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 | Priced to Move Aiken, Ginny 2007-10 - Fleming H. Revell Company 9780800732271 Check Our Catalog
She Thought She Was Leaving the Rat Race Behind? Gemologist Andie Adams is suffering a bad case of burnout in her stress-filled job in New York. So she jumps at the chance to ditch her wormy corner of the Big Apple for a home in Kentucky with her lovable but off-the-wall Aunt Weeby. After all, things should be slower paced in Kentucky-right? Wrong. Andie reluctantly joins the Shop-Til-U-Drop Network as its newest jewelry and gemstone show host. Sparks fly between her and the know-nothing (but drop-dead gorgeous) jock they've hired as her cohost. And when Andie's job exposes her to a international investigation, the mayhem escalates during an exotic journey. Explosions, missing gems, sabotag-life was never this exciting in New York! Former newspaper reporter Ginny Aiken discovered books at a very early age, writing her first novel at age fifteen. She is the author of the Silver Hills Trilogy and the Deadly D'cor Mysteries. A frequent speaker at women's events and writers' conferences, Ginny lives with her husband and four sons in Pennsylvania. HPL patron: It's a stunning novel with great jewels, exotic travles. Who could ever resist? …More |
 | Say You're One of Them Akpan, Uwem 2009-09 - Little Brown and Company 9780316086363 Check Our Catalog
Each story in this jubilantly acclaimed collection pays testament to the wisdom and resilience of children, even in the face of the most agonizing circumstances. A family living in a makeshift shanty in urban Kenya scurries to find gifts of any kind for the impending Christmas holiday. A Rwandan girl relates her family's struggles to maintain a facade of normalcy amid unspeakable acts. A young brother and sister cope with their uncle's attempt to sell them into slavery. Aboard a bus filled with refugees-a microcosm of today's Africa-a Muslim boy summons his faith to bear a treacherous ride across Nigeria. Through the eyes of childhood friends the emotional toll of religious conflict in Ethiopia becomes viscerally clear. HPL patron: Good advice for surviving ethnicconflicts, an exercise in empathetic speculation enables you to imagine the unimaginable, offer up to your view the unspeakable rendered with clarity, grace. …More |
 | The Book of Dahlia Albert, Elisa 2008-03 - Free Press 9780743291293 Check Our Catalog
BookPage Notable Title HPL patron: A dark arresting fearlessly funny story of one young woman's terminal illness. The author walks you thru a dazzling line with gravitas, irreverence, candor, high and low culture. …More |
 | Mourning Gloria Albert, Susan Wittig 2011-04 - Berkley Publishing Group 9780425239131 Check Our Catalog
After a woman is killed in an arson-homicide, Jessica Nelson, an intern-reporter at the local paper, is assigned to cover the story. When Jessica disappears, China Bayles is determined to find her, before she becomes a headline herself. …More |
 | Heaven Alcorn, Randy 2004-10 - Tyndale House Publishers 9780842379427 Check Our Catalog
The next time you hear someone say, "We can't begin to imagine what Heaven will be like," tell them, ""I can."" HPL patron: It made me think about heaven in a new way. Very scriptural. …More |
 | The Romanov Bride Alexander, Robert 2009-03 - Penguin Books 9780143115076 Check Our Catalog
This bestselling tale of Romanov intrigue from the author of "The Kitchen Boy" begins like a fairy tale--a German princess marries the Grand Duke Sergei of Russia and enters the Romanov's lavish court. However, after a peaceful demonstration becomes a bloodbath, the fires of the revolution link the young princess's destiny to that of a young Bolshevik. …More |
 | Grim Reaper: End of Days Alten, Steve 2010-10 - Variance Publishing LLC 9781935142164 Check Our Catalog
Patrick "Shep" Shepherd was a promising major league rookie baseball pitcher when September 11th, 2001, hit. Shaken by the attacks, Shep left behind his soul mate and newborn daughter to enlist in the Armed Forces. Eleven years and four deployments later, Shep finds himself in Manhattan's VA hospital. His left arm is gone, his wife and daughter are gone, and he is haunted by the nightmares of war. December 21st.: While world leaders meet at the U.N., Mary Klipot, a bio-hazard level-4 scientist working at the CIA labs in Fort Detrick, enters the Big Apple with Scythe, a swift-acting version of the Black Death designed to wipe out America's enemies abroad. Believing she is carrying out God's wishes, Mary infects herself, then unleashes Scythe upon Manhattan. The threat of a worldwide pandemic forces officials to seal off the island . . . the president among those trapped. Determined to rescue his wife and child, Shep follows his guide, Virgil Shechinah, through the plague-infected neighborhoods of Manhattan, revisiting the "Nine Circles of Hell" as portrayed in Dante's Inferno. And the Grim Reaper, loosed upon the land by a humanity who has once again tipped the scales in favor of evil over good, is stalking Patrick Shepherd. …More |
 | The Twisted Thread Bacon, Charlotte 2011-06 - Hyperion Books 9781401341503 Check Our Catalog
A haunting, literary thriller, "The Twisted Thread" takes readers inside the world of boarding schools and the privileges and hierarchies they enshrine, examining in particular the way in which these schools operate according to truly separate moral and legal codes. HPL patron: I found this book to be tedious. It bored me. …More |
 | Divine Justice Baldacci, David 2008-11 - Grand Central Publishing 9780446505383 Check Our Catalog
Oliver Stone and the Camel Club return in Baldacci's most astonishing thriller yet when the assassinations Stone carries out prompt the highest levels of the government to unleash a massive manhunt. HPL patron: Will the Camel Club survive the death of one of their members or the involvement of one of their remaining members? Is the seemingly unrelated murders and suicide in a small VA mining town? Read on! …More |
 | Hardware: A Carlotta Carlyle Mystery Barnes, Linda 1996-02 - Dell Publishing Company 9780440212232 Check Our Catalog
Moonlighting as a cabbie has become dangerous business for P.I. Carlotta Carlyle. Violence has Boston cab drivers scared witless, and Carlotta's search for clues will take tougher hardware than her new computer. This case will take the sassy and intelligent investigator on a crashing ride down the information superhighway--and Boston's meanest streets. …More |
 | Real Vampires Hate Their Thighs Bartlett, Gerry 2010-02 - Berkley Publishing Group 9780425232231 Check Our Catalog
Glory St. Clair loves soaking up Hollywood's vampire nightlife with her sexy Scottish lover, Jeremiah. Especially when she meets a vampire/diet guru who promises to give her the body she's wanted for centuries. HPL patron: It was okay- but Charlaine Harris does it better. …More |
 | Dead by Morning Barton, Beverly 2011-06 - Center Point Large Print 9781611730906 Check Our Catalog
Maleah Purdue is tough, outspoken, and completely dedicated to her work at the Powell Security Agency. But her fearless exterior shatters when a madman begins killing her colleagues one by one, mimicking a notorious serial killer already behind bars. Working with profiler Derek Lawrence, Maleah will do anything to find the killer -- even if it means playing a psychopath's twisted mind games. No one connected to the agency is safe. No one is beyond suspicion. Because as Maleah and Derek piece together the clues, they uncover a chilling legacy of lies and brutal vengeance -- and a killer who has been hiding in plain sight. …More |
 | Precious Lord, Take My Hand: Meditations for Caregivers Beach, Shelly 2007-05 - Discovery House Publishers 9781572931954 Check Our Catalog
Inspiration for those with caregiver responsibilities and for families of those suffering with chronice illnesses and dementia HPL patron: Inspirational, funny, encouraging meditations. …More |
 | Death of a Celebrity Beaton, M. C. 2003-01 - Warner Books 9780446612043 Check Our Catalog
Glamorous BBC reporter Crystal French blows into Lochdubh and is promptly given a speeding ticket by Constable Hamish Macbeth. For revenge, her show targets Hamish with a humilating report on policing in the Highlands. She then rakes up old local scandals, outraging the entire village. When Crystal turns up dead, everyone becomes suspect. …More |
 | Leaping Hearts Bird, Jessica 2002-07 - Ivy Books 9780804119887 Check Our Catalog
Beautiful yet defiant A.J. Sutherland spends a small fortune on a horse with a wild reputation, determined to ride the magnificent stallion in the biggest event of the show jumping season. But without the backing of her family's stables, she must rely on legendary rider Devlin McCloud to help. But what begins as a business arrangement soon becomes something deeper. (August) …More |
 | How to Cook Everything: 2,000 Simple Recipes for Great Food Bittman, Mark Illustrator Witschonke, Alan 2008-10 - John Wiley & Sons 9780764578656 Check Our Catalog 2009 James Beard Award Winner
How do you update a classic? For his bestselling, award-winning How to Cook Everything--the modern bible of home cooking--Mark Bittman started from scratch, going page by page, recipe by recipe, carefully blending the best of the beloved original with appealing new recipes and fresh, current information. The result is an even more useful and authoritative cookbook, ready to inform, inspire, and guide new and accomplished cooks alike--the single book to turn to for every kitchen endeavor. Bittman has added hundreds of new dishes, and completely updated the remaining recipes and every line of guidance. New features abound: Each chapter now opens with "Essential Recipes," a section that highlights the core dishes for every cook's repertoire, such as building blocks for simple soups or ten ways to cook any seafood. He has also expanded the chapters on vegetables and fruits, grains, beans, and desserts. New charts will help you customize recipes with a variety of flavors and ingredients, and new how-to illustrations bring the total to nearly 400. With this revision, Bittman also tags fast, make-ahead, and vegetarian recipes with icons for easy menu planning. The new How to Cook Everything provides a lifetime's worth of quick, simple, and delicious options. Its 2,000 recipes and variations cover everything from Pad Thai and Carrot Salad with Cumin to Simplest Whole Roast Chicken, Six Ways and Traditional Apple Pie. All of the recipes are easy to prepare--more than half can be completed in 30 minutes (many in even less time)--and none requires special equipment or fancy techniques. Throughout, the emphasis is on fresh, widely available ingredients and healthy, uncomplicated preparations. As always, Bittman's recipes are instantly appealing, uniquely accessible, and refreshingly straightforward. And many of the special features you loved in the original are still here, too, fully updated. Bittman's thoughtful and inspiring sidebars and lists (like "Twenty-Five Pasta Sauces You Can Make in Advance") and suggested menus for every occasion make How to Cook Everything more valuable and indispensable than ever--the one cookbook you need for fast and flavorful home-cooked food every day of the year.
HPL patron: Didin't findit helpful. Has explanation on how to use steamer basket was confusing. …More |
 | Pretty Dead Block, Francesca Lia 2009-10 - Harper Teen 9780061547850 Check Our Catalog
An acclaimed writer brings to life the lush, centuries-old world of a lonely vampire girl. …More |
 | Church Folk Bowen, Michele Andrea 2002-06 - Grand Central Publishing 9780446678872 Check Our Catalog
Theophilus Henry Simmons is a young, single, sexy black pastor in Charleston, Mississippi. And when he starts courting the quiet, homespun Essie Lee Lane--and she accepts his marriage proposal--a few of the church folk decide to teach Essie what it really means to be a pastor's wife. HPL patron: Glimpse into the spirit filled Black American church in the 60's. It's well pleasing, exceptional. …More |
 | Holy Ghost Corner Bowen, Michele Andrea 2008-06 - Grand Central Publishing 9780446197069 Check Our Catalog
Theresa Elaine Hopson has been looking for love all her life. Then she decides to listen to God, and what she hears soon brings a smile to her face with the realization that the Holy Ghost has been in her love corner all along. HPL patron: Fresh, passionate, laugh out loud funny, cast is delightful. Bowen writing humorously explores familiar terrain for anyone who has witnessed church politics. …More |
 | More Church Folk Bowen, Michele Andrea 2010-07 - Grand Central Publishing 9780446577762 Check Our Catalog
The "Essence"-bestselling author of "Church Folk" returns with this follow-upset in 1986. HPL patron: Everything comes to a boiling point at the general conference,it's clear only one side will be left standing. It won't be long before the 2 opposing sides face-off "church folk" style. …More |
 | Her Own Rules / Dangerous to Know Bradford, Barbara Taylor 2007-02 - Avon Books 9780061284861 Check Our Catalog
One of the world's most beloved and successful novelists, the incomparable Barbara Taylor Bradford has the golden touch--creating powerful stories of love and deception, crisis and triumph, that resonate with real emotion . . . and remarkable characters that live in the heart and memory for months after the final page has been turned. Now two of her strongest "New York Times" bestselling masterworks have been combined in one volume--to be savored anew or for the very first time by fans young and old. Successful businesswoman Meredith Stratton has always played by Her Own Rules and won. But when she's struck by a mysterious illness, she fears the roots of her ailment are buried somewhere in her forgotten past. And, with the help of a caring psychiatrist, she must uncover them--while peeling back the layers of her most carefully designed creation: herself. Who would want to kill Sebastian Locke, charismatic millionaire and universally admired philanthropist? Journalist Vivienne Trent is determined to find out, following a twisted trail of secrets to the startling truth about the death--and the life--of her enigmatic ex-husband, a man who was easy to love but . . . Dangerous to Know …More |
 | Bingo Long's Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings Brashler, William Introduction by Bjarkman, Peter C. 1993-07 - University of Illinois Press 9780252062872 Check Our Catalog
This marks the twentieth anniversary of the publication of a classic of baseball fiction. William Brashler's novel is the story of a black barnstorming ball club in 1939, before Jackie Robinson broke baseball's unofficial color barrier. It was made into a popular film in 1976 that starred James Earl Jones, Billy Dee Williams, and Richard Pryor. This edition includes a new preface by the author and an introduction by Peter Bjarkman that sets the novel in the context both of scholarly literature on the Negro Baseball Leagues and of sports fiction. HPL patron: Brings to life a world made famous-Satchel Paige. "Cool papa" Bell. Mr. Brashler tribute his novel to a period of history that people are just starting to understand. The characters in the story are earthly-ballplayers ought to be. It (story) couldn't be more enthusiastic. …More |
 | The Shooting in the Shop Brett, Simon 2011-02 - Thorndike Press 9781410427847 Check Our Catalog
A murder provides series heroine Carole Seddon a welcome distraction from Christmas, a holiday she's tried to ignore for years, in Brett's delightful 11th cozy set in the English seaside village of Fethering. HPL patron: As is often said, thisis vintage Simon Brett. Entertaining of course. …More |
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