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Radium Girls
In 1926, radium was a miracle cure, Madame Curie an international celebrity, and luminous watches the latest rage- until the girls who painted them began to fall ill with a mysterious disease. Inspired by a true story, Radium Girls traces the efforts of Grace Fryer, a dial painter, as she fights for her day in court. Her chief adversary is her former employer, Arthur Roeder, an idealistic man who cannot bring himself to believe that the same element that shrinks tumors could have anything to do with the terrifying rash of illnesses among his employees. As the case goes on, however, Grace finds herself battling not only with the U.S. Radium Corporation, but also with her own family and friends, who fear that her campaign for justice will backfire.
The Secret Lives of Toads
It's Harvey's first day at a new school. The cool kids have staked out their territory on the playground and Harvey is thrust into the middle of a simmering feud. Meanwhile, the frogs have their own ideas. The excitement peaks in the science lab, when frogs and kids find themselves thrown together on the wrong side of a locked door.
Salvation Road
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How's Your Faith?
"Join former NBC newsman and Meet the Press moderator David Gregory as he probes various religious traditions to better understand his own faith and answer life's most important questions: who do we want to be and what do we believe? While David was covering the White House, he had the unusual experience of being asked by President George W. Bush "How's your faith?" David's answer was just emerging. Raised by a Catholic mother and a Jewish dad, he had a strong sense of Jewish cultural and ethnic identity, but no real belief--until his marriage to a Protestant woman of strong faith inspired him to explore his spirituality for himself and his growing family. David's journey has taken him insid...
Shut Your Monkey
"Provides insight into the inner workings of your inner critic and teaches you how to put it in its place"--Back cover.
Penny Candy
"Fayette County, Pennsylvania, 1952: 16-year-old Neely Cole struggles in the shadow of his much-admired older brother Aidan, who is off fighting a distant enemy in Korea. The closure of a factory has thrown the community into turmoil, but for Neely and his friends, Sara and Mary Lee, the bigger question is when Aidan will finally pop the question to his long-time girlfriend Regina Miller. Neely meanwhile has agreed to play go-between for Aidan and a different girl, pretty but aloof Emily Abbott, daughter of a wealthy merchant. It's an assignment Neely first considers a game that will relieve his boredom. As Emily's attachment to Aidan grows, however, Neely finds himself struggling with strange feelings of his own--the dull ache of a nagging conscience and an unspoken desire to claim Emily for himself." --
Shantaram
A novel of high adventure, great storytelling and moral purpose, based on an extraordinary true story of eight years in the Bombay underworld 'A literary masterpiece... at once erudite and intimate, reflective and funny... it has the grit and pace of a thriller' Daily Telegraph 'A publishing phenomenon' Sunday Times 'A gigantic, jaw-dropping, grittily authentic saga' Daily Mail 'In the early 80s, Gregory David Roberts, an armed robber and heroin addict, escaped from an Australian prison to India, where he lived in a Bombay slum. There, he established a free health clinic and also joined the mafia, working as a money launderer, forger and street soldier. He found time to learn Hindi and Marathi, fall in love, and spend time being worked over in an Indian jail. Then, in case anyone thought he was slacking, he acted in Bollywood and fought with the Mujahedeen in Afghanistan... Amazingly, Roberts wrote Shantaram three times after prison guards trashed the first two versions. It's a profound tribute to his willpower... At once a high-kicking, eye-gouging adventure, a love saga and a savage yet tenderly lyrical fugitive vision.' Time Out
