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Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
Nicole Krauss' critically acclaimed debut novel, Man Walks Into a Room, follows Samson Greene, who, during the removal of a brain tumor, loses his adult memories. Feeling lost as an outsider in his own life, Samson agrees to participate in a scientific experiment in which memories are grafted from one brain to another.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Bestselling author John M. Barry has penned numerous works on a variety of historical subjects. Here Barry explores the development of the fundamental ideas of church and state through the story of Roger Williams. The first to link religious freedom to individual liberty, Williams helped shape the balance of religion and politics seen in America today.
Author
Publisher
Warner Books
Pub. Date
c1996
Language
English
Description
Sportscaster and former National Football League defensive end Tim Green reveals what it's really like to play in the NFL in The Dark Side of the Game. The Super Bowl champion of tell-all novels, an eight-year NFL veteran exposes the game he loves, warts and all. This audiobook is packed with hard-hitting inside information only a former player could know. From the perfect partnership between the mob and the NFL to the shattered lives of former players,...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press, an imprint of Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Between 1911 and 1923, a series of wars--chief among them World War I--would engulf the Ottoman Empire and its successor states. It is a story we think we know well, but as Sean McMeekin shows us in this revelatory new history, we know far less than we think. Drawing from his years of ground-breaking research in newly opened Ottoman and Russian archives, The Ottoman Endgame brings to light the entire strategic narrative that led to an unstable new...
Author
Series
Publisher
Warner Books
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Description
Attorney and novelist Tim Green leaped onto best-seller lists with The Dark Side of the Game, his non-fiction account of life inside the National Football League. In The Letter of the Law, he serves up a thrilling dose of fictional legal intrigue in the tradition of John Grisham and James Grippando. When world-famous law professor Eric Lipton is seen driving away from the home of his horribly mutilated student--and is later caught fleeing the country...
Author
Series
Shadow Campaigns volume 1
Publisher
ROC
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
With this stunning series opener, Django Wexler leaps to the upper echelon of today's best fantasy authors. The Thousand Names opens his Shadow Campaigns series with a tale of bloody rebellion that will reshape an empire-and a world. Captain Marcus d'Ivoire and Winter Ihernglass see their fortunes rise under the command of military genius Janus bet Vhalnich. But Janus' obsession with the supernatural portends a dire fate for the realm.
87) Firebird
Author
Series
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c1998
Language
English
Description
In her stunning debut novel, Janice Graham creates a love story that rises from the ashes of despair. Rich with passion and triumph, Firebird goes beyond romance to become a tale of greater challenges and revelations. Ethan, a young Kansas lawyer, is trapped between the demands of his fiance and his growing love for an exotic visitor to his small town. Suddenly, when tragedy strikes, Ethan is plunged into despair. But even as he mourns, strange forces...
89) Edmund unravels
Author
Publisher
Nancy Paulsen/Penguin
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
"A ball of yarn with a love of adventure learns the importance of staying connected to his loved ones at home"--
Author
Series
Shadow Campaigns volume 2
Publisher
Roc
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
About to become Queen Regnant in the wake of her father's death, Raesinia Orboan must beware of the ambitious men who will wish to control her, and the throne.
91) The animals
Author
Publisher
Liveright/W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
In The Animals, wildlife sanctuary manager Bill Reed leads an idyllic life in rural Idaho. But when a childhood friend gets out of prison, Bill must confront the consequences of his own criminal youth.
92) Wilderness
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Having earned his writing chops as an award-winning author of short fiction, Lance Weller delivers an unforgettable novel set in post-Civil War America. Abel Truman, maimed at the Battle of the Wilderness and beset with old age, lives on the rugged coast of Washington State. Resolving to attend to personal matters set in motion long ago, Truman and his be-loved dog embark on a harrowing journey over the treacherous Olympic Mountains - and along the...
93) The end of time
Author
Series
Books of Umber volume 3
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
As young Hap prepares to reverse the global catastrophe on Lord Umber's world, an evil prince and a destructive sorceress threaten the kingdom of Kurahaven.
Author
Series
Shadow Campaigns volume 5
Publisher
Ace
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Military might and arcane powers clash in Wexler's fifth action-packed Shadow Campaigns novel. The Beast, the ancient demon imprisoned beneath Elysium for a thousand years, has been loosed on the world. It absorbs mind after mind, spreading like a plague through the north. And it threatens the heart of Vordan. As Queen Raesinia Orboan and soldiers Marcus D'Ivoire and Winter Ihernglass grapple with the aftermath of a hard fought military campaign,...
Author
Publisher
New American Library
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Best-selling author John Shors is a master storyteller. A novel of mercy, love, and renewal in a time of war, During World War II, the hospital ship Benevolence is providing relief to victims in the South Pacific when she is torpedoed and sunk. Among the survivors are a troubled nurse named Annie and the wounded Japanese soldier named Akira who saves her life.
96) Dragon games
Author
Series
Books of Umber volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
Having learned more about his mysterious past, Happenstance accompanies Lord Umber on a daring journey that could affect the future of Kuraharen.
98) I refuse
Author
Publisher
Graywolf
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
A chance encounter between two childhood friends, including one who escaped an abusive father, reveals how their fortunes have reversed.
99) The company man
Author
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
The Company Man takes listeners on a wild ride to 1919 Washington state, where a war is brewing between the McNaughton Corporation and its union workers. When the conflict's latest casualty prompts McNaughton security officer Cyril Hayes to investigate, he's soon caught up in worker claims that the corporation's machines have minds of their own.
Author
Publisher
Calkins Creek
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
One of the most important patriots in post-Revolutionary times. Most readers know Noah Webster for his dictionary masterpieces and his promotion of a living "American Language" that embraces words and idioms from all its immigrant peoples. But he was also the driving force behind universal education for all citizens, including slaves, females, and adult learners. Speaker of twenty languages, he developed the new country's curriculum, writing and publishing...