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Too Close To Home - Maureen Tan
SUMMARY: Brooke Tyler knows a thing or two about secrets. Growing up, she'd sworn to keep certain skeletons in the family closet. But her silence came at a heavy price, not the lea... -
Tip It!_ The World According to - Maggie Griffin
EDITORIAL REVIEW: Dear Readers, There are at least five good reasons to Tip It! right now. My daughter Kathy put out * her* memoir last year, which was real nice except for the con... -
The Wit & Wisdom of Discworld - Terry Pratchett
Review“When the least they could do to you was everything, then the most they could do to you suddenly held no terror.” –From, Small Gods “A marriage is always made... -
Star Wars_ Galaxy of Fear 11_ C - John Whitman
In the Ruins of an abandoned Jedi Fortress on the remote planet Dantooine, Tash Arranda stands, all alone. At least, she thinks she's alone. She senses something in the ruins — Som... -
St. Peter's Fair - Ellis Peters
SUMMARY: When a merchant bound for St. Peter's Fair is found with a slender dagger piercing his heart, Brother Cadfael is on the case. Two murders later, he realizes that no one--l... -
Shadow of the Silk Road - Colin Thubron
From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. In his latest absorbing travel epic, Thubron (In Siberia; Mirror to Damascus) follows the course—or at least the general dr... -
Real Life & Liars - Kristina Riggle
SUMMARY: Sometimes you find happiness where, and when, you least expect it. For Mirabelle Zielinski's children, happiness always seems to be just out of reach. Her polished oldest ... -
Promise of the Wolves_ A Novel - Dorothy Hearst
EDITORIAL REVIEW: **WHAT ISTHE PROMISE OF THE WOLF?NEVER CONSORT WITH HUMANS.NEVER KILL AHUMAN UNPROVOKED.NEVER ALLOW A MIXED-BLOOD WOLF TO LIVE.** At least that's what the wolves ... -
Palestine Inside Out - Saree Makdisi
Palestine Inside Out Sheds Light on the most important—but also the least visible—aspects of life under occupation: the permits, passes, curfews, closures, “sterile roads,” and “se... -
Innumeracy_ Mathematical Illite - John Allen Paulos
Amazon.com ReviewThis is the book that made "innumeracy" a household word, at least in some households. Paulos admits that "at least part of the motivation for any book is anger, a...