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The bestselling author of "A Girl Named Zippy" offers a smart first novel that tells the story of a difficult courtship and the bittersweet wrestlings with grief and faith that surround it.

From the dean of Scandinavian noir, the third riveting installment in the internationally bestselling and universally acclaimed Kurt Wallander series, the basis for the PBS series staring Kenneth Branagh.The execution-style murder of a Swedish housewife looks like a simple case even though there is no obvious suspect. But then Wallander learns of a determined stalker, and soon enough, the cops catch up with him. But when his alibi turns out to...

It's my life, and if I want to run from it I can, ” quips Tanya Shaffer. An incorrigible wanderer, Shaffer has a habit of fleeing domesticity for the joys and rigors of the open road. This time her destination is Ghana, and what results is a transformative year spent roaming the African continent. Eager to transcend the limitations of tourism, Shaffer works as a volunteer, building schools and hospitals in remote villages. At the heart of her ...

From the dean of Scandinavian noir, the fourth riveting installment in the internationally bestselling and universally acclaimed Kurt Wallander series, the basis for the PBS series staring Kenneth Branagh.In the award-winning Sidetracked, Kurt Wallander is called to a nearby rapeseed field where a teenage girl has been loitering all day long. He arrives just in time to watch her douse herself in gasoline and set herself aflame. The next day he...

Featuring passion, politics, and war, "American Scoundrel" tells the story of Civil War General Dan Sickles, a notorious 19th century rogue who got away with murdering his wife's lover.

Unavailable for nearly a decade, Lafcadio's Adventures is Nobel laureate Andre Gide's brilliantly sly satire of the Catholic Church and one of the clearest articulations of his greatest theme: the unmotivated crime.When Lafcadio Wluiki, a street-smart nineteen-year-old in 1890s Paris, learns that he's an heir to an ailing French nobleman's fortune, he's seized by wanderlust. Traveling through Rome in slick new duds, he becomes entangled in a C...

In The Fly Swatter, Nicholas Dawidoff--bestselling author of The Catcher Was a Spy--vividly reconstructs the life of his grandfather, Alexander Gerschenkron-the Harvard professor who knew the most.A fascinating character, Gerschenkron feuded with Vladimir Nabokov and John Kenneth Galbraith, flirted with Marlene Dietrich, and played chess with Marcel Duchamp and one-upped both Isiah Berlin and (allegedly) Ted Williams. At Harvard, this celebrat...

Following the success of "The Greens Cookbook" and "Fields of Greens" comes the most accessible Greens' collection to date, with 200 delicious, everyday dishes from the chef of America's most celebrated vegetarian restaurant. Full-color woodcuts.

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Hilarious. Barbara Park makes reading fun." -Dav Pilkey, author of Dog Man Barbara Park's #1 New York Times bestselling chapter book series, Junie B. Jones, has been keeping kids laughing-and reading-for more than twenty-five years. Over 65 million copies sold! Meet the World's Funniest First Grader-Junie B. Jones! Something very wonderful is happening to Junie B. And it's called-hurray, hurray!-she's getting to be a professional lunch lady! A...

Taylor Nicole Thompson is an ordinary girl living an ordinary life with ordinary friends until fate steps in and changes her life forever. A once in a lifetime chance meeting with the hottest superstar in showbusiness throws her into the glamorous world of Hollywood premieres, movie sets, parties, and mega mansions. Shane Logan is handsome, famous and rich. He can have his pick of any or all of the thousands of beautiful women in Hollywood but...

DEEP IN THE FOREST is an adventure story about a young woman, Lave, who flees her home due to many years of abuse. In pursuit of a better life and a place where she will be accepted, she finds a baby abandoned in the woods. Together, they find a hidden village deep in the forest. Much to their horror, the village is ruled by a ruthless man who controls all of the inhabitants of the village. With no where else to turn, Lave is forced to live th...

Every father can make a huge difference in his daughter's life.As the primary male role model in a girl's life, fathers influence their daughters in profound ways, from how they see themselves to what they come to expect from men and the world at large. But men often don't realize the importance of their interactions or may shy away from too close involvement because of their inexperience, or conditioning. Especially as girls move into adolesc...

Genetics of the Fowl is still the most useful work on poultry genetics. Just the last chapter, "Genetics in Practice, " provides the best introduction to successful poultry breeding ever written, covering the difference between breeding for dominant vs. recessive characteristics, individual selection vs. progeny testing, inbreeding vs. crossing, and much more. Professor Hutt was sympathetic to the needs of practical farmers, show breeders,...

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Family" - one of the most important words in print. Because of family, he survived America's Great Depression days and beyond. His son was eleven. They together planned The World's Greatest "Marathon" Horseback Ride. Though seventeen years to fruition.

The NIV Application commentary 1 and 2 Chronicles applies the books to today's culture by bringing the lenses of historical awareness, literary appreciation, and a biblical-theological perspective to bear on the Chronicler's sermons.

Well into the future, Mars finds itself reigning over all other planets and satellites. Although the Red Planet's source of endless energy has remained a mystery for hundreds of years, its secret, which grew from a rumor into a possibility, allowed a few humans to scramble in search for its exact mechanism. A scientist named Zavalov will go farther than the rest as his enthusiasm takes him to Mars in search of the object that provides this tru...