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  • Smoke Gets In Your Eyes

    Caitlin Doughty

    Hardcover (Thorndike Press, Jan. 21, 2015)
    The blogger behind the popular Web series Ask a Mortician describes her experiences working at a crematory, including how she sometimes got ashes on her clothes and how she cared for bodies of all shapes and sizes. (biography & autobiography).

  • This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War

    Drew Gilpin Faust

    Hardcover (Thorndike Pr, Aug. 20, 2008)
    Book by Faust, Drew Gilpin

  • Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild Food

    Paul Greenberg

    Hardcover (Thorndike Press, Dec. 15, 2010)
    A seafood journalist who has written for National Geographic traces the history of bass, cod, salmon and tuna fishing while assessing the critical state of today's commercial fishing industry, citing the roles of over-fishing and fish farming while recommending specific protections. (nature).

  • Last Train to Paradise: Henry Flagler and the Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Railroad That Crossed an Ocean

    Les Standiford, Henry Morrison Flagler

    Hardcover (Thorndike Pr, March 1, 2003)
    Describes the efforts of ambitious entrepreneur Henry Flagler to construct a railway that would connect Key West to the mainland, from the design and engineering of the project to the 1935 hurricane that destroyed the railway.

  • Trumps of Doom

    Roger Zelazny

    Hardcover (G K Hall & Co, Sept. 1, 2000)
    In a continuation of the Amber chronicles, Corwin, Prince of Amber, exiled to Earth because of an ancient feud with his brothers, must battle his way back to the perfect world of Amber, the center of reality.

  • Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly

    Anthony Bourdain

    Hardcover (G K Hall & Co, Jan. 1, 2001)
    A New York City chef who is also a novelist recounts his experiences in the restaurant business, and exposes abuses of power, sexual promiscuity, drug use, and other secrets of life behind kitchen doors.

  • Sign of the Unicorn

    Roger Zelazny

    Hardcover (G K Hall & Co, April 1, 1999)
    Internecine warfare over succession to the throne and the evil forces of Shadow threaten to destroy the royal family of the imaginary state of Amber

  • Descent into Darkness: Pearl Harbor, 1941 : A Navy Diver's Memoir

    Edward C. Raymer

    Hardcover (G K Hall & Co, April 1, 1999)
    Book by Raymer, Edward C.

  • Navajo Code Talkers

    Nathan Aaseng

    Hardcover (Thorndike Pr, Oct. 1, 2002)
    On the Pacific front during World War II, strange messages were picked up by American and Japanese forces on land and at sea. The messages were totally unintelligible to everyone except a small select group within the Marine Corps: the Navajo code talkers-a group of Navajos communicating in a code based on the Navajo language. This code, the first unbreakable one in U.S. history, was a key reason that the Allies were able to win in the Pacific. Navajo Code Talkers tells the story of the special group, who proved themselves to be among the bravest, most valuable, and most loyal of American soldiers during World War II.

  • The Day the Angels Fell

    Shawn Smucker

    Library Binding (Thorndike Press Large Print, Nov. 1, 2017)
    It was the summer of storms and strays and strangers. The summer that lightning struck the big oak tree in the front yard. The summer his mother died in a tragic accident. As he recalls the tumultuous events that launched a surprising journey, Samuel can still hardly believe it all happened. After his mother's death, twelve-year-old Samuel Chambers would do anything to turn back time. Prompted by three strange carnival fortune-tellers and the surfacing of his mysterious and reclusive neighbor, Samuel begins his search for the Tree of Life--the only thing that could possibly bring his mother back. His quest to defeat death entangles him and his best friend Abra in an ancient conflict and forces Samuel to grapple with an unwelcome question: could it be possible that death is a gift? Haunting and hypnotic, The Day the Angels Fell is a story that explores the difficult questions of life in a voice that is fresh, friendly, and unafraid. With this powerful debut, Shawn Smucker has carved out a spot for himself in the tradition of authors Madeleine L'Engle and Lois Lowry.

  • Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

    Philip K. Dick, Roger Zelazny

    Hardcover (G K Hall & Co, Aug. 1, 2001)
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  • Cicada Summer

    Maureen Leurck

    Library Binding (Thorndike Press Large Print, Feb. 21, 2018)
    People keep a house alive, not the other way around. Alex Proctor has seen the truth of this in every empty, rundown property she's bought and renovated since her divorce almost three years ago. She's also experienced the thrill of making each one into a home. Amid overgrown grounds and rooms brimming with debris, Alex finds treasures. At the same time, she's searching for a way to reconcile her new life with lingering feelings for her ex-husband.