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Soul screamers: Volume two (Soul Screamers #3)
Par Rachel Vincent. 2012
Next three tales following Soul Screamers, Volume One (DB 82534). In My Soul to Keep, a hot new drug called…
demon's breath comes to the human world and causes real problems. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. For senior high and older readers. 2010
The wicked within
Par Kelly Keaton. 2013
Ari from A Beautiful Evil (DB 76733) continues her desperate quest to break her family's curse. Meanwhile, the relic that…
both she and Athena seek to control is missing, and rumors of an ancient power are on the rise. Violence and strong language. For senior high and older readers. 2013
Linguist Arika Okrent describes humanity's continuous quest to build a better universal language. She examines Esperanto, Babm, Blissymbolics, Loglan, and…
many more of the nearly nine hundred other invented languages created over the centuries. Information is provided about the languages, their creators, and the reasoning behind their individual creation. 2009
The sage of Waterloo: a tale
Par Leona Francombe. 2015
William, a young rabbit, listens to the stories his grandmother, Old Lavender, tells of the battle fought at the estate…
where they live as part of the larger conflict of Waterloo in 1815. He learns to navigate the world around himself through these tales. Some violence. 2015
November night: Calendar mysteries (Calendar Mysteries #11)
Par Ron Roy, John Gurney. 2014
As night falls: a novel
Par Jenny Milchman. 2015
Escaped convicts Nick and Harlan run to the remote mountain home of the Tremonts--therapist Sandy, wilderness guide Ben, and their…
teen daughter, Ivy. In the terror that follows, it finally becomes clear to them why their family was chosen. Violence, strong language, and some descriptions of sex. 2015
Fancies and goodnights (New York Review Books classics)
Par John Collier. 2003
Collection of fifty short stories by Collier--cruel, ludic, and startling--originally published between 1931 and 1951. In "Great Possibilities," mundane lawyer…
Benjamin Murchison fantasizes about setting houses on fire, and his questions are misconstrued by good friends. With a 2003 introduction by Ray Bradbury. 1951
Wildwood: a journey through trees
Par Roger Deakin. 2009
Famed nature writer and environmentalist icon Roger Deakin meditates on wood as a "fifth element" in nature, culture, and the…
human soul. Deakin travels through the woods of Britain, Europe, Kazakhstan, and Australia in search of what lies behind man's enduring connection with trees. 2007
Red flags: how to spot frenemies, underminers, and toxic people in your life
Par Wendy L. Patrick. 2015
Deputy District Attorney Patrick shares her tips on how to spot deceptive people in your life. She explains the importance…
of examining people who look too good to be true with the mnemonic FLAG (Focus, Lifestyle, Associations, and Goals) and cutting toxic people out of one's life. 2015
Season of the witch: enchantment, terror, and deliverance in the City of Love
Par David Talbot. 2013
Author of Brothers (DB 66429) details the history of San Francisco between 1967 and 1982. Describes attorneys, politicians, police officers,…
and general citizens influential in the radical social change of the day. Covers the Summer of Love and the assassinations of city supervisor Harvey Milk and mayor George Moscone. 2012
One nation under God: how corporate America invented Christian America
Par Kevin M. Kruse. 2015
Historian examines the development of the popular belief that the United States is intended to be a Christian nation. Particularly…
discusses efforts by business interests to counter New Deal reformations in the 1930s, the post-WWII conflation of freedom of religion and free enterprise, and the presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower. 2015
Dead or alive: a Kevin Kerney novel (Kevin Kerney)
Par Michael McGarrity. 2009
Retired Santa Fe police chief Kevin Kerney returns from his London home when he learns his young horse-training partner was…
one of the victims of an escaped convict. Kerney joins his half-Apache son Clayton Istee in hunting down the killer. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2009
Look who's back
Par Jamie Bulloch, Timur Vermes. 2015
Germany, 2011. Adolf Hitler awakes from what he believes is a short nap, only to find a thriving German society…
run by a woman. Believed to be a satirical impersonator, he becomes a YouTube sensation. Translated from the original German. 2012
The country of Ice Cream Star
Par Sandra Newman. 2015
After an epidemic wipes out most of the population over the age of twenty, fifteen-year-old Ice Cream Star becomes one…
of the elders in the nomadic bands that roam what remains of New England. When her brother starts showing symptoms of the plague, Ice Cream goes looking for a cure. 2015
The haunting of Sunshine girl: Book One (The Haunting of Sunshine Girl Series #1)
Par Alyssa Sheinmel, Paige McKenzie. 2015
Sixteen-year-old Sunshine, her mom Kat, and dog Oscar move from Texas to the rainy small town of Ridgemont, Washington. Shortly…
after arriving, Sunshine suspects something is wrong with the creepy rental house, and then eerie disturbances begin to occur. Some violence. For senior high and older readers. 2015
Planesrunner: Be my enemy ; Empress of the sun (Everness)
Par Ian McDonald. 2012
Books one through three, written between 2011 and 2014, featuring parallel universes and shadowy organizations. In Planesrunner, Everett witnesses the…
kidnapping of his scientist father. Dark forces rush to obtain his father's Infundibulum, a map of parallel earths, that Everett must keep safe. For senior high and older readers. 2014
The marriage season (The Brides of Bliss County #3)
Par Linda Lael Miller. 2015
Despite the pact, Bex is the odd girl out, since she lost her love to war. When Tate Calder comes…
to Mustang Creek, Montana with his sons, however, Bex wonders if he might be the one. Some explicit descriptions of sex. 2015
The shattered court: a novel of the four arts (A Novel of the Four Arts #1)
Par M. J. Scott. 2015
On her twenty-first birthday, Sophie Kendall is on the run from a terrorist attack in the capital city and misses…
the magical ceremony that would bind her power to the church. Instead, her powers have become entwined with those of a guardsman who helped her. Some descriptions of sex. 2015
The western justice trilogy (Western Justice)
Par Gilbert Morris. 2015
Written in 2013 and 2014, the Western Justice Trilogy contains three romantic adventures set in Texas Indian territory. In Rosa's…
Land, Faye hunts down outlaws threatening Rosa's livelihood. In Sabrina's Man, Sabrina must rescue her kidnapped sisters. In Raina's Choice, Raina seeks a stranger's help to find her father. Some violence. 2014
Woman with a secret: A Novel
Par Sophie Hannah. 2015
While trying to hide her secret life, Nicki Clements inadvertently places herself in the middle of the investigation into the…
bizarre murder of a well-known journalist. Married detectives Charlie Zailer and Simon Waterhouse approach the case in different ways. Strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2015