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 | Live Wire by Harlan CobenWhen a pregnant tennis star reports that her rock-artist husband has gone missing amid scandalous rumors, Myron Bolitar is forced to confront deep secrets about his client's past while struggling with fatherhood roles in his personal life. |
 | Robopocalypse by Daniel H. WilsonA tale set in the near future finds the world thrown into chaos by rebelling artificial intelligences under the leadership of a murderous technology called Archos that kills its creator and takes over the global network, triggering an unprecedented united front among all human cultures. |
 | The Jacket I Wear in the Snow by Shirley NeitzelA young girl names all the clothes that she must wear to play in the snow. |
 | The Wee Free Men by Terry PratchettA young witch-to-be named Tiffany teams up with the Wee Free Men, a clan of six-inch-high blue men, to rescue her baby brother and ward off a sinister invasion from Fairyland |
 | The Reading Promise by Alice OzmaA series of vignettes describes how the author's father challenged himself to read aloud to her for one hundred consecutive nights when she was in fourth grade and how they decided to continue "the streak" until the day she left for college. |
 | The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie RyanThrough twists and turns of fate, orphaned Mary seeks knowledge of life, love, and especially what lies beyond her walled village and the surrounding forest, where dwell the Unconsecrated, aggressive flesh-eating people who were once dead. |
 | The Enemy by Charlie HigsonAfter a disease turns everyone over sixteen into brainless, decomposing, flesh-eating creatures, a group of teenagers leave their shelter and set out of a harrowing journey across London to the safe haven of Buckingham Palace. |
 | Tabloid City by Peter HamillThe brutal murders of a notable socialite and her secretary in a stately West Village townhouse set forth a series of events that entwines the fates of many seemingly unrelated people. A reporter chases the story while a tabloid executive holds the presses, a ruined financer attempts to leave the country, a war veteran plots revenge, and a terrorist plans an attack. |
 | State of Wonder by Ann PatchettResearcher Marina Singh is sent by her boss at Vogel, a drug manufacturer, to the jungles of Brazil following the death of a co-worker. It is there that the company is looking into a miracle drug based on a tree bark used by a native tribe. Upon her arrival, Marina must find out the circumstances of her colleague's death, as well as find out why work has slowed to a crawl on the drug. That means dealing with Annick Swenson, a determined researcher who Marina has a complicated relationship with. |
 | Ship Breaker by Paolo BacigalupiIn a futuristic world, teenaged Nailer scavenges copper wiring from grounded oil tankers for a living, but when he finds a beached clipper ship with a girl in the wreckage, he has to decide if he should strip the ship for its wealth or rescue the girl. |
 | The Postmistress by Sarah BlakeIn London covering the Blitz with Edward R. Murrow, Frankie Bard meets a Cape Cod doctor in a shelter and promises that she'll deliver a letter for him when she finally returns to the United States. Filled with stunning parallels to today's world, "The Postmistress" is a sweeping novel about the loss of innocence of two extraordinary women--and of two countries torn apart by war. |
 | Save Me by Lisa ScottolineWorried that her daughter Melly is being bullied at school, Susan Pressman volunteers in the school cafeteria to keep an eye on things. Her suspicions are confirmed when Amanda, the school bully, sends Melly crying to the bathroom. But before she can comfort her daughter, an explosion rips through the kitchen, forcing Susan to rescue Amanda. However, when Amanda inexplicably goes back into the flaming building and is injured, Susan is denounced as a villain. |
 | Portrait of a Spy by Daniel SilvaAfter failing to stop a suicide bomber attack in London, master art restorer and assassin Gabriel Allon is summoned by the CIA and is faced with an organization riddled with dissent--and ill-equipped to deal with the deadly new face of global jihadist terror |
 | Mozart Conspiracy by Scott MarianiAfter a world-famous opera star--and ex-flame--asks him to investigate her brother's mysterious death, British Air Service officer Ben Hope gets caught up in a centuries-old web of intrigue surrounding the death--and possible murder--of Mozart. |
 | Labor Day by Joyce MaynardWith the end of summer closing in and a steamy Labor Day weekend looming in the town of Holton Mills, New Hampshire, thirteen-year-old Henry—lonely, friendless, not too good at sports—spends most of his time watching television, reading, and daydreaming about the soft skin and budding bodies of his female classmates. For company Henry has his long-divorced mother, Adele—a onetime dancer whose summer project was to teach him how to foxtrot; his hamster, Joe; and awkward Saturday-night outings to Friendly's with his estranged father and new stepfamily. |
 | In the Bleak Midwinter by Julia Spencer-FlemingIn this debut novel, a riveting page-turner from start to finish, born-and-bred Virginian Clare Ferguson, newly ordained priest of St. Alban's Episcopal Church in the small upstate New York town of Millers Kill, is faced with not only an early December snowstorm and the bitter cold of her first Northern winter but also a conservative vestry, who apparently expended all their daring on hiring her, a female priest. When a baby is left on the church doorstep with a note designating that he be given to two of her parishioners, Clare calls in police chief Russ Van Alstyne. |
 | HarperCollins Treasury of Picture Book Classics by Harper CollinsContains twelve full-sized reproductions of classic picture books accompanied by background information for the reader. |
 | Before I go to Sleep by Steven J. WatsonWithout her husband's knowledge, Christine, whose memory is damaged by a long-ago accident, is treated by a neurologist who helps her to remember her former self through journal entries until inconsistencies begin to emerge, raising disturbing questions. |
 | A Dance with Dragons by George R. R. MartinNew threats emerge to endanger the future of the Seven Kingdoms, as Daenerys Targaryen, ruling in the East, fights off a multitude of enemies, while Jon Snow, Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, faces his foes both in the Watch and beyond the great Wallof ice and stone. |
 | The Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanIn the first installment of Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, twelve-year-old Percy can't seem to get his act together. Unable to stay out of trouble at school, Percy finds himself outcast from his peers. However, he soon learns that he is actually the son of Poseidon, the Greek god of the sea. Soon, he makes friends when he enters a school for demigods. However, his troubles have just begun as he is charged with the task of recovering Zeus' stolen lightning bolts |
 | True Compass by Edward M. KennedyThe Massachusetts senator shares his personal perspectives on the tragedies that have shaped his family, his long political career, the major events of the past fifty years, and his recent health battles |
 | Half Broke Horses by Jeannette WallsJeannette Walls, acclaimed author of The Glass Castle, presents the story of her grandmother, Lily Casey Smith. Born tough, Lily shoed her first horse at age six, moved to the western frontier at age fifteen, and soon learned to drive a car and fly an airplane. Always filled with adventure, Lily's life held witness to several disasters, heartbreaks, and wars |
 | The Lost Painting by Jonathan HarrRecounts the search for a long-lost masterpiece by Italian Baroque master Michelangelo Caravaggio, following a young graduate student across hundreds of years and four countries to uncover the mystery of "The Taking of Christ." |
 | The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth SteinTold through the thoughts of the family dog, Stein's novel follows the affecting tale of Denny, a widower attempting to become a race-car champion even as he cares for his precious daughter and their beloved pet. |
 | Slash by SlashA memoir by the Guns n' Roses guitarist documents his childhood as a biracial son of divorced artist parents; his relationships with such figures as David Bowie, Joni Mitchell, and Seymour Cassell; and his observations about the 1980s music scene. |
 | Priceless Memories by Bob BarkerThe host of "The Price Is Right" shares experiences from his public and personal life, including favorite contestants and episodes, his childhood on a Native American reservation, his training as a WWII Navy pilot, and his marriage to the love of his life, Dorothy Jo. |
 | Presumed Innocent by Scott TurowRusty Sabich, a prosecuting attorney investigating the murder of Carolyn Polhemus, his former lover and a prominent member of his boss's staff, finds himself accused of the crime. |
 | Open: An Autobiography by Andrew AgassiFrom Andre Agassi, one of the most beloved athletes in history and one of the most gifted men ever to step onto a tennis court, a beautiful, haunting autobiography. |
 | Heroin Diaries by Nikki SixxThe co-founder of the rock band Mötley Crüe presents a candid account of his own descent into the hell of drug addiction, describing the impact of heroin on his life and the band. |
 | Heat by Bill BufordThe author offers an account of his entry into the world of a professional cook-in-training, documenting his experiences in the kitchen of Mario Batali's restaurant Babbo and his apprenticeships in Italy with Batali's former teachers. |
 | Have a Litte Faith by Mitch AlbomWhen an eighty-two-year-old rabbi from Albom's old hometown asks him to deliver his eulogy, Albom goes back to his nonfiction roots and becomes involved with a Detroit pastor--a reformed drug dealer and convict--who preaches to the poor and homeless in a decaying church with a hole in its roof. A timely, moving, and inspiring look at faith: not just who believes, but why. |
 | The Lost Symbol by Dan BrownSymbologist Robert Langdon returns in this new thriller follow-up to The Da Vinci Code. He saved the Catholic Church from a fundamentalist radical in Angels & Demons and exposed the world's greatest cover-up in The Da Vinci Code. Now, symbologist and Harvard professor Robert Langdon returns to uncover another mystery. |
 | The Little Giant of Aberdeen County by Tiffany BakerA spellbindingly woven tale about a girl who grows physically and emotionally beyond her small town's wildest expectations. |
 | Brisingr by Christopher PaoliniFollowing the colossal battle against the Empire's warriors on the Burning Plains, Eragon and his dragon, Saphira, have narrowly escaped with their lives. Still there is more at hand for the Rider and his dragon, as Eragon finds himself bound by a tangle of promises he may not be able to keep |
 | The Appeal by John GrishamWall street millionaire Carl Trudeau purchases an unsuspecting candidate to run for Supreme Court judge when a Mississippi rules agains one of his chemical companies for dumping toxic waste into the towns water supply causing a cancer cluster. |
 | Clapton: The Autobiography by Eric ClaptonThe legendary guitarist recounts the story of his life and his career, recalling his work with the Yardbirds, Cream, and as a solo artist; years of drug and alcohol abuse; failed marriage to Patti Boyd; and the accidental death of his young son. |
 | Loving Frank by Nancy HoranHistorical novel telling the story of the relationship between legendary architect Frank Lloyd Wright and Mamah Cheney, the wife of a couple whose home Wright built in 1904. |
 | The Book Thief by Markus ZusakImagine you're nine years old. Your mother has grabbed you and taken you onto a train. You don't know where you're going; you don't know where you father is. Your younger brother, who has been sick for many weeks... |
 | The Space Between Us by Thrity UmrigarThe Space Between Us, by Thrity Umrigar is an intimate portrait of a distant, yet familiar, world. Set in modern day India it is the story of two compelling and achingly real women: Sera Dubash, an upper middle class Parsi housewife, whose opulent surroundings hide the shame and disappointment of her abusive marriage, and Bhima, a stoic illiterate, hardened by a life of despair and loss... |
 | World War Z by Max BrooksI'm here to talk to you about a book. A book that at first many of you might not want to pick up off the shelves.... |
 | The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddPrior to writing her first fiction book, Sue Monk Kidd wrote books of spirituality, and she does not stray too far from that subject now. More than a coming of age story... |
 | Suite Française by Irène NémirovskyI knew when I started to read Irène Némirovsky's incomplete historical novel Suite Française that it consisted of two novellas, the first two parts of her planned five part epic... |
 | Peace Like a River by Leif EngerPeace Like a River by Leif Enger is one of those books that sticks with you long after you finish reading it. it's the kind of book... |
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