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Thirty-eight-year-old Minnesota journalist Karena Jorge hasn't seen her bipolar twin Charles in twenty years but believes he's still obsessed with…
tornadoes. After learning that Charles was briefly hospitalized in Kansas, Karena joins a storm-chasing tour group, determined to find him. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. 2010
Twelve-year-old baseball phenom Connor Sullivan has a terrible temper, which is aggravated by money worries at home. When Melissa Morrow,…
sports editor of the school paper, threatens to publish an embarrassing story about his tantrums, Connor knows he needs to make a change. For grades 4-7. 2011
Chronicles the sixteenth- and seventeenth- century sea voyages of English adventurers to North America, beginning with Richard Hore's 1536 expedition…
that ended when starvation drove his men to cannibalism. Discusses the court of Elizabeth I, Sir Walter Ralegh's Roanoke enterprises, and the settlement of Jamestown. Some violence. 2000
Traces three diverse Southern families with African ancestry who chose to pass as white during different periods of U.S. history.…
Researches the Gibsons, South Carolina landowners; the Spencers, Appalachian farmers; and the Walls, part of the Washington, D.C., middle class. 2011
Four agents from the Athena Project, an elite female counterterrorism squadron, pursue a Venetian arms dealer connected to a lethal…
explosion in Rome. Meanwhile a doctor--who works for American intelligence--makes a terrifying discovery in a Paraguayan jungle and a foreign spy threatens American security. Violence and some strong language. 2010
Environmental activist and star of the long-running television series Cheers discusses threats to the world's oceans, including pollution, overfishing, offshore…
drilling, and acidification. Suggests ways that readers can support conservation and explains the work of Oceana, an international organization dedicated to saving the seas. 2011
Liberty, Oklahoma. Part-Cherokee Sadie Walela, from Deception on All Accounts (DB 57448), is about to open a café when an…
elderly lady threatens her with a shotgun. Sadie learns the restaurant's previous owner has been murdered and joins local cop Cherokee Lance Smith in the investigation. Some violence. 2011
Painters Mill, Ohio. Police chief Kate Burkholder investigates after three members of an Amish family are found dead in their…
manure pit. Signs of foul play suggest that their deaths are not accidental but may be linked to hate crimes. Strong language and some violence. 2011
Reeling from his breakup, drinking heavily, and planning to leave the force, Harry Hole refuses to work a murder case…
with crooked Tom Waaler. But when subsequent murders suggest a serial killer's involvement, Hole feels compelled to expose the pattern. Published in Norwegian in 2003. Violence and strong language. 2005
Brothers Frank and Joe Hardy help their fencing teacher search for the long-lost sword on which his wealthy grandfather etched…
his will. But their quest is complicated by a gang of bank robbers who also are after the sword. For grades 4-7. 1942
Connwaer, the young thief-turned-wizard's apprentice, escapes from prison and follows the call of magic. It leads him to distant and…
mysterious Dragon Mountain, where he must save the city of Wellmet from Arhionvar, a dread and predatory magic. For grades 4-7. 2010
Bloomington, Indiana. Single mother Ashley Baxter takes a job at a senior citizens' group home, where she gradually regains emotional…
stability, through her work with the residents. Ashley realizes she loves her longtime suitor, firefighter Landon Blake, and regains her faith in God. 2003
Sixth-grader Annabelle realizes that she has a crush on her science-fair partner Oliver just before the Valentine's Day dance--and just…
before her friend Claire announces her own crush on him. Companion to Girls Acting Catty (DB 73873). For grades 4-7. 2011
Drifter Jack Reacher describes the 1997 case that ended his military-cop career. Reacher goes to Carter Crossing, Mississippi, to clear…
the army in the murders of three women. But Reacher shares sheriff Elizabeth Deveraux's suspicion that the army is somehow involved. Violence, strong language, and explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2011
Key West, 1864. Lieutenant Peter Wake commands an ocean steam tug, the U.S.S. Hunt, chasing Confederate blockade runners. After Lee…
surrenders, Wake is sent to Havana, Cuba, to persuade a rebel ship to give up. Sequel to Point of Honor (DB 73897). Some violence and some strong language. 2004
Bailey Flanigan is given a role in a Broadway musical, but other cast members are wary of Christians and suspect…
that Bailey got her part because of her friendship with actor Brandon Paul. Meanwhile Bailey's former boyfriend Cody Coleman becomes a successful high-school football coach in Indiana. 2011
After four horsemen kidnap eighteen-year-old Lugh, his twin sister Saba and their nine-year-old sister Emmi track Lugh across the bleak…
Sandsea. Then Saba is taken captive to be a cage fighter--but her friends have an escape plan. Some violence and some strong language. For senior high and older readers. 2011
Digital restoration of the American Foundation for the Blind's 1961 recording of the first version of Walt Whitman's major work,…
narrated by Alexander Scourby and Kevin McCarthy. Although revised by the poet many times during his life, the core content remained. Introduction by Malcolm Cowley. 1855
Chronicles the innovation and success of horror films since the 1960s. Profiles filmmakers such as John Carpenter, Wes Craven, Dan…
O'Bannon, George Romero, and others. Examines cult classics and discusses the lengths directors will go to achieve shock and awe. Some violence. 2011
In London, retired Israeli agent Gabriel Allon spots a Muslim suicide bomber, but police prevent Gabriel from stopping the attack.…
Then Gabriel is summoned to Washington to help the CIA find an American-born cleric in Yemen who is plotting mass carnage. Some violence and some strong language. Bestseller. 2011