Lydia's bookshelf: all en-US Sun, 28 Jan 2024 07:47:19 -0800 60 Lydia's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg <![CDATA[Near Prospect Park (A Mary Handley Mystery, #4)]]> 45213305 Daring Brooklyn detective Mary Handley teams up with Teddy Roosevelt to solve her husband's murder, only to run afoul of nineteenth-century New York's elite when she uncovers a dangerous conspiracy.

It's December 1896, and after marrying a muckraking reporter, detective Mary Handley turns her focus from pursuing new cases to raising her newborn daughter. But when her husband turns up dead, Mary knows her next case must be solving his death. Harper was working on a big story--did it get him killed? She sets out to solve his murder, soon discovering that the investigation goes all the way to the top of the New York food chain.

Realizing she's outgunned, Mary turns to the one person who might be able to help: Commissioner Teddy Roosevelt. As the two dig deep into the underbelly of New York's social scene, they uncover a sinister plot exploiting the city's most vulnerable citizens.

Don't miss any of Lawrence H. Levy's enchanting Mary Handley mysteries:
SECOND STREET STATION - BROOKLYN ON FIRE - LAST STOP IN BROOKLYN - NEAR PROSPECT PARK]]> 291 Lawrence H. Levy 0451498461 Lydia 0 to-read, bestmystery 3.77 2020 Near Prospect Park (A Mary Handley Mystery, #4)
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]]> <![CDATA[Last Stop in Brooklyn (A Mary Handley Mystery, #3)]]> 34951281
New York City's untouchable head of detectives, Thomas Byrnes, swears he put the right man behond bars, but as Mary digs deeper, she finds corruption at the heart of New York's justice system, involving not only the police, but the most powerful of stock titans. Disturbing evidence of other murders begins to surface, each one mimicking Jack the Ripper's style, each one covered up by Thomas Byrnes.

As Mary pieces together the extent of the damage, she crosses paths with Harper Lloyd, an investigative reporter. Their relationship grows into a partnership, and perhaps more, and together they must catch a killer who's still out there, and reverse the ruthless workings of New York's elite. It'll be Mary's most dangerous, most personal case yet.]]> 312 Lawrence H. Levy 0451498445 Lydia 5 3.58 2018 Last Stop in Brooklyn (A Mary Handley Mystery, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[Brooklyn on Fire (A Mary Handley Mystery, #2)]]> 25430606
After closing a case with the Brooklyn Police Department, Mary Handley is determined to become an official detective in her own right. And when Emily Worsham shows up at her new office� convinced her uncle John Worsham was murdered and desperate for answers—Mary’s second assignment begins.

As she investigates the curious circumstances surrounding John’s death, Mary soon finds herself entangled in a high-stakes family scandal, a series of interconnected murders, political corruption, untrustworthy sources, and an unexpected romance with a central member of New York's elite.

Featuring historic figures like Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, and the Vanderbilt family, Brooklyn on Fire takes Mary on a wild journey from New York City to North Carolina to uncover not only the truth of one man's death, but to unravel the mystery in three murders � with links tied perilously close to her own personal world.

Don’t miss any of Lawrence H. Levy’s enchanting Mary Handley
SECOND STREET STATION � BROOKLYN ON FIRE � LAST STOP IN BROOKLYN � NEAR PROSPECT PARK (Coming Soon!)]]> 344 Lawrence H. Levy 0553418947 Lydia 5 3.75 2016 Brooklyn on Fire (A Mary Handley Mystery, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[Second Street Station (A Mary Handley Mystery, #1)]]> 23209948 A historical mystery featuring the witty and wily Mary Handley, the first woman detective in Brooklyn, as she tries to prove herself in a man's world while solving a high profile murder.Mary Handley is a not your typical late-nineteenth century lady. She's fiery, clever, daring—and she’s not about to conform to the gender norms of the day. Not long after being fired from her job at the hat factory for insubordinate behavior, Mary finds herself at the murder scene of Charles Goodrich, the brother of a prominent alderman and former bookkeeper of Thomas Edison. When Mary proves her acumen as a sleuth, she is hired by the Brooklyn police department—as the city’s first female policewoman—to solve the crime. The top brass of the department expect her to fail, but Mary has other plans. As she delves into the mystery, she finds herself questioning the likes of J. P. Morgan, Thomas Edison, and Nikola Tesla. Mary soon discovers the key to solving the case goes well beyond finding a murderer and depends on her ability to unearth the machinations of the city’s most prominent and respected public figures, men who will go to great lengths to protect their secrets.Much like Mr. Churchill’s Secretary and Maisie Dobbs, Second Street Station presents a portrait of a world plunging into modernity through the eyes of a clever female sleuth. Mary Handley is an unforgettable protagonist whose wit, humor, and charm will delight readers from the very first page.Don’t miss any of Lawrence H. Levy’s enchanting Mary Handley SECOND STREET STATION � BROOKLYN ON FIRE � LAST STOP IN BROOKLYN � NEAR PROSPECT PARK (Coming Soon!)]]> 336 Lawrence H. Levy 0553418920 Lydia 5 bestmystery 3.35 2015 Second Street Station (A Mary Handley Mystery, #1)
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This is one of the BEST! A historical mystery featuring the witty and wily Mary Handley, the first woman detective in Brooklyn, as she tries to prove herself in a man's world while solving a high profile murder.
]]> <![CDATA[Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke (2011-05-25)]]> 130085583 0 Rainer Maria Rilke Lydia 5 currently-reading 4.33 1929 Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke (2011-05-25)
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average rating: 4.33
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]]> The Wonder Child 35452130
"The Wonder Child" by Emmet Fox was first published in 1923 as part of a larger collection called "Power of Constructive Thinking".

It uses a text from the Bible that serves as a metaphor for how you can gain access to a Mystic Power that can change your perspective about yourself and your life.]]> 48 Emmet Fox Lydia 5 4.60 The Wonder Child
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]]> Lessons in Chemistry 58065033 390 Bonnie Garmus Lydia 0 to-read 4.23 2022 Lessons in Chemistry
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]]> <![CDATA[Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience]]> 58330567 Atlas of the Heart, Brown takes us on a journey through eighty-seven of the emotions and experiences that define what it means to be human. As she maps the necessary skills and an actionable framework for meaningful connection, she gives us the language and tools to access a universe of new choices and second chances—a universe where we can share and steward the stories of our bravest and most heartbreaking moments with one another in a way that builds connection.

Over the past two decades, Brown's extensive research into the experiences that make us who we are has shaped the cultural conversation and helped define what it means to be courageous with our lives. Atlas of the Heart draws on this research, as well as on Brown's singular skills as a storyteller, to show us how accurately naming an experience doesn't give the experience more power, it gives us the power of understanding, meaning, and choice.

Brown shares, "I want this book to be an atlas for all of us, because I believe that, with an adventurous heart and the right maps, we can travel anywhere and never fear losing ourselves."]]> 301 Brené Brown 0399592555 Lydia 0 to-read 4.33 2021 Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience
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]]> Dr. Rick Will See You Now 59546874
Dr. Rick will see you now! Finally, your chance to sit down with the world's foremost Parentamorphosis expert. Each page of this handy guide is like a one-on-one session with the man himself, filled with the strategies, exercises, self-assessments, and good old-fashioned straight-shootin' advice you need to un-become your parents every single day. From making small talk with tollboth operators (don't) to the dangerous lures of lawn care, this collection of bite-sized wisdom fits perfectly in your oversized cargo pants and will have you covered for almost any situation.]]> 119 Dr. Rick 0578992930 Lydia 5 4.11 2021 Dr. Rick Will See You Now
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]]> <![CDATA[Ascenders 11:11 (Ascenders Saga Book 4)]]> 42740184 569 C.L. Gaber Lydia 0 to-read 4.74 Ascenders 11:11 (Ascenders Saga Book 4)
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]]> Omorrow (Ascenders #3) 34993229
Sent to a place where a second can mean a lifetime, Walker and Daniel find their existence threatened as they scour New York City decades to find the lost, secret writings of Albert Einstein. They are warned, "Die in the past and you will never be born in the future."

History has a way of being rewritten by those who defy the odds. In the third book of the Ascenders Saga, will Walker manage to survive or delete her own story?]]> 571 C.L. Gaber Lydia 0 to-read 4.69 Omorrow (Ascenders #3)
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]]> Skypunch (Ascenders #2) 29564994
And Walker Callaghan, dead at seventeen, just broke it. She briefly revisited her earthly life . . . and the punishment is eternal. Longing for her rebel love interest, Daniel Reid, Walker finds an ally in Cass, whose attraction to her is as alive as he is. “Life is short,� he tells her. “I’m banking on eternity. With you.�

In the second book of the Ascenders Saga, a realm-jumping journey takes Walker and Daniel back to life again when they search for something buried in history. They team with students from several other schools in the middle realm including a place for teens born with oddities. It’s home to the Claires . . . beautiful, ruthless, and quite dead seventeen-year-old quads who each have a different clairvoyant gift.

Can Walker survive another adventure of an afterlife-time—or will she find herself on the downside of eternity?]]> 443 C.L. Gaber Lydia 0 to-read 4.55 Skypunch (Ascenders #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[High School for the Recently Departed (Ascenders #1)]]> 25392606
Walker Callaghan, 17, is dead.

She doesn't go to heaven or hell. She lands at The Academy, a middle realm where teenagers have one thing in common: They were the morning announcement at their high schools because they died young.

These high school kids are now caught in a strange “in-between� zone where life hasn’t changed very much. In fact, this special teen limbo looks a lot like life in a quaint Michigan town complete with jocks, popular girls and cliques. "There are even cheerleaders in death," Walker observes. It's not a coincidence that the music teacher is a guy named Kurt who "used to have this band." The drama teacher, Heath, is crush worthy because back in his life, he starred in some superhero movie.

Principal King explains the rules -- there are none. Why? You can't die twice.

There is no homework.
No tests.
No SATS.
You're just there to learn because the human brain isn't fully formed until you're 24.

By the way, you can't get hurt physically, so race your Harley off that hillside. But falling in love is the most dangerous thing you can do ...because no one knows how long you'll stay in this realm or what's next.

"Losing someone you love would be like dying twice," Walker says.

* * * * * *
Walker Callaghan has just arrived at the Academy after a tragic car accident. “Is this heaven or is this high school?� she asks.

She finds out her new life is a bit of both as she falls in love with tat-covered, bad boy Daniel Reid who is about to break the only sacred rule of this place. He's looking for a portal to return back to the living realm.

He needs just one hour to retrieve his younger brother who strangely never arrived at The Academy. Bobby is an Earth Bound Spirit, stuck at a plane crash site that took both of their lives as their rich father piloted his private jet nose-first into a cornfield on Christmas Eve.

Walker loves Daniel and risks it all to go with him.

Have they learned enough to outsmart dangerous forces while transporting a young child with them? Can their love survive the fragmented evil parts of themselves that are now hunting them down as they try to find a way back to the middle?

At the Academy, you learn the lessons of an after-lifetime.]]> 482 C.L. Gaber 0996242023 Lydia 0 to-read 4.26 2015 High School for the Recently Departed (Ascenders #1)
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]]> Creating Your Own Monologue 1252064 192 Glenn Alterman 1581150385 Lydia 5 3.77 1999 Creating Your Own Monologue
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]]> Untraditional Flight 32704086 9 Watley Concepts Inc Lydia 5 5.00 Untraditional Flight
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]]> <![CDATA[FONT Magazine March 2017: The International Magazine of Human Rights]]> 34311781 146 Hubert O'Hearn Lydia 5 5.00 FONT Magazine March 2017: The International Magazine of Human Rights
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]]> <![CDATA[Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers' Strike of 1909]]> 15818081
But that did not stop Clara.

She went to night school, spent hours studying English, and helped support her family by sewing in a factory.

Clara never quit. And she never accepted that girls should be treated poorly and paid little.

So Clara fought back. Fed up with the mistreatment of her fellow laborers, Clara led the largest walkout of women workers in the country's history.

Clara had learned a lot from her short time in America. She learned that everyone deserved a fair chance. That you had to stand together and fight for what you wanted. And, most importantly, that you could do anything you put your mind to.

“In her simple but powerful text Markel shows how multiple arrests, serious physical attacks, and endless misogyny failed to deter this remarkable woman as she set off on her lifelong path as a union activist.� --The Horn Book]]> 32 Michelle Markel 0061804428 Lydia 0 to-read 4.21 2013 Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers' Strike of 1909
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]]> A Room Away From the Wolves 18046369
Eight years later, after too many lies and with trouble on her heels, Bina finds herself on the side of the road again, the city of her dreams calling for her. She has an old suitcase, a fresh black eye, and a room waiting for her at Catherine House, a young women’s residence in Greenwich Village with a tragic history, a vow of confidentiality, and dark, magical secrets. There, Bina is drawn to her enigmatic downstairs neighbor Monet, a girl who is equal parts intriguing and dangerous. As Bina’s lease begins to run out, and nightmare and memory get tangled, she will be forced to face the terrible truth of why she’s come to Catherine House and what it will take for her to leave...]]> 304 Nova Ren Suma 1616208732 Lydia 0 to-read 3.23 2018 A Room Away From the Wolves
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]]> The War of Art 1319 168 Steven Pressfield 0446691437 Lydia 5 writing 3.95 2002 The War of Art
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This book brought me to my knees weeping, literally. it verified everything I had been going through and offered the solution I knew deep inside was the correct one. I love this book. I have read it several times and keep it with me wherever I go. The best book I've ever read on procrastination, surrender, following your dreams.
]]> <![CDATA[Caddyshack: The Making of a Hollywood Cinderella Story]]> 35343329 “This is a tough, sharp history of comedy and competitiveness, of rising stars and brilliant upstarts. Of difficult egos, awful behavior, fragile friendships, bursts of inspiration, and blizzards of cocaine―told by the survivors and shaped by Chris Nashawaty's welcome insight and perspective.�
� Mark Harris, New York Times bestselling author of Pictures at a Revolution and Five Came Back

Caddyshack is one of the most beloved comedies of all time, a classic snobs vs. slobs story of working class kids and the white collar buffoons that make them haul their golf bags in the hot summer sun. It has sex, drugs and one very memorable candy bar, but the movie we all know and love didn’t start out that way, and everyone who made it certainly didn’t have the word “classic� in mind as the cameras were rolling.

In Caddyshack:The Making of a Hollywood Cinderella Story film critic for Entertainment Weekly Chris Nashawaty goes behind the scenes of the iconic film, chronicling the rise of comedy’s greatest deranged minds as they form The National Lampoon, turn the entertainment industry on its head, and ultimately blow up both a golf course and popular culture as we know it. Caddyshack is at once an eye-opening narrative about one of the most interesting, surreal, and dramatic film productions there’s ever been, and a rich portrait of the biggest, and most revolutionary names in Hollywood. So, it’s got that going for it…which is nice.]]> 294 Chris Nashawaty 1250105951 Lydia 0 to-read 4.00 2018 Caddyshack: The Making of a Hollywood Cinderella Story
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]]> <![CDATA[The Camelot Shadow (Camelot Shadow, #1)]]> 24020362 "A chance to save her. Improbably, impossibly, inconceivably."

Lord Alfred Fitzwilliam spends each day in much the same way: caring for his terminally ill wife and trying to lose himself in the dusty tomes that fill his library. Everything changes when he receives a visit from a man representing a clandestine organization operating with the backing of Queen Victoria herself. The group seeks his aid in finding an Arthurian artifact that, legend holds, can cure its bearer of any wound or disease.

Skeptical but desperate to help his wife, Alfred is convinced that the fabled item might actually exist after witnessing a seemingly impossible display of power by the organization's leader, James Nigel. He decides to pursue the treasure, accompanied by an eccentric scholar, a deadly druid, and his best friend, a sardonic bookseller who is far more than he seems. As he follows an arcane trail of clues from the gas-lit streets of London to the wilds of Scotland and deep into ancient catacombs in Italy, Alfred becomes enmeshed in a web of hidden agendas, secret societies, and ancient enchantments. Along the way, he learns a dark secret about Nigel's past—and the true power of the artifact he seeks.

Steeped in a compelling mythology and filled with unexpected twists, The Camelot Shadow will leave readers stunned, breathless, and wrestling with an impossible question: what do you do with an object that has the power to both save the world and destroy it?

(Don't miss The Strange Task Before Me for further adventures in the Camelot Shadow world.)]]> 374 Sean Gibson 1483541932 Lydia 0 to-read 3.89 2014 The Camelot Shadow (Camelot Shadow, #1)
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average rating: 3.89
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]]> <![CDATA[Anything Is Possible (Amgash, #2)]]> 32080126 Olive Kitteridge in its richness, structure, and complexity, Anything Is Possible explores the whole range of human emotion through the intimate dramas of people struggling to understand themselves and others.

Here are two sisters: One trades self-respect for a wealthy husband while the other finds in the pages of a book a kindred spirit who changes her life. The janitor at the local school has his faith tested in an encounter with an isolated man he has come to help; a grown daughter longs for mother love even as she comes to accept her mother’s happiness in a foreign country; and the adult Lucy Barton (the heroine of My Name Is Lucy Barton, the author’s celebrated New York Times bestseller) returns to visit her siblings after seventeen years of absence.

Reverberating with the deep bonds of family, and the hope that comes with reconciliation, Anything Is Possible again underscores Elizabeth Strout’s place as one of America’s most respected and cherished authors.]]> 254 Elizabeth Strout 0812989406 Lydia 5 currently-reading 3.74 2017 Anything Is Possible (Amgash, #2)
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]]> War and Peace 656
War and Peace broadly focuses on Napoleon’s invasion of Russia in 1812 and follows three of the most well-known characters in literature: Pierre Bezukhov, the illegitimate son of a count who is fighting for his inheritance and yearning for spiritual fulfillment; Prince Andrei Bolkonsky, who leaves his family behind to fight in the war against Napoleon; and Natasha Rostov, the beautiful young daughter of a nobleman who intrigues both men.

As Napoleon’s army invades, Tolstoy brilliantly follows characters from diverse backgrounds—peasants and nobility, civilians and soldiers—as they struggle with the problems unique to their era, their history, and their culture. And as the novel progresses, these characters transcend their specificity, becoming some of the most moving—and human—figures in world literature.


Tolstoy gave his personal approval to this translation, published here in a new single volume edition, which includes an introduction by Henry Gifford, and Tolstoy's important essay `Some Words about War and Peace'.]]> 1392 Leo Tolstoy 0192833987 Lydia 5 4.14 1869 War and Peace
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]]> <![CDATA[GODSHOTS® Primer ~ A Book Series: Miracles or Uncanny Synchronicity? (GODSHOTS® is a U.S. Registered Trademark for a Book and TV Series 1)]]> 22615216
Godshots are uncanny coincidences that offer evidence of a higher power in our lives.

Recovery Godshots, Military Godshots, Hospice Godshots; Tornado Godshot; Supernatural Godshots; Miracle Godshots; Childrens' Godshots; Cancer Godshots; Wildlife Godshots; Boston Godshots; Teenage Godshots; Vegas Godshots; Kansas City Godshots; Mothers' Godshots, Financial Godshots; Career Godshots; et al.]]> 41 Lydia 5 5.00 2013 GODSHOTS® Primer ~ A Book Series: Miracles or Uncanny Synchronicity? (GODSHOTS® is a U.S. Registered Trademark for a Book and TV Series 1)
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]]> Anna Karenina 15823480 Anna Karenina provides a vast panorama of contemporary life in Russia and of humanity in general. In it Tolstoy uses his intense imaginative insight to create some of the most memorable characters in all of literature. Anna is a sophisticated woman who abandons her empty existence as the wife of Karenin and turns to Count Vronsky to fulfil her passionate nature - with tragic consequences. Levin is a reflection of Tolstoy himself, often expressing the author's own views and convictions.

Throughout, Tolstoy points no moral, merely inviting us not to judge but to watch. As Rosemary Edmonds comments, 'He leaves the shifting patterns of the kaleidoscope to bring home the meaning of the brooding words following the title, 'Vengeance is mine, and I will repay.]]> 964 Leo Tolstoy 0345803922 Lydia 0 4.11 1878 Anna Karenina
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One of Tolstoy's best. Love this book
]]> Divergent (Divergent, #1) 13335037
During the highly competitive initiation that follows, Beatrice renames herself Tris and struggles alongside her fellow initiates to live out the choice they have made. Together they must undergo extreme physical tests of endurance and intense psychological simulations, some with devastating consequences. As initiation transforms them all, Tris must determine who her friends really are—and where, exactly, a romance with a sometimes fascinating, sometimes exasperating boy fits into the life she's chosen. But Tris also has a secret, one she's kept hidden from everyone because she's been warned it can mean death. And as she discovers unrest and growing conflict that threaten to unravel her seemingly perfect society, she also learns that her secret might help her save those she loves . . . or it might destroy her.]]> 487 Veronica Roth 0062024035 Lydia 0 currently-reading 4.13 2011 Divergent (Divergent, #1)
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]]> The Girl on the Train 22557272
An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found here.]]> 336 Paula Hawkins 1594633665 Lydia 0 to-read 3.97 2015 The Girl on the Train
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]]> All the Light We Cannot See 18143977
In a mining town in Germany, Werner Pfennig, an orphan, grows up with his younger sister, enchanted by a crude radio they find that brings them news and stories from places they have never seen or imagined. Werner becomes an expert at building and fixing these crucial new instruments and is enlisted to use his talent to track down the resistance. Deftly interweaving the lives of Marie-Laure and Werner, Doerr illuminates the ways, against all odds, people try to be good to one another.

From the highly acclaimed, multiple award-winning Anthony Doerr, the stunningly beautiful instant New York Times bestseller about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War II.

An alternate cover for this ISBN can be found here]]> 544 Anthony Doerr 1476746583 Lydia 0 to-read 4.31 2014 All the Light We Cannot See
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]]> <![CDATA[A Philosopher's Notes - On Optimal Living, Creating an Authentically Awesome Life and Other Such Goodness]]> 11044062 228 Brian Johnson Lydia 5 4.21 2010 A Philosopher's Notes - On Optimal Living, Creating an Authentically Awesome Life and Other Such Goodness
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average rating: 4.21
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]]> <![CDATA[Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures]]> 18914404 373 Mary Baker Eddy Lydia 5 4.05 1875 Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures
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average rating: 4.05
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]]> <![CDATA[A Total Waste of Makeup (Charlize Edwards, #1)]]> 10107628 372 Kim Gruenenfelder Lydia 5 3.70 2005 A Total Waste of Makeup (Charlize Edwards, #1)
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average rating: 3.70
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]]> <![CDATA[Boomer Reinvention: How to Create Your Dream Career Over 50]]> 34155216 234 John Tarnoff 0997953918 Lydia 4 3.69 Boomer Reinvention: How to Create Your Dream Career Over 50
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]]> <![CDATA[Stories I Only Tell My Friends]]> 11198590 Actor Rob Lowe's memoir presents a wryly funny and surprisingly moving account of an extraordinary life lived almost entirely in the public eye.A teen idol at fifteen, an international icon and founder of the Brat Pack at twenty, and one of Hollywood's top stars to this day, Rob Lowe chronicles his experiences as a painfully misunderstood child actor in Ohio uprooted to the wild counterculture of mid-seventies Malibu, where he embarked on his unrelenting pursuit of a career in Hollywood. The Outsiders placed Lowe at the birth of the modern youth movement in the entertainment industry. During his time on The West Wing, he witnessed the surreal nexus of show business and politics both on the set and in the actual White House. And in between are deft and humorous stories of the wild excesses that marked the eighties, leading to his quest for family and sobriety. Never mean-spirited or salacious, Lowe delivers unexpected glimpses into his successes, disappointments, relationships, and one-of-a-kind encounters with people who shaped our world over the last twenty-five years. Rob Lowe's New York Times bestselling autobiography, Stories I Only Tell My Friends, shares tales that are as entertaining as they are unforgettable.]]> 321 Rob Lowe Lydia 5 4.15 2011 Stories I Only Tell My Friends
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]]> Bossypants 30973351 In her acceptance speech for Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, Tina Fey announced that she was proud to make her home in "the 'not-real America'". It is perhaps that healthy sense of incongruity that makes the head writer, executive producer, and star of NBC's Emmy Award-winning 30 Rock such a cogent observer of the contemporary scene.

Bossypants, her entertaining new memoir, shows that strangeness has been her constant companion. Fey's stories about her childhood in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania are only appetizers for LOL forays into her college disasters, honeymoon catastrophes, and Saturday Night Live shenanigans. Most funny read of the month; the best possible weekend update.

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]]> Dare to Dream 13096635 248 Debbi Dachinger 1467930814 Lydia 4 4.88 2011 Dare to Dream
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]]> <![CDATA[For Freedom: A Human Rights Reader 1948-2015]]> 26950387
For Freedom: A Human Rights Reader 1948-2015 takes its starting point as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights that was shepherded through the United Nations by Eleanor Roosevelt. From there, the book explores eight significant movements or events and the persons behind them. These include:

Dr Martin Luther King's Letter From a Birmingham Jail
Nelson Mandela and the Role of Violence in Fighting Apartheid
Playwright Robert Patrick on the Establishment of Gay Theatre in New York
Gender Equality
Jimmy Carter's Law Day Speech

...and more.

The readings and commentary within For Freedom: A Human Rights Reader 1948-2015 are intended for anyone who takes an active interest in national or international news events. While the book is intensely researched, its journalistic prose avoids academic jargon and impenetrable density. Anyone who is bright and aware of the world will enjoy purchasing or receiving For Freedom: A Human Rights Reader 1948-2015.]]> 215 Hubert O'Hearn Lydia 5 5.00 2015 For Freedom: A Human Rights Reader 1948-2015
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]]> Jex Malone 22729155 A famous case. A missing girl. If they find her, will they be heroes? Or dead?

Bored out of her mind during a summer with her police detective father in Las Vegas, Jessica (aka "Jex") Malone starts doing what she does best--snooping. When she meets three new friends who share her passion for crime, from the geek to the fashionista, suddenly, the stifling desert days don't seem so long.

Her dad is never around, just like when her parents were married. But Jex's crew, the Drew-Ids, take the pledge of eternal secrecy and then get down to the good stuff--digging through the cold-case files in Dad's home office.

One of them, the thirteen-year-old case of Patty Matthews, is still a mystery. Finding Patty, who vanished into thin air, became such an obsession for Jex's father that it destroyed the Malones' marriage. So not only is this a big deal, it's personal.

Jex is determined to find out what really happened, and her excitement is contagious. Soon her friends are all on board and so is the missing girl's brother, the hunky Cooper Matthews.

But as they dig up more and more troubling information--more than the cops ever did--they also get the clear message that someone out there wants to prevent the truth from coming out. That somebody is also prepared to do anything, absolutely anything, to prevent it.

Jex isn't afraid; after all, she's a cop's daughter. But maybe she should be.

Laced with humor, toughness, and real CSI investigation techniques, Jex Malone could be the Nancy Drew for a new generation--but with a chilling twist. These wannabe detectives are on the brink of finding out the fate of poor missing Patty. But will they disappear without a trace, too?

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Suspenseful! Wonderful If you love Nancy Drew, you'll love this.
]]> Everything I Never Told You 19398259
Lydia is the favourite child of Marilyn and James Lee; a girl who inherited her mother's bright blue eyes and her father's jet-black hair. Her parents are determined that Lydia will fulfill the dreams they were unable to pursue - in Marilyn's case that her daughter become a doctor rather than a homemaker, in James's case that Lydia be popular at school, a girl with a busy social life and the centre of every party. But Lydia is under pressures that have nothing to do with growing up in 1970s small town Ohio. Her father is an American born of first-generation Chinese immigrants, and his ethnicity, and hers, make them conspicuous in any setting.

When Lydia's body is found in the local lake, James is consumed by guilt and sets out on a reckless path that may destroy his marriage. Marilyn, devastated and vengeful, is determined to make someone accountable, no matter what the cost. Lydia's older brother, Nathan, is convinced that local bad boy Jack is somehow involved. But it's the youngest in the family - Hannah - who observes far more than anyone realises and who may be the only one who knows what really happened.

Everything I Never Told You is a gripping page-turner, about secrets, love, longing, lies and race.

Librarian's note: There is an Alternate Cover Edition for this edition of this book here.]]> 304 Celeste Ng Lydia 5 3.98 2014 Everything I Never Told You
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Loved this book. Wonderful writer.
]]> <![CDATA[The Indie Author Power Pack: How To Write, Publish & Market Your Book]]> 23505393
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