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Dear Deer: A Book of Homophones
by Gene BarrettaClever Aunt Ant has just moved to the zoo. Speaking in homophones, she describes the quirky animal behavior she sees. There's the MOOSE who loved MOUSSE and ATE EIGHT bowls, and the WHALE who was ALLOWED to WAIL ALOUD--and that's just for starters. This playful picture book introduces children to the richness of language through the concept of homophones. A romp through the zoo has never been so eye-opening. A Children's Book-of-the-Month Club Selection.
Satisfaction: The Science of Finding True Fulfillment
by Gregory BernsWhat can an ultramarathoner, an Icelandic priest, and a couple in an S&M relationship teach us about satisfaction?
Missing Justice (Samantha Kincaid, Book #2)
by Alafair BurkeDeputy District Attorney Samantha Kincaid has just moved from the Drug Unit to the Violent Crimes Unit. Her first case starts out innocently enough, but then there's a question: did they arrest the wrong person? Everything seems so perfect for him to be guilty, but maybe just a little too perfect. Kincaid's father, who had been in the State Patrol when she was child, and is now a widower, holds some of the secrets and tries to protect his daughter. Kincaid's ex-husband shows up as a defense attorney, creating conflicts. Then there's her boyfriend, a cop, who has a reputation for multiple short affairs, but she's hopeful they'll be long term. Plots within plots, conflicts within conflicts of interest. The author herself is a district attorney, and the daughter of famous crime writer James Lee Burke. And yes, her first name is spelled "Alifair."
Getting the Love You Want: A Guide for Couples
by Harville Hendrix Helen Lakelly HuntThis New York Times bestseller has helped thousands of couples attain more loving, supportive, and deeply satisfying relationships.
Blue Avenger Cracks the Code (Blue Avenger #2)
by Norma Howe"Unless and until someone can convince me otherwise, it's goodbye, Mr. Shakespeare--hello, Oxford!" Rue is blue as Blue can be. A reporter can't get his name right; the city council is putting bullets back in guns; an unscrupulous software manufacturer has stolen a good friend's plans for a computer game; and worst of all, Omaha Nebraska Brown, the love of his life, has suddenly gone cold. Only setting out on a new quest can right these wrongs. A wonderful English teacher gives Blue the challenge that sends him to meet a devious merchant in Venice, decode a mysterious cipher, and devote himself to the cause of Edward deVere, the Earl of Oxford (and, Blue is sure, the true and long-hidden author of the greatest plays in English). After desperate measures to avoid being alone in a gondola under the moon with a beautiful girl, true Blue returns to Omaha's waiting arms, and he finds a clever way for his friend to get credit for his inventions. But whether he can prove Oxford really wrote Shakespeare's plays is up to the reader. Blue Avenger Cracks the Code is a great stand-alone book that will please Blue lovers grateful to see him back in action, and will give teachers and parents a whole new way to interest young readers in Shakespeare.
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.
The Adventures of Blue Avenger (Blue Avenger #1)
by Norma HoweThese are big questions to discuss in a young-adult novel, but they are only a small part of what Norma Howe tackles inThe Adventures of Blue Avenger. How did a normal sixteen-year-old boy become the hero of his own comic strip, fall in love with a girl named Omaha Nebraska Brown, and invent a recipe for perfect dripless lemon meringue pie? What does this have to do with the sixteenth-century heretic Giordano Bruno? How can we end the plague of handgun violence in America? A thought-provoking combination of humor, philosophy, and romance,The Adventures of Blue Avenger has something for every teenage reader (and even for a few smart adults).
Knots on a Counting Rope
by John Archambault Bill Martin Jr.Boy-Strength-of-Blue-Horses and his grandfather reminisce about the young blind boy's birth, his first horse, and an exciting horse race.
The Time Bind: When Work Becomes Home and Home Becomes Work
by Arlie Russell HochschildThe national bestseller that put "work/family balance" in the headlines and on the White House agenda. Hailed as the decade's most influential study of our work/family crisis.
Breathe at Every Other Stroke: Stories
by Pamela GullardDistinguished by psychological acuity and nuanced prose, each of the dozen stories involves a quiet but pivotal shift in some way.
The Home Office and Small Business Answer Book: Solutions to the Most Frequently Asked Questions about Starting and Running Home Offices and Small Businesses
by Janet AttardPractical solutions to 900 questions most frequently asked by home office workers and small business owners on the web
Hello, Amigos!
by Tricia Brown"Extends a warm invitation to share (Frankie Valdez's birthday and) to sample his culture's traditional festivities".--Booklist.
Black Girl, White Girl (Inspector Henry Tibbett Mystery #18)
by Patricia MoyesChief Superintendent Henry Tibbett and his wife pay an ostensibly private visit to the Caribbean island of Tampica. In fact, Henry is there to investigate cocaine-smuggling and before long he is investigating a murder.
The House That Jack Built (Matthew Hope #8)
by Ed McbainAfter Ralph Parrish exchanges angry words with his brother Jonathan, he is charged with murder when Jonathan is found dead on the kitchen floor.
Sex Differences in Depression
by Susan Nolen-HoeksemaHow can we account for the fact that women are twice as likely as men to experience protracted sadness, apathy, low self-esteem and other symptoms of depression?
Olivia, or The Weight of the Past
by Judith RossnerFor Caroline the kitchen has always been home, and Italian food her specialty. The minute she sets foot in Italy and meets Angelo, who loves her cooking, she decides to stay.
Inside Force Recon: Recon Marines in Vietnam
by Michael Lee Lanning Ray William StubbeOperating in 4 to 8 man teams, the patrols of Force Recon ventured far into the very backyard of the enemy, the North Vietnamese Army.
White Lies
by Margaret Ann ReidFierce ambitions and raging desires are concealed beneath a veneer of southern charm and chivalrous behavior in Charleston, South Carolina.
From Sleep Unbound
by Andrée Chedid Sharon SpencerFrom Sleep Unbound takes its readers directly into the heart of the woman's world. Samya is the product of a contemporary middle-Eastern upbringing with its harsh and brutal customs, particularly concerning women, whose earthly existences serve certain specific purposes: to serve man and to bear children. Her husband, unfeeling, detached, uninterested, does not even notice the beauty which radiates from her face: large brown eyes, smooth olive skin, jet black hair, slim features. Daily, Samya feels her life eroding, slowly crumbling, slipping, dematerializing into oblivion. Sensations of uselessness reduce her to a state of psychological penury, of fragmentation. Then, anger and resentment, even hatred intrude, resulting perhaps out of sheer dismay at her own passivity. Her sister-in-law, Rachida, whom her husband depends upon so implicitly and explicitly to run the cotton farm, arrives. Rancor swells. Jealousy. As Samya pursues her story, defoliating her feelings, exposing her fulgurating pain like a raw nerve, images are marked with burnt umber, gray, black, darkened configurations. The atmosphere is suffused with feelings swelling with rapture and sensuality, also with bouts of rage and outrage.
Recording Oral History: A Practical Guide for Social Scientists
by Valerie Raleigh YowHandy tips from developing a written interview guide and using tape recorders, to asking probing questions during the interview and editing transcriptions. The author also covers the ethical and legal issues involved in conducting life history interviews and elaborates on three types of oral history projects: community studies, biographies, and family histories.
Outsiders in a Hearing World: A Sociology of Deafness
by Paul C. HigginsSociological observations on several topics in the deaf community: identity, deviance among the deaf, stigma, and encounters with the hearing.
To Be A Slave
by Julius LesterA compilation of reminiscences of slaves and ex-slaves about their lives, from those leaving Africa through the Civil War into the 20th century. <P><P> Newbery Medal Honor Book.
Amazing Grace
by Mary HoffmanAlthough classmates say that she can't play Peter Pan in the school play, because she's black and a girl, Grace discovers that she can do anything she sets her mind to do.
The Eyes of the Killer Robot (Johnny Dixon #4)
by John Bellairs13-year-old Johnny Dixon is put in jeopardy when he and Professor Childermass try to find a robot made many years ago by an evil wizard.
American Indian Stories
by Zitkala-saAutobiography of Zitkala-Sa (aka Gertrude Bonnin), a Dakota Sioux Indian, and tales she heard from the oral tradition of her tribe. First published in 1921.