Displaying the top 100 results that match your query. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/rssapi.jsp?browse=true&Ne=6597&N=3+6600 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1703543 Spellbinding in its narration,A Teaspoon of Earth and Seais the story of an Iranian girl who, separated from her mother and twin sister during the turmoil following the Iranian Revolution, invents a rich, imaginative world in which they live.Growing up in a small fishing village in 1980s Iran, eleven-year-old Saba Hafezi and her twin sister Mahtab are fascinated by America. They keep lists of English vocabulary words and collect contraband copies ofLifemagazine and Beatles cassettes... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748783 Long before I met him, I was a fan of his writing, and his merciless wit. Hes bigger than food.--Anthony Bourdain Eddie Huang is the thirty-year-old proprietor of Baohaus--the hot East Village hangout where foodies, stoners, and students come to stuff their faces with delicious Taiwanese street food late into the night--and one of the food worlds brightest and most controversial young stars... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1703544 From the best-selling author of Hothouse Flower and the Nine Plants of Desire, a magical, seductive novel about the power of scent--and what happens when a perfume renders a young woman irresistible to everyone around her. Evangeline is eighteen years old when her grandmother gives her the ultimate gift--a scent she has created just for her. From the moment Eva places a drop on her neck, her entire life changes... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1749085 Two boys boarding at an English school begin to fear for their roommates life when the school officials simply ignore the fact that he has a broken leg. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748784 Megastar Jonny Valentine, eleven-year-old icon of bubblegum pop, knows that the fans dont love him for who he is. His image, his voice, and even his hairdo have been packaged; by his LA label and by his hard-partying manager-mother; into bite-size pieces for easy digestion, sliding down the gullet of mass culture, the biggest appeal to the widest demographic. But somewhere inside the relentless marketing machine is still a little boy, devoted to his mother and determined to find his absent father among the countless, faceless fans - isnt there? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1703545 From award-winning author Alan Bradley comes the next cozy British mystery starring intrepid young sleuth Flavia de Luce, hailed by USA Today as one of the most remarkable creations in recent literature. Eleven-year-old amateur detective and ardent chemist Flavia de Luce is used to digging up clues, whether theyre found among the potions in her laboratory or between the pages of her insufferable sisters diaries... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748609 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1749172 When thirteen-year-old Ali spends the summer with her aunt and cousin at the familys vacation home, she stumbles upon a secret that her mother and aunt have been hiding for over thirty years. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1749086 Discusses the placement of over 200,000 orphaned or abandoned children in homes throughout the Midwest from 1854 to 1929 by recounting the story of one boy and his brothers. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748401 Relates the adventures of Sir Gawain, the only undefeated knight in King Arthurs court, who eventually learns the value of friendship, courtliness, and courtesy after a challenge from the Green Knight. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748998 In this haunting memoir of identity and love, photographer Parravani deconstructs the intense bonds between identical twins, as she struggles with the trauma of her charismatic sisters self-destruction, and an unexpectedly rising tide of similar... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748785 One hundred and thirty years ago Eadweard Muybridge invented stop-motion photography, anticipating and making possible motion pictures. He was the first to capture time and play it back for an audience, giving birth to visual media and screen entertainments of all kinds. Yet the artist and inventor Muybridge was also a murderer who killed coolly and meticulously, and his trial is one of the early instances of a media sensation. His patron was railroad tycoon (and former California governor) Leland Stanford, whose particular obsession was whether four hooves of a running horse ever left the ground at once. Stanford hired Muybridge and his camera to answer that question. And between them, the murderer and the railroad mogul launched the age of visual media. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1703546 Jenny Milchmans Cover of Snow is an emotional, thrilling, and chilling literary thriller--an astonishing debut in the suspenseful tradition of Gillian Flynn and Nancy Pickard. Waking up one wintry morning in her old farmhouse nestled in the Adirondack Mountains of New York, Nora Hamilton instantly knows that something is wrong. When her fog of sleep clears, she finds her world is suddenly, irretrievably shattered: Her husband, Brendan, has committed suicide... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748610 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1749173 Imagine being a thirteen-year-old girl in love with boys, school, family--life itself. Then suddenly, in a matter of hours, your life is shattered by the arrival of a foreign army. You can no longer attend school, have possessions, talk to your neighbors. One day your family has to leave your house behind and move into a crowded ghetto, where you lose all privacy and there isnt enough food to eat. Still you manage, somehow, to adjust. But there is much, much worse to come. This is the memoir of Elli Friedmann, who was thirteen years old in March 1944, when the Nazis invaded Hungary. It describes her descent into the hell of Auschwitz, a concentration camp where, because of her golden braids, she was selected for work instead of extermination. In intimate, excruciating details she recounts what it was like to be one of the few teenage camp inmates, and the tiny but miraculous twists of fate that helped her survive against all odds. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1749087 Thirteen-year-old Nick, whose parents died in the 1918 flu epidemic, must find out why his mirror-image is causing mischief around their New England town and making sure Nick gets the blame. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748402 In 1942, when life turns sour at the carnival that has always been her home, eleven-year-old Bee takes her dog, Peabody, and piglet, Cordelia, and sets out to find a real home, aided by two women only Bee and her pets can see. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748885 Set in a small town in Mississippi, The Cherry Cola Book Club is the touching and sometimes hilarious story of a young, upbeat librarian who has been given an ultimatum to increase the librarys circulation dramatically--or risk having to close its doors. Maura doesnt just start a book club; she gets involved in unique and unexpected ways with her library patrons. She entertains and advises them, she has potluck dinners, and life in the town begins to imitate art. The patrons begin to relate their own lives to the work of writers like Margaret Mitchell and Harper Lee. In moving and personal ways, Maura helps them deal with such subjects as long-lost love and a brush with death, offering advice on nearly everything--including romance. No topic is off limits. Along the way, Maura raises the profile of the library--but will it be enough? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748933 The poet, author, and indomitable naturalist Jack Prelutsky, having returned safely from far-flung places with an extensive collection of unique creatures that are a blending of the animate and inanimate, has worked in close collaboration with the fine artist Carin Berger, who herself conducted considerable field operations in preparing Mr. Prelutskys specimens for exhibition and publication. While many creatures (two dozen species in all) were discovered and recorded and their precise qualities examined, we are presenting sixteen here for the first time and for the enjoyment and education of the general public. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1749061 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=1749012 In 1868, teenaged Sherlock Holmes faces danger in a train station for the dead, a museum of curiousities, and downtown Moscow as he helps his brother, Mycroft, who has been framed for murder. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748786 Beginning in January 2009, The Payoff lays bare Washingtons culture of power and plutocracy. Its the story of the twenty-month struggle by Senator Ted Kaufman and Jeff Connaughton, his chief of staff, to hold Wall Street executives accountable for securities fraud, stop stock manipulation by high-frequency traders, and break up too-big-to-fail megabanks. This book takes us inside their dogged crusade against institutional inertia and industry influence as they encounter an outright reluctance by the Obama administration, the Justice Department, and the Securities and Exchange Commission to treat Wall Street crimes with the gravity they deserve. On financial reforms, Connaughton criticizes Democrats for relying on the very Wall Street technocrats who had failed to prevent the crisis and Republicans for staunchly opposing real reforms, primarily to enjoy a golden opportunity to siphon fundraising dollars from the Wall Street executives who had raised millions to elect Barack Obama president. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1703547 Being a teenager has never been easy, but in recent years, with the rise of the Internet and social media, it has become exponentially more challenging. Bullying, once thought of as the province of queen bees and goons, has taken on new, complex, and insidious forms, as parents and educators know all too well. No writer is better poised to explore this territory than Emily Bazelon, who has established herself as a leading voice on the social and legal aspects of teenage drama... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748803 Twenty years after ruling the halls of her suburban Chicago high school, Lissy Ryder doesnt understand why her glory days ended. Back then, she was worshipped...beloved...feared. Present day, not so much. Shes been pink-slipped from her high-paying job, dumped by her husband, and kicked out of her condo. Now, at thirty-seven, shes struggling to start a business out of her parents garage and sleeping under the hair-band posters in her old bedroom... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748611 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1749174 How could you forget whether or not you murdered somebody? Thats exactly what Albuquerque lawyer-cum-sleuth Neil Hamel asks herself when she takes on the defense of an elderly client who cant remember whether she ran over the girl her car surely did kill. Early in the morning of November 1st, Neil and her boyfriend, the Kid, are shaken out of their post-coital bliss when they find a surprise visitor at Neils apartment door. The visitor is Martha Conover, a pinched, elegant older woman who looks askance at Neils just-had-sex aura but still pleads for her help. Marthas been accused of running over Justine Virga, the girl who accidentally killed her grandson, Michael, in a car crash three years--to the day--earlier. Though Justines crushed corpse is found outside Marthas home and Marthas car bears an incriminating dent, Neil gradually discovers clues from Marthas prim past and Justines wild one that point to other suspects, from drug dealers to South American death squads to Michaels Latino father, wronged two decades earlier by Marthas bigotry. While Neil searches for Justines killer, she treats us to her wry take on every stratum of todays Southwest, from its breathtaking landscape to the real estate boondoggles that the S&L crisis has inflicted upon it, from Santa Fes polo set and new age entrepreneurs to a homeless man who coaxes poetry out of used typewriters. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1749088 In this rousing coming-of-age story set on the American frontier, one ornery twelve-year-old has a lot to learn if hes to survive his new life as a mountain man. Having run away after hitting Pa in a bout of rage, Jesse decides to fend for himself. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748124 On November 5, 1942, a U.S. cargo plane slammed into the Greenland ice cap. Four days later, a B-17 on the search-and-rescue mission also crashed. Miraculously, all nine men on the B-17 survived. The U.S. military launched a second daring rescue operation, but the Grumman Duck amphibious plane sent to find the men vanished. In this thrilling adventure, Mitchell Zuckoff offers a spellbinding account of these harrowing crashes and the fate of the survivors and their would-be saviors. Frozen in Time places us at the center of a group of valiant airmen fighting to stay alive through 148 days of a brutal Arctic winter until an expedition attempts to bring them to safety. But that is only part of the story. In present-day Greenland, Zuckoff joins the Coast Guard and North South Polar Inc. on a dangerous expedition to recover the remains of the lost planes crew. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1749105 After escaping a secret military complex amid the zombie apocalypse, B roams the streets of a very changed London, dirty and dangerous and eerily quiet, except for the shuffling of the undead. Once again, B must find a way to survive against brain-eating zombies... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1749093 After escaping the orphanage where they have spent their lives together, two boys become assistants to a con artist, and while Possum objects to the lying, stealing, and cheating, Billy only cares about making money and taking life easy. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748403 An astonishing story of sons and fathers and mothers, of the rewards and betrayals of male friendship, and a large-spirited, hilarious, and exhilarating portrait of a man tearing his life apart in order to put himself back together. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748886 Ali ODay, a dedicated young neurosurgeon, might have a Nobel Prize in her future--if she can survive the next eleven hours. Under the glare of live television cameras--and with her lover, Dr. Richard Helvelius, and her estranged husband, Kevin, both looking on--Ali is about to implant a revolutionary minicomputer into the brain of a blind boy. If it works, he will see again. But someone wants to stop her triumph. No sooner has she begun to operate than the hospital pagers crackle with the chilling announcement, Code White. A bomb has been found in the medical center. But this is no ordinary bomb--and no ordinary bomber. As minutes tick off toward the deadline, Ali suspects that a vast, inhuman intellect lies behind the plot--and that she herself may be the true ransom demand. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748934 Splats friends are having a band rehearsal for their rock band, the Cat Gang. They want Splat to play with them, too! But what will he play? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1749062 When Goldilocks invites herself to Baby Bears birthday party then behaves atrociously, spoiling all of Mr. Wolfs and Grandmas hard work, Grandma knows just what to do. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1749013 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748787 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748629 Scarlet Benoit and Wolf, a street fighter who may have information about her missing grandmother, join forces with Cinder as they try to stay one step ahead of the vicious Lunar Queen Levana in this story inspired by Little Red Riding Hood. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1749192 Callahan Garrity is the owner of house mouse, a cleaning service that tidies up after Atlantas elite. Shes also a former cop and a part-time sleuth. She and her coterie of devoted helpers can ransack a house for clues faster than it takes a fingerprint to set. From her time on the Atlanta police force, Callahan has excelled at mopping up messes of all kinds. But she has no idea what shes getting into when she agrees to work for infamous antiques dealer Elliot Littlefield. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1703516 Itinerent lawment Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch return in a new installment of the series created by Robert B. Parker. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1749127 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1703548 Milk Glass Moon, the third book in Adriana Trigianis bestselling Big Stone Gap series, continues the life story of Ave Maria Mulligan MacChesney as she faces the challenges and changes of motherhood with her trademark humor and honesty. With twists as plentiful as those found on the holler roads of southwest Virginia, this story takes turns that will surprise and enthrall the reader... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748134 For Joshua Dread, middle school is proving to be, well, awkward. Not only do bullies pick on him, but do you see those supervillains over there trying to flood the world? The ones that everyone, including his best friend Milton, are rooting for Captain Justice to take down? Theyre the Dread Duo, and they just happen to be his parents... As if trying to hide his identity wasnt hard enough, Joshua has started leaving a trail of exploding pencils and scorched handprints in his wake, and only Sophie, the new girl in town with a mysterious past, seems unsurprised. When a violent attack at the Vile Fair makes it clear someone is abducting supervillains, and that his parents may very well be next, Joshua must enlist both Sophie and Miltons help to save them. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748804 More than a year ago, mild-mannered Jason Getty killed a man he wished hed never met. But just as hes learning to live with the undeniable reality of what hes done, police unearth two bodies on his property--neither of which is the one Jason buried. Jason races to stay ahead of the consequences of his crime, and while chaos reigns on his lawn, his sanity unravels, snagged on the agendas of a colorful cast of strangers... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748612 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1749175 At first glance, Josh Hanagame seems an improbable librarian. He stands 67, competes in strongman contests, and was diagnosed in high school with Tourette Syndrome. But books are his first love. Joshs earliest memories involve fantastic adventures between the pages of Gullivers Travels and a passionate infatuation with Fern from Charlottes Web. Everything in Joshs life--from his Mormon upbringing, to finally finding love, to learning to control his tics through lifting--circles back to a close connection with books. Today, Josh is a librarian at the Salt Lake City Public Library, founder of a popular blog about books and weight lifting--and the proud father of four-year-old Max, who has already started to show his own symptoms of Tourettes. The Worlds Strongest Librarian illuminates the mysteries of this little-understood disorder as well as the very different worlds of strongman training and modern libraries. With humor and candor, this unlikely hero traces his journey to overcome his disability, navigate his wavering Mormon faith, spread the word about the wonder of books, and ultimately, find love and create a life worth living. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1749089 Maria Kendall is stunningly beautiful, impeccably mannered, effortlessly graceful--in short, a perfect candidate for marriage. Thus all of polite London society is astonished that she is the latest charge of Amy and Effy Tribble, eccentric spinsters... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748263 You or your Alt? Only one will survive. Dualed is a thrilling high-concept YA where citizens must prove their worth by killing their Alts--twins raised by other families. The city of Kersh is a safe haven, but the price of safety is high. West Grayer has trained as a fighter, preparing for the day when her assignment arrives and she will have one month to hunt down and kill her Alt. Survival means advanced schooling, a good job, marriage--life...But then a tragic misstep shakes Wests confidence. Stricken with grief and guilt, shes no longer certain that shes the best version of herself, the version worthy of a future. If she is to have any chance of winning, she must stop running not only from her Alt, but also from love... though both have the power to destroy her. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748584 Drawn from research performed with thousands of leaders, this audio program will teach you their top twelve characteristics. You can add these leadership traits to your arsenal to create passionate believers in your vision rather than compliant followers of your instructions. This program will make the difference as you try to create high performing teams. Propel your team to the next level of performance with a clear understanding of what makes a passionate follower. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748125 Every fall, the men of Loyalty Island sail from the Olympic Peninsula up to the Bering Sea, to spend the winter catching king crab. To Cal, Alaska remains as mythical and mysterious as Treasure Island. But while Cal is too young to accompany his father, he is old enough to know that everything depends on the fate of those boats thousands of miles north. He is also old enough to wonder about his mothers relationship with John Gaunt, owner of the fleet. Then Gaunt dies suddenly, leaving the business in the hands of his son. Soon Cal stumbles on evidence that his father may have taken measures to salvage their way of life. As winter comes on, he is forced to make a terrible choice. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1749106 Neil Hamel is hired to watch over Juan Sololobo who wants to reintroduce wolves into New Mexico as a government official is murdered. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748726 Fourteen-year-old Chris Winchester is torn between two worlds. By birth, hes part of the indomitable Winchester clan, owners of the enormous electronics factory that employs nearly everyone in town. Yet Chris father gave up his stake in the business to work for the Peace Corp. When he died, Chris, his mother, and twin sisters moved into a tiny gatehouse on the Winchester estate--poor relations living on family goodwill. While his cousin Ernest is groomed to take over the family fortune, Chris attends public school and makes friends with the kids in town. He cant understand why a crisis at his uncles factory makes people suddenly hate him, but a wage cut and a threatened strike have everyones nerves on edge. In the eyes of the townspeople, Chris is guilty by association, for he bears the Winchester name. When things turn ugly, Chris discovers that his family can get very tough. Power is like a muscle, his uncle explains, that must be flexed to keep it strong. Chris senses that power can be used to destroy, too. In spite of himself, Chris is drawn into the inner circle of the Winchester clan. Suddenly he realizes that part of the Winchester wealth might be his one day. Being rich sounds exciting, but his uncles protection is not without its price, and Chris conscience is uneasy. He is faced with difficult, grown-up decisions: where does he belong, and whose side is he on? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748797 The former EVP of Walt Disney World shares indispensible Rules for serving customers with consistency, efficiency, creativity, sincerity, and excellence. Lee Cockerell knows that success in business--any business--depends upon winning and keeping customers. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748742 Joe Grey cant believe his human housemate Clyde would even consider volunteering him for the Animal Therapy program at the local nursing home, just when Joe was on the verge of solving the string of burglaries that has Molena Point residents shaking in their collective boots. But it turns out its Dulcie, Joes pretty little cat-friend, who came up with the idea of subjecting Joe to the cooing attentions of a bunch of doddering old coots. Dulcie believes theres more going on at the old folks home than the care and feeding of lonely seniors. And she needs Joes help in getting to the bottom of a conspiracy...and a very suspicious set of deaths. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1749094 Introduces the members of one of the most notorious families in European history during an era of unparalleled beauty, terror, and intrigue. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748639 In the multibillion-dollar entertainment industry, there is a secret society of women that few are privy to. These women all vie for one thing: the opportunity to live a lavish lifestyle by snagging a famous young millionaire. Betty Blaise, or Fly Betty to those who truly know her, was not in it to be a wife or even the baby momma of a wealthy public figure--she had her sights set much higher. While most of these women use sex as their weapon of choice, Betty, a senior majoring in psychology, has developed a weapon much more powerful. Up to now Betty has lived her life according to her own strict rules and standards, refusing to compromise for anyone, even if it means shielding herself from true love. But when she encounters a man she would never have anticipated falling for, these rules are put to the test. And when the tools she used so effectively against wealthy men begin to turn against her, deadly consequences are sure to follow. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748404 Imagine your father is a monster. Would that mean there are monsters inside you, too? Nineteen-year-old Ry Burke, his mother, and little sister scrape by for a living on their dying family farm. Ry wishes for anything to distract him from the grim memories of his fathers physical and emotional abuse. Then a meteorite falls from the sky, bringing with it not only a fragment from another world but also the arrival of a ruthless man intent on destroying the entire family... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1729339 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748887 Part love story, part historical epic, part tragedy, The House of Special Purpose illuminates an empire at the end of its reign. Eighty-year-old Georgy Jachmenev is haunted by his past--a past of death, suffering, and scandal that will stay with him until the end of his days. Living in England with his beloved wife, Zoya, Georgy prepares to make one final journey back to the Russia he once knew and loved, the Russia that both destroyed and defined him. As Georgy remembers days gone by, we are transported to Saint Petersburg, to the Winter Palace of the czar, in the early twentieth century--a time of change, threat, and bloody revolution. As Georgy overturns the most painful stone of all, we uncover the story of the house of special purpose. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748877 Walters collection of short fiction the first collection of short fiction is a suite of diverse, often comic stories about personal struggle and diminished dreams, all of them marked by the wry wit and generosity of spirit that has made him one of our most talked-about writers. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748425 Are you responsible for lifting a centuries-old curse from the sexiest vampire youve ever seen? Does a demon lord want to destroy you? Have you somehow inadvertently bound several mummies to your soul? Are you the last hope for a lost little boy? If youve answered yes to any of the above, youre in big trouble! http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748865 Pete the cat shares his big lunch with his friends. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748119 Riley, a teen orphan boy living in Victorian London, has had the misfortune of being apprenticed to Albert Garrick, an illusionist who has fallen on difficult times and now uses his unique conjuring skills to gain access to victims dwellings. On one such escapade, Garrick brings his reluctant apprentice along and urges him to commit his first killing. Riley is saved from having to commit the grisly act when the intended victim turns out to be a scientist from the future, part of the FBIs Witness Anonymous Relocation Program (WARP) Riley is unwittingly transported via wormhole to modern day London, followed closely by Garrick. In modern London, Riley is helped by Chevron Savano, a nineteen-year-old FBI agent sent to London as punishment after a disastrous undercover, anti-terrorist operation in Los Angeles. Together Riley and Chevie must evade Garrick, who has been fundamentally altered by his trip through the wormhole. Garrick is now not only evil, but he also possesses all of the scientists knowledge. He is determined to track Riley down and use the timekey in Chevies possession to make his way back to Victorian London where he can literally change the world. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748935 Teens Jack, Marco, Aly, and Cass begin a quest to find seven pieces of Atlantis power that were hidden long ago and that will, if returned to Atlantis, save them from certain death due to the genetic abnormality that also gives them superior abilities. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1749002 As the wildly successful darling of the publishing industry, chick lit mystery writer Kimberlee Kalder is the guest of honor at an exclusive writers conference at Dalmorton Castle in Scotland. But jealousy and resentment are soon replaced with shock when she is found dead at the bottom of the castles bottle dungeon. Its up to Detective Chief Inspector Arthur St. Just to track down the true killer in a castle full of cagey mystery connoisseurs who live and breathe malicious murder and artful alibis. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1706629 The rascally Thomas of Hookton, aka Le Btard, and his band of not-so-merry mercenaries are bidden by the Earl of Northhampton to unearth the lost sword of Saint Peter in this recreation of the Battle of the Poitiers in 1356 wherein a severely outnumbered English army defeats the French and captures the Poitiers and French King John II. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748813 When Fiona Macleod is sent by her guardian aunt and uncle to spend a London season with the Tribble sisters, it is something of a last resort. At nineteen, Fiona is a beautiful and wealthy Scottish heiress, yet for some mysterious reason, her several proposals of marriage over the past few years have all fallen through at the last moment. Amy and Effy Tribble, professional chaperones whose School for Manners has recently made them the talk of fashionable London society, are always short of cash and gladly take on Fiona as a new client. They promise to reform the girl, train her in proper comportment and the feminine arts, and can guarantee a mutually profitable marriage by the end of the season, taking Fiona off her guardians hands forever. But when Fiona arrives at the Tribble sisters shabbily genteel London townhouse, she shocks them by behaving perfectly. They are thoroughly puzzled by their seemingly demure new client, until they take Fiona to her first ball, and realize that their charge is an incorrigible flirt. Face to face with Lord Peter Havard, the seasons most unattainable rake, Fiona loses her composure, betraying her real feelings--and the Tribbles are forced to confront the truth about her past. It may be too late to salvage Fionas reputation, but the Tribbles--who have never claimed to be perfect--must also consider their own reputations in this delightful Regency. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1749063 Is there a sport you could turn professional at with only a year of coaching? How much would it cost to run a Formula One car as your family runaround? How can you maximize your chances of playing international soccer against Lionel Messi? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748655 Winter in Alpine should be quiet, but the town is humming. At the Alpine Advocate, editor Emma Lord and her staff are on deadline with a feature about the opening of RestHaven, a new rehab and mental health facility. Front Street is buzzing with gossip about Emmas recent engagement to Sheriff Milo Dodge. And now that fool Wayne Eriks has climbed an electric pole in the middle of a storm and got himself electrocuted. Sheriff Dodge doesnt buy the idea that Waynes death is an accident... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1707301 A bomb goes off while Rabbi David Small is teaching a course at the community college. Soon everyone--from professors and students to the indefatigable rabbi himself--is suspected of murder. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748630 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1749193 A novel set in 1930s Europe follows a group of young German exiles who dedicate themselves to bringing down Hitler and warning the British government of the very real Nazi threat to which it has remained willfully blind. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748874 Les Standiford reveals how this group of intelligent, committed men, motivated by economics and political belief, began a careful campaign of interlocking events that would channel feelings of vague injustice into an armed rebellion of common cause, which would defeat an empire and give birth to a radical political experiment--a new nation known as the United States. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1703517 He had led the posse for miles through the desert, but now Matt Keelock was growing desperate. He was worried about Kristina. His trip to the town of Freedom for supplies had ended in a shootout. If caught he would hang. Even though Kris could handle a horse and rifle as well as most men, the possibility of Oskar Neerlands finding her made Matts blood run cold. He knew the violent and obsessive Neerland, publicly embarrassed when Matt had stepped in and stolen Kris away, would try to kill them both if given half a chance. Matt tried to convince himself that Neerland had returned to the East. But Matt was wrong. Miles away in the town of Freedom, Oskar Neerland was accepting a new job. In his first duty as marshal, he would lead the posse that was tracking down Matt Keelock. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748251 On November 14, 1889, Nellie Bly, the crusading young female reporter for Joseph Pulitzers World newspaper, left New York City by steamship on a quest to break the record for the fastest trip around the world. Also departing from New York that day--and heading in the opposite direction by train--was a young journalist from The Cosmopolitan magazine, Elizabeth Bisland... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1749128 In the stunning conclusion to Anna Careys thrilling dystopian trilogy, Eve has the fate of The New America in her hands. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1749160 Explores the idea of democracy, its current state of crisis, and its potential as a tool for change, sharing historical perspectives on the effectiveness of democratic uprisings in various times and cultures. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1703549 Six marriages, six heartbreaks, one shared beginning. In her forties -- a widow, too young, too modern to accept the role -- Becky Aikman struggled to make sense of her place in an altered world. In this transcendent and infectiously wise memoir, she explores surprising new discoveries about how people experience grief and transcend loss and, following her own remarriage, forms a group with five other young widows to test these unconventional ideas... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748597 The disappearing staircase mystery: When the Alden children join a group of volunteers to fix up an old house for senior citizens, they try to explain the puzzling behavior of their coworkers as well as investigate some unusual events. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748135 A doll that may be haunted leads three friends on a thrilling adventure in this delightfully creepy novel from the New York Times bestselling cocreator of the Spiderwick Chronicles. Zach, Poppy, and Alice have been friends forever. And for almost as long, theyve been playing one continuous, ever-changing game of pirates and thieves, mermaids and warriors. Ruling over all is the Great Queen, a bone-china doll cursing those who displease her. But they are in middle school now. Zachs father pushes him to give up make-believe, and Zach quits the game. Their friendship might be over, until Poppy declares shes been having dreams about the Queen--and the ghost of a girl who will not rest until the bone-china doll is buried in her empty grave. Zach and Alice and Poppy set off on one last adventure to lay the Queens ghost to rest. But nothing goes according to plan, and as their adventure turns into an epic journey, creepy things begin to happen. Is the doll just a doll or something more sinister? And if there really is a ghost, will it let them go now that it has them in its clutches? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748267 A haunting, unforgettable mother-daughter story for a new generation--the debut of a blazing new lyrical voice Domenica Ruta grew up in a working-class, unforgiving Italian town north of Boston where in the seventeenth century women were hanged as witches. Her mother, Kathi, a notorious figure in this hardscrabble place, was a drug addict and sometime dealer whose life swung between welfare and riches, whose highbrow taste was at odds with her base appetites. And yet she managed, despite the chaos she created, to instill in her daughter the idea that art--via a classic film or a classical education--could transcend this life of undying grudges, self-inflicted misfortune, and the crooked moral code that Kathi and her cohorts lived by. With or Without You is the story of Domenicas unconventional coming of age--a darkly hilarious chronicle of a misfit 90s childhood and the necessary and painful act of breaking away, and of overcoming her own addictions and demons in the process. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1749176 Ashamed of his parents way of life traveling around the country peddling honey for medicinal purposes and stealing, Fergy takes his young sister and runs away to find his mothers wealthy parents and a better way to live. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1749090 When Eugene starts hearing a voice inside his head telling him to do awful things, it leads him to look into his small towns past before the Depression, and to discover long-hidden secrets about his neighbors and his town. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748794 The slyly funny, sweetly moving memoir of an unconventional dads relationship with his equally offbeat son--complete with fast cars, tall tales, homemade explosives, and a whole lot of fun and trouble Misfit, truant, delinquent. John Robison was never a model child, and he wasnt a model dad either. Diagnosed with Aspergers syndrome at the age of forty, he approached fatherhood as a series of logic puzzles and practical jokes... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748636 In the title story, two drug-addicted friends return to the farm where they worked as boys to steal their bosss unusual but valuable war trophies. In The Trusty, a convict sent to fetch water tries to sweet talk a farmers young wife into helping him escape, only to find she too is imprisoned in her own way. In Something Rich and Strange, a diver is called upon to pull a drowned girls body free from under a falls, but finds her eerily at peace below the surface. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1703490 This collection of novellas is Jim Harrison at his most memorable--a brilliant rendering of two men striving to find their way in the world, written with freshness, abundant wit, and profound humanity. In The Land of Unlikeness, sixty-year-old art history academic Clive--a failed artist, divorced and grappling with the vagaries of his declining years--reluctantly returns to his familys Michigan farmhouse to visit his aging mother. The return to familiar territory triggers a jolt of renewal--of ardor for his high school love, of his relationship with his estranged daughter, and of his own lost love of painting. In Water Baby, Harrison ventures into the magical as an Upper Peninsula farm boy is irresistibly drawn to the water as an escape and sees otherworldly creatures there. Faced with the injustice and pressure of coming of age, he takes to the river and follows its siren song all the way across Lake Michigan. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748116 Liz Jerome is an expert at public relations. Well, at least in business. When she is hired to do some damage control for a company owned by Donovan Grant, the dividing line between professional and personal suddenly disappears. Donovan catches her off guard with his subtle come-ons and his humorous teasing. But being his playmate isnt on Lizs agenda. She is determined to block his every move, to resist the sweet confusion he arouses in her. Donovan threatens her safe, isolated world..... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748248 Agatha Raisin, retired PR supremo, has been spurned at the alter by the man of her dreams, her attractive neighbor James Lacey. So temporarily deserting the sleepy Cotswold village of Carsely, she pursues her fleeing fianc to north Cyprus where... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748594 Brandon Sanderson uses notes and partials left by Robert Jordan to finish his Wheel of time saga. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748264 Meet Edgar and Allan Poe -- twelve-year-old identical twins, the great-great-great-great-grandnephews of Edgar Allan Poe. They look and act so much alike that theyre almost one mischievous, prank-playing boy in two bodies. When their beloved black cat, Roderick Usher, is kidnapped and transported to the Midwest, Edgar and Allan convince their guardians that its time for a road trip... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1749154 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748587 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1749199 Sixteen-year-old San Franciscan Lucy Beck-Moreau once had a promising future as a concert pianist. Her chance at a career has passed, and she decides to help her ten-year-old piano prodigy brother, Gus, map out his own future, even as she explores why she enjoyed piano in the first place.-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1703525 Farside, the side of the moon that never faces Earth, is the ideal location for an astronomical observatory. It is also the setting for a tangled web of politics, personal ambition, love, jealousy, and murder. Telescopes on Earth have detected an Earth-sized planet circling a star some thirty light-years away. Farside observatory will have the largest optical telescope in the solar system as well as a vast array of radio antennas, the most sensitive radio telescope possible, insulated from the interference of Earths radio chatter by a thousand kilometers of the moons solid body. Building Farside is a complex, often dangerous task. Breakdowns--mechanical and emotional--are commonplace. Accidents happen, some of them fatal. But what they ultimately find will stun everyone, and the human race will never be the same. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748126 A fantastically gripping thriller from the internationally acclaimed author of The Snowman, The Leopard, and Phantom: antihero police investigator Harry Hole chases a desperate, faceless contract killer at large in Oslo. Christmas shoppers stop to hear a Salvation Army concert on an Oslo street. Suddenly a musician falls dead, shot at point-blank range. Hole--the police departments best investigator and worst civil servant--has no suspect, weapon, or motive... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748974 A steady law practice, a stash of tequila, a lover she calls the Kid--only a debt of the heart to her dear, dead aunt Joan could compel Neil Hamel to leave Albuquerque for Montana in search of a bird. No ordinary winged creature, the Arctic falcon is a... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1749202 An ambitious models dreams of perfection turn into a nightmare in the hands of a renowned plastic surgeon. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1749107 After solving a deadly case in the small town of Lobos Nod, seventeen-year-old Jazz, the son of historys most infamous serial murderer, travels to New York City to help the police track down the Hat-Dog Killer. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748683 Disaster strikes a mere week before the Hemlock Falls Ladies Auxiliary hosts the annual Spring Fete when the festivals chairwoman--the redoubtable Adela Henry--gives up her job in a huff. Who will stop the members of the Craft Guild from sabotaging their rivals, the Crafty Ladies? More to the point, whos got the tact, diplomacy, and iron will necessary to organize the booths and settle quarrels over the programming? Hemlocks mayor hopes to assure the fetes success when he recruits professional organizer Linda Connally and her staff to take over Adelas duties. But when Connallys body turns up in the trunk of a used car at Petersons Automotive, Meg and Sarah Quilliam, owners of the Inn at Hemlock Falls, are back in the detecting business... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1749074 An illuminating look at the way the thoughts we have and the decisions we make are influenced by forces that arent always in our control. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748727 Justin Conkey was too young to fight in the Revolution of 1776, but now it is 1787 and he is fourteen. Justin is ready to fight, even if he has only his fathers old sword to protect him. But once on the battlefield, war is not what he expected. It is dangerous and frightening and nothing makes sense...