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Autobiography of Roger Ebert (born 1942), a Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic who worked for the Chicago Sun-Times. Highlights his early…
newspaper days, years of alcoholism, and family life. Discusses his relationship with colleague Gene Siskel and the cancer that robbed Ebert of his ability to eat, drink, or speak. 2011
Ghosts, romances, and some suspense lace this collection of stories by five different authors. In Patricia Gaffney's "Dear One," young…
telephone psychic Molly and elderly Charlie, her biggest fan, inadvertently help each other find love. Some strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2011
Julie Holt becomes the guardian of her late friend Monica's five-year-old son Beau and inherits a beach house in Biloxi,…
Mississippi. While introducing Beau to Monica's estranged family in New Orleans, Julie gradually rebuilds her life--and discovers why Monica had left home. 2011
Author discusses human dependence on water and explains Americans' carefree use of the resource in the twentieth century. Describes the…
new era of water scarcity in places like Atlanta, Georgia; Melbourne, Australia; and Barcelona, Spain. Relates the effects of the shortage on the ways people live, work, and relax. 2011
The news that Evan and his younger sister Jessie will be in the same fourth-grade class sparks competition between them.…
They battle it out through end-of-the-summer lemonade stands, each trying to be the first to earn one hundred dollars. For grades 3-6. 2007
Seventeen short stories by authors of fantasy, science fiction, and romance, including Diana Gabaldon, Jim Butcher, Marjorie M. Liu, Jacqueline…
Carey, and Carrie Vaughn. In Neil Gaiman's "The Thing about Cassandra," young artist Stuart Innes unexpectedly meets up with his old girlfriend. Some strong language. 2010
Journalist and author of The First National Bank of Dad (DB 59001) warns that inventing new technologies to deal with…
the energy crisis does not fix the problem--and may worsen the situation. Advocates consuming less and living in densely populated areas such as New York City. 2011
In a future world devastated by illness and environmental catastrophes, Lucy "Lucky" Holloway lives alone. But when she befriends a…
group of survivors, she faces a new threat--the Sweepers, who kidnap healthy individuals to experiment on. Some violence. For senior high and older readers. 2011
Author examines science during the mid-seventeenth century and the group of individuals who created the Royal Society. Discusses Newton's theory…
of gravity, the debate over whether Newton or Leibniz invented calculus first, and other pivotal moments. Explores the importance of religion to scientific thinkers of that era. 2011
South African native Abbe's life in Honolulu is upended when her three-year-old daughter dies accidently. Turning away from God and…
her husband, a minister, Abbe returns home to sell her grandmother's farm, where she uncovers family secrets--and finds herself in danger. 2009
Five-volume series explores the predominantly negative impact of human behavior and population growth on natural areas. Examines modern society's response…
to these changes through increased education, conservation efforts, and environmental management. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 2010
When fourteen-year-old Zachary and his father move to Falls, Connecticut, Zachary spends a summer falling in love, coming to terms…
with his mother's absence, and forming eclectic friendships. For grades 6-9. 2011
Victorian-era London. Young maidservant Abi witnesses her widowed master slip slowly into madness while his tyrannical housekeeper takes on more…
power. But a ghostly presence seems to be trying to warn Abi that even more is amiss. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 2010
Myfanwy Thomas awakes in a park with amnesia and surrounded by dead men wearing latex gloves. She must discover who…
she is and why she is in danger, all while working for a secret government agency that battles supernatural threats. Strong language and some violence. 2012
Sixth-grader Clay wants a good story to impress his older brother Mitch, who is returning home. Clay draws a picture…
of the principal as a donkey and makes sure he gets caught. But Mitch, changed by his month in jail, insists that Clay shape up, too. For grades 4-7. 2011
With a nod to Jane Austen, this fantasy tale features the beautiful young Melody Ellsworth and her older sister Jane,…
a master of the womanly art of glamour. When Melody pursues a disastrous romance, Jane must use all of her magical skills to save the family's honor. 2010
London. A vain young man plans a housewarming party. A middle-aged woman tries to drink herself to death. They are…
just two of the secretive residents of the flats in Lichfield House, the setting for romance, frequent calls for an ambulance--and murder. Strong language and some violence. 2011
Children's book author/illustrator describes suffering from a brain injury received in a 1999 car accident when she was forty; reuniting…
with her mother, a homeless schizophrenic, in 2006 after a seventeen-year separation; and discovering a storage room filled with family memorabilia. Nat'l Book Critics Circle Award. 2011
Biography of Dutch artist van Gogh (1853-1890) by the Pulitzer Prize-winning authors of Jackson Pollock (DB 33540). They use primary…
documents from the van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam to analyze his family life, work, and death at age thirty-seven--and raise doubts that van Gogh killed himself. 2011
With the help of her American teacher, Anjali Bose flees her catastrophic arranged marriage in northern India. In the teeming…
city of Bangalore, Anjali meets a diverse group of people and struggles to find a job at a call center. 2011