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Halfway Home The First 50 Years by Bernadette Moyer Over 30 essays taking the reader from laughter to tears, write your own essay after each written piece. A celebration of life and turning 50! More about this book »	The Golden Gate: San Francisco's Celebrated Bridge by Peter Beren The Golden Gate Bridge is an icon of one of the most mythic of American cities, San Francisco. Standing between the Bay and the mighty Pacific like a guardian of... More about this book »
The Bastard Year by Richard Lee Zuras When Zain’s father is fired from the CIA in March of 1980, it creates a tremor that threatens to upend the family’s precarious balance. Zain’s awakening to a world... More about this book »	Love and Shame and Love by Peter Orner Alexander Popper can't stop remembering. Four years old when his father tossed him into Lake Michigan, he was told, Sink or swim, kid. In his mind, he's still... More about this book »
Deluded Blood by Jenna Moquin When Father O’Boyd befriended a once-Catholic vampire, he was merely providing an unorthodox confessional service to a lost soul. He never dreamed he would be... More about this book »	Love Pour Over Me by Denise Turney Love Pour Over Me, a story about restored love amid heart wrenching contrasts, recounts Raymond Clarke’s tumultuous, yet triumphant life experiences. The cradle of... More about this book »
The Double Bind by Chris Bohjalian SYNOPSIS When college sophomore Laurel Estabrook is attacked while riding her bike through Vermont's back roads, her life is forever changed. Formerly... More about this book »	The Sandcastle Girls by Chris Bohjalian Praise “In his latest novel, master storyteller Chris Bohjalian explores the ways in which our ancestral past informs our contemporary lives--in ways we understand... More about this book »
Love Purrs: A Practical Guide to Adopting and Welcoming Home... by Stacey Ritz An insightful guide to cat adoption, spay/neuter and other important cat related topics. If you're thinking about adopting a cat or if you just want to learn more... More about this book »	Midwives by Chris Bohjalian SYNOPSIS On an icy winter night in an isolated house in rural Vermont, a seasoned midwife named Sibyl Danforth takes desperate measures to save a baby's life. She... More about this book »

Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie Set in an exotic Eastern landscape peopled by magicians and fantastic talking animals, Salman Rushdie’s classic children’s novel Haroun and the Sea of Stories... More about this book »	Galilee by Clive Barker Galilee is Clive Barker's horrific version of a trashy nighttime soap opera (think Dynasty in particular). In a surprisingly romantic tale, a beautiful woman... More about this book »
Rare Flesh by Clive Barker In the dark recesses of the human imagination lies an erotic potential that is rarely explored. Rare Flesh dares to venture into this taboo territory, pairing David... More about this book »	The Manhattan Project: The Birth of the Atomic Bomb in the Words... by Richard Rhodes Born out of a small research program that began in 1939, the Manhattan Project brought together the cream of the scientific community and the military to create and... More about this book »
The Miserable Mill (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 4) by Daniel Handler Dear Reader, I hope, for your sake, that you have not chosen to read this story because you are in the mood for a pleasant experience. If this is the case, I... More about this book »	The Wide Window (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 3) by Daniel Handler This is the third book in the horrifically popular A Series of Unfortunate Events. Are you still there? No? Good. Oh heavens, you’re back. That heart palpitation is... More about this book »
Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid by Daniel Handler Life is a turbulent journey, fraught with confusion, heartbreak, and inconvenience. Unfortunately, this book will not help. Instead, this book of wit and wisdom... More about this book »	The Latke Who Couldn't Stop Screaming: A Christmas Story (... by Daniel Handler Latkes are potato pancakes served at Hanukkah. Lemony Snicket is an alleged children’s book author. Lisa Brown is an alleged illustrator. For the first time in... More about this book »
Barbary Shore by Norman Mailer Mike Lovett rents a room in a Brooklyn boarding house with the intention of writing a novel. Wounded during World War II, Lovett is an amnesiac, and much of his... More about this book »	The Gospel According to the Son by Norman Mailer Norman Mailer writes a novel about Jesus’ life. Is God speaking to me? Jesus asks. Or am I hearing voices? If the voices are from God, why has He chosen me as His... More about this book »