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The Dogs of Bedlam Farm: An Adventure with Sixteen Sheep, Three Dogs, Two Donkeys, and Me

The Dogs of Bedlam Farm: An Adventure with Sixteen Sheep, Three Dogs, Two Donkeys, and Me

by Jon Katz

“Dogs are blameless, devoid of calculation, neither blessed nor cursed with human motives. They can’t really be held responsible for what they do. But we can.” –from The Dogs of Bedlam Farm When Jon Katz adopted a border collie named Orson, his whole world changed. Gone were the two yellow Labs he wrote about in A Dog Year, as was the mountaintop cabin they loved. Katz moved into an old farmhouse on... (more)

Harry Potter: Book 7

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

by J. K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is the seventh and final of the Harry Potter novels written by British author J. K. Rowling. It chronicles the events directly following Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.

Basket CaseCarl HIASSEN

Basket Case

by Carl HIASSEN

Skinny DipCarl Hiassen

Skinny Dip

by Carl Hiassen

Nova Swing (Gollancz SF)

by M. John Harrison

Set in the unique world first featured in the award-winning Light, here is a story of love, murder, and intergalactic noir on the razor’s edge of the imagination, as envisioned by the incomparable M. John Harrison. Not far from Moneytown, in a neighborhood of underground clubs, body-modification chop shops, adolescent contract killers, and sexy streetwalking Monas, you’ll find the Saudade Event Site: a zone of... (more)

Twenty Wishes (Blossom Street Books)

by Debbie Macomber

What do you want most in the world? Anne Marie Roche wants to find happiness again. At 38 her life s not what she d expected--she s childless, a recent widow, alone. She owns a successful bookstore on Seattle s Blossom Street, but despite her accomplishments, there s a feeling of emptiness. On Valentine s Day, Anne Marie and several other widows get together to celebrate...what? Hope, possibility, the future.... (more)

Due to Lack of Interest, Tomorrow Has Been Canceled.Irene. Kampen

Due to Lack of Interest, Tomorrow Has Been Canceled.

by Irene. Kampen

Selected Short Stories of Franz Kafka

by Franz Kafka

Sick PuppyHiassen

Sick Puppy

by Hiassen

Life Without GeorgeIrene Kampen

Life Without George

by Irene Kampen

The Invisible Man

by H. G. Wells

This masterpiece of science fiction is the fascinating story of Griffin, a scientist who creates a serum to render himself invisible, and his descent into madness that follows.

Black Beauty

The Autobiography of a Horse

by Anna Sewell

Every child loves a story about a horse, and Black Beauty remains one of the finest, most touching ever written. Set in Victorian London, the novel follows the shifting fortunes of a horse as he moves from owner to owner. Narrated by the noble Black Beauty himself, the tale offers an animal’s perspective of the world, and highlights the thoughtless, even cruel treatment animals endured during that period.

Hoochie Mama (Mad Dog Rodriguez Trilogy)

Hoochie Mama (Mad Dog Rodriguez Trilogy)

by Erika Lopez

In this knuckle-cracking finale to the Trilogy of Tomatoes, Erika Lopez refuses to wipe her nose, curtsey, and exit gracefully. Hoochie Mama: The Other White Meat is another eclectic novel that belongs somewhere between the coffee table and the bathroom, but this time we're a little older, yellowing like freezer-burned chicken, and dabbing on just a touch of rouge before hobbling down to the street corner to... (more)

THEY CALL ME MAD DOG!: A Story for Bitter, Lonely People

THEY CALL ME MAD DOG!: A Story for Bitter, Lonely People

by Erika Lopez

What do you do when love goes wrong? If you're Tomato "Mad Dog" Rodriguez, the reigning queen of motorcycle-riding, bicoastal bisexuals, you do every wrong thing there is to do. What starts out as a low-rent revenge complete with whipped cream, Bic ballpoints, and a two-by-four turns into a murder charge. Before Tomato knows what's happening, she's locked away in the Big House with all the rest of the bad, bad,... (more)

Lap Dancing for Mommy: Tender Stories of Disgust, Blame and Inspiration (Live Girls)

Lap Dancing for Mommy: Tender Stories of Disgust, Blame and Inspiration (Live Girls)

by Erika Lopez

Erika Lopez's award-winning work has reams of racy, raunchy and riotously funny appeal for audiences spanning regular comic fans to Generation X-ers to the queer literary world. This collection of comic, hilariously incisive narratives--illustrated in Lopez's splashy, apropos style--runs riot with mainstream perceptions of "underground" lifestyles--and with just about anything else that crosses this artist's keen... (more)

Raising Raul: Adventures Raising Myself and My Son

Raising Raul: Adventures Raising Myself and My Son

by Maria Hinojosa

In the Mexico where Maria Hinojosa was born, being a successful woman was defined by one thing--becoming a traditional mother. But there has never been anything traditional about this award--winning radio and television journalist. By the time she reached her thirties, Maria Hinojosa had established a very exciting career. But with the birth of her first child, her son Raul, she began to discover the meaning of... (more)

Drop City

by T. Coraghessan Boyle

It is 1970, and a down-at-the-heels California commune devoted to peace, free love, and the simple life has decided to relocate to the last frontier—the unforgiving landscape of interior Alaska—in the ultimate expression of going back to the land. Armed with the spirit of adventure and naïve optimism, the inhabitants of "Drop City" arrive in the wilderness of Alaska only to find their utopia already populated by... (more)

The Beach House

by Mary Alice Monroe

Known for her moving characters and emotional honesty, Mary Alice Monroe brings readers a beautifully rendered story that explores the fragile yet enduring bond between mothers and daughters. Carette Rutledge thought she'd left her Southern roots and troubled family far behind. But an unusual request from her mother -- coming just as her own life is spinning out of control -- has Cara heading back to the... (more)

Amelia Peabody: Book 13

Lord of the Silent

by Elizabeth Peters

For archaeologist Amelia Peabody and her family, the allure of Egypt remains as powerful as ever, even in this tense time of World War. But nowhere in this desert land is safe -- especially for Amelia's son Ramses and his beautiful new wife Nefret. Treachery and peril are pursuing the two young lovers across the length and breadth of this strange, exotic world, strengthening a bond of passion and devotion that... (more)

Amelia Peabody: Book 15

Children of the Storm

by Elizabeth Peters

A Great War has ended, but evil still casts a long shadow over a violence-scarred land. One woman -- an adventurer and archaeologist with a brilliant mind -- must now confront a dreadful adversary more fiendish and formidable than any she has ever encountered. But by doing so, she may be feeding the flames of a devastating firestorm that threatens the fragile lives of the tender and innocent.

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by Jon Katz

by J. K. Rowling

by Carl HIASSEN

by Carl Hiassen

by M. John Harrison

by Debbie Macomber

by Irene. Kampen

by Franz Kafka

by Hiassen

by Irene Kampen

by H. G. Wells

The Autobiography of a Horse

by Anna Sewell

by Erika Lopez

by Erika Lopez

by Erika Lopez

by Maria Hinojosa

by T. Coraghessan Boyle

by Mary Alice Monroe

by Elizabeth Peters

by Elizabeth Peters