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Middlesex
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Jeffrey Eugenides
Spanning eight decades, Eugenides's long-awaited second novel is a grand, utterly original fable of crossed bloodlines, the intricacies of gender, and the deep, untidy promptings of desire. Eugenides was named one of America's best young novelists by both "Granta" and "The New Yorker."
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Song of Solomon
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Toni Morrison
In Toni Morrison's powerful 1977 novel, Milkman Dead hears a strange story: his father and his aunt Pilate witnessed their father's murder, and Pilate has carried his bones around with her for 20 years. Milkman travels south to find that this grandfather (who fled slavery and escaped, creating a myth of flight) has been immortalized in folktales ...
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What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day
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Pearl Cleage
When Ava returns to her hometown to visit her sister, she becomes involved with Eddie Jefferson. The romance is threatened because each of them has a terrible secret: Ava is HIV-positive, and Eddie is a convicted murderer.
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Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age
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Kevin Boyle
This investigative report looks into the events around the 1925 murder trial of an African-American doctor who had bought a home in what was considered a whites-only neighborhood of Detroit. A mob attacked his home, shots were fired, a man lay dead, and Dr. Ossian Sweet, homeowner, was charged with the killing. This account explores Dr. Sweet's ...
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Bud, Not Buddy
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Christopher Paul Curtis
Still heartbroken over the death of his mother, a 10-year-old boy named Bud decides to run away rather than live in yet another foster home. Bud is convinced that all would be perfect if he could only get in touch with his father--a man he's never met. The only clues Bud has about his father's identity are some old fliers that his mother saved- ...
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Mathematics for Elementary Teachers: A Contemporary Approach
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Gary L Musser
This leading mathematics text for elementary and middle school educators helps you quickly develop a true understanding of mathematical concepts. It integrates rich problem solving strategies with relevant topics and extensive opportunities for hands on experience. By progressing from the concrete to the pictorial to the abstract, Musser captures ...
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Annie's Ghosts: A Journey Into a Family Secret
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Steve Luxenberg
Combining the power of reportage with the intrigue of mystery, "Annie's Ghosts" explores the nature of self-deception and self-preservation. The result is equal parts memoir and riveting detective story as one son seeks to uncover family secrets.
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My Dog Skip
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Willie Morris
A dog and his boy.
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Wisconsin death trip
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Feast of Love
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Charles Baxter
The plot of Baxter's novel consists of scandalous tales supposedly told to the author by his neighbors--all of whom seem to be involved in sexual imbroglios that intertwine and enrich each other in the telling. A New York Times Notable Book for the year 2000.
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House with a Clock in Its Walls
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John Bellairs
Lewis Barnavelt goes to live with his Uncle Jonathan after being orphaned, only to discover that both his uncle and his next-door neighbor Mrs. Zimmermann are witches, bent on trying to stop the terrifying clock ticking within the walls of their house.
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Mr Perfect
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Linda Howard
Jaine Bright and three close friends spend an evening coming up with a humorous list of attributes for their ideal man. The whimsical list is leaked to the press, and it receives some publicity--which leads to Jaine and her friends being targeted by a psychotic killer. Jaine turns to her handsome neighbor, undercover cop Sam Donovan, for ...
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Dollmaker
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Harriette Arnow
Harriette Arnow was born in 1908 into a family whose roots reached back for five generations of Kentucky's history. From this rich background, she inherited a bountiful storytelling tradition that provided inspiration for her acclaimed novels: "Mountain Path, Hunter's Horn" and "The Dollmaker", the last considered her masterpiece and a landmark of ...
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An Unquiet Grave
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P J Parrish
When the body of a stranger is found in the grave of a woman in the forgotten cemetery of an abandoned, notorious sanitarium in Michigan, Louis Kincaid investigates. On his darkest journey yet, Kincaid is led to the long, dark tunnels below the asylum, where he unearths crimes of unimaginable depravity. Original.
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Enslaved by Ducks
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Bob Tarte
Tarte has penned this laugh-out-loud chronicle of what it means to bring animals of all shapes and sizes into one's heart and home.
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Leaves from the notebook of a tamed cynic
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Reinhold Niebuhr
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The Chocolate Puppy Puzzle
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JoAnna Carl
A flashy Hollywood producer arrives in town with his charming chocolate Lab, claiming he's turning a local author's romance novel into a movie. Lee McKinney suspects he's a phony--and she grows even more suspicious when she stumbles upon a dead body. Includes chocolate trivia. Original.
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The Hunting Wind: An Alex McKnight Mystery
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Steve Hamilton
Tracked by his former teammate to Michigan's Upper Peninsula, Alex McKnight is instantly transported back to 1971 Toledo where he and Randy Wilkins played minor league baseball. Randy wants Alex to find the woman with whom he had a brief affair 30 years ago. Alex, however, doesn't consider that there may be a good reason why the mysterious Maria ...
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Other Side of the River: A Story of Two Towns, a Death, and America's Dilemma
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Alex Kotlowitz
Through a difficult search for truth about the murder of an African-American youth in a Michigan town, Alex Kotlowitz examines the divide between races. A "New York Times" Notable Book for 1998.
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Christmas Tapestry
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Patricia Polacco
This timely tale of love and generosity between people of different religious faiths is a wonderful showcase for Polacco's art that features snowy holiday scenes and a colorful tapestry that is almost a character in itself. Full color.
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A Woman's Place
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Lynn N Austin
As America rises to meet the challenge of World War II, the call for defense workers unites four women at Seneca Shipyards in Michigan: Virginia longs to find a purpose beyond her role as a housewife; Helen?s lonely, single existence drives her to accept a demanding job despite her advancing years; Rosa is desperate to flee her in-laws? rules; and ...
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Killer Insight
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Victoria Laurie
A wedding retreat in Colorado finds Abby Cooper tending a broken heart and taking a mental break, but psychic intuition isn't the sort of thing she can leave at home--especially when the wedding goes awry. Original.
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Winter of the Wolf Moon: A Mystery
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Steve Hamilton
Ex-cop and sometime P.I. Alex McKnight endures the bitter Michigan winter in his log cabin. When a young Ojibwa woman, asks for shelter from her abusive boyfriend, McKnight agrees. She disappears the next morning, and McKnight suspects her boyfriend of abducting her. But his search brings on more suspects and a thickening web of crime from the ...
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The Burning Bed
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Faith McNulty
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Fab Five: Basketball, Trash Talk, the American Dream
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Mitch Albom
The bestselling author of Bo chronicles the amazing story of the first string Michigan basketball team--composed entirely of freshmen--that took the 1992 NCAA Tournament by storm and began the 1993 season burdened by more expectations than any team in collegiate history. 8 pages of photos.
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