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'Courage and Consequence'

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:03:02 CST

By: Rove, Karl

Karl Rove, the architect of George W. Bush's presidency, recounts his controversial journey through Republican politics and into the White House.

ISBN-13: 9781439191057
ISBN-10: 1439191050
Publisher: Threshold Editions
Date: March 2010
Page Count: 00608
Reading Level: Ages NA - NA

'The Silent Sea'

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:03:02 CST

By: Cussler, Clive

The thrilling new adventure from the #1 New York Times bestselling author.

Clive Cussler's tales of the Oregon and its crew -- "the clever, indefatigable Juan Cabrillo and his merry band of tough, tech-savvy fighting men and women" (Publishers Weekly) -- have made fans of hundreds of thousands of readers. But the Oregon's sixth adventure is its most remarkable one yet.

On December 7, 1941, five brothers exploring a shaft on a small island off the coast of Washington State make an extraordinary discovery, only to be interrupted by news of Pearl Harbor. In the present, Cabrillo, chasing the remnants of a crashed satellite in the Argentine jungle, stumbles upon a shocking revelation of his own. His search to untangle the mystery leads him, first, to that small island and its secret, and then much farther back, to an ancient Chinese expedition-and a curse that seems to have survived for more than five hundred years. If Cabrillo's team is successful in its quest, the reward could be incalculable. If not . . . the only reward is death.

Related Subjects:Books > Fiction > Men's Adventure

ISBN-13: 9780399156250
ISBN-10: 0399156259
Publisher: Putnam Adult
Date: March 2010
Page Count: 00403
Reading Level: Ages NA - NA

'Tea Time for the Traditionally Built'

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:03:02 CST

By: Smith, Alexander Mccall

In this latest installment in the endlessly entertaining series, Precious Ramotswe faces problems both personal and professional.
The first is the potential demise of an old friend, her tiny white van. Recently, it has developed a rather troubling knock, but she dare not consult the estimable Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni for fear he may condemn the vehicle. Meanwhile, her talented assistant Mma Makutsi is plagued by the reappearance of her nemesis, Violet Sephotho, who has taken a job at the Double Comfort Furniture store whose proprietor is none other than Phuti Radiphuti, Mma Makutsi's fiance. Finally, the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency has been hired to explain the unexpected losing streak of a local football club, the Kalahari Swoopers. But with Mma Ramotswe on the case, it seems certain that everything will be resolved satisfactorily.

Related Subjects:Books > Fiction > Mystery & Detective - Women Sleuths

ISBN-13: 9780307277473
ISBN-10: 030727747X
Publisher: Anchor Books
Date: March 2010
Page Count: 00240
Reading Level: Ages NA - NA

'Star Wars'

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:03:02 CST

By: Allston, Aaron

Repercussions from the dark side's fatal seduction of Jacen Solo and the mysterious plague of madness afflicting young Jedi continue to wreak havoc galaxy-wide. Having narrowly escaped the deranged Force worshippers known as the Mind Walkers and a deadly Sith hit squad, Luke and Ben Skywalker are in pursuit of the now Masterless Sith apprentice. It is a chase that leads to the forbidding planet Dathomir, where an enclave of powerful dark side Force-wielders will give Vestara the edge she needs to escape--and where the Skywalkers will be forced into combat for their quarry and their lives.
Meanwhile, Han and Leia have completed their own desperate mission, shuttling madness-stricken Jedi from Coruscant to safe haven in the Transitory Mists and beyond the grasp of Galactic Alliance Chief of State Natasi Daala. But the bold maneuver has intensified Daala's fury, and she is determined to shatter Jedi Order resistance once and for all.
Yet no greater threat exists than that which still waits in the depths of the distant Maw Cluster: A being of pure, ravenous dark-side energy named Abeloth calls out across the stars to Jedi and Sith alike. For some it may be the ultimate source of answers crucial to their survival. For others it could be the ultimate weapon of conquest. But for all, it is a game-changing--and life-altering--encounter of untold magnitude and a tactical gambit with unimaginable consequences.

Related Subjects:Books > Fiction > Science Fiction - Star Wars

ISBN-13: 9780345509086
ISBN-10: 0345509080
Publisher: Lucas Books
Date: March 2010
Page Count: 00352
Reading Level: Ages NA - NA

'Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang'

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:03:02 CST

By: Handler, Chelsea

"WHAT . . . A RIOT " Life doesn't get more hilarious than when Chelsea Handler takes aim with her irreverent wit. Who else would send all-staff emails to smoke out the dumbest people on her show? Now, in this new collection of original essays, the #1 bestselling author of "Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea" delivers one laugh-out-loud moment after another as she sets her sights on the ridiculous side of childhood, adulthood, and daughterhood. Family moments are fair game, whether it's writing a report on Reaganomics to earn a Cabbage Patch doll, or teaching her father social graces by ordering him to stay indoors. It's open season on her love life, from playing a prank on her boyfriend (using a ravioli, a fake autopsy, and the Santa Monica pier) to adopting a dog so she can snuggle with someone who doesn't talk. And everyone better duck for cover when her beach vacation turns into matchmaking gone wild. Outrageously funny and deliciously wicked, CHELSEA CHELSEA BANG BANG is good good good good CHELSEA HANDLER ON...Being unpopular: "My parents couldn't have been more unreasonable when it came to fads or clothes that weren't purchased at a pharmacy."Living with her boyfriend: "He's similar to a large toddler, the only difference being he doesn't cry when he wakes up."Appreciating her brother: "He's a certified public accountant, and I have a real life."Arm-wrestling a maid of honor: "It wasn't her strength that intimidated me. It was the starry way her eyes focused on me, like Mike Tyson getting ready to feed."

Related Subjects:Books > Humor > Form - Essays

ISBN-13: 9780446552448
ISBN-10: 0446552445
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Date: March 2010
Page Count: 00256
Reading Level: Ages NA - NA

'American Conspiracies'

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:03:02 CST

By: Ventura, Jesse

In this explosive account of wrongful acts and on-going cover-ups, Jesse Ventura takes a systematic look at the wide gap between what the American government knows and what it reveals to the American people. For too long, we the people have sat by and let politicians and bureaucrats from both parties obfuscate and lie. And according to this former Navy SEAL, former pro wrestler, and former Minnesota governor, the media is complicit in these acts of deception. For too long, the mainstream press has refused to consider alternate possibilities and to ask the tough questions. Here, Ventura looks closely at the theories that have been presented over the years and separates the fact from the fiction. In Ventura's eyes, the murder of Abraham Lincoln and the assassinations of the Kennedys and Martin Luther King, all need to be re-examined. Was Watergate presented honestly, or was the CIA involved? Did the Republican Party set out to purposefully steal two elections on behalf of George W. Bush? Has all the evidence been presented about the 9/11 attacks or is there another angle that the media is afraid to explore? And finally, is the collapse of today's financial order and the bailout plan by the Federal Reserve the widest-reaching conspiracy ever perpetrated? "If you're talking outspoken, unconventional, and no-holds-barred, you're talking Jesse Ventura."-Larry King "I wouldn't mind seeing Ventura run for president (or for senator, or dog-catcher, or whatever). In addition to talking conspiracy, he's likely to raise all sorts of other trouble."-Damon W. Root, Reason Magazine

ISBN-13: 9781602398023
ISBN-10: 160239802X
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
Date: March 2010
Page Count: 00272
Reading Level: Ages NA - NA

'House Rules'

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:03:02 CST

By: Picoult, Jodi

House Rules is about Jacob Hunt, a teenage boy with Asperger's Syndrome. He's hopeless at reading social cues or expressing himself well to others, and like many kids with Asperger's, Jacob has a special focus on one subject--in his case, forensic analysis. He's always showing up at crime scenes, thanks to the police scanner he keeps in his room, and telling the cops what they need to do...and he's usually right.

Bur then one day his tutor is found dead, and the police come to question him. All of the hallmark behaviors of Asperger's--not looking someone in the eye, stimulatory tics and twitches, inappropriate affect--can look a heck of a lot like guilt to law enforcement personnel - and suddenly, Jacob finds himself accused of murder. House Rules looks at what it means to be different in our society, how autism affects a family, and how our legal system works well for people who communicate a certain way--but poorly for those who don't.

JODI PICOULT is the author of seventeen novels, including "Handle With Care, Change of Heart," "Nineteen Minutes," and" My Sister's Keeper, "now a major motion picture. She lives in New Hampshire with her husband and three children. Visit her website at www.jodipicoult.com.

Related Subjects:Books > Fiction > Literary
Books > Fiction > Psychological

ISBN-13: 9780743296434
ISBN-10: 0743296435
Publisher: Atria Books
Date: March 2010
Page Count: 00532
Reading Level: Ages NA - NA

'The Postmistress'

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:03:02 CST

By: Blake, Sarah

Those who carry the truth sometimes bear a terrible weight...
It is 1940. France has fallen. Bombs are dropping on London. And President Roosevelt is promising he won't send our boys to fight in "foreign wars."
But American radio gal Frankie Bard, the first woman to report from the Blitz in London, wants nothing more than to bring the war home. Frankie's radio dispatches crackle across the Atlantic ocean, imploring listeners to pay attention--as the Nazis bomb London nightly, and Jewish refugees stream across Europe. Frankie is convinced that if she can just get the right story, it will wake Americans to action and they will join the fight.
Meanwhile, in Franklin, Massachusetts, a small town on Cape Cod, Iris James hears Frankie's broadcasts and knows that it is only a matter of time before the war arrives on Franklin's shores. In charge of the town's mail, Iris believes that her job is to deliver and keep people's secrets, passing along the news that letters carry. And one secret she keeps are her feelings for Harry Vale, the town mechanic, who inspects the ocean daily, searching in vain for German U-boats he is certain will come. Two single people in midlife, Iris and Harry long ago gave up hope of ever being in love, yet they find themselves unexpectedly drawn toward each other.
Listening to Frankie as well are Will and Emma Fitch, the town's doctor and his new wife, both trying to escape a fragile childhood and forge a brighter future. When Will follow's Frankie's siren call into the war, Emma's worst fears are realized. Promising to return in six months, Will goes to London to offer his help, and the lives of the three women entwine.
Alternating between an America still cocooned in its inability to grasp the danger at hand and a Europe being torn apart by war, "The Postmistress" gives us two women who find themselves unable to deliver the news, and a third woman desperately waiting for news yet afraid to hear it.
Sarah Blake's "The Postmistress" shows how we bear the fact that war goes on around us while ordinary lives continue. Filled with stunning parallels to today, it is a remarkable novel.

Related Subjects:Books > Fiction > Literary
Books > Fiction > Historical - General

ISBN-13: 9780399156199
ISBN-10: 0399156194
Publisher: Amy Einhorn Books
Date: February 2010
Page Count: 00326
Reading Level: Ages NA - NA

'The Sky Is Everywhere'

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:03:02 CST

By: Nelson, Jandy

Seventeen-year-old Lennie Walker, bookworm and band geek, plays second clarinet and spends her time tucked safely and happily in the shadow of her fiery older sister, Bailey. But when Bailey dies abruptly, Lennie is catapulted to center stage of her own lifeaand, despite her nonexistent history with boys, suddenly finds herself struggling to balance two. Toby was Baileyas boyfriend; his grief mirrors Lennieas own. Joe is the new boy in town, a transplant from Paris whose nearly magical grin is matched only by his musical talent. For Lennie, theyare the sun and the moon; one boy takes her out of her sorrow, the other comforts her in it. But just like their celestial counterparts, they canat collide without the whole wide world exploding.

This remarkable debut is perfect for fans of Sarah Dessen, Deb Caletti, and Francesca Lia Block. Just as much a celebration of love as it is a portrait of loss, Lennieas struggle to sort her own melody out of the noise around her is always honest, often hilarious, and ultimately unforgettable.

Related Subjects:Books > Juvenile Fiction > Social Issues - General
Books > Juvenile Fiction > Love & Romance

ISBN-13: 9780803734951
ISBN-10: 0803734956
Publisher: Dial Books
Date: March 2010
Page Count: 00275
Reading Level: Ages 14 - 17

'Angelology'

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:03:02 CST

By: Trussoni, Danielle

A thrilling epic about an ancient clash reignited in our time- between a hidden society and heaven's darkest creatures
"There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bore children to them."
Genesis 6:5
Sister Evangeline was just a girl when her father entrusted her to the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration in upstate New York. Now, at twenty-three, her discovery of a 1943 letter from the famous philanthropist Abigail Rockefeller to the late mother superior of Saint Rose Convent plunges Evangeline into a secret history that stretches back a thousand years: an ancient conflict between the Society of Angelologists and the monstrously beautiful descendants of angels and humans, the Nephilim.
For the secrets these letters guard are desperately coveted by the once-powerful Nephilim, who aim to perpetuate war, subvert the good in humanity, and dominate mankind. Generations of angelologists have devoted their lives to stopping them, and their shared mission, which Evangeline has long been destined to join, reaches from her bucolic abbey on the Hudson to the apex of insular wealth in New York, to the Montparnasse cemetery in Paris and the mountains of Bulgaria.
Rich in history, full of mesmerizing characters, and wondrously conceived, "Angelology" blends biblical lore, the myth of Orpheus and the Miltonic visions of "Paradise Lost" into a riveting tale of ordinary people engaged in a battle that will determine the fate of the world.

Related Subjects:Books > Fiction > Thrillers

ISBN-13: 9780670021475
ISBN-10: 0670021474
Publisher: Viking Books
Date: March 2010
Page Count: 00451
Reading Level: Ages NA - NA

'Hell Gate'

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:03:02 CST

By: Fairstein, Linda A.

Head of the Sex Crimes Unit of the district attorney's office in Manhattan for decades, Linda Fairstein is America's most visible legal expert on sexual assault and domestic violence-which is why she writes some of the most compelling crime thrillers of our time and why her Alexandra Cooper series has been topping bestseller list for more than a decade. Fans turn to Fairstein for ripped-from-the-headline crimes, cutting-edge investigations, and vindication for victims. Linda Fairstein brings readers inside a world of which they can't get enough, but one they hope to never see in real life.
And for her twelfth novel, Fairstein takes Alexandra Cooper inside a world "she'd" rather not see.
New York City politics have always been filled with intrigue and behind-the-scenes deals. In "Hell Gate," Alex finds her attention torn between investigating a shipwreck that has contraband cargo-human cargo-and the political sex scandal of a promising New York congressman now fallen from grace. When Alex discovers that a woman from the wreck and the congressman's lover have the same rose tattoo-the brand of a "snakehead," a master of a human trafficking operation-it dawns on her that these cases aren't as unrelated as they seem and that the entire political landscape of New York City could hang in the balance of her investigation. As Alex looks on at the nameless victims in the morgue, she realizes she's looking at the present-day face of New York's long, dark tradition of human trafficking-a tradition that began hundreds of years ago with slave trade from Africa, now a multimillion-dollar industry that will stop at no cost, even if that cost is Alex's life.

Related Subjects:Books > Fiction > Thrillers

ISBN-13: 9780525951612
ISBN-10: 052595161X
Publisher: Dutton Books
Date: March 2010
Page Count: 00382
Reading Level: Ages NA - NA

'Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter'

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:03:02 CST

By: Grahame-Smith, Seth

Indiana, 1818. Moonlight falls through the dense woods that surround a one-room cabin, where a nine-year-old Abraham Lincoln kneels at his suffering mother's bedside. She's been stricken with something the old-timers call "Milk Sickness."
"My baby boy..." she whispers before dying.
Only later will the grieving Abe learn that his mother's fatal affliction was actually the work of a vampire.
When the truth becomes known to young Lincoln, he writes in his journal, ""henceforth my life shall be one of rigorous study and devotion. I shall become a master of mind and body. And this mastery shall have but one purpose.".." Gifted with his legendary height, strength, and skill with an ax, Abe sets out on a path of vengeance that will lead him all the way to the White House.
While Abraham Lincoln is widely lauded for saving a Union and freeing millions of slaves, his valiant fight against the forces of the undead has remained in the shadows for hundreds of years. That is, until Seth Grahame-Smith stumbled upon "The Secret Journal of Abraham Lincoln," and became the first living person to lay eyes on it in more than 140 years.
Using the journal as his guide and writing in the grand biographical style of Doris Kearns Goodwin and David McCullough, Seth has reconstructed the "true" life story of our greatest president for the first time-all while revealing the hidden history behind the Civil War and uncovering the role vampires played in the birth, growth, and near-death of our nation.

Related Subjects:Books > Fiction > Horror - General
Books > Fiction > Fantasy - Paranormal

ISBN-13: 9780446563086
ISBN-10: 0446563080
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Date: March 2010
Page Count: 00336
Reading Level: Ages NA - NA

'No Apology'

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:03:02 CST

By: Romney, Mitt

On his first presidential visit to address the European nations, President Obama felt it necessary to apologize for America's international power. He repeated that apology when visiting Latin America, and again to Muslims worldwide in an interview broadcast on Al-Arabiya television.

In "No Apology," Mitt Romney asserts that American strength is essential--not just for our own well-being, but for the world's. Governments such as China and a newly-robust Russia threaten to overtake us on many fronts, and Islam continues its dangerous rise. Drawing on history for lessons on how great powers collapse, Romney shows how and why our national advantages have eroded. From the long-term decline of our manufacturing base, our laggard educational system that has left us without enough engineers, scientists, and other skilled professionals, our corrupted financial practices that led to the current crisis, and the crushing impact of entitlements on our future obligations, America is in debt, overtaxed, and unprepared for the challenges it must face.

We need renewal: fresh ideas to cut through complicated problems and restore our strength. Creative and bold, Romney proposes simple solutions to rebuild industry, create good jobs, reduce out of control spending on entitlements and healthcare, dramatically improve education, and restore a military battered by eight years of war. Most important, he calls for a new commitment to citizenship, a common cause we all share, rather than a laundry list of individual demands. Many of his solutions oppose President Obama's policies, many also run counter to Republican thinking, but all have one strategic aim: to move America back to political and economic strength.

Personal and dynamically-argued, "No Apology" is a call to action by a man who cares deeply about America's history, its promise, and its future.

Related Subjects:Books > Political Science > Essays
Books > Political Science > Government - U.S. Government

ISBN-13: 9780312609801
ISBN-10: 0312609809
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Date: March 2010
Page Count: 00323
Reading Level: Ages NA - NA

'Not Without Hope'

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:03:02 CST

By: Schuyler, Nick

On February 28, 2009, Nick Schuyler, a twenty-four-year-old personal trainer, left for a deep-sea fishing trip with three friends: NFL players Marquis Cooper and Corey Smith, and Will Bleakley, his best friend, who once played football for the University of South Florida.

It was supposed to be a day of fun and relaxation aboard Cooper's twenty-one-foot boat, which anchored seventy miles west of Tampa, Florida, in the Gulf of Mexico. The friends were out to catch some amberjack and grouper and maybe a few sharks. They planned to drink a few beers, have some laughs, and get home before an approaching cold front hit.

As the seas began to swell and the winds picked up in the late afternoon, they packed their gear and decided to head to shore. One problem. The anchor was stuck.

Inexperienced boaters, they made what would become a fatal mistake, tying the anchor rope to the stern of the boat and hitting the throttle. The anchor did not yank free. Instead, the stern sank and filled with water, and the boat capsized.

And so the nightmare began. The men had to forage for life jackets beneath the boat. They had no emergency beacon to alert authorities, and their cell phones didn't work so far out in the Gulf. With no food or water, the men clung to the overturned hull through the night as the seas roughened and the cloudy sky became inky black. They were continuously tossed from the boat by brutal waves, and sometimes found each other only by swimming toward their friends' voices.

During the rare lull, they would pray and talk about the ones they loved, what they would've done differently with their lives, and what they would do once they returned home. As the hours passed, the four friends, who had grown up as athletes, worked as a team in their desperate bid to survive. They battled hypothermia, hallucinations, hunger, dehydration, and huge waves.

A witness to incredible heroism and unspeakable tragedy, Nick remained at sea for more than forty hours, holding on, hoping against hope and clinging to the thought that he couldn't bear to have his mother attend his funeral.

"Not Without Hope" is much more than a story of survival. It is an inspiring story of friendship, resolve, and courage.

Related Subjects:Books > Biography & Autobiography > Personal Memoirs

ISBN-13: 9780061993992
ISBN-10: 0061993999
Publisher: William Morrow & Company
Date: March 2010
Page Count: 00256
Reading Level: Ages NA - NA

'The Pacific'

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:03:02 CST

By: Ambrose, Hugh

In this companion to the HBO(r) miniseries-executive produced by Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg, and Gary Goetzman-Hugh Ambrose reveals the intertwined odysseys of four U.S. Marines and a U.S. Navy carrier pilot during World War II.
Between America's retreat from China in late November 1941 and the moment General MacArthur's airplane touched down on the Japanese mainland in August of 1945, five men connected by happenstance fought the key battles of the war against Japan. From the debacle in Bataan, to the miracle at Midway and the relentless vortex of Guadalcanal, their solemn oaths to their country later led one to the Great Marianas Turkey Shoot and the others to the coral strongholds of Peleliu, the black terraces of Iwo Jima and the killing fields of Okinawa, until at last the survivors enjoyed a triumphant, yet uneasy, return home.
In "The Pacific," Hugh Ambrose focuses on the real-life stories of the five men who put their lives on the line for our country. To deepen the story revealed in the miniseries and go beyond it, the book dares to chart a great ocean of enmity known as The Pacific and the brave men who fought. Some considered war a profession, others enlisted as citizen soldiers. Each man served in a different part of the war, but their respective duties required every ounce of their courage and their strength to defeat an enemy who preferred suicide to surrender. The medals for valor which were pinned on three of them came at a shocking price-a price paid in full by all.

ISBN-13: 9780451230232
ISBN-10: 045123023X
Publisher: Nal Caliber
Date: March 2010
Page Count: 00489
Reading Level: Ages NA - NA

'A Patriot's History of the United States'

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:03:02 CST

By: Schweikart, Larry

For the past three decades, many history professors have allowed their biases to distort the way Americas past is taught. These intellectuals have searched for instances of racism, sexism, and bigotry in our history while downplaying the greatness of Americas patriots and the achievements of dead white men.

As a result, more emphasis is placed on Harriet Tubman than on George Washington; more about the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II than about D-Day or Iwo Jima; more on the dangers we faced from Joseph McCarthy than those we faced from Josef Stalin.

"A Patriots History of the United States "corrects those doctrinaire biases. In this groundbreaking book, Americas discovery, founding, and development are reexamined with an appreciation for the elements of public virtue, personal liberty, and private property that make this nation uniquely successful. This book offers a long-overdue acknowledgment of Americas true and proud history.

Related Subjects:Books > History > United States - General

ISBN-13: 9781595230324
ISBN-10: 1595230327
Publisher: Sentinel
Date: February 2007
Page Count: 00932
Reading Level: Ages NA - NA

'Making Rounds with Oscar'

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:03:02 CST

By: Dosa, David

When Dr. David Dosa, an attending physician at Steere House, wrote about Oscar in the New England Journal of Medicine, the response was tremendous, with coverage everywhere from Today to People to CNN. Now, in Rounding with Oscar, Dr. Dosa expands his story, using the tabby and the stories of several patients to examine end-of-life care as it exists today. Oscar the cat has very special skill. An otherwise ordinary cat--he'd sooner give you his back or a sideways glance than curl up on your lap--Oscar has the uncanny ability to predict when people are about to die. Adopted by staff members at Steere House nursing home when he was a kitten, the three year-old tabby has presided over the deaths of more than 25 nursing home residents thus far. His mere presence at the bedside is viewed by physicians and nursing home staff as an almost absolute indicator of impending death--a blessing, really, because it allows staff members to notify families that the end is near. Oscar is highly regarded by the physicians and staff at Steere House and by the families of the residents whom he serves because he provides companionship to those who would otherwise have died alone. Heartfelt, inspiring, and sometimes even funny, Rounding with Oscar allows readers into a world rarely seen from the outside, and often misunderstood.

Related Subjects:Books > Pets > Essays
Books > Pets > Cats - General
Books > Family & Relationships > Death, Grief, Bereavement

ISBN-13: 9781401323233
ISBN-10: 1401323235
Publisher: Hyperion Books
Date: February 2010
Page Count: 00225
Reading Level: Ages NA - NA

'The Politician'

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:03:02 CST

By: Young, Andrew

"The greatest political saga, the one that has it all, that gets to the real heart of American politics, is the John Edwards story... This isn't just politics, it's literature. It's the great American novel, the kind that isn't written anymore." --Michael Wolff on John Edwards's trajectory, on "VanityFair.com"

The underside of modern American politics -- raw ambition, manipulation, and deception -- are revealed in detail by Andrew Young's riveting account of a presidential hopeful's meteoric rise and scandalous fall. Like a non-fiction version of "All the King's Men," "The Politician" offers a truly disturbing, even shocking perspective on the risks taken and tactics employed by a man determined to rule the most powerful nation on earth.

Idealistic and ambitious, Andrew Young volunteered for the John Edwards campaign for Senate in 1998 and quickly became the candidate's right hand man. As the senator became a national star, Young's responsibilities grew. For a decade he was this politician's confidant and he was assured he was 'like family." In time, however, Young was drawn into a series of questionable assignments that culminated with Edwards asking him to help conceal the Senator's ongoing adultery. Days before the 2008 presidential primaries began, Young gained international notoriety when he told the world that he was the father of a child being carried by a woman named Rielle Hunter, who was actually the senator's mistress. While Young began a life on the run, hiding from the press with his family and alleged mistress, John Edwards continued to pursue the presidency and then the Vice Presidency in the future Obama administration.

Young had been the senator's closest aide and most trusted friend. He believed that John Edwards could be a great president, and was assured throughout the cover-up that his boss and friend would ultimately step forward to both tell the truth and protect his aide's career. Neither promise was kept. Not only a moving personal account of Andrew Young's political education, THE POLITICIAN offers a look at the trajectory which made John Edwards the ideal Democratic candidate for president, and the hubris which brought him down, leaving his career, his marriage and his dreams in ashes.

ISBN-13: 9780312640651
ISBN-10: 031264065X
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
Date: January 2010
Page Count: 00301
Reading Level: Ages NA - NA

'Horns'

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:03:02 CST

By: Hill, Joe

Joe Hill has been hailed as "a major player in 21st-century fantastic fiction" ("Washington Post"); "a new master in the field of suspense" (James Rollins); "one of the most confident and assured new voices in horror and dark fantasy to emerge in recent years ("Publishers Weekly"); a writer who "builds character invitingly and plants an otherworldly surprise around every corner" ("New York Times").

This gifted and brilliantly imaginative author catapulted to bestsellerdom with the chilling "Heart-Shaped Box" and cemented his reputation with the prizewinning volume of short fiction "20th Century Ghosts." At last, the "New York Times" bestselling author returns with a relentless supernatural thriller that runs like "Hell" on wheels. . . .

Ignatius Perrish spent the night drunk and doing terrible things. He woke up the next morning with a thunderous hangover, a raging headache . . . and a pair of horns growing from his temples.

At first Ig thought the horns were a hallucination, the product of a mind damaged by rage and grief. He had spent the last year in a lonely, private purgatory, following the death of his beloved, Merrin Williams, who was raped and murdered under inexplicable circumstances. A mental breakdown would have been the most natural thing in the world. But there was nothing natural about the horns, which were all too real.

Once the righteous Ig had enjoyed the life of the blessed: born into privilege, the second son of a renowned musician and younger brother of a rising late-night TV star, he had security, wealth, and a place in his community. Ig had it "all," and more--he had Merrin and a love founded on shared daydreams, mutual daring, and unlikely midsummer magic.

But Merrin's death damned all that. The only suspect in the crime, Ig was never charged or tried. And he was never cleared. In the court of public opinion in Gideon, New Hampshire, Ig is and always will be guilty because his rich and connected parents pulled strings to make the investigation go away. Nothing Ig can do, nothing he can say, matters. Everyone, it seems, including God, has abandoned him. Everyone, that is, but the devil inside. . . .

Now Ig is possessed of a terrible new power to go with his terrible new look--a macabre talent he intends to use to find the monster who killed Merrin and destroyed his life. Being good and praying for the best got him nowhere. It's time for a little revenge. . . . "It's time the devil had his due. . . ."

Related Subjects:Books > Fiction > Thrillers
Books > Fiction > Horror - General

ISBN-13: 9780061147951
ISBN-10: 0061147958
Publisher: William Morrow & Company
Date: February 2010
Page Count: 00384
Reading Level: Ages NA - NA

'The Man from Beijing'

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:03:02 CST

By: Mankell, Henning

The acclaimed author of the Kurt Wallander mysteries, writing at the height of his powers, now gives us an electrifying stand-alone global thriller.
January 2006. In the Swedish hamlet of Hesjovallen, nineteen people have been massacred. The only clue is a red ribbon found at the scene.
Judge Birgitta Roslin has particular reason to be shocked: Her grandparents, the Andrens, are among the victims, and Birgitta soon learns that an Andren family in Nevada has also been murdered. She then discovers the nineteenth-century diary of an Andren ancestor--a gang master on the American transcontinental railway--that describes brutal treatment of Chinese slave workers. The police insist that only a lunatic could have committed the Hesjovallen murders, but Birgitta is determined to uncover what she now suspects is a more complicated truth.
The investigation leads to the highest echelons of power in present-day Beijing, and to Zimbabwe and Mozambique. But the narrative also takes us back 150 years into the depths of the slave trade between China and the United States--a history that will ensnare Birgitta as she draws ever closer to solving the Hesjovallen murders.

Related Subjects:Books > Fiction > Mystery & Detective - General
Books > Fiction > Thrillers

ISBN-13: 9780307271860
ISBN-10: 0307271862
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Date: February 2010
Page Count: 00365
Reading Level: Ages NA - NA

'Look Again'

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:03:02 CST

By: Scottoline, Lisa

When reporter Ellen Gleeson gets a "Have You Seen This Child?" flyer in the mail, she almost throws it away. But something about it makes her look again, and her heart stops--the child in the photo is identical to her adopted son, Will. Her every instinct tells her to deny the similarity between the boys, because she knows her adoption was lawful. But she's a journalist and won't be able to stop thinking about the photo until she figures out the truth. And she can't shake the question: if Will rightfully belongs to someone else, should she keep him or give him up? She investigates, uncovering clues no one was meant to discover, and when she digs too deep, she risks losing her own life--and that of the son she loves. Lisa Scottoline breaks new ground in "Look Again," a thriller that's both heart-stopping and heart-breaking, and sure to have new fans and book clubs buzzing.

Related Subjects:Books > Fiction > Thrillers
Books > Fiction > Espionage/Intrigue
Books > Fiction > Contemporary Women

ISBN-13: 9780312380731
ISBN-10: 0312380739
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Date: February 2010
Page Count: 00416
Reading Level: Ages NA - NA

'Big Girl'

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:03:02 CST

By: Steel, Danielle

In this heartfelt and incisive new novel, Danielle Steel celebrates the virtues of unconventional beauty while exploring deeply resonant issues of weight, self-image, sisterhood, and family.
A chubby little girl with blond hair, blue eyes, and ordinary looks, Victoria Dawson has always felt out of place in her family, especially in body-conscious L.A. Her father, Jim, is tall and slender, and her mother, Christina, is a fine-boned, dark-haired beauty. Both are self-centered, outspoken, and disappointed by their daughter's looks. When Victoria is six, she sees a photograph of Queen Victoria, and her father has always said she looks just like her. After the birth of Victoria's perfect younger sister, Gracie, her father liked to refer to his firstborn as "our tester cake." With Gracie, everyone agreed that Jim and Christina got it right.
While her parents and sister can eat anything and not gain an ounce, Victoria must watch everything she eats, as well as endure her father's belittling comments about her body and see her academic achievements go unacknowledged. Ice cream and oversized helpings of all the wrong foods give her comfort, but only briefly. The one thing she knows is that she has to get away from home, and after college in Chicago, she moves to New York City.
Landing her dream job as a high school teacher, Victoria loves working with her students and wages war on her weight at the gym. Despite tension with her parents, Victoria remains close to her sister. And though they couldn't be more different in looks, they love each other unconditionally. But regardless of her accomplishments, Victoria's parents know just what to say to bring her down. She will always be her father's "big girl," and her mother's constant disapproval is equally unkind.
When Grace announces her engagement to a man who is an exact replica of their narcissistic father, Victoria worries about her sister's future happiness, and with no man of her own, she feels like a failure once again. As the wedding draws near, a chance encounter, an act of stunning betrayal, and a family confrontation lead to a turning point.
Behind Victoria is a lifetime of hurt and neglect she has tried to forget, and even ice cream can no longer dull the pain. Ahead is a challenge and a risk: to accept herself as she is, celebrate it, and claim the victories she has fought so hard for and deserves. Big girl or not, she is terrific and discovers that herself.

Related Subjects:Books > Fiction > General

ISBN-13: 9780385343183
ISBN-10: 0385343183
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Date: February 2010
Page Count: 00323
Reading Level: Ages NA - NA

'Roses'

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:03:02 CST

By: Meacham, Leila

Spanning the 20th century, the story of Roses takes place in a small East Texas town against the backdrop of the powerful timber and cotton industries, industries controlled by the scions of the town's founding families. Cotton tycoon Mary Toliver and timber magnate Percy Warwick should have married but unwisely did not, and now must deal with the deceit, secrets, and tragedies of their choice and the loss of what might have been--not just for themselves but for their children, and children's children. With expert, unabashed, big-canvas storytelling, Roses covers a hundred years, three generations of Texans and the explosive combination of passion for work and longing for love.

Related Subjects:Books > Fiction > Literary

ISBN-13: 9780446550000
ISBN-10: 0446550000
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Date: January 2010
Page Count: 00609
Reading Level: Ages NA - NA

'The Last Song'

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:03:02 CST

By: Sparks, Nicholas

#1 bestselling author Nicholas Sparks's new novel is at once a compelling family drama and a heartrending tale of young love.Seventeen year old Veronica "Ronnie" Miller's life was turned upside-down when her parents divorced and her father moved from New York City to Wilmington, North Carolina. Three years later, she remains angry and alientated from her parents, especially her father...until her mother decides it would be in everyone's best interest if she spent the summer in Wilmington with him. Ronnie's father, a former concert pianist and teacher, is living a quiet life in the beach town, immersed in creating a work of art that will become the centerpiece of a local church.The tale that unfolds is an unforgettable story of love on many levels--first love, love between parents and children -- that demonstrates, as only a Nicholas Sparks novel can, the many ways that love can break our hearts...and heal them.

Related Subjects:Books > Fiction > General

ISBN-13: 9780446547567
ISBN-10: 0446547565
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Date: September 2009
Page Count: 00390
Reading Level: Ages NA - NA

'Poor Little Bitch Girl'

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:03:02 CST

By: Collins, Jackie

"Three twenty-something women, one hot rich guy, two mega movie stars, and a devastating murder: Poor Little Bitch Girl has it all."

Denver Jones is a hotshot twenty-something attorney working in L.A. Carolyn Henderson is personal assistant to a powerful and very married Senator in Washington with whom she is having an affair. And Annabelle Maestro--daughter of two movie stars--has carved out a career for herself in New York as the madame of choice for discerning famous men. The three of them went to high school together in Beverly Hills--and although Denver and Carolyn have kept in touch, Annabelle is out on her own with her cocaine addicted boyfriend, Frankie.

Then there is Bobby Santangelo Stanislopolous, the Kennedyesque son of Lucky Santangelo and deceased Greek shipping billionaire, Dimitri Stanislopolous. Bobby owns Mood, the hottest club in New York. Back in the day he went to high school with Denver, Carolyn and Annabelle. And he connected with all three of them. Frankie is his best friend.

When Annabelle's beautiful movie star mother is found shot to death in the bedroom of her Beverly Hills mansion, the five of them find themselves thrown together . . . and secrets from the past have a way of coming back to haunt everyone. . . . A new, sexy, and explosive novel from perennial bestseller Jackie Collins.

Related Subjects:Books > Fiction > General

ISBN-13: 9780312567453
ISBN-10: 0312567456
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Date: February 2010
Page Count: 00472
Reading Level: Ages NA - NA

'Blood Ties'

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:03:02 CST

By: Hooper, Kay

"New York Times" bestselling author Kay Hooper takes us to the outer reaches of fear in her latest thriller, as the Special Crimes Unit finds itself targeted by a monster intent on destroying both Noah Bishop and his people.
The elite Special Crimes Unit, the FBI's most controversial and effective team, is a group of mavericks and misfits trained to use their unique psychic abilities to hunt the worst monsters imaginable--human ones. Led by the enigmatic Noah Bishop, the SCU has earned a reputation for pitting their skills and cunning against killers that other cops fear. But this time Bishop and his agents face an enemy who has them in his sights, a trained sniper with a deadly plan--and more than one ace up his sleeve.
It starts with an unspeakable series of grisly murders across three states, a trail of blood leading, finally, to the small Tennessee town of Serenade. There, two more brutal killings lure the SCU into what may be the ultimate trap.
One of the first investigators on the scene, Special Agent Hollis Templeton, is willing to push herself as hard and as far as necessary. Risking more than her life to help and protect her SCU colleagues, Hollis must cope with her own psychic abilities, which are evolving in unprecedented ways, an attraction to the most complex man she's ever known, and a serial murder investigation that turns very, very personal.
In her time with the SCU, Hollis has shown an uncanny ability to survive even the deadliest attacks. But what she can't know is that this killer intends to destroy the team from within.
The clock is ticking. The body count is rising. And as Bishop and his agents race to uncover the true identity of their enemy, not even their special senses can warn them just how bloody, and how terrifyingly close, the truth will be.

Related Subjects:Books > Fiction > Suspense
Books > Fiction > Thrillers

ISBN-13: 9780553804867
ISBN-10: 0553804863
Publisher: Bantam
Date: January 2010
Page Count: 00311
Reading Level: Ages NA - NA

'Big Girls Do Cry'

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:03:02 CST

By: Weber, Carl

In his "New York Times"-bestselling novel "Something on the Side," Weber introduced readers to the Big Girls Book Club. In this fast-paced follow-up, the BGBC has a new chapter, but the biggest drama isn't between the pages, it's among the members themselves.

Related Subjects:Books > Fiction > African American - Contemporary Women

ISBN-13: 9780758231819
ISBN-10: 0758231814
Publisher: Dafina Books
Date: January 2010
Page Count: 00330
Reading Level: Ages NA - NA

'Saving CeeCee Honeycutt'

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:03:02 CST

By: Hoffman, Beth

"Steel Magnolias" meets "The Help" in this Southern debut novel sparkling with humor, heart, and feminine wisdom
Twelve-year-old CeeCee Honeycutt is in trouble. For years, she has been the caretaker of her psychotic mother, Camille-the tiara-toting, lipstick-smeared laughingstock of an entire town-a woman trapped in her long-ago moment of glory as the 1951 Vidalia Onion Queen. But when Camille is hit by a truck and killed, CeeCee is left to fend for herself. To the rescue comes her previously unknown great-aunt, Tootie Caldwell.
In her vintage Packard convertible, Tootie whisks CeeCee away to Savannah's perfumed world of prosperity and Southern eccentricity, a world that seems to be run entirely by women. From the exotic Miz Thelma Rae Goodpepper, who bathes in her backyard bathtub and uses garden slugs as her secret weapons, to Tootie's all-knowing housekeeper, Oletta Jones, to Violene Hobbs, who entertains a local police officer in her canary-yellow peignoir, the women of Gaston Street keep CeeCee entertained and enthralled for an entire summer.
Laugh-out-loud funny and deeply touching, Beth Hoffman's sparkling debut is, as Kristin Hannah says, "packed full of Southern charm, strong women, wacky humor, and good old-fashioned heart." It is a novel that explores the indomitable strengths of female friendship and gives us the story of a young girl who loses one mother and finds many others.

Related Subjects:Books > Fiction > Literary

ISBN-13: 9780670021390
ISBN-10: 0670021393
Publisher: Pamela Dorman Books
Date: January 2010
Page Count: 00306
Reading Level: Ages NA - NA

'Sizzle'

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:03:02 CST

By: Garwood, Julie

Whether it's exhilarating historical romance or spine-tingling contemporary suspense, #1 "New York Times" bestselling author Julie Garwood weaves magnificent stories of passion, adventure, and intrigue. Now she raises the heat and spices up the action with a sexy, smart, daring new heroine and a smoldering thriller that's classic Garwood--and pure Sizzle.

Lyra Prescott, a Los Angeles film student, is closing in on graduation and facing important decisions about her future. She's already been offered a job at her hometown TV station, an opportunity that could ultimately launch her dream career as a film editor. But heading back home would also mean dealing with her overprotective brothers, social-climbing mother, and eccentric grandmother. Unsure of her future, Lyra dives into work on her final school assignment: a documentary transformed by a twist of fate into a real-life horror film.

After she unwittingly captures a shocking crime on camera, a rash of mysterious, treacherous incidents convince Lyra that she's trapped in a sinister scenario headed for a violent ending. Running scared, she turns to her best friend, Sidney Buchanan, whose connections bring dauntless and devilishly handsome FBI agent Sam Kincaid into Lyra's life. As the noose of deadly intrigue tightens and the feelings between them deepen, Lyra and Sam must place their faith in each other's hands--and stand together against the malevolent forces about to break loose.

No one mixes life-and-death suspense with feverish desire better than Julie Garwood. In Sizzle she burns hotter and brighter than ever, keeping the action and passion blazing till the incredible, unforgettable end.

Related Subjects:Books > Fiction > Romance - General

ISBN-13: 9780345500779
ISBN-10: 0345500776
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Date: December 2009
Page Count: 00320
Reading Level: Ages NA - NA

'Noah's Compass'

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:03:02 CST

By: Tyler, Anne

From the incomparable Anne Tyler, a wise, gently humorous, and deeply compassionate novel about a schoolteacher, who has been forced to retire at sixty-one, coming to terms with the final phase of his life.

Liam Pennywell, who set out to be a philosopher and ended up teaching fifth grade, never much liked the job at that run-down private school, so early retirement doesn't bother him. But he is troubled by his inability to remember anything about the first night that he moved into his new, spare, and efficient condominium on the outskirts of Baltimore. All he knows when he wakes up the next day in the hospital is that his head is sore and bandaged.

His effort to recover the moments of his life that have been stolen from him leads him on an unexpected detour. What he needs is someone who can do the remembering for him. What he gets is--well, something quite different.

We all know a Liam. In fact, there may be a little of Liam in each of us. Which is why Anne Tyler's lovely novel resonates so deeply.

Related Subjects:Books > Fiction > General

ISBN-13: 9780307272409
ISBN-10: 0307272400
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Date: January 2010
Page Count: 00288
Reading Level: Ages NA - NA

'Kisser'

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:03:02 CST

By: Woods, Stuart

Stone Barrington is back in this thrilling new page-turner from the perennially entertaining "New York Times"-bestselling author.
Stone Barrington is back in New York, and after a rather harrowing sojourn in Key West, he's looking to stay closer to home and work on some simple divorce and custody cases for Woodman & Weld. But when he crosses paths with a fetching Broadway actress-and sometime lip model- Stone gets a little more deeply involved with business than he'd expected. When his new lady love turns out to be a lady with a shady past, Stone and downtown cop Dino Bacchetti realize that her beauty may have an unusually high price. . . .

Related Subjects:Books > Fiction > Mystery & Detective - General

ISBN-13: 9780399156113
ISBN-10: 0399156119
Publisher: Putnam Adult
Date: January 2010
Page Count: 00291
Reading Level: Ages NA - NA

'The Wolf at the Door'

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:03:02 CST

By: Higgins, Jack

Dark men and darker deeds from the "New York Times"- bestselling author and "dean of intrigue novelists" ("St. Louis Post- Dispatch")
On Long Island, a trusted operative for the president nudges his boat up to a pier, when a man materializes out of the rain and shoots him. In London, General Charles Ferguson, adviser to the prime minister, approaches his car on a side street, when there is a flash and the car explodes. In New York, a former British soldier, who is also a bit more than that, takes a short walk in Central Park to stretch his legs, when a man comes up fast behind him, a pistol in his hand.
And that is only the beginning. Someone is targeting the members of the elite intelligence unit known as "the Prime Minister's private army" and all those who work with them, and whoever is doing it has a lot of resources at his command. Sean Dillon has an idea of who it may be, an old nemesis who has clearly gotten tired of their interference in his schemes. But proving it is going to be a difficult task. And surviving it the hardest task of all. . .

Related Subjects:Books > Fiction > Thrillers

ISBN-13: 9780399156120
ISBN-10: 0399156127
Publisher: Putnam Adult
Date: January 2010
Page Count: 00320
Reading Level: Ages NA - NA

'I, Sniper'

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:03:02 CST

By: Hunter, Stephen

Four famed '60s radicals are gunned down at long range by a sniper. Under enormous media scrutiny, the FBI quickly concludes that Marine war hero Carl Hitchcock, whose ninety-three kills were considered the leading body count tally among American marksman in Vietnam, was the shooter. But as the Bureau, led by Special Agent Nick Memphis, bears down, Hitchcock commits suicide. In closing out the investigation, Nick discovers a case made in heaven: everything fits, from timeline, ballistics, and forensics to motive, means, and opportunity. Maybe it's a little too perfect.

Nick asks his friend, the retired Marine sniper Bob Lee Swagger, to examine the data. Using a skill set no other man on earth possesses, Swagger soon discovers unseen anomalies and gradually begins to unravel a sophisticated conspiracy -- one that would require the highest level of warcraft by the most superb special operations professionals. As Swagger penetrates the deepest secrets of the sniper world and its new technology, Nick stands firm in the face of hardball PR initiatives and an inflamed media calling for his ouster.

Swagger soon closes in, and those responsible will stop at nothing to take him out. But these heavily armed men make the mistake of thinking they are hunting Bob, when he is, in fact, hunting them.

"I, Sniper" will satisfy Stephen Hunter's legions of fans and win him droves of new ones with its signature blend of brilliant plotting, vivid characters, razor-sharp dialogue, and extraordinary gunfights. And when Swagger and the last of his antagonists finally face each other, reenacting a classic ritual of arms, it is clear that at times there's nothing more necessary than a good man with a gun and the guts to use it.

Related Subjects:Books > Fiction > Thrillers
Books > Fiction > Action & Adventure

ISBN-13: 9781416565154
ISBN-10: 1416565159
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date: December 2009
Page Count: 00418
Reading Level: Ages NA - NA

'The First Rule'

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:03:02 CST

By: Crais, Robert

From the "New York Times"-bestselling author who sets the standard for intense, powerful crime-writing comes a blistering thriller featuring Joe Pike and Elvis Cole.

"The Watchman" put Joe Pike, Elvis Cole's strong, taciturn partner, front and center, and not only won Robert Crais new audiences but remarkable reviews. The "South Florida Sun-Sentinel" said "Robert Crais elevates crime fiction" and now with "The First Rule" he does it again.

The organized criminal gangs of the former Soviet Union are bound by what they call the thieves' code. The first rule is this: A thief must forsake his mother, father, brothers, and sisters. He must have no family-no wife, no children. We are his family. If any of the rules are broken, it is punishable by death.

Frank Meyer had the American dream-until the day a professional crew invaded his home and murdered everyone inside. The only thing out of the ordinary about Meyer was that- before the family and the business and the normal life-a younger Frank Meyer had worked as a professional mercenary, with a man named Joe Pike. The police think Meyer was hiding something very bad, but Pike does not. With the help of Cole, he sets out on a hunt of his own-an investigation that quickly entangles them both in a web of ancient grudges, blood ties, blackmail, vengeance, double crosses, and cutthroat criminal-ity, and at the heart of it, an act so terrible even Pike and Cole have no way to measure it. Sometimes, the past is never dead. It's not even past.

"The First Rule" is the most astonishing novel yet from the master of the crime thriller.

Related Subjects:Books > Fiction > Suspense
Books > Fiction > Thrillers

ISBN-13: 9780399156137
ISBN-10: 0399156135
Publisher: Putnam Adult
Date: January 2010
Page Count: 00320
Reading Level: Ages NA - NA

'Under the Dome'

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:03:02 CST

By: King, Stephen

On an entirely normal, beautiful fall day in Chester's Mill, Maine, the town is inexplicably and suddenly sealed off from the rest of the world by an invisible force field. Planes crash into it and fall from the sky in flaming wreckage, a gardener's hand is severed as "the dome" comes down on it, people running errands in the neighboring town are divided from their families, and cars explode on impact. No one can fathom what this barrier is, where it came from, and when -- or if -- it will go away.

Dale Barbara, Iraq vet and now a short-order cook, finds himself teamed with a few intrepid citizens -- town newspaper owner Julia Shumway, a physician's assistant at the hospital, a select-woman, and three brave kids. Against them stands Big Jim Rennie, a politician who will stop at nothing -- even murder -- to hold the reins of power, and his son, who is keeping a horrible secret in a dark pantry. But their main adversary is the Dome itself. Because time isn't just short. It's running out.

Related Subjects:Books > Fiction > Horror - General
Books > Fiction > Suspense

ISBN-13: 9781439148501
ISBN-10: 1439148503
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
Date: November 2009
Page Count: 01088
Reading Level: Ages NA - NA

'Ford County'

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:03:02 CST

By: Grisham, John

In his first collection of short stories, John Grisham takes us back to Ford County, Mississippi, the setting of his first novel, "A Time to Kill."

Wheelchair-bound Inez Graney and her two older sons, Leon and Butch, take a bizarre road trip through the Mississippi Delta to visit the youngest Graney brother, Raymond, who's been locked away on death row for eleven years. It could well be their last visit.

Mack Stafford, a hard-drinking and low-grossing run-of-the-mill divorce lawyer, gets a miracle phone call with a completely unexpected offer to settle some old, forgotten cases for more money than he has ever seen. Mack is suddenly bored with the law, fed up with his wife and his life, and makes drastic plans to finally escape.

Quiet, dull Sidney, a data collector for an insurance company, perfects his blackjack skills in hopes of bringing down the casino empire of Clanton's most ambitious hustler, Bobby Carl Leach, who, among other crimes, has stolen Sidney's wife.

Three good ol' boys from rural Ford County begin a journey to the big city of Memphis to give blood to a grievously injured friend. However, they are unable to drive past a beer store as the trip takes longer and longer. The journey comes to an abrupt end when they make a fateful stop at a Memphis strip club.

The Quiet Haven Retirement Home is the final stop for the elderly of Clanton. It's a sad, languid place with little controversy, until Gilbert arrives. Posing as a lowly paid bedpan boy, he is in reality a brilliant stalker with an uncanny ability to sniff out the assets of those "seniors" he professes to love.

One of the hazards of litigating against people in a small town is that one day, long after the trial, you will probably come face-to-face with someone you've beaten in a lawsuit. Lawyer Stanley Wade bumps into an old adversary, a man with a long memory, and the encounter becomes a violent ordeal.

Clanton is rocked with the rumor that the gay son of a prominent family has finally come home, to die. Of AIDS. Fear permeates the town as gossip runs unabated. But in Lowtown, the colored section of Clanton, the young man finds a soul mate in his final days.

Featuring a cast of characters you'll never forget, these stories bring Ford County to vivid and colorful life. Often hilarious, frequently moving, and always entertaining, this collection makes it abundantly clear why John Grisham is our most popular storyteller.

Related Subjects:Books > Fiction > Short Stories (single author)

ISBN-13: 9780385532457
ISBN-10: 0385532458
Publisher: Doubleday Books
Date: November 2009
Page Count: 00308
Reading Level: Ages NA - NA

'Twilight - The Graphic Novel, Volume 1'

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:03:02 CST

By: Meyer, Stephenie

When Isabella Swan moves to the gloomy town of Forks and meets the mysterious, alluring Edward Cullen, her life takes a thrilling and terrifying turn. With his porcelain skin, golden eyes, mesmerizing voice, and supernatural gifts, Edward is both irresistible and impenetrable. Up until now, he has managed to keep his true identity hidden, but Bella is determined to uncover his dark secret...

Beautifully rendered, this first installment of Twilight: The Graphic Novel is a must-have for any collectors library.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Stephenie Meyer graduated from Brigham Young University with a degree in English literature, and she lives with her husband and three young sons in Arizona. After the publication of her debut novel, Twilight, booksellers chose her as one of the most promising new authors of 2005 (Publishers Weekly).

ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATOR

Young Kim graduated from Seoul National University with a degree in painting from the College of Fine Arts. She has worked on numerous animation and cover illustration projects and currently makes her home in Yongin, Korea.

224 Pages
Ages: 12 & up

Related Subjects:Books > Comics & Graphic Novels > Fantasy

ISBN-13: 9780759529434
ISBN-10: 0759529434
Publisher: Hachette Book Group
Date: March 2010
Page Count: 00224
Reading Level: Ages 12 - UP

'Hourglass'

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:03:02 CST

By: Gray, Claudia

Bianca will risk everything to be with Lucas.

After escaping from Evernight Academy, the vampire boarding school where they met, Bianca and Lucas take refuge with Black Cross, a fanatical group of vampire hunters. Bianca must hide her supernatural heritage or risk certain death at their hands. But when Black Cross captures her friend--the vampire Balthazar--hiding is no longer an option.

Soon, Bianca and Lucas are on the run again, pursued not only by Black Cross, but by the powerful leaders of Evernight. Yet no matter how far they travel, Bianca can't escape her destiny.

Bianca has always believed their love could survive anything . . . but can it survive what's to come?

ISBN-13: 9780061284410
ISBN-10: 0061284416
Publisher: Harper Teen
Date: March 2010
Page Count: 00352
Reading Level: Ages 12 - UP

'Poet Extraordinaire!'

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:03:02 CST

By: O\'Connor, Jane

Calling all poets

Fancy Nancy Clancy is so poetic, even her name rhymes. And with limericks, couplets, free verse, and more, poetry is plenty fancy So when her teacher Ms. Glass gives Nancy and her classmates an assignment to come up with their very own poems, Nancy is determined to write one that is superb. But what happens when she can't think of a good idea?

Complete with Nancy's very own poetry anthology, "Fancy Nancy: Poet Extraordinaire " shows how a true love of words can be trEs fancy. Ooh la la And with a little inspiration, which is fancy for something that helps you get good ideas, Fancy Nancy just might be a Poet Extraordinaire after all.

Related Subjects:Books > Juvenile Fiction > Humorous Stories
Books > Juvenile Fiction > Concepts - Words

ISBN-13: 9780061896439
ISBN-10: 0061896438
Publisher: HarperCollins
Date: March 2010
Page Count: 00032
Reading Level: Ages 04 - 08

'The Easter Egg'

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:03:02 CST

By: Brett, Jan

Jan Brett's lovable bunny hero, Hoppi, and her remarkable Easter Rabbit will enchant readers as they pore over illustrations filled with dazzling eggs made by Flora Bunny, Aunt Sassyfrass and others.

If Hoppi can make the best Easter egg, he will get to help the Easter Rabbit deliver the eggs on Easter morning. But it is not so easy. Discouraged, he goes into the woods to think when a blue robinas egg tumbles out of its nest. Hoppi keeps it safe and warm until the baby bird hatches, and when the Easter Rabbit arrives, he chooses the empty blue eggshell to reward Hoppi for his kindness.

Spring is everywhere in gorgeous illustrations framed with pussy willows, flowering vines and flowers. Side borders feature busy rabbits making their unusual eggs and, in a border above, the Robin's family drama unfolds.

A gatefold surprise reveals the Easter Rabbit.

ISBN-13: 9780399252389
ISBN-10: 039925238X
Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group
Date: February 2010
Page Count: 00032
Reading Level: Ages 04 - 05

'Fablehaven, Book 5'

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:03:02 CST

By: Mull, Brandon

The fifth book in the celebrated Fablehaven series.

Related Subjects:Books > Juvenile Fiction > Fantasy & Magic

ISBN-13: 9781606412381
ISBN-10: 1606412388
Publisher: Shadow Mountain
Date: March 2010
Page Count: 00544
Reading Level: Ages NA - NA

'The Lightning Thief'

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:03:02 CST

By: Riordan, Rick

Percy Jackson is about to be kicked out of boarding school...again. And that's the least of his troubles. Lately, mythological monsters and the gods of Mount Olympus seem to be walking straight out of the pages of Percy's Greek mythology textbook and into his life. And worse, he's angered a few of them. Zeus's master lightning bolt has been stolen, and Percy is the prime suspect.

Now Percy and his friends have just ten days to find and return Zeus's stolen property and bring peace to a warring Mount Olympus. But to succeed on his quest, Percy will have to do more than catch the true thief: he must come to terms with the father who abandoned him; solve the riddle of the Oracle, which warns him of betrayal by a friend; and unravel a treachery more powerful than the gods themselves. With cover art from the major motion picture, this first installment of Rick Riordan's best-selling series is a non-stop thrill-ride and a classic of mythic proportions.

ISBN-13: 9781423134947
ISBN-10: 142313494X
Publisher: Hyperion Books
Date: January 2010
Page Count: 00377
Reading Level: Ages 10 - 14

'The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary'

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:03:02 CST

By: Kinney, Jeff

Go behind the scenes with Jeff Kinney and the making of the "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" movie
If you've ever wondered how a movie gets made, you're not alone. Author and illustrator Jeff Kinney didn't know either, but when his bestselling series, "Diary of a Wimpy Kid," was turned into a live-action movie by 20th Century Fox, he learned how a book gets adapted into a major motion picture.
Complete with photographs, script pages, storyboard sketches, costume designs, and original art by Jeff Kinney, "The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary" is the perfect companion to the bestselling series.

Related Subjects:Books > Juvenile Fiction > Humorous Stories

ISBN-13: 9780810996168
ISBN-10: 0810996162
Publisher: Amulet Books
Date: March 2010
Page Count: 00208
Reading Level: Ages 08 - 12

'Witch & Wizard'

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:03:02 CST

By: Patterson, James

The world is changing: the government has seized control of every aspect of society, and now, kids are disappearing. For 15-year-old Wisty and her older brother Whit, life turns upside down when they are torn from their parents one night and slammed into a secret prison for no reason they can comprehend. The New Order, as it is known, is clearly trying to suppress Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Being a Normal Teenager. But while trapped in this totalitarian nightmare, Wisty and Whit discover they have incredible powers they'd never dreamed of. Can this newly minted witch and wizard master their skills in time to save themselves, their parents--and maybe the world?

ISBN-13: 9780316036245
ISBN-10: 0316036242
Publisher: Little Brown and Company
Date: December 2009
Page Count: 00314
Reading Level: Ages 13 - 17

'Fang'

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:03:02 CST

By: Patterson, James

Being a kid with wings--constantly on the run--has never been easy, and Max and her flock are getting tenser than ever. First, on a trip to Africa, they meet a mysterious billionaire whose intense scrutiny of the flock makes her fear the worst. Then, a cryptic message from a young girl arrives, warning them "The sky will fall." And as if an impending apocalypse weren't bad enough, canny birdkid Angel makes a dire prophecy about Max's soul mate: Fang will be the first to die.
Max's desperate desire to protect Fang brings the two closer than ever. But can the team weather the storm, or will the turmoil rip them apart for the last time?

ISBN-13: 9780316036191
ISBN-10: 0316036196
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Date: March 2010
Page Count: 00336
Reading Level: Ages 10 - 17

'Beautiful Creatures'

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:03:02 CST

By: Garcia, Kami

There were no surprises in Gatlin County.
We were pretty much the epicenter of the middle of nowhere.
At least, that's what I thought.
Turns out, I couldn't have been more wrong.
There was a curse.
There was a girl.
And in the end, there was a grave.

Lena Duchannes is unlike anyone the small Southern town of Gatlin has ever seen, and she's struggling to conceal her power and a curse that has haunted her family for generations. But even within the overgrown gardens, murky swamps and crumbling graveyards of the forgotten South, a secret cannot stay hidden forever.

Ethan Wate, who has been counting the months until he can escape from Gatlin, is haunted by dreams of a beautiful girl he has never met. When Lena moves into the town's oldest and most infamous plantation, Ethan is inexplicably drawn to her and determined to uncover the connection between them.

In a town with no surprises, one secret could change everything.

ISBN-13: 9780316042673
ISBN-10: 0316042676
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Date: December 2009
Page Count: 00563
Reading Level: Ages 12 - 17

'Catching Fire'

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:03:02 CST

By: Collins, Suzanne

Katniss Everdeen has won the annual Hunger Games with Peeta Mellark. But it had been a victory won by defiance of the Capitol and their harsh rules. Katniss and Peeta should be happy. But there are rumors of rebellion among the subjects, and Katniss and Peeta, to their horror, are the faces of that rebellion.

ISBN-13: 9780439023498
ISBN-10: 0439023491
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Date: September 2009
Page Count: 00391
Reading Level: Ages 12 - 17

'Going Bovine'

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:03:02 CST

By: Bray, Libba

Can Cameron find what he's looking for?

All 16-year-old Cameron wants is to get through high school--and life in general--with a minimum of effort. It's not a lot to ask. But that's before he's given some bad news: he's sick and he's going to die. Which totally sucks. Hope arrives in the winged form of Dulcie, a loopy punk angel/possible hallucination with a bad sugar habit. She tells Cam there is a cure--if he's willing to go in search of it. With the help of a death-obsessed, video-gaming dwarf and a yard gnome, Cam sets off on the mother of all road trips through a twisted America into the heart of what matters most.

ISBN-13: 9780385733977
ISBN-10: 0385733976
Publisher: Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers
Date: September 2009
Page Count: 00480
Reading Level: Ages 14 - 17

'Gone'

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:03:02 CST

By: McMann, Lisa

Janie thought she knew what her future held. And she thought she'd made her peace with it. But she can't handle dragging Cabel down with her.

She knows he will stay with her, despite what she sees in his dreams. He's amazing. And she's a train wreck. Janie sees only one way to give him the life he deserves--she has to disappear. And it's going to kill them both.

Then a stranger enters her life--and everything unravels. The future Janie once faced now has an ominous twist, and her choices are more dire than she'd ever thought possible. She alone must decide between the lesser of two evils. And time is running out....

ISBN-13: 9781416979180
ISBN-10: 1416979182
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Date: February 2010
Page Count: 00214
Reading Level: Ages 13 - 17

'Eleventh Grade Burns #4'

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:03:02 CST

By: Brewer, Heather

As Vlad enters his junior year of high school, he has much more than the regular teenage angst to contend with, in this fourth installment of Brewer's bestselling series.

ISBN-13: 9780525422433
ISBN-10: 0525422439
Publisher: Dutton Books
Date: February 2010
Page Count: 00320
Reading Level: Ages 12 - 17

'Shiver'

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:03:02 CST

By: Stiefvater, Maggie

For Grace, one yellow-eyed wolf is a chilling presence in the woods behind her house. During winter, Sam lives in the frozen woods and the silent company of a fearless girl. In summer, he lives a few precious months as a human. Soon, Grace and Sam find themselves risking everything to remain together.

Related Subjects:Books > Juvenile Fiction > Love & Romance
Books > Juvenile Fiction > Animals - Wolves

ISBN-13: 9780545123266
ISBN-10: 0545123267
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Date: August 2009
Page Count: 00392
Reading Level: Ages 13 - 17

'All Unquiet Things'

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:03:02 CST

By: Jarzab, Anna

Carly: She was sweet. Smart. Self-destructive. She knew the secrets of Brighton Day School's most privileged students. Secrets that got her killed.
Neily: Dumped by Carly for a notorious bad boy, Neily didn't answer the phone call she made before she died. If he had, maybe he could have helped her. Now he can't get the image of her lifeless body out of his mind.
Audrey: She's the reason Carly got tangled up with Brighton's fast crowd in the first place, and now she regrets it--especially since she's convinced the police have put the wrong person in jail. Audrey thinks the murderer is someone at Brighton, and she wants Neily to help her find out who it is.
As reluctant allies Neily and Audrey dig into their shared past with Carly, her involvement with Brighton's dark goings-on comes to light. But figuring out how Carly and her killer fit into the twisted drama will force Audrey and Neily to face hard truths about themselves and the girl they couldn't save.

ISBN-13: 9780385738354
ISBN-10: 0385738358
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Date: January 2010
Page Count: 00339
Reading Level: Ages 14 - NA

'Heartless'

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:03:02 CST

By: Shepard, Sara

In picturesque Rosewood, Pennsylvania, neighbors gossip over picket fences, and gleaming SUVs sit in every crushed-granite driveway. But recently, friendly smiles have been replaced with suspicious glares and accusatory whispers--and it's all because Hanna, Aria, Emily, and Spencer just can't keep their mouths shut. . . .

First they claimed they found a dead body in the woods behind Spencer's house, only to have it vanish without a trace. Then when the same woods went up in flames, they swore they saw someone who's "supposed" to be dead rise from the ashes. And even after all that, the pretty little liars are still playing with fire.

Hanna's trading in her Dior trench for a straitjacket. Aria's trying to contact the dead. Emily's dumped her boyfriend and is skipping town . . . again. And Spencer thinks someone in her family has gotten away with murder.

The friends insist they're telling the truth about what they saw, but all of Rosewood thinks they're simply out for attention--and nobody likes a girl who cries wolf. So when the big bad killer comes after the girls, will anyone believe them . . . or will they be the next to disappear?

Related Subjects:Books > Juvenile Fiction > Social Issues - General

ISBN-13: 9780061566141
ISBN-10: 0061566144
Publisher: Harper Teen
Date: January 2010
Page Count: 00274
Reading Level: Ages 14 - 17

'The Cross Gardener'

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:03:02 CST

By: Wright, Jason F.

From the "New York Times" bestselling author, an inspiring story of life, love, and moving on.
Married and the father of a young daughter, John Bevan had finally found the traditional family he lacked as an orphaned child. But all that disappears when a fatal car accident steals away his wife-and the unborn child she carried.
Filled with sorrow, John withdraws from life and love. He erects a small cross at the scene of his wife's accident and visits daily, grieving. Then one morning he encounters a young man kneeling before the cross, touching it up with white paint. John's conversations and travels with this mysterious man-known to him only as the Cross Gardener-will forever change his world.
From Jason F. Wright comes a timeless tale that explores the questions we ask when our lives are touched by loss: How do we carry on? And who will show us the way? The answers John Bevan finds illuminate the hope that even in our darkest hours we are not alone.

Related Subjects:Books > Fiction > Christian - General

ISBN-13: 9780425233283
ISBN-10: 0425233286
Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group
Date: March 2010
Page Count: 00293
Reading Level: Ages NA - NA

'Crazy Love'

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:03:02 CST

By: Chan, Francis

Have you ever wondered if we're missing it?

It's crazy, if you think about it. The God of the universe--the Creator of nitrogen and pine needles, galaxies and E-minor--loves us with a radical, unconditional, self-sacrifi cing love. And what is our typical response? We go to church, sing songs, and try not to cuss.

Whether you've verbalized it yet or not.we all know something's wrong.

Does something deep inside your heart long to break free from the status quo? Are you hungry for an authentic faith that addresses the problems of our world with tangible, even radical, solutions? God is calling you to a passionate love relationship with Himself. Because the answer to religious complacency isn't working harder at a list of do's and don'ts-it's falling in love with God. And once you encounter His love, as Francis describes it, you will never be the same.

Because when you're wildly in love with someone, it changes everything.

Learn more about Crazy Love at www.crazylovebook.com

Check out Francis Chan's video blog at francischanblog.blogspot.com.

Related Subjects:Books > Religion > Christian Life - General

ISBN-13: 9781434768513
ISBN-10: 1434768511
Publisher: David C. Cook
Date: May 2008
Page Count: 00186
Reading Level: Ages NA - NA

'So Long, Insecurity'

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:03:02 CST

By: Moore, Beth

Perhaps one of the biggest issues all women face is their own insecurity. Beth Moore, one of today's most admired and trusted Christian writers, wants women to be free from the insecurity trap. "So Long, Insecurity" will strike a chord with women everywhere, as Beth speaks truth into the lives of readers, showing them how to deal with their innermost fears, rediscover their God-given dignity, and develop a whole new perspective-a stronger sense of self. Women of all ages and backgrounds will resonate with this message of security and discover truths that will free them emotionally and spiritually and lead them to a better life as they walk with God.

Related Subjects:Books > Religion > Christian Life - Women's Issues

ISBN-13: 9781414334721
ISBN-10: 1414334729
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers
Date: February 2010
Page Count: 00352
Reading Level: Ages NA - NA

'Why I Stayed'

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:03:02 CST

By: Haggard, Gayle

On November 2, 2006, Gayle Haggard's life changed forever when her husband, Ted Haggard, founder of the 14,000-member New Life Church in Colorado Springs and president of the National Association of Evangelicals, was publicly exposed in a scandal. In the days and months ahead, everything in Gayle's life was at stake-her beliefs, her marriage, and her relationship with the church community she had been a part of for more than 20 years. In "Why I Stayed," Gayle walks us through the choices she made in her darkest hour and shares her renewed passion for the central message of the Bible-the liberating message of forgiveness and love. "Why I Stayed" reminds us of what less-than-perfect people desperately need-a community of family and faith that offers healing love and a path to restoration.

ISBN-13: 9781414335858
ISBN-10: 1414335857
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers
Date: January 2010
Page Count: 00354
Reading Level: Ages NA - NA

'The Daniel Fast'

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:03:02 CST

By: Gregory, Susan

What if you could grow closer to God and improve your health in just 21 days? Susan Gregory, ""The Daniel Fast" Blogger," has a plan to help you do just that. Widely recognized as the expert on this 21-day fast inspired by the book of Daniel, Susan has helped thousands of people discover a safe and healthy way to fast. The principles you learn from "The Daniel Fast" will change the way you view food, your body, and your relationship with the one who created you. Includes 21 days' worth of Daniel Fast recipes Visit www.daniel-fast.com

ISBN-13: 9781414334134
ISBN-10: 1414334133
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers
Date: December 2009
Page Count: 00267
Reading Level: Ages NA - NA

'Good Game'

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:03:02 CST

By: Hoffman, Shirl James

In recent years the United States has seen an influx of Christian athletes and coaches into big-time sports, as well as a heightened importance placed on sports in church programs and enormous platforms for intercollegiate sports at Christian schools and colleges. However, as Shirl Hoffman critiques, a Christian vision of sport remains merely superficialareplete with prayers before free throws and praises after touchdowns but offering little if any alternative vision from the secular sports culture. Far from being the kind of life-affirming, faith-affirming events that they could be, games played in Christian college gymnasiums, for example, too often end up as mockeries of the faith statements given prominence in their mission statements.

Here, in this thoughtful, narrative-driven exploration, Hoffman retells numerous fascinating stories from the world of ancient and contemporary sports and draws on the history of the Christian tradition as he seeks to answer the question aWhat would it mean to think Christianly about sport?a

Related Subjects:Books > Sports & Recreation > General
Books > Social Science > Popular Culture - General

ISBN-13: 9781932792102
ISBN-10: 1932792104
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Date: February 2010
Page Count: 00341
Reading Level: Ages NA - NA

'The Love Dare Day by Day'

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:03:02 CST

By: Kendrick, Stephen

Topping the "New York Times "list and already selling three million copies, "The Love Dare "has established itself as more than a book; it's an unstoppable marriage movement. And like the husband in "Fireproof "(the film where "The Love Dare "originated), readers know this 40-day challenge to understand and practice unconditional love with their spouse need not end when the book does.With that in mind, "The Love Dare Day by Day "encourages and challenges couples toward new steps in faith and love with 365 marital encouragements, reminders, and action points worth repeating year after year.Unconditional love is eagerly promised at weddings, but rarely practiced in real life. As a result, romantic hopes are often replaced with disappointment in the home. But it doesn't have to stay that way. Whether your marriage is hanging by a thread or healthy and strong, "The Love Dare Day by Day "is a journey you need to take. It's time to learn the keys to finding true intimacy

ISBN-13: 9781433668234
ISBN-10: 1433668238
Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
Date: December 2009
Page Count: 00400
Reading Level: Ages NA - NA

'Unmerited Favor'

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:03:02 CST

By: Prince, Joseph

It is God's desire for you to succeed in every area of your life, and with His presence in your life, you can His grace or unmerited favor can swing open doors of opportunities and place you at the right place at the right time for His blessings. Even if you lack the necessary qualifications, skills and experience, His unmerited favor can propel you forward. In Unmerited Favor you will learn about what your Savior has accomplished on the cross for you, and how, through His magnificent sacrifice, you can lead an overcoming life as God's beloved one who is greatly blessed, highly favored and deeply loved

Related Subjects:Books > Self-Help > Motivational & Inspirational

ISBN-13: 9781599799391
ISBN-10: 1599799391
Publisher: Charisma House
Date: February 2010
Page Count: 00352
Reading Level: Ages NA - NA

'One Month to Live'

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:03:02 CST

By: Shook, Kerry

Read an excerpt.

What if you only had one month to live? How would you make each day meaningful? How would you relate to others differently? What would you do to make the rest of your life "really" matter?

With eye-opening insights and soul-inspiring truths, "One Month to Live" will challenge you to embrace the life God has entrusted to you and you alone, and to live it out moment by moment with wholehearted authenticity, honesty, and integrity.

Each chapter overflows with inspiring quotations, colorful true stories, and questions for reflection. The four sections, which can be read over four weeks, help you examine the core areas inside you that long to be exercised and expressed: how you're made to live passionately, love boldly, learn from your mistakes, and leave a legacy that endures for generations after you're gone. Complete with uplifting action points, each of the thirty chapters-one per day in a life-changing month-offers you fresh strategies for overcoming habits that mire you in mediocrity.

Open yourself to the challenge of embracing your mortality and being empowered to live each day engaged in being fully alive.

Kerry Shook and his wife, Chris, founded Fellowship of The Woodlands in The Woodlands, Texas, with eight people in 1993. Now the church has grown to 14,000 in attendance each Sunday. Winner of the prestigious Church Health Award presented by Saddleback Church, Kerry and his church have been featured in numerous publications and media outlets. Kerrys sermons are televised each week across the country and around the world. Kerry and Chris are the parents of four children.

Related Subjects:Books > Religion > Christian Life - Personal Growth

ISBN-13: 9781400073795
ISBN-10: 1400073790
Publisher: Waterbrook Press
Date: February 2008
Page Count: 00226
Reading Level: Ages NA - NA

'The 5 Love Languages'

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:03:02 CST

By: Chapman, Gary

Marriage should be based on love, right? But does it seem as though you and your spouse are speaking two different languages? "New York Times" bestselling author Dr. Gary Chapman guides couples in identifying, understanding, and speaking their spouse's primary love language--quality time, words of affirmation, gifts, acts of service, or physical touch.

By learning the five love languages, you and your spouse will discover your unique love languages and learn practical steps in truly loving each other. Chapters are categorized by love language for easy reference, and each one ends with specific, simple steps to express a specific language to your spouse and guide your marriage in the right direction. A newly designed love languages assessment will help you understand and strengthen your relationship. You can build a lasting, loving marriage together.
Gary Chapman hosts a nationally syndicated daily radio program called "A Love Language Minute" that can be heard on more than 150 radio stations as well as the weekly syndicated program "Building Relationships with Gary Chapman," which can both be heard on fivelovelanguages.com.
"The Five Love Languages" is a consistent new York Times bestseller - with over 5 million copies sold and translated into 38 languages. This book is a sales phenomenon, with each year outselling the prior for 16 years running

Includes a promotional code to gain exclusive online access to the new comprehensive love languages assessment.

ISBN-13: 9780802473158
ISBN-10: 0802473156
Publisher: Northfield Publishers
Date: January 2010
Page Count: 00201
Reading Level: Ages NA - NA

'Dug Down Deep'

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:03:02 CST

By: Harris, Joshua

What will you build your life on?
With startling transparency, Joshua Harris shares how we can rediscover the relevance and power of Christian truth. This is book shows a young man who rose quickly to success in the Christian evangelical world before he realized his spirituality lacked a foundation--it rested more on tradition and morality than on an informed knowledge of God.
For the indifferent or spiritually numb, Harris's humorous and engaging reflections on Christian beliefs show that orthodoxy isn't just for scholars--it is for anyone who longs to know the living Jesus Christ. As Harris writes, "I've come to learn that theology matters. It matters not because we want to impress people, but because what we know about God shapes the way we think and live. Theology matters because if we get it wrong then our whole life will be wrong."
Whether you are just exploring Christianity or you are a veteran believer finding yourself overly familiar and cold-hearted, Dug Down Deep will help you rediscover the timeless truths of Scripture. As Harris challenges you to root your faith and feelings about God in the person, work, and words of Jesus, he answers questions such as:
What is God like and how does he speak to me?What difference does it make that Jesus was both human and divine?How does Jesus's death on the cross pay for my sins?Who is the Holy Spirit and how does he work in my life?
With grace and wisdom, Harris will inspire you to revel in the truth that has captured his own mind and heart. He will ask you to dig deep into a faith so solid you can build your life on it. He will point you to something to believe in again.

Related Subjects:Books > Religion > Christian Theology - General

ISBN-13: 9781601421517
ISBN-10: 1601421516
Publisher: Multnomah Publishers
Date: January 2010
Page Count: 00241
Reading Level: Ages NA - NA

'America's Prophet'

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:03:02 CST

By: Feiler, Bruce

The exodus story is America's story. Moses is our real founding father.

The pilgrims quoted his story. Franklin and Jefferson proposed he appear on the U.S. seal. Washington and Lincoln were called his incarnations. The Statue of Liberty and Superman were molded in his image. Martin Luther King, Jr., invoked him the night before he died. Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama cited him as inspiration. For four hundred years, one figure inspired more Americans than any other. His name is Moses.

In this groundbreaking book, "New York Times" bestselling author Bruce Feiler travels through touchstones in American history and traces the biblical prophet's influence from the "Mayflower" through today. He visits the island where the pilgrims spent their first Sabbath, climbs the bell tower where the Liberty Bell was inscribed with a quote from Moses, retraces the Underground Railroad where "Go Down, Moses" was the national anthem of slaves, and dons the robe Charlton Heston wore in "The Ten Commandments."

"Even a cursory review of American history indicates that Moses has emboldened leaders of all stripes," Feiler writes, "patriot and loyalist, slave and master, Jew and Christian. Could the persistence of his story serve as a reminder of our shared national values? Could he serve as a unifying force in a disunifying time? If Moses could split the Red Sea, could he unsplit America?"

One part adventure story, one part literary detective story, one part exploration of faith in contemporary life, "America's Prophet" takes readers through the landmarks of America's narrative--from Gettysburg to Selma, the Silver Screen to the Oval Office--to understand how Moses has shaped the nation's character.

Meticulously researched and highly readable, "America's Prophet" is a thrilling, original work of history that will forever change how we view America, our faith, and our future.

ISBN-13: 9780060574888
ISBN-10: 0060574887
Publisher: William Morrow & Company
Date: October 2009
Page Count: 00368
Reading Level: Ages NA - NA

'Switch'

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:03:02 CST

By: Heath, Chip

Why is it so hard to make lasting changes in our companies, in our communities, and in our own lives?
The primary obstacle is a conflict that's built into our brains, say Chip and Dan Heath, authors of the critically acclaimed bestseller "Made to Stick." Psychologists have discovered that our minds are ruled by two different systems--the rational mind and the emotional mind--that compete for control. The rational mind wants a great beach body; the emotional mind wants that Oreo cookie. The rational mind wants to change something at work; the emotional mind loves the comfort of the existing routine. This tension can doom a change effort--but if it is overcome, change can come quickly.
In "Switch, " the Heaths show how everyday people--employees and managers, parents and nurses--have united both minds and, as a result, achieved dramatic results:
● The lowly medical interns who managed to defeat an entrenched, decades-old medical practice that was endangering patients.
● The home-organizing guru who developed a simple technique for overcoming the dread of housekeeping.
● The manager who transformed a lackadaisical customer-support team into service zealots by "removing" a standard tool of customer service
In a compelling, story-driven narrative, the Heaths bring together decades of counterintuitive research in psychology, sociology, and other fields to shed new light on how we can effect transformative change. "Switch "shows that successful changes follow a pattern, a pattern you can use to make the changes that matter to you, whether your interest is in changing the world or changing your waistline.

Related Subjects:Books > Business & Economics > Structural Adjustment

ISBN-13: 9780385528757
ISBN-10: 0385528752
Publisher: Broadway Business
Date: February 2010
Page Count: 00305
Reading Level: Ages NA - NA

'Superfreakonomics'

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:03:02 CST

By: Levitt, Steven D.

The "New York Times" best-selling "Freakonomics" was a worldwide sensation, selling over four million copies in thirty-five languages and changing the way we look at the world. Now, Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner return with "SuperFreakonomics, " and fans and newcomers alike will find that the freakquel is even bolder, funnier, and more surprising than the first.

Four years in the making, "SuperFreakonomics" asks not only the tough questions, but the unexpected ones: What's more dangerous, driving drunk or "walking" drunk? Why is chemotherapy prescribed so often if it's so ineffective? Can a sex change boost your salary?

"SuperFreakonomics" challenges the way we think all over again, exploring the hidden side of everything with such questions as:

How is a street prostitute like a department-store Santa? Why are doctors so bad at washing their hands? How much good do car seats do? What's the best way to catch a terrorist? Did TV cause a rise in crime? What do hurricanes, heart attacks, and highway deaths have in common? Are people hard-wired for altruism or selfishness? Can eating kangaroo save the planet? Which adds more value: a pimp or a Realtor?

Levitt and Dubner mix smart thinking and great storytelling like no one else, whether investigating a solution to global warming or explaining why the price of oral sex has fallen so drastically. By examining how people respond to incentives, they show the world for what it really is - good, bad, ugly, and, in the final analysis, super freaky.

"Freakonomics" has been imitated many times over - but only now, with "SuperFreakonomics, " has it met its match.

Related Subjects:Books > Business & Economics > Economics - General

ISBN-13: 9780060889579
ISBN-10: 0060889578
Publisher: William Morrow & Company
Date: October 2009
Page Count: 00288
Reading Level: Ages NA - NA

'No One Would Listen'

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:03:02 CST

By: Markopolos, Harry

Harry Markopolos and his team of financial sleuths discuss first-hand how they cracked the Madoff Ponzi scheme

"No One Would Listen" is the exclusive story of the Harry Markopolos-lead investigation into Bernie Madoff and his $65 billion Ponzi scheme. While a lot has been written about Madoff's scam, few actually know how Markopolos and his team-affectionately called "The Fox Hounds" by Markopolos himself, uncovered what Madoff was doing years before this financial disaster reached its pinnacle. Unfortunately, no one listened, until the damage of the world's largest financial fraud ever was irreversible.

Since that time, Markopolos openly has testified and questioned the enforcement and fraud investigation capabilities of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), shared a sliver of this page-turning story with "60 Minutes," and become perhaps the world's most visible and insightful whistleblower on fraud and conflicts of interest in financial markets.

Throughout the book, Markopolos and his Fox Hounds tell their first-hand story of investigating Madoff-with the help of bestselling author David Fisher. They explain how they discovered the fraud, and then how they provided credible and detailed evidence to major newspapers and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) many times between 2000 and 2008, only to have his warnings ignored repeatedly by the SEC. Provides a firsthand account of how Markopolos uncovered Madoff's scam years before it actually fell apart Discusses how the SEC missed the red flags raised by Markopolos Describes how Madoff was enabled by investors and fiduciaries alike The only book to tell the story of Madoff's scam and the SEC's failings by those who saw both first hand

Despite repeated written and verbal warnings to the SEC by Harry Markopolos, Bernie Madoff was allowed to continue his operations. "No One Would Listen" paints a vivid portrait of Markopolos and his determined team of financial sleuths, and what impact they will have on financial markets and financial regulation for decades to come.

Related Subjects:Books > Business & Economics > Finance
Books > True Crime > General

ISBN-13: 9780470553732
ISBN-10: 0470553731
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Date: March 2010
Page Count: 00354
Reading Level: Ages NA - NA

'Drive'

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:03:02 CST

By: Pink, Daniel H.

Forget everything you thought you knew about how to motivate people--at work, at school, at home. It's wrong. As Daniel H. Pink explains in his new and paradigm-shattering book "Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us," the secret to high performance and satisfaction in today's world is the deeply human need to direct our own lives, to learn and create new things, and to do better by ourselves and our world.

Drawing on four decades of scientific research on human motivation, Pink exposes the mismatch between what science knows and what business does--and how that affects every aspect of our lives. He demonstrates that while the old-fashioned carrot-and-stick approach worked successfully in the 20th century, it's precisely the "wrong" way to motivate people for today's challenges. In "Drive," he reveals the three elements of true motivation:

*Autonomy - the desire to direct our own lives

*Mastery - the urge to get better and better at something that matters

*Purpose - the yearning to do what we do in the service of something larger than ourselves

Along the way, he takes us to companies that are enlisting new approaches to motivation and introduces us to the scientists and entrepreneurs who are pointing a bold way forward.

"Drive" is bursting with big ideas -- the rare book that will change how you think and transform how you live.

Related Subjects:Books > Business & Economics > Leadership

ISBN-13: 9781594488849
ISBN-10: 1594488843
Publisher: Riverhead Hardcover
Date: December 2009
Page Count: 00242
Reading Level: Ages NA - NA

'Too Big to Fail'

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:03:02 CST

By: Sorkin, Andrew Ross

A real-life thriller about the most tumultuous period in America's financial history by an acclaimed "New York Times" Reporter
Andrew Ross Sorkin delivers the first true behind-the-scenes, moment-by-moment account of how the greatest financial crisis since the Great Depression developed into a global tsunami. From inside the corner office at Lehman Brothers to secret meetings in South Korea, and the corridors of Washington, "Too Big to Fail" is the definitive story of the most powerful men and women in finance and politics grappling with success and failure, ego and greed, and, ultimately, the fate of the world's economy.
"We've got to get some foam down on the runway " a sleepless Timothy Geithner, the then-president of the Federal Reserve of New York, would tell Henry M. Paulson, the Treasury secretary, about the catastrophic crash the world's financial system would experience.
Through unprecedented access to the players involved, "Too Big to Fail" re-creates all the drama and turmoil, revealing neverdisclosed details and elucidating how decisions made on Wall Street over the past decade sowed the seeds of the debacle. This true story is not just a look at banks that were "too big to fail," it is a real-life thriller with a cast of bold-faced names who themselves thought they were too big to fail.

Related Subjects:Books > Business & Economics > Economic History

ISBN-13: 9780670021253
ISBN-10: 0670021253
Publisher: Viking Books
Date: October 2009
Page Count: 00624
Reading Level: Ages NA - NA

'The Quants'

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:03:02 CST

By: Patterson, Scott

"Beware of geeks bearing formulas."
--Warren Buffett
In March of 2006, the world's richest men sipped champagne in an opulent New York hotel. They were preparing to compete in a poker tournament with million-dollar stakes, but those numbers meant nothing to them. They were accustomed to risking "billions."
At the card table that night was Peter Muller, an eccentric, whip-smart whiz kid who'd studied theoretical mathematics at Princeton and now managed a fabulously successful hedge fund called PDT...when he wasn't playing his keyboard for morning commuters on the New York subway. With him was Ken Griffin, who as an undergraduate trading convertible bonds out of his Harvard dorm room had outsmarted the Wall Street pros and made money in one of the worst bear markets of all time. Now he was the tough-as-nails head of Citadel Investment Group, one of the most powerful money machines on earth. There too were Cliff Asness, the sharp-tongued, mercurial founder of the hedge fund AQR, a man as famous for his computer-smashing rages as for his brilliance, and Boaz Weinstein, chess life-master and king of the credit default swap, who while juggling $30 billion worth of positions for Deutsche Bank found time for frequent visits to Las Vegas with the famed MIT card-counting team.
On that night in 2006, these four men and their cohorts were the new kings of Wall Street. Muller, Griffin, Asness, and Weinstein were among the best and brightest of a new breed, the "quants." Over the prior twenty years, this species of math whiz --technocrats who make billions not with gut calls or fundamental analysis but with formulas and high-speed computers-- had usurped the testosterone-fueled, kill-or-be-killed risk-takers who'd long been the alpha males the world's largest casino. The quants believed that a dizzying, indecipherable-to-mere-mortals cocktail of differential calculus, quantum physics, and advanced geometry held the key to reaping riches from the financial markets. And they helped create a digitized money-trading machine that could shift billions around the globe with the click of a mouse.
Few realized that night, though, that in creating this unprecedented machine, men like Muller, Griffin, Asness and Weinstein had sowed the seeds for history's greatest financial disaster.
Drawing on unprecedented access to these four number-crunching titans, "The Quants "tells the inside story of what they thought and felt in the days and weeks when they helplessly watched much of their net worth vaporize - and wondered just how their mind-bending formulas and genius-level IQ's had led them so wrong, so fast. Had their years of success been dumb luck, fool's gold, a good run that could come to an end on any given day? What if The Truth they sought -- the secret of the markets -- wasn't knowable? Worse, what if there wasn't any Truth?
In "The Quants," Scott Patterson tells the story not just of these men, but of Jim Simons, the reclusive founder of the most successful hedge fund in history; Aaron Brown, the quant who used his math skills to humiliate Wall Street's old guard at their trademark game of Liar's Poker, and years later found himself with a front-row seat to the rapid emergence of mortgage-backed securities; and gadflies and dissenters such as Paul Wilmott, Nassim Taleb, and Benoit Mandelbrot.
With the immediacy of today's NASDAQ close and the timeless power of a Greek tragedy, "The Quants" is at once a masterpiece of explanatory journalism, a gripping tale of ambition and hubris...and an ominous warning about Wall Street's future.

Related Subjects:Books > Business & Economics > Investments & Securities - General

ISBN-13: 9780307453372
ISBN-10: 0307453375
Publisher: Crown Business
Date: February 2010
Page Count: 00337
Reading Level: Ages NA - NA

'On the Brink'

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:03:02 CST

By: Paulson, Henry M., Jr.

When Hank Paulson, the former CEO of Goldman Sachs, was appointed in 2006 to become the nation's next Secretary of the Treasury, he knew that his move from Wall Street to Washington would be daunting and challenging.
But Paulson had no idea that a year later, he would find himself at the very epicenter of the world's most cataclysmic financial crisis since the Great Depression. Major institutions including Bear Stearns, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Lehman Brothers, AIG, Merrill Lynch, and Citigroup, among others-all steeped in rich, longstanding tradition-literally teetered at the edge of collapse. Panic ensnared international markets. Worst of all, the credit crisis spread to all parts of the U.S. economy and grew more ominous with each passing day, destroying jobs across America and undermining the financial security millions of families had spent their lifetimes building.
This was truly a once-in-a-lifetime economic nightmare. Events no one had thought possible were happening in quick succession, and people all over the globe were terrified that the continuing downward spiral would bring unprecedented chaos. All eyes turned to the United States Treasury Secretary to avert the disaster.
This, then, is Hank Paulson's first-person account. From the man who was in the very middle of this perfect economic storm, ON THE BRINK is Paulson's fast-paced retelling of the key decisions that had to be made with lightning speed. Paulson puts the reader in the room for all the intense moments as he addressed urgent market conditions, weighed critical decisions, and debated policy and economic considerations with of all the notable players-including the CEOs of top Wall Street firms as well as Ben Bernanke, Timothy Geithner, Sheila Bair, Nancy Pelosi, Barney Frank, presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain, and then-President George W. Bush.
More than an account about numbers and credit risks gone bad, ON THE BRINK is an extraordinary story about people and politics-all brought together during the world's impending financial Armageddon.

ISBN-13: 9780446561938
ISBN-10: 0446561932
Publisher: Business Plus
Date: January 2010
Page Count: 00478
Reading Level: Ages NA - NA

'Strengths Finder 2.0'

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:03:02 CST

By: Rath, Tom

DO YOU DO WHAT YOU DO BEST EVERY DAY?
Chances are, you don’ t. From the cradle to the cubicle, we devote more time to fixing our shortcomings than to developing our strengths.
To help people uncover their talents, Gallup introduced StrengthsFinder in the 2001 management book "Now, Discover Your Strengths." The book ignited a global conversation, while StrengthsFinder helped millions discover their top five talents.
In "StrengthsFinder 2.0," Gallup unveils the new and improved version of its popular online assessment. With hundreds of strategies for applying your strengths, "StrengthsFinder 2.0" will change the way you look at yourself— and the world— forever.
AVAILABLE EXCLUSIVELY IN "STRENGTHSFINDER 2.0 "(using the access code included with each book)
• "The StrengthsFinder 2.0" assessment, fine-tuned to be faster and more accurate
• A Strengths Discovery and Action-Planning Guide featuring: A customized version of your top five theme report; 50 Ideas for Action for building on your top five themes; A strengths-based action plan for setting goals
• And much more on the "StrengthsFinder 2.0" website: A strengths community area; Resources, activities, and discussion guides; A strengths screensaver and program for creating display cards of your top five themes

ISBN-13: 9781595620156
ISBN-10: 159562015X
Publisher: Gallup Press
Date: February 2007
Page Count: 00175
Reading Level: Ages NA - NA

'You Say More Than You Think'

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:03:02 CST

By: Driver, Janine

Now You're Talking
Do you want to be bulletproof at work, secure in your relationship, and content in your own skin? If so, it's more important than ever to be aware of what your body is saying to the outside world. Unfortunately, most of what you've heard from other body language experts is wrong, and, as a result, your actions may be hurting, not helping, you.
With sass and a keen eye, media favorite Janine Driver teaches you the skills she used every day to stay alive during her fifteen years as a body-language expert at the ATF. Janine's 7-day plan and her 7-second solutions teach you dozens of body language fixes to turn any interpersonal situation to your advantage. She reveals methods here that other experts refuse to share with the public, and she debunks major myths other experts swear are fact:
Giving more eye contact is key when you're trying to impress someone. Not necessarily true. It's actually more important where you point your "belly button." This small body shift communicates true interest more powerfully than constant eye contact.
The "steeple" hand gesture will give you the upper hand during negotiations and business meetings. Wrong. Driver has seen this overbearing gesture backfire more often than not. Instead, she suggests two" new" steeples that give you power without making you seem overly aggressive: the Basketball Steeple and the A-OK Two-Fingered Steeple.
Happy people command power and attention by smiling just before they meet new people. Studies have shown that people who do this are viewed as Beta Leaders. Alpha leaders smile once they shake your hand and hear your name.
At a time when every advantage counts--and first impressions matter more than ever--this is the book to help you really get your message across.

ISBN-13: 9780307453976
ISBN-10: 0307453979
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
Date: February 2010
Page Count: 00240
Reading Level: Ages NA - NA

'The Secret'

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:03:02 CST

By: Blanchard, Ken

This updated, second edition of the bestselling book "The Secret" answers a question most leaders ask at some point in their career, What do I need to do to be a great leader?

Related Subjects:Books > Business & Economics > Leadership

ISBN-13: 9781605092683
ISBN-10: 1605092681
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Date: October 2009
Page Count: 00132
Reading Level: Ages NA - NA

'The Ultimate Suburban Survivalist Guide'

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:03:02 CST

By: Brodrick, Sean

An innovative crisis protection guide from the experts at Weiss Research

If you want to continue your lifestyle AND make smart money moves, then "The Ultimate Suburban Survivalist" "Guide" is the book for you. Saving money "and" profiting means understanding the many aspects of life where problems can strike, and this book will be your guide. In the face of disaster it is better to plan than panic. A bulletproof plan will protect you from the disastrous surprise of a mishap-from shakeups in the stock market to the next oil crisis to fires and floods.

Author Sean Brodrick of Weiss Research reveals the simple things you can do that will help you prepare and profit in this changing economic landscape. "The Ultimate Suburban Survivalist Guide" is your tool to understanding a myriad of key concepts. Offers practical advice for overcoming some of the worst possible disasters Contains in-depth information on protecting yourself, your family, and your assets from uncontrollable events Details money saving strategies that will help you get through the difficult times

The time to plan for any crisis is "before" it happens. "The Ultimate Suburban Survivalist Guide" is filled with the tips and tools you'll need to survive potential disasters "and" save money during tough times.

ISBN-13: 9780470463161
ISBN-10: 0470463163
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Date: January 2010
Page Count: 00329
Reading Level: Ages NA - NA

'The Coupon Mom's Guide to Cutting Your Grocery Bills in Half'

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:03:02 CST

By: Nelson, Stephanie

A book that pays for itself The creator of couponmom.com, with 1.6 million subscribers and counting, shares her strategic money-saving techniques for saving big while living well
Americans are hungry for bargains these days, but one woman has developed the ultimate strategy for enjoying a feast of savings. Taking the nation by storm, with appearances ranging from "The Oprah Winfrey Show, Today" and "Good Morning America," Stephanie Nelson has shown countless women and men how to save thousands of dollars by becoming savvy coupon clippers-without sacrificing nutrition or quality. Now, in "The Coupon Mom's Guide to Cutting Your Grocery Bills in Half," Nelson demonstrates all of the tricks of the trade-beyond coupons and tailor-made for a variety of shopper lifestyles. Whether you're a "busy" shopper and have only a small amount of time each week to devote to finding the best deal; a "rookie" shopper who is ready to put more effort into cutting bills; or a seasoned "varsity" shopper who is looking for new ways to get the deepest discounts possible, this book offers techniques thatw ill make it easy to save money at any level and on any timetable.
Extending her Strategic Shopping protocols to mass merchandisers, wholesale clubs, natural-food stores, drugstores, and other retailers, Nelson proves that value and variety can go hand in hand. With meal- planning tips, recipes, and cost-comparison guides, as well as inspiring real-life stories from the phenomenal Coupon Mom movement, this is a priceless guide to turning the checkout lane into a road of riches.

Related Subjects:Books > Business & Economics > Personal Finance - Budgeting

ISBN-13: 9781583333686
ISBN-10: 1583333681
Publisher: Avery Publishing Group
Date: December 2009
Page Count: 00295
Reading Level: Ages NA - NA