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Journalist interviews twenty notable opera professionals--singers, conductors, and directors--who discuss their careers and offer their views on the future of…
opera. Interviewees include sopranos Natalie Dessay and Renée Fleming, tenor Plácido Domingo, director Patrice Chéreau, and conductors Kent Nagano and Esa-Pekka Salonen. 2010
Toby O'Dare, from Angel Time (DB 70569), is summoned to fifteenth-century Rome by the angel Malchiah to answer the prayer…
of Jewish physician Vitale de Leone, solve a crime of poisoning, and uncover the truth about a haunting by an angry spirit. 2010
British forensic archaeologist Ruth Galloway is summoned when construction workers discover a child's bones in a wrecked mansion. Detective Chief…
Inspector Harry Nelson--a married man and the unknowing father of Ruth's unborn child--investigates the history of the house, which was once a Catholic orphanage. Some strong language. 2010
Gail Landon left his stepfather's ranch five years ago and fell in with Trantler's gang of outlaws. When Landon learns…
that he has inherited the spread, he tries to figure out a way to get back on the right side of the law. 1932
Theo was the last person to talk to his best friend April before she was abducted from her bedroom. When…
the police are stumped, Theo uses his investigative skills to try to save April. Sequel to Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer (DB 71512). For grades 5-8 and older readers. 2011
Cotton Malone, from The Charlemagne Pursuit (DB 68767), stops an attempt to kill the U.S. president, then uncovers a secret…
society of pirates, a document forged by the Founding Fathers, and a cipher created by Thomas Jefferson and used by Andrew Jackson. Some violence and some strong language. Bestseller. 2011
1878. The late Barnaby Skye's biracial son Dirk teaches English to Shoshone children at the reservation school. When Dirk's student…
Waiting Wolf has a vision of returning to the old ways, he renames himself Owl and becomes a prophet. But the Indian agent and the army fear an uprising. 2010
Montana territory, 1863. Miner John "Johnny Montana" Owens and his partners want to bank their gold in Utah before winter,…
but Brett Cutter and his gang rob and kill every man who leaves town. Johnny sets out alone on horseback and encounters abandoned wife Allie Purcell--and trouble. 2010
When Christiana's cruel husband Dicky dies, she puts his corpse on ice so she can attend a ball and save…
her father from gambling debts. Christiana is shocked to see Dicky at the ball, unaware that this is Dicky's long-missing twin. Explicit descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2011
Endocrinologist interviews dozens of patients with diabetes about their challenges, coping mechanisms, successes, and failures. Joins with two nurse practitioners…
to discuss the patient's role in self-management, the disease's impact on the family, and the effect of one's environment on health. Also addresses the doctor/patient relationship. 2010
Nevery, an elderly wizard, returns to Wellmet City to reverse the troubling decline of magic. Starving Connwaer picks Nevery's pocket--stealing…
the wizard's deadly locus magicalicus stone--but doesn't die. Astounded, Nevery makes Conn his apprentice and draws him into magic and adventure. For grades 4-7. 2008
As his drinking spins out of control, a young Matt Scudder joins AA. During a meeting he reconnects with Jack,…
a childhood schoolmate and petty criminal who soon ends up dead--a result, Matt suspects, of Jack's efforts to make amends to someone he had wronged. Strong language. 2011
Profiles invasive species that are dominating ecosystems around the world. Describes their adaptive traits, methods for spreading to new territories,…
and the environmental damage they cause. Discusses different scientific viewpoints on the species' effects on biodiversity. For senior high and older readers. 2010
Eleven-year-old Annabelle is uncomfortable moving in with her mother's new boyfriend, even though Annabelle gets a puppy. Annabelle misses her…
all-girls school and thinks going to middle school with boys is horrible. Then she decides to use puppy-training techniques to tame her male classmates. For grades 4-7. 2008
Agent Alex Hawke, recovering from events in Tsar, is summoned by his friend Charles, the Prince of Wales, to discover…
who is threatening the British royal family. Clues lead to the IRA and an Islamic group. Violence, some strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2010
After Pancho Cardillo rams a rented speedboat, the Ira Q, into the Hardys' boat, Frank and Joe set out to…
find him. Then Cardillo steals the Ira Q--which leads the boys to a bigger mystery in Mexico. For grades 4-7 and older readers. 1934
Journalist examines the intersecting experiences of three scholars and one ambitious freshman at Harvard during the winter of 1960-1961. Discusses…
their experiments in psychedelic drug research that set the stage for the social, spiritual, sexual, and psychological revolution of the 1960s. 2010
The Jedi Order has taken over the Galactic Alliance and a rebellion is brewing. Meanwhile, Luke and Ben pursue Abeloth…
as the Sith close in on them. Sequel to Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi; Vortex (DB 72298). 2011
North Carolina. During a blizzard, elderly Miss Julia helps deliver Hazel Marie's twin babies. When a dead body is found…
in a neighbor's toolshed, Miss Julia investigates. She also searches for the person who has been writing bad checks in her name. 2011
Luce, from Torment (DB 71949), sifts through all of her previous lives with Daniel in search of the key to…
making their romance last. But Daniel realizes that Luce's quest may cause her to rewrite the past and alter their love. Some violence. For senior high and older readers. 2011