 | Casino to Die For: The Hunt for Tears of the Sun
Publication Date: December 2003Casino To Die For is a murder mystery, written in the format of a legal thriller. The year is 2002. The protagonist, Jim Ryan, is a defense lawyer, who has a new secretary, Jennie Bond, and a new Internet videophone. A glitch occurs that thrusts both of them onto the grid of mysteries and murders that span a thousand years in Arizona. ...
 |  | Beyond Definition: New Writing from Gay and Lebian San Francisco
Publication Date: August 1, 1994intro by Susie Bright/the quintessence of queer SF...
|  | Shock Wave (A Virgil Flowers Novel)
Release Date: October 4, 2011| Series: A Virgil Flowers Novel The thrilling new Virgil Flowers novel from the #1 New YorkTimes-bestselling author. The superstore chain PyeMart has its sights set on a Minnesota rivertown, but two very angry groups want to stop it: local merchants,fearing for their businesses, and environmentalists, predictingecological disaster. The protests don't seem to be slowing the project,though, until someone decides to take matters into his own hands.The first bomb goes off on the top floor of PyeMart's headquarters.The second one explodes at the construction site its...
|  | The Leopard Hunts in Darkness
Release Date: November 28, 2006In Manhattan, Craig Mellow is the toast of the literary world, a young writer whose bestselling novels and larger-than-life adventures are fueled by natural-born charisma. But Craig lost a limb and a legacy in Africa. And his heart still clings to the land. A representative of the World Bank recruits Craig to return to his war-torn homeland--to use his knowledge of Zimbawe's people, languages, and wildlife to stabilize its future. But once he sets foot on the continent, Craig cannot resist what runs in his blood… Soon, this scion of a legendary...
|  | Eureka: Substitution Method
Release Date: August 31, 2010| Series: Eureka (Book 1) Welcome to Eureka.Population: BRILLIANTIt's a town of geniuses-and now it's the smartest series going. Founded by Albert Einstein and Harry Truman after WWII, Eureka is home to the greatest minds in science and technology. But the creations of these eccentric geniuses threaten to destroy the world as often as they save it. Jack Carter is the everyman sheriff who must use his common sense and unique street smarts to keep a lid on this Pandora's Box of a town. Especially now, when Eureka's people, cars, and buildings are being swappe...
|  | Summer Winds
Publication Date: October 13, 2009Widow Maggie Tanner needs a ranch hand to work her thousand acres of Kansas hayfields. Young Cash Tate takes the job—a summer break from the city and her girlfriend troubles. Cash is irritated by and enamored of this self-sufficient rancher woman who refuses to treat her as an equal, and she vows to earn her respect. While Cash struggles to win a place in Maggie’s heart, Maggie fights her unwelcome desire to take Cash into her arms. Not one to give in to forces of nature, particularly when they’re female and fifteen years her junior, Maggi...
|  | Monstrous Regiment
Release Date: August 31, 2004War has come to Discworld ... again. And, to no one's great surprise, the conflict centers around the small, arrogantly fundamentalist duchy of Borogravia, which has long prided itself on its unrelenting aggressiveness. A year ago, Polly Perks's brother marched off to battle, and Polly's willing to resort to drastic measures to find him. So she cuts off her hair, dons masculine garb, and -- aided by a well-placed pair of socks -- sets out to join this man's army. Since a nation in such dire need of cannon fodder can't afford to be too picky, Polly is eagerly welc...
|  | Ways of Dying: A Novel
Publication Date: August 1, 2002Winner of the M-Net Book PrizeShortlisted for the CNA and Noma Awards In Ways of Dying, Zakes Mda's acclaimed first novel, Toloki is a "professional mourner" in a vast and violent city of the new South Africa. Day after day he attends funerals in the townships, dressed with dignity in a threadbare suit, cape, and battered top hat, to comfort the grieving families of the victims of the city's crime, racial hatred, and crippling poverty. At a Christmas day funeral for a young boy Toloki is reunited with Noria, a woman from his village. Together they help each ot...
|  | Asceticism and Eroticism in the Mythology of Siva (School of Oriental & African Studies)
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|  | What's the Score? and 5 Other Dramas for Tweens
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|  | Libro de horas. Poesia y pintura de Alfredo Castaneda (The Book of Hours. Poetry and Painting by Alfredo Castaneda) (Libros De La Espiral / Spiral Books) (Spanish Edition)
Publication Date: January 1, 2005| Series: Libros De La Espiral / Spiral Books La poesia de Alfredo Castaneda es una extension natural de su pintura. Reconocido como uno de los artistas mas originales y renombrados de su generacion, Castaneda nos propone este heterodoxo Libro de horas, recordando con un guino las ilustradas bitacoras medievales de ora¬ciones y otros rituales de la vida que se componian, como este, de 52 momentos significativos: un ciclo anual. Este libro es uno de esos objetos de arte que son unicos y marcan un tiempo. ENGLISH TRANSLATION Alfredo Castanedas poetry is a ...
|  | To Kill A Mockingbird (Barron's Book Notes)
Publication Date: October 1, 1984| Series: Barron's Book Notes Plot synopsis of this classic is made meaningful with analysis and quotes by noted literary critics, summaries of the work's main themes and characters, a sketch of the author's life and times, a bibliography, suggested test questions, and ideas for essays and term papers. ...
|  | Hung by the Tongue/Colgado por la Lengua
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|  | Strange Fits of Passion: A Novel
Publication Date: October 4, 2005A labyrinthine tale of truth and deception from acclaimed novelist Anita Shreve Everyone believes that Maureen and Harrold English, two successful New York City journalists, have a happy, stable marriage. It's the early '70s and no one discusses or even suspects domestic abuse. But after Maureen suffers another brutal beating, she flees with her infant daughter to a coastal town in Maine. The weeks pass slowly, and just as Maureen begins to settle into her new life and new identity, Harrold reappears, bringing the story to a violent, unforgettab...
|  | Maids of Misfortune: A Victorian San Francisco Mystery
Publication Date: December 3, 2009It's the summer of 1879, and Annie Fuller, a young San Francisco widow, is in trouble. Annie's husband squandered her fortune before committing suicide five years earlier, and one of his creditors is now threatening to take the boardinghouse she owns to pay off a debt. Annie Fuller also has a secret. She supplements her income by giving domestic and business advice as Madam Sibyl, one of San Francisco's most exclusive clairvoyants, and one of Madam Sibyl's clients, Matthew Voss, has died. The police believe his death was suicide brought upon by bankruptcy, b...
|  | Scream Street: Flesh of the Zombie (Book #4)
Release Date: April 13, 2010| Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up...
|  | Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late!
Release Date: February 28, 2006| Age Level: 2 and up...
|  | Cinderfella & the Slam Dunk Contest
Publication Date: March 1, 1994| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up With the help of his fairy godfather Michael Jordan, Cinderfella regrets his mistreatment of his stepbrothers and gets to attend and win the big Slam Dunk Contest. ...
|  | Football Friends (Sport Mites With Frankie Fumble)
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|  | Dear Mum, I Miss You (Flashbacks)
Publication Date: September 1, 2007| Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up...
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