Displaying the top 100 results that match your query. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/rssapi.jsp?Ne=6597&N=3+7489&N=7431 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1705521 Appointed to the unwanted position of Great Royal Scribe, peasant boy Ptah-hotep finds himself surrounded by envious rivals while the zealous monotheist Akhnaten plots to suppress the worship of all other gods in the Black Land. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1732020 Sergeant Hamish Macbeth pays no mind to a bothersome woman who went out drinking and forgot all the events of the previous evening, until she turns up murdered. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738573 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1705522 Coming to the aid of a race of serpent-human mutants caught up in a civil war, Cerberus rebels Kane, Brigid and Grant find their subterranean haven turning into a prehistoric nightmare when a new battle begins. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1696123 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738574 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1696126 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1732022 In this sequel to The Lost Gate, bestselling author Orson Scott Card continues his fantastic tale of the Mages of Westil who live in exile on Earth. Here on Earth, Danny North is still in high school, yet he holds in his heart and mind all the stolen outselves of thirteen centuries of gatemages. The Families still want to kill him if they cant control him...and they cant control him. He is far too powerful. And on Westil, Wad is now nearly powerless--he lost everything to Danny in their struggle. Even if he can survive the revenge of his enemies, he still must somehow make peace with the Gatemage Daniel North. For when Danny took that power from Loki, he also took the responsibility for the Great Gates. And when he comes face-to-face with the mages who call themselves Bel and Ishtoreth, he will come to understand just why Loki closed the gates all those centuries ago.--Provided by publisher. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1703958 When journalist Cormac Easton is selected to document the first manned mission into deep space, he dreams of securing his place in history as one of humanitys great explorers. But in space, nothing goes according to plan. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1653957 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738575 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1744794 Henry Cimoli and Spenser have been friends for years, yet the old boxing trainer has never asked the private eye for a favor. Until now. A heavy-handed developer is trying to buy up Henrys condo on Revere Beach and sends thugs to move the process along. Soon Spenser and his apprentice, Zebulon Sixkill, find a trail leading to a mysterious and beautiful woman, a megalomaniacal Las Vegas kingpin, and plans to turn to a chunk of land north of Boston into a sprawling casino. Bitter rivals emerge, alliances turn, and the uglier pieces of the Boston political machine look to put an end to Spensers investigation. Aspiration, greed, and twisted dreams all focus on the old Wonderland dog track where the famous amusement park once fronted the ocean. For Spenser and Z, this simple favor to Henry will become the fight of their lives. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1741688 Constantly trying to fend off attempts by her daughter to move her into assisted living, Esther Lustig, an elderly Jewish woman, finds herself lost in a world which has disappeared along with many who had inhabited it. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1704426 In this novel, a marriage is revealed in all its joys and agonies. A mother, a father, and their two children, living in a small village in New England move, in their own minds, between the present, the past, and the future, constrained by the world, the characters despairing in their domestic situations. But their minds wander, trying to make linear sense of what is, in fact, nonlinear. This is a piercing examination of the manifold ways in which the passing of time operates on the human consciousness. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1732040 Fallon, the Marchioness of Mystery, is a celebrated courtesan with her finger on the pulse of high society. Shes adored by men, hated by their wives. No one knows anything about her past, and she plans to keep it that way. Warrick Fitzhugh will do anything to protect his compatriots in the Foreign Office, including seduce Fallon, who he thinks can lead him to the deadliest crime lord in London. He knows hes putting his life on the line. To Warricks shock, Fallon is not who he thinks she is, and the secrets shes keeping are exactly what make her his hearts desire -- from authors web page. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743903 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1744056 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1696128 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1732023 From the outside, Carter Tomlins life looks perfect: a big house, pretty wife, two kids. But Tomlin has a secret. Hes lost his job, the bills are mounting, and that perfect life is hanging by a thread. Desperate, he robs a bank. Then he robs another. FBI special agent Carla Windermere and Minnesota state investigator Kirk Stevens reunite to solve the case. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1736355 Surviving the 2002 nightclub bombings in Bali, American adventure guide Jamie is haunted by traumatic memories, meets a range of colorful fellow survivors, and fears risking her heart when she finally reconnects with Gabe, the man who saved her from the blast. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738601 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738924 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1697555 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738593 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1732455 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1705066 Eighty-nine-year-old Isabelle McAllister has a favor to ask her hairdresser, Dorrie Curtis. Isabelle wants Dorrie, a black single mother in her thirties, to drop everything and drive her from her home in Arlington, Texas, to a funeral in Cincinnati--with no clear explanation why--tomorrow. Over the years, Dorrie and Isabelle have developed more than just a business relationship: they are friends. But Dorrie, fretting over the new man in her life and her teenage sons irresponsible choices, still wonders why Isabelle chose her. Isabelle confesses that, as a willful teen in 1930s Kentucky, she fell deeply in love with Robert Prewitt, a would-be doctor and the black son of her familys housekeeper--in a town where blacks werent allowed after dark. The tale of their forbidden relationship and its tragic consequences makes it clear Dorrie and Isabelle are headed for a gathering of the utmost importance and that the history of Isabelles first and greatest love just might help Dorrie find her own way. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1735977 At the request of his wife, Commissario Brunetti looks into the death of a deaf, mentally disabled man who worked at their dry-cleaners and uncovers a mystery when the man left no official records and his mother is reluctant to speak to him. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738048 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738576 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1695797 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743529 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743562 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1704427 The sleepy community of Brewster, Rhode Island, is just like any other small American town. Its a place where most of the population will likely die blocks from where they were born ; where gossip spreads like wildfire, and the big entertainment on weekends is the inevitable fight at the local bar. But recently, something out of the ordinary--perhaps even supernatural--has been stirring in Brewster. While packs of coyotes gather on back roads and the news spreads that a baby has been stolen from Memorial Hospital (and replaced in its bassinet by a snake), a series of inexplicably violent acts begins to confound Detective Woody Potter and the local police--and inspire terror in the hearts and minds of the locals.--Publishers description. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1695788 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743523 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1697960 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1731326 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1696130 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738740 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1716081 A few years before the fall of the Berlin Wall, spook-turned-novelist Edwin Lemaster revealed to up-and-coming journalist Bill Cage that hed once considered spying for the enemy. For Cage, the news story created a brief but embarrassing sensation and heralded the beginning of the end of his career. More than two decades later, Cage, now a lonely, disillusioned PR man, receives an anonymous note hinting that he should have dug deeper. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1715821 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738602 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1712246 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743487 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1703960 In the wake of a series of baffling murders committed by children, anthropologist Hesketh Lock investigates a scandal in the Taiwan timber industry and wonders at his stepsons odd behavior before making a shocking connection upon the death of his Taiwan contact. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1694756 Discovering that a recent string of accidental deaths and suicides are actually murders, Adrian Monk begins to doubt his detective skills when his chief suspect is killed, a situation that is complicated by his arch nemesis Dale the Whales escape from prison. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1686138 It would take a miracle for Storm Decker to return to Red Hook-- or a tragedy. The neighborhood holds too many painful memories but when the ex-cop hed come to consider his father falls ill, Storm is called home to face the past he tried to leave behind. Breanna Collins never expected to see Storm again after he left town and broke her heart. Shes angry that he cannot seem to appreciate the changes in the neighborhood but still feels a powerful connection to her old flame even though she knows that unless she can remind him of all the reasons to stay, hell never stick around long enough to give their romance the second chance is deserves. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1683303 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1715833 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1732411 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1732456 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738954 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738967 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738073 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743997 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1703820 The U.S. Armys Special Forces are known for their highly specialized training and courage behind enemy lines. But theres a group thats even more stealthy and deadly. Its composed of the most feared operators on the face of the earth-the soldiers of Ghost Recon. When a CIA agent operating in Colombia is kidnapped, the Ghosts battle their way through rebels to rescue the man. But during the operation, they discover evidence of a new Islamic fundamentalist group that is being backed by South American drug cartels and rebel groups. The Ghosts follow a trail that leads them around the world in a struggle to uncover the groups true purpose, one that could mean billions to the South Americans, aid terrorists seeking to wreak havoc on American soil, and cause economic chaos all over the world. But as the team chases down their quarry, they soon realize that their true foes have yet to reveal themselves. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1687520 Faced with her disintegrating family life, Dr. Ruby Cardillo enlists her daughter to accompany her on a trip up the East Coast to discover her familys ties to a long-rumored Edison cylinder recording of jazz musician Buddy Bolden. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1737945 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738049 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738577 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1731951 Candice (and her sisters) have moved in with Patrick and everything is more than she could have ever dreamed. Then suddenly she (they) are in knee-deep in new case that brings the escaped Threefer Killers back onto the scene. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1735898 Duisberg is one of thousands of planets plunged into darkness and chaos by the collapse of the galactic republic, but where other worlds have begun to rebuild a star-travelling culture, Duisberg remains in an uneasy balance between mud-brick civilization and bloodthirsty barbarism--Dust jacket flap. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1677669 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1695798 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1744796 The hilarious story of a struggling young actress trying to get ahead--and keep it together--in New York City. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743688 Receiving a communication from an anonymous hacker who has triggered disasters designed to look like natural events, Homeland Security Secretary Catherine Blaine must comply with the hackers instructions or risk nation-destroying events. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1687316 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743530 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1732467 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1696562 Emily Andrew-Miceli, travel escort extraordinaire, is leading a group of Iowa seniors on a tour of Scotland. And to make the trip even more fun, Emily and her foxy husband, Etienne, have organized a high-tech scavenger hunt. But when one teams underhanded strategizing brings a cursed dirk into their hotel on Loch Ness, Isobel Kronk -- a member of the tour group -- ends up dead. Was it the curse of the dagger, as hotel proprietor Mrs. Dalrymple believes? Was it an allergic reaction? Or is there a flesh and blood killer on the loose? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1740371 The Indians around Fort Laramie, Wyoming are peaceful. Or so it has seemed - until killers ambush a detail of U.S. soldiers and an officers wife. One man, an ambitious cavalry officer, flees the carnage and lives to tell the story - his own story, an outright lie. When Duff MacCallister and a few brave men go after the attackers, they discover the officers wife is very much alive and at the cold merciless hands of the sadistic warrior Yellow Hawk. To free the woman, Duff touches off a fierce battle. And when he finds himself surrounded by the blood-crazed renegades, MacCallister knows there is only one way out-by going after Yellow Hawk himself...--P. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743563 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1713856 To keep three helpless were-dog children safe, occult bounty hunter Deacon Chalk must battle a trio of evil witches, which forces him to partner with a ruthless government agent, embrace a power beyond his imagining, and put both his team and his soul on the line. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1685956 When Michael Marsden returns to Serendipity to take over his adopted fathers job as police chief, he finds his desire to move on waning after he reconnects with Cara Hartley, a policewoman with whom he had a one night stand. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1695789 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743524 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1733150 Leaving her sales job behind to start a new life aboard a houseboat in Kent, Genevieve finds her dreams shattered by the discovery of a body that is linked to her own secret past as a dancer at a private members club, forcing her to recall the moment when things started to go horribly wrong. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1697961 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1697971 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1697516 A man named Nicholas Edwards lives in New Orleans renovating houses, doing honest work and making decent money at it. Between his family and his stamp collection, all his spare time is happily accounted for. Sometimes its hard to remember that he used to kill people for a living. But when the nations economy tanks, taking the construction business with it, all it takes is one phone call to drag him back into the game. It may say Nicholas Edwards on his drivers license and credit cards, but hes back to being the man he always was: Keller. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1732043 Mas Arai returns for his fifth mystery by getting entangled in a family reunion murder in Californias strawberry fields. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743905 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1732823 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1735129 A week after giving birth, Lindsay Boxer is investigating two cases: a grisly murder where the main suspect is an NFL player and an eccentric professor who thinks his dreams of a murder are real. Will Detective Lindsay Boxer be pushed to breaking point? An eccentric professor walks into Lindsays homicide department to report a murder that hasnt yet happened. A convicted serial killer wakes from a two-year coma. He says hes ready to tell where the bodies are buried, but does he have a much more sinister plan in mind? Lindsay doesnt have much time to stop a terrifying future from unfolding. But all the crimes in the world seem like nothing when she is suddenly faced with the possibility of the most devastating loss of her life. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1731327 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1744068 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1695750 Swagger becomes interested in exploring JFKs assassination, asking questions few have asked before. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1728699 Two decades after being forced into slavery by seafaring Norlander invaders, a small faction of Shadari rebels hires the infamous mercenary Mongrel to assist their uprising, unaware that her ties to the region render her a volatile ally with an agenda of her own. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738741 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1716082 Within the FBI, there exists a team of psychics whose powers cannot be denied. Months ago Sarah Gallagher woke from a coma with psychic abilities she couldnt control. Now, someone is playing games with Sarahs mind. It begins with Sarahs home being destroyed by fire, an act of arson that draws novelist Tucker Mackenzie into Sarahs confidence. But he has other reasons for pursuing a woman who can see what others cannot. So does a mysterious enemy intent on eliminating Sarah, and everyone she cares about. Because it is only a matter of time before her visions lead her and Tucker to a secret many will kill to hide. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738694 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1697940 Ryla Evans is no stranger to tough choices. After growing up watching her mother bounce from one unfaithful man to the next, shes always been determined not to repeat the same mistakes. So when she catches her college-athlete boyfriend cheating on her, all her dreams of love and fidelity are crushed. Saying goodbye to the relationship is Rylas only option. She resolves never to see Noel again, nor tell him how he has irrevocably changed her future...Following a career-ending injury, former NBA star Noel Carter has worked hard to reconstruct his life. With an eye on a congressional seat, he knows he needs a wife to complete his image. What better choice than the passionate woman who has entered his life once again? Noel has never forgotten Ryla, but she has changed in the past seven years, and she is hiding a little secret that comes with some major consequences. Will their reawakened desire be able to heal past betrayals and broken promises and give them a chance at a bright tomorrow?--P. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738603 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1736014 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1712248 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738926 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743488 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1704663 Taking a year off from her medical studies and leaving New York City, Pia Grazdani accepts a job at Nanobots, a nanotechnology institute, where she is quickly warned not to investigate the other work done at the facility and not to ask questions about their source of funding. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1713033 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1694757 A portrait of 1970s Botswana is told through the intertwined stories of three people, including a medical student who is forced to flee apartheid South Africa after witnessing a murder and an American Ph.D. student who abandons her studies to follow her husband to Africa.