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Card manipulations, series 1-5 (Dover Magic Bks.)
By Jean Hugard. 1973
Master card performer provides a five-part resource guide to more than 165 card tricks and stunts. Demonstrates stage and small…
group performances and teaches passes, palming methods, shuffles, arm spreads, color reverses, sleights, flourishes, set-ups, and tricks. Includes step-by-step explanations. 1934Loosing my Espanish: a novel
By H. G Carrillo. 2004
Black Cuban American Óscar Delossantos loses his longtime teaching job at a Jesuit school in Chicago. His last lecture to…
bored students consists of a rambling reminiscence about his family's flight to America, his struggles, and his mother's dementia. Some strong language. 2004Whiteout
By Ken Follett. 2004
As head of security at Stanley Oxenford's Scottish pharmaceutical firm, Antonia Gallo investigates a technician's horrifying death. Meanwhile terrorists steal…
a deadly virus, and the Oxenford family, stranded at home by a blizzard, discover a traitor in their midst. Strong language, some descriptions of sex, and some violence. Bestseller. 2004The future of ice: a journey into cold
By Gretel Ehrlich. 2004
Veteran nature writer chronicles living and traveling for six months in cold regions and speculates on climate change and its…
psychological and environmental impacts. Traveling in Tierra del Fuego, Greenland, and Wyoming, Ehrlich mingles personal and philosophical musings with dire predictions of the catastrophic consequences of global warming. 2004Prince of thieves: a novel
By Chuck Hogan. 2004
Boston. After robbing a bank, career bandit Doug MacRay romantically pursues branch manager Claire Keesey, who is unaware Doug was…
her masked assailant. Lovesick Doug reconsiders criminal ways but can't resist one last heist. Violence and strong language. 2004The virtues of war: a novel of Alexander the Great
By Steven Pressfield. 2004
Alexander of Macedonia relates the story of his battles and passions to his young brother-in-law, Itanes, as his weary army…
readies to invade India. The king reflects on his illustrious father, Philip, and his homeland, as well as his conquest of the known world. Violence and strong language. 2004God's gym: Stories
By John Edgar Wideman. 2005
Ten stories about African Americans by a prize-winning author. In "Weight" a son honors his mother, who shoulders life's calamities…
the way others lift weights, by saying she should wear a T-shirt with "God's Gym" printed on it. Other themes include love, death, and age-old mysteries. Strong language and some violence. 2005Fix it before it breaks: seasonal checklist guide to home maintenance
By Terry Kennedy. 2004
Builder recommends that homeowners develop a maintenance program and address building problems before they become major concerns. Discusses common issues…
with foundations, doors and windows, siding, roofs, electrical systems, landscaping, and other areas and ways to deal with them. Includes resources. 2004The holy thief: a con man's journey from darkness to light
By Mark Borovitz. 2004
Gangster-turned-rabbi whose "weapon of choice was a checkbook" divulges twenty-five years of crime that began when his father died and…
in financial desperation he turned to a mobster to fence goods and buy friendships. Recounts a lifesaving prison term during which he found spirituality, redemption, and rehabilitation. Strong language. 2004The road to somewhere: travels with a young boy through an old world
By James Dodson. 2003
Account of Maine golf writer Dodson's 2001 European excursion with his ten-year-old son, Jack. Deepening their friendship along the way,…
they attend cricket games in England, encounter social openness in the Netherlands, visit French museums, discover the art of Italy, and explore the shores of Greece. 2003Tonto Basin: a western story (Five Star Western Ser.)
By Zane Grey. 1921
Restored version of classic tale serialized in 1921 as To the Last Man. At his family cattle ranch in Arizona,…
twenty-four-year-old Jean Isbel's father prepares for a showdown with the Lee Jorth rustler gang. Jean's unexpected love for Lee's daughter, Ellen, complicates the blood feud. 1921The love wife: a novel
By Gish Jen. 2004
Chinese American Carnegie Wong, his Caucasian wife, two adopted Asian daughters, and their biological son cope with the arrival from…
China of Lan, Carnegie's mysterious female relative. But Lan's ambiguous intentions and "nanny" status disrupt the Wong household. Some descriptions of sex, some violence, and some strong language. 2004The royal road to card magic (Dover Magic Bks.)
By Jean Hugard. 1999
Noted magic authorities present a guide to developing a versatile repertoire of tricks enabling card handlers to perform more than…
a hundred feats of magic. Includes instructions for Thought Stealer, Gray's Spelling Trick, Now You See It, Obliging Aces, Rapid Transit, Kangaroo Card, and others. 1951The language of sycamores
By Lisa Wingate. 2005
Karen Sommerfield loses her job and learns the cancer that left her childless may be back, so she accepts Missouri…
sister Kate's invitation to visit her on their late grandmother's farm. Newly discovered kinfolk and a young neighbor needing nurture help Karen recover joy and forgotten purpose. 2005Before you know kindness: a novel
By Chris Bohjalian. 2004
Matriarch Nan Seton hosts her annual family reunion in New Hampshire. When twelve-year-old Charlotte mistakes her father, Spencer McCullough, for…
a deer and wounds him with her uncle's hunting rifle, Spencer's animal rights activist group views the accident as another cause. Some strong language. 2004Tales from the times: real-life stories to make you think, wonder, and smile from the pages of the New York Times
By Lisa Belkin, The New York Times. 2004
Collection of New York Times human interest articles "that teach us not only about others, but about ourselves." Subjects include…
a food editor who befriends a chicken in his Queens, N.Y., backyard and twins, separated at birth, who find each other at collegeThe singing fire: a novel
By Lilian Nattel. 2004
Nineteenth-century London. Young Jewish runaway Nehama is tricked into prostitution shortly after arriving from Poland. She eventually escapes and helps…
pregnant refugee Emilia, who gives birth then disappears. Nehama adopts the newborn as both women struggle to build their lives. Some explicit descriptions of sex and some violence. 2004Strangers
By Gardner R Dozois. 1978
On the planet Weinunnach, graphic artist Joseph Farber lives uneasily in a colony of Earthmen among the native Cian. One…
night he ventures from the enclave and meets Liraun, a humanoid Cian, and falls in love. Fundamental differences between their alien cultures complicate their blossoming romance. Descriptions of sex and strong language. 1978Baker Towers: A Novel
By Jennifer Haigh. 2005
Post-World War II. After their father's sudden death, the five Novak children struggle to survive in the coal-mining town of…
Bakerton, Pennsylvania. All eventually leave to pursue their dreams--but the girls return. 2005Mon amoureux est une maison d'automne
By Mara Tremblay. 2011
"Florence est artiste peintre. Elle voyage à travers le monde, ainsi que dans les espaces flous de son esprit. Des…
forces ambivalentes lont toujours poussée vers les extrêmes : de lamour sincère à la peur de lautre, de la lumière à lobscurité Mère de deux enfants, la mort récente de sa mère lhabite et lémeut. Ses relations amoureuses disparates la font douter de la sincérité de lhumain. Au fil de la poésie, Florence se reconstruit, revient sur ses pas, et cherche une paix dans son chaos. Quest-ce que lamour, quest-ce que la vie, quest-ce que la création, où vont ces enfants qui grandissent, nos parents qui vieillissent ?" -- 4e de couv