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Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett is stunned to learn that Butch Roberson, the father of his daughter's best friend, is…
accused of killing two EPA employees. The victims had ordered Butch to stop building on his land. As Joe tracks Butch, new complications emerge. Strong language and some violence. Bestseller. 2013
Technology historian examines the creation of one of the first computers: the Universal Machine proposed by Alan Turing in 1936.…
Chronicles the 1945 gathering of scientists, led by mathematician John von Neumann, who constructed the theoretical machine that would later assist early weather modeling and nuclear weapons development. 2012
Collection of seven books about pets. Each title describes the behaviors of the animal and discusses whether it would be…
the right pet for you and your family. Includes tips on caring for your pet, a quiz, and a checklist. For grades 2-4 and older readers. 2013
London. A mysterious parcel arrives announcing the Spoffard family's inheritance of a house from a long-deceased relative. Shortly after they…
move in, eleven-year-old twins Oz and Lily are recruited to work for the government by the residence's invisible cat and talking rat. For grades 4-7 and older readers. 2013
Autobiography of former University of Florida quarterback who won the Heisman Trophy as a sophomore in 2007. Highlights his Christian…
upbringing and homeschooling experience, efforts to deal with dyslexia, record-setting college career, and first pro season with Denver in 2010. For grades 5-8 and older readers. 2011
1869. On the run from his past in the Nevada desert, fifteen-year-old Jim Negrey is rescued and taken to the…
town of Golgotha. But when a dark menace threatens, Jim discovers that while he can outrun his past, he may not live to see the future. Violence. 2013
British professor Fulbrook examines the ways ethnic Germans facilitated the Nazi war machine. Focuses on Udo Klausa, a civilian administrator…
of a Polish county near the Auschwitz concentration camp--whose wife later became Fulbrook's own godmother--as an example of civilian complacency in serving the Third Reich. Violence. 2012
When NSA cryptologist Stephanie Tompkins learns her ex-boyfriend, Black Ops, Inc. operative Joe Green, is in a Sierra Leone prison…
accused of murder, she rescues him. Joe reluctantly involves her in his mission--which concerns Stephanie's brother's combat death. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2012
British poetry professor relates his 2010 trek down the Pennine Way--the English equivalent of the Appalachian Trail that runs from…
the Scottish Borders to the English Midlands. He walked from north to south, giving a poetry reading most nights in exchange for room and board. Some poems included. 2012
Black Ops, Inc. operative Wyatt Savage cuts short his long-awaited family vacation in Georgia after he gets a panicked call…
from El Salvador. Sophie--the love of his life who married his best friend twelve years ago--needs help dealing with kidnappers. Violence, strong language, and explicit descriptions of sex. 2010
A toppled tree reveals a baby's decades-old skeletal remains. As LAPD detective Milo Sturgis and psychologist Alex Delaware search for…
a way to identify the victim, an oddly polished, more recent infant skeleton is found nearby--as is a female corpse. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. 2013
Former vice president and author of An Inconvenient Truth (DB 67444) analyzes forces shaping the future, including the emergence of…
a global economy, revolutionary life-science technologies, and a new relationship between humans and their environment. Theorizes on ways to harness these developments to achieve prosperity and peace. Bestseller. 2013
Ruth Galloway learns that fellow archaeologist Dan Golding--whom she hasn't seen since her university days--has died in a house fire.…
The next day she receives a letter from Dan asking for her help with an important new discovery--and admitting that he is afraid. Ruth investigates. Some strong language. 2013
Baker and sleuth Hannah Swensen caters red velvet cupcakes for the grand re-opening of the Albion Hotel, which has been…
converted to luxury condos. Doctor Bev is back in town and vying for one of Hannah's boyfriends. But Hannah is distracted when the sheriff's secretary falls off the roof. 2013
Having just passed the bar exam, Leo Maxwell is enjoying lunch with his brother Teddy--a well-known San Francisco criminal attorney--when…
someone shoots Teddy in the head. As Teddy lies comatose, Leo searches among Teddy's many enemies for the gunman. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2013
Chronicles the Dakota War of 1862, which began when Sioux Indians attacked settlers on the Minnesota frontier. Recounts President Lincoln's…
orders to General John Pope to put down the insurrection and the hanging of thirty-eight warriors despite appeals by former hostage Sarah Wakefield and an Episcopal priest. Violence. 2012
Boss and an exploration crew have landed in the five-thousand-year-old city of Vaycehn to search for stealth technology. Boss wants…
the expedition to fail so she can return to space, but the city holds surprises. Sequel to Diving into the Wreck (DB 70566). 2011
Third-grader Clementine's school field trip to Plimoth Plantation leads to all kinds of discoveries, from fourth-grade eating rules to the…
source of the stink on the bus. Sequel to Clementine and the Family Meeting (DB 74270). For grades 2-4. 2013
1924. George Mallory signs on to a third expedition to climb Mt. Everest, despite the promise he made to his…
wife Ruth that he was done with the mountain. Ruth is distant when he leaves, but he is determined to make it back to her. Some descriptions of sex. 2012
Jason and Rachel's adventures and friendships have made Lyrian more of a home to them than they could have imagined.…
Now, armed with a prophecy of a dying oracle, they are ready to become Lyrian's heroes--whatever the cost to themselves. For grades 5-8. 2013