"Sara Paretsky follows her instant New York Times bestseller Fallout--her most widely read novel in years--with an extraordinary adventure that pits her acclaimed detective, V.I. Warshawski, against some of today's most powerful figures. Legendary sleuth V.I. Warshawski returns to the Windy City to save an old friend's nephew from a murder arrest. The case involves a stolen artifact that could implicate a shadowy network of international criminals....

:.The Subject sleeps.: A storm brews in the mind of a comatose girl where figments of her imagination vie for control of the isolated space therein referred to as the City. Physics are unraveling. An office worker takes a tumble through twentieth-story glass. A high school girl chases the fleeting concept of "normalcy." A pair of inquisitors strive to bring about a swift explanation for the increasingly fantastic, inexplicable phenomena occurring...

"From the acclaimed duo Dianna Hutts Aston and Sylvia Long comes this gorgeous look at the fascinating world of shells. From land snails to freshwater mussels, giant clams to tiny, an incredible array of shells are showcased in all their splendor. Poetic in voice and elegant in design, this carefully researched book will spark the imaginations of children in classroom reading circles as well as on parents' laps"--

September Eleventh . . . war in Iraq . . . turmoil in the Middle East . . . an impending war with Iran. They have one thing in common: oil. And the world is running out. The Shell Game is a thrilling novel that faces the end of oil and the next big attack on American soil. This fictional tale resonates with chilling facts from real-life informants in the oil industry and the U.S. government, piecing together the terrifying truth about a nation...

On the eve of the Inauguration the losing candidate presents proof of the crime to his opponent, the incumbent President, and demands that he stand aside. The winner refuses and takes the oath of office, thereby setting in motion what may destroy him and his party, and even bring down the Constitution. From this crisis, master storyteller Charles McCarry, author of such classic thrillers as The Tears of Autumn and The Last Supper weaves a masterpiece...

When Buddy Bear and his mother go to the beach, she teaches him all about shells and mollusks. Includes facts about shells.

"Two years after her husband's death, Amanda Whittier has two children to raise alone, an abandoned dream of starting a business, and a fixer-upper cottage by the sea. She has no room in her life for anything else and little interest in moving on after losing the man she loved. Paul Grant is a relative newcomer to the area, and his work with former military dogs needing rehabilitation has been good for the town. Though he loved once before, he's convinced...

When the curator of the Great Redmond Museum is found dead next to the smashed cases of seven valuable historical treasures, kleptomaniac detective Felix Green and his partner, Sam Alders, suspect the killing was more than a simple robbery gone wrong. Their skills as investigators are pushed to the limits as they struggle to see through the smokescreen of the seven thefts and solve the murder behind them - and locate the mythical eighth wonder - in...