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Soul Mountain
by Gao Xingjian Mabel LeeA novel by the Nobel Prize winning author, loosely based on his 15000 kilometer trek out of China, where the narrator seeks the sacred mountain of Lingshan.
Soul Searching: A Girl's Guide to Finding Herself
by Sarah StillmanWritten by a 16-year-old, this will guide you on the path to self-discovery, for your center, your inner voice and the meaning of life.
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.
Tantras (Forgotten Realms: The Avatar Trilogy, Book 2)
by Richard AwlinsonElminster has been murdered, and Midnight and Adon, who saved the Dales from the evil god Bane in the Battle of Shadowdale, have been sentenced to death for the murder.
The Book of Fours (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
by Nancy HolderTo combat a quartet of unnatural disasters, four Slayers must band together - Buffy, Kendra, Faith, ... and India.
The Captive Heart
by Cheryl ReavisRobert McLarn had killed 5 men for vengeance, so the Cherokees had named him "Five Killer", a man doomed to live life armored in grief, until he met Hannah Albrecht. Western romance.
The Composition
by Antonio SkármetaIn a village in Chile, Pedro and Daniel are two typical nine-year-old boys. Up until Daniel's father gets arrested, their biggest worry had been how to improve their soccer skills. Now, they are thrust into a situation where they must grapple with the incomprehensible: dictatorship and its inherent abuses. "The Composition" is a winner of the Americas Award for Children's Literature and the Jane Addams Children's Book Award.
The Contemplative Mom: Restoring Rich Relationship with God in the Midst of Motherhood
by Ann KroekerThe author writes: "This book is not a theological treatise. It is not a textbook on the spiritual disciplines or an all-inclusive encyclopedic resource. ... This is more like a discussion with a friend. An encouragement. I'm writing as a peer in the trenches: a busy mom trying to figure out how to raise my children, love my husband, serve my friends and my church, and in the midst of it all-transcending it all-be a fully devoted child of God. ... Although I am entirely in process, I believe God Himself has drawn me close to Him and shown me how to live a contemplative life, committed to Him, in the midst of motherhood."
The Doors of the Universe (Children of the Star, Book Three)
by Sylvia EngdahlBook Three of the Children of the Star trilogy. Noren knew that his world was not as it should be -- it was wrong that only the Scholars, and their representatives the Technicians, could use metal tools and Machines. It was wrong that only they had access to the mysterious City, which even as a child he had longed to enter. Above all, it was wrong for the Scholars to have sole power over the distribution of knowledge. The High Law imposed these restrictions and many others, though the Prophecy declared that someday knowledge and Machines would be available to everyone. Noren, convicted in youth of heresy, had only recently come to believe in the Prophecy's fulfillment. And the more he learned of the grim truth about his people's deprivations, the less possible it seemed that their world could ever be changed. It would take more drastic steps than anyone had imagined to restore their rightful heritage.
The Encyclopedia of American Radio: An A-Z Guide to Radio from Jack Benny to Howard Stern
by Ron LackmannRadio shows, personalities, chronology of radio events in the US and Canada, sponsors, vintage radio clubs, stations that feature vintage radio, logs of dramatic anthology shows
The Great Feud: The Campbells & the MacDonalds
by Oliver ThomsonA vivid account of the remarkable rivalry, sometimes bloody conflict, between 2 great families who originated on the west coast of Scotland, a feud that lasted 450 years.
The Halls of Stormweather (Forgotten Realms: Sembia #1)
by Clayton Emery Richard Lee Byers Ed Greenwood Dave Gross Lisa Smedman Voronica Whitney-Robinson Paul S. KempThis novel in 7 parts explores the mean streets of a city where everything has its price and even the wealthiest families will do anything to survive.
The Harvard Business School Guide to Finding Your Next Job
by Robert S. GardellaOffers a road map for planning and conducting your search for the job. This book covers the elements of the job search process - from creating a resume to dealing with emotional side of job loss, from choosing references to staying motivated, and from using various search strategies to negotiate job offers.
The Have Gun, Will Travel Companion
by Les Rayburn Martin GramsThis program ran for six seasons--225 episodes--and this book tells all about its planning, its presenting, its struggles, and its people. If just reading the title makes you start humming the theme song, you won't want to miss a word!
The House of Gentle Men
by Kathy HepinstallIn a year of war, sixteen-year-old Charlotte embarks on a mission of love, only to be set upon by three soldiers in training in a lonely, isolated section of the Louisiana forest. When she gives birth to an unwanted baby nine months later -- a demon in her eyes -- Charlotte abandons it to the elements. Years pass, and a friend's gift of pity brings Charlotte to The House of Gentle Men -- a very special place in the woods where sad, damaged, overworked and unappreciated women find the solace and chaste kindness they so desperately crave, administered by haunted men wishing to atone for the crimes in their pasts. But Charlotte's own sins and secrets impel her to consort with one -- and only one -- man there: a damaged ex-soldier who once joined two comrades to defile a teenage girl in the Louisiana woods.
The Invisible String
by Patrice KarstWhether it's a loved one far away, or a parent in the next room, this delightful book illustrates a new way to cope with something all children and parents confront sooner or later; a child's fear of loneliness and separation.
The Long Road to Peace: Encounters with the People of Southern Sudan
by Mathew HaumannA missionary in the Sudan talks about his life.
The New New Thing: A Silicon Valley Story
by Michael LewisA biography of the founder of Netscape serves as a illustration of the profound changes in the 1980s due to the Internet.
The Patriot
by Stephen Molstad Robert RodatIn Britain's American colonies, the cry goes out for freedom as the air from Lexington to the Carolinas burns hot with powder smoke and cannon fire. But Benjamin Martin has had his fill of war. A veteran of the fierce French and Indian conflict, he has renounced fighting forever, retiring to his South Carolina farm to raise his motherless children in peace. Now the war has found his hiding place, bringing its senseless cruelty back into his life and destroying what he holds most dear. And Benjamin Martin must take up arms to fight again--to lead a makeshift army of brave farmers and craftsmen against a relentless, overwhelming enemy--in the blessed cause of liberty. . . and blood vengeance.
The Secret of Pirate Key
by Kathleen Culligan TechlerAdria Miller is spending a couple of weeks on Pirate Key before moving to St. Petersburg, Florida from her home in Minnesota. She and her cousin Toby look for buried treasure.
Thimbleberry Stories
by Cynthia RylantFour stories about Nigel the Chipmunk and his friends, who live on Thimbleberry Lane.
This Star Shall Abide (Children of the Star, Book One)
by Sylvia EngdahlNoren was a heretic. He defied the High Law and had no faith in the Prophecy's fulfillment. But was defiance enough, or could some way be found to make the Prophecy come true?
Touching the Waves (The Dolphin Diaries #2)
by Ben M. BaglioJody and her family are going to visit a center where dolphins help to teach disabled children. When one of the dolphins gets caught in a net, it takes the help of a disabled child to get her home to safety.
Troy
by Adèle GerasTold from the point of view of the women of Troy, this portrays the last weeks of the Trojan War, when women are sick of tending the wounded, men are tired of fighting, and bored gods and goddesses find ways to stir things up.
Uncommon Traveler: Mary Kingsley in Africa
by Don BrownBiography of a 19th-century Englishwoman who, after a secluded childhood, traveled alone through unexplored West Africa in 1893-1894, learning much about the area and its people.