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Collection of twenty-seven essays on the topic of knitting. Includes pieces by knitwear designer Jared Flood; Diana Gabaldon, author of…
Outlander (DB 36535); Christina Baker Kline, author of Orphan Train (DB 76746); Laura Lippman, author of the Tess Monaghan series; and more. Also contains six knitting patterns. 2016
Sixteen stories collected by the author of The Time Traveler's Wife (DB 57102). Contributors range from masters of the classic…
ghost story like M. R. James and Edgar Allan Poe to modern practitioners of the creepy tale such as Kelly Link and Neil Gaiman. Some violence and some strong language. 2015
Journalist recounts a summer internship with Zagreb Film in 1968. Discusses the mentors she encountered at the studio, reconnecting with…
the history of her family--many of whom had died in the Holocaust--and reevaluating what it meant to be American when living in a culture markedly different from her own. 2015
London, 1956. Kit Fournier, a CIA agent under diplomatic cover at the US embassy, is troubled by the arms race…
and obsessed with a woman whose husband works at a secret nuclear research facility. Kit makes a series of catastrophic decisions. Some violence, some strong language, and some descriptions of sex. 2008
Attorney surveys the history of laws related to the sex act and reproduction. The discussion is separated into seven topical…
areas: homosexuality, sex and children, obscenity and its uses, rape and sexual harassment, prostitution and sex trafficking, and sex across color lines. Examines changing cultural mores and their influence. 2015
As terror in New York City builds with the Son of Sam murders, seventeen-year-old Nora López struggles with figuring out…
her plans for after graduation. Meanwhile, family issues, a violent brother, finances, and a boy complicate matters. Violence and strong language. For senior high and older readers. 2016
Author of Assassination Vacation (DB 61591) and Unfamiliar Fishes (DB 73201) provides a humorous account of Revolutionary War hero Marquis…
de Lafayette and his return to America in 1824. Examines the impact Lafayette had on a young America, his popularity, and his ongoing relationships with instrumental American leaders of the time. Bestseller. 2015
Former Paris bureau chief for the New York Times examines the history and culture of the Rue des Martyrs, a…
half-mile-long street in the French capital, and presents it as the truest embodiment of life in the city. Shares stories of historical figures and present-day residents. 2016
Author of 33 Men (DB 73380) recounts the journey of Salvador Alvarenga and Ezequiel Córdoba, lost at sea off the…
coast of Mexico during a storm in 2012. Describes conditions aboard their small fishing vessel, shark attacks, Córdoba's death, and Alvarenga's eventual return to land in 2014. Strong language. 2015
Dozens of children mysteriously appear at the home of the wealthy and disfigured recluse Morgan Fletcher. He and his housekeeper,…
Engel, care for the children with the help of a neighboring doctor--but where do they come from, and what do they want? 2016
In an alternate history in which talking pictures are the latest innovation, but humanity travels to other planets, Severin Unck…
is a director of documentaries. She disappears while shooting a film about a lost colony on the planet Venus. Strong language, some violence, and some descriptions of sex. 2015
Annie McDee works as a chef to two art dealers in London. Moping after a bad breakup, she stops at…
a secondhand store and buys a painting that turns out to be a priceless lost masterpiece. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. 2015
The Raen has returned, and two people are drawn into the politics of power. Rielle leaves her peaceful artistic life…
to travel between the worlds, while Tyen makes a deal with the Raen to save his life. Sequel to: Thief's Magic (DB 79586). Some violence and some descriptions of sex. 2015
Elizabeth, a real estate agent, and Tony, a pharmaceutical sales representative, are experiencing problems with their seemingly perfect marriage and…
life. While Tony flirts with temptation, Elizabeth's newest client, Miss Clara, helps her to realize through prayer that she must fight for her marriage. Novelization of 2015 film. 2015
England, 1887. After the death of her aunt, Veronica Speedwell leaves the bucolic country home she was raised in to…
make her career as a lepidopterist. On her way to London, a German baron claims to know secrets of her past, but he dies before he can reveal them. Some violence. 2015
Fallon is about to move across the country from Los Angeles to New York when she meets Ben. The two…
spend her last day in LA together, and when they go their separate ways they decide to meet again every year on the same date. Some descriptions of sex. 2015
Historian presents his solution to the mystery of the identity of the man rumored to have been imprisoned and treated…
royally during the reign of Louis XIV while being forced to wear an iron mask. Sonnino describes his own adventures to uncover the truth, providing many historical details before presenting his dramatic conclusions. 2016
Velvet Vargas leaves her rough home life in Brooklyn when she visits upstate New York as part of a charitable…
program. There she stays with sponsors Paul and Ginger, and she is drawn to the neighboring horses, especially one unruly mare. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. 2015
Overview of the history and accomplishments of ancient India's civilization, including its government and the birth of Buddhism. Provides details…
on art, faith, culture, military might, and its continuing legacy. For grades 6-9. 2015