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A mystery writer's dark memoir of his mother's murder when he was ten years old, and his youthful decline into…
crime, substance abuse, and alienation. Obsessed with his mother's memory, he investigates her death--and her life--thirty-six years after the fact. Strong language, violence, and descriptions of sex. Bestseller
True and Young Wil have returned home to Centerville after helping Marty and Midgie get settled at the Double N…
Ranch. But before they can move into the cabin they plan to call home, tragedy strikes their community, and then they receive a desperate cry for help from Midgie. Sequel to Love Follows the Heart (DB 34297)
Following their double wedding, Chris Beth and Joe and Vangie and Wilson wonder what the future holds. Can their small…
community support a minister, or will the families be separated? As they pray for guidance, they must also endure several plagues that strike their town. Sequel to Love Is a Gentle Stranger (DB 44252)
At nineteen, True North leaves the only home she has known and journeys to Atlanta, Georgia, in search of her…
past. For she knows she must go back before she can move on with her life. She has only begun her journey when she meets Michael St. John, a shareholder in the railroad, who offers her his protection. Sequel to Diary of a Loving Heart (DB 44257)
Amy Tan is a Chinese American bestselling writer who grew up in California. This biography describes her own difficulty in…
accepting the heritage her parents brought with them from China, an experience shared by characters in her novels. Explains how she became an author of adult and children's fiction and describes the books. For grades 6-9
In this British version of a traditional tale, a fairy grants an old woman living in a vinegar bottle her…
wish for a better house. But when the old woman's wish is granted, she forgets to thank the fairy. For grades 2-4
In the summer of 1973, a young man spurned the military draft and set out to herd sheep in the…
harsh and remote Salt River Range of Wyoming. Twenty-three years later he recounts the events of that summer, when his life was forever changed. Strong language
Chronicle of the life of Diogenes Alejandro Xenos, known to most as Dax, a strong man both feared and loved…
by men and women, a man whose favor is sought by many. His is a tale of revolutions, high finance, and high fashion on an international playground. Strong language and explicit descriptions of sex
Two novellas about traveling Americans who are transformed as they confront the historic tragedies of the French Revolution and the…
Holocaust. In the title story, a second-rate writer dreams of Kafka while touring a concentration camp. In "Three Pigs in Five Days," a travel writer seeks to rekindle a waning romance with her editor while on a "death tour" of Paris. Strong language. Bestseller
Sarah Ferguson says that she was not prepared for the reality of becoming a member of the British royal family.…
Here she explains how the "breath of fresh air," as she was reported to be, was snuffed out by the dark forces both within herself and within the palace
As an enforcer for the Irish mob in New York City, former boxer Paddy Adare lives well by extorting the…
building trade. His kid brother, a law student, comes into the line of fire when Paddy is ordered to break the construction workers' union. Paddy's loyalties are split in the deadly conflict that erupts. Strong language and violence. Bestseller
Collection of more than forty poems covering topics such as the first day of school, fairy tales, pals and pests,…
moms and dads, and growing up. In the title poem, a young person states that "When my best friend's mad at me,/ Everything is sad./ Even my underwear." For grades 2-4
Presents a wholistic regimen "for improving health and gaining access to the power of spontaneous healing." Recommends a series of…
steps over eight weeks that involve diet, supplements, exercise, mental and spiritual activities, and various projects. Suggests some healthful recipes. Bestseller
A former FBI agent explains the technique of behavioural profiling of violent criminals to gain understanding of their motives and…
actions. Recounts cases in which this technique was used. Strong language and violence. 1997.
In this sequel to The Zone (DB 42493), the author continues discussing his theory regarding the correct ratio of protein,…
specific carbohydrates, and fat in the diet. He outlines three levels that will lead to mastering the "zone" and includes recipes and menus. Bestseller
When author Karin Wheat is murdered, Harper Cole calls the police. Karin was a participant on the sexually explicit online…
service that Harper helps operate. He suspects that four other clients who mysteriously stopped participating may also have met gruesome ends. And he thinks he knows who did it. Strong language, violence, and explicit descriptions of sex
A lawyer's account of the social, political, and legal struggle to bring a toxic-waste disposal facility to poor and largely…
black Noxubee County, Mississippi, in 1992. Portrays the bitter conflict that ensued between proponents of economic progress and those for environmental preservation
An authorized biography of the Nobel Prize-winning Irish playwright. Traces his childhood in Dublin, his service with the French Resistance…
in World War II, and the staging of his initial literary success, Waiting for Godot, in 1953. Describes his years spent writing and directing his plays, and his late-life marriage
Collection of Fitzgerald's correspondence portraying his life and work. The chronological arrangement of letters reflects his literary development through the…
years, his friendships with Hemingway and other writers, and his tragic marriage and personal life
Evan Morgan just can't stay out of trouble, and now he has been thrown out of Wales. He is going…
to live with the Wakefields, who are hoping he will be a companion for their son Amos. Along the way, Evan rescues Jenny Clairmont, a runaway, and together the three young people form a triangle that tests the limits of their faith. Sequel to "The shield of honor" (DC15321). Followed by "The ramparts of heaven" (DC17544). 1995.