Calibre library
The Darkest Secret [April 24, 2011]
Gena Showalter
From Publishers WeeklyShowalter's seventh Lords of the Underworld novel (after 2010's The Darkest Lie) focuses on Amun, one of the dozen immortal warriors who absorbed evil demons from Pandora's box. The demon of Defeat captures Haidee, a part-demon ...
Sing You Home: A Novel [April 24, 2011]
Jodi Picoult
FromPopular author Picoult tackles the controversial topic of gay rights in her latest powerful tale. When music therapist Zoe Baxter’s latest pregnancy ends in a stillbirth, her husband Max decides he can’t handle any more heartbreak and leaves her....
Toys [April 24, 2011]
James Patterson and Neil McMahon
ReviewCRITICAL ACCLAIM FOR JAMES PATTERSON "The Man Who Can't Miss." (Time _Lev Grossman_ ) "When it comes to constructing a harrowing plot, author James Patterson can turn a screw all right." (New York Daily News ) "Patterson's novels are sleek e...
Live Wire [April 24, 2011]
Harlan Coben
From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. Edgar-winner Coben's 10th Myron Bolitar novel (after Long Lost) is a perfect 10: providing readers with new information about the past of the former athlete turned agent and owner of MB Reps; a satisfyingly compl...
Water for Elephants [April 24, 2011]
Sara Gruen
Though he may not speak of them, the memories still dwell inside Jacob Jankowski's ninety-something-year-old mind. Memories of himself as a young man, tossed by fate onto a rickety train that was home to the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on ...
The Land of Painted Caves [April 24, 2011]
Jean M. Auel
From Publishers WeeklyThirty thousand years in the making and 31 years in the writing, Auel's overlong and underplotted sixth and final volume in the Earth's Children series (The Clan of the Cave Bear; etc.) finds Cro-Magnon Ayla; her mate, Jondalar;...
Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother [April 24, 2011]
Amy Chua
An awe-inspiring, often hilarious, and unerringly honest story of one mother's exercise in extreme parenting, revealing the rewards-and the costs-of raising her children the Chinese way. All decent parents want to do what's best for their children....
Cleopatra: A Life [April 24, 2011]
Stacy Schiff
Cleopatras palace shimmered with onyx and gold, but was richer still in political and sexual intrigue. Though her life spanned fewer then forty years, it reshaped the contours of the ancient world. She was married twice, each time to a brother. She w...
Indulgence in Death [April 24, 2011]
J. D. Robb
In Death [31]: From Publishers Weekly Lt. Eve Dallas of the New York Police and Security Department returns home from a long overdue Irish vacation to a string of bizarre murders in Robb's thrilling 32nd future cop novel (after Fantasy in Death). ...
Dead in the Family [April 24, 2011]
Charlaine Harris
Southern Vampire Mysteries [10]: If you think your family relationships are complicated, think again: you haven't seen anything like the ones in Bon Temps, Louisiana. Sookie Stackhouse is dealing with a whole host of family problems, ranging from her...
A Game of Thrones [April 24, 2011]
George R. R. Martin
A Song of Ice and Fire [1]: Amazon.com ReviewReaders of epic fantasy series are: (1) patient--they are left in suspense between each volume, (2) persistent--they reread or at least review the previous book(s) when a new installment comes out, (3) str...
The Peach Keeper: A Novel [April 24, 2011]
Sarah Addison Allen
Amazon.com ReviewA Letter from Author Sarah Addison Allen She put a penny on her windowsill and cracked the window, because her grandmother once said that ghosts often forget they’re ghosts and will go after money, but if they get close enough to a...
The Jungle [April 24, 2011]
Clive Cussler and Jack B. Du Brul
From Publishers WeeklyJuan Cabrillo and his crew of mercenaries engage in one daring rescue operation after another with progressively higher stakes in Cussler's high-octane eighth Oregon Files novel (after The Silent Sea), his sixth collaboration wi...
Tick Tock [April 24, 2011]
James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge
NYC's #1 detective, Michael Bennett, has a huge problem--the Son of Sam, the Werewolf of Wisteria and the Mad Bomber are all back. The city has never been more terrified! Tick--a killer's countdown begins A rash of horrifying crimes tears through t...
Outliers: The Story of Success [April 24, 2011]
Malcolm Gladwell
In this stunning new book, Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an intellectual journey through the world of "outliers"--the best and the brightest, the most famous and the most successful. He asks the question: what makes high-achievers different? His answe...
Sh*t My Dad Says [April 24, 2011]
Justin Halpern
EDITORIAL REVIEW:
After being dumped by his longtime girlfriend, twenty-eight-year-old Justin Halpern found himself living at home with his seventy-three-year-old dad. Sam Halpern, who is "like Socrates, but angrier, and with worse hair," has never ...
Vampire Mine [April 24, 2011]
Kerrelyn Sparks
Nothing on earth can make this vampire fall in love . . . After 499 years of existence, Connor Buchanan has arrived at an inescapable conclusion: he is a cold-hearted SOB. He's been watching his friends—those poor romantic fools—plummet off the cliff...
Minding Frankie [April 24, 2011]
Maeve Binchy
FromReading a Maeve Binchy novel is like settling in for a cozy visit with an old friend. In vintage Binchy style, a cast of colorfully eccentric characters living in a snug Dublin neighborhood seamlessly weave in and out of each other’s lives, unite...
The Tiger's Wife [April 24, 2011]
Téa Obreht
From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. The sometimes crushing power of myth, story, and memory is explored in the brilliant debut of Obreht, the youngest of the New Yorker's 20-under-40. Natalia Stefanovi, a doctor living (and, in between suspensions,...
Eternal Rider [April 24, 2011]
Larissa Ione
Review"The third book in Ione's supercharged Demonica series ignites on the first page and never looks back." (4 1/2 stars, RT Book Reviews on Passion Unleashed ) Ione has a true gift for imbuing her characters with dark-edged passion. . . a top not...
Driftwood Cottage [April 24, 2011]
Sherryl Woods
Single mom Heather Donovan's dreams of home and family are tantalizingly within reach when she settles in Chesapeake Shores. The welcoming arms of the boisterous, loving O'Brien clan embrace her and her son. But accepting their support seems to furth...
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