Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

New Jersey

Avenue of Mysteries

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Oregon

The award-winning poet presents a daily record of her thoughts and feelings during her eighty-second year, reflecting on her youth, the vicissitudes of her cat, the rigors of a Maine winter, and the mystery of old age.

At Eighty-Two

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Barry Broadfoot

People, Places and Peregrinations

My Own Years

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James King

Former library copy in very good condition 

The Life of Farley Mowat

Biography of the non-fiction Canadian writer who remains a tireless advocate of the Inuit, wolves, whales and other endangered peoples and species.

Farley

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Meg Belviso

Who HQ

Pam Pollack

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Louisiana

Documents the rags-to-riches story of Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling, tracing the inspiration for her famous series and her lifelong love of literature. Original.

Who Is J. K. Rowling? 82

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Signature of author on inside page - name written on inside cover 

Texas

God Owns My Business 

Margalit Fox

Indiana

The True Story of a Sensational British Murder, a Quest for Justice, and the World's Most Famous Detective Writer

"A wonderfully vivid portrait of the man behind Sherlock Holmes . . . Like all the best historical true crime books, it's about so much more than crime."--Tana French, author of In the Woods
 
A sensational Edwardian murder. A scandalous wrongful conviction. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to the rescue--a true story.    

After a wealthy woman was brutally murdered in her Glasgow home in 1908, the police found a convenient suspect in Oscar Slater, an immigrant Jewish cardsharp. Though he was known to be innocent, Slater was tried, convicted, and consigned to life at hard labor. Outraged by this injustice, Arthur Conan Doyle, already world renowned as the creator of Sherlock Holmes, used the methods of his most famous character to reinvestigate the case, ultimately winning Slater's freedom.

With "an eye for the telling detail, a forensic sense of evidence and a relish for research" (The Wall Street Journal), Margalit Fox immerses readers in the science of Edwardian crime detection and illuminates a watershed moment in its history, when reflexive prejudice began to be replaced by reason and the scientific method.

Praise for Conan Doyle for the Defense

"Artful and compelling . . . [Fox's] narrative momentum never flags. . . . Conan Doyle for the Defense will captivate almost any reader while being pure catnip for the devotee of true-crime writing."--The Washington Post

"Developed with brio . . . [Fox] is excellent in linking the 19th-century creation of policing and detection with the development of both detective fiction and the science of forensics--ballistics, fingerprints, toxicology and serology--as well as the quasi science of 'criminal anthropology.'"--The New York Times Book Review

"[Fox] has an eye for the telling detail, a forensic sense of evidence and a relish for research."--The Wall Street Journal

"Gripping . . . The book works on two levels, much like a good Holmes case. First, it is a fluid story of a crime. . . . Second, and more pertinently, it is a deeper story of how prejudice against a class of people, the covering up of sloppy police work and a poisonous political atmosphere can doom an innocent. We should all heed Holmes's salutary lesson: rationally follow the facts to find the truth."--Time

Conan Doyle for the Defense

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Elena Ferrante

Ann Goldstein

Pennsylvania

A powerful new novel set in a divided Naples by Elena Ferrante, the beloved best-selling author of My Brilliant Friend. Giovanna's pretty face has changed: it's turning into the face of an ugly, spiteful adolescent. But is she seeing things as they really are? Into which mirror must she look to find herself and save herself? She is searching for a new face in two kindred cities that fear and detest one another: the Naples of the heights, which assumes a mask of refinement, and the Naples of the depths, which professes to be a place of excess and vulgarity. She moves between these two cities, disoriented by the fact that, whether high or low, the city seems to offer no answer and no escape.

The Lying Life of Adults

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Amanda Quick

Alabama

The Other Lady Vanishes

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This essential guide includes revision conferences, models, strategies, mini-lessons, and assessment ideas. Loaded with revision charts, checklists, forms and graphic organizers. For use with Grades 2-6.

English

Practical Strategies, Models, and Mini-Lessons that Motivate Students to Become Better Writers Grades 2-6

Helping Students Revise Their Writing 

New Hampshire

A Life

Cleopatra

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Danielle Steel

A Novel

The Right Time

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Thomas Perry

New York

A Novel of Crime

In A Small Town, twelve conspirators meticulously plan to throw open all the gates to the prison that contains them, so that more than a thousand convicts may escape and pour into the nearby small town. The newly freed prisoners rape, murder, and destroy the town--burning down homes and businesses. An immense search ensues, but the twelve who plotted it all get away. After two years, all efforts by the local and federal police agencies have been in vain. The mayor and city attorney meet, and Leah Hawkins, a six-foot, two-inch former star basketball player and resident good cop, is placed on sabbatical so that she can tour the country learning advanced police procedures. The sabbatical is merely a ruse, however, as her real job is to track the infamous twelve. And kill them. Leah's mission takes her across the country, from Florida to New York, from California to an anti-government settlement deep in the Ozarks. Soon, the surviving fugitives realize what she is up to, and a race to kill or be killed ensues. Full of exhilarating twists and surprisingly resonant, A Small Town will sweep readers along on Leah's quest for vengeance.

A Small Town

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Angus Kinnear

Biography of the great Chinese writer and precher. Series, vintage

Against the Tide

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R. Brewer

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Ohio

"The most trusted guide to getting published"--Cover.

Writers Market 2019

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Stacy Schiff

Morton S. Freeman

Florida

Provides quick access to basic questions and problems encountered with English grammar and usage

The Wordwatcher's Guide to Good Writing and Grammar

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From her birth in Chipping Sodbury near Bristol, England, to stories about her favorite teachers, to her first fan letter, the author of the Harry Potter books discusses her life and her writing.

Conversations with J. K. Rowling

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Ron Roy

John Gurney

Dink writes to his favorite author, mystery writer Wallis Wallace, and invites him to visit Green Lawn. Wonder of wonders, Wallace says yes! In fact, the famous writer says that the only way he won’t come is if he’s kidnapped. But when the big day comes, Wallis Wallace is nowhere to be found. The police think he just missed his plane, but Dink knows better. It’s up to Dink and his two best friends, Josh and Ruth Rose, to find Wallace - before it’s too late. 

Georgia

Dink writes to his favorite author, mystery writer Wallis Wallace, and invites him to Green Lawn. Wallace says yes and that the only way he won't com is if he is being kidnapped. But when the big day comes, Wallace is not to be found

The Absent Author

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Richard Castle

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Picking up where Frozen Heat left off, top NYPD Homicide Detective Nikki Heat pursues the elusive former CIA station chief who ordered the execution of her mother over a decade ago.

For the hunt, Nikki teams once again with her romantic partner, Pulitzer Prize winning investigative journalist Jameson Rook, and their quest for the old spy and the motive behind the past murder unearths an alarming terror plot-which is anything but ancient history. It is lethal. It is now. And it has already entered its countdown phase.

Complicating Heat's mission to bring the rogue spy to justice and thwart the looming terror event, a serial killer begins menacing the Twentieth Precinct and her homicide squad is under pressure to stop him, and soon. The frightening murderer, known for his chilling stealth, not only has singled out Nikki as the exclusive recipient of his taunting messages, he then boldly names his next victim: Detective Heat.


Deadly Heat

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Clinton Cox

A Biography

The author of Undying Glory provides middle readers with a comprehensive biography about this celebrated American writer who was also a riverboat pilot, adventurer, and newspaper reporter. Reprint.

Mark Twain - America's Humorist, Dreamer, Prophet

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Nevada

Mary Karr

Michigan

A Memoir

Cherry

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The Brethren

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The Lying Life of Adults

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The Other Lady Vanishes

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The Right Time

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A Small Town

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Cleopatra

Morton S. Freeman

The Wordwatcher's Guide to Good Writing and Grammar

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Deadly Heat

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Mark Twain - America's Humorist, Dreamer, Prophet

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Cleopatra

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Cherry

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