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The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories
by Isaac Asimov11 short stories from the famed sci-fi author
The Crack in the Sky
by Richard A. LupoffAcross the planet, only a handful of domed cities exist, cities like NorCal where multiple marriages and drug-taking are encouraged. Everyone waits for a technology to save them. IN CASE OF INFERNO ... "Sir, I checked the high-angle video shot again. That fire is just going and going." "Anything else on the condition screen?" "Sir, it says we have to stand by for a complete dome evacuation. How can we do that? That's impossible, it must be some obsolete code. We can't evacuate thirty million people!" The computers had the answer, but the question was: In earth's spoiled atmosphere, could anyone survive outside the dome?
The Crash of '79
by Paul ErdmanThe Shah of Iran has grandiose plans, which people unknowingly contribute to the crash of 1979 and the demise of the industrial West.
The Deep
by Peter BenchleyA young couple goes to Bermuda on their honeymoon. They dive on the reefs offshore, looking for the wreck of a sunken ship, but they find much more.
The Glendower Legacy
by Thomas GiffordA 200-year-old document fell into a young student's hands. It soon cost him his life, inflamed a struggle between the CIA and the KGB, and made 2 people the targets of both sides.
The Long Arm of Gil Hamilton
by Larry Niven3 novellas from the science fiction writer: Death by Ecstasy, The Defenseless Dead, and Arm.
The Old Time Radio Book
by Ted Sennett"This book is a collection of articles, quizzes, and photographs which attempts to recapture radio's golden years and provide entertainment for those who lived through them. The articles deal with many of the popular programs and versatile people of old-time radio; the quizzes should challenge even the longest memories, and the photographs- well, there were actual people behind all those voices, and they are seen here doing their jobs and doing them well." Bookshare offers many other books about old-time radio.
The Power of Blackness
by Jack WilliamsonBranded a criminal, he sought refuge with a mysterious clan of intergalactic revolutionaries, and found his heritage at last.
The Raj Quartet
by Paul ScottScott's epic saga set in the last years of the British Raj in India: The Jewel in the Crown, The Day of the Scorpion, The Towers of Silence, and A Division of the Spoils. Historical fiction.
The Shadow of the Winter Palace: Russia's Drift to Revolution 1825-1917
by Edward CrankshawA panoramic, illuminating account of a dynasty in decline, that shows how Russia had within it seeds not only of revolution but of many aspects of modern Russia which we think of as peculiar.
The Whisper of the Axe
by Richard CondonShe was beautiful, brilliant, a dazzling lawyer and a glamorous socialite. She was also the mastermind behind a terrorist plot to annihilate 60 million Americans and destroy the US.
Thirteen Against the Bank
by Norman LeighTrue story of how a young English clerk and 12 others won methodically and consistently at Nice, breaking the bank. His simple, easy to understand system is fully explained.
A Call to Virginity?
by Fr. Thomas DubayThis book offers women a theologian's view of virginal dedication, as well as reasons for choosing this lifestyle, by presenting a positive view of virginity.
Agatha Christie: An Autobiography
by Agatha ChristieChristie began this book in 1950 and finished it 15 years later at age 75. She wrote 68 novels, over 100 short stories, 17 plays, published in 103 languages. This book begins from her early childhood growing up in Victorian era England to living abroad in France and Egypt, returning, marrying Archie Christie, travelling around the world with him, again returning home, meeting Max Malowan, etc. There is a lot about the middle east, various parts of England, France, and other countries. She also talks about how she became a writer and began writing novels as well as outlining when certain books were written and what gave her the ideas for them. It is a fascinating read.
Anpao: An American Indian Odyssey
by Jamake HighwaterAnpao is young and Handsome and Brave -- a man any maiden would be proud to call her husband. Any maiden but Ko-Ko-Mik-e-is, that is, who calims she belongs to the Sun alone. And so Anpao sets off for the house of the Sun to ask permission to marry the woman he loves. But Anpao's journey is not an easy one. Before he can reach the Sun, Anapao must travel back in time to the dawn of the world. He must relive his own creation, venture through The World Beneath the World, and battle the many magical mystical creatures of Native American legends. For only by doing so can Anpao discover who he really is, and rove to the Sun why he alone is worthy of the fair Ko-komik-e-is<P><P> Newbery Medal Honor book
Bad Moon Rising
by Jonathan KirschThe doctor lay mutilated in his living room while his wife and daughters turned the swimming pool red. Sick and twisted hatred swelled to strike again!
Beethoven
by Maynard SolomonBiography of the composer with selective bibliography and an index of his compositions
Five True Dog Stories
by Margaret DavidsonThis collection of true dog stories will fascinate young readers. Dox finds jewels, and criminals. Grip picks pockets, and Barry rescues people from the snow. Adventure, suspense, and animals are all here.
Full Disclosure
by William SafireWhat would happen if the 41st President, while meeting with Russian leaders in the mid-1980s, were blinded in an assassination attempt?
George the Drummer Boy (I Can Read! #Level 3)
by Nathaniel BenchleyMore than two hundred years ago, Boston belonged to the British. George was a drummer boy with the King's soldiers there. He wanted to be friends with the people of Boston. But they did not like the soldiers. They shouted and threw things at them. One night, George and the other soldiers were sent on a secret mission. They crossed the river and headed toward Concord. George had no idea that this was the start of the American Revolution. In this I Can Read Book, Don Bolognese's vibrant pictures capture the drama and humor of Nathaniel Benchley's exciting story.
It's Alive!
by Richard WoodleyLenore and Frank Davis were a loving family, looking forward to their new baby, but it was a grotesque mutation, a tiny rampaging aberration.
It's Okay If You Don't Love Me
by Norma KleinNew Yorker Jody has what she thinks is a very liberated view of sex, while Midwesterner Lyle still thinks love means having to say you're sorry. "The trauma and confusion of the sexual coming-of-age by a liberated woman is presented with skill and understanding. " LIBRARY JOURNAL