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On Mother's Lap

by Ann Herbert Scott

A little Inuit boy discovers there's room for himself and his baby sister on their mother's lap.

Amelia's Boredom Survival Guide (Amelia)

Amelia's Boredom Survival Guide (Amelia)

by Marissa Moss

With Amelia's great ideas, advice, and just plain fun doodles, you'll never be bored again. 100% Ameliea guaranteed.

My Notebook (With Help from Amelia) (Amelia (Paperback American Girl))

My Notebook (With Help from Amelia) (Amelia (Paperback American Girl))

by Marissa Moss

Now kids can make their very own journals, right alongside Amelia. There are plenty of suggestions, plenty of room, and those well-loved Amelia quips and asides. Includes a marker, packaged on the cover. Color illustrations.

Luv, Amelia Luv, Nadia: By Marissa Moss (Amelia)

by Marissa Moss

Ten-year-old Amelia exchanges letters and postcards with her long-distance friend Nadia. Includes actual letters folded and inserted into envelopes.

Amelia Hits the Road

by Marissa Moss

When Amelia and her big sister, Cleo, are stuck together in the backseat of a car for a family road trip, there are fights, plenty of sights, and Amelia's best friend, Nadia, at the end of the road!

The Secret Sisters

by Joni Rodgers

Exploring the timeless themes of family, self, misfortune, and hope that have made the novels of Anna Quindlen and Sue Miller bestsellers, Joni Rodgers's moving and powerful tale tells the story of three women bound together by loss and set free by love. Pia feels the walls of her life closing in around her, until she discovers a strangely sensual world that leads her to a new existence. Lily, Pia's brash,... (more)

Passion, Betrayal And Killer Highlights

by Kyra Davis

Sophie Katz has just offered a man $12,000 for his services . . . Is she desperate or just meshugeneh? Considering the kind of disasters that usually befall the half-black, half-Jewish mystery writer, probably both. Because the last time Sophie saw sexy P.I. Anatoly Darinsky, he practically danced a jig when she waved goodbye -- a normal reaction for a man who'd nearly bought the farm trying to protect her... (more)

A Dose of Murder (Pauline Sokol Mysteries)

A Dose of Murder (Pauline Sokol Mysteries)

by Lori Avocato

After years of chasing around sniffly munchkins with a tongue depressor, nurse Pauline Sokol has had it. She's sick of being an "angel of mercy" -- she'd like to raise some hell for once! But finding a new career won't be easy for someone who's had no experience beyond thermometers and bedpans. Luckily, the smarmy head of an agency that investigates medical fraud thinks she'd be perfect for the job, since, for... (more)

Blue Rodeo

by Jo-Ann Mapson

Those who do not remember family history are condemned to repeat it...Haunted by a failed marriage, a resentful son left deaf by a bout of meningitis, and the slow death of her artistic aspirations, Margaret Yearwood takes refuge in Blue Dog, New Mexico. There, in the shadow of Shiprock Mountain, and in the unlikely arms of Owen Garrett, she finds the courage to love again, and to be loved. And she comes to... (more)

How Can I Forgive You?: The Courage to Forgive, the Freedom Not To

How Can I Forgive You?: The Courage to Forgive, the Freedom Not To

by Janis Abrahms Spring

Janis Abrahms Spring's long–awaited second book expertly tackles the sensitive issue of forgiveness by giving real people a new model from which they can heal from interpersonal injuries, by debunking myths, and by controversially setting the record straight that forgiveness is not the only all–or–nothing sound response to injury. The topic of forgiveness is fast becoming one of the key concepts in... (more)

Infidel

by Ayaan Hirsi Ali

In this profoundly affecting memoir from the internationally renowned author of The Caged Virgin, Ayaan Hirsi Ali tells her astonishing life story, from her traditional Muslim childhood in Somalia, Saudi Arabia, and Kenya, to her intellectual awakening and activism in the Netherlands, and her current life under armed guard in the West. One of today's most admired and controversial political figures, Ayaan Hirsi... (more)

BrothersMichael Bar-Zohar

Brothers

by Michael Bar-Zohar

"All the action one could desire...A tightly organized look back at the cold war and the chilling amorality of two of its leading players--the KGB and the CIA...A deft piece of work." --The New York Times Book Review "SPELLBINDING...Fast-paced and intricate, BROTHERS is full of suspense." --The Indianapolis Star Family tragedy exiles one brother to America and holds one in Russia. Alexander is raised Jewish and... (more)

Reaching for Sun

by Tracie Vaughn Zimmer

Josie Wyatt knows what it means to be different. Her family’s small farmhouse seems to shrink each time another mansion grows up behind it. She lives with her career-obsessed mom and opinionated Gran, but has never known her father. Then there’s her cerebral palsy: even if Josie wants to forget that she was born with a disability, her mom can’t seem to let it go. Yet when a strange new boy—Jordan—moves into one of... (more)

Lucia Joyce

by Carol Shloss

"Whatever spark or gift I possess has been transmitted to Lucia and it has kindled a fire in her brain" James Joyce, 1934 Most accounts of James Joyce's family portray Lucia Joyce as the mad daughter of a man of genius, a difficult burden. But Carol Loeb Shloss reveals a different and more dramatic truth: Joyce loved Lucia and they shared a deep creative bond. Lucia was born in a pauper's hospital and educated... (more)

Bull Rider (Orca Soundings)

by Marilyn Halvorson

Layne must face his greatest fear. (RL3.0)

Hot Gimmick, Vol. 8

by Miki Aihara

In company-owned rabbit-hutch apartments live tenants who can't afford to live anywhere else, and the apartment complex in which high-school girl Hatsumi Narita lives is ruled over by the rumour mongering, self-righteous Mrs. Tachibana. Get on Tachibana's bad side, and life becomes hell. When Hatsumi has to buy a pregnancy test because her popular sister Akane is late, Mrs. Tachibana's son, Ryoki, who used to... (more)

Hot Gimmick, Volume 9 (Hot Gimmick (Paperback))

Hot Gimmick, Volume 9 (Hot Gimmick (Paperback))

by Miki Aihara

Our hapless heroine Hatsumi's romantic woes are put on hold (only momentarily, though) to provide ample time for her little sister Akane to experience the sweet sting of teenage love herself. She's tried flirting, she's tried being rude, but no matter how hard she works at it, Akane just doesn't seem capable of getting shy (and dorky) and cute (but still dorky) Subaru to come clean about his feelings. Will a box... (more)

Hot Gimmick [Flower C] Vol. 6 (Hotto Gimikku[Flower C]) (in Japanese)

Hot Gimmick [Flower C] Vol. 6 (Hotto Gimikku[Flower C]) (in Japanese)

by Miki Aihara

Hot Gimmick, Vol. 10 (Hot Gimmick (Paperback))

Hot Gimmick, Vol. 10 (Hot Gimmick (Paperback))

by Miki Aihara

In company-owned rabbit-hutch apartments live tenants who can't afford to live anywhere else, and the apartment complex in which high-school girl Hatsumi Narita lives is ruled over by the rumor mongering, self-righteous Mrs. Tachibana. Get on Tachibana's bad side, and life becomes hell. When Hatsumi has to buy a pregnancy test because her popular sister Akane is late, Mrs. Tachibana's son, Ryoki, who used to bully... (more)

Circling My Mother: A Memoir

by Mary Gordon

In this triumphant return to nonfiction after two critically acclaimed works of fiction, Mary Gordon gives us a rich, bittersweet memoir about her mother, their relationship and her role as daughter. Anna Gagliano Gordon, who died in 2002 at the age of 94, lived a life colored by large forces: immigration, world war, the Great Depression, and physical affliction--she contracted Polio at the age of 3 and... (more)

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