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After agreeing to help his former colleague, border patrol agent Jase Beaumont, find missing Mayan artifacts, Hunter Johnson enlists archaeologist…
Lina Taylor, whose family in Mexico deals in antiquities. Together they encounter dangerous fanatics preparing for the 2012 Maya apocalypse. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2012
Author of the bestselling Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail (DB 74646) compiles selections from her…
advice column published in the online magazine The Rumpus. Addresses pain-medication addiction, dead-beat dads, and relationship woes. Strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2012
Second edition of a guide for injured U.S. military veterans and their families provides information on medical treatment, rehabilitation, mental-health…
counseling, family support, and transitioning to civilian life. Details benefits, taxes, and legal issues and discusses bereavement. Includes resources and success stories. 2012
Uses historical reports to chronicle five hundred years of ecological history in North America. Details the abundance of wildlife and…
native peoples present when Europeans discovered the continent and the eventual decimation of the animals and tribes. Discusses the impact of capitalism and globalization. 2009
Gladdy Gold's capture of a killer in her apartment complex--with the help of her elderly friends--spurred the retired librarian to…
set up the Gladdy Gold Detective Agency. The women investigate one murderer who is targeting wealthy wives and then pursue another aboard a bingo cruise ship. Some strong language. 2006
When Jade, from The Sweet By and By (DB 74328), learns her husband Max has an illegitimate son, her faith…
in marriage is shaken. She retreats to her childhood Iowa home with her dying mother and her mother-in-law--who is also coping with a cheating spouse--and struggles to learn forgiveness. 2010
1860. The Duke of Ainsley blames himself for the accident that left his cousin Walfort paralyzed. Now Walfort asks Ainsley…
to impregnate Walfort's wife Jayne, who hates womanizing Ainsley. Jayne reluctantly agrees to the scheme--if Ainsley promises to follow her rules. Explicit descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2011
Although she is in Sex Addicts Anonymous, psychology professor Sheila Tao has been having an affair with her much-younger teaching…
assistant Ethan. After Sheila gets engaged to another man, she tries to break it off with Ethan--but he has other plans. Violence, strong language, and explicit descriptions of sex. 2011
Two novels. In Mackenzie's Pleasure Navy SEAL Zane Mackenzie rescues an ambassador's daughter from kidnappers and encounters love. In Mackenzie's…
Magic horse trainer Maris Mackenzie wakes up with a stranger and discovers that she is wanted for horse theft. Explicit descriptions of sex, some strong language, and some violence. 1996
Serendipity, New York, policeman Dare Barron, from Destiny (DB 74913), is still in love with his teenage crush Liza McKnight.…
But Liza's commitment to her brother Brian, the town drunk, complicates matters--until Liza needs Dare's help. Explicit descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2012
Three books in the detective series. In The Viking Symbol Mystery a French-Canadian trapper makes a valuable find from ancient…
Vikings, only to have it snatched by thieves before he can sell it to the museum. The Hardy brothers investigate. For grades 3-6 and older readers. 1960
When Grace Peterson, sister of Shea from Whispers in the Dark, is kidnapped for her psychic abilities, KGI extraction expert…
Rio rescues her. But more than one person is after Grace, and protecting her becomes a long-term assignment. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2012
Anthropology professor and author of Cro-Magnon (DB 72886) surveys fifteen thousand years of Native American history and culture in North…
America. Discusses controversies over the first settlement and humans' role in animal extinction. Covers immigration routes and the diversity of hunter-gatherer societies. 2011
Twenty-eight stories written in the 1920s and 1930s by fourteen African American women. Most were originally published in magazines and…
chronicle the struggles of race, gender, and poverty. In the title piece, a woman passes for white until her husband's bigotry breaks her silence. Violence and strong language. 1993
Bangkok. Expat Poke Rafferty beats infamous billionaire politician Khun Pan in a poker game--winning the right to pen Pan's biography.…
Publicity about the deal leads to warnings that something bad will happen to Poke if he doesn't write the biography a certain way. Violence and strong language. 2009
Collection of poetry exploring themes of family, life on tribal lands, and personal responsibility. In the title poem the narrator…
expresses sorrow at watching her brother spiral out of control while their parents sacrificed their lives to deal with his meth addiction. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. 2012
Twelve-year-old Nick loves baseball and pitching. After spending a year in the hospital with a brace on his leg, fighting…
polio, Nick takes a job with the Bismarck Churchills--where his dad is the catcher--and gets to see the great Satchel Paige pitch the 1935 season. For grades 4-7 and older readers. 2012
Annette and her husband Pee Wee are trying to reconcile when Pee Wee's former lover becomes pregnant and claims he…
is the father. Meanwhile, Lilimae, Annette's half-white half sister, visits from Miami and Annette's friend Rhoda deals with her daughter's troubles. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. 2012
When Ben delays college to enlist in the army reserve, his family, girlfriend, and best friend are shocked. After deployment…
to Iraq Ben returns home with a traumatic brain injury and finds nothing is the same. Some violence and some strong language. For senior high and older readers. 2012
Nobel Prize-winning economist, author of Globalization and Its Discontents (DB 54445), argues that the breakdown of political and economic systems…
is causing increasing inequality in the United States. Calls for changes in taxes, business policies, and labor laws to restore balance and stem social unrest. Bestseller. 2012