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More than one hundred stories and poems by the creator of the Mahler folding cane, who was blinded in an…
accident at age twenty-six. In "Amicitia" Mahler reminisces about a neighborhood hangout of his youth in the Bronx. "A Luncheon Engagement" recounts a midday rendezvous with his sweetheart. 2012
North Dakota, 1988. Thirteen-year-old Joe Coutts's mother Geraldine, a tribal enrollment specialist, is brutally raped at the Ojibwe Round House.…
Joe and his father, a judge, each search for Geraldine's attacker to bring him to justice. Strong language, some violence, and some descriptions of sex. National Book Award. Bestseller. 2012
Iranian author--writing under a pseudonym and changing some details to avoid retaliation--recounts the years he spied for the CIA in…
Iran. Explains why he grew disillusioned with the Revolutionary Guards and offered to help the United States, where he had studied in the 1970s. Some violence. 2010
Covers the latest developments in science and technology that will impact your world. Employs and commissions the best writers in…
their fields from all over the world. Provides cutting-edge news, award-winning features and reports, written in concise and clear language that puts discoveries and advances in the context of everyday life today and in the future.
Reporter from Cybercast News Service pens a history of conservative talk radio in the United States from the 1920s to…
the twenty-first century. Discusses commentators such as Father Charles Coughlin, Walter Winchell, and Dan Smoot. Highlights legal and political battles for the airwaves and the rise of Rush Limbaugh. 2012
Hundreds of years before Imager (DB 69191) Quaeryt, a scholar from Telaryn who conceals his imager powers, is sent to…
assess the military situation in Tilbor. When he reaches Tilbor, which Telaryn has occupied for a generation, Quaeryt discovers a plot against the crown. Some violence. 2011
Nineteen short stories told from the monster's perspective. In Jeff Strand's "Specimen 313" Max, a deadly gene-spliced plant, makes a…
valuable new friend in the greenhouse. Includes works by Heather Graham, Nate Kenyon, Jonathan Maberry, Tom Piccirilli, and others. Violence, some strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2011
Brooklyn. When seventh-grader Georges moves from a house to an apartment, he meets twelve-year-old Safer, a self-appointed spy. Since Georges…
gets bullied at school and his family struggles, he decides to give spying a chance. But will the boys take it too far? For grades 6-9. 2012
Geneticist explains the history and science behind gene therapy, which treats inherited conditions. Examines the 2008 case of eight-year-old Corey…
Haas, who was blind from birth but gained sight after gene therapy. Also discusses early failures and research, Jewish genetic diseases, patent issues, and the future of the treatment. 2012
Sixty-three-year-old author's meditation on life and death. Ponders his 1950s New Jersey childhood; his family, including his wife of thirty…
years; his parents and their passing; all the places he has lived; and his eventual demise. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2012
Since his father's untimely death, seventeen-year-old Cas and his Wiccan mom have continued the family trade--hunting down vengeful, murdering spirits.…
But when Cas goes after ghostly Anna, an unexpected occurrence changes everything. Violence and some strong language. For senior high and older readers. 2011
After his parents die in a suspicious mobile-home accident, sadistic Larry Messmer returns to Montana and sells all their cattle.…
FBI agent Harvey Wallace doesn't trust Messmer and asks part-time lawman Gabriel Du Pré to keep an eye on him. Then Messmer is killed. Strong language and some violence. 1999
The lazy bards have it all wrong--there are actually four princes charming: Liam, Frederic, Duncan, and Gustav. They do not…
necessarily need to rescue resourceful princesses. Instead they team up to battle dangerous creatures to stop an evil plot that endangers their kingdoms. For grades 4-7. 2012
San Antonio. Nurse Riley Hale, recovering from injuries suffered in an assault, works as a chaplain at Alamo Grace Hospital.…
ER doctor Jack Travis runs a free clinic that is facing community opposition. Riley and Jack fall in love while dealing with personal issues and loss of faith. 2012
Forward Operating Base (FOB), Iraq; 2005. U.S. Army support personnel--fobbits--stationed in the war zone include staff sergeant Chance Gooding, who…
writes sanitized press briefings, and demoted captain Abe Shrinkle, who poses as a British officer in order to use the Australians' swimming pool. Violence and strong language. 2012
Rehabilitation physician discusses BrainGate, the microelectrode system that operates by recognizing thought patterns that can manipulate a computer screen. Recounts…
implanting the device in the brain of Matthew Nagle, a twenty-one-year-old who suffered a stab wound in his neck that severed his spinal cord and made him a quadriplegic. 2012
Cambodia, 1975. Seven-year-old Raami's father comes home from his morning walk with news of the brewing revolution. Soon, her family…
is swept into the chaos of the Khmer Rouge regime. As she deals with loss, Raami submerges herself in the stories and poems her father told her. Some violence. 2012
Middle East expert chronicles the diplomatic and economic relationship of the United States and Egypt since World War II. Analyzes…
the leadership of Gamal Abdel Nasser and Anwar el-Sadat, the 1967 Six-Day War with Israel, and Hosni Mubarak's rule, which ended in the 2011 Arab Spring uprising. 2011