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Powder Burn - Carl Hiaasen; Bill Montalbano
From Library JournalPublished in 1984, 1981, and 1982, respectively, these novels feature action, intrigue, violence, and murder. In the Hitchcock vein, they also portray protagoni... -
PopCo - Scarlett Thomas
PopCo tells the story of Alice Butler-a subversively smart girl in our commercial-soaked world who grows from recluse orphan to burgeoning vigilante, buttressed by mystery, codes, ... -
Pinocchio - Carlo Collodi
EDITORIAL REVIEW: Geppetto's new puppet can not only dance and turn somersaults, but also talks and misbehaves--and longs to be a real boy. This newly redesigned Puffin Classics ed... -
Pale Blue Dot - Carl Sagan
Examines humankind's changing awareness of its place in the universe and the rich potential of human ventures into the world beyond Earth. -
Napalm & Silly Putty - George Carlin
Amazon.com ReviewStandup comic George Carlin follows up his dark-horse smash bestseller __ with another compendium of cranky meditations, cinching his reputation as the Andy Rooney... -
Moby-Dick (B&N) - Herman Melville; Carl F. Hovde
Moby-Dick, by Herman Melville, is part of the *Barnes & Noble Classics *series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the... -
Million-Dollar Marriage Merger - Charlene Sands
EDITORIAL REVIEW: He'd kept a promise to marry his best friend's widow. But even an obligatory marriage could not diminish the hunger vintner Tony Carlino still felt for Rena Montg... -
Microcosm_ E. Coli and the New - Carl Zimmer
From Publishers WeeklyWhen most readers hear the words E. coli, they think tainted hamburger or toxic spinach. Noted science writer Zimmer says there are in fact many different st.... -
Measuring the World - Daniel Kehlmann
SUMMARY: Loosely based on the lives of 19th-century explorer Alexander von Humboldt and a contemporary, mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss, Kehlmann's novel, a German bestseller wi... -
It's My Life - Melody Carlson
In this emotional sequel to Diary of a Teenage Girl, Caitlin O'Conner faces new trials as she grows in her faith and strives to maintain the recent commitments she's made to God. A...