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Series
Language
English
Description
In A Feast for Crows, Martin delivers the long-awaited fourth book of his landmark series, as a kingdom torn asunder finds itself at last on the brink of peace...only to be launched on an even more terrifying course of destruction. It seems too good to be true. After centuries of bitter strife and fatal treachery, the seven powers dividing the land have decimated one another into an uneasy truce. Or so it appears....With the death of the monstrous...
42) Familiar friend
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
xi, 322 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Everyone agrees that Mason Blaine had a lot of enemies. But one of them hated the chairman of the university's Spanish Department enough to kill him- and then stick a knife in his back. The Reverend Kathryn Koerney is no stranger to the sins of man, but this shocking example of overkill in small-town New Jersey has even her puzzled. Now, with Harton police chief Tom Holder, she finds herself hunting a killer through the cloistered world of academia-...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
Bantam mass mkt. ed.
Lexile measure
940L
Physical Desc
722 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Vowing to bring down the crime boss running the city, a group of Gentlemen Bastards, led by Locke Lamora, sets out to beat the Capa at his own game, taking on other thieves, murderers, beggars, prostitutes, and thugs in the process.
45) Nova swing
Author
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
Bantam trade pbk. ed.
Physical Desc
252 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A highly acclaimed author, M. John Harrison is well known for his reality-bending tales. In this sci-fi noir, the physics-defying Saudade Event Site is a place to find strange landscapes and seemingly impossible physical phenomena-perfect for tourism. Into this environment comes Vic Serotonin, a "travel agent" whose newest client is a mysterious woman with a hidden agenda.
46) I, robot
Author
Series
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
2008.
Edition
Bantam trade paperback edition.
Lexile measure
820L
Physical Desc
224 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
The three laws of Robotics: 1) A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm 2) A robot must obey orders given to it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. 3) A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law. With these three, simple directives, Isaac Asimov changed our perception of robots forever when...