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Publisher: Harper
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/11/2012
ISBN-13: 9780061493348
ISBN-10: 0061493341

When ex-NFL quarterback Gibson Goode, the fifth richest black man in America, decides to open his newest Dogpile megastore on Telegraph Avenue, Nat and Archy, the owners of Brokeland Records, fear for their business until Gibson's endeavor exposes a decades-old secret history. 300,000 first printing.

Publisher: Harlequin Books
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 08/28/2012
ISBN-13: 9780778313762
ISBN-10: 077831376X

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Publisher: Laurel-Leaf Books
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/01/1993
ISBN-13: 9780440972921
ISBN-10: 0440972922

Young Adult - Five teenaged students are kidnapped from their school bus and held for ransom by two men who have already killed old Mr. Godfrey, their regular bus driver.

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Publisher: Harlequin
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 08/28/2012
ISBN-13: 9780778313700
ISBN-10: 0778313700

When a murder occurs in Landon Mansion, docent and noted historian Allison Leigh works with Agent Tyler Montague, who knows his hauntings and history, to discover if the ghost of British Lord "Butcher" Bedford has resurfaced or if there is another malevolent force at work.

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Publisher: Ballantine Books
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 08/21/2012
ISBN-13: 9780345531346
ISBN-10: 0345531345

Teaming up in 1925 Shanghai to find a priceless set of scrolls believed to contain the lost history of the Khmer empire, Irene Blum and temple-robber Simone Merlin commit a shockingly violent act before discovering unexpected commonalities in their respective pasts. A first novel by the award-winning author of Communion: A Culinary Journey Through Vietnam.

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Publisher: Chronicle Books
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 08/01/2012
ISBN-13: 9780811869256
ISBN-10: 0811869253

Children's - A child imagines that he is in a story where he encounters a tiger at every turn.

Publisher: Ballantine Books
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 08/21/2012
ISBN-13: 9780345530394
ISBN-10: 034553039X

Receiving her mountaineer husband's promise that he will return to her after climbing Mount McKinley, Maddie is devastated to learn that her husband has died in an avalanche, a situation that reveals a best friend's longtime love for her before an accident victim across the country becomes haunted by dreams of Maddie and her young son. Original. A first novel. 40,000 first printing.

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Publisher: Candlewick Press
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 08/14/2012
ISBN-13: 9780763658106
ISBN-10: 0763658103

When his soldier brother, Eli, is killed while in the service, a mourning Daniel considers the history of unusual fatalities to determine what makes a death, or a life, matter.

Publisher: William Morrow
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 08/14/2012
ISBN-13: 9780061706875
ISBN-10: 0061706876

Suburban madam Heloise, with no one left to trust, decides to get out of the game when another suburban madam is brutally murdered, forcing her to stay one step ahead of a killer--and the father of her child--who is just as lethal behind bars as he was on the outside.

Publisher: Candlewick Press
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 08/14/2012
ISBN-13: 9780763634513
ISBN-10: 0763634514

Juvenile - Participating in a spelling bee in the hope of winning a trip to Washington, D.C., Judy finds herself depending on her lucky penny while tackling such challenges as a nemesis rival and a pot-bellied pig.