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By William Cane. 1995
Using data from interviews, surveys, and research, the author discusses the meaning and impact of kissing and offers advice on…
techniques, with a section on French kissing. Explains the psychology of this intimate contact and provides tips to assist beginners and to encourage variety. Descriptions of sex. 2005By Hugh Lofting. 1988
By Karen Kingsbury. 1999
A drunk driver kills Hannah Ryan's husband and daughter on their way home from a camping trip. Consumed by grief,…
Hannah vows revenge and turns her back on her surviving child, Jenny, and God. District attorney Matt Bronzan tries to help Hannah find faith and forgiveness. 1999By Tom Robbins. 2005
A compilation of the novelist Tom Robbins's nonfiction writing--stories, poems, musings, critiques, travel articles, celebrity profiles, and responses to self-posed…
questions. In "Kissing" Robbins ranks the tradition of osculation as western man's greatest invention. In "Till Lunch Do Us Part" he praises the appeal of a ripe tomato sandwich. 2005By Rainer Maria Rilke. 2005
Philosophical nuggets selected from seven thousand letters that convey the early-twentieth-century poet Rainer Maria Rilke's contemplations on topics such as…
work, solitude, death, language, art, love, and enjoying a full life. Selections, translations from French and German, and introduction by New York University professor Ulrich Baer. 2005By Michael D'Antonio. 2006
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist examines the life and career of Milton Snavely Hershey (1857-1945), whose name is synonymous with chocolate. Discusses…
Hershey's business success, the model community around the Pennsylvania factory, and the 2002 controversy over the school trust. Presents the corporate titan's flaws as well as his ideals. 2006By Joy Hakim. 2005
Discusses the scientists, arguments, and breakthroughs of the Scientific Revolution that occurred between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries. Explains the…
development of ideas from the tradition of Greek philosophy to the scientific method of observation and experimentation, which spurred discoveries like Isaac Newton's theory of gravity. For grades 5-8. 2005By Walter Dean Myers, Christopher Myers. 2005
Childhood friends Jesse and Rise are growing apart. While fifteen-year-old Jesse develops his interest in art, Rise turns to the…
Harlem streets under pressure to be cool. When their long-established neighborhood social group becomes a gang, more violence enters their community. Violence. For junior and senior high readers. 2005By James Marshall. 1997
This single volume contains all seven of Marshall's books--thirty-five stories--about two hippopotamuses, George and Martha. By sharing their humorous adventures…
and forgiving each other's failings, George and Martha demonstrate how to be true friends. For grades 2-4. 1988By Walter Dean Myers, Mo Willems, David Levithan, Terry Trueman, David Lubar, Paul Acampora, Nancy Mercado, Edward Averett, Ronald Koertge, C. E. Thompson, Rene Saldana. 2005
Ten diverse short stories by well-known authors illustrate events that can shape a boy into a man. In Walter Dean…
Myers's "The Prom Prize" Fly raffles himself off for a date. In "Shockers" Steve finds a mentor in his girlfriend's father. For senior high readers. 2005By Brian Jacques. 1997
Redwall Abbey has a hidden treasure of six large, pink pearls. Hedgehog maid Tansy is determined to find them but…
so is Emperor Ublaz, who stole them years ago from the otters of Holt Lutra. Meanwhile Martin the Warrior attempts to rescue the kidnapped Abbott Durral. For grades 5-8. 1996By Mariah Stewart. 2005
Lorna Stiles revisits her family's farm, where a girlhood friend, Melinda, disappeared at age nine. Melinda's brother Jason was suspected…
of killing Melinda, but he vanished, too. Now Jason's remains materialize, and police arrest his mother. Lorna enlists ex-FBI agent T.J. Dawson to investigate. Strong language and some violence. 2005By Robert Crais. 2006
After serving ten years in prison, forty-six-year-old bank robber Max Holman is released on parole only to discover his estranged…
son--an LAPD policeman--has been murdered. Max contacts ex-FBI agent Katherine Pollard--the very agent who arrested him--to help him find his son's killers. Strong language and some violence. Bestseller. 2006By Arnold Lobel. 1999
By Graham Salisbury. 2005
Hawaii, 1941. Sixteen-year-old Eddy and his two buddies join the U.S. Army, but after the attack on Pearl Harbor their…
Japanese ancestry becomes a problem. They are commanded to serve as human targets for dogs training to hunt and kill enemy Japanese. Some violence. For grades 6-9. 2005By Grace F Edwards. 2004
Harlem, 1972. Vietnam veteran Marin Taylor defends himself against two robbers, killing one. The survivor vows revenge and kidnaps Marin's…
newborn daughter. Marin enlists the help of his army buddy Chance to find his baby. Violence and strong language. 2004By Sonia Levitin. 2005
2305. The Supreme Compassionate Director, a benign dictator, grooms his sixteen-year-old twins Will and Berk to become leaders. When Will…
tours a colony he learns the truth about his father's kingdom--and about the historical figure the brothers are clones of. For senior high readers. 2005By Thomas Mallon. 2000
Washington, D.C.; 1877. When mathematically gifted Cynthia May, a thirty-five-year-old widow, applies for the human "computer" position at the Naval…
Observatory, she is only looking for a better job. But her life changes forever as she encounters a young astronomer, an astrologer, and a powerful, corrupt senator. 2000By Beatrix Potter. 1989
Collection of classic stories with animal characters by British author. Presented in chronological order with a brief note about the…
origins of each piece. Begins with "The Tale of Peter Rabbit," first published in 1902. For grades K-3 and older readers. 1989By Pete Hautman. 2005
Seventeen-year-old Dougie is a loner obsessed with building a bridge out of match sticks for his model railroad. His only…
friend and confidant is Andy, a popular football player, who lives next door. Gradually Dougie reveals their secret bond--the fires they set together. Some violence. For senior high readers. 2005