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Act of treason / by Flynn, Vince. ;: Subjects: Political fiction.; Suspense fiction.; Rapp, Mitch (Fictitious character); Intelligence officers; Terrorism; Presidential candidates; Attempted assassination;; © 2006., Atria Books,; unAPI
The book of fate / by Meltzer, Brad. ;: "A two-hundred-year-old code devised by Thomas Jefferson becomes the key to a present-day conspiracy at the highest levels of Washington and the power elite of Palm Beach"--Provided by the publisher.; Subjects: Political fiction.; Suspense fiction.;; © 2006., Warner Books,; unAPI
The emperor's children / by Messud, Claire, 1966- ;: Subjects: Love stories.; Journalists; Authors;; © 2006., Alfred A. Knopf,; unAPI
Natural born charmer / by Phillips, Susan Elizabeth. ;: Subjects: Love stories.; Football players;; © c2007., William Morrow,; unAPI
What the dead know / by Lippman, Laura, 1959- ;: Subjects: Mystery fiction.; Infante, Kevin (Fictitious character); Police; Kidnapping; Cold cases (Criminal investigation);; © c2007., William Morrow,; unAPI
The woods / by Coben, Harlan, 1962- ;: Twenty years ago, four teenagers at summer camp walked into the woods at night. Two were found murdered, and the others were never seen again. Four families had their lives changed forever. Now, two decades later, they are about to change again. For county prosecutor Paul Copeland, mourning the loss of his sister has only recently begun to subside. Balancing family life and a rapidly ascending career distracts him from his past traumas, but only for so long. When a homicide victim is found with evidence linking him to Cope, the well-buried family secrets are threatened. Is this victim one of the campers who disappeared with his sister? Could his sister be alive? Cope has to confront so much he left behind that summer--he must decide what is better left hidden in the dark and what truths can be brought to the light.--From publisher description.; Subjects: Suspense fiction.; Public prosecutors; Missing children;; © c2007., Dutton,; unAPI
The Yiddish policemen's union : a novel / by Chabon, Michael. ;: Subjects: Mystery fiction.; Alternative histories (Fiction).; Jews; Murder;; © c2007., HarperCollins Publishers,; unAPI
The Alexandria link : a novel / by Berry, Steve, 1955- ;: "Too bad former secret agent Cotton Malone knows how to unearth the lost contents of the Library of Alexandria; now his bookstore has been ransacked and his son kidnapped."--From source other than the Library of Congress; Subjects: Suspense fiction.; Alexandrian Library; Kidnapping;; © c2007., Ballantine Books; unAPI
Back on Blossom Street / by Macomber, Debbie. ;: Subjects: Love stories.; Female friendship; Cancer; Knitters (Persons); Knitting;; © c2007., MIRA Books,; unAPI
The guy not taken : stories / by Weiner, Jennifer. ;: Just desserts -- Travels with Nicki -- The wedding bed -- Swim -- Good men -- Buyer's market -- The guy not taken -- The mother's hour -- Oranges from Florida -- Tour of duty -- Dora on the beach.; Subjects: Single women;; © 2006., Atria Books,; unAPI
Imperium : a novel of ancient Rome / by Harris, Robert, 1957- ;: Subjects: Historical fiction.; Tiro, M. Tullius (Marcus Tullius), ca. 104-4 B.C.; Cicero, Marcus Tullius;; © c2006., Simon & Schuster,; unAPI
Into the storm : a novel / by Brockmann, Suzanne. ;: Subjects: Romantic suspense fiction.; United States. Navy. SEALs; Serial murderers;; © c2006., Ballantine Books,; unAPI
The thirteenth tale : a novel / by Setterfield, Diane. ;: Subjects: Recluses as authors; Women authors; Female friendship;; © 2006., Atria Books,; unAPI
Water for elephants : a novel / by Gruen, Sara. ;: Subjects: Historical fiction.; Love stories.; Circus; Elephants; Depressions; Circus performers;; © 2006., Algonquin Books,; unAPI
Peony in love : a novel / by See, Lisa. ;: Subjects: Love stories.; Historical fiction.; Women; Opera;; © c2007., Random House,; unAPI
Loving Frank : a novel / by Horan, Nancy. ;: Includes bibliographical references (p. [361]-362).; Subjects: Biographical fiction.; Love stories.; Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959; Borthwick, Mamah Bouton, 1869-1914; Architects;; © c2007., Ballantine Books,; unAPI
Away : a novel / by Bloom, Amy, 1953- ;: Subjects: Immigrants; Quests (Expeditions); Theater, Yiddish; Lost children;; © c2007., Random House,; unAPI
The almost moon : a novel / by Sebold, Alice. ;: Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Mothers and daughters;; © 2007., Little, Brown and Co.,; unAPI
Nineteen minutes : a novel / by Picoult, Jodi, 1966- ;: Subjects: School shootings; High school students; Women judges;; © 2007., Atria Books,; unAPI
The reluctant fundamentalist / by Hamid, Mohsin, 1971- ;: Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Pakistani Americans; Race discrimination; Self-perception;; © c2007., Harcourt,; unAPI
Rise and shine : a novel / by Quindlen, Anna. ;: A novel about two sisters, the true meaning of success, and the qualities in life that matter most. It's an otherwise ordinary Monday when Meghan Fitzmaurice's perfect life hits a wall. A household name as the host of the country's highest-rated morning talk show, Meghan cuts to a commercial break--but not before she mutters two forbidden words into her open mike. In an instant, it's the end of an era, not only for Meghan, who is unaccustomed to dealing with adversity, but also for her younger sister, Bridget, a social worker in the Bronx who has always lived in Meghan's long shadow. The effect of Meghan's on-air truth telling reverberates through both their lives, affecting Meghan's son, husband, friends, and fans, as well as Bridget's perception of her sister, their complex childhood, and herself.--From publisher description.; Subjects: Sisters; Women journalists; Women social workers;; © c2006., Random House,; unAPI
Special topics in calamity physics / by Pessl, Marisha. ;: A darkly funny coming-of-age novel and a richly plotted suspense tale told through the distinctive voice of its heroine, Blue van Meer. After a childhood moving from one academic outpost to another with her father (a man prone to aphorisms and meteoric affairs), Blue is clever, deadpan, and possessed of a vast lexicon of literary, political, philosophical, and scientific knowledge--and is quite the cinéaste to boot. In her final year of high school at the élite (and unusual) St. Gallway School in Stockton, North Carolina, Blue falls in with a charismatic group of friends and their captivating teacher, Hannah Schneider. But when the drowning of one of Hannah's friends and the shocking death of Hannah herself lead to a confluence of mysteries, Blue is left to make sense of it all with only her gimlet-eyed instincts and cultural references to guide--or misguide--her.--From publisher description.Othello / William Shakespeare -- A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man / James Joyce -- Withering Heights / Emily Brontë -- The House of the Seven Gables / Nathaniel Hawthorne -- The Woman in White / Wilkie Collins -- Brave New World / Aldous Huxley -- Les Liaisons Dangereuses / Pierre Choderlos de Laclos -- Madame Bovary / Gustave Flaubert -- Pygmalion / George Bernard Shaw -- The Mysterious Affair at Styles / Agatha Christie -- Moby Dick / Herman Melville -- A Moveable Feast / Ernest Hemingway -- Women in Love / D.H. Lawrence -- "The Housebreaker of Shady Hill" / John Cheever -- Sweet Bird of Youth / Tennessee Williams -- Laughter in the Dark / Vladimir Nabokov -- The Sleeping Beauty and of fairy tales / Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch -- A Room with a View / E.M. Forster -- Howl and other poems / Allen Ginsberg -- The Taming of the Shrew / William Shakespeare -- Deliverance / James Dickey -- Heart of Darkness / Joseph Conrad -- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest / Ken Kesey -- One Hundred Years of solitude / Gabriel García Márquez -- Bleak House / Charles Dickens -- The Big Sheep / Raymond Chandler -- Justine / Marquis de Sade -- Quer Pasticciaccio Brutto de via Merulana / Carlo Emilio Gadda -- Things Fall Apart / Chinua Achebe -- The Nocturnal Conspiracy / Smoke Wyannoch Harvey -- Che Guevara Talks to Young People / Ernesto Guevara de la Serna -- "Good Country People" / Flannery O'Connor -- The Trial / Franz Kafka -- Paradise Lost / John Milton -- The Secret Garden / Frances Hodgson Burnett -- Metamorphoses / Ovid.; Subjects: Mystery fiction.; Young women;; © 2006., Viking,; unAPI
Thirteen moons : a novel / by Frazier, Charles, 1950- ;: Includes bibliographical references (p. [421]-422).At the age of twelve, under the Wind moon, Will is given a horse, a key, and a map, and sent alone into the Indian Nation to run a trading post as a bound boy. It is during this time that he grows into a man, learning, as he does, of the raw power it takes to create a life, to find a home. In a card game with a white Indian named Featherstone, Will wins a mysterious girl named Claire. As Will's destiny intertwines with the fate of the Cherokee Indians, including a Cherokee Chief named Bear, he learns how to fight and survive in the face of both nature and men, and eventually, under the Corn Tassel Moon, Will begins the fight against Washington City to preserve the Cherokee's homeland and culture. And he will come to know the truth behind his belief that only desire trumps time.; Subjects: Historical fiction.; Love stories.; Orphans; Trading posts; Cherokee Indians; Indians of North America;; © c2006., Random House,; unAPI

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