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Discusses some of the everyday things that we toss into our trash--food, bottles, and even toys--and what happens to them…
once they are hauled away. Describes the functions and overuse of landfills and offers suggestions for reducing, reusing, and recycling, including donating items and composting. For grades 2-4. 2012
Memoir of former marine who found work pumping gas in Hollywood after WWII and incidentally began providing young men and…
women to movie stars for sex. Bowers describes his own exploits and offers glimpses of life in the entertainment industry. Strong language and explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2012
Focuses on the early life of American playwright Arthur Miller (d. 2005), exploring the forces that shaped him and ideas…
he grappled with in his writing. Examines Miller's marriage to Marilyn Monroe and analyzes his principal works, including Death of a Salesman, The Crucible, and the film The Misfits. 2009
Thirty-six-year-old widower Aaron Woolcott frequently sees the ghost of his wife Dorothy, who was killed in an accident that nearly…
destroyed their house. Aaron, who is physically handicapped, moves in with his overbearing sister and learns to say goodbye to the past and open himself up to happiness. Bestseller. 2012
In loosely related chapters, friends Isabella, Mary, and Lauren forge lives for themselves in New York during their twenties. As…
they wander in and out of relationships, they attend shower after shower for friends who marry and have babies. Some strong language. 2011
Some sort of beast is viciously killing loggers in California's redwood country. Timber-company owner Chamberlain puts a bounty on what…
is being dubbed the Terror. But Chamberlain's daughter believes the Terror is her long-missing brother and pleads with drifter Frank Morgan to help him. Violence and some strong language. 2009
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs 2011 summary of benefits provided to eligible individuals. Covers health care, service-related disabilities, pensions, education…
and training, home loans, life insurance, burial and memorial benefits, transition assistance, and dependents and survivors. Includes phone and website directories. 2011
After her family struggles to adapt to life on a farm, Laura returns to college in London. There she discovers…
she is homeless and takes up with anarchists from the docks. Sequel to The Carbon Diaries 2015 (DB 69607). Some strong language. For senior high and older readers. 2009
When Polly Portman--famous for her pie making--passes away unexpectedly, she leaves her coveted pie-crust recipe to her cat Lardo and…
custody of the grouchy Lardo to her beloved niece, Alice. When someone kidnaps the feline, Alice and her friend Charlie set out to investigate. For grades 3-6. 2011
Kendra, from Beastly (DB 71582), flashes back and recounts her transformation into a witch during the plague of 1666. Over…
the centuries she selects a few souls to help, including her nerdy classmate Emma. Some violence and some strong language. For senior high readers. 2012
Twelve individuals share their real-life adventures. Teenager Bethany describes losing her arm in a shark attack in 2003 while surfing.…
Dad Phil relates being struck by lightening in 2005 as he was rock climbing with his family in Wyoming. For grades 5-8. 2011
Writer Evan Delaney and her boyfriend attend Evan's fifteen-year high-school reunion and are shocked to learn that many members of…
her class have died. Their suspicions are aroused, then later confirmed when someone begins murdering the remaining classmates one by one. Violence and strong language. 2005
When General Tiber Adolphus fails to liberate the corrupt Constellation government run by Diadem Michella Duchenet, he is exiled to…
Hallholme. Also called Hellhole, the planet is a dumping zone for undesirables. Adolphus rehabilitates the outcasts and plans a new rebellion. Violence and some strong language. 2011
Alaska. Computer programmer Roger McAniff kills eight neighbors in a shooting rampage--but nine victims lie dead in the snow. The…
police ask Kate Shugak, a former investigator for the Anchorage D.A., to track the second killer. Strong language, some violence, and some descriptions of sex. 1993
The history and legacy of Prohibition, which began with passage of the Eighteenth Amendment in 1920 and ended in 1933.…
Profiles Carrie Nation, the temperance movement's first celebrity, and discusses the rise of bootleggers and gangsters such as Al Capone. For junior and senior high and older readers. 2011
The Reverend Clare Fergusson returns from Iraq. She plans to resume her duties and marry Russ Van Alstyne, but she…
must also learn to manage her post-traumatic stress disorder. A veterans' help group offers healing--until one member is killed. Strong language, some violence, and some descriptions of sex. 2011
Stone Barrington helps his teenage son Peter, an aspiring filmmaker, get into Yale and sell his first screenplay. Stone also…
marries Peter's mother Arrington Calder. But Arrington's disgruntled lover, architect Timothy Rutledge, seeks revenge. Some violence, some strong language, and some descriptions of sex. 2011
Lawyer Stone Barrington and NYPD detective Dino Bacchetti investigate the year-old murder of White House social secretary Mimi Kendrick--presumably by…
her husband Brixton, who then committed suicide. But the president and first lady believe both Mimi and Brixton were victims of a killer. Violence, strong language, and some descriptions of sex. 2012
Dans Avantages il n’y a que…des avantages ! Chic et pratique, Avantages s’adresse à toutes les femmes modernes et propose…
plein d’idées astucieuses pour profiter de la vie et faire partager son optimisme. Au programme : cuisine, santé-forme, mode-beauté, développement durable et art de vivre.