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Acclaimed British novelist chronicles his 1842 trip to the United States and offers observations about North American society. Includes Dickens's…
celebrated visit with Laura Bridgman at the Perkins Institution and Massachusetts Asylum for the Blind. Introduction and notes by Patricia Ingham. 2004
New York Times reporter presents research on First Lady Michelle Obama's roots, beginning in 1850s Georgia with enslaved teenager Melvinia--Obama's…
great-great-great-grandmother--and her owner, Henry Wells Shields. Traces the family tree through five generations to the White House. 2012
While scouting a location on the Cheyenne reservation for his daughter's wedding, Sheriff Longmire witnesses a woman fall from a…
cliff. Miraculously, the baby she was clutching survives. New tribal police chief Lolo Long first arrests Longmire, then requests his help. Strong language. 2012
The Baltimore Gun Club, from From the Earth to the Moon and All around the Moon (DB 08767), obtains ownership…
of the North Pole. To make their new territory's natural resources easier to exploit, they plot to tilt the Earth on its axis--despite the terrible consequences. Translated from French. 1889
Biography of Robert T. Lincoln (1843-1926), the only son of Abraham Lincoln to reach adulthood. Discusses the political career of…
the Harvard-educated Chicago lawyer and businessman as a diplomat and U.S. secretary of war. Analyzes his relationship with his mother and covers the management of his father's legacy. 2012
Fortune editor compiles magazine articles from six decades by and about billionaire investor Warren Buffett. Includes a 1966 story by…
Loomis that mentioned Buffett--and misspelled his name, 1988's "The Wisdom of Salomon," 2005's "The Best Advice I Ever Got," and 1999's lighthearted "Are Jimmy and Warren Buffett Related?" 2012
In 1894, twenty-one-year-old New York heiress Caroline Maxwell is doing everything she can to avoid marrying anyone from her mother's…
list of suitable husbands. Caroline prefers the company of her brother's friend Jack, but her mother sets her sights firmly on a shady English duke. Some descriptions of sex. 2012
London, 1899. Eric Baum is the Earl of Dilberne's new financial advisor and lawyer. Baum and his wife crave society's…
acceptance--and the financial and social tribulations of the Dilberne family may be the key to getting it. Some strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2012
England, 2143. Detective Sidney Hurst investigates the murder of a clone from the world's most powerful family. Meanwhile, Angela Tramelo,…
incarcerated twenty years for a similar crime she claims she did not commit, is released and plans vengeance. Strong language, some violence, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2012
Seven years after the forest swallowed her brother Tom whole, seventeen-year-old Jenny--whose story about Tom's disappearance was disbelieved--prepares to leave…
home. When she visits the spot where Tom vanished to say goodbye, Jenny is pulled into a mysterious world of fairies and other creatures. Some violence. For grades 6-9. 2012
On the day known as Gray Wednesday, when the poles switched and the world descended into economic and societal chaos,…
strange apparitions also appeared. Detective Oscar Mariani investigates violent crimes that perpetrators insist are caused by ghosts. Violence and strong language. 2011
Gifted with the unusual ability to manipulate reality, sixteen-year-old Adelice is summoned by the government to join the Spinsters, a…
group that weaves the planet Arras's food, weather, and lives. Separated from her beloved family, Adelice must decide her fate. For junior and senior high and older readers. 2012
Sasha King has moved to Los Angeles to refill her savings account so she can live on the beach and…
finish her novel. She ends up working on top-rated talent show Project Icon and watching the machinations and meltdowns of celebrities and wannabes. Strong language. 2013
Autobiography of blind musician, composer, and social worker Altschul. Describes his youth in New York state, education at Princeton University…
and the New England Conservatory, and career and marriage. Also discusses his experience obtaining dogs through the Guiding Eyes for the Blind. 2012
Six years ago cleaner Jonathan Quinn was hired to dispose of the body of courier Mila Voss. Now Quinn is…
called out of the Bangkok monastery he retreated to after the events in Silenced (DB 73405)--because Voss is apparently very much alive. Violence and strong language. 2012
New York Post reporter's account of the mysterious disease that mimicked mental illness and almost killed her in 2009, when…
she was twenty-four years old. Describes her eventual diagnosis--NMDA-receptor autoimmune encephalitis, a rare brain infection that causes seizures and paranoia--and her successful treatment and recovery. Some strong language. 2012
Israel. After an earthquake kills tourists and reveals a tomb hidden beneath Masada, an archaeologist, a soldier, and a Catholic…
priest work together to investigate the religious relics within. But what they discover draws unwanted attention. Violence, some strong language, and some descriptions of sex. 2013
Jeopardy champion Jennings pens a compendium of conventional wisdom--old wives' tales--passed down and imparted to children. He researches the science…
behind each myth and rates its accuracy. Examples include "bundle up or you'll catch cold," and "don't feed the dog chocolate." 2012
Apprentice cleaner Nate uses the name of his mentor, Jonathan Quinn, during an assignment in Mexico. When the job goes…
horribly wrong, Nate is kidnapped and the real Quinn investigates. Quinn soon discovers that other people in their field are also missing. Violence and strong language. 2012
Collection of essays by Lisa Scottoline, author of Come Home (DB 74517), and her daughter Francesca Serritella, previously published in…
The Philadelphia Inquirer. Topics include Serritella's moving to New York City to live on her own and Scottoline's subsequent empty-nest lifestyle in the Philadelphia suburbs. 2012