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Phoenix Noir - Patrick Millikin
EDITORIAL REVIEW: “**Patrick Millikin**...as if to prove his witty claim that 'sunshine is the new noir,' offers one superb specimen, 'Whiteout on Van Buren,' in which [author] Don... -
Pandaemonium - Christopher Brookmyre
SUMMARY: The senior pupils of St Peter's High School are on retreat to a secluded outdoor activity centre, coming to terms with the murder of a fellow pupil through the means you w... -
Outer Dark - Cormac McCarthy
SUMMARY:Outer Dark is a novel at once fabular and starkly evocative, set is an unspecified place in Appalachia, sometime around the turn of the century. A woman bears her br... -
One Buddha Is Not Enough_ A Sto - Thich Nhat Hanh; Monks; Nuns Of
How do we learn to believe in ourselves and not just rely on our spiritual teachers? This question was answered in August 2009 when over a thousand people came to Colorado to sp... -
Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens
SUMMARY: Nine-year-old Oliver has spent his life in a workhouse orphanage, where he becomes notorious for daring to ask for more food. Frustrated and hungry, he runs away to London... -
Monty Python and Philosophy_ Nu - Gary L. Hardcastle
About the AuthorGary Hardcastle, who runs an argument clinic in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, co-edited Logical Empiricism in North America (2003). George Reisch has written How the Co... -
Magic on the Storm - Devon Monk
SUMMARY: Allison Beckstrom is committed to her work tracing illegal spells. Now, there's an apocalyptic storm bearing down on Portland, and when it hits, all the magic in the area ... -
Let Them In_ The Case for Open - Jason L. Riley
From BooklistThe argument that immigrants depress wages, displace workers, boost crime and disease, and pose a threat to the national security of the U.S. runs counter to political... -
Leaping Beauty - Gregory Maguire; Chris L. Demar
From School Library JournalGrade 3-6–Eight well-known fairy tales are recast, with the aid of animal characters and outrageous puns (with some tongue-in-cheek witticisms thrown in)... -
Last Night - James Salter
From Publishers WeeklyTeetering marriages, collapsing relationships and other calamities of the heart drive these 10 compact, unsettling stories by respected writer Salter (_A Spor...