Displaying the top 100 results that match your query. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/rssapi.jsp?browse=true&N=6594+4294967035 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1252442 For the five teens who modeled as Disney Hologram Imaging hosts, life is beginning to settle down when an intriguing video arrives to Philbys computer at school. Its a call for action: the Overtakers, a group of Disney villains, seem to be plotting to attempt a rescue of two of their leaders, both of whom the Disney Imagineers have hidden away somewhere following a violent encounter in Epcot. A staged attack by new Overtakers at Downtown Disney, startles the group... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1350010 A lot of cold, hard cash has ended up in stockholder Garrett Reaves bank account. Someone is trying to frame him. Investment house president Megan McKearn, his former lover, had motive, means, and opportunity. Is she guilty? It looks as though Garrett will have to, once again, get very close to Megan to find out. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1368672 Thirteen-year-old Steven has a totally normal life (well, almost): He plays drums in the All-Star Jazz Band, has a crush on the hottest girl in school (who doesnt know hes alive), frequently finds himself sitting across from his school counselor (who bribes him with candy), and is constantly annoyed by his five-year-old brother, Jeffrey (who is cuter than cute). Oh, Steven has parents, too (the kind that embarrass him)... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1251210 Little else in life is as dangerous as fire jumping. Flying past towering pillars of smoke, parachuting down to the edge of an all-consuming blaze, shoveling and sawing for hours upon hours, days at a time, all to hold the line and push back against the raw power of Mother Nature.But theres also little else as thrilling -- at least to Rowan Tripp... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1251273 Wendy McClure is on a quest to find the world of beloved Little House on the Prairie author Laura Ingalls Wilder -- a fantastic realm of fiction, history, and places shes never been to yet somehow knows by heart. She retraces the pioneer journey of the Ingalls family -- looking for the Big Woods among the medium trees in Wisconsin, wading in Plum Creek, and enduring a prairie hailstorm in South Dakota... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1351324 For Captain Honor Harrington, its sometimes hard to know who the enemy really is. Despite political foes, professional jealousies, and the scandal that drove her into exile, shes been offered a chance to reclaim her career as an officer of the Royal Manticoran Navy. But theres a catch... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1252449 Megan Lambert can deal with her high-pressure job as sales manager for an Atlanta radio station. She just cant handle antagonism toward Josh Bennett, a major advertiser. Now Josh wants a meeting with her, and Megan doesnt know why. Josh is many things -- powerful, handsome, and arrogant -- but predictable isnt one of them. Suddenly, he makes a demand that puts her career on the line and sets the emotional stakes so high they send her reeling... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1252445 Paul Chavasse had everything a good agent needed. Flair, ingenuity, a superb intelligence, common sense -- plus a willingness to kill... Now he was part of the walking wounded. So badly hurt on his last mission they figured he was through. But Chavasse was far from through. A few months of special training and he was ready to take on one of the most dangerous men in the world. Max Donner. A millionaire with his own private army and a plan for stealing Britains newest secret missile... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1387007 Thirteen-year-old Steven has a totally normal life (well, almost): He plays drums in the All-Star Jazz Band, has a crush on the hottest girl in school (who doesnt know hes alive), frequently finds himself sitting across from his school counselor (who bribes him with candy), and is constantly annoyed by his five-year-old brother, Jeffrey (who is cuter than cute). Oh, Steven has parents, too (the kind that embarrass him)... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1268751 Beth Fremont and Jennifer Scribner-Snyder, coworkers at The Courier, know the newspaper monitors their office e-mail. But they still spend all day sending each other messages, gossiping about their coworkers, and baring their personal lives like an open book. Jennifer tells Beth everything she cant seem to tell her husband about her anxieties over starting a family. And Beth tells Jennifer everything, period. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1251251 A spiteful article about the former pitcher and current playboy questions his talent in the bedroom. And the newspapers just the first bad news. Reids grandmother Glorias broken hip means she needs constant care--but Reid hired Nurses 1 and 2 for their bedside manner with him. So for Number 3 he chooses Lori Johnson, the first candidate who seems immune to his brand of charm. Loris never wasted her time with amoebas like Reid Buchanan... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1386897 Since she was a young girl, Chelsea Myles has performed with her uncle Cosmos theater troupe, entertaining Londons roughest crowds while Cosmo picks customers pockets. Fate has given her no other means of surviving. Until one night, a robbery goes awry and Chelsea is left holding a fortune in gold -- enough to buy her passage to Australia, and the chance of a new life... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1251208 When ex-Marine Walker Buchanan stops to help Elissa Towers change a tire, he tells himself its just the neighborly thing to do. And when Elissa finds herself baking him a thank-you pie, shes just returning the favor...right? Both of them have sworn off dating--Elissas determined to protect her little girl, and that means ditching her taste for dangerous men...especially former Marines with dark secrets. Walker knows that hes not cut out for hearth and home..... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1386605 The powerful magic of ruthless Elvenlord masters has for centuries ruled the world. Even Shana, the legendary Elvenbane prophesied to deliver the oppressed into freedom, is helpless before such power. She and her ragtag band of outcasts, half-blood wizards, escaped human slaves, and free-thinking dragons have gained only a token victory against the mighty lords.Only the long-forgotten Iron People, a band of human nomads, have escaped the tyranny of the reigning wizards... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1387211 Nathan Grey, the Earl of Lindsey, is infamously known as the Libertine of Lindsey for his scandalous ways with women... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1252813 The 1980s was the most outrageous and turbulent era in the financial market since the crash of 1929, not only on Wall Street but around the world. Michael Lewis, as a trainee at Salomon Brothers in New York and as an investment banker and later financial journalist, was uniquely positioned to chronicle the ambition and folly that fueled the decade. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1251218 In #1 New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harriss Dahlia Underground, venerable vampire Dahlia Lynley-Chivers survives an attack by an anti-vampire terrorist group, only to show them they tried to blow up the wrong bloodsucker.Bailey Ruth Raeburn, a ghost assigned to assist humans in trouble, steps into the middle of a marital dispute with surprising twists in Carolyn Harts Riding High... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1386889 1940. Hitlers terrifying war machine will soon roll through England, and in its wake Hitler plans to enthrone puppet monarchs under Nazi control. For these roles he demands none other than the exiled Duke and Duchess of Windsor. Berlin. Brilliant SS officer Walter Schellenberg is ordered to persuade the Duke and Duchess to the Nazi cause... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1212705 Its August 1944 and as the Allied forces gain momentum in Europe, a group of loyal German expatriates trapped in Brazil hatch a desperate plan to return to the Motherland. Twenty-seven of them crowd aboard a 19th century, three-mast schooner, the Deutschland in a desperate journey to return home. They must cross five thousand miles of rough sea, and slip past both the American and British navies... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1351481 Since she was a young girl, Chelsea Myles has performed with her uncle Cosmos theater troupe, entertaining Londons roughest crowds while Cosmo picks customers pockets. Fate has given her no other means of surviving. Until one night, a robbery goes awry and Chelsea is left holding a fortune in gold -- enough to buy her passage to Australia, and the chance of a new life... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1251237 She was unquestionably a lady. Still, that had never stopped him before. He could see that she was not, he thought, that young. Even better. Another twinge of pain from behind his eyes lent a harshness to his voice. Who the devil are you? In no way discomposed, she answered, My name is Caroline Twinning. And if you really are the Duke of Twyford, then Im very much afraid Im your ward.... Max Rotherbridge couldnt believe it... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1251213 Single mom Heather Donovans dreams of home and family are tantalizingly within reach when she settles in Chesapeake Shores. The welcoming arms of the boisterous, loving OBrien clan embrace her and her son. But accepting their support seems to further alienate her sons father, Connor OBrien. His parents divorce and his career as a high-powered divorce attorney have left him jaded about marriage. Then everything changes... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1351469 1940. Hitlers terrifying war machine will soon roll through England, and in its wake Hitler plans to enthrone puppet monarchs under Nazi control. For these roles he demands none other than the exiled Duke and Duchess of Windsor. Berlin. Brilliant SS officer Walter Schellenberg is ordered to persuade the Duke and Duchess to the Nazi cause... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1212684 In the Summer of 1943, the Allies were poised to invade Sicily. Yet the price would be high in blood and time -- unless the island people rose in revolt against their Nazi oppressors. But only the Mafia could command an uprising, and Mafia supremo Antonia Luca hated everything American. Someone very persuasive indeed was needed to change his mind. And they didnt come any more persuasive than the man known as Lucky Luciano..... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1251230 The plumbing was prone to leaks, the furniture rescued from garage sales. And every square inch was being devotedly restored to its original splendor -- even as a relationship fell to pieces. Now Francesca Thayer, newly separated from her lawyer boyfriend Todd, is desperate. The owner of a struggling art gallery, and suddenly the sole mortgage payer on her Greenwich Village townhouse, Francesca does the math and then the unimaginable. She puts out an advertisement for boarders... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1226623 Charlie Giles is at the top of his game. An electronics superstar, hes sold his startup company to a giant Boston firm, where hes now a senior director. With his dog, Monte, at his side, Charlie is treated like a VIP everywhere he goes. Then one day, everything in Charlies neatly ordered world starts to go terrifyingly wrong. His prestigious job and his inventions are wrenched away from him... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1251276 A secret government unit is formed under the oversight of Adam Harrison, famed paranormal investigator. The six members hes gathered know a little of the otherworldly -- each has honed a psychic talent of their own. Jackson Crowe, part English, part Cheyenne, heads the group... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1386609 For Captain Honor Harrington, its sometimes hard to know who the enemy really is. Despite political foes, professional jealousies, and the scandal that drove her into exile, shes been offered a chance to reclaim her career as an officer of the Royal Manticoran Navy. But theres a catch... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1251216 My name is Kvothe. I have stolen princesses back from sleeping barrow kings. I burned down the town of Trebon. I have spent the night with Felurian and left with both my sanity and my life. I was expelled from the University at a younger age than most people are allowed in. I tread paths by moonlight that others fear to speak of during day. I have talked to Gods, loved women, and written songs that make the minstrels weep. You may have heard of me... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1386893 Its been years since Burke has been home, years since hes seen his family and worked in the underbelly of New York City. Although his appearance has changed, his reputation grown dusty, and his wallet thin, his skills and his crew remain razor sharp. So when he is contacted by a mob boss to investigate the murder of his illegitimate daughter, Vonni, Burke takes the job and begins searching for an unspeakably vicious killer... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1387214 On the run from the wrathful Prince of Wales, Jack Haines, Earl of Lambourne, is taken prisoner by a Highland laird who makes him an unusual offer: if Jack handfasts his niece, then his life will be spared. The old Highland custom -- a marriage lasting only a year and a day, unless both partners agree to make it a lifelong vow -- sounds preferable to Jack to being dragged to London in chains, and when he meets lovely Lizzie Beal, his dilemma starts to seem positively enjoyable... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1251248 After nearly a decade as a sous chef in a trendy eatery, Jenna is desperate for a change. Shes supported her ex-husbands dreams for so long that she cant even remember her own. Until she sees a for-lease sign near her parents home and envisions her very own cooking store. Her crash course in business is aided by a street-wise store manager and Jennas adoptive mother... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1252437 Eve Duncans mission in life is to bring closure to the families who have experienced the agony of a missing child. As a forensic sculptor, she is able to piece together bones, create a face, and match a name to a child who would have otherwise gone unidentified. Eve is brilliant, driven, and tormented - because her own daughter, Bonnie, was taken from her years ago... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1252812 Linda Davis local fabric shop is a place where women gather to share their creations: quilts commemorating important events in their lives. Wedding quilts, baby quilts, memorial quilts, each is bound tight with dreams, hopes, and yearnings. Now, as her only child readies for college, Linda is torn between excitement for Molly and heartache for herself. Mother and daughter decide to share one last adventure together: a cross-country road trip to move Molly into her dorm. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1251219 Special Agent Paul Chavasee is about to start a much-deserved holiday when he is abruptly pulled back to active duty. He knows that if hes being called into action, a job has gone bad--and its about to get a lot worse. As Hitlers private secretary--and an influential member of the Third Reich--Martin Bormann was one of those rare Nazis who managed to simply disappear at the end of World War II... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1296759 Gary Paulsen has owned dozens of unforgettable and amazing dogs. In each chapter he tells of one special dog, among them Cookie, the sled dog who saved his life; Snowball, the puppy he owned as a boy in the Philippines; Ike, his mysterious hunting companion; Dirk, the grim protector; and his true friend Josh, a brilliant border collie. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1215537 Eve Dallas and her partner, Peabody, are following up on a brutal, senseless crime -- an elderly grocery owner killed by three stoned punks for nothing more than kicks and snacks. And for the first time, Peabody is primary detective on the case, which means she has to get used to a new level of authority and responsibility. Good thing she learned the ropes from a master like Eve.But after rounding up the perps, Peabody stumbles upon a much trickier situation... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1296761 The weather-beaten sign on the gate of the Magic Forest says closed for the season. But when the boys ride up to the gate on their bikes, Arthur tells his new friend, Logan, that the old amusement park hasnt been open for years. Kudzu vines have grown over everything, making the park look sinister even in broad daylight, so Logan is reluctant to go inside, but Arthur urges him on... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1243815 For years Burke has harbored an outlaws hard love for Wolfe, the beautiful, driven former sex-crimes prosecutor who was fired for refusing to go along to get along. So when Wolfe is arrested for the attempted murder of John Anson Wychek, a vicious rapist she once prosecuted, Burke deals himself in. That means putting together a distrustful alliance between his underground family of choice, Wolfes private network, and a rogue NYPD detective who has his own stake in the outcome... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1212683 There are days on Willow Lake... Daisy Bellamy has struggled for years to choose betweet two men - one honorable and steady, one wild and untethered. And then, one fateful day, the decision is made for her. When the wind is so still and the water so calm... Now busy with a thriving business on Willow Lake, Daisy knows she should be happy with the life shes chosen for herself and her son. But she still aches for the one thing she cant have... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1351322 The powerful magic of ruthless Elvenlord masters has for centuries ruled the world. Even Shana, the legendary Elvenbane prophesied to deliver the oppressed into freedom, is helpless before such power. She and her ragtag band of outcasts, half-blood wizards, escaped human slaves, and free-thinking dragons have gained only a token victory against the mighty lords.Only the long-forgotten Iron People, a band of human nomads, have escaped the tyranny of the reigning wizards... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1212658 Lady Minerva Sharpe has the perfect plan to thwart her grandmothers demands: become engaged to a rogue! Surely Gran would rather release her inheritance than see her wed a scoundrel... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1251215 At eighteen, Charlotte Page made a life-altering mistake. She wronged a man in an impulsive act that she came to deeply regret, though it led her to her present life as Mrs. Charlotte Harris, owner of Mrs. Harriss School for Young Ladies. Unbeknownst to her, that man is now her anonymous benefactor, the mysterious Cousin Michael. His masquerade began as preparation for a devastating revenge, but became a labor of love. Now Charlotte desperately needs his help... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1328697 Tough because of Mamas addiction to drugs and alcohol. Tough because Daddy is away with the army fighting in Iraq. Tough because it looks like there is no way out once youre living in a homeless shelter in a North Carolina ghetto neighborhood. And tough because Joseph is enrolled at yet another new school where he doesnt know anyone and has to keep what is going on in his life a secret... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1351475 Its been years since Burke has been home, years since hes seen his family and worked in the underbelly of New York City. Although his appearance has changed, his reputation grown dusty, and his wallet thin, his skills and his crew remain razor sharp. So when he is contacted by a mob boss to investigate the murder of his illegitimate daughter, Vonni, Burke takes the job and begins searching for an unspeakably vicious killer... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1243814 A corporate mercenary wakes in a reconstructed body, a beautiful woman by his side. Then Hosaka Corporation reactivates him, for a mission more dangerous than the one hes recovering from: to get a defecting chief of R&D -- and the biochip hes perfected--out intact. But this proves to be of supreme interest to certain other parties -- some of whom arent remotely human... Potent and heady... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1251253 In 1959 agents acting for British Intelligence mastermind the famous escape of the Dalai Lama from Tibet. Three years later, Whitehall is again behind a spectacular secret mission against the occupying Chinese Forces... Paul Chavasse is persuaded to return because he is the only man who knows about Tibet. Knows about the evil its oppressors are capable of. Knows just about enough to bring a vitally important scientist back to the West alive. Chavaase thought he was aware of the risks... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1251214 The crime scene at St. Marguerites cathedral in New Orleans is shocking, even to seasoned detectives like Rick Bentz and Reuben Montoya. A novice nun named Sister Camille has been found dressed in a yellowed bridal gown and viciously garroted, her body covered with an altar cloth. Valerie Houston is devastated by her sisters death. For weeks, shed begged Camille to leave St. Marguerites, where she seemed determined to live as some kind of martyr... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1251233 United by a desire to overcome their personal misfortunes, seven very different women formed an indelible bond and vowed to right wrongs wherever they found them. Theyve succeeded beyond their wildest dreams. After years known as the Vigilantes, Myra, Annie, Kathryn, Alexis, Yoko, Nikki, and Isabelle are enjoying their hard-won freedom and the chance at a normal life. As it turns out, once youre a part of the Sisterhood, normal is a relative term... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1251231 On a remote island cursed with eternal winter, a young queen heals a wounded soldier -- and warms her heart with the joys of true love... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1194711 Red State. Blue State. Republicans. Democrats. Bailout. Stimulus. Health Care Reform. Blah blah blah. Has there ever been a moment where politics have sucked any more? Dont Vote -- It Just Encourages the Bastards is a brilliant, disturbing, hilarious, and ultimately sobering look at why politics and politicians are a necessary evil -- but only just barely necessary. P. J... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1194712 Meg Pickels older brother, Orion, has disappeared. One night, Meg steals out to look for him and makes two surprising discoveries: She stumbles upon a ance that she suspects involves Orion, and she meets the author Charles Dickens, also unable to sleep, and roaming the London streets. He is a customer of Megs father, who owns a print shop, and a family friend. Mr... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1201979 High school physics teacher Lucy Savage is finally getting rid of Bradley--and his hideous green recliner. In fact, her front lawn is littered with her cheating ex-husbands belongings. Because despite standing her up in divorce court, Bradley is out of her life for good. Or so she thinks... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1296188 A chronicle of the breathtaking exploits of Half-Cocked Jack Shaftoe - London street urchin-turned-legendary swashbuckling adventurer - risking life and limb for fortune and love while slowly maddening from the pox. . . and Eliza, rescued by Jack from a Turkish harem to become spy, confidante, and pawn of royals in order to reinvent a contentious continent through the newborn power of finance. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1194734 Hounded into retirement and disgrace by political enemies, cut to the heart by the murder of the man she loved, and bereft of confidence in herself and her abilities, Captain Honor Harrington has retreated to the planet Grayson to take up her role as Steadholder while she tries to heal her bitter wounds. But the Peoples Republic of Haven is rising from defeat to threaten Grayson anew, and the newborn Grayson Navy needs her experience desperately... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1268766 Upon her fathers death, beautiful, headstrong Lady Clare knew that she must wed, for the protection of the Isle of Desire now fell to her. Yet when her guardians choice of prospective husband rode through her castle gates, she felt utterly betrayed. All sinewy muscle and savage steel, Sir Gareth of Wyckmere was not the poet shed requested but a fearsome knight whose only interest was in war... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1194735 Zander Scott and his friends, Kambui, LaShonda, and Bobbi are in trouble. Even though theyre students at DaVinci, one of the best Gifted and Talented schools in Harlem, their grades are slipping, and Mr. Culpepper, the Assistant Principal and Chief Executioner, is ready to be rid of them... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1194714 We can plan all we want, but sometimes fate has a different agenda.... Dmytryk was a respectable man...once. College educated, happily married, a stable job at a car factory in Detroit. Hes the king of the world with nowhere to go but up. But when a crippling recession annihilates the auto industry, Dmytryk and his wife Cora suddenly find themselves without jobs. And after two years of trying to live honestly, they begin to realize that honesty just doesnt pay the bills... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1249226 Night Wing--the revolutionary test plane with a top secret weapons system--is Colonel Joe Breed Mackenzies number one priority. And weapons expert Caroline Evans is his number one distraction. When someone on the inside sabotages Night Wing, he cannot overlook Carolines late hours and expertise. Now Joe has to choose between allegiance to his country and love for his prime suspect.... You cant read just one Linda Howard!-- New York Times Bestselling author Catherine Coulter http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1252499 Its finally time for Dinah Davis to go home. The world-weary correspondent wants to settle down with the sweet guy she left behind in South Carolinas Low Country. Instead, shes confronted by his black-sheep brother, and -- despite her longing for serenity -- sparks fly... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1351334 In the fifth year of conflict, the master plan for the invasion of Hitlers Channel stronghold is the Allies greatest secret. National security demands it doesnt fall into enemy hands. So when Colonel Hugh Kelso is pulled from the sea off German-occupied Jersey in April 1944, a major crisis erupts. Because Kelso is still alive and knows the exact details of the imminent invasion. To ensure the success of their offensive, the Allies launch a suicidal mission... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1296192 Quicksilver is the story of Daniel Waterhouse, fearless thinker and conflicted Puritan, pursuing knowledge in the company of the greatest minds of Baroque-era Europe, in a chaotic world where reason wars with the bloody ambitions of the mighty, and where catastrophe, natural or otherwise, can alter the political landscape overnight... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1268767 Dana Sue might run the best little restaurant in Serenity, but when youre feeding a small town of neighbors, busybodies and best friends, things can get a bit hot in the kitchen. Never mind that shes putting on too many pounds (an occupational hazard for a chef)--shes worried about her too-skinny teenage daughter, Annie, who has been slowly starving herself since the loud, suitcase-tossing, name-calling fit on her front lawn that left Dana Sue minus one cheating husband... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1194737 THROUGH MOST OF THE 20TH CENTURY, ATLANTIC CITY WAS CONTROLLED BY A POWERFUL PARTNERSHIP OF LOCAL POLITICIANS AND RACKETEERS. Funded by payoffs from gambling rooms, bars, and brothels, this corrupt alliance reached full bloom during the reign of Enoch Nucky Johnson--the second of three bosses to head the Republican machine that dominated city politics and society... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1194715 Tasia McFarland is a washed-up country-pop singer desperate for the break that will get her back atop the charts. Shes also the ex-wife of the president of the United States. So when Tasia writes a song with politically charged lyrics, people take note and her star begins to rise anew. In the spectacle-driven opener of her comeback tour, she is lowered from a helicopter, hundreds of feet above her adoring fans, while firing a prop Colt .45 at the fireworks-filled stage. Tasia is riding high... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1387003 New to town, Bea is expecting her new best friend to be one of the girls she meets on the first day. You know the type: very cheery, very friendly, very average. But instead, the alphabet conspires to seat her next to Jonah, aka Ghost Boy, a quiet observer who hasnt made a new friend since third grade. Hes not a big fan of people in general... but hes willing to make an exception for her. Maybe... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1213001 Bran Hambric believes that the Farfield Curse is over with. But when he discovers a safe-deposit box in his dead mothers name -- in the very bank vault where he was discovered as a boy -- Brans past comes rushing back. Now hes on a frightening path that puts everyone he cares about in danger. When Brans best friend, Astara, is kidnapped, Bran will do whatever it takes to save her and prevent the evil mage on his trail from claiming the power of the curse for herself... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1194769 A beast. Not quite wolf or bear, gorilla or dog but a horrible new creature who walks upright -- a creature with fangs and claws and hair springing from every pore. I am a monster. You think Im talking fairy tales? No way. The place is New York City. The time is now. Its no deformity, no disease. And Ill stay this way forever -- ruined -- unless I can break the spell. Yes, the spell, the one the witch in my English class cast on me... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1201982 Mags was an orphan who had slaved in a gem mine for all his young life. Found in a bandit camp when he was an infant, he was taken in by Cole Pieters, who owned the mine. Pieters constantly told him that he had bad blood and would never amount to anything. Had he not been Chosen by his Companion, Dallen, and taken to Haven to be trained in the new Herald Collegium, he probably would have died before he reached adulthood. Now, Mags was never hungry and never cold... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1296194 The Difference Engine is an alternate history novel by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling. It is a prime example of the steampunk sub-genre; It posits a Victorian Britain in which great technological and social change has occurred after entrepreneurial inventor Charles Babbage succeeded in his ambition to build a mechanical computer called Engines... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1212874 When Callie Carson discovers ice queen Katherine Remington-Day sprawled on the ground one night, she bends down to help her. Its only natural -- the partys been a bit wild, after all. And its only natural for her to pull out the fake knife she discovers, irritated at one more example of Katherines callous disregard of other peoples feelings. But the knife is real . . . and bloody. And then Callie hears the click of one cell phone, followed by another, and another... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1268768 Helen Decatur spent a lifetime setting goals--getting through college and law school, opening her own practice, becoming financially secure and establishing herself as one of the most highly respected matrimonial attorneys in the state of South Carolina. Achieving those goals was a breeze compared to the one shes faced with now... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1212701 Who killed Whiskey 2-2? And why wont it stay dead? A marine sniper team on a mission in tribal territories on the Afghan-Pakistan border, Whiskey 2-2 is ambushed by professionals using the latest high-tech shooting gear. Badly wounded, the teams sole survivor, Gunnery Sergeant Ray Cruz, aka the Cruise Missile, is determined to finish his job... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1194716 Imagine running a business without a strategy. It would be akin to driving blindfolded, to building a house without a blueprint. Yet just fifty years ago business plans were mere extrapolations of the status quo, heedless of the forces that determine the fate of todays organizations: competitive threats, customer needs and business costs. The concept of strategy changed all that, paving the way for the creation of the modern corporate world... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1194840 Atlanta has become the battlefield between human and demon. All her life, Evalle Kincaid has walked the line between the two. Her origins unknown, shes on a quest to learn more about her past . . . and her future. When a demon claims a young woman in a terrifying attack and theres no one else to blame, Evalle comes under suspicion. Now shes on a deadly quest for her own survival... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1194785 Sin City. An artificial oasis of pleasure, spectacle, and entertainment, the gambling capital of America has reinvented itself so many times that its doubtful that anyone knows for sure whats real and what isnt in the miles of neon and scorching heat. Las Vegas is considered the ultimate players destination, no matter what your game... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1194644 When Reuben Tarz meets Marchioness Michelene Fonsard, known as Madame Mickey, he is a wounded American soldier desperate to escape the hell of the French trenches. Madame Mickey offers another option -- for Reuben and his best friend, Daniel Bishop, to live at her lavish chateau, where she will help them heal in body and soul. Madame Mickeys sophistication captivates the ambitious Reuben, and their affair is as tender as it is sensual... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1212676 Tess Newhart knows her ex-boyfriend Nick Jamieson isnt the right guy for her. Hes caviar and champagne; shes takeout Chinese pot stickers. Hes an uptight Republican lawyer; she was raised in a commune. He wants to get ahead in business; she just wants...him. But theres no way Tess will play second fiddle to his job. Yet somehow she finds herself agreeing to play his fiane on a weekend business trip that could make or break Nicks career... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1194641 Humphrey the hamster loves to solve problems for his classmates in Room 26, but he never meant to create one! Golden-Miranda, one of his favorite students, gets blamed when Humphrey is caught outside of his cage while shes in charge. Since no one knows about his lock-that-doesnt-lock, he cant exactly squeak up to defend her. Can Humphrey clear Mirandas name without giving up his freedom forever? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1646434 Regrets. Even movie stars have them. Chantel OHurleys family was far away, her mansion was empty, and when she was threatened, there was no one to turn to. There was certainly no comfort in Quinn Doran. He looked like hed been carved out of stone and he was just as intractable. But in that hardness was a promise: I will keep you safe. I will bring you home. But could she get him to stay? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1194818 Internationally acclaimed psychic medium and best-selling author John Edward has captivated audiences worldwide with his unique abilities to connect people with loved ones who have crossed over to the Other Side. Now in this groundbreaking book, John takes you on an infinite quest to develop your own psychic intuition as a powerful tool for taking charge of your life... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1194718 They were a team -- the young Eskimo girl and the white dog, part husky but mostly wolf -- a team, yes, but in some ways Black Star was the leader. Bright Dawn never expected to compete in the Iditarod, the dogsled race that covers more than a thousand miles between Anchorage and Nome. But now shes here, watching the trail skim by and her dogs running with their ears laid back, and she cant imagine being anywhere else... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1427986 For the last ten years, shapeshifting mercenary Aralorn has led a dangerous existence -- a far cry from her noble upbringing. Now she must return home under the most unfortunate circumstances. Her father, the Lyon of Lambshold, has passed away. But when Aralorn and her companion Wolf arrive, the combination of their magic uncovers something wonderful yet alarming -- her father is not actually dead, but only appears so. Yet a dark mist is also very much alive within him..... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1194846 The young soldiers at Valley Forge are suffering from hunger, cold, and the threat of the British army. Their newly forged bonds of friendship might be enough to help them survive. But the chains of Curzons past threaten to shackle him again. Surrounded by the fires of ignorance, mistrust, and greed, Curzon cant risk sharing his deadly secrets with anyone... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1194786 She was the sexiest thing in a hard hat that architect Cody Johnson had ever seen, but structural engineer Abra Wilson also had a will as strong as a steel girder--and just about as flexible. But Cody had plans for Abra that not even this spirited beauty could resist.... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1268695 Of all the dukes in England, Jered Marcus Benton, the Duke of Bradford, was the wealthiest, most handsome - and most arrogant. And of all Londons ladies, he wanted the tender obedience of only one - Caroline Richmond. She was a ravishing beauty from Boston, with a mysterious past and a fiery spirit. Drawn to the powerful duke, undeterred by his presumptuous airs, Caroline was determined to win his lasting love... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1386673 Young Fiona, rider of the gold queen Talenth, has returned from the past, where she and a group of dragons and riders fled so that the wounded could heal from their previous battles. Gone only three days, yet aged more than three years, Fiona is no longer a child but a woman prepared to fight against the Thread that threatens to destroy her world. Fionas life takes a pivotal turn when a shocking tragedy thrusts her into a position of authority... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1213011 Norah Bloomfield is feeling a bit unneeded these days. Her father is recovering from his heart attack, and her sisters, Valerie and Stephanie, are busy planning their weddings. But then a cantankerous Texan named Rowdy Cassidy crashes his small plane in Orchard Valley. The same Rowdy Cassidy whod been Valeries boss...and whod demanded she marry him. Now hes Norahs patient, and in all her nursing experience shes never encountered a more difficult man. Or a more irresistible one! Except.... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1212992 Sure, Keith Emerson may have cured the common fart at age nine. But that was so last year. Now, the whole world wants to know, What have you done lately!? Thanks to his invention of Sweet Farts, the tablets that cancel even the most ripe and pungent fart smells, Keith has become the center of all kinds of attention he doesnt want. His kid sister has turned into a farting maniac, and his parents blame him. His so-called best friends torture him at school with nicknames like S.B.D... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1368609 Once a sheepfarmers daughter, now a seasoned veteran, Paksenarrion has proven herself a fighter. Years with Duke Phelans Company taught her weaponry, discipline, and how to react as part of a military unit. Now, though, Paks feels spurred to a solitary destiny. Against all odds she is accepted as a paladin-candidate by the fellowship of Gird. Years of study will follow, for a paladin must be versed in diplomacy and magic as well as the fighting arts... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1194655 Youre invited...to a celebration of vampires by a bakers dozen of favorite authors. Sink your teeth into thirteen original stories, each one a fresh and unique take on what birthdays mean to the undead... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1194630 Lets face it -- the holidays can bring out the beast in anyone. They are particularly hard if youre a lycanthrope. Charlaine Harris and Toni L. P. Kelner have harvested the scariest, funniest, saddest werewolf tales, by an outstanding pack of authors, best read by the light of a full moon and with a silver bullet close at hand... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1194727 The Devil was about to be tamed. Her name is Hannah Reid. Born a commoner, she has been Duchess of Dunbarton ever since she was nineteen years old, the wife of an elderly duke to whom she has been rumored to be consistently and flagrantly unfaithful. Now the old duke is dead and, more womanly and beautiful than ever at thirty, Hannah has her freedom at last. And she knows just what she wants to do with it... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1202206 Our relationship with the ocean is undergoing a profound transformation. Just three decades ago nearly everything we ate from the sea was wild. Today rampant overfishing and an unprecedented biotech revolution have brought us to a point where wild and farmed fish occupy equal parts of a complex and confusing marketplace. We stand at the edge of a cataclysm; there is a distinct possibility that our childrens children will never eat a wild fish that has swum freely in the sea... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1328648 Frannie Cavanaugh has always been a bit of a loner. Shes spent years keeping everyone at a distance, even her closest friends. That is, until Luc Cain enrolls in her school. Hes hot, sarcastic, and dangerous--and Frannie cant seem to stay away. What she doesnt know is that Luc is on a mission. Because Frannie isnt exactly ordinary. She possesses a skill so unique that the King of Hell himself has taken notice, and hes sent Luc to claim Frannies soul... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1243783 When the body of a young women -- the fifth to die in as many weeks -- is found in a rain-soaked alley, the city is gripped with mortal fear. A mad killer known as the Rainlover walks among them, and no one, not even the police, knows when he will strike again. But Detective Sergeant Nick Miller has more than the Rainlover on his mind -- like boxer-turned-expert-cat-burglar Gunner Sean Doyle. Hes busted out of prison, and Nick wants to put him back behind bars in the worst way... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1194645 Vacationing in Winter Harbor, Maine, is a tradition for Vanessa and Justine Sands, and that means spending time with the Carmichael boys. This summer, Vanessa is determined to channel some of her older sisters boldness, get over her fear of the ocean, and maybe turn her friendship with Simon Carmichael into something much more. But when Justine goes cliff-diving after a big family argument, and her body washes ashore the next day, Vanessa is sure that it was more than an accident... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1351353 And whatever you do, dont trust a soul. Because your neighbors might seem normal, but then why do they collect such razor-sharp knives? And if your new friends really like you, why do they insist on such a killer initiation? In this thrilling collection of heart-stopping original stories, anyone can be a villain, and no one is who -- or what -- he or she seems... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1212661 A girl whos always been in the shadows finds herself pursued by the unbelievably attractive new boy at school, who may or may not be the death of her. Another girl grows up mute because of a curse placed on her by a vindictive spirit, and later must decide whether to utter her first words to the boy she loves and risk killing everyone who hears her if the curse is real... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1351337 #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Nora Roberts Americas favorite writer. -- The New Yorker The light of a star illuminates the depths of the heart... Wearing an ancient star pendant, an enchanting woman journeys to an otherworldly land -- and introduces a skeptical stranger to the magical powers of love...