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What Blooms from Dust
James Markert
Library Binding (Thorndike Press Large Print, Aug. 16, 2018)Filled with mystery and magic, What Blooms from Dust is a story of finding hope in the midst of darkness and discovering the beauty of unexpected kindness.
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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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Maine
J.Courtney Sullivan
Hardcover (Thorndike Press, July 6, 2011)Three generations of women converge on the family beach house in this wickedly funny, emotionally resonant story of love and dysfunction from the author of Commencement. By turns uproarious and achingly sad, Maine reveals the sibling rivalry, alcoholism,social climbing, and Catholic guilt at the center of one family, along with the abiding, often irrational love that keeps them coming back, every summer, to the family house and to each other.
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The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible As Literally As Possible
A. J. Jacobs
Hardcover (Thorndike Pr, March 5, 2008)Documents the author's quest to live one year in literal compliance with biblical rules, from being fruitful and multiplying to growing a beard and avoiding mixed-fiber clothing.
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Germs: Biological Weapons and America's Secret War
Judith Miller, Stephen Engelberg, William J. Broad
Hardcover (G K Hall & Co, March 1, 2002)Book by Miller, Judith, Engelberg, Stephen, Broad, William J.
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The Ice Limit
Douglas J. Preston, Lincoln Child
Hardcover (G K Hall & Co, Oct. 1, 2000)When a meteorite possessing secrets about human evolution is discovered in a desolute region of Chile, an expedition team sets out to recover it but finds increasingly mysterious dangerous challenges along the way.
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Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy
Helen Fielding
Hardcover (Thorndike Press, March 5, 2014)A long-awaited third installment in the series featuring the beloved haphazard British heroine introduces readers to an engaging new phase of Bridget's life in contemporary London, where she faces the challenges of maintaining her sex appeal, engages in drunken texting and despairs of fitting into skinny jeans. (general fiction).
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Little Princes: One Man's Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal
Conor Grennan
Hardcover (Thorndike Press, Feb. 16, 2011)Describes how the author's three-month service as a volunteer at the Little Princes Orphanage in war-torn Nepal became a passionate commitment for advocacy and reform when he discovered that many of his young charges were victims rescued from human traffickers. (biography & autobiography).
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The Last Patriot
Brad Thor
Hardcover (Thorndike Pr, July 1, 2008)Navy SEAL-turned-covert Homeland Security operative Scot Harvath is called into action to uncover an ancient secret that could end the war on terrorism.
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Sophie: The Incredible True Story of the Castaway Dog
Emma Pearse
Hardcover (Thorndike Press, April 20, 2012)Documents the true story of a young Australian blue heeler who was lost overboard in the Great Barrier Reef and who swam through shark-infested waters to an isolated nature preserve, where she survived unassisted for five months before being miraculously rescued. (pets).
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Girl Sleuth: Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created Her
Melanie Rehak
Hardcover (Thorndike Pr, March 8, 2006)An examination of the Nancy Drew stories and their influence on American girlhood since the 1930s explores mysteries related to the character's creators, and her role in shaping the modern American woman's identity.