Displaying the top 100 results that match your query. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/rssapi.jsp?view=full&N=7282+7099+3&Ntt=New%20Fiction http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1043980 A boys parents help him adjust to his new stepfamily when his mother remarries after a divorce. Includes note to parents. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1042186 The arrival of a new little brother has his big sister singing the blues. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1037004 When a bad stomachache sends Mallory to the hospital during a winter reunion with neighbor Mary Ann and their summer camp bunkmates, she is sad that her friends seem to be having great fun without her. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1030112 Un traductor simultneo que viaja de ciudad en ciudad le cuenta su vida a una mujer, evocando en su relato las voces de los habitantes de Mgina, su pueblo natal. As sabremos de su bisabuelo Pedro, que era expsito y estuvo en Cuba; de su abuelo, guardia de asalto que en 1939 acab en un campo de concentracin; de sus padres, campesinos de resignada y oscura vida, y de su propia niez y turbulenta adolescencia en un lugar en plena transformacin. --From publishers description. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1042203 Spider-Man is on the lookout for his friend Harrys father when a new villain glides by. Can Spidey find Harrys dad with the Green Goblin close behind?--P. 4 of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1044363 Detective Michael Bennett and FBI Abduction Specialist Emily Parker reluctantly team up to stop a kidnapper and would-be killer who is targeting not only children from New Yorks wealthiest families but also the city itself. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1037914 When Nibbles, the new class pet, gets lost during a visit, Biscuit the puppy helps find him. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1042213 When P.I. Stone Barrington crosses paths with a fetching Broadway actress--and sometime lip model--Stone gets a little more deeply involved with business than hed expected. When his new lady love turns out to be a lady with a shady past, Stone and downtown cop Dino Bacchetti realize that her beauty may have an unusually high price. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1037514 On a mission to pay the ransom of a new ally, apprentice Will and his friends find themselves in a desert wasteland awash with enemies. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1040482 Two hundred years after her death, Jane Austen is still surrounded by the literature she loves--but now its because shes the owner of Flyleaf Books in a sleepy college town in Upstate New York--and a vampire, too. Suddenly in the spotlight, she must hide her real identity--and fend off a dark man from her past while juggling two modern suitors. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1034252 Psychologist Kate Holly is forced to hire a temp after her secretary takes a personal leave of absence, and discovers that her new employee, Abigail Davis, has more issues than even she can deal with. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1044308 The Vampire Council of New Orleans has hired Jane to hunt and kill one of their own who has broken sacred ancient rules. But she quickly realizes that in a community that is thousands of years old, loyalties run deep. With the help of her witch best friend and local vigilantes, Jane finds herself caught between bitter rivalries--and closer than ever to the secret origin of the entire vampire race. But in a city of old grudges and dark magic, Jane will have to fight to protect both sides, even if no one will protect her.--P.[4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1035840 Nothing sucks the romance out of world travel like a boyfriend who may or may not have broken up with you in a hotel room in Brussels. Jane Jamesons sexy sire Gabriel has always been unpredictable, but the seductive, anonymous notes that await him at each stop of their international vacation, coupled with his evasive behavior over the past few months, finally push Jane onto the next flight home to Half Moon Hollow--alone, upset, and unsure whether Gabriel just ended their relationship without actually telling her. Now the childrens-librarian-turned-vampire is reviving with plenty of Faux Type O, some TLC from her colorful friends and family, and her plans for a Brave New Jane. Step One: Get her newly renovated occult bookstore off the ground. Step Two: Support her best friend, Zeb, and his werewolf bride as they prepare for the impending birth of their baby...or litter. Step Three: Figure out whos been sending her threatening letters, and how her hostile pen pal is tied to Gabriel. Because for this nice girl, surviving a broken heart is suddenly becoming a matter of life and death....--p. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1044310 Maggie left her clinical practice in Manhattan to move to sunny Cypress Grove, Florida, where she became the host of WYMEs On the Couch with Maggie Walsh. From codependent wives to fetish fiends, all the locals love her show, but Maggie is not fond of all of its occupational hazards. Threats start pouring in against one of the stations special guests, self-styled New Age prophet Guru Sanjay Gingii. And when one of the threats becomes a deadly reality, Maggies new roommate, Lark, is surprisingly the prime suspect. Maggie has to prove Lark innocent while dealing with a killer who needs more than just therapy.--P. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1043348 While acting as a snowboard, Stanley Lambchop gets carried away by a strong wind, sending him and his new friend Nick on a cross-country Canadian adventure. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1041570 Combining urban fantasy with paranormal romance, this electrifying collection, centering around tattoos that are more than what they seem, includes New York Times best-selling author Karen Chances Skin Deep, in which a mage discovers a magical ward in a dragon that appears on her skin. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1043361 While preparing to audition at Bikini Bottoms new fry cook academy, SpongeBob discovers that his vision is blurry. So he visits the eye doctor and gets a brand-new pair of glasses! At first, SpongeBob thinks his glasses are neat. But then he has a bad dream about them and decides to stop wearing them! Can SpongeBob be a great chef without them?-- [p. 4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1044150 Transferring to a new high school, freshman Charlotte Charlie Healey faces tough choices as she tries to shed her mean girl image. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1040906 Practical advice from his new housekeeper helps Seth Webster, a widower with six-year-old twins, rebuild his life after the loss of his wife. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1038005 The bittersweet story of friendship and love in an apartment building on New Yorks Upper East Side. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1023622 When a man finds a beautiful woman asleep in his bed, he has only one choice: To seduce her with a night of lovemaking shell never forget. Trouble is, Donovan Steeles sultry new housekeeper is just as determined not to become the legendary playboys latest conquest. Trading the Ivy League for down South, Natalie Ford is helping with her aunts housecleaning service. But Steeles chemistry is unlike any this science professor ever learned. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1044571 As her mother prepares to be a contestant on the 1980s television game show, The $20,000 Pyramid, a twelve-year-old New York City girl tries to make sense of a series of mysterious notes received from an anonymous source that seems to defy the laws of time and space. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1023799 When Leila Hunt is swept off her feet by a ninja at a New Years Eve costume party, she has no idea who the masked man is--but after he disappears into the night, shes determined to find him. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1023269 Megs family has a new hobby: growing roses and entering them in competitive shows. They become prime suspects when the body of the woman, on whose estate the competition is being held, is uncovered. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1021532 Ingrid Langley isnt pleased when her husband and working partner, Patrick Gillard, late of MI5 and now with the Serious Organized Crime Agency, is sent on assignment days after the birth of their new son. A local crime provides a welcome distraction, but before long Ingrid has a bigger problem to deal with--Pangborne is murdered and all clues point to Patrick as the killer. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1024525 Mitch Rapp comes up against a new and deadly enemy when he is unofficially ordered to find three terrorists by any means necessary. Theyve attacked Washington D.C., killing 185 and wounding hundreds. So far, however, his investigation has been painfully complicated and has yet to yield a single solid lead--and the last thing Rapp expected was to be in New York City to decide the fate of a man that could be his cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1023649 When a rising starlet from Spanish Harlem dies from a gunshot wound in the fashionable downtown penthouse of an eccentric Broadway producer, New York District Attorney Roger Butch Karp and his hard-charging, crime-fighting wife, Marlene Ciampi, smell drama. With the help of a fearful witness who Marlene convinces to speak out, Karp wages a relentless battle for justice against a notorious defendant, a legion of experts, and a barrage of hostile threats. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1032904 Saved by a Hopi medicine man after being bitten by a rattlesnake, and given the new name of Sidewinder, cattle rancher Brad Storm embraces his new identity when his ranch is torched, his cattle stolen and his wife kidnapped. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1023628 Preachers son Sam Trego meant to follow in his fathers footsteps - until he killed a man in a fistfight. From then on he was a pariah to his family, and so he set out to build a new life. Sam rode into Genesis looking for work and found a job as a preacher. But the last thing the town needed was a man of the cloth: a gang of violent renegades was terrorizing Genesis with kidnappings and murder. Forced to take arms, Trego started to clean up the town... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1037176 Secret Service agent John Mavio infiltrates the infamous Hells Kitchen in New York to shut down a ring of organized crime leaders in an elaborate counterfeit money operation, perhaps the worst in history.--From publishers description. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1034966 Living in a neighborhood of drug dealers and gangs in New Mexico, high school junior Eddie Corazon, a juvenile delinquent-in-training, falls in love with a girl who inspires him to rethink his life and his choices. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1023656 Driving back from the garage in the worst storm of the winter after a failed inspection for their old car and no funds for a new one, Reverend Mother Joan of the Stella Maris Convent didnt hold much hope about the future. Expenses were overtaking them, and the boiler was on the blink. Even Sister Imelda, who could fix anything mechanical, wouldnt risk another patch on it. What happened next along the dark muddy lane would change the sisters lives forever. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1044315 In this retelling of the classic Pygmalion, Lucy Ellis dreams of making it as a fashion designer but toils away on a Garment District assembly line. Man-about-town and bored anthropologist Wyatt Hayes IV has a score to settle with Cornelia Rockman, New Yorks reigning socialite. Can Wyatt fool Cornelia and her East Coast aristocracy into thinking a trailer-born nobody like Lucy is this years It girl? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1025099 21-year-old Amanda Broadmoor doesnt want to abandon her mentor Dr. Carstead when cholera strikes Rochester, New York, in 1899. But after the Broadmoor fortune is mishandled, Amanda must sacrifice her lofty aspirations to rescue her family from ruin--even if it means marrying a man she cant stand. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1023707 Secret Service agent Jo Harper springs into action when the daughter of a murdered ambassador mysteriously goes missing in the mountains of New England. Despite their differences, she enlists local tracker Elijah Cameron to aid her in the search. He suspects the girl doesnt want to be found, but Jos fears about foul play prove correct when they encounter a killer on the trail. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1024313 Samantha Barton survived imprisonment on the war-torn island of St. Pierre. Her family wasnt so lucky. Now, in her new identity as the tough-as-nails revolutionary code-named Topaz, she enlists the aid of an enigmatic industrialist, Fletcher Bronson, on a risky mission to rescue some stranded refugees. Trapped behind enemy lines with a man she both fears and desires, Samantha finds herself irresistibly drawn by his promise of a new life away from the hail of gunfire. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1031786 When it comes to repaying a debt, the women of the Sisterhood, Myra, Annie, Kathryn, Alexis, Yoko, Nikki, and Isabelle, never forget. And now one of their allies needs help only they can give. A powerful attorney with a cutthroat reputation, Lizzie Fox has just taken on a high-profile new client, Lily Flowers, the madam of a high-end bordello operating under the guise of a summer camp. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1044658 Grade Level: 4-6 Age Level: 9-11 Listening Level: 4-6. When Sol and Connie Blink move to Grand Creek, one of the first people to welcome them is an odd older woman, Fay Holaderry, and her friendly dog, Swift, who carries a very strange bone in his mouth. Sol knows a lot more than the average eleven-year-old, so when he identifies the bone as a human femur, he and Connie begin to wonder if their new neighbor is up to no good. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1031778 Four years ago, Emily Lockes life was shattered when her infant daughter and husband were lost in an inexplicable accident. She has nearly rebuilt her fragile mental health when a disgraced former police detective, now working as a private investigator, resurfaces to ask for help in reconnaissance at a Texas skydiving establishment. Emily hesitates to work with Richard Cole again, but she finds she cant refuse when she learns that the case involves a missing boy. At Gulf Coast Skydiving, unexpected similarities between Richards case and Emilys troubled past make it increasingly difficult for her to stay objective. Someone at the quiet, rural airstrip knows what happened to the boy, and clues suggest that the same person may have new details about the disappearance of Emilys own daughter. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1021536 Keira Kelly has come into her full powers, and they are frighteningly strong, creating a distance between her and her human friends in her beloved Rio Seco. It is time to obey her great-great-grandmother Gigis orders and rejoin her family in northwest Canada, where Keira can learn to handle her dangerous new skills. Shell have friends with her every step of the way--her shapeshifter brother Tucker, his beloved Niko, and, to Keiras dismay, her cousin on her mothers side, Daffyd ap Geraint, the Sidhe prince who suddenly appeared in her life and now refuses to leave--but her vampire lover Adam has insisted on staying in Texas. And while there are certainly perks to being Family, such as a private Learjet for the flight to Canada and a fabulous penthouse condo overlooking Vancouver, there are threats looming that nobody, not even Gigi, anticipated. Keiras Sidhe inheritance from her mother is far more important than anyone ever realized, and the fate of the Family may depend upon what she does next....--p. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1024299 When Leila Hunt is swept off her feet by a ninja at a New Years Eve costume party, she has no idea who the masked man is--but after he disappears into the night, shes determined to find him. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1034258 The Peterson family has a new puppy, Honey the golden lab, to foster, and Charles sets about trying to find her a perfect home. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1044605 Early one morning in New York City, Will Heller, a sixteen-year-old paranoid schizophrenic, gets on a New York City uptown B train on a fantastic and terrifying quest to save the world. Violet Heller, his desperate mother, is joined by Ali Lateef, a missing persons specialist, in a desperate attempt toocate her son before psychosis claims him completely. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1036697 For anyone who has read the entire works of Gabriel Garcia Marquez and is in search of a new Colombian novelist, then Juan Gabriel Vasquezs The Informers is a thrilling new discovery Colm Toibin, Guardian A fine and frightening study of how the past preys upon the present John Banville Like Sebald, Vasquez is interested in survivors and in the distortions of history and memory One of this years outstanding books. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1044715 Sinuously constructed in four interlocking parts, Paul Austers fifteenth novel opens in New York City in the Spring of 1967 when twenty-year-old Adam Walker, an aspiring poet and student at Columbia University, meets the enigmatic Frenchman, Rudolf Born, and his silent and seductive girlfriend, Margot. Before long, Walker finds himself caught in a perverse triangle that leads to a sudden, shocking act of violence that will alter the course of his life... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1044741 Sappho was so happy when she married Gavin. But she hadnt considered his daughter, Isobel. Isobel is a delightful, charming girl who spends her school holidays caring for the elderly and who is the apple of Gavins eye. Now cast in the role of Wicked Stepmother, Sappho tries all she can to befriend Isobel and find her place in the new family. Its not easy, but no one had promised it would be. Sappho perseveres. But she has a history, and the history works against her. When it becomes clear that Isobel is stealing Gavins love and attention, Sappho must fight for his affection. But how can she win her husband back? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1044723 Caterina was fifteen years old when she fell in love with a man much above her station. The daughter of a humble village apothecary, she was considered unmarriageable by her lovers wealthy and ambitious family. She had no recourse when they took her child away from her, leaving her bereft and rejected by society as a fallen woman. But Caterina had always kept a part of herself hidden from society. In defiance of what was expected for girls in the 15th century, her father had chosen to educate her--not only in the medicinal arts, but in Greek philosophy, pagan mysticism, and the secret of alchemy, all considered heretical by the church. Now, to be close to her son, she would carry that deceit farther than she had imagined, taking up a new life under a dangerous new identity. In Florence at the height of Italys cultural Renaissance, Caterina would discover undreamed-of opportunities and freedoms--and her gifted son, Leonardo. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1024061 Portland detective Archie Sheridan hunted Gretchen Lowell for a decade, and after his last ploy to catch her went spectacularly wrong, remains hospitalized months later. When they last spoke, they entered a detente of sorts--Archie agreed not to kill himself if she agreed not to kill anyone else. But when a new body is found accompanied by Gretchens trademark heart, all bets are off and Archie is forced back into action. Has the Beauty Killer returned to her gruesome ways, or has the cult surrounding her created a whole new evil? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1034183 Fourteen-year-old Shauzia, an Afghan refugee living in a camp in Pakistan, determines to find a way to fulfill her dreams of seeing the ocean and beginning a new life in France. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1024314 In late nineteenth-century New York state, wealthy sixteen-year-old twin sisters Lia and Alice Milthorpe find that they are on opposite sides of an ancient prophecy that has destroyed their parents and seeks to do even more harm. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1044567 A Percy Jackson compiled survival guide that includes short stories, character interviews, and other fun tips for young demigods. How do you handle an encounter with Medusa on the New Jersey interstate? Whats the best way to take down a minotaur? Become an expert on everything in Percys world with this guide to the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1035796 Katie Bennett, who has visits from Faith, the guardian angel in her snow globe whom no one else can see, copes with adjusting to a new school and making new friends by starting her own club, the Precious Girls Club. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1040892 Seth Grahame-Smith presents a rip-roaring spoof of the classic Jane Austin tome, Pride and Prejudice. Featuring all-new scenes of bone-crunching zombie mayhem, Grahame-Smith unfolds a raunchy tale of a classic love affair amidst a zombie insurrection. Complete with romance, heartbreak, swordfights, cannibalism, and thousands of rotting corpses, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies transforms a masterpiece of world literature into something actually entertaining. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1024510 Back from his surprisingly glorious honeymoon in Paris, Miami blood spatter analyst Dexter Morgan is one step closer to perfecting his human disguise...But old habits die hard...and Dexters work for the Miami Police Department never fails to offer up new playmates--bad men who appeal to his offbeat and unshakable sense of justice.--dust jacket. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1044686 Brad Cutler, twenty-eight, is a rising star at his New York ad agency, about to marry the girl of his dreams. Anyone would agree he has it all ... a great career, a beautiful and loving fiancee, and a fairy tale life ahead of him--when memories of a high school girlfriend begin to torment him and he must find his old love and make amends. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1044692 The early Anita Blake novels find new life in trade paperback--as perfect collectibles for long-time fans or as great ways for new readers to sink their teeth into the series. In The laughing corpse, a creature from beyond the grave is tearing a swath of murder through St. Louis. And Anita will learn that there are some secrets better left buried--and some people better off dead.--Publishers description. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1034504 Tasha and Trae, the hoods favorite couple, are still together and have moved far away from the drama in New York for the sunny skies in Los Angeles...or so they think--Provided by publisher. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1036709 When Archie the monkey finds himself on a strange island, he makes a multitude of new friends who help him defend their home from intruding pirates. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1023621 Struggling with a messy divorce and the responsibilities of single parenting, floundering business travel agent Gina Rawlins exchanges services with the handsome owner of the local B&B but finds her prospects for a new relationship challenged by her ex-husbands return. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1044570 First-grader Jake The Pain and his sister, third-grader Abigail The Great One have more adventures, including visiting their cousins in New York and celebrating their cat Fluzzys birthday. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1031776 Late one night, Michael--an addicted gambler who has lost everything, including himself--spots a woman in a white Rolls-Royce throwing something into the river. Convinced that the woman is a perfect blackmail target, he attempts to recruit a band of homeless outcasts to search for her. But news that a building is slated for demolition turns this halfhearted effort into a serious mission to find the ultimate problem-solver: money, and with it a new home for a precious collection of hardboiled paperbacks. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1024300 Sappho was so happy when she married Gavin. She was in love and it seemed that at last everything was falling into place. But she hadnt considered his daughter, Isobel. She is a delightful, charming girl who is the apple of Gavins eye. Now cast in the role of the Wicked Stepmother, Sappho tries all she can to befriend Isobel and find her place in the new family. When it becomes clear that, contrary to popular belief, it is Isobel who steals Gavins love and attention, and Sappho who must fight for his affection, Sappho is at a loss. How can she win her husband back? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1024504 Kidnapped, beaten, and forced to relinquish his business and his fortune, Alex Konevitch and his wife escape Russia to the United States, only to be accused by his own government of stealing millions from his business. With a mob contract out on his life and the FBI hot on his trail, Alex is a desperate man without a country-facing the ultimate sacrifice for the chance to build a new life for himself and his family. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1023627 Cuno Massey is determined to start a new, peaceful life. But when he comes across a prison wagon under attack, he cant just ride on. A gang of outlaws is hell-bent on granting four hardened convicts an early release, and with the only lawman down, the marshal is badly outnumbered. Dispensing frontier justice from the barrel of his Colt .45, Cuno does his best to even the odds and keep the murderous animals where they belong. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1023945 Haunted by the event that sentences him to time in a group home, Miguel breaks out with two unlikely companions and together they begin their journey down the California coast hoping to get to Mexico and a new life. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1042034 Dora is off on another exciting storybook adventure. This time she will save the Crystal Kingdom with the help of some special new friends!--P. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1038013 Struggling to protect the legacy of his Traveler father, Gabriel faces troubling new questions and relentless threats. His brother Michael, now firmly allied with the enemy, pursues his ambition to wrest power from Nathan Boone, the calculating leader of the Brethren. And Maya, the Harlequin warrior pledged to protect Gabriel at all costs, is forced to make a choice that will change her life forever. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1024324 Spanning the season from Thanksgiving through New Years Eve, follows the now college-aged Dakota Walker as she takes a much-needed break to visit her Gran in Scotland for the holidays. Dakota is at a crossroads in her life. While she is working hard to build her career, the members of her family and her extended family, the Friday Night Knitting Club, are all following their own new dreams that take them in different directions. As Dakota struggles to become a fully independent adult, she draws strength from the stories about her recently deceased mother, Georgia. Through the rich collection of memories shared by her friends and family about past Christmases, we see the full circle of Georgias life--as a child, a teen, a young woman in love, and a doting new mother--as well as the web of people she touched. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1024342 Karen Pirie is the newly appointed Deputy Inspector of the Cold Case Unite in Fife, Scotland. Her first big investigation takes her 25 years into the past to the national miners strike. At the time, a kidnapping gone wrong left a small boy missing -- but new evidence discovered by hard-hitting journalist Bel Richmond suggests he might still be alive. As Pirie delves deeper, she realizes the boys disappearance may be linked to another cold case -- one involving a miner gone AWOL for over two decades. -- Container. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1024070 Brad Cutler, twenty-eight, is a rising star at his New York ad agency, about to marry the girl of his dreams. Anyone would agree he has it all ... a great career, a beautiful and loving fiancee, and a fairy tale life ahead of him--when memories of a high school girlfriend begin to torment him and he must find his old love and make amends. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1044714 This story picks up just over a year after the end of Knit Two. The heart of the book focuses on college-age Dakota Walker and her trip to Scotland to spend the Christmas holidays with her Gran. The visit results in the sharing of happy memories about previous Christmases with Dakotas late mother, Georgia Walker, when Georgia was a child, a teen, a young woman in love, and a doting new mom. Her return to New York City concludes in a special celebration of the new year at the Walker & Daughter yarn shop with all the members of the club. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1024428 Former Posadas County Sheriff Bill Gastner, now a New Mexico Livestock Inspector, is enjoying a day on Herb Torrances ranch--soaking in the sun as he counts a small herd of cattle and thinking about an upcoming lunch with an old friend back in town. But a light breeze stirs dust, a horse spooks, and Bil finds himself ferrying a broken cowpuncher in the back of his SUV, headed out to meet an ambulance. Moments later, Bills day goes from bad to worse as he is summoned by undersheriff Estelle Reyes-Guzman to an investigation of an unattended death. Too impatient for Bill to finish up out at the ranch, old George Payton had decided to eat lunch on his own. A couple of bites later, he collapsed--dead of an apparent heart attack. But something isnt right. It may well have been a heart attack, Estelle agrees, but something triggered it. Before any questions can be answered, the small herd of cattle Bill had just counted is found wandering down a county highway. But theres no sign of cowpuncher Pat Gabaldon or his boss $40,000 truck and livestock trailer. Forced into two tangled investigations, Bill faces one of the most complex cases in his 35-year career.--P. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1023641 Yearning to be a cowboy, John Allen, a former coal miner and apprentice gunsmith, heads to Wyoming to begin his new life and finds himself caught up in a war between ranchers and a band of rustlers. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1034969 In late twelfth-century England, the thirteen-year-old Arthur goes to begin his new life as squire to Lord Stephen at Holt, where crusaders ready themselves. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1040896 Spanning the season from Thanksgiving through New Years Eve, follows the now middle-aged Dakota Walker as she takes a much-needed break to visit her Gran in Scotland for the holidays. Dakota is at a crossroads in her life. While she is working hard to build her career, the members of her family and her extended family, the Friday Night Knitting Club, are all following their own new dreams that take them in different directions. As Dakota struggles to become a fully independent adult, she draws strength from the stories about her recently deceased mother, Georgia. Through the rich collection of memories shared by her friends and family about past Christmases, we see the full circle of Georgias life--as a child, a teen, a young woman in love, and a doting new mother--as well as the web of people she touched. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1023790 Overwhelmed by coursework and the pressures of new love, pre-med college junior Veronica is further battered when her sister calls to inform her that their parents are divorcing. Feeling lost and abandoned by a family in shambles, Veronica has little energy left to deal with boyfriend problems--not to mention the revelation that her dad is suddenly back on the dating scene. But just when things seem most bleak, her mother unexpectedly shows up at her dorm with the family dog and an unusual request. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1035780 The Titans are under attack by one of their own, as former teammate Jericho has become completely unhinged! Years of possessing other people have splintered his mind, narrowing his desires to a single goal: killing his former friends - in the ultimate deathtrap. As Wonder Girl and the Teen Titans fend off a murderous assault within their headquarters, Donna Troy and the older Titans deal with Jerichos attack on New York City. With boh teams of Titans desperate to save innocents caught in the crossfire, wildcard Vigilante makes it his mission to stop Jericho...permanently! http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1023734 This novel follows the fortunes of a menagerie of New Yorkers through a day in 1974--the day of Philippe Petits deathdefying tightrope walk between the newly built Twin Towers. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1034178 Liam Pennywell, who set out to be a philosopher and ended up teaching fifth grade, never much liked the job at that run-down private school, so early retirement doesnt bother him. But he is troubled by his inability to remember anything about the first night that he moved into his new, spare, and efficient condominium on the outskirts of Baltimore. All he knows when he wakes up the next day in the hospital is that his head is sore and bandaged. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1037100 The new U.S. President, Barack Obama, and his family search for the perfect family dog to take to the White House. The choose a Portuguese water dog and name him Bo. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1031254 First Earth was devastated by the machine plague, a runaway nanotechnology that devoured all warm-blooded organisms below altitudes of ten thousand feet. Then the remnants of humankind turned on one another, provoking a brief, furious world war and the invasion of North America. Now Russian and Chinese armies hold California against the battered forces of the U.S.-Canadian Alliance. Nanotech researcher Ruth Goldman and Cam Najarro--a former Army Ranger who helped her force an end to the war--have finally found some peace in a small, hidden village in the Rockies. But the arms race for weaponized nanotech has continued, and America is struck by a new contagion. Together with a small band of friends and rivals, Ruth and Cam must discover the source of the new plague--never suspecting that its creator is an old enemy they believe dead...--p. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1044611 Eager to learn everything she can about her new abilities as an Immortal, Ever turns to her beloved Damen to show her the way, but just as her powers are increasing, his are in decline, and as she searches for a way to save him, she finds herself with a wrenching choice to make. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1025102 A Tennessee woman finds herself torn between the traditional faith of her father and the hip new ways of an infuriating charmer. Harriet becomes concerned when a brash consultant brings newfangled changes to her church. But if this former bad boy thinks hes going to take her for a ride on his motorcycle, hes crazy! http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1044703 What has she done? With a new identity, a staged death, and a chance to flee the treachery that stalks her, Rachael has escaped from a faceless assassin. Now, thousands of miles from home, under the lush canopy of the rain forest, shes found sanctuary. Where can she hide? In this world teeming with unusual creatures walks the most exotic of them all. His name is Rio. A native of the forest imbued with a fierce prowess, he is something to be desired... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1044661 Marine Aviator Brad Austin has a new assignment, one that is destined to change the outcome of the Vietnam War. If he is unsuccessful, his government will deny any involvement. If he succeeds, the enemy will be easy prey for the American pilots. Austin is recruited by the CIA for a daring and dangerous secret mission involving a captured North Vietnamese MiG jet, a secret CIA air base in Laos, and flying behind enemy lines disguised as a Russian pilot. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1024082 In 1879, Steve Dancy sells his New York shop and ventures west to explore and write a journal about his adventures. Although hes not looking for trouble, Dancys infatuation with another mans wife soon embroils him in a deadly feud with Sean Washburn, a Nevada silver baron.--back cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1023633 Molly Pinks crochet group has a new mystery on their hands when they find a paper bag that contains a note that speaks of remorse, a diary entry of the sorrow of parting, and a complicated piece of filet crochet that offers an obscure clue in pictures. Things get even more complicated when they find the talented crocheter murdered by a box of poisoned marzipan apples.--Publishers description. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1024306 Its a freezing winter day in London, 1895, when two young girls have a chance meeting. The pair turn out to have much in common: both are poor, both are parentless. But Minnie Maude, only eight, has even worse problems: the uncle with whom she lived has just been murdered, and if thats not enough, the familys donkey has run away. Her new friend Gracie, all of thirteen, feels obliged to help her, and so the girls team up to solve the mystery--and find Charlie the donkey. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1023608 When Bethany left the genteel life of Philadelphia for the raw frontier town of Sweetwater, Montana, she had no idea how much should would enjoy the freedom and danger of this wild country. She cant resist trying to charm the most attractive cowboy in town into her fathers new church, but never dreamed that the cowboy would charm the lady. But Hawk Chandler isnt the only man vying for Bethanys affections. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1044648 Living in the inner city amidst guns and poverty, fifteen-year-old LaVaughn learns from old and new friends, and inspiring mentors, that life is what you make it--an occasion to rise to. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1031247 Gabrielle Mercedes joins her new churchs dance ministry where she fulfills a lifelong dream and meets Mr. Right, but a past secret threatens to destroy everything, including her newfound faith. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1022270 Felix does not like his new baby sister and thinks his parents should take her back, until a trip to the zoo makes him realize that she might not be as bad as he thought. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1044694 As spring turns into summer, Elizabeth relishes her new role as a young wife, while her sister, Diana, searches for adventure abroad. But when a surprising clue about their fathers death comes to light, the Holland girls wonder at what cost a life of splendor comes. Carolina Broad, societys newest darling, fans a flame from her past, oblivious to how it might burn her future. Join New Yorks most fashionable socialites. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1023639 Second chances are rare in Annie MacAllisters life, and the opportunity to pose as a respectable schoolteacher is too good to pass up. Annie plans to stay in the friendly Texas town of Trails End just long enough to earn money for a new start. But she never dreams that in helping herself, she would help her students - and the one man who could uncover her truth. The towns most righteous citizen, John Sullivan, is challenged by the new teachers unconventional methods. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1034501 When photojournalist Kamaria Trayhern goes undercover at the Mason family ranch, shes hoping to find her real father, not romance. But keeping everyone convinced she is who she claims to be will be harder than she expects--especially where one sexy ranch hand is concerned. After all hes been through, theres no way Wesley Sheridan wants to tangle with more heartache and lies. So the last thing he needs is to be drawn to the pretty new caretaker. But with a jealous killer out to rewrite Mason family history forever, two lonely hearts must learn to trust each other...if they hope to survive the season.--p. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1023303 Arkansas sisters Jenna Stafford and Carly Reece share a dry wit, an unshakable faith, and a regrettable tendency to happen across murder.... Romance and the aroma of good, down-home cookin fill the air in Carlys new Down Home Diner. But the last time she looked, murder was not on the menu. So why is there a dead body at her back door? Can the sleuthing sisters find the missing ingredient to solve the crime before things turn deadly? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1044060 This collection of original stories features a wide variety of tales set across the span of the Halo universe. Contributing brand-new original stories are Halo novelists Eric Nylund and Tobias Buckell, as well as Halo newcomer Karen Traviss. The collection also includes a number of other bestselling and award-winning writers, as well as contributions from the games writers and creators themselves, including original Halo contributor, Robt McLees of Bungie, LLC. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1044687 New Years Eve, 1975: Arturo Belano and Ulises Lima, founders of the visceral realist movement in poetry, leave Mexico City in a borrowed white Impala. Their quest: To track down the obscure, vanished poet Cesarea Tinajero. A violent showdown in the Sonora desert turns search to flight; twenty years later Belano and Lima are still on the run. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1037336 A sequel to the best-selling Nanny Diaries finds Nan returning to New York after 10 years abroad and getting approached by a drunken 16-year-old Grayer X, who describes his parents brutal divorce and prompts her re-entry into child care for the elite. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1023781 Medical examiner Jack Stapleton has been out of touch with college buddies Shawn and Kevin for three decades. An esteemed archeologist and Bible scholar, Shawns still reeling from a recent find. But when Kevin, now the Bishop of New York, gets wind of this discovery, he turns to his old buddy Jack for help in suppressing an explosive secret.