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The Sound of Language: A Novel

by Amulya Malladi

In this luminous story of bravery, tradition, and the power of language, an Afghan woman and Danish widower form an unexpected alliance. Escaping the turmoil and heartbreak of war-torn Kabul, Raihana settles with distant relatives in the strange, cold, damp country of Denmark. Homesick and heartbroken, Raihana bravely attempts to start a new life, trying hard not to ponder the fate of her husband, who was taken... (more)

Squirrel World: A Park Pals Adventure (Park Pal Adventures)

Squirrel World: A Park Pals Adventure (Park Pal Adventures)

by Johanna Hurwitz

Award-winning author Johanna Hurwitz is back with a new addition to the charming Park Pals Adventures series. Squirrels Lexington (Lexi) and Lenox decide to visit the New York City streets they were named after. Lexi is worried about leaving Central Park, but Lenox is confident that their streets will be beautiful places, maybe even better than the park! When the two squirrels venture into the city, they soon... (more)

Hurricane: A Novel

by Terry Trueman

outside, the wind is howling. it is a monster shrieking to get inside. outside, the rain is a solid wall of water. everything is dark. everything is destroyed. everything is gone.... Everything except for the desperate courage of those who survive that terrifying night. After hours of cowering in the dark with no lights, no warmth, and the terrible noises of the rain and wind pounding on the walls,... (more)

Remember Me?

by Sophie Kinsella

With the same wicked humor and delicious charm that have won her millions of devoted fans, Sophie Kinsella, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Shopaholic & Baby , returns with an irresistible new novel and a fresh new heroine who finds herself in a life-changing and utterly hilarious predicament…. When twenty-eight-year-old Lexi Smart wakes up in a London hospital, she’s in for a big surprise. Her... (more)

Vigilante Witch Hunter

by Gary Turcotte

Every dark cloud does not have a silver lining. Melissa married the man of her dreams. She didn't know that he was a fortune teller. His secret life brought many dark hearted people into Melissa's future. She wondered if her soul mate had sold his soul to the devil. Sometimes a buried treasure is best left alone.

Hollywood Is like High School with Money

Hollywood Is like High School with Money

by Zoey Dean

Twenty-four-year old Taylor Henning has just landed her dream job as an assistant at a major movie studio. But when her catty coworkers trick her into almost getting fired, she realizes that the old saying "Hollywood is like school with money" just may be true. The thing is, Taylor wasn't exactly a social butterfly in high school-how is she supposed to do any better the second time around? That's when she meets... (more)

Secrets Unveiled

by Sheshena Pledger

A thrilling crime noir about a notorious fiction crime family's ongoing fued with their biggest rival. Story unfolds to reveal how one family's deepest secrets can become another family's bait, used to hook their enemy and reel them in for the kill.

In the Land of Invisible Women: A Female Doctor's Journey in the Saudi Kingdom

In the Land of Invisible Women: A Female Doctor's Journey in the Saudi Kingdom

by Qanta Ahmed

"In this stunningly written book, a Western trained Muslim doctor brings alive what it means for a woman to live in the Saudi Kingdom. I've rarely experienced so vividly the shunning and shaming, racism and anti-Semitism, but the surprise is how Dr. Ahmed also finds tenderness at the tattered edges of extremism, and a life-changing pilgrimage back to her Muslim faith." - Gail Sheehy The decisions that change your... (more)

Ancient Egypt

by Kelly Campbell-Hinshaw

This distinctive art-history book is the one of the first titles in Chronicle's Art Across the Ages multilevel program for budding art lovers at different stages of development. With stunning photographs and simple text, it is an ideal introduction to the art of ancient Egypt. In Ancient Egypt , readers will learn about painted papyrus and pounded gold. The perfect blend of education and visual fun, this book... (more)

Erast Fandorin: Book 5

Special Assignments

by Boris Akunin

In Special Assignments , Erast Fandorin, nineteenth-century Russia’s suavest sleuth, faces two formidable new foes: One steals outrageous sums of money, the other takes lives. “The Jack of Spades” is a civilized swindler who has conned thousands of rubles from Moscow’s residents–including Fandorin’s own boss, Prince Dolgorukoi. To catch him, Fandorin and his new assistant, timid young policeman Anisii Tulipov,... (more)

House of Stone: The True Story of a Family Divided in War-Torn Zimbabwe

House of Stone: The True Story of a Family Divided in War-Torn Zimbabwe

by Christina Lamb

Blue mountains, golden fields, gin and tonics on the terrace--once it had seemed the most idyllic place on earth. But by August 2002, Marondera, in eastern Zimbabwe, had been turned into a bloody battleground, the center of a violent campaign. One bright morning, Nigel Hough, one of the few remaining white farmers, received the news he had been dreading. A crowd of war veterans was at his gates, demanding he hand... (more)

iPod & iTunes : the missing manual

by J. D. Biersdorfer

When Apple introduced the iPod in 2001, CEO Steve Jobs declared, "listening to music will never be the same again." He was right on the money. The iPod grabbed attention right away, and by the end of 2005, more than 41 million of them had sold. iPod is the dominant digital music player on the market, and for the first time, Apple gets to feel like Microsoft. iPod steadily evolved through five generations since... (more)

Beginner's Greek: A Novel

by James Collins

When Peter Russell finally meets the woman of his dreams he falls as madly in love as you can on a flight from New York to LA. Her name is Holly. She's achingly pretty with strawberry-blonde hair, and reads Thomas Mann for pleasure. She gives Peter her phone number on a page of The Magic Mountain , but in his room that night Peter finds the page is inexplicably, impossibly, enragingly...gone. So begins the... (more)

Mother, You're the Best! (But Sister, You're a Pest!)

Mother, You're the Best! (But Sister, You're a Pest!)

by Diane De Groat

It's Mother's Day, and Gilbert wants to show his mother that she's the best! But nothing he does seems to work out quite right. To make matters worse, his little sister always manages to be in the way! Can Gilbert ever have his mother all to himself today? But more importantly, can he make this Mother's Day truly special? Diane deGroat's heartfelt story and endearing illustrations will resonate with any reader... (more)

Any Way You Want It

by Kathy Love

Is That A Treble Clef In Your Pocket-- Or Are You Just Glad To See Me? Maggie Gallagher spends her nights with lots of men. Of course, they're all dead composers, but why nitpick? Her love life is just like the musical compositions she researches--undiscovered. It's time for Maggie to let loose and go wild. In a dive bar on Bourbon Street, Maggie makes a real find in the house band's keyboard player. He's hot.... (more)

God's Harvard: A Christian College on a Mission to Save America

God's Harvard: A Christian College on a Mission to Save America

by Hanna Rosin

Since 2000, America’s most ambitious young evangelicals have been making their way to Patrick Henry College, a small Christian school just outside the nation’s capital. Most of them are homeschoolers whose idealism and discipline put the average American teenager to shame. And God’s Harvard grooms these students to be the elite of tomorrow, dispatching them to the front lines of politics, entertainment, and... (more)

When We Were Romans

by Matthew Kneale

Nine-year-old Lawrence is the man in his family. He carefully watches over his willful little sister, Jemima, and his mother, Hannah. When Hannah becomes convinced that their estranged father is stalking them, the family flees London and heads for Rome, where Hannah lived happily as a young woman. For Lawrence, fascinated by stories of popes and emperors, Rome is an adventure. Though they are short of money, and... (more)

The Joys of Love

by Madeleine L'Engle

During the summer of 1946, twenty-year-old Elizabeth is doing what she has dreamed of since she was a little girl: working in the theatre. Elizabeth is passionate about her work and determined to learn all she can at the summer theatre company on the sea where she is an apprentice actress. She’s never felt so alive. And soon she finds another passion: Kurt Canitz, the dashing young director of the company, and the... (more)

Manless in Montclair: How a Happily Married Woman Became a Widow Looking for Love in the Wilds of Suburbia

Manless in Montclair: How a Happily Married Woman Became a Widow Looking for Love in the Wilds of Suburbia

by Amy Holman Edelman

Being short with big boobs means living life off-balance. Isabel knows this all too well; at ﬁve-feet-nothing with a tendency to tip over in heels, she’s struggled for twenty-ﬁve years to make clothes, careers, and boyfriends ﬁt. Enter Michael. Divorced father, recovering alcoholic, and ﬁfteen years her senior—he was the last guy she thought would make the cut. But when he proposed over a pastrami sandwich in a... (more)

The Venetian Betrayal: A Novel

by Steve Berry

In 323 B.C.E, having conquered Persia, Alexander the Great set his sights on Arabia, then suddenly succumbed to a strange fever. Locating his final resting place–unknown to this day–remains a tantalizing goal for both archaeologists and treasure hunters. Now the quest for this coveted prize is about to heat up. And Cotton Malone–former U.S. Justice Department agent turned rare-book dealer–will be drawn into an... (more)

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