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Consequences of Sin

by Clare Langley-Hawthorne

Published: 2008-01-29

Paperback: 272 pages

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For fans of Maisie Dobbs, a riveting new Edwardian mystery series featuring detective heiress Ursula Marlow Ursula Marlow, the star of this richly detailed, beautifully paced, deeply romantic mystery, is a strong female heroine with whom fans of Dorothy Sayers, Sarah Waters, Anne Perry, a...

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The Serpent and the Scorpion: An Ursula Marlow Mystery

by Clare Langley-Hawthorne

Published: 2008-09-30

Paperback: 304 pages

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A gripping mystery of scandal and intrigue starring a spirited and beautiful Edwardian heiressIt?s the end of 1911 and Ursula Marlow, struggling to maintain control over her father?s textile empire, finds her business trip to Egypt interrupted by two violent deaths. The first victim is her...

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City of Glass: The Graphic Novel (New York Trilogy)

by Paul Auster

Published: 2004-08-01

Paperback: 144 pages

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A graphic novel classic with a new introduction by Art SpiegelmanQuinn writes mysteries. The Washington Post has described him as a "post-existentialist private eye." An unknown voice on the telephone is now begging for his help, drawing him into a world and a mystery far stranger than any...

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The King of Vodka: The Story of Pyotr Smirnov and the Upheaval of an Empire

by Linda Himelstein

Published: 2009-05-12

Hardcover: 416 pages

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“A operatic tour-de-force.” —Tilar J. Mazzeo, author of The Widow Clicquot“An impressive feat of research, told swiftly and enthusiastically.” —San Francisco ChronicleFrom Vanderbilt and Rockefeller to Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, America’s captains of industry are paragons of ...

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Too Big to Fall: America's Failing Infrastructure and the Way Forward

by Barry B. LePatner

Published: 2010-11-09

Hardcover: 268 pages

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In August 2007, the I-35W Bridge in Minneapolis collapsed, killing 13 people and injuring 145 others. Investigations following the tragedy revealed that it was not an unavoidable accident, but one that could have been prevented—and one that threatens to be repeated at many thousands of b...

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The Freedom Writers Diary Teacher's Guide

by Erin Gruwell, The Freedom Writers

Published: 2007-10-02

Paperback: 256 pages

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Designed for educators by the teacher who nurtured and created the Freedom Writers, this standards-based teachers’ guide includes innovative teaching techniques that will engage, empower, and enlighten.In response to thousands of letters and e-mails from teachers across the country who l...

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The River (A Hatchet Adventure)

by Gary Paulsen

Published: 2012-03-13

Paperback: 176 pages

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The government sends Brian back to the Canadian wilderness in this beloved follow-up to the award-winning classic Hatchet from three-time Newbery Honor-winning author Gary Paulsen!   Two years after Brian Robeson survived fifty-four days alone in the Canadian wilderness, the government wa...

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A Christmas Flower: A Novel

by Bryan Mooney

Published: 2017-09-05

Paperback: 288 pages

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When a New England Christmas reunites two lifelong friends, romance blooms. From the author of Christmas in Vermont.Miracles are like snowflakes—no two are alike, but each one is precious and beautiful. This Christmas, Dr. Beth Harding could use a few miracles. The hospital she runs in R...

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The Christmas Blessing

by Melody Carlson

Published: 2017-09-05

Hardcover: 176 pages

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When she receives the news in late 1944 that her baby's father was shot down in the South Pacific, Amelia Richards loses hope. Jobless and broke, she has nowhere to turn for help but her infant's paternal grandparents. The only problem is, they don't know that she--or their grandson--exist...

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Privateer

by Michael Scandalios

Published: 2011-10-12

Paperback: 342 pages

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A promising young officer in the British Royal Navy. A fearsome pirate. A brave hero of the American Revolution. What is the improbable connection between these three men? Remarkably, they happen to be the same person. Privateer is the story of Mathew Carrigan, America's first naval hero....