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Strongbow: The Story of Richard and Aoife
by Morgan LlywelynBased on the true events of 12th century Ireland, this is the story of Richard de Clare (Strongbow), the greatest of all Norman knights, and Aoife, the free-spirited but willful Irish princess who took up a sword alongside Strongbow to defend her people and her land. Historical fiction.
Strong Motion
by Jonathan FranzenA love story set in Boston that interweaves earthquakes and abortion protesters.
Stressed is Desserts Spelled Backwards: Rising Above Life's Challenges with Humor, Hope and Courage
by Brian Luke SeawardSeaward says: "One of the most important lessons I've learned is that it's not what happens to us, but our reaction to what happens to us that causes us stress." He shows us how to learn this lesson, too. Then he continues: "And that means we have the power to control our level of stress. We, in fact, have the power to choose not to react at all to that which happens around us. It is not what life brings to us that determines our level of happiness and self-fulfillment. It is the attitude we bring to life. The most important decision we can make each day is our choice of attitude. It is what will spur us on or stand in our way." Since we are in charge of our attitude, we are the architects of our lives."
Streetlethal
by Steven BarnesLA is a teeming metropolis with a rotten core. Here the all-powerful Ortegas rule over their empire of drugs, prostitution, and black-market human organs 'donated' by their helpless victims.
Strategies of Containment: A Critical Appraisal of American National Security Policy During the Cold War (Revised and Expanded Edition)
by John Lewis GaddisWhen Strategies of Containment was first published, the Soviet Union was still a superpower, Ronald Reagan was president of the United States, and the Berlin Wall was still standing. This updated edition of Gaddis' classic carries the history of containment through the end of the Cold War. Beginning with Franklin D. Roosevelt's postwar plans, Gaddis provides a thorough critical analysis of George F. Kennan's original strategy of containment, NSC-68, The Eisenhower-Dulles "New Look," the Kennedy-Johnson "flexible response" strategy, the Nixon-Kissinger strategy of detente, and now a comprehensive assessment of how Reagan-- and Gorbachev-- completed the process of containment, thereby bringing the Cold War to an end. He concludes, provocatively, that Reagan more effectively than any other Cold War president drew upon the strengths of both approaches while avoiding their weaknesses. A must-read for anyone interested in Cold War history, grand strategy, and the origins of the post-Cold War world.
Strange Brew
by P. N. ElrodNine urban fantasy authors come together in this delicious brew that crackles and boils over with tales of powerful witches and dark magic! The authors include Patricia Briggs, Jim Butcher, Rachel Caine, Karen Chance, P. N. Elrod, Charlaine Harris, Faith Hunter, Caitlin Kittredge, and Jenna Maclaine.
Stranded
by Jeff ProbstA New York Times Bestseller! As seen on The Today Show, Rachael Ray, and Kelly and Michael. From the Emmy-Award winning host of Survivor, Jeff Probst, with Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life co-author, Chris Tebbetts, comes a brand new family adventure series! A family vacation becomes a game of survival! It was supposed to be a vacation--and a chance to get to know each other better. But when a massive storm sets in without warning, four kids are shipwrecked alone on a rocky jungle island in the middle of the South Pacific. No adults. No instructions. Nobody to rely on but themselves. Can they make it home alive? A week ago, the biggest challenge Vanessa, Buzz, Carter, and Jane had was learning to live as a new blended family. Now the four siblings must find a way to work together if they're going to make it off the island. But first they've got to learn to survive one another.
Stowaway
by Karen HesseIn the summer of 1768, an eleven-year-old butcher's apprentice named Nicholas Young climbed aboard a ship, hid himself from captain and crew, and waited to be carried far away from the life he hated in London. Nick didn't know it, but the ship he chose -- H.M.S. Endeavour -- was bound for an astonishing adventure. Captained by James Cook, Endeavour was on a secret mission to discover an unknown continent at the bottom of the globe. During his three-year voyage, Nick encountered hardship and was awed by new discoveries; he weathered danger and proved himself brave when disaster struck; he earned the respect and trust of the gentlemen on board; he made a friend for life. And he made history. An eleven-year-old boy named Nicholas Young really did stow away on Cook's Endeavour. Based on exhaustive historical research and illustrated with evocative drawings by Robert Andrew Parker, Stowaway is Newbery winner Karen Hesse's extraordinary fictional account of the real Nicholas's journey.
Story Matters: Contemporary Short Story Writers Share the Creative Process
by Margaret-Love Denham Barbara ShoupTechniques of writing short stories; examples, advice and strategies to help you with your writing; writers explain the intent, technique, and meaning of their fiction; list of their favorite short stories; bibliography of further resources in creative writing
Storm Warning (The 39 Clues #9)
by Linda Sue ParkAmy and Dan discover a long-hidden secret of the Cahills--a secret so dangerous that people have died to protect it. The knowledge leads the siblings to a final showdown with the Man in Black.
Still in Love with You: A Daughter’s True Story (20th Anniversary Edition)
by Lycrecia Williams Hoover Dale M. VinicurThe only personal and true biography of Hank and Audrey Williams. Drawn from the memories of their closest family members and friends. Written by daughter Lycrecia Williams Hoover with co-author Dale Vinicur.
Still Waters
by Kerry TuckerLibby Kincaid is convinced that her brother Avery's death is not a suicide, so she starts nosing around for the truth.
Stewards of the Flame
by Sylvia EngdahlWhen burned-out starship captain Jesse Sanders is seized by a dictatorial medical regime and detained on the colony planet Undine, he has no idea that he is about to be plunged into a bewildering new life that will involve ordeals and joys beyond anything he has ever imagined, as well as the love of a woman with powers that seem superhuman. Still less does he suspect that he must soon take responsibility for the lives of people he has come to care about and the preservation of their hopes for the future of humankind. Winner of a bronze medal in the 2008 Independent Publisher (IPPY) Book Awards, this controversial novel deals with government-imposed health care, end-of-life issues, and the so-called paranormal powers of the human mind. Despite being set in the distant future on another world, it appeals not only to science fiction readers but to others who question the dominant medical philosophy of today's society, or who value personal freedom of choice.
Steven Spielberg's E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial Storybook
by William KotzwinkleThe enchanting story begins: The spaceship floated gently, anchored by a beam of lavender light to the earth below. Round in shape and glowing warmly, it looked like a gigantic old Christmas tree ornament fallen from the night sky. The Ship landed on Earth purposefully, the intelligence commanding it beyond navigational error. Yet an error was about to be made . . . The hatch was open, the crew out and about, probing the earth with strangely shaped tools, like little old elves caring for their misty, moonlit gardens. It was clear they weren't elves, but creatures more scientifically minded. For they were taking samples -of flowers, moss, shrubs, saplings. Yet their misshapen heads, their drooping arms and roly-poly, sawed-off torsos would make one think of elfland, and the tenderness they showed the plants might add to this impression-were someone of Earth nearby to observe it, but no one was, and the elfin botanists from space were free to work in peace. Even so, they started in fear when a bat twittered by, or an owl hooted, or a dog barked in the distance. Then their breathing quickened and a mistlike camouflage surrounded them, flowing from their fingertips and from their long toes. Nothing could camouflage their Ship, however, and it had already been detected by military radar and other scanning devices. Government specialists in extraterrestrial research were bouncing around the back roads in noisy vehicles, talking to each other on radios, closing in on the great ornament. Other books by William Kotzwinkle are available from Bookshare.
Steps Along the Path
by Ajahn Tate Thanissaro BhikkhuA short handbook on the practice of meditation with tips and recommendations for new and experienced meditators, with a discussion of how best to respond when visions and signs arise.
Steppenwolf
by Hermann Hesse Basil Creighton Joseph MileckHarry Haller attempts to reconcile his rational self with his animalistic, wolf-like instincts. A classic of modern literature.
Stellar Science Fiction Stories #4
by Judy-Lynn Del Rey6 sci-fi stories from James Tiptree Jr., Stephen R. Donaldson, Alan Dean Foster, Ben Bova, Charles Sheffield, James P. Hogan
Steel Rose
by Kara DalkeyT.J. Kaminski discovered a way to jumpstart her career as a performance artist: conjure something up in Pittsburgh's Schenley Park. They have the power to grant her every wish, but they also have steel-grey eyes and razor-sharp teeth.
Steal This Book
by Abbie HoffmanA classic of counterculture literature and one of the most influential and controversial documents of the 20th century, this is an instruction manual for young activists and radical social change.
Statler: America's Extraordinary Hotelman
by Floyd MillerBiography of E. M. Statler, one of America's great hotelmen who devised management techniques that were applicable far beyond the hotel business and contributed greatly to the nation's general efficiency in the early 1900s.
Stargazer
by Colby HodgeLilly is unsure whether Phoenix is a common criminal or her true love on their quest to save her beloved planet.
Stargate SG-1
by Ashley McconnellAn awesome force of evil, bent on domination and destruction, has blasted its way through the Stargate, threatening the survival of Earth.
Stargate
by Dean Devlin Roland Emmerich10,000 years ago, something unworldly happened on earth. Something long forgotten. Something unearthed in the 20th century. Now a crack team of scientists and soldiers has the power to go beyond the last frontier of space to probe the great mystery of the universe. They have no clue what they will find, or if they can ever return.
Star Woman: We Are Made From Stars and to the Stars We Must Return
by Lynne V. AndrewsThe true story of one woman's enlightenment, as she joins 2 American Indian medicine women to further her quest for ancient knowledge.
Star Wars: A New Hope
by The Editors at LucasfilmChildren's version of the classic space adventure.