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Pitcher Roy "the Kid" Tucker joins the Brooklyn Dodgers in his rookie year in the big leagues. Just as Roy…
begins to win the respect of fellow players, a freak accident threatens his dreams of leading the team to a winning season. For grades 5-8 and older readers. 1940
Cinder, a teen cyborg and the best mechanic in New Beijing, labors to support her stepmother--and owner--Adri and Adri's two…
daughters. But after Cinder's only human friend, her stepsister Peony, is infected with the plague letumosis, Adri volunteers Cinder's body for plague research. For senior high and older readers. 2012
Selections from Benjamin Franklin's almanacs, which were published for a quarter-century beginning in 1732 and included agricultural predictions, meteorological data,…
and maxims. This edition focuses on observations and aphorisms such as "eat to live, not live to eat." Introduction by humorist Dave Barry. 2000
1930s, Trinity College. Medical student Fingal O'Reilly spends his days serving Dublin's poorest residents. He works his way through university…
after his father refuses to support his career choice and almost loses his girlfriend Kitty because of his dedication. 2011
Two award-winning sci-fi authors team up for this tale about Huw, a technophobic Welshman tapped to serve on an unusual…
jury--one that determines the safety of inventions built from plans broadcast to Earth by non-corporeal post-humans. Strong language, some violence, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2012
Worried that her ex will bother her when they both visit their son at summer camp, Anya hires PI Bernie…
to accompany her, posing as her friend. But her son goes missing, turning the job into real detective work for Bernie and Chet. Strong language and some violence. 2011
Blue Sargent, the only non-clairvoyant in her family, is cursed with the knowledge that her kiss will cause her true…
love to die. But on Saint Mark's Eve, Blue's future becomes much more complicated. Some violence and some strong language. For senior high and older readers. 2012
Baltimore medical examiner Lucy Trask is shocked to find her elderly neighbor dead--and then recognizes that the mutilated corpse is…
someone else. While working with detective J.D. Fitzpatrick to find the killer, Lucy realizes the culprit is toying with her. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2011
Cape Light. Jessica and Sam Morgan and their kids are displaced for the holidays after a house fire. Meanwhile, Christmas-tree…
farm owner Jack Sawyer, a widower, helps single mom Julie Newton when she needs shelter. With Reverend Ben's help both families find happiness despite their misfortunes. 2008
Andrew Taylor's father enrolls him in England's elite Harrow School in an effort to keep him out of trouble. But…
problems follow the American teenager, as a mysterious death and a literary ghost force him to confront a mystery from the past. Some violence and some strong language. 2011
History of African Americans in the United States from colonial days to the 2008 election of president Barack Obama. Discusses…
black conquistadors accompanying Spanish explorers to the New World. Examines both the acquisition and freeing of slaves as well as the civil rights movement. Highlights individual contributions. 2011
IRS attorney Olivia MacKenzie--a cancer survivor--is shot and threatened when she investigates her own father's Ponzi scheme. FBI agent Grayson…
Kincaid falls for Olivia and tries to protect her. Explicit descriptions of sex, some strong language, and some violence. 2012
After the events in People of the Weeping Eye (DB 67005), visionary Old White, shaman Two Petals, and Trader travel…
to Split Sky City to halt war chief Smoke Shield's suppression of the enslaved Albaamaha people. Violence and some descriptions of sex. For senior high and older readers. 2008
Historian analyzes the political and military conspiracies that occurred during the months preceding the September 1862 Maryland battle. Details the…
conflicting strategies of president Abraham Lincoln and Union general George McClellan. Includes day-by-day fighting accounts and chronicles the events that led to the Emancipation Proclamation. 2012
Speaking consultant shares techniques for creating a short sales pitch, otherwise known as the "elevator speech," intended to earn more…
presentation time. Discusses outlining and condensing your message, using a natural voice, and practicing and evaluating delivery. 2012
Medically discharged from the army, David returns to his father's Christmas tree farm in Cape Light to recuperate. David has…
trouble adjusting to his new stepmother and stepsister and being near his ex-girlfriend. Meanwhile, elderly Lillian Warwick comes to Dr. Ezra Elliot's rescue after he falls ill. 2009
Mike, a con man's son, went to Harvard Law school to lead a respectable life. But he soon realizes it…
was his criminal skills that got him hired by the Davies Group, a lobbying firm targeting the five hundred most powerful people in Washington, D.C. Violence and strong language. 2012
After the events of A Hundred Words for Hate (DB 75169), Remy's human and angel manifestations have merged. He must…
combine all of his powers to fight a sorcerer who is intent on using Remy in a revenge scheme. Violence and strong language. 2012
When a man's naked, headless corpse is found in Palm Beach, PI Louis Kincaid agrees to help Reggie Kent--a male…
escort who was the victim's roommate--prove his innocence. While uncovering some shocking suspects, Kincaid is seduced by the town's lifestyle. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2009
Recounts the 1897 rescue of approximately three hundred men who were stranded in Arctic waters when their eight whaling ships…
were trapped in ice. Describes the fifteen-hundred-mile journey of three men from the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service--predecessor to the U.S. Coast Guard--who transported life-saving provisions. For grades 5-8. 2012