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The Fever Tree and other Stories of Suspense
by Ruth RendellThe award-winning British author presents eleven elegantly written, gripping stories that discriminating fans will savor.
The Kestrel
by Lloyd AlexanderIn this sequel to 'Westmark', when war comes to Westmark, life in the kingdom is changed forever. Theo is swept into the war in defense of his land and his love.
The Land I Lost
by Huynh Quang NhuongA collection of personal reminiscences of the author's youth in a hamlet on the central highlands of Vietnam.
The Magistrate
by Ernest K. GannA good man's personal and professional lives are on trial, a court trial that would attack and pound at the very bedrock of his life.
The New Grove: Handel
by Winton DeanBiography of George Frederick Handel, including a comprehensive worklist and bibliography, in addition to the definitive view of Handel's life and works.
The New Grove: Haydn
by Jens Peter LarsenBiography of Franz Joseph Haydn, including a comprehensive worklist and bibliography, in addition to the definitive view of Haydn's life and works.
The Observing Self: Mysticism and Psychotherapy
by Arthur J. DeikmanUnderstanding the mystical tradition from the perspective of modern developmental psychology and psychodynamic theory.
The Pocket Guide to Beer
by Michael JacksonA definitive guide to the world's best brews (in 1982). Info on brewing techniques and ingredients, and advice on taste, texture and body.
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume III, Nebula Award Winners 1965-1969
by Arthur C. Clarke George W. ProctorAll of the Nebula award winners for short stories, novellas, and novelets from 1965 to 1969
The Seizure of Power
by Czeslaw Milosz Celina WieniewskaNovel by the Nobel Prize winner for Literature about the month in 1944 when Nazi rule over Europe was crumbling and the Red Army pushed into Poland to meet the Western Allies on the Elbe.
Viscous Circle (Cluster #5)
by Piers AnthonyThe news flashed rapidly thru the Band society: Alien monsters are intruding into the Band region of space!
Voyage From Yesteryear
by James P. HoganNuclear war loomed on the horizon, so a 'colony' in the form of DNA information was sent to another planet where robots created children.
Where the Evil Dwells
by Clifford D. SimakSecretly, four puny humans set out to invade the heartlands of Evil, the so-called Empty Lands, filled with every evil creature from the darkest of mankind's myths.
Where's Buddy?
by Ron RoyThey've only got an hour to find Buddy - and save his life. An excellent mystery. This book also gives children an introduction to diabetes, and how children with the disease care for themselves while living active, fun-filled lives.
Your Turn, Doctor
by Deborah Robison Carla PerezGloria doesn't want to have a checkup. Instead she dreams of giving the doctor a checkup!
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
by Jules Verne Judith ConawayChildren's version of the famous science fiction classic story of an underwater machine and its captain Nemo.
A Paradise Called Texas
by Janice Jordan ShefelmanSearching for a better life, Mina, Papa, and Mama leave their German fatherland aboard the brig Margaretha, bound for Texas. They had been told it was the paradise of North America, but when Mina steps onto the desolate beach at Indian Point on a cold December day in 1845, she wants to go back to Germany and Opa's cozy house in the village of Wehrstedt. But go on they must. In spite of Mama's tragic death, Mina and Papa push inland with the Kaufmann family to the Texas hill country. There Mina encounters and Indian chief and his young daughter, Amaya, whose help she needs when Papa falls ill. Based on her ancestors' immigration to Texas, Janice Shefelman tells of a journey into the wilderness that is filled with hardship, tragedy, and adventure. Book jacket.
Aquila in the New World (The Aquiliad, Volume I)
by Somtow Sucharitkul S. P. SomtowCould a Roman general survive an untamed America? Perhaps, with the aid of the wily Indian Aquila.
Arthur's April Fool
by Marc BrownArthur worries about remembering his magic tricks for the April Fool's Day assembly and Binky's threats to pulverize him.
Auf Gut Deutsch Gesagt: Ein Sprachbrevier für Fortgeschrittene
by Rudolf Walter LeonhardtSprachgebrauch wird ebenso bestimmt von objektiven Regeln wie von subjektivem Stilgefühl. Der Meister darf die Form zerbrechen.
August
by Judith RossnerWe meet Lulu, a psychotherapist, and Dawn, a college freshman, who has attempted suicide on two separate occasions. The author delves into the lives of both of these women, and tells the story of their mutual journey toward self-discovery.
Crater of Mystery (Tom Swift III, Book #8)
by Victor AppletonTom Swift and his crew are instrumental in delivering the planet Verita from a nuclear holocaust.
Doctor Who: Mawdryn Undead
by Peter GrimwadeThe Doctor's time-traveling machine, the TARDIS, is trapped in the flight path of an alien spacecraft in orbit around Earth.
Dolly and the Bird of Paradise (Johnson Johnson #6)
by Dorothy DunnettJohnson Johnson, portrait painter (and secret agent for British Intelligence), and his yacht Dolly gets tangled up in international intrigue with a beautiful bird named Rita Geddes.