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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."
In America: A Novel
by Susan SontagIn America is a kaleidoscopic portrait of America on the cusp of modernity. As she did in her enormously popular novel The Volcano Lover, Susan Sontag casts a story located in the past in a fresh, provocative light to create a fictional world full of contemporary resonance.<P><P> In 1876 a group of Poles led by Maryna Zalezowska, Poland's greatest actress, emigrate to the United States and travel to California to found a "utopian commune." When the commune fails, Maryna stays, learns English, and―as Marina Zalenska―forges a new, even more triumphant career on the American stage, becoming a diva on par with Sara Bernhardt.<P> In America is about many things: a woman's search for self-transformation; the fate of idealism; a life in the theater; the many varieties of love; and, not least of all, stories and storytelling itself. Operatic in the scope and intensity of the emotions it depicts, richly detailed and visionary in its account of America, and peopled with unforgettable characters.<P> In America is the winner of the 2000 National Book Award for Fiction.
An Introduction to Multicultural Counseling
by Wanda M. L. LeeA history of multicultural counseling, its current issues and controversies, along with historical and sociopolitical influences in treatment methods and in testing biases.
Mr. Sammler's Planet
by Saul BellowMr. Artur Sammler, Holocaust survivor, intellectual, and occasional lecturer at Columbia University in 1960s New York City, is a “registrar of madness,” a refined and civilized being caught among people crazy with the promises of the future (moon landings, endless possibilities). His Cyclopean gaze reflects on the degradations of city life while looking deep into the sufferings of the human soul. “Sorry for all and sore at heart,” he observes how greater luxury and leisure have only led to more human suffering. To Mr. Sammler—who by the end of this ferociously unsentimental novel has found the compassionate consciousness necessary to bridge the gap between himself and his fellow beings—a good life is one in which a person does what is “required of him.” To know and to meet the “terms of the contract” was as true a life as one could live. At its heart, this novel is quintessential Bellow: moral, urbane, sublimely humane.<P><P> Winner of the National Book Award
Music to My Sorrow (Bedlam's Bard #7)
by Mercedes Lackey Rosemary EdghillWOLVES, WITH OCCASIONAL MUSIC They'd only gotten as far as Columbus Circle when suddenly half-a-dozen enormous black shapes came lunging out from among the other cars toward them. After a moment's stunned incredulity, Eric realized what he was seeing. Wolves-but worse. They were to normal wolves what a forest fire was to a birthday candle-they were all the primeval terrors of night and the ancient forest given fur and fangs and flesh. He threw a shield around himself and Lady Day just as one of the beasts dodged in, snapping at his foot. Suddenly Eric heard a jangle of disharmonic harpsong, and his shield was ripped away. Before he could react, he felt powerful jaws clamp down on his ankle, yanking him from Lady Day's saddle and hurling him to the ground. One of the dire-wolves landed on top of him, knocking the breath from him, and beneath it all, the harp played on, like Stravinsky on crack, making it hard to think. Lady Day-in horse form now-stood like a stag at bay, surrounded by a panting half-circle of dire-wolves. Just beyond her a black limousine stood parked. Eric readied his spells. The back door of the limousine swung open. Jormin ap Galever sat in the back. He was holding Magnus against his chest, with a silver knife to Magnus's throat. Magnus's head lolled limply; he was unconscious, but Eric could see that his brother was still alive. "Will you join us, Bard?" Jormin called cheerily.
A Short History of Music (Fourth American Edition, Revised)
by Alfred EinsteinThis book covers considers such topics as: primitive music--what was it? how do we know anything about it? music of the middle ages, music of the renaissance, instrumental music through the ages, opera--Latin America is included in this discussion, chamber music--did you know it was popular in the 1920s? Though sometimes technical, this volume is easy to read.
Eyewitness Inspiration: Contemporary Vignettes for Life
by Frank BallA collection of stories based on faith, fantasy, and fact that reveal the motives of historical figures as well as the passion of people as ordinary as your next-door neighbors.
Eyewitness: The Life of Christ Told in One Story
by Frank BallThis book arranges the gospel scenes and more than 200 other Bible verses into a biblically accurate, chronological story that is easy to read, understand, and remember.
All Souls: A Family Story from Southie
by Michael Patrick MacdonaldMemoir of an Irish-American boy growing up in South Boston, with a conversation with the author and a reading group guide at the end.
In Control: No More Snapping at Your Family, Sulking at Work, Steaming in the Grocery Line, Seething in Meetings, Stuffing Your Frustration
by Redford Williams Virginia WilliamsClinically proven to reduce anger and stress, this book's easy-to-follow program will enable you to handle anything that today's dangerously out-of-control world throws at you.
Always Running: La Vida Loca, Gang Days in LA
by Luis J. RodríguezAlways Running is the account of Luis J. Rodríguez's growing up in poverty in Los Angeles and his ultimate turning to gang life as a means of preservation. The book chronicles his encounters with racism in school and on the streets, and his struggle to overcome prejudice, drugs, and violence. * * * "And if they murder, it's usually the ones who look like them, the ones closest to who they are--the mirror reflection. They murder and they're killing themselves, over and over." * * * With these words Luis J. Rodríguez expresses the devastation of life in the inner cities. Rodríguez began Always Running when he was 16, finding solace in the words that spilled out of him. However, he was not motivated to complete it until his own son, Ramiro, joined a gang in Chicago, where they now live. Always Running became for Rodríguez a way to offer the kind of mentoring he never received as a youth. It is a tale of survival, presenting a picture of the futility of gang warfare while providing understanding and hope.
The Columbia Dictionary of Modern Literary and Cultural Criticism
by Joseph Childers Gary HentziA book to help initiate the curious generalist into the world of theoretical vocabularies, and to refresh the memories of specialists on necessary terms and their roots.
Fragments of Rationality: Postmodernity and the Subject of Composition
by Lester FaigleyAn insightful assessment of the study and teaching of writing against the larger theoretical, political and technological upheavals of the past 30 years.
Sex Education: A Novel
by Jenny DavisAs a project for an unusually open class in sex education, Livvie and her boyfriend David learn to care for a pregnant young neighbor, and also about love and caring and eventually about pain and courage.
Seabird
by Holling Clancy HollingSeabird is an ivory gull, carved by the youngest member of a whaling ship. Through Seabird's eyes, scenes of beauty, danger and excitement from every ocean are revealed. <P><P> Newbery Honor book.
Epiphany
by Ferrol SamsThree short stories: Epiphany, Harmony Ain't Easy, and Relative & Absolute, which examine how bonds are formed between people of differing personalities and experiences.
Buddho
by Ajahn Tate Thanissaro BhikkhuA simple and practical guide to the use of the meditation phrase buddho, which is used to settle the mind to the point at which discernment can begin to arise.
Steps Along the Path
by Ajahn Tate Thanissaro BhikkhuA short handbook on the practice of meditation with tips and recommendations for new and experienced meditators, with a discussion of how best to respond when visions and signs arise.
In the Heart of the Seas
by S. Y. Agnon I. M. LaskA story of a journey to the land of Israel, by the Nobel Prize winning author, with a dream-like atmosphere
Pokémon Pikachu's Vacation
by Tracey WestThe Pokémon are going on vacation, and Pikachu is in charge. A group of bullies bust in to disturb them at an amusement park. Can all the Pokémon learn to work together before disaster strikes?
Public Speaking: Concepts and Skills for a Diverse Society (5th Edition)
by Clella JaffeA guide to help you understand the concepts and develop the skills that will make you a successful public speaker, with practical information in every chapter to assist you effectively prepare for and make presentations in the many culturally diverse speaking situations you will encounter.
Schooled
by Gordon KormanCapricorn Anderson has been homeschooled by his hippie grandmother, but when she has to stay in the hospital, Cap is sent to the local middle school. No education could prepare him for the politics of public school!
Steal This Book
by Abbie HoffmanA classic of counterculture literature and one of the most influential and controversial documents of the 20th century, this is an instruction manual for young activists and radical social change.
The Bridal Canopy
by S. Y. Agnon I. M. LaskIn announcing the choice of S. Y. Agnon as winner of the 1966 Nobel Prize for Literature, the Committee said of this novel: "The Bridal Canopy is the name of one of his most characteristic stories, in its ingenious and earthy humor, a Jewish counterpart to Don Quixote and Tyl Eulenspiegel."