From School Library JournalGrade 6-8--In this appealing novel set in 1935, 12-year-old Moose Flanagan and his family move from Santa Monica to Alcatraz Island where his father gets...
EDITORIAL REVIEW: Set in the haunting landscape of eastern Australia, this is a stunningly accomplished debut novel about the inescapable past: the ineffable ties of family, the wa...
SUMMARY: While searching for $120,000 in stolen money, Lee Scarborough falls in with a ruthless femme fatale whose schemes threaten to destroy his life in this long-out-of-print cl...
From Publishers WeeklySmith's remarkably adept debut thriller traces the fates of three people and a wrecked plane with $4.4 million. Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc....
The early masterpiece of V. S. Naipaul’s brilliant career, A House for Mr. Biswas is an unforgettable story inspired by Naipaul's father that has been hailed as one of the twentiet...
From Publishers WeeklyIn Alexander's charming third novel of romantic suspense set in late Victorian England (after The Poisoned Season), Lady Emily Ashton is at a country house p....
From Publishers WeeklyWhen Michelle Gibson reports her father, Mick Prentice, missing at the start of McDermid's intricate but underwhelming stand-alone psychological thriller, Det...
SUMMARY: A memoir based on the Emmy-nominated actor's Broadway play is a humorous and poignant portrayal of his youth that describes his experiences of growing up in a family heade...
Throughout the Bible are many powerful and moving examples of prayers from men and women who sought a priceless and indispensable friendship with the Father. 101 MOST POWERFUL PRAY...