Displaying the top 100 results that match your query. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/rssapi.jsp?browse=true&Ne=7107&N=3+6601+6600 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1696195 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1682765 The first Hispanic and third woman appointed to the United States Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor has become an instant American icon. Now, with a candor and intimacy never undertaken by a sitting Justice, she recounts her life from a Bronx housing project to the federal bench, a journey that offers an inspiring testament to her own extraordinary determination and the power of believing in oneself. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1713165 On November 14, 1889, Nellie Bly, a 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, heading in the opposite direction by train, was a young journalist from The Cosmopolitan magazine, Elizabeth Bisland. Each woman was determined to outdo Jules Vernes fictional hero Phileas Fogg and circle the globe in less than 80 days. 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=1682768 Pema Chodron and Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche present a two part session on the often confusing subject of karma. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1713167 Garry Wills spent five years at a Jesuit seminary and nearly became a priest himself. After a lifetime of study and reflection, he now poses some challenging questions: Why do we need priests at all? Why did the priesthood arise in a religion that began without it and opposed it? Would Christianity be stronger without priesthood? Wills does not expect the priesthood to fade entirely away. He just reminds listeners that Christianity did without it in the time of Peter and Paul with success. 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=1682769 In this much-anticipated, controversial memoir, Dara-Lynn Weiss chronicles the struggle and journey to get Bea, her seven year old daughter, healthy. In describing their process, complete with frustrations, self-recriminations, dark humor, and some surprising strategies, Weiss reveals the hypocrisy inherent in the debates over many cultural hot-button issues. 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=1750580 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1694355 Displaying a rare courage that transcends battlefield heroics, eleven soldiers and marines share the truth about their wars. Journalist Kevin Sites gets answers to what it is like to kill; to be under fire; what can never be forgotten; and more. Sites compiles the accounts of the soldiers, their families, and their friends, and also shares the unsettling narrative of his own failures during war. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748609 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1716130 Finished in 1947, House of Earth is Woody Guthries long-lost and only fully realized novel--a powerful portrait of Dust Bowl of America, filled with the homespun lyricism and authenticity that have made his songs a part of our national consciousness. It is the story of an ordinary couples dreams of a better life and their search for love and meaning in a corrupt world. 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=1748562 Since her time on Saturday Night Live, Julia Sweeney has established herself as a witty performer of one-woman shows. This is her compilation of stories, revealing her funny adventures and her personal story of deciding to adopt as a single woman, her transition to traditional family after she married, and her insightful wonder at the whole concept of motherhood. Julia writes about parenting as only she can, laying out her mother-daughter experiences with religion, pets, schools, and more. 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=1693848 Forced to leave England and struggling with illness in the wake of a family tragedy, Quaker Honor Bright is forced to rely on strangers in the harsh landscape of 1850 Ohio and is compelled to join the Underground Railroad network to help runaway slaves escape to freedom. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1713107 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1731998 Addiction is a disease; it is preventable and treatable. It is not a moral failing. As with other illnesses, the approaches most likely to work are based on science, not on faith, tradition, contrition, or wishful thinking. Those facts are the foundation of Clean, a new paradigm for preventing drug abuse and treating addiction and the mental illnesses that usually accompany it. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738314 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=1760361 In this revised and updated edition Ken Davis tackles geography with wit, curiosity, and knowledge. In doing so, he proves once and for all that there is a lot more to the subject than labeling countries on a map. Davis explains earthquakes, rain forests, Atlantis, and whether there are canaries on the Canary Islands. From often amusing perceptions people have had through the ages about the world and the universe to the changing map of today. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1736182 Almost overnight, Arthur Wise has become one of the most powerful attorneys in America. His first big purchase is a simple beach house in a place called Bluepoint. Its in Bluepoint, during the summer of 1952, that Arthurs teenage son, Hilly, makes friends with Lem Dawson, a black man whose job it is to take care of the house. When Hilly finds himself falling for Lems niece, Savannah, his affection for her collides with his fathers dark secrets. The results shatter his family, and hers. 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=1750581 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=1738345 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1731651 Hannah Swensen is trying to beat the heat both in and out of her bakery kitchen. But shes about to find out the hard way that nothing cools off a hot summer day like cold-blooded murder when a partygoer at the hotel Albion, takes a dive off the hotels rooftop garden. Then an old flame of her boyfriend is found dead. To everyones shock, Hannah is now the target of a murder investigation and shes feeling the heat in a way she never has before. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1694275 Nisha lives in the City of a Thousand Dolls, a remote estate where orphan girls in the Empire become apprentices as musicians, healers, and courtesans, her closest companions the mysterious cats that trail her shadow. When girls begin to die, Nisha begins to uncover the secrets that surround the deathers--jeopardizing not only her own future within the City but her own life--Provided by publisher. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1713108 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1731999 Devised by Dr Pierre Dukan, a French medical doctor who has spent his career helping people to lose weight permanently, The Dukan Diet is the culmination of thirty-five years clinical experience. Without any of the usual marketing hype, The Dukan Diet swept across France, championed by the people who had successfully lost weight following the diet. It is now estimated that the Dukan community numbers over 5 million people in France. Easy to follow with no calorie counting, The Dukan Diet offers clear simple guidelines, menu planners and delicious recipes for long term success. Beyond its immense success in France, The Dukan Diet has been adopted by 20 countries and translated into 10 languages. Many international observers agree that this is the method most likely to put a stop to the world s weight problems. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738315 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=1754494 Instead of experiencing newlywed bliss, Meredith and Luke Stoltzfus are faced with the greatest challenge of their young lives. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1740038 For a posse chasing a murderous band of outlaws, a quiet kid with a lightning fast gun is good company. And when the outlaws turn around and attack the posse, The Loner doesnt have a choice, hes now caught up in a running gun battle across West Texas. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1712049 Now an active member of the resistance, Lena has been transformed. The nascent rebellion that was under way in Pandemonium has ignited into an all out revolution, and Lena is at the center of the fight. 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=1758942 Philosopher Dennett engages questions about science and the workings of the mind. His answers have combined rigorous argument with strong empirical grounding. He offers cognitive tools purpose-built for the most treacherous subject matter: evolution, meaning, mind, and free will. Dennetts genial style persuades as it educates, pointing out pitfalls in arguments as it challenges listeners to find others. Result is a work of deep intellectual seriousness thats also studded with impish delights. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1694261 Dak, Sera, and Riq return to the United States and walk right into a deadly trap. The year is 1850 and the nation is divided over the issue of slavery. In these dark days, the Underground Railroad provides a light of hope, helping runaway slaves escape to freedom. But the SQ has taken control of the Underground Railroad from within. Now Dak and Sera are left wondering who to trust...while Riq risks everything to save the life of a young boy. 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=1750582 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1755322 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1694357 California billionaire Jonah Shacknais eight-year-old son dies falling off a balcony in his mansion. Several days later, Jonahs live-in girlfriend, Rebecca, is found hanging, nude, with her hands tied behind her. A police investigation rules her death a suicide-however, this seems unlikely to everyone who knew her. There are several suspects in this case: Jonahs brother, Adam, who arrived the day after Jonahs son fell. There are Jonahs two ex-wives; the second being Maxs mother. 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=1738346 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1693850 In the year 2042, a long-predicted tipping point has arrived: the economic pyramid has flipped for the first time in history. The old now outnumber the young, and this is intensifying a battle between competing cultural agendas. 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=1732058 Emmie Wilcox was only six when her sister, Roxy, was thrown out. Their stern father left no room for rebellion, and Roxy was continually defiant and rebellious. Emmie is obedient, respectful. Two sisters, total opposites, yet Emmie is secretly obsessed with the mystery and imposed silence surrounding Roxy: What had she finally done to deserve being cast out of her home? Sometimes she fantasizes that she is more like Roxy than she appears. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1731652 When Odette, Clarice, and Barbara Jean meet as teenagers in the mid-60s, the civil rights movement is moving along and so are their everyday lives. Their regular gathering place is Earls All-You-Can-Eat diner, the first black-owned business in downtown Plainview, Indiana. Dubbed the Supremes by their friends, the inseparable trio is watched over by big-hearted Earl during their complicated high school days, and then every Sunday after church as they marry, and have children and grandchildren. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1744656 Where is Earlys father? Hes not the kind of father who you think would disappear. But hes gone. And hes left a whole lot of trouble behind. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1760744 From bestselling author Richelle Mead, the first novel in the adult paranormal Age of X series. Two unlikely investigators are charged with investigating mystical phenomena in a future world nearly destroyed by religious extremists. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1732083 Darias new home with Lucas in Ephesus both beguiles and confounds her until she meets followers of The Way. Her past has taught her that evil is real, that it can consume a person. She saw it happen with her husband, before he took his own life. Widowed, with no family, Daria becomes a tutor to Lucas, a rich traveling merchant from Ephesus. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1755013 A collection of original travel stories told by some of the worlds best novelists. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1694276 For the first time in their lives, Wisty and Whit Allgood find themselves at odds as Wisty is drawn to a mysterious and magical stranger named Heath-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1713109 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1732000 Presents a behind-the-scenes look at the Roberston family, documenting the teenage romance and marriage of Willie and Korie Robertson, their success as a multi-million dollar hunting equipment business, and their rise to stardom on reality television. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738316 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=1685511 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 sisters diaries. What she is not accustomed to is digging up bodies. Upon the 500th anniversary of St. Tancreds death, the English hamlet of Bishops Lacey is busily preparing to open its patron saints tomb. Nobody is more excited to peek inside the crypt than Flavia, but what she finds will halt the proceedings. 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=1760363 Rowena Buxton and Sir Philip Buxton raised three girls into beautiful and capable young women in a bohemian household that defied Edwardian tradition. Eldest sister Rowena was taught to value people, not wealth or status. But everything she believes will be tested when Sir Philip dies, and the girls must live under their uncles guardianship at the vast family estate, Summerset Abbey. 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=1751837 Recounts the story of a young mother who underwent an intense near-death experience after she became unresponsive during a medical emergency, as she discusses the hardships of her past and the impact of the experience on her life. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1696369 From one of the worlds leading experts on how the brain works, a step-by-step, practical program for women to achieve greater health, energy, and lasting happiness by harnessing the power of the female brain. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1750248 Wolf shifter Jaime Farrow has harbored a not-so-secret crush on gorgeous Dante. But the time has come for Jaime to face facts: Dante just isnt interested. As the pack Beta, workaholic Dante Garcea doesnt have time for distractions, especially the kind promised by Jaime Farrow. Yet when her flirtations abruptly end, Dante becomes suspicious. He knows hot-headed Jaime will resist him, but Dante never takes no for an answer. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1758936 With Transmission, author and teacher Jack Kornfield shares eight sessions of in-depth teachings illuminating the student-teacher relationship. Through a treasure trove of personal stories about the Dalai Lama, Chgyam Trungpa, Dipa Ma, Ajahn Chah, and other masters, we see how teachers embody the many facets of the jewel of enlightened consciousness-- including humor, discipline, humility, joyousness, uncanny perspicacity, and unfathomable compassion-- and how we too can fully awaken these qualities in ourselves. Exploring such topics as devotion, the tender heart of sadness, meditation, and patience, Jack reveals the power of opening ones heart to a true spiritual teacher as well as the potential pitfalls and challenges of the teacher-student relationship. With warmth, humor, and practical advice-- including what to do if there are no spiritual teachers near your home-- Transmission opens possibilities for anyone to deepen, practice, and awaken.--Container. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1706217 From as early as he can remember, the hopelessly unreliable, yet hopelessly earnest, narrator of this ambitious debut novel has wanted to become a writer. From the jazz clubs of Manhattan to the villages of Sri Lanka, Kristopher Jansmas irresistible narrator will be inspired and haunted by the success of his greatest friend and rival in writing, the eccentric and brilliantly talented Julian McGann, and endlessly enamored with Julians enchanting friend, Evelyn, the green-eyed girl who got away. After the trio has a disastrous falling out, desperate to tell the truth in his writing and to figure out who he really is, Jansmas narrator finds himself caught in a never ending web of lies. 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=1748526 Joyce Meyer examines the nature of habits and provides guidance for listeners seeking to break bad habits. She argues that any immediate gratification gained from bad habits is outweighed by the spiritual toll they take on an individual. Here, she introduces fourteen fulfilling habits that she suggests using to replace the bad ones. She explains that by implementing the good habits, listeners will become spiritually fulfilled and will have no use for bad habits. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1751827 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=1694262 Meet Darryl Graham, or as his new neighbors call him, The Man in 3B. Darryls new to the Jamaica, Queens, building, but from day one hes made quite an impression on his neighbors. He has made it very clear he greatly values his privacy, but he is the man every woman wants and every man wants to be, so inquiring minds want to know. Unfortunately, in Darryls world, what you know can hurt you, and when he winds up dead, those inquiring minds become the prime suspects. 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=1750583 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=1750602 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=1692781 Jackson Meyer is an agent for Tempest, the division of the CIA that handles all time-travel-related threats. After an accidental run in with the girl he altered history to save, Jackson is once again reminded of what hes lost. And when Eyewall emerges, Jackson and his fellow agents not only find themselves under attack, but Jackson begins to discover that the world around him has changed and someone knows about his relationship with Holly, putting both their lives at risk all over again. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748612