Khaled Hosseini

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

The kite runner

Propelled by the same superb instinct for storytelling that made The Kite Runner a beloved classic, the #1 New York Times bestseller A Thousand Splendid Suns is at once an incredible chronicle of thirty years of Afghan history and a deeply moving story of family, friendship, faith, and the salvation to be found in love. “Just as good, if not better, than Khaled Hosseini’s best-selling first book, The Kite Runner.”—Newsweek Khaled Hosseini returns with a beautiful, riveting, and haunting novel that confirms his place as one of the most important literary writers today. Born a generation apart and with very different ideas about love and family, Mariam and Laila are two women brought jarringly together by war, by loss and by fate. As they endure the ever escalating dangers around them-in their home as well as in the streets of Kabul-they come to form a bond that makes them both sisters and mother-daughter to each other, and that will ultimately alter the course not just of their own lives but of the next generation. With heart-wrenching power and suspense, Hosseini shows how a woman's love for her family can move her to shocking and heroic acts of self-sacrifice, and that in the end it is love, or even the memory of love, that is often the key to survival. A stunning accomplishment, A Thousand Splendid Suns is a haunting, heartbreaking, compelling story of an unforgiving time, an unlikely friendship, and an indestructible love.

A Thousand Splendid Suns

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James P. Quirk

Rodney D. Fort

The Abuse of Power in Pro Team Sports

Argues that professional sports use the monopoly power of the leagues to blackmail cities into financing stadiums and arenas, and suggests a solution to the problem

Hard Ball

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A book of all religions buddism confucianism taoism islam judaism christianity 
Different cultures and religions

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Philosophy

The religion of man

Dale Smith

A storytelling grandfather gets two children ready for bed with a story-song about children visiting a zoo at dusk.

Nighttime at the Zoo

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Rachel M. Harper

"As a young woman of mixed race, Nellie Kincaid is about to encounter the strange, unsettling summer of her fifteenth year. Reeling from the recent separation of her parents, Nellie finds herself traveling to the family's lake house with only her father and her estranged cousin, leaving behind the life and the mother she is trying to forget." "Now, as she navigates the twists and turns of first love and shifting family loyalties, what has always been a warm, carefree time is suddenly filled with new tensions. As the summer progresses, Nellie moves toward a definition of self that encompasses all the aspects of her paradoxical - yet truly American - identity, only to find her family growing more divided with each passing day. Does her newfound identity require her to distance herself from those she loves?" "Rachel M. Harper charts the journey of a heroine's first encounters with our vast and sometimes dangerous country. Not only is Brass Ankle Blues a story of a young woman's search for autonomy, it is also about the things that keep family together: loyalty, forgiveness, and love."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Brass Ankle Blues

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Graeme Simsion

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

A Novel

A socially awkward genetics professor who has never been on a second date sets out to find the perfect wife, but instead finds Rosie Jarman, a fiercely independent barmaid who is on a quest to find her biological father. Reprint.

The Rosie Project

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