Brass Verdict
When Hollywood lawyer Jerry Vincent is murdered, defense attorney Mickey Haller inherits his biggest case yet: the defense of Walter Elliott, a prominent studio executive accused of murdering his wife and her lover. But as Haller prepares for the case that could launch him into the big time, he learns that Vincent's killer may be coming for him next.
Jewel of Medina
Jones's controversial novel comes to light amidst a swirl of debate about free speech. Born in seventh century Arabia, A'isha bint Abi Bakr became the favorite wife of the Prophet Muhammad, and one of the most revered women in the Muslim faith. Married at the age of nine, The Jewel of Medina illuminates the difficult path A'isha confronted, from her youthful dreams of becoming a Bedouin warrior, to her life as the beloved wife and confidant of the founder of Islam.
Lion Among Men
A revisionist chronicle of L. Frank Baum's classic The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, examines the tragically misunderstood life of the Cowardly Lion before and after his adventures with Dorothy and company.
To Siberia
The Danish response to Nazi Germany before and during World War II forms the backdrop for this novel that covers 13 years - her childhood and adolescence in- the life of a young girl. Her brother longs to go south to Morocco; she yearns for the plains of Siberia, foreshadowing lives that will diverge. Their grandfather's suicide, the arrival of puberty and most tragically, the German invasion change their idyllic childhood relationship; as each sibling fights back against the occupation in his or her own way, their inevitable separation looms.
The Whiskey Rebels
Set in and around Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and New York City in the years after the Revolutionary War, this thriller follows the adventures of Ethan Saunders, once a valiant spy for General Washington, who's fallen on hard times by war's end. The main characters are Saunders and beautiful widow Joan Maycott, who encounter Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, and other famous figures of the era. ...a fast-paced and complex narrative that reimagines the events surrounding the Panic of 1792.
Bacardi and the Long Fight for Cuba
The Bacardis of Cuba, builders of a rum distillery and a worldwide brand, came of age with their nation and helped define what it meant to be Cuban. Across five generations, the Bacardi family has held fast to its Cuban identity, even in exile from the country for whose freedom they once fought. The Bacardi clan—patriots and bon vivants, entrepreneurs and intellectuals—provided an example of business and civic leadership in its homeland for nearly a century. From the fight for Cuban independence from Spain in the 1860s to the rise of Fidel Castro and beyond, there is no chapter in Cuban history in which the Bacardis have not played a role.
Champlain’s Dream
biography of Samuel de Champlain (1567-1635): spy, explorer, courtier, soldier, sailor, ethnologist, mapmaker, and founder and governor of New France (today's Quebec), which he founded in 1608. This extraordinary and flawed individual was a man of war who dreamed of establishing a peaceful nation in the New World. 16 pages of color photos; b&w photos, maps.
Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World
One freezing night in 1988, an eight-week-old kitten was left in the book drop of the Spencer Public Library in Iowa. Head librarian Myron immediately fell in love with him, as did the rest of the library staff, and this is how Dewey Readmore Books became the Spencer library cat. Dewey grew into a handsome feline, making many friends in his 19 years at the library by sitting in many laps and greeting library visitors at the door with an uncanny knack for knowing just who needed his affections-children, the elderly, and those on the fence regarding a library cat.
Letter to My Daughter
Life lessons from the celebrated poet's thoughts on grieving and giving birth alternate with brief sermons on vulgarity and truth telling,. Angelou doesn't have a daughter, per se, but "thousands of daughters," multitudes that she gathers here to deliver her experiences. They come in the shape of memories and poems, tools that readers can fashion to their needs. "Believing that life loves the liver of it, I have dared to try many things," she writes, proceeding to recount pungent moments, stories in which her behavior sometimes backfired, and sometimes surprised even herself.
Race to the Polar Sea : The Heroic Adventures of Elisha Kent Kane
Elisha Kent Kane (1820-57) made two trips to the Arctic in search of English adventurer Sir John Franklin and the legendary Open Polar Sea, which was supposed to flow across the pole. On his second voyage. after his ship became trapped in ice off the coast of Greenland for over a year, Kane led a daring escape that brought most of his men back to civilization. They reached farther north than any other explorers had and produced sketches of the fantastic landscape, but the scurvy-ridden and starving men survived that second winter only with the help of Inuit tribes.