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Diary of a Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book

Diary of a Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book

by Jeff Kinney

Now every kid can write like a Wimpy Kid! An exciting companion to the bestselling Diary of a Wimpy Kid series. “First of all, let me get something straight: This is a journal, not a diary.” This innovative interactive journal based on Greg Heffley’s own “diary” lets kids express themselves in an exciting new way. In Diary of a Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book , kids will be asked: What was... (more)

Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer

Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer

by Novella Carpenter

Urban and rural collide in this wry, inspiring memoir of a woman who turned a vacant lot in downtown Oakland into a thriving farm Novella Carpenter loves cities—the culture, the crowds, the energy. At the same time, she can’t shake the fact that she is the daughter of two back-to-the-land hippies who taught her to love nature and eat vegetables. Ambivalent about repeating her parents’ disastrous mistakes, yet... (more)

Oakland Glimmer: A Novella ; And, Tales of the Want Ads : StoriesJoe Cohen

Oakland Glimmer: A Novella ; And, Tales of the Want Ads : Stories

by Joe Cohen

People Are for the BirdsPaul Covel

People Are for the Birds

by Paul Covel

of a Feather

by Rex Burress

Vignettes of animal and plant life, everything from the all-American mammal to the California poppy, from monarchs to mating madness. There are bees and trees, killdeer and quail, rocks and conservation. Join the outing into the out-of-doors.

Carter Beats the Devil

by Glen David Gold

Glen David Gold's literary debut dazzled critics and fans from coast to coast. Now Carter's center stage for a spectacular paperback . . . The response to Glen David Gold's debut novel, Carter Beats the Devil was extraordinary. He hypnotized us with his portrait of a 1920s magic-obsessed America and of Charles Carter -- a.k.a. Carter the Great -- a young master performer whose skill as an illusionist... (more)

Picture Bride: A Novel

by Yoshiko Uchida

Hana travels to America to escape the arranged marriages her sisters experienced in pre-World War II Japan, but the young businessman to whom she has corresponded turns out to be a middle-aged man who exaggerated his success.

Shaken daysMarion Garthwaite

Shaken days

by Marion Garthwaite

What It's Like to Live Now

by Meredith Maran

Like the heart-to-heart conversations you share with your funniest, most honest, most unshockable woman friend, What It's Like to Live Now reveals the intimate details of a singular life as it is lived by a member of a singular generation. In 1968 Meredith Maran was expelled from high school for leading protests against the Vietnam War. An active member of he generation that pledged to change the world, end... (more)

Take a Number (A Jeri Howard Mystery)

by Janet Dawson

"Intelligent and determined, Jeri holds her own among the ranks of impressive female detectives." Publishers Weekly A Jeri Howard mystery by the author of "Till the Old Men Die." In Alameda County, east of San Francisco, the all-American pastimes of adultery, divorce, and mindless violence prosper -- and Petty Officer First Class Sam Raynor, USN, fits right in. Private investigator Jeri Howard is working for... (more)

Kindred Crimes

by Janet Dawson

When P.I. Jeri Howard takes on a missing-persons case, she's not the only person confused. The vanished woman's husband doesn't even know his wife's real name. But as Jeri digs deeper, she reveals long-buried secrets, old public scandals, and the real possibility that too much knowledge is a dangerous thing... "A welcome addition to this tough genre." THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW

Where the Bodies Are Buried (Jeri Howard Mysteries (Paperback))

Where the Bodies Are Buried (Jeri Howard Mysteries (Paperback))

by Janet Dawson

When San Francisco P.I. Jeri Howard's new client, Rob Lawter, takes a header through his living room window soon after he's hired her, Jeri is in a quandary. Lawter, a paralegal at a food-processing firm, had received a threatening anonymous note, sent because he was about to blow the whistle on some serious corporate cover-up. Since Jeri has already cashed the check, she feels she owes her dead, probably... (more)

Love's Troubadours - Karma: Book One

by Ananda Kiamsha Madelyn Leeke

Karma Francois is a thirtysomething, California-born BoHo BAP (Bohemian Black American Princess) with Louisiana roots and urban debutante flair. But her life has suddenly taken a drastic turn. Her relationships and the museum curator career that she struggled to form in New York City have crumbled, leaving no viable options to rebuild. Relocating to Washington, DC, Karma struggles with denial, depression,... (more)

When a Man Loves a Woman

by LaConnie Taylor-Jones

What do you do when you are in love with someone who won't give you the time of day? How to do you convince her that she really is meant to spend the rest of her life with you when she avoids you at all costs? These are the questions that Alcee Jules (A.J.) Baptiste must answer. He knows that he wants to spend his life with Victoria (Vic) Bennett, but she wants nothing to do with love and even less to do with him.... (more)

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Diary of a Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book

by Jeff Kinney

Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer

by Novella Carpenter

Oakland Glimmer: A Novella ; And, Tales of the Want Ads : Stories

by Joe Cohen

People Are for the Birds

by Paul Covel

of a Feather

by Rex Burress

Carter Beats the Devil

by Glen David Gold

Picture Bride: A Novel

by Yoshiko Uchida

Shaken days

by Marion Garthwaite

What It's Like to Live Now

by Meredith Maran

Take a Number (A Jeri Howard Mystery)

by Janet Dawson

Kindred Crimes

by Janet Dawson

Where the Bodies Are Buried (Jeri Howard Mysteries (Paperback))

by Janet Dawson

Love's Troubadours - Karma: Book One

by Ananda Kiamsha Madelyn Leeke

When a Man Loves a Woman

by LaConnie Taylor-Jones