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I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced (Paperback)
$12.00
ISBN-13: 9780307589675Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Three Rivers Press, 03/01/2010
A very empowering story of a young girl who took on a huge challenge when she
was wronged.
Nujood set in motion events that will make it possible for other young
girls to overcome their difficult circumstances of underage marriages.
Now after all she’s done, she’s ready to just be a kid again.
Those Who Save Us (Paperback)
$14.00
ISBN-13: 9780156031660Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Mariner Books, 05/01/2005
This is a story that takes place in Germany during WWII and the present.
Those Who Save Us tells the story of a mother and daughter who survived
the war - and the extremes people go to just to survive.
As the years pass, the daughter is faced with the facts of what her
mother hid from her - what she did during the war. And now she grapples with how
she feels about it.
Those Who Save Us tells the story of a mother and daughter who survived
the war - and the extremes people go to just to survive.
As the years pass, the daughter is faced with the facts of what her
mother hid from her - what she did during the war. And now she grapples with how
she feels about it.
$25.99
ISBN-13: 9780307590701Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Broadway, 05/01/2010
Carolyn Jessop is a very empowering, capable woman. She managed to get
away from one of the most controlling cults in the United States. For most women this is unheard of.
Now she is set to help out the people of the Yearning for Zion Ranch in
Texas as the state comes in and takes all the children away from their
parents.
She writes to inform people about the FLDS and to help those women who
want something different for their lives and the lives of their children.
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away from one of the most controlling cults in the United States. For most women this is unheard of.
Now she is set to help out the people of the Yearning for Zion Ranch in
Texas as the state comes in and takes all the children away from their
parents.
She writes to inform people about the FLDS and to help those women who
want something different for their lives and the lives of their children.
Chris's Past Picks
The Scent of Sake (Paperback)
$13.99
ISBN-13: 9780061662379Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Avon A, 03/01/2009
She was taught to submit, to obey . . . but she dreamed of an empire. The sole heir to the House of Omura, a venerable family of Kobe sake brewers, nineteen-year-old Rie hears but cannot heed her mother's advice: that in nineteenth-century Japan, a woman must "kill the self" or her life will be too difficult to bear. In this strict, male-dominated society, women may not even enter the brewery—and repressive tradition demands that Rie turn over her family's business to the inept philanderer she's been forced to marry. She is even expected to raise her husband's children by another woman—a geisha—so that they can eventually run the Omura enterprise. An epic and breathtaking saga that spans generations as it sweeps through the heart of a century, Joyce Lebra's The Scent of Sake is a vivid and powerful entry into another world...and an unforgettable portrait of a woman who would not let that world defeat her.
The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane (Hardcover)
$25.99
ISBN-13: 9781401340902Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Hyperion, 06/01/2009
Sent by her mother to prepare her long-deceased grandmother's home for sale, Connie finds a decrepit dwelling filled with venerable oddities, including a collection of ancient bottles filled with peculiar liquids and powders. On her first night there, Connie chances on a crumbling bit of paper, bearing the words "Deliverance Dane," that has been carefully hidden inside a key tucked between the pages of a 300-year-old family Bible. Combing the local church registry for traces of this mysterious name, Connie strikes up an acquaintance with Sam, a steeplejack engaged in the church's preservation. Together they piece together Deliverance's tragic story and learn of her precious book of spells and recipes for healing potions. When a series of sinister events threaten Sam's life, Connie's search for the book is transformed from scholarly pursuit to a matter of life and death and love.
The Russian Concubine (Paperback)
$15.00
ISBN-13: 9780425215586Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Berkley Trade, 06/01/2007
A sweeping novel set in war-torn 1928 China, with a star-crossed love story at its center.
In a city full of thieves and Communists, danger and death, spirited young Lydia Ivanova has lived a hard life. Always looking over her shoulder, the sixteen-year-old must steal to feed herself and her mother, Valentina, who numbered among the Russian elite until Bolsheviks murdered most of them, including her husband. As exiles, Lydia and Valentina have learned to survive in a foreign land.
If you liked Snow Flower and the Secret Fan you will like this Mother / Daughter story as well.
Sacred Hearts (Hardcover)
$25.00
ISBN-13: 9781400063826Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Random House, 07/01/2009
The year is 1570, and in the convent of Santa Caterina in the Italian city of Ferrara noble women find space to pursue their lives under God's protection. But any community, however smoothly run, suffers tremors when it takes in someone by force. And the arrival of Santa Caterina's new novice sets in motion a chain of events that will shake the convent to its core.
The sixteen-year-old daughter of a noble family from Milan, Serafina is willful, emotional, sharp, and defiant—young enough to have a life to look forward to and old enough to know when that life is being cut short. Her first night inside the walls is spent in an incandescent rage so violent that the dispensary mistress, Suora Zuana, is dispatched to the girl's cell to sedate her. Thus begins a complex relationship of trust and betrayal between the young rebel and the clever, scholarly nun, who is old enough to be Serafina's mother.
The Other Queen (Hardcover)
$25.95
ISBN-13: 9781416549123Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Touchstone, 09/01/2008
The Other Queen is the story of the captive years of Mary Queen of Scots, who trusted Queen Elizabeth’s promise of sanctuary when she fled from the rebels in Scotland and then found herself imprisoned as the “guest” of George Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury and his indomitable wife, Bess of Hardwick. The newly married couple welcomed the doomed queen into their home, certain that serving as her hosts and jailors will bring them an advantage in the cutthroat world of the Elizabethan court. To their horror, they find that the task will bankrupt them, and as their home becomes the epicenter of intrigue and rebellion against Elizabeth, their loyalty to each other and to their sovereign comes into question.
Fallen (Hardcover)
$17.99
ISBN-13: 9780385738934Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Delacorte Books for Young Readers, 12/01/2009
A true love story for the times.
Luce is being shipped to a reform school for events that were out of her
control. On her first day there she comes face to face with the one
person who can explain them to her, but all she feels is Déjà vu.
This is a very well written teen read that is good for anyone who just
wants to get away with just a fun read.
Prayers for Sale (Paperback)
$13.99
ISBN-13: 9780312385194Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: St. Martin's Griffin, 02/01/2010
New in Paperback!
This novel tells the tale of a friendship between two women, one with surprising twists and turns, and one that is ultimately a revelation of the finest parts of the human spirit. The harsh conditions of life that each has endured help them to create an instant bond, and a friendship is born, one in which the deepest of hardships are shared and the darkest of secrets are confessed. This is the happiest feel good book I’ve read in awhile!
This novel tells the tale of a friendship between two women, one with surprising twists and turns, and one that is ultimately a revelation of the finest parts of the human spirit. The harsh conditions of life that each has endured help them to create an instant bond, and a friendship is born, one in which the deepest of hardships are shared and the darkest of secrets are confessed. This is the happiest feel good book I’ve read in awhile!
Dragonfly (Hardcover)
$17.99
ISBN-13: 9780761455820Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Marshall Cavendish Children's Books, 10/01/2009
A young adult fantasy about a teenage couple who are forced to marry to
join their two kingdoms. But before they can be married, they fall into
the rogue kings hands and have to find away to fafill their destiny. If
you like Tamora Pierce you will also love this book.
Hush, Hush (Hardcover)
$17.99
ISBN-13: 9781416989417Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, 10/01/2009
When Nora Grey is assigned a new partner in her biology class. Her
instincts tell her Patch is trouble, but who doesn't fall for the bad guy,
and she doesn't like the way he is already inside her head (“Part of me
wanted to run away from him screaming, Fire! A more reckless part was
tempted to see how close I could get without... combusting”). Soon she is
questioning her sanity. Is he really the one behind all the odd things
that have been happening or is the other new kid?
The Amber Room (Mass Market Paperback)
$9.99
ISBN-13: 9780345504388Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Ballantine Books, 11/01/2007
Forged of the exquisite gem, the Amber Room is one of the greatest treasures ever made by man-and the subject of one of history's most intriguing mysteries. German troops invading the Soviet Union seized the Room in 1941. When the Allies bombed, the Room was hidden, and it has never been seen since. Atlanta judge Rachel Cutler loves her job and her kids, and remains civil to her ex-husband, Paul. But everything changes when her father dies under mysterious circumstances, leaving behind clues to a secret about something called the Amber Room. Desperate for the truth, Rachel takes off for Germany with her ex close behind. They find themselves mixed up with history and the need to find answers.
Flower Net: A Red Princess Mystery (Paperback)
$14.95
ISBN-13: 9780812978681Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Random House Trade Paperbacks, 12/01/2007
Here the veil is ripped away from modern China--its venerable culture, its teeming economy, its institutionalized cruelty--and the inextricable link between China's fortunes and America's is underscored. In the depths of a Beijing winter, during the waning days of Deng Xiaoping's reign, the U.S. ambassador's son is found dead--his body entombed in a frozen lake. Almost simultaneously, American officials find a ship adrift in the storm-churned waters off Southern California. No one is surprised to find the fetid hold crammed with hundreds of undocumented Chinese immigrants--the latest cargo in the Chinese mafia's burgeoning smuggling trade.
Coming Soon By Lisa See: Shanghai Girls
Pirate Latitudes (Hardcover)
$27.99
ISBN-13: 9780061929373Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Harper, 12/01/2009
Unlike all of Michael Crichton’s other books,
There is no science, no far out or lost creatures, nothing out of the
ordinary.
Only pirates, sword fights, buried treasure, and of course damsels in
distress. It’s a fast paced, fun adventure book, for those moments when
you just need to get away.
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