Displaying the top 100 results that match your query. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/rssapi.jsp?browse=true&Ne=6639&N=3+7432 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1695480 Sixteen linked stories explore the marginalized humanity in communities, hospitals, and nursing homes in San Francisco, including an elderly Chinese immigrant who is forced to make a painful sacrifice and a young veteran whose injuries symbolize the rest of his life. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1716408 Newlyweds Holly and Tom have just moved into an old manor house in the picturesque English countryside. When Holly discovers a moondial in the overgrown garden little does she suspect that it will change her life forever. The moondial lets Holly see into the future -- a future which holds Tom cradling their baby daughter, Libby, and mourning Hollys death in childbirth. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738917 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1705069 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1734652 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738658 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1715295 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1729558 Growing up, Kaylie was shuffled from foster home to foster home before being welcomed into Winton and May Wises family. Years later, May leaves Kaylie the money she needs to open her own caf in the charming Victorian house they once shared in Hope Springs. Kaylies determined to finally make all her dreams a reality-- and unearth answers to lingering questions about her past. Tennessee Keller, the carpenter Kaylie hires, is proving to be a very unneeded distraction. Kaylie must decide where her heart lies: with the ghosts of her past or the love and promise of her future. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1711927 The people who orbit around actor Renn Ivins long to experience the glow of his flame. His children are both drawn to and repelled by the man who overshadows every part of them. This novel offers a clear-eyed story of the fallout of fame and fortune on family members and others who can neither fully embrace nor ignore the superstar in their midst. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1698041 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1693088 For more than thirty years, Edie and Richard Middlestein shared a solid family life in the suburbs of Chicago. But now things are splintering apart. Edie is obsessed with food - and if she doesnt stop, she wont have much longer to live. When Richard abandons his wife, its up to the next generation to take control. Robin, their schoolteacher daughter, is determined that her father pay for leaving Edie. Benny, an easy-going family man, just wants to smooth things over. And his wife Rachelle, a whippet-thin perfectionist, is intent on saving her mother-in-laws life. Through it all, they wonder: do Edies devastating choices rest on her shoulders alone, or are others at fault, too? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743566 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1687358 A traumatic experience as a college freshman left Gussie Milton afraid of relationships, but the widows think shed be a perfect wife for the churchs young pastor, who shares a mutual attraction with Gussie. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1737952 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743555 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1698367 After eighteen years of marriage, Kathy Walker has settled into a pattern of comfortable routines--ferrying her two teenagers between soccer practice and piano lessons, running a film production business with her husband, Robert, and taking care of the beautiful Boston home they share. Then one day, Kathy discovers a suspicious number on her husbands phone. Six years before, Kathy accused Robert of infidelity--a charge he vehemently denied--and almost destroyed their marriage in the process. Now Kathy must decide whether to follow her suspicions at the risk of losing everything, or trust the man with whom shes entwined her past, present, and future. As she grapples with that choice, she is confronted with surprising truths not just about her relationship, but about her friends, family, and her own motivations.--from cover, p. [4] http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1713995 An exploration of the shifting relationships among parents and children, and between the surface trappings that symbolize success and the real values that give meaning to lives. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1713018 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1704725 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748556 When her wealthy fathers Ponzi scheme is exposed, Ellie Chapman loses everything--including her fiance--but learns valuable lessons in both life and love when she comes to St. Dennis, Maryland to sell her late mothers house. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1712102 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1735974 Seduced by a Pirate: Should Colin throw propriety to the wind, imitate his pirate father, and simply take what he most desires? After years at sea, Sir Griffin Barry comes home to claim his wife. But is Phoebe his wife if their marriage was never consummated? As an infamous pirate, Griffin claimed and kept gold and jewels-- but this is one treasure that will not be so easy to capture. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1687169 Love is in the air in the colorful Ulster village of Ballybucklebo, where Dr. Fingal Flahertie OReilly has finally proposed to the darling of his youth, Kitty OHallorhan. Theres a wedding to be planned, but he and colleague Barry Laverty must deal with the usual round of eccentric patients and crises large and small. Much has changed in the village, but the lives and practices of these Irish country doctors remain as captivating as ever. (Bestseller) http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1687798 A luxurious yacht in the Sea of Cortez, a birthday cruise for one of the worlds most beautiful women, and an invitation no one can refuse. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1731322 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1715286 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743543 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1733295 Charles Lenox is at the pinnacle of his political career and is a delighted new father. His days of investigating the crimes of Victorian London are now years behind him. He plans a trip to his uncles estate, Everley, in the expectation of a few calm weeks to write an important speech. When he arrives in the quiet village of Plumley, however, what greets him is a series of strange vandalisms upon the local shops: broken windows, minor thefts, threatening scrawls. Only when a far more serious crime is committed does he begin to understand the great stakes of those events, and the complex and sinister mind that is wreaking fear and suspicion in Plumley. Now, with his protg, John Dallington, at his side, the race is on for Lenox to find the culprit before he strikes again. And this time his victim may be someone that Lenox loves. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1684677 For two years, Diamond and Black have been living comfortably on their high-class cul-de-sac with their daughter, ready to leave the drug business behind them. However, Johnny can feel nothing but rage for the woman he once loved, and on his death bed he sets a plan in motion to tear Diamonds world apart. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738915 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1729549 Its 1989, the Berlin Wall is coming down, and Kate has just graduated from Yale, eager to pursue her dreams as a fledgling painter. When she receives a job offer to work as the assistant to Lydia Schell, a famous American photographer in Paris, she immediately accepts. Kate may speak fluent French, but she arrives at the Schell household in the fashionable Sixth Arrondissement both dazzled and wildly impressionable. She finds herself surrounded by a seductive cast of characters, including the bright, pretentious Schells, with whom she boards, and their assortment of famous friends; Kates own flamboyant cousin; a fellow Yalie who seems to have it all figured out; and a bande of independently wealthy young men with royal lineage. As Kate rediscovers Paris and her roots there, while trying to fit into Lydias glamorous and complicated family, she begins to question the kindness of the people to whom she is so drawn as well as her own motives for wanting them to love her. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743510 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743558 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1732992 Its Christmas Eve in Manhattan. An eminent plastic surgeon slips on the ice, lands on his butt, and sprains his ankle. So far, so good. A woman such as hes never known yanks him to his feet and conjures the miracle of a taxi. Harrison recuperates with Franz Schubert, Bette Davis, and a foundling cat. Then its back to rhinoplasties, liposuction, and the peccadilloes of his obnoxious colleagues. It is only when he collides again with that strangely helpful woman that things take a wild and revolutionary turn. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1715290 When a Chinese assassin shows up at Jim Pierces lab looking for his daughter, he knows shes uncovered some serious secrets: a malevolent, artificial life form created by military scientists that threatens to destroy humanity. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1711922 Its been fifty years since Antonio Grasso married Maddalena and brought her to America. That was the last time she saw her parents, her sisters and brothers-- everything she knew and loved in the village of Santa Cecilia, Italy. Their daughter Prima was raised on the lore of the Old Country. And as she sees her parents aging, she hatches the idea to take the entire family back to Italy-- hoping to reunite Maddalena with her estranged sister and let her parents see their homeland one last time. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1720684 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1687362 In 1962, Jackie Hart moves from Boston to Florida, with her family. Wanting something fulfilling to do, she starts a reading club and hosts a local late-night radio show as Miss Dreamsville. The conservative, segregated town loves Miss Dreamsville, but doesnt know what to make of Jackie. Her book club welcomes everyone - even a black woman, a gay man, and a convict - who found there what had so far eluded them: a place in the world. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1705530 We Live in Water, the first collection of short fiction from New York Times bestselling author Jess Walter, 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. In Thief, a blue-collar worker turns unlikely detective to find out which of his kids is stealing from the family vacation fund. In We Live in Water, a lawyer returns to a corrupt North Idaho town to find the father who disappeared thirty years earlier. In Anything Helps, a homeless man has to go to cardboard to raise enough money to buy his son the new Harry Potter book. In Virgo, a local newspaper editor tries to get back at his superstitious ex-girlfriend by screwing with her horoscope. And the collections final story transforms slyly from a portrait of Walters hometown into a moving contemplation of our times--Cover verso. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1712131 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738957 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1704712 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1729560 Follows a young couple over one life-changing weekend during which the husband flees lower Manhattan with his newborn daughter for a weekend in the Caribbean, while his wife tries to recapture who she was before the baby. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1742786 Summer, 1942. Kitty, an army driver stationed in Sussex, meets Ed, a Royal Marine commando, and Larry, a liaison officer with Combined Ops. She falls instantly in love with Ed, who falls in love with her. So does Larry. Both men go off to war, and Ed wins the highest military honor for his bravery. But sometimes heroes dont make the best husbands. [This novel] follows Kitty, Ed, and Larry from wartime England and the brutally tragic Dieppe raid to Nazi-occupied France, India after the war, and Jamaica before independence. Against this ever-changing backdrop--as they witness history being made and participate in the smaller dramas of romance, friendship, and parenthood--these three friends make choices that will determine the challenges and triumphs of their lives--Dust jacket flap. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1716085 After her husbands death, Susan Lindley moves into her late great-uncles Pasadena mansion and restores his taxidermy collection while being joined in the residence by an equally strange human menagerie. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1693226 When Cryptessa Muldoon, a Hollywood has-been who spends her days making enemies with everyone on the street, is found murdered on Halloween night, Jaine Austen, to prove her own innocence, must unmask a killer among a neighborhood filled with suspects. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1713996 Kweku Sai is dead. A renowned surgeon and failed husband, he succumbs suddenly at dawn outside his home in suburban Accra. The news of Kwekus death sends a ripple around the world, bringing together the family he abandoned years before--Dust jacket flap. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1715300 A portrait of 1970s Botswana is told through the intertwined stories of three people, including a medical student who is forced to flee apartheid South Africa after witnessing a murder and an American Ph.D. student who abandons her studies to follow her husband to Africa. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1705111 Based on twelve years of research, thought leader Dr. Brene Brown argues that vulnerability is not weakness, but rather our clearest path to courage, engagemen,, and meaningful connection. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1696113 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1703960 In the wake of a series of baffling murders committed by children, anthropologist Hesketh Lock investigates a scandal in the Taiwan timber industry and wonders at his stepsons odd behavior before making a shocking connection upon the death of his Taiwan contact. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1712103 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738592 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1715486 In the declining Weimar Republic, Egon Loeser works as a stage designer for New Expressionist theatre. His hero is the greatest set designer of the seventeenth century, Adriano Lavicini, who devised the so-called Teleportation Device for the whisking of actors from one scene to another-a miracle, until the thing malfunctioned, causing numerous deaths and perhaps summoning the devil himself. Apolitical in a dangerous time, sex-driven in a dry spell, Loeser leaves the tired scene in Berlin in pursuit of the lubricious Adele Hitler (no relation), who couldnt care less about him. Heading first to Paris and then to Los Angeles, he finds his entire tired Berlin social circle reconstituted in exile, under the patronage of a crime writer and his possibly philandering wife. He also finds himself uncomfortably close to a string of murders at Caltech, where a physicist, assisted by Adele herself, is trying to develop a device for honest-to-God teleportation.Following his breathtaking debut, Boxer, Beetle, Ned Beauman ups the ante, creating in The Teleportation Accident a marvelous mash-up of historical fiction, L.A. noir, science fiction, and satire, and proving himself a star on the rise-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1731308 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1731323 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1715732 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1729577 On the eve of the twentieth century, Mary Mallon emigrated from Ireland at age fifteen to make her way in New York City. Brave, headstrong, and dreaming of being a cook, she fought to climb up from the lowest rung of the domestic-service ladder. Canny and enterprising, she worked her way to the kitchen, and discovered in herself the true talent of a chef. Sought after by New York aristocracy, and with an independence rare for a woman of the time, she seemed to have achieved the life shed aimed for when she arrived in Castle Garden. Then one determined medical engineer noticed that she left a trail of disease wherever she cooked, and identified her as an asymptomatic carrier of Typhoid Fever. With this seemingly preposterous theory, he made Mallon a hunted woman.--Dust jacket. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1694678 Motherlunge is an eloquent and irreverent novel about first sex, true love, chronic sibling rivalry; its about the deepest fear of young (and not-so-young) adulthood: the fear of inheriting a disappointing live. Its motherly advice, too--featuring wigs, dogs, road trips, and medicine--a guide to the essential experiences of being female, born unto a librarian, named for the goddess of sight, waiting for the future to arrive. With sly wit and surprising joy, Motherlunge considers the flaws in the family line and celebrates the promise that staggers alongside--Front flap. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1737959 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1713035 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743530 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743499 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743525 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738906 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1735992 The year is 1975 and Reno--so-called because of the place of her birth--has come to New York intent on turning her fascination with motorcycles and speed into art. Her arrival coincides with an explosion of activity in the art world--artists have colonized a deserted and industrial SoHo, are staging actions in the East Village, and are blurring the line between life and art. Reno meets a group of dreamers and raconteurs who submit her to a sentimental education of sorts. Ardent, vulnerable, and bold, she begins an affair with an artist named Sandro Valera, the semi-estranged scion of an Italian tire and motorcycle empire. When they visit Sandros family home in Italy, Reno falls in with members of the radical movement that overtook Italy in the seventies. Betrayal sends her reeling into a clandestine undertow. - from cover p. [2] http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1683308 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1713003 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743578 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1732100 For much of her life, Anne Morrow has stood in the shadows of those around her. Then Anne, a college senior, travels to Mexico City to spend Christmas with her family. There she meets Colonel Charles Lindbergh, fresh off his celebrated 1927 solo flight across the Atlantic. Charles sees in Anne a kindred spirit, a fellow adventurer, and her world will be changed forever. The two marry in a headline-making wedding. Hounded by adoring crowds and hunted by an insatiable press, Charles shields himself and his new bride from prying eyes, leaving Anne to feel her life falling back into the shadows. In the years that follow, despite her own major achievements, Anne is viewed merely as the aviators wife. The fairy-tale life she once longed for will bring heartbreak and hardships, ultimately pushing her to reconcile her need for love and her desire for independence, and to embrace, at last, lifes infinite possibilities for change and happiness. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1684647 In the fall of 1938, as Germany rapidly changes under Hitlers regime, 17-year-old Christine Bolz, a domestic forbidden to return to the wealthy Jewish family she works for - and to her employers son Isaac, confronts the Gestapos wrath and the horrors of Dachau to survive and to be with the man she loves. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743533 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1731317 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748559 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1731282 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743559 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743584 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1715976 A tale inspired by the historic Tri-State tornado of 1925 follows the experiences of businessman Paul Graves and his family, who throughout a year after the storm watch their community struggle to rebuild and who miscalculate growing resentment about the twist of fate that left their home and business untouched. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748555 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1715972 An 80 year-old, third-generation beekeeper who relates better to the constant companions in his hives than most people must come to terms with the loss of his long-time friend, Claire, who was killed during a burglary gone awry. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1731321 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1708662 A string of murders being committed by a mysterious voodoo assassin on the exotic island city of Key West pits a crusading environmental shock-jock and a homicide detective against a maelstrom of unscrupulous developers, scammers, and everyday citizens. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1696157 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1733136 Ruby never thought shed return to Cardinal, but shes hoping the place and people who gave her so much can give her brother Nash, whos been drowning in drink in Nashville, the fresh start he so desperately needs. Saddlemaker Lucas McGavin is thrilled that Ruby has come back. He hasnt given up on his love for her, despite the awkward fact that she is his brothers widow, and hes well aware that this may be his last chance to win Rubys heart. When Nash starts drinking again and ends up in a devastating accident, Ruby decides she must find her estranged mother to help with an intervention. Two states away, Etta Walker harbors a horrible secret that keeps her from reconnecting with the children she deserted so many years ago. As they struggle with the present and confront the past, Ruby, Lucas, and Etta learn the power of forgiveness, and reach for a new future filled with hope, grace, and love. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1732017 Kat may be new in her faith, but shes embraced the more radical implications of Christianity with reckless abandon. She invited a homeless mother and her son to move into the apartment she shares with two other housemates. And shes finally found a practical way to channel her passion for healthy eating by starting a food pantry at the church. But not everyone thinks the food pantry is a good idea. When the woman she thought would be her biggest support just wants to pray about it, Kat is forced to look deeper at her own motives. Only when she begins to look past the surface does she see people who are hungry and thirsty for more than just food and drink and realizes the deeper significance of inviting them to come to the table. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1696101 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1712059 Sheriff Boone Taylor has his job, friends, a run-down but decent ranch, two faithful dogs and a good horse. He doesnt want romance. The widowed Montanan has loved and lost enough for a lifetime. But when a city woman buys the spread next door, Boones peace and quiet is in serious jeopardy. With a marriage and a career painfully behind her, Tara Kendall is determined to start over in Parable. Re-inventing herself and living a girlhood dream is worth the hard work. Sure, she might need help from her handsome, wary neighbor once in awhile, but shes overjoyed to be a rancher in her own right! http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1712994 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1740368 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1715460 Mala and Ronak are surprisingly less comfortable with their dual Indian and American roots than their parents, part of an immigrant community that has happily embraced the New World. Told that their mother is about to die, they return home to the Midwest, where Mala persuades Ronak that they should immerse themselves in Indian culture by learning to cook their mothers favorite recipes. Then Ronak hits upon the idea of capturing their experience in book and film, and all hell breaks loose.--Library Journal. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1713000 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738924 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1697960 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1713033 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738905 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743577 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1713020 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743516 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743506 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743583