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The Shape-Changer's Wife
Sharon Shinn
Hardcover (G K Hall & Co, Jan. 1, 2000)Winner of the William Crawford Award for Achievement in Fantasy. The novel that launched Sharon Shinn's stunning career and inspired Peter S. Beagle to call her "the most promising and original writer of fantasy to come along since Robin McKinley." (Locus)
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Wolfling
Gordon R. Dickson
Hardcover (Thorndike Pr, Oct. 1, 2002)None
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The Purrfect Murder: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery
Rita Mae Brown, Sneaky Pie Brown, Michael Gellatly
Hardcover (Thorndike Pr, March 5, 2008)In small-town Crozet, Virginia, Mary Minor "Harry" Haristeen and her feline sleuthing partners, Mrs. Murphy and Pewter, investigate when her friend, local architect Tazio Chappers, becomes the prime suspect in the killing of his most difficult client, Mrs. Carla Paulson.
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The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks, and Giants of the Ocean
Susan Casey
Hardcover (Thorndike Press, Jan. 19, 2011)The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks, and Giants of the Ocean (Thorndike Press Large Print Nonfiction Series) [hardcover] Casey, Susan [Jan 19, 2011]
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On Grief and Grieving: Finding the Meaning of Grief Through the Five Stages of Loss
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, David Kessler
Hardcover (Thorndike Pr, March 8, 2006)A follow-up to "On Death and Dying" draws on the original work's theories about the five stages of dying to provide empathic counsel on the grieving process, in a spiritual guide that covers such topics as isolation and healing.
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The Greater Journey
David McCullough
Hardcover (Thorndike Press, June 15, 2011)Relates the story of the American artists, writers, and doctors who traveled to Paris in the nineteenth century, fell in love with the city and its people, and changed America through what they learned there.
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Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt
Michael Lewis
Hardcover (Thorndike Press, Aug. 20, 2014)Argues that post-crisis Wall Street continues to be controlled by large banks and explains how a small, diverse group of Wall Street men have banded together to reform the financial markets.
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Men in Black
Steve Perry, Ed Solomon
Hardcover (G.K. Hall, April 1, 2000)While much of the world waits and watches the skies for signs of alien civilizations, there is a select group of men who know the truth. That alien beings are here--now--walking among us in human form. These men are members of an agency dedicated to tracking and policing the movements of these aliens--a top secret organization known only as...Men in Black.James Edwards is a tenacious, streetwise NYPD cop who's recruited by Agent Kay of the Men in Black. He will step into a world where his identity will be erased, where nothing is what it seems on the surface. His first case will threaten to make Earth the battleground for two warring races...and end humanity's rule in a fiery apocalypse.
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The Prayer Box
Lisa Wingate
Hardcover (Thorndike Press, Sept. 4, 2013)Given the task of clearing out her deceased landlady's old Victorian house, single mother Tandi Jo Reese discovers eighty-one decorated prayer boxes containing random notes that preserve the thoughts, hopes, and lessons of an extraordinary life.
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Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
J. D. Vance
Hardcover (Thorndike Press Large Print, Jan. 4, 2017)A #1 New York Times Bestseller Hillbilly Elegy is a passionate and personal analysis of a culture in crisis ― that of white working-class Americans. The decline of this group, a demographic of our country that has been slowly disintegrating over forty years, has been reported on with growing frequency and alarm, but has never before been written about as searingly from the inside.
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Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth
Reza Aslan
Hardcover (Thorndike Press, March 19, 2014)The author of the best-selling No God but God presents a meticulously researched biography of Jesus that draws on biblical and historical sources to place His achievements and influence against the turbulent backdrop of His time. (religion — Christianity).
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Salt: A World History
Mark Kurlansky
Hardcover (Thorndike Pr, July 1, 2002)FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. A history of salt notes its role as currency, in the establishment of trade routes and cities, and as an agenda of war, noting key figures who played major parts in its manufacture and distribution.