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Migration_ Species Imperative # - Julie E. Czerneda
From Publishers WeeklyAfter encountering the alien Dhyrn on earth and later nearly dying on the Dhyrn home world in Czerneda's Survival (2004), biologist Mackenzie "Mac" Connor re.... -
Lucky Child - Thomas Buergenthal
Thomas Buergenthal was not quite six years old when he and his parents were forced into a Jewish ghetto in Poland. Four years later, they were placed on a train bound for Auschwitz... -
Lateral Thinking - Edward De Bono
SUMMARY: In schools we are taught to meet problems head-on: what Edward de Bono calls 'vertical thinking'. This works well in simple situations - but we are at a loss when this app... -
Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
SUMMARY: Jane Eyre, a poor girl, leaves her cruel aunt's house and goes away to school. Later, she becomes a teacher and works for the rich Mr. Rochester. She loves him and wants t... -
Here, There and Everywhere - Geoff Emerick
Geoff Emerick became an assistant engineer at the legendary Abbey Road Studios in 1962 at age fifteen, and was present as a new band called the Beatles recorded their first songs. ... -
Grace After Midnight_ A Memoir - Felicia Pearson; David Ritz
From Publishers WeeklyPearson, who stars in HBO's The Wire, was born ill and underweight from her mother's drug habits, and later worked for a crack dealer in East Baltimore. At a.... -
Good Girls Don't - Kelley St. John
In high school, Bill Brannon was head over heels for his childhood friend Lettie Campbell. Twelve years later, Bill has almost forgotten his crush on the wild and feisty Lettie. Al... -
Ghost Ship - Diane Carey
Product DescriptionIn 1995, a Russian aircraft carrier is destroyed by a mysterious creature that just as mysteriously disappears thereafter. Three hundred years later, Counsellor ... -
Five Weeks in a Balloon - Jules Verne
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Geneva, Tahoma; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; ">The first Verne novel in which he perfected the "ingredient... -
First Contact_ Or, It's Later T - Evan Mandery
SUMMARY: A satirical joyride in the tradition of Kurt Vonnegut and Douglas Adams, First Contact introduces us to the hyper-intelligent Rigelians, who admire Woody Allen movies and ...