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In this readable narrative, author Larson (The Devil in the White City, Thunderstruck) offers a real-life, eyewit ... -
Our sharpest and most original social critic goes "undercover" as an unskilled worker to reveal the dark side of ... -
After stumbling upon a hidden trove of diaries, acclaimed "New Yorker" writer Grann set out to solve "the greates ... -
Moneyball is a quest for the secret of success in baseball. Following the low-budget Oakland Athletics, their lar ... -
New York Times Bestseller, With a New Afterword "Schlosser has a flair for dazzling scene-setting and an arsenal ... -
In this landmark work, the author of "Blink" and "The Tipping Point" asks what makes high-achievers different? Br ... -
On April 20, 1999, two boys left an indelible stamp on the American psyche. Their goal was simple: to blow up the ... -
Based on careful research at the Smithsonian Institution, this volume issues a bold, direct challenge to the erro ... -
When Alice Ozma was in 4th grade, she and her father decided to see if he could read aloud to her for 100 consecu ... -
In a smart, entertaining, reassuring book that reads like fiction, Alexandra Robbins manages to cross Gossip Girl ... -
33,000 pages 44 million words 10 billion years of history 1 obsessed man Part memoir and part education (or lack ... -
No drinking. No smoking. No cursing. No dancing. No R-rated movies. Kevin Roose wasn't used to rules like these. ... -
In this paperback edition of the 2005 bestseller, Levitt (economics, U. of Chicago) and Dubner (former New York T ... -
A story of a Jewish survivor of Hitler's Europe and his son, a cartoonist who tries to come to terms with his fat ... -
Praised throughout the cartoon industry by such luminaries as Art Spiegelman, Matt Groening, and Will Eisner, thi ... -
Now in its 60th year -- the landmark bestseller by the great Viennese psychiatrist remembered for his tremendous ... -
In his million-copy bestseller Guns, Germs, and Steel , Jared Diamond examined how and why Western civilizations ... -
Selected by the New York Times Book Review as one of the best books of 2011 A Globe and Mail Best Books of the Ye ... -
Boys, let us get up a club. With those words, six restless young men raided the linens at a friend's mansion, pul ... -
Stiff is an oddly compelling, often hilarious exploration of the strange lives of our bodies postmortem. For two ... -
Engaging text and photographs vividly showcase each element of the periodic table, offering a heightened sense of ... -
For use in schools and libraries only. Paulsen relates the nature lore and autobiographical incidents behind the ... -
Being a teenager is both wonderful and challenging. In The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens, author Sean Covey ... -
NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author James Swanson delivers a riveting account of the chase for Abraham Lincoln's as ... -
September 11, 2001 Monologues from Stuyvesant High School Tuesday, September 11, seemed like any other day at Stu ... -
Nelson tells the true story of 11-year-old Hunter Scott, who in 1998 began to uncover the truth behind a historic ... -
On remote Codfish Island off the southern coast of New Zealand live the last ninety-one kakapo parrots on earth. ... -
During her unparalleled fifty-year history, Barbie has been the doll that some people love-and some people love t ... -
On March 2, 1955, 15-year-old Claudette Colvin refused to give up her bus seat to a white passenger. In her own w ...
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Amber House
By: Kelly Moore
"I was sixteen the first time my grandmother died..." Sarah Parsons has never seen Amber House, the grand Maryland estate that's been in her family for three centuries. She's never walked it...
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Hesher
By: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Natalie Portman, Piper Laurie, Rainn Wilson
Loud music. Pornography. Lighting fires. These are a few of Hesher's favorite things. And they are what Hesher brings into the lives of TJ and his father Paul when he takes up residence in the gara...
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Such Hot Blood
By: Airborne Toxic Event
The Airborne Toxic Event got their name from a section in author Don DeLillo's novel White Noise. They return with Such Hot Blood, their third studio album.
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Poetry Contest: 2013 Prize Announcements
Posted by: TracieP | Posted on: May 02 2013
In honor of National Poetry Month this April, the Palatine Public Library District sponsored its fourth annual poetry contest. The contest wrapped up with a special ceremony to celebrate the winners and participants on Saturday, April 27th, 2013.