- Table View
- List View
Downtown Debutant
by Kara LennoxBrenna Thompson's dreams of making it big in the jewelry business stop suddenly when her ex-fiance takes off with all the gemstones she's working on.
Dr. Art's Guide to Planet Earth: For Earthlings Ages 12 to 120
by Art SussmanDr. Art introduces the planet Earth and explains its matter cycles, energy flows, and life webs, while encouraging us to think globally and act locally.
Dr. Burns' Prescription for Happiness
by George BurnsGeorge Burns muses on what happiness is, and gives every remedy he's acquired for tickling your funny bone.
Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation
by Olivia JudsonThis book comprises letters from creatures (all non-human) worried about their bizarre sex lives, to the only sex columnist with a prodigious knowledge of evolutionary biology.
Dr. Vermeij's Conch Quest
by Laura E. Marshak Fran Pollock PrezantThis book focuses on the fascinating study of molluscs by a world renowned scientist who has been blind since childhood. Young readers learn how Dr. Vermeij also became interested in fossils, and how he traveled the world to exotic places to study them.
Dragon's Gate (Golden Mountain Chronicles, #1867)
by Laurence YepIn 1867, Otter travels from Three Willows Village in China to California -- the Land of the Golden Mountain. There he will join his father and uncle.<P><P> In spite of the presence of family, Otter is a stranger among the other Chinese in this new land. And where he expected to see a land of goldfields, he sees only vast, cold whiteness. But Otter's dream is to learn all he can, take the technology back to the Middle Kingdom, and free China from the Manchu invaders.<P> Otter and the others board a machine that will change his life -- a train for which he would open the Dragon's Gate.<P> Newbery Medal Honor book
Dragon's Gold (Kelvin of Rud #1)
by Piers Anthony Robert E. MargroffThe Kingdom of Rud languishes under the heel of a usurper; an evil sorcerer has taken the throne in the name of his wicked daughter.
Dread Companion
by Andre NortonThere were women, slender, with thick green hair waving back and forth, their skin shining brown, wearing scant leaves. There were others, humanoid in appearance, some beautiful, some grotesque...
Dream Dictionary: An A to Z Guide to Understanding Your Unconscious Mind
by Tony CrispThe essential information that will enable you to understand and use the rich imagery of your dreams.
Dream Lake (Friday Harbor #3)
by Lisa KleypasDream Lake takes readers once again to the exquisite setting of Friday Harbor, and tells the story of Zoe Hoffman, an innkeeper who has all but given up on love. She's a gentle, romantic soul, but has been so hurt in the past that she dare not trust her heart with anyone. Especially not Alex Nolan. Alex is the most haunted of all the Nolan brothers. He drinks to keep his demons at bay and not only has he given up on love, he has never, ever believed in it. Zoe and Alex are oil and water, fire and ice, sunshine and shadow. But sometimes, it takes only a glimmer of light to chase away the dark. Dream Lake is classic Lisa Kleypas: romantic, powerful, emotional, and magical.
Dream of Darkness
by Reginald HillSairey Ellis, at age 18, is haunted by recurring nightmares of her childhood in Uganda and her mother's death there years before. She begins to bring her cloudy past to light...
Dreams of Steel (The Black Company: Book of the South II)
by Glen CookCroaker has fallen and, following the Company's disastrous defeat at Dejagore, Lady is one of the few survivors--determined to avenge the Company and herself against the Shadowmasters, no matter what the cost. But in assembling a new fighting force from the dregs and rabble of Taglios, she finds herself offered help by a mysterious, ancient cult of murder--competent, reliable, and apparently committed to her goals. Meanwhile, far away, Shadowmasters conspire against one another and the world, weaving dark spells that reach into the heart of Taglios. And in a hidden grove, a familiar figure slowly awakens to find himself the captive of an animated, headless corpse. Mercilessly cutting through Taglian intrigues, Lady appears to be growing stronger every day. All that disturbs her are the dreams which afflict her by night--dreams of carnage, of destruction, of universal death, unceasing. . .
Dreams of the Desert Wind
by Kurt R. A. GiambastianiIn the secretive and volatile Middle East, 3 people struggle to protect their lives, their loves, and their future. An alternate history novel.
Dreams: Your Magic Mirror with Interpretations by Edgar Cayce
by Elsie SechristHow an understanding of your psychic self can lead to both spiritual growth and success in everyday life and how dreams can serve this end. The author uses Cayce's notes for readings on dreams.
Dred: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp
by Harriet Beecher Stowe Robert S. LevineHarriet Beecher Stowe's second antislavery novel was written partly in response to the criticisms of Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852) by both white Southerners and black abolitionists. In Dred (1856), Stowe attempts to explore the issue of slavery from an African American perspective. Through the compelling stories of Nina Gordon, the mistress of a slave plantation, and Dred, a black revolutionary, Stowe brings to life conflicting beliefs about race, the institution of slavery, and the possibilities of violent resistance. Probing the political and spiritual goals that fuel Dred's rebellion, Stowe creates a figure far different from the acquiescent Christian martyr Uncle Tom. In his introduction to the novel, Robert S. Levine outlines the contemporary antislavery debates in which Stowe had become deeply involved before and during her writing of Dred. In addition to its significance in literary history, the novel remains relevant, Levine argues, to present discussions of cross-racial perspectives.
Drita, My Homegirl
by Jenny LombardA poignant story about the difficulties of leaving everything behind and the friendships that help you get through it. Fleeing war-torn Kosovo, ten-year-old Drita and her family move to America with the dream of living a typical American life. But with this hope comes the struggle to adapt and fit in. How can Drita find her place at school and in her new neighborhood when she doesn''t speak any English? Meanwhile, Maxie and her group of fourth-grade friends are popular in their class, and make an effort to ignore Drita. So when their teacher puts Maxie and Drita together for a class project, things get off to a rocky start. But sometimes, when you least expect it, friendship can bloom and overcome even a vast cultural divide.
Druids
by Morgan LlywelynHistorical fiction about Caesar's campaign in Gaul, told by a holy and revered man who was the best friend of Vercingetorix, the mighty warrior who became king of the Celts.
Due to Circumstances Beyond Our Control...
by Fred W. FriendlyAn analysis of television and its influence on culture by the president of CBS News in the 1960s.
Duffy and the Devil
by Harve ZemachIf you remember the story of Rumpelstiltskin, there will be no surprises here. And, the first paragraph may illicit load graons from those who are blind. Caldecott Medal winner. " Squire Lovel of Trove had no wife. His housekeeper, Old Jone, did the cooking and the cleaning for him. But the sharpness had long since gone out of her eyesight, so she couldn't do fine chores any more, like spinning and sewing and knitting. After a time the squire's clothes got so rough and ragged that he thought he'd better go find a maid to be Jone's helper."
Dump Trucks and Dogsleds: I'm on My Way, Mom! (Hank Zipzer, the World's Greatest Underachiever #16)
by Henry Winkler Lin OliverWhen Hank first heard that his mom was having a baby boy, he wasn't so thrilled. And when he finds out that the baby will be sharing his room, Hank is positively outraged! To make things easier, Dad suggests he take Hank and Emily away for some bonding. But on the first day of their trip, a freak snowstorm arrives. And then they get a call that the baby is coming early! Hank, Dad, and Emily know they have to get home - and fast! They hop on a train, hitch a ride on a dump truck, jump on a snowmobile, and climb into a dogsled, all in a desperate attempt to get home in time for Baby Zipzer's birth.
Dvorak in Love
by Josef Skvorecky Paul WilsonFictionalized account of Dvorak's utterly requited love affair with America, when he came to live in the US in 1892, the anthem of which is his most famous piece, "From the New World."
Dynamic Judaism: The Essential Writings of Mordecai M. Kaplan
by Emanuel S. Goldsmith Mel Scult Mordecai M. KaplanIn a sense, Mordecai Kaplan's life embodies the American Jewish experience of the first half of the twentieth century. The fact that he died in 1983 at the age of 102 means that, in a literal sense, he lived through the whole saga of the American Jew in our times. Arriving here as a boy, growing up in New York City, becoming thoroughly Americanized, he struggled to find ways of making Judaism compatible with the American experience and the modern temper. As rabbi, teacher, writer, and lecturer, he spearheaded the founding of new institutions and stimulated the reconsideration of long-held assumptions. Kaplan's life is a model for all of us.
Eagle Song
by Joseph BruchacAfter moving from a Mohawk reservation to Brooklyn, New York, fourth grader Danny Bigtree encounters stereotypes about his Native American heritage.
Earth Unaware: Volume 1 of the Formic Wars
by Orson Scott Card Aaron JohnstonA hundred years before Ender's Game, humans thought they were alone in the galaxy. Humanity was slowly making their way out from Earth to the planets and asteroids of the Solar System, exploring and mining and founding colonies. The mining ship El Cavador is far out from Earth, in the deeps of the Kuiper Belt, beyond Pluto. Other mining ships, and the families that live on them, are few and far between this far out. So when El Cavador's telescopes pick up a fast-moving object coming in-system, it's hard to know what to make of it. It's massive and moving at a significant fraction of the speed of light. But the ship has other problems. Their systems are old and failing. The family is getting too big. There are claim-jumping corporates bringing Asteroid Belt tactics to the Kuiper Belt. Worrying about a distant object that might or might not be an alien ship seems... not important. They're wrong. It's the most important thing that has happened to the human race in a million years. This is humanity's first contact with an alien race. The First Formic War is about to begin.
Earthman's Burden
by Poul Anderson Gordon R. DicksonEnsign Alexander Braithwaite Jones crash-landed on the planet Toka, 500 light-years from the Solar System. Then he met the Hokos, a race of teddy-bear-like aliens, with the astounding ability to transform outdated Earth stories into riotous real life adventures. From the guns and slang of an Old West saloon to a hair-raising drug bust in Victorian England led by a button-nosed, pipe-puffing Hokan Sherlock Holmes, the Hokas demand that Alex Jones live it oil along with them.