Adam Verner
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
"The New York Times bestselling author of The Benedict Option draws on the wisdom of Christian survivors of Soviet persecution to warn American Christians of approaching dangers. For years, émigrés from the former Soviet bloc have been telling Rod Dreher they see telltale signs of "soft" totalitarianism cropping up in America--something more Brave New World than Nineteen Eighty-Four. Identity politics are beginning to encroach on every aspect of...
62) State secrets
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
She was to be just an assignment...
Cookbook author Holly Llewellyn is the last person who should be labeled an "enemy of the state"--or is she? After all, her brother is a missing traitor, and with her ties to the president, the Secret Service isn't taking chances....
So they send in Agent David Goddard, undercover. But after one glance, David knows Holly isn't just an "assignment"--she's a woman who'll change
...Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
The Founders of the American nation would have had trouble recognizing the America that emerged after the Civil War. By century's end, we had rapidly evolved into the world's greatest industrial power. It was a nation of large new cities populated by immigrants from all over the world. And it was a nation that was taking an increasingly active role on the world stage, even to the point of acquiring an empire of its own. Many Americans began to wonder...
64) The glitter dome
Author
Pub. Date
1981.
Description
It's murder in Joseph Wambaugh's Hollywood. Welcome to Tinsel Town, where the line between cop and killer is a razor's edge.
Author
Pub. Date
[2014]
Formats
Description
Sam and Holly Foster and their young son James seem to have a perfect life until Sam loses his job and James has a life-threatening accident. Hopelessness and constant caring for James takes their toll on Sam and Holly and they begin to drift apart. It takes the miracle of the rediscovery of James's toy boat and the appearance of a mysterious man to remind them of what is important in life, and that love and heaven are not far away.
66) The alien
Author
Series
Animorphs. Main series volume 8
Pub. Date
[1997]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 4
Description
What would you do if you were the only alien trapped on a strange planet? Probably freak out, right? Well, that's what Ax feels like doing. But as an Andalite warrior-cadet, he has to be pretty cool about stuff like that. He's been hanging out with the Animorphs ever since the Dome ship was destroyed by the Yeerks and his brother, Prince Elfangor, was destroyed by Visser Three. Life on Earth is pretty different for Ax. But there is one thing he,...
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
"The author of Indiscretion returns with a scorching tale of love, passion, and obsession, about one man's all-consuming desire for a beautiful, bewitching, and beguiling woman.Since childhood, Wylie Rose has been drawn to the charming, close-knit Bonet siblings. But none affected him more than the enchanting Cesca, a girl blessed with incandescent beauty and a wild, irrepressible spirit.Growing up, Wylie's friendship with her brother, Aurelio, a...
68) Sacrifice
Author
Series
Animorphs. Main series volume 52
Pub. Date
c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 4
Description
The war between the Yeerks and the Animorphs is still raging. There are no more secrets - but there are plenty of lies. The kids are fighting harder than they ever thought they could. And they're about to make the biggest decision they've ever had to face. A decision that may eventually break them all.
Ax and the Animorphs know that destroying the Yeerk pool would give them a huge chance to take back Earth. And they've figured out a way to do it....
70) The Good Cop
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2013.
Description
In the fourth in Brad Parks's award-winning series, Newark investigative journalist Carter Ross must uncover the truth behind a beloved cop's alleged suicide.
71) Deception
Author
Series
Animorphs. Main series volume 46
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 3
Description
The Animorphs have managed to contact the Andalite home world, but the battle is far from over. Visser Two has arrived on Earth, and he's not happy about the state of things. He decides the best way to take over Earth is to have the humans destroy each other, exhausting their weapons in the process. He's going to start World War III.
Ax and his friends know that Visser Two means business. There are only two ways to keep him from destroying everything...
72) Ask Bob: a novel
Author
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
Dr. Robert Heller is one of New York City's leading veterinarians, and his advice column is hugely popular among pet-lovers. Yet Dr. Bob understands animals a lot better than people, and he could use some advice of his own especially about his family. ...
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
Does God have a hope to offer us in times of pain? Can God meet and sustain us even if our circumstances don't change? One of the few guarantees in life is that we will suffer. Everything around us is broken by sin. Each of us has an expiration date. A few years ago, Eric and his wife, Elizabeth, were confronted with this unavoidable reality when she was faced with a terminal cancer diagnosis and he was caring for her and their three children. Shattered...
Author
Series
York (Laura Ruby) volume 2
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 12
Description
"It was only a few weeks ago that the Biedermann twins, Tess and Theo, along with their friend Jaime Cruz, followed the secrets of the Morningstarrs' cipher further than anyone had in its century-and-a-half history -- and destroyed their beloved home in the process. But the Old York Cipher still isn't solved. The demolition of 354 W. 73rd Street only revealed the next clue in the greatest mystery of the modern world, and if Tess, Theo, and Jaime want...
75) Sons
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1992
Description
The second installment in Pearl S. Buck's acclaimed Good Earth trilogy: the powerful story of three brothers whose greed will bring their family to the brink of ruin. Sons begins where The Good Earth ended: Revolution is sweeping through China. Wang Lung is on his deathbed in the house of his fathers, and his three sons stand ready to inherit his hard-won estate. One son has taken the family's wealth for granted and becomes a landlord; another is...
76) A house divided
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[1994]
Description
Yuan returns to China in the middle of chaos and he tries to restore peace to his family.
77) The lying woods
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 14
Description
Owen Foster is pulled from his elite New Orleans boarding school when his father's assets are seized and, back in his small town, begins to piece together his father's past despite mounting danger.
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
This is a book for folks whose commitment to Jesus has put them at odds with American evangelicalism. -Shane Claiborne
So many Americans today love their faith but have found their church doesn't love them back. They then leave, seeking community elsewhere. Of all those personal stories, few have ever been told by someone so far inside the powerful places of white evangelical Christianity. In this provocative tell-all, David Gushee opens the door...
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
"For all the ways we live unawakened lives, the enneagram is here to help. The Sacred Enneagram is a trustworthy, richly insightful guide to finding yourself in the enneagram's 9-type profiles, and applying this practical wisdom for a life transformed. Far more than a personality test, author Chris Heuertz writes, the enneagram is a sacred map to the soul. Lies about who we think we are keep us trapped in loops of self-defeat. But the enneagram offers...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
Uncover the mystery of angels and their roles in our lives!
Angels have been present since the beginning of time, yet we're filled with more intrigue and myth than with facts about these heavenly creatures. In this practical Q&A format, bestselling author and pastor Robert J. Morgan uncovers the mystery of angels-in the teachings of the Bible, in their role in relation to Christ, how they impact Christian beliefs, and in personal accounts of our...