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Shadows on the Sea

by Joan Hiatt Harlow

1942.

The U.S. is at war with Germany. Fourteen-year-old Jill Winter's mother is traveling to Newfoundland and must pass through the treacherous North Atlantic, where German submarines -- U-boats -- stalk like...

The Magician's Boy

by Susan Cooper & Serena Riglietti

Only a child can find the way to bring Saint George back to the play.

The Boy works for the Magician, and he wants more than anything to learn magic. But the Magician always says, "Not yet, Boy. Not till the...

Escape from Memory

by Margaret Peterson Haddix

"Well, I'm sure I don't have any secrets...," I said, trying to sound certain. "Can't we just tell them that?"

Mom's steady gaze was driving me crazy.

"Oh," she said slowly, "but that's where you're wrong. You...

Scarlet Moon

by Vigui & Mahlon F. Craft

The True Face of Love

Ruth's grandmother lives in the forest, banished there for the "evil" that the townsfolk believed she practiced. But if studying the stars, learning about nature, and dreaming of flying...

Inside American Education

by Thomas Sowell

An indictment of the American educational system criticizes the fact that the system has discarded the traditional goals of transmitting knowledge and fostering cognitive skills in favor of building self-esteem...

Thunder from the Sea

by Joan Hiatt Harlow

It's 1929 and thirteen-year-old Tom Campbell has always wanted a real family with a real house and a dog of his very own. Since he was three years old, the only home he has ever known has been the Mission orphanage....

Yes Man

by Danny Wallace

Recently single, Danny Wallace was falling into loneliness and isolation. When a stranger on a bus advises, "Say yes more," Wallace vows to say yes to every offer, invitation, challenge, and chance.

In Yes...

The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract

by Bill James

When Bill James published his original Historical Baseball Abstract in 1985, he produced an immediate classic, hailed by the Chicago Tribune as the "holy book of baseball." Now, baseball's beloved "Sultan of...

The Mysterious Edge of the Heroic World

by E.L. Konigsburg

"ninety percent of who you are is invisible."

Amedeo Kaplan seems just like any other new kid who has moved into the town of St. Malo, Florida, a navy town where new faces are the norm. But Amedeo has a secret,...

Iqbal

by Francesco D'Adamo & Ann Leonori

When young Iqbal is sold into slavery at a carpet factory, his arrival changes everything for the other overworked and abused chidren there. It is Iqbal who explains to them that despite their master's promises,...

How Can I Get Through to You?: Closing the Intimacy Gap Between Men and Women

by Terrence Real

"What happened to the passion we started with?

Why aren't we as close as we used to be?"

PROBLEM: If you are a woman who is unfulfilled in your marriage...if you feel unheard or overburdened...if you quietly...

The First Part Last

by Angela Johnson

Bobby's a classic urban teenager. He's restless. He's impulsive. But the thing that makes him different is this: He's going to be a father. His girlfriend, Nia, is pregnant, and their lives are about to change...

The Baby Whisperer Solves All Your Problems: Sleeping, Feeding, and Behavior--Beyond the Basics

by Tracy Hogg & Melinda Blau

The third book in the bestselling Baby Whisperer series -- the most comprehensive, up-close, and personal to date!

Thousands of parents have asked the Baby Whisperer to help them solve their problems. With...

The Working Leader: The Triumph of High Performance Over Conventional Management Principles

by Leonard R. Sayles & Henry Mintzberg

The goal: To be a leader who has an agenda, knows the system inside out, is comfortable with fluidity, and recognizes that the parts do not always fit into an integrated whole.

Schooled to oversee fixed, almost...

All-American Boy: A Memoir

by Scott Peck

"A survivor's tale that in its universal appeal brings to mind the most compelling aspects of "Gal" and "Shot in the Heart." Through the course of these scathing, inspiring, instructive pages, Scott Peck, writer...

100 Ways to Beat the Blues: An Uplifting Book for Anyone Who's Down

by Tanya Tucker

"This book is like a good song; it will reach so many people right where they live." ----Tanya Tucker

How do you beat the blues? We all have moments in life when we're down, lonely, or just plain sad. It's part...

Izzy, Willy-Nilly

by Cynthia Voigt

One moment can change a life forever.

Fifteen-year-old Izzy has it all -- a loving family, terrific friends, a place on the cheerleading squad. But her comfortable world crumbles when a date with a senior ends...

The Roswell Dig Diaries

by SCI FI Channel, William H. Doleman & Donald R. Schmitt

In July 1947, something crashed in the desert near Roswell, New Mexico. What that object was, as well as what happened in the days following the crash, has been hotly disputed ever since. Did the United States...

Paper Trail: Common Sense in Uncommon Times

by Ellen Goodman

In this rich and savvy collection of commentaries on the events, people and issues that shape and define our world, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and New York Times bestselling author Ellen Goodman cuts to...

All Courses Great And Small: A Golfer's Pilgrimage to England and Wales

by James W. Finegan

Every golfer dreams of making a pilgrimage to the British Isles, and it sometimes seems as though every golfer is in fact making that pilgrimage, especially when you're trying to book a tee time. The legendary...