Book TitleBook Synopsis
| Simisolaby Ruth Rendell
Hardcover - 327 pagesCrown Publishers Inc; ISBN: 0517700735 Paperback Dell Publishing Company; ISBN: 044022202
A missing black girl is the first clue to a small community's dark heart of
racism and violence for Chief Inspector Wexford. The subsequent
| Subject: Fiction - Mystery
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Harm Done : An Inspector Wexford Mysteryby Ruth Rendell
Hardcover - 346 pagesCrown Pub; ISBN: 060960547X |
nspector Wexford confronts the terrifying world of domestic violence
when a series of kidnappings leads back to his own daughter's volunteer
work at a shelter for battered women. Subject: Fiction-Mystery/Thriller |
Pride and Prejudice (Modern Library Series)by Jane Austen, Anna Quindlen (Introduction)
Hardcover - 281 pagesModern Library; ISBN: 0679601686 Paperback - 295 pages Bantam Classic and Loveswept; ISBN: 0553213105 |
Published in 1813, Pride and Prejudice announced the arrival of the
comedy of manners, a welcome change from the stiff, moralistic novels of
the past. In recounting the courtship of the witty, indpendent Elizabeth
Bennet and Mr. Darcy--the handsome bachelor whose arrogant pride
Elizabeth regards as a fatal flaw--Austen illuminates, with subtle humor,
the prejudices of society as a whole. Subject: Literature-Classics |
The Pact : A Love Storyby Jodi Picoult
Hardcover - 384 pagesWilliam Morrow & Co; ISBN: 0688158129 |
From an acclaimed author comes a riveting, timely and terrifying novel of
friendship, loyalty, lifelong love--and teenage suicide. When a
17-year-old girl dies from a gunshot wound to the head, her boyfriend,
who swears they had a suicide pact, is tried for murder. Subject: Fiction - Literature & Fiction, Mystery & Thrillers |
The Green Mile : The Complete Serial Novelby Stephen King
Mass Market Paperback - 536
pagesPocket Books; ISBN: 0671041789 |
In a chilling novel by the author of Carrie and The Stand, a new prisoner
at Cold Mountain Penitentiary presents an unusual dilemma for jaded
prison guard Paul Edgecombe. Subject: Fiction - Horror |
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil : A Savannah Storyby John Berendt
Hardcover - 388 pages Random House; ISBN: 0679429220 Paperback - 386 pages Vintage Books; ISBN: 0679751521 |
In charming, beautiful, and wealthy old-South Savannah, Georgia, the
local bad boy is shot dead inside of the opulent mansion of a gay antiques
dealer, and a gripping trial follows. Subject: Nonfiction |
Tara Roadby Maeve Binchy
Hardcover - 502 pagesDelacorte Pr; ISBN: 0385335121 |
Best of the Best. Set in Ireland and New England, "Tara Road" tells the
story of two women who switch lives, and by so doing, learn much about
each other--and themselves. Subject: Fiction - General |
A Lively Oracle : A Centennial Celebration of P.L. Travers, Creator of Mary Poppinsby Ellen Dooling Draper (Editor), Jenny Koralek (Editor)
Paperback - 184 pages Larson Pubn; ISBN: 0943914949 |
Everyone knows Mary Poppins--at least her Disneyfied version--but
how many know her creator was a brilliant, mysterious woman with many
other fascinating accomplishments? Subject: Biographies & Memoirs |
Emmaby Jane Austen
Hardcover - 480 pagesGetty Ctr for Education in the Arts; ISBN: 0192100300 |
A timeless coming-of-age story follows the adventures of the self-assured
and accomplished Emma, a twenty-one-year-old girl of privilege who
believes she is immune to romance and has several chaotic and often
humorous experiences Subject: Fiction - Classics |
The Ridersby Tim Winton
Hardcover - 377 pagesScribner Book Company *DUPL*; ISBN: 0684802961 Paperback Scribner; ISBN: 0684822776 |
Anticipating the arrival of his wife and child in Ireland, Fred Scully is
devastated when his little girl appears alone at the airport. She carries no
note, and offers no explanation for her mother's absence. As father and
daughter frantically search Europe for the woman who has mysteriously
abandoned them, Tim Winton paints a searing portrait of how one love
destroys a man--and another saves him. "Satisfies on every level."--The
Washington Post Book World. Subject: Fiction-General |
The Stories of Eva Lunaby Isabel Allende
PaperbackBantam Doubleday Dell Pub (Trd Pap); ISBN: 055357535X |
In this magical bestseller, the story-telling heroine of Eva Luna returns
with a rich treasure trove of tales--two dozen vibrant, enchanting
demonstrations of her artistry. Here is the foreign made indelibly familiar
by the imagination, the passion, and the eloquence of one of the world's
leading writers. Subject: Fiction |
TThe Pillars of Hercules : A Grand Tour of the Mediterraneanby Paul Theroux
Paperback - 509 pagesFawcett Books; ISBN: 0449910857 Audio Cassette Penguin Books; ISBN: 0140862366 |
The author of The Happy Isles of Oceania now offers an exhilarating
account of his Mediterranean odyssey. By train, luxury cruise ship,
freighter, and ferry, Theroux travels from Gibraltar on a glorious, long,
lively, occasionally violent, and endlessly fascinating trip up the coast of
Spain, along the Riviera, to Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, and beyond. Subject: NonFiction - Travel |
The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials)by Philip Pullman
Hardcover - 416 pagesKnopf; ISBN: 0679879242 Mass Market Paperback - 351 pages Del Rey; ISBN: 0345413350 |
Living among scholars in the hallowed halls of Jordan College, Lyra
hears rumors of a magical dust found only in the vast Arctic, a
powder that supposedly possesses powers that can unite whole
universes, and begins a difficult and dangerous journey to find it. Subject: Children's Books |
Bloodstreamby Tess Gerritsen
Hardcover - 336 pagesPocket Books; ISBN: 067101675X Mass Market Paperback - 464 Pocket Books; IS Hardcover - 557 pages largeprint Thorndike Pr (Largeprint); ISBN: 0786216174 |
The small resort town of Tranquility, Maine seems like the perfect spot
for Dr. Claire Elliot to shelter her adolescent son, Noah, from the
distractions of the big city, and the lingering memory of his father's death.
And she's hopeful that she can earn the trust of the town as she builds a
new practice. But all her plans unravel with the first snap of winter, and
the outbreak of a violent epidemic. Now Claire is racing to save the
town--and her son--from harm before everything she loves is destroyed. Subject: Mystery/Thriller |
