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Rotten School #3: The Good, the Bad and the Very Slimy (Rotten School)

Rotten School #3: The Good, the Bad and the Very Slimy (Rotten School)

by R. L. Stine

April-May June Loves Bernie Bridges . . . she just doesn't know it yet. She's the coolest hottest girl in the school and Bernie thinks she should go to the dance with him. April-May won't even be seen with Bernie because he's such a troublemaker. So Bernie makes her a promise—a really scary promise. He says he'll stay out of trouble for a whole week if she promises to go to the dance with him. Bernie is... (more)

Rotten School #4: Lose, Team, Lose! (Rotten School)

Rotten School #4: Lose, Team, Lose! (Rotten School)

by R. L. Stine

Jennifer Ecch is so tough... She's at Rotten School on an Arm Wrestling scholarship! Bernie Bridges calls her Nightmare Girl. But she'll do anything to get him to be her boyfriend. That's why she joined the all-boys football team. With Jennifer playing, they can't lose. But wait. If they win, they have to play the National Champion team -- the Bone Breakers! Someone's got to stop the attack of the... (more)

A Change in Altitude: A Novel

by Anita Shreve

Margaret and Patrick have been married just a few months when they set off on what they hope will be a great adventure-a year living in Kenya. Margaret quickly realizes there is a great deal she doesn't know about the complex mores of her new home, and about her own husband. A British couple invites the newlyweds to join on a climbing expedition to Mount Kenya , and they eagerly agree. But during their... (more)

Robert Langdon: Book 3

The Lost Symbol

by Dan Brown

Dan Brown’s new novel, the eagerly awaited follow-up to his #1 international phenomenon, The Da Vinci Code , which was the bestselling hardcover adult novel of all time with 81 million copies in print worldwide, will be published in the U.S. and Canada by Doubleday on September 15, 2009. THE LOST SYMBOL will have a first printing of 5 million copies, and it will once again feature Dan Brown’s unforgettable... (more)

Shooting Stars

by LeBron James

From the ultimate team—basketball superstar LeBron James and Buzz Bissinger, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Friday Night Lights and Three Nights in August—a poignant, thrilling tale of the power of teamwork to transform young lives, including James’s own The Shooting Stars were a bunch of kids—LeBron James and his best friends—from Akron, Ohio, who first met on a youth basketball team of the same name... (more)

The End of Overeating

Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite

by David Kessler

Most of us know what it feels like to fall under the spell of food when one slice of pizza turns into half a pie, or a handful of chips leads to an empty bag. But it s harder to understand why we can't seem to stop eating even when we know better. When we want so badly to say "no," why do we continue to reach for food? Dr. David Kessler, the dynamic former FDA commissioner who reinvented the food label and... (more)

Boneshaker

by Cherie Priest

In the early days of the Civil War, rumors of gold in the frozen Klondike brought hordes of newcomers to the Pacific Northwest. Anxious to compete, Russian prospectors commissioned inventor Leviticus Blue to create a great machine that could mine through Alaska’s ice. Thus was Dr. Blue’s Incredible Bone-Shaking Drill Engine born. But on its first test run the Boneshaker went terribly awry, destroying several... (more)

Master the GMAT (CD) 2010

by Mark Allen Stewart

This no-nonsense guide to the GMAT includes essay-writing analysis and 9 complete practice tests, including 3 on CD.

Applesauce Season

by Eden Ross Lipson

When the first apples of the season--Ida Red and Paula Red, Twenty Ounce, McIntosh, and Ginger Gold--show up in the city markets, it's time to take out the big pot and make applesauce. Eden Lispon's lovingly recounted description of a family's applesauce-making ritual describes the buying, peeling, cooking and stirring; the wait for the sauce to cool and the first taste. Mordicai Gerstein's paintings are full of... (more)

The Magician's Elephant

by Kate DiCamillo

In a highly awaited new novel, Kate DiCamillo conjures a haunting fable about trusting the unexpected — and making the extraordinary come true. What if? Why not? Could it be? When a fortuneteller's tent appears in the market square of the city of Baltese, orphan Peter Augustus Duchene knows the questions that he needs to ask: Does his sister still live? And if so, how can he find her? The fortuneteller's... (more)

Kay Scarpetta: Book 17

The Scarpetta Factor

by Patricia Cornwell

It is the week before Christmas. A tanking economy has prompted Dr. Kay Scarpetta Â– despite her busy schedule and her continuing work as the senior forensic analyst for CNN Â– to offer her services pro bono to New York CityÂ’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. In no time at all, her increased visibility seems to precipitate a string of unexpected and unsettling events. She is asked live on the air about the... (more)

NurtureShock

New Thinking About Children

by Po Bronson, Ashley Merryman

In a world of modern, involved, caring parents, why are so many kids aggressive and cruel? Where is intelligence hidden in the brain, and why does that matter? Why do cross-racial friendships decrease in schools that are more integrated? If 98% of kids think lying is morally wrong, then why do 98% of kids lie? What's the single most important thing that helps infants learn language? NurtureShock is a... (more)

You Don't Have to be Diabetic to Love This Cookbook: 250 Amazing Dishes for People With Diabetes and Their Families and Friends

You Don't Have to be Diabetic to Love This Cookbook: 250 Amazing Dishes for People With Diabetes and Their Families and Friends

by Tom Valenti

The book food lovers with diabetes have been waiting for: a through-the-menu collection of 250 dishes to meet any craving, from hot and spicy to sweet and sour, from creamy to crunchy, from pastas to dessert. Written by Tom Valenti, one of America's Ten Best Chefs ( Food & Wine ) and a "clairvoyant in the kitchen" (Ruth Reichl, The New York Times )— and a diabetic— You Don’t Have To Be Diabetic To Love This... (more)

Pilgrims: A Wobegon Romance

by Garrison Keillor

Wobegon goes abroad in this rousing and moving story of a group trip to Rome Margie Krebsbach dreams up the idea of a trip to Rome, hoping to get her husband Carl to make love to herÂ—heÂ’s been sleeping across the hall and she has no idea why. She finds a patriotic purpose for the journey. A Lake Wobegon boy, Gussy Norlander, died in the liberation of Rome, 1944, and his grave, according to his elderly brother,... (more)

The Piano Handbook: A Complete Guide for Mastering Piano

The Piano Handbook: A Complete Guide for Mastering Piano

by Carl Humphries

This illustrated handbook offers a comprehensive tutorial for learning to play piano alone or with a teacher. An accompanying audio CD demonstrates key techniques and concepts, and the author explores the common origins of different musical cultures to show that learning different kinds of music can be an enriching experience. Readers discover how classical piano technique and musicianship inspire creative... (more)

Fancy Nancy: The Dazzling Book Report (I Can Read Book 1)

Fancy Nancy: The Dazzling Book Report (I Can Read Book 1)

by Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss-Glasser

Nancy's first book report is sure to be dazzling. After all, she is the second-best artist in her class. She is using beads, fringe, and a fancy border. And she is writing about Sacajawea, a true-life heroine. What could go wrong? Join Nancy as she learns that you can't judge a book report by its cover! With simple text and vibrant illustrations, this newest addition to the Fancy Nancy I Can Read series will... (more)

The looking book,

by P. K. Hallinan

Torn away from the television by their mother, two children discover some delights in the outdoors.

An apple pie for dinner

by Susan VanHecke

Granny Smith wants to bake an apple pie, but she doesn't have any apples. So off she goes with a basketful of plums in hopes that she can make a trade. Granny swaps plums for feathers, feathers for flowers, flowers for a gold coin, a gold coin for a puppy, and a puppy for what she hoped to find in the first place--apples! Then she bakes a delicious apple pie for everyone she has met along the way. Based on an... (more)

The Pricker Boy

by Reade Scott Whinnem

Some stories draw blood. Some truths won’t stay buried. He was human once, or so they say. The son of a fur trapper, he was taunted by his peers and tricked into one of his own father’s traps. By the time anybody found it, the trap’s vicious teeth were empty, pried open and overgrown. It was said the brambles themselves had reached out and taken pity on that boy; that his skin had hardened to bark as thorns grew... (more)

Panda and polar bear

by Matthew J. Baek

A little polar bear wonders whatÂ’s beyond his wintry worldÂ—and when he falls over the edge of an ice cliff, he finds out! HeÂ’s soon befriended by a panda who mistakes the mud-covered polar bear for one of his own. The two become quick pals. But what happens when the polar bearÂ’s muddy splotches wash off? Will the two bears stay friends? From the much lauded author of Be Gentle with the Dog, Dear! comes a... (more)

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by R. L. Stine

by R. L. Stine

by Anita Shreve

by Dan Brown

by LeBron James

Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite

by David Kessler

by Cherie Priest

by Mark Allen Stewart

by Eden Ross Lipson

by Kate DiCamillo

by Patricia Cornwell

New Thinking About Children

by Po Bronson, Ashley Merryman

by Tom Valenti

by Garrison Keillor

by Carl Humphries

by Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss-Glasser

by P. K. Hallinan

by Susan VanHecke

by Reade Scott Whinnem

by Matthew J. Baek