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Beauty (Spectra Special Editions)

by Sheri S. Tepper

With the critically acclaimed novels The Gate To Women's Country, Raising The Stones , and the Hugo-nominated Grass , Sheri Tepper has established herself as one of the major science fiction writers of out Time. In Beauty , she broadens her territory even further, with a novel that evokes all the richness of fairy tale and fable. Drawing on the wellspring of tales such as "Sleeping Beauty," Beauty is... (more)

All Over Creation

by Ruth L. Ozeki

My Year of Meats , Ruth Ozeki’s delicious debut novel, won a devoted following and was hailed by critics as inventing a new genre: the "eco-saga." Now, Ozeki takes us to the heart of the potato farming industry. When Yumi Fuller returns to her hometown after a twenty-five-year absence, she comes face to face with an old friend, her aging parents, and her conflicted past—as well as the "Seeds of Resistance," a... (more)

My Year of Meats

by Ruth L. Ozeki

Veteran filmaker Ruth Ozeki's novel has been hailed as "one of the heartiest and yes, meatiest debuts in years" ( Glamour ). It tells the story of a year in the lives of two ordinary women on opposite ends of the earth, brought together by a convergence of extraordinary circumstances. Jane, a struggling filmmaker in New York, is given her big break--a chance to travel through the U.S. to produce a Japanese... (more)

Out of the Ashes

by Michael Morpurgo

On New Year's Day Becky Morley begins to write her diary. By March, her world has changed forever. Foot and mouth disease breaks out on a pig farm hundreds of miles from the Morley's Devon home, but soon the nightmare is a few fields away. Local sheep are infected and every animal is destroyed. Will the Morley's flock be next? Will their pedigree diary herd, the sows with their piglets, and Little Josh, Becky's... (more)

Roar

by Emma Clayton

Mika and Ellie live in a future behind a wall: Solid concrete topped with high-voltage razor wire and guarded by a battalion of Ghengis Borgs, it was built to keep out the animals, because animals carry the plague. At least that's what Ellie, who was kidnapped as a child, has always been taught. But when she comes to suspect the truth behind her captivity, she's ready to risk exposure to the elements and answer... (more)

Fairy Flight (The Fairy Houses Series) (Fairy Houses Series)

Fairy Flight (The Fairy Houses Series) (Fairy Houses Series)

by Tracy Kane

"I believe butterflies are really fairies in disguise," whispered Kinsey. Raising butterflies from caterpillars, Sarah and Kinsey are certain there is magic in the air. Both ponder how the Monarchs can migrate so many miles without directions. Will they reach their final destination in time for the Butterfly Parade? Maybe it’s time for a pinch of fairy magic!

Architectural Lighting Design

by Gary R. Steffy

More than 35ew material, including more than 80 new color and black-and-white illustrations. * Addresses new topics, such as light and health, ADA criteria and issues, value engineering, computer modeling techniques, and more. * Covers major programming issues in lighting design and presents creative techniques for conceptualizing and visualizing lighted spaces. * Describes a wide range of tools and... (more)

MySpace/OurPlanet: Change Is Possible

by Tom Anderson

You can change the world. Here's how. Our climate is changing and human actions are the cause. Maybe you don't know why, or what to do about it. We do. In fact, we wrote a book about it (this book, the one in your hands). We'll harness your green intentions and push you beyond turning off the AC every once in a while. It's all in here: how to keep the planet healthy facts and info real-life stories ... (more)

Firestorm: The Caretaker Trilogy: Book 1 (Caretaker Trilogy)

Firestorm: The Caretaker Trilogy: Book 1 (Caretaker Trilogy)

by David Klass

His mother is not his mother. His father is not his father. But if Jack hadn’t broken the high school rushing record that night, he never would have known and nothing would have changed. He’d just be going out for pizza, playing football, trying yet again to score with his girlfriend, P.J. But he did break the record. He appeared on the news. And now they’ve found him. Jack plunges into a space-time–bending game... (more)

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle

A Year of Food Life

by Barbara Kingsolver

Bestselling author Barbara Kingsolver returns with her first nonfiction narrative that will open your eyes in a hundred new ways to an old truth: You are what you eat. "As the U.S. population made an unprecedented mad dash for the Sun Belt, one carload of us paddled against the tide, heading for the Promised Land where water falls from the sky and green stuff grows all around. We were about to begin the... (more)

David, Goliath and the Beach Cleaning Machine: How a Small California Town Fought an Oil Giant and Won (Capital Currents)

David, Goliath and the Beach Cleaning Machine: How a Small California Town Fought an Oil Giant and Won (Capital Currents)

by Barbara Wolcott

In the tradition of "A Civil Action" and "Erin Brockovich"––the true story of a determined young lawyer who takes on a multinational oil company to save a rustic California beach and its eclectic residents from environmental disaster. During an early morning run, Saro Rizzo, a young attorney from Avila Beach, California, stumbled yet again over picnic debris, and determined to get his little town a... (more)

State of Fear

by Michael Crichton

In Tokyo, in Los Angeles, in Antarctica, in the Solomon Islands . . . an intelligence agent races to put all the pieces together to prevent a global catastrophe.

The Consumer's Guide to Effective Environmental Choices: Practical Advice from the Union of Concerned Scientists

The Consumer's Guide to Effective Environmental Choices: Practical Advice from the Union of Concerned Scientists

by Michael Brower

From one of the most prestigious nonprofit organizations devoted to environmental issues comes a clear, practical, and rational overview of the relationship between consumers and the environment. Paper or plastic? Bus or car? Old house or new? Cloth diapers or disposables? Some choices have a huge impact on the environment; others are of negligible importance. To those of us who care about our quality of... (more)

A Civil Action (Vintage Books) (Vintage)

A Civil Action (Vintage Books) (Vintage)

by Jonathan Harr

"The legal thriller of the decade." --Cleveland Plain Dealer Now a Major Motion Picture! In this true story of an epic courtroom showdown, two of the nation's largest corporations stand accused of causing the deaths of children. Representing the bereaved parents, the unlikeliest of heroes emerges: a young, flamboyant Porsche-driving lawyer who hopes to win millions of dollars and ends up nearly losing... (more)

Prodigal Summer

by Barbara Kingsolver

Barbara Kingsolver, a writer praised for her"extravagantly gifted narrative voice" ( New York Times Book Review ), has created with this novel a hymn to wildness that celebrates the prodigal spirit of human nature, and of nature itself. Prodigal Summer weaves together three stories of human love within a larger tapestry of lives inhabiting the forested mountains and struggling small farms of southern... (more)

The Pelican Brief

by John Grisham

In suburban Georgetown a killer's Reeboks whisper on the front floor of a posh home... In a seedy D.C. porno house a patron is swiftly garroted to death... The next day America learns that two of its Supreme Court justices have been assassinated. And in New Orleans, a young law student prepares a legal brief... To Darby Shaw it was no more than a legal shot in the dark, a brilliant guess. To the Washington... (more)

A Thousand Acres: A Novel

by Jane Smiley

A successful Iowa farmer decides to divide his farm between his three daughters. When the youngest objects, she is cut out of his will. This sets off a chain of events that brings dark truths to light and explodes long-suppressed emotions. An ambitious reimagining of Shakespeare’s King Lear cast upon a typical American community in the late twentieth century, A Thousand Acres takes on themes of truth, justice,... (more)

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Beauty (Spectra Special Editions)

by Sheri S. Tepper

All Over Creation

by Ruth L. Ozeki

My Year of Meats

by Ruth L. Ozeki

Out of the Ashes

by Michael Morpurgo

Roar

by Emma Clayton

Fairy Flight (The Fairy Houses Series) (Fairy Houses Series)

by Tracy Kane

Architectural Lighting Design

by Gary R. Steffy

MySpace/OurPlanet: Change Is Possible

by Tom Anderson

Firestorm: The Caretaker Trilogy: Book 1 (Caretaker Trilogy)

by David Klass

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle

A Year of Food Life

by Barbara Kingsolver

David, Goliath and the Beach Cleaning Machine: How a Small California Town Fought an Oil Giant and Won (Capital Currents)

by Barbara Wolcott

State of Fear

by Michael Crichton

The Consumer's Guide to Effective Environmental Choices: Practical Advice from the Union of Concerned Scientists

by Michael Brower

A Civil Action (Vintage Books) (Vintage)

by Jonathan Harr

Prodigal Summer

by Barbara Kingsolver

The Pelican Brief

by John Grisham

A Thousand Acres: A Novel

by Jane Smiley