 | Our Iceberg Is Melting: Changing and Succeeding Under Any Conditions (Kotter, Our Iceberg is Melting)
Release Date: September 5, 2006| Series: Kotter, Our Iceberg is Melting Most of the denizens of the Antarctic penguin colony sneer at Fred, the quiet but observant scout who detects worrying signs that their home, an iceberg, is melting. Fred must cleverly convince and enlist key players, such as Louis, the head penguin; Alice, the number two bird; the intractable NoNo the weather expert; and a passle of school-age penguins if he is to save the colony.Their delightfully told journey illuminates in an unforgettable way how to manage the necessary change that surrounds us ...
 |  | VANISHED (The Snowbird Jones Mysteries)
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|  | Grabbing at Water: A Mother--Daughter Memoir
Release Date: April 8, 2008The relationship between mother and daughter is an incomparable blend of affection, comfort, rebellion, pain, frustration, and joy. In Grabbing at Water, mother and daughter Joan and Maddy Lambur explore their extraordinary bond as they recount the events of Maddy's youth and young adulthood -- the successes and struggles, clashes and reconciliations -- telling each story from their very different and equally hilarious points of view. As Joan evolves from a broke, newly single mother living in a Toronto fixer-upper to a high-flying executive, she watches Maddy chan...
|  | Leave a Candle Burning (Tucker Mills Trilogy, Book 3)
Publication Date: June 1, 2006Lori Wick’s bestselling Tucker Mills trilogy concludes with Leave a Candle Burning about a widowedphysician, Dannan MacKay, who creates a new life forhis daughter but longs for the faith to love again. ...
|  | BABIES ARE LIKE BLOSSOMS: Beautiful Flowers in the Garden of Life
Publication Date: March 7, 2000 In Praise of Babies, A Delightful Tribute to Those Who Inspire the Greatest Love of AllBabies Are Like Blossoms offers nuggets of wisdom, advice, and even chuckles that are as irresistible as an infant. Full of heartwarming poems and clever quips, Babies Are Like Blossoms celebrates the blessings of parenthood -- from witnessing the miracle of life to surviving sleepless nights. Included are observations from famous personalities, such as Bill Cosby and Joan Rivers, poems to copy and stick on refrigerators, and suggestions to smooth the rough times or prolon...
|  | Vampires
Release Date: April 25, 2007| ISBN-10: 0670029726 | ISBN-13: 978-0670029723Seductive and mysterious, Vampires have the power to fascinate and horrify us. This anthology brings together some of the most beguiling and terrifying vampires from literary history. ...
|  | Astride a Pink Horse
Release Date: March 27, 2012The Cold War ended years ago, or did it? For Thurmond Giles, a decorated African American Air Force veteran found naked, dead, and dangling by his ankles inside a deactivated minuteman missile silo in desolate southeastern Wyoming, the answer is no. The labyrinthine investigation that follows his death—led by former fighter pilot Major Bernadette Cameron and ex-college baseball phenom-turned-reporter Elgin “Cozy” Coseia—reveals how the atomic era’s legacy has continued to destroy both minds and lives. Astride a Pink Horse follow...
|  | Twilight in DjakartA
Publication Date: November 16, 2011Jakarta's darker hues are brought to light as Mochtar Lubis touches upon the fragile truths of politics, poverty, corruption and crime. Through the eyes of a fictional character, Suryono, Lubis plunges into the depths and unmasks Jakarta, revealing more to the cultural beauty and vivacious lifestyle. ...
|  | The Year's Best Science Fiction, Seventeenth Annual Collection
Publication Date: August 12, 2000| Series: Year's Best Science Fiction In science fiction's early days, stories often looked past 1984 to the year 2000 as the far unknowable future.Here now, on the brink of the twenty-first century, the future remains as distant and as unknowable as ever . . . and science fiction stories continue to explore it with delightful results:Collected in this anthology are such imaginative gems as:"The Wedding Album" by David Marusek.In a high-tech future, the line between reality and simulation has grown thin . . . and it's often hard to tell who's on what side."Ev...
|  | Letters Home: Correspondence
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|  | Metadata Murders
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|  | Good Night, Mr. Holmes: An Irene Adler Novel (Irene Adler Mysteries)
Release Date: November 10, 2009| Series: Irene Adler Mysteries Winner of the American Mystery Award for Best Novel of Romantic Suspense, and the Romantic Times Award for Best Historical Mystery Miss Irene Adler, the beautiful American opera singer who once outwitted Sherlock Holmes, is also a superb detective, as Oscar Wilde and Bram Stoker can attest. Even Holmes himself must admit--albeit grudgingly--that she acquits herself competently. But in matters of the heart she encounters difficulty. The Crown Prince of Bohemia--tall, blonde, and handsome--proves to be a cad. Will dashing barr...
|  | The Mummy, the Will, and the Crypt (Johnny Dixon)
Release Date: August 3, 2004| Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up...
|  | The Goblin Baby: Adapted from a Story by Andrew Lang
Release Date: August 16, 1999Amanda loves to visit the gnomes who live in her garden--especially now that there's a noisy new baby in her house. Her little brother can't do a thing for himself, and when he cries he looks just like a toad squirming on its back. It's the gnomes who confirm Amanda's worst fears:The baby is a changeling, a goblin baby--and the goblins have her real brother. Amanda knows she must come up with a plan to get him back, but will those tricky goblins return the baby?The Goblin Baby weaves a warm and funny tale of sibling rivalry with all the wonder of the fairy folk. ...
|  | Converse All Star Baseball: How to Play Like a Pro (Converse All-Star Sports)
Publication Date: May 5, 1997| Age Level: 8 and up...
|  | Tara's Tree House (Go Bananas)
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|  | Landon Snow & The Auctor's Kingdom
Publication Date: May 1, 2008| Age Level: 9 and up...
|  | Uncle Tom's Children (Perennial Library)
Publication Date: March 1993| Series: Perennial Library This fascinating and famous collection brings to life post-slavery characters in their full psychological and emotional depth. ...
|  | Pig's Prize
Publication Date: August 1, 2004| Age Level: 3 and up | Grade Level: P and up One morning, Pig gets a leaflet through the letter box, saying "Gardening Competition. Grow Big things and win Big prizes!" "Hooray!" thinks Pig. "I'll win easily!" And he sets to work, making a special growing mixture which he puts on everything. Then he waits to see what will grow the most. Eventually he grows a beautiful and absolutely enormous plant. But when the judges see it, they aren't impressed. Fortunately, almost nothing can dampen Pig's Spirits, and his friends come up with a wonderful way of making him...
|  | Sophie's Fish
Release Date: March 15, 2012| Age Level: 3 and up | Grade Level: P and up What naptime story would you read to a fish? When Sophie asks Jake to take care of her pet fish while she's on vacation, he says sure - how hard can it be to babysit a fish? But the minute he agrees, Jake starts imagining every possible fish-related crisis. What does a fish eat for dinner? How do you give him a bath? What kind of stories does he like? Pitch-perfect humor and wonderfully detailed, quirky illustrations make this a refreshingly funny and imaginative picture book. ...
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