New Adult Books @ Southern Peaks Public Library

May 2010


100 Questions & Answers about High Blood Pressure (Hypertension)

Contributor(s): Townsend, Raymond R (Author)

100 Questions & Answers About High Blood Pressure (Hypertension) gives you authoritative, practical answers to your questions. Written by an expert on the subject, with insider commentary from actual patients, this book is an invaluable resource for anyone struggling with the medical, psychological, or emotional turmoil of this condition.

BISAC Categories: Health & Fitness | Diseases | Heart


The 6 Sacred Stones

Contributor(s): Reilly, Matthew (Author)

In the thrilling sequel to the bestselling "Seven Deadly Wonders," super-soldier Jack West, Jr. and his elite team must race to secure the world from a looming Armageddon.

BISAC Categories: Fiction | General


The Alienist

Contributor(s): Carr, Caleb (Author)

Now back in print--this fast-paced, convincing "New York Times" bestselling thriller is set in New York City in 1896, where two men and a brave, determined woman embark on a quest that takes them into the tortured mind of a barbaric serial killer.

BISAC Categories: Fiction | Suspense; Fiction | Historical | General; Fiction | Psychological


Autobiography of My Mother

Contributor(s): Kincaid, Jamaica (Author)

Kincaid's new and long-awaited novel is a powerful and unforgettable story of loss, longing, loving, and survival that resonants with the proud insurgence of the human will. The story of Xuela, whose mother dies at the moment she is born, presents "an indeliable portrait of an angry woman" (New York Times) "most comparable, perhaps, to Camus' The Stranger" (Washington Post Book World).

BISAC Categories: Fiction | General


Beatrice and Virgil

Contributor(s): Martel, Yann (Author)

From the award-winning, bestselling author of "Life of Pi" comes a mesmerizing and brilliant exploration of the limitations of language in understanding and describing the horrors of the Holocaust.

BISAC Categories: Fiction | Literary


The Bedwetter: Stories of Courage, Redemption, and Pee

Contributor(s): Silverman, Sarah (Author)

From the outrageously filthy and oddly innocent comedienne comes a memoir that is at once shockingly personal, surprisingly poignant, and still laugh-out-loud funny. With her signature taboo-breaking humor, Silverman writes on everything from her epic struggle with hairy arms (there's not enough wax in the world) to the death of her infant brother.

BISAC Categories: Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs; Humor | Form | Essays; Biography & Autobiography | Entertainment & Performing Arts | Comedians


The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine

Contributor(s): Lewis, Michael (Author)

In this brilliant account of how the U.S. economy has been driven over the cliff, the author of the bestseller "Liar's Poker" explains how the free fall of the American economy occurred and who, exactly, is to blame.

BISAC Categories: Business & Economics | Economic Conditions


Bite Me: A Love Story

Contributor(s): Moore, Christopher (Author)

hile some young lovers are born to run, Jody and Tommy are born to bite. Well, reborn, that is, now that they're vampires, in this newest hit from the "New York Times"-bestselling author of "You Suck" and "Fool."

BISAC Categories: Fiction | General


The Black Cat

Contributor(s): Grimes, Martha (Author)

The inimitable Richard Jury returns in a thrilling tale of mystery, madness, and mistaken identity. Written with Grimes's trademark insight and grace, "The Black Cat" signals the thrilling return of her greatest character.

BISAC Categories: Fiction | Mystery & Detective | General


The Blood Pressure Cure: 8 Weeks to Lower Blood Pressure Without Prescription Drugs

Contributor(s): Kowalski, Robert E (Author)

The author of the huge "New York Times" bestseller "The 8-Week Cholesterol Cure" now tackles another major health issue: high blood pressure. Kowalski helps readers take control of their health with a complete, tested, and proven plan that does not involve expensive drugs.

BISAC Categories: Health & Fitness | Diseases | Heart


Burning Lamp

Contributor(s): Quick, Amanda (Author)

In this second novel of the Dreamlight Trilogy from "New York Times"-bestselling author Quick, psychic power and passion collide as a legendary curse comes to fruition. Quick deftly distills sexy romance and deadly intrigue.--"Chicago Tribune."

BISAC Categories: Fiction | Romance | Suspense; Fiction | Romance | Historical


Buying and Owning Your Own Airplane

Contributor(s): Ellis, James E (Author)

Provides answers on everything from selecting partners and home fields to negotiating sales contracts and maintaining and upgrading aircrafts.

BISAC Categories: Transportation | Aviation | General


Capitol Offense

Contributor(s): Bernhardt, William (Author)

From the bestselling author of the legal thrillers "Capitol Conspiracy, Capitol Murder," and "Capitol Threat" comes his newest book in the series to feature intrepid legal eagle Ben Kincaid.

BISAC Categories: Fiction | General


Changes: A Novel of the Dresden Files

Contributor(s): Butcher, Jim (Author)

The new novel in the #1 "New York Times"-bestselling Dresden Files series. Long ago, Susan Rodriguez was Harry Dresden's lover--until she was attacked by his enemies, leaving her torn between her own humanity and the bloodlust of the vampiric Red Court.

BISAC Categories: Fiction | Fantasy | Contemporary


Created, the Destroyer

Contributor(s): Murphy, Warren (Author); Sapir, Richard (Author)

When ex-New Jersey cop Remo Williams is electrocuted for the murder of a dope-dealing goon, CURE, a super-secret government agency that doesn't really exist, schemes to resurrect Remo as the ultimate killing machine that will carry out most of its dirty plans. Under the direction of expert assassin Master Chiun, Remo is transformed into the Destroyer and launches a series of secret plots to dissolve the underworld.

BISAC Categories: Fiction | Espionage/Intrigue


Crown of Destiny

Contributor(s): Small, Bertrice (Author)

Lara, Faerie woman of Hetar, finally meets her long-foretold destiny in the concluding novel in the popular World of Hetar Series by "New York Times-" and "USA Today"-bestselling author Bertrice Small.

BISAC Categories: Fiction | Romance | Fantasy


Dead in the Family

Contributor(s): Harris, Charlaine (Author)

The latest book in the #1 "New York Times"-bestselling series--the basis for HBO's "True Blood." After enduring torture and the loss of loved ones during the Faery War, Sookie is hurt and angry. Worst of all, there are still some Fae on the human side--and one of them is very angry at Sookie.

BISAC Categories: Fiction | Fantasy | Contemporary; Fiction | Fantasy | Dark/Horror; Fiction | Mystery & Detective | Women Sleuths


The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education

Contributor(s): Ravitch, Diane (Author)

Award-winning author, public intellectual, and former Assistant Secretary of Education Ravitch critiques a lifetime's worth of school reforms and reveals the simple--yet difficult--truth about how we can create actual change in public schools.

BISAC Categories: Education | Educational Policy & Reform | General; Education | Decision Making & Problem Solving


Deception

Contributor(s): Kellerman, Jonathan (Author)

Soon after a woman implicates a trio of teachers from an exclusive school as the perpetrators of her abuse, she is found dead. Detective Milo Sturgis calls on Alex Delaware for help, and soon the two find themselves embarking on a dark and twisted investigation.

BISAC Categories: Fiction | Suspense; Fiction | Thrillers


Deliver Us from Evil

Contributor(s): Baldacci, David (Author)

Shaw and Katie James from "The Whole Truth" are reunited in a deadly dual of nerve and wits against a surprising, secretive enemy and lead around the world at a breakneck pace, in Baldacci's most explosive thriller to date.

BISAC Categories: Fiction | Thrillers


English Passengers

Contributor(s): Kneale, Matthew (Author)

In 1857 when Captain Illiam Quillian Kewley and his band of rum smugglers from the Isle of Man have most of their contraband confiscated by British Customs, they are forced to put their ship up for charter. The only takers are two eccentric Englishmen who want to embark for the other side of the globe. The Reverend Geoffrey Wilson believes the Garden of Eden was on the island of Tasmania. His traveling partner, Dr. Thomas Potter, unbeknownst to Wilson, is developing a sinister thesis about the races of men. Meanwhile, an aboriginal in Tasmania named Peevay recounts his people's struggles against the invading British, a story that begins in 1824, moves into the present with approach of the English passengers in 1857, and extends into the future in 1870. These characters and many others come together in a storm of voices that vividly bring a past age to life.

BISAC Categories: Fiction | Historical | General


Every Last One

Contributor(s): Quindlen, Anna (Author)

A moving, suspenseful, and surprising new novel by the #1 "New York Times"-bestselling author of "Rise and Shine, Blessings," and "Black and Blue, Every Last One" follows a suburban family and the disastrous, unintended consequences of what seem like small, casual actions.

BISAC Categories: Fiction | General


Feed

Contributor(s): Grant, Mira (Author)

The first novel in a brilliant new Newsflesh trilogy--about an America shattered by a terrible pandemic, and a race for the White House that no one may survive. Available in a tall Premium Edition. Original.

BISAC Categories: Fiction | Horror | General; Fiction | Science Fiction | General


From Cradle to Grave

Contributor(s): MacDonald, Patricia (Author)

A nail-biting novel of domestic suspense from a best-selling author - When Morgan Adair arrives at the small seaside town of West Briar on the Long Island shore, she is looking forward to attending the baptism of her new godson, Drew. Morgan and Drew's mother, Claire, have been friends since childhood, and Morgan was delighted when Claire married the handsome Guy Bolton. But a few days after the christening, Morgan receives a devastating phone call from her friend . . .

BISAC Categories: Fiction | Suspense


Hand Dyeing Yarn and Fleece: Dip-Dyeing, Hand-Painting, Tie-Dyeing, and Other Creative Techniques

Contributor(s): Callahan, Gail (Author); Polak, John (Photographer) BISAC Categories: Crafts & Hobbies | Dye


Hannah's List

Contributor(s): Macomber, Debbie (Author)

Another heartwarming tale of life and love on Blossom Street. On the anniversary of his beloved wife's death, Dr. Michael Everett receives a letter Hannah had written him. In it she reminds him of her love and makes one final request: "I want you to marry again." To that end she's chosen three women she asks him to consider.

BISAC Categories: Fiction | Romance | Contemporary; Fiction | Family Life


Hay Fever: How Chasing a Dream on a Vermont Farm Changed My Life

Contributor(s): Miller, Angela (Author); Gardner, Ralph, Jr. (With)

Filled with humor, soul-searching, and true tales of goat herding and cheesemaking, "Hay Fever" is an inspiring and entertaining memoir that is sure to whet the appetite of food lovers and farmer wannabes from coast to coast.

BISAC Categories: Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs; Biography & Autobiography | Farmers & Ranchers


Hidden Empire

Contributor(s): Card, Orson Scott (Author)

This sequel to Card's "New York Times"-bestselling novel "Empire" continues the author's message about the dangers of extreme political polarization and the need to reassert moderation and mutual citizenship ("Booklist").

BISAC Categories: Fiction | Science Fiction | General


High Blood Pressure for Dummies

Contributor(s): Rubin, Alan L (Author)

New info on high blood pressure in women, children, and the elderly The fun and easy way(R) to take charge of hypertension and add years to your life! Are you battling high blood pressure? This updated guide explains all the latest breakthroughs in the detection, treatment, and prevention of high blood pressure, helping you determine whether you're at risk and develop a diet and exercise program to keep your blood pressure at healthy levels. You'll also find new information on protecting your heart, kidneys, and brain and dealing with secondary high blood pressure. Measure your blood pressure properly Develop a successful treatment plan Improve your lifestyle habits Evaluate new drug therapies Find resources and outside support

BISAC Categories: Health & Fitness | Diseases | Heart


How to Knit a Love Song: A Cypress Hollow Yarn

Contributor(s): Herron, Rachael (Author)

Herron skillfully weaves heartwarming romance with knitting knowledge--including a pattern for the hero's sweater.

BISAC Categories: Fiction | General


The Icing on the Cupcake

Contributor(s): Ross, Jennifer (Author)

For fans of Sophie Kinsella's "Confessions of a Shopaholic" and Helen Fielding's "Bridget Jones's Diary" comes this bright and delicious story with equal helpings of fun and compassion.

BISAC Categories: Fiction | General


Ilustrado

Contributor(s): Syjuco, Miguel (Author)

Garnering international prizes and acclaim, "Ilustrado" has been called brilliantly conceived and stylishly executed (2008 Man Asian Literary Prize judges). Exuberant and wise, wildly funny and deeply moving, this debut explores the hidden truths that haunt every family.

BISAC Categories: Fiction | Literary


Imperfect Birds

Contributor(s): Lamott, Anne (Author)

The bestselling author of "Blue Shoe, Grace (Eventually)," and "Operating Instructions" returns with her most honest and heartrending novel yet, in which she explores the human quest for connection and salvation, love and family.

BISAC Categories: Fiction | Literary


In the Shadow of the Cypress

Contributor(s): Steinbeck, Thomas (Author)

From Thomas Steinbeck, son of novelist John Steinbeck, comes a thrilling story of a group of Chinese immigrants in turn-of-the-century California.

BISAC Categories: Fiction | Historical | General; Fiction | Thrillers


In the Sun's House: My Year Teaching on the Navajo Reservation

Contributor(s): Caswell, Kurt (Author); Jim, Rex Lee (Afterword by)

In the year he spent teaching at Borrego Pass, a remote Navajo community in northwest New Mexico, Kurt Caswell found himself shunned as persona non grata. His cultural missteps, status as an interloper, and white skin earned him no respect in the classroom or the community--those on the reservation assumed he would come and go like so many teachers had before. But as Caswell attempts to bridge the gap between himself and those who surround him, he finds his calling as a teacher and develops a love for the rich landscape of New Mexico, and manages a hard-won truce between his failings and successes.

BISAC Categories: Biography & Autobiography | Educators; Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs


The Inheritance

Contributor(s): Tolkien, Simon (Author)

"The Inheritance" is a complex mystery of deception and betrayal that follows the court case of a young man set to hang for the murder of his father.

BISAC Categories: Fiction | Suspense; Fiction | Thrillers


Interpreter of Maladies

Contributor(s): Lahiri, Jhumpa (Author)

Navigating between the Indian traditions they've inherited and the baffling new world, the characters in Jhumpa Lahiri's elegant, touching stories seek love beyond the barriers of culture and generations. In "A Temporary Matter," published in The New Yorker, a young Indian-American couple faces the heartbreak of a stillborn birth while their Boston neighborhood copes with a nightly blackout. In the title story, an interpreter guides an American family through the India of their ancestors and hears an astonishing confession. Lahiri writes with deft cultural insight reminiscent of Anita Desai and a nuanced depth that recalls Mavis Gallant. She is an important and powerful new voice.

BISAC Categories: Fiction | Short Stories (single author); Fiction | Literary


Invictus: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation

Contributor(s): Carlin, John (Author)

Soon to be a major motion picture, directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Matt Damon and Morgan Freeman, "Invictus" tells the story of Nelson Mandela's ambitious plan to use South Africa's national rugby team to engage the still deeply divided country.

BISAC Categories: History | Africa | South - Republic of South Africa; Sports & Recreation | Rugby; Sports & Recreation | History


Jamie's Food Revolution: Rediscover How to Cook Simple, Delicious, Affordable Meals

Contributor(s): Oliver, Jamie (Author); Loftus, David (Photographer); Terry, Chris (Photographer)

Part cooking how-to, part guide to changing people's eating habits, "Jamie's Food Revolution" presents a revolutionary concept that asks readers to learn easy, healthy recipes and pass them on.

BISAC Categories: Cooking | Methods | Quick & Easy


Kim

Contributor(s): Kipling, Rudyard (Author)

KIM is an utterly enchanting tale of personal growth, filial love, and the joy of life -- set in India during the British Raj. Kim O'Hara, a cunning and street-wise orphaned Sahib, a child of India in all but blood, embarks upon a journey with a Tibetan lama in search of spiritual cleansing. Kim matures under the lama's patient guidance and, in turn, gives his heart to his mentor. The two support each other through the passages they both must make; in time, Kim's parentage and talents are discovered by the British and he is drafted and trained to be a participant within the Great Game -- that is, the political battle between Russia and Britain for control of Central Asia. Lama and student seek their disparate goals together as they traverse the plains of India, hike Himalayan foothills, and discourse along the way. . . . and find as they travel something much, much more . . .

BISAC Categories: Fiction | General


The Knitter's Book of Wool: The Ultimate Guide to Understanding, Using, and Loving This Most Fabulous Fiber

Contributor(s): Parkes, Clara (Author)

In this complete guide to wool, passionate wool expert Parkes translates the vast world of sheep and their wool into the language and context of knitting.

BISAC Categories: Crafts & Hobbies | Needlework | Knitting; Crafts & Hobbies | Reference


The Knitters Handy Book of Patterns: Basic Designs in Multiple Sizes & Gauges

Contributor(s): Budd, Ann (Author) BISAC Categories: Crafts & Hobbies | Needlework | Knitting


Landmark: The Inside Story of America's New Health Care Law and What It Means for Us All

Contributor(s): Washington Post (Editor) BISAC Categories: Medical | Health Policy; Medical | Health Care Delivery; Political Science | Public Policy | General


The Last Skin

Contributor(s): Ras, Barbara (Author)

A third collection from a poet whose "beautiful sentences weave the miraculous and mundane into a single, luminous tapestry" ("The Atlanta Journal-Constitution") Barbara has won acclaim for fluid and graceful poems that touch on the small occurrences and mysteries of daily life in the hopes of finding the secret meaning beneath them. Both intimate and wide ranging, her work is unafraid of big subjects and big feelings, and sometimes comedic. Her third collection, "The Last Skin," extends and develops these qualities, offering landscapes and characters both domestic and exotic, in poignant personal lyrics of precise description that investigate beauty, grief, death, fragility, time, and loss. Here is a poet engaged with the spirit as well as the political, blending the give and take of the world into her own ecstatic rhythms.

BISAC Categories: Poetry | American | General


Laughing Boy: A Navajo Love Story

Contributor(s): La Farge, Oliver (Author)

Capturing the essence of the Southwest in 1915, Oliver La Farge's Pulitzer Prize-winning first novel is an enduring American classic. At a ceremonial dance, the young, earnest silversmith Laughing Boy falls in love with Slim Girl, a beautiful but elusive "American"-educated Navajo. As they experience all of the joys and uncertainties of first love, the couple must face a changing way of life and its tragic consequences.

BISAC Categories: Fiction | Classics


Little Bee

Contributor(s): Cleave, Chris (Author)

From the author of the international bestseller "Incendiary" comes a haunting novel about the tenuous friendship that blooms between two disparate strangers--one an illegal Nigerian refugee, the other a recent widow from suburban London.

BISAC Categories: Fiction | Literary


The Lonely Polygamist

Contributor(s): Udall, Brady (Author)

Beautifully written, keenly observed, and ultimately redemptive, "The Lonely Polygamist" is an unforgettable story of an American family--with its inevitable dysfunctionality, heartbreak, and comedy--pushed to its outer limits.

BISAC Categories: Fiction | Family Life


Long Time Coming

Contributor(s): Goddard, Robert (Author)

Stephen Swan is amazed when he hears that the uncle he thought had been killed in the Blitz is actually alive. But in this tale of revenge and redemption, justice is an illusion. When it comes to duplicity and intrigue, Goddard is second to none.--"Daily Mail."

BISAC Categories: Fiction | Mystery & Detective | General


Main Street

Contributor(s): Lewis, Sinclair (Author)

Harry Sinclair Lewis was a novelist, short-story writer, and playwright. He was awarded (and rejected) a Pulitzer prize for "Arrowsmith," and in 1930 became the first American to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature. His books "Elmer Gantry," "Main Street," "Babbitt," "Kingsblood Royal," and "Cass Timberlane" were all banned in various places and times in the United States. "Main Street"'s protagonist, Carol Milford from Minneapolis, must adjust to small town life after marrying country doctor Will Kennecott and moving to his home town of Gopher Prairie. She finds the town backward, ugly, and conservative, and sets out to change it. She says "I do not admit that Main Street is as beautiful as it should be! I do not admit that dish-washing is enough to satisfy all women!" Her efforts meet with resistance, but a retreat to Washington, D.C. reveals that big city life presents its own problems, and she must learn to accept and appreciate Gopher Prairie for what it is.

BISAC Categories: Fiction | Classics


Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War

Contributor(s): Marlantes, Karl (Author)

Thirty years in the making, Marlantes's epic debut is a dense, vivid narrative spanning many months in the lives of American troops in Vietnam as they trudge across enemy lines, encountering danger from opposing forces as well as on their home turf.

BISAC Categories: Fiction | Literary


A Mighty Fortress

Contributor(s): Weber, David (Author)

Shifting effortlessly between battles among warp-speed starships and among oar-powered galleys, Weber brings the political maneuvering, past and future technologies, and vigorous protagonists together for a cohesive, engrossing whole.--"Publishers Weekly."

BISAC Categories: Fiction | Science Fiction | General


The Mighty Queens of Freeville: A Mother, a Daughter, and the Town That Raised Them

Contributor(s): Dickinson, Amy (Author)

Dickinson has made a career out of helping others, through her syndicated advice column Ask Amy. Readers love her for her honesty and for the fact that her motto is I make the mistakes so you don't have to. Here, she shares those mistakes and her remarkable story.

BISAC Categories: Biography & Autobiography | Women; Biography & Autobiography | Regional Subjects | MidAtlantic; Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs; Social Science | Women's Studies | General


The New American Heart Association Cookbook

Contributor(s): American Heart Association (Author); Hoffman, Paul (Illustrator)

In todays climate of confusing and often contradictory dietary trends, the American Heart Association once again rises above the fray and presents credible, easy-to-understand information about maintaining a healthy heart--and more than 600 delicious recipes that make it simple to follow that advice at every meal.

BISAC Categories: Cooking | Health & Healing | Heart


Oprah: A Biography

Contributor(s): Kelley, Kitty (Author)

The first comprehensive biography of one of the most admired public figures of our time, by the most widely read biographer of our era. Anyone who is a fan of Oprah Winfrey or who has followed her extraordinary life and career will be fascinated by this exhaustively researched book.

BISAC Categories: Biography & Autobiography | Entertainment & Performing Arts | Television Personalities; Biography & Autobiography | Women; Biography & Autobiography | Cultural Heritage


Orden del Sol Negro, La

Contributor(s): Rollins, James (Author)

In Copenhagen, a suspicious bookstore fire propels Commander Gray Pierce on a relentless hunt across four continentsand into a terrifying mystery surrounding horrific experiments once performed in a now-abandoned laboratory buried in a hollowed-out mountain in Poland. In the mountains of Nepal, in a remote monastery, Buddhist monks inexplicably turn to cannibalism and torturewhile Painter Crowe, director of Sigma Force, begins to show signs of the same baffling, mind-destroying malady and Lisa Cummings, a dedicated American doctor, becomes the target of a brutal clandestine assassin. Now only Gray Pierce and Sigma Force can save a world suddenly in terrible jeopardy. Because a new order is on the risean annihilating nightmare growing at the heart of the greatest mystery of all: the origin of life.

BISAC Categories: Fiction | Mystery & Detective | General


Parrot and Olivier in America

Contributor(s): Carey, Peter (Author)

From the two-time Booker Prize-winning author comes an irrepressibly funny new novel set in early-19th-century America.

BISAC Categories: Fiction | Literary


Play Dead

Contributor(s): Brown, Ryan (Author)

In Brown's fresh and riveting supernatural thriller, football-player zombies bent on revenge take over a football-obsessed Texas town.

BISAC Categories: Fiction | Thrillers


Requiem in Vienna: A Viennese Mystery

Contributor(s): Jones, J Sydney (Author)

Someone is trying to murder conductor and composer Gustav Mahler, and lawyer Karl Werthen sets out to stop the attacks with the help of his new wife, Berthe, and criminologist Hans Gross.

BISAC Categories: Fiction | Mystery & Detective | Historical


The Shadow of Your Smile

Contributor(s): Clark, Mary Higgins (Author)

"The Shadow of Your Smile" is the latest thriller from #1 bestselling Queen of Suspense, Mary Higgins Clark.

BISAC Categories: Fiction | Suspense


Silver Borne

Contributor(s): Briggs, Patricia (Author)

In the new work in the #1 "New York Times"-bestselling urban fantasy series, shapeshifter Mercy Thompson attempts to return a powerful Fae book. But it seems the book contains secret knowledge--and the Fae will do just about anything to keep it out of the wrong hands.

BISAC Categories: Fiction | Fantasy | Contemporary


Sixteen Brides

Contributor(s): Whitson, Stephanie Grace (Author)

Sixteen Civil War widows are going to need all the courage and faith they canmuster to survive their unwanted circumstances--especially when they begin todiscover that none of them is exactly who she appears to be. BISAC Categories: Fiction | Christian | Historical; Fiction | Religious | General


Spoken from the Heart

Contributor(s): Bush, Laura (Author)

In a captivating and compelling voice that ranks with many of the greatest memoirists, Laura Bush tells the story of her unique path from dusty Midland, Texas, to the world stage as First Lady. She captures presidential life in the frantic and fearful months after 9/11, and humorously lifts the curtain on what really happens inside the White House.

BISAC Categories: Biography & Autobiography | First Ladies; Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs; Biography & Autobiography | Women; Biography & Autobiography | Political


A Taste of Fame

Contributor(s): Shepherd, Linda Evans (Author); Everson, Eva Marie (Author)

The second book in The Potluck Catering Club series serves up the perfect blend of humor, misadventures, and mouth-watering recipes.

BISAC Categories: Fiction | Christian | General; Fiction | Humorous


The Telling

Contributor(s): Lewis, Beverly (Author)

The Powerful Series Conclusion from Beverly Lewis

BISAC Categories: Fiction | Christian | General; Fiction | Religious | General


Then We Came to the End

Contributor(s): Ferris, Joshua (Author)

This wickedly funny, big-hearted novel about life in the office signals the arrival of a gloriously talented new writer.

BISAC Categories: Fiction | General


This Book Is Overdue!: How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All

Contributor(s): Johnson, Marilyn (Author)

In "The Dead Beat," Johnson reveals the stories behind obituary writers. Now, the author celebrates libraries and librarians while trying to answer the question: What is worth saving?

BISAC Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines | Library & Information Science | General


The Three Weissmanns of Westport

Contributor(s): Schine, Cathleen (Author)

Jane Austen's beloved "Sense and Sensibility" has moved to Westport, Connecticut, in this enchanting modern-day homage to the classic novel.

BISAC Categories: Fiction | Literary


Tips to Fly by

Contributor(s): Collins, Richard L (Author) BISAC Categories: Transportation | Aviation | Piloting & Flight Instruction


To Teach: The Journey of a Teacher

Contributor(s): Ayers, William (Author); Rose, Mike (Afterword by); Nieto, Sonia (Foreword by) BISAC Categories: Education | Teaching Methods & Materials | General; Education | Professional Development


Ultima Cancion, La

Contributor(s): Sparks, Nicholas (Author)

Seventeen year old Veronica "Ronnie" Miller's life was turned upside-down when her parents divorced and her father moved from New York City to Wilmington, North Carolina. Three years later, she remains angry and alientated from her parents, especially her father... until her mother decides it would be in everyone's best interest if she spent the summer in Wilmington with him. Ronnie's father, a former concert pianist and teacher, is living a quiet life in the beach town, immersed in creating a work of art that will become the centerpiece of a local church. The tale that unfolds is an unforgettable story of love on many levels--first love, love between parents and children -- that demonstrates, as only a Nicholas Sparks novel can, the many ways that love can break our hearts... and heal them.

BISAC Categories: Fiction | General


The Walk

Contributor(s): Evans, Richard Paul (Author)

Evans presents the first novel in an inspiring new series about an executive who loses everything and embarks on a walk that takes him across America.

BISAC Categories: Fiction | General


Whiter Than Snow

Contributor(s): Dallas, Sandra (Author)

From the "New York Times"-bestselling author of "Prayers for Sale" comes the moving and powerful story of a small town after a devastating avalanche, and the life-changing effects it has on the people who live there.

BISAC Categories: Fiction | General


The Winner Stands Alone

Contributor(s): Coelho, Paulo (Author); Costa, Margaret Jull (Translator)

A beloved writer takes a his talents in a startling new direction with this haunting, pulse-pounding psychological thriller about the destructive power of jealousy, greed, and control.

BISAC Categories: Fiction | General


Wiring a House

Contributor(s): Cauldwell, Rex (Author)

This classic reference book on home wiring for homeowners, electricians and apprentices has been completely updated to reflect changes to the electrical code since it was first published in 1996. New material on home generators, lightning protection and wiring "above code" has been added to this edition. New design and color photos and illustrations throughout are featured.

BISAC Categories: House & Home | Do-It-Yourself | Electrical


Wrecked

Contributor(s): Clark, Carol Higgins (Author)

"New York Times"-bestselling author Higgins Clark delivers the 10th installment in her increasingly popular Regan Reilly mystery series.

BISAC Categories: Fiction | Mystery & Detective | Women Sleuths