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Bigfoot
by Jacqueline Laks GormanAn introduction to the large ape-like creature that has reportedly been seen in parts of the Pacific Northwest. Ages 4-8.
The Nephew
by James PurdyA melancholy sense of time, age and the slow shift of relations and illusions in a small community pervades this story which centers around Alma, a newly-retired schoolteacher, and her brother Boyd, whose uneventful small town old age together consists chiefly in concern for their nephew, Cliff, now in the Army. When Cliff is reported missing in action, Alma, needing something to do, decides to write a memorial of his life. This project, viewed with varying degress of pity and alarm by her neighbors, gradually involves them all: Faye Baird, living with her mad old TV-watching mother; Clara Himbaugh, a proselytizing Christian Scientist; Willard Baker, the ne'er-do-well homosexual son of a doctor who keeps a tense young man named Vernon; Professor Mannheim, who once taught Cliff, and is reputed to have led a scandalous off-campus life; and rich, intelligent Mrs. Barrington, who at ninety is still the town's deus ex machina. Alma's investigation, which reveals some disturbing facts about Cliff's short life, reveals even more about the quiet griefs and pasts of her aging contemporaries, and eventually she drops the whole project- in favor of living out this complex daily life she has never really known....
Doctor Who: Peacemaker
by James SwallowThe Doctor and Martha are about to find out if a sonic screwdriver is more powerful than a six-shooter in the latest in the bestselling series of Doctor Who novels. The peace and quiet of a remote homestead in the 1880s American West is shattered by the arrival of two shadowy outriders searching for 'the healer'. When the farmer refuses to help them, they raze the house to the ground using guns that shoot bolts of energy instead of bullets. Meanwhile, in the town of Redwater, the Doctor and Martha learn of a snake-oil salesman who's patent medicines actually cure his patient. But when the Doctor and Martha investigate they discover the truth is stranger, and far more dangerous. Caught between the law of the gun and the deadly plans of intergalactic mercenaries, the Doctor and Martha are about to discover just how wild the West can become...
Doctor Who: Time and the Rani
by Pip Baker Jane Bakerbased on the BBC television series Dr. Who. Book 127 in the Dr. Who series.
Isis Rising (Isis Rising #2)
by Jean StewartSequel to the popular Return to Isis, this stirring romantic fantasy continues the adventures of Whir and Kali, as they rebuild Isis from the ashes. A rousing futuristic adventure and an endearing love story destined to capture your heart!
The Culture of Defeat: On National Trauma, Mourning, and Recovery
by Wolfgang Schivelbusch Jefferson ChaseHow defeated nations have handled it.
The Android's Dream
by John ScalziA human diplomat creates an interstellar incident when he kills an alien diplomat in a most...unusual...way. To avoid war, Earth's government must find an equally unusual object: A type of sheep ("The Android's Dream"), used in the alien race's coronation ceremony. To find the sheep, the government turns to Harry Creek, ex-cop, war hero and hacker extraordinaire, who with the help of Brian Javna, a childhood friend turned artificial intelligence, scours the earth looking for the rare creature. And they find it, in the unknowing form of Robin Baker, pet store owner, whose genes contain traces of the sheep DNA. But there are others with plans for the sheep as well: Mercenaries employed by the military. Adherents of a secret religion based on the writings of a 21st century science fiction author. And alien races, eager to start a revolution on their home world and a war on Earth. To keep our planet from being enslaved, Harry will have to pull off the greatest diplomatic coup in history, a grand gambit that will take him from the halls of power to the lava-strewn battlefields of alien worlds. There's only one chance to get it right, to save the life of Robin Baker -- and to protect the future of humanity.
Throne of Isis
by Judith TarrTheir passion set fire to the known world and lives on as the greatest love story in history. Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, heir to the throne won by Alexander the Great: she was the most powerful woman of the ancient Mediterranean, and the only person standing between Rome and its dominion over the world. She was wife to Julius Caesar, and bore his only son. After his death she took Mark Antony, Caesar's greatest general, as lover and consort and as her partner in a vast political enterprise. Together they strove to unite Egypt and Rome under one throne. Throne of Isis tells of Cleopatra's war with Rome, her political skills and her devotion to Egypt. Shakespeare tells of the tragic love affair. But in Throne of Isis, Judith Tarr shows us an extraordinary woman wielding the power to which she was born. Here is the Cleopatra who took the throne of Egypt and held it despite Rome for nearly thirty years. This is the woman who spoke twelve languages, studied philosophy and arts, and could debate with the greatest scholars and orators of the age.
Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda: Destruction of Illusions
by Keith R. A. DecandidoBased on the TV series Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda. It tells what the Maru crew, and Tyr Anasazi, were doing in the months before they came to the Andromeda.
Demons and How to Deal with Them (Volume 2 of the Satan, Demons, and Demon Possession Series)
by Kenneth E. HaginDemons And How To Deal With Them
The Origin and Operation of Demons (Volume 1 of the Satan, Demons, and Demon Possession Series)
by Kenneth E. HaginThe Origin And Operation Of Demons
Don't Call Me Katie Rose (Katie Rose, Book #1)
by Lenora Mattingly WeberA young girl starts a new life in a new high school and decides a new name would be apropos of this beginning.
The Red Magician
by Lisa GoldsteinWinner of the 1983 American Book Award, The Red Magician was an immediate classic. On the eve of World War II, a wandering magician comes to a small Hungarian village prophesying death and destruction. Eleven-year-old Kicsi believes Voros, and attempts to aid him in protecting the village. But the local rabbi, who possesses magical powers, insists that the village is safe, and frustrates Voros's attempts to transport them all to safety. Then the Nazis come and the world changes. Miraculously, Kicsi survives the horrors of the concentration camp and returns to her village to witness the final climactic battle between the rabbi and the Red Magician, the Old World and the New. The Red Magician is a notable work of Holocaust literature and a distinguished work of fiction, as well as a marvelously entertaining fantasy that is, in the end, wise and transcendent.
Bright Lights, Dark Shadows: The Real Story of ABBA
by Magnus PalmBRIGHT LIGHTS, DARK SHADOWS. Revealed for the first time--the people who were Abba, their individual backgrounds, their musical influences and their personal demons. By the time Abba split up, no one was in any doubt that behind the glitter there was a dark side, and behind the smiling group were four troubled individuals. But even as a whole new generation of fans discovers Abba's great music, Anni-Frid, Agnetha, Benny and Bjorn have continued to remain rather shadowy, secretive figures. Their marriages, personal break-ups and superficial biographical details are well known ... but who exactly were Abba? How did Norwegian Anni-Frid, the illegitimate daughter of a German soldier, become a real-life princess? How did folksy Benny and Bjorn reinvent themselves as an international pop force to rival Lennon & McCartney? And what actually happened to blonde Agnetha who smiled a lot but never really looked happy? The author answers these and many more questions about the hit group that no one took seriously ... until everyone did. Each page is a revelation and Palm's acute understanding of the culture of his native Sweden makes these sometimes dark personal stories understandable in a unique way. Bright Lights, Dark Shadows is an instant classic, a truly great account of the rise and fall of a legendary group and a multiple biography of rare insight. . achieves the difficult feat of capturing the multiple layers of Abba ... with a deftness unusual in a rock biography." Sunday Times ".. an extraordinary book.... *Dancing Queen* will never sound the same again."
Doctor Who and the Doomsday Weapon (Doctor Who, No #2)
by Malcolm HulkeTERRORIZER OF THE UNIVERSE. While Doctor Who was exiled on Earth and restricted to the Twentieth Century, the charming but hypnotically evil Master, whose one ambition is to destroy Doctor Who, walked off with the Doomsday Weapon file. Doctor Who, commanded by the Time Lords to stop the Master-at any cost-is directed to a bleak planet in the year 2471. Hidden somewhere on that planet is, the Doomsday Machine--lurking somewhere in that Time Zone is the Master! Will Doctor Who, hampered by alien monsters, locate and dismantle the Doomsday Weapon before the Master triggers it? It's a terrifying countdown affecting all mankind--past, present and forever! Doctor Who is a mysterious, zany,, and very mature Time Lord (750 years mature to be exact) who hurtles through space in a stolen Time Machine. Since there's a problem with the steering, he never lands exactly when or where- he plans to. This, along with his desperate desire to bring law and order to the Universe and his insatiable curiosity...consistently places him in strange and often perilous circumstances. Doctor Who, created for and by the BBC, is one of the longest running and most popular shows in British television history. Now this incredible space fantasy may be seen on television in major cities throughout the world!
Doctor Who and the Space War
by Malcolm HulkeBased on the BBC television serial Doctor Who and the Frontier in Space.
The Fool of the Family
by Margaret KennedyContinuing the story of the Sanger family that began in The Constant Nymph, this novel focuses on Caryl, the only member of the Sanger family who seems to lack talent and a spirit of adventure. Central to the novel is Caryl's complex relationship with his talented, wayward brother Sebastian. When Sebastian seduces Fenella, the girl Caryl hopes to marry, lifelong tensions come to a head.
The Paladin of the Night (Rose of the Prophet, Volume II)
by Margaret Weis Tracy HickmanThe Great War of the Gods means nothing to the proud people on the mortal plane--until Akhran the Wandering God decrees the union of two mighty feuding clans. Though the families are fierce warriors, they are few in number. Even the marriage of Khardan and Zohra is not enough to overpower the strength of the invading army or prevent the imprisonment of their peoples.
The Will of the Wanderer (Rose of the Prophet, Volume I)
by Margaret Weis Tracy HickmanHere is the epic tale of the Great War of the Gods--and the proud people upon whom the fate of the world depends. When the God of the desert, Akhran the Wanderer, declares that two clans must band together despite their centuries-old rivalry, their first response is outrage. But they are a devout people and so reluctantly bow to his bidding. Enemies since birth, the headstrong Prince Khardan and impetuous Princess Zohra must unite in marriage to stop Quar, the God of Reality, Greed, and Law, from enslaving their people.
Exit Earth
by Martin CaidinJust as the US and USSR have finally settled their differences they discover the Solar System is passing through a cloud of dust that will incite the sun to a paroxysm of fury. All life on Earth might die. There can be no escape--except maybe for a very few. Will it be those headed for a lunar base, those on ships headed out of the solar system, or perhaps those who stay behind seeking divine intervention?
1-800-WHERE-R-YOU #2: Code Name Cassandra
by Meg CabotIn Code Name Cassandra, Jess thinks she's finally left her "gifted" days behind and attempts to lead a normal life. But when working at a summer camp becomes more than fun in the sun, Jess must use her abilities to save a young girl--while evading her old enemies.
1-800-WHERE-R-YOU #4: Sanctuary
by Meg Cabot4th volume of the series about teenagers with psychic powers
Cinderella Bride
by Monica McleanWhat happens when a man tries to buy a wife as if he was just going shopping?
Scarabian Nights (Sabrina The Teenage Witch #24)
by Nancy HolderAfter a magical vacation to the Egyptian! pyramids. Aunt Vesta brings Sabrina a super souvenir. The! ancient charm is suppose to help the teenage witch with her] cat chores, but instead it transports Sabrina, Salem, and Valerie back in time to ancient Egypt! Salem is thrilled. After all, the Egyptians really knew how to treat their feline friends-they worshiped them as gods. But when the Cat Goddess Bast falls hard for the fast- talking black cat, she puts him under a love spell and locks! his traveling companions in the maze of the Great Pyramid. As Sabrina and Valerie wind their way through the life- sized puzzle, they enlist the help of some magical figures-and a handsome young pharaoh on hiatus from his sarcophagus. But can they bring Salem to his senses before Bast morphs him into a mummy?
