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In the Name of Honor
Richard North Patterson
Hardcover (Thorndike Press, July 7, 2010)Two prestigious military families are shattered when general's son Brian, a traumatized Iraq veteran, shoots and kills his former commanding officer under circumstances he claims were in self-defense, a case that also calls the victim's wife into question. By the best-selling author of The Spire. (Suspense).
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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 Ninth Hour
Alice McDermott
Hardcover (Thorndike Press Large Print, Sept. 19, 2017)A portrait of the Irish-American experience is presented through the story of an Irish immigrant's suicide and how it reverberates through innumerable lives in early twentieth-century Catholic Brooklyn.
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Brown Girl Dreaming
Jacqueline Woodson
Library Binding (Thorndike Press Large Print, Sept. 6, 2017)In vivid poems that reflect the joy of finding her voice through writing stories, an award-winning author shares what it was like to grow up in the 1960s and 1970s in both the North and the South.
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Dog Songs: Poems
Mary Oliver
Hardcover (Thorndike Press, May 7, 2014)A selection of new and favorite poems by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of American Primitive celebrates the canine companions who have enriched her world, exploring how they have accompanied her walks, inspired her work and served as life guides. (poetry).
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The Case of the Curious Bride
Erle Stanley Gardner
Paperback (G K Hall & Co, May 1, 2001)After con man Greg Moxley married Rhoda Lorton, he took her money and flew -- only to have his plane crash. Years later, Rhoda wed millionaire scion Carl Montaine. But now Moxley has turned up alive and well . . . with plans to pocket the Montaine fortune -- or else make Rhoda's bigamy public. Desperate to protect the good name of Montaine, Rhoda seeks out Perry Mason. But before Mason can reel in Moxley, somebody murders the scheming blackmailer. In a case that abounds in lethal twists, Mason suddenly finds himself on a collision course with a cold-blooded killer.
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The Pioneer Woman: Black Heels to Tractor Wheels -- A Love Story
Ree Drummond
Hardcover (Thorndike Press, June 1, 2011)The popular blogger and author of "The Pioneer Woman Cooks" traces the story of her marriage to a quintessential cowboy while sharing moments about her transition from a giddy twenty-something to a ranch wife and mother.
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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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U Is for Undertow
Sue Grafton
Hardcover (Thorndike Pr, Dec. 1, 2009)Hired by a preppy college dropout to discern the fate of a 4-year-old girl who disappeared more than 20 years earlier, Kinsey Millhone investigates the young man's sketchy memories about a burial scene he believes he discovered at the age of 6. By the best-selling author of T is for Trespass. (Mystery & detective). Simultaneous.
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Left Behind: A Novel of the Earth's Last Days
Tim LaHaye, Jerry B. Jenkins
Hardcover (Thorndike Pr, April 1, 2000)After millions of people around the world vanish in one moment, in what many claim to be the Rapture, Rayford Steele begins a search for truth amidst global chaos.
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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.