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Twenty-four graduates of The Seeing Eye in Morristown, New Jersey, present individual perspectives on their experiences at the school and…
on being blind. They describe the process of learning to properly use guide dogs and attest to the increased mobility and independence they achieved through the training facility. 2004Simply unforgettable (Simply Quartet Ser. #Bk. 1)
By Mary Balogh. 2005
Regency England. Music teacher Frances Allard is returning to Miss Martin's School for Girls in Bath after Christmas when her…
carriage overturns in a snowstorm. She and Lucius Marshall, the viscount Sinclair, who caused the accident, take refuge together in a nearly deserted inn. Explicit descriptions of sex. 2005Evening in the palace of reason: Bach meets Frederick the Great in the Age of Enlightenment
By James R Gaines. 2005
Describes the encounter between young Frederick the Great and the elderly kapellmeister Johann Sebastian Bach and examines Bach's masterful response…
in "A Musical Offering" to the warrior-king's compositional challenge. Combines the history of music and of eighteenth-century culture with biographies of these two notable figures of the era. 2005The tea house on Mulberry Street
By Sharon Owens. 2003
Daniel and Penny Stanley are owners of Muldoon's Tea Rooms, known for its cozy atmosphere and luscious desserts. There residents…
of Belfast seek refuge from their various dilemmas, including dieting housewife Sadie, struggling artist Brenda, retired twin schoolteachers Beatrice and Alice, and failed novelist Henry. 2003Coach: lessons on the game of life
By Michael Lewis. 2005
Author reminisces about his irascible, often terrifying high school baseball coach, a former minor league catcher. Lewis relives his pitching…
career at a New Orleans private school and his experiences with the man who taught him not only about winning but also about self-respect, sacrifice, courage, and endurance. Bestseller. 2005Gilead: A Novel
By Marilynne Robinson. 2004
1950s. Dying seventy-six-year-old Gilead, Iowa, minister John Ames writes a parting letter to his young son. John reflects on the…
tensions between his pacifist father and militant abolitionist grandfather (both preachers), the death of his first wife and child, the gospel, a friend's transgressions, and life's eternal mystery. Pulitzer Prize. Bestseller. 2004The essential Neruda: selected poems
By Pablo Neruda, Mark Eisner. 2004
Cincuenta poemas de Pablo Neruda (1904-1973), el poeta chileno y ganador del Premio Nobel, que abarcan la amplitud de su…
estilo, temas y periodos. Este esfuerzo colaborativo de academicos, traductores, y poetas incluye selecciones de sus obras publicadas entre 1924 y 1964 y postumamente. Editado con una introducción en inglés de Mark Eisner; prefacio de Lawrence Ferlinghetti. Texto de los poemas en ingles y espanolImPossible
By Danielle Steel. 2005
Widowed gallery owner Sasha Boardman offers a contract to bad-boy artist Liam Allison. Soon conservative Sasha and staunch-nonconformist Liam begin…
an affair--though he is married and nearly a decade younger. Differences, complications, and personality clashes threaten their dramatic romance. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. 2005The rise of the Indian rope trick: how a spectacular hoax became history
By Peter Lamont. 2005
British historian specializing in magic researches the famous but fictitious trick that supposedly originated in India in the 1890s. Discusses…
the journalistic sources of the hoax and previous efforts to debunk it, as well as the western world's gullibility and fascination with mysteries of the East. 2004Provides a brief biography of Italian stringed-instrument-maker Antonio Stradivari (1644-1737). Recounts the history of five surviving violins and one cello…
from their creation among more than one thousand to modern ownership by such well-known musicians as Paganini, Yehudi Menuhin, Itzhak Perlman, and Yo-Yo Ma. 2004Becoming Justice Blackmun: Harry Blackmun's Supreme Court journey
By Linda Greenhouse. 2005
Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter uses personal papers, correspondence, and case files to trace the life and career of Supreme Court justice…
Harry A. Blackmun (1908-1999). Chronicles Blackmun's early years in Minnesota, twenty-four-year tenure on the Supreme Court, childhood friendship with Warren Burger, and prominent cases including Roe v. Wade. 2005The divide
By Nicholas Evans. 2005
Abbie Cooper, FBI wanted eco-terrorist, is found frozen in Montana. Her parents examine whether their unexpected divorce played a role…
in Abbie's attraction to the radical Rolf, in her death, and in their son Josh's drug addiction. Strong language, some explicit descriptions of sex, and some violence. Bestseller. 2005Lighthousekeeping
By Jeanette Winterson. 2004
The young orphan girl Silver learns the value of stories while apprenticed to Pew, a blind lighthouse keeper at Cape…
Wrath, Scotland. Among Pew's tales are the deeds of the double-natured minister Babel Dark, aka Lux, who inspired Robert Louis Stevenson. Some explicit descriptions of sex and some violence. 2004Salamandastron: A Tale From Redwall (Redwall Ser.)
By Brian Jacques. 1992
The castle of Salamandastron in the mountains near the sea is under attack by evil Ferahgo the Assassin and his…
band of vermin. Urthstripe the Strong, a wise old badger, leads the animals of Salamandastron and Redwall Abbey against his old enemy. For grades 5-8. 1992A cold treachery (Inspector Ian Rutledge Mystery Ser. #Bk. 7)
By Charles Todd. 2005
Lake District, England; 1919. After the Elcott family is murdered, Scotland Yard inspector Ian Rutledge investigates the crime. Ten-year-old Josh…
Elcott is missing, possibly a victim or the perpetrator. Rutledge, haunted by his own war ghost, searches for the boy and the killer. Some violence. 2005Babe Ruth: Legends In Sports (Matt Christopher)
By Glenn Stout. 2005
Biography of one of the first players to be elected into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, George Herman "Babe"…
Ruth (1895-1948). Discusses his childhood delinquency, his professional career with the New York Yankees, and his home-run and pitching records. For grades 4-7. 2005The zombie zone ( a To Z Mysteries Ser. #No. 26)
By Ron Roy. 2005
Reports of zombies and grave robbers alarm the people of a Louisiana swampland village, but Ruth Rose, Josh, and Dink…
begin to suspect that the supernatural might not be the cause of the eerie occurrences. For grades 2-4. 2005Happiness: the science behind your smile
By Daniel Nettle. 2005
British psychologist explores the science of hedonics--the study of pleasure. Reviews past research, addresses the basics of human nature, the…
brain, and emotions, and discusses the concept, levels, and attainment of happiness. 2005The hot kid: a novel
By Elmore Leonard. 2005
Oklahoma, 1930s. Young U.S. marshal Carlos "Carl" Webster loves chasing felons and savors the publicity. While searching for rich-boy-gone-bad Jack…
Belmont, Carl falls for gun moll Louly Brown. Hack writer Tony Antonelli tags along looking for new material. Violence, strong language, and some descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2005Saint Augustine's conversion
By Augustine. 2004
Book eight of Augustine's fourth-century Confessiones, the work's most cited and well-known volume, recalls his conversion in the garden. Explores…
the nature of religious conversion. Translation and commentary by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Garry Wills. 2004