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After being forced to give up his pet fox, Pax, when his father enlists in the military, Peter decides to…
leave home and get his best friend back. For grades 4-7. 2016
Explores the negative long-term impact of oil dependency and explores the alternate vision of permaculture--social design principles that harness the…
power of natural ecosystems--to foster a rebirth of self-sufficient communities that grow their own food, generate power, and interact with the larger world in a fundamentally sustainable manner. 2008
In 1944, Dr. Blalock, Dr. Taussig, and Vivien Thomas performed a groundbreaking operation that repaired the congenital heart defect known…
as blue baby syndrome. The technique had been developed by Vivien Thomas, Blalock's African American lab assistant, during a time when Johns Hopkins Hospital was segregated. For grades 4-7. 2015
Attorney Matt Murdock--blinded as a child in an accident which also gave him heightened senses--fights crime as a costumed superhero…
in Hell's Kitchen, New York. Based on the comic book series from 1964; novelization of the 2003 feature film. Some violence. 2003
Journalist surveys the field of neuroscience in the early twenty-first century. Examines research into the use of mechanical interfaces, profiles…
scientists and neurosurgeons, and studies the patients who volunteer to be subjects of experimental techniques and procedures. 2015
When someone steals Mournful Owl's whoooo, Silly Goose rushes to get detective Flatfoot Fox to investigate. Flatfoot Fox and his…
assistant, Secretary Bird, question a few local animals to get to the bottom of the matter. For grades 2-4. 1993
Lucy Alling loves her job selling rare books, but she endangers her relationships with her boss and her boyfriend, James,…
when she cuts some ethical corners. She is surprised when James's grandmother, Helen, hires her as a literary consultant for a trip to England, but Helen understands about secrets and second chances. 2015
Collection of previously unpublished correspondence by the author of Pulp (DB 40326) and The Pleasures of the Damned (DB 66380),…
discussing the art of creation with publishers, editors, friends, and peers. Shares the joys and tribulations of not only writing, but writing for publication. 2015
San Francisco, 2010. A young Moldovan worker, Irina Bazili, encounters Alma Belasco in the Lark House nursing home. Irina uncovers…
the story of Alma's hidden relationship with Ichimei, the son of her family's gardener, which spanned nearly seventy years. Bestseller. 2015
First three mysteries, written between 2006 and 2008, in the series featuring amateur sleuth Lucie Montgomery, who also operates her…
family's Virginia winery. Includes The Merlot Murders, The Chardonnay Charade, and The Bordeaux Betrayal, in which a two-hundred-year-old bottle of wine--possibly linked to George Washington--leads to murder. Some strong language. 2008
The author of The Life of Objects (DB 75816) pieces together the history of Hawaii in the late eighteenth century.…
She examines the royalty, mythology, religion, missionaries, migrants, and explorers, as the islands experienced a time of abrupt transition and confrontation after many years of isolation. 2015
Autobiography of woman who, in August 1974, became the first African American model to be featured on the cover of…
American Vogue magazine. Details her personal life, her modeling career, drug addiction issues, and other challenges she faced. Describes friendships and rivalries with other celebrities of the day. 2015
Although her husband's death was an accident, Tanya Dubois--knowing her identity won't hold up under close scrutiny--flees. On the run…
and burning through other identities, she is drawn back to her hometown and the reason her life fell apart. Strong language, some violence, and some descriptions of sex. 2016
Bogotá, 2014. Carlos Carballo, is arrested attempting to steal a suit belonging to Colombian leader Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, who was…
assassinated in 1948. With the help of a doctor hiding historical relics, Juan uncovers links to acts of political violence that took place in the Americas. Violence. Spanish language. 2015
Diná, la única hija de Lía y Jacob en el libro de Génesis, emerge de la saga bíblica para contar…
su historia y la de las mujeres a su alrededor. Publicado originalmente en 1997. Algunas descripciones de violencia y de índole sexual
A lonely child encounters an elderly man on the streets of a colonial city, and the two have an unexpected…
conversation about family, love, and the nature of God. Spanish language. 2016
Sophie Duguet inhabits a world of confusion and fear. Constantly losing things, she is forgetful and ends up in disconcerting…
situations. And now, inexplicably, dead bodies seem to be piling up around her. Translated from the French. Violence, strong language, and descriptions of sex. Spanish language. 2014
Single mother Jess Thomas is struggling to raise her ten-year-old math-genius daughter, Tanzie, and teenaged stepson, Nicky. To give Tanzie…
a chance at a prestigious school, they fly to England and take a road trip to Scotland with technology wizard Ed Nicholls. Nothing goes as planned. Translated from English. Some strong language. Spanish language. 2014
England, nineteenth century. Jane has lived almost all her life in Willoby Manor as the companion to the count's daughter,…
Eleanor. With the return of the count's eldest son, Scott, her world is turned upside down, and long-forgotten memories emerge in a whirlwind of emotions for her. Spanish language. 2015
Roma, 1599. Un juego de tenis singular se lleva a cabo con dos contendientes improbables: el joven artista lombardo llamado…
Caravaggio y el poeta español, Francisco de Quevedo. No sólo una pelota, pero distintos fragmentos de la cultura occidental--desde el Renacimiento hasta la Conquista--se sirven en la cancha de tenis pública