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Midnight - Dean Koontz
SUMMARY: The citizens of Moonlight Cove, California, are changing. Some are losing touch with their deepest emotions. Others are surrendering to their wildest urges. And the few wh... -
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.... -
Mermaid_ A Twist on the Classic - Carolyn Turgeon
From Publishers WeeklyIn Turgeon's surprisingly dark retelling of Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid, two women pine for the affections of a prince: mermaid Lenia, who pu... -
Junk - Melvin Burgess; Julia Eccleshar
From WikipediaJunk (released as Smack in America) is a 1996 Carnegie Medal- and Guardian Award-winning novel by Melvin Burgess. The book is about the experiences of a group of teen... -
Isaac's Storm - Erik Larson
On September 8, 1900, a massive hurricane slammed into Galveston, Texas. A tidal surge of some four feet in as many seconds inundated the city, while the wind destroyed thousands o... -
Insurgency - Walter Knight
Colonel Joey R. Czerinski and his band of legionnaires try to quell a citizen uprising in planet New Colorado’s New Gobi Desert and foil an insurgency plot to kill the spider Arthr... -
Indecent Exposure - Tom Sharpe
Tom Sharpe's second South African novel and a brilliant follow- up to Riotous Assembly Once again the setting is Piemburgem, the deceptively peaceful- looking capital of Zululand, ... -
Good Drinks for Bad Days - Kerry Colburn
Got fired? Satisfy the urge to set something ablaze with a Flaming Diablo. Heinous meeting? Plunge into a Death in the Afternoon. Gained weight? Forget the club soda — embrace thos... -
Franklin's Thanksgiving - Paulette Bourgeois
Franklin is every young child's friend. Children instantly connect with the little turtle's sense of adventure and enjoy seeing him work through familiar dilemmas—fear of the dark,... -
Doctor Who_ Combat Rock - Mick Lewis
Product DescriptionWhen 400-year-old tribal mummies inexplicably return to life and begin murdering tourists on an exotic alien island, the Doctor's initial urge to investigate lan...