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Author of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (DB 57200) chronicles her relationship with her mother. Discusses being raised…
by her grandmother from ages three to thirteen and recounts her growing adoration of her mother during Angelou's teen years. Violence, strong language, and some descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2013
Rédigés à la suite du rapport final de la Commission de vérité et réconciliation, cesÉcrits autochtonesse lisent comme on prendrait…
un café avec un·e ami·e qui nous expliquerait, clairement mais sans simplifier, les concepts et les idées reçues liés aux questions autochtones et, plus précisément, les relations juridiques, politiques et sociales entre les peuples autochtones et le Canada
Swedish police detective Paul Hjelm is assigned to the A-Unit, a task force assembled to find a killer who, after…
shooting high-profile business leaders, plays a tape of Thelonious Monk's "Misterioso." Originally published in Swedish in 1999. Violence and strong language. 2011
When a ship docks in London with its entire crew dead or dying, alchemist Christopher Sinclair finagles it to search…
for the magical element of quintessence. Joined by royal physician Stephen Parris and Parris's daughter Catherine, Sinclair sails to the edge of the world while battling unexpected dangers. Violence. 2013
Authors of NurtureShock (DB 70497) examine the scientific factors behind winning and losing. Topics include the biological, social, and emotional…
aspects of the competitive drive; differences between individual and team competition; and the impact of stress on performance. 2013
British economist describes the events of December 26, 2004, when she lost her parents, husband, and two young sons to…
a tsunami while visiting her native country of Sri Lanka. Discusses her years of continual recovery and grief from the tragedy. Some strong language. Bestseller. 2013
Pop singer Clarion Calhoun's starring role in the opening-night performance at Bath's Theatre Royal provides a packed house, despite her…
lack of acting experience. But after tainted stage makeup badly burns Clarion, the dresser assigned to her is killed. Theater-phobic inspector Peter Diamond investigates. Some strong language. 2011
Since the events in Changes (DB 75140), Mags has been elevated to partner of Herald Nikolas, the King's Own. After…
working in their covert pawnshop by himself one night, Mags is kidnapped. He must use his wits to escape and outsmart his foes. Some violence. 2012
Lewis, as Llew Silver Hand, has been crowned king of Albion. But the night of his wedding, his bride is…
kidnapped. He must venture into the Foul Land, where an enemy from his past awaits, to rescue her. Violence. 1993
The author of the now-defunct "The Ethicist" column in the New York Times presents some of the moral dilemmas that…
readers have sent him. Offers advice on topics ranging from family, war, school, love and sex, civil life, and more. 2012
Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Gulag (DB 58287), describes the coercion of the post-World War II Soviet Union in turning Eastern…
European countries into communist regimes. Focuses on Poland, Hungary, and East Germany and the tactics used to keep native populations under control. Violence. National Book Award Finalist. 2012
Attorney explores the draw of conspiracy theories, pseudoscience, hoaxes, and other fallacies. Addresses fake quotes attributed to famous figures, Holocaust…
denialism, and false stories about the moon landings and 9/11 terrorist attacks. Advocates greater skepticism and presents techniques for critical thinking. Young adult appeal. 2012
British fourteen-year-old Max Cassidy draws on his skills and training as a professional escape artist to prove his mother did…
not murder his father. Max's dad disappeared two years earlier in the Central American country of Santo Domingo. For grades 5-8 and older readers. 2009
Middle-schooler Jason Jameson has a close encounter of the fun kind: Sam, a bluish alien from the Pleiades, arrives in…
a 1960 Dodge Dart spaceship and invites Jason to go fishing. For grades 4-7. 2011
Author, comedian, and BBC presenter explores anecdotes from antiquity that illuminate the origins of our culture and its links with…
the past. Debunks myths--Caesar's last words were not "Et tu, Brute?"--and makes surprising connections, such as the similarities between the Trojan hero Aeneas and TV's Buffy the Vampire Slayer. 2010
Profiles of the women who crowded Chicago's Murderess's Row in 1924, including charismatic Beulah Annan and Belva Gaertner--both accused of…
killing their lovers. Explains that newspaper reporter Maurine Watkins was inspired to write the play Chicago after observing that all-male juries of the day tended to acquit beautiful females. 2010
Explores the history of the Wittgenstein family of Vienna: wealthy industrialist Karl (1847-1913); his wife Leopoldine (1850-1926); and their eight…
children, including philosopher Ludwig (1889-1951) and his brother Paul (1887-1961), a renowned one-armed concert pianist. 2010
In 2060 citizens live online and in the seclusion of their homes. Things change when Justin woos seventeen-year-old Madeline Freeman,…
the daughter of the national digital school creator. Justin and his friends are trying to get people to "unplug." For senior high and older readers. 2011
When his girlfriend Fiorella asks eighteen-year-old Karl, who is dyslexic, to write a letter revealing his inner secrets, Karl approaches…
a novelist for help. But Karl's inability to be honest with Fiorella has unintended consequences. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. For senior high and older readers. 2012
Anti-Terrorist Task Force agent John Corey and his wife, FBI agent Kate Mayfield, have been posted overseas to Sana'a, Yemen-one…
of the most dangerous places in the Middle East. While there, they will be working with a small team to track down one of the masterminds behind the USS Cole bombing: a high-ranking Al Qaeda operative known as The Panther. Ruthless and elusive, he's wanted for multiple terrorist acts and murders-and the U.S. government is determined to bring him down, no matter the cost. As latecomers to a deadly game, John and Kate don't know the rules, the players, or the score. What they do know is that there is more to their assignment than meets the eye-and that the hunters are about to become the hunted. Filled with breathtaking plot turns and told in John Corey's inimitable voice, THE PANTHER is a brilliant depiction of one of the most treacherous countries in the world and raises disturbing questions about whether we can ever know who our enemies - or our allies - really are.