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Confessions of a Shopaholic – Sophie Kinsella

admin — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 09:19:34 +0000

“Rebecca Bloomwood just hit rock bottom. But she’s never looked better….Becky Bloomwood has a fabulous flat in London’s trendiest neighborhood a troupe of glamorous socialite friends and a closet brimming with the season’s must-haves. The only trouble is that she can’t actually afford it — not any of it. Her job writing at Successful Savings not only bores her to tears it doesn’t pay much at all. And lately Becky’s been chased by dismal letters from Visa and the Endwich Bank — letters with large red sums she can’t bear to read — and they’re getting ever harder to ignore. She tries cutting back; she even tries making more money. But none of her efforts succeeds. Becky’s only consolation is to buy herself something … just a little something…Finally a story arises that Becky actually cares about and her front-page article catalyzes a chain of events that will transform her life–and the lives of those around her–forever. Sophie Kinsella has bri

The Big Love – Sarah Dunn

admin — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 09:05:07 +0000

“Alison Hopkins isn’t just looking for Mr. Right . . . or even Mr. Big. She’s holding out for the Big Love”

Seven – Jacqueline Leo

admin — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 09:02:22 +0000

What is it about the number seven that has such a hold on us? Why are there seven deadly sins? Seven days of the week? Seven wonders of the world seven colors of the spectrum seven ages of man and seven sister colleges? Why can we hold seven numbers or words in our working memory–but no more? Author Jackie Leo explores everything about this mystical magical useful and fun number in her new book. SEVEN REASONS YOU NEED THIS BOOK.SEVEN is a tool to improve the quality of your life. It is a way to define time synthesize ideas and keep your mind performing at top speed in an era of distractions.2. SEVEN is culturally significant. It pops up everywhere structuring our world in ways so fundamental we notice them only when we pause to look. Across the ages and across cultures the number has acquired a huge scientific psychological and religious significance.3. SEVEN is intriguing. Why out of hundreds of recipes in a cookbook do people return to the same seven

Open – Andre Agassi

admin — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:46:07 +0000

From Andre Agassi one of the most beloved athletes in history and one of the most gifted men ever to step onto a tennis court a beautiful haunting autobiography.Agassi’s incredibly rigorous training begins when he is just a child. By the age of thirteen he is banished to a Florida tennis camp that feels like a prison camp. Lonely scared a ninth-grade dropout he rebels in ways that will soon make him a 1980s icon. He dyes his hair pierces his ears dresses like a punk rocker. By the time he turns pro at sixteen his new look promises to change tennis forever as does his lightning-fast return. And yet despite his raw talent he struggles early on. We feel his confusion as he loses to the world;s best his greater confusion as he starts to win. After stumbling in three Grand Slam finals Agassi shocks the world

The Almost Moon – Alice Sebold

admin — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:44:47 +0000

A woman steps over the line into the unthinkable in this brilliant powerful and unforgettable new novel by the author of The Lovely Bones and Lucky.

The Lost City of Z – David Grann

admin — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:42:03 +0000

A grand mystery reaching back centuries. A sensational disappearance that made headlines around the world. A quest for truth that leads to death madness or disappearance for those who seek to solve it. The Lost City of Z is a blockbuster adventure narrative about what lies beneath the impenetrable jungle canopy of the Amazon.

Witch and Wizard, James Patterson

admin — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 13:32:01 +0000

The world is changing: the government has seized control of every aspect of society and now kids are disappearing. For 15-year-old Wisty and her older brother Whit life turns upside down when they are torn from their parents one night and slammed into a secret prison for no reason they can comprehend. The New Order as it is known is clearly trying to suppress Life Liberty, and the Pursuit of Being a Normal Teenager. But while trapped in this totalitarian nightmare Wisty and Whit discover they have incredible powers they’d never dreamed of. Can this newly minted witch and wizard master their skills in time to save themselves their parents and maybe the world?

Dan Brown – The Lost Symbol

admin — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 00:15:04 +0000

The Lost Symbol is the eagerly anticipated follow-up to The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown’s No. 1 international phenomenon with 81 million copies in print worldwide and the UK’s biggest selling paperback novel of all time, and it will once again feature Dan Brown’s unforgettable protagonist, Robert Langdon. This book’s narrative takes place in a 12-hour period, and from the first page, Dan’s readers will feel the thrill of discovery as they follow Robert Langdon through a masterful and unexpected new landscape.The Lost Symbol is a brilliant and compelling thriller. Dan Brown’s prodigious talent for storytelling, infused with history, codes and intrigue, is on full display in this new book.

‘This novel has been a strange and wonderful journey’, says Dan Brown himself. ‘Weaving five years of research into the story’s 12-hour timeframe was an exhilarating challenge. Robert Langdon’s life clearly moves a lot faster than mine’.

I Alex Cross – James Patterson

admin — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 21:05:58 +0000

Detective Alex Cross is pulled out of a family celebration and given the awful news that his niece, Caroline, has been found brutally murdered. Cross vows to hunt down the killer, and soon learns that Caroline was mixed up in one of Washington’s wildest scenes. And she was not this killer’s only victim. The hunt for her murderer leads Alex and his girlfriend, Detective Brianna Stone, to a place where every fantasy is possible, if you have the credentials to get in. Alex and Bree are soon facing down some very important, very protected, very dangerous people in levels of society where only one thing is certain – they will do anything to keep their secrets safe. As Cross closes in on the killer, he discovers evidence that points to the unimaginable – a revelation that could rock the entire world. With the unstoppable action, unforeseeable twists, and edge-of-your-seat suspense that only a James Patterson thriller delivers, “I, Alex Cross” is the master of suspense at his sharpest and best.

Breathless – Dean Koontz

admin — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 21:04:09 +0000

The stunning new thriller from the bestselling author of Velocity and Relentless. In the Colorado mountains something miraculous comes into the life of Grady Adams, a strong, gentle man whose past experiences have alienated him from the modern world and driven him to live in the wilds. When he sees it, he knows that one of Nature’s great mysteries has been revealed to him. He takes his friend Cammy Rivers to bear witness to the phenomenal presence. As a scientist, she is stunned and awed. She emails photos to colleagues in far places to try and find a name for the wonderful beings. Before they know what is happening, Homeland Security has quarantined the wilderness around them and sent in assorted scientists to track down and ‘neutralize’ the threat to the known world. Grady and Cammy aren’t sticking around to be mere witnesses to this atrocity — determined to prevent it, they go on the run, and a pursuit of hair-raising suspense is under way, with no happy ending in prospect! Breathless is a unique and riveting thriller from the master of suspense.