 | Claireece Precious Jones is an overweight, illiterate black teenager pregnant with her second child--both the result of incest by her father--and infected with the AIDS virus--also thanks to her father. This first novel by the poet and performance... |
BKhF3sLCW!~~_6.JPG) | It's finally summer vacation and "wimpy kid" Greg Heffley is looking forward to long, air-conditioned days of sitting inside, in the dark, playing video games. His mother, however, wants Greg to enjoy long, sun-filled days of playing outside with... |
 | At the outset of the civil rights movement in Jackson, Mississippi, three unique women unite to share the stories of dozens of the city's black servants, who have been kept voiceless for too long. Skeeter is fresh home from college, with big dreams... |
 | After reading this painfully affective collection of profound short stories, written from the point of view of children from five different countries in Africa, every complaint we might make about our lives seems insignificant. In his stunning... |
 | Perhaps emboldened by the success of his initial endeavor into true crime (AN INNOCENT MAN), John Grisham continues to expand his literary repertoire with his first collection of short stories. Fittingly, the stories document the various interactions... |
 | Robert Crumb, the notoriously raunchy underground comics father figure and creator of such unforgettable characters as Fritz the Cat, presents a graphic adaptation of the first book of the Bible. Relishing in the Book of Genesis's most scandalous... |
 | Diana Gabaldon continues her bestselling Outlander series with another gripping tale of historical fiction. The adventure continues for Jamie and Claire as they fight in the American rebellion of 1778. Claire continues to offer insights gleaned from... |
 | Audrey Niffenegger's bestselling novel has a fantastical concept--a man who involuntarily travel through time and his wife--but for all its strangeness, its true power lies in its ability to make the reader feel the force of the characters' love and... |
 | The third book in Jeff Kinney's wildly popular Diary of a Wimpy Kid series finds Greg Heffley desperately trying not to get sent to military school by his father. Coping with a father who is constantly trying to get him to be tougher, Greg finds out... |
 | Alex Cross has been around the block a few times--he's been doing police psychological investigations for years--but nevertheless, the story that his grandmother tells him manages to shake this seasoned professional to the core. The story, about an... |
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