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| DEC 28, 2007 | ||
Quinn, a newly divorced ex-cop, retains custody of her wild hot flashes, her twisted tongue, her fey sense of humor, and her propensity for trouble. Now trying to get a foothold as a P.I. in a new city, Quinn takes what she thinks will be a safe job with Vincent Ainge, to whom she is oddly attracted. Vincent, who has his own demons, is the only mitigation investigator in the Northwest working to save the lives of convicted killers from ending at the gallows in Walla Walla state prison. (read review) |
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| DEC 27, 2007 | ||
Wiki Coffin plays many parts on the U.S. Exploring Expedition---sailor, linguist, navigator, and, as half-Maori, cultural go-between. But then the brig Swallow reaches the coast of Patagonia, an area infamous for its rough gauchos and revolutionary spirit, and he must take on his other role, that of agent of U.S. law and order. Noted maritime historian Druett's fourth Wiki Coffin adventure. (read review)
A man. A woman. A kiss in the dark. That is how it begins. But before his nightmare ends, Prescott Marshall will learn that kisses and darkness can both hide evil intent—and that the worst darkness of all may be lurking inside him. Out of print for more than half a century, from the legendary pulp master who wrote Rear Window, The Bride Wore Black, I Married a Dead Man, The Night Has a Thousand Eyes, and other noir classics. (read review) |
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| DEC 26, 2007 | ||
In 1946, a storm-wrecked boat carrying Hollywood's most famous swashbuckler, Errol Flynn, arrived dramatically in Jamaica, and the glamorous world of 1940s Hollywood converged with that of a small West Indian society. Spanning two generations of women whose destinies become inextricably linked with the Hollywood star, this novel tells the provocative history of a vanished era, of uncommon kinships, compelling attachments, betrayal, and atonement in a paradisal, tropical setting. (read review)
Marie Santora has always known her family is a little crazy, but when she inherits her grandmother's estate, they now have a million more reasons to act nuts. It soon becomes clear that the amount of money Marie needs to live comfortably will be decided by her family--if they don't get enough of her money, she won't live comfortably. Marie plans her escape. She'll give her family a parting gift and then move to Hollywood to chase her dream of writing film scripts. But wth millions at stake, it will take more than a free vacation to Jamaica to get the erratic Santora family to toe the line. (read review) |
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| DEC 25, 2007 | ||
A novella and collection of eleven short stories from a short story veteran whose work has appeared in over fifty anthologies and literary journals. (read review) |
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| DEC 24, 2007 | ||
First book of short stories from the author of Eat Pray Love; worthy of a reprint. (read review) |
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| DEC 22, 2007 | ||
To Kill a Mockingbird-the twentieth century's most widely read American novel-has sold thirty million copies and still sells a million yearly. Yet despite her book's perennial popularity, its creator, Harper Lee, has become a somewhat mysterious figure. Now, after years of research, Charles J. Shields brings to life the warmhearted, high-spirited, and occasionally hardheaded woman who gave us two of American literature's most unforgettable characters-Atticus Finch and his daughter, Scout. (read review)
In one of the most intrepid travelogues in recent memory, Emma Larkin tells of the year she spent traveling through Burma, using as a compass the life and work of George Orwell, whom many of Burma’s underground teahouse intellectuals call simply “the Prophet.” In stirring prose, she provides a powerful reckoning with one of the world’s least free countries. (read review) |
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| DEC 21, 2007 | ||
Lawyer Guerrieri is asked to handle the appeal of Fabio Paolicelli, sentenced to sixteen years for smuggling drugs into Italy. Everything seems stacked against the accused, not least because he initially confessed to the crime. His past as a neo-fascist thug also adds credence to the case against him. Only the intervention of Paolicelli's beautiful half-Japanese wife finally overcomes Guerrieri's reluctance. Matters get more complicated when Guerrieri ends up in bed with her. (read review) |
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| DEC 20, 2007 | ||
Elyn Saks is a success by any measure: she's an endowed professor at the prestigious University of Southern California Gould School of Law. She has managed to achieve this in spite of being diagnosed as schizophrenic and given a "grave" prognosis -- and suffering the effects of her illness throughout her life. Elyn Saks discusses frankly and movingly the paranoia, the inability to tell imaginary fears from real ones, and the voices in her head insisting she do terrible things, as well as the many obstacles she overcame to become the woman she is today. (read review) |
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| DEC 19, 2007 | ||
For decades, Omar Yussef has been a teacher of history to the children of Bethlehem. When a favorite former pupil, George Saba, a member of the Palestinian Christian minority, is arrested for collaborating with the Israelis in the killing of a Palestinian guerrilla, Omar is sure he has been framed. Then the wife of the dead man, also one of Omar Yussef's former pupils, is murdered. When he begins to suspect the head of the Bethlehem al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades is the true collaborator, Omar and his family are threatened. But as no one else is willing to stand up to the violent Martyrs Brigades men, it is up to him to investigate. (read review)
The body of a young Yemeni woman is discovered in the attic of a Bethlehem Road house, in a Jerusalem neighborhood famous for its impenetrability to outsiders. But much more is concealed beneath the surface of this gruesome homicide -- as tensions between Ashkenazim and Mizrahim, hostility between Arabs and Jews, the half-century-old business of kidnapped Yemenite children, and the al Aqsa Intifada of 2000 add fuel to a terrible fire that might never be contained. (read review) |
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| DEC 17, 2007 | ||
Phoenix, Arizona, 1973. A beautiful woman, armed with a gun and accompanied by her twelve-year-old daughter, enters a house. Shots are fired. The woman and her daughter leave the house. Inside, her husband lies dead. The case seems open and shut. The cops, the attorney general's office, and the media are certain the woman is guilty. The only witness to the shooting is in a catatonic state and cannot testify. But the murdered man's wealthy father hires Dan Morgan, the best lawyer in Phoenix, to defend her. (read review and excerpt) |
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