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The Wailing Wind - Tony Hillerman
Amazon.com ReviewA lost gold mine, a corpse in an abandoned pickup truck, and an eerie wailing heard on Halloween are among the delicious plot elements Tony Hillerman cooks up in h... -
The Story of Stuff - Annie Leonard; Ariane Conrad
From Publishers WeeklyLeonard examines conspicuous consumption and its human and environmental costs in an expansion of her short documentary of the same name. The analysis is acce... -
The Souls of Black Folk - W. E. B. Du Bois; Farah Jasmine
SUMMARY:The Souls of Black Folk, by W. E. B. Du Bois,is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and... -
The Sheltering Sky - Paul Bowles
The Sheltering Sky is a landmark of twentieth-century literature. In this intensely fascinating story, Paul Bowles examines the ways in which Americans' incomprehension of alien cu... -
The Scarpetta Factor - Patricia Cornwell
SUMMARY: It is the week before Christmas. The effects of the credit crunch have prompted Dr Kay Scarpetta to offer her services pro bono to New York City's Office of the Chief Medi... -
The Promise - Danielle Steel
Product DescriptionDetermined to get married despite parental disapproval, young architect Michael Hillyard and artist Nancy McAllister are separated just before their wedding by a... -
The Princess and the Bear - Mette Ivie Harrison
From School Library JournalGrade 7 Up—This stand-alone sequel to The Princess and the Hound (HarperCollins, 2007) examines and critiques humanity by contrasting animals and people.... -
The Parched Sea - Troy Denning
Product DescriptionDetermined to drive a trade route through Anauroch, the Zhentarim have sent an army to enslave the fierce nomads of the Great Desert. falls to the intruders, hel... -
The Omnivore's Dilemma - Michael Pollan
From Publishers Weekly[Signature]Reviewed by Pamela KaufmanPollan (The Botany of Desire) examines what he calls "our national eating disorder" (the Atkins craze, the prec... -
The Mystery of the Death Trap M - M. V. Carey
SUMMARY:The Three Investigators, aided by their friend Allie, try to untangle the unusual circumstances surrounding an abandoned mine.