Mafia Chic

Author	Robert J. Sawyer
ISBN	0812580346

FLASHFORWARD

Two minutes and seventeen seconds that changed the world

Suddenly, without warning, all seven billion people on Earth black out for more than two minutes. Millions die as planes fall from the sky, people tumble down staircases, and cars plow into each other.

But...

Author	Katherine Neville
ISBN	0345366239

Computer expert Cat Velis is heading for a job to Algeria. Before she goes, a mysterious fortune teller warns her of danger, and an antique dealer asks her to search for pieces to a valuable chess set that has been missing for years...In the South of France in 1790 two convent girls hide valuable pieces...

Author	Karen Maitland
ISBN	0718153227

The year is 1348. In a world ruled by faith and fear, nine desperate strangers, brought together by chance, attempt to flee the certain death that is rolling inexorably toward them. Each traveler has a hidden gift, a dark secret, and a story to tell.

From Camelot, the relic-seller, to Cygnus,...

Author	Jean Shepherd
ISBN	0767916220

A beloved, bestselling classic of humorous and nostalgic Americana—the book that inspired the equally classic Yuletide film.

The holiday film A Christmas Story, first released in 1983, has become a bona fide Christmas perennial, gaining in stature and fame with each succeeding year....

Author	Jael McHenry
ISBN	1439191697

After the unexpected death of her parents, painfully shy and sheltered 26-year-old Ginny Selvaggio seeks comfort in cooking from family recipes. But the rich, peppery scent of her Nonna’s soup draws an unexpected visitor into the kitchen: the ghost of Nonna herself, dead for twenty years, who appears...

Author	Plum Sykes
ISBN	1401359604

Plum Sykes beguiling debut welcomes readers to the glamorous world of Park Avenue Princesses, the girls who careen through Manhattan in search of the perfect Fake Bake (tan acquired from Portofino Tanning Salon), a ride on a PJ (private jet) with the ATM (rich boyfriend), and the ever-elusive fiance....

Author	Clare Atkins
ISBN	1760640212

Is it possible for two very different teenagers to fall in love despite high barbed-wire fences and a political wilderness between them?

Anahita is passionate, curious and determined. She is also an Iranian asylum seeker who is only allowed out of detention to attend school. On weekdays,...

Author	Emilie Autumn
ISBN	0998990922

Two young women, living centuries apart, both accused of madness, communicate across time to fight a common enemy... their doctors.

"It was the dog who found me."

Such is the stark confession launching the harrowing scene that begins The Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls as Emilie...

Author	Melissa Senate
ISBN	0373250118

So meh. I've read this book before-not literally but in that this plot line is tired. That's my doing picking it up anyway. But this book never really distinguished itself as special or different for me.

Everyone is very proud of themselves living in Manhattan although they are so poor they can't...

Author	Tess Woods
ISBN	1460756940

'Emotional, compelling' 'Compulsively readable' 'Utterly unputdownable' 'A must-read for all fiction lovers' ...

1969: Free-spirited hippie Jess James has no intention of falling for a soldier ... but perhaps some things are not in our power to stop.

1989: Jess's daughter, Jamie,...

Author

Annelise Freisenbruch

Using her supreme knowledge of the period, author Annelise Freisenbruch presents the great new heroine of historical fiction, Hortensia, who must navigate the male-dominated courts of law in her quest to uncover a sinister plot to overthrow the Republic. Drawing from historical accounts of the...

Author	Steve Mosby
ISBN	0752874136

Mark Nelson is a young police officer, newly assigned to the team of John Mackey--a highly-decorated and successful detective, and author of a bestselling true crime book based on his years of experience catching killers. Mackey is a legend in the force and it's a huge opportunity for Mark, who has dedicated...

Author

Meredith Haggerty

This witty journal is all about female empowerment. From cracking the glass ceiling at work to being cool about Valentine's Day, achievement takes the form of 60 clever merit badges, each with a humorous description, colorful illustrated icon, and sticker to match. With plenty of blank space for women...

Author	Ruth Doan MacDougall
ISBN	0966335244

And what happens next?This is the question that readers of the best-seller The Cheerleader and its sequel, Snowy, have been asking, and now they can discover the answer in Henrietta Snow. New readers will relish a satisfying novel complete in itself."Our generation," Snowy says, "is 'the disappeared.'...

Author	Ruth Doan MacDougall
ISBN	0966335236

What happens when ex-cheerleaders grow up?For Snowy, the cute, blond cheerleader at Gunthwaite High School in the 1950s, did anything ever match the glory of those years?This is the story that the multitudes of fans of the best-selling THE CHEERLEADER, have clamored for, a story that new readers will...

Author	Lynn Johnston
ISBN	0836221281

Elly and John Patterson, along with their children Michael, Elizabeth, and April, make up one of the most beloved families in America. The clan from "For Better or For Worse" is not only recognized, their lives are studied, identified with, and, most of all, treasured for the amusing reflections they...

Author	Lynn Johnston
ISBN	0836220544

Number Four in a series; collect them all. What can I say about this collection? Probably the highlight is when the Patterson family take a vacation out to Manitoba to visit John's sister and her family on the farm. Not only do we get a whole mess o' farm jokes, but it's also the first time in the strip--for...

Author	Lynn Johnston
ISBN	0740747398

(Characters) move into your home and into your head," Lynn Johnston writes about her For Better or For Worse creations. "They talk and can be heard in conversation-with you, with each other......... They allow you to be a part of their world inasmuch as you have asked them to be a part of yours."

That...