Displaying the top 100 results that match your query. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/rssapi.jsp?browse=true&Ne=7401&N=3+7432 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=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=1750464 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1750522 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738924 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743521 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743506 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1750465 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=1753897 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1734652 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=1716090 A tenacious reporter turns to a handsome private detective to help her solve a mysterious disappearance the police say never happened--but someone will stop at nothing to keep the truth hidden. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1751054 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=1738926 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743525 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1750437 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1739476 The residents, staff, and neighbors of the Pine Haven retirement center (from twelve-year-old Abby to eighty-five-year-old Sadie) share some of lifes most profound discoveries. What they eventually learn about themselves and one another will transform them all. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1713169 It is 1832 in South Africa, the year before slavery is abolished and the slaves are emancipated. Philida is the mother of four children by Francois Brink, the son of her master. When Francoiss father orders him to marry a woman from a prominent Cape Town family, Francois reneges on his promise to give Philida her freedom, threatening instead to sell her to new owners in the harsh country up north. Here is the remarkable story-based on individuals connected to the authors family-of a fiercely independent woman who will settle for nothing and for no one. Unwilling to accept the future that lies ahead of her, Philida continues to test the limits and lodges a complaint against the Brink family. Then she sets off on a journey-from the southernmost reaches of the Cape, across a great wilderness, to the far north of the country-in order to reclaim her soul.--Container. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1713020 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743578 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743582 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1716080 Few know the tragedy and heartbreak that shaped The Loner. When the once happily married businessmans wife was murdered, Conrad Browning, son of legendary gunfighter Frank Morgan, set off on a new course, complete with a new name: Kid Morgan. Bounty hunters are stalking the man known as Kid Morgan, which is how he learns theres a price on his head. A victim of mistaken identity, he had broken out of Hell Gate Prison in New Mexico to clear his name. When the right man had been brought to justice, The Kid was assured there would be no charges leveled against him, so this poster offering a 10,000 dollar reward, Dead or Alive, is a potentially deadly mistake. Riding into the little mining town of Las Vegas, The Kid plans to lie low while his San Francisco lawyer clears up the error. But theres a bank robbery going down, and The Kid cant ignore it. When he steps in to help the marshal, he becomes the town hero, until hes recognized and he finds himself behind bars again. Someone is blocking all attempts to clear The Kids name, and its uncertain that hell live long enough to ever be free again. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743526 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1750534 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743545 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=1750512 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1683308 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743510 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1753887 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1704712 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1750442 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=1729372 Former professional athlete Sonya Richardson agrees to appear on a reality dating program to show America what a real black woman is like, but she is thrown off her game by former pastor John Bond, the shows designated white guy. 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=1738905 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1715286 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=1738750 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1753717 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1750538 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=1759420 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=1743583 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1751046 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1714079 Englishwoman Liese Campbell visits the Melbourne country mansion of heir Alexander Colquhoun, with whom she shares a no-strings-attached affair until discovering deeper, more erotic aspects of his character. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1750374 In 1939 Scott is living in Hollywood, a virulent alcoholic and deeply in debt. Despite his relationship with gossip columnist Sheila Graham, he remains fiercely loyal to Zelda, his soul mate and muse. In an attempt to fuse together their fractured marriage, Scott arranges a trip to Cuba, where, after a disastrous first night in Havana, the couple runs off to a beach resort outside the city. But even in paradise, Scott and Zelda cannot escape the dangerous intensity of their relationship. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1750461 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=1737952 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=1743553 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1750439 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=1753604 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1750535 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=1712992 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=1748555 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1739228 Wanting to remarry when her health-care costs eat up all of her money, widow Cassie Jones enlists the grudging help of reclusive fellow patient Jack and devises a pragmatic but unconventional solution when dating proves unsuccessful. 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=1750430 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1750455 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1737959 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=1743564 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1713033 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1713003 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738957 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1753894 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1750463 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=1738917 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1758132 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1734658 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743543 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=1750452 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1713000 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738906 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743577 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1696157 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743555 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=1743530 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=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=1759387 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1753790 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=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=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=1750458 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=1743550 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.