Name Games by Michael Craft, ISBN 0312270798
Mark Manning, once a prominent journalist at a major daily newspaper in Chicago, is now the owner and publisher of the Dumont Daily Register, the daily paper in a small Wisconsin city. Here the biggest news is the impending city council report on a proposed new adult bookstore zoning law, the upcoming election for Sheriff and the upcoming annual exhibition of the Midwest Miniatures Society. In a unique coup for the first-ever miniatures exhibition in Dumont, the "king of miniatures," Mr. Carroll Cantrell has agreed to come and judge the show's main event. But the exhibition itself is quickly shoved off the front page of the paper when Cantrell is found murdered in his room. To make matters worse, Doug Pierce, the local sheriff, is widely believed to be responsible. Pierce - a closeted gay man and friend of Mark Manning - had been carrying on an affair with Cantrell and was the last person seen leaving his room before the body was discovered. As conservative elements in Dumont attempt to exploit the murder - and the sheriff's association with the deceased - to their own ends, Manning, with the help of his lover, architect Neil Waite, his staff and friends, starts his own investigation of the murder. With Cantrell having led something of a double life with no end of potential enemies and the miniatures world itself being a hot bed of rivalries and closely held resentments, the truth begins to feel very elusive indeed. As public sentiment begins to swing and time running out for Sheriff Pierce, Mark must uncover some of this close-knit town's most deeply held secrets if he's to learn the truth in time.
The Wife of Martin Guerre by Janet Lewis, ISBN 0804003211
One morning in January, 1539, a wedding was celebrated in the village of Artigues. That night the two children who had been espoused to one another lay in bed in the house of the groom's father. They were Bertrande de Rols, aged eleven years, and Martin Guerre, who was no older, both offspring of rich peasant families as ancient, as feudal and as proud as any of the great seignorial houses of Gascony.
The Wife of Martin Guerre by Janet Lewis, ISBN 0804003211
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Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve, ISBN 0060082070
It was a dark, blustery afternoon in spring, and the city of London was chasing a small mining town across the dried-out bed of the old North Sea ...
The great traction city london is on the move again. It has been lying low, skulking in the hills to avoid the bigger, faster, hungrier cities loose in the Great Hunting Ground. But now, as its great mountain of metal lumbers along in hot pursuit of its quarry, the sinister plans it has harbored for years can finally start to unfold behind its soaring walls ...
Thaddeus Valentine, London's Head Historian and most famous archaeologist, and his daughter, Katherine, are down in The Gut when the young assassin with the black scarf strikes. Only the quick intervention of Tom, a lowly third-class apprentice, prevents Valentine from being stabbed in the heart. Madly racing after the fleeing girl, Tom suddenly glimpses her hideous face: scarred from forehead to jaw, nose a smashed stump, a single eye glaring back at him. "Look at what your Valentine...
Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve, ISBN 0060082070
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Rain Romp by Jane Kurtz, ISBN 0060298057
It is a drizzly, gray, stay-inside kind of day--especially for a little girl whose all-too-cheerful parents are trying to tease her out of bed. But then she rushes outdoors to stomp and romp in the rain, and her storm cloud of a mood brightens until she feels like herself again. Full-color illustrations.
Rain Romp by Jane Kurtz, ISBN 0060298057
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Feather: A Child's Death and Life by Robert Peters, ISBN 0299153606
With great tenderness, poet and critic Robert Peters recalls the brief life and sudden death of his son Richard, a four-year-old called 'Feather' by his sister Meredith and brother Rob. Feather returns home ill one day from nursery school, spends the afternoon in bed with his father and his stuffed toy seal, and dies that evening. Looking back after decades on that February day in 1960, when the skinned knees, colds, and fevers of childhood were obliterated by the unthinkable-fatal meningitis-Peters see with harrowing clarity the image of that little boy in the tugboat pajamas lying still on a gurney, one bare foot visible at the edge of the sheet.
Feather: A Child's Death and Life by Robert Peters, ISBN 0299153606
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The Best Recipes from New Mexico's B&Bs
Readers will enjoy this collection of treasured recipes culled from the state's most popular bed-and-breakfast establishments in a handy spiral-bound edition.
The Best Recipes from New Mexico's B&Bs
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Moon Handbooks Virginia
Smith guides readers through the historical charm of Washington, D.C., to a touch of the South in Richmond and a taste of the coast in Rehoboth. Complete with details for enjoying food, bed-and-breakfasts, national parks, hikes, and campsites, "Moon Handbooks Virginia" gives travelers the tools they need to create a more personal and memorable experience.
Moon Handbooks Virginia
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