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Gbessa, June Dey, and Norman Aragon are shunned by their communities for being cursed until they all arrive at the…
newly-formed state of Monrovia. There, they realize their curses may actually be gifts. Gbessa in particular is watched over by the spirit of the wind. Violence. 2018
Award-winning author and editor Gardner Dozois gathers nearly forty short pieces of science fiction, published during 2017, in this year-end…
retrospective. Authors include, among others, Nancy Kress, Alastair Reynolds, James S. A. Corey, Lavie Tidhar, Michael Swanwick, Greg Egan, and Kelly Jennings. Some violence, some strong language, and some descriptions of sex. 2017
Biography of actor of film and TV. Alongside details of MacMurray's personal life, chronicles his long career, from early successes…
including 1944's Double Indemnity to his later roles in Disney films like The Shaggy Dog and on the TV show My Three Sons. 2007
Pablo, a screenwriter, is held captive by a megalomaniacal film director. Forced to write a masterpiece, Pablo keeps a notebook…
in which he writes--and crosses out--in secret. Violence, strong language, and descriptions of sex. Spanish language. 2018
Claudine has the style but not the talent to be a famous singer, so she convinces her estranged twin sister…
Pauline to let Claudine use her voice. When Claudine commits suicide, Pauline slips into her life. Translated from the 1998 French edition. Strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2018
Two dozen science fiction short stories from the author. In "Cathedral," an astronaut sacrifices herself to stop a nonthreatening asteroid.…
In "The Play's the Thing," a scientist hides the fact that he invented a working AI. And in "Listen Up, Nitwits," a voice speaks from Jupiter--in Greek. Some violence and some strong language. 2018
Collection of more than one hundred writings that capture the ideologies of the time and provide firsthand accounts of the…
War of 1812 from various participants, both famous and lesser known. Includes accounts of the Battle of New Orleans and the Dartmoor prison massacre in Devon, England. Some violence. 2013
Danna Valdez has been hired as governess for young Isabella. When the girl's parents finally introduce their daughter, the governess…
realizes her new pupil is actually dead, but her parents believe Isabella's ghost still resides in the house. Some violence. 2018
A biography of the actor most famous for films from the 1940s, such as Laura and The Best Years of…
Our Lives. Using primary documents like diaries and letters, the author discusses Andrews's early life and relationships, his long journey to success as an actor, and his struggles with alcohol. 2012
When cocaine dealer Jack Price looks into the unseemly hit on his elderly downstairs neighbor, he finds himself in the…
crosshairs of a team of hard-core contract killers called the Seven Demons. Violence, strong language, and explicit descriptions of sex. 2018
Tuor is sent to Gondolin by the god Ulmo, only to fall in love with the elf king's daughter, Idril.…
Their bliss is shattered when the evil Morgoth sends an army to destroy Gondolin. This previously unpublished Middle-earth tale was edited by the author's son Christopher. Bestseller. 2018
Collects the unabridged texts of forty-five important speeches by American public figures who spoke during times of change. Includes a…
women's rights speech by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Abraham Lincoln's address at Gettysburg. 2006
Lillian arrives in the Mexican city that she has named Golconda. As she explores the city and engages with its…
denizens, she also explores her inner subconscious. She reflects on past love affairs even as she immerses herself in present ones. Explicit descriptions of sex. 1961
1933. Selva is a daughter of one of the last of the Ottoman pashas. She falls in love with Rafael,…
a Jewish man, and they elope to France against the wishes of both of their families. Translated from the original 2002 Turkish edition. Some explicit descriptions of sex. 2006
John and Joey are forced out of their apartment in the middle of a riot. They board an empty commuter…
train, getting off at the final stop. They discover a landscape of abandoned mansions, devoid of people. Strong language, some violence, and some descriptions of sex. 2018
After being stationed at the remote crossroads of a drug route and a smuggling corridor, the Mexican-American author abandons the…
Border Patrol for civilian life. Then a friend of Cantú travels back to Mexico to visit his dying mother and doesn't return. Violence and strong language. Spanish language. 2018
Collection of eight short stories set in the world of the time-traveling historians of St. Mary's. Four of the stories…
share a Christmas theme, and the story "The Very First Damned Thing" recounts the founding of St. Mary's by Dr. Bairstow. Some violence and some strong language. 2017
Explores the life and work of prolific English novelist and playwright Agatha Christie (1890-1976). Her first detective story--published in 1920--featured…
Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, who became a popular series protagonist. Examines the eleven days in 1926 when Christie went missing after learning her first husband had been unfaithful. 2018
Memoir of the first wife of music legend Johnny Cash, mother to his four daughters. Seventeen when she met Cash…
in 1951, she shares stories of their courtship and marriage, mostly through the letters he sent her, as well as the painful end of their relationship. 2007
Maggie is an artist who ran from a bad relationship in London to a cottage on the coast of Ireland.…
One night she invites her art dealer Michael and two friends to the cottage and they bring out a Ouija board, opening a door to something sinister. Some strong language. 2017