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Time of Useful Consciousness by Lawrence Ferlinghetti Lawrence Ferlinghetti's first book since Poetry as Insurgent Art, a new call to action and a vivid picture of civilization moving towards its brink. New Directions... More about this book »	The War of the Roses-The Children by Warren Adler What ever happened to the children of the Roses? "More than 20 years after the publication of The War of the Roses, the divorce story that inspired the famous... More about this book »
CUTE EATS CUTE by Charles Murphy If Holden Caulfield had grown up in an age of environmental politics he might sound like Cute Eats Cute's 15-year-old narrator. Set in a Midwestern town at the turn... More about this book »	Gypsy Escapades by William Jackson Gypsy Escapades Can a ragtag quartet of newfound friends outwit terrorists during a crisis in India? In our precarious world of old grudges and ruthless high-tech... More about this book »
Heading Out to Wonderful by Robert Goolrick It is the summer of 1948 when a handsome, charismatic stranger, Charlie Beale, recently back from the war in Europe, shows up in the town of Brownsburg, a sleepy... More about this book »	Bullying Ben: How Benjamin Franklin Overcame Bullying by Timothy Pina Many people remember Benjamin Franklin as the man who discovered electricity. But did you know that he was bullied as a child? Yes, Ben was bullied by his older... More about this book »
Salt in Our Blood:The Memoir of a Fisherman's Wife by Michele Longo Eder Salt In Our Blood recounts the moving story of a commercial fisherman's wife, who is both a mother and a successful attorney on the Oregon coast. Set against... More about this book »	Mercury Blobs by Sylvia Petter A collection of flash fiction which will challenge and delight readers. All over the place in the space of a mind. “The brilliant stories in Sylvia Petter’s... More about this book »
Daughters of the Revolution by Carolyn Cooke Boston had always served as a confusing symbol, like the quincunx pattern on a turtle’s back, or the moment in James Joyce’s... More about this book »	Vegetable Literacy by Deborah Madison In her latest cookbook, Deborah Madison, America's leading authority on vegetarian cooking and author of Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone, reveals the surprising... More about this book »

Oleander Girl by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Beloved bestselling author Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni has been hailed by Abraham Verghese as a “gifted storyteller” and by People magazine as a “skilled... More about this book »	Rooted in Danger by Terry Odell Behind the public façade of Blackthorne, Inc., a high-end private investigation company, lies a band of elite covert operatives, and they’re back doing what they... More about this book »
Beautiful Lies by Rob Loughran Darren Elmore has it all: beautiful wife, status, profitable vineyards and winery in Sonoma County. But it isn't enough. He has always wanted--needed--to know what... More about this book »	Parenting Through Crisis: Helping Kids in Times of Loss, Grief,... by Barbara Coloroso In this companion to her bestselling Kids are Worth It!, parenting educator Barbara Coloroso shows how parents can help children find a way through grief and... More about this book »
Mumbo Jumbo by Ishmael Reed Mumbo Jumbo is Ishmael Reed’s brilliantly satiric deconstruction of Western civilization, a racy and uproarious commentary on our society. In it, Reed, one of our... More about this book »	The Interruption of Everything by Terry McMillan Terry McMillan’s sixth novel, The Interruption of Everything, is every bit as enthralling and empowering as her earlier hits Waiting to Exhale and A Day Late and a... More about this book »
Sleep Demons: An Insomniac's Memoir by Bill Hayes A skilled and graceful debut that variously reads like a journey of scientific discovery, a personal memoir, and a literary episode of Ripley’s Believe It or Not.... More about this book »	Hallelujah! The Welcome Table: A Lifetime of Memories with... by Maya Angelou Readers familiar with Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings will find what may be the secret ingredient of her success in this collection of tear- and laughter-... More about this book »
Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now by Maya Angelou Angelou (I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings) is leery of people who give up too easily, whiners, complainers, men seeking an “earth mother” and vulgar entertainers. In... More about this book »	Her by Lawrence Ferlinghetti “A surreal semi-autobiographical blackbook record of a semi-mad period of my life, in that mindless, timeless state most romantics pass through, confusing flesh... More about this book »