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[Fearless Fourteen by Evanovich, Janet] "Fearless Fourteen"
Evanovich, Janet
Personal vendettas, hidden treasure, and a monkey named Carl will send bounty hunter Stephanie Plum on her most explosive adventure yet.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 6/24/2008
[Sail by Patterson, james] "Sail"
Patterson, james
Widow Katherine Dunne takes her three children on a sailing vacation in an effort to save her family, but when they finally start feeling like a family, something catastrophic happens.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 6/24/2008
[What Happened by McClellan, Scott] "What Happened"
McClellan, Scott
The former White House press secretary examines how and why the Bush administration went awry, providing a look at George W. Bush and his top aides in terms of such crises as Hurricane Katrina, the Iraq war, and Washington's political infighting.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Non-Fiction
Date Added : 6/17/2008
[When You Are Engulfed in Flames by Sedaris, David] "When You Are Engulfed in Flames"
Sedaris, David
A collection of essays celebrates the foibles of the author's everyday life in France and America, from an attempt to make coffee with water from a flower vase to a drug purchase in a North Carolina mobile home.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Non-Fiction
Date Added : 6/17/2008
[Gingerbread Girl by King, Stephen] "Gingerbread Girl"
King, Stephen
Emily escapes to the secluded Vermillion Key off of Florida's coast after the death of her infant child. Her new neighbor also enjoys the privacy of the key, but the women he brings with him never return home. Emily's curiosity leads her right into the hands of the madman, but it's her legs that are her only hope for survival.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 6/4/2008
[Hold Tight by Coben, Harlan] "Hold Tight"
Coben, Harlan
Worrying about their sixteen-year-old son Adam in the wake of a friend's suicide and a string of other traumatic school incidents, Tia and Mike Baye install an activity monitor on their son's computer and are alarmed to learn that the suicide victim's mother believes Adam may have been involved.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 6/4/2008
[Love the One You're With by Giffin, Emily] "Love the One You're With"
Giffin, Emily
Believing her marriage to Andy to be perfect in every way, Ellen runs into former flame Leo and wonders why she has been unable to forget him even though they brought out the worst in each other.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 6/4/2008
[Odd Hours by Koontz, Dean] "Odd Hours"
Koontz, Dean
Haunted by dreams of a powerful red tide, Odd Thomas, accompanied by two otherworldly sidekicks--his dog Boo and the Chairman of the Board--is drawn to a small California coastal town, where nothing is at it appears and where he confronts overwhelming and sinister forces out to stop his quest.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 6/4/2008
[Snuff by Palahniuk, Chuck] "Snuff"
Palahniuk, Chuck
Narrated by Mr. 72, Mr. 137, and Mr. 600 as they await their turn on camera, a novel about the role of pornography in contemporary life follows porn queen Cassie Wright, who plans to break the record for serial fornication with six hundred men on camera.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 6/4/2008
[Bird by Johnson, Angela] "Bird"
Johnson, Angela
Devastated by the loss of a second father, thirteen-year-old Bird follows her tepfather from Cleveland to Alabama in hopes of convincing him to come home, and along the way helps two boys cope with their difficulties.
Collection : Young Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 5/21/2008
[Boy Proof by Castellucci, Cecil] "Boy Proof"
Castellucci, Cecil
Feeling alienated from everyone around her, Los Angeles high school senior and cinephile Victoria Denton hides behind the identity of a favorite movie character until an interesting new boy arrives at school and helps her realize that there is more to life than just the movies.
Collection : Young Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 5/21/2008
[Boyfriend List by Lockhart, E.] "Boyfriend List"
Lockhart, E.
A Seattle fifteen-year-old explains some of the reasons for her recent panic attacks, including breaking up with her boyfriend, losing all her girlfriends, tensions between her performance-artist mother and her father, and more.
Collection : Young Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 5/21/2008
[Brooklyn Rose by Rinaldi, Ann] "Brooklyn Rose"
Rinaldi, Ann
On St. Helena Island, South Carolina, fifteen year-old Rose meets and marries Rene, a Yankee from Brooklyn, New York, who takes her north to his home where she encounters many differences in attitudes and lifestyles.
Collection : Young Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 5/21/2008
[Bucking the Sarge by Curtis, Christopher Paul] "Bucking the Sarge"
Curtis, Christopher Paul
Deeply involved in his manipulative mother's shady business dealings in Michigan, fourteen-year-old Luther keeps a sense of humor while running the Happy Neighbor Group Home For Men, all the while dreaming of becoming a philosopher.
Collection : Young Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 5/21/2008
[Bud, not Buddy by Curtis, Christopher Paul] "Bud, not Buddy"
Curtis, Christopher Paul
Ten-year-old Bud, a motherless boy living in Flint, Michigan, during the Great Depression, escapes a bad foster home and sets out in search of the man he believes to be his father--the renowned bandleader, H.E. Calloway of Grand Rapids.
Collection : Young Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 5/21/2008
[Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Kinney, Jeff] "Diary of a Wimpy Kid"
Kinney, Jeff
Greg records his sixth grade experiences in a middle school where he and his best friend, Rowley, undersized weaklings amid boys who need to shave twice daily, hope just to survive, but when Rowley grows more popular, Greg must take drastic measures to save their friendship.
Collection : Young Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 5/21/2008
[Evil Genius by Jinks, Catherine] "Evil Genius"
Jinks, Catherine
Child prodigy Cadel Piggot, an antisocial computer hacker, discovers his true identity when he enrolls as a first-year student at an advanced crime academy.
Collection : Young Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 5/21/2008
[Fairest by Levine, Gail Carson] "Fairest"
Levine, Gail Carson
In a land where beauty and singing are valued above all else, Aza eventually comes to reconcile her unconventional appearance and her magical voice, and learns to accept herself for who she truly is.
Collection : Young Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 5/21/2008
[Fifth of March by rinaldi, Ann] "Fifth of March"
rinaldi, Ann
Fourteen-year-old Rachel Marsh, an indentured servant in the Boston household of John and Abigail Adams, is caught up in the colonists' unrest that eventually escalates into the massacre of March 5, 1770.
Collection : Young Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 5/21/2008
[Fly on the Wall by Lockhart, E.] "Fly on the Wall"
Lockhart, E.
When Gretchen Yee, a student at the Manhattan School for Art and Music, wishes she were a fly on the wall of the boys' locker room, she never expects her wish to come true in such a dramatic way.
Collection : Young Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 5/21/2008
[Girls by Koss, Amy Goldman] "Girls"
Koss, Amy Goldman
Each of the girls in a middle-school clique reveals the strong, manipulative hold one of the group exerts on the others, causing hurt and self-doubt among the girls.
Collection : Young Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 5/21/2008
[Homeboyz by Sitomer, Alan Lawrence] "Homeboyz"
Sitomer, Alan Lawrence
Seventeen-year-old Teddy Anderson, who is known on the streets as T-Bear, decides to seek revenge on the person responsible for his little sister's death, which was caused by a stray bullet from a semiautomatic handgun.
Collection : Young Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 5/21/2008
[Hoopster by Sitomer, Alan Lawrence] "Hoopster"
Sitomer, Alan Lawrence
Andre Anderson is a black teenager who loves to play basketball, When he is viciously attacked, it calls his whole world into question--even his deadly jumpshot.
Collection : Young Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 5/21/2008
[If a Tree Falls at Lunch Period by Choldenko, Gennifer] "If a Tree Falls at Lunch Period"
Choldenko, Gennifer
Kirsten and Walk, seventh-graders at an elite private school, alternate telling how race, wealth, weight, and other issues shape their relationships as they and other misfits stand up to a mean but influential classmate, even as they are uncovering a long-kept secret about themselves.
Collection : Young Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 5/21/2008
[Shakespeare Stealer by Blackwood, Gary] "Shakespeare Stealer"
Blackwood, Gary
A young orphan boy is ordered by his master to infiltrate Shakespeare's acting troupe in order to steal the script of "Hamlet," but he discovers instead the meaning of friendship and loyalty.
Collection : Young Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 5/21/2008
[Shattering glass by Giles, Gail] "Shattering glass"
Giles, Gail
When Rob, the charismatic leader of the senior class, turns the school nerd into Prince Charming, his actions lead to unexpected violence.
Collection : Young Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 5/21/2008
[Things Not Seen by Clements, Andrew] "Things Not Seen"
Clements, Andrew
When fifteen-year-old Bobby wakes up and finds himself invisible, he and his parents and his new blind friend Alicia try to find out what caused his condition and how to reverse it.
Collection : Young Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 5/21/2008
[View from Saturday by Konigsburg, E. L.] "View from Saturday"
Konigsburg, E. L.
Four students, each with their own individual stories, develop a special bond and attract the attention of their teacher, a paraplegic, who chooses them to represent their sixth-grade class in the Academic Bowl competition.
Collection : Young Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 5/21/2008
[Watsons go to Birmingham by Curtis, Christopher Paul] "Watsons go to Birmingham"
Curtis, Christopher Paul
The ordinary interactions and everyday routines of the Watsons, an African American family living in Flint, Michigan, are drastically changed after they go to visit Grandma in Alabama in the summer of 1963.
Collection : Young Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 5/21/2008
[Just Who Will You Be? by Shriver, Maria] "Just Who Will You Be?"
Shriver, Maria
This candid inspirational audiobook for seekers of all ages reminds us that we're all works in progress and it's never too late to become the person you want to be. Inspired by a high school graduation speech she gave, Maria Shriver's message is that what you do in your life isn't what matters. It's who you are.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Non-Fiction
Date Added : 4/29/2008
[Miracle at Speedy Motors by McCall-Smith, Alexander] "Miracle at Speedy Motors"
McCall-Smith, Alexander
In the ninth mystery of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, Precious Ramotswe visits a game preserve to uncover the truth about an elderly American traveler whose safari proves to be his last journey.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 4/29/2008
[Silver Swan by Black, Benjamin] "Silver Swan"
Black, Benjamin
Two years have passed since the events of the bestselling "Christine Falls", and Quirke, the irascible,formerly hard-drinking Dublin pathologist, ought to know better than to let his curiosity get the best of him. Yet when an acquaintance comes to him about his beautiful young wife's apparent suicide, Quirke's "old itch to cut into the quick of things, to delve into the dark of what was hidden" is roused again.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 4/29/2008
[What Now? by Patchett, Ann] "What Now?"
Patchett, Ann
Ann Patchett ask the question that most of us have asked ourselves "What now?" Ann tells about her own life of twists and turns.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Non-Fiction
Date Added : 4/29/2008
[Dark Tide by Gross, Andrew] "Dark Tide"
Gross, Andrew
An explosion rips through New York City's Grand Central Station, destroying the train where Karen Friedman's husband is riding to work. On the same day, there is a suspicious hit-and-run accident in Karen's hometown of Greenwich, Connecticut. Detective Ty Hauck finds a clue that connects the two seemingly unrelated events. Months later, two men show up at Karen's home digging into her susband's business dealings, as hundreds of millions of dollars are missing.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 4/15/2008
[How to Meditate by Chodron, Pema] "How to Meditate"
Chodron, Pema
Introduces a complete course for those new to meditation, helping listeners honestly meet and compassionately relate with the mind--the fundamental skill in meditations--as they explore the basics of mindfulness, overcoming common obstacles, guided sessions for resting in the nature of the mind, and more.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Non-Fiction
Date Added : 4/15/2008
[Last Lecture by Pausch, Randy] "Last Lecture"
Pausch, Randy
Reflections of a Carnegie Mellon computer science professor who lectured on "Really achieving your childhood dreams," shortly after having been diagnosed with terminal cancer. His advice concerned seizing the moment while living, rather than dying.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Non-Fiction
Date Added : 4/15/2008
[Ten-Year Nap by Wolitzer, Meg] "Ten-Year Nap"
Wolitzer, Meg
Ten years after leaving high-power jobs to raise their children, four New York friends enter their forties while struggling with the differences between their past ideals and their present realities, a situation that become turbulent when one of them meets a successful working mother of three who seems to have it all. 40,000 first printing.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 4/15/2008
[21: Bringing Down the House by Mezrich, Ben] "21: Bringing Down the House"
Mezrich, Ben
Inside story of 6 Massachusetts Institute of Technology students who took Vegas for millions.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Non-Fiction
Date Added : 4/14/2008
[Beautiful Boy by Sheff, David] "Beautiful Boy"
Sheff, David
The story of one teenager's descent into methamphetamine addiction is told from his father's point of view, describing how a varsity athlete and honor student became addicted to the dangerous drug and its impact on his family.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Non-Fiction
Date Added : 3/17/2008
[Change of Heart by Picoult, Jodi] "Change of Heart"
Picoult, Jodi
Shay Bourne shattered June Nealon's life when he murdered her husband and daughter. Now, as New Hampshire's first death row inmate in 58 years, his last request is one he believes might bring him salvation. Shay wants to donate his heart to June's other, ailing daughter. But since he is scheduled for lethal injection, this not possible. Further complications arise when Shay begins performing miracles in full view of witnesses--including his Catholic spiritual advisor.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 3/17/2008
[Naughty Neighbor by Evenovich, Janet] "Naughty Neighbor"
Evenovich, Janet
Louisa Brannigan isa a Washington D.C. press secretary whose annoying neighbor gets her involved in the case of a missing pig. Little does she know that the quest for this MIA swine might just lead to unexpected romance.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 3/17/2008
[Power of Now by Tolle, Eckhart] "Power of Now"
Tolle, Eckhart
Shows how to achieve inner peace by leaving the analytical mind behind and accessing the Now that is everywhere around us.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Non-Fiction
Date Added : 3/17/2008
[Remember Me? by Kinsella, Sophie] "Remember Me?"
Kinsella, Sophie
Lexi wakes up in a hospital bed after a car accident, thinking it's 3 years earlier and she's a twenty-five-year old with crooked teeth and a disastrous love life. But, her teeth are straight, she's the boss of her department and she's married to a good-looking millionaire!
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 3/17/2008
[Lady Killer by Scottoline, Lisa] "Lady Killer"
Scottoline, Lisa
When Trish Gambone struts into up-and-coming attorney Mary DiNunzio's office, she brings back a flood of memories. In high school, Trish and her friends wouldn't give Mary the time of day. But those days are long gone, and Trish needs Mary's help to get out of a deadly predicament.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 2/29/2008
[New Earth by Tolle, Eckhart] "New Earth"
Tolle, Eckhart
Contends that humanity has an unprecedented opportunity to shift from its dangerous, ego-based state of consciousness to a saner, more loving existence, and offers practical advice on how to promote kindness and freedom.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Non-Fiction
Date Added : 2/29/2008
[Stranger in Paradise by Parker, Robert] "Stranger in Paradise"
Parker, Robert
Ten years after hit man Crow Cromartie escapes with the spoils of a lucrative heist, Massachusetts police officer Jesse Stone is astonished when the fugitive enlists his cooperation with a job gone bad involving a young woman whose father wants her killed.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 2/29/2008
[Appeal by Grisham, John] "Appeal"
Grisham, John
Wall 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.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 1/29/2008
[Blasphemy by Preston, Douglas] "Blasphemy"
Preston, Douglas
A CIA operative is sent to a remote Arizona mountain with a group of scientists to turn on the world's biggest supercollider. His mission: to discover a secret that will either destroy the world...or save it.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 1/29/2008
[Duma Key by King, Stephen] "Duma Key"
King, Stephen
Renting a house on an eerily undeveloped stretch of the Florida coast after suffering a crippling accident and ending his marriage, construction millionaire Edgar Freemantle obsessively creates works of art that lead him to discover unsettling elements from his landlady's enigmatic family history.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 1/29/2008
[Plum Lucky by Evanovich, Janet] "Plum Lucky"
Evanovich, Janet
Stephanie finds herself in over her head with a caper involving thrice stolen money, a racehorse, a car chase and a bad case of hives--not to mention her grandmother playing the slots in Atlantic City using the stolen money!
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 1/29/2008
[Senator's Wife by Miller, Sue] "Senator's Wife"
Miller, Sue
Two unconventional women, neighbors in adjacent New England townhouses--Meri Fowler, pregnant, newly married, and discovering the gap between reality and expectation, and Delia Naughton, wife of a notoriously unfaithful liberal senator--confront the costs and challenges of love.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 1/29/2008
[Chopin Manuscript by Deaver, Jeffery] "Chopin Manuscript"
Deaver, Jeffery
Former war crimes investigator Harold Middleton possesses a previously unknown score by Frederic Chopin. But he is unaware that, locked within its handwritten notes, lies a secret that now threatens the lives of thousands of Americans.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 1/7/2008
[Inconvenient Book by Beck, Glenn] "Inconvenient Book"
Beck, Glenn
The host of the popular CNN Headline News television show and conservative radio talk-show personality presents his perspectives on issues ranging from nuclear technology in the Middle East and poor education ratings to the obesity epidemic and rising gas prices.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Non-Fiction
Date Added : 1/7/2008
[T is for Trespass by Grafton, Sue] "T is for Trespass"
Grafton, Sue
Sociopath Solana Rojas uses a stolen identity as a private caregiver to gain access to her intended victims while endeavoring to outmaneuver private investigator Kinsey Millhone.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 1/7/2008
[Venetian Betrayal by Berry, Steve] "Venetian Betrayal"
Berry, Steve
Locating Alexander the Great's final resting place-unknown to this day-remains a tantalizing goal for both archaeologists and treasure hunters. Now the quest for this coveted prize is about to heat up. After narrowly escaping a fire that consurmes a Danish museum, Cotton Malone-former U.S. Justice Department agent turned rare-book dealer-learns from his friend, the beguiling adventurer Cassiopeia Vitt, that the blaze was part of a campaign of arson intended to mask a far more diabolical design.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 1/7/2008
[Born Standing Up by Martin, Steve] "Born Standing Up"
Martin, Steve
The author shares the stories of his years in stand-up comedy in a humorous memoir that recalls a first job selling guidebooks at Disneyland, his early magic and comedy act, his years of honing his craft, and the sacrifice, discipline, and originality ittook to take him to the top.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Non-Fiction
Date Added : 11/27/2007
[Darkest Evening of the Year by Koontz, Dean] "Darkest Evening of the Year"
Koontz, Dean
Dedicated to the cause of dog rescue, Amy Redwing risks everything, including her relationship with long-time suitor Brian McCarthy and her own well-being, to come to the aid of Nickie, a very special golden retriever, unaware that she has drawn the attentions of an unknown and ruthless enemy whose attacks escalate with stunning ferocity.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 11/27/2007
[Protect and Defend by Flynn, Vince] "Protect and Defend"
Flynn, Vince
In the aftermath of an Israeli attack on Iranian nuclear facilities, CIA director Irene Kennedy and operative Mitch Kelly are dispatched to the Middle East to diffuse Iran's sworn retaliation against the United States.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 11/27/2007
[Run by Patchett, Ann] "Run"
Patchett, Ann
Struggling with single parenthood and a scandal that cost him his political career, Bernard Doyle fights his disappointment with his adopted sons' career choices before a violent event forces the members of his family to reconsider their priorities.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 11/27/2007
[Wife for Hire by Evanovich, Janet] "Wife for Hire"
Evanovich, Janet
Hoping to improve his rogue's reputation in order to get a bank loan for his business, Hank Mallone hires Maggie Toone to pose as his wife, but the deal soon changes from "strictly business" to "no holds barred."
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 11/27/2007
[Dragon Rider by Funke, Cornelia Caroline] "Dragon Rider"
Funke, Cornelia Caroline
After learning that humans are headed toward his hidden home, Firedrake, a silver dragon, is joined by a brownie and an orphan boy in a quest to find the legendary valley known as the Rim of Heaven, encountering friendly and unfriendly creatures along the way, and struggling to evade the relentless pursuit of an old enemy.
Collection : Young Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 11/20/2007
[Eclipse by Meyer, Stephanie] "Eclipse"
Meyer, Stephanie
Bella must choose between her friendship with Jacob and her relationship with Edward, one a werewolf, the other a vampire, but when Seattle is ravaged by a mysterious string of killings, the three of them need to decide whether their personal lives are more important than the well-being of an entire city.
Collection : Young Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 11/20/2007
[Forever in Blue by Brashares, Ann] "Forever in Blue"
Brashares, Ann
As their lives take them in different directions, Lena, Tibby, Carmen, and Bridget discover many more things about themselves and the importance of their relationship with each other.
Collection : Young Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 11/20/2007
[Holes by Sachar, Louis] "Holes"
Sachar, Louis
As further evidence of his family's bad fortune which they attribute to a curse on a distant relative, Stanley Yelnats is sent to a hellish correctional camp in the Texas desert where he finds his first real friend, a treasure, and a new sense of himself.
Collection : Young Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 11/20/2007
[Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by Lewis, C. S.] "Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe"
Lewis, C. S.
Four English schoolchildren find their way through the back of a wardrobe into the magic land of Narnia and assist Aslan, the golden lion, to triumph over the White Witch, who has cursed the land with eternal winter.
Collection : Young Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 11/20/2007
[Messenger by Lowry, Lois] "Messenger"
Lowry, Lois
In this novel that unites characters from "The Giver" and "Gathering Blue," Matty, a young member of a utopian community that values honesty, conceals an emerging healing power that he cannot explain or understand.
Collection : Young Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 11/20/2007
[Twilight by Meyer, Stephanie] "Twilight"
Meyer, Stephanie
When seventeen-year-old Bella leaves Phoenix to live with her father in Forks, Washington, she meets an exquisitely handsome boy at school for whom she feels an overwhelming attraction and who she comes to realize is not wholly human.
Collection : Young Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 11/20/2007
[Wrinkle in Time by L'Engle, Madeleine] "Wrinkle in Time"
L'Engle, Madeleine
Three children set off on an interplanetary journey in an attempt to rescue their father.
Collection : Young Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 11/20/2007
[Double Cross by Patterson, James] "Double Cross"
Patterson, James
Rejoining the police force in the wake of a series of elaborate murders in Washington, D.C., detective Alex Cross finds himself working to outmaneuver the killer's penchant for inducing hysteria with increasingly sensational killings.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 11/19/2007
[Millionaires by Meltzer, Brad] "Millionaires"
Meltzer, Brad
Brothers Charlie and Oliver Caruso, who are employed at the exclusive private bank of Greene & Greene, cannot resist the offer of taking $3,000,000 from an abandoned account, forcing them to run from the Secret Service.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 11/19/2007
[Pillars of the Earth by Follett, Ken] "Pillars of the Earth"
Follett, Ken
Set in the twelfth-century England when the empress Maud and Stephen are fighting for the crown of England after the death of Henry, chronicles the struggle to build a cathedral.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 11/19/2007
[Abstinence Teacher by Perrotta, Tom] "Abstinence Teacher"
Perrotta, Tom
Teaching human sexuality from a perspective that information and pleasure are top priorities, divorced mom Ruth Ramsey butts heads with the local soccer coach, a divorced former addict who became an evangelical Christian after hitting rock bottom.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 11/6/2007
[Aloft by Lee, Chang-Rae] "Aloft"
Lee, Chang-Rae
erry Battle loves flying his small plane because his view from aloft saves him from the reality of his life. He must come down to earth when several family crises arise.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 11/6/2007
[Bridge of Sighs by Russo, Richard] "Bridge of Sighs"
Russo, Richard
After sixty years of living in the upstate New York town of Thomaston, Louis Charles and his wife of forty years, Sarah, prepare for a trip to Italy to visit Louis' childhood friend, an artist who had fled his hometown many years earlier.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 11/6/2007
[Now & Then by Parker, Robert] "Now & Then"
Parker, Robert
Investigating a new client's unfaithful wife, Boston private eye Spenser finds himself in a web of trouble when the seemingly open-and-shut case goes terribly wrong and three people wind up dead, a situation that reveals the wife's lover's ties to a terrorist organization.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 11/6/2007
[Stone Cold by Baldacci, David] "Stone Cold"
Baldacci, David
Oliver Stone and the Camel Club are back in their most dangerous adventure yet, a war on two fronts.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 11/6/2007
[Almost Moon by Sebold, Alice] "Almost Moon"
Sebold, Alice
Having set aside her own life in her support of her parents, husband, and children, Helen Knightly confronts the realities of the choices that were imposed upon her during a harrowing twenty-four-hour period of death and revelation.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 10/16/2007
[Dark of the Moon by Sanford, John] "Dark of the Moon"
Sanford, John
Virgil Flowers is sent to Bluestem, a small town where everyone knows everyone else, to investigate the murders of a man burned to death in his home and a doctor and his wife, unaware that he is tracking a murderer who may be targeting Virgil as his next victim.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 10/16/2007
[Eat, Pray, Love by Gilbert, Elizabeth] "Eat, Pray, Love"
Gilbert, Elizabeth
Traces the author's decision to quit her job and travel the world for a year after suffering a midlife crisis and divorce, a journey that took her to three places in her quest to explore her own nature and learn the art of spiritual balance.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Non-Fiction
Date Added : 10/16/2007
[Walk Away the Pounds by Sansone, Leslie] "Walk Away the Pounds"
Sansone, Leslie
A three-miles-in-fifteen-minutes walking routine. Burning calories and giving muscles a more challenging workout.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Non-Fiction
Date Added : 10/16/2007
[You On a Walk by Roizen, Michael F. and Mehmet C. Oz] "You On a Walk"
Roizen, Michael F. and Mehmet C. Oz
Presents two half-hour programs to listen to while walking to enhance fat burning and strength building.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Non-Fiction
Date Added : 10/16/2007
[Choice by Sparks, Nicholas] "Choice"
Sparks, Nicholas
Travis Parker believes that a serious relationship would only cramp his style, until Gabby Holland moves in next door.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 9/27/2007
[Playing for Pizza by Grisham, John] "Playing for Pizza"
Grisham, John
Cut from the Cleveland Browns after the worst performance in the history of the NFL, Rick Dockery, desperate to play football, is hired by the Panthers of Parma, Italy, and finds himself confronted by the confusing diversity of Italian culture, language,and romance.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 9/27/2007
[Shoot Him If He Runs by Woods, Stuart] "Shoot Him If He Runs"
Woods, Stuart
Rogue agent Teddy Fay was long thought dead but, Stone Barrington, Holly Barker and Dino Bachetti have been sent by the CIA to the St. Marks in the Caribbean to track him down.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 9/27/2007
[You've Been Warned by Patterson, James] "You've Been Warned"
Patterson, James
Kristin Burns is a New York City nanny and aspiring photographer. She is devoted to the two children under her care and is having an affair with their father. Kristin's anxiety about her guilty secret is heightened by a series of frightening nightmares.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 9/27/2007
[Away by Bloom, Amy] "Away"
Bloom, Amy
Arriving in America alone after her family is destroyed in a Russian pogrom, Lillian Leyb receives word that her daughter Sophie might still be alive and embarks on a risky odyssey that takes her from New York's Lower East Side to Siberia to find the missing girl.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 9/6/2007
[Giving: How Each of Us Can Change the World by Clinton, Bill] "Giving: How Each of Us Can Change the World"
Clinton, Bill
Examines the types of charitable work done by individuals and nonprofit organizations to demonstrate how anyone can make a difference in society through the life-changing act of giving.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Non-Fiction
Date Added : 9/6/2007
[Play Dirty by Brown, Sandra] "Play Dirty"
Brown, Sandra
Disabled after a tragic accident, an eccentric millionaire hires a disgraced football hero to impregnate his wife, a plan that results in an obsessive love affair and life-threatening consequences.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 9/6/2007
[Sanctuary by Khoury, Raymond] "Sanctuary"
Khoury, Raymond
On a typical Baghdad day in April of 2003, elite elements of the First Cavalry Division stealthily surround their objective--the cement compound of a mysterious Westerner that terrified Iraqis call Hakeem, "The Doctor." After neutralizing fierce resistance and seizing the compound, U.S. troops find haunting evidence of unspeakable experimentation--but no sign of the ghastly doctor himself.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 9/6/2007
[Skinny Bitch by Freedman, Rory] "Skinny Bitch"
Freedman, Rory
Presents advice on following a vegan diet which eliminates meat, dairy products, and eggs, and concentrates on vegetables, fruits, and soy products, to promote a healthier body free of toxins and the harmful ingredients present in overly processed foods.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Non-Fiction
Date Added : 9/6/2007
[Alchemist by Coelho, Paulo] "Alchemist"
Coelho, Paulo
A fable about undauntingly following one's dreams, listening to one's heart, and reading life's omens features dialogue between a boy and an unnamed being.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 8/31/2007
[Critical by Cook, Robin] "Critical"
Cook, Robin
Successful doctor and entrepreneur Angela Dawson has a controlling stake in Angels Healthcare, the highly successful medical company she founded. But something unexpected and deeply troubling is happening at her three New York specialty hospitals--drug-resistant staph infections are on the rise, killing patients.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 8/31/2007
[My Sister's Keeper by Picoult, Jodi] "My Sister's Keeper"
Picoult, Jodi
A riveting story about one family's struggle to stay together when forced to confront the very limits of love and sacrifice.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 8/31/2007
[Pretty Woman by Michaels, Fern] "Pretty Woman"
Michaels, Fern
Despite owning her own successful business, Rosie has lived for the approval of her husband, Kent, who never approves. He spends her money lavishly, sleeps in a separate bed, and takes every opportunity to inform Rosie how ugly and overweight she is--until she kicks him out without a cent. Kent is not happy. He is even less so when he suspects that Rosie has purchased a winning lottery ticket worth $302 million. Rosie, shocked she has won, hides the ticket. She has some decisions to make. Rosie wins back an old friend, expands her business, gets a dog, and hires Jack, a fitness trainer. Kent casts a long shadow over Rosie's life and her burgeoning relationship with Jack, but as Rosie's self-esteem grows, even Kent bows before her.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 8/31/2007
[Bungalow 2 by Steel, Danielle] "Bungalow 2"
Steel, Danielle
Tanya Harris is torn between her new life as a screenplay writer in Hollywood and her family back home.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 8/7/2007
[God is Not Great by Hitchens, Christopher] "God is Not Great"
Hitchens, Christopher
Poses a case against organized religion that documents the myriad ways in which religion reflects human agendas and distorts sexuality and the perception of the origins of the universe, in a science-based analysis that considers the benefits of a secular world.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Non-Fiction
Date Added : 8/7/2007
[Judas Strain by Rollins, James] "Judas Strain"
Rollins, James
The elite scientific military team Sigma Force faces an incurable pandemic with centuries-old ties that seems capable of turning all of nature against humankind, and to stop the threat, they are forced to recruit the assistance of an untrustworthy adversary.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 8/7/2007
[Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Betrayal by Lustbader, Eric Van] "Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Betrayal"
Lustbader, Eric Van
Jason Bourne must fight off attempts on his life, track down uranium, and stop terrorists from launching an even more devastating attack against the U.S.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 8/7/2007
[Suite Francaise by Nemirovsky, Irene] "Suite Francaise"
Nemirovsky, Irene
A story of life in France under the Nazi occupation includes two parts--"Storm in June," set amid the chaotic 1940 exodus from Paris, and "Dolce," set in a German-occupied village rife with resentment, resistance, and collaboration.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 8/7/2007
[Blaze by Bachman, Richard] "Blaze"
Bachman, Richard
Clayton Blaisdell, Jr., nicknamed Blaze, is a mentally retarded giant of a man living in a decrepit old house. Blaze's best -- and only -- friend's name is George, and George is a bad influence. It is George who goads Blaze into kidnapping the baby and holding it for a million dollar ransom. As a pitch-black sequence of events unfolds, the true sickness of Blaze's condition comes into focus through painful flashbacks of abuse.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 7/11/2007
[Peony in Love by See, Lisa] "Peony in Love"
See, Lisa
In seventeenth-century China, three women become emotionally involved with "The Peony Pavilion," a famed opera rumored to cause lovesickness and even death.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 7/11/2007
[Quickie by Patterson, James] "Quickie"
Patterson, James
When NYPD officer, Lauren Stillwell, discovers her husband coming out of a hotel with another woman she decides to beat him at his own game but her revenge goes awry.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 7/11/2007
[Middlesex by Eugenides, Jeffrey] "Middlesex"
Eugenides, Jeffrey
In the spring of 1974, Calliope Stephanides, a student at a girls' school in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, finds herself drawn to a chain-smoking, strawberry blonde classmate with a gift for acting. The passion that furtively develops between them--along with Callie's failure to develop--leads Callie to suspect that she is not like other girls. In fact, she is not really a girl at all.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 6/28/2007
[Assault on Reason by Gore, Al] "Assault on Reason"
Gore, Al
An analysis of the consequences of the current administration's fear, secrecy, and faith-based initiatives explains how the Bush administration has dangerously compromised America's capacity for addressing long-term challenges, from national security and the environment to health care and economic stability.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Non-Fiction
Date Added : 6/27/2007
[Good Guy by Koontz, Dean] "Good Guy"
Koontz, Dean
Timothy Carrier is sitting in a bar when the man next to him mistakes him for someone else and hands him an envelope with $10,000. The man leaves after handing Tim a photo of a woman marked for death and her address. Soon the killer arrives believing Tim is the one who wants to hire him.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 6/27/2007
[Lean Mean Thirteen by Evanovich, Janet] "Lean Mean Thirteen"
Evanovich, Janet
New secrets, old flames, and hidden agendas are about to send bounty hunter Stephanie Plum on her most outrageous adventure yet!
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 6/27/2007
[Sleeping Doll by Deaver, Jeffery] "Sleeping Doll"
Deaver, Jeffery
California Bureau of Investigation interrogator and body language expert Kathryn Dance works to recapture a dangerous escaped killer with the help of three victims from his former cult and the lone survivor from a family he slaughtered.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 6/27/2007
[Spare Change by Parker, Robert B.] "Spare Change"
Parker, Robert B.
Called back from retirement when a serial killer from a long-unsolved case reemerges, detective Phil Randall teams up with daughter and Boston private eye Sunny Randall throughout a series of murder investigations in which the victims unsettlingly resemble Sunny.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 6/27/2007
[Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life by Kingsolver, Barbara] "Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life"
Kingsolver, Barbara
Follows the author's family's efforts to live on locally- and home-grown foods, an endeavor through which they learned lighthearted truths about food production and the connection between health and diet.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Non-Fiction
Date Added : 5/22/2007
[Bad Luck and Trouble by Child, Lee] "Bad Luck and Trouble"
Child, Lee
One of the members of the Special Investigators unit has been murdered and drifter Jack Reacher must put his remaining unit back together to find the killer.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 5/22/2007
[Good Husband of Zebra Drive by McCall Smith, Alexander] "Good Husband of Zebra Drive"
McCall Smith, Alexander
Precious Ramotswe's husband has been dropping hints that he intends to do something special for their adopted daughter. But what exactly that is, and whether or not he can carry it off without causing a handful of troubles, are the two questions in Precious' mind.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 5/22/2007
[Overlook by Connelly, Michael] "Overlook"
Connelly, Michael
Harry Bosch must break in a new partner when they're called to look into the execution of physicist Stanley Kent on a Mulholland Drive overlook.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 5/22/2007
[Thousand Splendid Suns by Hosseini, Khaled] "Thousand Splendid Suns"
Hosseini, Khaled
A breathtaking story set against the volatile events of Afghanistan's last thirty years.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 5/22/2007
[6th Target by Patterson, James] "6th Target"
Patterson, James
When an unthinkable tragedy leaves one of the members of the Women's Murder Club in critical condition, the others must fight to keep a deranged man locked away. Meanwhile, a series of ransomless child kidnappings rocks the city and confounds law enforcement.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 5/18/2007
[Body Surfing by Shreve, Anita] "Body Surfing"
Shreve, Anita
Struggling to start over again after being divorced and widowed while still in her twenties, Sydney tutors the daughter of a wealthy couple during a New Hampshire summer but finds herself caught up in a bitter family squabble.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 5/18/2007
[Einstein by Isaacson, Walter] "Einstein"
Isaacson, Walter
How did Einstein's mind work? What made him a genius? Isaacson's biography shows how his scientific imagination sprang from the rebellious nature of his personality.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Non-Fiction
Date Added : 5/18/2007
[Invisible Prey by Sandford, John] "Invisible Prey"
Sandford, John
Investigating the seemingly open-and-shut double homicide case involving a pair of wealthy elderly women, Lucas Davenport begins to suspect that the handful of small items that were stolen from the crime scene may have had more significant values.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 5/18/2007
[At the Center of the Storm by Tenet, George] "At the Center of the Storm"
Tenet, George
Talk about an insider's account. Head of the CIA from 1997 to 2004, Tenet ushers us inside the agency before and after 9/11.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Non-Fiction
Date Added : 5/1/2007
[Blue Zone by Gross, Andrew] "Blue Zone"
Gross, Andrew
Young Kate Raab must find her father when he goes missing from the Witness Protection Program.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 5/1/2007
[Fresh Disasters by Woods, Stuart] "Fresh Disasters"
Woods, Stuart
Lawyer Stone Barrington represents a sleazy con man with the goal of bring down infamous mafia boss Carmine Datilla.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 5/1/2007
[Simple Genius by Baldacci, David] "Simple Genius"
Baldacci, David
After their last adventure nearly killed them, King and Maxwell are out of work and fighting for survival. Maxwell, having lost her edge and her confidence, now carries the burden of a deathwish. Knowing his friend needs help, King takes her to a psychiatric facility. He then crawls back to his ex-lover for a job. The assignment she gives him seems simple enough, but soon it becomes apparent that he and Maxwell are being used in an elaborate conspiracy that could have dire consequences for national security.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 5/1/2007
[Alexandria Link by Berry, Steve] "Alexandria Link"
Berry, Steve
When his son is kidnapped and his bookshop destroyed, Cotton Malone embarks on a desperate race against time to uncover clues to the whereabouts of the long-lost Library of Alexandria, a priceless treasury of thousands of ancient manuscripts that vanished more than 1,500 years ago, unaware that finding the lost cache could have dire consequences for the balance of world power.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 4/19/2007
[Road by McCarthy, Cormac] "Road"
McCarthy, Cormac
America is a barren landscape of smoldering ashes, devoid of life except for those people still struggling to scratch out some type of existence. Amidst the destruction, a father and his young son walk, always toward the coast, but with no real understanding that circumstances will improve once they arrive. Still they persevere, and their relationship comes to represent goodness in a world that is utterly devastated.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 4/19/2007
[Tipping Point by Gladwell, Malcolm] "Tipping Point"
Gladwell, Malcolm
The three rules of epidemics -- The law of the few: connectors, mavens, and salesmen -- The stickiness factor: Sesame Street, Blue's Clues, and the educational virus -- The power of context (part one): Bernie Goetz and the rise and fall of New York City crime -- The power of context (part two): the magic number one hundred and fifty -- Case study: rumors, sneakers, and the power of translation -- Case study: suicide, smoking, and the search for the unsticky cigarette -- Conclusion: focus, test, and believe.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Non-Fiction
Date Added : 4/19/2007
[Alibi Man by Hoag, Tami] "Alibi Man"
Hoag, Tami
Elena was once a child of wealth and privilege in Palm Beach until she was betrayed and disillusioned by those closest to her. She became an undercover cop until a tragic mistake ended her career, now she trains horses for a living. After finding the body of a friend she is determined to find the truth that will shock Palm Beach society to its core, and could very well get her killed.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 3/28/2007
[Obsession by Kellerman, Jonathan] "Obsession"
Kellerman, Jonathan
Phychologist Alex Delaware and LAPD detective Milo Sturgis investigate the aunt of a former patient, after she confesses to a crime shortly before she dies.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 3/28/2007
[What the Dead Know by Lippman, Laura] "What the Dead Know"
Lippman, Laura
A 30-year-old missing persons case becomes more mysterious when a woman, claiming to be one of a pair of missing sisters, suddenly reappears.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 3/28/2007
[Whitethorn Woods by Binchy, Maeve] "Whitethorn Woods"
Binchy, Maeve
When a new highway is planned that will bypass the town of Rossmore and cut through Whitethorn Woods, the town's inhabitants are divided on whether or not the town will benefit or suffer from the construction, while Father Flynn worries about the fate of St. Ann's Well, an age-old shrine on the edge of the woods that is slated for destruction.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 3/28/2007
[Ninteen Minutes by Picoult, Jodi] "Ninteen Minutes"
Picoult, Jodi
New superiour court judge Alex Cormier is assigned to preside over the case of the alleged Sterling High School shooter. Lawyer Jordan McAffee represents Peter--the boy who, on the day of the shooting, was found in the corner of the gymnasium holding a gun to his head with a shaky hand. Detective Patrick DuCharme has one star witness, but her story keeps changing. And then there's the biggest problem of all--the star witness happens to be Judge Cormier's daughter.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 3/16/2007
[Ten Days in the Hills by Smiley, Jane] "Ten Days in the Hills"
Smiley, Jane
On the morning after the 2003 Academy Awards, Max--an Oscar-winning writer/director whose fame has waned--and his lover, Elena, are in bed, still groggy from last night's red-carpet festivities. They are talking about movies, talking about love, talking about the just-begun war in Iraq. But a house full of guests demands attention. They share their stories of Hollywood past and present; they watch films in Max's luxe screening room; they gossip by the swimming pool, and tussle in the many bedrooms. The tension mounts, sparks fly, and Smiley delivers a virtuosic, unputdownable romp of a novel about love, war, sex, politics, storytelling--and, of course, redemption--that's Hollywood!
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 3/16/2007
[High Profile by Parker, Robert B.] "High Profile"
Parker, Robert B.
Struggling with unprecedented levels of pressure during a high-profile case involving the murders of a controversial talk-show host and a young woman, Paradise police chief Jesse Stone encounters numerous dead ends and becomes increasingly frustrated by the lack of interest on the part of the victims' families.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 2/20/2007
[Step on a Crack by Patterson, James] "Step on a Crack"
Patterson, James
During a state funeral for a former First Lady at a New York City cathedral, armed men disguised as monks seize the church and dozens of hostages, and NYPD officer Michael Bennett takes on the dangerous role of lead negotiator in the standoff.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 2/20/2007
[Castle in the Forest by Mailer, Norman] "Castle in the Forest"
Mailer, Norman
Mailer tells the story through the eyes of Dieter, a devil tasked by Satan (usually called the Maestro) with fostering Hitler's nascent evil, but in this study of a dysfunctional 19th-century middle-class Austrian household, the real presiding spirit is Freud.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 1/31/2007
[Measure of a Man by Poitier, Sidney] "Measure of a Man"
Poitier, Sidney
The acclaimed actor reveals the depth, passion, and intellectual fervor that have driven his life and career, citing the elements of his childhood that gave him his sense of worth, family, and ethics and how these qualities are essential to spiritual development.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Non-Fiction
Date Added : 1/31/2007
[Secret by Byrne, Rhonda] "Secret"
Byrne, Rhonda
Argues that The Secret, a way of thinking, has been found in oral traditions throughout history and that by understanding it and using it in every aspect of life, money, health, and happiness will follow.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Non-Fiction
Date Added : 1/31/2007
[Trouble by Kellerman, Jesse] "Trouble"
Kellerman, Jesse
Jonah, a medical student in New York City, saves a woman being attacked on the sidewalk. He kills the attacker and is thrust into the spotlight by the media.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 1/31/2007
[Boleyn Inheritance by Gregory, Philippa] "Boleyn Inheritance"
Gregory, Philippa
After her husband and his sister Anne Boleyn lose their heads, Jane Boleyn returns to advise Anne of Cleves, Henry VIII's fourth wife. Freed from her brother's oppression, Anne wants to be a good wife and queen, but soon discovers she's traded one tyrant for another. And when the queen's stunning 15-year-old attendant enters the royal palace, her charms turn the king's head and give his aging ego a boost.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 1/12/2007
[Plum Lovin by Evanovich, Janet] "Plum Lovin"
Evanovich, Janet
A Stephanie Plum between-the-numbers novel.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 1/12/2007
[Ravenscar Dynasty by Bradford, Barbara Taylor] "Ravenscar Dynasty"
Bradford, Barbara Taylor
When several family members are killed in a fire, Edward Deravenel and his cousin become suspicious.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 1/12/2007
[Stalemate by Johansen, Iris] "Stalemate"
Johansen, Iris
While working on determining the identity of a murdered child, forensic sculptor Eve Duncan is given a reconstruction assignment by a ruthless and sinister man who is willing to ensure her cooperation by any means necessary.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 1/12/2007
[Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident by Colfer, Eoin] "Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident"
Colfer, Eoin
When Artemis learns that his father has been kidnapped by the Russian mob, he races to the Arctic Circle to make a daring rescue where he finds an old acquaintance, Captain Holly Short, who is investigating a plot of the goblin mob.
Collection : Young Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 1/4/2007
[How to Be Popular by Cabot, Meg] "How to Be Popular"
Cabot, Meg
Sixteen-year-old Steph Landry finds an old book on how to be popular and decides to change her social status by following its advice, much to the bafflement of her two best friends.
Collection : Young Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 1/4/2007
[New Moon by Meyer, Stephenie] "New Moon"
Meyer, Stephenie
When the Cullens, including her beloved Edward, leave Forks rather than risk revealing that they are vampires, it is almost too much for eighteen-year-old Bella to bear, but she finds solace in her friend Jacob until he is drawn into a "cult" and changesin terrible ways.
Collection : Young Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 1/4/2007
[Brother Odd by Koontz, Dean] "Brother Odd"
Koontz, Dean
St. Bartholomew's Abbey sits in majestic solitude amid the wild peaks of California's high Sierra, a haven for children otherwise abandoned, and a sanctuary for those seeking insight. Odd Thomas has come here to learn to live fully again. But trouble has a way of finding Odd Thomas, and it slinks back onto his path.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 12/5/2006
[Hannibal Rising by Harris, Thomas] "Hannibal Rising"
Harris, Thomas
Hannibal Lecter emerges from the nightmare of the Eastern Front, a boy in the snow, mute, with a chain around his neck. He seems utterly alone, but he has brought his demons with him. Hannibal's uncle, a noted painter, finds him in a Soviet orphanage and brings him to France, where Hannibal will live with his uncle and his uncle's beautiful and exotic wife, Lady Murasaki. Lady Murasaki helps Hannibal to heal. With her help he flourishes, becoming the youngest person ever admitted to medical school in France. But Hannibal's demons visit him and torment him. When he is old enough, he visits them in turn. He discovers he has gifts beyond the academic, and in that epiphany, Hannibal Lecter becomes death's prodigy.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 12/5/2006
[Santa Cruise by Clark, Mary Higgins] "Santa Cruise"
Clark, Mary Higgins
Embarking on a Mystery Seminar cruise during the holiday season, amateur sleuth Alvirah, private detective Regan, and their family members find their voyage overshadowed by a ghost spotting, the disappearance of a fan, and an unexpected storm.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 12/5/2006
[Temperatures Rising by Brown, Sandra] "Temperatures Rising"
Brown, Sandra
Architectural engineer Scout Ritland is the kind of American man who spells trouble. Chantal duPont should know, for she has experienced the best and worst of the country and its people. At home on sultry Parrish Island she is putting herself in the way of another bold Yankee, but this time it's for a good cause. Scout is the one man who can help her village, and she's not about to let him get the better of her--no matter how much she may want to.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 12/5/2006
[Casino Royale by Fleming, Ian] "Casino Royale"
Fleming, Ian
At the Casino Deauville, Bond's game is baccarat--for stakes that run into millions of francs. But away from the descreet salons, the caviar and champagne, it's 007 versus one of Russia's most powerful and ruthless agents.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 11/29/2006
[Nature Girl by Hiaasen, Carl] "Nature Girl"
Hiaasen, Carl
When a rude telemarketer calls while Honey Santana and her son are having dinner she decides to teach him a lesson in good behavior. She lures him and his mistress with a pitch for Florida real estate and includes her ex-husband and 12-year-old son in her plot.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 11/29/2006
[Next by Crichton, Michael] "Next"
Crichton, Michael
Next blends fact and fiction into a tale of a new world where nothing is what it seems, and a set of new possibilities can open at every turn. Next challenges our sense of reality and notions of morality. Balancing the comic and bizarre with the genuinely frightening and disturbing, Next shatters our assumptions, and reveals shocking new choices where we least expect.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 11/29/2006
[Cross by Patterson, James] "Cross"
Patterson, James
Years after his wife Maria is gunned down by an unknown shooter, a crime that has never been solved, psychologist Alex Cross is called in by his former partner, John Sampson, who wants his help on a case that reveals a connection to Maria's death.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 11/15/2006
[First Impressions by Roberts, Nora] "First Impressions"
Roberts, Nora
Fleeing from the advances of gold-digging women, wealthy businessman Vance Manning reinvents himself as an out-of-work carpenter in a small, rural town where he finds himself falling under the spell of his neighbor Shane Abbott.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 11/15/2006
[Wild Fire by DeMille, Nelson] "Wild Fire"
DeMille, Nelson
Detective John Corey of The Lion's Game, Plum Island, and Night Fall returns in a new novel about a conspiracy to detonate nuclear bombs in two American cities, setting off a world war of unimaginable proportions.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 11/15/2006
[Collectors by Baldacci, David] "Collectors"
Baldacci, David
The assassination of a Supreme Court justice sets the members of the Camel Club in a race to prevent a silent yet bloody coup in Washington.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 11/1/2006
[Dear John by Sparks, Nicholas] "Dear John"
Sparks, Nicholas
John, a high school dropout, enlists in the Army not knowing what else to do with his life. While in the Army he meets Savannah, they fall in love and she awaits his return from the Army. After 9/11 John feels it's his duty to re-enlist. During their long separation Savannah falls in love and marries someone else.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 11/1/2006
[H.R.H. by Steel, Danielle] "H.R.H."
Steel, Danielle
After four years of college in America, Princess Christianna is determined not to return to the stiff, formal lifestyle of her father's court and, hoping to make a difference in the world, persuades her father to allow her to volunteer for the Red Cross in East Africa.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 11/1/2006
[Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bryson, Bill] "Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid"
Bryson, Bill
Bill Bryson was born in the middle of the American century - 1951 - in the middle of the United States - Des Moines, Iowa - in the middle of the largest generation in American history - the baby boomers. As one of the best and funniest writers alive, he is perfectly positioned to mine his memories of a totally all-American childhood for 24-carat memoir gold.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Non-Fiction
Date Added : 11/1/2006
[Lisey's Story by King, Stephen] "Lisey's Story"
King, Stephen
Two years after the death of enigmatic and celebrated author Scott Landon, his wife Lisey fields inquiries from academics and private collectors requesting his personal letters and unpublished works - if any exist. Then another interested party makes contact by leaving a dead cat in her mailbox. And then the terrifying phone calls begin. Lisey's only escape comes in the strange fantasy world where her husband found his inspiration. Now she must struggle to survive in a place where nightfall brings terrifying danger.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 11/1/2006
[Echo Park by Connelly, Michael] "Echo Park"
Connelly, Michael
Detective Harry Bosch, now in the Open-unsolved Unit, receives a call from the DA telling him a serial killer has confessed to several murders. Harry must interview the man about a case he couldn't crack involving the murder of a 22-year-old woman whose body was never found.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 10/19/2006
[Innocent Man by Grisham, John] "Innocent Man"
Grisham, John
Presents the real-life case of Ron Williamson, a mentally ill former baseball player who was wrongfully convicted and sentenced to death for the 1982 murder of a 21-year-old woman in his Oklahoma hometown.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 10/19/2006
[Motor Mouth by Evanovich, Janet] "Motor Mouth"
Evanovich, Janet
Alexandra "Barney" Barnaby returns to take on a whole new set of bad guys, Florida heat, colorful and dangerous characters, and high-stakes adventure, all the while romancing gorgeous race car driver Sam Hooker.
Collection : Adult
Subject : Fiction
Date Added : 10/19/2006
[Thirteen Moons by Frazier, Charles] "Thirteen Moons"
Frazier, Charles
From the age of twelve, when he is sent alone into the Indian Nation to run a trading post, Will's life becomes intertwined with the destiny of the Cherokee Indians, as he falls in love with a mysterious girl named Claire, builds a friendship with a Cherokee Chief na