his thirteenth victim and the whole of Yorkshire is terrorised. Assistant Chief Constable Hunter struggles to solve the hellish crimes and bring an end to the horror, but is drawn ever deeper into a world of bent coppers and sleaze. After his house is burned down, his wife is threatened and his colleagues turn against him, Hunter's quest bec |
May 20, 2013 |
| Red Riding Nineteen Eighty Three by Peace, David. |
Nineteen Eighty Three's three intertwining storylines see the Quartet's central themes of corruption and the perversion of justice come to a head as BJ, the rent boy from Nineteen Seventy Four, the lawyer Big John Piggott - who's as near as you get to a hero in Peace's world - and Maurice Jobson, the senior cop whose career of corruption and brutality has set all this in motion, find themselves on a collision course that can only end in a terrible vengeance. Nineteen Eighty Three is an epic tale |
May 20, 2013 |
| Red Riding Nineteen Seventy Four by Peace, David. |
Jeanette Garland, missing Castleford, July 1969. Susan Ridyard, missing Rochdale, March 1972. Claire Kemplay, missing Morley, since yesterday. Christmas bombs and Lord Lucan on the run, Leeds United and the Bay City Rollers, The Exorcist and It Ain't Half Hot Mum. It's winter, 1974, Yorkshire, and Eddie Dunford's got the job he wanted - crime correspondent for the Yorkshire Evening Post. He didn't know it was going to be a season in hell. A dead little girl with a swan's wings stitched into her |
May 20, 2013 |
| Red Riding Nineteen Seventy Seven by Peace, David. |
If you thought fiction couldn't get darker than David Peace's extraordinary debut, Nineteen Seventy Four, then think again. Nineteen Seventy Seven, the second instalment of the 'Red Riding Quartet', is one long nightmare. Its heroes - the half decent copper Bob Fraser and the burnt-out hack Jack Whitehead - would be considered villains in most people's books. Fraser and Whitehead have one thing in common though, they're both desperate men dangerously in love with Chapeltown prostitutes. And as t |
May 20, 2013 |
| Redemption alley by Saintcrow, Lilith. |
Jill Kismet, an exorcist and hunter trained as a demon slayer, takes on a rogue who is killing his way through Santa Luz. |
May 20, 2013 |
| Renegade a Ripper novel by Reeves, Amy Carol. |
""After vanquishing the Conclave, Arabella Sharp tries to focus on her medical studies but soon discovers that she and those she loves have not escaped the manipulations of the Ripper"-- |
May 20, 2013 |
| Ripper by Reeves, Amy Carol. |
Sent to do volunteer work at the Whitechapel Hospital in the east end of London in 1888, seventeen-year-old Abbie discovers the identity of Jack the Ripper. |
May 20, 2013 |
| Sacrifice by Vachss, Andrew H. |
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May 20, 2013 |
| Safe house by Vachss, Andrew H. |
PI Burke of New York busts a plot by white supremacists to dynamite federal buildings. Burke, an ex-convict who now combats family abuse, stumbles on the plot while investigating the stalking of a woman by her estranged husband. |
May 20, 2013 |
| Santa & Pete a novel of Christmas present and past by Moore, Christopher Paul, 1952- |
Who would ever guess that the beloved legend of Santa Claus involves a seldom-told tale of faith and friendship between two men -- one white and one black? Long ago, Santa Claus had an African partner named Pete and together they brought the spirit of Christmas to America's first settlers. These two forever changed the way families celebrate the holiday. But through the years, Pete's contribution was forgotten. |
May 20, 2013 |
| Seize the night by Kenyon, Sherrilyn, 1965- |
An immortal renegade Dark-Hunter, Valerius Magnus struggles with his attraction to Tabitha Deveraux, the sister-in-law of the Dark-Hunter's mortal enemy and a young woman stalked by a dark power. |
May 20, 2013 |
| Sixty days and counting by Robinson, Kim Stanley. |
By the time Phil Chase is elected president, the world's climate is far on its way to irreversible change. Food scarcity, housing shortages, diminishing medical care, and vanishing species are just some of the consequences. The erratic winter the Washington, D.C., area is experiencing is another grim reminder of a global weather pattern gone haywire: bone-chilling cold one day, balmy weather the next. But the president-elect remains optimistic and doesn't intend to give up without a fight. A mav |
May 20, 2013 |
| Sleight of hand a novel of suspense by Margolin, Phillip. |
While on the trail of a stolen relic, P.I. Dana Cutler is called back to Virginia where she must stop Charles Benedict, a criminal defense lawyer, amateur illusionist and professional hit man, from framing a millionaire for the murder of his much younger wife. |
May 16, 2013 |
| Soul kitchen a novel by Brite, Poppy Z. |
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May 20, 2013 |
| Stranger than fiction true stories by Palahniuk, Chuck. |
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May 20, 2013 |
| Sunset and sawdust a novel by Lansdale, Joe R., 1951- |
In the middle of a cyclone, beautiful, red-haired Sunset Jones shoots her husband Pete dead when he tries to beat and rape her. To the town's general consternation, Sunset's mother-in-law arranges for her to take over from Pete as town constable. As if that weren't hard enough to swallow in depression era east Texas, Sunset actually takes the job seriously, and her investigation into a brutal double murder pulls her into a maelstrom of greed, corruption, and unspeakable malice. |
May 20, 2013 |
| Sunset heat by Couper, Lexxie. |
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May 20, 2013 |
| Sunstorm by Clarke, Arthur C. (Arthur Charles), 1917-2008. |
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May 20, 2013 |
| Sweet liar by Deveraux, Jude. |
Samantha Elliot's father ran her life - even after his own death. A strange provision in his will demands that Samantha move to New York City and investigate the mysterious disappearance of her grandmother. Shy, divorced, and naive to city life, Samantha arrives in New York and meets Michael Taggert, the handsome landlord of the apartment her father has already chosen for her. What she doesn't know is that her father also chose Mic0hael to be her secret guardian ... |
May 20, 2013 |
| Tales from a not-so-smart Miss Know-It-All by Russell, Rachel Renee. |
When Miss Know-It-All's inbox overflows with pleas for guidance, Nikki Maxwell, the school newspaper advice columnist, turns to her best friends for help. |
May 17, 2013 |
| Tales from Indiana high school basketball by Washburn, Jeff. |
It is often said that while Dr. James Naismith invented basketball in Massachusetts, the sport was raised and ultimately came of age in the high schools of Indiana, the state where politics, religion, and sweet corn fall in line behind the game played with the round orange ball. Tales from Indiana High School Basketball centers on those special people who have played the game-their stories, their passion, their drive for excellence, their laughs, and their tears. This is a book about Lebanon sch |
May 20, 2013 |
| Tell-all by Palahniuk, Chuck. |
Hazie Coogan, who for decades has tended to the outsized needs of veteran actress Katherine "Miss Kathie" Kenton, discovers that bounder Webster Carlton Westward III has written a celebrity tell-all memoir foretelling Miss Kathie's death in a forthcoming Lillian Hellman-penned musical extravaganza. As the body count mounts, Hazie must execute a plan to save Katherine Kenton for her fans--and for posterity. |
May 20, 2013 |
| Terminal by Vachss, Andrew H. |
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May 20, 2013 |
| That Christmas feeling by Novak, Brenda. |
A Dundee Christmas: "A woman seeking refuge in a strange town during a snowstorm is taken in by a man who helps her discover that home is where the love is"--Publisher. |
May 20, 2013 |
| That's how I roll by Vachss, Andrew H. |
Waiting on death row after confessing to several homicides, a master assassin writes his life story to protect his younger brother, a process during which he remembers their murderously violent father. After pleading guilty to a series of homicides, Esau Till sits on death row, writing his life story. But his memoir is his one last chance to protect his brother. When the genetic cards were dealt, Esau drew a genius IQ, and a crippled body. His brother Tory drew a slow mind, and almost superhuma |
May 20, 2013 |
| The adventures of Sherlock Holmes VI by Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930. |
Classic Sherlock Holmes at its best. In The final problem, perhaps the greatest of the short stories of Sherlock Holmes, the English detective encounters his most formidable rival, Professor Moriarty. "The Napoleon of Crime" is how Holmes describes his adversary to his faithful companion, Dr. Watson, as they move to the ultimate confrontation at the Reichenbach Falls. Also in this collection is the intriguing mystery of the disappearing bride in The Noble Bachelor, and two threats from the past |
May 20, 2013 |
| The apple orchard by Wiggs, Susan. |
Tess Delaney makes a living restoring stolen treasures to their rightful owners. People like Annelise Winther, who refuses to sell her long-gone mother's beloved necklace--despite Tess's advice. To Annelise, the jewel's value is in its memories. But Tess's own history is filled with gaps: a father she never met, a mother who spent more time traveling than with her daughter. So Tess is shocked when she discovers the grandfather she never knew is in a coma. And that she has been named in his will |
May 20, 2013 |
| The Audacity of Hops The History of America's Craft Beer Revolution. by Acitelli, Tom. |
Charting the birth and growth of craft beer across the United States, Tom Acitelli offers an epic, story-driven account of one of the most inspiring and surprising American grassroots movements. In 1975, there was a single craft brewery in the United States; today there are more than 2,000. Now this once-fledgling movement has become ubiquitous nationwide-there's even a honey ale brewed at the White House. This book not only tells the stories of the major figures and businesses within the moveme |
May 20, 2013 |
| The baby's bodyguard by Newton, Stephanie. |
A Florida police officer and a child services worker stumble into a kidnapping ring and a love affair. |
May 20, 2013 |
| The barefoot believers by Jones, Annie, 1957- |
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May 20, 2013 |
| The baron's governess bride by Hale, Deborah. |
"Lord Steadwell's three motherless daughters were heartbroken when their last governess ran off to elope. In her dowdy cap and spectacles, Grace Ellerby seems an ideal replacement-a nurturing, intelligent woman uninterested in marriage. No wonder Rupert doesn't recognize Grace as the golden-haired vision at a masked ball, who slips away before midnight. Frightened by the unwanted attentions of previous employers, Grace resolved to hide her beauty ... and her growing feelings for Rupert. One ench |
May 20, 2013 |
| The best alternate history stories of the 20th century by |
Science fiction's most illustrious and visionary authors hold forth the ultimate alternate history collection. Here you'll experience mind-bending tales that challenge your views of the past, present, and future, including: "The Lucky Strike": When The Lucky Strike is chosen over The Enola Gay to drop the first atomic bomb, fate takes an unexpected turn in Kim Stanley Robinson's gripping tale. "Bring the Jubilee": Ward Moore's novella masterpiece offers a rebel victory at Gettysburg which change |
May 20, 2013 |
| The big sleep & Farewell, my lovely by Chandler, Raymond, 1888-1959. |
Farewell, My Lovely: Philip Marlowe navigates the underworld of the Los Angeles gambling circuit while investigating the disappearance of a beautiful nightclub girl. |
May 20, 2013 |
| The blossom sisters by Michaels, Fern. |
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May 20, 2013 |
| The brotherhood of the Holy Shroud by Navarro, Julia, 1953- |
A catastrophic fire at the Turin cathedral, where the Holy Shroud is kept, and discovery of a dead man without a tongue set off an investigation by the elite Italian Art Crimes Department that leads back to the mysterious origins of the relic. |
May 20, 2013 |
| The cake mix doctor by Byrn, Anne. |
Make extraordinary cakes out of a cake mix. |
May 20, 2013 |
| The casebook of Sherlock Holmes. Volume 1 by Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930. |
These six cases are among the last undertaken by Sherlock Holmes before he retired to the Sussex downs. However, the problems facing the sleuth are as diverse and challenging as ever. With seeking the whereabouts of the stolen Mazarin Diamond, discovering the importance of being called Garrideb, encountering a mysterious murder on Thor Bridge, searching for eternal youth and the threat of a Vampire in Sussex, there is no sign of Holmes's deductive powers slowing down. David Timson's award-winnin |
May 16, 2013 |
| The cowboy's courtship by Minton, Brenda. |
Concert pianist Alyson Anderson comes to Dawson, Oklahoma, searching for a place to hide. She needs to escape the spotlight and come to terms with her fiance's betrayal and a bombshell family secret. What she finds is her free-spirited grandmother and a host of kind strangers who give her a sense of belonging she's never known. And then there's Jason Bradshaw, a charming bull rider on the mend. At a crossroads in his own life, he's willing to teach Alyson about faith--and love--if she'll let him |
May 20, 2013 |
| The cowboy's sweetheart by Minton, Brenda. |
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May 20, 2013 |
| The crack in space by Dick, Philip K. |
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May 20, 2013 |
| The emerald key by Dinsdale, Christopher, 1965- |
Jamie Galway wakes up from a coma one morning in 1847 after a confrontation with British soldiers. His brother, Ryan, and the ancient Irish text they had sworn to protect are missing. Jamie learns that his brother has been thrown onto a ship bound for Canada, and he must cross the Atlantic to find his brother and the lost key. |
May 20, 2013 |
| The gate thief by Card, Orson Scott. |
Here on Earth, Danny North is still in high school, yet he holds in his heart and mind all the stolen outselves of thirteen centuries of gatemages. The families still want to kill him if they can't control him, and they can't; he is far too powerful. On Westil, Wad is nearly powerless; he lost everything to Danny in their struggle. Even if he can survive the revenge of his enemies, he must still somehow make peace with the Gatemage Daniel North. |
May 20, 2013 |
| The getaway man by Vachss, Andrew H. |
Eddie starts stealing cars long before he's old enough to get a license, driven by a force so compelling that he never questions, just obeys. After a series of false starts, interrupted by stays in juvenile institutions and a state prison term, Eddie's skills and loyalty attract the attention of J.C., a near-legendary hijacker. When he gets out, Eddie becomes the driver for J.C.'s ultra-professional crew. J.C., the master planner, is finally ready to pull off that one huge job every con dreams o |
May 20, 2013 |
| The guardian by Lewis, Beverly, 1949- |
Mystery surrounds the non-English speaking girl Jodi Winfield found along the road one morning. Will an unexpected encounter with the Amish shed some light? |
May 16, 2013 |
| The guardian by Sparks, Nicholas. |
At 29, Julie Barenson is too young to give up on love. Four years after her husband's tragic death, she is finally ready to risk giving her heart to someone again. But to whom? Should it be Richard Franklin, who is handsome and sophisticated and treats her like a queen, or Mike Harris, who is Julie's best friend in the world, though not as debonair? Now, with a decision that should bring her more happiness than she's had in years, Julie's life is about to become a living nightmare, as one man's |
May 20, 2013 |
| The holiday nanny by Richer, Lois. |
Workaholic single father Wade Abbot heads home to Arizona at Christmastime and gains the help of his daughter's new nanny, Connie Ladden, in his quest to become a better father to his little girl. |
May 20, 2013 |
| The Icecutter's Daughter by Peterson, Tracie. |
A family promise and a lack of lady-like qualities have kept Merrill Krause single. When a chance at love appears, can it overcome the challenges? |
May 16, 2013 |
| The Innocent Witness by Reed, Terri. |
"Faith sustained Vivian Grant through her horrible childhood and loveless marriage, but how much more can she take? Her husband has been killed. Her autistic son is the only witness. And someone is twisting the evidence to place the blame on her. Viv has no one to trust - and danger is closing in. A failed protection detail cost former Secret Service agent Anthony Carlucci his job - and his self-confidence. He's not going to fail anyone under his care again. Anthony will risk anything to keep Vi |
May 20, 2013 |
| The language of flowers [a novel] by Diffenbaugh, Vanessa. |
"The story of a woman whose gift for flowers helps her change the lives of others even as she struggles to overcome her own past"-- |
May 20, 2013 |
| The last run a Queen & country novel by Rucka, Greg. |
Burned out from a decade in Special Section clandestine ops, Tara Chance applies for a desk job so that she can spend more time with her daughter only to be drawn into a mission involving the Ayatollah's son's request to defect. |
May 20, 2013 |
| The lust lizard of Melancholy Cove a novel by Moore, Christopher, 1957- |
A comedy on a town where hundreds of inhabitants are on anti-depressants, prescribed by Dr. Valerie Riordan. After a patient dies she asks the druggist to substitute placebos. Freed of drugs, the town comes alive with wine and song, so loud it even awakens a sea monster. |
May 20, 2013 |
| The memoirs of Sherlock Holmes [the greatest detective of them all] by Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930. |
These delightful stories of the famous hawk-eyed detective are told by his friend and foil, Dr. Watson. Doyle draws us into 19th-century London66hansom cabs, train rides, and foggy nights66where he astutely solves the most complex and perplexing cases of the day. Among the short stories included in this collection is "The Gloria Scott," an account of Holmes's very first case. |
May 16, 2013 |
| The other woman by Novak, Brenda. |
Elizabeth O'Connell has survived one of the worst betrayals a wife can imagine. Finding out that she wasn't the only woman in her husband's life meant the end of her marriage and a year of personal hell. Now she's focusing on her new business and raising her two kids. Carter Hudson isn't part of her plan. When he's introduced to Liz by well-meaning friends, her dislike is instant. But as she spends time with him, Liz realizes she likes having Carter in her life- more than likes it. However, Cart |
May 20, 2013 |
| The penultimate truth by Dick, Philip K. |
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May 20, 2013 |
| The preacher by LaÌckberg, Camilla, 1974- |
The discovery of two murder victims who were killed twenty years earlier is complicated by the body of a third, recent victim at the same location, a case that compels detective Patrik Hedstrom to investigate a feuding clan of misfits, religious fanatics, and criminals. |
May 20, 2013 |
| The regency rakes trilogy by Hern, Candice. |
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May 20, 2013 |
| The secret heiress by Reed, Terri. |
"Finding out she is heir to a fortune shocks Caroline Tully to her core. And to 'qualify' for the inheritance, she just has to visit her newfound grandfather's Mississippi home from Christmas to New Year's. Adopted as a baby, Caroline knows nothing about her mother's family ... and doesn't realize they can't be trusted. When attempts are made on her life, there's only one man who can protect her. Donovan Cavanaugh--a man who made her lonely heart want to love again. Posing as her fiance´, Don pr |
May 20, 2013 |
| The short stories of HP Lovecraft. Vol. 1 by Lovecraft, H. P. (Howard Phillips), 1890-1937. |
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May 20, 2013 |
| The short stories of HP Lovecraft. Vol. 2 by Lovecraft, H. P. (Howard Phillips), 1890-1937. |
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May 20, 2013 |
| The star wars X-wing series. Books 1-9 by Stackpole, Michael A. |
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May 20, 2013 |
| The stupidest angel a heartwarming tale of Christmas terror by Moore, Christopher, 1957- |
It's Christmastime in Pine Cove. Lena Marquez rings the bell for the Salvation Army, and when ex-husband Dale Pearson won't part with his pocket change, she decides to exact revenge. Meanwhile, while rushing home from a friend's house in the dark one night, little Joshua Barker, age seven, sees a woman kill Santa with a shovel. (But it wasn't Santa; it was Dale.) A small boy makes a simple Christmas wish: Please, Santa, come back from the dead. The angel Raziel, not the brightest halo in heaven, |
May 20, 2013 |
| The VALIS trilogy by Dick, Philip K. |
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May 20, 2013 |
| The valley of fear by Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930. |
A rich American is murdered in mysterious circumstances in a manor house in Sussex, England. Sherlock Holmes, accompanied by Dr. Watson, is invited to help the investigation. Though Holmes solves the mystery at hand, his attention and indeed the mystery itself shifts to the coalfields of North America. The heart of the matter is corruption - the date is 1875. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle outs his finger with uncanny accuracy on civil corruption which so blighted North America in that century. |
May 16, 2013 |
| The water witch by Dark, Juliet. |
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May 20, 2013 |
| The wedding journey by St. John, Cheryl. |
The mysterious inheritance is the answer to a prayer. Now Irish lass Maeve Murphy and her sisters can come to America! She's sure happiness awaits her, even if it won't--can't--come from widowed ship doctor Flynn Gallagher. Yes, he made her his assistant, but she's not foolish enough to fall for the man all the eligible, wealthy female passengers admire. |
May 20, 2013 |
| The weight by Vachss, Andrew H. |
Trapped between his integrity and selling out, Sugar does the only thing he knows: He takes the weight for a crime he didn't commit--while protecting those who worked with him on a successful jewelry heist. But when he gets out, the mastermind behind the robbery, Sully, leans on him for a favor. Sully asks Sugar to go to Florida on a job. He suspects that there's more to this job than what Sully is telling him. But nothing he suspects or imagines can prepare him for what he finds. |
May 20, 2013 |
| The years of rice and salt by Robinson, Kim Stanley. |
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May 20, 2013 |
| Time enough for love by Heinlein, Robert A. (Robert Anson), 1907-1988. |
Story of a man so in love with life that he refused to stop living it; and so in love with Time that he became his own ancestor. |
May 20, 2013 |
| Time for the stars by Heinlein, Robert A. (Robert Anson), 1907-1988. |
Travel to other planets is now a reality, and with overpopulation stretching the resources of Earth, the necessity of finding habitable worlds is growing ever more urgent. There's a problem though--because the spaceships are slower than light, any communication between the exploring ships and Earth would take years. Tom and Pat are identical twin teenagers. As twins they've always been close, so close that it seemed like they could read each other's minds ... |
May 20, 2013 |
| Time's eye a time odyssey- 1 by Clarke, Arthur C. (Arthur Charles), 1917-2008. |
For eons, Earth has been under observation by the Firstborn, beings almost as old as the universe itself. The Firstborn are unknown to humankind--until they act. In an instant, Earth is carved up and reassembled like a huge jigsaw puzzle. Suddenly the planet and every living thing on it no longer exist in a single timeline. Instead, the world becomes a patchwork of eras, from prehistory to 2037, each with its own indigenous inhabitants. Scattered across the planet are floating silver orbs imperv |
May 20, 2013 |
| To do list by Dane, Lauren. |
He wasn't part of her balance sheet. But one week in his bed could tip the scales. Since she could pick up a pencil, Belle Taylor has used lists and charts to map out her life. When she achieves a goal, she marks it off her to do list. Simple. But now, just steps away from her corner-office, name-on-the-letterhead goal, she realizes that the life she thought she wanted may come at too high a price. Exhausted, she retreats home for Christmas vacation to rethink her life, complete with all-new lis |
May 20, 2013 |
| Tokyo year zero by Peace, David. |
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May 20, 2013 |
| Transcendent by Baxter, Stephen. |
It is the year 2047, and nuclear engineer Michael Poole is still in the throes of grief. His beloved wife, Morag, died seventeen years ago, along with their second child. Yet Michael is haunted by more than just the memory of Morag. On a beach in Miami, he sees his dead wife. But she vanishes as suddenly as she appears, leaving no clue as to her mysterious purpose. Alia was born on a starship, fifteen thousand light years from Earth, five hundred thousand years after the death of Michael Poole. |
May 20, 2013 |
| Trapeze by Mawer, Simon. |
At the age of 19, fluent-French-speaking Briton Marian Sutro is recruited for service in the Special Operations Executive during World War II, only to find that another secret organization wants her to infiltrate Paris to persuade a research physicist to join the Allied war effort. |
May 20, 2013 |
| Trusting him by Minton, Brenda. |
Since the day he left prison, Michael Carson sought a second chance. Helping troubled teens in a church youth group seemed a good place to start. Working alongside youth leader Maggie Simmons, Michael could see his new life before him--a life he hoped would include smart, pretty Maggie. But because of her painful past, she was wary of trusting anyone, least of all an ex-con. When circumstances beyond his control threatened to pull him away from Maggie and the kids, Michael prayed he could resist |
May 20, 2013 |
| Two trains running by Vachss, Andrew H. |
The time, 1959-and America. The place-a small, entirely corrupt Midwestern burg named Locke City, currently owned top to bottom by homegrown Royal Beaumont. Crippled by a childhood disease, Royal rules from a wheelchair-throne; few, though, have ever doubted that his power is absolute. Or not until now, when rival mobs-one Irish, one Italian-suddenly sense windows of opportunity. They lurk at Locke City's perimeter and sniff around Royal's honey-pots-prostitution, gambling, protection-in a way c |
May 20, 2013 |
| What we saw at night a novel by Mitchard, Jacquelyn. |
After glimpsing an older man in a room with a dead girl, sixteen-year-old Allie, who has a life-threatening allergy to sunlight, discovers she is the lone key to stopping a serial killer. |
May 20, 2013 |
| Whole rethinking the science of nutrition by Campbell, T. Colin, 1934- |
"The China Study" revealed what we should eat and provided the powerful empirical support for this answer. "Whole" answers the question of why. Why does a whole-food, plant-based diet provide optimal nutrition? "Whole" demonstrates how far the scientific reductionism of the nutrition orthodoxy has gotten offtrack and reveals the elegant wonders of the true holistic workings of nutrition, from the cellular level to the operation of the entire organism. |
May 20, 2013 |
| Wolf with benefits by Laurenston, Shelly. |
Ricky Lee has no plans of getting serious about anyone, but he will protect Toni Jean-Louis Parker. Not just because he's been hired to do so, but because it's the right thing to do. And if that means travelling around the country with one complicated She-jackal, dealing with chocolate-eating wild dogs, instigating trouble between his brothers, and having the most amazing sex he's ever had. Well, who said his job didn't have perks? Toni doesn't know how she keeps getting herself into these situa |
May 20, 2013 |
| Yuletide protector by Mondello, Lisa. |
When Daria Carlisle's ex-husband comes after her, the only man she can trust is detective Kevin Gordon, the very man whose fault it is that her ex is still at large. |
May 20, 2013 |
| Zombie birds, astronaut fish, and other weird animals by Crew, Becky. |
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May 20, 2013 |
| Zoo by Patterson, James, 1947- |
All over the world, brutal attacks are crippling entire cities. Jackson Oz, a young biologist, watches the escalating events with an increasing sense of dread. When he witnesses a coordinated lion ambush in Africa, the enormity of the violence to come becomes terrifyingly clear. With the help of ecologist Chloe Tousignant, Oz races to warn world leaders before it's too late. The attacks are growing in ferocity, cunning, and planning, and soon there will be no place left for humans to hide. |
May 20, 2013 |
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