 | The Book Club
Publication Date: May 1, 2008New York Times bestselling author Mary Alice Monroe invites you to meet five remarkable characters as she explores the power of friendship with tenderness, honesty and understanding"Outwardly linked by their monthly book club meetings, five diverse women in suburban Chicago come to realize that they share more than just the books they read as they struggle with a number of life-changing issues and discover the true meaning and power of friendship."—Library Journal ...
 |  | The Odds: A Love Story
Release Date: January 19, 2012 In the new novel from the author of Last Night at theLobster, a middle-age couple goes all in for love at a NiagaraFalls casino Stewart O'Nan's thirteenth novel is another wildly original,bittersweet gem like his celebrated Last Night at the Lobster.Valentine's weekend, Art and Marion Fowler flee their Cleveland suburbfor Niagara Falls, desperate to recoup their losses. Jobless, withtheir home approaching foreclosure and their marriage on the brink ofcollapse, Art and Marion liquidate their savings account and book abridal suite at the Falls' ritziest casino fo...
|  | The Light in the Piazza
Publication Date: July 2005While touring Italy in 1953, beautiful young Clara Johnson falls in love with an Italian man, over the objections of her mother, who knows a secret about her daughter that could spoil the couple’s happiness. ...
|  | The Divine Appointment: A Novel
Release Date: June 5, 2007"They aren't hiding just one something, but a bunch of somethings..." Jessica Caldwell hates the day she met him, and she hates him even more. But now the two of them will be connected forever... Eli Faulkner is one of the best trial lawyers in Tennessee. It's what he lives for -- righting injustices. When he's called upon to defend Tag Grissom, an arrogant cardiologist accused of murder, he fi nds himself wondering, could this be more than just a case? Holland Fletcher has always wanted to be a true investigative journalist, but he's never really stepped up to the ...
|  | The Indwelling: The Beast Takes Possession (Left Behind #7)
Release Date: May 23, 2000| Series: Left Behind (Book 7) The Indwelling, book number seven in the best-selling Left Behind series, marks the beginning of the second half of the seven year Tribulation period. The question of who killed Nicolae at the end of book number six, Assassins, will be answered. Readers will experience the horrors of God's judgment and the hope of salvation as they follow Rayford, Buck, Chloe, and the rest of the Tribulation Force in heart-stopping action. ...
|  | In Shady Groves
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|  | The Vampire Lestat (Vampire Chronicles, Book II)
Release Date: September 12, 1986| Series: Vampire Chronicles (Book 2) Once an aristocrat in the heady days of pre-revolutionary France, now Lestat is a rockstar in the demonic, shimmering 1980s. He rushes through the centuries in search of others like him, seeking answers to the mystery of his terrifying exsitence. His story, the second volume in Anne Rice's best-selling Vampire Chronicles, is mesmerizing, passionate, and thrilling. ...
|  | The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories: From Elizabeth Gaskell to Ambrose Bierce (Penguin Classics)
Release Date: April 27, 2010| Series: Penguin Classics A thrilling new collection of the greatest supernatural talesThis definitive and wide-ranging collection brings together some of the best ghost stories ever written. From Elizabeth Gaskell's "The Old Nurse's Story" to Edith Wharton's "Afterword," The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories features the finest writings from the mid-nineteenth to early twentieth century, by masters including M. R. James, Sheridan Le Fanu, and Ambrose Bierce, among others. With stories from America, Ireland, and England, this volume includes all of the works that d...
|  | The House of the Seven Gables (Dover Thrift Editions)
Publication Date: June 9, 1999| ISBN-10: 0486408825 | ISBN-13: 978-0486408828Greedy, piratical Colonel Pyncheon builds his mansion on ill-gotten ground, setting the stage for generations of suffering. Years later, a country cousin and an enigmatic young boarder attempt to reverse the tide of misfortunes surrounding the house in Hawthorne's evocative blend of mystery and romance. ...
|  | Persian Letters (Penguin Classics)
Release Date: April 30, 1973| ISBN-10: 0140442812 | ISBN-13: 978-0140442816| Edition: Reprint This richly evocative novel-in-letters tells the story of two Persian noblemen who have left their country - the modern Iran - to journey to Europe in search of wisdom. As they travel, they write home to wives and eunuchs in the harem and to friends in France and elsewhere. Their colourful observations on the culture differences between West and East culture conjure up Eastern sensuality, repression and cruelty in contrast to the freer, more civilized West - but here also unworthy nobles and bis...
| | The Paul Jennings Reader: Collected Pieces 1943-89
Publication Date: September 1991Paul Jennings has been described as the most consistently original English comic writer this century. This collection reflects a life-time's work, most of it previously unpublished in book form. The material is mostly drawn from his journalistic pieces written between the years 1966 and 1987 when he wrote regularly for "The Times", "The Sunday Telegraph Magazine" and "Punch". ...
|  | Mother's & Father's Day Program Builder No. 10: Creative Resources for Program Directors (Mother's Day & Father's Day Program Builder)
Release Date: December 1, 2005| Series: Mother's Day & Father's Day Program Builder (Book 10) (Lillenas Publications). Here's a resource that helps you create fun programs to celebrate moms and dads. Simple rhyming recitations for kids, short scenes, plays and program ideas for a variety of ages is what's inside. Use for worship services, an evening performance, or a special banquet. Explore the possibilities with this easy-to-use book. ...
| | Frogpond Volume XXV: 1
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| | Hakurarwi/We Shall Not Sleep (Afram Aserewa Series, 4)
Publication Date: April 1998| ISBN-10: 1779090072 | ISBN-13: 978-1779090072Poems. ...
|  | The Mardu Aborigines: Living the Dream in Australia's Desert
Publication Date: May 1, 2002| ISBN-10: 0534440878 | ISBN-13: 978-0534440879| Edition: 2 Characterized by a simple technology and a complex socioreligious system, the Mardudjara have survived with much of their traditional culture intact. The Mardu culture challenges common assumptions about the relation between technology and progress. This edition describes changes as the Mardu adapt to social, economic, and political realities. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title....
|  | Alibi
Release Date: July 28, 2009Everyone has a story...but not all of them are true.In the hallowed halls of Deane University, America’s privileged youth allow nothing—and no one— to jeopardize their ambitions. Until a wealthy heiress is brutally murdered, and Boston defense attorney David Cavanaugh is forced into the case. His protégé, a Deane law student, has been accused of the crime. David soon realizes that the odds are against him, as he is led down a road where every ally is an enemy in disguise—and where privilege means anyone can get away with murder...
|  | The Complete Sherlock Holmes - 9 Volume Uniform Edition
Publication Date: 1994Beautiful matched set of nine hardcover books, including all of Sherlock Holmes's adventures - four novels and 56 short stories. Each volume has a dust jacket which features a slightly different period paisley or foulard pattern accent. Production values are very good - this is an attractive and durable set.Individual volumes are 8.5 " x 6"; all together, they occupy 10 linear shelf inches. The titles are: 1: Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes (307 pages;) 2: The Case Book Of Sherlock Holmes (320 pages;) 3: The Return Of Sherlock Holmes (381 pages;) 4: The Valley Of Fear (32...
|  | Geronimo Stilton: Books 1-3: #1: Lost Treasure of the Emerald Eye; #2: The Curse of the Cheese Pyramid; #3: Cat and Mouse in a Haunted House
Release Date: October 12, 2004| Age Level: 6 and up | Grade Level: 1 and up...
| | Listen & Read Aladdin and Other Favorite Arabian Nights Stories with Cassette(s)
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|  | Curious George Around Town Boxed Set (Box of Six Books)
Publication Date: October 25, 2010| Age Level: 5 and up | Grade Level: K and up...
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