Displaying the top 100 results that match your query. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/rssapi.jsp?browse=true&Ne=7431&N=3+7450 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743542 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1683302 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1694768 After years of being a TV ratings juggernaut but now taking a hit in viewership, Project Icon keeps assistant producer Sasha King hopping, what with its diva judges, foul-mouthed contestants, and muckracking gossip columnists. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1715436 When her boyfriend relationship collapses, Hannah Sugarman seizes the chance to do what shes always loved and launches an underground supper club out of her new landlords town house. Though her delicious dishes become the talk of the town, Hannah faces various romantic prospects that leave her guessing and confused, parents who dont support cooking as a career, and her own fears of taking a risk and charting her own path. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1712685 While treating themselves to a modest vacation in sunny Florida, newly unemployed Wisconsinites Patrick and Barbara McDougal get the ride of a lifetime when they, after being robbed of everything, are rescued by bighearted psychopath and happy tour guide Serge Storms. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1696718 Complications arise throughout his family when churchgoing and respected community member Robert John Browns caught hiding a barnful of migrant workers with no papers. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1729569 Kati Hirschel, the owner of Istanbuls only mystery book store, is fed up. It all starts when her lover Selim insists that she behave like the Turkish wife of a respectable lawyer--looking glamorous and making witty small talk the only requirements. Then her landlady announces an outrageous rent increase on her Istanbul apartment. Shed rather find a new place by bribing government officials, paying baksheesh, than moving in with Selim. Kati is offered a large apartment with a view over the Bosphorous at a bargain price. Too good to be true--until a man is found murdered there and she becomes the polices prime suspect--P. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1696576 After inheriting a large sum of money, Henry Lang moves to Brooklyn to live like a twenty-something hipster and pursue his dream of a publishing career but instead finds himself in increasingly disturbing situations. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1682630 Astonished by his imminent marriage to a woman he believed out of his league, Seth flies to their destination wedding in Florida only to be swept up in a maelstrom of violence involving rioters, Russian gangsters, angry strippers, and a desperate python. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1735100 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1715773 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1731306 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1744796 The hilarious story of a struggling young actress trying to get ahead--and keep it together--in New York City. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1695512 Struggling with encroaching middle age and a broken engagement, advertising agent Finbar Dolan is forced to cancel his Christmas plans to tackle a last-minute work assignment only to learn that his estranged and abusive father has taken ill and that his siblings are unwilling to help, a situation that forces Fin to re-evaluate his choices. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743327 Working as a birdwatching guide to scrape together enough money to survive, Nathan Lochmueller performs nature research in backwater Indiana, where he falls in love with a heartbreaking free spirit named Lola and confronts the accidental turns of his life. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1732410 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1713001 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1729557 Presents a collection of stories featuring such characters as a deranged male birth doula, an aerobics instructor trying to save her soul, and a doomsday hustler. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1704552 A debut novel about a young journalist at D.C.s hottest and most cut-throat political rag who uncovers a scandal sure to turn the Beltway inside out. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738652 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1675582 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1704433 Everyone at IRS special agent Tara Holloways office is looking for love by signing up for an online dating service. As depressing as that is to Tara, her life only gets worse when she finds out that her next case involves cash-funneling to terrorists. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738713 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738587 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1737946 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1702013 At fifteen, Josh Paquette and Khadijah Silvergate-Dunn catch Joshs father and Khadijahs mother kissing in a natural foods store. As both of their families fall apart, the teenagers sign a pact never to cheat on anyone, ever. They have no problem keeping the vow-- until they meet again at twenty-eight, both struggling with career and identity, and both engaged to other people -- dust jacket flap. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1696023 Losing her home when her owner passes away, Prudence the brown tabby cat is taken in by her former owners grieving daughter, who maintains a meticulously organized life to avoid the pain of past losses and memories about her dynamic relationship with her mother. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1705448 The narrator faces the prospect of permanent life as a married man and looks upon the institution of marriage with the same cynicism he brings to fatherhood and his dead-end job. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1684675 When her husband leaves her for a younger, blonder woman, overwhelmed single mother Molly Hagan takes a copywriting position at a new bakery where she, after meeting a sexy British pastry chef, just might get her own happily ever after. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1704323 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. Lissy finally realizes karma is the only bitch bigger than she was. Her present is miserable because of her past. But its not like she can go back in time and change who she was-- or can she? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738560 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738922 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1739491 After Queenie Wake is dismissed from her restaurant job, she returns to North Star to cook meals for death row inmates. Hopeful that the bad memories of her late mother and promiscuous sister (now the mother of the captain of the high school football team) have been forgotten by the locals, Queenie discovers that some people cant be forgotten--heartbreaker Everett Coburn--her old high-school sweetheart. When secrets from the past emerge, will Queenie be able to stick by her family or will she leave home again?--P. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743322 A British astronomer, Thayer, high on Darwin and other progressive scientists of [his] age, has come to believe that beings more highly evolved than us are alive on Mars (he has evidence) and that there will be a perfect moment in which we can signal to them that we are here, too. He gets the support and funding for a massive project to build the Equilateral, a triangle with sides hundreds of miles long, in the desert of Egypt in time for that perfect window. But as work progresses, the Egyptian workers, less evolved than the British, are also less than cooperative, and a bout of malaria that seems to activate at the worst moments makes it all much more confusing and complex than Thayer ever imagined--Amazon.com. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738586 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1685332 An eccentric Upper East Side family loses all their money and their penthouse and seeks refuge in Central park, in a picture book for grown-ups. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1695826 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1685687 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1731315 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1696586 A collection of humorous short stories about love and romance, including the tale of a besotted Sherlock Holmes ignoring all the clues that his girlfriends been cheating on him. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1732411 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1675585 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1704545 While treating themselves to a modest vacation in sunny Florida, newly unemployed Wisconsinites Patrick and Barbara McDougal get the ride of a lifetime when they, after being robbed of everything, are rescued by bighearted psychopath and happy tour guide Serge Storms. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738980 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1711720 Three months has been Gladie Burgers limit when it comes to staying in one place. Thats why Gladie is more than a little skeptical when her eccentric Grandma Zelda recruits her to the familys matchmaking business in the quaint small town of Cannes, California. Whats more, Gladie is also highly unqualified, having a terrible track record with romance. Still, Zelda is convinced that her granddaughter has the gift. But when the going gets tough, Gladie wonders if this gift has a return policy. When Zeldas neighbor drops dead in his kitchen, Gladie is swept into his bizarre familys drama. Despite warnings from the (distractingly gorgeous) chief of police to steer clear of his investigation, Gladie is out to prove that her neighbors death was murder. Its not too long before shes in way over her head-- with the hunky police chief, a dysfunctional family full of possible killers, and yet another mysterious and handsome man, whose attentions shes unable to ignore. Gladie is clearly being pursued-- either by true love or by a murderer. Who will catch her first? -- p. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1715782 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1681841 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1557914 How will Jane Austen break the news to her fianc that shes not only undead, but also a 200-plus-year-old literary icon? In sleepy upstate New York, Janes wedding preparations have taken on a bloodsucking intensity. So when Walter suggests they combine their marriage and honeymoon with a house tour of Europe, Jane jumps at the chance. But to Janes chagrin, more than one secret from her past is about to resurface. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1663998 Housesitting at the ultra-modern apartment of a composer friend in a glum Eastern European city, a British copywriter accidentally spills wine on the apartments priceless wooden floor and endures a psychologically disastrous week of perfectionist repair and maintenance. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1629952 How far would you go to get revenge on an ex? Would you.... * Send dead roses to his new girlfriend? * Spend a thousand dollars on a psychic hotline? * Try to conjure up a voodoo curse? If any of those ring a bell (and even if they dont), youll love Ashleigh Prince, the charmingly hilarious heroine of Chrissie Manbys Getting Over Mr. Right. Ashleigh doesnt think shes asking too much-- she just wants a nice, smart, funny boyfriend with a decent job who happens to love her too. When she meets Michael Parker, she finally thinks shes found it. But after two years together, she doesnt seem to be much closer to the dream. And then, out of nowhere, Michael dumps Ashleigh, in the meanest way possible: on Facebook. But, as the saying goes, hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. Ashleigh is devastated, and she vows to get Michael back by any means necessary. The irrepressibly likable Ashleigh will be every womans new best friend. Shes the heroine willing to go to all of the lengths of revenge that women everywhere have dreamed about, but never have been crazy enough to carry out. Getting Over Mr. Right is a rolicking read, and a fabulous summer beach read-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1562778 Having a supernatural ability to steal others good luck, private detective Nick Monday receives dwindling side profits from the black market until a job offer from the daughter of San Franciscos mayor makes Nick a target. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1584894 Winn Van Meter is heading for his familys retreat on the pristine New England island of Waskeke. Normally a haven of calm, for the next three days this sanctuary will be overrun by tipsy revelers as Winn prepares for the marriage of his daughter Daphne to the affable young scion Greyson Duff. Winns wife, Biddy, has planned the wedding with military precision, but arrangements are sideswept by a storm of salacious misbehavior and intractable lust: Daphnes sister, Livia, who has recently had her heart broken by Teddy Fenn, the son of her fathers oldest rival, is an eager target for the seductive wiles of Greysons best man; Winn, instead of reveling in his patriarchal duties, is tormented by his long-standing crush on Daphnes beguiling bridesmaid Agatha; and the bride and groom find themselves presiding over a spectacle of misplaced desire, marital infidelity, and monumental loss of faith in the rituals of American life--Dust jacket. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1680072 Amid a burning Rochester, New York, Nathan Gray ventures into the citys strangest corners to determine if his friend Necro is a domestic terrorist. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1565310 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1537989 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1555272 Emperor Mollusk, ex-warlord of Earth, comes out of retirement to save the planet from the sinister brains control. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1660663 Structured as a daybook of sorts, with the Cursing Mommy--beleaguered wife of Larry and mother of two boys, twelve and nine--trying (more or less) valiantly to offer tips on how to do various tasks around the home, only to end up on the ground, cursing, surrounded by broken glass. Her voice is somewhere between Phyllis Dillers and Sylvia Plaths: a hilariously desperate housewife with a taste for swearing and large glasses of red wine, who speaks to the frustrations of everyday life. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1624534 In a story written from Sneaky Pies perspective, the intrepid feline sleuth temporarily halts her busy writing career to run for President, a campaign marked by a revolutionary animal-rights agenda and a frisky flock of prospective cabinet members. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1664433 When an unexpected turn of events pushes Leopold William Victor Wolfsburg of Nirona closer to the throne, the Wolfsburgs decide to step up Amys transformation from down-to-earth gardener to perfectly polished princess-in-waiting. Amy would do anything for Leo, but is finding her Prince Charming worth the price of losing herself? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1653184 Confined to a nursing home and about to turn 100, Allan Karlsson, who has a larger-than-life back story as an explosives expert, climbs out of the window in his slippers and embarks on an unforgettable adventure involving thugs, a murderous elephant and a very friendly hot dog stand operator. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1615815 Craig and Eliza, two underpaid angels in the Department of Miracles, try to stop God, the CEO of Heaven, Inc., from destroying Earth by striking a deal with him to get the two most socially awkward humans on the planet to fall in love. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748573 Longing to become a serious writer and settle down with her perpetually absent boyfriend, Sasha, an assistant producer of a floundering reality television show, juggles the eccentric demands of celebrity judges, a spoiled actress, and volatile contestants. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1675454 Professor Dr. Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld despairs over an academic rivals undeserved acclaim and stumbles into a haphazard romance with a charming widow before a mountaineering accident catapults him into unwanted fame. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1590833 Set in 1930s Russia, this darkly humorous, tragic, and ultimately heroic novel tells the tale of Vladimir, an eight-year-old Russian boy suddenly stricken with a chronic case of the hiccups. He soon finds himself spirited away to a Moscow hospital by the famous physician Sergei Namestikov, who puts him through a series of extraordinary--and often bizarre--treatments in an effort to find a cure. When Sergeis chief medical rival, the brilliant Alexander Afiniganov, discovers that beneath Vladimirs blank eyes lurks a pure, unbridled evil, he takes steps to remove the child from polite society. Abandoned by everyone but his hiccups, Vladimir decides to return to the world he once knew, encountering many strange people and situations along the way. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1518672 A comic tale based on the popular Twitter feed follows the exploits of egocentric Babe Walker, who after a stint in rehab for her shopping addiction tackles such vanity challenges as achieving celebrity thinness and accepting her fathers trophy girlfriend. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1518838 Serge Storms has finagled his way into becoming a secret agent in Miami, spying for the president of a banana republic. Will he still have time for a cocktail before Homeland Security brings him down? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1675448 Lara Carson left her family and boyfriend Flynn eighteen years ago without a word to anyone. Why has no one heard from her since? Does it mean anything that shes suddenly reappeared in Bath just in time for her ex-best friend Evies wedding? And what about Flynn? Even the most eagle-eyed observer cant tell whether hes happy to see her, or just stunned.--Provided by publisher. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1574844 Starting a rumor about an assassination plot targeting the Dalai Lama as part of an effort to gain support for a secret weapons system, Bird McIntyre and Angel Templeton provoke Washington crises that bring the United States and China to the brink of war. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1619139 Arriving at his familys farm in Eastern Colorado to discover his fathers home in a terrible state because of the dishonest machinations of a corrupt banker, Shakespeare Williams falls in with former classmates in a plot to rob the bank that has cheated them. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1629834 Winning a blue ribbon at the livestock fair and escaping the butchers knife, winsome 18th-century pig Toby tours the country and astonishes circus audiences with his ability to count, spell and read minds before attending Oxford and Edinburgh, where he encounters such luminaries as Samuel Johnson, Robert Burns and William Blake. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1679166 After decades of service and years of watching her familys troubles splashed across the tabloids, Britains Queen is beginning to feel her age. She needs some proper cheering up. An unexpected opportunity offers her relief: an impromptu visit to a place that holds happy memories - the former royal yacht, Britannia, now moored near Edinburgh. Hidden beneath a skull-emblazoned hoodie, the limber Elizabeth (thank goodness for yoga) walks out of Buckingham Palace into the freedom of a rainy London day and heads for Kings Cross to catch a train to Scotland. But a characterful cast of royal attendants has discovered her missing. In uneasy alliance a lady-in-waiting, a butler, an equerry, a girl from the stables, a dresser, and a clerk from the shop that supplies Her Majestys cheese set out to find her and bring her back before her absence becomes a national scandal. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1508712 What to do when youve just graduated from college and your plans conflict with those of your parents? That is, when your plans to hang out on the couch, re-read your favorite childrens books, and take old prescription tranquilizers, conflict with your parents plans that you, well, get a job? Without a fallback plan, Eshter Kohler decides she has no choice but to take the job her mother has lined up for her: babysitting for their neighbors, the Browns. Its a tricky job, though. Six months earlier, the Browns youngest child died. Still, as Esther finds herself falling in love with their surviving daughter May, and distracted by a confusing romance with one of her friends, she doesnt notice quite how tricky the job is ... until she finds herself assuming the role of confidante to Mays mother Amy, and partner in crime to Amys husband Nate. Trapped in conflicting roles doomed to collide, Esther is forced to come up with a better idea of who she really is. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1623053 Misfit freshman Penelope is rapidly overwhelmed by the aggressive competitiveness of Harvard Universitys environment in and out of the classrooms, a situation that is complicated by her crush on an upper classman and her participation in an absurdist production of Caligula. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1518185 Once a month, four New York City moms forget about shaky marriages, rebellious children, and rocky careers--and place a bet on friendship. Besides the fact that their kids all attend the same fashionable Brooklyn Heights private school, Bess, Robin, Carla, and Alicia have little in common. Thrown together on the tony schools Diversity Committee, the women impulsively turn their awkward first meeting into a boisterous game of poker. Instead of betting with chips or pocket change, however, they play for intimate secrets about their lives. Soon enough, virtual strangers are transformed into close confidantes. As the Diversity Commitee meetings become a highly anticipated monthly ritual, the new friends reveal more with each game. Appearances deceive. Picture-perfect housewife Bess struggles to relate to her surly teenage daughter and judgmental mother. Robin, a bohemian single mom, grapples with the truth concerning her childs real father. Carla, an ambitious African American doctor, attempts to balance the colossal demands of her family with her dream of owning her own private practice. And to distract herself from her troubled marriage, shy copywriter Alicia fantasizes about an attractive younger colleague. Putting all their cards on the table, the four women grow to rely on one another, bracing for one final showdown--Provided by publisher. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1565372 On the 12th floor of the Acme Building, on a cold February day in St. Paul, Guy Noir looks down the barrel of a loaded revolver in the hands of geezer gangster Joey Roast Beef who is demanding to hear what lucrative scheme Guy is cooking up with stripper-turned-womens-studies-professor Naomi Fallopian. Everyone wants to know-Joey, Lieutenant McCafferty, reporter Gene Williker, Guys ex-girlfriend Sugar OToole, the despicable Larry B. Larry, the dreamboat Scarlett Anderson, Mr. Kress of the FDA-and Guy faces them one by one, as he and Naomi pursue a dream of earning gazillions by selling a surefire method of dramatic weight loss. In this whirlwind caper Guy faces danger, falls in love, and faces off with the capo del capo del grande primo capo Johnny Banana -- Cover verso. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1654361 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1486903 In Molly Shapiros fun and sexy debut novel, four women try to sort through the wild and complicated world of text messaging, status updates, and other high-speed connections. Best friends and fellow midwesterners Katie, Annie, Maxine, and Claudia are no strangers to dealing with love and relationships, but with online dating and social networking now in the mix, they all have the feeling theyre not in Kansas anymore. Katie, a divorced mother of two, secretly seeks companionship through the Internet only to discover that the rules of the dating game have drastically changed. Annie, a high-powered East Coast transplant, longs for a baby, yet her online search for a sperm donor is not as easy--or anonymous--as she anticipates. Maxine, a successful artist with a seemingly perfect husband, turns to celebrity gossip sites to distract herself from her less-than-ideal marriage. And Claudia, tired of her husbands obsession with Facebook, finds herself irresistibly drawn to a handsome co-worker. As these women navigate the new highs and lows of the digital age, they each find that their wrong turns lead surprisingly to the right click and, ultimately, the connection they were seeking-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1569093 Starting a rumor about an assassination plot targeting the Dalai Lama as part of an effort to gain support for a secret weapons system, Bird McIntyre and Angel Templeton provoke Washington crises that bring the United States and China to the brink of war. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1574865 Gia and Bella return to Seaside Heights for another sexy summer on the beach, where they pursue tans, fun, and the gorilla juiceheads of their dreams. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1629888 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1677531 Andy Warner has just escaped from a zombie research facility in Portland, Oregon, where hes been subjected to experimental testing for the past year. With Christmas just days away, Andy figures that donning a jolly old St. Nick costume to throw off his would-be captors is just the ticket. But he never expects to encounter a sweet, lonesome nine-year-old girl who not only reminds Andy of the family hes lost but who thinks hes the real Santa. He also doesnt count on being recognized as last years national quasi-celebrity by a clandestine group of decaying supporters who look to him for leadership. For the living and the undead, this unforgettable holiday tale will truly put on display just who is gnawing and who is nice... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1480889 When a college graduate with a history of hapless jobs (ice cream scooper; gift wrapper; laziest ever part-time clerk at the Pet Library) reads Robert Louis Stevensons novel Treasure Island, she is dumbstruck by the timid design of her life. ... Convinced that Stevensons book is cosmically intended for her, she redesigns her life according to its core values: boldness, resolution, independence, and horn-blowing. Accompanied by her mother, her sister, and a hostile Amazon parrot that refuses to follow the script, our heroine embarks on a domestic adventure more frightening than anything shed originally planned--Book jacket flap. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1609082 The great city of Edinburgh is renowned for its impeccable restraint, so how, then, did the extended family of 44 Scotland Street come to be trembling on the brink of reckless self-indulgence? Bertie is--finally!--about to turn seven. But one afternoon he mislays his meddling mother Irene, and learns a valuable lesson: wish-fulfillment can be a dangerous business. Angus and Domenica contemplate whether to give in to romance on holiday in Italy, and even usually down-to-earth Big Lou is overheard discussing cosmetic surgery--P. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1657754 The island of East Pukapuka lies in the path of a tsunami that will kill everyone but Butter, a little girl more worried about the lives of the injured animals she cares for than her own. Butter is rescued by a Loggerhead sea turtle who carries her away on his back. As she and her exhausted savior begin to sink, the girl is plucked out of the sea by Jesus Dobby, the boozy owner of a salvage boat who is thrilled, at first, to have found a genuine turtle-girl hybrid. Downhill racer Dante Wheeler dies in a terrible skiing accident and revives in a twilight state, having lost all memories of his former life. When he heals enough to leave the rehab facility, Dante heads to Polynesia, where he has found a home in his dreams. There he encounters Ophelia, a beautiful blond policewoman who reluctantly agrees to transport him to East Pukapuka. Jope and Ratu, a pair of bumbling pirates, steal a vessel laden with cocaine. They are hotly pursued by the drug-runners hit man Albino Paul, the descendant of cannibals, whose goal is to reclaim his heritage.--Publishers website. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1555265 Casino fixer Lucky OTooles search for a missing magician is complicated by a confrontation with The Big Boss, the hopeful advances of coworker Paxton Dane, and a blisteringly amorous French chef. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1577798 When Gulliver Leverenz abandons LA to make a fresh start in New York, he leaves behind his family, his friends--and one bastard exboyfriend. Its certainly an impusle move: Gully has no job, no money, and no direction. What he does have is a former fraternity brother with a posh apartment, a crew of incredibly hot friends, a reputation as a rising star in the gay nightlife scene. As luck would have it, Gully soon snags a job with a talent agent and even finds himself a new boyfriend. Theres just one catch: Gulliver knows this budding relationship could get him in a lot of trouble. And inevitably, it does just that. The whole mess blows up in his face, leading to an onslaught of catastrophes that leaves him in a tragic and seemingly hopeless situation beheath the skyscrapers. But Gulliver is tougher than he reaslizes and is determined to prove, once and for all, that he has what it takes to make it in New York. By turns exciting, sad, and hysterially funny, Gulliver Takes Manhattan is a candid tale of one mans adventures in the greatest city in the world.--cover, p.4. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1687474 After foiling an attempt to destroy the universe, Mercury has gone missing. And with the devil already putting the final fiendish touches on his next scheme to bring about the apocalypse, all that stands between Lucifer and his dreams of a hellfire holocaust are two misfit humans: jaded religion reporter Christine Temetri and mild-mannered forensic analyst Jacob Slater. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1675705 While outside on Manhattans Midtown streets a fierce snowstorm rages ferociously, nothing can dampen the excitement inside the elegant ballroom of Manhattans Pierre Hotel. Hunt clubs from all over North America have gathered for their annual gala, and nobody is in higher spirits than Sister Jane, Master of the Jefferson Hunt in Virginias Blue Ridge Mountains. Braving the foul weather, Sister and her boyfriend, Gray Lorillard, pop out to purchase cigars for the celebration at a nearby tobacco shop, finding themselves regaled by the colorful stories of its eccentric proprietor, Achilles Alonzo. Yet the trips festive mood goes to ground the next morning with the grisly discovery of Alonzos corpse. The tobacconist was shot in the head but found, oddly enough, with a cigarette pack of Smoky Mountain Smokes laid carefully over his heart. When a similar murder occurs in Washington, D.C., Sisters horse sense tells her theres a nefarious plot afoot, one thats winding its way from the Souths aromatic tobacco farms to the wood-paneled boardrooms of power brokers hellbent on profit. When Sister voices her suspicions, she too becomes a target. Fortunately for her, the Master of the Jefferson Hunt may rely upon the wits and wiles of her four-legged friend--including horses Keepsake and Lafayette, and even the crabby fox Aunt Netty! http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1704761 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1694431 Phineas Throckmorton, town clerk, has been barricaded in the courthouse basement for over a year. But the lender seems increasingly determined to evict him, and may succeed after one of its executives is found shot, apparently from inside the basement. Meg and her fellow townspeople suspect that someone hopes to end the siege by framing Mr. Throckmorton. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1557877 Sharing a relationship that causes many to mistake them for sisters, best friends Willa and Jane work freelance jobs and enjoy each others company until an old high school buddy from Willas past unexpectedly falls in love with Jane. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1602425 Welcome to Blandings Castle, home of the well-intentioned but often distracted Lord Emsworth -- and there are quite a few distractions at this stately country house. Head gardener Angus McAllister has resigned before the Shrewsbury Agricultural Show, when Emsworth needs him most; Lady Constance, Emsworths officious sister, has caged her daughter in the castle to keep her away from the persistent Beefy Bingham; and the Blandings pigman, Wellbeloved, has been sent to prison for drunken and disorderly conduct just days before Emsworths adored sow can win first prize at the 87th Annual Shropshire Show. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1623045 Karen Nieto passed her earliest years a feral child, left alone to wander the vast beach property near her family failing tuna cannery in Mazatlan, Mexico. When her mother dies, Karens long-kept family secret is revealed. What to do with the troubled and autistic Karen? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1537994 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1729672 El siempre original Arthur Phillips se ha superado a s mismo en este inteligente juego literario, mezcla de narrativa, teatro y autobiografa, con l mismo como socarrn personaje que se infiltra en el mundo de Shakespeare, en la industria editorial y en su propia familia, provocando un divertido efecto. Arthur Phillips y su hermana gemela, Dana, mantienen una relacin poco comn con su padre, tambin llamado Arthur Phillips, un falsificador apasionado por distorsionar y envolver de magia lo cotidiano. A punto de morir, Arthur, padre, le entrega a su hijo una obra maestra de Shakespeare que l mismo ha descubierto luego de que permaneciera oculta durante siglos, y lo invita a editarla. Como albacea literario de este patrimonio, Arthur, hijo, se cuestiona a menudo la autenticidad de la obra, al tiempo que pone en tela de juicio, durante el proceso filolgico que emprende para comprobarla, la fiabilidad de su tan excntrica como disfuncional familia. Porque Arthur est plenamente convencido de que la obra shakespeariana es la mayor estafa llevada a cabo por su padre... -- cover, p. [4]. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1627760 When her notorious, hilarious, volatile, talented, troubled, and agoraphobic mother goes missing, teenage Bee begins a trip that takes her to the ends of the earth to find her. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1502853 Relocating to New York after finishing design school, Boyet Hernandez embarks on a promising career only to be wrongly accused of terrorist ties and locked up indefinitely in a tiny cell where he frantically prepares for a trial. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1704754 A respected Mexican businessman finds his idyllic life crumbling in the face of his wifes infidelity with a corrupt director of national security, his brother-in-laws worship of a child preacher, and his mistress break with reality. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1566304 Constance Hardings comfortable corner of Surrey is her own little piece of heaven. She lives in a chocolate box house complete with an Aga and a parrot, her bell-ringing club is set to dominate the intercounty tournament, and she is sure she can get her son, Rupert, to settle down if she just writes the perfect personal ad for him. Naturally, things turn disastrous rather quickly. And shes about to learn that her perfect home conceals a scandal that would make the vicar blush. Her Lithuanian housekeepers undergarments keep appearing in her husbands study and her daughter is turning into a Lycra-clad gap-year strumpet. As her family falls apart, Constance embarks on an extraordinary journey. From partying in Ibiza to riding bareback with a handsome Argentinean gaucho whose only English words are Britney and Spears, Constance is about to discover a wider world she thought it was too late to find. Hilarious, inventive, and ultimately heartwarming, A Surrey State of Affairs will appeal to fans of Major Pettigrews Last Stand and the novels of Alexander McCall Smith. -- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1653924