After his wife Lexy is found dead beneath a tree in their back yard, linguistics professor Paul Iverson becomes obsessed with trying to figure out what happened.  His dog Lorelei, a Rhodesian Ridgeback, was the only witness to the odd event.  Through a little bit of science and a lot of desperation, the professor sets out to teach Lorelei to communicate, in hopes that she will some day be able to explain what happened to Lexy.

 

Children’s Picture Books section

Here is a children’s book that every adult should also read. The Giving Tree will do anything to try to make The Boy happy. It gives all that The Boy asks for - shade, apples, a place to climb and swing. But when the boy asks for too much, the tree gives and gives to the point of self-destruction. This is a little book with a lot of meaning. The Giving Tree reminds us never to lose ourselves in pursuit of someone else’s happiness.

 

As assistant to impossibly demanding New York fashion magazine editor Miranda Preistly, young Andy Sachs has landed a job that "a million girls would die for." Unfortunately, her heaven-sent appointment as Miranda's personal whipping girl just might be the death of her!    excellent movie....

 

This is the story of Clare, a beautiful art student, and Henry, an adventuresome librarian. They met when Clare was six and Henry was thirty-six, and married when Clare was twenty-three and Henry thirty-one. Impossible but true: Henry is one of the first people diagnosed with Chrono-Displacement Disorder. Periodically his genetic clock resets and he finds himself misplaced in time, disappearing spontaneously for experiences alternately harrowing and amusing.

 

"In this fascinating, ennobling account, Mary Roach visits the good deeds of cadavers over the centuries from the anatomy labs and human-sourced pharmacies of medieval and nineteenth-century Europe to a human decay research facility in Tennessee, to a plastic surgery practice lab, to a Scandinavian funeral directors' conference on human composting. In her droll, inimitable voice, Roach tells the engrossing story of our bodies when we are no longer with them. 13 b/w illustrations." Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.

 

If you are looking for fun quick projects try this book. Although if you are like me it may take more than a weekend ... ;).

 

McBride shares candid recollections of his own experiences as a mixed-race child of poverty, his flirtations with drugs and violence, and his eventual self-realization and professional success. The Color of Water touches readers of all colors as a vivid portrait of growing up, a haunting meditation on race and identity, and a lyrical valentine to a mother from her son. Winner of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.