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Books in Thorndike Press Large Print African American Series series

  • The Notebook

    Nicholas Sparks

    Hardcover (Thorndike Pr, Nov. 1, 1996)
    In a testimony to the lasting power of love, a man tells an elderly woman a story from a faded old notebook, his voice relating the heartbreaking tale of two lovers and their fifty-year journey to happiness
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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).
  • In the Fall

    Jeffrey Lent

    Hardcover (Thorndike Pr, Oct. 1, 2000)
    Book by Lent, Jeffrey
  • 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]
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Iron Horse: Lou Gehrig in His Time

    Ray Robinson

    Hardcover (Thorndike Pr, May 1, 1991)
    Chronicles Gehrig's rise from poverty to fame in professional baseball, his remarkable record-breaking career, his happy marriage, and his courage in facing an untimely death from ALS
  • 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).
  • Our Endangered Values: America's Moral Crisis

    Jimmy Carter

    Hardcover (Thorndike Pr, Feb. 2, 2006)
    In OUR ENDANGERED VALUES, Jimmy Carter describes quite personally his own involvement and reactions to some disturbing societal trends that have taken place during the past few years. These changes involve both the religious and the political worlds as they have increasingly become intertwined, and include some of the most crucial and controversial issues of the day - frequently encapsulated under 'moral values'. Many of these matters are under fierce debate, and include pre-emptive war, women's rights, terrorism, civil liberties, homosexuality, abortion, the death penalty, science and religion, environmental degradation, nuclear arsenals, America's global image, fundamentalism, and the welding of religion and politics. Carter, sustained by his own lifelong faith, assesses these issues in a forceful and unequivocal, but balanced and courageous way. OUR ENDANGERED VALUES is a book that his millions of readers have eagerly awaited.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.