Catalog Search Results
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
The Grapes of Wrath is a landmark of American literature. A portrait of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless, of one man's fierce reaction to injustice, and of one woman's stoical strength, the novel captures the horrors of the Great Depression and probes into the very nature of equality and justice in America. Although it follows the movement of thousands of men and women and the transformation of an entire nation, The Grapes of Wrath...
Author
Language
English
Description
The Sackett boys weren't out to make a reputation - it just happened that way. They had crossed Black Fetchen and lived to tell about it. Now Fetchen was coming for t hem with the most expensive hired guns in the country. But the Sacketts were no strangers to trouble. They knew what guns were and how to use them, and one thing was sure - when the showdown came, the Sacketts would be ready, and someone was going to die.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Perhaps it was fitting justice: a dentist who enjoyed inflicting pain was murdered in his own chair. The question is not who wanted Dr. Frederick Nielsen dead, but rather who of the many finally reached the breaking point. The sordid details of this case, with its shocking revelations of violence, cruelty, and horrific sexual abuse, would be tough for any investigator to stomach. But for Seattle Homicide Detective J.P. Beaumont, the most damning piece...
Author
Language
English
Description
New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Lowell delivers an unforgettable tale of love and adventure set on the high seas... Photographer Cat Cochran has been to exotic places most people only dream about. Yet all she wants is to get her life in order. One last assignment and she can put her past behind her, forgetting about her heart's disastrous misadventures. But first she must photograph the mysterious ship designer T. H. Danvers. Travis Danvers...
10) A heart so wild
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Courtney is certain her father is alive, lost somewhere deep in Indian territory. Chandos is hired to guide her through this dangerous, unfamiliar country. He's a loner and a gunslinger-- and his blue eyes inflame the innocent, determined lady with wanton desires.
12) Hearts aflame
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
New York Times bestseller Johanna Lindsey presents a searing novel of historical romance set in the perilous Viking period. The handsome Thane of Wyndhurst has met his match in stunning, proud Kristen Haardrad, and captor becomes captive to an urgent, explosive desire.
13) Taking the fifth
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
When a man is found murdered, apparently killed by a woman's stiletto heels, Seattle Homicide Detective J.P. Beaumont uncovers illegal union activities and such elusive clues as a pay stub and a matchbook.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
The 30th anniversary edition of the first V. I. Warshawski novel, Indemnity Only, featuring a new afterword from Sara Paretsky
Meeting an anonymous client late on a sizzling summer night is asking for trouble. But trouble is Chicago private eye V. I. Warshawski’s specialty. Her client says he’s the prominent banker John Thayer. Turns out he’s not. He says his son’s girlfriend, Anita Hill, is missing....
Meeting an anonymous client late on a sizzling summer night is asking for trouble. But trouble is Chicago private eye V. I. Warshawski’s specialty. Her client says he’s the prominent banker John Thayer. Turns out he’s not. He says his son’s girlfriend, Anita Hill, is missing....
Author
Language
English
Description
Reba Farrall was lost until a kindly old gentleman took her under his wing and helped heal her shattered spirit. Now her dearest friend is gone, leaving her with a doubting, broken heart and half-interest in a California gem mine. But Chance Walker has burst into Reba's life--a daring adventurer who believes in nothing except the priceless uncut stones for which he searches the Earth. In the blistering heat of Death Valley--in the intoxicating presence...
18) Wish list
Author
Language
English
Description
If You Had Just One Wish, What Would It Be?
A brilliant movie career, two adoring husbands--none of it is enough to erase the memory of Ariel Hart's one true love. Back when she was plain, shy Aggie Bixby, a dark-eyed young man named Felix touched her heart. . .then vanished from her life.
Now, she's about to do something shocking and outrageous--sell her house and leave Hollywood behind. Making her new home in the quiet town of Chula Vista, she...
19) Fire and rain
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Owner of the wildest, loneliest ranch this side of the Rockies, Luke MacKenzie hadn't laid eyes on Carla McQueen for three years. Not since they day he'd sent his best friend's kid sister storming from the Rocking M Ranch and out of his life -- for what he thought was forever ... Now Carla was back, lovelier and even more desirable than in his burning memories. But Luke knew he could never give in to the raging need to make her his woman. For he'd...
20) Riding lessons
Author
Language
English
Description
Twenty years after a tragic accident destroyed her riding career, Olympic aspirations, and beloved horse, Annemarie Zimmer returns to her dying father's New Hampshire horse farm with her troubled teenage daughter. She encounters two men who could change her life-- the gentle veterinarian she had loved as a girl and the seductive trainer with a gift for working with horses.