The year is 1863, and the “War Between the States” has ended, sending many freed slaves away from their homes in the South. Such is the case of Britt Johnson and his family in the novel The Color of Lightning by best-selling author Paulette Jiles.
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Law School Conference Points To Big Issues in Google Settlement
Google, authors and publishers recently entered into a settlement agreement in The Authors Guild et al. v. Google Inc., a class action lawsuit brought against Google in connection with its use of copyrighted books in its Book Search feature, and in The McGraw-Hill Companies et al. v. Google Inc., a separate lawsuit by publishers. The settlement, if approved by the court, purportedly will provide new opportunities for authors and publishers to market their works.
In The Courts of The Sun by Brian D’Amato
In The Courts of The Sun Brian D’Amato Dutton 3-26-09 Hardcover/0 pages ISBN: 0-525950516 Buy This Book www.amazon.com ". . . a captivating science fiction thriller . . ." Booklist calls In The...
Surface Tension by Brent Runyon
Surface Tension Brent Runyon Knopf 3/21/09 Hardcover/194 pages ISBN: 978-0-375844461 Buy This Book www.amazon.com ". . . a quick and delightful book to take to the beach . . ." Surface Tension: A teen’s-eye view of growing up. “Cool...
Handle With Care by Jodi Picoult
Handle With Care Jodi Picoult Simon & Schuster 3-20-09 Hardcover/496 pages ISBN: 0-743296419 Buy This Book www.amazon.com ". . . treads the difficult and often painful territory of a family in crisis with care and insight . . ." Two...
Brutal by Michael Harmon
Brutal Michael Harmon Knopf 3/18/2009 Hardcover/229 pages ISBN: 978-0-375840999 ". . . highly developed sense of right and wrong . . ." Brutal: Stunning and timely coming of age novel. Her mother is a doctor more interested in saving the world...
Highway to Hell by Rosemary Clement-Moore
Highway to Hell Rosemary Clement-Moore Delacorte for young readers 3/18/09 Hardcover/357 pages ISBN: 978-0-385734639 Buy This Book www.amazon.com ". . . a devilish treat with lots of substance." One Seer + One Evil Genius + Spring Break Road...
Insights from Author Jiang Rong, Winner of the Inaugural Man Asian Literary Prize
An epic Chinese novel WOLF TOTEM not only taps into our longstanding fascination with the lupine world; it also plays to the more contemporary sense that something precious is being lost as civilization encroaches on wild lands A bracing political fable.
Alligator Bayou by Donna Jo Napoli
Since his mother died and his father came to America and disappeared, Calogero has no family but his little brother Rocco. Neighbors in Cefalù take Rocco in, but not Calo. He is sent to Louisiana to live with his uncles and cousin Cirone who is a year younger.
Oh, Johnny by Jim Lehrer
Oh, Johnny Jim Lehrer Random House 3-09-09 Hardcover/240 pages ISBN: 9781400067626 Buy This Book www.amazon.com ". . . dark with glimmers of hope tarnished by reality . . ." Dark tale of arrested youth and dreams...
