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Actor and travel writer McCarthy discusses the impact his travels have had on his psyche. Describes climing Mt. Kilimanjaro; visiting…
Baltimore, Maryland; and boating on the Amazon. Details the ways the trips helped him grow up, learn about himself, and better relate to others. 2012
Xavier is unhappy when his Mami remarries and he suddenly has a new stepbrother, Chris. Xavier doesn't want to share…
his space--or his mother. For grades K-3 and older readers. 2008
Nine short stories by the Pulitzer Prize winner that deal with love in its varied forms. All but one focus…
on Yunior, a professor and writer, at different stages of his life. In "Nilda" Yunior reminisces about his brother's girlfriend. Strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2012
Former cop Harry Hole returns to Oslo from Hong Kong when eighteen-year-old Oleg, a boy Harry helped raise, is arrested…
for murder. Harry investigates the people behind a new drug that the teen was selling. Originally published in Norwegian in 2011. Violence and strong language. Bestseller. 2012
Berkeley, California; 2004. Archy and Nat run Brokeland Records. They fear for their store when former NFL quarterback and media…
mogul Gibson Goode decides to open a megastore and entertainment center two blocks away. Meanwhile, Archy's long-lost son reappears and their wives' business is in turmoil. Strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2012
After the events in Supreme Justice (DB 74795), attorney Brad Miller, who now works for Senator Jack Carson, finds a…
dead woman in Carson's house. Meanwhile, terrorists plan to attack a football stadium and serial killer Clarence Little, from Executive Privilege (DB 68322), escapes prison. Violence and strong language. 2012
While working on a new edition of the Samuelson Company dictionary, two young employees discover odd citations from a book…
called The Broken Teaglass. The book doesn't appear to exist--and the excerpts tell a story involving the Samuelson Company and murder. Some violence and some strong language. 2009
Glasgow. In a case of mistaken identity, two teens kill call girl Sarah Erroll in her bedroom but leave behind…
piles of cash that were stored in the kitchen. Pregnant detective inspector Alex Morrow investigates Sarah's murder and reveals the damage done by uncaring parents. Violence and strong language. 2011
Pilot Nikki Burgess, a single mom, moves to Las Vegas to work for a start-up airline. Joining her are her…
friends Dixie and Carlisle, both former flight attendants. The three create new lives while dealing with the tumultuous airline industry. Some descriptions of sex. 2004
Northwest London. Thirty-somethings Leah, Natalie, Felix, and Nathan grew up in the same down-and-out council estate but took very different…
paths, though their lives still intersect. Strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2012
Gareth Owen, known as the Mamur Zapt or chief of British-occupied Cairo's secret police, is caught between Egyptian, Turkish, and…
English interests during World War I. Owen also has married an Egyptian woman and is contending with a spy, an arsonist, and the murder of an informant. 2005
Simple-living blogger shares recommendations for reducing reliance on material possessions, using time effectively, and recognizing the power of simple pleasures.…
Covers managing debt, downsizing a household, and creating a meaningful work life. Includes a list of action items after each chapter. 2012
Arizona State University cosmologist challenges belief in a divine creator and describes modern research in quantum mechanics that suggests the…
universe originated out of nothing--and could eventually return to that. Includes afterword by evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins, author of The Greatest Show on Earth (DB 70102). 2012
Biography of Philadelphia debutante Peggy Shippen (1760-1804), who befriended English officer and spy John André in Philadelphia during the Revolutionary…
War. Explores the reasons why Peggy conspired with André and her husband, colonial general Benedict Arnold, to turn over the fort at West Point to the British. 2012
Former CIA officer Mendez recounts the rescue of six Americans who escaped from the U.S. embassy in Tehran on November…
4, 1979, when it was overrun by militants. Details the plan to extract the diplomats from Iran disguised as members of a Hollywood film crew. Some strong language. 2012
Deuce and Fade struggle to fit in with the organized topside community called Salvation. An excellent fighter, Deuce volunteers her…
much-needed skills to patrol against the Freaks--but in Salvation, women do not use weapons. Sequel to Enclave (DB 74167). Violence. For senior high and older readers. 2012
Author discusses her great-uncle's quest for the physical Garden of Eden described in the book of Genesis and researches the…
efforts of other seekers. Chronicles explorations by twentieth-century believers, who placed the garden in China, Iraq, Missouri, Florida, Mongolia, or the North Pole 2011
Minnesota, 1940. Thirteen-year-old Evvy Hoffmeister enters the Loon Lake Sanatorium, where she is treated for tuberculosis. While she struggles with…
being separated from her family and strives to get well, Evvy forms strong bonds with several other patients. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 2012
When novelist Travis and his wife Jodie relocate to a remote town called Waterview to be close to Travis's brother…
Adam, strange things occur: a little boy appears in the shadows and stairs rise out of a lake. Strong language, some violence, and some descriptions of sex. 2011
When a bike accident leaves him paralyzed, high school senior West blinks to communicate. West connects with Olivia, a fellow…
hospital patient, who seems to understand his dreams and nightmares. But Olivia has a secret. Some strong language. For senior high and older readers. 2012