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After Ranger's apprentice Will battles Temujai warriors to rescue Evanlyn, Will's kingdom of Skandia joins forces with rival kingdom Araluen…
to defeat a common enemy. Sequel to "The Icebound Land". Followed by “The Sorcerer of the North”. For Grades 5-8. 2008. Uniform title: Oakleaf bearers
Chin-Ning Chu brings the eternal wisdom of philosopher-general Sun Tzu to women looking to gain a better understanding of who…
they are - and, more importantly, who they want to be. 2007.
In twentieth-century Occoneechee Neck, North Carolina - an area still affected by its history of slavery - twelve-year-old Leon Curry…
reflects about whether he wants to give up sinning to be baptized alongside his twin brother. Grades 5-8. 2007.
Vitale argues that those who try hard and fail need to remake their inner beings in order to easily attract…
success, wealth, and happiness. Many people do the right things but get the wrong results; it's not so much what they do, as what they are inside. The problem for most people is self-sabotage. In five easy steps, Vitale shows anyone how to become happier and more successful by doing a few simple things differently every day. Part wealth-creation guide, part spiritual road map, part autobiography, "The Attractor Factor" offers inspiring, effective answers for anyone who wants to feel better, be happier, get wealthier, and get ahead in life. 2007.
A pirate queen trapped in the realm of Faerie, Rosamunde can only be freed by true love. The man she…
loved is lost to her forever so she believes herself doomed. Padraig, long in love with Rosamunde, believes his life to be worthless since she disappeared. When he hears of her capture by the Fey, he is determined to set her free--but can Rosamunde put the past behind her and learn to love anew? 2016.
San Francisco detective Kate Martinelli investigates the murder of Sherlock Holmes enthusiast Philip Gilbert. Gilbert had unknowingly purchased a manuscript…
purported to be an undiscovered Holmes story whose plot mirrored Gilbert’s death. Kate’s findings parallel Holmes’s adventure. 2006.
Ben and Ned, a boy and dog gifted with eternal youth and the ability to communicate with one another non-verbally,…
encounter pirates on the high seas and rescue a kidnapped prince from a band of gypsy thieves. Grades 5-8. Sequel to "Castaways of the Flying Dutchman", followed by "Voyage of slaves". 2003.
On the last day of the battle, Lt. Frank Haskell found himself right at the centre of the Union fire…
as Pickett charged. While his memory was still fresh, he wrote this book. 1982, c1863.
Traces the Basque cultural identity from its ancient origins to the twentieth century. Combines history, travelog, and reporting, including culinary…
and literary background. Examines the Basques’ contributions to western civilization, even as they preserved their fierce independence and venerable traditions through the ages. 2000.
Detective Skip Landon's latest case is to track down the "Axeman", a cold and clever killer determined to copy the…
campaign of terror of his turn-of-the-century namesake. Includes strong language. 2001.
Industry, honesty, and an eye for the ladies are ever apparent in this candid self-portrait, from his humble birth in…
1706 to the beginnings of his greatness in 1757. 1986. Uniform title: Autobiography
Julianna and her niece are marking time in a villa in Venice. A literary editor obsessed with the work of…
a long-dead poet, Jeffrey Aspern, comes into their lives to try to ferret out his papers. 1986.
Roman politician’s classic history of Rome from A.D. 14 when Tiberius became emperor to A.D. 68 when Nero committed suicide.…
Describes corruption, scandals, wars, poisonings, and murders that were part of imperial life. 1992. Uniform title: Annales.
Ransom was 20 when he was captured and made prisoner of war in 1863 at Andersonville, Georgia. In prison, he…
was surrounded by death, disease and cruelty, but he survived to write this true account. 1988.
Gabriel returns to Smoke River, the reserve where his mother grew up and to which she returned with Gabriel’s sister.…
The reserve is deserted after an environmental disaster killed the population, including Gabriel’s family, and the wildlife. Gabriel, a brilliant scientist working for DowSanto, created GreenSweep, and indirectly led to the crisis. Now he has come to see the damage and to kill himself in the sea. But as he prepares to let the water take him, he sees a young girl in the waves. Plunging in, he saves her, and soon is saving others. Who are these people with their long black hair and almond eyes who have fallen from the sky? Bestseller. Winner of the 2014 Governor General’s Award for Fiction. 2014.
John Aarons, a brilliant but perpetually broke artist, decides to start a New Age cult. And so, as half art…
project, half money-making scheme, The Answer Institute is born. The cult flourishes and grows exponentially, attracting a wide range of broken, strange, spiritually hungry individuals. The more successful the Institute gets, the more it spirals out of control. c2014.
A story takes the form of a children's fable told from the point of view of the lost (stolen) doll,…
Celina. Celina is having a terrible night, one full of jealousy for the new kitten, feelings of abandonment and sadness, misadventures at the hands of the beach attendant, and dark dreams. Grades 3-6. 2016. Uniform title: Spiaggia di notte.
A weird web site provides Kilgore Junior High students and best friends Matt and Craz the opportunity to make their…
cartoons become real, which has some unexpected and dire consequences. Grades 4-7. 2013.
In December 1975, the Lutz family moved into their new home on suburban Long Island. George and Kathleen Lutz knew…
that, one year earlier, Ronald DeFeo had murdered his family in the house, but the property and the price had been too good to pass up. Twenty-eight days later, the entire Lutz family flee the house in terror. 2006, c1978.