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Following the events of In Pursuit of Eliza Cynster (DB 74199), the mysterious Scottish laird who is after the Cynster…
sisters kidnaps the youngest one, Angelica. But once Angelica hears his story she agrees to help the nobleman save his clan. Explicit descriptions of sex and some violence. 2012
2276. Decades ago, Malcolm Makenzie founded a colony on Titan, Saturn's largest moon. But radiation from years of space travel…
damaged his genes, and his family cannot reproduce through natural means. His grandson Duncan Makenzie travels to Earth for the American Quincentennial--and to clone the next heir. 1976
Pennsylvania, 2028. While preparing for her daughter Caroline's nuptials, Sarah McClure reflects on the success of the Elm Creek quilters…
and their business enterprise. She also reminisces about the women of the past who endured hardships and triumphs while creating their own quilts. 2011
Anthology of American poems published between 1900 and 2000, selected and introduced by Pulitzer Prize-winning former U.S. poet laureate Rita…
Dove. Includes brief profiles of each author. Features the works of John Ashbery, Elizabeth Bishop, Gwendolyn Brooks, T.S. Elliot, Adrienne Rich, Anne Sexton, Derek Walcott, and many others. 2011
Victorian London. Andrew Harrington decides to take his life rather than deal with his bleak existence after the loss of…
his love Marie--Jack the Ripper's final victim. But when a turn of events gives Andrew the means to travel through time, he tries to save her. Translated from Spanish. 2008
Everything goes wrong for sixth-grader Artie Howard on his first day at Ardmore Middle School. From the moment his alarm…
goes off, Artie's day is filled with embarrassing, unlucky, and painful things. And the next morning it is Monday again and the entire day repeats--only worse. For grades 3-6. 2011
Social critic and author of The Age of American Unreason (DB 66150) paints a pessimistic, yet realistic, overview of old…
age. Combines social, economic, and historical analyses as well as personal experience to portray the issues--with special attention to Alzheimer's disease--that aging baby boomers will encounter. 2011
Authorized biography of Kennan (1904-2005) chronicles his diplomatic career from the late 1920s into the 1960s. Emphasizes his role in…
creating America's strategy of containing Soviet expansion during the Cold War. Discusses the development of the atomic bomb and the ways it changed the course of history. National Book Critics Circle Award and Pulitzer Prize. 2011
Whisper Hollow, Tennessee. Though her wedding to lawyer Max Benson is approaching, antiques dealer Jade Fitzgerald hesitates to invite her…
estranged mother Beryl, a hippie, to the ceremony. But Beryl arrives--with Jade's half sister Willow in tow--stirring up past secrets and revealing new ones. 2009
While walking home from the mall, Jake and his friends encounter an Andalite alien who warns them that the parasitic…
Yeerks are about to invade. The dying extraterrestrial gives them the power to morph into animals, which they use to defend their planet. For grades 3-6 and older readers. 1996
Lena joins the resistance fighters after the horrific events in Delirium (DB 72820). While on a mission to observe the…
oppressive Deliria-Free America group, she meets Julian, the son of the organization's founder. Some violence and some strong language. For senior high and older readers. 2012
Fourteen-year-old Jason Walker is transported to a strange world called Lyrian, where he joins Rachel, who was also drawn there.…
They undertake a quest to piece together syllables of the word that can destroy the malicious wizard emperor Maldor. For grades 4-7. 2011
Young attorney Jamie Wagner does his best to prove that Sheryl Harrison, who is serving fifteen years to life for…
murdering her husband, was framed. The reason: Sheryl wants to get out of prison so she can kill herself--and donate her heart to her ailing daughter. Strong language. 2012
Director Tobe Hooper is invited to host a screening of his long-forgotten horror film Destiny Express during the South by…
Southwest Festival in Austin, Texas. Soon afterward, strange things start happening to people who saw the movie. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2011
American diplomat and foreign correspondent uses overseas archives to document French fashion designer Coco Chanel's collaboration with the Nazis during…
World War II. Discusses Chanel's childhood; emergence on the social scene as a couture, perfume maker, and mistress of titled men; anti-Semitism; and involvement with the Nazi Schutzstaffel (SS). 2011
Chronicles the September 11, 2001, terrorist strike on America. Discusses the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon,…
the crash of Flight 93 in Pennsylvania, and the passengers on the four doomed jets. Emergency workers and survivors describe rescues and acts of heroism. For grades 3-6. 2011
Essayist explores the life and work of George Orwell (1903-1950), best known as the author of 1984 and Animal Farm.…
Discusses Orwell's political beliefs and the ways they were shaped by the times in which he lived. Challenges Orwell's critics and argues that his ideas remain relevant. 2002
In the near future, artificial intelligence leaps ahead of humans' abilities and can no longer be contained. When a computer…
program escapes from the lab and initiates random attacks, most people remain unaware until too late--robots have already taken over the world. Violence and strong language. 2011
Three years ago Adrian, the earl of Folbroke, abandoned his wife Emily. When Adrian's cousin Rupert, the estate's heir, questions…
Adrian's existence, Emily tells Rupert she is pregnant and sets out to find her husband. Blind from war injuries, Adrian does not recognize Emily. Some explicit descriptions of sex. 2011
1980. Sixty-year-old Marshall Stone, a widower and retired pilot, journeys to France to retrace the trail he took after his…
B-17 bomber crashed in 1944. Marshall searches for the woman--who was only a schoolgirl then--who led him to safety, and comes to terms with his past. Some strong language. 2011