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Dylan Monroe is the kind of chick females love to hate, but children and dogs mysteriously adore. She’s a material girl, living in a material world filled with diamonds, furs, limousines, celebrities, and private planes. To the world, she has it all, but behind closed doors, she has nothing. Almost bankrupt, she finds solace with State, a wealthy entrepreneur with a heart of steel, the man who breaks her heart time and time again. When State leaves her heart in shambles, she turns to Angel, her best friend’s brother. She’s had a secret crush on him for years. Swept off her feet by her new love, but still mending from the pain of the old one, Dylan finds herself caught up in a web of lies, lust, love, and betrayal. National bestselling author Keisha Ervin delivers a sophisticated love story filled with laughter, witty banter . . . and excessive shopping!

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Dylan Monroe, our favorite shopaholic, is back! She's three months pregnant and madly in love with the father of her child, sexy heavyweight champion, Angel. The only problem is the long-legged Victoria's Secret model standing in the way of getting him back. If that weren't enough stress, her Jack Daniel's-loving mother, Candy, returns to stir up even more trouble.Unsure of how to face her future as a single mother, Dylan reverts back to the only thing she knows to comfort her pain—shopping! Rounding out the cast of colorful characters are Billie, Dylan's tightly wound friend, and flamboyant transgender cousin Tee-Tee, aka Dick'em Down Diva. Labels and Love promises to be a laugh-out-loud, heartfelt tale of love lost and love regained.

Cal Stephanides es agregado cultural en la embajada de los Estados Unidos en Berlín. Enamorado de una mujer pero temeroso de lo que pueda suceder en el momento de la verdad, cuando caen máscaras, velos y vestiduras, decide, ya en «la mitad del camino de la vida», contar su historia, revelar su secreto. Porque Cal, como Tiresias, ha vivido como mujer y como hombre.Todo comienza en 1922, cuando Desdemona y Lefty Stephanides, los abuelos de Cal, que vivían en una pequeña aldea cerca de Esmirna y pertenecían a la comunidad griega de Turquía, huyen tras la guerra entre estos dos países. En el caos de la destrucción de Esmirna consiguen escapar con documentos falsos. Están enamorados y, en medio de un mundo que se derrumba, Desdemona finalmente accede a olvidar el tabú fundamental. Se casan en el barco que los lleva a los Estados Unidos y se instalan en América, en casa de su prima Lina y su marido. Y las dos parejas tendrán a sus hijos casi al mismo tiempo, y estos hijos, en un doble o triple juego de consanguinidades, se casarán y serán los padres de Cal. Que cuando nace es Calliope, y parece destinada a encarnar la leyenda que se contaba en secreto en la aldea de sus abuelos sobre esas niñas que cuando llegaban a una cierta edad se transformaban en hombres.Y así comienza la exhuberante, inmensa, esperadísima segunda novela de Jeffrey Eugenides, un caleidoscopio de historias que abarca ocho décadas en la historia de una familia, que va de Asia Menor a Detroit y a Berlín y es uno de los intentos más ambiciosos y logrados de escribir ese inasible, oscuro objeto del deseo literario, la Gran Novela Americana. En esta ocasión, con magníficos ecos homéricos.<

(Book Jacket Status: Jacketed)In "The Mill on the Floss," George Eliot re-creates her own childhood through the story of the wild, gifted Maggie Tulliver and her spoiled, selfish brother. Though tragic in its outcome, this tenderly comic novel combines vivid vignettes of family life with a magnificent portrait of the heroine and an acute critique of Victorian sexual politics. Eliot had no peer when it came to finding the drama at the heart of normal lives lived in tandem with the gigantic rhythms of nature itself, and in "The Mill on the Floss" she shows us once again how thoroughly the art of fiction can satisfy our deepest mental and emotional cravings.<

SUMMARY: From its unforgettable opening scene in the darkness of a forgotten cemetery in Buenos Aires, Nathan Englander's debut novel The Ministry of Special Cases casts a powerful spell. In the heart of Argentina's Dirty War, Kaddish Poznan struggles with a son who won't accept him; strives for a wife who forever saves him; and spends his nights protecting the good name of a community that denies his existence. When the nightmare of the disappeared children brings the Poznan family to its knees, they are thrust into the unyielding corridors of the Ministry of Special Cases, a terrifying, byzantine refuge of last resort. Through the devastation of a single family, Englander brilliantly captures the grief of a nation.<

From School Library Journal

Grade 4–6—From inside Caitlin's head, readers see the very personal aftermath of a middle school shooting that took the life of the older brother she adored. Caitlin is a bright fifth grader and a gifted artist. She also has Asperger's syndrome, and her brother, Devon, was the one who helped her interpret the world. Now she has only her father, a widower who is grieving anew and whose ability to relate to his daughter is limited. A compassionate school counselor works with her, trying to teach her the social skills that are so difficult for her. Through her own efforts and her therapy sessions, she begins to come to terms with her loss and makes her first, tentative steps toward friendship. Caitlin's thought processes, including her own brand of logic, are made remarkably clear. The longer readers spend in the child's world, the more understandable her entirely literal and dispassionate interpretations are. Marred slightly by the portrayal of Devon as a perfect being, this is nonetheless a valuable book. After getting to know Caitlin, young people's tendencies to label those around them as either "normal" or "weird" will seem as simplistic and inadequate a system as it truly is.—Faith Brautigam, Gail Borden Public Library, Elgin, IL
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From Booklist

Ten-year-old Caitlyn hates recess, with all its noise and chaos, and her kind, patient counselor, Mrs. Brook, helps her to understand the reasons behind her discomfort, while offering advice about how to cope with her Asberger’s Syndrome, make friends, and deal with her grief over her older brother’s death in a recent school shooting. She eschews group projects in class, claiming that she doesn’t need to learn how to get along with others, but solitude is neither good for her or her grieving father, and when Caitlyn hears the term closure, she turns to her one trusty friend, her dictionary, and sets out on a mission to find it for both of them. Along the way, Caitlyn makes many missteps, but eventually she does achieve the long-sought closure with great finesse, which is another of her favorite vocabulary words. Allusions to Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, the portrayal of a whole community’s healing process, and the sharp insights into Caitlyn’s behavior enhance this fine addition to the recent group of books with narrators with autism and Asbergers. Grades 4-7. --Cindy Dobrez

La segunda guerra mundial no sólo se cobró vidas humanas: el patrimonio artístico europeo fue también víctima de la barbarie nazi, que ejerció de forma sistemática el pillaje y el saqueo de obras de arte de todo tipo, incluidos cuadros de Miguel Ángel, Leonardo da Vinci, Van Dyck y Vermeer, robados para Hitler y otros dirigentes del nacionalsocialismo. En total, más de cinco millones de objetos fueron confiscados y trasladados a los territorios del Tercer Reich durante los primeros años de la guerra.Para evitar la desaparición y el deterioro de ese enorme legado cultural, cuando la guerra encaraba su fase decisiva los aliados crearon la sección de Monumentos, Bellas Artes y Archivos, en la que hasta 1951 trabajaron algo más de trescientas personas de trece países distintos. En su mayoría no eran militares, sino directores de museos, conservadores, historiadores y profesores de arte que utilizaron sus conocimientos para recuperar, catalogar y devolver a su legítimo lugar cuadros, esculturas y retablos, y para proteger abadías, iglesias y otros edificios históricos de los estragos de la guerra.Los miembros de la sección de Monumentos, conocidos como Monuments Men, encararon en aquellos años cruciales una carrera contrarreloj para salvar tesoros culturales de la destrucción, ejerciendo a menudo una labor detectivesca a través de documentos recuperados en catedrales bombardeadas y museos, y gracias a pistas conseguidas con la ayuda de la población local. Se convirtieron de este modo en héroes improbables sumergidos en el epicentro de la peor guerra del siglo XX, que arriesgaron sus vidas y en algunas ocasiones la perdieron, y que, como tantos otros que vivieron aquella época, personificaron el coraje que permitió que la mejor humanidad derrotara a la peor.La crónica nunca antes explicada de la mayor caza del tesoro de la historia.<

From Publishers Weekly

Anthropologist Gideon Oliver is honeymooning in England when he decides to drop in on a Dorset dig run by his old friend Nate Marcus. The local scientific society is miffed by Marcus's publicity-grabbing theories, and definitely put off by his abrasive manner. Gideon detects an uneasy atmosphere at the dig. After a member vanishes and an unidentifiable body turns up, Gideon ("the skeleton detective" of Fellowship of Fear and The Dark Place) is dragged into the investigation by the police. He's also unwillingly involved with Marcus's great "find"that turns out to be a fake. Blackmail, academic hugger-mugger and more murder surface and Gideon and his wife are in dire peril. The characters and local color are only moderately interesting and the ending is rather tame, but the book is saved by Gideon's enthusiasm and Elkins's depiction of his neat "skeletal detective work." Foreign rights: Barney Karpfinger Agency. December 16
Copyright 1985 Reed Business Information, Inc.

New York City, 1847: Someone is committing murders in the manner of Edgar Allan Poe's tales of terror. When a corpse is found interred in a masonry wall in a subterranean chamber, the police call on Poe himself to help solve the crime. But when the famous author applies his powers of detection to the murder, he finds that the clues lead in only one direction: to Poe himself.<

When young widow Lady Lydia Gale helps a French prisoner obtain parole, she never dreamed he would turn up in her parlor. But just as the London Season is getting under way, there he is, along with a few other questionable personages. While she should be focused on helping her headstrong younger sister prepare for her entré into London society, Lady Gale finds herself preoccupied with the mysterious Frenchman. Is he a spy or a suitor? Can she trust him? Or is she putting her family in danger?

Readers will enjoy being drawn into this world of elegance and intrigue, balls and masquerades. Author Laurie Alice Eakes whisks readers through the drawing rooms of London amid the sound of rustling gowns on this exciting quest to let the past stay in the past and let love guide the future.<

Lucas Simone is not the kind of guy you mess with. He's big, he's strong, and his eyes hint at a wilder side most women can't handle. Of course, that's because his predatory instincts are no metaphor - he's a genuine Grade-A top-quality werewolf, tough enough to fight his way to dominance over the scariest pack on the West Coast. There's only one chink in his armor. Unlike most alpha dogs, Lucas has a reputation for protecting the weak and innocent. Sarah King is counting on that protective impulse - it's the only thing standing between her and certain death. There are only two problems - one, she's not quite as innocent as she'd like Lucas to believe. And two, if he doesn't stop stoking Sarah's animal lust, it's only a matter of time before her own wild side gets unleashed.<

THIS EPIC WORK of the imagination has captured the hearts of millions of readers worldwide since it was first published more than a decade ago. Its special story within a story is an irresistible invitation for readers to become part of the book itself. And now this modern classic and bibliophiles dream is available in hardcover again. The story begins with a lonely boy named Bastian and the strange book that draws him into the beautiful but doomed world of Fantastica. Only a human can save this enchanted place—by giving its ruler, the Childlike Empress, a new name. But the journey to her tower leads through lands of dragons, giants, monsters, and magic—and once Bastian begins his quest, he may never return. As he is drawn deeper into Fantastica, he must find the courage to face unspeakable foes and the mysteries of his own heart. Readers, too, can travel to the wondrous, unforgettable world of Fantastica if they will just turn the page...<