Bleeding Kansas [sound recording]Sara Paretsky.
Today, the Schapen family, still terrified by the lawlessness of the 1970's -- when Lawrence was the most violent college town in the nation--have turned to that old-time religion for security. When Gina Haring, a Wiccan, moves into a nearby empty farmhouse and starts practicing pagan rites, the Schapes are outraged that they begin an active harassment campaign aginst the Wicans.
Born standing up : a comic's life [sound recording]
Steve Martin.
Steve Martin reflects on his early career as a stand-up comic, how he walked away from it to become a writer for "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour," his mentors and complex relationship with his parents and sister, and the work and dedication it took to become one of the world's greatest comedians.
The Case of Abraham Lincoln : a story of adultery, murder, and the making of a great president [sound recording]Julie M. Fenster.
Traces Lincoln's rise in the political arena in Illinois and describes how the death of a blacksmith emerged into a murder trial that helped launch Lincoln's bid for the Presidency.
Echo burning [sound recording]
Lee Child.
While hitchhiking through Texas, ex-military policeman Jack Reacher is picked up by a woman in need of protection from her abusive husband, who is about to be released from prison.
The eight [sound recording]
Katherine Neville.
Follows the attempts of an eighteenth-century nun and her modern-day counterpart, Cat Velis, as they try to trace the invaluable pieces of a very old chess service.
How to talk about books you haven't read
Pierre Bayard ; translated from the French by Jeffrey Mehlman.
Offers advice to people on how to talk about books they have not read, including books they have skimmed, heard about, or read and forgotten, analyzes situations in which people might find themselves talking about books they have not read, and includes recommendations on how to resolve such social dilemmas.
Love over Scotland [sound recording]
Alexander McCall Smith.
The residents of 44 Scotland Street struggle to balance the demands of real life with their desire for happiness and lasting love.
Persuader : sound recording / a Jack Reacher novel
Lee Child.
Ex-military cop Jack Reacher gets caught in the middle of an off-the-books FBI drug investigation when he spots an old nemesis--believed to be dead for ten years--alive and well in Boston and his attempts to tap into his old resources for help brings the federal agents to his door.
The secret cardinal [sound recording]
Tom Grace.
Ex-Navy SEAL Nolan Kilkenny is tapped to head a team of ten operatives in a top-secret mission--with the cooperation of the U.S. president, American Special Forces, and the C.I.A.--to free Yin Daoming, the Bishop of Shanghai, who has already served thirty years of a life sentence in a Chinese jail for refusing to renounce the Church of Rome.
Tripwire [sound recording]
by Lee Child.
The third thriller of ex-military policeman Jack Reacher. He moves to laid-back Key West, where his life is immediately disturbed when a stranger named Costello comes looking for him -- and is found dead, with his fingerprints removed.
Where angels go [sound recording]
Debbie Macomber.
Angels Shirley, Goodness, and Mercy return to Earth to perform Christmas miracles for an elderly man who wants to know his wife will be taken care of after his death, a young woman who is afraid to risk her heart a second time, and a little boy who longs for a dog.
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