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Release Date: September 4, 2012| Age Level: 3 and up | Grade Level: P and up...
 |  | Joseph Anton: A Memoir
Release Date: September 18, 2012On February 14, 1989, Valentine’s Day, Salman Rushdie was telephoned by a BBC journalist and told that he had been “sentenced to death” by the Ayatollah Khomeini. For the first time he heard the word fatwa. His crime? To have written a novel called The Satanic Verses, which was accused of being “against Islam, the Prophet and the Quran.” So begins the extraordinary story of how a writer was forced underground, moving from house to house, with the constant presence of an armed police protection team. He was asked to choose a...
|  | The Perfect Hope: Book Three of the Inn BoonsBoro Trilogy (The Inn Trilogy)
Release Date: November 6, 2012| Series: The Inn Trilogy (Book 3) A new novel of starting over and star-crossed love. #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts introduces you to the Montgomery brothers—Beckett, Ryder, and Owen—as they bring an intimate bed-and-breakfast to life in their hometown. Ryder is the hardest Montgomery brother to figure out—with a tough-as-nails outside and possibly nothing too soft underneath. He’s surly and unsociable, but when he straps on a tool belt, no woman can resist his sexy swagger. Except apparently Hope Beaumont, the innkee...
|  | The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Release Date: August 14, 2012standing on the fringes of life offers a unique perspective…but there comes a time to see what it looks like from the dance floor. since its publication, stephen chbosky’s haunting debut novel has received critical acclaim, provoked discussion and debate, grown into a cult phenomenon with over a million copies in print, and inspired a major motion picture.the perks of being a wallflower is a story about what it’s like to travel that strange course through the uncharted territory of high school. the world of first dates, family dramas, and new...
|  | Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site
Publication Date: May 4, 2011| Age Level: 1 and up As the sun sets behind the big construction site, all the hardworking trucks get ready to say goodnight. One by one, Crane Truck, Cement Mixer, Dump Truck, Bulldozer, and Excavator finish their work and lie down to rest—so they'll be ready for another day of rough and tough construction play! With irresistible artwork by best-selling illustrator Tom Lichtenheld and sweet, rhyming text, this book will have truck lovers of all ages begging for more. ...
|  | One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are
Release Date: January 7, 2011Just like you, Ann Voskamp hungers to live her one life well. Forget the bucket lists that have us escaping our everyday lives for exotic experiences. 'How,' Ann wondered, 'do we find joy in the midst of deadlines, debt, drama, and daily duties? What does the Christ-life really look like when your days are gritty, long--and sometimes even dark? How is God even here?' In One Thousand Gifts, Ann invites you to embrace everyday blessings and embark on the transformative spiritual discipline of chronicling God's gifts. It's only in this expressing of gratitude for th...
|  | The Tombs (A Fargo Adventure)
Release Date: September 4, 2012| Series: A Fargo Adventure Husband-and-wife team Sam and Remi Fargo are intrigued when an archaeologist friend requests their help excavating a top secret historical site. What they find will set them on a hunt for a prize greater than they could ever imagine. The clues point to the hidden tomb of Attila the Hun, the High King who was reportedly buried with a vast fortune of gold and jewels and plunder . . . a bounty that has never been found. As they follow the trail through Hungary, Italy, France, Russia, and Kazakhstan—a trail that t...
|  | The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God
Release Date: November 1, 2011 There has never been a marriage book like THE MEANING OF MARRIAGE.Based on the acclaimed sermon series by New York Timesbestselling author Timothy Keller, this book shows everyone-Christians,skeptics, singles, long-time married couples, and those about to beengaged-the vision of what marriage should be according to the Bible.Modern culture would make you believe that everyone has a soul-mate;that romance is the most important part of a successful marriage; thatyour spouse is there to help you realize your potential; that marriagedoes not mean forever, but merel...
|  | Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
Release Date: April 5, 2011Most people believe that the best way to motivate is with rewards like money--the carrot-and-stick approach. That's a mistake, says Daniel H. Pink in Drive. In this provocative and persuasive new book, he asserts that the secret to high performance and satisfaction--at work, at school, and at home--is the deeply human need to direct our own lives, to learn and create new things, and to do better by ourselves and our world.Drawing on four decades of scientific research on human motivation, Pink exposes the mismatch between what science knows and what business does...
|  | Wonder
Release Date: February 14, 2012| Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up I won't describe what I look like. Whatever you're thinking, it's probably worse. August Pullman was born with a facial deformity that, up until now, has prevented him from going to a mainstream school. Starting 5th grade at Beecher Prep, he wants nothing more than to be treated as an ordinary kid—but his new classmates can’t get past Auggie’s extraordinary face. WONDER, now a New York Times bestseller, begins from Auggie’s point of view, but soon switches to include his classmates, his siste...
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