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Danielle Steel The drama of a young Japanese woman who comes to the U.S. to attend college and falls in love with a white American. She is Hiroko, he is Peter, and their romance is shattered by Pearl Harbor. He goes off to war, she to a concentration camp (cod. I_)

Star Bright!: A Christmas Story

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Greeley, Andrew M., PUBLISHER: Forge, It's beginning to look a lot like an American Christmas: unpleasant relatives, miserable travel, a slobbering dog-and one "harmless American of Irish origins," Jack Flanigan, who is reluctantly falling in love with a young Russian woman studying at Harvard. She's spending Christmas alone in a foreign country, so he invites the dark-eyed beauty home to Chicago for the holiday. Even though it isn't Christmas in the Russian Orthodox calendar, she accepts What happens when she gets to Chicago and caught in the maelstrom of commercialized Yuletide? Enough to say, there's a tree, and a feast, and midnight Mass, and a gaggle of contentious Flanigans of all ages-who have the merriest Christmas ever-and nothing will ever be quite the same for any of them. Especially for Jack.

Brainquake: In the Grip of Epilepsy

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Morris, Amy S., PUBLISHER: Xlibris Corporation, Brainquake is a personal account of the author's adult-onset epilepsy. As a young woman, she was struck down by the disastrous disorder. Abandoned by her lover, afraid she'd loose her job, worrying if she could do the international travel her job required, concerned about health insurance, trying drug after drug with all the side effects, finally choosing to have traumatic brain surgery, trying valiantly to overcome deepening depression. The story is told with brilliance by the author, who looks at her own experiences with a cold, examining eye, taking us on her personal odyssey through the "Decade of the Brain."

The Butterfly Outside My Window

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Dotson, Elona J., PUBLISHER: PublishAmerica, The Butterfly Outside My Window is a collection of original poetry describing life and its transformations of a young black girl, whose external environment is constantly changing while her internal environment is constantly renewing. She finally emerges a matured black woman who has been molded and reshaped for her original and predestined purpose by the author and finisher of all creation, God. Take a journey with her as she travels through life to the other side of its window where she now flies like a butterfly: free with beauty and grace.

Can Adults Become Human?

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Benton, Jim / Kelly, Jamie, PUBLISHER: Scholastic Paperbacks, Read the hilarious, candid (and sometimes not-so-nice), diaries of Jamie Kelly, who promises that everything in her diary is true...or at least as true as it needs to be. Dear Dumb Diary, My social studies teacher, Mr. VanDoy, never smiles. I know that's hard to believe, because everybody smiles about something, right? Isabella smiles when her brothers get in trouble. Angeline smiles when she thinks about how much prettier she is than, like, a waterfall or a unicorn. I smile when I think about a unicorn kicking Angeline over a waterfall. But Mr. VanDoy doesn't smile at all. I wonder if when you become an adult, you can lose your sense of humor the way you lose your teeth or hair or fashion sense.

The Girl Who Fell from the Sky

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Durrow, Heidi W., PUBLISHER: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, This debut novel tells the story of Rachel, the daughter of a Danish mother and a black G.I. who becomes the sole survivor of a family tragedy. With her strict African American grandmother as her new guardian, Rachel moves to a mostly black community, where her light brown skin, blue eyes, and beauty bring mixed attention her way. Growing up in the s, she learns to swallow her overwhelming grief and confronts her identity as a biracial young woman in a world that wants to see her as either black or white. In the tradition of Jamaica Kincaid's "Annie John" and Toni Morrison's "The Bluest Eye," here is a portrait of a young girl- and society's ideas of race, class, and beauty. It is the winner of the Bellwether Prize for best fiction manuscript addressing issues of social justice.

Scarecrow Poetry: The Muse in Post-Middle Age

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: McGovern, Robert / Haven, Stephen, PUBLISHER: Ashland Poetry Press, This anthology sets out to define a subject matter genre (which has been with us, certainly, since Sophocles wrote Oedipus at Colonus when he was 90). This collection celebrates that different set of feelings with the mature work of those young poets of two or three decades ago who didn't give in to the demise of youth: William Butler Yates, who supplies this title. The anthology includes works by Hayden Carruth, R.P. Dickey, X.J. Kennedy, Philip Levine, W.D. Snodgrass, Gerald Stern, and many more.

Holly: The True Story of a Cat

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Brown, Ruth, PUBLISHER: Henry Holt & Company, From a popular author/illustrator, the enchanting story of holly the cat -- ideal for Christmas and all year long. She was just a tiny kitten and she was abandoned. Someone found her and gave her to us. Because it was nearly Christmas, we called her Holly. Holly is an abandoned kitten adopted at Christmastime. Shy at first, she slowly gains more and more confidence in her new home. Sweetly, and gently, and sometimes humorously, she quickly becomes a member of the family. Everyone who has ever known or loved a cat will instantly recognize the lovable Holly. A true story, Holly's tale is an ideal example of how pets touch our lives in wonderful ways.

City of a Thousand Dolls

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Forster, Miriam, PUBLISHER: HarperCollins Publishers Inc, The girl with no past, and no future, may be the only one who can save their lives. Nisha was abandoned at the gates of the City of a Thousand Dolls when she was just a little girl. Now sixteen, she lives on the grounds of the isolated estate, where orphan girls apprentice as musicians, healers, courtesans, and, if the rumors are true, assassins. She makes her way as Matron's errand girl, her closest companions the mysterious cats that trail her shadow. Only when she begins a forbidden flirtation with the city's handsome young courier does she let herself imagine a life outside the walls. Until one by one, girls around her start to die. Before she becomes the next victim, Nisha decides to uncover the secrets that surround the girls' deaths. But by getting involved, Nisha jeopardizes not only her own future in the City of a Thousand Dolls--but also her life.

Triptych

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Slaughter, Karin, PUBLISHER: Dell Publishing Company, In the city of Atlanta, young women are dying--at the hands of a killer who signs his work with a single, chilling act of mutilation. Leaving behind enough evidence to fuel a frenzied police hunt, this cunning madman is bringing together dozens of lives, crossing the boundaries of wealth and race. And the people who are chasing him must cross those boundaries too. Among them is Michael Ormewood, a veteran detective whose marriage is hanging by a thread--and whose arrogance and explosive temper are threatening his career. And Angie Polaski, a beautiful vice cop who was once Michael's lover before she became his enemy. But another player has entered the game: a loser ex-con who has stumbled upon the killer's trail in the most coincidental of ways--someone who may be the key to breaking the case wide open....

Orfina, Volume 7

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Tennouji, Kitsune, PUBLISHER: CMX, A young girl must fulfill her destiny, with the future of a kingdom in the balance When the forces of Granza attack Fana's homeland, she flees to nearby Cordia. There she encounters the King, who takes her under his care and introduces her to his daughter, the Princess Orfina. To the surprise of both girls, they share such a strong resemblance that they could be twins. A friendship quickly develops but is cut short when Granza attacks Cordia and the Princess is captured. Fana learns the shocking truth about their relationship and is thrust into the role of leading an army to victory

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She Tempts the Duke

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Heath, Lorraine, PUBLISHER: Avon Books, Three young heirs, imprisoned by an unscrupulous uncle, escaped--to the sea, to the streets, to faraway battle--awaiting the day when they would return to reclaim their birthright. Sebastian Easton always vowed he would avenge his stolen youth and title. Now back in London, the rightful Duke of Keswick--returning from battle a wounded, hardened, changed man--cannot forget the brave girl who once rescued him and his brothers from certain death. Lady Mary Wynne-Jones paid dearly for helping the imprisoned young Lords of Pembrook, and she remembers well the promise she made to Sebastian all those years ago: to meet him once more in the abbey ruins where they shared a bold, forbidden kiss. While Mary is now betrothed to another, a friendship forged with dark secrets cannot be ignored. Unexpected passion soon burns dangerously between them, tempting Sebastian to abandon his quest for retribution and fight for a love that could once again set him free.

Mouse in Love

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Kraus, Robert / Dewey, Ariane / Aruego, Jose, PUBLISHER: Orchard Books (NY), "She loves me. She loves me not. She loves me " Just who is the object of this little mouse's tender affections? He doesn't know her, not yet anyway. But he's seen her in his dreams, and this young mouse is determined to search for her -- whether by land, sea, or air. That fair young mouse could be anywhere. She might even be right under that little mouse's own whiskers.

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Joanne Harris Maddy Smith, who bears the mysterious mark of a rune on her hand, learns that she is destined to join the gods of Norse mythology and play a role in the fate of the world. (cod. I_)

Sacred Hunger

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Unsworth, Barry, PUBLISHER: Penguin Books Ltd, Sacred Hunger is a stunning and engrossing exploration of power, domination, and greed. Filled with the "sacred hunger" to expand its empire and its profits, England entered full into the slave trade and spread the trade throughout its colonies. In this Booker Prize-winning work, Barry Unsworth follows the failing fortunes of William Kemp, a merchant pinning his last chance to a slave ship; his son who needs a fortune because he is in love with an upper-class woman; and his nephew who sails on the ship as its doctor because he has lost all he has loved. The voyage meets its demise when disease spreads among the slaves and the captain's drastic response provokes a mutiny. Joining together, the sailors and the slaves set up a secret, utopian society in the wilderness of Florida, only to await the vengeance of the single-minded, young Kemp.

The Favored Daughter: One Woman's Fight to Lead Afghanistan

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Koofi, Fawzia / Gourhi, Nadene / Ghouri, Nadene, PUBLISHER: Palgrave MacMillan, The nineteenth daughter of a local village leader in rural Afghanistan, Fawzia Koofi was left to die in the sun after birth by her mother. But she survived, and perseverance in the face of extreme hardship has defined her life ever since. Despite the abuse of her family, the exploitative Russian and Taliban regimes, the murders of her father, brother, and husband, and numerous attempts on her life, she rose to become the first Afghani woman Parliament speaker. Here, she shares her amazing story, punctuated by a series of poignant letters she wrote to her two daughters before each political trip--letters describing the future and freedoms she dreamed of for them and for all the women of Afghanistan. Her story movingly captures the political and cultural moment in Afghanistan, a country caught between the hope of progress and the bitter truth of history.

Crystal Dragon

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Lee, Sharon / Miller, Steve, PUBLISHER: Meisha Merlin Publishing, You can't go home again... What do you do when home is a conspiracy that's been discovered and destroyed? When home is a planet in a star system that's gone missing? When home means working for the destroyers of galaxies? When home is a spaceship that's calling out to the enemy? Cantra 'yos Phelium isn't a quitter, but she has more than a little problem: the Enemy has accelerated its attacks and how do you fight an Enemy whose major form of attack is the de-crystallization of everything around itself? A smuggler with a rogue soldier for a co-pilot, and a tree with an attitude for crew, Cantra's the only one who can get close to the man who holds equations that might, that just might - thwart the Enemy. All she has to do is help a young pilot from a missing world, juggle a slippery promise she never quite made to a pair of wizards, and then forget who she is along with everything, and everyone, she's ever known.

Once in a Lifetime

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: O'Day-Flannery, Constance, PUBLISHER: Zebra Books, New York Times bestselling author Constance O'Day-Flannery delivers an unforgettable tale of a woman who must relive her past in order to find her future. When Maureen Malone's perfect world comes tumbling down, she encounters the ghost of her teenage sweetheart, who helps her remember the girl she once was -- and shows her the enduring power of love.

Embrace the Dawn

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Morgan, Kathleen, PUBLISHER: Tyndale House Publishers, Rose Award Winner for best inspirational romance Set in the late-17th-century Scottish Highlands, this is the story of Kilian Campbell, a strong-willed American woman forced to seek safety in the arms of the one man who could destroy her future. As she flees those who threaten her life, she must come to terms with the pain of the past and with God. A strongly written epic story whose intriguing plot and strong faith content will captivate and minister to readers.

Fated

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Noel, Alyson, PUBLISHER: St. Martin's Griffin, The first book in a magnificent new series about a girl who can navigate between the worlds of the living and the dead by #1 "New York Times "bestselling author Alyson Noel Lately strange things have been happening to Daire Santos. Animals follow her, crows mock her, and glowing people appear out of nowhere. Worried that Daire is having a nervous breakdown, her mother packs her off to stay in the dusty plains of Enchantment, New Mexico with a grandmother she's never met. There she crosses paths with Dace, a gorgeous guy with unearthly blue eyes who she's encountered before...but only in her dreams. And she'll get to know her grandmother--a woman who recognizes Daire's bizarre episodes for what they are. A call to her true destiny as a Soul Seeker, one who can navigate between the worlds of the living and the dead. Her grandmother immediately begins teaching her to harness her powers--but it's an art that must be mastered quickly. Because Dace's brother is an evil shape-shifter who's out to steal her powers. Now Daire must embrace her fate as a Soul Seeker and find out if Dace is one guy she's meant to be with...or if he's allied with the enemy she's destined to destroy.

My Angel

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Young, Christine / Kensington, PUBLISHER: Zebra, Newcomer Christine Young treats readers to just the kind of historical romance they love. "My Angel" introduces Angela Chamberlain, a daring spitfire whose father decides to send her to a finishing school back East. But Angela longs for a life of adventure and romance -- and she knows exactly who can give it to her. Devil Blackmoor is a hired gun with a dangerous reputation. But Angela is willing to go to the ends of the earth to capture the handsome devil's heart.

Painters of the Cave

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Lauber, Patricia, PUBLISHER: National Geographic Society, A strikingly illustrated introduction to the Ice Age peoples of Europe -- Compelling text and vivid illustrations present the story of the Cro-Magnon humans who lived in Europe during Ice Age In this beautifully illustrated book for young readers, Patricia Lauber brings to life the Cro-Magnons of Europe -- the Ice Age hunters and gatherers who were the ancestors of modern humans. Writing with simplicity, clarity, and sophistication, she examines all aspects of their lives -- what they ate, how they hunted, what tools they made, where they lived, and what art they created. In every case, she takes care to separate known facts from theoretical conjectures, giving renders a portrait that is as accurate as it is lively. She opens and closes the book with striking cave paintings -- of woolly rhinos, horses, bison, lions, and others -- that were a hallmark of these early people, and presents four theories about why they were created. In between, she details what we do know: the Cro-Magnon's origins in Africa and the Middle East; their push into Europe years ago; their -year overlap with Neanderthals. Throughout, the story comes alive with well-chosen images of artifacts and artists' renditions of ancient lif. For young people fascinated by "cavemen", "Painters of the Caves" is a welcome resource.

How to Catch a Bogle

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Jinks, Catherine, PUBLISHER: HMH Books for Young Readers, "If ever a chill entered her soul, or the hope suddenly drained from her heart, she knew a bogle was to blame." Ten-year-old orphan Birdie McAdam is tougher than she looks. She's proud of her job as apprentice to Alfred the Bogler, a man who catches monsters for a living. Birdie lures the bogles out of their lairs with her sweet songs, and Alfred kills them before they kill her. On the mean streets of Victorian England, hunting bogles is actually "less "dangerous work than mudlarking for scraps along the vile Thames river. (See glossary) Or so it seems--until the orphans of London start to disappear...

Journey to the River Sea

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Ibbotson, Eva / Hawkes, Kevin, PUBLISHER: Puffin Books, Accompanied by Miss Minton, a fierce-looking, no-nonsense governess, Maia, a young orphan, sets off for the wilderness of the Amazon, expecting curtains of orchids, brightly colored macaws, and a loving family. But what she finds is an evil-tempered aunt and uncle and their spoiled daughters. It is only when she is swept up in a mystery involving a young Indian boy, a homesick child actor, and a missing inheritance that Maia lands in the middle of the Amazon adventure she's dreamed of. Readers of every generation will treasure Ibbotson's lush historical adventure that harkens back to the beloved classics of Frances Hodgson Burnett and Louisa May Alcott.

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