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The elected member
By Bernice Rubens. 1986
Norman Zweck had once been a child prodigy and a brilliant barrister. Now, at age forty-one, he is a drug…
addict, confined to his bedroom. It strains his family, and they have him committed to a mental hospital. His sister Bella tries to bridge the relationship between Norman and their father. 1969Calamity at the Continental Club: a Washington whodunit (A Washington Whodunnit #3)
By Colleen J. Shogan. 2017
Congressional chief of staff Kit Marshall is reluctantly spending two precious vacation days with her future in-laws attending a meeting…
of the Mayflower Society at D. C.'s Continental Club, while fending off attempts to arrange a posh wedding. Then Kit finds the leader of the society dead, and begins sleuthing. Some strong language. 2017Minutes of glory: and other stories
By Ngũgĩ Wa Thiongʼo. 2019
Collection of short stories from across the author's career that cover the period of British colonial rule and resistance in…
Kenya to eventual independence. Women fight for their space, men inherit power, and rebels embody the fighting spirit of the downtrodden. Includes two new stories. 2018Homicide in the house (A Washington Whodunit #2)
By Colleen J. Shogan. 2016
After the murder of her senator boss in Stabbing in the Senate (DB 83491), staffer Kit Marshall landed a job…
with freshman congresswoman Maeve Dixon. But when Dixon is found standing over the corpse of the Speaker of the House's top staffer--after their public argument--Kit must investigate again. Some strong language. 2016Things we didn't see coming
By Steven Amsterdam, Steven K Amsterdam. 2009
Nine connected apocalyptic stories centering on a boy and his family that begin on New Year's Eve 1999 and span…
three decades. Extreme weather, disease, government control, and a plethora of other disasters plague the narrator as he struggles to survive. Some strong language. 2009Fief: Suivi d'un entretien avec l'auteur (Littérature)
By David Lopez. 2019
Quelque part entre la banlieue et la campagne, Jonas et ses amis tuent le temps. Ils fument, jouent aux cartes,…
font pousser de l'herbe, et, quand ils sortent, c'est pour constater ce qui les éloigne des autres. Dans cet univers où tout semble voué à la répétition du même, leur fief, c'est le langage, qu'ils ne cessent de mettre en scène, que ce soit Lahuiss interprétant le Candide de Voltaire ou Poto offrant un morceau de rap de son cru. Jonas, qui a grandi avec eux, a ses jardins secrets – une fille qu'il visite de temps en temps – et un avenir possible – la boxe professionnelle. Mais aussi élégant et rapide que soit son jab, il manque de niaque et d'ardeur. Au fil de ce roman écrit au cordeau, une gravité se dégage, une beauté qu'on extirpe du tragique ordinaire à travers une voix neuve, celle de son auteur. « J'ai conçu le livre comme une histoire qu'on raconte. Le fait de tout lire m'a procuré une grande émotion. J'ai apprécié ce travail, je lis vraiment comme j'ai écrit. Cette fluidité qu'il y a dans l'écriture, j'ai réussi à la retrouver dans la voix. En fin de compte, elles sont interdépendantes. » David Lopez – Entretien – Paris, 2018Summer of '98: when homers flew, records fell, and baseball reclaimed America
By Mike Lupica. 1999
Sportswriter and his three sons eagerly follow the amazing 1998 baseball season, which included the McGwire-Sosa home run duel, David…
Wells's perfect game, the end of Cal Ripken's streak, and the New York Yankees' world series victory. 1999The camp robber and other stories
By Zane Grey. 1979
Collection of six western short stories. In the title story, a new ranch hand, Wingfield, is accused when the payroll…
is missing. Wingfield follows tracks to a remote cabin to find not only the stolen money but also a missing piece of his lifeBarney Polan's game: A Novel of the 1951 College Basketball Scandals
By Charles Rosen, Charley Rosen. 1998
Show time: the American political circus and the race for the White House
By Roger Simon, Richard F. Shepard. 1998
A journalist demonstrates the importance of image and stagecraft in political campaigns. Contrasts the strategies, speeches, and media techniques used…
by candidates Clinton and Dole in the 1996 presidential race to project a desired facade. Avers that successful politicians must also be entertainers. Strong languageHail to the chief: the making and unmaking of American presidents
By Robert Dallek. 1996
Explores the reasons some presidents are regarded as great national heroes while others become mere sidebars in history. Avers that…
vision, pragmatism, charisma, and the ability to gain trust and achieve consensus are critical to presidential success, though luck and circumstance also countHardball: a season in the projects
By Daniel Coyle. 1993
Chicago's Cabrini-Green may be the worst low-rent housing development in the United States. The children have become inured to the…
sounds of gunshots and gang wars. In 1991 two men--one white, one black--with the support of several major corporations, set up a Little League. Coyle follows the First Chicago Near North Kikuyus through a year that sees them make it to the championships, in spite of the daily violence surrounding them. Violence and some strong languageYankees in the land of the gods: Commodore Perry and the opening of Japan
By Peter Booth Wiley. 1990
Before Perry's 1853 expedition, contact between the United States and Japan occurred mainly through shipwrecked sailors, including Americans who stranded…
themselves on Japan's shore to try to enter the self-isolated country. Using newly translated Japanese documents as well as reports from Perry and his crew, Wiley provides both countries' perspectives on the historic encounterThe complete book of freshwater fishing
By Ken Schultz, Dan Gapen. 1989
The authors are both avid fishermen and have written several articles on fishing. Here they offer information on the many…
species, techniques, and variables a person must be acquainted with for freshwater fishing, and discuss equipment, strategies, and seasons. Species covered include largemouth and smallmouth bass, walleye, pike, catfish, rough fish, shad, and othersHow to shit in the woods: an environmentally sound approach to a lost art
By Kathleen Meyer, Meyer. 1989
The author, a long-time outdoorswoman, offers advice on how to relieve oneself when conventional restrooms are unavailable. Meyer explains not…
only how to do it with dignity and comfort, but also with environmental awareness. She includes a chapter especially for womenAs I saw it
By Dean Rusk, Richard Rusk, Daniel S. Papp. 1990
A portrait of one of the United States's most enigmatic public figures. Dean Rusk was secretary of state during the…
Vietnam War years. His son Richard left home in 1970 primarily because he opposed his father's views. Fourteen years later, Richard returned to rediscover his relationship with his father by recording the elder Rusk's memoirs. BestsellerWaldheim and Austria
By Richard Bassett. 1989
The author explores not only the question of whether Kurt Waldheim is a war criminal, but also whether the Austrians…
have come to terms with their Nazi past and are now creating a healthy democratic society. Bassett, who spent five years as a journalist in Vienna, presents the concept that Waldheim was mainly a product of a unique Austrian environment and a person who may not have been very committed to the Nazi causeRashad: Vikes, mikes, and something on the backside
By Peter Bodo, Ahmad Rashad. 1988
Ahmad Rashad, formerly Bobby Moore, was an outstanding high school football player in Tacoma, Washington, and attracted national attention in…
the late 1960s at the University of Oregon. After an unhappy stint with the St. Louis Cardinals, he became an All-Pro wide receiver with the Minnesota Vikings before going into TV sports broadcastingJohn McGraw
By Charles Alexander, Charles C Alexander. 1988
The story of John McGraw, born in 1873, is also the story of baseball's evolution from the rough-and-tumble sport of…
the 1890s to the big business it became after World War I. Fiery, tough McGraw, whose umpire- baiting was legendary, won ten National League pennants in his forty-year careerBob Knight: his own man
By Joan Mellen. 1988
Portrait of the successful and sometimes controversial Indiana University basketball coach. Written with Knight's cooperation, the book emphasizes Knight's methods…
which, at times, may appear offensive or inexplicable. The author insists that Knight always has the best interests of his players and friends at heart. Some strong language. Bestseller 1988