Books from Farrar, Straus, and Giroux
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Weatherwitch: Book Three of The Crowthistle Chronicles
By Cecilia Dart-ThorntonIn the realm of Ashqalêth , where seasons had scant power to touch the rolling acres of dunes , parched and baking , a pear tree leaned over a splashing fountain . Its green leaves , crisp against skies of dazzling blue , stirred in the ...
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Halo: Evolutions: Essential Tales of the Halo Universe
By Karen Traviss, Eric Nylund, Tobias S. BuckellDidn't mind messing with her people every once in a while . “ It was one hell of a shiv , ” Benti muttered . “ Sir . ” “ Why bother ? I mean , if they're just escapees in a dead ship ? " MacCraw piped up . “ Just mark her position and ...
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Four to Score
By Janet EvanovichWhile working for her bail bondsman cousin, Vinnie, Trenton, New Jersey, bounty hunter Stephanie Plum finds herself hot on the trail of a revenge-seeking waitress who seems to be leaving a wide swath of murder and mayhem wherever she goes.
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Hard Eight: A Stephanie Plum Novel
By Janet Evanovich" -Booklist (starred review) Hard Eight "Keeps up Evanovich's standards for over-the-top situations" -Chicago Tribune "[A] must read...readers will want to finish this delightful work in one sitting.
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How I Write: Secrets of a Bestselling Author
By Janet Evanovich, Ina YalofIn a handbook for aspiring writers, the best-selling author of the Stephanie Plum novels answers important questions about how she comes up with her plots, the creation of memorable characters, what the life of a full-time writer is like, ...
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Twelve Sharp
By Janet EvanovichBounty hunter Stephanie Plum's typically chaotic life is thrown into greater turmoil by the appearance of a mysterious female stalker with a close connection to Ranger. By the best-selling author of Ten Big Ones and To the Nines. Reprint.
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A Boy Named Shel: The Life and Times of Shel Silverstein
By Lisa RogakI finished it , and then another Bob Gibson song , and we started to write some songs together . Then I was able to write some songs alone , ” he said . Soon , the two of them writing songs at the bar at the Gate became a regular ...
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Remember the Morning
By Thomas Fleming... of place and people, and his ear for cadences of speech are unsurpassed. Any reader wanting to feel, to hear, to know Colonial America might well start here.” —Thomas P. Slaughter, author of The Whiskey Rebellion “A rollicking moral ...
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Island of Ghosts: A Novel of Roman Britain
By Gillian BradshawI'd heard enough. If the procurator followed this advice, I'd end up with half my men dead trying to free me. Perhaps that was what Facilis wanted. I stood up. “Flavius Facilis!” I called, going to the window as though I'd only just ...
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Beyond Tears: Living After Losing a Child
By Carol Barkin, Ellen MitchellHOWARD LAWRENCE GOLDSTEIN We never really understood our middle son Howie. His life—and his death—remain an enigma to us. With us he was quiet; with his friends he was outgoing. He was serious and yet he had a wry sense of humor.
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High Five
By Janet EvanovichNew Jersey bounty hunter Stephanie Plum returns in her fifth adventure as she struggles to make ends meet while coping with a missing Uncle Fred, homicidal rapist and stalker Benito Ramirez, amorous vice cop Joe Morelli, and would-be lover ...
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Seven Up: A Stephanie Plum Novel
By Janet EvanovichWhen a senior citzen is charged with smuggling contraband cigarettes, Stephanie Plum and Lula get more than they bargained for--a corpse in the woodshed and an old man on the lam--but Stephanie is more focused on vice cop Joe Morelli who ...
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Earthling
By Tony DanielTheir blood splatters an entire wall of the living room. ... There are pepper marks in the wall from stray shot. ... The blood on the walls and floor has begun to dry and form into curling flakes that are brown and thin and look like ...
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The Burden of Proof
By Scott Turow, David GelsanliterThe air in Wagoner's office full of antique reproductions and a good Oriental rug was decidedly uneasy. A single file folder lay in the center of Wagoner's otherwise immaculate desk. “Mrs. Stern issued written instructions to dissolve ...
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Falling Stars: The Final Novel in the Firestar Saga
By Michael FlynnYou are number two after Kelly 46.” “Roger.” The climb bucket was a cylinder of restricted airspace sixty thousand feet tall and five miles wide to accommodate the circular “noise footprint” of vertical lift and landing.
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Making Love to the Minor Poets of Chicago: A Novel
By James ConradSet against the vibrant backdrop of Chicago, this is a story of science and poetry, manipulation and intrigue, and the lengths to which people will go for their passions.
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A Ghost of a Chance: A Sheriff Dan Rhodes Mystery
By Bill CriderRhodes uses his laid back sleuthing skills to find the answers to these puzzling events, which Crider depicts with his usual humor, suspense and small town ambience.
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The Laws of Our Fathers
By Scott TurowThe drive-by shooting of an elderly white woman at a Kindle County housing project plagued by gang violence brings together a colorful cast of characters with long-hidden secrets at the ensuing trial in the courtroom of Sonia "Sonny" ...
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Full Bloom
By Janet Evanovich, Charlotte HughesInheriting the local B&B and its eccentric handyman, Annie Fortenberry finds her life complicated by rumors of a ghost, millionaire Max Holt's upcoming wedding, enigmatic stranger Wes Bridges, and her murdered ex-husband.
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Dangerous Skies
By Suzanne Fisher StaplesA Season of ChangeAlong the Virginia shoreline where their families have lived for generations, Buck and Tunes Smith defy tradition. Raised together like brother and sister, they are bound by...