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In this sequel to Learning (DB 73921), the relationship between actors Bailey Flanigan and Brandon Paul deepens, and he secretly…
plans to propose to her. Bailey is still conflicted about her feelings for the long-silent Cody Coleman, but he too may have found his soul mate. 2011
Lucky Santangelo and her husband Lenny plan an eighteenth birthday party for their daughter Max at their Las Vegas casino…
hotel, the Keys. Meanwhile Max takes a movie-star lover and a Middle Eastern mogul schemes to purchase the Keys. Violence, strong language, and explicit descriptions of sex. 2011
Retired NYPD detective Dave Gurney, still recovering from the events in Think of a Number (DB 73237), investigates the homicide…
of renowned psychiatrist Scott Ashton's bride, who was found beheaded on their wedding day. The victim's mother wants the suspect--an elusive gardener--brought to justice. Violence and strong language. 2011
Shelter Bay, Oregon. Veterinarian Charity Tiernan meets photographer Gabriel St. James, a former marine, at the wedding of one of…
his friends. The two embark on a casual affair--until Gabe realizes that he is in love and wants to stay. Some violence and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2011
Like the Saint Bernards in Dogs in the Dead of Night (DB 74196), the canines featured here are trained to…
save lives. Discusses search-and-rescue dogs, including some that helped find 9/11 survivors; service dogs; and famous hero dogs throughout history. For grades 2-4. 2011
The magic tree house whisks Jack and Annie to a monastery in the Swiss Alps. With the help of St.…
Bernard dogs and magic, Jack and Annie search for the second of four objects needed to break the spell on the wizard Merlin's beloved penguin Penny. For grades 2-4. 2011
When a murderer poses a naked female corpse on a horse statue, seventy-three-year-old "Sister" Jane Arnold, the Jefferson Hunt Club…
master, is on the case. The local foxes, horses, and hounds of rural Virginia also join the investigation. Then another dead "Lady Godiva" is found. Some strong language. 2007
Sir Samuel Vimes, commander of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch, takes a forced vacation. While in the country Sam and his…
butler Willikins investigate a goblin girl's death--though the law does not consider the murder of goblins a crime. Some strong language. For junior and senior high and older readers. 2011
Washington, D.C.; 1972. Maybelline Walker hires ex-cop Derek Strange to recover a ring she had loaned to drug addict Bobby…
Odum before he was murdered. Strange teams up with police detective Frank "Hound Dog" Vaughn, who is investigating the Odum case. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2012
Minister's wife Rachel, from Everybody Say Amen (DB 66378), is pregnant. But her husband Lester's onetime mistress Mary has announced…
to the congregation that she, too, is with child. Rachel struggles with her emotions but knows that God wants her to forgive--especially after a tragedy occurs. 2011
Nobel prize-winning physicist projects a journey a few hundred years into the future, when humans will no longer burn fossil…
fuels. Discusses possible ways we will adapt to maintain our lifestyle, including saltwater agriculture, hydroelectricity, nuclear fusion, and other developments. 2011
Former FBI counterterrorist agent and translator explains the mindset of Al Qaeda operatives and ways to thwart their fatwa against…
America. Describes interrogative techniques he used on suspects after the 2000 attack of the USS Cole and at Guantánamo Bay. Includes redacted text from government documents. Violence. 2011
Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post journalist details the December 30, 2009, gathering in Khost, Afghanistan, of CIA and U.S. military officials…
and Pakistani and Afghani operatives to meet Jordanian pediatrician and spy Humam Khalil al-Balawi. Relates Balawi's subsequent suicide bombing, which killed himself and seven CIA personnel. 2011
1829. After failing to kidnap and marry Heather Cynster in Viscount Breckenridge to the Rescue (DB 73700), a mysterious Scottish…
laird abducts Heather's sister Eliza at Heather's engagement party. Scholar Jeremy Carling recognizes Eliza on her journey north and attempts to save her. Explicit descriptions of sex. 2011
Bishop T.K. Wilson's church is suffering financially when he hires Aaron Mackie to be his new choir director. Aaron hides…
his womanizing past but is soon torn between chairwoman Simone Wilcox and secretary Tia Gregory. Meanwhile, someone is pilfering funds. Strong language, explicit descriptions of sex, and some violence. 2011
Silverberg, a Hugo and Nebula award-winning author, selects twenty-four stories from his early work done between 1953 and 1958, the…
first five years of his career. Each story is headed by a context note. 1958
Portrays the changing lives of the Erickson family members from 1973 to 2003. While Anita becomes disillusioned with her marriage,…
her brother Ryan, who fled their Iowa home, falls into a successful career and their youngest sibling Torrie makes an unexpected comeback after her life is shattered. Strong language. 2011
After Yasuko accidentally kills her abusive ex-husband, Yasuko's secretly devoted neighbor, mathematics genius Ishigami, devises a complex plan to save…
Yasuko. But the police have an equally brilliant ally--Ishigami's former university classmate Yukawa. Originally published in Japanese in 2005. Some violence and some strong language. ALA Award. 2011
Eric Greitens recounts his personal odyssey from humanitarian to soldier. Relates studying the history of humanitarianism as a Rhodes scholar,…
working with genocide survivors as a volunteer, and joining the Navy SEALs to make a difference. Some violence and some strong language. 2011
Le client du jeune avocat Daniel Pitt est accusé de détournements de fonds et de vol. Bien que la culpabilité…
de l'homme semble ne faire aucun doute, l'affaire se révèle rapidement complexe et liée à un manoir perdu sur l'île d'Alderney.