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The Cardturner - Louis Sachar
From School Library JournalGrade 8 Up—Alton Richards is resigned to spending a slow summer on his own after his girlfriend leaves him for his best friend and he finds himself with ... -
The Burglar Who Studied Spinoza - Lawrence Block
From Library Journal In this classic Bernie Rhodenbarr mystery, long out of print, sneaky thief Bernie turns up a 1913 V-nickel that gets his Spinoza-reading fence, Abel, murdered.... -
The Bridge_ The Life and Rise o - David Remnick
EDITORIAL REVIEW: No story has been more central to America’s history this century than the rise of Barack Obama, and until now, no journalist or historian has written a book that*... -
The Book Without Words_ A Fable - Avi
From School Library JournalGrade 5-8–At the dawning of the Middle Ages, Thorston, an old alchemist, works feverishly to create gold and to dose himself with a concoction that will ... -
The Blackstone Chronicles - John Saul
From Library JournalOliver Metcalf is the editor of the Blackstone Chronicle in Blackstone, NH. His father had been the director of the Blackstone Asylum before his death. Oliver h... -
The Beautiful Between - Alyssa B. Sheinmel
From School Library JournalGrade 9–11—Connelly Sternin, 16, moves through her New York City high school on cruise control. She is an average student who doesn't get into trouble, d... -
The Armageddon Rag - George R. R. Martin
This murder mystery is about an old underground journalist called back to investigate the murder of a member from a rock and roll band. -
The Angel of Darkness - Caleb Carr
From Library JournalDr. Lazlo Kreizler, protagonist of The Alienist (LJ 3/1/94), is back with his idiosyncratic companions in Carr's latest mystery thriller. Set in 1897 New York a... -
The Accident Man - Tom Cain
From Publishers Weekly The pseudonymous Cain, a British journalist, has come up with a clever premise for his first novel. One summer night in 1997, Samuel Carver, an extremely cap... -
Talent Is Overrated - Geoff Colvin
Expanding on a landmark cover story in Fortune, a top journalist debunks the myths of exceptional performance.One of the most popular Fortune articles in many years was a cover sto...