 | The Last Campaign
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 |  | Bloody Mary: A Novel
Publication Date: August 1, 2003After her debut with the widely praised stories in Blood and Milk, Sharon Solwitz offers us her first, darkly radiant, full-length novel. Bloody Mary, which takes its title from the childhood game, tells the story of socially adept, 12-year-old Hadley and her protective mother. They live a privileged life in the Chicago neighborhood of Lakeview, but soon find themselves in a state of chaos and flux.Writing with her signature, edgy prose and ironic humor, Solwitz demonstrates that happiness "isn’t our birthright" and that "we have to work for it and even ...
|  | The Sopranos: A Novel
Publication Date: July 10, 2000| Series: Harvest Book As the choir from Our Lady of Perpetual Succor for Girls, in rural Scotland, is bussed into the big city to participate in the national singing finals, five of the teenage schoolgirls let loose for a night of pub crawling, shoplifting, and body piercing. And, since a nuclear submarine has just anchored in the bay, the local nightclub will be full of sailors on leave. After a bout of preparatory drinking, the girls are ready for their big night-and what a night it will become. An outrageous tale of adolescent debauchery, The Sopranos opens...
|  | The Crow: Clash by Night (The Crow, No 3)
Release Date: June 3, 1998| Series: The Crow, No 3 The Eternal OneAt our human limits, when we've gone as far as flesh and imagination can take us, we meet the Eternal One.The CrowImmemorially old, and inconsolable, he is there only for those who seek both revenge and love, and are willing to go all the way - and beyond.Clash By NightA crazed militia has planted a bomb in a day-care center, and a dedicated teacher discovers it just in time to get herself and the children to safety.Almost.For we are in the dark universe of the crow, where the innocent must die so that justice can triumph.Wher...
|  | The Touch (Thorndike Christian Fiction)
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|  | 1996 (English and English Edition)
Publication Date: June 1, 2007This fictionalized memoir of the award-winning author, Gloria Naylor, tells a story of a massive covert surveillance operation perpetrated against her by an official of the U.S. government. This domestic spying both destroys the peace and tranquility of the writer’s home and raises serious questions about the use of surveillance and technology by the government. ...
|  | Grasping for Dreams
Publication Date: August 1, 2011Davison Parris is a high school science teacher who hates his boss almost as much as he hates his father. After a prank goes wrong and he nearly gets fired, he rededicates himself to teaching and coaching the baseball team. But when his father dies, he looks to his past and rediscovers a love of baseball that makes him attempt to revive a career that was derailed in college by injuries. As he pushes himself through the minor league ranks, he learns about himself and his relationship with his father. In the end, he achieves his ultimate dream, but is it what he...
|  | Dante's Inferno (Dramatization)
Publication Date: November 17, 2009In the Inferno, the first of the three-part Divine Comedy, Dante Alighieri is wandering through a dark wood on the evening of Good Friday in the year 1300. Losing his way and suddenly fearful, he looks up to see the sun shining on a mountain above. He tries to reach it, but is thwarted by three beasts. The Roman poet Virgil appears, sent to guide him back to the path and on to the top of the mountain. They must go through Hell, says Virgil, but will eventually reach Heaven, where Dante's beloved Beatrice awaits. Thus begins this poetic tale whose vivid imag...
|  | Immaculate Deception - A Novel
Publication Date: April 26, 2010Jon Templeton has three days to get his wife back, save the universe and return from the dead. It's going to be a busy weekend.In a near future ravaged by killer hurricanes, rampant overdevelopment and increasingly underdressed waitresses, ex-newsman Jon Templeton has had the worst Thursday of his life. He's forced to fight off an amorous co-worker at the PR job he hates, only to have his wife discover his admirer's panties in his pocket. Now he's dead, interrupted on his way to his heavenly reward by Eli, an elderly Rastafarian surfer who claims to be the Sup...
|  | Read Pink The Surrender of Miss Fairbourne
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|  | Mystery Reader's Walking Guide: Washington, D.C.
Publication Date: January 7, 2004A Winner of the Malice Domestic Agatha Award, and a Doubleday Mystery Guild Selection, Mystery Reader's Walking Guide: Washington D.C. has 8 walking tours based on over 200 mysteries. ...
|  | The War with Grandpa (Yearling)
Release Date: September 1, 1984| Age Level: 10 and up | Grade Level: 5 and up...
|  | Hit and Run (Lorimer Sports Stories)
Release Date: January 1, 1999| Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up...
|  | Guidebook to Cub Scouting
Publication Date: 1967Booklet No. 3822 (75M767). ...
|  | The King's Christmas List
Publication Date: October 5, 2010| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up Emma couldn’t wait to go to the King’s birthday party, but what should she bring?Emma couldn’t wait to go to the King’s birthday party, but what should she bring?Emma and her little dog Shu-Shu were thrilled to be invited to the King’s birthday party. But what do you get a King for his birthday? Emma and Shu-Shu have no gift, but they bring the Christmas cake they made with Mom and put on their Sunday best as they dash to the King’s carriage. And of cours...
|  | Drawing And Learning About Fish (Sketch It!)
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|  | From Miss Ida's Porch
Publication Date: January 1, 1998Miss Ida's porch is a telling place, where adults recall their past and the narrator and her best friend love to listen in. On one perfect night, tales are told about two great African-American performers--Duke Ellington and Marian Anderson. "A memorable and personal introduction to the larger issue of racial segregation".--"Publishers Weekly". Full color. ...
|  | Just a Little Different (Little Golden Book)
Release Date: February 14, 2001| Age Level: 2 and up...
|  | Claudia and the Phantom Phone Calls (Baby-Sitters Club)
Publication Date: July 1995 ...
|  | Seeds of Change: The Story of Cultural Exchange After 1492
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